I am a ruler in troubled times

Years later, all countries received obituaries from Chu.

The old prince of Chu State barely survived the New Year's Eve and died on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

The Emperor of Chu was so sad that he not only announced the cessation of the court for a hundred days, but also posthumously named the old prince of Chu as Emperor Xiaocheng, but was opposed by almost all courtiers.

The emperor of Chu is still healthy, how can the state of Chu have a second emperor?

After many days of see-saw, the aging Emperor Chu finally compromised with the courtiers.

The old prince of Chu State was posthumously named Prince Xiaocheng, and the funeral regulations were all carried out according to the emperor's standard. He was buried in the side room of the emperor's mausoleum prepared for him by the emperor of Chu.

After the decree was read out, the courtiers of the Chu State understood the choice of the Chu Emperor.

If the Emperor Chu intended to canonize the eldest grandson of the emperor as the grandson of the emperor, he should not have rushed to 'make an exception' and give the title of prince of the emperor's eldest grandson when Prince Xiaocheng had just passed away.

This is equivalent to telling the courtiers and the eldest grandson of the emperor that the eldest grandson of the emperor has already received the bequest of the prince Xiaocheng, and he has to make an exception to become the prince, so he should not think about it any more.

When King Jia returned triumphantly, the Emperor Chu and the court would definitely reward King Jia.

King Jia is already a prince, and also the only son of Emperor Chu, this trip is yet another achievement of expanding the territory.

It is self-evident what kind of reward King Jia should give.

After the obituary was sent to other countries, the chaotic state of Chu suddenly became clear.

King Jia, who was far away in the country of Li, also sent back good news frequently.

Taking advantage of the stalemate between the Chen State and the Li State family, he easily occupied many counties in the Li State in the hands of the family that could not reconcile their conflicts with Chen State.

Three months later, as the last emperor of Li Kingdom leaped down from the city wall of Li Capital, Chen Jun completely occupied Li Capital, and Li Kingdom officially disappeared from the territory of Kyushu.

The territory that originally belonged to the Li State was roughly divided into four parts, with the Chen State occupying three parts and the remaining part being occupied by the Chu State.

Chu State and Chen State kept adding troops to the places where they were close to each other, but they didn't intend to do anything.

Spring plowing and so on, the more the place has just experienced the flames of war, the more spring plowing cannot be ignored, otherwise it will definitely encounter crazy resistance from the people.

At the same time, spring plowing is also being prepared in the territory of Yan State further north.

Zhao Guo's good seeds have been promoted for more than ten years, and it has long been a secret, but they are only distributed to the people within the territory of Zhao Guo.

In other places, even if the good seeds were taken away from Zhao State through various methods, they were only passed on among the aristocratic families. At most, the people could see the good seeds when they went to farm for the aristocratic families. Planting good seeds in private would violate the law and be punished as a mine slave.

Song Peiyu found a lot of documents from the county government of Yan State to study in the winter, and decided to let all [-] counties of Yan State use Zhao State's fine seeds in this spring, and specially seized Chong Yi to write a memorial to ask for seeds.

Today's Zhao Guo's excellent seeds have long been more than the high-yield Yanzhou high-yielding bean seeds that Song Peiyu obtained by accident.

Since six years ago, the caravans that frequently traveled to and from the commercial routes of the Western Regions and the fleets that departed from Chu State's seaports have all harvested one after another, accumulating and cultivating many fine varieties that only Zhao State can have.

After Song Peiyu found better cotton seeds from the things brought back by the fleet from the sea, he also specially asked the caravan going to the Western Regions to bring the better cotton seeds to the tribe on the road to the Western Regions.

Zhao Guo buys a large amount of snow-white cotton balls from these tribes every year.

These cotton balls grown in the Western Regions are not only far superior in quality to the cotton balls grown in the country of Zhao, but buying them directly is also more cost-effective than growing them yourself.

In Zhao State, cotton products have largely replaced hemp products, and even the price of white hemp paper has plummeted.

It's a pity that the country of Zhao has already had better quality and cheaper Zhao paper. Even if the price of white hemp paper plummets, it still cannot be sold in the country of Zhao, and can only be sold to caravans traveling to and from the country of Zhao.

The caravan will take the white linen paper purchased at a low price from Zhao Guo to Chen Guo, a country that prohibits the use of Zhao paper.

Zhao State borders Yan State, and the climate is not too different.

The effect of planting cotton in Zhao State is not as good as that in the Western Regions, and it will be the same in Yan State.

This is the first year that the people of Yan State have become the people of Zhao State, so we must come up with good seeds that can make the people of Yan State intuitively feel that their lives have changed.

The original Yanzhou Liangshu is still the best choice.

Among Song Peiyu's memorials written by Chong Yi, Shu seeds are the most in demand, followed by all kinds of novel vegetables that have been planted in Zhao State in recent years.

Emperor Yonghe immediately met all the demands in the memorial, mobilized a large number of seeds and sent them to the border one after another, and was escorted by special personnel to the counties of Yan State where the Zhao Banner and the Suzaku Banner had been planted.

In order to seize the speed of spring plowing, Song Peiyu even thought of a way to ask Zhao Jun to help the people of Yan State with spring plowing.

Zhao Jun is no longer the Zhao Jun of more than ten years ago. In the past ten years, they have built cement roads, built city walls, and built breeding farms...

It's just the spring plowing they have to do every year, it's not too easy.

Zhao Jun was reluctant to use his army horses to plow the land for the people of Yan State, so he went to the forest to catch wild cattle and boars. They naturally had a way to make these animals obey in a short time.

If these beasts can always be obedient, they will be left to the people of Yan State, and they can also go to the county government to collect rewards.

If these animals are still disobedient, they can be sold directly to Huotouying after finishing their work, and they can also get money.

Because of Soong Peiyu's well-crafted reward system, he could get as much money as he helped the people of Yan State cultivate as much land. Zhao Jun was not dissatisfied with this sudden task, but was very excited.

The spring plowing, which originally took nearly a month to complete, was completely completed in only half a month.

In the extra half month, Zhao Jun had to practice more diligently, preparing to continue to advance towards the Yan Kingdom, and the people had no time to relax.

Song Peiyu specially found someone to go to the village to teach the common people.

Let me tell the people first that their taxes this year will still be collected according to the standards collected by the Yan Kingdom, and the different taxation standards and standards between the two countries will be unified after the Zhao Kingdom completely incorporates the Yan Kingdom into its territory...

Before the common people could complain, the visitor had already carefully introduced to the people of Yan State the annual taxes of the people of Zhao State, and the factories that have only become popular in Zhao State in recent years. and working conditions.

In less than half a month, these common people have become the people who are most looking forward to Zhao Guo being able to bring the entire Yan Kingdom into its territory as soon as possible.

There are also people who specifically approach Zhao Guo officials, saying that their relatives have been drafted for military service and are stationed in a certain county.

They hoped to find someone to write the letter or take a message on behalf of their relatives, so that their relatives would stop paying for Yan Guo's life and escape back quickly.

If the speed is fast enough, maybe he can catch up with Zheng Ding who is building the cement road.

With someone taking the lead, a list soon appeared on Song Peiyu's desk.

The people on the list are relatives of the people belonging to the county of Yan State that has been occupied by the State of Zhao. Most of them are serving military service in nearby counties that are still in the hands of the State of Yan. There are also a few who performed well during their military service and were transferred to Luoyang. people.

The person who was proud of being transferred to Luoyang because of his family's good performance during military service has become the most annoyed person.

The reason why the people of Yan State can tell the people of Zhao State all their family members who are serving in the military without any grievances is because Zhao Jun has never slaughtered Yan soldiers since he sent troops to Yan State.

The roster has always been burned directly, and special personnel will be sent to send all the soldiers who have returned home.

Because there are many examples of people who were originally serving in the military and now returning home one after another in the surrounding area, these Yan people dare to name their people who are serving in the military so easily.

Song Peiyu asked people to reorganize all the lists sent, bound them into a simple and clear booklet, and personally wrote on the cover of the booklet.

'Homecoming'

When the best time for spring plowing has completely passed, the counties still under the control of Yan State will also complete spring plowing.

In just half a month, Chong Yi, who had traveled around the Thirty Counties, also returned to Qiu County with his favorite soldiers.

Not surprisingly, they were all cavalry.

On the next day, Chong Yi officially led his troops to set off from Qiu County, heading towards Hu County, the next county of Yan State.

Song Peiyu stood on the city wall of Qiu County, condescendingly looking down at Chong Yi, who was wearing baggy uniforms and didn't look like a general at all, and Chong Yi used behind him to attack the city. They could be called poor [-] cavalry.

It's a pity that he has to dispatch food, supplies, and transfer letters from Xianyang and Luoyang in the rear, so he can't follow Chongyi.

The next time we meet, it may be under the city of Luoyang.

Chong Yi suddenly turned his head and glanced at the city wall.

Mingming couldn't even see Chong Yi's expression clearly, but Song Peiyu felt that he saw concern on Chong Yi's face.

Song Peiyu immediately waved to Chongyi, but a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

What can he do in the rear?

On the contrary, people are unpredictable on the battlefield, swords have no eyes, and it is he who misses Chong Yi.

When Chong Yi came under the city wall of the next county, the gates of Hu County were closed, and no one could even be seen on the city wall, only shields arranged neatly together.

General You, the leader of the garrison in Hu County, has learned from the experience of countless senior colleagues last year.

As long as he doesn't fight, Zhao Jun has nothing to do with him.

No need for Chongyi to speak, someone will stand up and call out.

It's a pity that the people on the city wall intend to carry out the 'turtle tactics' to the end.

No matter how Zhao Jun calls the formation.

To show off the power of the Prince of Zhao, to ridicule the incompetence of the court of Yan, to scold Emperor Xiao for being unfilial, Emperor Mingzheng was fundamentally unrighteous, and to insult the leader of the garrison as a perpetual bastard...

From noon to dusk, the callers changed seven or eight times, and Huxian insisted on not responding with a single word, and even the shields, which could only be arranged neatly by manpower, did not move at all.

It seems that the Hu County in front of Zhao Jun is not the most populous county in Yan State, but an empty city without people.

Pingzhang fought with Chongyi, and everywhere he went, he was invincible. When did he suffer such grievances?

Unknowingly, he spun around on the spot many times, making himself and the horse under him dizzy, and he didn't think of a way out.

But Aiju bumped into Mo Jiang's ass in a daze, which made Mo Jiang furious and wanted to bite the horse when he turned around.

Thanks to Chong Yi who stopped in time, the tragedy of bloodshed did not happen on the spot.

"Your Highness" Ping Zhang looked at Chong Yi with embarrassment on his face, and said in a low voice, "We can't attack the city today, should we retreat ten miles away for temporary repairs?"

Chong Yi didn't answer Ping Zhang's words right away, but looked up at the shields neatly arranged on the city wall amidst the persistent yelling and scolding of the soldiers behind him.

"Gu goes up the city wall, and you follow behind."

Chong Yi took out a rope as thick as a child's wrist from the cloth pocket on Mojiang's back, and while swinging the rope, the huge steel claws on the rope could turn, while steering the horse back, using his eyes to estimate the height of the city wall. distance.

It wasn't until Chongyi rode his horse far away that the orange-red sunset shone on Pingzhang's eyes without hindrance, and Pingzhang's eyes hurt, and Pingzhang suddenly came back to his senses. What is the meaning of what is said.

Ping Zhang raised his head subconsciously, looking at the highest point of the city wall.

Although the city wall in front of him was far inferior to Qihuo City, even the city walls of Yu County and Mo County in Zhao State, it was at least eight meters high.

Just now His Highness said that he would 'walk' up the city wall.

Is it the kind of 'walking' method he can understand?

"Your Highness!" Ping Zhang was terrified by the picture imagined in his mind, and immediately steered his horse to Chong Yi's side, his voice was full of uncertainty, "Are you planning to go up the rope?"

With the trembling of Chong Yi's wrist, the range of motion of the steel claws on the rope became wider and wider, almost hitting Ping Zhang in the face.

Chong Yi looked at Pingzhang with reproach in his eyes, and once again distanced himself from Pingzhang, "Yeah."

Ping Zhang was almost driven crazy by Chong Yi's indifference as if saying 'I want to eat noodles tonight, not rice'.

They only brought cavalry, no infantry, no siege equipment, not even many bows and arrows with them.

Without forcing the garrison of Yan State on the city wall to be unable to free their hands, they rashly climbed up the rope.

Not to mention that the garrison threw some swords and stones down, or shot arrows on the city wall, even a hundred Chongyi would be taken down.

Yan Jun can also 'walk' the people on the rope to the middle of the city wall, and cut the rope when they can't get up or down.

It is good luck for the people on the rope to fall from the smooth city wall and break their arms and legs.

"Your Highness..."

Ping Zhang was about to tell Chong Yi about these consequences, but his mouth suddenly froze.

... a little sour!

Chong Yi didn't look at Ping Zhang's stupid look with a big mountain in his mouth.

He wanted to comfort Pingzhang reluctantly, "They dare not."

Before the words were finished, General Mo had already let out a long neigh, and rushed out in the direction diametrically opposite to the city gate like black lightning.

The cavalrymen who didn't hear what Pingzhang and Chongyi said looked at Pingzhang in bewilderment, and even the one who was cursing more and more fiercely in his hoarse voice stopped.

Why did His Highness leave alone?

Could it be that they were so angry that they spent half a day but failed to call out the turtle in Hu County, and they left after waiting impatiently?

Someone reminded Pingzhang in a low voice, "General, should we..." chase after him?

Before he could finish his sentence, Mo Jiang had already rushed back with Chong Yi on his back, and rushed towards the city wall of Hu County at a speed that wanted to hit the wall and commit suicide.

The unpleasant shouting and cursing under the city wall stopped, and then there was a series of panicked exclamations, successfully attracting the attention of the Yan army who had been holding their shields on the city wall all day long.

Everyone was about to move their shields and look at the situation under the city wall, but they were scolded by the garrison leader General You, who was holding a long knife tightly, "Hold up your shields, don't look around!"

Having said that, General You unceremoniously squeezed into a position close to the shield, put the long knife by his side, and looked down through the gap between the shields with both hands.

Ok?

Why is there a black horse rushing towards the city wall, crazy?

Before the thought that had arisen in General You's mind was completely over, he suddenly heard a louder noise from the side than the one below.

"With steel claws, thief Zhao intends to forcibly climb the city wall!"

"Damn, how did he fly?"

"Black clothes and bead crowns, it's Prince Zhao!"

……

General You didn't even bother to yell at the people on the city wall not to be chaotic, and to continue to maintain their formation.

He rubbed his eyes hard, staring down with sore eyes that were dripping with tears.

It seemed that the dark horse that was about to hit the wall and commit suicide had already slowed down, but the person on the black horse had disappeared.

Suddenly, there was a knotted steel claw on the city wall three steps away from General You. The steel claw was connected with a rope made of special material at least as thick as a child's arm.

Looking down along the rope, there is a person holding the rope with both hands at more than half the height of the city wall, walking up the city wall as if walking on flat ground.

Beautiful appearance, black clothes and beaded crown

It's Prince Zhao!

Inadvertently meeting the ice-soaked eyes of the man in black who was walking up the city wall, General You felt as if someone had been pressed to the ground and gagged, his breathing became more and more intense but suffocated.

In a short period of time, everyone on the city wall had legends about Prince Zhao in their minds.

Invincible killing star.

Winning more with less, once nailed King Rui of Dongliang to the ground with an arrow, so that King Rui of Dongliang had no choice but to sacrifice his legs to save his life.

As long as troops are sent out, it will be like a broken bamboo. So far, no one has been able to stop the footsteps of Prince Zhao.

……

Suddenly someone threw the shield, drew the knife with trembling hands, and shouted with a flushed face, "Don't let him come up, cut the rope first!"

"Don't!" General You, who was awakened by the roar, immediately came to the place where the steel claws were tied at a speed he had never seen before, and kicked away the person who raised his sword and wanted to chop at the rope.

The soldiers below don't know what the Luoyang court thinks, but General You knows it very well.

Seeing that Emperor Mingzheng is useless, it will take many years for the two young princes of Prince Jing's Mansion to grow up. The Kingdom of Chen, the Kingdom of Zhao, and the Kingdom of Chu are all fighting hard.

The elders in Luoyang have gradually accepted the fact that the Yan State was annexed by the State of Zhao.

Yan Guo is still resisting, trying to seize the last bargaining chip to seek more benefits.

During the Chinese New Year, Luoyang not only sent rewards and rituals to various places, but also had a secret request.

Prince Zhao must not be injured on the battlefield.

Who doesn't know Zhao Guoyong and Emperor's pampering and love for Zhao Guo's prince.

In case the prince of Zhao Guo was injured during the battle of Yan Guo, Zhao Guoyong and the emperor would definitely be furious.

At that time, it will be the country of Yan who will suffer.

It is precisely because he is from Luoyang that the prince of Zhao cannot be injured, try not to cause too much loss to Zhao Jun and Yan Jun, and try his best to prolong the time of defending the city. ' Such an outrageous request.

Only then did General You come up with a way to defend the city with a 'tortoise array'.

He never expected that Prince Zhao would be so 'brave', he threw the rope up from below and walked up the city wall.

He is not afraid of...

General You glared fiercely at his subordinates who were holding knives or shields, and yelled, "Back! Everyone back five steps away!"

God bless, the rope used by Prince Zhao must be strong enough!

Ping Zhang still doesn't know that the people on the city wall are more afraid of Chong Yi's accident than he is.

He watched Chong Yi helplessly, and before the steel claw at the other end of the rope had fully grasped the city wall, he left Mo Jiang's back, as if a light black cloud was blown onto the city wall.Although he stared at Chong Yi unblinkingly, Ping Zhang was still not sure whether the steel claws came to fix the city wall first, or Chong Yi landed on the city wall first.

Seeing that Chong Yi had already grasped the rope and walked up the ground, Ping Zhang immediately remembered what Chong Yi said at the beginning.

His Highness told him to follow!

A scorching brilliance burst into Ping Chang's eyes.

He dismounted without saying a word, galloped towards the city wall, grabbed the rope and climbed up.

He has to be next to His Highness.

In this way, when the swallow thieves attack His Highness on the city wall, he can block the things falling from above in time for His Highness.

Zhao Jun who had neither stopped Chongyi nor Pingzhang in time looked at each other.

After a moment of sluggishness, he immediately moved.

Regardless of entering the attack range of the Yan army on the city wall, they were in danger of being attacked at any time, so they galloped to a position close to the city wall.

Without saying a word, he began to pick off the clothes on his body, tacitly piled up the clothes on the rope, when the person fell, the most likely place to land.

After doing this, Zhao Jun remembered that before Ping Zhang got off his horse, he told them to let them also climb up the rope.

The people near the rope immediately wrestled for the order of getting on the rope, but because they dared not touch the rope, they unknowingly moved away from the position closest to the rope, allowing others to get ahead first.

Chong Yi ascended the city wall effortlessly, jumped down from the top, and landed gently on the ground without even stirring up the dust.

In front of him was the vicious General You holding a big knife, and not far away was the Yan army holding shields and swords with different expressions.

Chong Yi took two steps forward to make room for the people below.

As soon as he made a move, General You suddenly fell back, retreating to a position close to the wall before stopping.

Yan Jun's reaction was not much better. They followed General You's footsteps and retreated. In order not to accidentally hurt each other, they retracted their swords and swords into their sheaths, or threw them directly on the ground.

Pingzhang struggled to change his position by grasping the city wall, and when he climbed up completely, he saw Chong Yi standing on the edge of the city wall with his hands behind his back, and Yan Jun who was crowded together like quails on the other side.

The scene was unexpectedly...peaceful?

Ping Zhang maintained the posture of pawing the city wall with both hands, and a deep daze flashed in his eyes.

It wasn't until the people below Pingzhang asked anxiously why Pingzhang stopped, whether something happened on the city wall, and whether His Highness was in danger... Pingzhang finally came back to his senses, and rolled from the outside of the city wall in a clumsy and embarrassing posture Inside the city wall, the bright silver light armor on his body was covered with earthy gray.

Ping Zhang quickly got up from the ground, walked in front of Chong Yi with a strange face, and could block the sword for Chong Yi at any time.

Zhao Jun at the back was even more awkward and clumsy than Ping Zhang, and everyone made a loud noise when they came up.

After looking around, these people shut their mouths consciously in the strange atmosphere on the city wall, and silently went around Chongyi and Pingzhang to find a temporary place to stay.

As there were more and more Zhao troops on the city wall, a crisp metallic sound suddenly sounded among the Yan troops.

Everyone asked and saw that it was the sound of the knife hitting the shield when it fell to the ground.

After a while, the sound of metal impacting was heard one after another, and all the Yan soldiers with swords threw away their weapons, and some even consciously squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

General You was not angry because of Yan Jun's behavior, but he was embarrassed.

Luoyang asked him to delay the speed of Zhao Jun's siege as much as possible...

Was the process of Zhao Jun's occupation here too easy?

It is the end of spring, no matter how high the daytime temperature is, there will still be cold winds in the morning and evening.

Just then, a gust of cold wind gushed in along General You's collar, which made him shiver, before recovering from his distress.

Only then did he realize that all the Yan troops on the city wall except him had thrown away their weapons and squatted down with their heads covered, so that he was particularly conspicuous standing in front of a group of squatting people.

Both Yan Jun on the ground and Zhao Jun on the opposite side were staring at him.

General You gritted his teeth fiercely, knelt down on one knee, and raised the token in his arms above his head. His tone could not be described as regret, but he was relieved, "You Yuchao, the leader of the Hu County Garrison in Yan State, is willing to bring the Hu County Garrison to Zhao country, please be merciful, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Chong Yi casually nodded his head, raised his chin, and signaled Ping Zhang to take the token held in General You's hand.

Hearing that General You surrendered so easily, Pingzhang's expression that had been very stiff since he climbed the city wall became more and more weird, but his hand movements were extremely fast, and he immediately grabbed the token in General You's hand into his own.

He glanced at the horses strolling in the yard without their masters under the city wall, and the [-] cavalry lined up beside the rope.

Is it to let them climb up?

Or order Yan Jun to open the city gate?

Song Peiyu soon received the good news.

On the day Chong Yi led his troops to set off, he took another county town of Yan State.

The way Chongyi handles the county is no different from before.

Burn the roster first, and then send all the soldiers who are willing to return home to their birthplaces. The military officers and civil servants will be escorted by Zhao Jun to the place where Song Peiyu is. Song Peiyu will decide how to deal with it.

Song Peiyu asked people to take all the people sent from Hu County down to eat and drink, and Song Peiyu would not meet them until they were in peace of mind.

To Song Peiyu's surprise, only half a day later, Jin Bao told him that the Yan people from Hu county were very calm, and would even take the initiative to ask how they could be used by Zhao's court, and couldn't wait to serve Zhao. potency.

At the beginning, Song Peiyu thought it was a new tactic by the court of Yan Kingdom to delay the time.

Until he met General You in person, General You grabbed his arm and asked, "Which god did Chong Yi come down to earth?"

After Song Peiyu was in a daze for a short time, she calmly inquired about Chong Yi's actions outside Hu County from General You, and suddenly felt that it was difficult to breathe.

It turns out that what Chong Yi said to him about "leading troops must be safe" is this kind of "safe"?

Song Peiyu took a deep breath, and looked at the four big characters hanging on the wall.

'On paper'

He had to believe in Chong Yi, at least Chong Yi was praised by Murong Jing in every possible way and was talented in marching.

It's better than someone like him who dozes off when he reads the art of war and only talks about war on paper.

...Still angry, and completely unable to rest assured.

After he explained everything at hand, he went after Chongyi.

General You didn't notice Song Peiyu's anger at all.

He is still struggling with who Chongyi is, and he is obsessed with knowing the answer to this matter from Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu was dumbfounded by General You, but she couldn't let General You misunderstand her.

Who knows how outrageous it will become when these words spread.

Song Peiyu, who had already decided to pursue Chong Yi, didn't have much time to explain to General You, so he could only find someone to tell General You about Chong Yi's years of fighting.

Combining Chongyi's experience of leading troops, walking from below the city wall to above the city wall, although rare, is not unique.

At least it's not something that no one else can do except Chong Yi.

Song Peiyu thought that General You only saw rare things, so he whole-heartedly believed the lie that Emperor Yonghe had conceived in order to refuse to marry Chu State for Chongyi, thinking that Chongyi was a certain god in the sky.

When General You hears more strange things and broadens his horizons, he will come to his senses and recognize the reality that Chong Yi is also a mortal body.

Song Peiyu never thought that all these strange things happened to Chong Yi, which would only make General You more firm in his initial thoughts.

Prince Zhao is the god of heaven!

This sentence first came from the mouth of Emperor Yonghe, and was suspected and speculated by the people of Chu and Zhao.

However, a few years later, it was passed on by word of mouth among the people of Yan State, so that it became known all over the world, and it was considered to be the truth that the royal family of Zhao State tried their best to cover up.

It's a pity that Song Peiyu's attention was immediately attracted by Chen Guo, who had been making small movements since the spring plowing, so that he didn't realize in time that General You had not only failed to wake up, but was getting deeper and deeper.

Chen Guo, just as Song Peiyu was worried at first, planned to intervene in the war between Zhao Guo and Yan Guo.

They are quietly stationing troops at the border of Li State and Yan State, and they may send troops northward at any time.

Xianyang, who also paid close attention to Chen Guo's movements, immediately sent a letter to Chu State.

Song Jinyu personally retouched the pen, the words in the letter were very euphemistic, but the content hit the point.

As long as the state of Chu can drag the state of Chen to the state of Li, and prevent the state of Chen from making trouble when the state of Zhao attacks the state of Yan, the state of Zhao will send troops to the state of Li without saying hello to the state of Chu, and will specifically block the army of Zhao from entering the state of Li. Don't blame the checkpoints.

Sending this letter to Chu State is like a stone entering the sea.

Chen Guo stationed more and more troops on the Li-Yan border, but the Chu army in Jiuli remained unmoved.

Although there was no reply, Chu State's choice was obvious.

After taking a quarter of the Li country, or even earlier, the Chu country was no longer satisfied with always bowing its head in front of the Zhao country, and following the lead of the Zhao country.

People in Chu, headed by the Emperor Chu, who advocate peace are gradually getting old.

The new monarch that Chu State favored was King Jia who led his troops to take a quarter of Li State's territory.

In a sense, King Jia was able to stand out from his brothers and nephews because of certain characteristics in him that fit the thinking of most people in the court of Chu State today.

The change of Chu State's attitude towards Zhao State is like the alternation of Chu Emperor and Jia King.

Although there is no warning, if you think about it carefully, you can find out the reason.

Naturally, Zhao Guo would not just watch Chen Guo increase troops to the Li-Yan border but do nothing.

At the same time that Chen Guo increased his troops, Zhao Guo also increased his troops.

If it is said that King Jia can embody the thoughts of most people in the court of Chu State.

That Chongyi was to make the people in Zhao Guochao hall change to have the same idea as him.

No one can take anything away from Chong Yi.

No one can take away the land that Zhao Guo has already enclosed.

When the minds of all countries were attracted by Zhao, Yan, and Chen who were about to explode, King Liang, who was still in the territory of Yan State, led the Xiliang Army to fight for Zhao State, suddenly rushed back to Xianyang and formally submitted a letter of surrender to Zhao State.

From then on, Xiliang became Liang County, and the king of Liang was still the king of Liang.

Emperor Yonghe gave Liang Wang the mansion next to Su Wang's mansion as his mansion, and allowed Liang Wang's son to stay in Liang County and lead the Xiliang army before inheriting the throne.

Because the two sides have long had a tacit understanding, and even the people of Xiliang have long been psychologically prepared.

The process of Xiliang becoming Liang County was naturally peaceful, but it put enormous pressure on Chu State.

Xiliang, Dongliang, and Weiguo in the north of Chu State all became the land of Zhao State one after another during these years.

The Li State to the east of the Chu State also turned into a yellow flower of yesterday, and was divided between the Chu State and the Chen State.

It is only a matter of time before the Yan Kingdom ceases to exist.

Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which are sandwiched between Yan State and Chen State, are better than Wei State back then. I am afraid that they are already worrying about whether to defect to Zhao State or Chen State.

Chu State was originally very close to Zhao State, even as close as Xiliang and Zhao State.

According to the relationship between Chu State and Zhao State in the early years, Chu State does not have to worry about the future at all.

Even if Zhao Guo and Chen Guo divide the world, Zhao Guo will not take the initiative to attack Chu State, and will help Chu State when Chen Guo wants to attack Chu State.

Unless Zhao State or Chen State are completely unified, Chu State will not have to worry about being penetrated like Wei State.

Things are very different today.

The weak and small countries that bordered Chu State were all destroyed one after another, and Yanzhou and Qingzhou were too far away, and it was impossible for Chu State to extend its hand there.

Zhao State and Chen State, which are bordering Chu State today, are both Chu State, at least the present Chu State cannot afford to provoke an existence.

Under the leadership of Emperor Chu, Chu State has been silent for too long and has given up too many opportunities.

Zhao Guo and Chen Guo have been trying their best to strengthen themselves.

When the battle in the north is completely settled, Zhao Guo and Chen Guo may attack Chu State at any time.

It may even happen that Zhao Guo and Chen Guo tacitly carve up Chu State based on their own abilities.

At this time, Xiliang became Liang County, and Zhao Guo was reminding Chu State.

Zhao Guo can take care of Chu State for many years, and can turn against Chu State at any time.

Because the two sides border more and more land, Zhao Guo can fight across the board.

Anyway, there are cement roads in the territory of Zhao State, whether it is dispatching troops or transporting luggage, it is faster and the cost is much lower than that of Chu State.

Chu State will be exhausted to deal with it, and may even be dragged down before the war begins.

Compare Zhao Guo and Chen Guo.

Zhao State, who has been on good terms with Chu State for many years and knows everything about the situation in Chu State, poses a greater threat to Chu State.

Zhao Guo still did not wait for the reply from Chu State, but waited for the news that Chen Jun had officially dispatched troops to the county town of Yan State on the Li-Yan border.

At the same time, when Chu State 'buy' the improved gold leaf paper formula from Song Peiyu, he promises Song Peiyu to quietly open the Western Regions commercial roads and sea routes closed to Chen Guo.

On the contrary, Zhao Guo's shops and other operations in Chu State, including the fleet, were suddenly taken over by Chu State, making it impossible for Zhao State to contact him anymore.

Chu State chose Chen State between Zhao State and Chen State.

"Otherwise, why do you think Chu State can win a quarter of Li State's territory?" Lu Jihe ate the bitter chrysanthemum floating in the tea cup and chewed vigorously, looking at the puzzled man with mocking eyes. Luo Yong.

Luo Yong knocked on the table in dissatisfaction. Didn't he understand it and pretend not to understand it?

Song Peiyu took the time to ask, "What did Sheng Tairan say?"

Just after the new year, Sheng Tairan, who has always been in the city of novelty goods on the Western Regions business road, went all the way south to go to Zhao State to sit in the city of strange goods in the southernmost part of Wei County, just to prevent Chu State from suddenly turning his back.

Bo Yang, who looked like an invisible person in the corner, said slowly, "The bulk of the goods have been shipped back, and the main people have also tried their best to escape and come back, trying to let the people whose home is in Chu State support the operation of the year. ,but……"

Unbearable expression appeared on Bo Yang's calm brows, and he slowly shook his head.

"Don't shake your head!" Luo Yong patted his thigh anxiously, "If there is anything between us that you can't say, just say it."

Lu Jihe withdrew his hand that was going to grab Luo Yong, and rolled his eyes openly.

It's been decades and a day that I can't learn to wink.

Lu Jihe didn't know whether to laugh at Luo Yong's stupidity, or envy Luo Yong's ease.

Bo Yang did not get angry with Luo Yong.

If he had to haggle over every detail with Luo Yong, he would have been pissed off a long time ago, how could he still be alive now.

"All the people who stayed in the state of Chu, including the people in the fleet, have been arrested, and a small number of people have been handed over to the state of Chen by the state of Chu." Bo Yang looked at the brush in Song Peiyu's hand that was dripping ink, and wanted to say something What comforted Song Peiyu, but didn't say anything.

Song Peiyu is not only responsible for the operation of the strange goods city, but also spends countless efforts on the commercial routes and shipping in the Western Regions. In addition, he has served as the minister of Honglu Temple for many years, so he has to deal with Chu State frequently.

He may not be able to recognize the people who are mainly in charge of Zhao's operation in Chu, but he can definitely name most of them.

From Bo Yang's point of view, apart from Emperor Yonghe whose majesty had been provoked, Song Peiyu had the most reason to be annoyed by such a big change in the territory of Chu.

After years of hard work, it was destroyed by Chu State just like that.

Song Peiyu was not as angry as Bo Yang imagined.

After all, he had long anticipated the possibility of such a thing happening, and had already begun to prepare for it.

The current loss is still within his tolerance.

All the important things were sent back to Zhao Guo in advance, and the loss of money alone was nothing to Song Peiyu.

As for those people who were arrested by the state of Chu, they were originally from the state of Chu, even if they