Zhao Qi sat alone in the big tent, in a few days, it was already a lot of gray hair, the tent was deserted, there was no fire, there seemed to be a yin wind wandering in it, the food in the army will be cut off from tomorrow, even today, some troops have begun to slaughter livestock, the uneasy atmosphere in the camp is spreading little by little, the main generals above have basically been replaced by Zhao Qi's henchmen, but the grassroots officers below can not be cleaned, these dissatisfied atmosphere is from these lowest level officers.

I was too anxious, or, according to Zhao Mu's original assumption, steady and steady, although slower, but it will definitely not fall to the point where it is today, in order to prove Zhao Mu's incorrectness with his own correctness, in the end, he did let himself fall into the bottomless abyss.

The curtain was lifted, and the biting cold wind followed, Zhao Qi involuntarily shuddered, and looked up to be angry, but saw his son Zhao Xilie walking in with a face full of fear.

"Daddy!" Zhao Xilie stood with his hands down.

"Look at your panicked look, what kind of system are you?" Zhao Qi said coldly: "The generals are uneasy, the army is not in their hearts, even if they are in a desperate situation, the generals should also give confidence to the soldiers." ”

"Dad, I'm not here for this!" Zhao Xilie raised his head, looked at Zhao Qi, and said in a low voice: "Someone from the Eastern Army came to find me, and they brought me a person, a letter. ”

Zhao Qi's eyes narrowed, "Alone? A letter? ”

"Yes, the person is Zhao Shang, the letter, but it is a chapter written by Zhao Mu to the king!" Zhao Xilie's voice trembled a little.

"Zhao Shang is not dead yet?" Zhao Qi took a deep breath: "Where are the people, what about the letter?" ”

Zhao Xilie took a step forward, took out the letter from his arms, and put it in front of Zhao Qi, "Although Zhao Shang was assigned to the Dead Soldier Battalion, after all, he was a general before, and Qin Chunhua didn't let him charge forward, so he was still alive." ”

Zhao Qi's eyebrows jumped. Unfolded the letter paper, and after a cursory browsing, he was already trembling, "Old man Zhao Mu, he deceives people too much. He's going to put me to death, no, he's going to kill my Zhao family! ”

"What do we do now? Father? This person, this letter can be intercepted once, twice, but where can it be intercepted again and again? You don't know the king's character. At this point, I am afraid that the king will inevitably throw his father out as an outcast to appease the anger in the country. In exchange for the lives of these tens of thousands of soldiers, I will exchange the lives of my Zhao clan. ”

Zhao Qi exhaled heavily, "What about the person who marched to the Eastern Army, bring him in." Also, you go back immediately and deal with Zhao Shang, pay attention, you do it yourself. Don't let anyone know about this matter, and those who know that the people of the Eastern Army have entered the camp will also be disposed of. ”

"I understand. Father! ”

Cao Tianci removed his mask and stood in front of Zhao Qi, his young face made Zhao Qi feel jealous, he couldn't believe it. The person who intercepted Zhao Shanghe's fatal letter was actually such a young person.

But when Cao Tianci gave his hand very casually and reported his name, Zhao Qi stood up involuntarily. As the one who controls the tiger and leopard ride, he is naturally no stranger to the name Cao Tianci, but this person is extremely mysterious, rarely appears in public, and people outside the Eastern Army are not familiar with his appearance.

Cao Tianci, the president of the Supervision Institute of the Eastern Army, is only 20 years old this year.

Although he is too young to speak, he is definitely a pivotal figure in the Eastern Army.

Why is the Eastern Army helping itself? Zhao Qi turned this thought repeatedly in his heart.

"You and I are enemies, it's hard for me to understand, why are you helping me?" Raising the letter in his hand, Zhao Qi sat down again, looked at Cao Tianci, and asked.

"It's easy!" Cao Tianci smiled and said: "Because this civil strife in Zhao State has ended, of course we didn't help Zilan defend Daijun in vain, we want to get paid, but it is obvious that the reward that Zilan gave us is far from meeting our requirements." ”

"You're allies, and I have a hard time believing what you're saying." Zhao Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he had roughly guessed the other party's intentions.

"We have all said a wise saying, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, at this moment, we are consistent with Zilan's interests, we can send troops for him, send him a large number of war horses, weapons, but when our interests are no longer consistent, it is not impossible to turn against each other."

"What Takato wants is Daijun, isn't it?" Zhao Qi went straight in.

"Lord Zhao is wrong, our appetite is not so big, and swallowing Daijun in one bite now will spoil us." Cao Tianci smiled.

"And what do you want?"

Cao Tianci spread his hands, "What we want is not the present, but the future." ”

"It's still Daijun, it's impossible for me to agree to your conditions, Daijun is the territory of Zhao State, and it is impossible to carve out a single bit." Zhao Qi flatly denied it.

Cao Tianci laughed, "Even if you promise to give us Daijun, Zhao Guo will assign him to us, Lord Zhao, you should know that the current Daijun is Zilan's master." It's King Zhao, I'm afraid I can't put my beak away, what we want is Zilan's life. I think on this point, you are in agreement with us. ”

Zhao Qi took a deep breath, "What do I want Zilan's life for?" Now I'm afraid Zilan can't wait to take my life, you must have read this letter, Zhao Mu has already decided to sacrifice me, and the king will definitely agree. Can you intercept it once, can you intercept it a second time? ”

"We intercepted the first time, and we gave you extremely precious time, and now, your life is in your own hands, of course, if you don't care about your own life, even if I haven't come, you can also cut me with a knife, this is your camp, I am not an immortal, I will definitely not be able to escape." But you also understand that if it is true that you will not be the only one who will die, but your entire family, and your posthumous name, you will not only die, but you will also be ruined and stinted for thousands of years. Cao Tianci said lightly.

Zhao Qi was silent for a long time, "I want Zilan to die, because only if he dies, the king will be satisfied, and this big defeat can be covered up, and you want Zilan to die because you are plotting to represent the county, Zilan died, and there was no successor, Zilan's successor Zhao Zhuo died in Handan, the only remaining son was weak and sickly, and there was no one in the county, you will contact the civil and military officials of the county to appoint him as the lord of the county, and then manipulate him behind his back, and finally include the county in the bag, if I guess correctly, in the county, You already have a lot of spokespeople, right? ”

"Lord Zhao Mingjian." Cao Tianci smiled and said, "This is a matter of boiling frogs in warm water and taking your time." ”

"But why should I agree to this deal?"

"Without a Dai County, Zhao is still Zhao Guo, and Lord Zhao will still be Lord Zhao who is in power to Zhao State, but if Zilan survives and Zhao Mu'an is here, Lord Zhao will become a wisp of unjust soul, and I don't know what will happen after death?" Cao Tianci sneered: "I believe that Lord Zhao will make a wise choice. ”

"Why do you believe that I must be able to kill Zilan?" Zhao Qi's tone finally softened, he understood very well that he had only this way, and only by killing Zilan could he have a glimmer of life.

"Of course you don't have this opportunity now, but we will create this opportunity for you!" Cao Tianci said with a smile: "If Lord Zhao agrees to us, we will assist the Lord to leave here secretly and arrive at Horsehair Ridge, whether it is Qin Chunhua or Hu Liang, but they are all your cronies, as long as you arrive at Horsehair Ridge, there is no problem in regaining control of this army, and if you get out of here, you can also regain control and command the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and completely empty Zhao Mu." ”

"This is the first step in the plan. In the second step, Zhao Mu has sent Qin Chunhua to Xiling City with his handwritten letter, asking to meet with Zilan to discuss how to end this dispute in a dignified manner, of course, the victim of this matter is undoubtedly you, my lord, only by throwing you, King Zhao will become the king who has been obscured, and the people of Daijun will forgive Handan, but your lord, you have to be pointed out. So, their meeting is your chance. ”

"Even if Zilan agrees to meet with Zhao Mu, she will bring enough soldiers and horses, even if I re-control Qin Chunhua and Hu Liang's department, I won't have a chance to start."

The meeting place of Zhao Mu and Zilan was set in Ma'anshan, not far from Hefeng, and there was a Taoist temple on the mountain, and the two agreed to meet where they would each bring a hundred guards. Since you can get out of the way, I believe that it should not be a problem to ambush people here in advance, and now the one who is stationed outside the Crane Peak to assist in the defense is a thousand cavalry led by the infantry general of my Eastern Army. And the two hundred guards, we'll help you get rid of them. Your people only need to kill Zilan, and afterwards, our people will also cover your departure. ”

Listening to the other party methodically planning this earth-shattering event for himself, Zhao Qi couldn't help but gasp, "How long have you been planning for this matter, and you have even thought about all aspects so thoroughly?" ”

"Lord Zhao doesn't have to care about us, you just need to know that this time, ours is indeed doing our best to help you keep your power, and your reputation is enough."

"That's because of your ambitions." Zhao Qi said angrily.

"To each according to his needs." Cao Tianci laughed, "Everyone has what they get, isn't it the best of both worlds." ”

Zhao Xilie and Hou Xiyi were secretly recruited to Zhao Qi's big tent after an hour, and when they heard that Zhao Qi was going to leave the camp secretly, and during the time they left, the two of them had to firmly control the camp, and their mouths were wide enough to stuff several eggs.

"Remember, this matter is not only about the lives of all of us, but also about the lives of our whole family, but if there is a little bit of a pool, we don't have to live!" Zhao Qi slapped Zhao Mu's secret letter in front of the two. (To be continued......)