Chapter 39: War

Xu Guo has entered an era of bloody rain.

There were eight generals who followed the founding heroes of the first emperor to fight the country: Yao Dian, the general of the protectorate, Wang Xin, the general of the loyal country, Li Sui, the general of Zhenbian, Peng Bu, the general of Zhennan, Zhang Guang, the general of Qingtian, Qin Bao, the general of Weilie, Liu Tong, and the Shenwu general Du Xin, who inherited his father's work.

Two years ago, Yao Dian, the general of the protector of the country, was beheaded because he was suspected of rebelling against King Zhen.

Two years later, when Yao Heier was wandering around with his two families, looking for a place to live, Wang Xin, the general of Zhongguo, was found to have befriended Peng Bu, the general of Zhennan on the border, colluding with the inside and outside, endangering the imperial court, Wang Xin, the general of Zhongguo, and Peng Bu, the general of Zhennan, were imprisoned at the same time, and half a year later, they were also shown to the public, the families of the Wang family and the Peng family, exiled from exile, and sold as slaves and sold as slaves.

Then, it was to capture the general Zhang Guang, and was found to be corrupt and perverted the law, disregarding people's lives, and was taken to prison, and soon after, the Zhang family was exiled to the wilderness, Zhang Guang and his son Zhang Pei died on the road for no reason.

In just two or three years after the new emperor Long Yin succeeded to the throne, half of the eight generals were removed.

The heroes who followed the first emperor to fight the country back then were all in danger.

At this time, Jing and Yue, to the south of Xu, launched a war against Xu at the same time. Xu Junlongyin had no choice but to put down the butcher's knife that slaughtered the heroes, and first summoned Qin Bao, the great general of Qingtian, and Liu Tong, the great general of Weilie, into the palace, and said good words to comfort them, claiming that the death of the four generals was definitely to blame, but it had nothing to do with these two.

Qin Bao and Liu Tong hurriedly kowtowed and made a statement, praising the saint's wisdom and martial arts, showing that they had no two hearts, and they would definitely serve the imperial court.

So, as soon as Xu Junlongyin changed the topic, he ordered Qin Bao and Liu Tong to lead the soldiers to the south to meet Jing and Yue.

Qin Bao and Liu Tong also wished they had a chance to go out of Beijing, so as not to be in a panic all day long in the capital, so they hurriedly agreed.

The next day, Long Yin ordered Qin Leopard to lead 200,000 elite soldiers to meet Jing State; Liu Tong led 200,000 elite soldiers to meet the Yue Kingdom; Du Xin, the general of Shenwu, stayed in the capital to ensure the safety of the capital.

After these two generals left Beijing, Long Yin issued a holy decree to Li Sui, the general of the town in Jiyan City, ordering him to guard against the northern border and not dare to let Hu and Yan come out in any more trouble. In addition, due to the tight war on both sides, more military supplies were needed to support the south, and the north reduced 30% of military supplies, and ordered Li Sui to open up more barren fields at the border passes and try to be self-sufficient.

Li Sui received the holy decree, although he was dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to lead the soldiers to open up wasteland near Jiyan City to ensure the needs of the army.

Qin Bao and Liu Tong, in the south and Jing and Yue, a dozen is three years. In the past three years, several countries have won and lost, and no one has taken advantage of anything.

Originally, Jing and Yue were because Xu Guo lost the general of Zhennan, and they wanted to take the opportunity to seize a few cities and give up, but now that the war is unfavorable, they have long wanted to withdraw their troops, but Qin Bao and Liu Tong disagreed.

Why? As soon as Jing Guo and Yue Guo retreated, the two of them would inevitably return to the capital, and after returning to the capital, would Xu Jun kill them?

Who can say for sure?

Therefore, as soon as Jing and Yue retreated, Qin Bao and Liu Tong rushed to their borders to continue fighting, and Jing and Yue were forced to take precautions, and the two sides continued to fight. Looking to win, Qin Bao and Liu Tong didn't insist, but instead withdrew their hands and went back. Jing and Yue are going to fight again.

The two sides are like a tug-of-war, endless, endless.

It is the people of the three kingdoms who suffer. The people of Xu State are also in dire straits, and every year there are all kinds of new taxes, such as training tax, grain and grass tax, armor tax, weapons tax, Pingyue tax, and Pingjing tax...... The people who couldn't get by could only choose to flee, and they couldn't go to the south, so they could only flee to the north, which was relatively calm, and the farther they fled, the better.

Xu Junlongyin in the capital, while worrying about the war at the border pass, did not delay him to eat, drink and have fun. Although Qin II was a faint king, Long Yin thought that he had a sentence that was very right: "However, what the husband is more valuable than those who have the world, how can he want to work hard and work hard, stay in the camp of the adverse journey, feed the prison and raise the door, and hold the work of the courtiers?" "Is it to be an emperor because he is tired of toiling, living in a broken house, eating the food eaten by the janitors, and doing what the servants do?

No! To be an emperor, you should "I wish to give you a wide range of ambitions and enjoy the world for a long time and be harmless"! I will live as I want!

If the emperor lives like an ordinary person, how can he show the majesty of the imperial family?

Therefore, although the border is tight and the people are displaced, this is not something that Long Yin should consider. At the border pass, there were two generals, Qin Bao and Liu Tong, staring; The ministers of the court and the ministers of the court paid a lot of taxes to the treasury every year for a tael of silver. What else did he have to worry about?

He still lived the most extravagant life at court. Every year, hundreds of young and beautiful women are selected to fill the harem; The exquisite tributes from all over the country are levied higher and higher year by year.

There is always a time when the deadlock is broken.

The war, which lasted for three years, did not make Long Yin feel too much impact, but the monarchs of Jing and Yue couldn't stand it anymore. In desperation, they successively sent people to Xu Guo to negotiate peace.

This is something that Qin Bao and Liu Tong can't stop, because there are still two of Xu Jun's cronies in the barracks. If they dare to stop the envoys of the two countries who negotiated peace, they will be deceiving the king, and these two cronies will blow the wind in front of the saint, and they will not be able to eat and walk around.

Although Long Yin didn't care about the suffering brought by the war to the people, he didn't want to have a war report from the border pass every day to affect him, and he didn't want Qin Bao and Liu Tong to come to him from time to time to ask for military supplies. Of course, it's a good thing to be able to make peace, and if you have fun by yourself, there's nothing to worry about.

So, the peace was quickly reached. The soldiers of the three countries retreated to their respective borders, and the three parties did not interfere with each other, and each opened a border city to carry out mutual trade.

Once the peace agreement was reached, Long Yin immediately sent his two henchmen to the border to replace Qin Bao and Liu Tong back. Although they were reluctant, Qin Bao and Liu Tong did not dare to disobey, and honestly returned from the border pass.

Long Yin held a banquet in the palace and ordered hundreds of civil and military officials to accompany him to celebrate the achievements of the two generals. After the banquet, the two generals were rewarded with 100 pieces of palace satin, 100 pieces of palace silk, 500 taels of gold, and 5,000 taels of silver.

After eating and drinking enough and receiving the reward, Qin Bao and Liu Tong happily returned home. Perhaps, after this battle, the Holy Lord should also know the role of the old generals, and dare not raise the butcher's knife easily.

Liu Tong had a strategist by his side, named Lin Zhuang. He found Liu Tong the next day and quietly suggested: "General, you also know that the saint does not wait to see the old ministers of the first emperor, and he always feels that you have some meritorious achievements, and now the general has made meritorious contributions at the border pass, I am afraid that the saint will be even more suspicious." Although it won't be good at the moment, as time goes by, I can't tell if something will happen again. According to the following words, the general can't help but make friends with the upstarts in the court, such as Concubine Chen, who is now receiving holy favor, and her father is now the Great Sima. I heard that his birthday was coming, why didn't the general pass on the holy reward to this Chen Sima as a birthday gift? If something happens in the future, Sima Chen will definitely speak for the general. Besides, the general now has thousands of pieces of furniture, and he does not live by these rewards. ”

Liu Tong pondered for a long time and said: "What you said is that you should just talk to General Qin, we all fought on the same battlefield back then, and it would be a little unrighteous to leave him alone." ”

Lin Zhuang shook his head and said, "General Qin's temper is a little hot, and he has always looked down on officials who rely on nepotism, but I am afraid that he will not." ”

The weather was a little stuffy, Liu Tong shook the folding fan in his hand vigorously, and said, "Even if he doesn't want to, he can't blame me, leaving him alone." ”

When Lin Zhuang heard this, he had to say, "Since this is the case, the general has to give it a try." It's just that the general must not change his mind by what General Qin said. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Qin Bao heard this, he immediately became angry, slapped the table and scolded: "What kind of thing is that surnamed Chen?" Relying on her daughter's good looks, she climbed on top of us! When Lao Tzu was fighting in the field, he didn't know how to stay in that place! Do you want me to please him now? Brother Liu, it's not me talking about you! You're so unscrupulous! Even if he dies, Lao Tzu will not bow his head to the surname Chen! ”

Liu Tong was so embarrassed that his face was red and white for a while, and he wanted to be angry, and he didn't give Chen Sima a birthday gift, and he couldn't help Lin Zhuang's repeated admonitions, so he had to order Lin Zhuang to write a congratulatory note on Chen Sima's birthday, and someone carried the holy reward to Chen's house, but he was not embarrassed to go.

The Chen family received a generous gift, so naturally they wanted to send someone to invite them. Liu Tong only pushed the recurrence of the knife wound on his body, and he couldn't get out, so he covered it up.

In the next two years, Xu Guo was quite peaceful, only the life of the common people was as bitter as ever.

The people continued to disperse, but the tax revenue could not be reduced. In the heads of each people, the taxes apportioned will be greater.