The rain was very heavy, and it fell on the roof like a pearl falling from the jade plate. A lot of rain had accumulated in the courtyard outside the window. When the raindrops fell, small yellow flowers bloomed in the courtyard. However, most of the real flowers in the flower beds had already withered by the rain at this moment.

Above the eaves, the rain was hanging bead curtains, making Zhu Youzhen's vision outside obstructed.

In the room, in addition to Sheng Zhonghuai, the other one was his father-in-law Sun Tonglin.

The three of them looked very serious. In just two years, their form had deteriorated to an unparalleled state.

The army outside is approaching, there are constant disputes inside, and allies are in danger.

Northern Tang mobilized two corpses to deal with Yizhou. Now Xiangyang and Hanzhong are facing strong threats from the Tang army. After Shizhou is lost, Tian Mantang and Zheng Wenchang's water and land coalition forces have advanced to Bazhong.

Internally, another major purge caused by the rebellion of Tian Mantang, the local force in Yizhou, finally completely led to the bottoming out of the local forces, riots and uprisings were no longer limited to small-scale riots, but were turmoil in each county and state at any time.

Not to mention the Southern Alliance represented by Xiang Zhen, it has been beaten so hard that it cannot be found in North China. Fujian was lost and Qianzhou surrendered, leaving only Lingnan, Rongguan, Guiguan and a group of defeated generals from Fujian who were struggling to support it, and it was the end of defeat.

The building is about to collapse, but it is hard to support it alone.

After a while of excitement, Zhu Youzhen suddenly turned around and looked at Sheng Zhonghuai and Sun Tonglin and said, "Li Ze respects me too. Just Yizhou, he actually mobilized two corpses to deal with me. Xiang Zhen's side actually had only one corps. Hahaha, one Shi Zhuang and the other Liu Chenglin, the weight is heavier than Tu Lichunlai."

Sheng Zhonghuai smiled bitterly. Although this matter can be proud, this pride can only be left to future generations and historical books to comment on. As for them now, they are facing difficulties like a mountain of pressure.

How to hold on?

Sun Zhonglin swallowed and said, "Otherwise, we will give up Xiangyang, Hanzhong, and retreat to Yizhou. With the natural danger of Yizhou, we may not lose."

Zhu Youzhen grinned and said, "Even if the entire army retreats to Yizhou, how long can it last? Without Hanzhong, how can Yizhou be defended? If we are peaceful inside, everyone is united and work together, then I will have more hope. But look at the current Yizhou, how many places can be calmed down? Even if Cao Bin and the others are all withdrawn and face the internal and external attacks, it will only be delayed for a while."

"It's always good to last longer, and maybe you can wait for changes!" Sun Tonglin continued.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Sheng Zhonghuai and smiled and said, "After all, Zhu is called an isolated person and a widow. Even if he loses, he cannot be trapped and forced to death. If the dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall. If the rabbit is anxious, he will kick the eagle! How can he be willing to do something vigorously?"

Sun Tonglin looked at Zhu Youzhen and turned his attention to Sheng Zhonghuai, hoping that this think tank that Zhu Youzhen trusted the most could persuade Zhu Youzhen not to take risks.

Sheng Zhonghuai sighed and said, "Mr. Sun, it's not that King Liang wants to take a risk, but a helpless move that he has to do!"

It was indeed a helpless move. If he could survive, I was afraid that Zhu Youzhen would be able to be shameless and prolong his life for a few years. However, now his internal and external difficulties are both difficult, and the severe internal situations make him even more worried.

Rebellions have been one after another, and they are becoming more and more organized. They seem to be spreading in many places, but when they are carefully investigated, they are connected with each other. Whether intentionally or coincidentally, the places occupied by these rebels have actually cut the entire Yizhou into several large pieces that are not connected to each other.

In Sheng Zhonghuai's words, if there were no secret planning and command of the Northern Tang spies, such a situation would never have been formed.

The chaos inside led to a sharp deterioration in finance.

Actually, if you think about it, you will know that people are busy rebelling, so who else can farm?

There are rebels everywhere, traffic is cut off, there are bandits in the river, and there are kings on the mountain. Whether it is water or land, you have to pay for roads to people at any time. You may hear that I am the one who blooms in this mountain and planted this tree. If you pass by the mountain and leave money to buy roads, will there be those merchants who can continue their business smoothly?

Food is in a hurry and financial resources are exhausted. What should we use to maintain the army?

Without a huge army, how can we fight against the powerful Northern Tang army?

Natural danger is certainly dangerous, but it must be guarded by people after all!

Without external echo, when did Yizhou exist alone since ancient times?

Only by fighting one battle and fighting one battle in Hanzhong, if you win, you can shock the inside, and you can have the spare energy to clean up the internal chaos. If you lose, you don’t need to talk about anything.

Just wait for Tangren to cut his head!

There was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard. Through the window, Zhu Youzhen saw Hao Ren, the commander in front of the hall, strode towards him wearing a straw hat and a straw raincoat.

Immediately, a rumbling sound rang out of the door.

"Hao Ren, come in!" Zhu Youzhen shouted.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Hao Ren's voice sounded outside. The door was pushed open and the clothes were still wet. Hao Ren walked in, bowed to Zhu Youzhen first, then turned around and bowed to the other two.

Hao Ren has not appeared in Yizhou for a long time. As for what he is going to do, only Zhu Youzhen knows. Sheng Zhonghuai pursed his lips and kept silent, while Sun Tonglin suppressed his curiosity and did not ask.

No matter what it is, since Hao Ren appears here today, everything will naturally be revealed.

"Tell me, what's the situation?" Zhu Youzhen asked. What surprised the other two people in the room was that Zhu Youzhen was actually quite anxious.

"Without letting down the entrustedness of Your Highness, the matter has been done!" Hao Ren nodded, "The King of Nanzhao is willing to open a passage and let us pass, but the number of people cannot exceed three thousand. We must quietly cross their territory without disturbing others."

Zhu Youzhen let out a long sigh.

"The King of Nanzhao is too greedy." Hao Ren became a little angry: "I asked us for three million taels of silver to buy money."

"Not expensive, not expensive!" Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "As long as he is willing to give up this passage."

Hearing this, the other two people in the room were already stunned.

Didn’t Zhu Youzhen just now still say that he would fight to the end and fight to the death with the Northern Tang soldiers in Hanzhong? Why did he secretly send Hao Ren to Nanzhao for activities?

Although Hao Ren was vague, the two people in the room were all smart. As soon as he listened to the words, he understood a general idea. After crossing Nanzhao, he was the Pagan Kingdom. Is Zhu Youzhen planning to use the Pagan Kingdom as a way out?

Looking at the two of them, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Just as you think, I'm looking for a way out, but not for me, but for me descendants of Zhu's family. Zhu doesn't want to leave anymore and wants to fight Li Ze on the battlefield, but Zhu can't break the roots of the family."

Sheng Zhonghuai nodded: "Your Highness, are you asking the prince and the princess to leave first?"

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "The prince cannot leave, and the princess cannot leave either! Once they leave, let alone Yizhou or Hanzhong, the morale of the army will be in chaos. What would they think if the soldiers knew that I had sent the prince and the princess away? They would think that I had no confidence at all, so they arranged a way out in advance. So how can we fight this battle? If you don't have the intention to die, how can we make the general have the idea of ​​a decisive battle?"

"Where?" Sheng Zhonghuai looked at Sun Tonglin with his eyes.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "You guessed it's right. Concubine Sun and Qi'er left. Concubine Sun is a concubine and has no reputation outside. Qi'er is young and doesn't attract attention. They leave."

Sun Tonglin swallowed, and a hint of redness flashed across his face. Zhu Youzhen's arrangement was beyond his expectations, but there was no doubt that this made Sun's greatest sweetness.

"Hao Ren, you selected three thousand sharp soldiers and escorted Sun Fei and Qier to Bagan." Zhu Youzhen looked at Hao Ren and said, "You protected them from Chang'an and crossed the Qinling Mountains to Yizhou. Now, I also ask you to protect them all the way to Bagan, and to gain a foothold there, defeat the Bagan people, and become the king there."

Hao Ren stood up suddenly, knelt down on one knee, and sweared to the sky: "Heaven and Earth are clear, Hao Ren swore here that as long as Hao Ren still has a breath, he will definitely build a foundation for my king to survive in Bagan."

"Get up, I believe you!" Zhu Youzhen nodded, turned around and looked at Sun Tonglin: "Brother-in-law, you can choose a good talent from the clan and go with Hao Ren. In order to avoid Sun's concubine in a foreign country in the future, she will not even have a relative."

Sun Tonglin nodded a little sadly. Zhu Youzhen made it clear that Sun could only go to one person. But now that things have come, he can only say he is satisfied. You know, even the prince and the princess cannot leave. If they lose, they will all die. At least their daughter and grandson still have a way out.

"Xiang Zhen also knows that he can't stop Li Ze anymore, so the Jiangxi battle is just a cover. The members of their core family are now fleeing towards Annan. According to the news that Hao Ren found out, Liu Xinda agreed to them go there, but he had to take the little emperor with him. Hehe, in the future, Annan will not be peaceful." Zhu Youzhen said playfully: "Everyone fights against Li Ze together. In the end, the solution they thought of was almost the same. I'm looking for a way out in Bagan, and he's looking for a way out in Annan. Everyone is really sympathetic."

"The Northern Tang Dynasty is very powerful, and as long as you keep a little bit of root, you will always have hope." Sheng Zhonghuai smiled and said, "We are still different from them. In the battle of Jiangxi, Xiang Zhen has not yet fought, but his defeat has been revealed. Although we are facing greater pressure here, who wins and who will lose, we will always know after fighting. Maybe we will win?"

Yes, maybe you won?
Chapter completed!