When Lu Chuan returned to Chaoge, at this time, the defeated Xiqi army was still on the way back to Xiqi.

Although they withdrew from the east left by Lu Chuan, their base camp Xiqi was in the west, and if they kept going east, they would only reach the territory of Donglu.

Therefore, they had to walk a little way and then make a detour to Xiqi.

To say that this time the army was defeated, the person who was hit the hardest was Ji Chang.

In these years, Emperor Xin was arrogant and lascivious, ignoring the government and politics, building deer platforms, making cannons, and digging pots, which made the people's grievances boiling, and the people were full of complaints.

Many of the people of the Great Shang Dynasty fled from Chaoge and settled down in Xiqi, Nanhu, Donglu and other countries, and became their people.

What measures the strength of the princes along the way is the strength of the army and the population of the city.

Today's largest and most populous city is naturally the royal capital Chaoge, in addition to the Chaoge is the four cities of Donglu, Xiqi, Nanhu and Beichong.

This is also the reason why they became the four great princes of the world.

In addition, the southeast and the two sides have been at war with Yin Shang for many years, and I heard that the two sides have suffered damage to each other, and the population and strength of Xiqi, which has been secretly developed, have firmly established the position of the head of the four major vassal states.

And his heart was restless.

Also, his judgment of the current situation today is that Di Xin himself took his own death, exhausting the last bit of Yin Shang's qi, and now the general trend is gone.

So he has been holding back for many years, and this time he coincided with Jiang Ziya's suggestion to attack Beichong and kill Chonghou Hu, in addition to increasing popularity, it was also a test of the reaction of the big businessmen.

He is ninety-seven years old this year, although he has an extremely long life among the human race, he is a mortal after all, neither a qi refiner nor a martial artist, and his longevity is almost at the end.

He was afraid that if he didn't do it again, he would have no chance in this life.

So he ordered an army of 100,000 troops, and played the banners of 'punishing traitors and Qingjun' and 'the righteousness of the world', and swaggered all the way through the city to attract the attention of the world.

This is his first step to the throne, as long as he can succeed, he will definitely be able to grow the popularity of the people and win the hearts of the people, and the next step can be to attack Yin Shang.

When they arrived in Beichong, they first fought with Chongying Biao, killed several generals in Beichong, and after several victories, they conspired with Chonghei Tiger to make a plan to kill Chonghou Hu.

It was going to be all going well.

But he didn't understand, he didn't know, he didn't understand, how suddenly everything had changed.

He didn't know which direction Yin Shang threw three stones and smashed them his sticking out foot.

Hurt!

In just one night, the 100,000 Xiqi army he brought lost more than 20,000, although it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, but it really hurt too much.

In addition, Lu Chuan played too hard with one hand, and directly burned their grain and grass, so the return journey of their 70,000 people became more and more difficult and bumpy.

In addition, after the defeat, they also became a laughing stock, how ostentatious they were when they went, and how ridiculous they are now.

When Ji Chang was passing through some cities, he asked some princes he knew well to borrow grain, but no one was willing to borrow it.

In just half a month, Ji Chang has lost a lot of weight.

Finally got sick.

In the big tent.

Ji Chang was lying on the couch, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, there was no blood, and he was very weak.

"Prime Minister, how is the lord?"

Nangong Shi and the others gathered around the bed, watching Jiang Ziya diagnose Ji Chang's pulse and asked urgently.

Jiang Ziya glanced at Ji Chang.

Ji Chang was also watching him, but his eyes were deeply sunken in their sockets at this time, and they were a little cloudy.

"No problem!"

Jiang Ziya suddenly smiled and said: "The lord is just a little overworked after a long journey, and he asked a few generals to go out to hunt some game and come back to make up for the lord." ”

"I see, God is lucky!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and rushed out of the tent to hunt.

As soon as everyone left, only Jiang Ziya, Nangong Shi and Ji Chang on the sickbed were left in the big tent.

Ji Chang suddenly said, "General Nangong, you go out and see how far we are from Xiqi." ”

"Yes!"

Nangong Shi was slightly stunned, turned around and retreated.

"Prime Minister, Benhou Shouyuan is coming to an end, right?" Ji Chang said.

"What did the lord say?"

Jiang Ziya said with a shocked face: "The minister has already calculated, the lord has a long life of 100 years, and he still has three years to live!"

"Prime Minister, you don't have to hide it from me, don't forget that Ben Hou is also familiar with innate numbers and knows the heavenly chances. ”

Ji Chang shook his head and muttered, "Not long ago, Ben Hou calculated that I only had one year of life left. ”

The smile on Jiang Ziya's face faded.

In ancient times, the king of man, Fuxi, watched the heavens, the earth, the mountains and rivers, and created the innate gossip.

Ji Chang was born a god, born with four breasts, superb wisdom, proficient in the number of innate numbers, and then in the seven years that he was trapped in the palace by Di Xin, he even deduced the innate gossip to the day after tomorrow.

If it is easy to calculate, Jiang Ziya does not dare to say that he can compare to Ji Chang.

"Lord, this time the minister can't stand you, persuade the lord to send troops but fail to help the lord behead Chonghou, the minister is guilty!"

"No, it's not the prime minister's fault, this time it's Ben Hou who hasn't been able to calm down. ”

Ji Chang shook his head, his long-cherished wish in his life was the world, how could he not fight when he knew that he only had one year left to live, and Yin Shang's momentum was exhausted?

Therefore, as soon as Jiang Ziya proposed to fight Beichong and behead Hou Hu, he hit it off, but he didn't expect to succeed in the end.

Hearing this, Jiang Ziya sighed complicatedly.

Lu Chuan!

"Now it seems that those two boys from the E family and the Jiang family are smart people!"

Ji Chang smiled bitterly: "In the end, it's a young man, you have a lot of time to calm down, heh, Xiqi and Fa'er have opponents." ”

"The Lord means"

Jiang Ziya was shocked when he heard this.

"No matter what, Donglu and Nanhu are also one of the four major vassal states, with strong strength and a wide range of soldiers, how can they be compared with a small pass. ”

Ji Chang's cloudy eyes unexpectedly showed a light of wisdom at this time: "If they really want to do it, although Eshun may not be able to take the Sanshan Pass, at least Jiang Wenhuan will not have a problem laying down a Wandering Soul Pass." ”

"Could it be that they are also preserving their strength?"

Jiang Ziya exclaimed.

"Still waiting for someone to explore their way. ”

Ji Chang nodded and sighed: "It's a pity that Ben Hou doesn't have time, otherwise Ben Hou would have been able to calm down, how could he have suffered this defeat?"

"It's so powerful, everyone in the world knows that Dong Bohou has been attacking the Wandering Soul Pass for seven years, and he has lost his troops and generals. ”

Jiang Ziya smiled bitterly: "Nan Bohou was beaten by Deng Jiugong several times, and now it seems that the world has been deceived by them." ”

"Is it true that the east side has not been able to attack for a long time, but the loss of troops is broken? hehe, but it may not be, and the south side is similar, alas, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp!"

Ji Chang looked at Jiang Ziya with a wry smile: "Ben Hou doesn't have a few days left, but Ben Hou can't die at this time, otherwise the army's heart will be chaotic."

Prime Minister, you are highly Taoist, Ben Hou only asks you now if there is a way for me to hold out to Xiqi?"

Jiang Ziya came to the front of the collapse, and said with a solemn expression: "The minister will do his best to use what he has learned to help the lord continue his life." ”

Morning song.

Lu Chuan didn't know that his trip to Beichong had made the ambitious Xibohou suspicious, and at this time he just wanted to go back to his house first.

Boom!

When Lu Chuan and the guards were about to enter the mansion, they suddenly heard a gong sound in the distance.

Lu Chuan and the others looked sideways, and saw a group of people and horses in the distance separated from the crowd, holding flags, beating gongs and drums, and coming this way.

"What's the situation?"

Lu Chuan, Wei Shang and the others glanced at each other, as if they were from the palace.

"It's Mr. Wang. Wei Shang said.

As he spoke, the group approached.

"Doctor Lu!"

Lu Chuan, who was the leader, knew that he was the chief manager of the palace, and at this time he smiled: "Please go up!"

"Huh?"

Lu Chuan raised his eyebrows.

"Doctor Lu sent an envoy to Beichong this time, and he used a clever plan to break the Xiqi rebels, and the king was happy. ”

Wang Qing said with a smile: "As soon as I heard that the adults were coming back today, I immediately set up a banquet in the palace and summoned hundreds of officials to celebrate the adults!"

"How did the king know I was back?"

Lu Chuan was stunned, after he solved Beichong's problem half a month ago, he had already sent a note to Di Xin, saying that he needed to attend Chongying Biao's funeral before he could come back.

On the way back, he was still thinking about the two boxes, so he came very low-key.