In the Jingzhou military camp, the drums and tents were all there, the same was not moved, the grain and grass were piled up, and some tents were even covered with bedding, but there were no people and horses, none of them.

The soldiers of the most advanced battalion were stunned for a while, cheered in unison, and then rushed to the best-looking tent, fighting for property, they were also veterans, knowing that the grain and grass could not be moved, they were heavy, and they had to be taken away by their superiors, the first choice was always gold, silver and jewelry, followed by pieces of cloth, and the tent would rather be dismantled into strips of cloth than taken away whole......

The post-arrival army was a master of competing for spoils, without the arrangement of the generals, they dispersed in a hurry, went to different directions, and after a short period of chaos, they quickly divided their respective territories, and grabbed them quickly and orderly, so that the soldiers of the Wu army were ashamed of themselves.

Cao Shenxi was ordered by King Wu to temporarily take charge of this army, he knew his position very well, and he had vaguely guessed the general intention of King Wu, so he did not interfere, acquiesced in the soldiers to plunder the camp, and even dismissed the guards and generals around him, and let them do their own thing.

The old general rode through the enemy camp alone, stopped at a high place, looked at the direction of the Jingzhou army's escape, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and it took a while to realize that there was another person beside him.

Xue Jinyan also looked in the same direction, "Master is worried that the Jingzhou army will come back?" ”

"I wish they could come back." Cao Shenxi said bitterly, seeing the strange expression of the descending general, he added: "What, you forgot that I am the general of Tiancheng?" ”

"Just remembered." Xue Jin shook his head.

Cao Shenxi sighed heavily, "Leading the troops to fight for so many years, I have never seen such an unbelievable situation: strong is not really strong, weak is not really weak, the side that is about to win, but the side that is defeated, and the side that is cornered, but does not know that a great opportunity is in front of you." ”

"Maybe this is the so-called 'chaos in the world', everything is chaos."

"Perhaps, if you think about it carefully, in fact, the five countries were like this at the beginning, obviously not much weaker than Tiancheng in terms of strength, but they always failed unexpectedly, and they couldn't even fight a decent hard battle. It's just that at that time, I was the side that won consecutive battles, and I thought that Tiancheng soldiers were outstanding, but I didn't think that it was actually the other party's 'chaos'......"

"What are Master's plans for the future?"

"Intended?" Cao Shen was surprised, "King Wu is really ...... What are the plans of King Wu? ”

He ...... He wanted to be a saint. ”

"Saint?"

"Anyway, it's someone I can't understand, but it's not a god, I guess it's a saint."

"Hey, King Wu should go to Lord Fei Yufei, the two of them can talk together now. Do you know what Master Fei used to say to me when he was hiding with me? He advised me to walk the streets and alleys to arouse the fighting spirit of the people of the Eastern Capital, so that they could go into battle with their whole families, regardless of men, women, and children, to kill all the traitors who had seized the city. ”

"King Wu's plan is different from Fei Xun's, but the stupidity is the same, he wants to save people, how much can he save, he said that even if he can't save everyone, no one can be killed because of him. Can Master think of it? These are the words of King Wu himself, he regards good luck as a gift from heaven, and really thinks that he has the duty to save the common people......"

"King Wu's stupidity is more like you."

"Me?"

"You have forgotten what you said: it is better to take the lead in sending death than to send someone else to die. You two are really a natural husband and wife. ”

Xue Jin shook his head and laughed a few times, and then burst into tears.

Cao Shen panicked, "That...... Don't cry, there is no trick in the art of war to persuade people to stop crying. ”

Xue Jin shook away his tears and smiled again, "King Wu doesn't want me anymore, and I don't want him either, but it's a pity that I'm not as good as his first wife, so I don't dare to write a letter of resignation." I want to bring the army back to Qinzhou, and I have come to invite Master to go west with me. ”

"Back to Qinzhou? Wu Wang ...... What exactly are you thinking? ”

"It doesn't matter what King Wu wants, everyone has to plan for themselves now, I want to persuade the army to descend first, and then return to the Eastern Capital, take the families of the soldiers, return to my hometown, take the whole state, and set up my younger brother as the master. Xijing is not much worse than the eastern capital, so if you manage it well, it will be at least more prosperous than the current east. ”

"Are you serious?"

"Of course."

"But you said before that you didn't want to be a general."

"At that time, there was King Wu, and now it is only me. I was crying just now, Master won't laugh at me, or look down on me because of it, right? ”

"Of course not, if you don't shed a single tear, I'm afraid."

"So Master is willing to go west with me?"

"This ...... I have an old wife at home, and I don't know the whereabouts of my children and grandchildren......"

"Of course, Shi Niang has to bring it, there are many families in the Descending Army, and if you can't go fast, Shi Niang can bear it. The master released the news, and if the children and grandchildren have a heart, they will go to take refuge. ”

Cao Shenxi was silent, he was not a native of Dongdu, but he had lived for a long time and had long regarded this place as his home.

Xue Jin shook and said: "King Wu said, the eastern capital is the land of the four wars, the general trend is like this, no one can change it, we must wait for the world to be decided, the eastern capital can be safe, before that, the eastern capital must be the source of chaos." ”

"Hey, he's saying it like ......"

"Strategist?"

"Anyway, it's not like a king."

"Even if Master doesn't go west with me, it's best to leave the Eastern Capital as soon as possible and go to anyone, just don't stay in the dangerous city for a long time."

Cao Shenxi sighed so much these days that he felt a little short of breath, and then sighed again, "If I were ten years younger...... At the age of twenty, I will definitely go to the most ambitious heroes, and now, they don't look down on me, and I don't look down on them, and being able to be taken in by the incarnated general is probably my best choice. ”

"I'm not taking in, I'm inviting, it is said that in ancient times, someone only started to make contributions at the age of seventy, and Master has no problem."

Cao Shenxi smiled bitterly, "Forget about making contributions, I just want to go to you to retire." ”

"No problem."

Cao Shenxi let out a long breath, as if this was the last sigh in his life, "The Descendant Army is from Qinzhou, and when you go back this time, you can't do any more looting." If you want to run Xijing, you must win the hearts and minds of the people, but before that, you must first seize the city. When the Descendant Army left Qinzhou, there were no people left to defend the city, right? ”

"Defending the city? The army was forced to leave their hometown, and did not occupy an inch of land in Qinzhou, this time when they went back, they wanted to seize it little by little, send people to stay behind, as the master said, do not do anything to loot, and win the hearts of the people. ”

Cao Shenxi shook his head, "Qinzhou can't be seized little by little, we must take advantage of the chaos to go straight to Xijing, send people to the counties to recruit surrender, those who are willing to surrender will give high-ranking officials, those who wait and see make heavy promises, and those who do not surrender openly will be defeated in turn." ”

"Look, Master can help me a lot, not just for the elderly."

"Hey, Qinzhou is unstable, how can I support my old age?" Cao Shenxi has been cautious in his words and deeds all his life, and he has to be careful to speak in the face of anyone, but he dares to collide in front of Xue Jinyan, and he dares to say nothing, everyone says that the Golden Saintess is ruthless, but he feels that this is an open-minded and inquisitive student, and he unconsciously wants to put on the master's style, "Also, Qinzhou has been hit by disasters for many years, and there is an urgent shortage of food, which is the source of all chaos, and it is useless to replace it with immortal governance." The imperial court should have transferred grain and relief as soon as possible, but it only wanted to use force to quell the chaos, and in the end it was out of control. If you want to occupy Qinzhou for a long time, you must take the Hanzhou next to you, borrow the grain of Hanzhou to feed the people of Qinzhou, persist for a year or two, and get a bumper harvest, so that you can feel a little at ease, and you can free up your hands to try again. ”

Xue Jin shook his head.

The two men discussed the situation, but the night was getting darker, and it was not until the guards came to light it with torches that they came to their senses, and they rode back together.

The Jingzhou military camp has been almost looted, and a large amount of grain and grass has been sealed, waiting for the arrangement from above.

Xue Jinyan ordered the grain and grass to be transported, and the whole army returned to the camp, and no one was allowed to pursue the deserters, and she had to convince the generals tonight, and she was confident in this, but it would be a little troublesome to explain the whereabouts of King Wu.

This trouble was solved by King Wu himself.

At the gate of the camp, many Wu soldiers carried the wounded Wang Dian, waiting for the descending general.

Wu people had pushed Meng Seng Lun's younger brother Meng Yingbo as the temporary leader, Wang Dian survived the fire, after a little better, Wu people immediately re-pushed him as the leader, this expedition, Wang Dian with injuries followed, walked slowly, just arrived not long after.

"Why is General Wang here?" After Xue Jinyan got the report, he immediately dismounted and went to visit.

Wang Dian struggled to get up, but Xue Jinyan hurriedly ordered someone to step forward and hold it down, "General Wang doesn't have to be polite. ”

Wang Dian said in a hoarse voice: "King Wu is gone, leaving us to the descending general." ”

"Gone...... So fast? Xue Jinyan was a little dazed, King Wu didn't say when she would leave, she thought she would return to the Eastern Capital with her.

"Well, King Wu said it very clearly, although I don't agree, let alone think that King Ning's calamity is related to King Wu, but King Wu's ambition is difficult to change. Alas. ”

"This is the end of it...... If General Wang and you are willing to go west with me, welcome, the strength of the Wu soldiers is exactly what I need, if you want to return to Wuzhou in the east, I will not be reluctant, and I will send someone to give you a ride, and the grain and grass in the army will be taken by you. ”

"We have already discussed, we are not in a hurry to take revenge on King Ning, although Jiangdong is our hometown, the hearts of the people are not on our side. It is an honor for us to serve the incarnated general. And if King Wu figured it out one day, he would definitely go to the incarnated general, and we were willing to wait for him. ”

"I'm willing to wait for him." Xue Jin shook a smile on his face, but he knew in his heart what a hopeless wait this would be.

Wu General Luobai, Xue Jin shook the salute back, and suddenly understood the pain of King Wu, just to appease the Wu people, she has always been not good at words, and even said a few insincere good words, for the greater good, how much lie will she tell in the future?

"I will not be king, nor will I fight for the world." Xue Jin secretly made up his mind that he would never follow the old path of King Wu again.

Although Meng Yingbo is not very good at speaking, he is sincerely loyal to King Wu, not much worse than his brother, and then sighed: "It's all my indiscriminate accusations that have annoyed the ruling power, what face do I have to pay tribute to my brother in the future?" Alas, I don't know where King Wu is going? ”

"He'll go back to the Eastern Capital first, but by the time we get there, he'll definitely be gone." Xue Jin guessed.

"In the end, you have to find a place to stay, right? I guess it must be Qinzhou, let's lay a piece of ground for the ruling first. Meng Yingbo's words were echoed by many people.

Xue Jinyan also nodded and smiled, but he knew very well in his heart that even if King Wu removed the king name, he would not find a place to retire like Cao Shenxi.

In the final analysis, being the emperor is not the biggest ambition in this world, some people look up, and naturally some people look down.

(End of volume)