Chapter 22 The Clouds and the Rain
Wei State, Great Liang, Royal Palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the huge palace, only a few lights were lit, which made the vision extremely gray.
"The minion Colliers meets the king." A tall, thin, white-faced, beardless middle-aged man knelt in front of the throne with his body bent.
"Colliers, are you guilty?" Dressed in a python robe, the skin of King Wei with a tiger's back and a bear's waist looks like he is only a young man, his face is red, and his chest-length hair is extremely eye-catching, and the majesty of being in a high position for a long time makes the man who calls himself Gao Lishi dare not raise his head to look at him.
"Minions...... The slave doesn't know, and he still hopes that the king will teach him. "He has been following King Wei all the year round, as one of the twelve eunuchs of the inner servant, Gao Lishi is too familiar with the master in front of him, but judging from his tone of questioning, his heart can't help but rise.
"A few years ago, the lord of Baoyun was robbed, so many years have passed, should you, the dog slave, give an explanation to the widow." King Wei didn't look at Gao Lishi, who was trembling under his feet, and said coldly with a gloomy gaze.
"Ah!!h Gao Lishi almost didn't cry out, he never thought that after so many years, King Wei would bring up the old things again.
Back then, the Chuanguo Mansion suddenly went out of the water, and it was not easy to extinguish the fire, but unexpectedly lost the lord of Baoyun. You must know that not long before the incident, King Wei had just issued an order to marry the lord of Baoyun County, and even promised the position of queen.
In this way, how can this not attract the attention of the entire Daliang City, and even specially brought in Wei Wushu to block the whole city and find the whereabouts of Bao Yun, and Gao Lishi was the person in charge at that time.
Gao Lishi was able to be promoted to one of the twelve eunuchs of the inner servant, and his means were naturally extremely clever, and under his careful deployment, his subordinates quickly found the suspect, but who knows, the thief's swordsmanship is extremely skillful, and he actually escaped under the siege.
Afterwards, the king of Wei was furious, if it weren't for Gao Lishi's loyalty, I am afraid that he would have been beheaded for public display. But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and the case of finding the whereabouts of the county lord of Baoyun finally fell into his hands.
After Gao Lishi received this case, how dare he not be unsatisfied, but unfortunately, since the thief escaped from his hands, it was difficult to find a trace, and it was slowly dragged down.
Gao Lishi thought that after so many years, King Wei must have gradually forgotten it, but who knew that he was really frightened when he mentioned it again today.
"Dumb? Back!! Seeing that Gao Lishi was speechless for a while, King Wei was furious and kicked him hard.
How dare Gao Lishi resist, he was directly kicked out a few feet away, and he didn't care about the pain in his chest and abdomen, so he quickly climbed back again.
"The king, the slaves are incompetent, and I hope the king will forgive his sins."
"Hmph, useless dog minion, you show this to the widow." After venting, King Wei took a break from his anger and threw a letter in his hand.
Colliers hurriedly picked up the letter, and at first glance, the fair and thin face was immediately covered with gloom.
"The secret letter of the Qin State formed an alliance and secretly promised the king 100,000 Qin crossbows to help him attack the Chu State? Such a military event, the king should not show it to his minions. Colliers asked knowingly.
"What a dog minion, he dares to pretend to be crazy and stupid in front of the widow...... Look at what is written in the back!!! King Wei was furious and was about to raise his foot and kick again, but in the end he endured it.
Gao Lishi's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly lowered his head, pretending to continue reading the letter, and still had words in his mouth, "In order to show sincerity, in addition to 100,000 Qin crossbows, I hereby present the information sent by my country's spies...... The county lord of Baoyun was actually kidnapped to the Chu State, and became the master mother of the Chu State's heirloom mansion?! This, this ......"
"Huh?" Seeing Gao Lishi's sincere and frightened appearance, King Wei snorted coldly.
"The king, the slave should die, the slave should die, and let the lord of the county accept this insult. The minions, the minions, sent people to sneak into the Chu State, not only to rescue the lord of Baoyun, but also to kill the heirloom mansion chicken dog. Gao Lishi knew that even if he had thousands of mouths at this time, he couldn't tell clearly, and in order to save his life, he couldn't care about anything else, so he said the big words first.
It's a pity that King Wei is silent, so people can't guess what he thinks.
"Gao Lishi, you should know something about the situation in the Spring and Autumn Continent recently, right?" King Wei suddenly changed the topic, and his tone was much more relaxed.
"The minions did hear some rumors, but the blame slaves are broken bodies, and they can't share the worries of the king." Colliers immediately offered faithfulness.
"First, Qin and Chu formed an alliance, and it took less than two years to destroy the Han State. Immediately afterwards, under the cover of negotiations, he divided his troops to raid again, captured Xinzheng, and forced Korea to become a vassal. Just when everyone's eyes were focused on such a big arm of the Qin State, who would have thought that the Yan State, which had just been restored, would also secretly serve the Chu State, concentrate the troops of the whole country and hand them over to the Qin general Meng Tian, and come out from the north to attack the empty Qi State. It made it difficult for the millions of Qi troops who invaded the Qin State to take care of the end, and finally had to give up the good situation, and the class returned to the court, but they were entangled by Bai Qi, and the two sides finally launched a decisive battle in Jingyang. Sun Wunai is a generation of military gods, who would have thought that in the case of leading an army of 800,000, he would defeat Bai Qi, who only had a 100,000 Qin army, I am afraid that it will not be long before the overlord Qi State will follow in the footsteps of the Han State. King Wei first sighed and repeatedly stated all the major events that had happened in the recent period, as the king of a country, and he was also an ambitious king, how could he not be envious.
"You have also seen this handwritten letter from the prince of the Qin State, it is nothing more than an alliance. As long as the widow can send troops to attack the Chu State, this world is very generous. Not only gave 100,000 Qin crossbows, but also promised to share the world, its ambition can be said to be obvious, do you think the widow should agree? King Wei's majestic physique rose from the throne with a deep face.
"This ...... This, the slave is only shallow in learning, and he really can't come up with an idea. The king can summon civil and military officials to discuss, which is the right way. "How dare Gao Lishi talk nonsense, not to mention his identity as an internal supervisor, even if he has the right to lead the army, he doesn't dare to say more, it is really the importance of this matter, and it has broken the sky.
Recently, the Qin State's successive actions, as long as you are not a fool, can see its ambitions, and it is far from satisfying its appetite if it is only a quarter of the territory of the Han State.
"Hmm......" King Wei was silent for a while, and finally agreed with Gao Lishi's words, "You go and pass the decree, and summon Yin Zhangyi and the general Pang Juan to meet you." ”
"Wait...... In a moment, you dog slave will come along. Without waiting for Gao Lishi to leave, King Wei suddenly added.
King Wei, who watched Gao Lishi leave and sat down on the throne again, his expression became resolute.
In fact, after receiving this secret letter, King Wei was already moved.
The three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han originally belonged to the same lineage, and they were split from the Jin State of the previous dynasty. The original Jin Kingdom, both in terms of national strength and military strength, was invincible to the overlord Qi State, but unfortunately, a battle for succession made the royal family finally split, and one family became three.
As a descendant of the original Jin Kingdom, King Wei, who was born with great ambitions, had the greatest dream of being able to unify Zhao, Wei and Han and reproduce the scenery of the Jin Kingdom.
In fact, it is not only him, since the division of the Three Kingdoms, they have never stopped attacking each other, and they all want to complete the unification, but for various reasons, they have not succeeded until now.
Now that Korea was suddenly broken by the Qin army, it was even more difficult for Wei to use swords and soldiers.
Seeing the Qin army's soldiers, no matter how unwilling the King of Wei was, he did not dare to act rashly, even if he had tens of thousands of Wei soldiers under his command.
Not only the Wei State, but I am afraid that the Zhao State at this time is also desperate.
South Korea is sandwiched between the two families, and its military strength is also the weakest, and it can exist so far, relying on the left and right, so that Zhao and Wei are afraid of each other, and they dare not use troops easily.
It was in such a situation that Qin Shizi's letter was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for King Wei, not only giving him a promise of two points of the world and the benefits of 100,000 Qin crossbows, but even finding an excuse for him to send troops to attack Chu.
"Compliments...... The Inheritance Mansion of the State of Chu...... Hehe, but I don't know if your Chu State can stop the widows and tens of thousands of Wei warriors? ”
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A few days later.
Chu State, Jimo City.
"Student Su Qin, I've seen Mr." It was still the hidden courtyard, and after a period of rectification, Su Qin finally came to visit in secret.
"Sit down." Zhan Bai smiled slightly, Su Qin was different from others, so Zhan Bai had always been extremely gentle.
"How's the government handled?" After Su Qin was seated, Zhan Bai asked.
"Mr. is elevated, the students are still self-aware, and there may be some experience in military affairs, and this government affairs have long been handed over to Yin Chenzhen, the right commander who rushed over." Su Qin shook his head with a wry smile.
"Oh, Chen Zhen is here?" Zhan Bai was stunned, he really didn't know about it.
"I just arrived today, just in case, Chen Zhen is quite secretive here, and the students only found out when they met." Su Qin replied lightly.
Although the Han State perished under the joint attack of the Qin and Chu armies, in order to be noble and fast, the cities on the offensive routes of both sides along the way were captured but not occupied, although they killed a lot of Han troops, but also left many local remnants of the Han State. Under the general trend, there are remnants of these places who surrender, but there are also ordinary people who resist, and they know that their own strength is not good, and finally flee into the mountains and forests, and fall into the grass, resulting in the rebirth of bandits.
Chen Zhen came, in order to prevent assassination, he naturally had to keep the itinerary strictly confidential.
Zhan Bai thought about it for a while, and it was already clear.
"I heard that Mi Jun is leaving?" Zhan Bai suddenly changed the topic.
"Yes, the king does have this intention, this attack on Chu has mobilized almost all the elites of the Chu State, resulting in the emptiness of the Chu State. Fortunately, along the way, there were great victories, so that no one dared to move in the court. But the country can't be without a king for a day, and if the king doesn't go back, it will inevitably make some people have different thoughts. Su Qin didn't hide it.
As for Mi Jun's return date, Su Qin didn't say it, not because he didn't believe Zhanbai, but because he didn't know it.
"Will you come along?" Zhan Bai asked suddenly.
Su Qin shook his head, "The territory of the Han Kingdom has just been occupied, and if you want to really annex it, it will not happen overnight. Thinking of this, the king deliberately left the students behind, rectified military affairs, or recruited security, or encircled and suppressed, always to restore the peace of the territory of the Han Kingdom. ”
Just as the two were right, the door was suddenly pushed open.
"What?" Seeing the scorpion coming in, he looked anxious, and Zhan Bai couldn't help frowning.
"Sir, something is wrong." The scorpion didn't care about Su Qin's presence, which also showed her anxiety at this time.
"Since Mr. has something, the student will leave first." Su Qin also has a good eye, and after speaking, he was about to get up and say goodbye.
"No, between you and me, there is no need to hide it." Zhan Bai shook his head before turning to the scorpion and said, "Say, what's the matter?" ”
"Sir, according to the news from the State of Wei. The Wei army originally stationed on the border of Wei and Han had a large-scale mobilization, and not only that, but the large and small generals of Wei Wushu who were scattered all over the Wei State also disappeared overnight. The scorpion spoke.
"Are you sure it's the Wei army on the border of Wei and Han?" Between Zhanbai's eyebrows, a big word "Chuan" was immediately entangled.
"Yes, this news came from all the military cities on the border of Wei and Han, almost six out of ten, and at the same time, it is strange that the border army of South Korea also retreated. It seems that overnight, Han Wei has abandoned his previous suspicions. Scorpion explained.
"Any other news?" Zhanbai seemed to anticipate something.
The scorpion nodded, and after glancing at Su Qin, he finally walked to Zhan Bai's side and whispered something in his ear.
"The Duke of Wei Guochuan, who has not asked about things for a long time, suddenly received a general's support?" After hearing the scorpion's words, Zhanbai's heart jumped violently.
Zhan Bai had never seen the heirloom of Wei, and he rarely even heard of it, but he was still deeply impressed by him, for no other reason, because this heirloom mansion of Wei was the maiden family of this life.
Could it be related to praise?
After a moment of contemplation, Zhan Bai's eyes widened suddenly.
"It's not good, Wei is going to send troops to attack Chu." Zhan Bai exclaimed in an almost affirmative tone.
"What?" Hearing this, Su Qin on the side couldn't help but stand up, "Sir, is this true?" ”
Although the territory of Wei is small, its military strength is extremely strong, even far exceeding that of Han. In particular, the Wei Wushu, who was built by Yin Wuqi, the predecessor of the Chu State, was even more invincible, and if it were not for the containment of Han and Zhao, its territory would not be limited to this.
You must know that the Jin State is divided into three, and among the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, the geographical location of the Wei State is the southernmost point, and it has a large border with the Han State, even with the original Chu State, there is a narrow border. If he has the heart, once he marches south, with his troops, even if he can't destroy Chu and Han, he can occupy a large territory.
Of course, this was before, and now, since the fall of the Han State, there is only one country bordering it in the south, and that is the Chu State, for no other reason. Among the six parts of Han land occupied by the Chu State, the original Han and Wei borders were included.
The sudden large-scale transfer of the Wei * team can be seen by anyone who is not a fool that it has the intention of using soldiers. And the objects of foreign military use are nothing more than three.
One is Korea in the north, the second is Qin in the east, and finally, Chu in the south.
All three are possible, with the military strength of Wei, it is not up to the Qin State to fight in the south and north at the same time, and in the end you can only choose one or the other.
Originally, the probability of sending troops to South Korea was the greatest, but the reality was that Wei suddenly transferred sixty percent of the Han and Wei border troops, and at the same time, the Han army was also retreating, so this possibility is not great, not to mention that the current South Korea has declared itself a vassal to the Qin State, and the Wei State may not dare to move.
As for the east, unless the king of Wei is a fool, he will use troops against Qin.
Then the only thing left is the state of Chu.
If these are just assumptions, then the sudden comeback of the Duke of Wei is even more intriguing.
Su Qin may not know, but how can Zhanbai not know the identity of Bao Yun.
Bao Yun was the granddaughter of the Duke of Wei and even the queen-to-be, but she was taken away by Zhan Yibai and given to herself. And what is Zhan Yibai's identity......
Under all these connections, all doubts have been revealed.
"If my guess is correct, Wei is only afraid that it is secretly allied with Qin, and the former is about to send troops to attack Chu." Zhan Bai's face was solemn, "Su Qin, as Zuo Lingyin, from now on, you must be ready to fight." ”