A drizzle of rain at night stopped early in the morning.
The air after the rain is exceptionally fresh, but today in Yangzhou, the atmosphere is extremely tense.
The fleet of King Qin's Huai army had sailed down the canal to the bottom of the city, close to the Water Gate.
On the deck of the Ba Shang, the sailors set up a long folding table made of yellow pears.
A white tablecloth was also laid on the table, and next to the table was a makeshift stove, and Li Chao wore an apron and cooked by himself.
Fresh river fish caught from the river, river shrimp caught in nets, and some fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms.
The dishes are very fresh, and they don't need too many seasonings, and they are already fragrant and colorful in a few dishes.
On the stout mast, the sails have been folded.
The lookout sentry sailor on the mast, gesturing downwards.
Li Chao had sent someone to send a letter to the warrior Yan in Yangzhou City, inviting him to lunch.
The samurai came.
He was in a small boat with only a few retinues with him.
When he received Li Chao's invitation, he was a little surprised.
The battle between the two armies was imminent, but at this time, Li Chao wanted to invite him to the ship for dinner.
The captains in the city were opposed to him coming to the banquet, believing that Li Chao would take the opportunity to detain him in order to blackmail the city into surrendering.
However, Wu Shiyan thought that it would not be like this, and Li Chao did not need to do this.
Wu Shiyan has been looking at Li Chao's fleet, and he saw Li Chao's huge fleet from a distance, especially the five gunboats with their portholes open, and the rows of artillery, which made people feel inexplicable when they looked at it.
When he leaned on Li Chao's flagship and stepped on the rope ladder to get on the boat, he became more and more surprised.
Originally, he thought that Li Chao was in a hurry, and all he brought was the soldiers and horses of the Dengzhou Navy Division that he took over.
Although the Dengzhou Navy Division is the forbidden army of the northern government of the imperial court, it is obviously not as good as the Yulin Shence Army or even the Shenji Army, but now he swept it over, but found that the soldiers on these ships were standing as straight as javelins one by one.
The samurai who also had a lot of experience in the battle formation, and he knew at once that these people were by no means Dengzhou sailors.
Such an elite soldier, where did Li Chao conjure up Compared with the Yangzhou defenders in his city, his heart fell to the bottom.
Originally, he still felt that as long as he relied on the city to defend it, he would still be able to fight.
But now, he knew that his odds were getting lower and lower.
When the sailor led him to the table in front of the owner's cabin in the upper stern, Li Chao had already finished the dish.
A dish of boiled shrimp, a dish of steamed crab.
There is also a stewed river fish, with stir-fried vegetables and a dish of mushroom miscellaneous fish.
There are five dishes in total, white shrimp, red and red crabs, green and green vegetables, and stewed milk-white fish soup.
I smelled the fragrance from afar, and the samurai, who had had a bad appetite for several days, felt that his saliva was about to run down.
"I didn't expect it to be Zhao Guogong who cooked it himself, it's really delicious."
He said as he pulled out his chair and sat down.
"What do you want to drink" Li Chao took off his apron and washed his face and hands in the basin next to him.
"I recommend drinking some rice wine, freshly scalded rice wine, just warm."
"Listen to you."
The samurai replied, "It's very appropriate to drink some warm wine and reminisce about old feelings in autumn." ” Li Chao wiped his hands and sat down opposite the warrior Yan.
Li Chao and the two of them dined at the table.
Li Chao sandwiched a crab for him, "This crab is good, it's time to get fat now." ” He took one for himself, and began to peel the shell and unload the claws very skillfully, with skillful and elegant movements.
The hideous crab, when it came to Li Chao's hands, had a very elegant and noble feeling.
"If you can eat crabs like this, it's no wonder you're a master soldier."
Samurai praised it.
"Calculating the time, Your Majesty should have received the news of the chaos in Hanjing in the Western Regions at this time.
From the Western Regions to Hanjing, His Majesty will return to the east, and it will not take two months to return at the latest.
His Majesty has an army of 100,000, and the other vassals have at least 100,000.
If needed, it is not a problem for His Majesty to recruit another 100,200,000. ” He twisted a large crab claw, easily picked out the crab meat inside, dipped it in the vinegar dish, and put it in his mouth elegantly.
After eating, he continued, "There is Qi Guogong in Shuofang in Guanzhong, Guo Xiaoke in Longyou in Hexi, Su Dingfang in Hetao Zhuyuan, Li Ji in Hedong, Wei Chigong in Hebei and Henan, and Cheng Biting Jin in Huainan and Huaibei. ” "And I will lead this elite of the ten thousand Qin kings, all the way west, and there will be no one to stop, and I will reach the capital of Hanjing."
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"Well, in Hanjing City, the East Palace is still holding on, and there are more than 10,000 loyal soldiers there."
Li Chao picked up the wine jug and poured himself and Wu Shi Yan a glass of warm rice wine, "Come, in-laws, you tell me, where is the chance of the Emperor Taishang, and why did he win this war?"
The samurai took a sip of his glass, unable to answer.
Li Chao also took a sip, rice wine is not stronger than white wine, but the taste is more mellow and the taste is good.
Especially warm rice wine, it tastes better.
"The Emperor provoked a battle that he couldn't control, he provoked a war, but he couldn't stop it."
"He was happy, but he also hurt thousands of people."
Samurai took another sip of wine.
"There are so many good wines and good foods, we don't talk about business today, just drink?"
"My family, we can't escape reality all the time.
The Emperor Taishang has the grace of knowing you, isn't Your Majesty treating you at the beginning, Your Majesty still uses you a lot regardless of your past suspicions.
Besides, you can't just because you want to repay the kindness of your acquaintance, you have to pull your whole family, your wife and daughter together on the point of no return."
"It's a doomed path, so why bother" "This crab looks ugly, but I can't imagine that it tastes quite delicious, and there are very few people who can make crabs so delicious."
The samurai looked left and looked at him.
"The other thing to make crab is very simple, the key is to keep its original taste.
Steamed, it is enough.
Sometimes, going with the flow is the right choice.
No matter what kind of past there is between the father and son of the Emperor Taishang.
We should still focus on the future, no matter how the Emperor Taishang tosses, this time it is indeed His Majesty's westward expedition, and it is true that some of the new laws are not handled properly, which has led to so many people coaxing.
But if you think about it, are these normal, do these really mean that the Emperor Taishang can regain the world?"
"No, he can't, at most two months, this farce will come to an end.
For His Majesty, maybe it doesn't matter if he fails, he won't lose anything.
But what will happen to you, to the samurai?"
Samurai put down the crab in his hand.
He sighed.
"Wen Yuan, I know that you are the most affectionate and trustworthy.
I want to entrust the Yang family and their mother and daughter to you, as well as my two sons from my hometown.
You promise me to take care of them for me. ” Li Chao shook his head.
"That's your wife, that's your daughter, that's your son, why do you entrust them to me, you've always had a choice, you can choose another way."
"But I've already taken this step, and there's no turning back."
The samurai shook his head.
"Of course you can turn back and make amends, it's not too late.
You're turning around now, it's still too late.
In-laws, not for yourself, even for your wife and children, you should turn around.
They are still young, do you want to wait for your beloved wife to marry another man after you die, and let your children call other men fathers?"
"Do you want to?"
The samurai gritted his teeth.
"I can't face Qin Duchu."
"What's not to do, you're just making the right choice, you've made the wrong decision before, and now you're correcting it.
Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great" Samurai was in pain.
He found that Li Chao's words were very demagogic.
With a few words, he let the belief in his heart collapse.
"In-laws, if a man can't even be a good husband and a good father, what else can he talk about being a good courtier, the emperor is too old and crazy, do you have to wake up crazy with you?"
The samurai lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and then he raised his head, "What am I going to do?"
Li Chao smiled, very good, this is the result he wants. t1706231537: