Iron Armored Emperor

The king of Chu held a banquet in the army, rewarding the soldiers with delicacies from Shuzhou, which was also a gesture of comfort to the surrendered officials of the Feng clan.

Di Qiye wanted Gu Lie to have a good meal, but he didn't want to sit at the head of the banquet and entertain his subordinates with strict etiquette. He couldn't carry three chopsticks with each dish.

This is completely counterproductive.

So General Di was in a bad mood, picking and picking with chopsticks, his face stretched longer than Wushuang.

It is easy to find high mountains, but hard to find a confidant. The last confidant lost his appetite. The imperial chef who carefully cooked Shuzhou delicacies was so wronged that he wanted to cry.

Fortunately, there was no one who didn't have an eye for provoking Di Qiye, he was the king of Chu's favored general, who wouldn't think about making him unhappy.

After eating and drinking at a banquet, Furan was full of thoughts. The King of Chu's request seemed simple. One was to break up the Feng Clan cavalry into the Chu army, and the other was to seal the change of the Feng Clan leader with the approval of the King of Chu.As long as these two points are achieved, the Feng Clan will be allowed to move back to Shuzhou, and the Feng Clan will be treated equally as the people of Great Chu.

However, this move first took away the military power of the leader of the Wind Clan, and second controlled the succession of the next leader of the Wind Clan.

Compared with Great Chu's restrictions on the power of the leaders of the Feng Clan, the treatment given by the Great Chu to the Feng Clan can be described as generous. Just the benefit of being equal to the people of the Great Chu was never granted by the Yan Dynasty.

Furan won the position of leader by fighting for the infamy of later generations, but her power is far inferior to that of Wu Kun, so there is a gap in her heart.But she also knows that the Feng Clan, as a surrender, does not have much room for bargaining. The treatment given by Da Chu can be said to be kind, but for her, even for the sake of her son, she still has to fight with Da Chu Negotiate a few more times and try to get more power from the leader of WindClan.

Di Qiye looked on coldly, and felt that none of the diners seriously appreciated the efforts of the chef, which was embarrassing.He himself didn't have much appetite, so he slipped away before anyone noticed.

Gu Lie watched helplessly as General Di, who thought he was not paying attention, arrogantly left the table early, and shook his head helplessly.

I don't know who got used to this temper.

After the banquet, Gu Lie handled the government affairs step by step. Now that the Feng Clan has surrendered, the next step must be to destroy Yan.

When I fled from Kunxi, I withdrew all the horse cavalry from Yongzhou. Now Yongzhou has resumed the rule of Beiyan. As long as the last three states are conquered, the world will belong to Chu Gu.

However, among all the opponents in Gu Lie's previous life, the most difficult one was not the powerful enemy he encountered in his early years when his strength was insufficient, nor the reckless hero Wu Taki he faced later, but Bei Yan.

As the saying goes, people are shameless and invincible.

Beiyan is not only a centipede that is dead but not stiff, but also the generals have no shame. If you dare to attack the city, they dare to tie the people to the city gate. If you want peace talks, they will talk here and fight there. Zhong turned his face on the spot, and if he could kill one, he counted as one.

Later, they even drove the old and weak, women and children up the city wall, and they threw one down when the Chu army advanced an inch.Even if they are shameless, the Chu army will be unjust.

They understand very well that as long as Chu Gu wins the world, each of them will surely die, so they have no illusions at all. When death is imminent, they can enjoy one more day, even if they are shameless to the end, they still want to live.

In the previous life, the Chu army suffered a lot of hidden losses in the process of attacking the three states of Beiyan, and it also added a lot of material to Gu Lie's "ruthless" comments in later generations.

Not to mention Di Qiye as the greatest hero, he was the one who was disgusted by Beiyan the most times.

Gu Lie frowned and thought carefully. Although he could use the experience of his previous life to prepare for a rainy day, there was a limit to what he could prevent.

As he was thinking hard, the curtain moved, and a horse's face suddenly appeared.

Wu Shuang let out a happy sigh, and greeted Gu Lie.

"My lord," Di Qiye followed lazily, "The moonlight is bright tonight, and Wushuang misses you very much. I wonder if I could do my favor and go out for a walk with my subordinates?"

The reed marshes in Qinzhou are different from the few clumps that occasionally grow on the lakeside of Shuzhou. The reed marshes in Qinzhou cover hundreds of acres, and you can’t see the edge at a glance. They are all withered and yellow in winter. At this moment, there is a white layer on the withered yellow panicle flowers, and the white snow and the bright white moonlight reflect each other, making it even more bleak.

I don't know why I have to go out for a walk in the cold weather.

Wushuang moved tirelessly to the side of the big brown horse, looking gentle and weary.

Gu Lie pressed his forehead and teased Di Qiye: "If you want to be a matchmaker for Wushuang, just put them together in a shed, why bother you and me to come out and suffer from the cold."

Relying on his white wolf fur cloak for protection, Di Qiye seemed not afraid of the cold, and replied, "My lord, it's not good to be bored in the tent every day, it will affect your appetite."

Gu Lie snorted.

The bright moon was in the sky, and the snow-covered reeds stretched across the sky, as if there were only two people riding horses left in the world.

This reminded Gu Lie inexplicably of the day when Li Chu ascended the throne in his previous life, step by step on the high platform to sacrifice to the sky.

The emperor called himself, called lonely and widowed.

He suddenly heard Di Qiye ask curiously: "'The reeds are green, the white dew is frost', like this?"

Gu Lie threw away his thoughts, shook his head and smiled, "That's the picture of the green reeds in late autumn, and the dew hanging on them in the early morning to form frost."

"I see," Di Qiye raised his eyebrows, "'The so-called Yiren is on the side of the water', where is that brother-in-law, my sister whom I have never met?"

Unexpectedly, Di Qiye called his brother-in-law, and Gu Lie didn't know whether he was shocked by the cold wind or shocked, and said amusedly, "What do you care about them?"

Di Qiye spread his hands: "I have become a deceitful person for no reason, and you are not allowed to ask me?"

"Then you have to ask your good apprentice," Gu Lie pushed the blame smoothly, "He is the one who caused the trouble."

Di Qiye laughed wildly: "Do you dare to say that without your sitting back and letting go, they would dare to stir up trouble?"

Gu Lie glanced at Di Qiye's face, and explained: "I am indeed responsible for negligence, but I did not let it go. When I heard about it, they had spread all over the camp of the Chu army. What can I do? I If you forbid them to talk nonsense, but you can't tell your origin, God knows what they will do."

Gu Lie thought it was funny when he said it: "I know you won't be willing to pretend to be a son and hurt future generations, so why would I let them stir up trouble?"

how come?

Di Qiye tightened the reins, Wushuang stopped and turned to look at Gu Lie.

How much fame and convenience can Da Chu gain among literati and scholars as a living son and descendant, why not?What is the reluctance of a general under his command?

"what happened?"

Gu Lie was puzzled by Di Qiye.

But Di Qiye leaned slightly closer, and touched Gu Lie's heart with the golden dragon with its tail on the head of the Azure Dragon Saber.

He lowered his eyes and asked Gu Lie's heart: "You have such a keen and considerate heart, how can you be willing to lock it up, eat without taste, and live without love and joy?"

Gu Lie frowned and remained silent.

The two stood in a stalemate for a while, when Wushuang suddenly licked the big brown horse's side face violently, the big brown horse got a little angry and barked in warning.

They parted their horses and rode on.

"I don't understand why the Feng clan returned to Shu with all their heart," Di Qiye suddenly said of his long-standing doubts, "I also don't quite understand why Lu Yi thinks he is from Chu. He was born and raised in Shu. They have a kind of It's almost paranoid. I know it's nostalgia, but I still can't figure it out."

Gu Lie looked at him, and asked without answering, "Are you homesick?"

"Home?" Di Qiye looked up at the endless moonlit night sky and repeated unconsciously, "You mean the orphanage where I was born, or my residence in the army? What's there to think about?"

"And what about the alliance you speak of? Do you want it?"

Di Qiye shook his head resolutely: "I am in this ancient era, and I can no longer work for the alliance, and it has nothing to do with me."

Gu Lie's heartstrings tightened at the familiar determination.

Gu Lie said slowly: "If you want to understand, you must first have a home."

He looked into Di Qiye's eyes, turned the worries deeper than the sea in his heart into gentleness, and sincerely invited: "As long as you are willing, Dachu is your home...you have built it with your own hands, and participated in the reconstruction with your own hands." Home."

Di Qiye was really not interested in Da Chu.

But being stared at by Gu Lie like this, he could no longer ignore a clear fact. He realized that his interest in Gu Lie might have exceeded the scope of interest.

This is really fresh.

"Home," Di Qiye finally broke his gaze from Gu Lie, jokingly said, "I'm afraid Da Chu won't be able to afford it."

Gu Lie really didn't want to talk to him anymore.

But Di Qiye suddenly said to the night sky: "I once had a subordinate who wished me to be beaten severely in the next life. My lord, do you think he is particularly cruel?"

He looked sideways at Gu Lie again: "His surname is also Gu."

Gu Lie couldn't believe it: "Just because of this, you don't want to make Da Chu your home?"

"You forgot, I told you that most of our names at that time were drawn by the system. Even if it sounds good, there is really no inheritance. It can't represent anything."

Di Qiye explained with a smile, and then sighed: "I just want to say that I hold grudges. If people dare to offend me, I dare to offend others. Although I don't care about ordinary trivial matters, if you really offend me, I will let you offend me." You swallow the bitter fruit, there is no reason to cry, because Li is on my side."

"Why humiliate yourself like this," Gu Lie frowned.

Di Qiye smiled: "I'm not joking. I just want to tell you in advance."

Gu Lie was puzzled.

Di Qiye blinked and urged Wushuang to run away.

The hemostatic spray sprayed all over Di Qiye's back as if he didn't want money, Di Qiye hissed softly, frowned and said, "Enough."

He thinks it's dirty if it's too sticky after spraying too much.

Standing behind Di Qiye, Gu Chang'an clapped his hands, let out a huff of anger, and then resumed his smiling expression: "That's right, you are going to die generously, what am I wasting all this time for?"

Di Qiye looked strangely at his cunning subordinate who always smiled like a fox, and wondered, "Have you taken gunpowder?"

Gu Chang'an gritted his teeth, forced himself to turn his gaze away from the scorching wound covering half of Di Qiye's shoulder and back, and packed the emergency medical kit with heavy hands, waiting to put all the unused medicines and equipment back to their original places , finally couldn't help it, and shouted: "Admiral."

Di Qiye quickly pushed the light screen to quickly check the energy weapon reserve of the mecha at a glance. The code name of the mecha was displayed at the bottom of the light screen: Wushuang.

He responded casually: "Huh?"

"You are a good general."

Di Qiye looked up from the constantly beating data symbols in surprise, looked at his subordinates, and was surprised to find Gu Changan on the opposite side with a serious face.

Di Qiye laughed and said, "Even if you praise me to death now, I won't change my mind."

Gu Chang'an didn't seem to hear Di Qiye's ridicule, he gritted his teeth secretly, repeated himself and continued: "You are a good general. Your individual combat ability, strategic deployment and immediate response are the best among all the generals of the Human Alliance Army. You are also a good boss. Every one of us has been instructed by you and given the opportunity to make meritorious service. You are the only one of the generals who will personally step on the battlefield to kill the enemy. You also always take responsibility for our performance instead of throwing people out as scapegoats."

The atmosphere was so strange. Di Qiye was about to speak, but was interrupted by Gu Changan, and continued: "You are a genetically modified human being. When the opposition party molded you into a new hope for the future of mankind, you bluntly said You are against genetic modification; when the ruling party brags that you are the direction of evolution, you remind them that you are just a throwback human being whose genetic modification failed. And me, if you didn't believe me and gave me the chance, I would now It is impossible to stand here with children at home. You have maintained neutrality, and your own existence is the hope and motivation in the eyes of me and many people."

Di Qiye didn't want to quarrel with him, so he joked lightly: "Are you going to write me a memoir on the spot?"

The air paused in awe.

Gu Changan insisted on his point of view: "In any case, we have not reached the point where we have to sacrifice you!"

"It's the smallest price to pay."

"It is clear that you and I have very different ideas about 'least cost'."

Di Qiye narrowed his eyes impatiently, and began to speak directly to Gu Changan's heart and lungs: "You know very well that if I don't do this, your family will almost certainly die."

Gu Changan was very determined: "We are willing to pay this price."

"When did you become so emotional?" Di Qiye said intentionally, "Are you willing, and others are willing? Are you so sure that your comrades are willing to die because of your easy answer?"

silence.

Unexpected silence.

Gu Changan loosened his clenched teeth, wiped his face helplessly, shook his head and smiled: "Why do you force me to ask this kind of question... I have no way to persuade you to give up, right?"

Di Qiye didn't answer at all.

"Ok."

Gu Changan looked at Di Qiye, suddenly unbuttoned his wrist, and rolled up the sleeves of his uniform shirt: "Okay, since this is the case, general, let me say a few words from my heart."

He looked like he couldn't help but want to do something, which made Di Qiye lean on the console and watch with interest, to see what he was going to say.

"General, I just said half of what I just said. You are indeed brave and fearless, with a firm stand, shouldering the vanguard battalion on your shoulders, and you are the sincerely convinced superior of every one of our high schools."

After a pause, Gu Changan added: "Get rid of your bad taste of forcing us to play idiom Solitaire."

"But at the same time," Gu Chang'an couldn't help gnashing his teeth again, "You are always a strong man on top, and you can always solve everything by yourself. You never depend on us, and you are never willing to have contact with us outside of official business. Even , You give us the feeling that even if we betray you, you will not be surprised, you will only raise your eyebrows, board Wushuang, and immediately start thinking about how to fight."

"Evidently each of us is willing to sacrifice our lives for you—yes, as you deliberately pointed out, I have no right to speak on behalf of my other comrades-in-arms, but I guarantee that each of us trusts you unconditionally and is always ready to execute Your order!"

Di Qiye couldn't bear it anymore: "Don't you see the price your comrades paid for my neutrality. I personally sent them to die!"

"I saw it!" Gu Chang'an held back the tears in his eyes, and said, "I saw my comrades being attacked by our own artillery just like you! But it's not your fault. You were counted together with us Betrayed. But do you want to believe that you are not alone, you are our general, and each of us is willing to fight to the death for you! You can't forgive yourself for signing the military order, then think about it, you can't Stop you from going to die, how can I forgive myself!"

Di Qiye said as a matter of course: "I decided to die, what does it have to do with you?"

Gu Changan's voice turned cold in an instant: "Listen yourself, are you speaking human language?"

,” Di Qiye obviously did not appreciate Gu Changan's courage, and called out his number to warn.

The preparation bell beeped lightly, and the artificial intelligence's emotionless voice sounded flat and monotonous in the life support cabin: "Please get ready."

Di Qiye, who had already been prepared, crossed out to remind him, and checked the mech time and standard time.

Gu Changan pointed out with aggressive intentions: "You are even afraid of getting in touch with your artificial intelligence, and you don't even give it the minimum personality."

Di Qiye replied calmly: "Artificial intelligence does not need personality."

Gu Changan further tried to irritate Di Qiye: "You just avoid having companionship with it and make sure it can be replaced at any time."

"So what?" Di Qiye replied nonchalantly, as if he really didn't care about the artificial intelligence that had been with him since he was a child, and could replace it at any time.

However, he is not really ruthless, otherwise he would not feel so guilty that his soldiers died under the fire of his own people to the point of committing suicide.

This man's skull is almost harder than meteorite.

Failed again, Gu Changan sighed in frustration: "You are always right, aren't you? Even now, I haven't questioned your position. You are going to die to expose the truth... You are always invincible place."

Di Qiye raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

Time is running out.

"I don't have any beliefs, unlike my family. I never believe in an afterlife. But now, I really hope that you can have an afterlife and be beaten by love...I'm serious. Falling in love makes people grow, and people who have passed through Talking from experience." Gu Changan slowly put down the rolled up sleeves and buttoned them neatly.

Di Qiye looked at him speechlessly, not understanding why he rolled up his sleeves in the first place.

Gu Changan tidied up his military appearance, raised his head with a smile, "Don't look, I was going to beat you up."

Di Qiye gave him a "try it" look.

Gu Changan shrugged provocatively.

Afterwards, Gu Chang'an got up seriously, took a step forward, put on a pair of military boots, and saluted Di Qiye: "Admiral."

Di Qiye replied: "Senior Colonel."

Gu Changan threw away his usual sly smile, stared at Di Qiye with almost sad eyes, and said sincerely: "First of all, I have to tell you that no matter what you think, all the soldiers in the Pioneer Battalion will remember your sacrifice. Never forget."

Di Qiye raised his hand to confirm the synchronized mech time on the light screen.

He should go.

Gu Chang'an smiled helplessly, and said solemnly: "Life is born in the stardust thrown to the Milky Way after the explosion."

"We are all children of the stars."

"General, the second commander of the Pioneer Battalion GM959872 bids farewell to you." Gu Changan knelt on one knee, with his right palm flat on his chest, feeling the hard beating of his heart, took a deep breath, and solemnly read the funeral speech of the Human Alliance Army, "May Starlight illuminates your journey to the afterlife."