The changes in power in Fengyi County did not attract much attention. Apart from the Tsing Yi Army that suffered heavy losses and the Red Lotus Group that fought the Tsing Yi Army to death, the north was still quiet. On the contrary, the flames of war in the south had already ignited and caused a chain reaction.
Prince Changshou had sent the corpse of Liu She's mistress, Liu Huan, to Chongzhou. His original intention was to use this to rope Liu She in and have him stand on the same side as himself. Who knew that Liu She was indifferent. After receiving the coffin of his mistress, he did not even make a sound.
Liu She's heartless and indifferent reaction made Prince Changshou furious. Not only did the hatred in his heart deepen, but he also remembered Liu She.
However, he could not do anything to Liu She for the time being. He could only wait for him to ascend the throne before settling the score.
However, even though Prince Changshou schemed to drive a wedge between the Emperor and Huang Song, making Huang Song withdraw from the frontline and become the district magistrate of Diyang District, he still could not successfully take over Chenzhou. He also could not pull his brother, the Emperor, down from the throne.
Why did this happen?
It was because his chief strategist had jumped ship!
Speaking of this, one had to mention that Prince Changshou became increasingly arrogant and exposed his true nature.
Since the last time Liu She secretly sent someone to send a letter to Prince Changshou, letting him know that Liu Huan, Liu She's daughter, was Prince Changshou's biological daughter, he lost his composure and embarrassed his chief strategist. After that, when the war came to a stalemate, Prince Changshou thought that the strategist was incompetent and repeatedly embarrassed him. Not only that, when the military generals questioned the correctness of the strategist's strategy, Prince Changshou also added insult to injury.
Thus, Prince Changshou completely offended the capable strategist in his camp.
It was alright to offend an ordinary person. Anyway, ordinary people were not capable, so Prince Changshou was not afraid.
However, he offended a petty and vengeful strategist. The key was that the strategist really had a brain, so it was awkward.
Before the strategist jumped ship, he even schemed against Prince Changshou, causing him to make a major mistake in the battle to attack Chenzhou. His troops were severely depleted and his vitality was severely damaged. It was precisely because of this that the forces in Chenzhou who were in imminent danger were saved, allowing them to take a breather and counterattack.
However, the strategist was smart. He did not expose himself before he did something bad and pushed the blame to others.
Successfully shifting the blame to Prince Changshou, the strategist jumped ship and left. Prince Changshou was too ashamed to vent his anger on him.
The facts proved that the strategist's approach was correct. Prince Changshou's frontline failed. He was about to break through Chenzhou's defense line and deploy his troops to the new capital, but he made a huge mistake, causing half of his elite troops to be devoured by Chenzhou, causing him to suffer a great loss.
In this short period of time, he could only look at Chen Zhou helplessly, unable to deal a devastating blow to Chen Zhou.
After losing the battle, Prince Changshou thought of this adorable strategist and randomly sent a small soldier to call him over.
The tent was empty. The strategist had already packed his bags and left. Before he left, he even left a letter. The content of the letter was naturally not something like "I'm leaving, you heartless man. You've betrayed my trust, I don't want to be with you anymore" or something like that. Instead, it was a tearful complaint about his sick mother at home and that she would die soon. As a filial son, he wanted to go home to serve his mother and send her off.
Reading this letter that was filled with sorrow and filial piety, Prince Changshou could not vent his anger no matter how angry he was, not to mention that he was the one in the wrong. He treated the strategist coldly and did not even know that the strategist's mother was seriously ill.
Now that the strategist had left to be filial to his mother, Prince Changshou felt that he should send him some generous gifts to express his sincerity.
At this moment, Prince Changshou still did not know that his strategist had not left temporarily. He had gone far away. Even his defeat at the frontline was caused by the strategist. It was fine if he did not know the truth, but when he knew, he would probably have the urge to eat him alive.
Prince Changshou did not think of chasing him back. Firstly, he would lose face. After losing the battle, he hurriedly went to find the strategist he had been cold to for a long time, as if he could not leave him. How could he put his face? Secondly, he had a lot of talents under him. Did he lack this one?
Naturally, he did not lack one.
Therefore, it was fine for him to be filial to his mother. When he returned after the filial piety, his status would be even lower.
Prince Changshou casually threw the bamboo slip letter aside, then ordered his men to summon the other strategists to prepare to discuss the follow-up matters.
What about the strategist who had quietly left for three days?
He had already left with his page boy and half a carriage of books. These books were all copied by him using the bamboo paper provided by Prince Changshou.
Although it was only half a carriage and could only hold one or two boxes, if it was made into bamboo slips, it would probably not even be enough to fill twenty carriages.
Although Prince Changshou was not a good person, when he was good to people, he was really good.
Knowing that this chief strategist liked to read, he tried his best to cater to his interests and gave him all kinds of precious books.
This strategist also saw through Prince Changshou's nature. He knew that he would not be under Prince Changshou for long, so wouldn't he copy as much as he could?
The page boy who was driving the carriage asked, "Sir, where are we going now?"
The strategist studied in the carriage and said casually, "Anywhere is fine, but not in the south."
The south was the battlefield between Prince Changshou and the Dongqing royal family. Now that Prince Changshou's vitality was greatly damaged, his original advantage was reduced to dust, causing the two forces to return to the starting line. They still had a lot to grind. If he continued to stay in the south, what if he accidentally encountered Prince Changshou's forces?
Yes, the strategist's so-called "old mother is seriously ill" was just an excuse.
In fact, he did not even know who his biological mother was. He grew up with the help of his teachers.
According to his teachers, his biological mother might be a prostitute, because he was found in that place. The swaddling clothes he was wrapped in were considered rich, unlike a child from a poor family. However, this was old history that did not need to be investigated. The strategist did not care at all.
The page boy had a bitter face. He said while driving the carriage, "There has to be a place. We can't just run away in fear, can we? The world is so chaotic now. I heard that after Nansheng was destroyed, it was a mess. The feudal lords rose and Dongqing was also in chaos. It's easy to get into trouble if you run around blindly. "
The strategist lifted the curtain impatiently and said with a frown, "In the past, I've always said that I'm long-winded and meddlesome. Now that it's your turn to be in charge, why are you blaming me? I'll let you make the decision. You can run wherever you want to run? "
The page boy's face grew bitter. How could there be such a stubborn and difficult teacher?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Sir, didn't you admire that person called Huang? I heard that he was demoted to Diyang District. I remember that Diyang District is in Maode County of Haozhou. It's close to the north, far away from the center of the war in the south and out of reach of the war in the north. Let's go there. "
The strategist rolled the book in his hand and gently knocked the back of the page boy's head.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
