On November 4, the fourth year of the Great Zhou Jingzhi, at noon, a certain Yamin in the Xiangyang City Shoufu --

"Li Cheng's mad dog hasn't moved at all these days, which is really a bit unexpected by this king......"

Sitting on the edge of the exquisite bed in the private room, Li Shen, the king of Qin, held a bowl of tea and sipped the fragrant tea slowly, and in his mind, he couldn't help but think of the scene when Li Cheng, the king of Anling, led a group of imperial tomb dragon slaves to demonstrate under the city of Xiangyang a few days ago.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Qin King Li Shen's intention to make Zhou Jun unpredictable whether he was dead or alive, he really wanted to show up to meet this half-brother.

"Li Cheng, King of Anling・・・・・・ doesn't seem to be a powerless scribe!"

On the side of the private room against the wall, the general of the White Water Army clinged to the wall with his arms folded, and said in a deep voice, "On that day, my generation had the opportunity to shoot him, but I didn't want to, this person was able to dodge the flying arrows of my generation, although the distance was more than two hundred steps, but it was not something that ordinary literati could do・・・・・・"

Li Shen laughed when he heard this, shook his head and said, "If you don't make a sound when you release the arrow, the person you point to with your strong bow will definitely die!" ”

For the beloved general under his command, Li Shen can't understand it too well, in all fairness, Array Thunder is really an extremely good handsome talent, which can be called a rare general after Liang Qiu Hao for decades, and his martial arts are close to Liangqiu Dance, but Array Thunder is too upright, and he who advocates martial arts can be called a little pedantic with integrity, and he does not have the unruly nature of a man who has achieved great things. Of course, it is precisely because Array Lei is a pure martial artist that Li Shen, the king of Qin, trusts him and respects him so much, and almost delegates all the power to him.

Hearing this, Thunder said lightly, "Hmph! Hidden arrows hurt people, and we are deeply ashamed! - As for that Li Cheng, when he meets on the battlefield one day, it's not too late to kill him again! ”

Li Shen smiled, and didn't care, after all, in his opinion, except for the deceased Liang Qiuhao, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, and Liang Qiuwu, the Marquis of Dongzhen who was far away in Jijing, there was basically no one in the world who could not be killed on the battlefield, even if it was Li Mao, the overlord of the Northern Frontier, Li Shen firmly believed that the thunder was far above it.

"Li Cheng's mad dog entered the camp of the Zhou army, didn't there be the slightest change?" Frowning, Li Shen asked with some hesitation.

"No!" Thunder shook his head and said in a deep voice, "These days, the scouts of our army have also been paying attention to the Zhou army camp, and according to the scouts, after Li Cheng, the king of Anling, entered the Zhou army camp, except for the demonstration under my Xiangyang City a few days ago, there has been no change in the slightest!" ”

"That's strange・・・・・・" Raising his hand and touching his chin, Li Shen frowned and said, "Although it was not done by this king himself, but in the eyes of others, his brother Li Wei died at the hands of this king, Li Cheng has always respected his brother, and now that he has this golden opportunity, he is not in a hurry to fight with this king...... On the contrary, this king thinks that there is something strange in it! ――What is going on in the Zhou army's camp? ”

"Without him!" Thunder shook his head again, and said lightly, "The Zhou army has been busy repairing the camp recently, supervising the construction of siege equipment, and my generation thinks that the reason why Li Cheng, the king of Anling, did not attack Xiangyang is nothing more than that Xie An's side has not made all preparations for him・・・・・・ I have a lot of strong soldiers in Xiangyang City, if there is no siege equipment to attack, the Zhou army will definitely suffer heavy casualties, I heard that the commander of the Zhou army, Xie An, cherishes the lives of his soldiers, and before he is fully prepared, even if Li Cheng wants to attack Xiangyang, he will not agree to come!" ”

"It would be nice if Li Cheng and Xie An secretly had a mustard because of this!" On the side, Huang Shou, the commander of the Second Army of the White Water Army, interjected.

As soon as the words fell, Fu Ao, the commander of the Third Legion of the White Water Army, couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, do you think it is possible for Li Cheng to take away Xie An's military power in order to take revenge on His Highness?" ”

"Hehehe, if that's the case, that's good news!" Li Shen said half-jokingly, and then, he sighed, shook his head, and said, "But this kind of beautiful thing, that is, I will talk about it in private!" -- That Xie An is not a person who tends to be inflammatory, but he is not a person who can be bullied, today's Xie An is not comparable to the poor life of Guangling when he was downtrodden in Jijing four years ago, not only has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but also seems to be Fei Guo, Ma Dan, Tang Hao, Liang Cheng and other Great Zhou generals who are loyal to him, and the head of the horse is looking forward, not to mention that there are Dongling Zhong and Jinling Zhong as their wings, Li Chengruo wants to take the opportunity to seize it, and he will kill himself! ―Li Cheng is not stupid, don't look at the thousands of dragon slave guards he brought to Jingzhou, but if he wants to confront the two armies of this king, he will inevitably have to seek Xie An's support, only with Xie An's support, he can command and use the more than 100,000 Great Zhou troops in front of us! ”

"With Xie An's support?" Chen Zhao, the commander of the First Army of the White Water Army, frowned, and said in surprise, "As far as the last general knows, then Xie An and Li Wei and Li Cheng brothers have formed an insoluble hatred, so Xie An will help Li Cheng?" ”

"What if not?" Glancing at Chen Zhao, Li Shen said slowly, "The eighth child went to Jiangdong, presumably to create trouble for Wu Heng's Taiping army, lest those remnants of the Southern Tang Dynasty become big in Jiangdong, so that it will be difficult for the imperial court to conquer them in the future... ・・・The Jijing Imperial Court is not without good generals, at least, the four towns of Jijing have not been dispatched so far, which means that the Jijing Imperial Court still retains the combat power that can destroy a country! ”

"Destroy a nation?" Huang Shou gasped in surprise when he heard this, and said in surprise, "Thirty years ago, the 80,000 soldiers and horses in the four towns of Jijing destroyed the Great Southern Tang Dynasty, but in fact, it was not a false rumor? ”

"Naturally!" Qin King Li Shen's face sank, and he said, "The combat power of the soldiers and horses of the four towns is far above the Jizhou soldiers and the Great Liang army, and it is not comparable to my Baishui army, but compared to thirty years ago, there is a lack of handsome talents who can take charge alone!" ”

"Handsome?" Chen Zhao said with a strange expression when he heard this, "Is it difficult for even the famous Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Dance to be on its own?" ”

"This king refers to the handsome man who commands the soldiers and horses, and the wizard like the Commander Thunder, not the reckless man who is brave enough to be a single horseman!" With a contemptuous smile, Li Shen, the king of Qin, shook his head and said, "That Liangqiu dance is just a fierce general, he only knows how to charge into battle, he doesn't know how to strategize, and he is still far from being handsome!" In contrast, his ancestor Liang Qiu, the Duke of Dongguo, is a handsome talent who is really good at military strategy, and Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, is also one, it is these two who assisted his father and the emperor, and finally destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty・・・・・・ and now, the court can be called handsome, and I am afraid that only the eldest grandson Xiangyu and the eighth ......"!

"Isn't it that day Ji Liu Qing?" Thunder asked lightly.

Qin King Li Shen picked his eyelids when he heard this, to be honest, he really didn't want to mention this name, although it sounded a little superstitious, but he always had a hunch that maybe the heavenly Ji Liu Qing was his nemesis. No, since Liu Qing took over the post of military division of the Zhou army, he Li Shen has suffered defeats one after another, losing nearly 100,000 troops before and after, although those lost troops are basically vassal army that is difficult to rely on in battle, but they are also soldiers after all, and they have lost a lot for no reason, even Li Shen, the king of Qin, will feel distressed.

What made Li Shen, the king of Qin, feel even more angry was that even though he sacrificed two hard-to-cultivate stand-ins and used 50,000 vassal kings as bait, he still couldn't deceive Liu Qing, but instead let himself reduce his troops by 50,000 for no reason.

Li Shen, the king of Qin who secretly hated Liu Qing, didn't know that in fact, in the last battle in Jingshan, the reason why Heavenly Ji Liu Qing was able to earn him extremely beautifully was all due to Xie An reminding Liu Qing behind his back.

"In short, the Jijing Imperial Court can only protect itself at the moment, and has no time to take care of the war in the south! -- According to the news sent from the north, the fourth brother of this king in the northern Xinjiang can no longer bear it, and he raises 100,000 elite soldiers from the northern Xinjiang to move south, and the troops are on the border of Jizhou, at present, most of the Jijing court has already started a war with the northern Xinjiang, and the Duke of Liangqiu and the Duke of Lü are not as old as they were back then, and they are no match for Li Mao's bravery, so it must be necessary for Liangqiu to dance in the capital, so it is difficult for Lao Ba to expect the imperial court to allocate him many more troops・・・・・・" Li Shen, the king of Qin, quietly transferred the transfer, and it could be seen that he was indeed very reluctant to mention Liu Qing.

"Since you can't get the assistance of the soldiers and horses of the Jijing Imperial Court, why should Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, make trouble for the Taiping army of Jiangdong Wuheng?" Huang Shou asked suspiciously.

"Huh!" Li Shen, the king of Qin, smiled when he heard this, and said lightly, "The mind of the eighth man, this king can roughly guess one or two, he is just thinking, he is dragging Wu Heng on his side, and when Xie An's side ends the war with this king, he will immediately move to Jiangdong!" ――ˉSince he can't count on Jijing's reinforcements, Lao Ba can only rely on the troops at hand! ”

"It's too underestimated, isn't it?" Fu Ao frowned when he heard this.

"That's right!" King Li Shen pursed his lips and smiled, shook his head and said, "This is also the reason why this king did not withdraw his troops back to Hanzhong, but withdrew to this Xiangyang and continued to entangle with Xie An!" ― This king is thinking, only three or two months, as long as Xie An's army can be dragged here, it will be difficult for Lao Ba to hinder Wu Heng from holding Jiangdong, at that time, Jiangdong is bound to be in chaos, the territory is huge, and when I will no longer have all the ・・・・・・ of the Great Zhou, Li Mao in the north intends to get involved in Jijing, and Wu Heng Hu occupies Jiangdong in the south, and the world is in chaos, do you guess that Xie An is going to save Jiangdong? Or do you want to continue to fight with this king here? ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Huang Shou praised from the bottom of his heart, after all, Li Shen was indeed far-sighted and clearly grasped the situation in the world.

But think about it, if Li Shen, the king of Qin, doesn't have this talent, how can he peep into the position of the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, take the chestnut in the fire, and intend to get a piece of the pie in this chaotic situation?

"But then again," Li Shen, the king of Qin, said with a slight surprise, "Li Cheng's mad dog did not go to the return of the king in the south of Hanzhong, but really came to this Jingzhou, which is really a bit unexpected by the king!" - The king thought that this mad dog would pounce on the king's fiefdom......"

As the so-called speaker has no intention of listening, hearing Li Shen's words, the faces of the three army commanders changed slightly, after all, when Li Shen, the king of Qin, raised his troops this time, he almost took all the troops in Hanzhong, and in the huge Hanzhong, there are only thousands of guards left, and even, there are no garrisons and horses in some counties at all, if Li Cheng, the king of Anling, really led the imperial tomb dragon slave guards to Hanzhong Nanzheng to copy their hometown, it is not a joke.

With the strength that the Imperial Tomb Dragon Nu Guard had shown when they attacked those six feudal kingdoms before, it was definitely not something that those thousands of guards could resist.

"Why can Your Highness still sit still?" Glancing at Li Shen, the king of Qin with a normal face, Huang Shou said in shock, "His Royal Highness's words suddenly reminded the last general, His Royal Highness raised troops this time to pour out the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, and now the garrison in Hanzhong is empty, if there is a group of soldiers and horses to sneak attack, then ・・・・・・"

"So what?" Li Shen, the king of Qin, said lightly, "This king's heart is to the world, how can he care about Hanzhong?" -- Hanzhong was originally sealed by the Jijing court, and now if the court wants to take it back, even if it is taken back, this king has 50,000 white water troops, where can he go in the world? No matter how bad it is, this king can also retreat to Shu, and the vassal kings of Shu died in this battle, and this king is just going to take over! ”

"But・・・・・・ but the three noble concubines and the princess and the prince of His Royal Highness are still in Hanzhong..."

"Hahahaha!" Li Shen, the king of Qin, laughed when he heard this, shook his head and said, "When I learned that Li Cheng's mad dog had set foot in Yan and Yu, this king has sent someone to place his mother and concubine, two aunts, and this king's wife in Shangyong, once Li Cheng has the intention of sending troops to Hanzhong, he will immediately pack up and go to this king......

"But...... Even so, something is wrong... ・・・”

"Well, this king is also thinking like this, therefore, half a month ago, he sent a letter to the mediocre and called the mother concubine and others to come to Jingzhou・・・・・・ the current situation, compared to Hanzhong Nanzheng, on the contrary, it is safer in Shu, this king plans to place the mother concubine and other cadres in Shu first, so that even if the war here is unfavorable, this king can also have no worries when he wants to retreat to Xichuan Shudi!"

When the generals heard this, they suddenly realized, and secretly thought in their hearts, King of Qin, Li Shen, was really meticulous and thoughtful when he considered things.

Just then, one of the scouts hurried into the house and knocked on the ground and said, "Report! ――Your Highness, Hanzhong Shangyong has an urgent report! ”

"It seems that the concubine and her party have already set off...... "Qin King Li Shen said with a smile, signaling Chen Zhao to take the letter handed by the scout, and asked slowly with a sip of tea, "When did you leave?" ”

Seeing the master's intentions, Chen Zhao opened the letter and took a rough look, suddenly his face changed greatly, and he exclaimed, "Oh no! Your Highness, something has happened! ――The three noble concubines, the princess, and the prince were captured by a group of strongmen on the way out of Hanzhong County, and they disappeared without a trace of them, and the prefect of Shangyong City issued a letter accusing them of the crime・・・・・・"

"Bang dang!" The teacup in the hand of Li Shen, the king of Qin, shattered on the ground, and it was originally overflowing on his face! Laughing, I froze completely.!

"What?" A deep sense of anger flashed in his eyes, and King Qin Li Shen scolded loudly, "Who is Xiaoxiao, how dare you be so bold and reckless?!" - What did those strongmen do to rob the king's relatives? Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and his originally handsome face was gloomy and extremely terrifying, and he gritted his teeth and scolded, "Is that you?" Li Cheng! ”

At the same time, Li Cheng in the mouth of Li Shen, King of Qin, and Li Cheng, King of Anling, were looking at the hostages in front of him with a smile.

From the side, Xie An is still very shocked, shocked that Li Cheng has the ability to kidnap the biological mother, princess and son of Li Shen, the king of Qin.

"It's been a long time, Aunt Shufei......"

Li Cheng greeted Zhao with a smile and a smile to the Zhao family, the biological mother of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and the daughter of the Zhao family in the plains, but the vicious colors that flashed in his eyes from time to time still frightened the half-old who still had the charm of the Shufei Zhao family.

"You ・・・・・・ you ・・・・・・" may not be recognized after many years, or perhaps they were frightened by the murderous intent on the face of Li Cheng, the king of Anling, and the Zhao family couldn't even speak smoothly.

On the contrary, the youngest of the four daughters recognized Li Cheng and exclaimed, "The fifth son of the emperor, Li Cheng? -- Aren't you demoted to a commoner and relegated to the imperial mausoleum for the crime of plotting to usurp the throne? ”

"Yo, isn't this the third emperor's sister-in-law!" Glancing at the beautiful young woman, Li Cheng sneered and said, "The third emperor's sister-in-law still recognizes this king, good, good, good!" ―Huh? The one in the arms of the third emperor's sister-in-law is the son of the third brother of this king? As he spoke, Li Cheng wanted to reach out and touch the young son in the young woman's arms.

"What do you want to do?" The beautiful young woman hurriedly took two steps back, avoided Li Cheng's hand, and looked at Li Cheng with a wary expression.

"Who is this woman?" Liu Qing asked Xie An in a low voice.

Glancing at the beautiful young woman, Xie An lowered his voice and said, "Listening to what Li Cheng said, like the princess of Li Shen, the king of Qin, if nothing goes wrong, she should be the daughter of the Su family in Hanoi, I don't know ・・・・・・ specifics."

"Don't know?" Liu Qing looked at Xie An in surprise and said in a strange voice, "Didn't you deal with Li Shen several times when you were in Jijing?" ”

Rolling his eyes, Xie An said angrily, "Nonsense! She is a princess, how can she see it easily? - My relationship with Li Shen is not good enough that he will call out the princess of the main palace to meet me! ”

To tell the truth, among the princes, except for Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, has not yet been married, in fact, Xie An has only seen the princess of the ninth son of the emperor, Li Shou, that is, the current queen Wang, in addition, Xie An has never seen any of the princesses of the other princes. After all, his friendship with the rest of the princes is far inferior to that with Li Shou.

At this time, the biological mother of Li Shen, the king of Qin, the concubine Zhao gradually calmed down from the initial fear, looked at Li Cheng, the king of Anling, and asked in a deep voice, "The concubine and the others left Hanzhong and were captured by thieves, and the guards and soldiers were all slaughtered, but this matter was sent by the Fifth Highness?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Cheng admitted it very calmly.

A few traces of anger flashed in Zhao's eyes, and after glancing around, he said in a deep voice, "Looking at this place, it looks like my Great Zhou army camp, who is the commander?" ”

The eyes of the generals in the tent subconsciously looked at Xie An.

Glancing at Xie An along the line of sight of the generals, a little anger flashed in Zhao's eyes, and he forcibly held back his anger and said, "It turned out to be Xie Shangshu... What is Xie Shangshu's intention in kidnapping us and other weak women? ”

Because Xie An had seen him when he was the official of the Criminal Department, the Zhao family had seen him, so she recognized Xie An this time.

"Well・・・・・・ this" Xie An felt a little embarrassed, and at this moment, he saw Li Shouyi, the king of Anling, raise his hand, and said with a smile, "Lord Xie, didn't you say that the future will be dominated by this king?" ”

Better you come! 丨

Xie An shrugged his shoulders and made a look of respect. After all, he really didn't know how to answer, and it was best to let Li Cheng take care of what he did.

Seeing that Xie Anming didn't plan to intervene, let alone help, Concubine Zhao frowned slightly, and in desperation, she could only look at Li Cheng, the king of Anling, again, and said in a deep voice, "Why does Your Highness want to kidnap me and other weak women?" ”

Li Cheng smiled when he heard this, suddenly his face was full of hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This king's royal brother was killed by Li Shen's family before he had time to leave an heir, and this king also wants Li Shen to cut off his children and grandchildren!" ”

The four daughters' faces changed greatly when they heard this, especially the princess Su of Li Shen, the king of Qin, who subconsciously hugged the young son in her arms, for fear that the child would be harmed by Li Cheng.

And at this moment, I saw Li Cheng suddenly smile on his back, and said with a smile, "Don't care about the three aunts and sisters-in-law, this king is just joking, I invite you to come over this time, but I want to borrow your face and invite the three emperor brothers to come out and show their faces... As you know, the whereabouts of the Three Emperor Brothers have always been unpredictable, and it is not easy for this king to meet him. ・・・”

"What does Your Highness want to see my son?" Concubine Zhao asked in horror, after all, his son Li Shen had killed Li Wei, the most respected brother in the life of King Anling, and there was an enmity between the two.

"It's nothing, it's just an appointment to drink and talk about the things of the year!" Li Cheng replied with a smile.

Perhaps seeing something terrifying from the smile on Li Cheng's face, Concubine Zhao swallowed her saliva and whispered, "What if my son doesn't come?" ”

"He'll come・・・・・・" Squinting his eyes, Li Cheng said with a smile, "If you don't come, this king will set up a pot under Xiangyang City and cook you alive!" Let him see his loved ones cooking in the kettle! In the end, Li Cheng's face was gloomy, as if the previous smile had never appeared on his face at all.

Cooking alive......

Not to mention the expressions of the four women, the onlookers in the tent also looked at each other and were shocked by Li Cheng's cruel words.

Li Cheng, the king of Anling, is worthy of being the most ruthless of all the princes, with a vicious heart and ruthless methods, even more than his imperial brother Li Wei!