In the greenhouse, there was silence for a moment.
Zheng Fan tried his best to be as natural as possible, but then he showed a wry smile.
He underestimated the enemy.
Of course, the whole process of the matter, the so-called general trend, and whether Zheng Shoubei underestimated the enemy had nothing to do with it.
It can only be said that those who can sit on the dragon's throne don't have fuel-efficient lamps.
There are nearly 700,000 troops on the three sides of the Qian Kingdom, and they are the most capable troops in the Qian Kingdom. Originally, if they went south to return reinforcements, they would be led by the two marquises of Zhenbeihou and Jingnanhou. It is entirely possible for two hundred thousand cavalry to directly eat up this army on the plains.
As long as this battle is fought, the northern part of the Qian Kingdom will lose most of its ability to resist. But right now, if the troops from the three sides of the Qian Kingdom do not return reinforcements, they will always be stuck there like nails. They even sent some troops to secretly expedition north to the empty Yan Kingdom.
So no matter how rampant the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army are in the north of the Qian Kingdom, they still cannot completely eat this piece of fat into their mouths and digest it at the same time. Instead, it will be eaten like It's like a fishbone stuck in there.
At the same time,
the Barbarian Royal Court will take this opportunity to try to break away from the control of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, because they have been waiting for this opportunity for a hundred years.
As for the Jin State, due to the reason of the death of the lips and teeth, there is a high probability that it will send a large army to attack the Yan State, and this is almost a certainty, otherwise the Yanjing Forbidden Army and the Jingnan Army's rear camp will not be able to attack They were dispatched to the easternmost defense line of the empire early.
But Dayan's most powerful field regiment was trapped in the north of Qian Kingdom. It was impossible to advance any further. To retreat, not only did it have to give up the fat meat that was almost in its mouth. At the same time, they had to face the counterattack of Qian Guo.
For a moment, Zheng Fan felt a little chilly in his heart.
Dayan, who was originally in a good situation, suddenly fell into a situation where he was waging war with three parties.
Seeing that Zheng Fan had stopped talking, Emperor Qian said:
"To be honest, I have to thank him Ji Runhao for the free salary of the three sides and the Forbidden Army. This huge sum of money In the past, no one dared to touch the military expenditures that were wasted in vain. Even I didn’t dare to touch it.
But now, with the help of your Yan people’s sword, you can help me. Gan, I opened this pustule.
How can I thank your majesty?"
"But the north of Daqian has also been beaten. Most of them are rotten."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Emperor Qian shook his head indifferently and said: "I am rich in the south of Qianjiang River, in the south of the Yangtze River. I am responsible for 80% of the annual revenue of the state treasury.
The three counties have been abandoned for too long. Chu County and Beihe County are even poor counties. They may be considered wealthy in the eyes of you Yan people, but in the eyes of you Yan people, they are rich. In the eyes of us, it is considered a poor place.
The only one affected at all is Xishan County, but even if Xishan County is destroyed, it will be a disaster for me. A good deal.
I’m not afraid of your jokes. I’m very redundant in my work. Although it looks glamorous on the surface, the treasury is almost at the point where I can’t make ends meet.
Three redundants, one is redundant soldiers. I will send waves of Xiang troops up for you to break up. The three sides and the generals of the Forbidden Army and the dignitaries standing behind them do not dare to If I conceal the matter of empty wages, I can just take advantage of the general trend and extend my hand into these two armies with justifiable reasons.
Redundant officials. There were so many officials in the north who had neglected their duties, been killed, or surrendered. It was just a matter of time to clean up a wave of them.
The third one is the monks and Taoists. You Yan people do not believe in Buddhism or Taoism. Countless temples and Taoist temples were destroyed along the way, which also helped me a lot.
What’s more, in order to protect themselves, some temples and Taoist temples took the initiative to hand over their stored grains to you Yan people. This is another good excuse for me. I have long seen that these people are not productive. People outside the country who work but don’t have to pay taxes have been uncomfortable for a long time! ”
Speaking of enthusiasm,
Qianhuang stood up,
even turned around,
put aside his For his age, he is really elegant and elegant.
Perhaps, it is in line with the aesthetics of this era, but Zheng Fan really can't appreciate it, maybe because there are too many performance artists in later generations.
p>“Your Majesty. "Zheng Fan said.
Qianhuang stopped and said:
"What else do you want to say? ”
“Any idea, at the beginning, is very beautiful. ”
“I understand, so I didn’t let you meet with the officials. I am very happy now, but most of the officials are probably worried, that is, the princes in the court. They were in peace and prosperity. They are all top-notch experts, but in troubled times, they can only be mere showpieces. ”
“Your Majesty, the Foreign Minister feels that your Majesty, you may be thinking too beautifully. ”
“Are you so stubborn? "
"It is impossible for Qian Guo to summon a large army at once! "
"Give me three years, and I can train a real 800,000-strong Forbidden Army! "
Qianhuang bent down, looked at Zheng Fan sitting on the blanket, and said:
"Actually, I am a worthy emperor and very ordinary, but there is really nothing I can do about it. .
Just like two children, one was a cattle herder and the other was a woodcutter. They sat together under a big tree all afternoon and did nothing.
But the boy who herds the cows has eaten enough grass for his cows, while the boy who chops wood has not chopped a single piece of wood.
Do you know what this means? ”
Zheng Fan suddenly felt angry and irritable in his heart;
To be honest, Zheng Shoubei has never regarded himself as a Yan person in the true sense, but as himself. The "birthplace" of this world, plus the country that has struggled along the way, is naturally unavoidable in its emotional bias.
Qianhuang continued:
"One is poor and the other is rich. We all have different foundations."
Qianhuang flicked his long sleeves and said,
"Daqan has more capital. Ji Runhao is a powerful person. I risked everything to start this war. I don’t like to play with money, and I rarely play card games, but I understand the truth. The more you want to win, the more likely you are to lose.
My family has a strong foundation, and I can lose one, two, three, or many times, but he, Ji Runhao, can’t afford to lose, not even one!”
Zheng Fan! I found that at this time, I had been completely suppressed by Emperor Qian in terms of momentum and painting style.
However, Zheng Fan still stood up, bowed deeply to Qianhuang, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, if we can't eat this piece of meat from Qianguo, then I Dayan will not leave it there intact waiting for you, Qian Guo, to pick up the piece of meat again." "What do you mean?" Qian Huang's eyes flickered.
But Zheng Fan was not afraid at all and said directly:
"Your Majesty should know that our Yan army has been very restrained since going south."
Li Fusheng can be said to be I was holding it back, but I was still enduring it.
“That’s because we, the Yan Army, believe that the next piece of land will be the land of the Yan State, and the people on this land will be the people of our Yan State.
If it really comes to the situation that your Majesty said,
I, the more than 200,000 cavalrymen of Great Yan, will no longer seal their swords.
They have slaughtered and plundered all the way back since the land of Gyeonggi. Your Majesty, you can let the armies on the three sides continue to hold on, and my butcher knife of Dayan will be bloody all the way back!
It is impossible to say that the chickens and dogs in the north of Qian Country are not left;
p>But it’s not difficult to have ten houses and nine empty houses!
Even if the country is rich in the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be easy to face a completely devastated north, right?”
Emperor Qian's voice deepened and he said:
"I can accept it."
The emperor's heart can open his mouth. These are my people. , but the next moment, he can fly yellow paper for his people.
"What about the Chu State? Facing a Qian State that has been greatly weakened, will the Chu State continue to be indifferent?"
"Okay, it's a bit like an envoy, but you Do you know what your problem is?"
"I don't know."
"It's too natural."
Qian Huang walked to the desk. He picked up a bunch of grapes, put it into his mouth, chewed it and said: "The King of Chu is old and has been bedridden for a year. Each of the four princes of the Chu Kingdom has a fiefdom. With troops and horses in hand, do you think it is still possible for the Chu State to send troops to the outside world?"
Zheng Fan was silent.
"Of course, if you Yan people really come back with a killing spree and completely destroy all the northern counties of my Daqian, I will indeed feel very sad, but it is not a bad thing. , sometimes, what?It is really difficult to make everyone from the imperial court to the common people hate something.
It’s okay now, you Yan people, just go ahead and do it. I can calm down people’s hearts later and shout out the slogan of the Northern Expedition.
It may be a loss to the country, but it is beneficial to the dragon chair. "
Zheng Fan took two steps back, bowed and said:
"I will teach you. ”
“It’s also strange. Maybe it’s because it’s rare for me to meet someone with such a congenial temperament who can speak freely and freely in front of me, so what I said today is inevitable.” Just a little more.
Zheng Aiqing, let’s do this, you can stay in our country, I promise you a future! "
Zheng Fan immediately knelt on the ground.
Qian Huang had a smile on his face.
He said:
"Zheng Aiqing. Did you agree? "
Zheng Fan shook his head,
and said:
"The foreign minister is a little dizzy. "
"Why? "
"The foreign minister almost thought that it was the army of Qian State that was approaching the city of Yanjing, not our army of Yan State. ”
After saying that, Zheng Fan stood up again, without any fear as he had done before.
“What I said to you before is nothing. wrong? Tomorrow, your Yan army can attack the city and take a look at this Shangjing City, but you can take it down later!
Wait and see, when the barbarians and the Jin army invade the hinterland of your Yan country, how will your Yan country respond!
Destiny is not in Yan! "
Zheng Fan sighed and said to Emperor Qian:
"Your Majesty, the foreign minister would like to ask you a question. ”
“But it doesn’t hurt to ask. "
"Your Majesty, have you ever fought in a war? "
"What? ”
“Have you ever personally carried a knife and led a charge on the front line? ”
“Never. "
"Oh, no wonder, Your Majesty, although I am a foreign minister, but because of the reward of such food from your majesty, the foreign minister wants to give advice. "
"Say. ”
“Your Majesty, battles are fought with swords and swords, not by sitting in this warm room and leaning on this soft blanket and talking.”
No matter how much your Majesty says, it will not change the fact that our Yan army has already appeared outside your capital.
Not to mention anything else, just in case someone joins forces with the Yan army outside my city at this time and goes to the capital to say that it has fallen, it may also fall.
In this world, there has never been a city that will never fall.
If that is the case, Your Majesty, what is the meaning of what you said to the foreign ministers earlier? "
"Are you laughing at me? "
"The foreign minister dare not. In fact, the foreign minister does not know how to solve the situation that your majesty just mentioned. But there is one thing that the foreign minister knows very well, that is, no matter how much you talk, It sounds nice, but it can't stop the sharpness of the saber.
The foreign minister has only recently learned to fight and has been on the battlefield many times, so the foreign minister understands one thing better.
A court is a court, and means are means, but they are completely different from fighting on the battlefield. ”
After that,
Zheng Fan bowed and bowed:
“Your Majesty, the foreign ministers have said everything that should be said. Your Majesty’s teachings, foreign ministers With this in mind, the foreign minister felt that it was time for him to leave. "
"You just scolded me, but now you want to leave? "
"If the foreign minister does not leave the city tonight, one hundred thousand of His Majesty's people will be buried with him in the capital tomorrow. Foreign minister, it doesn't matter. ”
“Haha, don’t worry. If the two countries are at war, I will let you go. I want you to help me pass on an oral message back. I will reconcile the previous accounts one by one in the future.” Ji Runhao figured it out clearly. "
"The foreign ministers take orders. "
"Go down. "
"The foreign minister resigned. ”
After walking out of the greenhouse, a chill hit him immediately, and Zheng Fan shivered subconsciously.
Looking back at the warm spring-like room behind him, alas , after living in Cuiliu Fort for a long time, the living conditions have really deteriorated a lot. In the past, there were still two houses in Hutou City, and I could even take a bath in the hot spring at night.
I didn’t know that. When will this day of hard work come to an end?
Suddenly,
the words that Emperor Qian said before came to mind,
Qian. The armies on the three sides of the country were not allowed to move south.
Zheng Fan's heart suddenly sank,
Don't be the last one,
Did Yan arrive first?
Going out and passing through the corridor, the woman from the Silver Armored Guard was still standing there.
Zheng Fan couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
To be honest,
At this time, Zheng Shoubei is the only one who can still enjoy the hardships.
The woman from Silver Armor Guard is also looking at Zheng Fan,
When Zheng Fan walked past her,
she suddenly said:
"I heard that Yan people are good at riding and shooting? "
Hiss...
Zheng Fan nodded and said:
"I am also good at riding and shooting. "
"Really? "
The face of the female silver-armored guard showed a look of disbelief.
"In the future, if there is a chance, we can give it a try and learn from each other. By then, the girl will know , what I said is not a lie. "
"There is evil in your eyes. "
"Girl, you are wrong. "Zheng Fan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
"Will the Yan people attack the city tomorrow? "The woman asked.
"I don't know, maybe, I can just show off. You know, it's so cold, so everyone has to find something to do to stretch their muscles, otherwise it's easy to get cold. . "
"Then I will compete with the Messenger tomorrow. ”
"Huh?"
Zheng Fan suddenly felt that something was a little wrong. It seemed that the Emperor Qian had said something wrong?
"The envoy will also participate in the siege tomorrow, right?"
"If nothing else happens, he should be able to, but I am below the city and you, girl, are in the city. Unless We will be broken up in the capital tomorrow, otherwise it will be difficult for us to meet."
"It doesn't matter, I can go down to find the envoy."
"No, why are you so right, girl? "I care so much?"
"Because the way the messenger looked at me when he came over made me very uncomfortable. I wanted to kill you with a sword, but you are the messenger, so you can't tonight. He died in Shangjing City, so I can only find an opportunity to kill you tomorrow."
"Girl, I think men's matters should be resolved between men, I..."< /p>
“I don’t have a man.”
“I’m sorry, I’m clumsy.”
“I’m not married yet, so I can only handle my affairs personally. Let’s solve it.”
“Huh?”
Not married?
Suddenly,
A sword floated out and appeared behind the woman, as if it was spiritual, and whistled slightly on the side of her cheek.
This is really high-end technical work.
Bullshit ninth-level warriors.
I can’t even do this even if I’m an eighth-level warrior. Can't even think about it!
What a widow, what a concubine, what a wonderful thing, Qian Huang, you old and disrespectful bastard!
"I remember your envoy's name is Zheng Fan."
"I think we..."
"My name is Thyme Lan."
p>
Zheng Fan's eyes immediately widened and he blurted out: "The Baili Sword is..."
"Brother."
"..." Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan left in a daze. At this moment, Dayan's national destiny and future were no longer in his consideration, and the trend of the war had also been forgotten.
What Zheng Fan is thinking about now is that the biological sister of Baili Jian, one of the four great swordsmen, said that she wants to kill him?
The Baili Sword shouldn't be weaker than the Shatuo Que Stone, right?
No matter how weak her sister is, she will definitely not be too weak if she can show Emperor Qian the door, right?
With this depressed mood, Zheng Fan walked a long way forward.
What he didn’t know was that,
after he left,
Thyme Lan looked at the sword floating in front of her,
Frowned slightly,
Muttered to himself:
"You said that you sensed the last screams of the three swords in him. That fool Yuan Zhenxing is dead. Is it in his hand?"
Thyme Lan's mind immediately recalled the time when she was a child.
The greasy man with three swords on his back was pushing a wheelbarrow.The car came to me with piles of candied haws on it,
I said to my young self at the time:
"Call me uncle, and these candied haws will be yours!" "
When he called "Uncle",
This man who liked to carry three swords smiled like a fool, as if he thought he had taken advantage of his brother. .
The fool who has been living a poor life despite having a good swordsman training,
Just like that,
gone?
Thyme Lan is a little puzzled.
Fortunately, the swordsman's style of acting is very simple. No matter how difficult the knot is, just cut it off with one sword.
Either the knot will be broken up or the knot will be broken up. Once the sword is broken,
it's all over.
…………
Under the guidance of the little eunuch holding a lantern, Zheng Fan got into the carriage again. Inside the carriage, the blind man was wiping his mouth, while A Ming looked indifferent.
"The food of the Qian people is really good." The blind man said with emotion. Then he looked at Zheng Fan and said, "My lord, how is it?"
These exchanges are all It happens in a black channel built with mental power, so there is no need to worry about being eavesdropped by outsiders.
Zheng Fan rubbed his face vigorously with both hands,
said:
"Something happened."
He was opening black In the channel, Zheng Fan explained the matter again and did not miss Baili Jian's sister.
"Huh, widow?" A Ming smiled first.
"Why are you laughing? How many swords can you block?" Zheng Fan asked.
A Ming shook his head and said: "My lord, this is simple. Just don't go out alone. In the camp, does she dare to come in directly?"
Now? Son, the carriage has left the palace, walking on the curfewed streets, heading towards the north city gate.
Suddenly,
More than a dozen men in black suddenly appeared in the houses on both sides, each holding a crossbow and aiming at the carriage.
The blind man's complexion suddenly changed and he shouted urgently:
"There is an assassin!"