Chapter 1054: East Becomes West (47)
Last night's heavy rain washed the black palace of the Black Ice Platform more cleanly, standing under the steps and looking up at the black palace standing above, Tan Feng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he took a deep breath, the earthy smell in the air was very obvious, but it made him calm down a little. Although he was acting as the deputy commander of the Black Ice Platform, he usually had a special yamen outside, and it was the first time that he was summoned alone like this, and he came to this black palace to meet King Qin Wulie himself.
The last time he was summoned by King Wulie of Qin, it was after he and Zhou Yu took Ji Ling to Xianyang, but it was only above the Great Imperial Hall.
The black ice platform is extremely high, and unlike other palaces surrounded by forests and flowers, there is nothing around this palace, and the open space does not make people feel lonely, but has its own majesty in it.
Tan Feng slowly stepped on the steps, step by step, and stepped to the top, an old waiter with gray hair pushed open the heavy door for him, and a cold air in the hall came to his face. Tan Feng leaned sideways and owed slightly to the old waiter, others didn't know the identity of the old waiter, but he knew, although the position was not high, but the power was extremely heavy. The last time the Great Prince was killed, it was the work of this hunched-looking old waiter, and it is said that after the Great Prince saw him, he never struggled again.
Stepping on the ground, looking at the huge landscape map of the Central Plains, imagining that this picturesque landscape was being trampled under his feet, Tan Feng's heart couldn't help beating violently.
"See the king!" He fell prostrate on the ground and kowtowed heavily to the supreme ruler of the Qin State who was on the bed, who had been running out of time.
"Tan Feng!" Overhead, a voice was heard that was visibly out of breath.
"The minister is here!"
"Since you entered Qin, how has Great Qin treated you?"
"En's height is higher than the sky, Tan Feng has lost his country and lost his family, and his face is still breathless, if it wasn't for the king to take him in, I'm afraid that the bones would have been gone." Tan Feng Dao.
"Do you still have Yan Guo in your heart?"
Tan Feng's heart jumped, is there still Yan Guo in his heart? He repeated the question in his heart, and then replied: "Back to the king, there is no more Great Yan, and the minister only has Great Qin in his heart now, without Great Yan, the past will never come back."
"Very good, if your answer is blurted out, this king really doesn't dare to use you, but you think twice before answering this king, it can be seen that you are not a heartless person, it is not a bad thing to miss the past, but it is even more commendable to be able to clearly judge the reality."
"Thank you for the compliment!" Tan Feng only felt that a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed from his back, he had never felt such a sense of fear in front of King Yan before, and now the person in front of him who made him have great pressure was still an old man who was about to die soon.
The breathing on the bed was a little heavy, and after a while, the voice of King Qin Wulie sounded again.
"What do you think of?"
Tan Feng was a little surprised, he didn't expect King Qin Wulie to actually ask him this question.
"You have been with him for a long time, first as a friend, then as an enemy, and even more because he lost his family and destroyed his country, I think you came to know him best. Tell me what you think of him."
"Yes, Your Majesty, in the eyes of Wei Chen, Gao Yuan is a person who is smart, tenacious, martial, impulsive in small things, calm in big things, and never does aimless things." In Tan Feng's mind, Gao Yuan's somewhat hateful smile appeared, but he couldn't do it.
"I can't believe you think of him so much!"
"Gao Yuan is the enemy of his subordinates in this life, in order to defeat him, the ministers are touching this person day and night." Tan Feng said.
There was silence again on the couch for a moment, "Tan Feng, you are on the Black Ice Terrace, you have to know much more about the current situation than ordinary courtiers, in your opinion, how should we Daqin deal with it now?"
Hearing this question, Tan Feng immediately became a little nervous, and he understood in his heart that this was only a test for him by King Qin Wulie, if the answer could be simplified in the king's heart, it would not be difficult for him to start again, otherwise, he would only be able to nest in the place of Black Ice Platform for a lifetime.
The lightning in his mind generally went through the information he had collected over the past few days and his understanding of Gao Yuan, and then sorted out his thoughts before he spoke.
"Your Majesty, according to your subordinates, Daqin has no immediate worries at the moment, although General Li was defeated and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, but Gao Yuan must not have the intention of fighting with my Daqin in the near future. Instead, they will accumulate strength and collect Wei, Han, and Zhao first, and even send troops out of Chu."
"Where's that?" King Qin Wulie was slightly surprised in his heart, his upper body straightened slightly, allowing himself to sit a little straighter, staring at the young courtier in front of him who had come to surrender from Yan to the dead country, this person's judgment was extremely fast, and it was the same as his own and his husband's thoughts last night.
"Gao Yuan is very clear, although he won this battle, but the loss is not small, as far as the minister knows, Helan Xiong's Dongye and Donghu independent cavalry divisions are heavy losses, and Gao Yuan only forced these two remnants of the division to Shannan County, it is obvious that he has no intention of capturing Shannan County and smashing the rear of my Great Qin. Looking at the position of its main army, it must first stabilize the three counties of Han and recover the Wei State, after all, these places are all anointed places, and there are many people, and it is far more important to take these territories than to take the county town of Shannan. And after stabilizing these two places, the first thing he has to deal with is Zhao State, Zhao people this time and I alliance, open the upper valley, hit him off guard, and as far as the minister knows, Gao Yuan's most hated is the betrayer, so he must deal with Zhao State first, even if it is Chu State, the minister thinks that Gao Yuan is just a show, scare the King of Chu Huai, although the Chu State is large, there are many people, but there is no heart to move forward, but the remnants of the insufficiency, even if there are Huang Xie, Qu Zhong and other famous generals, it is still difficult to reverse this wind. As soon as Gao Yuan's heavy troops arrive, King Chu Huai will inevitably die down and think about calming Gao Yuan's anger."
King Qin Wulie nodded slightly, Tan Feng's analysis was a little different from what they thought yesterday, and he and Li Ru both decided that Gao Yuan would take this opportunity to knock the Chu State hard.
"Why do you conclude that Gao Yuan will not take this opportunity to cripple the Chu State?"
"Your Majesty, just as Gao Yuan didn't dare to fight a decisive battle with us now, he must have the same psychology when dealing with the State of Chu, the land of the State of Chu is more vast than my country, and the people are more numerous than my Great Qin, and they are richer than our country, if they are forced to be in a hurry, the State of Chu will fight back, with his current strength, he may not be able to cope with it, not to mention, he has to worry that we will take the opportunity to send troops here, if Qin and Chu attack the Han State with all their strength, how can he be undefeated?"
"How can we have the possibility of uniting with the Chu State and fighting with all our might?"
Tan Feng raised his head, glanced at the pale and almost bloodless face on the bed, and said with a sigh: "If the king is in good health, it is not impossible."
King Qin Wulie sighed, "Yes, it's a pity, God didn't give me this opportunity, King Chu Huai is only afraid that he is looking forward to my life, and the Qin country will be in chaos!"
Tan Feng was silent.
"Then what do you think Gao Yuan's next grand strategy will be?" King Qin Wulie sighed for a while, and then asked.
"Your Majesty, a long time ago, when I was still a very good friend with Gao Yuan, I once talked to him about the way of war, this person told me, war, to the end, in fact, to fight is the national strength, to fight is the economy and money, who is richer, who will be more durable, who will win the final victory of the war, although in the long river of history, this truth is also different, but eight or nine are not far from ten, and in the past ten years, Gao Yuan's concept of governing the country is all in practice, so the minister believes that after this war, Gao Yuan will definitely not start a war at will, but will bury his head in the development of people's livelihood, this person in this aspect, really has an incomparable talent for ordinary people, Jishi County, Liaoxi County, these were originally in the poorest places in Dayan, under his governance, even surpassed Langya and other anointed places, became the core of the Han State, and after he took Han and Wei, he was afraid that the economy of the Han Kingdom would soar, and it would be the time for him to start a war." Tan Feng Dao.
"Economy, people's livelihood?" King Wulie of Qin muttered: "You look at the way of governing the country from the lofty and the way of governing the country from my Great Qin, who is higher and who is inferior."
Tan Feng was silent for a moment, "Your Majesty, Gao Yuan once said back then, the national policy of Great Qin, the poor people and the rich country, are like fish in the dry water, if you can't achieve the goal in a short time, it will collapse with a bang, and even without the invasion of external forces, the interior will be torn apart."
"After looking at the lofty Han, it is a little late for me to understand this now, and I am afraid that the Qin State will collapse faster at this time!" King Qin Wulie shook his head and smiled bitterly. How much time do you have left, as far as you can see?"
"Your Majesty!" Tan Feng was stunned, and finally stiffened his head and said: "According to His Majesty's estimates, according to Gao Yuan's development time in Liaoxi and other places, this year is not counted, if our Great Qin can't defeat the Han State within five years, it will get worse and worse in the future, and it will be more and more difficult."
"Five years?" King Qin Wulie looked up at the high dome.
"Tan Feng, you were originally a general, I am ready to reinstate you to serve in the army, and your old partner Zhou Yu and the two of you will bring an army for this king, are you willing?" King Qin Wulie said suddenly.
Tan Feng was stunned at first, then overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again: "The minister is willing to serve the king and serve the great Qin."
"Very good, but before that, you still need to do something, after you finish this thing, you go to office, I have signed your letter of appointment, and now it is in Yingying's hands, when the time comes, he will give it to you." King Qin Wulie turned his head and looked at Tan Feng, a trace of an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on his face. (To be continued......)