Yuan Yiqiu strode out of the palace of Kaiping County. Deng Hong died, died peacefully, and seemed to have no nostalgia for this world anymore, and before him, all the Deng clansmen who were imprisoned in the Deng compound were also executed by the emperor's order, and in the prison of Yongdu, the people who were imprisoned for colluding with the Deng family were also beheaded at the same time. All the traces left by the Deng clan seem to have been erased in Yongdu in one day.

Do you really have to erase it? Yuan Yiqiu's heart was a little gloomy, Deng Hong committed suicide in that spirit hall, just above the extremely old tattered futon in front of the offering table, and after him, the rows from the offering table to the bottom of the roof beams were full of spirit cards, and the whole room, except for the side of the door, under the three walls, were all densely packed with such spirit cards.

Each spirit card is written in blood, and the whole room is filled with a faint smell of blood. Even though Yuan Yiqiu saw all the vicissitudes of the world, as soon as he entered this room, he was greatly impacted both visually and spiritually.

Because he knows that everyone here is dying in battle for the sake of the Qin State.

What the emperor gave Deng Hong was a pot of poisoned wine, but Deng Hong refused without hesitation.

Deng's boy, under the death sword.

This is what Deng Hong said to Yuan Yiqiu at the end, after saying this, Deng Hong pulled out the short knife he was carrying, and stabbed it into his heart.

The red blood was sprayed on the offering table, and also sprinkled on the spirit cards in the first few rows, Deng Hong sat on the futon, facing the door with his back, facing those spirit cards, and did not fall down until he died.

Retracting his gaze, Yuan Yiqiu left the Kaiping County Mansion with some heavy steps. Deng Hong's words before were still echoing in his mind.

People are dying, their words are good, birds are dying, and their songs are also mourning, such a family that has struggled for Daqin for more than 100 years, even if it does something wrong in the end, but it is also for the Qin country, he is right, it does make sense.

It's just, can the emperor listen? The current emperor's father and son have hated the Deng family to the bones, if it weren't for the persuasion of Yuan Yiqiu and some old ministers, I am afraid that the emperor would take the Deng family to the entrance of the vegetable market, and Ling Qi was executed.

In Deng Hong's last words to convince the emperor, I am afraid that it will be useless at all.

Yuan Yiqiu's worries were not wrong, when he returned to the palace, when he relayed Deng Hong's last words to Emperor Ma Yue, all he got was the emperor's thunderous anger.

"Before this fang died, he didn't forget to pit my Great Qin again, give up the tiger prison, retreat from place to place, without these anointed places in the hinterland of the empire, what is left of Great Qin, what is left? How long can we hold out? One year, or two years? Only by retaking the Tiger Prison can we defend the land of Great Qin's finances and taxes, and only then can Great Qin have the hope of rising." Ma Yue's angry roar echoed in the hall. The prince has not led a large army, have I brought it? I want to personally conquest, I want to personally lead an army of 200,000 to go to the Tiger Prison and fight Qin Feng to the death."

Yuan Yiqiu sighed, and suddenly regretted it in his heart, if it wasn't Deng Hongzhi's last words, but in his own name, the emperor might still think about one or two, and now as long as the emperor heard the two words of Deng, he would completely lose his mind.

The 200,000-strong army fought to the death against the Ming army, but was there really any hope of victory? At the beginning, Deng Pu's 100,000 army fought a decisive battle with Qin Feng, which was the elite border army of Qin, and there were also the world-famous iron cavalry of Qin, but they were still defeated, tens of thousands of iron cavalry were buried in Hengdian, and Deng Pu and Deng Su were all killed in battle. Now it sounds like there are more troops, but the combat effectiveness, where can it be strong with the border army under the command of Deng Pu at that time.

"Your Majesty can't leave Yongdu lightly, only Your Majesty can raise more food for the army, the army has not moved, the grain and grass go first! Your Majesty." Yuan Yiqiu said: "My Great Qin is not without generals who can fight habitually, if Your Majesty recalls Bian Wushuang, Bian Wushuang will lead the army to meet the Ming army."

"Bian Wushuang?" The emperor looked at Yuan Yiqiu with round eyes, "This is also what Deng Hong meant?"

"No, no, no, Your Majesty, that's what the minister meant." Yuan Yiqiu hurriedly said. If it is Deng Hong's meaning, I am afraid that it will be vetoed on the spot again.

"It's impossible." Ma Yue sneered: "Deng Hong, Bian Wushuang, they are all all the way. This Bian Wushuang is ungrateful, he was forced by Deng Hong at the beginning, if it wasn't for me to support him and let him go to the Luoying Mountain Range, I am afraid that his Bian clan would have been wiped out by Deng Hong, but how would he repay me? Over the years, what he has done every day and every moment has been to turn the Great Qin soldiers of the Luoying Mountains into his private army, and the soldiers loyal to the imperial court have either been degraded or killed, and now the army of the Luoying Mountains is still the army of Great Qin? It has long become his Bian's private army. He wants to be the second of Deng Hong, and he has the same mind as Xiao Qiang in the Tiger Prison. Recall him, haha, wouldn't it be a tiger out of the mountains?"

"Your Majesty, no matter what, the Bian family is also born by relying on the Great Qin, Qin Cun Bian is still alive and dead, I believe that Bian Wushuang is still lightly divided, Your Majesty can order Bian Wushuang to return to Beijing alone, not to bring back a soldier from the Luoying Mountains, when the time comes, Bian Wushuang will be the general, and the prince will be the supervising army, and he will be safe. As for the Luoying Mountains, the minister is willing to invite Sakura to go, Bian Wushuang can turn the soldiers there into private troops, and the minister is confident that these troops can return to the imperial court again."

"So?" When Ma Yue heard this, his heart couldn't help but move, looking at Yuan Yiqiu, suddenly, there was a sudden suspicion in his heart, at the beginning, Lu must have been, Xiao Qiang was not loyal to Daqin, but once he lost his restraints, he immediately revealed his hideous face, Yuan Yiqiu has been in the capital all these years, and it seems that he is loyal to Daqin and himself, but who can guarantee that he will not have two hearts?

Daqin was stormy, and the blows one after another had already made Ma Yue feel that the other party had a backbone in the back of his head, and when Yuan Yiqiu arrived in the Luoying Mountains, could he still be devoted to himself? Bian Wushuang is the general, and the prince is the superintendent of the army, can he be suppressed? Bian Wushuang and Deng Hong have competed with the emperor for decades, for the ability of these two, he is clear, immature prince, how can he be Bian Wushuang's opponent?

Once Bian Wushuang holds the 200,000 army in his hands, I am afraid that this Ma clan court will really have to change someone to sit down.

As soon as I thought of this, my heart was already determined.

"I have made up my mind, you don't need to say more, I will drive the royal expedition in person, and the prince will sit in Yongdu to raise food and salary. Yuan Yiqiu, you are the deputy general, go down, and make all preparations for the expedition. I hope that by the beginning of September, the army will be able to move!"

Yuan Yiqiu's heart was gloomy, and he lowered his head and said, "Obey, Your Majesty."

Walking out of the gate of the palace, a gust of wind came towards him, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be pressed overhead, and the silver arc flashed between the dark clouds, and the rumbling thunder came from far and near.

Walking forward for a distance, there was a click, a drop of rain fell on his face, Yuan Yiqiu stopped, looked up at the sky, and another thunderbolt fell, and the heavy rain fell on Yongdu in this thunder, and in an instant, the entire Yongdu was covered in a rain and fog, and he could no longer see the scene in the distance.

In the midst of the heavy rain, Yuan Yiqiu hung his head and walked away step by step.

Qinghe County, the same person also stood in the rain, letting the heavy rain fall, Wet himself., this person is Bian Wushuang, who was defeated in the battle with the Deng family, after coming to the Luoying Mountains, in a few years, he finally held this army firmly in his hands, the 10,000 Thunder Army sent by the emperor to support him, has been sent back to Yongdu by him, and now, he no longer needs them. Leaving this 10,000 Thunder Army, for him, is a close elbow. He never thought of turning this 10,000 Thunder Army into his own, when he sent this army, the emperor was not without ideas.

Now Qinghe County is completely in their own hands.

But what's the use? Bian Wushuang carried his hands on his back and looked at the rainstorm falling from the sky, with his martial arts cultivation, even if he stood in this raging storm, he could naturally not let the rain stain him, but now, he just wanted the rain to wet himself happily.

The Tiger Prison changed hands, the 100,000 Tiger Prison army surrendered to the Ming State, Lu must have raised troops to occupy Danyang, but exposed his base camp Qingzhou in front of the Ming people, what do you want to do, do you still need to think about it?

How long can Daqin last?

An oil-paper umbrella appeared above his head, blocking the rain without looking back, and Bian Wushuang knew who it was.

"You're back?" He asked.

"Yes, father, everything is normal on the other side of Zhaoying Gorge, our army has left Zhaoying Gorge several times, and the farthest one has reached the Jingjing Pass, but the Chu people have not sent troops either. The current Chu people really don't have the heart to compete with us for the Luoying Mountains anymore." Xu Wenzhong said: "The soldiers are very excited, they all hope that my father will order the recapture of Jingjing Pass, as long as we take back Jingjing Pass, we can go out of the Luoying Mountains and go to Nanyang to walk a few times. Suqian took away the elite of the Western Army, and the current Nanyang can be said to be extremely empty."

"There's an egg!" Bian Wushuang suddenly burst out with a foul language, which immediately made Bian Wuzhong dumbfounded, if this word rushed out of Deng Hong's mouth, it would not be surprising at all, because Deng was a group of rough people in Bian's eyes, but his father, but he received the most orthodox aristocratic education since he was a child, and he never spoke ill of him, let alone such vulgar words in the market.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" He asked apprehensively. In the past few months, he stayed in the Shadow Gorge until he received a letter from his father, and then rushed back to Qinghe County. The change in the Tiger Prison also shocked him, but the Tiger Prison is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers from Qingzhou County, why is his father so out of shape?" Is it because of the Tiger Prison?"

"Great Qin has reached the time of life and death." Bian Wushuang said in a deep voice. Wen Zhong, do you think that we are far, far away? If you think so, you're really disappointing your father."