〖In the fifth year of Tongtai, in the first month of the year, Dayong's envoy Gou Lian paid a visit, and Lian bribed the ministers with large sums of money. At that time, the king was young, and the prime minister, Shang Weijun, was in charge of the government, and the number of honest people talked in secret. You are not allowed to fight, and you miss the opportunity, which is a sin that cannot be forgiven.
— "The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of King Chu Min"〗
Looking at the information in my hand, I almost groaned to read it, but King Qi said to me with the information: "Suiyun, I didn't expect your plan to be so sinister, so that the generals under Long Tingfei's command would die. Injury." I can only defend weakly, this is not my arrangement, in fact, Su Qing's plan of the Northern Han commander is more vicious and dangerous than my arrangement, and the result is more perfect, not only to frame Quartz, The purpose of smearing Duan Wudi also undermined Long Tingfei's prestige. If it wasn't for Su Qing who was adorned by Qiu Yufei on the way back to Zezhou with some secret spy masters, although relying on Su Qing's outstanding martial arts, the hard fight with secret spy masters, and the timely response sent by Zezhou, he was finally forced to retreat. It was Qiu Yufei, but he paid a heavy price. This time the plan was really perfected by Su Qing.
However, I thought with a guilty conscience, this doesn't seem to be Su Qing's responsibility. Qiu Yufei was let go by me. Although I don't know how this person suddenly became a congenital master, it seems that it was my responsibility that caused Su Qing to lose. disastrous. Speaking of which, although Mozong is the help of the Northern Han Dynasty, Jing Wuji can only be used as a deterrent force. If a person of his identity, if he personally kills the enemy or assassinates, I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty will feel that the Northern Han Building will be destroyed. Now, Jing Wuji won't take action, and our grandmaster-level masters won't be dispatched, so until a critical moment, Jing Wuji won't take action. In comparison, the other disciples of the Demon Sect pose a greater threat to us, like Qiu Yufei, who would have thought that he would suddenly make great progress in martial arts and advance to the innate number, no wonder Su Qing made a mistake. I regretted it a little, but Qiu Yufei couldn't kill him after all, so I had to put aside the established facts and prepare for the aftermath. I decided to call Su Qing into the Central Army. After all, the army will soon attack the Northern Han Dynasty. Since Su Qing's identity has been revealed, it is more appropriate to stay as the Counselor of the Central Army. This woman is really not simple. Leaving the slightest flaw, this time I entered the tiger's den, and the means of trying to cover up were very consummate, which really impressed me very much.
After sorting out the information, I instructed Su Qing to come in. He changed into a green shirt and men's clothes. Although he was still graceful and graceful, Su Qing, who was as strong as a winter plum, walked into my tent indifferently, bowed his head and said, "My subordinate Su Qing, I'm meeting with the Lord Supervisor of the Hou of Chu Township. , the subordinates violated the orders of the adults, changed the plan without authorization, and caused the death of many colleagues, and asked the adults to punish." After speaking, he coughed a few times, and his face became paler as snow.
I glanced at this woman in admiration. This is a strange woman. Six years ago, she had a short-lived appearance in the Dayong Jianghu. She was wearing a blue Confucian shirt, but she never concealed her identity as a woman. In just half a year, he became famous, and then he joined King Yong and invited him to be a secret spy in the Northern Han Dynasty. She made a great contribution this time, but seeing that she did not have the slightest complacent look on her face, nor was she worried because she violated the order without authorization, her eyebrows were blue and green, and it was really unusual.
Su Qing's heart was not as calm as she appeared to be, but she was actually quite uneasy. Although Mr. Jiang's words were gentle and elegant, as the head of the Northern Han secret spy, she naturally knew a lot about the inside story of the court. She knew that if it wasn't for the entanglement between her and Duan Wudi, and Quartz accidentally fell in love with herself, she would never have dared to change her plan without authorization. But after the success of the plan, she is more worried about her own ending. The most wise people often get out of control of the worst things. What she does is only afraid of offending this person. If you kill and kill half of them, you can aggravate yourself.
I don't think about her thoughts. For me, it's best for my subordinates to be able to adapt to their needs. But since they have the courage to change their plans, they must bear the consequences. If they lose, they will be punished heavily. Just treat it as a reward. Su Qing's gains outweigh his losses, and I will naturally reward him. Sighing lightly, I said: "This is not your responsibility, although you changed your plan without authorization, but the effect was better than I expected, and you sacrificed a lot, how could Ben Hou blame you, as for Qiu Yufei's pursuit The killing was also unexpected, this time the gains outweighed the losses, so you don't need to blame yourself too much, have you taken the wound medicine I asked Xiao Shunzi to send?"
A grateful look flashed in Su Qing's eyes, and she said, "My subordinates thank you for your innocence. The medicine is very effective."
Xiao Shunzi interjected, "Boss Su, when you recover from your injury, I will fight you and see how Qiu Yufei is doing now."
Su Qing said cheerfully: "The subordinate only took Qiu Yufei's hundred moves, and he was defeated and injured. The subordinate is incompetent, please forgive me and Master Li."
I took a deep breath. After Xiao Shunzi guessed that Qiu Yufei had entered the innate realm, I felt uneasy, but Su Qing, a woman, could take over a hundred moves from an innate master. This kind of martial arts is no longer simple, but She is really a hero in women's middle school, but my aunt is still alone. It's a pity and a pity. I was thinking about whether I might be a matchmaker for her. , Now Beihan will definitely do its best to suppress our secret spies, and now the war is imminent, you don't have to go back. When our army attacks Beihan, you can go with the army, command our secret spies, and control the intelligence. Fang's scout battalion will also be handed over to you to manage, if you wish."
Su Qing looked overjoyed. She didn't expect this kind of reuse before she came back. She quickly thanked her, "Thank you for your love, my subordinates will do their best."
After Su Qing retreated, I breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xiao Shunzi: "The matter is almost arranged now, the battle is imminent, go and invite King Qi, General Xuan, and Jing Chi to come over, we have to discuss how to attack Beihan. , and also, when will Chi Ji come over? Do Dongchuan and Nanchu have any information?"
Xiao Shunzi said: "Chiji has been ordered by the son to go to Nanchu to rectify the intelligence network, and found that the reason why he didn't get the information about the changes in Fengyimen this time is really because Wei Ying's methods are concealed this time, and the Tianji Pavilion is too inconvenient. Because of his intervention, Chi Ji had already arranged to monitor Fengyi Sect. He thought that there would be no mistakes this time. In addition, Director Han did not have any disagreements because of the Dongchuan incident, so Chi Ji had already left for Zezhou. , It is expected to arrive in two or three days. Dong Que has already arrived in Dongchuan, Chen Zhen is grateful for the kindness of the son, and he does not believe in King Qing's promise, and he is not like Han Wuji, who has no old feelings for Shu, so Dongchuan's The situation has stabilized, and now an agreement has been reached with King Qing, I believe that they will soon be able to enter the core of King Qing's forces. But if King Qing launches too quickly, I'm afraid they won't have time to control King Qing's vital points."
I said lightly: "Don't worry about this, Xiahou Yuanfeng is not a vegetarian, he has already started to attack King Qing and asked Dong Que to contact him. The strength that King Qing relies on has suffered heavy losses, so that he can rely more on the Splendid Alliance. If I want to see Huo Jicheng, I say that Huo Jicheng is inconvenient to come forward, when King Qing raises the flag of rebellion, Huo Jicheng can appear, anyway, King Qing should know that the forces of the original Shu Kingdom will not completely believe him."
Xiao Shunzi chuckled and said, "It's not just that Xiahou Yuanfeng is not a vegetarian, and the emperor is not a vegetarian either. The letter he asked Master Shi to write almost didn't explicitly say that he should offer advice quickly."
I smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if I owe their brothers something in my previous life. I'm conceited and smart, but these two can easily see through me."
At this time, a hearty smile came from outside the tent: "What are you talking about, if the emperor could see through you, he wouldn't always be shriveled. There are a few rulers in the world who are like the emperor, and it's always up to your temperament, what? If you don’t tell the emperor, don’t ask about it, this kind of favor makes me jealous.” Then King Qi strode in, winked and said, “Suiyun, you treat Su Qing very much, how about it, do you want it? I'm fighting for you, Changle is very virtuous and won't blame you."
I said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense, Your Highness. If Miss Su heard about it, she wouldn't be disheartened. She's not a woman who works in Israel."
Li Xian was pushed back by me, and said sternly: "I am also kind, Su Qing is still alone, a woman is struggling like this, and this king can't stand her, if it's not you, who can bear it. rise?"
I said coldly: "I'm not your Highness's opponent, let alone her. Why don't I ask Changle to report to the emperor and promise her to the prince as a concubine?"
Li Xian was taken aback and said, "Don't say no, I'm just joking. This Su Qing is very scary, and I don't dare to offend her. Besides, now that she is a third-rank general, I can't make fun of her."
I glared at King Qi, not knowing who started the conversation first, but I said strangely: "I was just asking Xiao Shunzi to send someone to invite His Highness, Xuan Song and Jing Chi, why did His Highness come first? But what's the matter?"
King Qi said sternly: "There is nothing, but I want to discuss with you about the march."
I smiled and said, "I'm thinking about this too. Let's talk about it when the two generals arrive. But these things, Your Highness can handle it, Zhe can only listen to it." King Qi said: "When I came, I had already sent People have gone to tell them, and they will be here soon." At this time, a guard outside the tent reported, "General Jing and General Xuan are asking to see you."
King Qi and I looked at each other and smiled. A massive attack on Northern Han is imminent. The battle to decide Dayong's fate is about to begin. If this battle can be resolved quickly, no one in the world can stop Dayong's domination of the world. The quagmire of battle, then the situation in which Dayong was attacked by a group, this battle is very important.
In Southern Chu, Lu Can angrily threw the edict to the ground. He had already planned that once Dayong and Northern Han started to fight, he would immediately hand over the defense of Shuzhong to his subordinates, and personally lead the army to cross the river to attack Dayong. Chu's only chance to seize the world, missed this time, without the restraint of the Northern Han iron cavalry, Southern Chu could at best be able to stay in the south of the Yangtze River, but Gou Lian, the Yong envoy, easily frightened the court officials with money and intimidation. Looking at the edict that prevented him from fighting, Lu Can really felt powerless.
At this time, someone said: "General, the first seat of Chentang asks to see you." Lu Can frowned, thinking, how could Wei Ying come here? The Yihuang Hall was divided, and now is the time to keep a low profile, how could he come to meet him? However, although he despised Wei Ying as a person, he still valued his talent. Lu Can ordered Wei Ying to come in.
Wei Ying looked a little haggard. After all, it was not easy to escape from the sea of fire. He was chased by Dayong along the way, and it was very difficult to be able to return to Nanchu safely. He calmly bowed to Lu Can and said with a smile, "General Lu must have a headache. I wonder if I can give some advice?"
Lu Can said lightly: "What is Wei Shouzuo's opinion? The imperial court already has a decree, can this general still resist the decree?"
Wei Ying smiled and said: "The general is too roundabout, what's the point of resisting the decree, Ling Zun has not asked about the military for a long time, Nanchu has three points of military power, the general has two points, and the defender of Jingxiang Rong Yuan is not as powerful as the general, and he usually listens more to the general's dispatch. , if the general has the will, I would like to help the general Qingjun to get rid of the wrong country and the traitor. From now on, the general can show his grand plans, and Ying can also attach his tail to all the jiwei. how about?"
Lu Can slapped the table and scolded: "Wei Ying, how can you say that you have no father and no king, when you were in trouble, if it wasn't for Shang Xiang and the kindness of the king, how could you have a foothold in Southern Chu, and now you have just gained power, It's like doing such a rebellious thing, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless, tying you up and sending it to Shang Xiang, so that he can see the ugly face of your Fengyi Sect."
With his anger, the guards outside the tent rushed in with weapons. Lu Can's chief guard gave Wei Ying a cold look and said, "General, but did this person offend the general? Please show me the general."
With a sneering smile on his face, Wei Ying said, "General Lu, if you want to kill or tie you up, you have to wait until you have finished speaking from the bottom of your heart. Is it possible that the general does not dare to listen to the lie?"
Lu Can's face sank, he waved his guards to retreat, and said, "Wei Ying, Nan Chu is not Dayong, this general wants you to do it yourself."
Wei Ying smiled slightly and said, "Can the general want to know the content of the secret conversation between monk Gou Lian?"
Lu Can was startled and said, "How could you know about such a secret matter?"
Wei Ying did not answer, imitating Gou Lian's tone and said: "Master Xiang is the grandfather of the country's lord, and he is an aristocratic family of police officers. This is sincere and precious. However, the survival and death of the country does not depend on the ministers, but the generals in command of the army. Now your country's military power is divided into three parts. , Father Lu and his son have two points, Jingxiang defender Rong Yuan has one point, and the soldiers in Xiangye's hands can only control Jianye for one city. Compared with Lu Xin, Lu Can, General Lu and General Rong, they can Ignore it, although Lord Lu is loyal and patriotic, he will never embarrass his son. General Rong also obeys General Lu's orders. If General Lu intends to rebel, the society of your country will be subverted in an instant. , Xiangye should also take precautions early. Now I have something to do in the northern border in Dayong. General Lu is young and buoyant. Now, there will be a division to ask for the guilt. At that time, the two countries will fight with each other and the blood will flow into the river. It is inevitable that the tragic situation of the past will be repeated. What's more, there are still brothers in our country as pawns. How do you handle yourself? If he wins, it is just me, Dayong, fighting on both sides, and I have to retreat temporarily. Dayong has a million soldiers and plenty of money and food. Even if he loses temporarily, it will not hurt his vitality, and General Lu has a great victory. Gong Gao Zhenzhu, even if General Lu had no remorse, I am afraid that he will inevitably have a different opinion. Xiangye often restrains General Lu, when General Lu raises the banner of Qingjun's side, I am afraid that Nanchu will respond a lot, and Xiangye will It is inevitable that there will be no place for burial, even the royal family, I am afraid that it will also be caught by pond fish. It can be seen that, regardless of the outcome of the war between the two countries, Yu Xiangye is unprofitable, and Xiangye is only for glory. Wealth and honor, once the war is over, the power of the prime minister will all be in vain. For the prime minister's plan, there is no more than peace talks. In the past, when your country was defeated, you once made an agreement to pay indemnities every year. Up to now, your country's military and civilians are still suffering from it. The conditions are negotiated with our country. His Majesty of our country will definitely agree to reduce or exempt the indemnity for the war in the northern Xinjiang. At that time, the court and the public will praise Xiangye for his credit. Wouldn’t it be better than the harm of war. If the Xiangye agrees, our country can also re-establish the friendship between Qin and Jin with your country. My Majesty would like to use my beloved daughter to promise King Yigui to go up to the king, and when the princess is ready to marry, the two countries will marry. Harmony, I don't know what Xiangye wants to do?"
Lu Can didn't understand at first, but his face sank after hearing a few words. When Wei Ying finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Shang Xiang must have agreed."
Wei Ying said coldly, "Gou Lian's tongue is like a lotus flower, Shang Weijun was captured by Dayong in the past, and he has long been scared and just wants to be safe, not to mention that the general has a heavy army, and he is already suspected by Shang Xiang. Sick in bed, and now that the peace talks have been negotiated, unless the general uses military remonstrance, there is absolutely no chance of recovery."
Lu Can's expression changed, and he said, "You are here today, is it your intention, or is it the intention of Fengyi Sect?"
Wei Ying looked a little anxious, and said: "They are afraid of Dayong's army, how dare they fight Dayong, they just want to use conspiracy and tricks to fight on the battlefield, they have long had no courage to participate, this time I mean it alone, but If the general is willing to raise troops, I guarantee that they will choose to support the general."
Lu Can sighed deeply and said, "Wei Shouzuo, I know that you are sincere today, but as a minister of Southern Chu, Lu must never do such a ruthless thing, so I won't raise an army, you I have accepted your thoughts, and I won't leak today's affairs, so go ahead."
Wei Ying said disappointedly: "Do you know that if you compromise today, you will never have the chance to set foot on Dayong's territory again?"
Lu Can said sternly: "No matter what happens in the future, Lu can't do things that are disloyal or unfilial. If all ministers can resist the decree and military remonstrance, then what is the majesty of the court? If Lu does such things, Nanchu will lose Wang Gang from now on. Tong, rather than this, Lu Canning can fight Dayong hard in the future to keep half of Jiangnan."
Wei Ying sighed: "You are so stupid and loyal, how can you be Jiang Zhe's opponent? Well, I am blind, when you are the entrusted lord, since you have made a decision, I have nothing to say, but from now on After that, I may be offended a lot, please forgive me."
Lu Can's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and then he was discouraged: "I know you want to control Shang Xiang, but although Shang Xiang does not know the military strategy, you may not be his opponent for those intrigues, in any case, if you do too much Too much, don't forget that I still have an army in my hands."
Wei Ying sighed softly and said, "If I can control Fengyi Sect, I will definitely get rid of Shang Weijun, so that you can control the government, but unfortunately I can't do anything about it. The Southern Chu army has captured Chang'an." After speaking, Wei Ying turned around and walked out. Lu Can wanted to call out to him, but he finally didn't say it. Since he couldn't be unfaithful or unfilial, breaking with Wei Ying was inevitable. . With a deep sigh, Lu Can said in a low voice, "Even if his body is shattered, Lu must protect the picturesque country, but for this treasonous act, Lu can't obey even if he dies. If Mr. Jiang is here , I must laugh at myself for being too pedantic. In the past, when he was studying, my husband made fun of him, sigh, after all, I am not as free and easy as my husband."
After walking out of Lu Can's camp, Wei Ying walked in a daze for a long time, and it took a long time to recover from the complete disappointment and chill. As the son of the prime minister and a former high-ranking official, Wei Ying's military skills are by no means general. In today's world, Dayong's army is strong and strong, and both Southern Chu and Northern Han are powerless to compete. Now is the only opportunity to attack from the north and south to weaken Dayong's power. As long as Dayong suffers heavy losses, it will not be able to completely destroy Dayong for a while, and it will not be able to dominate the world again. If the world is unified, then his hatred will no longer be difficult to retaliate. Although Ling Yu, Ji Xia, and Yan Wushuang were also slightly familiar with the military and politics, they were short-sighted, and they only wanted to make Nanchu stay in the south of the Yangtze River. For them, Dayong wanted to destroy the Northern Han and digest its people. More than ten years is not enough, and although Southern Chu is weak, it occupies half of the country. As long as they hold the Yangtze River, they are not afraid of Dayong's iron hoof going south. Therefore, they would rather use various means to hinder Dayong's unification process, but dare not face the enemy. , for fear that Dayong would simply send troops to Southern Chu first. In their hearts, with a buffer of ten years, it is enough to allow Nan Chu to accumulate strength, and at least be safe for a few decades. And the hatred of Fengyi's sect master, for them, is already the yellow flower of yesterday, as long as they can be prosperous and rich, they are not willing to risk their lives for revenge. What they want most now is to secretly control the Southern Chu Dynasty as they did in Dayong in the past, and the war between the two countries is not in their interests. How could these stupid and short-sighted women get involved with them. Amidst the hatred, Wei Ying came to his senses, and he resolutely gave up his useless complaints. Since he could not use Lu Can to send troops to Dayong, he would use the power of Fengyi Sect to try his best to control the government of Nanchu, and then Concentrate all your strength, take revenge on Dayong, and take revenge on Jiang Zhe. For this purpose, he would rather pay any price. With a determined look on his face, Wei Ying quickened his pace, he couldn't waste any more time.