Chapter 648: The Western Army of Chu State
Li Zhi is dead!
The emperor Ma Yue did not listen to his wish for a pile of soil and a monument with only the words Li Zhi written on it. That night, the Qin Palace was covered with white silk overnight, and the sound of death bells rang out of the palace, ran out of Yongdu, and notices were posted all over the streets and alleys of Yongdu.
The general's death, and the whole country mourns!
In the early morning, the whole of Yongdu fell into a white ocean, with white banners hanging in every household and mourning papers wearing mourning papers. Even God seemed to be moved by Yongdu, and the snow fell all over the sky.
Countless craftsmen rushed to Gushan. A few days later, a tomb made of the same material as the Tower Hall of the Great Qin Palace appeared on the top of Gushan, and was more than meter high on a large monument, writing the story of Li Zhi's life.
Ten days later, Li Zhi came out of the spirit.
The huge coffin came out of the palace, and the royal family members, civil and military officials came out to mourn Li Zhi. Li Zhi had no children, no children, no disciples, and today the one who walked in front of the emperor was the crown prince Ma Chao. The emperor Ma Yue and the first king of different surname Deng Hong of the Qin Dynasty, who supported the coffin. The regulations were so high that as a minister, he was truly unprecedented, or he would never come later.
On the Gushan Mountain, dozens of veterans welcomed their old coach.
A bowl of rice, rice with rice, a bowl of garlic sprouts and a bowl of mutton soup, the head-headed old Huang held an iron spoon in his hand and knocked it on the edge of the big bucket with a bang. The words "Master, start rice!" made countless people cry.
The funeral of Gushan lasted for three days, and in the thatched cottage on Li Zhigushan, Emperor Ma Yue, Kaiping King Deng Hong and General Deng Pu also stayed together for three days. No one knew what they had talked about. But three days later, Deng Pu went down to Gushan and went straight to Kaiping County. Emperor Ma Yue also left Gushan. The rest of the funeral was chaired by Kaiping King Deng Hong.
The era of Li Zhi of the Great Qin Dynasty ended, and a new era belonging to the Deng family officially began.
In the palace, on the first floor of the tower hall, the crown prince Ma Chao was meeting a guest from the Ming Dynasty. Li Zhi's death is basically confirmed to be planned by the Ming Dynasty Empress Min Ruoxi. The Ming Dynasty, Qin and Chu State participated in a conspiracy. However, Li Zhi is dead. It is of no benefit to mention this matter again. Even if he hated him, the Deng family of Qin could not escape the relationship because he really wanted to pursue it. Deng family has now taken over Li Zhi to carry the banner of Qin. Qin State beat his teeth and swallowed it, and he couldn't make a sound. Ma Chao still had to cheer up and negotiate with this person mixed with the envoy of Ming Dynasty.
The death is gone, and life will continue. According to Li Zhi's estimates during his lifetime, Qin will be in a very difficult situation for a long time. During this period, Qin needs trade with Ming.
"The emperor of the despise country expressed deep pain for the death of the general." Tian Zhen, who was sitting in the lower head, looked at Ma Chao: "I hope the relationship between the two countries will not be affected by this accident."
Ma Chao nodded slightly: "This is exactly what I mean by Daqin. Before the Magistrate left, he repeatedly emphasized that we and Daming are brotherly countries, and we must help each other and overcome difficulties together."
"The Grand Marshal is far-sighted." Tian Zhen said: "My Ming Dynasty can defeat the Masayoshi and establish the country. The Qin Dynasty has helped us a lot, so now that the Qin Dynasty has encountered difficulties, the Ming Dynasty will never be stingy with help. Before coming, His Majesty has specially advised us."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Ma Yue said: "We hope to increase the trade with the Ming Kingdom. We need more food, weapons, and steel. Lord Tian, I think you understand that the Western Army of Chu must be ready to move this time. The Qin-Chu border is about to rise, and our Qin-Qin border army has always been simple, so we need better armor and sharper weapons to resist the invasion of the Chu army. I think your emperor is also happy to see it."
"This is natural." Tian Zhen smiled. "We have never stopped commercial interactions."
Ma Chao looked at Tian Zhen and emphasized his tone: "Mr. Tian, what I mean is strengthening trade with the Qin court."
Tian Zhen raised his eyebrows, "I know what Your Highness meant, but I want to ask, your country's border army is basically controlled by Deng's hand. If you want to bypass Deng's hand and directly trade with Your Highness, how can this knot be solved? To put it bluntly, Deng's order is afraid that any materials from our Ming Kingdom will not be able to leave the Qinming border."
"Mr. Tian, don't pretend to be stupid." Ma Chao said expressionlessly: "The General is dead, and your honeymoon period with Deng is almost over. Anyone can think of anything you want to do now. I think, no matter you or us, there is a way to get things in quietly. The border is not an iron wall!"
Tian Zhen laughed: "When the general left, he killed Deng Fang, which is really a good move. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now controls the sand ant?"
Ma Chao's face turned pale: "Deng Fang had controlled the sand ant for too long, and almost turned the sand ant into his servant of Deng's family. Lord Tian, you are also in this business. I am not afraid of family shame making. Just during the mourning for the general, Dai Shulun, an important figure in the sand ant disappeared, and nearly one-third of the secret personnel of the sand ants were lost with him. Especially the intelligence personnel stationed abroad, they were almost completely lost. Now Qin has become blind and deaf. But in China, we also control some of the manpower. The sand ant needs reconstruction. I need your help."
Tian Zhen asked, "I wonder what your highness needs us to help? You can't help us, right?" He laughed and made a harmless joke.
"Although the Eagle Nest starts late, you have great experts like Guo Jiuling, and Lord Tian is also a person who has been in this industry for many years and has developed very rapidly. I believe that you will definitely have a certain understanding of some people who are stationed outside the Sand Ant. After Dai Shulun disappeared, all the detailed records and confidential files of these people were gone. We need these things."
Tian Zhen nodded: "Understanding, if you get the detailed information of these personnel, your highness can instigate the rebellion, or even conduct reverse infiltration into Deng's family, and secondly, you can also control more information. This is still necessary for the reconstruction of sand ants. Your Highness, do we need to just do these unfaithful guys in the royal family?"
Ma Chao looked at Tian Zhen with a smile: "There is no need. Although they have left the royal family, they are still the eyes and ears of Deng. After all, Deng is still the ministers of my Ma family."
"Okay, after I go back, I will report to Commander Guo, and I believe there will be an answer that will satisfy His Highness."
"Next, our battle with Chu may not end in a short time. I believe that this result will make your country very satisfied. So we hope that your country can give us the greatest help." Ma Yue stared at Tian Zhen, "If we can win, then it is not impossible to return Kaiping County to Ming."
After hearing Ma Chao's words, Tian Zhen laughed: "Your Highness, have you ever consulted King Kaiping's opinion?"
"Do you like Kaiping King?" Ma Chao sneered.
"It's very harsh!" Tian Zhen spread his hands.
"That's right. As long as we can get land from Chu and what we want, then in order to maintain friendship with Ming, a Kaiping County is nothing! King Kaiping, who is a minister of Qin, will eventually obey the great interests of Qin." Ma Chao said.
"Let's wait and see!" Tian Zhen said with a smile.
Nanchu, Anyang City. An Ruhai was full of armor and cold eyes, looking at the Western soldiers who were practicing on the school ground. Four years ago, the 80,000 Western troops were destroyed, the entire western border was lost, and Anyang was poisoned. After he took office, he took office. In four years, the Western Army finally had another 50,000 Tiger Ben. After losing in the first year of the battle with the Qin border army, he has recovered his disadvantage bit by bit since the second year. For four years, although the Qin army, which now controls the Luoying Mountains, still has the initiative in the war, he can no longer come and leave as he wants. Every time he robs, the Qin army now has to exchange for blood.
When the news of Li Zhi's death came, An Ruhai immediately realized that there would be drastic changes in Qin State, and the change in power structure would bring about huge shocks, and this would be a great opportunity for him to recover the Luoying Mountains and regain the initiative. Although he had not received the imperial decree from the court, he had already begun to prepare actively.
The entire Anyang County had begun to mobilize. When he was almost fully prepared, the court ordered him to start a war at the right time and recover the Luoying Mountains finally arrived.
Good news came one after another, Li Zhi finally died, Bian Wushuang took office. Although he brought 20,000 Thunder Army, Deng Hong took away five thousand elites from the 100,000 border troops. Most of these five thousand were middle- and low-level officers and backbone troops. For An Ruhai, the Qin border army in front of him was not stronger, but weaker.
It seems that Deng Hong has really made up his mind to take advantage of the Qin and Chu battle to deal with the Bian family.
It was very good, and this was the best thing for Chu State. The shame four years ago will eventually be washed away.
"General Duan, how was the combat plan formulated?" He turned his head and looked at the scissor Duan Sheng who was sitting on the wheelchair. Duan Sheng's health was getting worse and worse day by day, and now he could only sit in a wheelchair, but An Ruhai did not despise his deputy general at all. It can be said that most of the contributions to the formation of the 50,000 Western Army was counted as a deputy general who seemed to be a useless person. He was even more familiar with the continuous mountain combat in the Luoying Mountains. This time the entire combat plan was formulated by Scissor Duan Sheng.
Duan Xuan nodded slightly, coughed and rinsed gently, as if he was very laborious to speak: "General, everything is ready."
Chapter completed!