Hangu Pass, the General's Mansion, in a quiet quiet room, Fan Sui and Lu Chao sat opposite each other, their eyes facing each other, and silence had lasted for a long time between the two of them.

"Does it have to be like this?" Outside, the copper horn sounded accompanied by the passionate song of the Qin army, from near and far, Fan Sui knew that it was another army that set off from Hangu Pass and headed for Jinyang.

"If not, what else?" The corners of Lu Chao's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm.

"The king treats you as a teacher and friend, and never doubts, why doesn't the general take the fate of Daqin as the priority? You know that this is a war that cannot be won, and it will only make us continue to consume national strength in vain. Fan Sui had a sad look on his face.

Lu Chao smiled faintly, "Fan Shoufu, if a month ago, I didn't send troops to Jinyang, but returned to Xianyang, what kind of scene do you think it would be?" ”

Fan Sui froze, looking at Lu Chao, not knowing how to answer.

"I can't enter Xianyang, because at that time, Bai Qi waited on the way with thousands of Xuanyi guards, and secretly, the spies who commanded the Black Ice Platform in Mingtai also laid a net, if I left Hangu Pass and returned to Xianyang, I would have become a prisoner now. Only idiots like Cui Yuan expect me to go back to Xianyang to support the overall situation, and he doesn't want to think about it, since the king has made up his mind to use you, how can he tolerate me going back to break this game? "Lu Chaodao.

"This, this can't be, right?" Fan Sui was slightly shocked.

"Mingtai is outside, if you don't believe me, you can go and ask him." Lu Chao spread his hands, "Fortunately, at this time, Gao Yuan launched a war, for me, this is really a timely rain, so that I am no longer in a dilemma, of course I have to send troops, not only to send troops." I still have to fight a big battle, only in this way can my position be as stable as Mount Tai, and I can gather more generals, because, Fan Shoufu, our Great Qin, can't afford another big defeat. ”

Lu Chao stood up, "Since you can't afford a big defeat, you can only keep sending troops to me." Give me more food, grass, and ordnance, so that I can fight this battle with Gao Yuan. ”

Fan Sui was furious, "You, for your own benefit, you actually disregard the country, are you still the general of Great Qin?" How did Li Ru teach you such a bastard, his life's hard work will be buried in your hands. ”

Lu Chao sneered: "He has worked hard all his life. It's not in my hands, but you, your reforms, aren't they a complete repudiation of his national policy? ”

Fan Sui sat down in a daze.

"Fan Shoufu. Do you know what my greatest wish is? Lu Chao leaned over and asked.

"What is it?"

"When I was in Shannan County, I really wanted to contribute to Daqin and make Daqin the strongest kingdom in the world, but Gao Yuan changed me. From then on, my greatest wish was to defeat Takato and bring him back to his original form. Lu Chao sighed: "But when I was still worried about my fate." When struggling for his position, Gao Yuan has already laid a huge territory, holding hundreds of thousands of male troops, and finally built a huge Han Empire, he and I are both Fufeng out, at that time, he was just a bastard, but ten years later, when the world talks about me and him, they will only think that he is countless times stronger than me, and what kind of person he is, but only I know, so, my greatest wish is to knock him down, destroy the Han State he established single-handedly, and beat him back to his original shape, from this point of viewFan Shoufu, our goal is the same. ”

"Why did you do such a thing when it was unanimous?" Fan Sui asked rhetorically.

"It's very simple, if I want to achieve this goal, first I have to stay in this position!" Lu Chao laughed, "If I lose this position, I am a person with nothing, what can I do to defeat Gao Yuan?" Therefore, I can't go back to Xianyang to be a prisoner, and I can't wait for you to come to power, sing and sing with the king, and slowly deprive me of my military power. ”

"There is no such thing." Fan Sui shook his head and said, "Whether it is the king or me, I appreciate the talent of the general. ”

"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future, will you tolerate me, Li Ru's closed disciple, the designated heir of the Li Sect, who has more than 100,000 troops? Of course not, I won't go back to Xianyang, so that the king can relax for the time being, but as a king, how can you leave an uncertain factor outside, and then, presumably you will use gentle methods to slowly deprive me of my military aircraft little by little, and finally, or will you transfer me back to the court and become a titular lieutenant? Lu Chao laughed.

Fan Sui took a deep breath, this was indeed his original consideration, in Yingchuan, he and Tan Feng were also like this.

"But this war has changed everything, and I really have to thank Takato for that! In my most difficult time, the Jinyang Mutiny gave me a solid chance. He has a heart, I have an intention, and naturally it is a hit. You understand my intentions now, but so what? You had to compromise with me and come in exchange with me, that's why you made this trip to Hangu Pass, right? ”

Fan Sui looked at Lu Chao with a smile on his face, "Lu Chao, you really have sinister intentions!" With the blood of countless soldiers, in exchange for your own selfishness, a large-scale war with Gao Yuan, now we can't win at all, if you can't win, how can you achieve your goal to defeat Gao Yuan? ”

"First of all, I have to make sure that I stay in this position before I can talk about playing against Takato." Lu Chao dismissed, "Second, how to win him, this is not only my problem, but also your problem, Fan Shoufu, this is the reason why I tolerate you returning to Xianyang, because if Cui Yuan continues to be in charge of the government, Daqin will get worse and worse, although your reform plan is also dancing on the tip of the knife, and you may fall into the abyss at any time, but there is finally a glimmer of hope." Do you know? The team that is going to kill you has already been assembled at that time, as long as I nod, they can go, they are not the useless guys sent by Cui Yuan, but in the end, I disbanded them. ”

Fan Sui's eyebrows jumped a few times, he had guessed like this, and now it has been confirmed from Lu Chao.

"Daqin's reform is not as sinister as you say!" He held his head high. "Even though he danced on the tip of a knife, I was sure that he would dance until the curtain call."

Lu Chao laughed, "Okay, since you are so confident, I will naturally wait and see, in fact, Fan Shoufu, I also hope you succeed!" Say, what do you want from me? ”

"The Li Confucian school, which has controlled the government of the Great Qin Dynasty for decades, has intertwined forces, and the officials of the Great Qin, seven or eight out of ten are members of the Li School, I can get rid of people like Cui Yuan, but I can't remove all of this huge group, so I need their support." Fan Sui said.

Lu Chao smiled slightly, "The original plan should be to take down Cui Yuan and others, and then take down me, and then the Li Sect will have no leader, and then use the means of division and co-optation?" ”

"What's the use of talking about that now?" Fan Sui said.

"It's really useless, that madman Tan Feng is afraid that he wants to take me down for a long time, he is so good, it's a pity, he underestimates me." Lu Chao said coldly: "I can agree to this, and then I will go to the king of the book to express my full support for your internal reform, but Fan Shoufu, what can you give me?" ”

"What do you want?"

"Since you are in charge of the internal affairs of the whole country, then I want the military power of the whole country, and all the troops of Great Qin must obey my command." Lu Chao replied blatantly.

"Are you crazy? Since the founding of the country, Daqin has been General Li Xin, and he does not have this power, at that time, what about Yingteng, Wang Xiao, and Meng Tian? ”

"Today is not the same as before, they are all dead. Fan Shoufu, who else can you count on but me? Tan Feng? That's a guy who is unwilling to live in the hearts of the people, Zhou Yu, this person is okay to lead troops to fight, and the others are basically a waste, Bai Qi, his qualifications are too shallow, and he is reluctant to hold the Xuanyi Guard, and now our Great Qin is facing the biggest crisis since the founding of the country, if the military power cannot be unified and each does its own thing, it will only lose faster. ”

"The king won't agree?"

"As long as you and I are unified, the king will have to agree, you won't worry about me rebelling, right?" Lu Chao laughed.

"Well, I really didn't worry about it." Fan Sui shook his head and said.

"In this case, what are you worried about, what I want is military power, and the purpose is to defeat the Han State, and you also understand that if you don't defeat the Han State, there will be no day for Great Qin to recover."

"I will try to convince the king." Fan Sui hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Very well, now that we have reached this deal, then I think we will cooperate well in the next few days." Lu Chao said with a smile: "You are in charge of the government, I am in charge of the military, and I will work together internally and externally, so that Daqin can find a glimmer of life." ”

Fan Sui glanced at Lu Chao deeply, "General, have you ever thought about the future?" ”

"What is there to think about in the future." Lu Chao sneered: "If your reform fails, we will naturally fail, and if we lose, we will die, there is nothing to regret, if we win by luck, I defeated Gao Yuan, defeated the Han Kingdom, my wish has been achieved, at that time, even if the king wants to clean me up, I have nothing to regret." ”

Hearing this, Fan Sui was dumbfounded, "You are really crazy." ”

Gao Yuan also said this to me, and my answer was, if you don't go crazy, you won't live. Fan Shoufu, please tell Mingtai, don't do anything in my army, my tolerance is limited, if he uses his energy under my command instead of the enemy, Hugh blames me for being unkind to him. He's not Zhongli, and I don't have any scruples about dealing with him now. (To be continued......)