Chapter 312

Several months have passed since Bian Xiao retired.

However, the hinterland of Wu State was still devastated, and Bian Xiao was too ruthless to kill him. It affected more than fifteen counties, and nearly one-third of the country was destroyed.

A lot of people were killed or second.

The key is food shortage.

Because when Bian Xiao looted, he didn't know how many granaries were burned, and even the unripe grain that grew in the ground was burned once.

So this year's autumn harvest, Wu Guo's grain production decreased by a quarter.

Coupled with the failure of the expedition to Tide City, it was even worse.

In the past few months, Wu Kingdom has been resting and recuperating.

King Wu was young, and he had grown a beard before to show his majesty.

But after the big defeat a few months ago, he shaved his beard instead.

If you are called a yellow-mouthed child, you should be a yellow-mouthed child. The maturity of a king does not depend on his beard.

Now King Wu has once again welcomed the envoy of Chu State, who is still the servant of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State who has dealt with King Yue.

"The King of Yue is seriously ill and wants to compromise with my great king, but he doesn't want to be blamed for humiliating the country, so he proposes this ridiculous border hunting." The Minister of Rites of Chu State said, "King Wu has heard about this matter. "

Of course King Wu heard about it, and it was even difficult not to hear about it.

This matter has been widely spread.

"I heard one or two."

The servant of Chu State's Ministry of Rites said: "Ning Yuanxian's move is very shameless. It is clearly that he deliberately made Shen Lang and Ning Zheng as cannon fodder, and ceded the benefits to our Chu State in exchange for the peace of the border."

King Wu said: "Is there such a thing?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "I heard that there was a famine in the State of Wu recently. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

King Wu said: "It is true that there is a shortage of food, but famine is not enough."

The minister of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State said: "My country of Chu has had a bumper harvest this year. We are a country of brothers, so I am willing to lend the king a million stone grains."

As soon as these words came out, the King of Wu was stunned, and the surrounding officials were delighted.

One million stone grains is more than 100 million catties, an absolute astronomical figure.

This batch of food is enough for 2 million people to eat for two or three months. Although there is still a certain gap, at least this winter will be able to survive.

Did Chu State have such a big hand?

King Wu said: "The king of Chu is so benevolent and righteous, which really touched the widow, I will write an IOU for your king."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "King Wu, we are not only willing to borrow this batch of food, but also without interest."

King Wu stepped down from the throne and cupped his hands in the southwest direction: "The King of Chu is the true king."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Of course, but the king of my family has a small request."

Wu Wang said: "What is the request?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State said, "I heard that the king had signed a secret covenant with the King of Yue before?"

King Wu said: "No, I don't know where your envoy heard about it?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State said: "There is no best, but the king of my family wants you to declare the world, no matter what secret contract you signed with Ning Yuanxian, the king of Yue, it will be void."

This is to let King Wu tear up the secret contract between Wu and Yue.

Of course, no matter what secret contracts in this world are used to tear up.

It's just that the speed of tearing is too fast. It's only been a few months, and the ink is almost dry. This is about to become a butt wipe?

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Not only that, the king of my family is willing to sign a secret covenant with the State of Wu, and you and I will become a country of brothers."

King Wu said: "I and Chu are the kingdom of brothers."

The servant of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State said: "The sense of ritual is still needed, and it's just another covenant."

The meaning of Chu State is already very clear.

As long as the King of Wu tore up the covenant signed with the King of Yue and signed a secret covenant with the King of Chu, he could borrow one million stone grains without interest.

In fact, this does not require Wu Guo to pay a little benefit.

Wu Zhi, the privy envoy of the Wu Kingdom, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the so-called border hunting now is simply that the King of Yue Ning Yuanxian deliberately cut meat for you Chu State, right?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "No more right, Ning Yuanxian is seriously ill, and the domestic struggle for succession is intensifying. King Yue was afraid that our country would send troops. He originally wanted to compromise directly, but he felt it was too shameful and ugly, so he proposed absurdity. The frontier will hunt, and it is clear that it is deliberately losing to us, sacrificing the two unknown people, Ning Zheng and Shen Lang."

Wu Zhi said, "What about after this ridiculous border hunting?"

What he meant was very clear, did Chu's appetite stop there?

After winning the border hunting, and getting the 20-mile border line and 800,000 gold coins as indemnity, will the State of Chu let the State of Yue go?

Still have to measure up? Further war blackmail?

The minister of the Ministry of Rites of Chu State said, "Of course this is the end. The king of my family is most concerned with credibility."

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "The reputation of the King of Chu is indeed well known to everyone."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Your Majesty only needs to void the secret covenant with Yue State and sign a secret covenant with our Chu State, and you will be able to get one million stone grains, so why not do it?"

As soon as these words came out, many ministers nodded.

King Wu said: "Your envoy goes to rest first, the matter is very important, we need to discuss it first."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu retire.

Then there was a lot of discussion in the Wu Dynasty hall.

More than half of the ministers agreed.

This is a totally worthless business.

Tear up a covenant and sign a new one, and you can exchange for one million stone grains.

Where in the world can you find such good things?

If you don't agree, you're a fool.

So many courtiers bowed down one after another, begging the King of Wu to agree.

"Your Majesty, millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed. It's terrible!"

"Your Majesty, this winter is getting colder and colder. If there is no food to eat, people will really starve to death."

"Your Majesty, all people are like children, and Your Majesty is like a parent."

The implication is very clear, that is, to get King Wu to agree to get the food first.

King Wu said with a smile: "The few people know what the ministers mean, so let's retire first."

Taking advantage of the time to retreat from the dynasty, many courtiers once again kowtowed and asked the King of Wu to have mercy on the people.

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In the study, King Wu was furious.

He was not angry at Chu, but at his subjects.

Could it be that the king of the widow is so shameless and has no credibility?

The covenant just signed will be voided in a few months?

For the sake of one million stone of grain, throw into the arms of Chu State?

What is being a widow? Prostitutes in the kiln? No shame!

Wu Zhi said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry. The consideration of the courtier is different from the consideration of the king."

King Wu sneered: "Yes, in the eyes of these officials, the reputation of my king is not too important. Why not rely on my reputation to exchange food? But they don't think about it. How many times can the reputation of a widow be sold?"

Wu Zhidao: "Their ideas may be more than that."

King Wu said: "My country of Wu is short of grain, but it is not short of grain. The wealthy and wealthy families of these ministers have piles of grain. This is because they are afraid that the widow will seek alms for them. In order not to bleed, of course, the widow must sell their reputation in exchange for food. Their food is preserved."

Wu Zhidao: "These are not important, the important thing is the next situation, how my Wu country responds, we are going to have a shocking hero in the south."

Jin Jun!

At the mention of this name, King Wu was extremely impressed.

This Jinjun was several years younger than him, and when he succeeded the Nanou Kingdom, he had almost nothing and was a complete puppet.

Just two or three years.

It might even be the co-owner of the entire sand barbarian tribe.

At the time of the Nanou rebellion, everyone thought that Jun Jin would be crushed to death like an ant.

But I didn't expect that it's only been more than a year, and a king is about to rise in the south.

Better than sigh.

This Jinjun really went upstream from the desperate situation and created a miracle.

The army of the Yue Kingdom occupied most of the territory of the Nan'ou Kingdom. Instead of being in a hurry, King Jin used this war to unify the entire sand barbarian tribe.

Really great handwriting.

The pen of God.

And his King Wu inherited the throne of his father's generation, and the result is still a mess up to now, which is really embarrassing in comparison.

King Wu said: "The King of Chu should have signed a real secret covenant with this King Jin. When King Jin retakes Nan'ou and swept the entire south, it will be the time when the King of Chu's army will advance eastward."

Wu Zhidao: "So the bargaining chips of this border hunting meeting will not satisfy the King of Chu at all. This old and cunning guy will definitely open his mouth and continue to blackmail Ning Yuanxian."

King Wu was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Wang, we can only stand on the side of the winner."

Yes!

This is the most important.

In the last war, the state of Wu suffered too much loss, and it took at least half a year to recuperate.

Wu Guo's chips are running out.

You can't throw it out at will, and you must bet right.

Wu Zhidao: "The king of Yue used the bargaining chips of the border hunting as bait. But why didn't the Chu country use one million stone grains as bait? Letting us tear up the alliance with the Yue country is only the first step, what he wants. It is to pull us into Jin-jun's chariot."

King Wu said: "Yes, last time it was Su Nan's chariot, this time it was Jinjun's chariot. This King of Chu is really cunning. He has never thought about the fisherman's profit, and never thought of taking chestnuts out of the fire."

Wu Zhidao: "However, Jinjun and Su Nan are completely different. Once he unites the entire sand barbarian tribe, he will have an army of 100,000, and it will be the most savage and powerful army in the world. Chu State will not want to make small troubles like last time, it is a real battle of the country. That's why the King of Chu can't wait to pull my Wu State into the war."

Wu Wang can completely imagine.

The next big war that might break out will be unparalleled.

It may be a real Three Kingdoms Armageddon, or even a Four Kingdoms Armageddon.

The total number of troops used may exceed 400,000 to 500,000, which is completely different from the war a few months ago.

This may be a super decisive battle to decide the fate of the four countries.

Wu Zhi said: "So even if we want to tear up the covenant with Yue, we have to sign some secret covenant of the Three Kingdoms, and we have to wait until the emperor's affairs are completed. Now the Chu Kingdom wants to use a mere one million stone grains in exchange for His Majesty's three and four nights. ? It's too cheap."

King Wu suddenly said: "If there is hunting at the border, will the Yue Kingdom win?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zhi was stunned.

impossible.

The so-called border hunting, but the real and most direct battle.

Without any conspiracy, the two armies directly killed each other.

The elites of the state of Chu have participated in the war all the year round, and they are more elite than those of the state of Yue.

Five thousand against two thousand in Vietnam.

I heard that Ning Zheng and Shen Lang had just recruited 2,000 trash and had just started the so-called military training.

It was clear that the two thousand wastes were sacrificed as cannon fodder.

How is it possible to win?

King Wu said: "If the Yue Kingdom wins, will it be a strong shock to the Chu Kingdom?"

Wu Zhi thought about it for a while, but still thought it was very absurd.

King Wu said with a smile: "Then we will wait and see. Of course, the protagonist of this drama is Jin Jun, who is the big man who controls the situation of the four southern countries."

the next day.

The King of Wu formally rejected Chu's request, and declared that what he had signed with Yue was an armistice, not a secret covenant.

Moreover, he would never tear up the signed contract for petty profits.

Immediately, the ministers cried out, shouting how poor the hungry people are, and they may not be able to survive this winter.

King Wu decreed.

From today onwards, the expenses of his palace have been reduced by two-thirds, and he only eats two gruels a day, giving all the food saved by the entire royal family to the hungry.

Next, the King of Wu personally visited the families of some important officials and wrote IOUs to them to borrow food.

Wu officials and wealthy families have generously donated 50,000 shi of food within half a month.

Immediately afterwards, there was a major leak of high-level officials in Vietnam, and an important list was exposed.

All the senior officials of Wu State on this list were secretly bought or coerced by Heishuitai of Yue State, and they did many things to betray Wu State.

The King of Yue was furious and severely punished the leaker of Heishuitai, beheading three people and imprisoning more than a dozen people.

King Wu was furious and executed a second-rank high-ranking official on the list to kill the entire clan.

Immediately, the wealthy families of the Wu Kingdom donated generously to help the victims. In just ten days, 800,000 shi of food was raised.

Wu Wang was moved.

Then he publicly stated in the court that the so-called Vietnam leak incident was a conspiracy at all.

He didn't believe at all that the officials of Wu State would be bought by the Black Water Terrace of Yue State, and he absolutely believed in the loyalty of his subjects.

Then, in front of all his courtiers, he burned this so-called list to the ground.

That is at this time.

Wu Mu, who was defeated in Raging Tide City, officially returned.

King Wu's cleaning of the imperial court officially started, and many new talents gradually replaced the old ministers.

Following the disaster relief and leaking incidents, King Wu officially started a counterattack against the old ministers.

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There are talented people in the country, each leading the way for several years.

King Wu in the north is becoming mature, and King Jin in the south is rising like a star, and he is about to light up the sky of the entire eastern world.

Today, the court of Yue Kingdom is also extremely restless.

With the illness of Ning Yuanxian, the king of Yue, the battle between the prince and the third prince, Ning Qi, became increasingly fierce.

The two sides have already had a good chance to play around the position of the Central Governor of the Tianxi Province.

Zhang Zixu, who originally belonged to the prince's lineage, was already a sure thing to hold this position, and he was about to give up the decree.

However, a case of reselling military rations was in full swing, and the favored man Zhang Zixu was also implicated.

The prince was a civil servant, and dozens of people were involved.

Immediately afterwards, an even more astonishing case of military corruption broke out, and dozens of military generals were involved.

The whole case is getting bigger and bigger.

The position of the governor of the western province of Tianxi was once again stranded.

In such a lively situation, Shen Lang's family gave birth to a daughter, of course it was a trivial matter.

But there are still many people who are interested in it.

Shen Lang was so favored by the monarch before, but when he gave birth to a daughter this time, will the monarch have any gifts?

result!

Absolutely not.

Not only did the monarch not have any reward, but even Concubine Bian seemed to be completely unaware of this matter.

I heard that Concubine Chong wanted to give gifts, but was stopped by the monarch.

The direction of the wind is very clear.

Shen Lang fell out of favor.

The monarch was determined to sacrifice Shen Lang and Ning Zheng.

As long as the border hunting is over, these two will be completely finished.

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Shen Lang's precious daughter is twenty days old.

He absolutely couldn't put it down.

But unfortunately, such a big baby eats and sleeps every day, sleeps and eats, and sleeps most of the day.

But when the baby was awake, he was basically held in his arms by Shen Lang.

The little girl was so naughty in her mother's belly, but after she was born, she seemed very well-behaved and quiet.

Most of the time, he stared at Shen Lang with wide black eyes, and that delicate little face was serious.

Don't cry at all.

Only when the stink is pulled, it will hum twice.

Everyone found that Shen Lang was holding his daughter at home every day, and he didn't go to the Beiyuan hunting ground at all, and he didn't care about the military training there.

Now everyone can see it more clearly.

This time the border will be hunted, and Shen Lang himself did not report any hope, he himself gave up.

After recruiting the more than 2,000 wastes, they were left unattended in the barracks of Beiyuan Hunting Ground.

On this day, Shen Lang waited for a long time, and finally the baby woke up, and he couldn't wait to hold it out to show off.

Grand Duke Li Fong came secretly like a thief.

Because the monarch is "sacrifice" Shen Lang, as His Majesty's confidant, Li Xun, of course, has to be cold to Shen Lang.

"Yo, we adults acted, but the little baby was wronged."

Grand Duke Li Xun carefully held the baby in his arms, and his posture was even more standard than Shen Lang.

When the baby was held in Shen Lang's arms, his little face was serious, and he looked like he was facing a great enemy.

But when Li Xun was in his arms, he wanted to sleep a little lazily, as if it was more comfortable to be held by Li Xun.

Little girl with no conscience, it's because Daddy treasures you so much.

"Your Majesty thought about it for a few hours, and finally gave our little treasure a name, Shen Mi!"

Shen Lang was speechless.

Your Majesty, I want to choose my daughter's name by myself. Why are you joining in the fun? It was born by Xiaobing, not by Ning Yan, and not by your granddaughter.

Do you read classic books every day?

He knew that Ning Yuanxian did not spend a few hours, but several days.

When I have time or not, I look through ancient books, and I just want to choose a good name.

A name that makes Shen Lang feel ashamed.

What did Ning Yuanxian say when he was canonized as Viscount Zhang Chong?

Let Li Xun think of a nice title by himself, which means that he doesn't want to use his mind.

You don't even want to think about the title of a noble, but you have been thinking about the name of Shen Lang's daughter for several days.

As a result, the name that His Majesty took out was good.

But Shen Lang directly thought of Zhen Mi, of course Ning Yuanxian didn't know that there was such a character, so the name was originally his.

Grand Duke Li Xun said: "This Mi word is good, it means tranquility and sweetness, but it also hides nobility. When it is pronounced as Fu, it has the same meaning as the Fu word of the ancient Fuxi family. Fuxi is one of the three ancient emperors, and it is honorable. Incomparable."

Shen Lang nodded perfunctorily: "Well, not bad, not bad!"

Li Xun was speechless. Of course, when he replied to His Majesty, he never dared to say that Shen Lang's attitude was perfunctory. He would definitely say that Shen Lang exclaimed in amazement after hearing it. I, Shen Lang, couldn't come up with such a good name.

Then Grand Duke Li Falun took out a piece of jade and put it on the baby's neck.

"This is a gift from Concubine Bian."

He did not say the origin of the jade.

On the surface, this jade is very ordinary.

However, it is indeed a thing of ancient civilization, and it is said that it is a crown bead of an ancient king.

This is a dowry gift given to her by the Bian family. She always wears it, and originally wanted to pass it on to her daughter.

It's just that Concubine Bian is low-key and never shows off to others, so almost no one knows the preciousness of this thing.

"Your Majesty said, when the border hunting is over, our little baby will be three months old. It is the cutest time. At that time, I will carry it into the palace and let Concubine Bian take care of it."

Originally, Li Xun could only come for half an hour, but it took more than a quarter of an hour to hold the baby without knowing it, and then he left reluctantly.

He also gave a gift himself, but he didn't say it specifically, it was just a small copper coin worn on a red string, worn on the baby's wrist.

He also didn't say that this copper coin should also be the only thing his biological mother left him.

Li Xun was an orphan. He grew up in the Great Grace Court and was adopted by Eunuch Li Mu as his adopted son. He didn't know who his parents were since he was a child.

But since he can remember, he has been wearing this copper coin on his wrist.

Later, as he got older and his wrists became thicker, he couldn't wear the copper coin, so he hid it close to him.

Now he gave this copper coin to baby Shen Mi. Although it was worthless, he poured all his love and blessings into it.

Jin Mucong was greedy for the baby, so he couldn't help but say on the side: "Brother-in-law, don't you watch the training at the Beiyuan hunting ground? This border hunting is very important, not only the fate of you and His Highness Ning Zheng, but also the fate of your Highness Ning Zheng. It also concerns His Majesty the King."

This is half right.

The monarch is now recuperating, and his actions are no longer hindered.

But he still lies on the sickbed every day.

The consequences of his falling ill this time were so severe that everyone felt that the tiger had become weak, which was very dangerous.

So even though he is almost healed now, he still pretends to be weak and can't get out of bed.

When he pretended to be weak to the extreme.

The frontier hunting has officially started!

He will be in high spirits, and he will appear in front of everyone with a heroic appearance.

Frontier will hunt, a blockbuster.

Shen Lang's 2,000 new troops created a miracle, and the monarch once again shocked the surroundings.

Once again restore the peak of reputation.

At that time, people all over the world will speculate that the illness of the monarch Ning Yuanxian is fake and everything is fake.

At that time, the world will be more in awe of him.

Therefore, the fate of the king, Ning Zheng, and Shen Lang is now tied together.

The monarch said that he did not believe in Ning Zheng, but he trusted Shen Lang.

And this time, with his trust, he almost bet his political reputation.

This trust is really heavy.

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Although everyone thinks that the border will hunt Shen Lang and Ning Zheng, there is no doubt that they will lose, and there is no hope.

After all, even Shen Lang himself gave up. Since his daughter was born, he has never been to Beiyuan hunting ground.

Moreover, a plague drama was also staged around the entire Beiyuan hunting ground.

Animal carcasses are everywhere, miasma is everywhere.

But still can't stop many spies from snooping.

There are the prince's line, the third prince's line, the Chong family, and the spies of the state of Chu.

Moreover, the entire Beiyuan hunting ground was too large to stop the infiltration of secret agents.

So these spies still spied on Ku Touhuan's training.

Then, these people's intestines are going to burst with laughter.

Oh my god.

So funny, so cola.

What you're doing is bullshit.

Is it still a secret?

You are practicing shit!

Because Shen Lang's two thousand recruits only practice one move every day.

Swing the knife!

Cut in two, cut in two!

Thousands of times, tens of thousands of times!

One day, two days, ten days, half a month, a month!

They are all practicing this sword swing.

And he wields a wooden sword.

As an army, you don't practice formations, and you don't practice strength and speed?

Just practice swinging a knife?

Even if you practice swinging the knife, you change your posture and always chop straight down.

If you haven't practiced vomiting, I'm going to vomit.

How stupid are you bastards, it takes a month to practice such a simple knife swing?

And it seems like you have to keep practicing like this?

And it looks like you haven't learned yet?

Shen Lang, I know that you have given up on this border hunt.

But pretend to be.

Anyway, let your recruits practice swordsmanship and archery.

And even a real knife is reluctant to let them touch it?

Oh, by the way, this group of people are rubbish, unable to hold real knives at all.

Time passed day by day.

The spies really couldn't take it anymore.

Just watching these two thousand fools practice sword swinging every day, not only would they vomit, but they would also become stupid.

So the spies left.

And spying ass.

It's a waste of life to spy on them with such a shitty army.

The key is that this group of people, even with wooden knives, is so laborious to swing, profusely sweating, and has no murderous intent at all.

This kind of scum is not as good as even seven or eight-year-old Boy Scouts.

After about a month, all the spies disappeared.

So Ku Tou Huan let this group of people practice sword swinging for a month, is it acting?

of course not!

First of all, the knives in the hands of these people looked like wooden knives, but they were actually lead, very, very heavy.

And it's getting heavier every day. On the last day of this month, the knife in their hands weighed nearly two hundred pounds.

It will be heavier in the future.

When they actually went to the battlefield, they held a 100-pound saber in their hands, a saber made of first-class steel.

Mo Dao about one meter seven!

And every soldier will wear steel heavy armor.

That's right!

This is the ace army of the Tang Dynasty against the Turkic cavalry.

Mo Knife Team!

For a long time in ancient China, cavalry was invincible to infantry. But the Mo Dao team achieved the crushing of the cavalry.

Collective fighting, team power.

Thousands of people lined up.

Cut in two!

Even the elite cavalry can fly away.

This is simply a tank in the age of cold weapons, a moving steel Great Wall.

Moreover, the ace army under Shen Lang's command has been transformed by blood.

The strength is getting bigger and stronger, the endurance is getting stronger and stronger.

And have discipline and loyalty. soul.

Compared with the Mo Dao team of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how much stronger it is.

Kutouhuan only asked them to contact one trick.

But that's the way the knife works, everything is perfect.

Let you practice a move to the extreme, the ultimate in speed, strength, and angle.

Then it is reduced to simplicity on the battlefield.

One move is fatal, one move is fatal.

When Shen Lang's super heavy infantry appeared on the battlefield, it was destined to shock the world!

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Note: Today, two shifts and fifteen thousand, pray for support, pray for a monthly pass, and worship and thank you.