In the afternoon, for the first time, Princess Yingxue put on a heavy cotton jacket, covered with a kudzu cloth dress often worn by peasant girls, removed all the beaded headdresses, and tied her black hair with a small flower cloth. Live off a beautiful pretty village girl.

Montenegro was dressed in arrowroot clothes, tied his hair casually, and was a peasant man. The clouds and snow also changed into ordinary saddles, and Montenegro sat on the horses with the princess, and the two walked to the suburbs. Meatloaf with a few guards, also dressed as ordinary people, followed not far away.

This winter came late, there was no snow yet, the warm sun shone on the wide roads, and people dressed in brand new clothes, coming and going, still immersed in the joy of the first holiday of the year.

Xue'er is like a pretty daughter-in-law who goes back to her parents' house, and the two come to a small village not far from the suburbs. On the road at the entrance of the village, a man drove an ox cart with a woman and two children, one older and one young. The whole family was dressed in new cotton clothes, talking and laughing, with happy smiles on their faces.

"This big brother, let's go home!" Montenegro asked.

"Yes, I just came back from her mother's house with my aunt and baby! Where are the big brothers going? The man replied innocently, showing a mouthful of white teeth.

"I took my daughter-in-law for a walk. Big brother, let me ask you a few questions, do you love your mother-in-law? What do you admire most about your mother-in-law? Montenegro asked the horse and the ox cart to go with him, earnestly.

"Big brother's question is so strange! Like a gentleman from the city. How can there be a man who doesn't love his mother-in-law! My mother-in-law can take care of the crops when she goes to the field, and the cooking is fragrant when she comes home! He also gave birth to two boys. In the village, everyone praises it! The man replied.

"Big brother, don't listen to your brother's nonsense! I think your mother-in-law is one of the handsome girls in a million, my family is in the fourth house in the village, and when I get to my house, my sister-in-law will give you a hot pot of wine! The woman invited warmly as she undressed the child, and a happy smile spread across her face.

"Thank you! Let's go around first and turn around and bother at the door! Montenegro agreed, and with a pair of feet, the dark clouds and snow immediately marched quickly into the village.

The two of them chatted with the women washing clothes by the river for a while, and made sugar cakes with the farmer family for the other. The princess felt the joy of ordinary life from the common people. In the evening, folk songs are also sung in the village. The princess personally played the kite to accompany everyone, which was well received by everyone.

Back at home, Montenegro saw that the princess was still unsatisfied, and excitedly talked about the happy things at noon. Montenegro asked, "Cher, do you now know where your happiness has been lost?" Have you found your own Shinfu? ”

Xue'er was silent for a while and said, "I understand! Everything I have now was given to me by Ah Da, and even your husband was found by Ah Da for me. Almost none of them are earned by my own efforts. From today onwards, Xue'er will no longer be the fourth princess who can't take care of herself in life! I want to be like those village girls, I have my own life and my own goals every day! ”

Montenegro gently put his arms around the princess and said, "True happiness is obtained through one's own pairs. Just like when you play the kite and sing for everyone, while bringing joy to everyone, you are also very happy, this is your happiness. This is also something that your Ada-and-Da will never be able to give you. ”

The next morning, the princess was like a different person, putting on her own shoes and clothes, bringing water from the well to wash her face, and serving her own porridge at mealtime.

As soon as the first year passed, Montenegro convened the generals again, discussed for several days, and formulated a detailed plan for exterminating Chu, which was handed over to the King of Qin and Wei Yu.

King Qin carefully read Montenegro's plan to destroy Chu, and said: "Your plan focuses on the implementation of policies after conquering Chu, rather than on a head-on confrontation with the army of Chu. Can you elaborate on that? ”

Montenegro replied confidently: "Your Majesty, before Nanyang County returned to Qin, the people in the village's hometown were all clothed and hungry. Less than half a year after returning to Qin, every household had a full meal, ripped cloth to make new clothes, and many families began to build new houses. I think of Daqin's goodness in my heart, who is willing to work for South Korea again? Since the Warring States Period, except for the Chu State, the other six countries have all undergone profound changes and liberated slaves to a certain extent. Only the state of Chu only experienced more than two years of changes in Wu Qi's short period of time, and then the old system was restored. Most of the officials and nobles also had a large number of slaves and subordinate peasants. Every time we occupy a city, we immediately move the nobles and gentry. Their land was confiscated and distributed to the subordinate farmers as soon as possible. Then, when the farming is not working, send people to each village, organize them, and build houses for them. With land and houses, everyone can't wait to be the people of Qin, who wants to be a slave of Chu? As long as we persist for a year, the people of Chu will stand on the side of the Qin army, and the Chu State without the foundation of the people is like a tiger without claws, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Your Majesty, although Montenegro's method is unheard of, it is a clever plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. It should be possible to avoid the chaotic situation of instability in the rear as last year, and treat both the symptoms and the root causes. Wei Yu said.

"In the past, when troops were dispatched, they were as secretive as possible to confuse the opponent in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack and an unprepared attack. Why do we have to make a big fanfare this time to prepare the other side? King Qin asked again.

"If I'm not mistaken, the King of Chu must have reused Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi by now and is ready to change the law. We are now talking about attacking Chu with great fanfare, in order to disrupt Xiang Yan's plan and force them to give up the change and deal with us first. Our army is ready to send troops, and it will be four or five months at the earliest. If Xiang Yan uses these few months, he will take the lead in changing the law in Chen County and Hengshan County. The people of the two counties will definitely fight to the end for their own land. Therefore, we must be the first to do it. Don't give Xiang Yan time to change the law! Montenegro replied.

"Montenegro's plan, the mask is here, it works!" Wei Yi listened to it and praised it again and again.

King Qin pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, the Great Dynasty will discuss the matter of going on the expedition again in three days!" ”

Since ancient times, such military secrets as sending troops to fight have never been openly discussed at the Imperial Court. The king of Qin wants to decide at the Great Dynasty Conference, which is equivalent to telling the world that the Qin State is about to attack Chu in a big way.

After Wei Yi and Montenegro left, King Qin ordered Zhao Gao beside him to use a four-horse king carriage to pick up the old general Wang Jian into the palace, handed the battle plan of Montenegro to Wang Jian to look at, and said: "What does the old general Wang think of the battle plan of Montenegro?" Could there be any omissions? ”

After reading it, Wang Jian praised in surprise: "Congratulations to the king, the ability of Montenegro to use soldiers, the old minister is ashamed of himself." Sun Wu is just like this when he is alive, please rest assured that this battle will be won. ”

After listening to Wang Qian's evaluation, King Qin was overjoyed and no longer hesitated.

At the great court meeting, the king of Qin announced in the palace: "Bai Zhong will take over as the county guard of Taojun, Heishan will be the main general of Chu, Wang Ben and Meng Tian will be the deputy generals, and the troops will be divided into three ways to destroy Chu immediately." ”

A few days later, the news that the Qin army would attack Chu in a big way had spread all over the world. Bai Zhong is the son of Bai Qi, the father of Bai Tao, the brother of the Black Mountain, and a fierce general who is more than half a hundred years old. Montenegro privately calls him uncle, so he can save a lot of trouble when handing over. Montenegro returned to Tao County first, and after handing over to Bai Zhong, he led the army straight to the front line of Xuecheng.

Xuecheng was the capital of Xue in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was occupied by Wei, Qi and Chu successively, and was more than 200 miles away from Pengcheng. Now there are 120,000 new troops of Xin Sheng, Zhao Tuo and Taojun concentrated in the city, and 80,000 troops who retreated to rest for the first time in Chu are a total of 200,000 troops. And most of the old subordinates from before got together again after a few years.

One day, Montenegro summoned the generals to discuss the battle plan.

Xiao He, who is now in charge of general logistics, said: "Xiang Yan has been changing the law in Pengcheng for more than ten years, based on the Qin law, and has made adjustments to some of the laws, and is deeply supported by the local people. We attacked Pengcheng and could hardly get the support of the common people. ”

Meng Hao then spoke: "Recently, Xiang Yan has not hesitated to spend a lot of money to build a lot of bed crossbows and deploy them around Pengcheng, if we still use the last method to attack the city, we will inevitably pay a lot of casualties. ”

"We are not ready to storm Pengcheng until there is a way to attack the city. Shi Fatzi, Zhao Tuo, and Xin Sheng each led 50,000 people to camp 350 steps away from the north, west, and east gates of Pengcheng, and the three camps were each other's horns. Without my command, you cannot storm the city. We can consume them. Montenegro said.

"No!" The three generals responded, and each received the order.

"Carpenter, Brother Ahei, you continue to select the elite from the various armies, train them in tuns (fifty people), and train them according to the standards of the mountain combat army, and keep a dog in each tun. Does Xiang Yan like to engage in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines? I want him to know that I am the ancestor of guerrilla warfare! ”

"No!" The two answered.

"Xiao Hei has made a lot of achievements on the grassland, and he can always give an early warning before the enemy finds out. Jungle combat, whoever discovers the opponent first will have the first chance to fight! Tell the brethren that military dogs are everyone's comrades-in-arms and brothers! Montenegro said.

"No!" The people answered.

"It will be a long battle to destroy Chu, and the morale and discipline of the soldiers will be easy to relax after a long time. General Meng Hao was the chief inspector of military discipline and was responsible for supervising the discipline of the 200,000-strong army. Let the printing press print 100,000 copies of the three major disciplines and eight points of attention of our army. Montenegro said.

"General, the three disciplines and eight points of attention have long been memorized and sung, what are you doing with so many prints?" Meng Hao asked puzzled.

"That's for the people of Chudi! I also have to add that the Qin army does not kill or disturb the people who do not bring weapons, if the people of Chu carry weapons with them, they will all be regarded as Chu troops, and they will be killed! Chen Ping, a military advisor, explained.

"No! The last general understands! Meng Hao responded.

After the Chu army Xiang Yan defeated the Qin army, the Chu country was jubilant. This was the first time in more than a hundred years that the state of Chu independently defeated the Qin army. Even if the monarchs and ministers of Chu found confidence, this victory also woke up many nobles and feudal monarchs. Many aristocratic feudal lords jointly wrote to Xiang Yan as Wu Anjun and general, and also clearly expressed their support for Xiang Yan's change of law and strength.

The king of Chu was overjoyed and immediately named Xiang Yan as Wu Anjun. He also personally presided over the ceremony, allowing Yingqi to recognize his ancestors and change his name to Xiong Qi, respect him as Uncle Wang, and serve as the commander of Chu State Yin (Prime Minister). Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi presided over the change.

Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi are recruiting talents from all over the world and preparing to change the law. Han, Wei, Zhao, and Yan Many wandering nobles came to vote.

In Ling Yin's mansion, Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi were discussing the major matter of changing the law. During the Warring States Period, merchants from various countries listened to the news of the mother country, and sent people to send important news back to the home country to call the business travel report. Xiong Qi saw that it was sent by Xianyang Chu Shang, and immediately rewarded the sender, and opened it to watch, the letter wrote: "The Qin State took Montenegro as the main general, and Meng Tian Wang Ben as the deputy general, and sent 600,000 troops to attack Chu in three ways. ”

After reading it, Xiong Qi's face was heavy, and he immediately handed it to Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan was really startled when he saw it, and said: "The Qin army came so quickly, they have just been defeated and lost countless grains, grasses and weapons, I thought we might have two or three years of respite. Unexpectedly, it has only been two months, and they are here again! ”

"Yingzheng, I know him too well! I knew he wasn't going to give up, I just didn't expect him to come so quickly. Xiong Qi said.

"Who is this Montenegro? Broke through Pengcheng twice, and I have a grudge against my son. I'm going to tear him to pieces. Xiang Yan gritted her steel teeth and asked.

Xiong Qi replied: "This person is a native of Tongbai County, South Korea, joined the army at the age of sixteen, sacrificed horseshoes, and made the Qin army sweep the Hun iron cavalry with light horses. and the paper that everyone is using now, which is also made by him, and he can be the main general of Meng Tian and Wang Ben, which must not be underestimated. ”

"Isn't Tongbai County the fiefdom of Brother Zifang? It's a pity that there is such a bull lord who doesn't know. Xiang Yan said to a burly, handsome young man among the guests. This young guest was none other than the old Han nobleman, Shentu Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang.

"It's no wonder that this matter is not the ovary, when Nanyang descended to Qin, Montenegro was only fifteen years old, and it is said that his family was so poor that he could not eat enough and not warm his clothes. He joined the army at the age of sixteen, and now he is only in his early twenties. How could the ovary know a poor man who worked as a farmer? Xiong Qi said.

When everyone heard that the commander of the Qin army was so young, they all sighed! There were also a few sycophants who were not ashamed to take the opportunity to compliment Xiang Yan and said: "Such a stinky child, how can he be Wu Anjun's opponent, Wu Anjun is just around the corner to break the Qin army." ”

Xiang Yan was very calm, and he ordered the military officials: "Send additional scouts to find out which three roads the Qin army's three-way army is divided into, and how many troops are there?" ”

"No!" The messenger went away.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Liang is not talented, but he can roughly guess the three-way Qin army." ”

Xiang Yan was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "Please give me advice from the ovary!" ”

"Tao County originally had an army of 150,000, plus Li Xin's defeated army of 80,000, a total of 230,000. He will take Montenegro as his general and raise 200,000 troops to the south. This is the first army. Zhang Liang said.

"What about the other two?" Xiang Yan asked.

"In the last war, the Qin army suffered heavy losses, only the population of the two counties of Bashu did not move, and Bashu can go down the river to Yingshou. The Second Route Army must be dominated by the boat division, and the main general must be Meng Tian. Zhang Liang said.

"Why Meng Tian and not Wang Ben?" A doorman asked questioningly.

"More than two years ago, Wang Ben led tens of thousands of troops from Nanyang to attack Yingchen, and he was familiar with Yingchen's mountains and rivers, so the third road was 250,000, and the main general was none other than Wang Ben." Zhang Liang replied with a smile.

A few days later, another righteous report came, which was not bad with what Zhang Liang said, and everyone was convinced.

At the Chu State Imperial Conference, the news that the Qin army was attacking in a big way was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of the monarchs and ministers of Chu State. The hall was suddenly silent.

The king of Chu looked at the civil and military officials in the hall, his mood was very heavy, and he said worriedly: "It has been nearly nine hundred years since the founding of Great Chu. The kings of the past dynasties worked hard, fought bloody battles, annexed countless princes, and when King Wu of the Spring and Autumn Period became king, it was already the most extensive and populous vassal state. However, in the past hundred years, the countries of the Central Plains have changed their laws to become stronger, and the major nobles of Great Chu have been busy with internal fighting. Since the mourning king Wu Qi changed the law, he has fought a lost battle for more than 100 years. Now that the Qin soldiers are pressuring the border, no matter how much we don't work together, the loss of the country and the family is just around the corner. ”

The three nobles of Zhao, Qu, and Jing all expressed their positions: "The ministers are willing to work together to resist Qin!" ”

The king of Chu slowly stood up from the throne, walked in front of Xiang Yan, bowed deeply, and said: "Wu Anjun, this time the Qin army poured out, and the state of Chu will not be destroyed. In times of crisis, he still relies on Wu Anjun. How to resist the enemy depends on Wu Anjun! ”

Xiang Yan was flattered, hurriedly returned the salute, and said: "The king of Chu knows that he has met a great grace, and Xiang Yan's death is difficult to repay." ”

The king of Chu said: "As long as you can retreat from the enemy, the civil and military officials of the whole country will be sent by Wu Anjun!" ”