On March 12, Yiguang stood on the city tower, silently watching the army leave Gusu, and marched neatly in the direction of Ailing.

Suddenly, his shoulders sank, a cloak fell on his shoulders, and his husband's concerned voice sounded in his ears, "The spring cold is not over, you are so thinly dressed, it is easy to catch a cold." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yiguang replied in a low voice, and then turned his gaze to the army that was gradually moving away.

Fucha said curiously, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm wondering why the king chose Bo Yao as the head coach, he ......" Yiguang Sakura bit her lips lightly, hesitated and didn't continue.

The husband saw her thoughts and smiled, "You want to say that he is incompetent, right?" It's hard to beat, isn't it? ”

Yiguang said curiously: "Since the king knows, why did he choose him?" ”

Fu Cha smiled and said: "Bo Yao can be sure of the general, but the victory is obedient, I say the east, he will never dare to go west, and Wu Xiang can be described as a world of difference." ”

"I also know this, but marching and fighting a war cannot be won by the word 'obedient', and the king should also understand this."

"Don't forget, this king still has a copy of Sun Shi's codex in his hand, as long as Bo Yao marches and arranges according to the art of war in his hand, he can definitely win." Speaking of this, the husband's eyes sank, and he said gloomily: "If it weren't for Wu Zixu's own assertion and harboring evil intentions, the Qi State would have collapsed a long time ago!"

"But......" Without waiting for Yiguang to continue, Fucha said confidently: "Don't worry, within a month, the Qi Kingdom will definitely withdraw its troops!"

Seeing him say this, Yiguang had to swallow the words on his lips, although the records in Sun Wu's codex are all exquisite and unique art of war, but whether the art of war in the book can be fully applied to the battlefield depends on the ability of the commander, Wu Zixu can do it, what about Bo Yao?

Yiguang's heart was very complicated, she didn't know whether to hope that Wu Guo would win or lose, maybe ...... was really said by Zheng Dan, and her position was gradually shaken.

"What's wrong?" The husband brushed the broken hair on her sideburns behind her ears and said with concern: "This king sees that you have been so worried lately that it is difficult to even laugh, what happened?" ”

"It's fine." Yiguang couldn't tell the truth, so he could only prevaricate: "It's just that I saw that so many things have happened in the DPRK recently, and the Qi army has been entrenched in Ailing and refuses to retreat, so I am a little worried." ”

The husband disturbed her slightly cool hands, and her voice was as gentle as the spring sun on the horizon, "With this king here, you don't need to worry about anything." After a pause, he showed a narrow smile, "The Guanwa Palace will be built soon, and when the time comes, the king will move there with you to live and live a life of just the two of us, okay?" ”

Yiguang was so red by her that she wanted to withdraw her hand, but her husband held it very tightly, so she had to say: "What is only the two of us, the king doesn't want to talk nonsense." ”

"This king never talks nonsense to you." Speaking of this, the husband's voice was a little softer, "In this life, this king is only willing to marry you alone, and this will never waver." ”

Yiguang was sweet in his heart, but when he thought of his identity, this sweetness was like being mixed with the yellow lotus, bitter like bile.

She forcibly withdrew her hand, so she said indifferently: "Nine out of ten sentences of a man's words are false, the king said this today, and if Gai Ming'er meets a younger and more beautiful person, I am afraid that he will immediately leave it behind." ”

Hearing this, the husband said with some displeasure: "In your eyes, is this king a person who blindly covets beauty?" ”

Yiguang didn't look over, and said indifferently: "Everyone has a love for beauty; The king doesn't need to be embarrassed. ”

The husband said angrily: "If this king was really such a person, he would not have fallen in love with you who deliberately pretended to be ugly." ”

"Maybe the king was just trying to be fresh for a while, and when he got tired of it, he naturally disdained it." Yiguang didn't know why he was saying these things, but he was suddenly afraid that his husband would treat him so well, and he wanted to work hard...... Try a little harder to push him farther away.

Fucha looked at Yiguang with surprise, disappointment, and even more sadness, "I really didn't expect that this king is such a superficial person in your eyes." ”

Yiguang looked at the wild geese flying in the distance and did not speak, nor blinked, the husband waited for a long time, and finally left disappointed, until he walked down the tower, Yiguang did not dare to blink, and until this moment, the tears that had been rolling in his eyes fell to the ground and shattered into countless petals......

When she walked down the tower, it was already sunset and dusk, and after just a few steps, she was stopped by a figure rushing out of the oblique time, it was Zheng Dan.

"You instigated the king to let Bo Yao lead the troops to the battle, didn't you?" Zheng Dan asked aggressively, his eyes full of hostility.

"Nope." Yiguang was in no mood to say much to her at the moment, so he only replied briefly.

"It has to be you!" Zheng Dan didn't believe her words at all, and said sharply: "You don't want the second son to be in charge of the army, so you pushed a Bo Yao out to lead the troops, you are so scheming." As she spoke, she said in a panic: "What else did you say to the king, say it quickly!"

Yiguang became more and more upset when she asked, "I said no, no, believe it or not." ”

Where would Zheng Dan easily believe it, pestering her to ask endlessly, when she was at a stalemate, several patrolling guards came over, but Zheng Dan was still chattering there, if the guards heard it, they would have to break into a big disaster.

In a hurry, Yiguang pushed her to the ground and said loudly: "I said that the king doesn't want to see you, why are you still talking so much, hurry back to your Mingfeng Palace, and you have nothing to do." ”

Seeing that there was movement here, the guard came over and said respectfully: "Miss Shi, what's wrong, do you want the villains to help?" "Up and down the palace, no one knows that Yiguang is the person on the tip of her husband's heart, and everyone respects her.

"Zheng Meiren just wants to see the king, don't worry, you guys go and get busy." After sending the guards away, Yiguang wanted to help Zheng Dan, who was sitting on the ground, but was swung away by the latter, and said in disgust: "You don't need to be here to be hypocritical." ”

"I'm afraid that when they hear what my sister says, they will ......" Without waiting for Yiguang to continue, Zheng Dan said coldly: "You are the king's favorite concubine, and you don't need to explain to me, a beauty who is not favored." I only have one word to tell you, don't hurt the second son, otherwise I will burn you with jade!"

Yiguang looked at Zheng Dan who left angrily, and there was endless sorrow in her heart, when she fled in the past, she and Zheng Dan depended on each other for life and death, and never gave up; Now, in the palace, life is good, but she and Zheng Dan are against each other, and they are drifting apart, which is really sad.

Besides, on Bo Ya's side, as Yi Guang expected, although the husband explained extremely carefully, Bo Ya was not Wu Zixu, and he could not completely restore his strategy, and he was defeated in several battles with the Qi army.

The defeats again and again made Bo Yao panic, and he clearly knew that if he couldn't withstand the Qi army, then his fate would be worse than Wu Zixu's.

Therefore, in the report sent back to the capital, he lied that after he fought with the Qi army, he won one victory after another, and he was like a bamboo, and he could drive the Qi army out of Wu within a few days; Of course, those words of praise are indispensable in the compromise.

Fucha received "good news" one after another, overjoyed, and ordered Bo Yao to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and must defeat the Qi army to lay a solid foundation for the Spring and Autumn hegemony of Wu State.

In the face of the will of the husband, Bo Yao was full of promises, and after sending the messenger away, he pondered about the matter of fighting against the Qi army, although the husband is now kept in the dark by him, but he has been so defeated, the husband will know the truth sooner or later, how is this good?

Bo Yao thought about it, and really let him come up with a way, that is, to recruit Gongsun Li. If you want to change before, this method will never work, but now it is different, Wu Zixu lost power and snubbed Gongsun Li, which undoubtedly gave him an excellent opportunity.

It was also a coincidence that he couldn't fight because Fanlou had not recovered from his injuries before, so he brought Gongsun Li.

After some coercion and temptation, Gongsun Li finally compromised, for the sake of his life and for the glory and wealth.

He beckoned him to come nearer and whispered his plan in his ear, and the latter was frightened and uneasy, but did not object......

Two days later, Gongsun Li led 10,000 horses to attack the camp of the Qi army at night, killing thousands of enemies, and successfully burned the grain and grass of the Qi army, achieving the first victory.

But the price was also heavy, 10,000 horses went, only more than 1,000 returned, and the rest, all became corpses on the battlefield.

Bo Ya didn't care about all this, he was immersed in the ecstasy of victory, and wrote a good news overnight to send him back to Gusu for 800 miles; In the war book, he attributed all the credit to himself, boasting wildly, and as for the dead soldiers, he did not mention a word.

When the husband learned that the grain and grass of the Qi army had been burned, he was overjoyed, and not only praised Bo Yao in the letter, but also ordered a big celebration, and the flowing water in the palace was endless for three days.

This battle is too important for Fucha, not only about the safety of Gusu City, but also about his royal power and majesty, if he wins, it means that he will completely get rid of the shadow of Wu Zixu and monopolize power, no wonder he will be so happy.

Just when the husband was celebrating, one of Wu Zixu's former cronies, who couldn't see Bo Yao's behavior of disregarding human life like a mustard, quietly wrote the real battle situation into a letter and sent it to Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu was anxious after receiving the letter, although he was forced to unload the military power, but this heart never let go, he knew very well that Wu State had been fighting for many years, coupled with the previous natural disasters, the national strength was already in danger, and if this happened, Wu State would surely overturn and become a stepping stone on the road to hegemony for other countries.

If you want to protect the state of Wu from destruction, the only way is to take advantage of this disastrous victory to negotiate peace with the state of Qi, recuperate, and restore national strength.

Wu Zixu knew that his husband had a deep prejudice against him, so he did not come forward in person, but entrusted the matter to Gongzishan, and asked him to persuade his husband to collect his troops.

Gongzishan knew that the situation was urgent, and after sending Wu Zixu away, he immediately prepared a horse to enter the palace, because the husband ordered to celebrate, so the palace was full of lights, the glass was shining, the flowers were blooming, and the palace people in a new dress shuttled back and forth, and the whole palace was immersed in the joy of Shengping.

There was still some distance from the Taiji Palace, and the sound of soft silk and bamboo orchestral music could be heard, which made Gongzi Shan's already frowning brows twist into a pimple.

Gongzishan ignored the palace people who wanted to enter the court, and pushed open the door of the palace, and the singing and dancing in the hall had just stopped, and a group of enchanting dancing girls retreated, and the husband who was sitting in the treasure chair was talking to Yiguang with his head sideways, and he was a little surprised to see someone entering without respect.

The palace people who followed behind Gongzi Mountain said in a panic: "Wang, the second prince ...... him"

"It's okay, let's go down." After sending the palace people down, the husband looked at Gongzishan standing in the hall and said with a smile: "Yiguang just mentioned you to this king, and you came, what a coincidence." ”

Gongzishan glanced at Yiguang coldly, and arched his hand: "Brother Chen has something urgent. ”

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

"The younger brother heard about the battle of Ailing, and Lord Dazai burned the grain and grass of the Qi army and won a great victory?"

Hearing that this was the case, Fu Cha smiled happily: "Yes, Bo Yao really did not disappoint this king this time, now that the grain and grass have been cut off, the Qi country will soon withdraw its troops!" ”

"Then Brother Wang, do you know how many soldiers were lost in this battle?" Without waiting for the husband's words, he said excitedly: "10,000 people attacked the camp of the Qi army at night, and only more than 1,000 people returned; In other words, nearly 9,000 soldiers died in this battle! ”

Fucha suddenly got up and stared at Gongzishan in disbelief, "What did you say?" Nine thousand soldiers died? ”

Gongzishan said with a sneer on his face: "Not to mention nine thousand, before the war, Dazai led the troops and the Qi army to clash several times, and they were all defeated, and the lost soldiers and horses were added together, I am afraid that it will be eight or nine thousand; Isn't it ridiculous that so many soldiers have become dead souls on the battlefield and have nowhere to go, but Brother Wang is holding a feast here? ”

"It can't be!" Fucha retorted with a pale face, every time Bo Yao sent a battle report, he said that the army was like a broken bamboo, forcing the Qi army to retreat, but now Gongzishan said that all this was fake, how could he accept it!

Yiguang, who was standing on the side, also had a solemn face, she had always been suspicious of the good news that Bo Yao had received one after another, according to her understanding of this person, except for slapping horses and speculating on people's hearts, there was no real ability, even if there was a formation trick taught by the husband, it was not easy to defeat the Qi army that came in a big way.

She once reminded her husband of the cha, but the latter was so immersed in the joy of victory that he could not listen to her persuasion at all.

"What the younger brother said is true or false, Brother Wang sent someone to Ailing to ask and find out." Saying that, Gongzishan said again: "Bo Yao is afraid that Brother Wang will blame him, so he has been lying about the military situation, which is ridiculous that Brother Wang was wise, but he was deceived by him and spread it, so he had to make the world laugh at it." ”

The husband was stabbed in the face by his merciless words, and said with some annoyance: "How do you know this? ”

Gongzishan had already thought of his rhetoric, and immediately said: "The officers and men in the army can't get used to Bo Yao's behavior of bullying and concealing their superiors and subordinates, so they quietly sent someone to tell their subordinates. ”

The husband looked at him thoughtfully, and at this moment, a little eunuch walked in and whispered a few words in Wang Shen's ear, and the latter showed a little surprise, and his eyes quickly swept over Gongzishan.

After the little eunuch went down, the husband said, "What's the matter?" ”

"King Qiqi, it's ......" Wang Shen looked at Gongzi Mountain on the side, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing his concerns, the husband said, "Just say it." ”

Seeing that his husband said this, Wang Shen had no choice but to say: "The Praetorian Guards are here, an hour ago, Wu Xiang went to the second son's mansion. ”

Gongzishan was taken aback, and then said angrily: "Brother Wang, you sent someone to spy on me? ”

Fucha snorted coldly, "This king is spying on Wu Zixu. ”