Seeing Zhao Zhao's somewhat anxious appearance, Xie Ai couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It seems that don't have a heartfelt heart to tell." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info also! We'll listen to it for a while. ”

Zhao Zhao hurriedly stood up, saluted everyone, and said to Li Feng: "Li Junhou also please forgive the lower officials for being rude, and wait for the lower officials to explain a thing or two to the princes." In the past, Tao Kan's soldiers were strong and strong, and the Duke of Chu was still not afraid, but now Tao Kan is shrinking to the south, is there still a reason to care about him? The reason why I don't ask for it for the time being is that I can't do it, but I can't do it. ”

"Looking at the south of the river today, all the warlords on all roads have perished, and only the Duke of Chu rules Jingxiang on behalf of my emperor, and divides Jiangdong with Su Jun's Wu State. Su Jun, Xiao Xiongye, I expect that he will not be able to go north to the Central Plains, but he will have the idea of mixing with the south and wanting to rule by rowing the river with my Great Qin. And I, the Holy Son of Heaven, take it as my mission to sweep the world, and it goes without saying that I want to expel Hu Lu, but can I just sit back and watch the thousands of Li Shu in the south who are separated by a strip of water not return to the king? Therefore, the battle between me and Wu is inevitable, although there is no invasion of each other for the time being, but both sides are well aware and are waiting for the opportunity. ”

"But right now, our army is in dire need of recuperation and is unable to launch a large-scale campaign. And the latest batch of military funds has not yet arrived, it is more than a month late, Cao Dasinong said that it is very stressful. And Su Jun is suppressing the rebellion of the Shanyue people with one hand, and planning to completely exterminate Tao Kan with the other hand. And Tao Kan and Su Jun also have a big enmity, and they will definitely do their best to attack Wu, so why should I make trouble before the duel between his two families? Keeping Tao Kan is really leaving him as a buffer place, so as not to make our army suddenly face Wu State. After a few years, when the time is ripe, the Duke of Chu should ask for the holy decree and send a large army to the east to fight against Su Jun, I don't know if the prince thinks so? ”

Li Feng suddenly, pondered for a moment, and said: "The marshal sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight, and wants to be a fisherman." The truth is this, but the marshal's meaning, will I wait for a few years after that? ”

Xie Ai waved his hand and said, "Not really. The big war is somewhat inadequate, and a partial attack is still possible. Nowadays, Ying, Xu and Xiyuzhou, as well as Guo Mo and Li Ju and other former Jin relics, each known as the general of the assassin history, especially Zu Yue, surrendered Shihu to Shouchun, and called himself the king of Huainan. These large and small military leaders have not yet returned to our Great Qin. The intention of this prince is to sweep them away one by one first, and seize the land of Yingchuan and Huaibei for His Majesty. Li Zhijun! This is the focus of the future use of troops, and you will listen to this official in detail. ”

So the Qin State attacked Henan and swept away all kinds of warlords. Li Ju was a former Jin general, and he also had the heart to destroy Hu, so he surrendered to the Qin State with Runan, and was given by Gao Yue as the Taishou of the Shangdang, and was assigned to obey the orders under the command of Sheng Gong Hu Song. Guo Mo, who was entrenched in Yingchuan, also surrendered to Gao Yue, and after seeking the history of Yuzhou but not being allowed, Guo Mo rebelled again and surrendered to Shi Hu. Gao Yue was furious and ordered the general Anton Ren Min to lead his troops to the conquest. Halfway through the march, there was already good news that Chu Gong Xie Ai sent the army to sweep away and capture Guo Mo, Ren Min hurried to Yingchuan, and after handing over the division with Xie Ai's subordinate Pingnan General Du Xuanhui, they jointly sent a good report back to Luoyang.

The Western Yu Prefecture was flattened, and the Qin army was strong. The former Jin Dynasty Yuzhou assassinated Shi Zuyue, saw Li Ju and Guo Mo defeated one after another, heard that Ren Min and Du Xuan came with a joint army, and the momentum was fierce and pointed directly at Shouchun, and he couldn't help but feel terrified, and he was even more afraid of war, so the thirty-six plans went to the top plan, and went north to Xiangguo overnight, so the land of Yuzhou was owned by Qin.

Zu Yue cried and begged Emperor Shi Hu to his face, but Shi Hu was currently using troops against the Xianbei people of the Duan Department of Youzhou, and he had the momentum of never turning back if he did not accept Youzhou, where did he have the heart to save a poor and disadvantaged person. Shi Hu was barely soothed a few times at first, but then Zu Yue didn't know how to restrain and repeatedly came to chatter, and even Shi Hu's lewd feast was interrupted several times, and he couldn't help but get angry, and he suddenly ordered Zu Yue to kill all 100 people.

In the following nearly three years, the Qin State was busy collecting and pacifying the new land, and the Zhao State had also occupied the entire territory of Youzhou. After destroying Yuwen Xianbei north of Youzhou, the Zhao army attacked Liaoxi on a large scale and gradually devoured the land of Liaoxi. When the city was about to be broken, the leader Duan Liao was cunning, on the one hand, he expressed his willingness to surrender to Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, and secretly asked Murong Yanguo in Liaodong for help.

Murong and Duan were originally opposed, but seeing that Duan was indeed at the critical juncture of destroying the country and destroying the clan, it was inevitable that the rabbit and the fox would die and the heart of the dead lips and teeth were cold. Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, thought that the soldiers were pressing, and the Duan Department could not set off any more storms, and was waiting for Duan Liao to surrender, but the Yan army was so big that it was extremely powerful, and the Zhao army was defeated in a hurry, and he couldn't resist the Duan soldiers to go out of the city to fight for their lives, seven or eight out of ten of the dead and wounded, Ma Qiu abandoned his horse and went over the mountain, so he saved his life and fled back to Xiangguo in a hurry.

At this point, Shi Hu jumped like thunder and couldn't bear it, and he sent another 50,000 healthy soldiers, and went east to Xianbei. Murong Hao, the king of Yan, had already been prepared, and he did not panic when he heard the alarm, and sent troops into Liaoxi to prepare for the battle. He is an ambitious character who is not willing to be lonely, and he has long been impatient to be confined to just one place in eastern Liaodong. His wishful thinking was that if he sat back and watched the Duan Department be invaded by the Zhao State, it would be more difficult to seize Liaoxi from Shi Hu in the future. If you send troops to rescue you now, you can attack the Zhao army together with the Duanbu people, and then when it is relatively stable in the future, you can annex Liaoxi in one fell swoop, gain a large area of land and population, and become a powerful country in the east.

When the western Liaoning region was fighting, the Qin State of course saw the opportunity to move. Hu Song, the commander of the Northern Army, immediately led 20,000 strong troops and marched south from Yanmen County to Zhending City, the capital of Changshan County. The military of Bingzhou moved, Shengzhou assassin Shi Pei Xu, and sent 20,000 elites as backup, and 40,000 Qin troops were mighty and multiplied, and they wanted to take Changshan County and open a critical gateway to attack Jizhou and even the entire Hebei.

December of the ninth year of Qin Tiansheng.

The war was raging, all military newspapers rushed to Luoyang, and when the various departments of the imperial court were busy, there was silence in the imperial study. Gao Yue leaned back on the big chair, he looked at the sunlight coming in from the window expressionlessly, shining on the floating ash in the room, mixed with the light smoke of the incense burner, the dust that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, sometimes rolling and sometimes stagnant, and like people of all colors floating and sinking in the world, working all their lives.

I was reminded of the proverbs of an old man from the past. Gao Yue's heart tightened, and his empty eyes couldn't help but look at the door. The corner was empty, dark and silent. For many years, the majestic figure that had accompanied him and guarded him all the time was now gone.

After an unknown time, the guards outside whispered: "Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Zou has come to pay attention to the order." ”

As if he had woken up from a deep sleep, Gao Yue's eyes suddenly shot out a strong burst of anticipatory light, he exhaled and straightened up, and he couldn't help but pat the table and said hurriedly: "Quick!" Come on in! ”

At the door opened, the imperial physician Ling Zou Yu walked in gently, knelt down in a gloomy mood, and slowly kowtowed, seeing him like this, Gao Yue had a somewhat eager expression, and suddenly froze on his face.

"Back to Your Majesty. After General Zhou was injured in the previous period, more than ten old sores on his body recurred, and recently there was a cold poison invasion, which injured the heart, lungs and meridians, causing his condition to deteriorate rapidly. According to the minister," Zou Yu raised his head slightly, quickly glanced at Gao Yue's increasingly gloomy face, gritted his teeth and said truthfully: "According to the ministers and the colleagues of the Imperial Medical Hall, after consultation, I think that General Zhou is seriously ill, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to treat." ”

There was a loud bang on the table, and even though Zou Yu was mentally prepared, he was still scared. Gao Yue slapped the table frantically, leaned out and roared angrily, "Cold poison? Didn't I send them three boxes of high-grade Shudi white charcoal earlier! What kind of cold poison can you withstand! If you don't have exquisite skills, dare to deceive me! ”

Zou Yu lowered his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, forgive your words." The sick body is weak, very susceptible to cold poison infection, and the origin is not correct, which can be solved by burning more charcoal......"

Gao Yue tilted his head and stared at the ceiling, trying to suppress his emotions, and then suddenly fell silent. He sighed heavily, sat down weakly, and for a moment his fatigue was revealed.

"That's it. I know it's not your business, it's just that I don't want to believe it. Gao Yue suddenly felt that his nose seemed to be stimulated by the rolling dust, he took a deep breath, looked at Zou Yu, and said slowly: "Let's talk to Qingming." How much more time? ”

Zou Yu kowtowed deeply, and sighed helplessly: "In short, please take care of the Holy Communion for Your Majesty." According to the opinions of the ministers and others, General Zhou is afraid of difficulties and is sad to pass the New Year. ”

"What! There is less than half a month to go is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he is unexpectedly! ……”

It's like a thunderbolt on the head, and it's like a heavy hammer in the heart. Gao Yue cried out in a lost voice, but immediately felt that something was blocking his throat. After being silent for a long time, Gao Yue stood up and said resolutely: "Since his life is irretrievable, I will go and send him off in person!" ”