In addition to leaving corpses everywhere outside the city and witnessing the power of explosive explosions, the Chu army returned from the city in defeat!
The atmosphere in the Gongsheng Hall in the Chu Palace in Yecheng was extremely dull. All the great civil and military ministers lowered their heads, weeping and saying nothing. Only after Xiong Ze returned to the palace did he learn that the city gate tower had been destroyed not long after he left. Being blown up by Zheng Jun, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Xiong Ze seemed to have had a nightmare. The tragic scene on the battlefield just now appeared in his mind from time to time. A group of people just stood there in a daze in the Gongsheng Hall. When the morning light outside the hall filtered into the hall, no one said anything. One sentence.
Shi Lei looked around and felt that it was not a problem to stand like this all the time, so he stepped out of the train, bowed and held the wat board in the air and said to Xiong Ze, "Your Majesty, I don't know how much explosives Chen Xiaomu still has in his hands." , if we forcefully rush out of the city like last night, we will lose too many men and horses!"
Xiong Ze glared at him angrily, "Has the Prime Minister come up with any way to deal with this explosive?"
Shi Lei's face turned red and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, I have no way to resolve this explosive. But I heard from the envoy of the Qin State that Chen Xiaomu was just an illegitimate son in the Chen State that even Emperor Chen refused to acknowledge. Because the sixth prince who was engaged to the princess of Zheng refused to marry the princess of Zheng for fear of death, he was sent by Emperor Chen to pretend to be the scapegoat of the sixth prince. As you can imagine, his status is low. I thought he could not fight with us. He was instigated by this Princess of Zheng and wanted to save his own life. As long as the terms and benefits we give him are better than those of this Princess of Zheng, he will not be tempted!"
Xiong Ze's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Master Zaifu, please tell me in detail, as long as it doesn't endanger my country, I'm willing to give him any conditions!"
"Your Majesty, I think that since the State of Zheng sent the princess to the State of Chen to ask for help in the name of marriage, we can also ask Princess Yannian to come forward to negotiate peace with him."
Xiong Ze immediately understood what Shi Lei meant and immediately shook his head and said, "Princess Yannian's horse, Mengda, died at the hands of this person just a few days ago. I will never go to him again to seek peace!"
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Princess Yannian Xiong Ji did not like Meng Da at all at first, but she had to endure hardships for the sake of Chu State. After Meng Da was killed by Chen Xiaomu with a quantum knife, the news spread back to Yecheng, the capital of Chu. Originally, the DPRK The ministers were all ready to go to the princess's residence to express their condolences. However, after several days of waiting, they did not receive any notification from the palace. Some ministers could not bear their temper and secretly sent their servants to the princess. Looking around in front of the house, we found that the princess house didn't even have a mourning hall, and even the red lantern hanging in front of the door was not taken off. It looked like Ma Mengda was not attached to him at all! "
Xiong Ze didn't know about these things, but when he mentioned it, Xiong Ji gritted his teeth with hatred and insisted not to set up a mourning hall for Meng Da in the princess mansion. But she herself was more like a normal person, and she still wore red and green every day. Xiong Ze had no choice but to turn a blind eye and never mention the matter again.
Now Shi Lei directly proposed that the beautiful princess of Chu State should go to negotiate peace with Chen Xiaomu. His intention was self-evident. However, Xiong Ze still wanted to save some face for his royal family, so he did not accept Shi Lei's proposal. Calmness returned for a while.
"Father, I am willing to agree with the Prime Minister's proposal!" At this time, a slender woman with a delicate face, lightly swept eyebrows, spring eyes, and a silk strip draped over her shoulders, like a fairy coming out of the dust, walked away. Entering the Gongsheng Hall, the ministers on duty in the hall couldn't help but get excited when they saw the woman walking into the hall. The woman seemed to be used to these things, and she walked to Xiong Ze's dragon case and knelt down without looking away.
It turned out that Xiong Ji had heard that Yecheng had been surrounded by the Zheng army a few days ago. She was also wondering that the military report from the front line a few days ago said that the Chu army had captured the entire territory of the Zheng state, and that the Zheng army had There were not many left, so how come there was another earth-shaking reversal, and he was actually killed by Zheng Jun. Later, she sent someone to inquire, and found out that Zheng Guo was on the verge of annihilation, and Zheng Guo sent a princess in the name of getting married. I went to the Chen State to bring in reinforcements. Unexpectedly, the Chen State was at war with Wu and Zhou at the same time and had no time to take care of itself. Not only did the princess not get any reinforcements, she was even sent back by an imposter prince created by the Chen State!
Originally, when things had reached this point, there was basically no suspense about the demise of the Zheng State. But the strange thing was that the imposter prince of the Zheng State was like a dragon coming out of the sea, unstoppable. An army of 100,000 people single-handedly led the army to invade the territory of Chu State, and finally besieged Yecheng, the capital of Chu. Since ancient times, beauties love heroes, even if the hero is her enemy. Knowing that Zheng Guo’s son-in-law is close to After such a legendary experience, Xiong Ji wanted to meet this character more and more, but because the war between the two countries was in full swing, she struggled to have this opportunity. Until the earth-shaking loud noise outside the city last night alarmed her, because except for the thunder in the sky, she had not heard anything. There was such a loud noise, but when I went out and looked around, I saw a bright moon hanging high in the sky, and there was no sign of rain. Later, when the men she sent out came back to report, they found out that Chu was in the main gate of Yecheng last night. A fierce battle broke out between the Chu army and the Zheng army in the outer city. As a result, the Chu army lost troops and generals and had to retreat to the city.
After listening to the report from her subordinates, Xiong Ji hurried from Princess Yannian's Mansion to Gongcheng Hall. After entering Gongcheng Hall, because she was afraid that she would be scolded by Xiong Ze for appearing in the court rashly, she ducked in next to Gongcheng Hall where the minister usually served Hou Chao was resting in the small side room and listened to the court discussion between Xiong Ze and the ministers outside. At first, there was no sound in the court hall for a long time, which made her drowsy in the side room and did not know what was going on. After a while, in the hazy state, she suddenly seemed to hear someone mentioning herself in the court. She woke up after a quickie, and immediately picked up her energy and listened. When she heard Shi Lei's proposal to send her out of the city to negotiate peace with Chen Xiaomu, Xiong Ji She also knew Shi Lei's intention. To put it bluntly, it was for her to use her beauty to seduce Chen Xiaomu and maximize the interests of Chu State. Her heart suddenly rose to her throat, but what disappointed her was that Shi Lei Lei's proposal was rejected by her father, Xiong Yi, as soon as it came out. No one mentioned it again, so she decided to stand up and fight for it on her own.
Seeing Xiong Ji suddenly appear in the court and offering her willingness to go out of the city to negotiate peace with Chen Xiaomu, Xiong Ze's face suddenly dropped and he said angrily: "Do you know who this Chen Xiaomu is? He is the one who killed you and Ma Mengda. murderer!"
Unexpectedly, Xiong Ji shook her head, "Father, Meng Da's skills are not as good as others, and he was killed. Although he doesn't deserve it, it is natural. On the battlefield, it is a matter of life and death. How can he say that he is the murderer?"
With a "bang" sound, Xiong Ze slapped the dragon case in front of him with his hand, pointed at Xiong Ji who was kneeling in front of him and cursed angrily: "You are still attached to the horse's body and the bones are not cold, so you speak for his murderer. Do you still have any sense of shame? Get out of here!"
"Father, I think what sister Yannian said is true. When the two armies faced each other, if Meng Da was superior, wouldn't he also kill the other party?" Prince Xiong Guang, who had been standing silently next to Xiong Ze, said , seeing Xiong Ze reprimanding his sister Xiong Ji indiscriminately, he felt quite unconvinced, so he walked down the steps and knelt in front of Xiong Ze together with Xiong Ji.
''You..." Xiong Ze stood up suddenly from behind the dragon case, glared at the two brothers and sisters kneeling in front of him, and was speechless for a moment.
"Your Majesty, important matters of the country must not be acted on impulse!" Shi Lei once again held up the wat board, bowed and walked to Xiong Ze to persuade him.
Xiong Ze flicked his sleeves and shouted, "Retreat from the court." Then with the help of the deacon and eunuch, he moved behind the screen. All the civil and military officials in the palace couldn't help but look at each other. Except for Shi Lei, who stepped forward to help Xiong Guang and Xiong Ji, the rest Everyone bowed their heads and walked slowly outside the hall.
The team from Qin State to Chen State to propose marriage has been on the road for three days. Because of this marriage proposal, Wu Dao and Gao Jianli worked very hard. Not only did Queen Lu Yan go there in person, but Gao Jianli also followed. As for Wu Luo Even though Qi was reluctant and reluctant to leave, she could not withstand the dual pressure of Wu Dao and Lu Yan. Although people followed her in the end, she had already made up her mind. The day before she set off on the road, she sent a confidant to go to Qi overnight. The state informed Wang Zhi and asked him to try to help her escape from the marriage proposal convoy on the road. This confidant also met Wang Zhi when he arrived in Qi State, but when he informed him of Wu Luoqi's intentions, Wang Zhi was in trouble. Even if he had great courage, he would not dare to take the idea of the Queen of Qin's motorcade, so Wang Zhi had no choice but to go back to his father, Wang Zhan, the current Taiwei of Qi State, to discuss it.
Wang Zhan originally wanted his son Wang Zhi to marry Wu Luoqi, the princess of Qin, and then use the power of Qin to usurp the throne and seize the power of the Xiao family of Qi. If he followed Wu Luoqi's wishes, not only would he not be able to use it, To the Qin State's power, and it is very likely to turn against the martial arts.
The father and son discussed for a long time, and finally decided that since they did not dare to propose marriage to the Qin State, they would attack Chen Xiaomu, the person responsible for the matter. When the father and son learned that Chen Xiaomu was besieging Yecheng, the capital of Chu, they planned to have Wang Zhan face him. The Emperor of Qi, Xiao Yan, came forward and asked Xiao Yan to send troops to aid the Chu State. No matter what, as long as Chen Xiaomu was defeated, the Qin Emperor's martial arts would naturally lose confidence in him, and the marriage would definitely be abandoned.
As a lieutenant of Qi State, Wang Zhan controls all the soldiers, horses, food and grass of Qi State. In addition, he has many disciples and subordinates, and is proficient in the use of power. It can be said that half of the world of Qi State now belongs to him, so he He was not worried that Emperor Xiao Yan would not adopt his advice.
The marriage proposal convoy traveled on the road for three days, but there was no reply from the confidants sent out. Wu Luoqi stared at him in the car every day. In the evening, the marriage proposal convoy stopped in a deserted wasteland with no village or shop, and the sky The shady curtain was gradually drawn up, and the soldiers began to bury the pots to make rice. Wu Luoqi wanted to take this opportunity to escape with his personal maid. The two of them had just got out of the car after discussing it, but saw a large group of shadowy figures in the distance. Walking towards him in the dark.
"Protect the queen and princess!" Gao Jianli's low shout came from behind Wu Luoqi, and there was a crash. The three floors around Wu Luoqi and the maidservant were filled with Imperial Guard soldiers holding swords and guns.
Perhaps hearing the sound of swords and guns here, the group of people on the opposite side started to say hello from afar, "Master opposite, we are just a group of scholars in trouble passing by here. You must not shoot arrows."
"So there are so many scholars?" Gao Jianli couldn't help but said to himself.
He turned around and ordered a guard standing next to him, "Take some people over and ask them to stand still until their identities are found out.
