Iron Armored Emperor

Sleeping hall, Chu Palace.

The blue gauze curtains and cages were gently blown by the breeze. It was already late at night, and the servants were standing outside the hall, and the hall should have been silent.

But from time to time, there was a slight rustle from the yew wood case.

The sleeping Gu Lie frowned slightly, and turned sideways, as if he was restless in sleep.

In the wooden box on the yew wood table, a round white silkworm slowly moved from one mulberry leaf to another, stayed there for a while, didn't eat any more mulberry leaves, and crawled around.

Gu Lie turned over again.

He vaguely knew in his heart that he was dreaming.

Since he was eight years old in his previous life, he has never had nightmares again. Why did he suddenly fall asleep today?

However, in sleep, one cannot control one's thoughts after all. Gu Lie's waking thoughts were fleeting, and were quickly overwhelmed by the dream.

water.

There was boundless water up and down, left and right, and his throat was burning from choking on the water. He tried to swim out of the water, but the clothes on his body were too heavy and the struggle seemed futile.

The skylight on the water was fragmented and confused by his struggling to swim, and it seemed even more out of reach when it fell into the eyes.

The layers of deep darkness from around to under his feet seemed to be tempting him to give up struggling and sink into a peaceful place where he could rest.

But if he is dead, who will avenge Chu Gu's clan annihilation, and who will restore Chu after the death of Yan Yan?

He gritted his teeth tightly, and at the critical moment of life and death, he got a burst of strength out of thin air, desperately upstream, and finally broke through the water.

The sweet air rushed into his nostrils, and before he was exhausted, he climbed up to the river bank.

"You, you are not dead! Great!"

He raised his head, and a middle-aged man with an unclear face yelled at him in surprise.

He looked down at his attire, and it turned out to be a girl's skirt that was soaked through.

He was about ten years old. In order to avoid pursuing soldiers, his adoptive father dressed him as a girl and lived in a relatively remote village for more than half a year.

is a dream.

Gu Lie thought calmly, why did he suddenly dream about the past of fleeing?

He opened his mouth and wanted to say "Leave me alone, get out of here", but in the dream he was still the same as before, fainted due to exhaustion of energy.

Angered by Gu Lie's ignoring attitude, the middle-aged boy who accidentally pushed Gu Lie into the river, felt guilty, carried him back home when he was unconscious, and begged his mother to help him despite his mother's scolding. Change out of your wetsuit.

"The fate of a dog is too light, and there are many disasters," the adoptive father explained to the woman who sent him home with a pleasant face. "It is said in the temple that you can only raise it as a girl, otherwise... alas. The tattoo is also for For this reason."

The woman was not very sorry, she repeatedly apologized for her son's recklessness, rubbed his head lovingly, and then left.

In the evening, the woman brought another bowl of chicken soup, saying that her son was ignorant and insisted on eating it, so she had to kill the chicken and share a bowl with Gu Lie as an apology.

He couldn't taste good or bad, but at least he knew the etiquette, so he didn't need his adoptive father to remind him, he said thank you in a decent way, and praised the taste was very good.

When I woke up again, it was midnight.

The adoptive father, carrying a burden on his back, hurriedly embarked on the road to escape in his arms.

He hugged his adoptive father's shoulders, his hands and feet were cold, and he watched the flames in the sky behind them.

"Gu Lie," he heard his adoptive father say through gritted teeth, "remember, this innocent mother and son died because of you. How can you be so playful when you bear the revenge of Chu and Gu's annihilation? How can you talk so carelessly?" The dead Yan will return to Chu!"

He admits his mistake.

It was he who shouldn't have given the mother and child a chance to get close, and it was he who was not vigilant enough to kill innocent people.

The fire was getting farther and farther, farther and farther away, gradually annihilated in the thick night.

Gu Lie opened his eyes and woke up.

There were two candles shining outside the cyan veil, reflecting the dim light, Gu Lie got up, walked to the yew wood desk that was silent with soft shoes.

The white silkworm in the wooden box huddled itself in a corner, and slowly spit out soft white filaments from its mouthparts, wrapping them around its body.

Spring silkworms cocooned.

Weiyuan City is a giant city in Qingzhou. It faces the vast Pinghu Lake and the Shishan Mountains above. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It faces Jingzhou Xinzhou at the bottom of Qingzhou across Pinghu Lake, and further east is the mouth of the sea. It is a treasure land where the four famous tycoons gather Qingzhou's wealth.Therefore, the Liu family and the Yan family stationed heavy troops here, guarding Weiyuan City like an iron bucket.

Between Weiyuan City and Pinghu Lake, there are swampy reed marshes everywhere, and the vast area is uninhabited, so it cannot be attacked by water.

Therefore, Gujiang City, Zengqi City, and Shishan City, which partially surrounded Weiyuan City, were the breakthrough points chosen by Di Qiye.

Di Qiye and his elite soldiers quickly bypassed Weiyuan City from the mountain road, did not enter Shishan Mountain, and headed west to Zengqi.

It used to be a small town, but because of the mountainous terrain, there was not much arable land, and it was so poor that most of the men went to work in Weiyuan City. The old and weak, women and children were vulnerable to the Chu army's cavalry, and Di Qiye successfully took over the city.

Afterwards, Di Qiye killed his carbine and ordered Zuo Dudu to send out a small group of troops, put on the clothes of the guards in Zengqie City, pretended to be Zengqie soldiers, and ran outside Shishan City to report the news of Zengqie's fall.

The guards of Shishan City did not become suspicious. As soon as the city gate opened, tigers, leopards and wolves appeared like ghosts from the flanks, killing the garrison of Shishan City and turning their backs.

Di Qiye took Zengqi and Shishan two cities, beat all the elite soldiers under him to their hearts' content, and then he did one thing.

Taking the people of Shishan City as hostages, he drove the troops stationed in Shishan City to Dagujiang City.

He himself, Shi Shiran, led elite troops to join Zhu Beihe outside Weiyuan City, waiting for news.

This move aroused discussion among the subordinates who had originally admired him, and for a while, the intimacy was taken back half a step.

Di Qiye drilled soldiers as usual every day, and even fed the horses in his spare time, as if he didn't know it.

Zhu Beihe, as the deputy general in this attack on Qingzhou, has already captured three cities in less than half a month, and it was only at this time that Zhu Beihe had the chance to get along with the coach Di Qiye.

According to Di Qiye's actions since he dispatched troops, no matter how good-tempered Zhu Beihe was, he would inevitably feel that this person is too proud of his talents. Although he uses soldiers like a god, the future is still unknown.

However, during the brief contact with military affairs in the past two days, Di Qiye behaved in a business-like manner, and there was no intentional restraint or difficulty in getting along with him.

Zhu Beihe was truly curious.

Before dispatching troops, that fake Taoist priest Yan Fagu wentssiping with Zhu Beihe, jokingly making comments like "My lord thinks highly of little brother Di, this son has a bright future".

On the other hand, Jiang Yang seemed to be entrusting his nephew to his nephew. He didn't mention his cousin at all. He held his hand, and his mother-in-law and mother said a lot of things.

The lord has fought for hegemony for five years, during which capable people and strangers are like crucian carp crossing the river, or a meteor flashes, or is reduced to mediocrity, and more has become a bone in the history books by the riverside.It is not uncommon for generals who have fought good battles, but this is the only one who makes the lord, Jiang Yang and Yan Fagu treat each other differently.

Zhu Beihe was not proficient in tactics, the master general was considered qualified at the beginning of the hegemony, but now that the Chu army has a lot of talents, there is no need to rush the ducks to the shelves.He is better at guarding the city and serving as a council member, he is hard-working, diligent and considerate, and being a deputy general is cute, and everyone rushes to ask for it.

So Di Qiye was able to defeat the Five Young Masters under him in these two battles, but he couldn't defeat Zhu Beihe.

Zhu Beihe's ability to appreciate strange soldiers and battles is limited, and as a retainer of the Chu king, his observation angle of Di Qiye is more of a civil servant than a general.

In the future, Di Qiye provoked criticism in the court, which can be seen from here.

Zhu Beihe went to find Di Qiye with the prepared battle report, and Di Qiye was brushing Wushuang's hair.

The big black horse was not very happy today, and when Di Qiye brushed lightly, it snorted heavily to express my displeasure.

Di Qiye heard footsteps coming from a distance, and kicked its legs: "Don't make trouble."

Wushuang rogue rolled on the ground, pretending to be dead.It looks like Ma Sheng has nothing to love.

Zhu Beihe approached and saw that there was something different about Di Qiye's horse, and asked worriedly, "Is it sick?"

Di Qiye pressed the veins on his forehead and said helplessly, "It can't stay idle."

Zhu Beihe had a look of sudden realization.

Sure enough, it is a god horse, unwilling to rest, and only wants to go to the battlefield.

Zhu Beihe glanced at Wushuang approvingly, and handed the battle report to Di Qiye: "Does it need to be edited?"

Di Qiye glanced at ten lines, turned quickly, and smiled: "In the battle of Shishan, it was I who formulated the tactics, but it was the Zuo Dudu and the tigers, leopards and wolf cavalry who fought, so don't remember it on my head."

He was not greedy for merit, which made Zhu Beihe very satisfied.

But Zhu Beihe was puzzled by the names of his subordinates.

"Why is General Di so unfamiliar with Zhili generals?"

Di Qiye said calmly: "The name is also called by others. The name and surname are not as clear as the position."

Although this is a good statement, it also seems impersonal.

But Zhu Beihe thought about it again, Di Qiye treated the five young masters like this, but he was neither clinging nor clinging, neither party nor selfish, and he was quite a pure minister.

This made Zhu Beihe feel inferior.

So Zhu Beihe looked at Di Qiye's eyes even more gratified, thinking about the recent discussions among the five young masters, he deliberately mentioned Di Qiye's words: "The general used the people as hostages to force Shishan City to garrison troops to attack Gujiang City. Although it is a clever plan, However, General Yu’s reputation has been damaged and he has been criticized a lot, so it must not be done again.”

Di Qiye wondered: "It's better to spend other people's troops than our own. There will be criticisms about this, so let them discuss it."

"Three people become tigers, even if you don't care, if you misunderstand the lord, wouldn't you be wronged?" Zhu Beihe thought he was young and energetic, so he brought up Gu Lie to talk about the matter, hoping he would listen.

But Di Qiye laughed, raised his eyebrows, and said in a very chic way: "I don't care whether fame is something I bring with me when I die or not."

After a pause, he added: "My lord will not misunderstand me."

Zhu Beihe didn't expect that Di Qiye, who marched strangely, was actually a loyal and innocent elm head.

Coincidentally, after talking with Di Qiye, he felt that General Zhu was just as dumb as Gu Lie said.

Zhu Beihe had never talked much, and today it was rare that he wanted to persuade others, but he was shocked by the innocence of Di Qiye's pure minister, and he couldn't find anything to say for a while.

The two were relatively speechless, and Wushuang was still lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.

At this time, a fast horse came running, and the pawn rolled and knelt down.

"Two generals! Gujiang City has fallen!"

The fall of Gujiang City can be used as a plan to siege the city.

Di Qiye looked at Zhu Beihe, and said lightly, "General Zhu, I have to ask you to rewrite the battle report."