Chapter Ninety-Five: Conspiracy
"Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang - !! Bang Bang Bang - !! ”!
The originally silent base camp of the White Water Army of the King of Qin sounded without warning, alarming Li Shen, the King of Qin, who had not yet fallen asleep in the tent and was still watching the military parade with the lantern.
“… Li Shen frowned, sat up, and at this moment, the tent was lifted, and a general strode into the tent with a very solemn face.
Stretching out his left hand to protect the candle flame, so as not to be extinguished by the strong wind that came to break in, Li Shen asked in a deep voice, "Thunder, what's the matter?" ”
I saw that the general named Zhen Lei hugged his fists and said in a deep voice, "The camp of the two princes, Li Yu, the king of Jianyang, and Li Gan, the king of Biyang, was attacked by the Zhou army at night!" ”
"What?" Li Shen's calm face faintly showed a bit of discoloration, and he frowned and said, "It's the King of Thorn Yang and the King of Biyang?" The camp of the two of them should be located on the inside of the three armies...... Although I had long heard that Ma Dan was good at long-distance attacks, I really didn't expect him to be able to break through the outer six-way vassal king's camp and go directly to the inside of our army's camp......" Speaking of this, a little anger appeared in Li Shen's eyes, and he asked in a deep voice, "So, Dangyang has fallen?" - This king has never received the news of the fall of Dangyang! ”
"Your Highness has misunderstood!" Array Lei shook his head, clenched his fists and said, "It was not the Ma Dan army that attacked Li Yu, the king of Thorn Yang, and Li Gan, the king of Biyang, nor did they turn to Dangyang from the valley and enter my company's camp from the rear・・・・・・ Zhou army attacked from the direction of the cliff cliff of Huapengling!" - Look at the banner, it should be one of the two deputy commanders of the Jizhou Army, Tang Hao! ”
"The cliffs of Huapengling?" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Shen's eyes, and he asked in astonishment, "You mean the mountain wall that is more than twenty zhang high?" ”
"Exactly!"
Li Shen took a long breath when he heard this, put down the scroll in his hand, and muttered, "It's really unexpected, it turned out to be from the direction of Hua Pengling...... This king also felt that since Fei ** feintmed to attack, then the real killer must be Ma Danjun... ・・・”
Glancing at Li Shen, who was muttering to himself, the thunder said to himself, "The last general has ordered Chen Zhao to take 5,000 soldiers to the camp of those two princes, but it is said that Tang Hao blocked him at the Xiying Gate, and it is difficult to enter an inch... I wonder what His Highness means? ”
Li Shen thought for a while when he heard this, and suddenly asked, "Thunder, what do you think of Tang Hao?" ”
"Ten moves!" Thunder said with a complacent face.
Li Shen smiled and said with some surprise, "Will you kill a general within ten moves?" Oh, you're so confident......"
"Your Highness doesn't believe it?" Thunder said expressionlessly.
Li Shen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "No, no, no, how can you not believe it?" ――On the other hand, as the general of the White Water Army under the command of this king, if he does not even have this confidence, this king will feel a headache......
As he spoke, Li Shen stood up, slowly paced in the tent, and muttered after half a sound, "It's really a little hard to figure it out・・・・・・ Changsun Xiangyu That woman has always been calm and composed, and she uses soldiers step by step, never easily getting into danger, and even uses such a risky strategy... ・・・It's not like her style! ”
"It's because there's no other way!" Glancing at Li Shen, Thunder said in a deep voice, "The current big difficulty in front of our army and the Zhou army lies in the lack of a battlefield that can be used to exchange troops!" - Even if the Zhou army ceded its southern camp, our army would not dare to venture through the Hulu Valley; On the other hand, even if our army took the initiative to retreat for dozens of miles, the Zhou army might not dare to come! ”
"This king is reluctant to give up this great camp!" Li Shen smiled when he heard this, and then said slowly, "But one thing you said is right, what the other party gave away is not as reassuring as what he took away!" The question is... ・・・”
"It's too risky...... Zhou Jun! ”
"yes!" Li Shen nodded, chuckled, and said, "Isn't it just that you want to force this king to retreat dozens of miles and give up a vacant land for her Zhou army to camp in order to facilitate the subsequent war?" -- For the sake of this little profit, I sent my generals into my army of more than 100,000 people, and if one was not good, the whole army was wiped out...... seems to be such a deal, the eldest grandson Xiangyu will not do it! - Either the Zhou general named Tang Hao offended the eldest grandson Xiangyu too much on weekdays, so that the vicious woman deliberately sent him to die, or ......"
"Or?"
Glancing up at the tent, a hint of discoloration flashed in Li Shen's eyes, and he said in a low voice, "Or, Zhou Jun's current military advisor...... It's not the eldest grandson Xiangyu! ”
Hearing this, Thunder's face sank, and he asked in a low voice, "Is that Li Xian?" ”
"Tang Hao, a commander-level general, led a lone army deep into more than 100,000 enemy troops, trying to find a breakthrough...... Hachi doesn't have the guts! Li Shen shook his head, and then said with a smile, "Then Xie An didn't ...... either."
"It's not Li Xian, it's not Xie An, it's not the eldest grandson Xiangyu・・・・・・ so who is the military advisor of Zhou Jun?"
"Who knows!" Li Shen pursed his lips and said with a chuckle, "Who knows how many monsters are still hidden under this sky, right?" I, the general of the White Water Army, thunder! - It's a pity, in the end, I still didn't have a chance to compete with that Chen Bei of the Taiping Army! ”
Hearing this, Thunder was silent, and after a long time, he sighed slightly and said, "That man is a pure martial artist, I really didn't expect him to die here......"
"This king didn't expect Liu Qing to lose to the eldest grandson Xiangyu... Shaking his head with a smile, Li Shen said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "This king's premonition has always been very accurate!" ――I remember that when I saw that heavenly Ji Liu Qing a few years ago, this king had a premonition that this woman would inevitably become the king's fierce rival in the future. I didn't expect this king's fierce rival to be killed by the woman of the eldest grandson Xiangyu so easily, it was really an accident, and I was relieved! ”
"......" glanced at Li Shen and said in a deep voice! Do you want to kill Tang Hao? ”!
"No hurry!" Raising a heel of fingers and waving them, Li Shen said slowly, "Didn't you already ask Chen Zhao to deal with Tang Hao's Zhou army?" --Send someone to tell Chen Zhao not to kill Tang Hao, and drive Tang Hao's army to the camp of other vassal kings... ・・・”
"Kill with a knife?" Thunder asked in a deep voice.
Li Shen smiled and said lightly, "There's no way, Li Cheng's mad dog is biting people everywhere in Yuzhou, making a lot of fun, and those uncles and brothers of the king of the land have no intention of fighting, and what's more, they are thinking about how to compromise with the Jijing court・・・・・・ this can't be done!" ――Just in case, the vassal king's army should be commanded by this king! ”
"The Admiral understands!" Nodding, Thunder said in a deep voice, "The last general will take over the army of those princes who unfortunately died in battle!" ”
"Thunder ・・・・・・" Li Shen raised his hand, as if he wanted to say something.
Before he reached the tent, he glanced back at Li Shen and said in a deep voice, "Unfortunately, I died in battle...... There are many ways too! - The last will understand! ”
“… ... Looking at the thunder and walking out with a little crying and laughing, Li Shen raised a faint smile on the corner of his mouth and shook his head slightly.
"It's really reliable, the general of the White Water Army under the command of this king・・・・・・"
With a sigh of emotion, the smile on Li Shen's face gradually retracted, and he looked in the direction of the southern camp of the Zhou army with his hands behind his back, with a contemplative look on his face.
Although he was in the tent at the moment, he couldn't see the southern camp of the Zhou army more than ten miles away.
"Do you want the king's camp so much? Hum! You have a big appetite, the question is, can you swallow it in one bite? Don't choke to death! - Unknown Zhou Jun military division! ”
―At the same time, the southern camp of the Zhou army--
"Of course you can swallow it!" Just when King Qin Li Shen sneered in his own tent, in Xie An's small wooden house that served as a handsome tent, Heavenly Ji Liu Qing stuffed a meat bun into his mouth vigorously, and his face was flushed. That eating appearance, Xie An shook his head again and again.
Fortunately, the little girl is not here, otherwise, I have to teach the girl who has taken off the thread...
Xie An sighed secretly, after all, Liu Qing, the heavenly Ji in front of him, really didn't look like one of the four dignified concubines, and her temperament was almost no different from the little girl Wang Xin.
However, when I thought that Liu Qing had the best relationship with the little girl Wang Xin in addition to being familiar with Liang Qiuwu at first sight, Xie An didn't think it was strange, after all, Liu Qing was only fifteen years old, even one year younger than the little girl, in addition to being smarter, her face was cute, she was purely a girl, although she was extremely malleable in the future, both in appearance and wisdom.
"・・・・・・Eat slowly," Xie An said angrily, he felt as if he had returned to the time when he was teaching the little girl Wang Xin in Guangling.
It's a pity that Liu Qing is far from listening to Xie An's words like Wang Xin, and when she heard the words, she glared at Xie An fiercely and muttered while chewing, and she didn't know what she was talking about, but she could see that the corners of Xie An's forehead were bruised.
"Speak well!"
With a slightly red face, Liu Qing swallowed the meat bun in her mouth, glared at Xie An fiercely, and said indignantly, "Hmph! Anyway, I'm also the acting military division of your Zhou army right now, so you use this kind of thing to greet me? -- What kind of reward do you say......
"You also know that it is a substitute military division? Miss Captive! Glancing at Liu Qing, Xie An said lightly, "It's good to have meat in the buns, when this mansion served as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple in the past, the Great Prison Temple fed people with coarse noodles and steamed buns, and now the steamed buns with fine noodles are given to you, and there is meat in them, which is cheap enough for you!" ”
"You!" Liu Qing's face turned red angrily, and he said indignantly, "Xie An, you still need me!" ”
"That's right, so give you a meat bun of fine noodles, otherwise, I'd have locked you up a long time ago!" Glancing at Liu Qing, Xie An said slowly.
Gritting his teeth, Liu Qing said angrily, "You guy... ・・・Don't forget, who helped you defeat Li Shen......"
Raising his hand to interrupt Liu Qing's words, Xie An said lightly, "Don't forget, you haven't defeated Li Shen yet!" ”
"You...... Sooner or later! ”
"Yo yo, I'm quite confident, that's good!" Xie An said slowly, ignoring the anger on Liu Qing's face.
Next to him, Qin Ke'er seemed to be a little unbearable, and said to Liu Qing in a low voice, "The meat is the roe deer meat that General Su Xin hunted in the mountains, and the master only got a little, and the flour is fine noodles transported from Jiangling...... A while ago, I saw that you couldn't get used to my Zhou Jun's fried rice rations, and the lord specially instructed the husband, but the lord was kind! ”
"Kerr, don't be too troubled!" Xie An frowned, and glanced at Qin Ke'er with some displeasure, the latter saw it, and made a pitiful appearance, disturbing Xie An's head with a lot of desire, but he had no intention of blaming.
"Or do you want to taste those ...... again" After coaxing Xie An, Qin Ke'er whispered to Liu Qing, and then pointed to the dishes on the table in front of Xie An.
Cured meats, pickles, cured meats, pickles, cured meats, pickled vegetables・・・・・・
The food in Zhou's camp seemed to be the only one forever, which made Liu Qing, who had tasted it, frown.
Especially when she picked out a half-cooked white worm from the cured meat with chopsticks one day, she vowed never to touch them again.
Maybe it was thinking of the half white bug, or maybe it was thinking of something even more terrifying, Liu Qing covered her mouth with a pale face.
"Don't want to?" Qin Ke'er smiled slightly and sat down beside Xie An.
This guy ......
Liu Qing glanced at Xie An with some surprise, and suddenly sighed and looked at the meat bun in his hand.
In the past, when they were in the Taiping Army, even if there was a shortage of food in the army, Brother Chen and Yang Yu would go to the mountains to hunt some game and come back......
Maybe thinking of something sad, Liu Qing's eyes were slightly red.!
It's no wonder, after all, in the Taiping Army in the past, although Wu Heng had the intention of emptying her, Liu Qing always had Liang Qiuhao, Yang Yu and other henchmen who spoiled her and took care of her, but now, she is alone.
"Captive...... Is it? Pursing her lips, Liu Qing sucked a few times, and then bit a meat bun as if she was ruthless, hiding the rest behind her, looking at Xie An and saying vaguely, "I won't leave any of them for you!" ”
"Speak well!" Xie An rubbed his head depressedly. Suddenly, he seemed to notice something, casually threw Liu Qing a towel, and said lightly, "Wipe it!" ”
"What?" Liu Qing was stunned, and after Qin Ke'er's reminder, she learned that the juice was flowing down her mouth, so she quickly picked up the towel thrown by Xie An and wiped her mouth.
After about a stick of incense, Liu Qing was also full, and seeing this, Xie An said slowly, "Go on, your whole plan!" ”
"Didn't you tell you everything about the night attack?" Liu Qing turned her head and said with a displeased face.
"And what about after the night attack? ――You don't sleep in the middle of the night, and you have the cheekiness to ask the government to give you more food, aren't you just waiting for news here? ――What exactly are you waiting for? ”
Liu Qing looked at Xie An with a slight hint of surprise in her eyes, and then pouted and said, "Guess! ―Didn't you guess that I used the snow to attack the rebel army from Hua Peng Ridge? The follow-up plan must not be difficult to guess, right? Zhou Guojijing Imperial Court Criminal Department of the Department of Shangshu Order, Xie An Xie! ”
This girl!
Looking at the obvious sneer at the corner of Liu Qing's mouth, Xie An scolded secretly.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly swept in from outside the tent and clenched his fists, and when he looked closely, it was an assassin from Dongling.
"Returning to the military division, the small ones and others watched from a distance on the mountain, the two generals Tang Hao and Liao Li were not besieged by the rebel army, but the two generals were driven to the camps of other vassal kings by the White Water Army of the King of Qin......"
"Oh?" Completely different from the appearance when Fang Cai and Xie An were arguing, Liu Qing's eyes at this moment were shining with the light of a wise man, and he chuckled when he heard the words and said, "It's really not simple, King Qin Li Shen!" ――It's all at this time, and I still want to kill people with a knife, and use Tang Hao's hand to get rid of those undetermined vassal kings... ・・・This ability to cross the river and tear down the bridge is not inferior to a certain Shangshu in our house! Saying that, Liu Qing glanced at Xie An intentionally or unintentionally, obviously, Xie An's sentence that if he hadn't used you and locked you up a long time ago, Liu Qing was really unswerving.
Dead girl!
Scolding secretly in his heart, Xie An glanced at Liu Qing, who was calm, and said lightly, "You seem to be very calm...... How about giving this calmness to this government a little? ”
Probably understanding the deep meaning of Xie An's words, Liu Qing frowned, pursed her lips and said with a sneer, "Everything is expected by this military division, what are you anxious about?" ”
Xie An sneered and sneered, "The problem is that your so-called military advisor not only wiped out the whole army in one battle, but even caught up with himself in the end, and this government doesn't want to follow in your footsteps!" ”
"You ・・・・・・" Even if it is Liu Qing, he is not Xie An's opponent, he was dumbfounded by Xie An's words, and after glaring at Xie An fiercely, Liu Qing said with a little resentment, "It's still a criminal department book, stupid to death!" - Tang Hao and Liao Li, they are only 4,000 people, how can they disturb the entire rebel army? Naturally, it is necessary for Li Shen, the king of Qin, to cooperate! ”
Xie An was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked with some surprise, "You have long guessed that Li Shen would use Tang Hao's hand to eradicate those wavering vassal kings for him?" ”
Probably noticing the surprise in Xie An's eyes, Liu Qing said with some pride, "According to what you said, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, is so fierce in Yuzhou, how can the nineteen vassal king's armies completely ignore his feudal state?" It is not yet known whether Li Shen, the king of Qin, will succeed, but if his feudal state is broken by Li Cheng, then they will have nothing! If it were you, wouldn't you have any intention of withdrawing your troops? ”
"......," Xie An nodded approvingly.
After all, the vassal kings here are all his uncles and brothers, and he categorically can't use the criminal law and military regulations to restrain those vassal kings, so as not to alienate the vassal kings, since there are Tang Hao and Liao Li, the Zhou soldiers who suddenly entered the army, if Li Shen doesn't make good use of it, how can he be worthy of his intention to plot the dynasty and usurp the throne? Therefore, he would definitely not easily exterminate Tang Hao and Liao Li's surprise attack soldiers and horses, most of them were eager to let Tang Hao and them make a big fuss in the camps of the surrounding vassal kings, and it was best to kill those vassal kings. In this way, Li Shen, the king of Qin, could take over the armies of the vassal kings and expand his own military strength under the pretext of avenging the vassal kings of all walks of life! - Li Shen, the king of Qin, who has such cooperation, even though Tang Hao and Liao Li only have 4,000 soldiers, why can't they disturb the more than 100,000 rebel army chickens and dogs? ! ”
This girl......
is worthy of being a military advisor who was once inseparable from Xiangyu, and his grasp of the subtleties in the battle situation is indeed superhuman......
Thinking of this, Xie An said in a deep voice, "What about after that?" ――There should be another surprise army to pick up Tang Hao and Liao Li, right? Otherwise, once Li Shen uses Tang Hao's surprise attack troops, my Jizhou army will have two fewer generals, and four thousand soldiers will be ・・・・・・."
Glancing at Xie An, Liu Qing snorted coldly and turned her head away.
"I won't tell you, just guess slowly!"
"Dead girl・・・・・・"