Since Su Qin left, the political arena has never been opened, and there is a sense of anxiety on the street, and all the scholars have set off to go elsewhere. The Qin Palace did not stay, and the noisy Shizi Street in the past gradually became deserted.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, seeing that Qin Gong still did not react, Zhuyuan instructed the Jia She people to pack up. In fact, there is nothing to worry about, except for a few clothes that can be changed and washed, there is a pile of bamboo slips, which they have collected from Xianyang or the scholars of other countries in the past few years, and plan to transport them into the mountains for those who have just entered the Taoist sect to study and appreciate.

Because there were too many bamboo slips, they summoned two carriages. Zhu Yuan looked at a large pile of bamboo slips, and then looked at the two carriages, estimating that they still couldn't fit it, besides, even if they could be loaded, it would not be easy to transport them to the cold spring, so he squatted down and selected them one by one. The Jasher people carried the bamboo slips picked out by the senior brother to the car, stacked a cart, and tied it firmly with hemp rope.

Jia Sheren looked at Zhuyuan, and said thoughtfully: "Senior brother, we haven't found the great sage yet, so let's go back, won't the gentleman blame?" ”

Zhu Yuan was still selecting bamboo slips, and he didn't raise his head, and sighed: "Alas, it's time to come, it's already here." ”

Before the words landed, a deep voice at the door continued: "You shouldn't go, you want to leave?" ”

Zhuyuan and Jia She were all taken aback, and when they looked up, they saw that it was Huiwen Gong and Gongzi who were sick, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The grass people knock to see the king!" ”

Hui Wengong hurriedly walked over, helped one person with one hand, and said with a smile: "The two are exempt from courtesy." ”

Zhuyuan and Jiashe thanked them and stood aside.

Hui Wengong glanced at the full cart, then looked at the bamboo slips to be loaded on the ground and another empty car, and turned his head to look at Zhuyuan and Jia Sheren: "Do you two really want to leave?" ”

The Jasheren looked at Zhuyuan. Zhuyuan sighed lightly, which can be regarded as agreement.

"Alas," Hui Wengong also sighed softly, "Yingsi is here, I wanted to implore the two of you to do a big thing, but I didn't want to..."

Zhu Yuan was slightly stunned: "What does the king want the grass people to do?" ”

"Find Suzi and ask him to go to Xianyang again."

Zhuyuan and Jiashe were shocked, turned their heads to look at Gongziji, and saw that he was also confused.

Hui Wengong smiled slightly: "The two of you must be thinking, Su Zi sent it to the door, the widow abandoned it and didn't use it, Su Zi patted his ass and left, but the widow struggled to chase it, isn't this throwing away the leather jacket to find the leather jacket, it's okay to find trouble?" ”

Everyone in the room laughed.

"Alas," Hui Wengong smiled and sighed, "You don't know, it's not that the widow doesn't use Suzi, but between Suzi and the widow, fate has not yet arrived!" ”

Huiwen Gong's attitude towards Su Qin reversed again, making Gongzi Ji, Zhuyuan, and Jia Sheren fall into a fog.

Huiwen Gong glanced at them: "I heard that Meng Ke Youyun, a Zou person: 'The heavens will descend on the Si people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies. 'The widow also knows Su Zi's talent, and the reason why he suppresses it again and again is just to frustrate his sharpness and sharpen his mind so that it can be of great use. ”

Obviously, this is a beautiful excuse. The three of them glanced at each other, and then turned their gaze to Hui Wengong.

"Alas," Hui Wengong sighed again, "Who would have thought that Su Zi was an acute person, and he would leave as soon as he said it, which caught the widow off guard." Hearing that Su Zi was leaving, the widow was in a hurry to ask for it, but the heavy snow was confused and failed to do so. Later, the doctor searched for it again and learned that Su Zi had left the Qin realm. Recently, the widow recalled this matter, although Su Zi's imperial policy was too eager, he was a great talent in governing the country. The widow wanted to invite the two of them to work hard and try to invite Suzi back, but he could tell him that the widow was willing to trust him with state affairs! ”

The people of Jasha looked at Zhuyuan eagerly.

Zhuyuan hugged his fists and responded: "The king is far-sighted, and the grass people know today." The king attaches so much importance to Su Zi, which should be Su Zi's luck. Qingming is coming, the slender wants to go back to the cold spring to sweep the tomb of the ancestor, and the matter of visiting Suzi is carried out by the sacrificial man, please allow it! ”

Hui Wengong turned to the Jia Sheren and arched his hand: "If you say so, you will be bothered by Mr. Jia." ”

The Jasher people replied: "The people are willing to do a small job." ”

A chariot drove out of the south gate of Xianyang, crossed Weishui and traveled for about 100 miles along a newly built road on the west side of Fengshui, and entered Nanshan at dusk and drove into a hidden ravine.

The forest in the ditch is towering, and the stream flows for a long time.

As soon as he entered the valley, the driver planted a small pennant on the wheel, and a golden eagle stood on the flag. After about 100 steps, a pass appeared in front, and the soldiers guarding the pass saw the flag and immediately opened and closed it to let them go.

The car crossed three passes in a row and galloped into a mountain nest when the sun set. The mountain nest is about a few miles square, surrounded by high mountains, and the scenery is beautiful. The driver parked the car in a courtyard in the forest, set up the riding stones, lifted the curtain, and whispered: "It's here, come out!" ”

Three girls of the same age jumped out of the car, one of whom was Qiuguo.

Needless to say, this is the most important paramilitary spy base of the Great Qin State that Gongzihua spent three years and opened up with a large construction project-Black Diaotai. Under the vigorous support of Huiwen Gong, the black eagle platform has made great progress, there are no less than 10,000 houses, the number of people has exceeded 3,000, and there are no less than 10,000 falconry eagles, flying in and out every day, scaring the small animals in the mountains and forests within a radius of hundreds of miles.

The three of Qiuguo followed the driver into the main hall of the main house.

Two women in black greeted them, one of them looked at the three of them, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is Qin Qiuguo?" ”

Qiu Guo was taken aback and said timidly: "It's me!" ”

The woman in black glanced at her, pointed to the woman in black behind her, and said to the other two girls: "You two follow her, go to the meal first, bathe after the meal, change clothes, listen to the arrangement to rest, get up tomorrow morning, listen to the order to gather, do you hear?" ”

The second girl nodded.

The woman in black shouted, "Don't no, answer 'No'!" Do you hear that? ”

The second girl whispered: "No! ”

The woman in black raised her voice: "Answer loudly." Do you hear that? ”

The second girl shouted: "No! ”

The woman in black was satisfied and waved. Another woman in black went with two young girls.

"Qin Qiuguo, come with me!" The woman in black turned around and walked forward.

Qiu Guo didn't dare to speak, and followed with his head down.

The two turned left and right, climbed dozens of steps, and came to a door. Strangely, there was no room behind the door, and Qiu Guo could see that the door was set in the stone wall.

The woman in black asked Qiuguo to stand outside, and went in by herself, for a moment, came back, and took Qiuguo in.

Autumn Fruit walks into a huge cave. What is unusual is that this hole is not naturally formed, but dug out by hand, and it is very large, with halls and houses, and is richly decorated, no less than the palace she saw in Xianyang City.

The lights in the cave are brilliant, and sitting in the center is the owner of the black carving platform - Gongzi Hua.

On Gongzihua's left shoulder, there is a golden eagle standing proudly, and two round eyes are staring at Qiuguo.

Xu was frightened by this fierce golden eagle, Qiu Guo couldn't help but let out an "ah", took two steps back one after another, and fell to the ground.

No one helped her, and no one said a word.

The scene was as quiet as death.

Qiu Guo stared at the golden eagle deadly.

The golden eagle remained staring at her, but did not move.

"Qiuguo," the woman in black who brought her in said in a deep voice, "Seeing the golden eagle, still not polite?" ”

Qiu Guo shuddered, glanced at her, got up, stared at the golden eagle with both eyes, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.

"Report your name and surname, and bow three times!" The woman in black ordered.

"Qin Qiuguo, the daughter of the Xiaoqin villager, meets the golden eagle!" Qiuguo got up and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

"Qin Qiuguo," after she finished worshipping, Gongzihua beckoned, showing a smiling face, "You raise your eyes and look, do you know me?" ”

Qiu Guo raised his eyes to look at Gongzihua.

Gongzihua was dressed in a leather suit, wearing a golden eagle-shaped crown with five golden eagle black feathers inserted in the crown, although he had a smile on his face, he was still majestic. Qiu Guo stared at him for a long time, but still didn't recognize him.

"Hehehe," Gongzihua laughed a few times, took off the carved crown, took off the skin, and showed the child's outfit, "Xiao Qiuguo, you should recognize it now, right?" ”

"Are you..." Autumn fruit was shocked.

"Hehehe, yes! When Master Shang Da Ji took you away from Xiao Qin Village, I, a Hua Da person, was also present, and when I left, the people in your village saw you off, you hugged your grandfather's legs, and cried at you A Da Qin Dachuan, hahahaha! ”

Qiu Guo lowered his head, his face flushed.

"Tell me, how are you doing in the past few months in Xianyang Music Place?"

Qiuguo nodded.

"What kind of good method is it, can you tell the people of Huada?"

"I've learned to dance, sing, give gifts, and even know how to read!"

"Hehehe, okay, okay, I know that our little Qiuguo is smart and clever, sure enough!" Gongzi Hua praised her a few words and stared at her, "Miss Qiuguo, you have made a great contribution to your little Qin village, especially for your old Qin family!" ”

"What..."

"Just the day before yesterday, the king decreed that he would give you the good field and ten wells again, and for you to be promoted to the first level of Daqin Dachuan Jue, and your village is proud of you!"

"I..." Qiu Guo was stunned for a moment, and Mu Ne said, "Why?" ”

"Because you've passed the tests and become an eagle!"

"Eagles?" Qiuguo was puzzled, "What do you call a young eagle?" ”

"Hehehe," Gongzihua said with a smile, "I can't explain this clearly, but you will know it slowly." Let me ask you a question first, are you willing to follow me, a Huada person, like your grandfather and your grandfather, and do something for our Qin State? ”

"What can I... do?"

"I don't care what I can do, just say if I want to."

"Yes."

"Louder!" Gongzihua smiled and stared at her.

"Yes!" Autumn fruit raises the voice.

"If you want it, you can do it!" Gongzihua turned to the woman in black, "Take Qiuguo to dinner, arrange rest, and I'm tired from a day of driving." Wake up tomorrow morning and hold a swearing-in ceremony for all the young eagles that have arrived recently! ”

The woman in black replied loudly: "No! ”

The next morning, Qiu Guo and ten other beautiful girls selected from all over the world were taken to a large hall. In the middle of the main hall sits a huge golden eagle, which is carved out of a huge piece of ebony wood, and the golden eagle is lifelike, which shows that the carving is exquisite. On each side of the golden eagle stands a goshawk, then on each side, on each side stands a vulture, on both sides are owls, and on both sides are two young eagles with fledgling feathers.

The leading woman who led Qiuguo last night gave a light high-five, and slipped out of the ten black-clothed women, standing still on one side, each holding a set of new black clothes, obviously prepared for the ten young eagles.

Seeing that the ten women were standing in a good position, the leading woman turned to Qiuguo and the other ten people, and ordered loudly: "Ten young eagles, look at it!" ”

Qiu Guo and the other ten people turned their heads and looked at the team leader.

"Strip off!"

Qiu Guo and the other ten people pouted a few times, stripped off all the dresses on their bodies, and showed their virgin bodies.

Women came and took away all their clothes.

"Get on your knees!"

Qiu Guo and the other ten women knelt down.

"Worship the golden eagle!"

Qiuguo and other ten women knelt down to worship the golden eagle and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

"Bye, stand up!"

Qiuguo and the other ten women stood up.

The woman in charge of the team took off her black clothes a few times, stood naked in front of the ten women, faced the golden eagle, formed a fist with her right hand, raised it above her head, and said loudly: "Swear to me!" ”

Qiu Guo and the other ten women formed a fist with their right hands and raised them above their heads.

The woman in black paused word by word and swore an oath: "Wear a carved costume, don't wear black feathers, with wolf teeth, and wear Qin Xing!" ”

Qiuguo and the other ten women swore an oath: "Wear carved clothes, don't wear black feathers, with wolf teeth, and wear Qin Xing!" ”

"Absolute seven feelings, cut six desires, die to laughter, don't steal life!"

"Absolute seven feelings, cut six desires, die to laughter, don't steal life!"

The oath was very long, the woman in black took the oath one by one, and Qiu Guo and the other ten people followed the oath one by one.

The following oaths are all four words, and the words say: "Nine days are vast, let me soar; The earth is vast, and it is my hunting ground; Hiding the blade in the smile, the needle in the nest; The rich and the poor are unswerving, and the humiliation is not shocked; It does not move like a bell, it moves like a wind; If you don't kill, you will die, and if you kill, you will die; In broad daylight, swaggering through the market; The stars and the waning moon shine on my heroic posture; Longtan Tiger's Den, waiting for leisure; The sea of fire is boiling soup, and the long song is dancing; My parents gave birth to me, and Duke Qin raised me; I sacrifice Qin Ling with my body; All my life, I will never rebel against Qin; If there is a back, the golden eagle pecks the heart! ”

**'s aura, nervous mood, nakedness embarrassment, and oath that seems to understand or not, so that Xiao Qiuguo and the other ten people all experienced a shocking journey of the soul, and their palms were sweating.

"The oath is over!" The leader woman put down her hand and turned to Qiuguo and the other ten people, "Let go!" ”

Qiuguo and the other ten women let go of each other, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Dressed in a carved costume!" The woman in charge of the team said as she put on the carved clothes she had just taken off one by one.

Ten women holding carved costumes came over and put on carved costumes for Qiu Guo and the other ten people. The carvings are tailor-made and fit perfectly.

Seeing that the dress was finished, the leader woman shouted loudly: "Don't Hei Ling! ”

Each of the ten women took out a specially processed black carved feather and stuck it in their buns.

"With wolf teeth!"

Each of the ten women took out a pendant made of polished wolf teeth and hung it around their necks.

"Dai Qinxing!"

Ten women took out ten specially made black eagles and sewed them on their breasts with needles and threads.

Qiuguo looked down and saw a six-pointed star engraved on the carving.

The ten women dressed, stepped aside, and stood still.

"From today on, the ten of you will be with us..." The leader woman pointed to the black eagle standing on the side, "officially become a member of the Great Qin Black Eagle Platform, as your leading eagle, I congratulate you!" "Applause.

All the black eagles present applauded.

Qiu Guo and the other ten people looked at each other, their expressions were still ignorant, as if they had not yet come out of the shock.

"Now I want everyone to understand their situation!" The leader woman turned around, looked at the group of statues on the front stage, and pointed to the outermost two young eagles, "Please look here, the two young eagles on the very edge, the right side is male, the left side is female, you are female, you can look at the left, that is the one, it represents the position you are in today." ”

Qiu Guo and the other ten people looked at the little eagle on the far left of the carving array. In front of the four eagle eagles on the right and growing taller and fiercer, it looked weak, immature, and pitiful.

"Don't think it's a juvenile eagle, what I want you to know is that it still has claws and a sharp beak, it can still fly, it can bite, it can catch, it can catch, it is still not afraid of death, it is still not greedy for life, if needed, it can still go to the soup and fire!"

Qiu Guo and the other ten people each took a long breath and stared at the female eagle.

"I also want you to know how difficult and glorious it is to be even a childish eagle!" The woman in charge of the team said slowly, "She was selected by a thousand, she is naturally beautiful, she is smart, she is loyal to Daqin, she has the courage to dedicate herself, she is a model in the dreams of all Daqin women!" As long as she becomes a young eagle, her parents can get the Qin Gong reward Tian Shijing, three ploughing cattle, and be promoted to the first level, exempt from taxation for three years, and exempt from military service for five years! ”

Except for Qiuguo, who had already known, the nine girls all opened their eyes wide and their faces were happy.

"You're going to have a full training here, and at the end of the training, if you pass the combat test, you'll be promoted to one level and become a scumbag. The owl is a nighthawk, good at night fighting, extremely fierce, and can be hunted alone. After that, if you make meritorious service, you will be promoted. Every little effort is cut on the battlefield. Every three small merits can be folded into one big merit, and every three major merits can be promoted to the first level. Every time you are promoted, your parents will be promoted in the same way, and you will be rewarded twice as much for your land! ”

Thinking of their families, all the women were excited.

"Your accessories can indicate your rank. A chick with a star, a wolf tooth, and a feather; The owl is equipped with two stars, two wolf teeth and two feathers; The vulture is equipped with three stars, three wolf teeth, and three feathers; The eagle is equipped with four stars, four wolf teeth, and four feathers; The golden eagle is equipped with five stars, five wolf teeth are falling, and five feathers are inserted! Becoming a golden eagle will be the ultimate goal of all black eagles! Whoever becomes a golden eagle will be personally matched with stars, falling wolf teeth, and inserting feathers by the Duke of Qin, and the family will be exempted from taxation and military service for three generations, and the Jin Jue will be less made! Do you know what less is made? It is only one rank lower than Daliangzo! ”

The women were even more excited.

"From today on," the woman in black pointed to the ten black eagles beside her, "the ten of you follow the ten of them to practice, one-on-one!" Do you hear that? ”

Qiu Guo and the other ten women said loudly: "I heard it!" ”

"Answer 'No'!"

"No!" The ten women spoke in unison.

Behind the statue is a stone wall, behind which is a chamber with two fist-sized openings leading to the hall.

Two pairs of eyes shot through the skylight towards Qiu Guo and the other ten people.

It is Gongzi Hua and Princess Yuguo, Tianxiang.

There are four black feathers pinned to Tianxiang's bun.

"See," Gongzihua whispered, "Counting from the right, the fifth is Qiuguo!" ”

Tianxiang responded: "Well, I noticed her, she is in good shape." ”

"After three months of initial training, Qiuguo will be personally you**!"

"Okay."

"Hehehe, by the way, don't keep your magic skills in the room private!"

Tianxiang blushed, glanced at him, and said angrily: "Childe, look at what you said?" ”

"It's true!" Gongzi Hua smiled, serious, "In the next ten years, if nothing else, Su Qin will be the biggest enemy of my Great Qin Kingdom." Qiu Guo is Su Qin's person, if she serves Su Qin comfortably, wouldn't my Great Qin Kingdom also be comfortable? ”

Tianxiang nodded solemnly: "No!" ”

At the instigation of Zhang Yi, the king of Yue abandoned Qi and Chu without borders, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and he personally led the boat and the army of 210,000 people to trace the river mightily, crossed the water, and approached the Han River. In the first three months, the Yue people were determined to force the Han River and capture the Chu king Xiongshang on the inner mountain because they had hundreds of grain ships and enough food for the soldiers. The king of Chu built a strong fortress along the Han River with a 110,000-strong army of Qu Kuo, and set up a long snake formation according to the terrain, vigilant day and night.

The Yue attacked for several months, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and more than a dozen generals, but there was no breakthrough in size. Seeing that autumn was approaching, the Yue people did not continue to have grain and grass, so Ruan Yinglong led the boat division out of Xiakou to transport grain, but found that Xiakou had been occupied by the Chu people. Xiakou is the place where the Han River enters the river, and the terrain is narrow, like a bottleneck. Zhaoyang personally stationed in Xiakou, set up 30,000 troops, shipwreck piling to block the bottom of the river, and stopped several iron chains under the river water, the iron chains were hung with copper thorns, fishing nets, and the shore prepared iron thistles, crossbows and flammable things such as pine tabulae, sulfur, dry firewood, etc., waiting for the Yue people boat division. Ruan Yinglong was in a hurry, abandoned the ship and landed, and stormed Xiakou, hoping to remove the obstacles on the river after controlling both sides of the river. The Chu people occupied a favorable geographical position, and the Yue people attacked for several days, and again lost more than 10,000 troops, destroyed more than a dozen ships, and returned in vain.

It was only at this time that Wujiang Fang realized that he had fallen into the Chu people's plan to lure the enemy, and led the army to retreat, but it was too late, and Zhaoyang had already laid down an iron wall along the east bank of the Zhuanshui. Wujiang attacked for several days, but could not break through, so he had to withdraw his troops and think hard about a good way to break the siege.

Seeing that the offensive of the Yue people was gradually slowing down and turning to a defensive position, King Chu Wei issued a decree that Qu Kuo divided his troops into 50,000 troops, crossed the Han River to the east, and settled on the line of Dahong Mountain and Jingshan Mountain, blocking the way of the Yue people to the north, and completely encircling the Yue people in the barbaric area with a radius of only 200 miles between Zhuanshui, Hanshui, Yunmengze and Dahong Mountain. Except for Yunmengze, which is swampy and endless and unable to travel in the south, there are heavy guards of the Chu people on the east, west and north.

Seeing this, Wujiang was worried that the Chu people would take advantage of the situation to attack, put on a decisive battle posture, and divided the Yue people into three places, showing a full momentum to defend the key passes. However, until the autumn passed and winter came, the Chu people still only defended and did not attack, and only firmly besieged the Yue people.

At first, Yue people didn't think so. As winter descends, the nightmare of the Yue people begins. When the Yue people attacked Chu, it was in April and May, and most of them wore spring and autumn clothes, but did not prepare winter clothes. The Yue people have lived in the southeast coast for a long time, even in winter, the climate is relatively warm and humid, not like the edge of Yunmengze, not to mention the cold, after entering the wax moon, it has snowed heavily for several days. The north wind is howling, the snow is blowing, the Yue people lack food and clothing, although there are big fish in the Han water, the Yue people do not bring fishing gear. The soldiers could still touch some small fish and shrimp in Yunmengze to survive, but when a thin layer of ice formed on the Ze, the last food was also cut off.

Boundless and helpless, he ordered the three armies to forage for food on their own within a range of 200 miles. The Yue people dig three feet into the ground, not to mention birds and beasts, snakes, worms, fish and turtles, even tubers and grass roots have not been spared. Later, even the bark of the tree was stripped off by the Yue people.

One winter, before the grass and trees sprouted and the weather warmed, the Chu people did not spend a single soldier, and the Yue people had reduced tens of thousands, morale was low, and the graves were everywhere.

King Yue Wujiang sees it in his eyes, listens to it in his ears, and hurts in his heart. After that day, Wujiang sat sullenly in the tent of the Chinese army, his eyes slightly closed, as if in meditation. At dark, one of the attendants brought a pot of broth containing a horse bone, and another guard brought in a tray with a small piece of horse meat on top.

The two knelt down in front of the table and placed the soup and meat on the table.

Wujiang opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said lightly: "Withdraw." ”

The two glanced at each other and were about to speak, when the swordsman walked in, knelt down and said, "The king, Master Lun... ”

Wujiang was shocked, and turned to the two guards: "Quick, serve them, follow me to see Lun Guoshi!" ”

The sword officer and the two attendants accompanied Wujiang to the military tent of the national teacher Lunqi.

Seeing that it was the king of Yue, the sergeant outside the tent hurriedly reported it, and Ben Cheng, Ruan Yinglong and several generals all came out and greeted him. Wujiang lifted them up one by one, stepped into the tent, and sat down in front of Lunqi's couch.

Lun Qi is already only the breath that comes out, and there is no breath that enters.

Seeing that it was boundless, Lunqi struggled to salute and was held down by boundless. Tears rolled out of Lunqi's eyes, and his voice was so small that he could barely hear it: "The minister can't serve the king." ”

Wujiang signaled, and the attendant brought the broth. Wujiang scooped a spoonful with his own hands and put it into Lun Qi's mouth: "Lun Aiqing, come, drink a spoonful, just drink a spoonful." ”

Lun Qi opened his mouth slightly, took a sip lightly, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your beautiful soup." The king can use it for himself, and the ministers can't drink it. ”

Wujiang put down the soup spoon, and tears flowed out: "Alas, it was the widow who harmed you, the ministers, and the subjects of the Yue Kingdom!" ”

Lun Qi took a long breath and sighed lightly: "It's the sky that is going to die, and the king doesn't have to blame himself." ”

Wujiang held Lun Qi's hand: "Lun Aiqing, you say, where should the widow go now?" ”

"Learn from the first king Goujian, negotiate peace with the Chu people, bow down and profess the ministers, and then lie down and taste the guts." Lunki's voice grew weaker and weaker.

Wujiang's expression was slightly dignified, and he pondered: "The widow heard it, Lun Aiqing, you have a good rest." After that, he slowly got up, walked out of the tent, and turned to the swordsman, "Summoning the big tent of Doctor Lu Brown to meet you!" ”

When Lu Brown heard the call, he hurriedly entered the big tent and knocked: "The minister knocks to see the king!" ”

Wujiang stared at him: "Zhang Zi still has no news?" ”

Lu Brown's voice trembled slightly: "The minister has sent more than a dozen groups of people to contact Zhang Zi, but most of them were captured by the Chu people, and Zhang Zi was not found when they returned. ”

"It's urgent," Wujiang said eagerly, "you can go to the Chu camp as a special envoy of the widow, negotiate peace with the Chu people openly, and secretly contact Zhang Zi to see what his idea is." He also took a letter from several cases, "If you can see Zhang Zi, you will forward this letter to him, and tell him that the widow will tell him that if he can help the widow break through Chu, the widow will make him a marquis and lead the land of Jing for 2,000 li." ”

"Obey."

In the Yuchun Palace in the depths of the inner mountain, Zhang Yi was playing against King Wei, and the ministers rushed forward: "King Qiyu, King Yue Wujiang sent the doctor Lu Brown to negotiate peace!" ”

"Oh?" King Chu Wei was slightly stunned, "The Yue people are here to negotiate peace?" Where are the people? ”

"Waiting outside the palace."

Zhang Yi pushed the game and arched his hand: "The king entertains distinguished guests, and the ministers please retire." ”

"Hehehe," King Wei smiled, "Aiqing has seen the outside." Negotiating peace with the Yue people, Aiqing should be a good hand, how can he avoid it? ”

"Does the king really want to negotiate peace with the Yue people?"

"This..."

"The king," Zhang Yi smiled slightly, and bowed his hand again, "The nuts are ready to be eaten in the near future, and the ministers look at the king's thoughts, and refuse to negotiate peace." Since the king refuses to negotiate peace, if the minister is inconvenient here, it is better to avoid it. ”

"Okay, good," King Chu Wei suddenly brightened, "Aiqing is going by himself." Then he turned to the ministers, "Spread the more the envoy to the audience!" ”

Seeing that the ministers were going out, Zhang Yi looked at King Wei: "Later, the envoy will come, dare to ask the king how to deal with it?" ”

King Wei sensed that there was something in Zhang Yi's words and asked, "What does Aiqing mean?" ”

Zhang Yi got up and walked to King Wei's side, whispering in his ear.

"Uh-huh," King Wei nodded again and again, "What a bitter trick, the widow depends on you!" After contemplating for a while, he suddenly changed color, turned the chess game over, and shouted loudly, "Come on, knock him out!" ”

Zhang Yi's face was also pale like a play, and he knelt on the ground and said, "The minister retires!" ”

Zhang Yi bowed three more times and exited the temple door with heavy steps.

There were already two halberd-wielding wrestlers waiting outside the door, escorting him slowly down the steps.

The palace is built on the mountain, and the palace gate is still dozens of zhang high from the palace gate, and there are hundreds of steps. Lu Brown walked up the stairs under the guidance of the minister, and saw Zhang Yi being escorted down the steps by two halberd-wielding armor soldiers from a distance, he was taken aback, and looked at the minister: "May I ask my lord, why was this person escorted out?" ”

The minister was also stunned: "I don't know this." ”

Lu Brown pretended not to know, and asked again: "Dare to ask my lord, who is he?" ”

"Replying to the envoy's words," the minister looked at Zhang Yi, "this person is the guest secretary Zhang Yi, and he was ordered to play against the king." Then he turned and arched his hand, "Your Excellency, please!" ”

Lu Brown beat a drum in his heart, followed the ministers up the steps, and walked towards Zhang Yi.

When he got closer, he saw Zhang Yi walking down with a sad face, Lu Brown coughed and paused.

Zhang Yizi also paused, saw that it was Lu Brown, looked at him and shook his head again and again, sighed, and continued to walk.

Lu Brown was furious in his heart, followed the ministers up the steps, approached the palace, and knocked: "The more Lu Palm knocks on the King of Chu, I wish the King of Chu a safe body and a long life and eternal health!" ”

King Chu Wei still looked angry, panting, and pointed to the guest seat opposite: "The more you are exempt from courtesy." ”

Lu Brown thanked him, got up nervously, walked to the guest seat, and saw a mess, the chess game was overturned, and the black and white chess pieces were scattered everywhere, and before he could speak, the king of Chu had already scolded his ministers: "You are blind, why don't you clean up quickly and make the guests laugh?" ”

The minister knelt on the ground and leaned over to clean up the chess game.

King Wei gasped a few times, raised his head and turned to Lu Brown, tried his best to calm down, hugged his fists and said: "The widow has heard of Lu Zi's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, I made Lu Zijian smile!" ”

Lu Brown also hugged his fists and said: "No, Lu Brown Xie King raises love." Dare to ask why the king is angry? ”

"For that uninteresting Zhang Yi!" King Wei's anger seemed to be hooked up again, and he pointed to the outside of the hall and reprimanded, "The widow remembered that he played a good chess game, so he worshiped him as a guest, made him a knight, and rewarded him with gold and silver beauties." Today's widow is bored, so that people invite him to play chess to relieve boredom, who knows that this person does not know what to do, not only does not relieve the boredom of the widow, but adds to the blockage! ”

Lu Brown smiled and said, "Oh, dare to ask the king, how did Zhang Zi add to the blockage?" ”

"Hmph," King Chu Wei looked at Lu Brown and said angrily, "The widow is about to ask Lu Zi about you!" For decades, Chu and Vietnam have been good-neighborly and friendly, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and the widow thinks left and right, since the succession of the great unification, he has never offended the king of your family, but the king of your family has neither issued a letter of proclamation nor issued a war letter, and has raised an army of more than 200,000 people, invaded my territory, humiliated my subjects, burned, killed, raped and robbed, and did all kinds of evil, resulting in the misery of our great Chu ministers, the blood flowed like a river, and the Wu disaster of the year was repeated. The widow and the boundless are like fire and water, and they don't share the sky, but Zhang Yi doesn't know what benefits he gets from the boundless, so he actually eats inside and crawls outside, and tries to persuade the widow to negotiate peace with the Yue people, and also wants the widow to cut the twenty cities west of Zhaoguan to him The king of Yue, you say this... ”

Lu Brown originally came to negotiate peace, but when he heard this, his face turned pale, his knees trembled slightly, and even his voice was out of tune: "Great..."

"Oh!" King Chu Wei's face changed, his attitude was gentle, and he arched his hand, "Lu Zi is here, is there anything to teach the widow?" ”

Lu Brown stabilized his mind, and also said: "The king of my family mistakenly believed the slander, and was rude to Chu, and he has already repented, and today he sent Lu Brown to implore the king, willing to live in good neighborliness with the king, and form an alliance forever!" ”

"Hmph, it's too late to regret this Chenguang!" King Chu Wei suddenly changed color, "Your Excellency, the widow asks you to tell Wujiang, the husband dares to act, since he dares to come, he should compete on the battlefield." He came from thousands of miles away, and there is no decisive battle yet, so he will be a bad seed, not to mention a widow, even a three-foot child in Chu looks down on him, what kind of hero? ”

"The Great King..."

King Chu Wei gave up his hands and chased away the guest: "May I ask what else is going on with Lu Zi?" ”

"This..."

King Chu Wei stood up: "If Lu Zi has nothing else to do, the widow is going to rest." Then he turned to the minister, "Send off!" ”

Lu Brown walked out of the hall gate in a daze, stepped down the steps, and just turned out of the sight of the guards, a voice came from the side: "Lord Lu? ”

Lu Brown turned his head and saw that it was Jing Sheng, and was overjoyed: "Mr. Jing! ”

Jing Sheng sighed and said softly: "Master Lu, don't squeak, come with me." ”

Lu Brown followed Jing Sheng into a courtyard.

Jing Sheng asked Lu Brown to stay and go in by himself, and after a while, Zhang Yi strode out, bowed deeply to Lu Palm, and said happily: "I've seen Master Lu below." ”

Lu Brown also returned the salute: "Lu Brown has seen Keqing." ”

Zhang Yi said softly: "Lord Lu, this is not a place to speak, please in the hall." ”

The two walked into the living room and took their seats.

Lu Brown arched his hand: "The king has not heard from Zhang Zi, he is very anxious, and the envoy is looking for an opportunity to contact him in the name of peace, and he doesn't want to be really coincidental." ”

"Alas," Zhang Yi sighed, "I sent someone to contact the king, I didn't want Zhaoyang's defense to be very dense, I tried many times, three strong men committed suicide, and two strong men returned in vain." Today's events, Lord Lu also thought about it. ”

Lu Brown nodded again and again: "Zhang Zi is red-hearted, I will definitely report to the king when I go back next." The king has a secret book, and he also asks Zhang Zihui to read it. As he spoke, he took out a secret bag from under his placket and handed it to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi opened it, finished reading, put the book on the table, pondered for a while, and sighed: "Alas, don't hide it from Lord Lu, what the king wants, it really makes it difficult for me!" ”

Lu Brown hurriedly said: "The king still has a word, I hope Zhang Zi will consider it." ”

"I wish to hear about it in the next place."

"The king personally told me that as long as Zhang Zi helps the king succeed in destroying Chu, the king will make Zhang Zi a marquis and lead 2,000 li of Jing land."

"The king's good intentions, in the next ten thousand deaths are not enough to repay. It's just that," Zhang Yi thanked him, "The time is not yet ripe, I still hope that Lord Lu will play the king, wait for some time, and stay in the next place..."

"Dare to ask Zhang Zi what is the difficulty?"

"Alas," Zhang Yi sighed again, "Lord Lu doesn't know, he bought His Royal Highness under the bottom, and saw the King of Chu, and he wanted to find an opportunity to do something for the king, but he didn't want Zhaoyang to find out from where he was luring the Yue people to attack Chu, and immediately reported to the King of Chu, and the King of Chu was furious, and he forced him to ask the question, and he had to adapt to the situation in the next, and he flatly denied it, and falsely accused Zhaoyang, Zhaoyang couldn't come up with evidence, so he was fooled and saved his life." However, since then, the king of Chu no longer believes in Xia, only regards Xia as a courtier, summons him to play chess and chat when he is bored, and when he encounters military affairs, he only conspires with Zhaoyang, Mo said that he is under the Xia, even His Royal Highness does not let him know. Not only that, Zhaoyang was even more suspicious of Zaixia, "Lowered his voice," Don't hide it from Brother Lu, inside and outside the courtyard, there may be his eyes and ears at this time!" ”

"How's that okay?" Lu Brown was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

"Oh?" Zhang Yi leaned over and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Lu why he is in a hurry?" ”

"Alas," Lu Brown sighed, "the matter is urgent, and I won't hide it from Zhang Zi below." The army has long been out of food, and the king can't afford to delay a day. ”

"This..." Zhang Yi feigned to be taken aback, "how is it possible?" Doesn't the king know the common sense of 'the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and straw go first'? ”

Lu Brown sighed again: "Alas, when the war against Chu last year, the king just wanted to break through the army as soon as possible, the march was too fast, and the baggage did not catch up. ”

Zhang Yi's expression was worried, fell into deep thought, and after a while, he raised his head and sighed: "Alas, I was blocked under the news, and I didn't know anything about such a big thing. It's just that there is still something I don't understand. ”

"Zhangzi, please speak."

"The king is the British lord, Ben is mature and knows the art of war, General Ruan is not an ordinary person, Lun Guoshi is even more old-fashioned, when he was attacking Chu, why did he not divide the army into two roads, so that the boat road along the river attacked Benyingdu, so that the land route attacked Hanshui. If this is the case, the Chu people will be attacked from both sides, and the Han River will not be defended. As long as the king breaks through the Han River, Yingdu is just around the corner. If Yingdu is successful, the king of Chu is captured, and the Jing crowd has no leader, so they should be defeated without a fight. ”

"Originally, it was also this plan, but later the king heard that the king of Chu was coming to Neifang Mountain, and he was also eager to achieve success, so alas, everything is in the past, don't say it."

"Then... even if the Han River is forcibly crossed, the king should send heavy troops to garrison Xiakou to ensure that the grain is safe."

Lu Brown lowered his head, speechless for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh: "Alas, it's too late to say anything." May I ask Zhang Zi, is there an expedient measure now? ”

Zhang Yi fell into contemplation again, and for a long time, he looked up at Lu Brown: "Since this is the case, I will persuade the king to temporarily withdraw from the army." ”

Lu Brown shook his head again and again: "Don't hide it from Zhang Zi, the Chu people have completely cut off the way to retreat, there are no rescuers outside the army of more than 100,000, there is no food and grass inside, and they have already fallen into a desperate situation, even if they want to retreat, there is no way to retreat!" ”

"At present, it seems that if the king wants to take Chu, the time is not yet ripe; However, it is not difficult to withdraw from the army. ”

Lu Brown's eyes lit up: "Oh, what is Zhang Zi's good plan?" ”

Zhang Yi found a wooden board, drew a situation map on it, and pointed to the map: "Lord Lu, please look, this is Zhuanshui, this is Beiwei Mountain." This mountain is more than 200 miles from north to south, only 30 miles from east to west, it is a natural barrier, and the Chu people are very weak in defense. There is a shortcut in the mountain, called Yanggut Gorge, which is not more than forty miles long, and it is very dangerous. The king can lead the army to fill in the water from here, conquer the river defense, break into this valley, control the valley mouth at both ends, and in less than two hours, the army can cross the Beiwei Mountain and break out of the encirclement. The heavy troops of the Chu people were fortified on the front line of Xiakou and Zhuanshui, and there were no soldiers and horses in Shandong. As long as the king breaks through the defense line in front of him, he can drive east and retreat to Zhaoguan along the north side of Diqi Mountain. In the past, Zhaoguan was the realm of the king. ”

Lu Brown nodded again and again: "Zhang Ziguo is a clever plan, it's just..."

"What concerns does Lord Lu have?"

"In such a dangerous place, the Chu people will set up heavy defenses, I am already weak, how to break through?"

"Lord Lu rest assured, Jing Cui, the guard of Tail Mountain, is very thick with him, and he can persuade him to open the net and make way out."

"Great!" Lu Brown was surprised and delighted, and then he was worried again, "Although we can get out, how can we put General Jing in an unrighteous place?" ”

"You're right." Zhang Yi pondered for a moment and raised his head, "In this way, you let the king organize the elite and fight with all his might, General Jing will make the old and weak guard the valley mouth, the two armies will be handed over, the victory or defeat will be decided, General Jing will feign defeat and retreat, and the king will have an explanation when he blames." ”

"It's good, it's just General Jing..."

Zhang Yi seemed to know what Lu Brown wanted to say, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Lu doesn't have to worry about General Jing. The Zhao and Jing families have always had grievances, and the previous war with Wei, Zhaoyang killed Jinghe by Pang Juan's hand, and General Jing escaped from a hundred battles and formed a grudge with Zhaoyang to kill his father. This time, Zhaoyang was bent on making contributions, and General Jing did not want to let him succeed. ”

"Well," Lu Brown no longer hesitated, "if you say that, it's feasible!" Dare to ask Zhang Zi, when is it appropriate to break through? ”

"There are many dreams at night, and there is no need to be ado. Tomorrow at midnight, at the beginning of the hour. ”

Lu Brown gave his hand again and again: "In the next generation, the king has thanked Zhang Zi and General Jing!" ”

"Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite." Zhang Yi also arched his hand and said, "The king listened to the words of the subordinates, and only then turned around and attacked Chu. There is such an ending today, which is really not what I wanted. After Lord Lu goes back, please turn the king, and say that he is ashamed in his heart, and I beg the king to forgive! ”

"It's the sky that doesn't help Yue, Zhang Zi doesn't have to blame himself."

Zhang Yi buried his head and thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Lord Lu, this place is dangerous, and I will leave you for a short time." He turned to Jing Sheng again, "Brother Jing, you send Master Lu back, be careful!" ”

Jing Sheng responded: "The old slave obeys!" ”

Lu Brown said goodbye to Zhang Yi and walked out of the courtyard with Jing Sheng.

Not long after the two walked out, a dark shadow gently jumped out of the shadows not far away, following them. The black shadow followed a journey, and saw Lu Brown and Jing Sheng say goodbye to each other, and walked into the resting place of the envoys of the Yue Kingdom, before turning around and running into a claustrophobic courtyard like smoke.

In the inner courtyard hall, Chen Zhen, the secretary of the Qin State, sat upright, and looked at the beautiful Ina without blinking with two critical eyes. Ina was dancing a solo dance full of Western flavors, and several musicians played in unison, engrossed in the accompaniment of Ina.

After watching for a while, Chen Zhen frowned and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Everyone stopped, and their eyes turned to Chen Zhen in surprise.

Ina, who was dancing to the end, was at a loss and froze there.

Chen Zhen turned to a few musicians: "Change the Chu tune." ”

Several musicians changed the Chu music.

Chen Zhen turned to Ina: "Go, change into a gauze dress, expose your belly, and dance the navel dance you danced that day." ”

Ina was stunned for a moment and turned to the inner room to change clothes. At this moment, the black eagle that was following Jing Sheng hurriedly approached. Chen Zhen waved off the musician, and the black eagle described the whole process in detail.

Without thinking, Chen Zhen turned to the black eagle and said, "Put a few more people, keep an eye on Zhang Yi, Jing Sheng and others, don't alarm them!" ”

The black eagle took the order and left.

Chen Zhen smiled yin and said to himself: "Good boy, I am thinking about the flaws below, you will send it to the door yourself!" After finishing speaking, he tapped a few cases proudly, and shouted crisply, "Ina, musicians, sing and dance!" ”

"Alas," after listening to Lu Brown's detailed statement, Wujiang sighed, "Don't hide it from Aiqing, these days, Zhang Zi has been like a mud cow into the sea, there is no news, and the widow has been muttering in his heart, don't Zhang Zi has bad intentions and deliberately deceives the widow." Today, it seems that the widow misunderstood Zhang Zi! ”

"The king is right." Lu Brown agreed, "The minister also had this idea in his heart, but when I see Zhang Zi today, I know that I have misunderstood." ”

"Alas," Wujiang sighed in reply, "Zhang Zi is right. This time the defeat was lost, and the fault was all in the widow. At the beginning, according to General Ruan's words, the soldiers were divided into two ways, and the front and back were flanked, and Yingdu broke early. Even if there are no two roads, the widow should make a heavy army to guard Xiakou. Alas, it's all to blame for the widow's conceit, just wanting to break through Chu one day earlier, leaving no way back at all, so as to lead to today's defeat. ”

"The king does not have to blame himself. Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood. As long as the king retreats with his whole body, it is not too late to take revenge another day. ”

"Lu Aiqing, since Zhang Zi is scheduled to break through tomorrow and night, there is not much time. Summoned General Ben and General Nguyen to the tent to listen to the order. ”

"Commandment."

Lu Brown turned around and withdrew.

Wujiang knocked a few cases, and the sword officer walked in.

Wujiang glanced at him, untied the sword of King Yue, took out the jade seal of King Yue from several cases, handed it to him, summoned four personal guards, stared at the five people for a long time, and said slowly: "You and the other five are all widows, and the widows also trust each other with their henchmen." Listen to you! ”

Seeing that King Yue was so dignified, the swordsman and the four swordsmen looked at each other, knelt down and knocked: "The minister waits for the order!" ”

"With the strength of the five of you, no one can stop Chu. You immediately set out, break through to the north, find a gap and kill into Dahong Mountain, and return to Vietnam through Tongbai Mountain. Within three months, if the widow returns safely, it will be forgotten. If something happens to the widow, the five of you should work together to make the prince the king and inherit the Yue Ancestral Hall. Anyone who refuses to accept it will be slashed with this sword! ”

The swordsman and the four swordsmen cried: "We will swear to protect the king to the death, and live and die with the king!" ”

"Alas," King Yue sighed, "the widow and the society can't take care of each other!" ”

The five of them wept again and refused to leave.

There was the sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and King Yue knew that Ben Cheng had arrived, and said hurriedly: "The widow will hand over the Sheji to you, you..." ”

The five wept, bowed a few more times, and got up to leave.

As soon as the five of them left, Lu Brown led Bencheng and Ruan Yinglong to advance.

Seeing that the two of them were each wearing linen clothes, Wujiang knew that Lun Qi was gone, and cried: "When did the national teacher leave?" ”

"Just now." Ruan Yinglong cried.

"It's better to go." Wujiang wiped away his tears and turned to Ben Cheng and Ruan Yinglong, "Two Aiqing, how many people can walk now?" ”

"133,000." Ben Cheng answered.

"Where's the horse?"

"Two thousand nine hundred."

Wujiang pondered for a long time, and ordered: "Slaughter all the horses, let the soldiers have their stomachs, and if they can't eat, take them with them and kill them home!" ”

Ben Cheng was stunned and looked at Ruan Yinglong.

Ruan Yinglong was also stunned. These were the only remaining war horses, and the two of them had intended to use them to protect King Yue from breaking out of the encirclement.

"Go," Wujiang undoubtedly said, "Tell the three armies, eat and drink enough tonight, sleep a day tomorrow, nourish your spirits, and attack on Beiwei Mountain when it is dark!" ”

Ben Cheng and Ruan Yinglong knocked: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

The next day, in the evening, more than 100,000 Yue people who had eaten enough horse meat quietly pulled up their tents and marched towards Beiwei Mountain.

By the time it was water, it was nearly midnight. The Yue people threw the boat planks that had been dismantled into the river and paved several passages, and the soldiers stepped through the water in an orderly manner. Because the sound was too loud, it was soon noticed by the Chu people, the war drums sounded in unison, and the people shouted and neighed.

Ben Cheng couldn't care about a lot, took the lead, and led dozens of swordsmen to kill him. As Zhang Yi said, those Chu people are the old and weak, but the Yue people are the elite, and they are all brave. In a moment, the Chu people left hundreds of corpses behind and fled in a hurry. Ruan Yinglong led his troops to set up a defense on the east bank of the river, and Ben Cheng poked out the mouth of the sheep intestine canyon from the mouth of the captive and led the people into the valley.

Ben Cheng made people inspect, and as Zhang Yi said, there were no ambushes in the valley. The valley road is wide and narrow, and the narrowest place only allows five people to pass, and the Yue people have to line up into a long snake and meander. At dawn, the forward was close to the eastern end of the valley, and the rear tail was still outside the western end of the valley. Until this time, Chu General Jingcui seemed to have also "woken up" and led the army to kill. Ruan Yinglong, who was in charge of the palace, accelerated the organization of the people into the valley, and led the people to fight on the other hand. Jing Cui seemed to be "defeated" again, watching Ruan Yinglong and the others fight and retreat, burrow into the valley, and then lead the crowd to build a fortress outside the valley. Nguyen Anh Long also had people build a fortification at the mouth of the valley, and the two armies formed a confrontation.

Ben Cheng, who opened the road in front, led the crowd to rush out of the valley first, and sure enough, no Chu people were seen. Ben Cheng was overjoyed, that is, he was protected by all the swordsmen and found a way to the east. The army followed in the form of a long serpentine.

After walking for less than a mile, there was a sudden sound of dense war drums and rushing and killing behind him, and a Biao army stabbed out of the nearby forest, and broke the Yue people with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas, and sealed the valley mouth to the death. Wujiang was shocked, looked back hurriedly, and saw a flag appear in the morning light, on which the word "Zhao" was written.

Wujiang reflexively wanted to kill back, but was stopped by Ben Cheng, Lu Brown and the swordsmen. Looking at the past carefully, there were tens of thousands of Chu soldiers, and they were obviously prepared. There are many people in the valley, and no matter how brave they are, they can't rush out of that narrow valley mouth.

Knowing that the general trend had gone, he had to sigh and turn east under the escort of everyone. Wujiang, Ben Cheng and others escorted the king of Yue for a journey, and saw that the Chu people did not chase after them, so they paused, counted the number of people, and saw that only more than 3,000 people rushed out.

There was a fork in the road in front, Wujiang was discussing with Ben Cheng and Lu Brown which way to go, a fork in the road was dusty, and a Biao army was coming head-on, leading a general, but it was a beggar. The people did not have time to take counsel, but went on another path. The Chu people chased and killed for a while, and the Ben group came out of the palace, and fought and retreated. When it was dark, everyone retreated to Diqi Mountain, and counted again, and only 500 people remained.

After walking another way, Ben Cheng saw a village in front of him, and he made people kill him, but there was no one in the village, and there was no corn. After running for hundreds of miles in a row, Wujiang saw that everyone was already tired, and ordered to rest. Lu Brown led people to search around the village, and found a grain cellar, so he dug out the grain, and used all the pots and stoves of each family, and finally filled his stomach.

Before dawn, there was another Chu army to kill. Ben Cheng and the others led the swordsmen to protect the boundless and killed from the southeast.

The Chu people chased after him for a while, and they also went by themselves.

It was a hard day. Wujiang and his party originally wanted to go east along the river, however, no matter where they went, they were always attacked by Chu people of various scales. Ben Cheng proposed to take the mountain road instead, Wujiang agreed, and everyone turned north into Dabie Mountain, walking day and night, and there was no obstacle all the way. Seeing that it was approaching Tanglinsai, Wujiang looked back left and right, and saw that there were only Ben Cheng, Lu Brown and a dozen swordsmen following him, and everyone was tired, all of them were hungry, and their steps were getting heavier and heavier, obviously unable to hold on any longer. Thinking of the 210,000 army left only a few people in front of him, Wu Jiang burst into tears.

Seeing the king of Yue weeping, all the people burst into tears and bowed to the ground.

Wujiang wiped away his tears with his shirt and sighed: "Alas, warriors, it is Wujiang who has harmed you!" ”

"The king..."

Wujiang was about to speak, when there was a sudden strange sound in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw a group of Chu people.

Everyone followed the prestige, and they were all dumbfounded.

Hundreds of steps ahead, there were countless Chu pawns standing in the black press. There is a canopy in the middle, and under the canopy stands tall is Xiong Shang, the king of Chu. On the left and right of the king of Chu stood the crown prince Xiong Huai and the guest Qing Zhang Yi. Dozens of brown-clothed swordsmen guarded him, and at the forefront were Gongsun Leech, Gongsun Yan and Jing Sheng.

The Chu people moved forward.

Boundless retreat and advance to lead everyone to catch up.

Fifty paces away, both sides stopped.

Zhang Yi is still dressed when she went to Vietnam, holding a feather fan.

Zhang Yi's feather fan shook gently, because the weather was not hot, this action was particularly eye-catching. King Yue, Ben Cheng, and the other swordsmen seemed to turn a blind eye to all the Chu people, and turned their gaze to Zhang Yi alone.

Lu Brown was dumbfounded, pointed at Zhang Yi, and exclaimed: "Zhang, Zhang, Zi, you..."

Zhang Yi raised his feather fan and took a deep look: "Zhang Yi, a scholar from the Central Plains, has seen King Yue!" I've seen General Ben! I've seen Lord Lu! ”

Ben Cheng woke up like a dream, and said angrily with his sword: "Zhang Yi, the Yue Kingdom has no grievances with you, why did you even set up a poisonous plan to frame the Yue people?" ”

Zhang Yi saluted again: "General Huiben's words are the humiliation of the Yue people, how can it be said that they were victimized by Yi?" ”

"You, you, you..." It is clear that you deceived the king to abandon Qi and Chu, why did you say that the Yue people brought humiliation on themselves? ”

"General Ben is angry," Zhang Yi shook again, and said eloquently, "Rong Yi defended himself. ”

Ben Cheng said angrily: "You, you capricious villain, don't make noise again, eat me with a sword!" Saying that Bi Zhanjian was about to rush out, Wujiang stretched out his hand to stop it, and said lightly: "Ben Aiqing, he is right, it is a widow who brings humiliation on himself!" He turned to Zhang Yi again and saluted, "Zhang Yi, I don't blame you for falling into this realm without borders." However, there is still one thing unclear about the widow, please ask Zhang Zi for advice. ”

Zhang Yi replied: "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"If Wujiang doesn't listen to Zhang Zi's words and insists on cutting Qi, what will be the end?"

"Just like in front of you, it's just that it's the Qi people who are standing in front of the king, not the Chu people."

Wujiang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly: "Well, the widow believes it." The widow still has a question, ask Zhang Zi. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"According to Zhang Zizhi, since the end of the war against Qi and Chu is the same, why didn't Zhang Zi make the Qi people achieve this great achievement, and benefit the Chu people alone?"

Zhang Yi smiled slightly, and waved his hand again: "Since the king has this question, Yi has to answer." In Yi's view, Fang is not the king of Qi who can master Zhanlu today, but the king of Chu, so Yi helps Chu but not Qi. ”

Wujiang lowered his head, pondered for a long time, raised his head and said: "You are willing to help Chu, and you can help Chu, why do you take a detour to Langya, clever words, and plot to trap the widow?" ”

"If you don't plot to trap the king, the real king will trap himself."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If the king is in the southeast corner, he may be able to protect himself for decades. But the king is not self-sufficient, he works for the people, he is not guilty of conquest, and he hits the stone with an egg, how can he be undefeated? Today's world is no longer the world of Goujian in the past, but the king is carving a boat for a sword, blindly pursuing the dream of Goujian's hegemony in the past, which is not known when the sky is shining; The king left the Wuyue Mountains and turned to chase the plains, like a tiger entering Pingyang, which was unclear; The king raised his army for no reason, blindly attacked, and did not know people. The time, the place, and the people are not occupied by the kings of the three, and only the courage of the horseman is not to bring about his own defeat? ”

Wujiang's face turned angry: "Widows know that you are a great talent, so they value you more than you." You know that there will be such a defeat, but you do not admonish, not a plot, why is it? ”

"The king is angry, and Rong Yi has a word." Zhang Yikan said eloquently, "The king thinks about it, in the middle of spring last year, the king planned for several years, domineering, and gathered 210,000 troops of the three armies in Langya. At that time, if Yiruo persuaded the king to collect his troops and return to Vietnam, and settle in the southeast corner, would the king be willing to listen? If it is not expected, the king will not listen, and he will raise an army to attack Qi, and the war will be defeated. Yi thought, the king is defeated by Qi, how can it be defeated by Chu? Yi is to persuade the king to cut Chu. ”

"You..."

Everything happens in the blink of an eye.

Everyone barely saw Wujiang draw his sword, and before they saw him return his sword into the sheath, Lu Brown's head had already landed.

The high swordsmanship of King Yue amazed everyone present. The King of Chu was even more shocked, and involuntarily took a few steps back, and the two generals flashed out and blocked in front of him. Dozens of crossbowmen bent their bows and arrows, aiming at the king of Yue.

Zhang Yi waved his hand, and the crossbowmen lowered their bows and arrows, but they remained extremely vigilant.

Zhang Yi turned to King Yue again and bowed deeply: "Yi has a word, and I hope the king will listen." ”

Wujiang didn't return the courtesy, and said coldly: "Speak." ”

"Although the king is not due to Zhan Lu, he is still a generation of swordsmen. If the king knows the current affairs, he puts down the sword in his hand, and wishes to ask the king of Chu to find a treasure island in Yongdong for the king, where the king can practice kendo with the swordsmen. ”

Hearing this, King Chu Wei also separated from the generals, took a step forward, sighed deeply, and said loudly: "Xiong Shang has seen King Yue!" Xiong Shang allowed Zhang Zi to invite! ”

"Hahahaha!" Wujiang burst out with a long laugh, ignoring the King of Chu, and only clasped his fists at Zhang Yi, "The sky does not allow for borders, how can you live in the world without borders?" Wujiang has no other wish, only to die under Zhang Zi's sword and hope that Zhang Zi will be fulfilled! ”

"This..." Zhang Yi's face was difficult.

Wujiang asked again: "Isn't the head of Wujiang worthy of Zhang Zi's sword test?" ”

"Returning to the king, if you are not good at swordsmanship, how can you be slashed against the king?"

"You—" Wujiang was stunned for a moment, and sighed sadly, "Alas, Zhang Zi, the widow regards you as a master, believes you as a close friend, and asks for a sword on his deathbed, but he refuses to give it?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "The king has the will to die, and he respects his fate. ”

Wujiang returned a salute: "Thank you Zhang Zicheng!" ”

"Although Yi swordsmanship is not proficient, he is willing to recommend a real swordsman to the king, or it can be called the king's heart." After speaking, Zhang Yi bowed deeply to Gongsun Leech, who was standing beside him.

Gongsun Leech took a step forward and said to King Yue: "The grass people have seen King Yue. ”

Looking at this old man who had never met before, Wujiang was slightly stunned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Gongsun Leech!"

"Gongsun leech?" Wujiang looked at Ben Cheng and the swordsmen, and saw that they were also confused, so he had to turn to Gongsun Leech, "Wujiang is lonely and unheard, dare to ask where the old man is?" ”

"Does the king know about Wu Rengong Sun Xiong?"

"Wu Rengong Sun Xiong?" Boundless was stunned, "You are..."

"Caomin is the sixth great-great-grandson of Gongsun Xiong, and now he is here for the first Wu Wang Xue!" Gongsun Leech took a few steps forward and looked deep.

Wujiang finally understood, burst out with a long laugh, took a few steps forward, and replied to Gongsun Leech: "Since Mr. Gongsun is ashamed, dare to ask what is the snow method?" ”

"I have heard that the king's swordsmanship is superb, and the grass people are not talented, so I am willing to die under the king's sword!"

"Die under the sword of Gongsun Xiong's descendants, and you should be blind to the boundless! Mr. Gongsun, please! ”

Ben Cheng hurriedly took a step forward and kowtowed: "King, Yunchen will go first!" When the swordsmen saw this, they knelt down and prayed.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Wujiang helped everyone up one by one, nodded and smiled, "Okay, well, life and death, you are willing to accompany the widow, the widow is very comforted!" Ladies and gentlemen, who will fight first? ”

The three swordsmen stepped forward, and the swordsmen behind Gongsun Leech saw it and jumped out of the three of them.

The two sides walked to the center of the field, saluted each other, drew their swords and posed, shouted, and fought together, but saw the shadow of the sword, but did not see the human form, and in an instant, five corpses fell on the field, and another person's left leg was cut off, and he was on the ground with a sword.

Everyone regarded it as a swordsman under Gongsun Leech.

The sergeants stepped forward and dragged the body aside.

At the beginning of the second round, each side again produced three swordsmen. Because the boundless swordsman killed several battles in a row, and walked for a few days, his physical strength was already overdrawn, and they all died in battle before they could get a few combinations. Just died in battle here, three more swordsmen flew out behind Wujiang to fight, and after a while, all of them were killed, and Gongsun Leech also killed two people here, only one person remained, appearing with a sword.

The two sides fought several more battles, none of the borderless swordsmen flinched, and all went to the battle, and the dead soldiers under Gongsun Leech also lost eight people, and there were still three on the field.

It's time to finish.

Ben Chengchao knelt down without borders, bowing again and again: "King, the minister is gone!" ”

Wujiang nodded and smiled slightly: "Ben Aiqing, go." ”

Ben Cheng slowly got up and walked into the arena slowly.

The two sides saluted, and the three brown-clothed swordsmen surrounded him in the middle and put on a posture. Ben Cheng circled around them a few times, shouted, and suddenly took out his sword, but saw a sword light and a group of figures, and in the blink of an eye, three brown-clothed people were lying on the ground in the shape of "Pin".

Three more brown-clad swordsmen flew out, and in the blink of an eye, they were dead again.

Ben Cheng sneered slightly, put his sword into the sheath, and stood on the field.

Wujiang praised: "Ben Aiqing, good swordsmanship!" ”

The brown-clothed swordsmen looked at each other, first in groups of three, then in groups of five, all of them to their deaths.

Ben Cheng is all complete.

The brown-clothed swordsmen were all killed in battle, and Ben Cheng was also hit by a few swords, but he still stood upright.

Jing Sheng worshiped Gongsun Leech, and said to Ben Cheng: "In Xia Jing Sheng, ask General Ben for advice!" ”

Ben Cheng returned the salute: "If you can die under Mr. Jing's sword, Ben Cheng is content!" ”

The two of them have seen the number of rites, each posing and fighting with swords. Ben Cheng's swordsmanship was originally higher than Jing Sheng's, but because of this, he was sleepy and lacked, and he fought several fierce battles, which was obviously not good.

After a few more combinations, Ben Cheng rose up and stabbed Jing Sheng's left leg, and Jing Sheng cut off Ben Cheng's right hand with a backhand sword. Bencheng was bleeding profusely, and the sword fell off. Each side took a step back.

Jing Sheng picked up Bencheng's sword and handed it back.

Ben Cheng thanked him, held the sword in his left hand, saluted again, and resumed the battle.

Ben Cheng lost too much blood and lost his physical strength, Jing Sheng's right leg was seriously injured and he was unable to move. After the number was combined, Jing Sheng saw Ben Cheng stabbing with a sword, he didn't dodge or dodge, stepped forward to meet him, and stabbed him with a sword.

The two swords each entered each other's chests, and the two of them were close to each other for a long time, and they fell to the ground at the same time.

"Uncle Jing..." The fragrant girl cried, flew out, and was pulled by the Gongsun leech.

The soldiers stepped forward and dragged the bodies of the two men away.

Seeing that the venue was empty, King Wujiang, who was sitting on the ground, slowly stood up and walked into the arena step by step.

Gongsun Leech greets him.

The two stared at each other like electricity, and walked towards each other step by step, five steps away, and each stood still.

Wujiang waved to Gongsun Leech: "Mr. Gongsun, you are an elder, please take out the sword!" ”

Gongsun Leech also replied: "The king is a venerable, old and lowly, and he doesn't dare to take out the sword first." King, please! ”

Wujiang saluted again: "The swordsman under the command of Mr. Guan Gongsun is indeed amazing, Wujiang has opened his eyes today!" ”

"Thank you, King for your compliment! King, please! Gongsun Leech took three steps back. Wujiang also took three steps back.

It's a battle between top swordsmen.

The audience was silent, and all eyes were focused on the two.

King Chu Wei's eyes were wide open, and he refused to miss a single detail.

The fragrant girl seemed to be unable to support it, leaning on Zhang Yi's body, so nervous that her whole body trembled.

Zhang Yi hugged her tightly and stared at the middle of the field without blinking.

Wujiang and Gongsun Leech stood facing each other, each pressing the hilt of their swords, and no one took out their swords, but the sergeant standing in the front row seemed to be unable to stand the compelling sword aura on their bodies, and unconsciously took a few steps back.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Two quarters of an hour passed.

The two of them still stood on the ground, like two wooden stakes, and neither of them moved half an inch.

Their contest is only in the eyes.

The surroundings were dead silent.

The crowd became more and more nervous, and their hairs stood on end.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

Everyone on the field was tired and exhausted, and some people had forgotten that this was a master duel, and some even yawned.

King Chu Wei's eyes also seemed to be tired of seeing, and he raised his hand to rub his eyes.

Just as King Chu Wei rubbed his eyes, Wujiang and Gongsun Leech invariably flew up and swept through the air like two big birds.

Everything happened too suddenly, too quickly, like lightning speed. By the time everyone looked up, the two had already switched places, each standing where the other was standing, and spun in the air, standing still facing each other.

Everyone was stunned and stared at the two with wide eyes, for fear of missing the next round.

However, between Gongsun Leech and Yue Wang Wujiang, there is no next round.

The crowd waited for a moment, but saw a stream of filthy blood gushing out of the mouth of the boundless.

Looking at the Gongsun leeche, the same is true.

Xiangnu suddenly realized something, screamed "Daddy...", and flew towards Gongsun Leech.

Zhang Yi, King Chu Wei, Prince Huai and all the soldiers also seemed to understand, and hurried over, seeing that both of them were already angry, and the two swords were impartial, sticking each other in each other's hearts.

The King of Chu couldn't believe his eyes, walked here to take a look, walked over there to look, turned to Zhang Yi and said, "They just fight for one round?" ”

"Returning to the king," Zhang Yi looked blank, "A real master, there will be no second round!" After saying that, he leaned over and picked up the incense girl who had fainted on the ground, and held her down among the people.

The fragrant girl woke up slowly, hugged the nervous instrument, and tears welled up: "Husband..."

Zhang Yi wiped away her tears with a sleeve: "Xiangnu, Daddy and Brother Jing's long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, you should be happy, what are you crying for?" ”

"Husband..." The fragrant girl became more and more sad and buried her head deep in Zhang Yi's arms.

After the Yue people all drilled into the Yanggu Gorge, Zhaoyang and Qu Kuo led the army to surround the Weishan on all sides and block the valley mouth at both ends.

According to Zhang Yi's plan, Zhaoyang did not attack, but only ordered the soldiers to fill with all kinds of delicious food, beat drums and sound gold, and shouted to the Yue people, and those who abandoned their guns and unloaded their armor could enjoy delicious food. The extremely hungry Yue people dropped their weapons one after another, ran to the Chu people, and chewed on the flatbread prepared by the Chu people.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Ruan Yinglong committed suicide with a sword.

The Yue crowd had no leader, and they couldn't bear the hunger in their stomachs, so they walked out of the valley in groups, disarmed and surrendered to Chu, and were concentrated in the prisoner of war camp by the Chu people.

The big tent of the Chu army came and went. Zhaoyang sat on the main seat and listened to the generals' reports on the results of the battle with high spirits.

Chen Zhen followed the general into the tent, because he was not wearing armor, which was very conspicuous. Zhaoyang caught a glimpse of it, and ordered the generals to wait outside the tent, but he didn't get up, and pointed to the guest seat and said: "In the military tent, there will be no courtesy." Please be seated! ”

Chen Zhen sat down and bowed his hand slightly: "The general is busy, but Chen Zhen came to disturb him, offended!" ”

Zhaoyang also arched his hand and said: "Shangqing has nothing to do, he will come here today, there will be a big event." ”

"Well," Chen Zhen nodded, "The general is a god." There are really two things going on here. ”

"Shangqing, please speak."

"One is to be happy, and the other is to report worries."

"Oh?" Zhaoyang said with a smile, "Dare to ask Shangqing, where does the joy come from and where is the worry?" ”

"The general annihilated all the Yue people, the merit is great, the king will have a heavy reward, and he is happy in the next way. The general's achievements are successful, and the next is to repay the worries. ”

"Failure?" Zhaoyang was stunned, "I am stupid, please speak clearly." ”

"The general annihilated all the Yue people, but let the king of Yue escape without borders. If it is not as expected, the boundless will be obtained by Zhang Yi. May I ask the general, what is the great merit of gaining no borders and gaining more soldiers? ”

Zhaoyang didn't seem to have thought about this problem, scratched his head and said, "This..." ”

"Ask the general again," Chen Zhen Gu continued, "Who is the plot with Wei Xuanyue?" The more trapped the more they are starved of food, surrounded but not beaten, who is the plan? ”

"This..." Zhaoyang's face changed.

"Also," Chen Zhen chased after him, "who has always accompanied the king this year?" By His Royal Highness's side, who is always around? ”

Zhaoyang's face changed greatly.

"The general thinks about it again, why did the general sacrifice his life and forget death for more than 20 years? He Zhang Yi abandoned Yue to go to Chu and built this miraculous feat, is it just for the position of a guest secretary? ”

Chen Zhen's series of thunderous questions made Zhaoyang gasp, cold sweat broke out, and he looked up hurriedly and said, "What is Shangqing's clever plan, teach me quickly." ”

Chen Zhen stepped forward and whispered in Zhaoyang's ear.

Zhaoyang nodded: "Well, Shangqing's plan is wonderful, so let's move down here and face the king." ”

Chen Zhen returned to his original position and arched his hand: "Retire under the next, and wait for good news." ”

After Chen Zhen said goodbye, Zhaoyang did not dare to delay for a moment, prepared the car to the east, and rushed to Guifeng Mountain at dusk the next day. didn't go far, and when he saw King Wei's convoy coming, Zhaoyang drove the carriage and horse to the side of the road and knelt on the ground.

When King Chu Wei heard the news, he stopped and said happily: "Zhao Aiqing is exempt!" Get in the car and join the widow! ”

Zhaoyang thanked him, jumped on Wang Ran, and briefly recounted the battle at Weishan, especially mentioning the new tactics of only besieging and not attacking, replacing swords and guns with food and drink, forcing Ruan Yinglong to commit suicide, and all the Yue people surrendered, and so on. ”

These measures were all drawn up by Zhang Yi and him before the war, and at this time, Zhaoyang's mouth said them one by one, and the effect completely changed, and all the credit was in his hands.

"Well," King Wei admired, "Aiqing is very relieved to deal with it like this. Borderless against the sky, self-excluding the Yue Ancestral Hall, all the Yue people are the people of the widow, if they can kill one less, they will kill one less. After this winter, these Yue people are hungry, and if you arrange it this way, you will be able to convince you. ”

"Thank you, King, for your compliment." Zhaoyang hugged his fists and thanked him, and asked softly, "Dare to ask the king, why don't you see Zhang Zi?" ”

"Zhang Aiqing is preparing for the funeral in Tanglinsai."

"Funeral? What funeral? ”

King Wei finished talking about Wujiang's death, and sighed: "Alas, the widow thought that Wujiang was a reckless man, but he didn't want to be an understanding person. The widow remembered his chivalrous bones and ordered Zhang Aiqing to be buried with princely gifts. ”

Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment: "How to bury it thickly?" ”

According to Zhang Aiqing, Wujiang once made two long-cherished wishes, one was to die under the sword of a master, and the other was to be buried in the depths of the sea. His first vow has been fulfilled, and his second vow has been granted to him by the widow. ”

Zhaoyang thought for a moment and asked, "Does the king want Zhang Zi to go to Yongdong?" ”

King Wei nodded.

Zhaoyang let out a long breath and clenched his fists again: "The minister is also anxious to see my king for this reason." ”

"Oh?" King Wei was slightly surprised, "Aiqing, please speak." ”

"Although I annihilated the Vietnamese army, I can only say that I have achieved half the battle. The more vast the land, the more the people are brutal, although the borderless is dead, his son is still there. Although the king obeyed the Yue people, his heart was not satisfied, and he was afraid that he would change in the future. ”

"What Aiqing said is very true," King Wei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "However, what Aiqing is worried about, Zhang Zi has already thought of it." In the past few days, Zhang Zi and the widow have discussed the matter of governing Yue day by day, and planned to divide Yue into three, set up Jiangdong County, Huiji County, and Nanyue County, and at the same time bury the king of Yue, and give light to Yue to appease the Yue people. ”

Zhaoyang was secretly surprised: "What does the king think?" ”

"The widow thought him good, and gave him permission. What, does Aiqing have any objections? ”

"My king has made a decision, and the ministers have no objections, but the ministers think that it is not conducive to coordination to divide the land into three at the moment. The minister thought that it was best for our king to go step by step, not to divide the county for the time being, but to set up a county of Huiji, and then divide and rule it when the land was completely pacified. ”

"Well," King Wei nodded in praise, "what Aiqing said is very true, the more people are not cured and divided, the heart will not be convinced, dissatisfied, or cause trouble." The widow allows you to play, and temporarily set up a county of Huiji. ”

"I'm Wang Shengming! Dare to ask who the king wants to make the meeting order? ”

"In Aiqing's opinion, who can be used?"

"It has to be Zhang Zi!"

King Wei nodded again and again.

"King, the crowd is leaderless at the moment, and it is the easiest to appease, so time is running out!"

King Wei closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then turned to his ministers: "Stop, call the prince." ”

After a while, the crown prince Huai walked quickly and bowed to King Wei: "Sons knock to see the king!" ”

"Spread the decree, temporarily set up a county of Huiji in Yuedi, seal Zhang Yi as the Huiji order, seal Jingcui as the guard, and immediately raise troops to appease the Yue people!"

"Son's Command!"

Ten days later, on the bank of the river on the side of Yicheng, dozens of warships slipped side by side, and the flags on the ships were lined up, and the words "Huiji Order", "Zhang" and "Jing" could be seen in the distance.

Zhang Yi and Jing Cui said goodbye to the prince Huai, Zhaoyang, Qu Kuo and others who came to see them off, and led an army of 80,000 people, divided into boats and land routes, and drove to Yuedi in a mighty way.