My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 524 Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng

"cheers!"

Zhu Zhanhe, Zhang Zhong and Zhu Yong raised their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.

When they reunited again after many years, the three of them had a tacit understanding not to talk about other things, but only about interesting things from the past, and the atmosphere seemed particularly relaxed.

It wasn't until the three of them woke up from a hangover the next day that they sat together drinking tea and chatting.

Although the three of them knew each other's situation, they each introduced their current situation and also talked about some plans for the future.

"Brother Zhu, how is the situation in Japan? The Ashikaga Shogunate has suffered such a big loss before, so it will definitely not let it go, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe took a sip of tea and then asked Zhu Yong.

"You really guessed it right. Since the defeat of the Ashikaga Shogunate, they have been secretly training their troops and convincing the daimyo from various places to support them. It seems that they want to take revenge."

Zhu Yong paused for a moment before continuing.

"In addition, news about the giant silver mine owned by Iwami Country was also spread. This incident caused quite a stir. The Ashikaga Shogunate regretted it extremely, so they probably trained their troops for Iwami Country!"

There are silver mines in Shijian. The Japanese people also know about this, but they only mine small silver mines and have not found the correct large veins. However, since the Ming Dynasty occupied Shijian Kingdom, they have vigorously searched for veins and finally found the small veins. On the basis of this, a large hidden mineral vein was found.

This news must not be hidden. After all, there are so many Japanese in Shijian country, and silver mining cannot only rely on prisoners of war. Many Japanese miners also participated, so the news was easily leaked.

Originally, Iwami Country was very mountainous and there was no land worth cultivating, so when the Ashikaga Shogunate ceded it, they didn't feel too bad about it. However, when they learned that Iwami had found a large silver mine, they immediately regretted it.

In addition to Ashikaga Yoshimochi, some daimyo around Iwami Kingdom also coveted Iwami's silver mines, but they were afraid of the strength of the Ming army and did not dare to act rashly. But if Ashikaga Yoshimochi takes the lead, these people It is very likely that he will send troops with Ashikaga Yoshinori, and then he can get a share of the silver mine.

"In that case, the situation in Japan is not optimistic. Your Majesty has to transfer you back at this time. Isn't there something wrong?"

After Zhang Zhong heard Zhu Yong's words, he couldn't help but frowned.

"I also feel that this incident is too sudden, but there is nothing I can do about it. His Majesty has issued an order and sent Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng to take over my position. Anyuan Hou has been in battle for a long time and is His Majesty's favorite general. There should be nothing wrong with it."

Zhu Yong replied helplessly at this time.

He finally made a career in Japan, but due to conflicts with Zhu Zhanji, he was suddenly transferred, which made him very unwilling.

"Grandpa Huang sent Liu Sheng to replace you?"

Zhu Zhanhe secretly complained when he heard Zhu Yong's words. Before, he only knew that Zhu Yong was coming back, but he didn't know that the person who replaced him was Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng is Zhu Di's favorite general. Zhu Di would take Liu Sheng with him every time he went north to the grasslands, and the other party also established great military exploits.

But Zhu Zhanhe knew that this Liu Sheng had the biggest flaw, which was that he was too proud.

In the original history, because Liu Sheng was too proud, he was defeated by thousands of Tang Sai'er's rebels when he was suppressing Tang Sai'er's rebellion. He was also imprisoned for this, but later Zhu Di looked at the past. Out of love, he was released again.

However, this was not Liu Sheng's biggest defeat. Later, after Zhu Di's death, Zhu Zhanji reused Liu Sheng and even asked him to guard Jiaozhi and lead his troops to quell the local rebellion.But because Liu Sheng underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, the main force of the Ming army was wiped out and he himself died in Jiaozhi.

It was Liu Sheng's defeat that caused the Ming Dynasty in history to completely lose control of Jiaozhi, so Zhu Zhanji simply gave up Jiaozhi, making Jiaozhi independent again. From then on, the Central Plains never regained control of Jiaozhi.

Thinking of Liu Sheng's shortcomings, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but worry about the situation in Japan. If something went wrong with Liu Sheng, the situation he had finally opened in Japan would probably be destroyed. Once.

"Zhanhe, what are you thinking about?"

At this moment, Zhu Yong suddenly stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhu Zhanhe. He had just said a few words to Zhu Zhanhe, but he had been in a daze, as if he was thinking about something?
"Eh? This..."

Zhu Zhanhe finally came to his senses, hesitated for a moment and finally spoke.

"Brother Zhu, I have been in contact with Liu Sheng. When the emperor led his troops to wipe out the three guards of Arutai and Duoyan, Liu Sheng once led the charge. He is indeed a rare general!"

"Of course, Marquis Anyuan's reputation in the military is quite great, even second only to..."

Zhu Yong wanted to say Zhang Fu, but suddenly thought that Zhang Zhong was here, so he stopped. However, Zhang Zhong didn't care. After all, he had already put down his family affairs.

"Brother Zhu, you only know one, but not the other!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanhe shook his head solemnly at this time and continued.

"Although Liu Sheng is a general, he is too arrogant. He followed the army in the northern expedition, and Grandpa Huang was on top. There is no need to worry. But if he leads the army alone, I am afraid that he will not listen to other people's suggestions. I I’m worried that he will suffer a big loss because of this!”

"Anyuan Hou has made great achievements in battle, and I did hear that he is proud of himself. But after all, he is a veteran in the army, so he shouldn't be negligent because of this, right?"

Zhu Yong frowned at first when he heard this, but then asked a little doubtfully.

"It's hard to say. Our Ming army has never been defeated since it went to Japan. As a result, the generals in the army have always looked down on the Japanese. With Liu Sheng's character, he will definitely not take the Japanese seriously, in case he underestimates the enemy. , the consequences..."

Zhu Zhanhe's brows furrowed more and more as he spoke. He was really afraid that the situation he had managed to achieve with great difficulty would be completely destroyed in Liu Sheng's hands.

"Zhan He, I don't think you need to worry too much. To put it bluntly, even if Liu Sheng is really incompetent and leads to defeat, doesn't Japan still have the Ming Dynasty navy? With the strength of the navy, Kyushu can be saved There must be nothing wrong with the island!”

Zhang Zhong suddenly spoke at this time.

"Yes, yes, there is Zhang Fu on the Navy side. He has always been stable, and the Navy always acts alone. At most, he cooperates with the Lu Division's actions, so even if Liu Sheng is defeated, it will not have a big impact on the Navy."

Zhu Yong nodded repeatedly when he heard Zhang Zhong's words.

In fact, after listening to Zhu Zhanhe's analysis, he was also a little worried, because he knew that Zhu Zhanhe never said anything he was unsure about.

"I hope I'm overthinking it, but when I get back to the capital, I still want to give a few words of advice to Grandpa Huang, and write a letter to Zhang Fu to ask him to be more careful!"

Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a long time before speaking again.

(End of this chapter)