Chapter 84: Long-term plan (Part 1)

After the words came, the entire Central Army tent immediately became silent. All the civil and military officials of Changzhou, including Zhang Shicheng, were stunned on the spot. The wine glass in his hand was crooked, and most of the wine was spilled in it, no one could care about it.

He took the initiative to surrender and handed over all the territory and troops to Zhu Chongjiu. He left the princes in a good position, but only wanted to be a commander. This was contrary to the entire self-establishment action planned by the Changzhou army a few days ago. Could it be that the Wang surnamed had just been shot on his forehead, or was he deliberately testing the reality of the Changzhou army.

"I know Brother Zhang, you have great ambitions, so you are willing to keep Huzhou for you to do your foundation, so as to fulfill the friendship between our two brothers over the years." It was obvious that they were drunk. Wang Kerou didn't care whether others were willing to listen to his statements or not, and continued to add in a long and long way, "But I am different from Brother, you have no great ambitions. What I want is to have a stable meal and give the children a good future. After these recent battles, I understand that conquering the world and governing the world is not an easy thing, so I might as well join the account of General Zhu as soon as possible and make a living for the rest of my life."

"Are General Wang too anxious? How do you know that the whole world will definitely have the surname Zhu in the future?" Huang Jingfu suddenly woke up and couldn't wait to interrupt.

The king cannot continue talking. If he continues, Zhang Shicheng will inevitably be influenced by him. If the Changzhou army also goes back, how could the ambitions in his heart still have the opportunity to expand? Who should rely on to protect the interests of the gentry of Wu and Yue?

"Yes, General Wang, please think twice."

"General Wang would better wait and see for a while before making a decision."

"General Wang is unwilling to rule the people and suffer the pain of war in the future. He is a great man. However, General Zhu may not have a place for General Wang."

Not only Cai Yanwen, Gao Qi, Song Lian and other famous scholars in Jiangnan who rarely spoke, they all spoke one after another to dissuade them. In the eyes of everyone, the Huaiyang rule could only have a temporary effect, and then the chaos would begin. Therefore, whether for Wang Kerou himself or for the safety of the Changzhou army, everyone must stop the Zhenjiang army from being attached.

Unexpectedly, Wang Kerou was a determined person. He could not pull back the road he had recognized, but he could not take back the nine-headed cow. He picked up the wine cup, took a deep breath, and then blushed and bowed, "My brothers, Wang has taken the kindness here, brothers, please don't persuade him. Wang made this decision for more than a day or two, but he was just thinking about his friendship with Jiusi in his heart, so before he went north, he came over and said in person."

"Since you have made up your mind, what's the difference between saying or not?" Zhang Shixin was so angry that he slapped the wine cup in his hand on the table, tilting his neck, shouting, "It's just that when you lead troops to conquer my brother in the future, you will feel less uneasy. OK, just go, my brother cleans his neck and wait for you here."

"That's right? Say a thousand and tell ten thousand. You are just afraid that Huaiyang's firearms are sharp and that you will soften your calves first. Just walk your Yangguan Road and see you on the battlefield in the future. We will show mercy."

"What else do you say about friendship or not? If you really think about friendship with my lord, why not leave all the troops and cross the river alone?"

Zhang Shide, Zhang Shigui, Pan Yue and other generals also agreed with red eyes, as if Wang Kerou had owed him hundreds of thousands of coins and needed to be recovered on the spot.

"Stop." The audience became more and more distorted. Zhang Shicheng had to slap the table and interrupted sternly, "Brother Wang has done this. What else do you want? The territory and soldiers are all sold for their lives. Of course, he will give it to whoever he wants. When it is your turn to make an idea for him, sit down for me and pour wine and apologize to Brother Wang."

After scolding, he quickly turned his gaze to Wang Kerou, "Brother, don't go to your heart. I've spoiled them all, both of them are big or small. Before you go to join General Manager Zhu, remember to say to me, and leave me a large area of ​​territory. Brother, brother, I will remember this love in my life."

As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and two lines of clear tears slowly fell down his cheeks, "Brother, I don't stop you, and I don't have the right to stop you. I just hope that after you arrive at Manager Zhu, you will still remember that you have a group of brothers here. If you have a great success in one day, you can say a few good things, and you will help you say a few good things. When the two families are in the same situation, you must not be you who lead the troops to fight."

After saying that, he covered his face with his hands and kept shaking his shoulders.

Wang Kerou looked at it, her eyes began to turn red. She raised her hand and wiped it a few times, and whispered in a low voice, "Jiusi, Jiusi, don't do this. I feel uncomfortable in your heart. Logically, we have been together for so many years. If you want to conquer the world alone, I should be more attentive to you, but, Jiusi, don't be angry. Let's be honest, I can't see where your chances are. Not to mention your chances, I can't even see a little hope. Therefore, the tighter you are on the way, the more urgent I have to leave. These are all big truths. Before I leave, I told you directly, it sounds good or not, don't mind."

The words were sincere and sincere, which immediately stopped Zhang Shicheng's sad voice. Although Zhang Shide, Zhang Shixin and others next to him were still dissatisfied, the other party had already said the words so clearly that they could not continue to mess around.

Your Changzhou army does not seek to establish your own business, and my Zhenjiang army may not be in a hurry to support the North. Since you, Zhang Jiusi, have already developed ambitions in your heart, you can't blame me for drawing a clear line with you. After all, fighting for the world is to bet on the lives of the whole family, and the lives of all the advisers and generals under my commanders and generals. Although I, Wang Kerou, have a good relationship with you, and I cannot see the hope of you winning, and of course I cannot accompany you to die with the lives of the whole family.

Only Huang Jingfu had a big face. Seeing that Zhang Shixin and others were all shut up by Wang Kerou, he shook his head and said with a sneer, "What is General Wang talking about? How do you know that my lord has no chance of winning? I think a year ago, the butcher Zhu only occupied only one Huaian, and the situation is far worse than my lord now."

"Indeed, a year and a half ago, General Manager Zhu only occupied Huai'an, and was even worse than that two years ago. He was just a small governor of the left army, with less than a thousand soldiers, less than five generals, and no half of the advisers." Wang Kerou glanced at him with tears in her eyes, and took over the conversation with a sneer. He realized that Zhang Shicheng himself might not have much ambition, but Huang Jingfu, Cai Yanwen and other advisers all had the idea of ​​becoming prime ministers, so many problems were not the key to Zhang Shicheng himself, but around him.

"But two years ago, who knew there were artillery in this world?" After a pause, his voice suddenly rose. "A year and a half ago, who had seen muskets that could penetrate heavy armor fifty steps away, and those endless weapons to capture cities and land. Each one seemed very simple, but before General Zhu, who had thought of it?"

"This?" Huang Jingfu was asked and put down the wine cup, his expression on his face was very awkward.

For scholars, witch doctors and musicians are all low-key careers. Except for Zhu Butcher, a natural pig-killer, who is a wealthy family who can get on the table, would still focus on that place? However, the sharpness of cannons, muskets, and siege cars is obvious to everyone. If they forcefully demoted them to strange tricks, they would probably not only not convince Wang Kerou, but even the soldiers of the Changzhou army would not agree.

"I'm afraid not only did I expect that if I gave you a mold, I might not be able to do it." Wang Kerou refused to stop when she saw it. She knocked on the table with her fingers and said with some alcohol. "Not to mention how much kindness we have received from General Manager Zhu in the past, my Zhenjiang army's military training skills were learned from Huaiyang, artillery, muskets, and transported from Huaiyang. The armor on her body, the boots she stole under her feet, and the middle clothes of her brothers were also produced from Huaiyang. She really turned her face to General Manager Zhu. Once he cut off the supply, I would have to go to the battlefield. You said, what courage did I have to compete with General Manager Zhu to compete with General Manager Zhu."

This question was so heartbroken that all the civil and military officials in the Changzhou army had blushed cheeks and their ears were hot. Indeed, everyone had transported food to Huaiyang for more than a year, but with the ship back, they were weapons, armor and various military supplies. In terms of value, what they got was far more than what they paid. As the saying goes, they were soft-hearted and short-handed. They used weapons provided by Zhu Chongjiu, wore armor made by Zhu Chongjiu, and wanted to turn around and compete with others for the world. I am afraid that before the war began, their morale had already dropped three points.

However, it was obvious that there was no possibility that Huang Jingfu and others would give up their ambitions and obsessions at once. Therefore, soon, Song Lian took the lead and said with a smile: "Indeed, Zhenjiang and Changzhou have a lot of dependence on Huaiyang, but our two families did not have the benefit of him in vain. At least, we did our best to send troops to restrain Dong Tuanxiao. After taking down Wu and Yue, it was equivalent to cutting off the food route of the Mongolian and Yuan court, and also provided strong support to General Manager Zhu."

"Huaiyang, Zhenjiang and Changzhou are both in common and helping each other is a matter of duty." Gao Qi took over Song Lian's words and continued to add with a smile, "I'm afraid that this will be the case within three or five years. In three or five years, our Changzhou army will have Wu Yue, and the weapons and armor may not be able to be self-sufficient."

"Yes, isn't it just artillery guns? We can build them ourselves, and we may not always beg for Yangzhou." Zhang Shide slapped the table hard and stood up. "If you don't believe that Brother Wang will wait in my Changzhou army camp. If you don't go, you will live for a month. Within a month, I promise to create a musket exactly like that in Yangzhou."

"Yes, Brother Wang, you lived in our army for a month, and then we won't stop you wherever you want to go." Zhang Shixin even more directly, and simply put the words to force the guests on the table.

"I believe it, I believe it." Wang Kerou seemed to have no idea of ​​the malice in the words of the two. She smiled and knocked down the table and responded loudly, "However, you always follow the cat and draw the cat. How could others stand there waiting for you? There is a new thing. I wonder if you have seen it."

After saying that, he gently put the burqa on his back and exposed a dense wooden handle from his waist.

"Is this?" No one expected that there was still a secret hidden in Wang Kerou, and for a moment, his eyes were filled with fog.

Body searching can only be targeted at hostile people. The necessary precautions can only be taken to the level of personal guards. A commander like Wang Kerou who takes the initiative to give gifts to the door and has had a relationship with Zhang Shicheng for many years is qualified to search for his body. If the row of dense wooden handles is a powerful killing weapon, everyone here will probably die without a place to bury them.

"Grenade." In the questioning eyes of everyone, Wang Kerou said two words that made everyone frightened.

However, soon everyone put their hearts back into their stomachs, shook their heads and was overjoyed. Especially the generals, they wanted to give Wang Kerou to the table and use the wine jar to the mouth and pour it into the mouth.

Who doesn't know that grenade is powerful? It's so powerful that it's not useless if you don't ignite the twister. Besides, grenades are often used in the army, all of which are as big as a small watermelon, and the charge is more than one and a half pounds. However, Wang Kerou's waist is only the thickness of a arm, and even the wooden handle is counted as long as the length of a ruler, and even the twister is not installed on it.

"Don't laugh, this is Huaiyang's new grenade. It turns out that the watermelon-sized one is no longer made." Wang Kerou knew the reason why everyone was laughing, so she took out a grenade from her waist and played with it slowly. "It turns out that the kind of people who are powerful is great, but not possessed with strength and courage cannot play their role at all. The southward, the smaller the figure and weaker the strength of a person, so the Dajiangyuan has specially changed it to the current one."

"What's the use of such a small one? You can't smash it on your forehead." Zhang Shide snatched it away and placed it in front of him to look carefully. "There is an iron pipe in front and a wooden handle behind. It is at most half a pound of gunpowder inside. Before the battle, you have to drill holes and install leads."

"Be careful, it's not that fun." Wang Kerou quickly got up and snatched back, but it was not as powerful as Zhang Shide. He could not take away the grenade from the latter's control. He was so angry that he shook his head and said loudly: "If we don't say it, we will only be left farther and farther. Although this grenade is smaller than the original one, it is much more convenient to use and its power is no less than the original one. If you don't believe it, everyone will follow me outside to see."

After saying that, regardless of whether the others agreed or not, he took out two grenades from his waist, carried them backwards, and walked out of the central army's tent.

Zhang Shicheng, Zhang Shide, Huang Jingfu and others quickly followed, so as to avoid the conflict between Wang Kerou and unfamiliar people around him, and the relationship between the two families was abusing them.

Outside the tent that came in a blink of an eye, Wang Kerou walked more than ten steps into the open space, pointed to a space that was regarded as the Changzhou army as the school ground, and shouted loudly, "Stop, let's see if I show my skills. This thing is a bit disturbing. Jiusi, you must be prepared."

After saying that, there is no need for fire chains. I just dug up the wax paper at the tail of the wooden grenade, pulled out a white thin line from it, and then pulled the thin line with my teeth, and threw it out the first grenade with my arms.

"Boom." Apart more than forty steps, the fire flashed, illuminating the pale faces of Zhang Shicheng and others (Note 1)

Note 1: The grenade stand-up distance is 35 meters. The standard was 40 meters many years ago. Now forty meters is excellent, 50 meters is expert. The PLA record is 88 meters.
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