"Weakness?" Xie An looked at Liu Qing with a little stunned in his eyes.!

The nine sons of the former emperor Li Ji of the Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the untimely death of Li Yong, the eldest son of the emperor, Zhou Huai, the other eight princes, Xie An, have all seen them, and they all know the characters of those people more or less

Among them, what impressed Xie An the most and made him the most fearful, in addition to the ruthless and vicious second son of the emperor, Li Wei, the king of Zhou, the third son of the emperor, Li Shen, the king of Qin, and Li Cheng, the king of Anling, the fifth son of the emperor.

Some people may ask, isn't Xie An jealous of Li Mao, the fourth son of the emperor, Yan Wang, and Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor? In fact, Xie An was indeed not afraid of the latter two.

The reason is very simple, Li Mao, the king of Yan, is heavy on martial arts and light on literature, rigid and self-serving, although he is in Yuyang, sits on the land of Youzhou, and holds 100,000 strong soldiers in northern Xinjiang, but in Xie An's opinion, Li Mao's pressure on the imperial court is actually only the 100,000 elite soldiers.

Putting aside the many soldiers and horses in the northern frontier, what is left of Li Mao, the king of Yan? Wu is not as good as Liangqiu Wu, and wisdom is not as good as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, not to mention the entire Jijing Imperial Court, Xie An's family alone can play to death this fourth son of the emperor who is empty-eyed and thinks he is invincible in the world.

Besides, Li Xian, don't look at Li Xian, he doesn't have any power in the Great Zhou military, but in fact, as long as he raises his arms, most of the green forest heroes in the south of the Yangtze River will defect to him, and he can also gather an army composed of tens of thousands of green forest heroes in a short period of time without spending a single ingot of silver or a bag of rice grain, which is also the basis for why Li Xian dared to go to Jiangdong alone to delay Wu Heng's Taiping army.

However, this virtuous royal highness is too gentlemanly, acts in accordance with morality and etiquette, and cares too much about the Great Zhou Sheji, even if he was once assassinated by Jin Ling'er and almost died in Huangquan, it is difficult to change his benevolent and righteous side.

As the so-called gentleman deceives him, as long as he does it properly, Li Xian is actually the easiest of all the princes to deal with.

Who is the hardest to deal with?

The third son of the emperor, King Li Shen of Qin!

Back then, the ruthless former crown prince Zhou Aiwang Li Wei almost single-handedly covered the sky in Jijing, except for his younger brother Li Cheng, he wanted to kill all the other royal brothers, but Li Shen, who had always been regarded as a thorn in Li Wei's side, was alive and well, and even dragged Li Wei to death in turn.

Although most of Li Wei's death has to be attributed to Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, King Anling, but just imagine, if it weren't for Li Shen, the king of Qin, who was cautious and cautious on weekdays, so that Li Wei could never grasp the handle, how could he live so nourished?

However, at the moment, Liu Qing actually said that prudence was the most fatal weakness of Li Shen, the king of Qin, which was really a bit unexpected by Xie An, but after thinking about it carefully, Xie An felt that Liu Qing's words did have some truth for her.

"Is it Xiao He who succeeds or Xiao who fails?" Xie An shook his head with a smile.

Glancing at Xie An, Liu Qing said to herself, "Actually, a month and a half ago, I always felt that I could win the second room in your house...... I can win the battle against Changsun Xiangyu in that battle! ”

"Oh?" Although there was some surprise as to why Liu Qing suddenly got involved in this matter, Xie An still wanted to hear it.

"The eldest grandson Xiangyu is cautious and not inferior to Li Shen, and he is too conceited to be a soldier, I have always felt it

As long as I can surprise her and upset her, I will have a chance to defeat her...... Just like what you did to me at the mouth of the lake! Liu Qing glanced at Xie An with deep meaning. It can be seen that Xie An's original trick was a trick, and to this day, Liu Qing is still haunted.

"What a subtle statement・・・・・・ what did I do to you?" may have noticed Qin Ke'er's teasing gaze, Xie An glared at Liu Qing angrily, after all, Liu Qing's words were indeed easy to misunderstand to outsiders.

Perhaps he was not in the mood to quarrel with Xie An on this matter, Liu Qing ignored the man who interrupted, and said to himself, "Although I lost in the end, I don't think there is any loophole in my strategy・・・・・・ Eldest Sun Xiangyu is cautious, and will never take risks easily, if I want to win her, I can only gamble with her luck!" ”

"Betting on luck?" Xie An frowned and said suspiciously, "Xiangyu never does things that he is not sure of, and it is impossible to gamble his luck with you!" ”

"That's why I have a chance to win!" Glancing at Xie An deeply, Liu Qing said with a straight face, "Of course I know that she can't gamble, so I want to force her to gamble with me!" - If nothing else, if she is not completely sure, she should choose to back down temporarily・・・・・・ she retreats from me, step by step, and in the long run, I can win her! ”

Hearing Liu Qing's words, Xie Anxin felt a little uncomfortable, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was his woman, and he couldn't stand outsiders saying that she was not behind his back.

"Even if you do this, do you think Xiangyu will not be able to see your intentions?"

"What's the point of seeing?" Glancing at Xie An, Liu Qing said lightly, "The nature of the country is easy to change, even if she sees my intentions, she doesn't dare to gamble with me!" - Will she back down...... She is the daughter of the grandson of the famous family in Jijing, how could she be willing to gamble with me, the daughter of the princess of the dead country? ”

"......" Xie An raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

Count you lucky, you met Xiangyu after your personality got better, and you tried it four years ago?

Gambling on your life?

Hey! In Xiangyu four years ago, she can bet anything with you, let alone her life, she even used her own life, the entire eldest grandson family, the entire military and civilians in the capital of Ji, and even the throne when she was idle and bored, to bet on whether Li Mao and Li Wei would kill each other because of her design to frame Liang Qiuwu

What do you mean by that?

Xie An shook his head secretly in his heart, after all, only he knew best what kind of woman the eldest grandson Xiangyu was four years ago.

Four years ago, once the eldest grandson Xiangyu became ruthless, she would not hesitate to drag people from all over the world to accompany her to the funeral, but in recent years, she has gradually reined in her temperament, gradually become more humane, and become more concerned about her family, especially after getting married and pregnant, Xie An is impressed by her good character.

But having said that, Xie An is not easy to say these things, after all, as a husband, it is necessary for him to cover up his concubine and cover up some of the bad deeds of the year!

"Does this have anything to do with what you said about the weakness of Li Shen, the King of Qin?" Xie An quietly diverted the topic.

"Absolutely!" Probably thinking of her defeat to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Liu Qing exhaled a little depressedly, and said, "The reason why the eldest grandson Xiangyu was able to win against me was not that there was anything wrong with the tactics I chose, but that she was far-sighted and more thoughtful than me・・・・・・ what are you looking at me like this?" ”

This half-grown girl would praise Xiangyu?

Xie An looked at Liu Qing in astonishment, coughed, and said quietly, "It's nothing, you continue." ”

“… "Maybe he sensed something from Xie An's gaze, Liu Qing glared at him in annoyance, and continued: "I just said that the eldest grandson Xiangyu can win me because she is smarter than me, not because there are any loopholes in the tactics I chose, but Qin King Li Shen・・・・・・ I don't think he is better than me in terms of resourcefulness!" ”

"I see!" Touching his chin, Xie An said thoughtfully, "So, you used the original method of dealing with Xiangyu to Li Shen?" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Qing nodded, and said with a determined face, "In fact, even if everything goes well and Fei Guo attacks the camp of the rebel army according to the plan, Li Shen still has the strength to counterattack, and even if he wants to annihilate the entire army of Fei Guo, it is not impossible...... If it were me, I would never sit back and watch Fei Guo calmly retreat after attacking our military camp! As she spoke, she glanced at Xie An, intentionally or unintentionally.

Is there a night attack at the mouth of the lake?

Xie An was a little depressed, after all, he really felt that he could defeat Liu Qing's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, at least he could inflict heavy damage on Liu Qing, but as a result, Liu Qing was in danger, and Shi Miao's plan actually wiped out the 10,000 cavalry sent by Xie An to attack her camp.

Even now, Xie Anxin still has some mustard.

Deliberately mentioning that incident...... Is this revenge?

Glancing at Liu Qing, who seemed to be showing off, Xie An warned in a relatively flat tone, "If you plan to stay in our army, it's best not to mention the past, you should know how much the soldiers of the Great Liang Army want to kill you...... Remember who you are! ”

Liu Qing's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he glanced at Xie An with hatred, gritted his teeth and continued, "It's a pity that Li Shen doesn't dare to bet!" If nothing else, he should only think about driving away Fei Guo and the others, and then set out to gather the rout army of the vassal king, retreat dozens of miles, reorganize the army, set up another camp, and then engage your Zhou army when everything is ready! In this way, my goal has been achieved, and there is finally a battlefield between the Zhou army and the rebel army that can be used for battle! ”

"Hmm......" Xie An let out a long breath.

In his opinion, putting aside Liu Qing's words of revenge for his mistreatment of her, and his resentment against the defeat of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, just talking about her plot against Li Shen, the king of Qin, Xie An had to admit that if the two sides were evenly balanced, even if the eldest grandson Xiangyu wanted to defeat Liu Qing, I am afraid it would not be ten out of ten.

Heavenly Ji Liu Qing, although she is not very old, she does have a unique place in her strategy, and even in this regard, she is not inferior to the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"And what about after that?" Xie An asked in a deep voice.

As if he understood the deep meaning of Xie An's words, Liu Qing said rather conceitedly, "Do you think I will lose to Li Shen, the king of Qin?" ”

"Well...... Xie An smiled slightly.

In all fairness, he didn't think that Liu Qing would lose to Li Shen at all, after all, Liu Qing was more scheming and skilled in using troops than Li Shen, and the most critical point was that Liu Qing was the most cautious candidate to restrain Li Shen, the king of Qin, and was more suitable than the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

If the eldest grandson Xiangyu is the military advisor, as long as Li Shen does not show his flaws, the eldest grandson Xiangyu will most likely choose to wait for the opportunity, or create a favorable situation by himself.

But in this way, although the eldest grandson Xiangyu can win Li Shen in the end, the time has dragged on for too long, and it is not good that there is still a stalemate on this side, and Li Xian on the Jiangdong side has already run out of food.

And Liu Qing is different, she does not pursue the art of war that must win like the eldest grandson Xiangyu, as long as she feels that there is a chance, she will choose to enter the army, even if the victory rate is actually very small.

In short, Liu Qing's art of war is either a big victory or a big defeat, if you win, you can defeat the strong with the weak, but if you lose, then you will lose completely, just like she is now, even if she gets into it, if Xie An has the intention to use some crooked brains against her, she has no power to resist at all.

Of course, this means that she encounters an opponent like Changsun Xiangyu who is evenly matched in terms of intelligence, if the opponent is someone who is slightly inferior to her or even a few chips, there is almost no possibility of losing.

Also, like the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Liu Qing and other demons, how many can there be in the world? At least among the women Xie An has seen, there is no third one, even Qin Ke'er, who is much inferior to the two.

However, Xie An also knew that the reason why Liu Qing would use this strategy that was almost quick success and quick profit was because she did not have the slightest sense of belonging to the Zhou army at all, and the loss of the Zhou army would not have any impact on her, just like many years ago when Changsun Xiangyu sacrificed 80,000 soldiers and civilians in Gaoyang to help Li Mao and Liang Qiuwu defeat 100,000 foreign soldiers.

And once Liu Qing has a sense of belonging to Da Zhou, then she will undoubtedly become the second eldest grandson Xiangyu If she wants to use this kind of strange soldier in the future, she will also think about it and think about it carefully, and try to reduce casualties as much as possible.

To put it bluntly, Liu Qing at the moment can be said to be clear, except for revenge on Wu Heng, she can't find any purpose for living, just like the eldest grandson Xiangyu that Xie An first met, she lacks something that can restrain her.

Is it ・・・・・・ constrained?

Xie An involuntarily glanced at Liu Qing's still green face and body, and after reacting, he subconsciously shook his head again and again and hurriedly threw the terrible thought in his heart away

Looking at Xie An's behavior, Liu Qing was a little misunderstood! -Snorted and frowned and said displeasedly, "What, you don't seem to be able to win against Li Shen?" ”

Xie An naturally didn't dare to say what he had just thought of inexplicably, so he had to respond vaguely, which made Liu Qing even more displeased, gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you don't question my decision, I can naturally win against Li Shen!" - But ......"

"But what?"

Liu Qing hesitated for a moment, looked at Xie An and said in a deep voice, "If I help you win Li Shen, when you go to Jiangdong to aid Li Xian, take me with you, and ・・・・・・ I will still be your Zhou army military advisor until the day when Wu Heng is crowned!" ”

turned against each other and planned to turn against the Taiping Army, which had paid a lot of effort......

It seems that the death of the eldest brother is really a big blow to this girl・・・・・・

Xie Anxin sighed secretly, after all, he had already learned something from Liang Qiu Wu's mouth, and these certain things came from Liu Qing's mouth.

"Let's talk about it then, what you need to pay attention to now is Li Shen, the king of Qin, not Wu Heng!" Saying that, Xie An turned his head, not that he was cold to Liu Qing, but that the inexplicable thought that appeared just now made him not dare to look at Liu Qing directly.

"Do you want to see how I behave?" Liu Qing sneered when she heard this, although she was a little disappointed, but seeing that Xie An did not refuse, she was secretly relieved.

But then again, in fact, she is not in a hurry, after all, the eldest grandson Xiangyu will give birth in less than two months, and there is still a long time to recuperate, and there is no way to help her husband Xie An fight in Jiangdong.

The problem lies with Li Xian, and with His Royal Highness the Eight Sages who is said to be no less resourceful than the eldest grandson Xiangyu......

Liu Qing knows very well that the reason why Xie An requisitioned her as a military advisor is nothing more than that the eldest grandson Xiangyu's son is about to give birth, and Li Xian has to go to Jiangdong to delay Wu Heng, but once Xie An defeats Li Shen, the king of Qin, and returns to Jiangdong, Li Xian will be able to be qualified for the position of military advisor, and at that time, her role Liu Qing will be small.

In other words, if Liu Qing wanted to take revenge on Wu Heng with the help of the Zhou army, he could only gain Xie An's trust during the period when Xie An and Li Shen, the king of Qin, fought with him, but this was not an easy task.

Is it true that you really want to learn from her yourself?

“… ・・・" Liu Qing looked at Qin Ke'er in the room with a strange and strange gaze, imagining the scene of her waiting for Xie An naked in her mind, and she only trembled in fright, making Xie An and Qin Ke'er inexplicable.

At the same time, in the base camp of the Baishui Army and the tent of Li Shenshuai, the king of Qin, Li Shenzheng, was sitting in the tent, rubbing his head while listening to the general's report on the losses of this night attack.

As Xie An said, with Liu Qing's ingenious design, this time the Zhou army can be regarded as taking a big advantage, the two surprise attacks before and after directly caused the rebel army to suffer huge losses, killed by the Zhou army, plus trampled on each other in the chaotic situation and died, the rebel army's loss this time was almost as much as 40,000, so that the original strength of the rebel army of 14 or 50,000 shrunk to about 100,000 between the first war. Although the losses were all the Wei Rong troops of the vassal kings in various places, Li Shen, the king of Qin, also felt distressed, and after all, it was 40,000 troops.

In comparison, the losses of the Zhou army were much smaller, and they were only about 8,000 when they were fully counted. 40,000 troops in exchange for 8,000 soldiers of the Zhou army, not including the burned baggage, flags, equipment, and dozens of miles of company battalions that were about to be abandoned.

Listening to those lost figures, Li Shen's heart was dripping blood.

If it weren't for his greed, he would use the hands of Tang Hao and Liao Li's strange soldiers to eradicate those vassal kings, and truly master more than 100,000 troops, he would never fall into this kind of field.

At this time, the tent was lifted, and the general of the White Water Army, Shi Lei, stepped in.

"Thunder, someone informed this king that not only did you let go of Tang Hao and Liao Li, the two generals of the Zhou army, but also Fei Guo and another big man who didn't know what to call him... ・・・”

"Dibu!" Thunder reminded expressionlessly.

"Huh? Oh, Dibu, huh? Li Shen was stunned for a moment, and continued, "Even Fei Guo and Di Bu have let go, and you have never used your true strength to fight against them...... Do you know that our army lost nearly 40,000 soldiers in this battle! ”

"The losses are all the rabble of the vassal kings, and the strength of His Highness will not be damaged!" After a pause, Burst of Thunder said in a deep voice, "It's not much fun today, wait for the next time, my generation will kill that Fei country for His Highness!" ”

“… Hearing this, Li Shen glanced at the thunder, and couldn't help but think of the thunder he sent two years ago to crusade against Zhang Gu, the Shangyong thief who was making trouble in Hanzhong. At that time, Array Lei relied on command to defeat Zhang Gu on the frontal battlefield, but in the end, Array Thunder chose to fight Zhang Gu alone, and even said on his own that as long as Zhang Gu could defeat him, he would immediately withdraw his troops, and even if Zhang Gu continued to cause chaos in the Shangyong area in the future, he would never set foot here.

What a great condition!

Zhang Gu, who was already in despair at that time, was thrilled when he heard this, and exerted his strength far beyond usual, but after only five moves, he was cut off by a thunderbolt.

This kind of thing, in Li Shen's opinion, is simply stupid, after all, people have misses and horses have stumbled, like a thunderbolt, one day he will die in his own hands, but the thunder is still happy, in his words, he enjoys the excitement of fighting each other's lives very much, and there is no regret in death!

However, since the thunder has already said so, Li Shen can't say anything more, after all, so far, there is no one who the thunder can't kill.

"Okay, okay, the king won't say much about your business, let's prepare for the retreat! - By the way, those defeated generals of the Taiping army who fled to the king's side a few days ago, one is called Qi Zhi and the other is called Xu Le, right? -- Tell him to come over, this king has something to talk to him about! Touching the beard on his chin, a little cold color flashed in Li Shen's eyes.

"Yes!"