Chapter 57 Storm (Central)

"What the hell is going on? Is there any more detailed information?" Zhu Chongjiu slapped the secret report on the table and asked in a deep voice.

Huaiyang and Xusu had just escaped the threat of war at the beginning of the year. Many urban and rural areas, especially those that were swallowed by floods last year, were urgently needed to rest and rest. However, three of the five main forces of the Huai'an Army had just ended the expedition of Taiping and Jiqing Yuan army in the first half of the year. There was no time to rest. There was no shortage of arms, fire, food and grass. But at this time, the Tianwan regime located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River was in danger. If the Huai'an Army sent troops to rescue, it would definitely lose its troops and generals. If Xu Shouhui's nest was jointly captured by the Mongolian Yuan and the traitors, I am afraid that the next attack target of the Mongolian Yuan court would fall on Huaiyang again.

"There are some, but they are not confirmed." Chen Ji, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, stared with red eyes, his voice full of fatigue. He repeatedly identified and selected from so many news every day, removing the dross and retaining the essence, making him exhausted both body and spirit. He could no longer see the temperament of a gentle Confucian when he first arrived in Huai'an. Instead, he was like a shopkeeper who was buried in the account book all day long. Even if he was tired and hunched, he could not hide his inner wisdom.

"Let your people come here, including the brothers who brought the news back. If they haven't had a rest, please come over and hold on." Zhu Chongjiu thought for a while and tried to hide the irritability in his heart.

"Yes, lord." Chen Ji bowed and hurried out. After a moment, he returned to the meeting hall with a thick stack of official documents. Following him was a fat man with a philistine look on his face. Every step he took, the fat on his belly trembled up and down.

"Come here to see the chief executive." Chen Ji first handed over the official document to Liu Ju, the commander of the guards who came up, then turned his head to give the fat man instructions, and then raised his hand to Zhu Chongjiu to give a standard Huai'an military salute. "Reported that the Military Intelligence Department has obtained a total of twenty-six pieces of information from different channels. Except for the news that Ni Wenjun has defected to the Mongolian Yuan, the rest cannot be confirmed. Weichen has brought Lu Xuanjie, which is responsible for the intelligence collection mission of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The lord can ask him for details at any time."

"My general Lu Wen, I have met the lord." Captain Lu did not have any military temperament, but he had a round belly and saluted Zhu Chongjiu. It looked so funny and funny.

"Please sit in the Lu school captain." Zhu Chongjiu raised his right hand and solemnly returned the salute to Xuanjie captain Lu Wen.

The MIIS was built by him in reference to another intelligence department in time and space, and was specifically responsible for collecting information from opponents and allies. Therefore, loyalty is the first priority in selecting people, and image and others are far behind. According to the tradition of this era, if you are caught by your spy, you have no hope of returning alive.

The guard on duty was quick to bring a chair to Captain Lu. The Captain Lu was a little flattered. He sat on the corner of the chair with his butt, and waited for his lord's inquiry nervously.

Zhu Chongjiu frowned tightly and quickly flipped through a large pile of documents. Soon, most of them were filtered out, and then he took the remaining copies and compared them again. After a while, he looked up and asked in a low voice: "What happened to Ni Wenjun killed Xu Shouhui's eunuch in the inner palace who bought the eunuch."

"When I go back to the lord, the specific reason seems to be that the eunuch robbed things many times in the market without paying, and beat the royal family, in the name of Xu Shouhui. However, Ni Wenjun's subordinates found out that most of the robbed goods were sold out by the eunuchs after replacing them, and the money they obtained was also divided by eunuchs of all sizes." Although the fat school captain Lu Wen was not astonishing, his words were very organized. He described the whole incident clearly in a few words.

When the civil and military officials heard this, they frowned and showed a little disdain on their faces. Xu Shouhui himself was a cloth dealer. He was forced to have no way out by corrupt officials, so he pulled the flag and rebelled. However, the people around him were snatching up the small merchant vendors without any mercy. His grandmother's roots were not forgotten, but what was it?

"It's not enough. For this reason alone, it's impossible for the two to turn against each other." Zhu Chongjiu's eyes fell back to the document and continued to flip slowly.

Ni Wenjun is the third person in the Tianwan regime and has a heavy army. Although he has severely swept Xu Shouhui's face, since the latter can become a prince, he is definitely not a reckless person. It is impossible for him to openly turn against Ni Wenjun without any confidence. At least, he needs to transfer right prime minister Peng Yingyu and his team back to his side first.

The remaining documents also recorded some internal disputes of the Tianwan regime. From this, it can be clearly analyzed that Xu Shouhui was indeed a little proud after becoming emperor, while Ni Wenjun still maintained some of the ideals before the uprising and tried to establish a relatively fair country. The two of them were contrary to each other, and without Peng Yingyu as a buffer, they would inevitably become dirty.

"There is another news that I don't know, and I don't know whether to report it." Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu's brows became tighter and tighter, Xuanjie's captain Lu Wen gritted his teeth and asked for instructions carefully.

"Tell me, say everything you know, even if there is no basis." Zhu Chongjiu raised his head and looked at him again, with some anticipation and encouragement.

"According to rumors," Xuanjie Chief Lu Wen raised his fat fingers, scratched his fat neck, and then added with great trepidation, "This kind of hearsay thing, the most common thing, has never been willing to write it into official documents. On the one hand, there is no way to verify it, and on the other hand, many of it are rumors deliberately spread by the Mongolian Yuan, and the picture is to throw feces on the head of our Red Turban Army."

"Don't worry about the authenticity first, you can tell me first." Chen Ji was anxious and glared at him and urged in a low voice.

"Yes." Lu Wen quickly took his hand back and put it flat on his knees. "My general, Mo Jiang has always pretended to be a merchandiser and traveled on the Yangtze River. A few days ago, I accidentally heard someone tell me that there were thousands of beauties hidden in Xu Shouhui's palace. Many women have completely forgotten them after sleeping once, and will not pay attention to them again. However, in order to preserve the face of Emperor Tianwan, these women cannot be released into the people, and can only be kept in the palace forever without seeing the light of heaven."

"What does that have to do with Ni Wenjun?" Chen Ji became more and more puzzled as he heard it, and asked again in a low voice.

"It is said that one of them had a few encounters with Ni Wenjun. Because he couldn't stand the loneliness of the deep palace, he secretly sent someone to ask Ni Wenjun to save him. Then he didn't know what happened, so the two of them secretly hooked up. Ni Wenjun asked Xu Shouhui for someone many times, but Xu Shouhui would rather not want that woman himself than give it to Ni Wenjun."

"Absurd." Zhu Chongjiu put down the official document with a "bang." He whispered to interrupt Lu Wen's report, "You did it right. Such rumors are indeed worthless, but"

After thinking about it, he continued to ask, "While Ni Wenjun led his troops out to fight, Xu Shouhui did nothing behind him that was unfavorable to him. Has Ni Wenjun's family been taken away?"

"No, and Xu Shouhui also announced that he would marry his own sister to Ni Wenjun." Fat school captain Lu Wen hesitated for a moment and then quickly gave the answer. "The three who were given marriage were Chen Youliang, Zou Pusheng and Zhang Dingbian. The three of them were going to marry Xu Shouhui's clan sisters. Just when Ni Wenjun came back, the four of them would celebrate together. Unexpectedly, Ni Wenjun quietly took away all his family and turned around and defected to the Tartars."

"Who else do you think, Chen Youliang, when will he go back?" Zhu Chongjiu's eyes lit up quickly and he asked loudly.

Others had never noticed this name, but he knew very well about it. According to Zhu Dapeng's memory, Chen Youliang, who killed Xu Shouhui in another time and space, fought against Zhu Chongba fiercely in Poyang Lake. If it weren't for Zhu Chongba's fleet, and Chang Yuchun was the bravest army, who would have won the final death.

"Chen Youliang." Lu Wen was stunned for a moment, and a few drops of oil slowly oozed out of his fat forehead. "Mo Jiang, Mo Jiang didn't know much. He was just a small thousand household. By the way, Mo Jiang remembered that he was the subordinate of Monk Peng, and he went back with Zhang Dingbian to offer prisoners to Xu Shouhui."

"No wonder Ni Wenjun is in a hurry to rebel. If he doesn't rebel, he will die without a place to bury him." A low voice suddenly surged in the meeting hall. The core figures of Huaiyang had met Chen Youliang when Monk Peng sent envoys to ask for help. They were very impressed by this person. When this person returned to Xu Shouhui, it showed that Monk Peng had secretly intervened in the conflict between Xu and Ni, and it was very likely that he was completely standing on Xu Shouhui's side.

"The last general, the last general is dereliction of duty, please, please punish the lord." Listening to the low discussion around, more "oil beads" suddenly seeped out from Lu Wen's forehead. He stood up and saluted, and said with a blushing face, "The last general, the last general, the last general only stared at Xu Shouhui's actions, forgot, forgot that he could still mobilize troops from outside."

"This is also everyone's speculation, and it may not be accurate. Besides, you have done well enough, so why is it a crime?" Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and encouraged with a smile, "When you come back, did Yaharatulu have already joined forces with Ni Wenjun?"

"Not yet." Lu Wen raised his hand and wiped his shiny forehead and responded loudly, "Only his son Boluo Temur led thousands of troops to Ni Wenjun's army to be appointed officials and make wishes to boost morale. The Tartar court was particularly willing to invest this time and directly gave Ni a title of Huguang Pingzhang. The generals under his command were all promoted. And the last general also heard that the Tartar court had decided to re-activate Chahan Temur and Li Siqi, and also had a large official for both of them, and was ready to order the two of them to go south to pull our army's back." The first release of this book comes from 17K Novel Network, and you can read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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