It has been a few months since Bian Xiao retired from the army.

However, the hinterland of Wu was still full of devastation, and Bian Xiao really killed too hard, affecting more than fifteen counties, and nearly one-third of the country's territory was destroyed.

Killed a lot of people or second.

The key is food scarcity.

Because when Bian Xiao plundered, I don't know how many granaries were burned, and even the grain that grew in the ground and was not yet ripe was burned.

Therefore, in this year's autumn harvest, Wu's grain output was reduced by a quarter.

Coupled with the failure of the expedition to Raging Tide City, it was even worse.

In the past few months, the whole country of Wu has been recuperating.

King Wu was young, and in order to show his majesty, he had specially grown a beard.

But after the defeat a few months ago, he shaved his beard instead.

It is called a yellow-mouthed child, and the maturity of a king is not based on his beard.

Now King Wu has once again ushered in the envoy of the Chu State, and he is still the squire of the Chu State Rite Department who has dealt with the King of Yue.

"King Yue is seriously ill and wants to compromise with the king of my family, but he doesn't want to bear the crime of losing power and humiliating the country, so he proposed this ridiculous border meeting. The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "King Wu has heard about this matter. ”

Of course King Wu has heard about it, and it's hard not to even hear about it.

This matter has been widely spread.

"I've heard a thing or two. ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "Ning Yuanxian's move is very shameless, it is clear that he deliberately let Shen Lang and Ning Zheng be cannon fodder, ceding benefits to me in Chu State, in exchange for peace on the border." ”

King Wu said: "Is there such a thing?"

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "I heard that there has been a famine in Wu recently, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

King Wu said: "The lack of food is true, but there is no famine." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "My Chu country has a bumper harvest this year, and we are a country of brothers, so we are willing to lend the king one million stone grain." ”

As soon as these words came out, King Wu was stunned, and the surrounding ministers were overjoyed.

One million stone of grain is more than 100 million catties, an absolute astronomical amount.

This batch of grain is enough for two million people to eat for two or three months, and although there is still a certain shortage, at least it can survive this winter.

Is Chu such a big deal again?

King Wu said: "The king of Chu is so benevolent and righteous, it really touches the widow, I will write an IOU to the king of your family." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "King Wu, we are not only willing to borrow this batch of grain, but also have no interest. ”

King Wu stepped down from the throne and arched his hand in the southwest direction: "The King of Chu is the true king. ”

The waiter of the Chu State Rite Department said: "Of course, but the king of my family has a small request. ”

Wu Wang said: "What requirements?"

The waiter of the Chu State Rite Department said: "I heard that the king had signed a secret covenant with the king of Yue before?"

King Wu said: "No, I don't know where your envoy heard about it?"

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "There is no best, but the king of my family wants you to declare the world, no matter what secret agreement you signed with Ning Yuanxian, the king of Yue, it will be null and void." ”

This is to let King Wu tear up Wu Yue's secret agreement.

Of course, no matter what secret covenants in this world are meant to be torn apart.

It's just that the speed of this tearing is too fast, it's only been a few months, and it's almost like the ink hasn't dried, and it's going to become a butt paper?

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "Not only that, but the king of my family is willing to sign a secret alliance with the State of Wu, and you and I will become a country of brothers." ”

King Wu said: "I and the state of Chu are originally a country of brothers." ”

The waiter of the Chu State Rite Department said: "The sense of ritual is still needed, and it's just a covenant." ”

The meaning of the state of Chu is already very clear.

As long as the king of Wu tore up the covenant he had signed with the king of Yue and signed a secret covenant with the king of Chu, he would be able to borrow a million stone of grain without interest.

In fact, this does not require Wu Guo to pay a little benefit at all.

Wu Zhi, the privy envoy of the Wu State, suddenly said: "Your envoy, now it seems that the so-called border hunting is simply the Yue King Ning Yuanxian deliberately cutting the meat to give you the Chu State, right?"

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu said: "No more, Ning Yuanxian is seriously ill, the domestic succession is intensifying, the king of Yue is afraid that my Chu State will send troops, and originally wanted to compromise directly, but he felt that it was too shameful and ugly, so he proposed a ridiculous border hunt, and it was clear that he deliberately lost to us, sacrificing Ning Zheng and Shen Lang, the two nobodies." ”

Wu Zhidao: "What about after this ridiculous border hunt?"

His meaning is very clear, does the appetite of the Chu State stop there?

After the border meeting won the hunt and got the twenty-mile border line and 800,000 gold coins indemnity, will the Chu State let Yue Guo go?

Or do you have to make further war blackmail?

The waiter of the Chu State Rite Department said: "Of course, this is the end, my king is the most credibility-conscious." ”

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "The credibility of the King of Chu is indeed well known. ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of the State of Chu said: "The king only needs to invalidate the secret agreement with the Yue State and sign a secret covenant with my Chu State, and he can get a million stone of grain, why not?"

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers nodded one after another.

King Wu said: "Your envoy will go to rest first, the stakes are very high, we need to discuss it first." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State retired.

Then there was immediately a lot of discussion in the Wu Dynasty Hall.

More than half of the courtiers agreed.

It's a completely costless deal.

Tear up a covenant and sign a new one, and you can exchange it for a million stone of grain.

Where in the world can we find such good things?

If you don't agree, you're a fool.

So many courtiers bowed down one after another and asked King Wu to agree.

"Your Majesty, millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed, and they are miserable!"

"Your Majesty, this winter is getting colder and colder, and if you don't have food to eat, you will really starve to death. ”

"Your Majesty, all the people are like sons, and you look to your Majesty as your parents. ”

The implication is very clear, that is, to get King Wu to agree, and get the grain first.

King Wu said with a smile: "What Zhongqing means, the widow knows, let's retreat first." ”

Many courtiers took advantage of the retreat from the dynasty to kowtow again and ask King Wu to have mercy on the people.

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In the study, King Wu was furious.

He was not angry with the state of Chu, but at his courtiers.

Could it be that the king of the widow is so shameless and discreditless?

A covenant that has just been signed will be nullified in a few months?

For the sake of a million stone of grain, throw yourself into the arms of the Chu State?

What is a widow? Is there a prostitute in the kiln? There is no shame!

Wu Zhidao: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be angry, the courtier's consideration is different from the king's consideration. ”

King Wu sneered: "Yes, in the eyes of these courtiers, the reputation of my great king is not too important, why not rely on fame to exchange for food? But they don't want to think about how many times can the reputation of a widow be sold?"

Wu Zhidao: "They may have more than that. ”

King Wu said: "My Wu country is short of food, but there is no shortage of food, these ministers' families are rich, and the grain is piled up, this is for fear that the widow will turn to them, in order not to bleed, of course, let the widow sell his reputation to exchange for food, so that their food will be saved." ”

Wu Zhidao: "These are not important, what matters is the next situation, how my Wu country will deal with it, we are going to have a shocking hero in the south." ”

Gentleman!

At the mention of this name, King Wu was extremely impressed in his heart.

This monarch was several years younger than him, and when he inherited the lord of Nanou, he had almost nothing, and was completely a puppet.

It's only been two or three years.

It may be possible to become the co-leader of the entire Sand Barbarian Clan.

At that time, when the Southern Ou Kingdom rebelled, everyone thought that the monarch would be crushed to death like an ant.

But I didn't expect that it had only been more than a year, and I saw that a king was about to rise in the south.

It's better to sigh to yourself.

This gentleman really went against the current from a desperate situation and created miracles.

The Yue army occupied most of the territory of Nanou Kingdom, and instead of being in a hurry, the monarch took advantage of this war to unify the entire Sha Barbarian Tribe.

That's a lot of work.

It's a stroke of genius.

And he, King Wu, inherited the throne of his father's generation, but it is still a mess, which is really embarrassing in comparison.

King Wu said: "The king of Chu should have signed a real secret covenant with this monarch, and when the monarch recaptures the Nanou Kingdom and sweeps the entire south, it will be the time when the army of the king of Chu advances eastward." ”

Wu Zhidao: "So the bargaining chips of this border meeting can't satisfy the King of Chu at all, this treacherous and cunning guy will definitely open his mouth wide, gain an inch, and continue to blackmail Ning Yuanxian." ”

King Wu was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Wang, we can only stand on the side of the victor. ”

Yes!

That's all that matters.

In the last war, the losses of the Wu State were too great, and they needed to recuperate for at least half a year.

Wu Guo had not many chips in his hand.

You can't throw it out at random, and you have to bet right.

Wu Zhidao: "The king of Yue used the bargaining chips of the border hunt as a strategy to delay the army, as a bait. But why didn't the Chu State take a million stone of grain as bait, and letting us tear up the alliance with the Yue State was only the first step, what he wanted was to pull us into the chariot of the Emperor. ”

King Wu said: "That's right, last time it was Su Nan's chariot, and this time it was Jinjun's chariot." This king of Chu is really treacherous, he has never thought about the profit of the fisherman, and has never thought of taking chestnuts from the fire. ”

Wu Zhidao: "But Jin Jun and Su Nan are completely different, once he unifies the entire Sand Barbarian Clan, it will have an army of 100,000, and it is also the most barbaric and powerful army in the world." Once the situation in the south of the Yue Kingdom is eroded, the Chu State will not be like the last time, it will be a real battle of the country. That's why the King of Chu can't wait to pull my Wu Kingdom into the battle. ”

King Wu was completely able to imagine.

The next big war that could break out would be nothing short of spectacular.

It could be the real Three Kingdoms Armageddon, or even the Four Kingdoms Armageddon.

The total number of troops mobilized may exceed four or five hundred thousand, which is completely different from the war a few months ago.

This could be the super Armageddon that will decide the fate of Shikoku.

Wu Zhidao: "So even if we want to tear up the alliance with the Yue Kingdom, we have to sign some secret covenant of the Three Kingdoms, and we have to wait until the matter is completed." Now the state of Chu vainly wants to exchange a mere one million stone of grain for His Majesty's three and four days? ”

King Wu suddenly said: "What if the border will hunt and Yue Guo wins?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zhi was stunned.

Impossible.

The so-called border hunting is the most direct battle.

Without any strategy, it was directly killed by the two armies.

The elite of the Chu State participates in the war all the year round, and they are already more elite than the Yue State.

Five thousand against two thousand.

I heard that Ning Zheng and Shen Lang had just recruited two thousand wastes and had just started the so-called military training.

It is clear that these two thousand wastes were sacrificed as cannon fodder.

How is it possible to win?

King Wu said: "In case the Yue State wins, is it a strong deterrent to the Chu State?"

Wu Zhi thought about it, but still felt very ridiculous.

King Wu said with a smile: "Then let's wait and see, of course, the protagonist of this drama is still Jinjun, and he is the big man who affects the situation in the four southern countries." ”

Next.

King Wu formally rejected Chu's demands, stating that he had signed an armistice with Yue, not a secret covenant.

And he Wu Wang is a promise, and he will never tear up the signed contract for the sake of petty profits.

Suddenly, the ministers wept, crying out for the pity of the hungry people, and they were afraid that they would not be able to survive this winter.

King Wu decreed.

From this day on, the expenses of his royal palace were reduced by two-thirds, and he ate only two meals of gruel a day, giving all the food saved by the entire royal family to the hungry.

Then, King Wu personally visited the homes of some important ministers and wrote IOUs to them to borrow grain.

The officials and wealthy families of the Wu State have donated generously, and they have donated 50,000 stone of grain in half a month, which is almost enough.

Immediately afterwards, there was a major leak of secrets at the top level of Vietnam, and an important list was exposed.

The list is full of high-ranking officials of the Wu State, all of whom were secretly bribed or coerced by the Heishui Observatory of the Yue Kingdom, and did a lot of things to betray the Wu State.

King Yue was furious, severely punished the leakers of Heishuitai, beheaded three people, and imprisoned more than a dozen people.

King Wu was furious and killed a second-rank high-ranking official on the list.

Suddenly, the Wu Guohao clan generously donated money to help the victims, and in just ten days, 800,000 stone grain was raised.

King Wu was moved.

Then he said in public in the court that the so-called leakage of secrets in Vietnam was a conspiracy.

He didn't believe that the officials of the Wu State would be bought by the Heishuitai of the Yue State, and he absolutely believed in the loyalty of the courtiers.

Then, in front of all his courtiers, he burned the so-called list.

It was at this time.

Wu Mu, who was defeated in Raging Tide City, officially made a comeback.

King Wu's purge of the court was officially opened, and many new talents gradually replaced the old ministers.

Following the disaster relief and leakage incident, King Wu officially began to counterattack the old ministers.

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There are talents from all generations, and each has been leading the way for several years.

The king of Wu in the north is becoming mature, and the king of the south is rising like a star, and it is about to light up the sky of the entire eastern world.

Now the court of Yue is also extremely unpeaceful.

With the fall of King Ning Yuanxian of Yue, the battle between the crown prince and the third prince Ning Qi gradually became fierce.

Around the position of the governor of Tianxi Province, the two sides have already played a good opportunity.

Originally, Zhang Zixu, who was in the prince's line, had already taken this position, and he was about to make an order.

But a case of reselling military rations is in full swing, and Zhang Zixu, the pride of the sky, is also involved.

The crown prince is a civil official, and dozens of people are involved.

Immediately afterwards, an even more shocking case of embezzlement of military expenses broke out, and dozens of generals were involved.

The whole case is getting bigger and bigger.

The post of governor of Tianxi Province was once again stranded.

In such a lively situation, Shen Lang's family gave birth to a daughter, of course, it is a trivial matter.

But there are still many people who are particularly concerned.

Shen Lang was so favored by the monarch before, this time he gave birth to a daughter, will the monarch have any gifts?

Outcome!

Not at all.

Not only did the monarch not have any reward, but even Concubine Bian seemed to be completely unaware of this matter.

I heard that the concubine wanted to give a gift, but was stopped by the king.

The direction of the wind is already very clear.

Shen Lang fell out of favor.

The monarch was determined to sacrifice Shen Lang and Ning Zheng.

As soon as the border hunt is over, these two people will be completely finished.

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Shen Lang's baby daughter is twenty days old.

He couldn't put it down.

But it's a pity that such a big baby eats and sleeps every day, sleeps and eats, and sleeps most of the day.

But when the baby was awake, he was basically held in Shen Lang's arms.

The little girl is so naughty in her mother's belly, but after she is born, she looks very well-behaved and quiet.

Most of the time, he stared at Shen Lang with big black eyes, and his delicate little face was serious.

I don't like to cry at all.

Only when you pull the stinky stink, will you hum twice.

Everyone found out that Shen Lang was holding his daughter at home every day, and he didn't go to the Beiyuan hunting ground at all, and he didn't care about the training over there.

Now everyone can see it more clearly.

This time the border hunting, Shen Lang himself did not report any hope, he gave up himself.

After recruiting more than 2,000 wastes, they were thrown into the barracks of the Beiyuan Hunting Ground and ignored.

On this day, Shen Lang waited for a long time, and finally the baby woke up, and he couldn't wait to take it out to show off.

Grand Duke Li Falcon came secretly like a thief.

Because the monarch is "sacrificing" Shen Lang, as His Majesty's henchman, Li Falcon of course has to be cold to Shen Lang.

"Yo, we adults acted, but the little baby was wronged. ”

Grand Duke Li carefully held the baby in his arms, and his posture was even more standard than Shen Lang.

When the baby was held in Shen Lang's arms, his little face was serious, and he looked like he was facing a great enemy.

And when he was held in his arms by Li Falcon, he was a little lazy and wanted to sleep, as if it was more comfortable to be held by Li Falcon.

A little girl with no conscience, I owe it to my father to be so precious to you.

"Your Majesty thought about it for a few hours, and finally gave our little baby a name, Shen Mi!"

Shen Lang was speechless.

Your Majesty, my daughter's name wants to be chosen by herself, what kind of excitement do you make, this is born by Xiaoice, not born by Ning Yan, and not your granddaughter.

Do you read the classics every day?

He knew that Ning Yuanxian did not spend a few hours, but several days.

If you have time or not, you will flip through ancient books and want to choose a good name.

A name that makes Shen Lang feel ashamed.

When he canonized Viscount Zhang Chong that day, what did Ning Yuanxian say?

Let Li Falcon think of a good title for himself, which means that he is unwilling to use this brain.

You don't want to think about the title of a nobleman, but you think about the name of Shen Lang's daughter for several days.

As a result, the name that His Majesty took out was good.

But Shen Lang directly thought of Zhen Mi, of course, Ning Yuanxian didn't know that there was such a character, so this name was his original.

Grand Duke Li Falcon said fairly: "This word is good, peaceful and sweet, but it hides nobility." When it is pronounced as Fu, it has the same meaning as the ancient Fuxi word, Fuxi is one of the three emperors of ancient times, and it is extremely noble. ”

Shen Lang nodded perfunctorily and said, "Well, not bad, not bad!"

Li Falcon was speechless, of course, when he returned to His Majesty, he would never dare to say that Shen Lang's attitude was perfunctory, he would definitely say that Shen Lang was amazed after hearing it, I Shen Lang couldn't take out such a good name.

Then Grand Duke Li took out a piece of jade and put it on the baby's neck.

"This is a gift from Concubine Bian. ”

He didn't say where the jade came from.

On the surface, this piece of jade is extremely ordinary.

However, it is indeed a thing of ancient civilization, and I heard that it is a crown jewel of a certain king in ancient times.

This is the dowry given to her by the Bian family, which she has always worn with her, and originally wanted to pass it on to her daughter.

It's just that Concubine Bian is low-key and never shows off to others, so almost no one knows the preciousness of this thing.

"Your Majesty said, when the border hunt is over, our little baby is also three months old, it is the cutest time, at that time, take it into the palace, let Concubine Bian take a good look. ”

Originally, Li Falcon could only come for half an hour, but he held the baby for more than a quarter of an hour unconsciously, and then left reluctantly.

He also gave a gift himself, but he didn't say it specifically, just a small copper coin worn by red rope and put on the baby's wrist.

He didn't say that this copper coin should be the only one left for him by his biological mother.

Li Falcon is an orphan who grew up in Da En Ting, and was later adopted as a righteous son by Li Mu's father-in-law, and he didn't know who his parents were since he was a child.

But for as long as he can remember, he has been wearing this copper coin on his wrist.

Later, when he was old and his wrists were thick, he couldn't wear this copper coin, so he hid it close to him.

Now he gave this copper coin to Shen Mi's baby, although it was not valuable, but he poured all his love and blessings.

Jin Mu Cong was greedy for the baby, and couldn't help but say on the side: "Brother-in-law, don't you want to keep an eye on the training at the Beiyuan Hunting Ground? This border hunting is a big deal, and it is not only about the fate of you and His Highness Ning Zheng, but even about His Majesty the Monarch." ”

That's true.

The monarch has now recuperated and is no longer in the way of action.

But he still lies on the sickbed every day.

The consequences of his illness this time were so severe that everyone felt that the tiger had become weak, which was very dangerous.

So now, even though he is almost healed, he still pretends to be weak and can't get out of bed.

When he pretended to be weak to the extreme.

The border hunt has officially begun!

He will be in good spirits and appear in front of everyone in a heroic manner.

The border will hunt, a blockbuster.

Shen Lang's 2,000 new army performed a miracle, and the monarch once again shocked the surroundings.

Once again, the peak of reputation has been restored.

At that time, people in the world will speculate that the illness of the monarch Ning Yuanxian is fake, and everything is pretended.

At that time, the world will be more in awe of him.

Therefore, now the fates of the monarch, Ning Zheng, and Shen Lang have been tied together.

The monarch said that he didn't believe in Ning Zheng, but trusted Shen Lang.

And this time with his trust, he almost gambled on his political reputation.

This trust is really heavy.

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Although everyone thinks that Shen Lang and Ning Zheng will definitely lose at the border, there is no hope.

After all, even Shen Lang himself gave up, and since his daughter was born, he has never been to the Beiyuan hunting ground.

Moreover, a plague drama was also staged around the entire Beiyuan hunting ground.

There were dead animals everywhere, miasma everywhere.

But it still can't stop many spies from prying eyes.

There are the princes, the three princes, the clans, and the spies of the Chu State.

Moreover, the entire Beiyuan hunting ground is too big to stop the infiltration of secret agents.

So these spies still spied on the bitter training.

Then, these people's bowels will break with laughter.

OMG.

It's ridiculous, it's so coke.

This is bullshit.

It's still a secret, huh?

You're!

Because Shen Lang's two thousand recruits only practice one move a day.

Swing the knife!

One knife and two cuts, one cut and two cuts!

Thousands of times, tens of thousands of times!

One day, two days, ten days, half a month, a month!

are practicing this move.

And it's a wooden knife.

As an army, you don't practice formations either, nor do you practice strength and speed?

Just practice wielding a knife?

Even if you practice swinging a knife, you change your posture, and you always cut straight down.

If you don't practice vomiting, I'm going to see vomiting.

How stupid are you waste, such a simple move to swing a knife, you need to practice for a month?

And it seems like you're going to keep practicing like this?

And it seems like you haven't learned it yet?

Shen Lang: I know that you have given up this border hunt.

But it's a good way to pretend.

Why don't you let your recruits practice their swordsmanship and archery?

And even the real knife is reluctant to let them touch it?

Oh yes, these people are powerless waste, and they can't hold real knives at all.

Time passed day by day.

This group of spies really can't stand it anymore.

Just watching these two thousand fools practice swinging knives every day, they themselves will not only vomit, but also be stupid.

So, the spies left.

I'm also snooping on a fart.

It's a waste of life to use such a-like army to spy on them.

The key is that this group of people, even if they are holding wooden knives, wields them so hard, sweats profusely, and has no murderous spirit at all.

This kind of scum is not as good as even a seven- or eight-year-old Boy Scout.

After almost a month, all the spies had disappeared cleanly.

So is it acting to let this group of people practice wielding knives for a month?

Of course not!

First of all, the knives in the hands of the group looked like wooden knives, but in fact they were lead inside, and they were very, very heavy.

And it is getting heavier and heavier day by day, and on the last day of this month, the knife in their hands weighed nearly two hundred pounds.

It's going to be heavier next.

When they actually go to the battlefield, they will hold a hundred-pound horse chopping knife in their hands, a first-class steel chopping knife.

A Mo knife of about one meter seven!

And every soldier will wear steel heavy armor.

That's right!

This was the ace army of the Tang Dynasty against the Turkic cavalry.

Mo Dao Team!

For a long time in ancient China, cavalry was invincible to infantry. However, the Modao team achieved the crushing of the cavalry.

Collective combat, team power.

Thousands of people in unison.

Cut it in two!

Even the elite cavalry is flying out of the sky.

This is simply a tank in the era of cold weapons, and it is simply a moving Great Wall of steel.

Moreover, the ace army under Shen Lang has all been transformed by blood.

The strength is getting bigger and the endurance is getting stronger.

And he has discipline and loyalty. Soul.

Compared with the Mo Dao team in the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how much stronger it is.

Although Kutouhuan only let them contact one trick.

But the knife technique is like this, all the way.

It allows you to practice a move to the extreme, the extreme of speed, strength, and angle.

Then simplify it on the battlefield.

One move is deadly, and one move is fatal.

When Shen Lang, a super hoplite, appeared on the battlefield, it was destined to shock the world!

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