After a full meal, the three of them returned to the study, and the conversation and laughter on the wine table just now, the intimate atmosphere of reminiscing about the past suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a businesslike poker face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Deng Zhong, as the landlord, was still playing the role of the tea minister, boiling water, making tea, Li Zhi's eyelids drooped, looking at the green tea in the cup, for him, the price offered by Wu Jian was very attractive, so, what price would Qin Feng offer?

Cheng Wuben turned the cup in his hand, and the heat steamed, making his face a little blurred.

"Li Shuai, Wu Jian came to you to ask you to send troops to deal with us, right?" After a while, Cheng Wuben drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp, raised his head, and looked at Li Zhi.

"Why do you make such a judgment?" Li Zhi asked with a smile.

"It's easy!" Cheng Wuben said: "Luo Yishui did not take Zhongping County as scheduled, it can be said that he has fallen into a predicament, Wu Jian has already gained the upper hand with Zhongping County as a trust, and according to the agreement between our Taiping Army and him, we will assist him to quell Luo Yishui, it can be said that this rebellion of Luo Yishui is a sure thing." He doesn't have to come to you to make a deal at all. But when he came, it was inevitable that what he was seeking was not to destroy Luo Yishui, but to deal with us. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly: "What price does he have to pay you for the agreement you made with Wu Jian?" ”

"Yongheeong-gun!" Cheng Wuben smiled.

Li Zhi laughed, "It turned out to be a second marriage of one daughter." ”

"Could it be that Wu Jian also took Yongping County as Xie Yi and invited the Qin army to deal with us?" Cheng Wuben laughed: "This abacus can be really good." ”

"In Wu Jian's opinion, you are more terrifying than Luo Yishui." Li Zhi said: "So when he has already won the volume, he will naturally not keep you." Give us Yongping County, but he can regain Shayang, Changyang, and even Taiping City from you, which is naturally cost-effective. ”

"What does Li Shuai think about this matter?" Cheng Wuben asked.

Li Zhi smiled: "Under consideration, although Yongping County is not as good as Kaiping County, it is also a good place for our Daqin." If we can get Kaiping County in this battle, plus Yongping County, it will be in vain that I have stayed here for so long, and it can be regarded as meeting our previous strategic plan. ”

"So, you're ready to do it to us." Cheng Wuben had a smile on his face, but his eyes became grim.

"It depends on what price you're offering?" Li Zhi smiled. "Now it's a three-way deal, I have the best chips in my hand, you two bid, I naturally want to sell to the highest bidder."

Cheng Wuben nodded, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head: "Kaiping County can give it to you." ”

"It was originally in our hands, Lao Cheng, your proposal is tantamount to nothing." Deng Zhong, who was on the side, handed Cheng Wuben a cup of hot tea again and shook his head.

"We will never give up Yongping County." Cheng Wuben continued. "Li Shuai, I won't tell you anything, now that we have gathered 20,000 troops in Yongping County, if you really want to attack Yongping County, how much are you prepared to pay?"

"You have a lot of confidence in the fighting power of the Taiping Army." Li Zhi's pupils shrank, and he said in a deep voice.

Cheng Wuben laughed: "Of course, you must also know the reputation of the death camp. This is an army reconstructed on the basis of the death battalion, although the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as the original death battalion, but it is not far behind, but the death battalion was only more than 2,000 people back then, and now we have more than 20,000 people. ”

Li Zhi was silent.

"Great Chu Western Realm, now An Ruhai's subordinates are all trained by one person, do you know who that person is?" Cheng Wuben then asked.

"I heard that person is An Ruhai's lieutenant general, Duan Xuan?" Li Zhi didn't think clearly for a while why Cheng Wuben would raise this question.

"This Duan Xuan has a nickname, called scissors. He used to be a captain under Qin Feng, during the Anyang Change, he betrayed Qin Feng and took refuge in the imperial court, and now he has been promoted to the deputy general of the Western Frontier Army because of his meritorious military training. Cheng Wuben said lightly: "I think Deng Pu has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the army he has trained, and he was just one of the three captains under Qin Feng back then." ”

Li Zhi suddenly laughed: "Cheng Wuben, you can't scare me with this, the Qin people are not afraid of fierce enemies, because we are also fierce enough, we can pull out knives with people for a bite to eat, not to mention such a big piece of fat, people die for money, birds die for food, if we take Yongping, but for the future of the Qin Kingdom, how can we give up because there will be casualties?" ”

"Do you think it's safe?" Cheng Wuben asked rhetorically. "Yes, you have an army of 100,000 in Kaiping County, but now it's really a spring famine, how many people can you mobilize to fight? Can there be half of it? We only have 20,000 men, but our military equipment has been converging towards Yongping County, so we are not afraid of fighting a protracted war with you. ”

"Not for a long time." Li Zhi said indifferently: "After Wu Jian has dealt with Luo Yishui, he will inevitably come to attack you." ”

Cheng Wuben snorted coldly: "He doesn't have this chance, because in this case, our army in Zhengyang County will attack." At that time, his first reaction should be to go back to his division to defend Zhengyang or even Yuejing. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, the current Yue Kingdom is really a mess, "Let's be straight, what can you give me, without the right price, we will definitely not be able to negotiate." ”

"Well, the price we offered, naturally, is not low. First of all, if we win in this battle with Wu Jian, then Kaiping County will still be yours, and the Taiping army will not seek to reclaim this land from you. ”

"It's equivalent to not saying it, this is a business without capital."

"Second, in the Anruhai Department of Anyang County, within three years, there will be no attack on you." Cheng Wuben continued: "Of course, otherwise, our Great Chu will launch an attack on the Qin people in the western border. ”

Li Zhi's face suddenly became complicated.

"Third, Yongping, we definitely can't give it to you, but we are willing to give money. One million taels of silver a year, one million loads of food, and the Taiping army will provide you with a large number of weapons every year. You should know that the steel produced by our Taiping Iron Mine is the best steel now, and the weapon created is also the sharpest weapon in the world. ”

Li Zhi laughed: "The price is indeed not low, but I don't think the Taiping Army can take out this silver now!" You're writing blank checks. ”

"Of course not, because this money and this grain are not given by the Taiping Army, but by Da Chu." Cheng Wuben said in a deep voice, "As long as Li Shuai signs this agreement with us, then Da Chu will immediately pay you this one hundred taels of silver, of course, it takes time to transport grain, and as for the weapons provided to you by the Taiping Army, you will have to wait for the matter here to come to an end." ”

Hearing this, Deng Zhong was already moved, straightened his waist, and looked at Li Zhi, the Chu people gave silver and grain, which must pass through An Ruhaibu, and eventually fall into the hands of his son Deng Pu in the west, and the provision of weapons will eventually fall into his own hands. This is a very good thing for the border army of the Qin State.

Fighting Yongping, now that Cheng Wuben is here, it means that the Taiping Army has taken into account the possible actions of the Qin people, so the next battle will not be so easy. Although he had not seen the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army, he had heard about the name of the death camp countless times from his son Deng Pu.

Being able to do it without doing anything, without casualties, and getting so many things really made him a little moved.

"Li Shuai, fight Yongping, to be honest, it is difficult for both of us to decide the outcome of the battle, but as long as you stand still, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, you can get so many things, why not?" Cheng Wuben's eyes were blazing, "This is our condition." ”

Li Zhizi'er drank the tea in the cup dry, looked at Cheng Wuben and said with a smile: "This is coercion and temptation, a two-pronged approach, to be honest, the silver, food, and weapons you gave are just a temporary need, and they really can't move me, but you said that An Ruhai will raise troops in the west, but it really surprised me." I remember that Qin Feng and your Emperor Majesty have a deep enmity, you support him like this, aren't you afraid that he will fight back in the future? ”

Cheng Wuben smiled: "That is in the future, and now, the most important task of our Great Chu is to build an ambitious new kingdom by the side of the Qin people." If Qin Feng succeeds, the most restless person is not our Da Chu, because he is too far away from us, and the most headache at that time should be the Qi people, Li Shuai must also know that the balance of our war with the Qi people is tilting towards the Qi people, and the battle line is approaching in the direction of Kunling Pass day by day. If Qin Feng takes the Yue Kingdom, tell me, who will his troops point to next? We are Da Chu, is it possible that he can still fly over? ”

"It may also point to us Qin people!" Deng Zhong said on the side.

Cheng Wuben laughed: "With all due respect, what does the Qin State have?" Is it full of yellow sand? Or the hungry people who can't even fill their stomachs? Unless Qin Feng is out of his mind, he will think about finding trouble with you again, and then carry such a big burden on his back. If Qin Feng succeeds, the first step will definitely be to seek to get back the Yue territory that was taken away by the Qi people, you know, the establishment of a new regime, the first thing is to regain the hearts of the people, nothing is more than to take back the past territory to inspire the people in the country and win the support of the people! ”

"Moreover, Li Shuai, if our Great Chu loses in the war with the Qi people, and the Qi people are gaining momentum, at that time, it is not only our Great Chu family that is threatened, how can the Qin people be an exception? Don't you know what the Qi people want to do? Once Qin Feng succeeds, the trend of the world will inevitably form a situation where the three families will join forces to resist Qi, and if Wu Jian wins, will he do this? He will join forces with the Qi people. ”

There was a long silence in the room, and Cheng Wuben stopped talking, just drinking tea slowly.

I don't know how long it took, Li Zhi finally put down the wine glass in his hand, "Okay, let your emperor pay." ”

Cheng Wuben smiled: "Thank you Li Shuai, happy cooperation." (To be continued.) )