Chapter 389 The Miserable King Huai
The house leaked and it rained all night. Not only did King Chong refuse King Huai's request for help, but King Anping also refused to help King Huai.
Chu Ji, the king of Anping, was very powerful and talented when he was young. A policy essay he wrote was highly praised by civil and military officials. After he failed to fight for the right to the throne with the late emperor, the emperor who was still in power at the time granted Chu Ji the title of Anping. King, the fiefdom of Yanzhou.
Because Chu Ji was quite favored by the emperor at that time, even if he was sealed when he went out, he would be rewarded every once in a while.
The result was that after the late emperor ascended the throne, his first attempt to cut down the feudal vassal was on Chu Ji's head, and arranged for the fiefdoms of his two capable sons, King Huai and King Chong, to be placed before and after Chu Ji's fiefdom, sandwiching Chu Ji in the middle.
In the past few decades, he had been suppressed by the late emperor and his son many times, so King Anping still had quite a few complaints against King Huai and King Chong.
But they are a family after all. When King Huai used the emperor's blood letter to declare the king of Qin in the world, in order to prevent the Chu family from falling into the hands of others, and because of the pressure of the two kings, King Anping also sent troops to respond.
But at that time, King Huai was indecisive, with unclear rewards and punishments, and uneven distribution. He was also wary of his uncle, which made King Anping even more resentful towards King Huai. As Xu Guozhong moved the capital, King Anping directly separated from King Qin's army.
Later, when things happened, King Huai, who was next door, didn't even show any sign of it. Although King Anping broke away from King Qin's army, he still provided help in the early stage. Therefore, now that King Huai wanted to ask him for help, King Anping naturally ignored him.
Of course, there is also a reason to be wary of Chen Mo.
In the military tent.
The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
None of the staff or generals dared to speak. Chu Ce, who was standing behind Wu Fusheng, tugged on Wu Fusheng's robe, apparently asking him to take the lead in saying something.
After all, it was Fifth Fusheng who was the first to break the silence several times before.
"Your Majesty."
Wu Fusheng took a deep breath, but as soon as he stepped out and spoke, King Huai said with a sad face: "I think back then, I got a blood letter from the emperor and sent troops to serve the king. The princes from all over the world responded one after another and respected me as the leader. No one dared If you don't obey, you will have millions of soldiers. How majestic and joyful it will be.
But in less than three years, we have reached such a situation. King Anping, who is my uncle and has 30,000 elite soldiers under his command, is unwilling to help. "
King Huai began to think about those days.
It was so brilliant at the beginning, but now it is so lonely. This strong gap makes King Huai more and more unwilling, and he always wants to fight back.
Hearing this, the generals felt sad, thinking about how high-spirited they were in the past, which drove Xu Guozhong to move the capital.
Fifth Fusheng immediately secretly thought that something was wrong. When a leader is always immersed in the past, this is extremely detrimental to the development of a force. He will not learn from failures, but always thinks about revenge.
This reminded Wu Fusheng of the words in a military book left by his ancestors. When a person becomes more and more powerful, more and more people will follow him. Combined with the person's character, then it can be seen that this person Future achievements, the fifth family, will be to follow this kind of person.
On the contrary, the friends and relatives around him will gradually move away.
At that time, Wu Fusheng followed King Huai because he was the first kind of person.
But now, this characteristic appears in Chen Mo.
On the contrary, King Huai, who was at his peak as the leader of King Qin's army, has now gradually declined.
This made Wu Fusheng feel a little shaken in his heart. For the first time, he asked himself, was his choice wrong?
At this moment, Chu Ce coughed lightly and said, "Sir, don't you have something to say to the prince?"
King Huai looked at the fifth Fusheng, his consciousness broke away from the past, and he hurriedly asked: "Fusheng, what should I do next?"
King Huai felt confused.
The fifth Fusheng raised his hand to King Huai and said: "Your Majesty, now Chen Mo has occupied Huaizhou and is married to the Wu family in Jiangdong. The entire waterway going south is controlled by him. If the other party goes to Jiangnan at this time, Jiangnan will not be able to survive at all." It’s hard to resist.”
Hearing this, King Huai was completely panicked.
If Huaizhou is his base camp, then Jiangnan is the lifeblood of King Huai.
The reason why King Huai had the confidence to send troops to serve the king and dare to encircle and suppress the Tianshi army was because of the continuous logistics.
Most of these logistics came from the south of the Yangtze River. With the support of a group of aristocratic families headed by the Xiao family, King Huai didn't have to worry about consumption at all.
If Jiangnan was also occupied by Chen Mo, King Huai would not only worry about how to recapture Huaizhou, but also worry about where to get money and food to supply the army in the future.
The tax revenue of Guangfeng Prefecture cannot support tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Seeing the prince's panic, Chu Ce hurriedly asked Wu Fusheng: "Sir, is there any way to deal with this?"
"Yes." Fifth Fusheng pursed his lips: "But this plan is a bit too risky."
"Fu Sheng, please tell me." King Huai felt that no matter how much he took the risk, it would be worse than losing Jiangnan to Chen Mo again.
"Send troops to assist Longyou. As long as the dangers of the seven kingdoms in Longyou are resolved, not only will King Chong be free, but the Yuezhi will also remember your kindness. When the time comes, the three parties will dominate Longyou. If Chen Mo doesn't want Yuzhou to suffer, We certainly don't dare to divide our troops to seize Jiangnan. But my subordinates are worried that if they send troops to Longyou, Fengzhou will be depleted of troops. If Chen Mo attacks Fengzhou at this time, Fengzhou will be in danger." The fifth Fusheng said slowly.
"This" King Huai hesitated. Fengzhou was now their safe haven. If troops were sent to assist Longyou, this only safe place would be at risk of being lost.
As for settling in Jiangnan
That is equivalent to passing by Chen Mo's house, and the other party cannot be indifferent.
Even if it’s really over.
That is to take the initiative to enter Chen Mo's encirclement.
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the military tent, and a general hurriedly walked in and said: "Reporter, Your Majesty, what's wrong, suddenly there are many family letters from Huaizhou in the barracks, all from the soldiers. Some of the letters written by family members said that they missed them, some said that no one was taking care of them when they were sick, and some said that the wheat at home was not harvested. In short, the barracks is a mess now. Your Majesty, please go and take a look."
"What?!"
While King Huai was still in a daze, Wu Fusheng's expression changed drastically.
As a counselor of Prince Huai's Mansion, he knew what would happen when the soldiers received letters from home.
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King Huai's most elite Long Ce Army was a little better. The other military camps seemed to have been attacked. They were in a mess and conflicts broke out between them.
From the moment when King Huai led his troops to attack the Tianshi Army, he has not gone back. It has been more than a year. The soldiers have long been homesick. In addition, they suffered another defeat, and their "hometown" was occupied by others. When I read the letters from my family, I suddenly lost my fighting spirit and all I wanted to do was go home.