Liu Chun was indeed full of worries. It turned out that Li Jinglong and Geng Bingwen were close to one million troops, but now there was only two-thirds left. Only a martyr Changxing Hou was left. If even he was finished, the capital would not have to be guarded, so he might as well surrender directly.

Fang Xiaoru glared at Liu Chun, and flames spewed out from his pupils. The old man wanted to turn into an evil dragon and swallow Liu Chun directly.

"I still regard you as a gentleman. Who would have thought that you, Master Liu, is so despicable!"

Liu Chun was silent. He had already estimated Fang Xiaoru's pedantic behavior, not surprising at all.

"Mr. Fang, have you forgotten that the last emperor was in Japan, and the people who scolded me could fill the entire Qinhuai River? To be honest, I really don't care much about this reputation. I also advised Mr. Fang, you have great ambitions and want to promote reforms and save scholars. How do you say that, I admire your courage very much. But Mr. Fang, if you cannot change your personality, I will not be me who defeats you."

"Who is that?"

"It's you! Of course, including the ministers in your court... Mr. Fang, you may feel that in times of danger, they will be united and take into account the overall situation. But I dare say, you think you are wrong. The more dangerous the moment, the more the group of people will be, and they will bite each other. If you can't bite others, you will bite your own people. And the holy family may not work. Zhu Yunwen was born in the palace, grew up with women, and learned from corrupt scholars... It is really difficult to expect his ability to turn the tide. In short, I hope Mr. Fang will do it myself!"

Fang Xiaoru closed his lips tightly and looked at him angrily. Liu Chun's words made him angry, but every word in it was a good word, real.

Let’s talk about civil servants’ internal strife. Lao Fang saw with his own eyes how Bao Zhao and others besieged Huang Zicheng.

Now that I am presiding over the reform, I am afraid that the attack I will be ten times or a hundred times!

With Zhu Yunwen's protection, can you be invincible?

I'm afraid it may not be!

I have always followed the right path and went straight. As Liu Chun said, the way of a gentleman alone may not be able to deal with those villains... Could it be that I have to use the way of a villain to succeed? If that is true, what is the difference between myself and Liu Chun?

"Mr. Liu, Fang was grateful for your tips. But Fang was extremely reluctant to agree with your approach. Also, I advise you not to continue fanning the flames. If Changxing Hou cannot return safely, I will fight with you with my last breath!"

After Fang Xiaoru finished speaking, he angrily said goodbye.

Xu Zengshou looked full of contempt, "What are you pretending to be a big clove of garlic? Liu Chun, you don't have to pay attention to him in the future. Leave it all to me and let me deal with him for you!"

Liu Chun shook his head slightly, "Okay, Fang Xiaoru is also a top scholar among scholars, please give him some face."

After Liu Chun finished speaking, he immediately sent someone to send a letter to inform Lan Yu, withdrew his troops from Fengyang, transferred his troops to Shuangyu, and gave up his way to retreat to Geng Bingwen.

Xu Zengshou was full of suspicion. He turned around and suddenly said, "Liu Chun, tell me, are you colluding with Fang Xiaoru? Why are you particularly tolerant of this old man? Do you look at the daughter of the Fang family?"

Liu Chun was drinking tea when he sprayed out a sip of water and couldn't help but curse: "What's the thing in your mind? Fang Xiaoru insisted on reforms and would inevitably cause chaos in Jiangnan. At that time, he would be able to unify the world without any effort! I am doing the smooth progress of the great cause of Jingnan. I am different from you!"

Although Xu Zengshou understood Liu Chun’s plan, he still refused to give in.

"We are indeed different. I only have one wife, you have three!"

...

Lan Yu from Fengyang received a letter from Liu Chun. He glanced at him a few times and handed it to Duke Song Feng Sheng. Feng Sheng had a bad look, but his heart was clear. From Lan Yu's sigh, the old man could hear the clues.

"What? The peace talks were successful?"

Lan Yu lamented: "This Liu Chun, why are you talking about peace? I am planning to compete with Geng Bingwen! What a great opportunity, but I can only miss it. What a pity!"

Lan Yu kept lamenting, but Feng Sheng laughed secretly. Lan Yu is indeed a fierce tiger in the world, but no matter how powerful a tiger is, there are times when it is useless. Geng Bingwen is the one who can restrain Lan Yu!

Geng Bingwen used troops throughout his life, was not good at fighting, but was good at defense.

His battle to become famous was to defend Chang'an Prefecture (Huzhou, Zhejiang). Geng Bingwen had only 7,000 troops in this battle, but opposite Zhang Shicheng's 100,000 troops were Zhang Shicheng's army, with a huge gap in strength and a larger gap in combat power.

At that time, Lao Zhu was anxious and kept sending reinforcements, fearing that Geng Bingwen would make a mistake.

But Geng Bingwen held on for more than a month, as stable as Mount Tai. After this battle, Geng Bingwen's reputation as good at defending the army was known to everyone in the world.

It was also through this battle that Geng Bingwen was granted the title of Marquis of Changxing.

You Lan Yu are brave, but when you meet Geng Bingwen, it is hard to say who wins and loses.

However, Geng Bingwen was so lucky. He had an emperor like Zhu Yunwen and the Qingliu in the court. It is hard to say how many successful he could have.

"Don't make trouble out of the situation. You, a father-in-law, can't let your son-in-law worry, right?" Feng Sheng teased without hesitation.

Lan Yu rolled her eyes in anger. She said this, as if I had lived for so many years in vain!

"Okay, I'll listen to that boy, I'll withdraw my troops!"

Lan Yu angrily ordered Tang Huai to drive his troops eastward, head straight to the beach, and prepare to go to Shuangyu.

Tang Huai was so happy that he was about to leave long ago. Lan Yu insisted on counterattacking Fengyang. He had no choice but to wait nervously. Every day was tormented and finally could run away. What else is more worthy of celebration than this?

Tang Huai was actively preparing, but there was someone who didn't want to leave like this.

"Uncle, let me stay!"

"You?" Lan Yu squinted his eyes at Chang Mao, "What do you want to do? Why don't you go with me quickly!"

Chang Mao hesitated a little and suddenly fell to his knees. He raised his head and said to Lan Yu: "Uncle, please give me a chance!"

"Opportunity? What are you going to do?"

"I want to stay!"

"Leave it? You want to occupy Fengyang City and continue to fight against Zhu Yunwen?"

"No!" Chang Mao shook his head, "It's not Fengyang, I want to occupy the mountainous area."

"A mountainous area? Are you afraid of starving to death?" Lan Yu said angrily.

Chang Mao smiled and said, "There is no place for arable land on the mountain, not to mention that there is nothing wrong with occupying the mountain and becoming a king."

As Chang Mao’s father-in-law, Feng Sheng was confused by Chang Mao’s strange words.

"Just say it, what are you going to do?"

"Yes!" Chang Mao coughed, "The names of our brothers were given by the late emperor. Since my father died, the late emperor has been taking care of the Chang family. We are arrogant and arrogant. To put it bluntly, we are playboys. There have been so many storms over the years. At the beginning, I vowed to protect the crown prince, but I had no way to save his life. To put it, it's still useless!"

"Now the King of Yan raised the banner of Jingnan and wanted to fight again in the world. Sooner or later, a large army would cross the Yangtze River and unify the world. I am Chang Yuchun's son, and I cannot embarrass my father! Uncle, you just need to give me 500 troops, I will be active in Huaixi and other places, contact heroes and accumulate strength. Once the King of Yan goes south, I will give the King of Yan a front and attack Huanglong directly! Uncle, you must fulfill me!"

Chang Mao kowtowed hard, "Uncle, this is my only chance. I want the world to know that Chang Yuchun's son is not a bucket!"

When Chang Mao said this, the blue veins on his forehead raised, his fists clenched, and his joints made crackling and crisp sounds, which made him extremely excited.

Lan Yu looked at him, and after a long time, he finally laughed loudly, laughing very happily. Lan Yu stood up directly, took off his long sword, and took out another book and handed it to Chang Mao together.

"Hold it, you can do it."

Chang Mao took it happily, and then he noticed that the cover of the book was actually "The Art of War in Chang", "Is this written by my father?"

Lan Yu's mouth twitched, "That, yes, it was written by me! That's right, it was written by me!"

Can my uncle write a book?

Why do I feel so unbeliever?

Chang Mao opened the book and only read a few pages before he knew it.

"It is as straight as water, covered in everything, there are no unusual characters, and there are also pictures in the art of war... This is Liu Xue's style!" Chang Mao looked up and said, "Uncle, it's not good for you to steal the military strategy of your son-in-law and write the name of our Chang family, right?"

Lan Yu was so angry that she wanted to beat him up, "Would you care? That kid is my son-in-law, I do whatever I want him to do! He doesn't listen, be careful of my fists!"

"Okay, you guys, get out of here!"

Chang Mao agreed with a smile, holding the book and the long sword, and walked outside. Lan Yu's voice came from behind, "If you want to be a bandit, just be the biggest bandit. If you can't make a name for yourself, turn around, I will twist your kid's head in front of your father's grave!"

Chang Mao stopped and did not look back. He just said, "Don't worry, uncle, if I can't do it, I will cut off my head, so I won't have to worry about it!"

After saying that, Chang Mao left decisively. Lan Yu strode to the door, looked at the distant back, and suddenly sighed.

"Duke Song, do you think I'm old? Why do you feel so uncomfortable?" Lan Yu said to herself: "I'm probably going to be the age of having fun with my grandchildren."

Lan Yu took a breath and finally remembered that his baby girl gave birth to a daughter for Liu Chun!
Chapter completed!