The death of the Governor of the East Sea Division of Chu State, the Governor of the East Sea Division, was something that Qi Ning could never have imagined no matter what, and when he learned about it from the mouth of the old marquis of the Golden Knife, Qi Ning was shocked.

Shantai Zhilin is in the prime of life, born as a military general, and there is no war in the East China Sea now, Shantai Zhilin passed away suddenly, Qi Ning's first thought is that Shantai Zhilin is likely to die of disease, his expression is solemn, and he said softly: "The old marquis mourns the change!" "I thought that the Tai Huang was worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield who had been refined into steel, and the passing of the Tai Tai Lin was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Golden Dao Tai family, whether it was emotionally or in terms of strength, it was an extremely heavy blow to the Tai family, but the Tai Huang was very calm from beginning to end, which shows that the Golden Dao Hou was extremely good at controlling his emotions.

Of course, he understands the current state of mind of the Tangtai family, as the son of the Golden Dao Tangtai family, the death of the Jindao Hou had high hopes for the death of the Tangtai Zhilin, from the emotional level, no one can compare to the pain in the heart of the old marquis of the Tangtai, at this moment the Tangtai Huang can still be calm, it is nothing more than his excellent perseverance in the support.

At this time, he finally understood why Sima Lan and Tangtai Huang came to the palace at the same time tonight, and the emperor even summoned himself into the palace.

The death of the Shantai Zhilin was naturally a very heavy blow to the Jindao Lantai family, and it was also a big loss for the Chu State.

Since the formation of the water division in the state of Chu, it has always been under the commander of the Tai family, and the position of the governor of the East China Sea Division has not been less than ten years, and it can be said that he is the pillar of the East China Sea Division.

There was a civil strife in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Chu State had begun to plan and prepare for the Northern Expedition, and the main force of the Northern Expedition was naturally the Qinhuai Army, but once it entered the Han State in the north, it was inevitable that a naval army would be indispensable as a countermeasure, and now the Chu State and the Qi State have formed an alliance, and the Qi State is also willing to mobilize the naval army to cooperate with the strategy of the Chu State, but the Chu State will never completely hand over all the water lifelines to the hands of the Qi State.

Qi Ning actually thought that once the water army was really needed, even if the Qi water army was the main force on the water, the Chu State would inevitably mobilize the East China Sea Division to cooperate with the operation and form a joint water army of Chu and Qi, one is to enhance the strength of the water army, and the most important thing is to restrain the Qi State Water Army, otherwise if all the water routes are handed over to the hands of the Qi State Water Division, it is equivalent to letting a person follow behind his back with a knife, which is very dangerous, and it is impossible for the monarchs and ministers of Chu State not to think of this.

But at this moment, the sudden death of Yutai Zhilin will naturally have an extremely important image of the military strategy of the Northern Expedition.

"Last night, a secret letter was sent from the East China Sea." Tan Tai Huang said slowly: "Zhi Lin committed suicide behind closed doors in the East China Sea Division Governor's Mansion, and when he found out, he was already dead. This matter is very important, Shen Liangqiu immediately blocked the news and prevented the matter from getting out of the Governor's Mansion, and then sent someone to send the news back quickly. ”

"Suicide?" Qi Ning was taken aback again: "Old Marquis, the governor of the Taitai is ..... Commit suicide? ”

Tang Taihuang did not explain, and continued: "But this kind of thing can't be hidden for too long, and the soldiers of the Navy share the joys and sorrows, and they will be on the warship for more than half a month every month, if they do not appear for many days, it will inevitably make the army suspicious, and even cause turmoil in the East China Sea." ”

"Old Marquis, who is Shen Liangqiu?"

Taihuang said: "Shen Liangqiu's father married the Jinlan brothers with the old man when he was young, Shen Liangqiu was eight years old, he was accepted by the old man as a righteous son, he has a chivalrous temperament, and the temperament of the burning qi is quite similar, when he was young, he had a similar temperament with the burning qi, and he also became the Jinlan brothers, after the burning qi died of illness, Shen Liangqiu left the army for three years, traveled around, and after coming back, the old man let him follow the burning lin. ”

"It turned out to be the righteous son of the old marquis."

"When Zhilin was transferred to the East China Sea as the Governor of the Navy, he named Shen Liangqiu to follow." Tai Huang's voice was gentle: "Shen Liangqiu is outstandingly talented, he is well versed in military strategy, and he complements each other with Zhilin, and the two are like brothers, and now Shen Liangqiu is serving as the deputy governor of the East China Sea Division, and he has helped Zhilin a lot over the years." ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, the East China Sea Master is the sphere of influence of the Golden Dao Tai family, and the general of the Navy Division is naturally also a cronie of the Tai family, Shen Liangqiu has a deep relationship with the Tai family, so he is naturally a person who is a cronie, and after the incident, this person quickly blocked the news and did not leak it to the outside world, and handled it very properly.

Qi Ning thought for a while, and then asked: "Old Marquis, the death of the Governor of Taitai is painful, but why is the old Marquis worried that there will be turmoil in the East China Sea?" ”

Taihuang glanced at Qi Ning, and then said: "When Emperor Taizu raised his army, the south of the Yangtze River was in chaos. After a pause, he continued: "When Emperor Taizu died, the south was still divided, Emperor Taizong inherited the great cause of Emperor Taizu, continued to conquer, invincible, and in the end, only two forces resisted, one was Xichuan Li Hongxin, and the other was the Han family in the East China Sea. ”

The battle between the Li family in Xichuan and the state of Chu, Qi Ning is naturally clear, after all, it was the old marquis of Jinyi who led the army to attack Xichuan, and now the Jinyi Qi family still has an inextricable relationship with the Xichuan Miao family, but he knows very little about the Han family in the East China Sea.

But he can also imagine that the world was in turmoil, the Central Plains was divided, and after the Beitang clan captured Luoyang, all their energy was spent on pacifying the north, and Emperor Taizu, who was fighting for the south, was only the Taishou of Jingzhou, and his strength was not the strongest.

The establishment of a dynasty is naturally stepping on the bones of countless enemies, and the establishment of the Chu State will not be too much to say how many opponents will be wiped out.

This Han family in the East China Sea is naturally a strong rival on the road to the establishment of the Chu country.

"Han Jingting, the Taishou of the East China Sea, can also be regarded as a hero, occupying the East China Sea, it took me more than a year for Da Chu to pacify the East China Sea and take Gulin City!" Taihuang's expression was solemn: "The Han family is a big clan in the East China Sea, with many branches, and every time Emperor Taizong conquers a place, he mainly appeases, so in addition to some people in the Han family who were beheaded, there are still many people who survived." ”

Qi Ning understood: "The old marquis is saying that once the sailor changes, the Han family in the East China Sea is likely to be in turmoil?" ”

"When the old man commanded the troops to the city, Han Jingting worked hard for more than a month, and finally took the initiative to sue for peace, and proposed that he commit suicide and hand over the city in exchange for the Han branch to survive." Shantai Huang said: "At that time, as long as it was attacked for a few more days, Gulin City would inevitably be broken, but Han Jingting took the initiative to sue for peace, and the old man naturally wanted to ask Emperor Taizong for advice. Emperor Taizong was generous and benevolent, and granted Han Jingting's conditions, so except for Han Jingting's family, other Han clans were not punished. After a pause, he continued: "An important reason why the East China Sea Division is stationed in the East China Sea is to guard against the chaos of the Han people, but fortunately, the people of the Han family have been honest and have not acted in these years, but they must be guarded against. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, thinking that before the world was unified, he would be lenient with the enemy he surrendered, and that was also due to the current situation, otherwise the Chu army would kill every place it attacked, which would certainly make people fearful, but it was also difficult to really make people bow down.

Qi Ning thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Old Marquis, forgive the courage of the younger generation, General Lantai commands the East China Sea Division, and the stakes are very important, how could he commit suicide?" ”

A fierce general who came out of the iron blood, but committed suicide inexplicably, even Qi Ning couldn't figure it out.

"The old man has been fighting for decades, and he has experienced countless battles, and several sons have followed the old man for many years." Taihuang said slowly: "Jinyihou, the old man has a question and wants to ask you!" ”

"Although the old marquis commanded, he didn't dare to ask for advice."

"In a desperate situation, surrounded by strong enemies, life and death hang by a thread." Tan Taihuang stared at Qi Ning's eyes: "In this case, there will be three situations. The first is to be desperate, but do not want to be killed by the enemy, and commit suicide with a sword. The second type is full of soul and fear, and in order to survive, he bends his knees to the place and begs for surrender. The last choice, although in a desperate situation, is undiminished, fighting hard, although death is still glorious. After a pause, he asked, "If you were in that situation, what would you do?" ”

Qi Ning was stunned for a moment, saw that Taihuang looked solemn, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Old Marquis, if it doesn't come to that time, no one dares to guarantee what choice he will make." Maybe I'll fight to the end, maybe I'll kill myself, but ...... But they will never bow their knees and beg to surrender. ”

Taihuang bowed slightly: "What you said is right, until that time, it is difficult to know how you will choose." You are a descendant of the Jinyi Qi family, so naturally you will not ask the enemy to surrender, but the descendants of my Tantai family will only have one choice. ”

"Oh?"

"Zhilin has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and there are not a few traps encountered, and he has encountered at least two desperate situations that the old man just said, but both times he fought hard and escaped death." Tai Huang said: "The descendants of the Tai family, they have not thought about surrendering, they will not even think about committing suicide, as long as they have a breath, they will definitely fight to the end, this is the family style of the Tai family, otherwise they are not worthy of being the descendants of the Tai family." ”

Qi Ning knew that Tang Taihuang's words were not a word, they were proved by countless iron and blood, and his heart suddenly became solemn.

Tantai Huang raised his head slightly, looked at the black sky, and said slowly: "Even if Tantai Zhilin is in a desperate situation, he will never wipe the blade to his neck, Jinyihou, do you understand the old man's words?" ”

Qi Ning's expression was solemn, and he nodded: "The old marquis said that the East China Sea sent news that the governor of Shantai committed suicide, but this is not true, the death of the general of Tangtai is for another reason." ”

"The old man has already flown the pigeon to pass the book, the scene must not be destroyed in the slightest, what was it like when the Tai Zhilin died, when you get there, you will see the scene when it happened." Tai Huang said slowly: "The old man hopes that you will find out the real cause of Tan Tai Zhilin's death, and don't let his death be unknown." ”

Qi Ning was stunned for a moment, his heart sank, and he said in surprise: "Old Marquis, you mean...... I'm going to the East China Sea? ”