In the evening, the afterglow shone on the earth, and the thunder returned to Maicheng with his corporaries.

As soon as he returned to the city, Thunder left the others behind and went to his room in the tower at the east gate of Maicheng, which was his residence, but there was another person living for the time being.

"Coming back?"

At the moment when Thunderbolt pushed the door and walked into the room, a chuckle sounded in the corner of the room, and Thunderbolt turned his head to look and saw Li Shen, the king of Qin, sitting on a chair with a tea cup, sipping tea gently.

"Hmm!" The thunder responded lightly, and now he has once again regained his indifference in peace, which is like two people compared to the excitement and enthusiasm when Fang Cai fought with Zhou Jun on the battlefield.

It may be that he has a good relationship with Zhen Lei, although Zhen Lei is expressionless, Li Shen still catches a little strangeness in his eyes.

"What? Get up on the wrong side of the bed? ”

"......" Thunder didn't speak, but just put the halberd back in the corner of the room, and then sat down opposite Li Shen and let out a long breath.

Seeing this, Li Shen was even more sure of his guess, chuckled, held the teapot in his hand and said, "Let this king guess...... Isn't it fun? - No one in the Zhou army dares to fight you head-on, right? With that, he poured a cup of tea for Thunder.

Hearing this, Thunder exhaled a long breath, picked up the teacup and drank the cup of fragrant tea like wine, like this cow chewing peony, which made Li Shen smile bitterly and shook his head again and again.

"It is said that last time, Changsun Xiangyu used more than 10,000 crossbowmen to deal with Liang Qiuhao, and even drummed out ten Mojia organ crossbows...... This time you bumped into Liu Qing, what did she do to you? Taking a sip of tea elegantly, Li Shen squinted his eyes and tasted the fragrance of the tea, and asked indifferently.

"20,000 crossbowmen!" Thunder said coldly.

"Is 20,000 crossbowmen far away?" A little consternation flashed in Li Shen's eyes, but after glancing at the thunder, he was also relieved, after all, he was very aware of the ability of this fierce general under his command. After thinking about it, Li Shen said with a smile, "You should die this time, right?" There are no fierce generals in the Zhou army who can match you, so they can only use this kind of trick against you...... How about cooperating with this king's strategy? ”

"......" was silent.

Seeing this, King Li Shen of Qin sighed secretly, but he didn't persecute too much.

I have to say that there are generals like Thunder under his command, and Li Shen can be said to be both happy and emotional. After all, pure martial artists like Liang Qiuhao and Array Lei are the easiest to recruit, but they are also the most difficult to gain their loyalty.

The easiest to recruit refers to the fact that this kind of person can almost be said to have no material pursuits, no matter where they stay, it seems to them to be the same, just like the original Liang Qiu Hao, and even once under the hands of a group of ruffians in Runan City, although those ruffians added together are not enough for Liang Qiu Hao to fight.

Moreover, if there is fate, just like when Liu Qian recruited Liang Qiuhao, just a plate of pastries with dozens of dollars and a few heart-warming words can make Liang Qiuhao swear to follow.

But if there is no fate......

Just look at Xie An, he tried his best to use all his strength, and even used the family card, but in the end, he couldn't make Liang Qiuhao turn back, so he could only watch this big hero put down everything in the world and pass away with a smile.

As the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, it is difficult to find a general, and fierce generals like Liang Qiu Hao, Liang Qiu Wu, and Thunder are even more difficult to win over without deep chance. Therefore, although the actions made by the thunder at times were simply incomprehensible to Li Shen, Li Shen never said a word about the thunder, even if the thunder took it upon himself to let go of Tang Hao and Liao Li, the generals of the Zhou army, who had suffered heavy losses to Li Shen.

Those who do not have a large amount of equipment are not enough to succeed, in fact, Li Shen was a high-ranking person with a large amount of equipment in his early years. remembered that Li Shou and Xie An pacified the rebels in Luoyang and Chang'an with the help of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, in fact, Li Shen also realized that he was fooled by Li Shou and Xie An, after all, at the beginning, Li Shou said that there was no return, which really moved Li Shen for a while.

But in fact, with the help of Xiangyu, the eldest grandson of the concubine, why should the rebels in Luoyang and Chang'an be concerned?

Of course, in the final analysis, most of the momentum of the rebels at that time was driven by Liang Qiu Hao's repeated beheading of the commander of the Zhou army's western expedition, if there was no Liang Qiu Hao, the rebels in the west were just a combination of some local armies and the people, how could they stop the Jizhou army?

But no matter what, Li Shen was still fooled by Li Shou and Xie An's conspiracy, Li Shou and Xie An took advantage of the convenience of his Li Shen and the crown prince Li Weiming to fight for secrets, and with the help of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Li Shou, who was still the king of Anle at the time, took off the hat of the disgraced prince and became the prince with the qualifications to compete for the crown prince.

However, even after understanding all this, when Li Shou and Xie An visited Li Shen afterwards, Li Shen still greeted him with a smile, as if nothing had happened.

This kind of bearing and open-mindedness, even among Li Ji's sons, are outstanding, and I am afraid that only Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, and Li Wei, the crown prince when he almost killed his younger brother, can be compared.

Of course, it is precisely because Li Shen has the bearing of this king that he was able to start from scratch in Nanzheng, Hanzhong, in just three years, attract and recruit talented people, rapidly expand his strength, and become the most tricky foreign prince in the eyes of the Jijing court in addition to Li Mao, the king of Yan.

I am afraid that it is precisely because of this that Li Shen was able to recruit a peerless general who was as powerful as Array Thunder, and gradually made Array Thunder loyal to him.

"Speaking of which, has the king's shadow guard been brought back?"

It may be that he didn't want to go too deep into yīn's schemes, and Li Shen didn't care about it, so he took the initiative to divert the topic.

"Brought back! --Zhou Jun obediently handed over the corpse of His Royal Highness's stand-in, as well as the remains of the two princes, King Chu and King Han......" When he said this, a little fluctuation appeared in his eyes, which should be conceited and proud, after all, he could be regarded as forcing Zhou Jun to obediently hand over what he wanted.

"Yes...... Li Shen sighed slightly, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and muttered, "Are the sixth and seventh children gone?" As he spoke, he poured himself a cup of tea, stared at the shaking tea and whispered, "More than ten years...... Back then, in Jijing, when we were still the princes, the fourth child learned martial arts in the Liangqiu family, arrogant and domineering, the king could not be defeated, heh, even the second child was repeatedly frustrated...... However, the second child finally has the fifth brother, the same father and mother, and the two of them worked together to finally defeat the prestige of the fourth child...... At that time, the king thought that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the palace, which was full of intrigues and disputes, he would have to find someone who could support him......"

"King Chu and King Han?" Thunder interjected rarely.

"Ah, the sixth and seventh are just the same, but they are the king's good brothers......" Speaking of this, Li Shenchang sighed, knocked on the table with his right hand and said in a deep voice, "Mourn according to the etiquette of the lord of the country, and then, send someone to escort to Hanzhong for burial, the two aunts and their children are also ...... in Hanzhong"

Thunder nodded and said, "I'll order someone to arrange this!" But......" Glancing at Li Shen, he frowned and said, "Is it necessary to hold a living sacrifice for yourself, Your Highness?" ”

Li Shen chuckled when he heard this, and said lightly, "Zi Bu is silent, the strange power is confused, this king doesn't believe in a sacrifice, and the evil ghosts of Yīn Cao will arrest this king!" ”

"That being said, but in my opinion, there is no need for this at all...... His Royal Highness should know why Zhou Jun returned those three corpses! - It was because they had realized that the corpse was not His Highness himself that they handed it over so happily, didn't they? ”

"Hehehe......" King Qin chuckled a few times when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Is it this king who underestimated Liu Qing?" - Thunderstorm, do you think there are any loopholes in this king's plan? ”

Hearing this, Thunder pondered for a moment, in fact, he didn't think there was anything negligent in Li Shen's strategy, on the contrary, Li Shen's tricks were quite clever, using Liu Qing's understanding of him, and calculating Liu Qing in turn.

In fact, Li Shen had long known that Liu Qing had seen through Qi Zhi's plan, and planned to capture him Li Shen, seeing that he Li Shen was a cautious person, and it was expected that he would most likely go to Cai Shishan, and on the premise of calculating all this, Li Shen, the king of Qin, still sent a shadow guard who looked similar to him, to the top of Cai Shishan's mountain to wait for Liu Qing to send a surprise soldier of the Zhou army to capture him.

To put it bluntly, that fake Li Shen was just deliberately sent out to death after Li Shen saw through Liu Qing's intentions, in order to make Liu Qing mistakenly think that he Li Shen had been beheaded, so as to relax his guard.

But looking at the current situation, it seems that the situation is not developing according to Li Shen's thoughts?

"There are no loopholes, it's just ......" Glancing at Li Shen, Burst of Thunder said in a deep voice, "No matter how careful the plan is and how clever the calculation is, it seems to die so easily, this is not in line with the word Shen in His Highness's name!" - Laughing and living to the end, this is Li Shen, the king of Qin, isn't it? ”

Li Shen's face was full of astonishment when he heard this, he shook his head with a smile, and said with a sigh, "It seems that it is the reputation of this king that hinders this king, I thought that Liu Qing would definitely fall for the scheme......"

"Really?" Glancing at Li Shen, Thunder said lightly, "Does Your Highness really think so?" ”

"How?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Shen's eyes.

Brushing the tea cup in his hand, Thunder said calmly, "I deceived Liu Qing with a stand-in, and I was as jealous of Liu Qing as His Royal Highness, how could the strategy be so shallow?" - Isn't Your Highness planning to die again when the Zhou army sneaks up on my Maicheng tonight? - That's how you can fool Liu Qing, isn't it? ”

Li Shen let out a long breath when he heard this, looked at the thunder and praised him sincerely, "Whenever I see your strength, this king thinks, it's a pity for your strategy; But whenever he saw that you could defeat the enemy army with strategy, this king thought, what a pity for your own force...... How do you know that Zhou Jun will definitely come to attack my Maicheng tonight? ”

Looking at the teacup in his hand, Thunder said calmly, "There are two reasons why Your Highness used the trick of cheating death. One is to ask Liu Qing to relax and be negligent; The second is that he was afraid of the assassins of Dongling and Jinling under Xie An, and was afraid of being harmed by them, so he hid his true identity...... It's a pity that His Highness's stand-in can't fool Liu Qing...... No, it shouldn't be said to be a pity, because His Royal Highness never thought of deceiving Liu Qing with a stand-in alone, His Royal Highness just deliberately hinted at Liu Qing, Li Shen, the king of Qin, would not die so easily, if she wanted to kill His Highness, she would have to come up with a more clever plan, and when she came up with a wonderful time that she thought was brilliant and foolproof, and His Highness abandoned a shadow guard, Liu Qing would feel that what she got rid of was the real Highness, because the second time, she took the initiative to find His Highness, The result was obtained at a certain cost, so she must have been convinced of the corpse of the second shadow guard......"

Li Shen sipped his tea and listened to the inference of the thunder slowly, and said with a smile, "You still haven't said why the Zhou army attacked our army's Maicheng......

"It's very simple, from Liu Qing's position, she saw His Highness using a trick to cheat death, and obviously guessed that His Highness was trying to make her relax her guard, but from His Highness's cautious and thoughtful consideration, she also knew that even if this plan did not deceive her, His Highness would not take the initiative to expose his true identity, after all, no matter what, His Highness's fraudulent death can inspire the revenge of my Baishui soldiers...... Now that a precious shadow guard has been sacrificed, how can it be wasted? ”

"......" took a sip of tea, and Li Shen, the king of Qin, smiled silently.

"Therefore, His Highness will inevitably choose to push the boat down the river, ask my generation to pay tribute to the shadow guard in the name of His Highness, and call the three armies to guard the spirit, so as to inspire the White Water Army to believe in revenge...... As the so-called mourning soldiers will win, Liu Qing obviously understands this allusion, she knows very well that if it really comes to that point, my Baishui soldiers will forget their lives in order to avenge His Royal Highness, and the Zhou army will be difficult to stop, in order to put an end to this possibility, Liu Qing, who is accustomed to strange soldiers, will definitely take advantage of the excellent time for our army to guard the spirits of the three kings tonight, and sneak attack my Maicheng......"

"Mai Cheng is here, and the Zhou army is attacking the ground?" Li Shen interjected indifferently.

"Of course it can't be attacked, so Liu Qing will withdraw, and when he mistakenly thinks that His Highness's late Baishui soldiers will inevitably chase him out of the city angrily, in this way, Liu Qing's strategy to lure the enemy has been achieved!

When the time comes, Fei Guo, who is partial to the left side of the Zhou army, will attack Maicheng again from the south, how can the rabble of the vassal army's army stop it? In this way, Maicheng will fall into the danger of falling. Of course, the Zhou army was still unable to capture Maicheng in the end, because our generation and other Baishui army generals would immediately return to help after noticing the chaos on Maicheng's side......

However, there will be a short interval between the attack of the Fei Kingdom and the return of our generation, and with the cautious xìng son of His Royal Highness, seeing that the situation in Maicheng is not good, he will inevitably choose to flee, and return to Maicheng after the return of our generation to help stabilize the situation......

Therefore, Liu Qing will inevitably ambush a few cavalry outside the city, waiting for His Highness to take the bait. And at this time, if His Royal Highness discards a valuable stand-in, Liu Qing will definitely be convinced! Because in her opinion, the situation will evolve into that situation, which is all planned by her, and has nothing to do with the cooperation of Her Highness......

This is His Highness's plan for the entire Li Dai Taozhuang, isn't it? ”

"......" stared at the tea cup in his hand, Qin King Li Shen let out a long breath and sighed sincerely, "Thunder, you are really good under the command of this king...... This king really can't imagine what kind of situation this king will be forced into if you are in the Zhou army......"

Unexpectedly, although Li Shen praised the thunder like this, the thunder still had a calm face, and said lightly, "Even if His Highness praises him so falsely, my generation still doesn't like to make yīn cheat!" ”

"This king knows!" Li Shen shook his head with a smile, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Since you have guessed the true intention of this king, how about cooperating with this king?" ”

Hearing this, Zhen Lei frowned, and said with a look of displeasure, "Even if we don't rely on this kind of trickery, our generation can still defeat the Zhou army!" ”

"This king knows!" Li Shen nodded, and then said, "But the problem is that the mad dog of the fifth child is already approaching Jingzhou...... According to previous news, he was attacking the country of Luyang a few days ago, and if he counts the rì son, the king of Luyang should also be under the next yīn Cao to accompany the two brothers of the king...... You don't know the fifth child, the fifth brother's viciousness, far above his brother and second brother, you have also heard for a while, he is digging the foundation of this king, he does not hesitate to lose his reputation and reputation, and even was removed from the name of my Great Zhou Li royal family, but also to pull this king to the underworld, for this reason the six relatives do not recognize, and the blade is the same sect...... That guy obviously came with the intention of dying with this king, and he didn't plan to return to the imperial tomb at all! ”

I have to say that Li Shen still knows Li Cheng very well. In fact, Li Cheng has endured the hardships of the imperial tomb and tried to strengthen himself in order to one day pull Li Shen into the underworld together, so as to atone for his brother Li Wei, who loved him until the last moment.

Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, who once radiated under the protection of the crown prince Li Wei, was completely swallowed up by the dark belief of revenge after losing his brother Li Wei, who was the true brilliance, just like what his name represented.

Hatred! A hatred that you can't dissolve in your life!

This is the root of the fifth son's struggle to survive to this day!

In fact, Li Shen knew very well that those vassal kings who were killed by Li Cheng were all killed to him Li Shen, because that was the message that Li Cheng wanted to convey to him.

These vassal kings are what will happen to you! I'm going to call you a grandchild!

If your brother has no heir, you will not have one!

In the name of my Li Cheng!

This extremely vicious resentment, even if it is thousands of miles away, can't help but make Li Shen, the king of Qin, feel creepy.

"Li Cheng, King of Anling?"

"Hmm! - That guy, I'm afraid he has already surpassed his brother Li Wei......" Taking a deep breath, Li Shen said in a deep voice, "This king has a bad premonition, if the mad dog of the fifth child arrives here, the situation of this king will be extremely bad!" - Thunder, be sure to defeat the Zhou army as soon as possible! ”

Seeing Li Shen's serious expression, the thunder hesitated, nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Hmm...... Then let's do as His Highness wishes! ”

"Please!"

"Don't dare!"

At the same time, in the ice city, the main camp of the Zhou army, Liu Qing called Tang Hao, Liang Cheng and many other generals to Xie An's handsome office.

"This army division knows that the generals are very tired from fighting the White Water Army today, and then they have to clean up the battlefield, but we can't let you rest in peace right now......

Looking at the generals with puzzled expressions, Liu Qing took a deep breath and spit out a sentence categorically.

"Tonight, our army will attack Maicheng at night!" (To be continued.) )