That night, Zhao Hongrun had dinner in Ningxiang Palace, so he knocked on the side of Concubine Shen Shufei in the hope of embracing his grandson as soon as possible, and fled with all the girls. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After returning to the Su Palace, the women each returned to their small residence in the north courtyard of the palace, while Zhao Hongrun came to the study, took out the letter brought back by Zong Wei Gao Kuo from his arms, and read it carefully again.

This letter was written by Duan Jiu, a member of the Shangshui Green Crow who was still in Xiangcheng and Gongxian at the moment-when the Wei army withdrew, the Green Crow people were ordered by Zhao Hongrun to leave about twenty or thirty people, and they lurked at the junction of the three kingdoms of Qilu and Chu, and established a sub-base of the Shangshui Green Crow.

After all, this time Zhao Hongrun took away more than a million civilians from the Chu State, causing Xiangcheng, Haoxian, Qi County and many county towns south of the Vortex River to be empty.

And the reason why twenty or thirty people were left in that area to establish the underground stronghold of Shangshui Green Crow was to find out the latest news of the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu, and Chu. After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the two countries of Qi and Lu were bound to be turbulent after that national war, and if they could get first-hand information in time, it was not possible for Wei to further benefit from the civil strife between the two countries.

Taking a step back, even if we can't gain anything from the civil strife between the two countries, we can still grasp the situation of the civil strife in the two countries.

For this reason, Duan Jiu was promoted to the leader of the sub-stronghold, and lurked on the border of the three kingdoms of Qilu and Chu with twenty or thirty green crows.

This can be regarded as the first step of Zhao Hongrun to build an intelligence network.

"Your Highness, I'll make you a pot of tea."

Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao said on the side.

He knew His Highness too well, and as soon as he saw Zhao Hongrun's expression, he guessed that His Highness would probably stay in the study for a long time today.

"Hmm."

Zhao Hongrun nodded, walked to the desk in the room and sat down, spreading the letter paper in his hand on the desk.

The letter sent by Duan Jiu is quite thick, but in fact, the content is only one thing, that is, the internal dispute between the Xiong clan and the Qu clan, a major event that must have spread throughout most of the Chu country at this moment - the sub-stronghold that Duan Jiu is in charge of is not able to spy on some secret information for the time being, at best, it can only send such a big event that cannot be concealed for Zhao Hongrun.

Wat ...... Hmm.

Zhao Hongrun snorted happily in his heart.

The battle for the royal power between the Qu family and the Xiong family of the Chu State, according to Zhao Hongrun, I don't know how many years back, although these two clans have the same branch, but in fact, it is not an exaggeration to call it a mortal enemy.

As we all know, many years ago, the Qu clan showed their ambitions for the royal power of the Chu State, to be precise, even until now, I am afraid that they have not given up their ambition to regain the royal power from the Xiong clan.

I remember that a while ago, when Zhao Hongrun led the army to assist Lu Xi, the king of Qi, in his crusade against Chu, at that time, almost seventy percent of the domestic nobles in Chu were more or less involved in the war, and they also contributed more or less to resist the crusade of the coalition army.

For example, Juyang Jun Xiong Carp, even if it is this greedy and fearful of death, he also contributed a large amount of food.

But there is only one big clan outside, as if the national disaster of the Chu State has nothing to do with them, and that is the Qu clan.

At that time, except for Qu Ping, the king of Xiling, who responded to the national disaster and sent troops to assist, the rest of the Qu clan were almost silent.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun vaguely guessed that the Qu family probably wanted to be a fisherman who reaped the profits, and took advantage of the good opportunity of Xiongxu, the king of Chu, to launch an operation to seize the royal power after the war.

Perhaps, Qu Cheng also received help from the Qu clan at that time......

Licking his lips, Zhao Hongrun thought about it with a smile.

I still remember that at the end of last year, he built an ice city overnight in Juyang County.

At that time, Qu Cheng did not lead the army to the ice city, but the wonderful thing is that the thousands of troops under Qu Cheng's command at that time were not affected by the ice and snow at all.

Afterwards, Zhao Hongrun learned that Qu Chengjun "coincidentally" found a village, and what was even more "coincidental" was that there was still enough food in the village.

And after the year, Qu Cheng "coincidentally" learned of the action of Shouling Junjingshe to send troops to Cai Xi, and ambushed the soldiers and horses on the latter's road in advance, and successfully caught Shouling Junjingshe off guard.

I have to say that this kind of coincidence is really too coincidental, and it seems that someone deliberately wants to help the Wei army and contain Shouling Junjingshe, so that it is convenient for the Wei army to attack the center of the Xiong clan in Chu State-Wangcheng Shouying.

"Huh."

Zhao Hongrun shook his head slightly, and looked at the letter again.

At the beginning of the letter, Duan Jiu simply wrote about the matter of the Qu clan contacting the domestic nobles to force the palace to Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, but Zhao Hongrun was still able to relate the matter to some of the circumstances he knew.

He is now very sure that in the battle of Shouying, it was the king of Chu Xiong Xu who secretly instructed Xiang Yan, a veteran general of the Xiang clan, to deliberately release water into the Wei army, which made the city of Shouying, the king of Chu, be broken by the Wei army in just a few days.

Why Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, did this, Zhao Hongrun also had some clues in his heart - this is also the reason why Zhao Hongrun listed Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, with Ming monarchs such as Lu Xu, the king of Qi.

He was extremely surprised that Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, actually had such courage, and actually wanted to use the external factors of the coalition army to make the state of Chu break and stand up.

You must know that if this matter is not done well, it will cause the Chu State, which has been stubbornly defended under the crusade of the coalition forces, to become fragmented, and even to lose the country in endless civil strife.

No matter what the reputation of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, is outside, but this matter alone, Zhao Hongrun is convinced, because the former's courage is enough to shock the world.

Since then, all the events have been connected: Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, began to ban the aristocratic forces that had done nothing during the national war, and executed a large number of nobles under the name of confiscation of the wealth accumulated by those nobles. This move made all the aristocratic forces in Chu State endanger themselves, and they united to resist Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, and the Qu clan jumped out at this time, trying to take advantage of the God-given opportunity when the prestige of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, fell to the trough, to regain the royal power from the Xiong clan and replace the Xiong clan as the royal family of Chu.

I have to say that this can be called a scene of dragon and tiger fighting, so much so that Zhao Hongrun secretly regrets that he failed to witness this scene with his own eyes.

According to Duan Jiu's letters, the Qu clan blamed the Chu king Xiong Xu for the defeat of the Chu state, accusing the latter of being incompetent, and then gave examples of various scandals in the past when the Xiong clan's children were rampant, and incorporated about half of the aristocratic forces into their camp.

Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, decisively judged the Qu clan to be rebellious ministers, and sent Shouling Jun Jingshe, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, and General Xiang Mo, three famous Chu heroes, to lead the army to encircle and suppress the Qu clan.

The Qu clan also competed against each other, and their clansmen sent private troops who did not move during the national war, and openly waged war with the Xiong clan in the name of the anti-faint king.

As a result, the civil war in Chu began.

It's a pity that the Qu clan has a low level of masters, where are the opponents of the three famous generals of the Chu State, Shouling Jun Jingshe, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, and General Xiang Mo, just in just over 20 days, they were defeated and retreated, and even the original family's fiefdom was lost a lot.

At this time, Xiling Jun Qu Ping had not yet sent troops to assist his people.

One side is the loyal king, the other side is his own family, Qu Ping, the Xiling monarch who has always been loyal and patriotic, is caught in the middle, and it is extremely difficult.

He had no choice but to send a letter to Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, begging the king to retract his order to suppress the Qu clan.

It's a pity that the current King of Chu, Xiong Xu, is already planning to pave the way for his future successor, how can he keep a disobedient nobleman like the Qu family?

In desperation, in order to protect the clansmen, Xiling Jun Qu Ping finally chose to send troops to confront the two armies of Shouling Jun Jingshe, and launched a protracted battle with the latter.

This was also one of the most exciting battles in the civil strife in Chu.

What kind of character is Shouling Jun Jingshe, there is no need to go into too much detail, as long as you know that he is a famous general of Chu who even Zhao Hongrun has not been able to defeat.

And what about Xiling Jun Qu Ping?

Although he did not appear in front of Zhao Hongrun during the National War, Zhao Hongrun had also heard of this person's great contribution during the National War.

Without Xiling Jun Qu Ping, Shouling Jun Jingshe might not have been able to quickly defeat the Western Yue rebels, and naturally, he would not have been able to rush to Juyang County before Zhao Hongrun captured Juyang County, so that the Wei army finally failed to conquer the rich city of Juyang.

What's more, if there was no Xiling Jun Qu Ping, Wu Yue, the general of Dongyue, would have been able to break through Jiujiang County, give Shouying, the king of Chu, a fatal blow from the south, and unite the coalition forces that surrounded Shouying in the north, west, and east of Shouying at that time, completely sealing Shouying, and blocking the way for the nobles of the Chu king city to escape to the south.

Because Peng Lijun Xiong Yi and Yanyang Jun Xiong Cheng at that time could not stop the Dongou army led by Wu Yue's general Wu Qi.

It is conceivable that the role played by Xiling Jun Qu Ping during this national war was huge.

It's a pity that such a rare loyal and virtuous man has now been judged by Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, as one of the rebellious ministers.

"Self-destruct the Great Wall, hehehe......"

Although he felt sorry for Xiling Jun Qu Ping, Zhao Hongrun still couldn't help but laugh gloatingly.

As a Wei person, he wished that the civil war in Chu would be as fierce as possible, but unfortunately, the Qu clan did not seem to have anyone worth paying attention to except for Qu Ping, the king of Xiling, and the side of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, had three famous generals: Shouling Jun Jingshe, Diyang Army Xiong Shang, and General Xiang Mo.

It is not difficult to guess that when the Jing clan and the Xiang clan were firmly on the side of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, the war of the Qu clan to regain the royal power from the Xiong clan was actually doomed.

also caught up with Xiling Jun Qu Ping.

In fact, Duan Jiu's letter only recorded the confrontation between the two armies of Shouling Jun Jingshe and Xiling Jun Qu Ping, but Zhao Hongrun felt that if there was no accident, the defeat of the Qu clan was only a matter of time.

Shall I get a hand in it?

Putting down the letter, Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the study.

"Why is it so late? …… Come on in. Zhao Hongrun couldn't help complaining, because Wei Jiao said that he would make him tea, but he didn't come back for a long time.

However, to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, it was not Wei Jiao who walked into the study with a tea plate, but the sheep's tongue apricot, who was respectfully called the little lady by the subordinates in the palace.

"Husband......

The sheep's tongue apricot called timidly, and her pretty face was flushed. (To be continued.) )