A drizzle at night stopped in the early morning.

The air after the rain was particularly fresh, but today the atmosphere in Yangzhou City was extremely tense. The fleet of King Huai’s troops had already sailed down the canal to the city, approaching the water gate.

On the deck of Bashang, sailors set up a long folding table made of yellow rosewood.

The table was also covered with white tablecloths, and a temporary stove was set beside the table. Li Chao cooked with his own hands in his apron. Fresh river fish caught from the river, river shrimps caught by the net, and some fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms.

The dishes are very fresh and don’t need too much seasoning. A few dishes are already full of flavor.

On the thick mast, the sails had been closed. The sailor on the mast was gestured toward the bottom.

Li Chao had sent someone to send a letter to the warrior general in Yangzhou City, inviting him to have lunch.

The warrior leader is indeed here.

He was sitting in a small boat with only a few followers beside him. When he received the invitation from Li Chao, he was a little surprised. The two armies were about to fight, but Li Chao wanted to invite him to board the boat for dinner.

The lieutenants in the city opposed him coming to the banquet, believing that Li Chao would take the opportunity to detain him and threaten the surrender of the city.

However, Samurai Teng thought it would not be like this, and Li Chao didn't need it.

The warrior leader kept looking at Li Chao's fleet, and saw Li Chao's huge fleet from afar, especially the five gunboats with open portholes and rows of cannons, which made people inexplicably look.

After he leaned on Li Chao's flagship and boarded the rope ladder, he became more and more surprised. He originally thought that Li Chao would bring only the Dengzhou naval troops he took over in a hurry.

Although the Dengzhou Navy was an imperial guard in the northern court, it was obviously not as good as the Yulin Shence Army and even the Shenji Army. But now he glanced over and found that the soldiers on the ship were standing as straight as javelins.

The warrior leader, who has rich experience in the battle formation, suddenly knew that these people were definitely not Dengzhou navy. Where did Li Chao transform such an elite soldier?

After comparing with the Yangzhou defenders in his city, his heart fell to the bottom. Originally, he felt that as long as he leaned against the city and defended, he could still fight.

But now, he knows that his chances of winning are getting lower and lower.

When the sailor led him to the front table in front of the main cabin on the upper stern floor, Li Chao had already prepared the dishes.

A dish of scalloped shrimp, a dish of steamed crab, and a dish of stewed river fish, stir-fried vegetables and a dish of mushroom fish.

There were five dishes in total, including white shrimp, red crabs, green vegetables, and stewed milky white fish soup. I could smell the fragrance from afar. I had been having a bad appetite for many days and felt that my saliva was almost flowing down.

"I didn't expect that it was Duke Zhao who cooked himself. It was such a great treat."

He said, pulling his chair open and sitting down.

"What wine 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. The freshly burned rice wine is warm."

"Listen to you." Samurai replied, "It's very appropriate to drink some warm wine and reminisce about the old love."

Li Chao wiped his hands and sat opposite the warrior head.

Li Chao and the other two had a meal on the table.

Li Chao picked up a crab for him, "This crab is good, it's just fat now."

He also took one for himself and skillfully began to remove the claws and remove the claws. The movements were skillful and elegant. The hideous crab came to Li Chao's hands and tasted it very elegant and noble.

"It's no wonder you are a military expert who can eat crabs like this." Samurai Jun praised.

"Calculate the time, Your Majesty should have received news of the Hanjing chaos in the Western Regions. From the Western Regions to the Hanjing, Your Majesty will return east and will be able to come back in less than two months at the latest. Your Majesty has an army of 100,000, and other subordinates of the vassal states also have at least 100,000. If necessary, it is not a problem for Your Majesty to recruit another 100,000 and 200,000."

He twisted a large crab claw, easily picked out the crab meat inside, dipped it in the vinegar plate, and put it in his mouth gracefully.

After eating, he continued, "There is Duke of Qi in Shuofang in Guanzhong, Guo Xiaoke in Longyou in Hexi, Su Dingfang in Hetao, Li Ji in Hedong, Yuchi Gong in Hebei, and Cheng Yaojin in Huainan, not to mention other places, just the northern paths can no longer make any waves."

"And I led these ten thousand elite soldiers to fight for the king and would go westward without anyone to stop, and to the city of Hanjing."

"Well, in Hanjing City, the East Palace is still standing firm, and there are more than 10,000 loyal soldiers there."

Li Chao picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of warm rice wine for himself and the warriors, "Come on, in-laws, tell me where is the chance of winning of the Supreme Emperor? Why did he win this war?"

The warrior picked up the wine glass and drank it all, unable to answer.

Li Chao also drank a sip. The rice wine is not stronger than the white wine, but it tastes more mellow and has a better taste. Especially the warm rice wine, it tastes better.

"The Supreme Emperor provoked a battle that he could not control. He provoked a war but could not stop it."

"He was happy, but he also harmed thousands of people."

Samurai Tsui took another sip of wine. "So many good wines and dishes, we won't talk about the serious business today, can we just drink wine?"

"In-laws, we cannot always escape from reality. The Supreme Emperor has the kindness of knowing the favor of you, so does Your Majesty have nothing to you? At the beginning, Your Majesty did not care about past grudges and still used you a lot. Besides, you can't just want to repay the favor of knowing the favor of you, you must also bring your whole family, your wife and daughter on the road of no return together, right?"

"This is a doomed road, so why bother?"

"This crab looks ugly, but I didn't expect it to taste quite delicious, and there are even fewer people who can make crabs so delicious." The warrior looked around and said to him.

"Other things are very simple to make crabs. The key is to keep their original taste. Steaming is enough. Sometimes, letting things go naturally is the most correct choice. No matter what the past is between the Supreme Emperor and his son, we should still look at the future. No matter how hard the Supreme Emperor is, this time, His Majesty is out on the Western Expedition. It is indeed because some of the new laws are not handled properly, so many people have started to make trouble. But if you think about it carefully, are these normal? Do these really mean that the Supreme Emperor can retake the world?"

"No, he can't. At most two months, this farce will come to an end. For Your Majesty, it may not matter if it fails. He will not lose anything again. But what about you? What will happen to the Wu family?"

The warrior samurai put down the crab in his hand.

He sighed.

"Wenyuan, I know you are the most affectionate and trustworthy. I want to entrust your Yang family and the daughter to you, as well as my two sons from my original home. You promise me to take good 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 have always had a choice, and you can choose another way."

"But I have taken this step and can't turn back." The warrior shook his head.

"Of course you can turn back, it's not too late to make up for the loss of sheep. You can turn around now, and it's still time. In-laws, don't do it 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 remarry another man and let your children call him another man's father after you die?"

"Do you want to?"

The warrior gritted his teeth.

"I can't go to Qin and Chu."

"What's wrong? You just make the right choice. You made the wrong decision before, but now you correct him. It's great if you know your mistakes and you can correct them!"

The warrior head is in pain.

He found that Li Chao's words were very capable of bewitching people's hearts. His few words made his belief collapse.

"In-laws, if a man can't even have a good husband and a good father, how can he be a good minister? The emperor is old and crazy. Do you want to accompany him to be crazy? Wake up!"

The warrior bowed his head and was silent for a long time. He looked up, "What do I want to do?"
Chapter completed!