Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 603: Bring it back (big chapter)

Most of the elite navy who had no mission for the time being returned to Aurous Hill in the winter.

The people of Jinling showed great admiration to this navy that returned from a long voyage and later defeated Wei, which touched the hearts of countless people in Chu. Now it finally triumphed.

Not only was Jinling Port full of representatives from all walks of life and ordinary people welcoming the navy's triumphant return, Bai Tu also personally went to the navy's water village to express his condolences after the New Year, and promised everyone that the voyage plan would be restarted within a year. will bring back their "comrades".

Because Gan Ning had returned, the Chu State no longer needed to hide the news, and it only glorified the difficulties encountered by the navy.

As a result, the people of Chu State were also very active and wanted to welcome back other "heroes".

Of course, when heading to the Golden State, we only need some experienced elites and the other part of the navy.

After all, this is a fight against nature. The more people, the better. Due to the current war situation, Chu State will try to retain as much combat power as possible!

Gan Ning also fell into boredom because of this, and because Gan Ning returned to Jinling again and was still very close to his goddaughter, he and Xia Houyuan were very unhappy!
After discovering that his goddaughter's ship model had been "confiscated", Gan Ning pretended not to care and sent several more ship models and toy soldiers to Bai Ningning. Xia Houyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared...

"As expected of my goddaughter! When she grows up, she will definitely become a fierce general in the navy! Hahaha." Gan Ning looked proudly at his daughter who played with model battleships at a young age.

It is true that Bai Ningning, who has just learned to speak, is very interested in fleet toys, but on the contrary, Bai Ningning is not interested in the rag dolls that girls like more in Jinling...

Xiahou Juan couldn't refute Gan Ning's kindness, but he complained to Bai Tu, so Bai Tu was also present today.

"Ning Ning, look what dad has prepared for you? Ahem... I'm calling my daughter." Bai Tu called out first.

Gan Ning glanced over after hearing this, with a look like "Are you deliberately taking advantage of me?"

What Bai Tu was holding in his hand was... a customized wooden figure of Xia Houyuan!

The reason why it is a customized version is because the ones popular in the Chu Kingdom are basically their own generals. Even some unknown gilded generals will be affected by the armor just because it touches the "cuteness" of some people. Welcome, but...it would be nice if Foreign Warlords were obviously not released in large quantities and not specifically vilified!

However, in order to take care of Xia Houyuan's glassy heart, Bai Tu specially customized this one.

Ning Ning was obviously at a busy age. When he saw the majestic figure, he immediately fell in love with it. Gan Ning on the side also curled his lips.

In fact, Gan Ning's golden and jade armor, although it is too fancy, is not the most popular "heroic military form". Among the more than 30 golden and jade generals in the Chu Kingdom, even with the bonus of Gan Ning's idol as the naval governor, they can only It barely ranks in the top ten, but... the figure of God General Gan Ning can definitely rank in the top five!
After all, there are only five divine generals in Chu. Among them, Sun Ce’s figure... has wings that break easily, so it is the least popular.

Before it was exposed, Gan Ning had considered the overall situation and did not take the initiative to publicize it. But now that it has been exposed, when Gan Ning first returned to Chu State, he went to the "Shenwei Factory" to disseminate the information about Shenwei Mode. Enter...

For Gan Ning, those sales shares are not worth mentioning, but when such a show of face is superior, how can it be less?

Naturally, the so-called "Shenjiang Factory" is Bai Tu's private property. Of course, in theory, it is specially authorized by the generals and does not directly use the power of the King of Chu... In addition, there are also Who can get the authorization of so many generals?

"My godfather's figure will be out in a few days, and I'll give you a limited edition first edition!" Gan Ning said generously.

Bai Tu thought that the problem had been solved. At least playing with figures would save him more trouble than playing with models - it would save Xia Houyuan's heart and save him a heartache!
However, two days later, when Bai Tu came to see Xia Houjuan while Xia Houyuan was away, he found that Ning Ning was having trouble again. It sounded like... Xia Houjuan had also confiscated the figure?
"What's wrong? The figurine is also heartbreaking... Ahem, the figurine has also offended Uncle Xiahou?" Bai Tu still politely called Uncle Xiahou in front of Xiahou Juan, but in fact he never really called Xiahou Yuan that way.

Especially now, he basically has to "hide" Xia Houyuan to avoid embarrassment.

"Can you tell me about Gan Ning? What did he teach Ning Ning?" Xia Houjuan said dissatisfied.

"You won't teach Ningning how to put on makeup?" Bai Tu also became nervous when he heard this.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Daddy, Ning Ning wants to play War of War!" Ning Ning cried.

"What kind of war?" Bai Tu didn't quite understand.

Hearing this, Xia Houjuan simply took out the previously confiscated toys and saw... Bai Ningning picked up "Xia Houyuan" in one hand and "Explorer" in the other. Duang, Duang, Duang collided stand up!
He was also imitating sounds like "Ah! Phew! Biu, Biu, Biu! Boom!" with unclear meaning.

Xia Houjuan also said helplessly: "After all, my uncle didn't surrender to Chu. I also know that it's not good to 'slander' General Gan behind his back for my uncle's sake, but you can't teach Ning Ning like that! My uncle originally wanted to have lunch together today. See After Ning Ning's 'game', I almost cried!"

"Ahem, I'll talk to him later." Bai Tu agreed awkwardly.

Bai Tu thought for a while and then asked Xia Houjuan: "Please help me pay attention...about Xingba's marriage! Xingba is already in his thirties. He was delayed due to navy matters before. I guess that's why." My daughter is particularly doted on."

Yes, Bai Tu suspected that Gan Ning was deliberately "competing" with Xia Houyuan.

Speaking of Gan Ning, another "enemy" with whom he did not have a good relationship has recently returned to Jinling, and that is Hua Xin, who should now serve in the Han Dynasty!

Originally, Hua Xin entered the court in order to perform a performance to return the jade seal to the "Chu State" which was still the general's palace at that time. He also wanted to stay in the then Xudu court and open an eye for the "Chu State"...

Later, when the Xudu Incident and the imperial court moved westward, Hua Xin made a decisive judgment that moving with the imperial court would be of greater help to the "Chu State", so he also accompanied him as a court official.

When he was in the Chang'an court, Hua Xin was always regarded as the spokesperson of "Chu State". At first, Liu Xie wanted to completely convince Hua Xin under the persuasion of Liu Ai and others, but Hua Xin did not accept the challenge at all.

Of course, because Hua Xin was still a minister of the Han Dynasty in name, and had the great merit of presenting the seal against the heavens, the Han Dynasty did not treat him badly on the surface, and even once wanted to help him renew his string in Chang'an...

It was precisely the existence of Hua Xin that there were actually a group of supporters of Chu learning in the Chang'an court - some were hidden, and some... nominally "only supported Chu learning, not the state of Chu, but still supported the Han Dynasty" ".

It can be said that Hua Xin continued to play half the role of Cao Pi in Chang'an and even Guanzhong, but he did not have the effect of Cao Pi's ridicule and slap in the face. In terms of winning over the Guanzhong nobles, the effect was the same!

Now seeing the war in the Chu Kingdom resuming, and even war with the Han Dynasty at any time, it was natural that Bai Tu was also preparing to bring Hua Xin back.

Even to be on the safe side, Bai Tu had directly ordered the Catching Guards who were lurking in Chang'an to take advantage of the chaos in the city during the New Year's Day to organize and assist Hua Xin to evacuate secretly!
In fact, the Han Dynasty might not be concerned about Hua Xin's honest resignation - after all, Hua Xin's reputation was on display here, and he had many disciples and old friends in Chang'an.

The most important thing is that although Hua Xin is the "key figure" of Chu State, he is not the "key" on the battlefield!
Detaining Hua Xin will not have any negative impact on Chu's combat effectiveness...

After all, Hua Xin is not a senior general of the Chu State, and his prestige in the Chu State is not so high that "without him, people will be very upset." On the contrary, if Hua Xin is detained, it will make the Chu State soldiers and civilians even more angry. it is true!

However, this is only a theoretical analysis after all, and Bai Tu does not think that Liu Association is very rational.

More importantly, there is no need to "detain". Even if Hua Xin says he wants to retire, Liu Xie can still keep him. If it reaches this stage, if he wants to take Hua Xin out, he will have to more difficult!
Therefore, Bai Tu ignored Hua Xin's own opinions and resolutely notified Catching Guard to take the people directly.

After all, if Hua Xin made the decision himself, he would definitely take a gamble - if Liu Xie pinches his nose and approves his return to Chu State, then it will be a successful trip. If not... Chu State can also make a big difference in terms of public opinion.

First of all, Hua Xin is not too worried about his safety. Even if Liu Xie commits a crime, there won't be anyone sober from top to bottom. What's more, aren't there supporters of Chu Xue in the court now?
As for the actual situation of approaching the city... after all, it is a matter in the future. Hua Xin will grow old, sick and die normally, and it is not certain whether he can survive until then.

Secondly, Hua Xin was already quite old, and he hoped to "perfectly" complete his mission, both from the perspective of protecting his descendants and from the perspective of dedicating himself to the Chu State.

Otherwise, if he suddenly "disappeared", wouldn't it give the Han Dynasty and the imperial court an opportunity to criticize him morally?

But Bai Tu obviously doesn't think so. If he has dedicated so many veterans to the Chu Kingdom, he would be truly imperfect if he doesn't have the opportunity to take them back for retirement.

Soon, Bai Tu will be "pleased" with his judgment, because this year's Chang'an New Year's Day, something unexpected happened!

Although it was not aimed at Hua Xin, if the arresting guards had not been prepared and took Hua Xin out of the city, there is no way he would have been implicated...

Liu Bei, who was "caught off guard" because of Longyou's incident, finally chose to go to Chang'an to explain to Liu Xie.

Coupled with the persuasion of Liu Ai and others, Liu Xie did not immediately declare Qi Hou as "rebellious".

Of course, Liu Bei was obviously not entering Beijing as a "false road attack" and waiting for an opportunity to seize power as Jia Xu had assumed. Otherwise, he should have sent troops before the news about Longyou came out.

And in order to show his magnanimity, Liu Bei only brought a few hundred soldiers and did not enter the city, otherwise Liu Xie would not let him enter the capital.

However, on New Year's Eve, Chang'an City was in chaos...

(End of this chapter)