Lin Xiangru finished the salute, and after a few polite words, he went straight to the point: "Dare to ask Tang Gong, when will your country return the 230,000 stone grain that you owe to my Da Zhao?" ”

"Give and give...... Of course, the widow will give it if he agrees, and I will order Jian Yong to prepare food, and there will be no less than 230,000 stones! ”

Fang Li laughed and invited Lin Xiangru into the main hall, and ordered Jian Yong to finish preparing the grain, and Lin Xiangru's expression had a smile.

Playing haha with Lin Xiangru, Fang Li was still in pain, he didn't plan to pay back this bad debt, anyway, the promises in the troubled times were empty words. But Zhao Yong is not broad-minded, rather than provoke him to hold a grudge and form a bond with Zhao Guo to affect the great cause of destroying the Jin Dynasty, of course, it is more cost-effective to send this food.

Otherwise, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and it is true that you agreed to Zhao Yong's request for 500,000 stone grains, since people come to collect debts, you don't want to be a fool.

Fortunately, Fang Li had just pocketed the fertile land of Zhai and Ji, and the Liang State was almost stable, and it would be possible to collect taxes soon, otherwise the 230,000 stones would really cause some pressure on the economy of the Tang Dynasty.

Begging for food is just a way, and the real purpose of Zhao Yong's faction Lin Xiangru is actually to plan to get a piece of the pie in the battle of attacking Jin. Zhao and Jin are feuds, not long ago there was a big war, each paid a lot of price, at this time do not take advantage of the fire to rob, Zhao Guoman will not agree, let alone the eloquent Zhao Wuling King.

Lin Xiangru got the food back, so he put on a smile, and the straightforward Dao Zhao Guo planned to unite with Tang and Yan to destroy the purpose of the Jin, and finally asked with a smile: "I don't know what Tang Gong's will do?" ”

Fang Li had already guessed the purpose of Lin Xiang's action, Zhao wanted to get a piece of the pie, and Yan and Tang also needed to rely on Zhao's military strength, otherwise if they wanted to annex the powerful Jin State, Tang and Yan alone might not be able to do it.

"Duke Zhao plans to join forces with Tang and Yan to destroy the Jin, of course the widow welcomes it, presumably Duke Yan will be very happy when he knows the news."

Lin Xiangru politely said a few words, and threw out another purpose: "Dare to ask Tang Gong, should the three families of Tang Yan and Zhao form an alliance to attack Jin, should they elect an alliance leader, so that they can be uploaded and issued, and the order is forbidden?" ”

Su Qin had long expected Zhao Yong's condition, but it was just a false name for an alliance leader, so why not give it to him? To be able to really get benefits from the three divisions, expanding strength is the king.

Fang Li nodded decisively: "That's natural, the widow will propose to Duke Yan as soon as possible, and Duke Zhao will be the leader of the alliance." ‘’

Yan Guo has lived in the north for a long time, and this attack on Jin is also to open up the passage of the sword to the Central Plains, pragmatic and pragmatic, and Su Qin mediated from it, so he must not care too much about the name of this alliance leader.

After receiving Fang Li's affirmative reply, Lin Xiang achieved the goal of this trip, and said goodbye to the monarchs and ministers of Tang State and left Xingyang to return.

Fang Li admired Lin Xiangru a lot, but it was a pity that Lin Xiangru's loyalty to Zhao Guo was deep-rooted, otherwise Fang Li really wanted to dig a corner. At present, the Tang State is full of strong soldiers and talents, and what is lacking is this kind of diplomatic talent.

Just when Fang Li was intensively planning to destroy the Jin, Ji Zheng's edict to canonize Xiong Lu as the king of Chu was sent by Deng Zhi to Yingdu.

The bear couple was overjoyed after receiving the report, and boasted to the Manchu Dynasty that Fang Li was really enough brothers, and he was worthy of being the brother allies that he Xiong couple fancied. I can't imagine that my wish to be crowned king will finally come true, which is really gratifying!

Although everyone no longer has much reverence for the Zhou royal family in a corner of peace, the edict of dividing the feudal state was issued by Zhou Tianzi, so there is enough gold content.

Xiong Lu ordered people to prepare incense according to the ritual, respectfully took the edict in Deng Zhi's hand, and announced to the Manchu Dynasty with a smile: "From now on, the widow will be the king of Chu!" ”

After the edict was read, Xiong Lu convened hundreds of officials to hold a grand ceremony at the altar to comfort the ancestors of the past dynasties, and the Chu State was from the Nanban clan in a corner of the early Zhou Dynasty, after the struggle of the monarchs of the past dynasties, to his generation of Xiong Lu, and finally crowned the king.

And he is the only king after Ji Zheng, the king of Zhou, the Son of Heaven, and even Qin, Qi and other two powerhouses can only look up to themselves.

When the bears are full of ambition and pointing at the world, the ministers will naturally not sweep the prosperity of the king of Chu at this time, and worship one after another: "The ministers congratulate the king on his ascension to the throne, the great Chu has no borders, and it will last for thousands of years!" ”

Baili Xi was also among the ministers who kowtowed, looking at the proud face of the King of Chu and Xiong Lu, with mixed feelings in his heart.

It seems that not long ago, the Baili family was still doing their duty and loyalty to the Yu State, and now, the Yu State has disappeared, and the rebel in his heart has formed an alliance with the lord he is now loyal to, and single-handedly helped the bear couple to the throne of the King of Chu.

However, to say that Fang Li was sincere to the bear couple, Baili Xi couldn't convince himself to believe it, he still remembered the loyalty he showed to Yu Guo when Fang Li was just a small doorman, that was a person who regarded acting as a common thing for writers.

In the midst of joy, the calm expression of the doctor Qu Yuan was extra conspicuous, and the bear couple couldn't help but ask: "Isn't Qing happy that the widow is the king?" ”

"The minister is naturally happy."

Qu Yuan gave a deep salute and said solemnly, "However, whether it is a king or a knight, it is nothing more than a false name, my Great Chu army is still confronting the Qin army, the battle situation is not good, the tigers and wolves are looking around, and the minister just wants to remind the king that he must not get carried away." And the lord is crowned king, it is bound to become the target of everyone, whether it is a curse or a blessing, it is especially known now! ”

Although what he said was reasonable, it was still too disappointing. Xiong Lu sank his face and waved his hand to signal Qu Yuan to retreat, only to feel that most of his interest was swept away.

"Since Luoyang is in the hands of Tang Gong, the widow can rest assured for the time being."

Xiong Lu couldn't put down the edict of the king, and laughed at Deng Zhi who came to read the edict, "That Ji Zheng Xiao'er relied on the support of the Qin State and ignored the widow, but now it's good, it falls into the hands of the widow brother, see what tricks he can play." ”

After the joy, Xiong Lu ordered Xiang Yan and others on the front line to find an opportunity to put pressure on the Qin army, although he didn't have much interest in attacking Jin, but since Fang Li was righteous, and the Qin army coincided with the defeat of Hangu, the morale was weakened, so why not do it at this time?

In addition to the original Yu and Yu, the current Tang State has also obtained the land around Liang State, Luoyang, and the newly established Yanzhou, and its strength has expanded several times, the people tend to be 4 million, and the army has also expanded to more than 350,000 people.

In addition to the large army under the command of Zhou Yu that could not be moved lightly on the Qin-Chu front, Fang Li ordered Cao Cao to leave 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the Liang State, led an army of 40,000, and re-dispersed and integrated the 10,000 prisoners of the Ji State, a total of 50,000 troops, known as 100,000 starting from Shaoliang City, with Zhang Liao as the vanguard to cross the Yellow River from west to east, and take the Qingyuan Zhijian Quwo.

Xu Sheng's Huanggai army entered Fenshui through the Yellow River, firmly blocking the inevitable path of Taiyuan reinforcements, and dividing the entire Jin Kingdom into two.

Fang Li led a newly recruited army of 30,000 new troops, equipped with newly built 500 catapults and 3,000 yuan crossbows, with Lu Bu Ma Chao as the left and right vanguard, and after a short rest through Chiyang, he went directly north to join Cao Cao's army.

At the same time, Zhao Yongbai's veteran Lian was quite handsome, and ordered Pang Jin, Le Sheng and other generals to assist him, and led 100,000 elite soldiers from Handan to cross the mountains and mountains to point to Jincheng.

Yan State, with Le Yi as the commander, also led 100,000 elite soldiers to the south of Jinzhong and Taiyuan, forming a four-sided encirclement of the Jin State, intending to pocket the entire northern part of the Jin State.

For a time, the Jin State was embattled, there were enemy troops attacking in the east, west, north and south, the Qin State was entangled by the Chu army and could not move, and the Wei State watched the fire from the other side and no one helped.

It was only at this time that Wei Zhu remembered Chong'er who was driven away by him, this son is both civil and military, and has always been resourceful, if he is there, the Jin Kingdom will not fall into such a crisis.

Let's talk about Fang Li's road first, after a short rest in Chiyang, Fang Li led the army north into the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and the troops came to the southern gateway of the national capital Quwo - under the city of Anyi.

Although Ju Yi, who was guarding Chiyang, repeatedly asked to join the army of destroying the Jin, he was still pushed back by Fang Li with kind words. Without him, Chiyang and Jiangguan are the gateways of the Tang Kingdom, and there must be reliable people to guard them in case the Jin army jumps over the wall in a hurry, trying to pull the Tang Kingdom into a lose-lose situation.

Anyi is the only place to attack Quwo in the north, once it is breached, it can be unimpeded to the north, and it is a place where heavy troops are deployed. The name of the general of Anyi is Jia Hua, and he is the proud disciple of the general's Xianzhen, with a steady personality, good at guarding the city, and quite trusted and reused.

After Jia Hua arrived, he put a lot of effort into the city defense of Anyi. First of all, the city wall was heightened, the outer wall was as high as nine zhang, and the wall was cast by the best craftsmen of the Jin Kingdom with blue bricks, which was so tight that it was almost impossible to climb. Outside the four gates of the east, west, north and south, there are cast urn castles for defense, and when the enemy army comes to attack, the urn castle is closed to prevent the fragile city gates from being exposed.

In addition, Jia Hua selected 5,000 soldiers, and everyone could pull a hundred catties of big bows, and the siegers were often more than half damaged before they touched the city wall, and they were unable to fight again.

With such a complete defense system, Wei Zhu was very relieved of Anyi, and transferred most of his troops to the east and west to resist Cao Cao's army and the feuding Zhao army.

When Fang Li and the others arrived at the city of Anyi, what they saw was this impeccable city defense.

After losing 1,000 people in an exploratory attack, Fang Li ordered people to camp on the spot and summoned Lu Bu, Ma Chao and other generals to discuss countermeasures.

Ma Chao had just retreated from the battlefield, and at this time he still had palpitations when he talked about the 5,000-pound big bow of the Anyi defenders: "Lord, it's really not that my Ma Chao is cowardly, if you don't want to find a way to contain the enemy's archers, our army won't be able to get close to the city wall at all." ”

Lu Bu and others also agreed with this, although the rate of fire of the hundred-jin bow was not as powerful as the Yuan Shu crossbow, but it was better than the long enough range, and Jia Hua risked five thousand archers to be placed on the same city wall, under the dense rain of arrows, the Tang soldiers died almost as soon as they entered the range, and they had to find a way to reduce the losses.