Go to ancient times and engage in construction

Wei Qing's first news was sent back by flying pigeons, because the note tied to the flying pigeon's leg could not be too large, and the content Wei Qing wrote on the note was also very brief, except to report to Chu Chaohui that Zhao Xuan used troops against Weiguo The news only attached that he wanted to take advantage of Zhao Xuan's army to leave and take the opportunity to seize the throat city that had been occupied by Zhao Jun.

"It's not in vain that I named this kid Wei Qing." After reading the note, Chu Chaohui couldn't help laughing. He appreciated Wei Qing's accurate and quick judgment of the situation.The Wu army seized the city near the throat of the Wei State, and it seemed that it only occupied an insignificant area of ​​more than forty miles in the Wei State, but these forty miles were the key passes leading to the Wu State. There is no need to send troops to garrison the three-quarters of the western border. Those places are either high mountains or steep mountains, or rivers and forests. If people want to enter the state of Wu from there, they have to trek through mountains and rivers. They are the natural barriers on the border of Wu state.

"Aren't you worried about his self-aggrandizement?" Zheng Yuming felt aggrieved by Huo Sizhong when he heard that Chu Chaohui praised Wei Qing.

In several wars, Wei Qing's bold behavior of daring to think, dare to do, and dare to rush was vividly displayed in the military operations of sending troops to crusade against Beihou. , was knighted.

Zheng Yuming admitted that Wei Qing is a good military talent. While Wei Qing showed his talents, he also won honor and status for himself. Huo Sizhong, who was silently assisting Yu Kui in the local construction in Nanbu and the valley, guaranteed the military supplies of the Ulsan army , the development of local agriculture, industry and commerce also plays an important role, but the treatment he receives cannot be compared with that of Wei Qing.

Huo Sizhong can only be a behind-the-scenes hero because Nanbu and the valley can't be too conspicuous.Zheng Yuming was unable to invite Huo Sizhong to be knighted, and his official position was only a low-level official like Nanbu Director's Assistant.

"That's right, Wei Qing is too young. After a few big victories, it would be bad to be proud and complacent." Chu Zhaohui agreed, rubbing his chin, but his face was still full of satisfaction.

"I'm always afraid that Wei Qing will show off too much because of his intelligence, and he will get too many honors at a young age, so he will be conceited. Xiang Sizhong, although not particularly smart, but step by step, he has never been proud of his achievements, nor does he show merit .” When Zheng Yuming stomped on Wei Qing, he did not forget to raise his apprentice.

Chu Chaohui finally heard the sour taste in Zheng Yuming's mouth, and Zheng Yuming was fighting for Huo Sizhong. "Both of them are good. They each have their strengths and weaknesses. They complement each other very well." Having said that, Chu Zhaohui sat down next to Zheng Yuming and put his arm around Zheng Yuming. "Just like you and me, together we are invincible."

Zheng Yuming tilted his head, and slowly pushed Chu Chaohui's face away with one hand. "How do you talk about the two children, and you start to brag about yourself."

"I didn't brag about that, aren't we perfect together?" Chu Zhaohui tilted his mouth to Zheng Yuming's ear and laughed softly. "Especially in bed, we're more perfect, aren't we?"

Thinking of the madness at night, Zheng Yuming's face flushed red, he glanced at the half-open door, and outside the door came the sound of the big cow and the wood playing, he couldn't help shutting his mouth to Chu Zhaohui.

Chu Chaohui smiled cheaply, as if he had really stolen something just now.

"My lord! There is an emergency in the palace." Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were in the middle of a lawsuit, when Ma Ren's voice came in.

"What's the situation?" Chu Zhaohui's expression immediately turned serious.

"Doctor Jiang sent someone to send a message. Your Majesty is in a state of health. Please go quickly, two adults."

Zheng Yuming stood up after listening, Wu Guo was fighting with Zhao Guo at the throat, if Xihou died at this time, it would not be a good thing for Wu Guo.

"It can't be so fast!" Chu Chaohui frowned. After receiving Wei Qing's news, he was already planning to personally lead [-] troops to the border for support, but if Xihou died here, Chu Chaohui would not dare to leave Wang Wei. Zheng Yuming was left alone in the capital. The death of a king would always cause shocks, even if the king had only been in power for more than a month.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui rushed to the palace, Xihou had fallen into a coma, and Prince Sheng was crying so hard that his throat was hoarse beside his father's bed.

"Ming, father ignores Sheng." Prince Sheng saw Zheng Yuming as if he saw a savior. Xihou was sober, always instilled in his son that Zheng Yuming was very capable, and asked his son to go to Zheng Yuming to solve any problems in the future.

"Prince, the king is just tired, he wants to sleep a little longer." Zheng Yuming put his arms around Prince Sheng and patted his back to comfort him.

"Father will sleep like grandmother, and will ignore Sheng from now on." Prince Sheng's body trembled slightly, he was afraid.

"Even if the king is asleep, he will still try to dream of the prince. Why would he ignore the prince?" Zheng Yuming was very patient with Prince Sheng. Prince Sheng would be his tool for governing Wu in the future, and he was also his uncle in name.

"Yes, it turns out that grandma often comes to Sheng's dreams. Father likes Sheng more than grandma, and he will come to Sheng's dreams even more." Thinking about it, Prince Sheng felt that death is not too terrible. Can meet in a dream.

Chu Zhaohui glanced at Prince Sheng. For some reason, a feeling of sadness suddenly appeared in his heart. The comatose Xihou must be quite helpless, but no matter how helpless, in the face of life and death, you are not up to you to bargain.

"How's the situation?" Chu Chaohui walked to the bed and asked the busy Jiang Gui about the situation.

"It's bad." Jiang Gui straightened up, glanced at Prince Sheng lying in Zheng Yuming's arms, and whispered about Xihou's physical condition. "Probably just a few days."

"Can't it be delayed until next year?" It's the end of November, and Chu Chaohui hopes that Xihou can survive the Spring Festival.

"No, seven or eight days at most." Jiang Gui vetoed it.Xihou's body is like a lamp that has run out of oil. Without oil, the wick will naturally go out.

"Can Your Majesty still wake up?" Zheng Yuming comforted Prince Sheng, and walked over to visit Xihou.

Xihou lay quietly on the bed, except for the slight ups and downs of his chest, which made people feel no trace of anger, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and brows were not as deep as usual, and the crow's feet seemed to be much lighter.

"Guy, try your best." Jiang Gui is not sure whether Xihou can be conscious.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui stayed in Xihou's bedroom until late at night before returning to their residence.

"What should we do now?" Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui lay on the bed after taking a bath to discuss how to deal with Zhao Guo.

"Before the Spring Festival this year, no king can send troops to the border." Chu Chaohui put one arm and a half around Zheng Yuming, and put the other hand behind his head.

"Is it because of me?" Zheng Yuming rolled over and lay on Chu Chaohui's chest, and he could hear Chu Chaohui's heart beating powerfully.

"That's right, Xihou is just a matter of the past few days. If I take a large army to the border, it will be too unsafe for you to stay in the capital." After receiving Wei Qing's secret letter, Chu Chaohui originally decided to personally lead troops to support the throat. mouth.

"But if there is no support at the throat, it will be dangerous." Zheng Yuming was worried.

With Xihou's death, Wu Wangting will definitely be in some turmoil. Without Chu Chaohui's deterrence, some unexpected things might really happen in the capital.Now Zhou Cheng has 5000 troops stationed on the Tang border, Wei Qing and Zeng You have [-] soldiers stationed on the northwest border, Dacheng has [-] soldiers, Nanbu and the valley have [-] soldiers, and Su Plain has [-] soldiers. Duhu Ben is being demobilized one after another, and the total force in the royal city is only [-], of which [-] are new recruits.To start a war with Zhao Guo, more than half of the troops would have to be dispatched, and the kings would be worthy of the name.

"It depends on whether Prince Zhao wants to fight with us or not." Chu Chaohui felt that after Zhao Xuan swallowed a Wei country in one gulp, the most important thing should be how to digest the country, not to find another prince who is difficult to swallow The country will fight again.

If Wei Qing hadn't secretly seized the throat city, Chu Chaohui could have concluded that Zhao Xuan would not have any plans to attack Qu City this year, and this Prince Zhao would definitely wait until he digested Wei State before launching an annexation war against Wu State.

The Throat City is important to the State of Wu. It is an important pass to guard the frontier. The city pass launched a war against Wu.

The throat city is a must.But in Chu Chaohui's eyes, no matter how important the throat is to Wu Guo, it is not as important as Zheng Yuming to him.

"Zhaohui, you still lead the troops to the border to support Wei Qing. If the king changes, I will be fine with Wei Ren's [-] soldiers and Ma Ren's [-] guards." Zheng Yuming wanted to say that he was not moved. That's fake.

Chu Chaohui shook his head: "Who do you want me to regret when something happens?"

Sometimes, Zheng Yuming's expression overlapped with the father in Chu Chaohui's memory. Chu Zhaohui's father was also a person who was very persistent in his ideals, but at that time, that ideal was a tragedy.Chu Chaohui sometimes admires and misses his father's perseverance, and sometimes hates that stubbornness.Chu Chaohui's father was an educated youth who joined the Communist Party of Burma with the pride of Che Guevara in the late 60s.

"Zhaohui..."

Zheng Yuming still wanted to persuade, but Chu Chaohui blocked him with his mouth: "We don't make a decision today, let's finish other important matters first."

Chu Chaohui worked so hard on the important matters that night, and got up late the next morning. When he arrived at his military prime minister's office, Huang Zhong had already been waiting for him for half an hour.

"General, the intelligence office found out that the king has spies from other countries." Chu Chaohui's highest official position is now the military prime minister, which is higher than the highest rank of generals, but because of habit, people still call him Chu. Zhaohui is the general.

"Which country are they spies from?"

"Three are confirmed to belong to Zhao State, two belong to Chu State, one belongs to Chen State, and the other two are just suspicions, which vassal state has not been found out yet." Huang Zhong handed the investigation materials to him with both hands. In front of Chu Chaohui.

Chu Chaohui opened up the information and took a closer look. Most of these secret agents used their identities as businessmen as a cover to scout for news in Cannes.

"General, do you want to use these spies as spies?"

"No, if they are taken away, their master will continue to send people here. Instead of spending energy to investigate the strange spies, it is better to keep these known." Chu Chaohui shook his head.

"The subordinates understand, and will send people to closely monitor their actions." Huang Zhong understood what Chu Chaohui meant.A spy who has been discovered can no longer be called a spy. A spy who can be controlled is better than an unknown spy.

Chu Chaohui tapped on the information with his fingers, and said with a slight smile, "Sometimes, these spies can do something for us!"

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, after six days of being in a coma for less than two months since the ruler of the Kingdom of Wu succeeded to the throne, it was dawn in a cold early morning.The prime minister, Gong Ziming, sent an envoy to write to Emperor Qin, requesting that the emperor bestow a posthumous posthumous title as Marquis of the West, and at the same time inform Emperor Qin that Prince Sheng would inherit the position of Lord of Wu.

On the fourth day of Xihou Bintian, Zhao Xuan knew the latest developments in King Wu's capital. He read the information for a long time, sighed helplessly, and sent a bright-mouthed envoy to the capital of King Wu to mourn Xihou .