Chapter Ninety-Six: Defeat is like a mountain
Li Hao and Cui Ming both left, and the matter of supervising the state was handed over to Zhang Han, so that she could take charge of state affairs in the name of the queen.
Of course, although Zhang Han was smart, he had not been in contact with the government before, so Li Hao kept the Wang Kun brothers and Chen Xi.
The Wang Kun brothers helped deal with the affairs of the outer court, while Chen Xi was in charge of the inner palace and also protected the safety of Zhang Han's mother and son.
In addition, the affairs of the army were handled by Zhang Yun, and he was also recalled by Li Hao, while Chu Fan was still in command of the army in the north, and Li Hao was accompanied by Gongyegu here.
After all this was arranged, the forbidden army was also ready to pull out the camp, and Li Hao officially swore to set off.
Most of the courtiers and soldiers were not too worried about Li Hao's expedition this time, after all, Li Hao's invincible record over the years was there.
As for Li Hao himself, he would not be worried, so the atmosphere of the entire army was extremely high.
The only thing in this where the mood is a little wrong is Cui Ming.
Li Hao can also understand this, after all, when he was the emperor, he didn't have a royal conquest in person, but now that he is the emperor, he was pulled up.
How can those who march day and night live comfortably in the capital?
Therefore, seeing Li Hao coming, Cui Ming really didn't have a good face.
Li Hao could only just ignore it, and said with concern: "Father, your carriage is still comfortable, this is specially prepared for you by the craftsmen I asked the craftsmen to rush out for days."
Cui Ming put on a face and said sarcastically, "I don't need you to prepare anything for me, after all, you are the emperor."
Li Hao continued to lick his face and said with a smile: "But I am also the son of my father, and my son knows that my father is not unhappy about the expedition, but sad because of the suspicion between our father and son.
I can ask my father to know that the son has no doubt about his father, but not long after the son ascended the throne, it is inevitable that there will be some ill-intentioned people in the court, who are trying to provoke our relationship and ascend to the sky one step at a time.
Here the son promised his father that this is the only time for this kind of thing, and if there is another war in the future, the son will never take his father with him again."
Cui Ming listened to Li Hao's words and asked, "Is this true?"
Li Hao replied, "You have no jokes."
At this time, Cui Ming's originally stiff face finally eased up.
Cui Ming was really afraid that this would become a common practice, after all, after Li Hao recuperated his body, he felt that he could live for a few decades.
He didn't want to be coerced by Li Hao to fight everywhere in the past few decades.
After calming down, Cui Ming began to understand how Li Hao was going to fight.
Regarding how to fight this battle, Li Hao had already calculated it in his heart, and when he saw Cui Ming asking, he didn't hide it, after all, there were some things in this battle that he still needed to cooperate.
"According to the secret report from the Hou Guan, Qi Xinliang took the initiative to raise troops this time because his life was short, and he wanted to pave the way for his son before he died, cutting off me, the biggest threat.
And the reason why Qi Xinliang thinks this can be done is because a few years ago, I had an alliance with Qi Xinliang, and he secretly gave me a poison."
Cui Ming, who heard this, couldn't help but be angry: "What, Qi Xinliang actually dared to poison you, is this poison solved now?"
"Father, don't worry, this poisonous son has been resolved, otherwise the son would not dare to rashly lead his troops out."
After Li Hao comforted Cui Ming, he talked about the characteristics of this poison by the way: "This poison under Qi Xinliang will be latent in the human body after taking it, and if it is not stimulated by another drug, it is actually not harmful to people."
After hearing this, Cui Ming drew inferences and said, "I said how dare Qi Xinliang raise troops to attack and fight this battle with you, it turns out that there is such a thing.
Then you just want to plan this time, let Qi Xinliang think that you have poisoned, and then take advantage of the situation to defeat him."
Li Hao boasted: "Father is wise, the son really thinks so, originally this Chu country is the son's next goal, but if the Chu country is moved, the rest of the countries will inevitably make moves, so you need to prepare for it."
But now that Qi Xinliang has thrown himself into the net, neither does his son
There is a reason to let it go, but to make Qi Xinliang believe all this, he has to help his father."
Saying that, Li Hao talked about his thoughts in detail and told Cui Ming what he needed to do.
Cui Ming is still very interested in this, after all, this is also a contribution to destroying the country, and if he can participate, it will also be good for the name of future generations.
The two agreed, and there were no more moths on the road after that.
The army of Chu still gathered on the line of Shengzhou and Huangzhou this time, facing the Su army on the border, but did not directly start the war.
When Li Hao arrived in Bizhou, Qi Xinliang also got the news, and sent a special envoy to ask Li Hao to meet with him before the battle.
The envoy sent by Qi Xinliang was quite respectful, and when he entered the camp, he held the national letter in both hands and wanted to hand it over to Li Hao.
The waiter in the tent stepped forward to take the letter of state, opened it and checked it, confirmed that there was no problem, and then handed it to Li Hao.
In the letter of state, Qi Xinliang first spoke in a high-sounding manner, expounding the friendly relations between Su and Chu over the years, and then describing the scene of the last time the two met.
waited for the feelings to be in place before his tone changed, saying that Li Haoxinjun refused to join the alliance when he ascended the throne, which was deliberately undermining the relationship between the two countries.
He also emphasized that he led the troops this time, not because he really wanted to fight this battle, and invited Li Hao to join the alliance, but because he wanted to maintain the alliance in a peaceful way.
After reading this nonsense, Li Hao couldn't help sneering in his heart.
However, Li Hao did not refuse, but chose Qi Xinliang
The envoy did not deny this, but said, "This matter will be reported to the Holy God of our country when the lower officials go back, and the Holy One will make a decision."
Li Hao smiled contemptuously: "This time it is your country's friendship against the alliance, and if I can agree to meet, I am already giving Qi Xinliang face.
If Qi Xinliang doesn't agree, then the matter will be stopped directly, and you don't have to come back and talk back."
The envoy wanted to say something more, but Li Hao sent him off directly.
After the envoy left, the generals in the tent surrounded him, and Gong Yegu asked, "Your Majesty is really going to see him, this Qi Xinliang is full of nonsense, and wants me to say that he will directly raise troops to fight him."
After letting him learn some lessons, His Majesty will go to see him again, and let him know what it is not to be offended."
Li Hao smiled: "The lesson must be given, and it must be profound, but in order to reassure him, this side must be seen.
After this meeting, this battle will begin, so I want to tell you how this battle should be fought."
Li Hao first said that Qi Xinliang was poisoned, and the generals focused on this letter when they heard the rumors.
That's right, the letter brought by the envoy this time was contaminated with another medicinal powder that stimulates the toxin.
So no matter whether Li Hao goes to the alliance or not, Qi Xinliang has decided to do it.
For a while, the generals condemned Qi Xinliang's evil deeds and began to ask for battle.
Li Hao waved his hand and said, "You are all the ministers of my Dasu, I believe in your loyalty and ability, this war has just begun, and all of you have time to contribute."
After hearing this, they slowly quieted down, and Li Hao began to make specific arrangements.
In fact, this arrangement is very simple, it is nothing more than Li Hao pretending to be poisoned in front of Qi Xinliang.
Then he used his illness and death, and the heart of the army was turbulent to attract Qi Xinliang and lead the army to attack.
After that, wait for a suitable time to annihilate the main force led by Qi Xinliang.
At that time, the main force of Chu Guo was lost, and the rest was when Li Hao began to harvest.
Regarding these previous arrangements, the generals and Cui Ming, who was listening from the sidelines, had no opinions.
However, there was opposition to Li Hao's later proposal to contact Wu and Yan to jointly carve up the Chu State.
"Your Majesty, this Wu country has sent troops to help us contain An Guo and let them take advantage of it, but it's okay.
But Yan Guo did not move this time, obviously he wanted to see us both lose, so why give them a chance.
If you want me to say, in the country of Hewu
After taking the Chu State, he simply destroyed the Yan State in one go.
There are still tens of thousands of troops left and right in Qidi who have not moved, and it is not that they cannot be defeated if they are transferred."
Li Hao said: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, there is no point in blindly trying to be fast, and it takes time to govern the place and make the people follow, otherwise even if it is defeated, it will be wolf smoke everywhere.
You don't see the two countries of Chu Yan in the past, and they haven't completely digested the occupied land until now, so we should remember the lesson of this matter."
When the generals heard this, they stopped objecting, and then Li Hao let them go down to perform their duties.
On the day of the alliance, Li Hao used his internal force to disguise a picture of being in a state of malaise after being poisoned.
Of course, this is just the most basic disguise, and then the accompanying palace maid took out the fat powder, began to put on makeup on Li Hao, and then went to normal people to make makeup.
After all, you have to deceive yourself before you can deceive the enemy.
All this was ready, and Li Hao moved forward with the army and went to the location of the alliance.
According to the agreement between the two sides, the army stopped a mile outside the meeting place, and then continued to set off with a dozen or so guards.
Li Hao's designation was originally an open space, but since it was to meet the alliance, the two emperors could not be allowed to stand in the open space and speak.
Therefore, during this day, the two countries sent people to come and build a pavilion with trees at the same time.
When Li Hao arrived, Qi Xinliang had already arrived first, and he was sitting on the side of the pavilion.
Seeing Li Hao getting closer and closer, Qi Xinliang didn't find anything wrong with Li Hao, and began to mumble in his heart.
It was an old eunuch beside him, with better eyes, leaning over Qi Xinliang and saying, "Your Majesty, this person's face is coated with fat powder, although it is relatively good, but it still can't cover his paleness.
And I heard that he fought on the battlefield and his martial arts were extraordinary, so it was said that he would be more natural and calm when riding a horse, but now he is obviously struggling, just holding on."
After Qi Xinliang listened, his eyes flashed, and he waved his hand to let the waiter retreat.
After confirming that Li Hao is in trouble, Qi Xinliang can rest assured.
At the same time, because he felt that Li Hao would not live long, Qi Xinliang was particularly polite at this time.
Regardless of his age, he personally got up to greet Li Hao, and even in the later conversation, he was extremely relaxed, as if this time the two countries raised troops, it was just a misunderstanding.
Li Hao could roughly guess Qi Xinliang's thoughts, so he simply talked about the conditions inch by inch, and asked Qi Xinliang to withdraw from the army.
Qi Xinliang naturally wouldn't agree, but he didn't refuse, just dealt with a few vague words, and this time the alliance was over.
Two days after returning to the camp, Li Hao vomited blood in front of the soldiers, and then fainted to the ground.
For a while, people in the camp were panicked, and Cui Ming stood up to preside over the overall situation in the name of Emperor Tai according to what Li Hao said before.
And Cui Ming's first decision was to take down Gongyegu on the charge of murdering Li Hao.
When the news reached Qi Xinliang's ears, Qi Xinliang couldn't help but be overjoyed.
For him, it was expected that Li Hao would fall and the army would be unstable, and it was a real surprise that Gongyegu was taken down.
After all, in Qi Xinliang's eyes, Cui Mingke has never had the experience of leading troops to fight, and without the veteran Gongyegu, how can he control this army of soldiers and horses.
Of course, some people questioned whether this was too smooth.
Qi Jixiang said: "Cui Ming has been the emperor for so many years, he doesn't know that taking the commander of the army is a taboo in the army, and besides, Gongye Gu is Li Hao's confidant, how could he murder Li Hao."
But Qi Xinliang had an explanation in his heart: "It is precisely because of this that it is normal for Cui Ming to win Gongyegu.
This time, Li Hao went on the expedition, and he had to pull Cui Ming up, obviously he didn't trust Cui Ming and wanted to keep him by his side and watch.
And this just proves that Cui Ming's Zen concession this time must not be sincere, doesn't he want to return to the throne, especially since Li Hao has fallen now.
But this is also just convenient for us, and when the turmoil of the Su army can no longer be suppressed, we will destroy the main force of the Su army in one go."
Qi Xinliang's set of rhetoric, applied at this time, can indeed be explained.
Therefore, Qi Xinliang immediately asked the army to reorganize and fight, ready to attack at any time.
After Li Hao fell, he has been placed in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he has been closely monitored outside.
Except for the occasional person who brought in the ice cubes, he did not let others approach at will, and for a time the people in the army were panicked.
But in the face of such a situation, only Cui Ming was outside to preside, and Li Hao still never showed up
Su Jun's move obviously confirmed Qi Xinliang's conjecture and felt that Li Hao was dead.
So when the Su army chose to pull out the camp and withdraw the troops, Qi Xinliang led the soldiers and horses of Chu State and began to attack.
And at the same time as the attack, the Chu people also shouted the slogan that Li Hao was dead.
At this time, Cui Ming did not choose to stop, but left a small group of soldiers and horses to block, and the rest continued to speed up.
Qi Xinliang is now very ambitious, he wants to swallow the main force of the Su army in one bite, but he is not willing to entangle with a small group of soldiers and horses.
So he just rushed forward, scattered the small group of soldiers and horses, and he just rushed over, and didn't care about what these people had to do after they dispersed.
Along the way, Cui Ming divided his troops several times, but all of them were ignored by Qi Xinliang.
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