Chapter 123

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Just dispatch the coastal defense army nearby to rescue them, isn't that enough?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly.

"Right now, a battle report has arrived from Zhu Yunwen's side, saying the situation has been barely stabilized."

"But the losses are significant."

"If we withdraw like this, I fear it will be as you said: Zhu Yunwen will never be able to touch the military again."

Hearing this, Su Qiao let out a "puchi" sound and laughed.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked at Su Qiao with displeasure and asked.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, Your Majesty. The Crown Prince has stabilized the situation."

"Hahahaha!"

"I simply cannot hold it back!"

"No, the Crown Prince, leading troops, stabilized the situation."

"..."

Not to mention Su Qiao, even Zhu Di in another timeline felt a bit unable to hold it together.

Su Qiao's hearty laughter echoed throughout the entire Ciqing Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly.

"Just assume for a moment that our Zhu Yunwen has truly stabilized the situation."

"Now, the Japanese pirates have fled, Zhu Yunwen suffered a defeat; how do we get our face back?!"

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's question.

A bold thought inevitably arose in Su Qiao's heart.

If I trick Zhu Yunwen to death, then I will surely die for certain, right?

97, Zhu Qi: Great-grandfather, you cannot ignore me!

Thinking this, Su Qiao became excited all over.

Then, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang tentatively, he asked.

"Your Majesty's meaning is... to find a way to bring the Japanese pirates back?"

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Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

"Correct, that is exactly the meaning."

Su Qiao took a deep breath, then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said.

"Then there is probably only one way."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Qiao with confusion and asked.

"What way?"

Su Qiao coughed twice, then spoke in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, think about it."

"These Japanese pirates are just like the Tatars outside the pass."

"They just come to shear a fleece and leave."

"Now that Your Majesty says the Crown Prince made them suffer a loss."

"They will surely flee far away."

"So there is only one way to make them return!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up instantly.

Looking at Su Qiao excitedly, he asked.

"What way?"

"Expose what they want!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Qiao with confusion and asked.

"What they want?"

"What do they want?"

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang impatiently and said.

"Your Majesty, you are confused!"

"They naturally came for wealth."

"What is the most valuable thing in the army right now?"

"The Crown Prince!"

"You just let the Crown Prince stand there; isn't that a sure big fleece?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said.

"That was the Crown Prince who led people to fight; they were chased away. From the start, they knew the Crown Prince fought them; how could they return?"

"Your Majesty, think carefully; is it that they do not want the Crown Prince?"

"It is clearly that they could not seize the Crown Prince, so they left!"

"We just need to make those Japanese pirates feel they can capture the Crown Prince, isn't that enough?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Qiao with some confusion and asked.

"Are you saying, use the Crown Prince as bait?"

"Exactly!"

"The Crown Prince previously had three thousand guards around him; you just took away half. Hmm, no, that's still too many. Leaving three hundred is enough."

"Normally, the Crown Prince always hides in the central army and never shows his head; you should let the Crown Prince personally face the arrows."

"If you were a Japanese pirate, would you say your heart is stirred?"

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child; you can't catch Japanese pirates without sacrificing the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with some displeasure.

"In any case, Zhu Yunwen is the heir to the nation! A son of a thousand gold does not sit under a leaning hall."

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang helplessly.

"Your Majesty, how can you not calculate this account correctly!"

"The greater the risk, the higher the profit!"

"Think about it; if the Crown Prince returns now, this face is lost."

"But if the Crown Prince leaves only three hundred men, drags those Japanese pirates back, beats them, and ties them up."

"Think about what kind of prestige that would be!"

"How would the Generals in the army view the Crown Prince? How would the hundred officials in the court view the Crown Prince?"

"Right now, both the army and the court say the Crown Prince only knows how to read and knows nothing of war, falling far short of Prince Yan."

"If this battle is won, who in the world would still dare to say the Crown Prince is merely a scholar?"

"Which scholar would personally face arrows and defeat a multitude with a handful?"

"If the Crown Prince wins this battle with three hundred soldiers, the Crown Prince will be both civil and martial, and his prestige could even rival Crown Prince Yiwen, Your Majesty!"

"Let us take a step back."

"What if the Crown Prince takes only three people?"

"The Xiang Yu of this age!"

When Su Qiao finished speaking these words.

Even Zhu Di felt stirred.

He was even thinking that another day, if he had the time, he would let his "good Holy Grandson" lead several thousand men out of the pass for a stroll.

Listening to Su Qiao's description, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but glance at Su Qiao.

"Su Qiao, we understand the logic, but I want to ask you one thing."

"Your Majesty, please ask."

"I am just asking, did Zhu Yunwen dig up your ancestral grave?"

Su Qiao stood seriously to the side and said in a low voice.