Unlike the tense atmosphere of the sword-tight atmosphere in the King of Yan, the Shenwu Army camp stationed in the south of Xia Pi City was still lazily and lazy.

At this time, Chen Jue was playing chess with Feng Yanlu in the coach's tent. More than a dozen personal soldiers played the role of spectators, holding wine pots and complimenting and laughing. Such a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere made people feel that they didn't look like they were in the front-line military camp, as if they were already in the wine shop on the Qinhuai River.

But this doesn't seem to be Chen Jue's previous style.

All civil and military officials in the court knew that this Privy Councilor who often made bold statements in front of the emperor was famous for his military talent, even though his military talents were in a mess.

Although the battle of Xuzhou was defeated terrible, fortunately, reinforcements arrived in time. After the army gathered together, there were still less than 50,000 people. The food and supplies were sufficient, and it was far from being uncontrollable. In addition, he had swear to the emperor more than once to recover the Central Plains. According to Chen Jue's previous practice, how could he give up this time when he was slapped in the face?

You should know that this is a master who can even make a big rebellious move to advance by forging an imperial edict. He will definitely reorganize the army and fight again without hesitation in order to make meritorious contributions.

But this time, after retreating from the army to Xiapi City, Chen Jue's thoughts completely changed.

Although they were a little inconsistent with the military supervisor Feng Yanlu, they were surprisingly consistent in their treatment of this matter - avoiding war and asking for peace. Because in addition to the Zhou army outside the city, they were even more worried about the King of Yan Li Hongji who was visiting the front line in person this time.

Although this 18 or 19-year-old eldest son of the emperor is young, he has always been smart and sophisticated. Over the years, the emperor has not only become more favored by the emperor, but also received the support of Sun Sheng and Han Xizai. It has gradually gained momentum beyond the crown prince Li Jingsui. If such a person is promoted to the throne in the future, how can Chen Jue and others have good results?

This time, the King of Yan led his troops to fight, and the sudden rise of the King Zheng in the capital must have come with the determination to make contributions on the battlefield. Of course, Chen Jue would not make him get what he wanted. As for his situation after returning to the court, he was not panicked at all. In addition to the emperor Li Jing who has always been rude to him, this time he also had the result of the Western Expedition, which was enough to offset his merits and demerits.

So from the moment he saw Li Hongji, Chen Jue had already thought of various countermeasures in his mind. In addition to trying every means to prevent him from making contributions, he even wrote a draft in his mind for the untimely rescuing King Yan.

Sure enough, from the day the army gathered, Li Hongji reached out to Chen Jue to ask for the military power of the Northern Expedition Army.

Chen Jue naturally refused politely because the army was exhausted and could not bear to fight again. Li Hongji also acted as the King of Yan and promised not to make peace with the Zhou army. The two sides were stalemate, so they tacitly submitted memorials to the court far away in Jiangnan, and simply spent time in Xia Pi City. Then Chen Jue also naturally ignored Li Hongji's summoning on the grounds of recovering from illness.

But the days in Xia Pi City were hard to bear after all, and the imperial court's orders were not here yet. Feng Yanlu, who had long missed the prosperity of Jinling, could not hold back. He repeatedly asked Chen Jue to simply ask for peace with the Zhou army in the name of the commander of the Northern Expedition Army.

As for the military orders of the King of Yan, I don’t have to pay attention to it at all. With the emperor’s orders and the majority of soldiers and horses in hand, no matter how arrogant the King of Yan is, will he dare to take risks and use force to seize power?

Then Feng Yanlu started to curse unscrupulously...

Whenever he heard such remarks, Chen Jue just smiled knowingly, but did not accept them, nor would he follow Feng Yanlu to say some disrespectful words, and often kept silent.

Indeed, Li Hongji's fundamental purpose was to fight for the crown prince. Raising a military force to seize power was an offensive move. Moreover, Chen Jue did not believe that the prince had the courage to kill decisively. Otherwise, he would have taken action long ago when the army was defeated and retreated in chaos that day, so how could he delay for many days?

Having said that, as the commander of the Northern Expedition, Chen Jue had the right to make decisions given by the emperor in his hands. He could indeed jump away from Li Hongji and directly sent envoys to ask for peace with the Zhou army. This did not violate the laws of the court.

If Feng Yanlu was the head coach, he would have done this long ago, but Chen Jue would never have done this.

Because Chen Jue knew in his heart that although he was the same party, he could not compare with the Feng brothers.

These two brothers became officials of the Eastern Palace since Li Jing became the first day he became the crown prince. After Li Jing ascended the throne, he was even more favored and his power was unimaginable. Feng Yansi was even more rampant in dealing with people, because even if he committed a big mistake, he could often make Li Jing change his mind with just a few lines of poetry and songs.

But Chen Jue couldn't do this. Not only did he come from a grassroots background, he was cheated by his mentor Song Qiqiu in his early years. Others went to Li Jing's Eastern Palace to be an official, but he was unlucky to follow the second prince Li Jingqian and listened to Song Qiqiu's suggestions to help Li Jingqian compete for the throne.

Fortunately, Li Jingqian died young, and Chen Jue also made changes in time. Otherwise, whether he could survive until now is a question.

Therefore, the right minister dared to pat the back of the Qi King Li Jingda, and it was unreasonable that Feng Yanlu would dare to do it, but Chen Jue would never dare.

At the beginning, he collapsed, but he still turned the tables against the wind and finally climbed to the position of Privy Councilor. Chen Jue's experience is comparable to an inspirational story. Now he is powerful and has become increasingly arrogant in order to fight for power and profit. But after all, he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows very well that no matter how great the power in his hands is, it ultimately comes from the emperor, which is the foundation of his life.

Therefore, he still has a minimum awe for the people in the royal family. Even if he is now sent to the imperial prince and openly disagree with the King of Yan, he still chooses to avoid head-on conflicts.

Just like now, in the name of waiting for the emperor's edict, he legitimately delayed the time. Li Hongji was so anxious that he couldn't sleep in the city, but Chen Jue was playing chess leisurely and drinking. Isn't it good to drink and drink? Chen Jue is the best at this kind of secret game.

Holding a black man in his hand, just as he was about to fall down, Chen Jue heard a sudden riot outside the tent.

When he was disappointed, he said to his personal soldiers with dissatisfaction: "Go outside and see who dares to make noise in the military camp, and dares to disturb my good mood. All of them are dealt with by military law!"

Seeing that the personal soldiers had pulled out of the commander's tent, Feng Yanlu seemed to be out of interest and sighed inexplicably: "Oh! The imperial court's order has not come yet. I don't know when I will stay in Xiapi City..."

Hearing this, Chen Jue just smiled calmly, and then started drinking himself.

Feng Yanlu continued: "The King of Yan also sent light cavalry out of the city from time to time to harass the Zhou army. If he lets him continue like this, how can the Zhou army negotiate peace with our army? I'm afraid it's difficult! Chen Envoy, why are you not in a hurry at all?"

Chen Jue replied lightly: "Hurry, what's the use? Can you stop this highness?"

With a "bang", Feng Yanlu shouted before he could wipe the wine stains on his mouth, "I am just a military supervisor, of course I can't stop you! But why do you ignore it? You are the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, and you are arbitrarily ruling the power in your hands before the opportunity, and you don't have to pay attention to that little baby..."

The "little baby" with burping was so shocked that Chen Jue could hardly sit still. He immediately interrupted in a deep voice: "I have issued a military order. The Northern Expedition Army has rested on the spot to wait for the emperor's order. Do not leave the city without permission. Those who violate the order will be killed! Going out of the city to attack the Zhou army is the order of the King of Yan, and that is the troops under the King of Yan. What does it have to do with me, Chen Jue?"

Feng Yanlu snatched the wine pot from his personal soldiers, drank it all, and said disapprovingly: "I know what you mean! But for the Zhou army outside the city, there are no soldiers and horses of King Yan, and they are all the soldiers of my Tang Dynasty! Don't forget that next Zhou Zhou will insult the Zhou emperor Guo Wei, but the order of your envoy Chen, will the Zhou army let you go if you fight in the end?

How can you be a silly and ignorant person who is so stupid and ignorant, be cautious and careless, be able to be a Privy Councilor! How free and easy is this military supervisor, I regret not going with you, but actually fell into this ghost place, and I can't move forward or retreat..."

The man's face turned red, as if he had already come up with alcohol, and his words became more casual and rampant. Seeing that Chen Jue's face gradually became gloomy, the soldiers around him couldn't help swallowing, but did not dare to step forward to stop him.

After all, Feng Yanlu, the deputy left-behind Dongdu, is famously arrogant. He has never even been able to persuade his brother, so how can others persuade him?

Chen Jue deeply exhaled a breath of turbid air, suppressing his anger and laughed hard: "Feng Liushou may be drunk too much! The two armies fought each other as their own masters. The chief minister was the Privy Councilor of the Tang Dynasty. He was ordered to lead the king's army to insult Guo Wei. What's the harm in insulting Guo Wei? Besides, the Zhou army has already died for the country, and our army has also lost most of our army! Now the King of Yan has only 20,000 soldiers available in his hands. It is not necessary to pay attention to the small battle. In short, this big battle will definitely not be fought!"

"If you say you can't fight, you can't fight? Our army now occupies the city of Zhou..."

Chen Jue explained patiently: "It is not this time to fight. Now Guo Wei is personally conquering Yanzhou. Murong Yanchao is a ruthless character and has been holding on for several months. The main force of the Zhou army has no time to look south. What can I do with the partial army outside the city? I only need to endure for a few more days and wait for the imperial court's order. My prime minister has submitted a memorial to His Majesty to withdraw his troops and return to the south-"

Feng Yanlu interrupted directly: "The King of Yan also submitted a memorial to request the continued Northern Expedition. What if His Majesty agrees? If you remove your chief commander Chen Jue and replace it with the King of Yan, what should you do? If you continue to drag on it like this, you may not have any changes. You, snort—"

Suddenly, Feng Yanlu began to twitch the corners of his mouth uncontrollably, and then he covered his lower abdomen and vomited "Wow" a little while ago. After that, his eyes fell on the table in a confused manner, and he fell asleep quickly.

Seeing the ground full of Feng Yanlu's dizzy residue, Chen Jue felt a churn in his stomach. After calling out a few times, he changed his face and endured his disgust and called out his personal soldiers and said, "The military supervisor is drunk, hurry up and go out..."
Chapter completed!