Zhang Julu smiled and asked, "That Tantanon always said that even if one has eternal fame, it is not as good as a cup of wine when one was alive. In the past, I did not believe it. Why don't the two of us drink a few cups today? "
Naturally, Zhang Bian Guan would not refuse.
Thus, the most powerful official in Jingdou and the most useless playboy of Great Peace City, this pair of strange father and son, separated by a stove, sat across from each other on a small stool and slowly drank wine. The wine jug was placed on the edge of the stove.
Zhang Bian Guan said, "Father, in reality, no one is angry at you."
Zhang Julu drank a mouthful of wine and did not speak.
Cup after cup, the father and son drank like this.
The steward tiptoed over to deliver a second jug of wine. Along the way, he brought a thick fur coat for the Grand Secretary.
In the end, Zhang Bian Guan staggered away in a drunken stupor. Zhang Julu saw him to the gate of the mansion and gave the fur coat to his son to wear.
Zhang Julu stood on the steps and reached out to catch some snowflakes in his hand.
There was nothing one could do about the affairs of the world. When one could say it, one did not want to say it. When one wanted to say it, one could not say it.
— — —
Perhaps half a year ago, no one would have believed that the West Chu Navy would be able to fight the Guangling Navy downstream like a lion hunting a rabbit.
Like an arrow on a bowstring, they were only waiting to go down the river and head straight for the Spring Snow Building.
Even in the darkness, just by the light of the lanterns, those towering ships exuded a savage aura of war. Presumably, every old remnant of West Chu who saw this scene would find it hard to restrain their joy and sorrow. For twenty years, the world had only heard that the Beiliang cavalry was the best in the world. Did anyone remember the majestic sight of the Da Chu Navy of the past? In the last few months, there had been an endless stream of old remnant people walking or riding carriages to the riverbank to look at this scene from afar. They either knelt or clasped their hands, all of them weeping and then laughing madly as they returned home to tell their old friends.
Cao Changqing personally commanded the navy!
The Divine Phoenix was named after the capital city of Da Chu. A middle-aged Confucian scholar in green, who had been holding a lantern and admiring a painting, raised his head and gently extinguished the lantern. Walking out of the cabin on the top floor, he gazed toward the right bank of the Guangling River. He saw a group of cavalry dressed differently from the navy suddenly appear. Afterward, the leading knight and a few retainers leisurely crossed the river on a small boat. At the bow of the small boat stood a person. His figure was tall and slender. As the boat approached, the knight's face became clearer under the light. He was determined, conceited, and full of heroic spirit. He lacked the gentleness of a gentleman. However, this young man really couldn't ask for more. It would be strange if he was just a kind and gentle scholar who could trample the territory that Zhao Yi had painstakingly built for more than ten years in three months.
One of the deputy commanders of the Da Chu navy, Song Yuanhang, stood beside the Confucian scholar in green. After seeing the uninvited guest, he did not hide his displeasure at all. Not only him, but the navy generals who had walked out of the cabins on the lower levels of the Divine Phoenix ship also did not have a good impression of this young man. It was not a bad thing for a young man to show off his ability, but to be so arrogant that he did not consider the rules as rules was rather annoying. Similarly, as the son of one of Da Chu's most powerful families, Pei Sui, who had made great contributions earlier, was very humble. Kou Jianghuai, if it weren't for this person in charge of the navy helping him smooth things over, he would have long rolled up his things and scrammed back to Shangyin Academy to read his books on the art of war. Earlier, he had repeatedly disrupted the plan and acted on his own initiative to move troops and generals. Not to mention that, he had come to visit the navy tonight, and he didn't even give a greeting? Did he really think that the great Da Chu couldn't accomplish great things without one Kou Jianghuai?
The scene that followed made the navy commanders on the ship even angrier.
Kou Jianghuai did not board the ship to greet the commander of Da Chu's three armies, Cao Changqing. Instead, he stood at the bow of the small boat with his hand on his sword. He raised his head to look at the green-robed man. After directly calling his name, he asked in a low voice, "Cao Changqing, why won't you allow me to take down the 6,000 soldiers that Song Li dropped into my pocket?!"
The white-haired Cao Changqing did not make a sound and met the young man's gaze.
The tall Kou Jianghuai had no awareness that he was talking to Da Chu's second stabilizing needle after Ye Baikui. His tone was angry and dissatisfied, almost questioning. "The opportunity is fleeting. Song Li is not an idiot who doesn't understand military matters. Wait until he has a firm foothold on the Eastern front and straightens out the internal conflict in the Spring Snow Building before I want to do it in one go."
"Kou Jianghuai, you are already General Kou. As for the imperial edict to remove you from your position, you will receive it a few days later. However, it is all the same whether it is early or late. "
"Cao Changqing!"
"I, Kou Jianghuai, originally thought that Da Chu still had two and a half people who knew how to use troops and enough to conquer the world. Since there is only half left tonight, then there is no hope of reviving the country. It doesn't matter if I am an official or not! I want to open my eyes and see if that half can help you take down the Spring Snow Building! "
Kou Jianghuai angrily threw his sword into the Guangling River.
The small boat turned around and left.
Song Yuanhang quietly asked, "Minister, has this kid lost his mind?"
Cao Changqing smiled slightly. "He has not gone mad. Kou Jianghuai is very clear-headed. His view of the Eastern front is correct."
"This …"
"However, what Kou Jianghuai does not know is that he has been blinded by a single leaf."
"Minister, why do you say this?"
"The main general of the Eastern front that I, Cao Changqing, want should not only focus on the Spring Snow Building and Zhao Yi. If he stops here, then Xie Xibian will be able to achieve his so-called half a person. "
The blue-clothed official lowered his head and looked at the Guangling River flowing east. He was in a daze.
Kou Jianghuai should be able to see further. He should be looking at the Great Peace City.
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