"What...... What the? Thunderbolt dead? ”

Just when Li Cheng, the king of Anling, said goodbye to Xie An and returned to his military camp, in the pavilion of the South City Gate in Xiangyang, Li Shen, the king of Qin, finally learned the news that the general of the Baishui Army under his command had died in battle.

Li Shen was stunned, and said in disbelief, "That'...... That's a thunderstorm, and you can wipe out a group of more than a thousand thieves with your own strength! - What the hell is going on?! ”

Li Shen, the king of Qin, who has always been gentle and elegant on weekdays, was completely crazy this time, and kept patting the table with his right hand. You must know that the thunder is his most relied on right-hand man, and it is not an exaggeration to say that even if all the 50,000 Baishui troops died in this battle, Li Shen did not want anything to happen to the thunder.

That's ...... That's a great hero in the world that can be met but not sought!

Under Li Shen's almost questioning words, Chen Zhao, the commander of the First Legion of the White Water Army, knelt down on one knee in front of the lord and said in an extremely low tone, "Boss Thunder...... went to the battlefield to hunt down the main formation of the Zhou army, that is, the commander of the Zhou army, Xie An, and his military adviser Liu Qing, but until now, they have not returned...... None of the 5,000 White Water Army that accompanied the Boss of the Thunder Formation returned to ......"

"Hiss......" Li Shen gasped in surprise when he heard this, he originally thought that the thunder was a trick when he was alone with the enemy general, after all, Li Shen had been quite worried about this matter a few years ago, and persuaded the thunder several times to pay more attention to martial arts and not to pay too much attention to fighting alone, but what he never expected was that the thunder was still killed in battle under the escort of five thousand white water troops.

Listening to Chen Zhao's intermittent narration, Qin King Li Shen's face turned pale in an instant, and he unconsciously clenched his fists.

After being excited for a while, Qin King Li Shen sighed gloomily and waved his hand. Frustrated, he said, "You go down first, Chen Zhao!" ”

"Yes......" Chen Zhao, who was kneeling on one knee, responded and silently withdrew from the room. Now, he has figured out some things.

Glancing at Chen Zhao's departing back, Qin King Li Shen slowly closed his eyes. However, after half a ring, he suddenly opened his eyes again, picked up the tea cup on the table, and slammed it on the ground, smashing the delicate celadon tea cup to the ground.

"I see, I see...... Is that so?! - Heavenly Ji, Liu Qing! ”

An unprecedented ferocity flashed in his eyes, and Li Shen, the king of Qin, who had always been gentle and elegant on weekdays, looked so hideous at this moment.

However, after venting. Qin King Li Shen let out a long sigh again, lay down on a sandalwood chair and closed his eyes.

I remember that a few days ago, when I learned that the Zhou army was divided, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, attacked the south gate of Xiangyang, and Xie An took the east gate of Xiangyang, Li Shen thought that Li Cheng, the king of Anling, was anxious to find him to take revenge and had a conflict with Xie An, so Xie An threw tens of thousands of soldiers to Li Cheng and asked Li Cheng to come to the south gate to fight with him Li Shen, but until now. Only then did Li Shen realize that it was a trick by Liu Qing, the military advisor of the Zhou army. In order to separate him, Li Shen and Array Lei.

[It turned out to be a thunderstorm...... The first thing that Zhou Jun wanted to eradicate was a thunderstorm! ]

Covering his forehead with his hand, Li Shen's eyes showed a bit of pain, and he felt extremely angry and regretful for his gaffe and lack of wisdom.

As Liu Qing said, including Li Shen, the king of Qin, the Baishui Army trusted its general Array Thunder to the extreme. Because they feel that there is no stronger general in the world than a thunderbolt. Liang Qiuhao, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army and a great hero, is strong, but this person has long since passed away; The head of the four concubines, Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Dance, is not weak, but this woman is far away in Jijing. In such a situation, who can stop the thunder?

But no one thought of it. Array Lei, the world's great hero, would die in battle, just as no one expected that Liang Qiuhao, who was also a great hero in the world, would die in battle.

It has only been half a year since the 30,000 Rebellion and the Taiping Rebellion began, and two of the world's great heroes were killed, and both of them died under the strategy of women.

Xiangyu, the eldest grandson of the concubine......

Heavenly Ji Liu Qing......

I remember that when he learned that Liang Qiuhao was killed in battle, Li Shen, the king of Qin, was not so shocked and heartbroken, after all, Liang Qiuhao was not his subordinate general, but the thunder was different, and the thunder was his most relied on right-hand man.

[Liu Qing ......]

Li Shen gritted his teeth and cursed the sixteen-year-old woman in his heart.

To be honest, in fact, as early as a few years ago, Li Shen had a premonition that Liu Qing would become his fierce rival and nemesis on the way to hegemony, which would greatly hinder his ambition to seize the throne, but at that time, Li Shen just thought that he would one day face off against the two armies of the Taiping Army led by Liu Qing, nothing more.

And now, the foretaste has been ......

Because of Liu Qing's strategy, Li Shen lost a brave general, a great hero in the world. In a sense, Liu Qing's hand is like breaking Li Shen's backbone, making it difficult for the latter to sit and stand. Because in the absence of thunder, Li Shen was not sure to defeat Xie An and Li Cheng at all.

[What to do?] ]

A few thoughts swirled through Li Shen's mind.

In all fairness, after losing the fierce general Array of Thunder, in fact, Li Shen did not have much hope of defeating Li Cheng and Xie An, although he still had Chen Zhao, Huang Shou, Fu Ao and other generals who were good at fighting, but the problem was that these three generals could not completely suppress all the generals of the Zhou army in terms of force like Array Thunder. Like a thunderstorm, the world's great heroes, that can be met but not sought.

[If you fight, you will lose, you can retreat...... Where can they retreat? ]

Li Shen pondered calmly.

I remember that a while ago, he once said to Lei and others that even if the battle situation was unfavorable, even if he gave up the fiefdom of Hanzhong Nanzheng, he could withdraw to Shu and make another strong move, because in terms of today's situation, Xie An may not necessarily chase after Shu. At least in Li Shen's opinion, the Shangshu of the Great Zhou Criminal Department still focuses on the overall situation, and will not let go of Jiangdong's hidden dangers and Wu Heng's Taiping army and entangle him stubbornly, as long as he can delay enough time, even if Xie An is unwilling, he can only lead the army to support Jiangdong, after all, once Wu Heng's Taiping army is let go, then the harm caused by this Taiping army will be far more violent than the Three Kings Rebellion, and it will even ignite the anti-Zhou sentiment in the entire Jiangnan. If that happens, it will be a situation where it will be difficult to recover.

I have to say. Li Shen's strategic vision is still very keen, but the problem is that when he said that, his wife and children had not yet been killed by Li Cheng, the king of Anling, and the general of the Baishui Army, Lei Lei, the great hero of the world, had not yet been punished by Liu Qing, the military advisor of the Zhou army. And for now......

Although it was Liu Qing's idea, it is not difficult to guess that the ruthless Fifth Son of the Emperor may have already guessed that Li Shen, the king of Guan'anling, would have chosen to cross Jingshan and retreat into Shu. In Li Shen's opinion, if nothing else, as long as he dared to abandon Xiangyang and prepare to retreat into Liangchuan, then he would be attacked by Li Cheng, the king of Anling.

Li Cheng, the ruthless king of Anling, would never let him escape from Xiangyang. On the other hand, Li Shen didn't think that he could escape to Shu without a thunder escort.

War, not war; Retreat, no refund!

The dignified King of Qin, Li Shen, the central figure of the Three Kings Rebellion, is now in a dilemma, which leads to all this. It's Liu Qing.

"Is this the end of it?" Li Shen, the king of Qin, sighed faintly and looked at the roof blankly and blankly.

"Your Highness......" was accompanied by a soft shout. A figure walked out of the secret compartment behind the bookcase, wearing an unusually gorgeous brocade robe, and looking at his complexion, he was shocked that it was exactly the same as Li Shen.

Undoubtedly, this is the shadow guard of Li Shen, the king of Qin!

"Yes...... Sixteen? Glancing at the visitor, King Li Shen of Qin asked in a low voice.

"Yes. Your Highness......" The shadow guard, codenamed Sixteen and looking exactly like King Li Shen of Qin, lowered his head and said respectfully, "Your Highness, if the thunder dies, Your Highness will no longer be able to fight with the Zhou soldiers." This is a waste of troops! ”

"This king also knows!" Li Shen stood up when he heard this, walked to the window, looked at the Zhou army camp that seemed to be a behemoth in the distance, and muttered, "This king really didn't expect that the thunder would be ......punished by that Liu Qing's design" Saying that, he smashed the wall with his fist with a look of annoyance, gritted his teeth and said, "This king has already persuaded the thunder in this matter, but he didn't listen, and finally suffered this disaster!" - Sorry! What a pain! ”

Glancing at Li Shen, Li Sixteen frowned, lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say anything more...... Why don't you think about retreating as soon as possible! ”

"A way out?" King Li Shen smiled miserably, sighed and shook his head, "This king is already a ...... now. There is no way back! ”

Li Sixteen was speechless when he heard this, although he was the stand-in for Li Shen, the king of Qin, but after all, he grew up in the same environment as Li Shen since he was a child, eating the same delicacies and delicacies, and wearing the same golden robe and jade belt, to put it mildly, putting aside his innate talent and the Li royal bloodline in his body, Li Shen may not be much better than his shadow guard.

"Fight!"

I don't know how long later, a sonorous and powerful voice sounded in the room, Li Sixteen raised his head in astonishment, only to find that Li Shen, the king of Qin, had a solemn, dignified and firm face.

Slapped the windowsill suddenly, Li Shen, the king of Qin, said in a deep voice, "That beast wants to fight, and this king will accompany him to fight!" This king has endured it for more than 20 years, enough is enough! Li Cheng bullied this king like that, is it tolerable or unbearable! -- This king wants to see how he Li Cheng takes this king's life! ”

[Unexpectedly...... His Royal Highness would have said this...... The Third Highness, who pays attention to enduring for a while and then counterattacking, actually has such a bloody side! ]

Looking at Li Shen, the king of Qin, in a daze, Li Sixteen was speechless in shock. He felt that the current King of Qin, Li Shen, was very domineering as a king......

"We are willing to live and die with Your Highness!"

After a series of voices representing allegiance, one man after another came out of the shadows in the corner of the room, some wearing armor and some wearing robes, but judging by their appearance, they were all the same as Li Shen, the king of Qin. plus the previous Li Sixteen, a full eight people.

"Good!" Nodding with satisfaction, Qin King Li Shen narrowed his eyes, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and said coldly, "That beast, you must be laughing insolently at this moment...... This king wants to see who it is who can have the last laugh! ”

Li Shen guessed correctly, tonight will be the best night for Li Cheng, the king of Anling, in the past few days, so good that he couldn't sleep all night, during which he couldn't help but laugh frequently, listening to the guards outside the house looking at each other.

So much so that in the early morning of the next day, when Li Yan went to the Shuai Institute to wake up his cousin Li Cheng, the king of Anling, he found that the fifth master had not closed his eyes all night.

"This is not good......" Li Yan frowned and said as Li Cheng was washing his mouth. After all, everyone knows that today's battle may end the entire Three Kings Rebellion and end the war that lasted for half a year. And at such a critical juncture. Li Cheng, the king of Anling, was unable to ensure adequate sleep because he was overexcited, which did not worry Li Yan.

"It's okay!" As if seeing his cousin's worries, the fifth master smiled and said very casually, "Cousin Yan, you can't understand my mood at the moment. I've been waiting for this day for three years...... I stayed in the place where the sun did not see the light of day for three years, just to punish Li Shen's house today! ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Li Yan's eyes when he heard this, and he asked tentatively, "Cheng, are you serious...... Do you really hate Li Shen so much? ”

When he said this, Li Yan couldn't help but think of the scene when Li Cheng killed the mother, wife and children of Li Shen, the king of Qin, by that inhumane means a few days ago. In fact, he was also frightened by Li Cheng's methods.

"Hate?" Wiping his face with a damp cloth, and then casually throwing it aside, Li Cheng was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Cousin Yan, do you know why I am so anxious to seek revenge on Li Shen, the king of Qin?" ――Actually, we didn't have to take the initiative at that time, just wait for the people from Jijing to come and ask for help! ”

"That's exactly what my brother wonders!" Li Yan clasped his hands and listened quietly. You must know that as Li Cheng said, they could have waited for the Jijing Imperial Court, or even the Son of Heaven Li Shou himself, to ask for help from the Imperial Mausoleum half a year ago. However, after Li Cheng heard about it. took the initiative to go to Jijing to negotiate with the imperial court, and even took the trouble to persuade those Long Nuwei brothers who were originally opposed.

Although Li Cheng's explanation at that time was to repay Jin Ling'er a favor that his brother Li Wei owed her, in the final analysis, this explanation is still a bit far-fetched, after all, the price Li Cheng has to pay for doing this is too heavy.

"Don't hide it from my cousin. In fact, my hatred for Li Shen's house is getting weaker and weaker......" Glancing at Li Yan, Li Cheng said in a low voice, "Although I spent the night recalling that the imperial brother fell to the ground covered in blood. However, the hatred in my heart for Li Shen, the culprit of this incident, has gradually faded in the past three years...... Even if I forced myself to memorize it, I couldn't do anything about it......"

Li Cheng, the fifth master, also encountered a painful thing like Liang Qiuhao, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, but Liang Qiuhao gradually forgot the appearance of his beloved woman Liu Qing, and Li Cheng gradually forgot his hatred for his third brother, Li Shen, the king of Qin.

If Xie An was here, he might be able to understand why Li Cheng's hatred of Li Shen had become so distorted, because Li Cheng forced himself to remember this blood feud while gradually forgetting that hatred. Over time, this hatred distorted. It is no longer to seek revenge from Li Shen, the king of Qin, for the revenge of killing his brother, but to take revenge for revenge.

In other words, what the fifth master has in his heart now is not the hatred for Li Shen, the king of Qin, but the obsession of vowing to kill his brother in this life!

"Whether you hate that Li Shen or not, forgive it or not, that's my royal brother's business, as for what this king wants to do...... is to send Li Shen's wife to see the imperial brother! With that, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, put on his battle robe, shook his cloak, and turned around and walked outside the house.

"......" looked at the back of Li Cheng leaving, and Li Yan was moved. Although he didn't understand it thoroughly, he seemed to understand something from Li Cheng's eyes and tone.

"It's nice to have such a brother...... Right, Li Wei? With an indifferent smile, Li Yan stepped forward and followed his cousin Li Cheng.

On November 16, the fourth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, led 40,000 Zhou soldiers and more than 4,000 imperial tomb dragon slave guards to launch the most ferocious battle against the south gate of Xiangyang in the past few days. At the same time, the commander of the Zhou army, Xie An, also echoed from afar, cooperating with Li Cheng to capture the east gate of Xiangyang.

However, when Li Cheng, the king of Anling, led his army to the south gate of Xiangyang, he unexpectedly found that on the city wall, Li Shen, the king of Qin, actually appeared.

I have to say that Li Cheng was really taken aback when he saw Li Shen, the king of Qin, take the initiative to appear, because in his impression, Li Shen, the third son of the emperor, is by no means a person who likes to show his head, in Li Cheng's words, this guy is a rat who can only calculate people in the gutter!

But today's Qin king Li Shen ......

"Interesting...... Fifth Master licked his lips, and a seemingly weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Li Yan glanced at his cousin suspiciously, and then, as if he realized something, he turned his head sharply in the direction of Xiangyang Nancheng Tower, and said in surprise, "Could it be...... It's Li Shen himself...... Is it? ”

"Ah, you can't be wrong......" Squinting his eyes, Li Cheng, the king of Anling, sat under the war horse, looked up at Li Shen, the king of Qin on the city tower, and said with a sneer, "However, it is really beyond the expectations of this king, that third emperor brother...... The rats in the gutter, did they have that blood? Hey! ”

[How can you tell if it's Li Shen, the king of Qin?] ]

Glancing at Li Cheng, the king of Anling, Li Yan looked up at Li Shen, the king of Qin, who was standing on the city tower, and really couldn't see what the mystery was. After all, in his opinion, all Li Shen or his stand-ins are the same.

And just when Li Yan was secretly puzzled, Li Chengce, the king of Anling, immediately took a few steps forward, looked up at Li Shen, the king of Qin on the city tower, and said lightly in a rather calm tone unexpectedly, "Three years ago, this king said that even if you fall into the underworld, this king will come back and pull you into the underworld!" - Now, the king has arrived! ”

"Ahh King Li Shen of Qin responded and said in the same indifferent tone, "Three years ago, this king also said that he would wait for the fifth child to come to avenge his brother at any time!" - As long as you have the ability! ”

"Humph!"

"Hey!"

For a moment, it seemed that the atmosphere of the entire battlefield had frozen, and the gazes of the two royal highnesses staring at each other collided together, as if they could stir up bursts of fierce sparks.

"Beat the drums!" Looking at each other for a while, the two royal highnesses shouted in unison.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

The war drums of the two armies sounded at the same time, and the soldiers on both sides subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands.

Everyone knows that this is a war that can affect the fortunes of the Great Zhou Dynasty and whether the whole world can be stable!