Xiao Qiang, who was imprisoned in Qin Guohu, was a rough man, eight years tall, with a thick beard, almost covering most of his face, and when he spoke, his voice could shake the room into a buzzing sound. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been able to climb so fast in the border army to allow the Deng clan to hand over such an important position to him.

The Tiger Prison Pass was mainly used to defend the Qin people. One side is connected with Kaiping County of the Ming Kingdom, the geographical location is extremely important, 50,000 elites, is the most powerful military force in the border army except for the troops led by the Deng family and the Thunder Army.

What Deng Hong never expected was that such a confidant general whom he personally promoted and trusted extremely had a different heart when the Bian family fell and retreated to the Luoying Mountains.

He wanted to become the second Bian clan of the Qin State and fight against the Deng clan.

It was only at this time that Deng Hong understood that Xiao Qiang, who was rough in appearance, was actually very scheming, but he pretended to be too similar, endured it for too long, and deceived everyone.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if Xiao Qiang is really the kind of person who has no scheming, how can he have been holding the tiger prison for many years, so that the Qin people have not taken the slightest advantage in front of him?

Xiao Qiang colluded with the Ming people to prepare to open another trade route, and then naturally there was a dark hand of the royal family to weaken the Deng family, Deng Hong was angry, and wanted to clean up Xiao Qiang, but after a little temptation, he was a little surprised to find that Xiao Qiang, who had been guarding the Tiger Prison for many years, had firmly mastered this army in his own hands without making a sound.

In other words, this army no longer believes in Deng, but is surnamed Xiao. This made Deng Hong regret it, over the years, Deng Qiang can be said to be confident in Xiao Qiang, Xiao Qiang wants to promote, a report, will be approved immediately, never give him a reply, and Xiao Qiang, using this trust, quietly arranged for many years, quietly completed the complete control of this army, leaving Deng only some officials who look glamorous on the outside, but in fact are useless when there is really something.

Deng Hong had already taken a killing action against Xiao Qiang, but the Luoying Mountain Range's forced palace incident against Bian Wushuang was unexpectedly defeated, and the royal family and the Bian family completely mastered the 100,000 border troops in the south, which made the plan against Xiao Qiang have to be postponed.

"Mr. Feng, are you sure that Deng Hong is going to attack Ming Guo?" Looking at Feng Qicun, the prince's envoy who rushed all the way from Yongdu in front of him, Xiao Qiang was full of doubts, the news brought by Feng Qicun was really a little unbelievable, and the Deng family, who had an extremely close relationship with the Ming State, actually colluded with the Qi State and prepared to attack the Ming State on a large scale.

"The news is unequivocal." Feng Qicun nodded affirmatively: "Don't hide it from General Xiao, in the camp of the Deng family, there is a department member who defected to the Deng family in the early years who is loyal to His Majesty, and this person is now not only extremely trusted in the Deng family, but also controls extremely key departments, Deng Hong is indeed ready to attack the Ming country in a big way while quelling the internal rebellion in the Ming Kingdom." ”

Xiao Qiang tugged at his beard, pondered for a while, and nodded: "From the perspective of the situation, this is indeed a great opportunity, the Ming are quelling the civil strife, although the barbarians are trapped in the four counties of the Northland, but it is not a master who can swallow it in one bite, even if there is no external intervention in this battle, it is not so easy for the Ming State to achieve a complete victory, and the participation of the Qi State in the war will make the outcome of the war subversive, if the Deng clan attacks from Kaiping County again, then the Ming State is in danger." ”

Feng Qicun said: "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been pushing deep for a long time, and they both think that this time the Ming Kingdom must be unlucky, the Ming Kingdom is unconscious, and is still engaged in the battle plan to exterminate the barbarians, the main forces are arranged in the first line of the four counties in the north, and the war is together, the Qi people can launch a fierce attack from Dengxian County and enter Shayang, as long as Shayang is occupied, the important base of the Ming people will be Taiping, and Daye will be cut off and become an isolated island." Daye City is the steel base of the Ming Kingdom, and Taiping City is the place where the Ming Dynasty's military workshops are most concentrated, and the loss of these two important cities is self-evident for the Ming Kingdom. ”

"Mr. Feng is here, what do you want me to do?" Xiao Qiang asked: "Since the Deng clan is already preparing for this war but has not reported it to the imperial court, then naturally he will not reveal a little bit of news to me, he is going to eat alone." ”

"This is what annoys His Majesty the most. Such a major matter, Deng Hong actually did not report to the imperial court to act on his own, if the imperial court mobilized with all its might, then after this war, the benefits will be the greatest, this war, there is a great possibility, the Ming State that has just been founded will be completely destroyed, how many results do the Deng family think they can get? If in the end, the biggest fruit is snatched by the Qi people, then we will face the threat of the Qi country, which is much more terrifying than the Ming country. ”

"So we must grab more fruits and quickly expand our strength, and then we can compete with Qi Renyi." Xiao Qiang smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is asking me to send troops from the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

"Of course." Feng Qicun nodded and said: "Yongping County is empty inside, just a few thousand county soldiers, a big battle, you will quickly send troops here to seize Yongping, and then go out of Yongping, directly attack Shunping, at least these two counties will be taken." Otherwise, once the Deng clan wins, we will no longer have the ability to restrain him, and at that time, the Great Qin court will really become his Deng clan's Yiyantang, and over time, the foundation will collapse. ”

"I also understand what Mr. Feng said, but you also know that I have an army of 50,000 in the Tiger Prison, and less than half of them can really be dispatched, and the Qi people opposite me are not vegetarians, if I come out of the nest, they will take advantage of the weakness to attack, and if the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, then Daqin will be cut off by the Qi people. Therefore, I can dispatch a maximum of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and even if I send 20,000 troops, there will be great difficulties in food and grass. ”

Xiao Qiang spread his hands, "Since I decided to follow Your Majesty wholeheartedly, although the Deng family has nothing in the open, but in secret, it is tossing me vigorously, like military rations and military salaries, which has become their biggest means of making things difficult for me." Ten stops, if you can give me five stops, I will thank God, Amitabha. ”

Feng Qicun smiled and said: "General Xiao, don't cry poor, after the Tiger Prison Pass, it is one of the few places in Great Qin, and it only raises 50,000 soldiers, it should be a spare force, right?" Qingtian County is so poor, but it also has 100,000 soldiers! ”

"What kind of life are the 100,000 soldiers?" Xiao Qiang laughed, "It's not much better than calling Hanako." And Qingtian County has the natural barrier of the Luoying Mountains, even if the Chu State wants to fight, it is impossible to deploy too many troops, in the Luoying Mountains, both sides will be troubled by logistics, our Daqin has no logistics, and the Chu State, even if there is, it is difficult to transport it on a large scale, so Bian Wushuang is not too difficult there, anyway, the two sides will not be able to meet for several years like this big war. With me, it's a very different story. Facing this side of the Ming Kingdom, the mountains are steep and steep, but in the face of this side of the Qi Kingdom, once out of the Tiger Prison, it is a flat avenue, and the Qi people can attack me in a good way, can I be like the southern border army? Over the years, in order to give the soldiers better equipment and stronger bodies, the tiger prison has been squeezed dry by me. Now Deng Hong is making things difficult for me, and the military rations and salaries that should be supplied have been delayed, and they are also seriously insufficient. ”

"So General Xiao should go all out to fight this battle, after fighting this battle, occupying Yongping, and Shunping, are you still afraid that there will be no food for the army, and the salary for the army?" Feng Qicun stared at Xiao Qiang and asked rhetorically. What Xiao Qiang said just now is indeed the truth, but there is one thing that the other party did not say, that is, over the years, in order to envelop the soldiers, Xiao Qiang has spared no effort to reward his subordinates, if it were not for this, he would not have let his subordinates be so desperate for him.

"This battle is against me, and the court will really assign Yongping and Shun to my control?" Xiao Qiang's eyes lit up slightly, and he had been talking to Feng Qicun for so long, and this was what he was waiting for.

"Of course!" Feng Qicun smiled and said: "General Xiao is a general relied on by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he will definitely have important responsibilities in the future." General Xiao, if you don't do it, then after the Deng clan takes Zhongping, you only need to send a partial army to take Yongping and Shunping, and when the time comes, General Xiao, you won't even have a mouthful of soup to drink. If it really comes to that time, let alone General Xiao, even the royal family, you have to obey Deng's words and bow your head to your ears, but no matter what, the royal family is safe, at least it can protect the safety of your life, at most it is just to let Deng Hong control the government, and the royal family will die down and wait for him, but what about you, General Xiao? How to deal with yourself? Even if you kneel in front of Deng Hong again, will he still believe you? ”

Xiao Qiang laughed: "Mr. Feng, I Xiao will definitely send troops to send troops, but ......"

"What you said, I understand, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also understands, this time after I go back, I will report to the Prince, and the royal family will quietly allocate a sum of silver to you from the inner treasury for you to reward the army." Feng Qicun said.

"That's great!" Xiao Qiangxi said: "With money, it will be much easier to do, and the morale of the soldiers will be high." When Mr. Feng returned to His Royal Highness the Prince, he said that when the time came, Xiao would personally lead the army and attack Yongping. will definitely take Yongping and Shunping before the Deng family. will not let the Deng family specialize in beauty. Mr. Feng, when will this war break out? ”

"The four counties in the north of the Ming Kingdom attacked Zhengyang, and after the autumn harvest, the barbarians needed enough military rations to attack. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the war will inevitably break out, before that, General Xiao must make all the preparations for battle, with fast hands and slow hands, this time it will be difficult for the Ming Kingdom to survive. Feng Qicun said.