Upon hearing such shocking news, Uesugi Kenshin was momentarily unable to accept it. After a long while, he glanced at Li Zhu and asked...
"What are your orders, Your Excellency?"
"Of course, it's to cooperate with our siege..."
Li Zhu replied calmly.
"To cooperate with your siege?"
After a moment of confusion, Uesugi Kenshin seemed to realize something, and he looked at Li Zhu in disbelief and said...
"People from New Tang?"
"It's not that you're stupid to only realize it now..."
Li Zhu grinned and said with a smile!
"May I ask your true identity, Your Excellency?"
At this moment, Uesugi Kenshin also realized that Li Zhu's identity was not simple, otherwise he could not have become a divine messenger!
"You should know that my current position is sensitive, and it's not convenient for me to tell you..."
Li Zhu did not reveal his identity to the other party, which made Uesugi Kenshin even more curious about Li Zhu's true identity...
"Your current task is to gather all the ronin, await my orders, and cooperate with me to take Taiyuan Prefecture in one fell swoop..."
After a moment of silence, Li Zhu gave the order to Uesugi Kenshin!
"Hi, Your Excellency..."
"Go ahead..."
Seeing that things were almost settled, Li Zhu told Uesugi Kenshin to leave. The man didn't linger and turned to leave. Just then, Li Zhu remembered something and quickly called him back.
"etc…"
"My lord, is there anything else you require?"
Uesugi Kenshin quickly and respectfully asked!
"If, and I mean if someone from the Wang family or Zhu Yougui comes to you, you might as well agree to their request for help, but to make it more realistic, you must make some excessive demands that they fulfill..."
Li Zhu thought that Zhu Yougui would definitely have designs on these Japanese pirates. If Uesugi Kenshin refused directly, it would definitely arouse the other party's vigilance. It would be better to pretend to agree, which would also dispel his doubts!
Little Baka and Arrow Soul glanced at Li Zhu, thinking that this sixth brother was up to his old tricks again, but they didn't say anything. They were already used to Li Zhu's sixth-brotherly ways of doing things...
After receiving Li Zhu's orders, Uesugi Kenshin left, but as soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, he saw Li Zimu waiting there...
Li Zimu immediately greeted him with a smile, and cautiously asked, while pulling Uesugi Kenshin along.
"Uesugi-kun, the Divine Messenger, he..."
"Li Sang, it's best not to pry into the affairs of the Divine Envoy..."
"Uesugi Kenshin warned!"
This made Li Zimu roll his eyes at him, thinking to himself, "You weren't like this when you were receiving funding from my Li family..."
"Lord Uesugi, you are aware of the current situation in Taiyuan. The new Tang Crown Prince Li Zhu is leading troops to attack, and it's hard to say how long Taiyuan can hold out. If you, Divine Envoy, can help my Li family, we will be eternally grateful..."
Li Zimu said politely, "These ronin gathered together are still a formidable force. It's not impossible for them to turn the tide of battle, especially now that the Divine Envoy has appeared. He wasn't sure if there was an even stronger force behind the Divine Envoy, but building good relations with them was definitely the right thing to do..."
"Li Sang, the situation is unclear right now. You should go and talk to the divine messenger yourself..."
After Uesugi Kenshin finished speaking, he left on his own, thinking to himself, "I can't even protect myself, how could I possibly persuade a divine messenger to save you?"
Watching Uesugi Kenshin leave, Li Zimu couldn't help but spit on him, thinking to himself, "That bastard only knows how to take benefits and doesn't do anything..."
However, he didn't dare to waste any time. He glanced at the guest room where Li Zhu was, then turned and headed straight for his father's study...
That evening, Li Zimu spoke with his father for a long time, revealing his anxiety about the future of the Li family…
Prince Jin's Residence!
Inside the main hall, the crowd was arguing amongst themselves, demonstrating that the tense situation had caused a serious division within the Prince of Jin's household...
Zhu Wen's face was somewhat dark, making his already ugly appearance look even more ferocious...
"My son, come forward..."
Zhu Wen's voice rang out in the hall, and the previously noisy hall fell silent...
"Father, your son is here..."
Zhu Yougui immediately stepped forward and knelt at his father's feet...
"My son, do you know what the best thing you've ever done is?"
Zhu Wen stared at Zhu Yougui and slowly asked!
"Father, I do not know..."
Zhu Yougui lowered his head and replied softly.
Zhu Wen pulled the woman on the throne into his arms, stroking her face as he mocked her.
"That means you married a good wife..."
Zhu Yougui's hands were gripping the ground tightly, his fingers even digging into the earth...
This humiliation from his father left him speechless with anger, forced to endure it silently. But this suppressed rage only intensified his hatred for his father...
Bang…
Zhu Wen kicked Zhu Yougui in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground…
"You've lost..."
Zhu Wen glared at Zhu Yougui and angrily rebuked him!
"Father, it is my fault for failing in my duties. I beg you to give me a chance to atone for my mistakes..."
At this moment, Zhu Yougui was terrified; he was truly afraid that his father would beat him to death right here…
"To atone for one's sins? Thirty thousand troops destroyed in an instant, how many thirty thousand troops do you think we have in Jin..."
Zhu Wen angrily berated Zhu Yougui while repeatedly kicking him, as if he weren't his own son...
This scene drew sidelong glances from everyone present, who felt that Zhu Wen had gone too far…
"Father, just because my Prince Jin's mansion lacks soldiers doesn't mean other aristocratic families lack them..."
Zhu Yougui, with the mindset of "better to die than to die myself," shouted...
Zhu Wen's raised face ultimately did not remain fixed on Zhu Yougui. Returning to his throne, Zhu Wen, while fondling his daughter-in-law, happily said...
"I knew my son had a way. Tell me, how do you plan to acquire soldiers..."
Zhu Yougui rolled over and knelt on the ground, saying without raising his head.
"It's a long-standing tradition for powerful clans to maintain private armies. Now that Jin is facing a life-or-death crisis, shouldn't these powerful clans living in Jin contribute their strength? We've protected them for so many years; it's time for them to lend a hand and join us in defending our homeland..."
Upon hearing Zhu Yougui's words, many people below frowned, because his words meant that many of them would have to bleed money, which was something they were unwilling to do…
Their own private army is a secret, and it is also an important force for these people to survive and maintain their family's legacy. How could they easily hand it over to others?
"Yes, my son is right. It is indeed the case that these powerful families should contribute their efforts to jointly resist foreign enemies. But how can we get these people to willingly contribute their private troops?"
Zhu Wen looked at Zhu Yougui and asked!
"Father, as long as we capture the heads of these powerful families, everything will fall into place naturally..."
Zhu Yougui answered extremely quickly, as if he had already thought it through…
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