"General, it's been ten days! The Chu army is still not moving, could it be that Xiang Yan has already secretly left, leading the troops to fight with General Wang Ben?"

In the study, not to mention Zhong Lihao, even Qiu and the other generals all came to Bai Yan with worries.

This is not the first time that the generals in the army have arrived, and even not only these generals, but also the generals of other cities are also waiting uneasily, and even more than ten scouts came to Zhongwu City one day.

However, to the surprise of all the generals of the Qin army, after receiving the news that Wang Ben led his troops south to attack the Chu State, as the days passed, Bai Yan did not have the slightest intention of sending troops.

Now.

Not to mention that Zhongli Hao couldn't sit still, even he was a little flustered, you must know that the Qin army in General Wang Ben's place was attacking the Chu State, and if he was not careful, he would be trapped in the Chu State and repeat Li Xin's mistakes.

Wooden table.

In the colder and colder weather, in the furnace full of charcoal, Bai Yan felt the warmth coming, and watched with a bamboo slip in his hand, while listening to the words of these generals.

"There's no hurry!"

Bai Yan looked at the bamboo slip and said without raising his head.

At first, Bai Yan patiently told them the reason, but as the days passed, these burly generals who only knew how to lead troops to fight, draw swords and kill people, when they thought of Wang Ben and Xiang Yan, they were restless, whether they were sleeping or doing nothing, their hearts seemed to be full of anxiety.

Gradually, Bai Yan didn't bother to explain again.

The words are still those words, and those who should be anxious, whether they listen to it or not, will still be in a hurry.

"General......

With a wry smile on his face, he looked at Bai Yan's appearance that was not in a hurry at all, and then glanced at Zhong Li Hao, and the two of them were helpless.

The other generals also sighed at this moment, and in the quiet, they all had uneasy expressions.

"No!"

"No!!"

In the end, the generals saw that Bai Yan still had no intention of sending troops, so they could only salute Bai Yan one after another, and then turned around and left.

"General, it's been ten days!"

After Zhong Li Hao saw that all the generals had left, he looked at Bai Yan, hesitated, and said worriedly.

"Don't say ten days, it's one month, two months, and before you are sure, you can't send troops to fight with the Chu State!"

Bai Yan heard Zhong Li Hao's words and looked up at Zhong Li Hao.

Sighing, Bai Yan put down the bamboo slip, looked sideways at the window, and frowned slightly.

"For a month, even if Xiang Yan is not there, Wang Ben will not dare to attack Shouchun, and in two months, even if the Qin State sends troops from Wuguan again, the Chu State can rely on Huaishui and even Shouchun to resist ......"

When Bai Yan said this, he turned his head to look at Zhongli Hao and raised a finger in front of him.

"But Xiang Yan, you only need to seize our chance! It would be possible to solve Chu Dong's troubles, so as to turn around and face the Qin army in other places with all his might. ”

After Bai Yan finished speaking, he slowly got up and looked down at the bamboo slip on the wooden table in front of him.

At this time, whether it was the news sent by the scouts or the traces of the Chu army in other cities, Bai Yan no longer dared to believe it easily, and even Bai Yan couldn't judge the truth of many news, or all of them were deliberately exposed by the Chu army.

Right now, in Bai Yan's mind, he had a vague premonition that Xiang Yan must still be in Chudong, and he had been waiting for him to lead the Qin army to take the initiative to attack.

This hunch is very strong.

Bai Yan thought about how he would make a decision if he was Xiang Yan, on one side the Qin army led by Wang Ben had already gone south to attack the Chu State, and on the other side was the Qin army in Chu Dong.

After thinking about countless possibilities, he looked at the map again and again, reviewed the confrontation between the Chu army and the Qin army, and the consequences of all the actions of the Qin army, and in the end, Bai Yan had a premonition that Xiang Yan would choose to ambush the Qin army in Chudong.

Inside the study.

Under the gaze of Zhongli Hao and Xu Shi, Bai Yan came to the gate step by step, standing under the corridor, staring at the sky.

"What Xiang Yan wants to get rid of the most must be Chu Dong's Qin army!"

Bai Yan thought in his heart.

It's not that he Bai Yan is here, but the grain and millet in many places in Chu have been burned, and the east of Chu is a crucial territory between Chu and Qufu and Qi, and only by encircling and destroying the Qin army in Chu and Dong can the road between Chu and Qi be opened.

And when countless grains and grasses in Chu were burned, after the cold winter passed, it was already a certainty that Qin would recruit troops to attack Chu again.

At this time, the easternmost Chu Eastern Qin army was a sharp sword hanging behind the back of the Chu State.

Get rid of the Qin army in Chudong, whether it is the need for the Qin State to divide its troops to hold the Wei land, or to open the passage of the Qi State, or even if the Qin State sends troops again in the future, Xiang Yan can no longer care about the hinterland of Chudong.

"General!"

Suddenly there was a voice, Bai Yan turned his head to look, and saw Xun Shuo and the main general of the prisoner camp walking towards him.

"The last general meets the general!"

Wearing the clothes and armor of the Qin army, he bowed to Bai Yan, compared to the beginning, today's face and momentum have changed greatly, but just like the beginning, looking at Bai Yan's gaze, has never changed.

"Where is the prisoner camp?"

Bai Yan saw it and asked.

"I have disguised myself as a husband and transported grain and grass into the city!"

He said to Bai Yan, glanced at Xun Shuo beside him, and continued to look at Bai Yan.

"General, before leaving, he had already told those Chu soldiers in accordance with the general's instructions that the grain and millet that they had been robbed of in the Chu country, their wives and children, were all in the Chu army camp at this time, and they were being sneered by those Chu soldiers."

Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth were full of smiles, thinking back to those Chu State soldiers with gloomy faces, and their eyes were full of murderous intent.

I don't dare to say anything else, but when fighting with the Chu army, the prisoner camp must be the one who kills the enemy the most fiercely among all the soldiers.

Under the hallway.

When Bai Yan heard his words, he was relieved, many wives and children had already come to Chudong, and now there was no grain and millet, those Chu soldiers knew this, if the wives and children wanted not to starve, the only way to defeat the Chu army and rob the Chu army of grain and grass was to defeat the Chu army.

"When is the general going to send troops?"

Xun Shuo looked at Bai Yan at this time and asked, Xun Shuo didn't expect that Bai Yan could hold his heart so tightly that he had no intention of sending troops for ten consecutive days.

It was unavoidable that he mentioned that Bai Yan would go to the prisoner camp in person, although he was not in Zhongwu City, it didn't mean that Xun Shuo didn't know how anxious the other generals were, just the scout letters, there were no less than dozens of volumes.

Xun Shuo could imagine how many letters Bai Yan had received from other generals in Zhongwu City.

"Xiang Yan is like a poisonous snake now......"

Bai Yan didn't explain anything, but in a short sentence, he expressed the fear in his heart.

Hearing this, Xun Shuo looked at Zhong Lihao who came out of the study, he didn't know what Bai Yan meant, his face was contemplative, and then he thought of something and looked at Bai Yan.

"No matter how poisonous the snake is, there are still weaknesses, and no matter how hidden the poisonous snake is, there are still seven inches!"

Xun Shuo said.

Bai Yan heard Xun Shuo's words, turned his head to look at Xun Shuo, Xiang Yan's weakness?

In Zhongli Hao's gaze, Xun Shuo looked at Bai Yan.

"Shouchun!"

Xun Shuo said.

Xun Shuo's voice fell, Bai Yan's pupils were stunned, and then he looked at Xun Shuo with a look of amazement, unlike Xun Shuo, Bai Yan remembered countless allusions, such as although the general was fierce, but the court was mediocre, and the traitorous ministers were in charge, and finally led to the defeat of the army, there were many things.

But Xun Shuo is different!

At this time, it was Xun Shuo, reminding Bai Yan, yes! Xiang Yan wants to stay, but Shouchun's family and the court of Chu are not necessarily......

"It's snowing!"

Under the corridor not far away, the faint voices of the two maids attracted Bai Yan's attention, Bai Yan turned his head to look at the courtyard, and sure enough, within these few breaths, the sky once again fell snowflakes.

Looking at the more and more dense falls, it seems that this is the second heavy snowfall.

"Xiang Yan is leaving!"

Bai Yan suddenly spoke.

Xun Shuo, Zhong Lihao, and Hao, who were originally watching the snow fall in the courtyard, all looked at Bai Yan when they heard Bai Yan's sudden words, and they were a little surprised.

Xun Shuo was stunned, the first to react, Xun Shuo, who understood it, turned his head and looked at the courtyard gradually covered with thin snow, Xun Shuo knew that Bai Yan was right, Xiang Yan would definitely take advantage of this heavy snow to lead the troops to leave Chudong.

This also means that Bai Yan will soon lead the Qin army, and will have a decisive battle with the Chu army left in eastern Chu, if the Chu army wins, Bai Yan will die, and if Bai Yan wins, the Chu state will be destroyed.

Half an hour later.

With the falling snow, at the gate of the city guard's mansion, more than ten iron cavalry soldiers, each holding bamboo slips, riding war horses, braved the heavy snow and rushed towards the city gate.

……………………

"Have you heard, Zitai, Bai Yan led the Qin army, defeated the Chu army, killed 70,000 Chu troops, broke the Chu army camp, fought Chu general Jing Qi, and Chang Wenjun who betrayed Qin before."

"What? Bai Yan, who was surrounded, instead defeated the Chu army? ”

"That's still false, the entire Linzi City has been spread, and everyone knows that Bai Yan, who is from our Qi country, is a famous general! When you arrive in Linzi City, you will know Zitai! ”

On the forest path, under a simple wooden shed, three middle-aged men were chatting, and in addition to a woman, there were two pairs of flat poles on the side.

Unlike the other two middle-aged men who were dressed in sewn cloth clothes, the man named Zitai had faded clothes, which were the clothes of the students in the school palace of Qi Guoji seven or eight years ago.

Although many years have passed now, the clothes that scholars worship have long changed, but it does not hinder them, and others can see at a glance that this man used to be a student.

"That Tian Ding, he is really a sinner in Qi country! If it weren't for Tian Ding, then Bai Yan would be a fierce general of Qi and other countries! How can you work for Qin, alas......"

A middle-aged man in a cloth shirt, talking and talking, was indignant and complaining, was pulled by the villagers around him, shook his head and signaled not to say more, and the middle-aged man still looked aggrieved.

"Don't stop me, I'm going to scold today, there are more people who scold Tian Ding, go to Linzi City to see, how many people are beating their chests because of this matter! That Tian Ding's reputation stinks, hmph, it's ...... than that Zhongyan."

The middle-aged man's name is Xu, and the man who pulled him is named Yu, they are all from the same village, and the Zitai next to him, as well as Zitai's wife, brother and sister-in-law, are all from the same village.

When he instinctively mentioned Zhong Yan, that is, Zitai's middle brother, and the second son Shui Yan, he reacted that now Zitai needs to rely on the help of his middle brother's family.

It's all old habits, the kid smelled all over the body, everyone said, no matter how unproductive, he shouldn't do such a foul-smelling job at a young age, and he would be disgusted when he smelled it, not to mention that they didn't live in the water village, it was other villages, but no matter the adults and children, when they mentioned the smell, they all liked to compare with that kid, let alone the people in the water village.

If it was placed in the past, they laughed at the stench of Shui Yan in front of Zitai, which was disgusting, and Zitai not only would not blame, but would also interject and chat with them without care.

It's a pity!

Thinking of this, Xiao looked at Zitai with some doubts, as well as Zitai's wife.

"Zihuai has a letter, saying when will he come back?"

Ji asked curiously, at the beginning, he was a big family in the village, but unfortunately he sold most of the fields later, so he couldn't even afford to eat grain and millet now, and he still needed relief from Brother Zitai's family.

But everyone knows that don't look at the Zitai family is not doing well now, but when Zihuai and Zilu come back, the Zitai family will be able to get out of the way that day, and maybe they can buy a small house in Linzi City.

"Yes! Zihuai has been away from home for so long, why hasn't he returned for a long time? ”

Yu was also on the side, and asked curiously, although the Zitai family used to be a little arrogant, but thinking about so many scholars in the family, it should indeed be like that, at least it is much more pleasing to the eye to look at his middle brother's family now.

Although Yu and Brother Zitai Zhong have no big enmity, but they used to be looked down upon by the Zitai family in their daily lives, but now they have a good relationship with Zitai, but now they are looking at the originally very poor Zitai Zhong Brother and his family, and the life is suddenly much better than him.

Fortunately, now thinking of Shui Yan, the second son of the family, has not returned for several years, and he does not know his life and death, and the eldest son is now a waste, which makes him more balanced.

"Soon, the eldest brother should be back soon!"

Zitai smiled when he heard the words of the two villagers.

The wife of Zitai on the side also continued to meet, saying that his eldest son, Huai Yuanri, should come back.

Just when you are taking a break and chatting.

On the path, a few slaves and two maids suddenly appeared, and those people followed a woman, and when they saw the woman, Zitai was stunned.

Brother and sister-in-law?

It turned out that the woman who led the way was Zitai's brother and sister-in-law, and Zihuai's wife Ying.

However, when Zitai followed Ying's gaze and looked behind him, he couldn't take his eyes off for a moment.

What a beautiful woman!

This was the first thought in Zitai's mind, but then he noticed the clothes on the woman's body, so he didn't dare to look at it anymore, for fear of getting into trouble.

But how did that woman come to this remote place, and why is her brother and sister-in-law here?

A moment later.

Seeing that Ying's didn't dare to say hello, and glanced at each other, Zitai still clearly saw that some traces of whipping had not completely dissipated on Ying's somewhat dirty face.

Looked at.

Zitai was also not easy to say hello, watching the Ying clan lead people over, Zitai and his wife did not dare to make a sound, and when the woman left with the maid and slave, Zitai looked at her back, and after a long time, she came back to her senses.

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know!"

He looked at the direction in which Ying's was walking, full of curiosity.

"It's not early, keep going!"

Zitai got up and said to the two villagers, and then looked at his wife, there was no food at home, and the pot could not be opened, and several children in the family said that they were hungry every day, and the grain brought by the middle brother was almost finished.

At present, Zitai can only listen to his mother's words, like his brother and sister-in-law, first take his wife to the city to find a job that can eat well, survive this winter, and then hold on until his brother and Zilu come back, whether it is his wife or brother, he can get through it, and then he will redeem himself.

As for whether the elder brother and Zilu will come back, Zitai is also full of worries, after all, for his brother's temperament, he may not remember his family even if he gets ahead, but at the moment, he can only see if Zilu has any news, and when the time comes, he will personally find out and go to see his brother.

The other side.

Several slaves and maids followed the Ying clan for a long time before they came all the way to a dense forest.

"Are you sure it's here?"

Bei Ji looked at Ying's and asked.

If it weren't for the fact that the woman said that she knew the place mentioned on the bamboo slip and watched her being beaten half to death, the stele would not have felt pity and bought her.

"It's here!"

Yingshi said slightly, on her pale and weak face, every word at this moment, she was bending down and bowing her head to Beiji, looking cautious, as if she was afraid that Beiji would blame her.

"Find it!"

The stele said to the other servants, the maid.

Looking at the surrounding dense forest, Bei Ji looked puzzled, she didn't understand why Bai Yan asked her to come here, in such a remote place, how could Bai Yan bury the old man here?

You know, in Linzi City, she found dozens of people, all of whom only knew the village, and didn't know the specific place, but fortunately met this woman who seemed to have lived in a nearby village, and she knew here.

"Little Lord! Got it! ”

Soon after, there was an exclamation.

When the stele heard this, he hurriedly walked along the dense forest, and the branches along the way made the stele Ji's long hair a little messy, but fortunately, he finally saw that under a pile of towering dense bushes, there was a faint small grave.

"Finally found it!"

Beiji breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

To this day, Bei Ji clearly remembers that when Bai Yan promised to help her avenge that day, the way she spoke and her every move, although she didn't know why Bai Yan would help her.

But at least finding the small grave in front of her proves that Bai Yan doesn't seem to be lying to her.

Under the dense forest.

The stele instructed the servant to pull out the wild grass from the small grave according to Bai Yan's explanation, and then turned around and took out a pot of wine from the wooden plate in the maid's hand.

After a long time, when he watched the servants work hard to remove all the weeds, the stele noticed that there was not only a small tomb here, but also a wooden stele that was about to decay in front of each tomb.

Seeing that there is also a wooden stele, the stele Ji Mei's eyes are a little surprised, after all, it is generally between three to five years for wood to completely rot, and some good trees can be longer.

Looking at those wooden tablets, the stele Ji understood why Bai Yan would give her a slave, and specially instructed her in the cloth that the people who went with her could not be literate, let alone Qin characters, and if there were, they should not approach, and they must be taken away when they leave the Qi country.

"You stay away!"

Bei Ji turned his head to Yingshi and said.

Before, this Ying clan was afraid that she would not buy it, so she bluntly said that she had followed her lover, the eldest son, and knew Qi characters, and thinking of Bai Yan's instructions, the stele Ji let the Ying clan leave.

"Yes, little lord!"

Ying nodded and hurriedly retreated.

Seeing this, the stele Ji slowly came to the first small tomb with the wine, and the faint notches on it could be seen that it was the Chu script, and it seemed to be called Gongye Feng.

After the second small tomb was finished, he came to the second small tomb and poured wine on it, which seemed to be the Qin character and did not know it......

Small graves, pouring wine, and getting up to worship.

This is really simple and simple for the stele him, and even weeding has servants to do, so what the stele needs to do is extremely easy, which also makes the stele full of doubts.

Why would Bai Yan help her take revenge?

Just do such a simple thing, and then help her kill a high-ranking and powerful Qi prime minister who is the uncle of the king of Qi?

No matter what Beiji thinks, she thinks it's ridiculous.

How can there be such a person in this world who treats her well for no reason!

After thinking about it, she poured wine and worshiped in front of the tombs, and many of the words were not recognized, so she didn't understand why Bai Yan asked her to pour wine and worship each small tomb with different characters.

"The old man Bai Yan said should be this one!"

After a long time, she finally came to a small tomb in the middle, and Bei Ji remembered that Bai Yan should have asked her to come to worship this small tomb.

Thinking of this, the stele naturally cheered up, but when the stele knelt down on her legs, and when the maid put the porcelain bowl in front of the tomb, she held the wine jug in both hands and was about to pour the wine, when she suddenly noticed that the wooden stele of this small tomb seemed to be the word Chu.

Are you from Chu again?

In confusion, when he saw the two words engraved on the wooden plaque that was about to decay, the stele Ji was stunned in place, looking at it with a pretty face, and her beautiful eyes were full of disbelief.

Yinbei !!

Abundant...... Stele!!!

Looking at the inscription on the wooden tablet in a daze, at this moment, the stele Ji's hands were trembling slightly, and the wine jug in his hand instantly rolled to the ground without knowing, at this moment, in the eyes of the stele, only the inscription on the tombstone in front of him.

Father!

That's impossible!!!

At this moment, the stele raised her hand in disbelief and trembled to touch the inscription on the tombstone.

Feel the nicks on it and make sure there are no hallucinations!

It's not fake!!

Beiji's eyes overflowed with tears, and at this moment, she suddenly woke up, and then the whole person was stunned.

Bei Ji recalled that that day in Zhongwu City, when the assassin killed the carriage, Bai Yan's sword move made her feel vaguely familiar.

Recalling that day, outside Zhongwu City, she looked at Bai Yan's side face, watched Bai Yan personally say that he would avenge her, and instructed her to come here to worship an old man.

recalled that before Bai Yan left the carriage, she told her to live well and not to assassinate and take revenge without authorization.

"Bai Yan~!"

Beiji finally understood.

Bai Yan, why did you treat her like that!!

When the stele Ji came back to his senses, looked at the tombstone engraved with the word Yin Bei in front of him, and looked at the small tomb in front of him, the tears could no longer be controlled, and kept flowing.

So many years of grievances, so many years of hatred, at this moment, all poured out.

"Father! Woo woo woo ~ !! ”

The stele held the stele, tears dripping down her cheeks and sliding down the stele, despite the fact that the stele was a little rotten and would make the new clothes dirty.

At this moment, whether it was the Ying clan in the distance, or other servants and maids, looking at so many small graves around them, and looking at the stele who was crying with a piece of rotten wood, they were all a little overwhelmed, but although they could feel the stele Ji sad at the moment, they didn't dare to comfort them rashly, after all, the stele didn't let them pass.

(End of chapter)