The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

As soon as the third quarter of the ugly hour arrived, the Lingnan Navy launched another attack.

Their morale soared, like tireless marionettes, causing the Jiangnan Navy to panic and struggle to cope.

The most important thing is that the Duke of Qi was willing to spend money and used five large warships to clear the way. They rushed all the way and almost reached the center of the opponent's ship array.

The secret guard did not return for a long time, and the Lingnan Navy attacked like crazy again. Gu Yufan knew that he had failed again.

However, these are not the most important.

The most important thing is that the Lingnan Navy is really crazy.

The attack started in the middle of the night, without showing any sign of fatigue, and the high-intensity attack was maintained until dawn.

Several large ships rushed into the warship formation, completely disrupting the formation of Gu Yufan's warship.

Not only that, the Duke of Qi ordered people to shoot arrows on the shore and captured the small and light warships of the Jiangnan navy.

The whole river was in a state of chaos with shouts of killing.

It wasn't until dark that the Duke of Qi blew his whistle and retreated his troops.

After getting a moment of respite, Gu Yufan hurriedly asked people to clear the battlefield and count the number of people who had died today.

After learning that tens of thousands more people had been sacrificed on his side, Gu Yufan could no longer suppress his anger. Regardless of the dissuasion of his staff, he angrily opened General Chen's door.

General Chen also knew the situation of today's battle, so naturally he couldn't lie down anymore. He quickly got up and wanted to find other people to discuss countermeasures together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got dressed, the door was pushed open hard.

General Chen turned his head to look, and hurriedly clasped his fists in salute: "Your Highness, minister..."

Without thinking, Gu Yufan went up and kicked General Chen back two steps.

His face was full of astonishment, obviously he did not expect that as Gu Yufan's subordinate, he would be treated like a servant by Gu Yufan: "Your Highness, what does this mean?"

"what for?"

Gu Yufan pointed at his nose and cursed: "Why don't General Chen tell me that the war is about to begin? What does General Chen mean by pretending to be sick and staying in bed?"

"You don't think that this king doesn't know what you are thinking, do you? Do you want to go back and please Gu Yuchen again, so as to avoid your death penalty?"

"I tell you, don't even think about it! Don't mention that your family is in Jiangzhou, just say that the military salary you have embezzled over the years is enough to kill the nine tribes you have implicated, a hundred times!"

"This king..."

"Your Highness!"

Ling Jinhua listened outside the door for a long time. Seeing that there were more and more people, she hurried in and interrupted Gu Yufan's indiscriminate words with a worried look.

She smiled coquettishly at General Chen: "That's not what your Highness meant. Today's battle was fierce and the navy suffered heavy losses. Your Highness wanted to come and see how you are doing."

She pulled Gu Yufan and said softly: "It happens that General Chen has almost recovered. Your Highness, please inform them to go to the meeting hall together."

Gu Yufan sneered, not wanting to give face to Ling Jinhua at all. Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw General Chen's calm face. His heart skipped a beat, thinking that he was indeed a little impulsive.

Then he said: "Since the concubine has said so, General Chen, please inform me to come down to the meeting hall to discuss matters within a stick of incense."

After Gu Yufan finished speaking, he turned around and left without feeling any guilt at all. Ling Jinhua hurriedly chased him to the door. Seeing Gu Yufan walking further and further away, he turned around and said, "General Chen, you shouldn't be so willful. Before the war was over, General Zhou dragged his sick body to the battlefield. You..."

She shook her head slightly, as if you were scolded and had something to do with General Zhou.

Ling Jinhua said softly: "After two consecutive defeats in the past two days, the morale of the army has been unstable. Just a short distance from General Chen's room, I have heard a lot of gossip. If this continues, the soldiers will not fight. And fell."

After she finished speaking, she sighed and turned around, leaving General Chen to think in the room.

General Chen no longer has any hope for this battle!
Two consecutive defeats have indeed affected their military morale.

The conflict between the navy and the private soldiers became more and more serious, but the prince's heart obviously favored the private soldiers.

General Chen closed his eyes tightly, turned around, walked to the other people's room, and whispered his experience in a low voice: "His Highness is becoming more and more dissatisfied with us. I am afraid that in the war, he will only listen to those people named Zhou." slander."

Several other generals had angry expressions on their faces: "That man surnamed Zhou has never even commanded the suppression of bandits, but he can just say a few nice words. If he really goes to the battlefield, I guarantee he will run faster than anyone else. If Your Highness believes in him, I don’t think there’s any need to fight this battle, just surrender!”

"But His Highness just believed him!" General Chen said, "It took so long for the war to end. Why did Your Highness come to the room only after I got up?"

The excited crowd suddenly fell silent.

In fact, His Highness's heart is biased.

Because they are navy soldiers and soldiers of the imperial court, His Highness cannot trust them as much as he trusts private soldiers. They are responsible for suppressing bandits, and the benefits are reaped by private soldiers.

But they have already surrendered to the King of Chu, what can they do?
General Zhou and others looked at each other, obviously no longer wanting to waste time in this war.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, their lives have become increasingly difficult.

The King of Chu withheld their military pay, but the private soldiers were fully paid.

It was not like General Zhou had never made trouble. The answer he got was that the private soldiers were raised by his private treasury. They were soldiers of the imperial court. If the imperial court did not allocate funds, there was nothing he could do.

General Zhou and others had never doubted it before, but now that they think about it, they are really stupid.

Everyone figured this out, and the room became even quieter.

One of them asked: "What should we do?"

Resistance means death. If they don't resist, the emperor will not spare them when King Chu is defeated!

General Chen was silent for a moment and said, "Let's take it one step at a time."

He stood up and patted several others on the shoulders: "King Chu asked me to go to the meeting hall. Let's go and see what to do next."

General Zhou and others did not know that their conversation had been heard by the private soldiers hiding outside the door, and it soon reached Gu Yufan's ears.

The anger he had finally suppressed surged up again, but it was obvious that this time the anger was not so easy to extinguish.

One of the staff whispered: "Your Highness, General Chen and others are already thinking of surrendering. It cannot be trusted. It would be better to resolve it earlier."

These words are exactly what Gu Yufan meant!
So when General Chen and others first entered, General Zhou and others suddenly attacked and tied up the unsuspecting General Chen and others.

General Chen looked at Gu Yufan with red eyes: "Your Highness, what does this mean?"

Gu Yufan sneered and said: "What do you mean? You don't think that if you secretly discuss matters in the room, I won't know about it, right?" (End of Chapter)