Cheng Wuben is not worried about what will happen to the east now, the Great Chu Emperor has just passed away, and the people of Qi are thinking with their butts, and they will also know that the Chu defense line with Kunling Pass as the core will inevitably be ready to fight, if you send troops at this time, not only will you not be pleased, but you will fall below the morality, and the Cao clan of Eastern Qi prides itself on being orthodox, and has always wanted both face and lining.

What he worries about is that in the future, the death of the old emperor represents the end of an era, and it is also the end of his Cheng Wuben era. After more than 20 years, the impregnable defense line he built in the east may be worthless in the eyes of his successor, Luo Liang. Cheng Wuben knows the Second Highness Min Ruoying, and also knows Luo Liang, and they all have a fanatical dream in their hearts, that is, to dominate the world.

But in Cheng's view, at least for now, this is unrealistic. has been in the eastern realm for more than 20 years, and has also confronted the Qi people for more than 20 years, and no one has a deeper understanding of the Qi people than him. Although the strength of the Chu State has grown by leaps and bounds under the rule of the old emperor over the years, it is still an absolutely weak side compared to the huge Qi State. Over the years, the State of Qi seems to have no way to deal with the State of Chu, not just because of the State of Chu, but the three kingdoms of Chu, Qin, and Yue, which have maintained a common advance and retreat on the confrontation against the Eastern Qi.

But now, the situation has changed a lot. Cheng Wuben was worried that the Qi people would take advantage of this time to make a move against Yueguo. For Qi people, there is no better time than now.

The Qin State suffered a catastrophe this year, and the people's livelihood in the country withered, and it can really be called poor and white. In order to change this situation, the Qin people even did not hesitate to destroy the tacit understanding that had been built up with Chu over the years, and sent troops on a large scale to kill the western border army of Zuo Lixing and rob Anyang County. The relationship between the two countries has become extremely delicate, at least among the people, the Chu people are boiling, and the voices of calling for revenge are endless. Fortunately, the court was still very sober and dealt with the matter coldly.

But at this time, if the Qi people suddenly attacked the Yue Kingdom, the Qin people would not have the strength to support the Yue Kingdom. After all, they are now very poor, and their relationship with the Chu people is quite delicate, and while they maintain their domestic rule, they also have to guard against the Chu people's counterattack.

As for the Chu people, the old emperor died, the domestic political situation was turbulent, and it was not the crown prince Min Ruocheng who had been on the throne for nearly 20 years who was born at this moment, but the second prince Min Ruoying, who broke out to the throne in just one year. It is inevitable to stabilize the domestic political situation, purge the remnants of the former crown prince, and consolidate the position of the new emperor. Yang Yihe is the first, and he is the second. And this purge is obviously not something that can be completed in a short period of time.

In other words, now the state of Chu is also unable to make effective support to the state of Yue. It is not surprising, then, that the Qi people launched an attack on the Yue Kingdom in the near future, and took this opportunity to cripple and defeat one of the three carriages that resisted Qi.

If the former crown prince Min Ruocheng ascends the throne, there will inevitably be no such problem, Chu's internal affairs are stable, and the upper and lower levels are unified, if the Qi people dare to use troops against Vietnam, the eastern army of Chu will inevitably send troops to interfere, but now, everything is developing in the direction of benefiting the Qi people. Once the Yue State is defeated, or is beaten to the point that it can't hold on and falls to the Qi people, then the Qin State and the Chu State will be in big trouble.

The strange destruction of the Western Frontier Army seemed too strange to Cheng Wuben, and the final investigation result turned out to be the crown prince, which made him even more unbelievable, and in the process of investigation, there were assassins from the Eastern Frontier Army. Afterwards, Cheng Wuben knew that the two were indeed two officers of the Eastern Frontier Army, but what made Cheng Wuben feel unbelievable was that when he ordered to investigate the details of these two officers, he couldn't find anything.

That's just so abnormal.

The world regards himself as a princeling, and he has been supporting the prince for so many years, if the prince wants to plant some people to the eastern border army, where can it be so mysterious, and he doesn't even know anything about himself? These two left the army and went to Shangjing without permission, and then died in Shangjing, making Cheng Wuben dumb and eating Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't tell if he had any bitterness.

But it was precisely because of these two assassins that Cheng Wuben had a hint of enlightenment in his heart, but the result of this flash of inspiration made him sweat profusely and chill all over his body.

The battle in Shangjing has come to an end, the winner will sit on the highest chair, the loser will be imprisoned for the rest of his life, and he will never see the light of day again, and his own princeling, can save his life, it cannot but be said to be an outlier. Keep your mouth shut, be honest, or you can live the rest of your life in peace, otherwise, it will definitely harm your children and grandchildren.

Cheng Wuben knew very well that he was alive because of the 200,000 officers and soldiers on the Eastern Front, and for more than 20 years, the officer of the Eastern Frontier Army was not personally selected? But he knows better that if he wants to continue to live, he has to know each other a little.

In a light sigh, Cheng Wuben sped up his speed, hurried back, and he might have time to knock three rings between the old emperor's corpses, and light three pillars of incense, if there was no appreciation and reuse of the old emperor, he would not have been called the iron wall of Chu by the people of Qi. In this life, I can live with such a king for decades, and I have no regrets.

Qi State, Chang'an.

The Imperial Garden of the Imperial City, it is the spring color of the garden, the purple and red, the time of competing for beauty, it was originally a place where the pretty palace maids frolicked and fluttered butterflies here with nets in their hands, and played games, but they were full of generals with armor, making this place full of Jin Ge's murderous atmosphere. All the generals' eyes were focused on a middle-aged man sitting on the ground and playing the guzheng in the middle of the garden.

His name is Cao Tiancheng, the current emperor of the Qi State, and he is just forty years old this year.

The guzheng is not played out of the color of the mi, but with the sonorous song that matches the military generals in this garden, the tune is gradually high, an invisible breath with Cao Tian as the center, slowly radiating to the surroundings, the generals stand still, but the armor on the body is windless and automatic, colliding with each other, the eunuchs and palace maids who are standing behind the generals are already standing unsteadily, and they retreat again and again.

Countless flowers that bloomed towards the sun gradually lowered their heads, and as the last high-pitched sound sounded through the clouds and the sun, the flowers in the garden all left the branches as if they had been cut by a knife, and flew into the air, scattering into petals and leaves, and falling down like rain.

"My emperor is mighty!" The generals landed on one knee and shouted praises to Cao Tiancheng.

Cao Tiancheng is not only the emperor of Qi, but also a martial arts master of Qi.

In the midst of laughter, Cao Tiancheng stood up and looked at the generals in the garden: "You guys, are you ready?" ”

"Always be ready, for Daqi to dominate the world, do your best, and die." The generals' voices were like bells, and their faces were full of excitement.

War, and only war, can demonstrate their value.

"The Chu people changed generals, blocked our Cheng Wuben for decades and went home to hug his grandson, and there was a Luo Liang, hahaha, so happy, dreaming of defeating our Daqi, let him be proud for a while. Guo Yunji, Luo Liang will give it to you. ”

"The last general obeys!" A veteran stood up with a bang and said loudly: "The end will let that Luo Liang's dream shatter Kunling Pass." ”

Cao Tiancheng laughed and turned his gaze to another general, "Zhou Xiancheng, the Qin people are now taking care of themselves, but they can't help but be on guard, Li Zhi is the biggest enemy in my eyes, his strategic vision, in this world, I am afraid that no one can match, so when we attack, maybe he can persuade the King of Qin to send troops to our country, so you have to be fully prepared." ”

"The last general will obey the order, and will never let the Qin people step across the thunder pool." Zhou Xiancheng, who was in the prime of life, said loudly.

Cao Tiancheng's gaze slowly fell on another general in the front row, this general looked extremely young, no more than thirty years old, "Cao Yun, you are mainly attacking the Yue Kingdom, this battle is the most rare opportunity for us in the past few decades, we can only succeed, not fail." ”

"Brother Huang rest assured, the younger brother will definitely follow the instructions of the brother of the emperor, so that the Yue Kingdom will honestly crawl at the feet of our Daqi and be an obedient pug." Cao Yun raised his head, looked at his brother, and said.

Cao Tiancheng nodded, "Let's get up, many people in the court advocate destroying the Yue country at this opportunity, it is really short-sighted, the war of destroying the country, how can it be so simple, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the Yue country will really be beaten to the end, Qin Chu will definitely try his best to help, this battle, to fight in a measured manner, the more people can bow down to us, our biggest enemy is Southern Chu, over the years, whenever we attack Chu, the Yue people are like a nasty insect harassing us in the rear, this time, first cut off the arm of the Chu people. Qin, Chu, and the Three Kingdoms of Yue, the best thing to deal with is the Yue people, and the most difficult thing to deal with is the Qin people, as for the Chu State, hahaha, it has changed to a person who is the master of the house, but let's wait and see! ”

On the border of Qin and Yue, Zhaoguan, an old man sat lonely on the city tower, looking into the distance. Beside him, standing respectfully was the general of the Yue Kingdom, Luo Yishui, who guarded Zhaoguan.

"Master, will the Qin people really come?" Luo Yishui looked at the old man and asked.

"They will definitely come, such a good opportunity, how could they let it go?" The old man's face was full of sorrow. "This time, we're in a big disaster."

When Luo Yishui heard this, his face was also full of sorrow, Zhaoguan is now full of calculations, but there are only 20,000 horses, and the Dayue court has no prevention for this change, even if the whole country is mobilized immediately now, and if you want to support Zhaoguan immediately, it will not be possible.

"You plan for the worst here, I'll go to Qi Country to have a look." The old man stood up.

"Master, do you want to assassinate the commander of the Qi people?" Luo was startled.

The old man nodded slightly, "You have to give it a try, and if you can do it, at least you can fight for it for a while." ”