Chapter 196

In July, Yan Wensheng, the fourth Prince of Tianxing, ascended the throne of Tianxing with the support of the Duke of Wucheng. On the same day, Guangji County of Tianxing was defeated by Gu Qingcheng and Yu Tianxiang with the cooperation of Zhai Ning, and Guangji warehouse fell into the hands of Fengxiang army. After getting the grain storage weapons of Guangji warehouse, Fengxiang army again divided forces. Half a month later, seven counties south of Guangji River in the Star Kingdom, including Linhai County, the fief of Yan Wensheng, the new king of Tianxing, all fell into the hands of Fengxiang army.

The main force of Fengxiang army pushed forward to the South Bank of Guangji river. On the North Bank of Guangji River, Qiu Xu led 160000 people with the remaining 48000 people of Wangdu Legion as the core, supplemented by the garrison troops of six counties to the south of Guangji River, to build large-scale construction projects in the North of the river. A number of fortresses and wooden stockaded villages were built to confront the fierce Fengxiang army across the river.

The Fengxiang army, which had just won the seven counties of Tianxing, did not continue to go northward to expand its achievements, and it was still in the same place. The Fengxiang army has never been involved in any war since the fall of Qingyang. The veterans of those years were either transferred to other legions or retired to their hometown because of their age. Few of them are still in Fengxiang army now. After acquiring the land of the seven counties, whether they are Gu Jieyun, Su Leyi, Gu Qingcheng or Yu Tianxiang, Are keen to feel the Fengxiang army filled with an impetuous atmosphere.

Gu Jieyun decisively ordered Fengxiang's whole army to garrison on the South Bank of Guangji river for repair. She was too old in the army to understand the truth that pride is bound to be defeated. Although Fengxiang's whole army is now rubbing its hands and momentum like a rainbow, if it encounters setbacks, it is likely to be a rout. Although the victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs, the Fengxiang army can not be defeated at this time. Once it is defeated, it will trigger a chain reaction and completely ruin the good situation.

You should know that they are now in enemy territory. Although they have occupied seven counties, these places have been ruled by Tianxing for nearly 500 years, and the hearts of the people are still towards Tianxing royal family. Now the people are not brave to make mistakes in Fengxiang army. But if Fengxiang army is defeated, these people who are now very obedient are likely to become wealthier wolves, tigers and leopards and tear Fengxiang army to pieces.

And although Qiu Xu on the north bank is not like his brother Qiu lie, he is not an incompetent general. His soldiers are now full of mourning soldiers. Although his combat power is not as good as Fengxiang army, war has never been a children's game to compare the number of troops and equipment combat power. What's more, this is the war of national annihilation initiated by Da Qian. The newly established Tianxing Southern Army on the north bank is a common enemy.

Just after Fengxiang army had been trimming for five days, three boats suddenly appeared in the middle of Guangji river.

There were two boatmans on each side of the two boats. In the cabin of the middle boat, there were three people sitting. They were Qiu Xu, the newly established commander of the southern army of Tianxing, and Qiu Yue, who had no choice but to come out of Mingzhu county. The last person on the boat was Gu Qingcheng, who sent a letter to meet Qiu Xu.

As soon as they met, Qiu Xu looked at Qiu Yue, who was still alive. With a long sigh of relief, he then gave a cold hum. Without looking at Qiu Yue, he slowly sat down on the side of the cabin. If Qiu Yue was not the son of Qiu Jiajie, he had already spoken evil words. In Qiu Xu's heart, it is the duty of Qiu's family to die for their country, But in his heart, he was not sure whether Tianxing could get through this, so there were many other ideas.

Once Tianxing died, he and the people of the Qiu family would be loyal to the country. However, the presence of Qiu Yue and Qiu Kui could at least inherit the blood of the Qiu family, so as not to turn the ancestors of Qiu family into ghosts without worshiping. Therefore, Qiu Xu's heart was very complicated at this time. For a moment, he didn't know what to say to his nephew. He could only pretend that he had resentment and didn't talk to him.

Qiu Yue had a bitter smile on his face. In order to protect the people in Mingzhu County, on the one hand, he was forced by the times, but more importantly, it was Qiu lie, the previous generation leader of the Qiu family. Since Qiu lie could draw the formal map of Tianxing and Nanli mountains and rivers without anyone's knowledge, he sent it to Lu Que and Gu Qingcheng before he died. That is to say, Qiu lie had long expected that Tianxing would have such a day. Now Daqian won the seven counties of Henan with no difficulty, which made him believe Qiu lie's judgment more.

Although he knew that Tianxing voluntarily gave up the other five counties except Nanhai and Guangji in order to gather forces and rely on natural danger to resist the big qianbing front. But there is no doubt that drinking poison to quench thirst. Qiu Yue, who was a protector, county magistrate and sheriff, knows that Daqian's national policy to the people is much better than Tianxing's, and Daqian's taxes are much lower than Tianxing's. In addition, Daqian will not only help the people in famine, but also help them recover their homes. As long as Daqian has ruled this land for more than five years, Tianxing's royal family has accumulated nearly 500 years of prestige, It will fade away in the hearts of the people.

So even if Fengxiang army in the south line and Yulin and benlei army in the north line stop marching, and only set up defense in the north of Huangyan River and the south of Guangji River, Tianxing will not have the slightest chance. At that time, the people will not even have to fight a single soldier, and Tianxing people will overthrow the royal rule and return to the rule of Daqian.

Seeing the complicated expression on his nephew's face, Gu Qingcheng smiles a little, takes out a set of tea sets and a set of pleasing process. After that, Gu Qingcheng takes up a cup of fragrant tea and puts it in front of Qiu Xu, and makes a gesture of invitation, saying, "commander Qiu, the battlefield is simple and crude, and it's too late for him to prepare. However, this set of teapots is obtained by him in Linhai County, which is said to be his favorite, Today, the city offers flowers to Buddha and cooks a cup of tea. Please enjoy it. "

"Is it to satirize me that Marquis Gu invited me here today?" Qiu Xu's face slightly changed and he glared at Qiu Yue.

Qiu Xu had seen this set of teapots before. As Gu Qingcheng said, this set of teapots is something he cherishes very much. In fact, in terms of value, although the tea set was made by a famous craftsman, it is not a rare treasure in the world. The reason why Qiu Xu cared about the tea set was that his father specially invited someone to make it when he was crowning. He had been with him all these years, but he had left it in Linhai county because of the alliance of the four princes, After that, he was busy with the defense. When he remembered, Linhai county had already fallen into the hands of Fengxiang army.

However, there are not many people who know about it. In Qiu Xu's opinion, Qiu Yue must have told Gu Qingcheng.

"How dare you fall into the city." Gu Qingcheng smiles, "this clay pot should have been raised by the commander for many years. I heard it before Qingcheng. This pot should be used to brew green tea, which will destroy its own taste. This time, Qingcheng brews Liuyun green tea. Please have a taste."

Qiu Xu picked up the teacup, put it on his nose, smelled it, and drank it three times. He realized the fragrance between his lips and teeth. Then he took a light look at Gu Qingcheng. "The craftsmanship of Gu county master is excellent, but this dry tea always has less charm than my Tianxing tea."

"The commander said that Daqian's tea naturally needs to be brewed with Daqian's water to give full play to its charm. With tiantianxing's water, Qingcheng also feels that there is something missing in the taste." Gu Qiancheng nodded.

On the surface, Qiu Xu and Gu Qingcheng satirize each other, but the implication is that Qiu Xu uses Daqian's tea to show that he will not surrender to Daqian, while Gu Qingcheng says that it is because of Tianxing's water that makes tea, suggesting that good birds choose trees and famous officials choose masters and officials.

"The head of Gu county is really not an ordinary person. No wonder he has been an official of the second grade since he was young. Qiu Xu has learned it." Qiu Xu looks at Gu Qingcheng in surprise. Qiu lie, the elder brother of the secret way, and Qiu Ao, his nephew, are all defeated by Gu Qingcheng and Lu que. It's no accident that Gu Qingcheng is so powerful in front of him. How powerful is Lu que, who is known as the first person of the young generation of Da Qian.

"Qiu Tong has won the prize. The city is just like a middle man. There are many people who are better than me in Daqian. For example, my future husband Lu que, if he is in the south, maybe the place where we can talk is in the star capital, not the boat in the middle of the river." Gu Qingcheng continued a cup of tea for Qiu Xu and Qiu Yue, and said with a smile, but the smile was full of pride, as if to say that if Lu que came, then Tianxing would have died at the moment.

"Lu que? I've always wanted to meet him. " Qiu Xu's eyes narrowed. The name Lu que is a taboo for the whole Qiu family, because Qiu lie, the leader of the previous generation of Qiu family, was folded under the layout of Lu que.

"Against Lu que?" Gu Qingcheng laughs and shakes his head. "If it's fighting alone, Lu que may not be the leader of the opponent at this time, but if it's on the battle line ~" Gu Qingcheng says, "Qiu is the leader of the army. I don't know how to compare with Commander Qiu?"

Qiu Xu's eyes narrowed again when he heard that Qiu lie was his elder brother, and his talent was far superior to that of his peers. No matter from respect for his elder brother or from facts, he could not say anything better than Qiu lie. But if he said he was not as good as his elder brother Qiu lie, his elder brother was really defeated by Lu Que and scheming, a Lu que that even Qiu lie could defeat, He is not qualified to be his opponent.

It's just like the two famous generals, Bai Li Chengping and Lu Chun, who were in charge of the army at the same time. No matter they belonged to enemy countries or not, no one was so arrogant that they thought they could fight against each other.

"Mr. Gu, I've had tea. I don't know why you've sent people to meet me these days." Qiu Xu has determined that Gu Qingcheng's talent is not inferior to her face. It's better to get to the point than to go around in circles like this.

"Qing Cheng asked the commander to come here to show him two things, but he didn't mean anything else." Gu Qingcheng's bright eyes like autumn water looked at Qiu Xu's face, picked up a cloth bag and put it on the table.

Qiu Xu frowned. He didn't want to open the package, because he knew that Gu Qingcheng's heart talent, since she took out the package, there must be something in it. He looked at Qiu Yue, who had been drinking tea in silence since the beginning, but now he was staring at the cloth bag. He knew his nephew Qiu Yue's character and thought that he had been killed in the war. But now Qiu Yue was sitting in front of him with this expression. There must be a reason for Qiu Yue's surrender in this cloth bag.

After thinking for a long time, Qiu xucai took a deep breath and slowly opened the bag. There were only two things in the bag, one was a square object wrapped in red silk, the other was a silk bag. When Qiu Xu saw the silk cloth bag, he was shocked, because the pattern embroidered with gold thread on the silk cloth bag was the family emblem of Qiu family, and this family emblem was slightly different from the general Qiu family emblem. There were two golden petals at the bottom of the family emblem, which was the symbol of Qiu family leader, that is to say, it was the property of his elder brother Qiu lie.

Qiu Xu's hands trembled slightly, and his eyes looked back and forth on Gu Qingcheng and the silk bag. His face was uncertain. After a long time, he picked up the bag and took out the silk. But when Qiu Xu saw the contents on the silk, he suddenly stood up and looked at the silk in shock.

Qiu Xu could see that the handwriting on the silk was really written by his elder brother Qiu lie. Growing up with Qiu lie, he was very familiar with his elder brother Qiu lie ', He never knew that his elder brother Qiu lie had drawn such a map himself.

Moreover, he was able to confirm that this picture should have been handed over to Gu Qingcheng by her elder brother, instead of being turned over by her elder brother after his death, because the silk with the map is woven with special materials and coated with the medicine made by the Qiu family. When this picture is made, it will have the divine sense of the maker. If it is robbed or the maker dies suddenly, it will not be taken away, This picture will be destroyed. Unless the creator himself takes back the divine consciousness in the picture and transfers it to others. And the silk is not damaged at all, which can explain a lot of problems.

Qiu Xu took the silk in his hand and looked at it for a while. Then he was shocked. He put the silk aside and looked at the red silk wrapped thing in a daze. At this time, he was afraid to open the red silk bag.

"Crazy lion seal?" When Qiu Xu opened the cloth bag and saw the gold seal, he could not help exclaiming that he had been a former general of the mad lion army. How could he not recognize the seal as a symbol of military power. Qiu Xu shakes his hands and holds the handsome seal in his hands. He feels the cold and weight on it. He seems to see his brother, who is as strong as a lion, patting him on the shoulder and laughing heartily.

"Mr. Gu, are you trying to persuade me to surrender?" After a long time, Qiu Xu picked up the teapot, drank three cups in succession, and then calmed down. Looking at Gu Qingcheng, he asked.

"In fact, I prepared a speech before I came here. For example, now that there are only eight counties left in Tianxing, the situation has gone. For example, let Qiu Tongling think of his people and don't let them suffer from war again. For example, Daqian and Tianxing are all members of the qingmuyan family. They are originally a family of the same origin, but after seeing Qiu Tongling ~" Gu Qingcheng shook her head, Pick up the kettle on the charcoal fire and add water to the teapot.

"How about now?" Qiu Xu frowned and asked.

Gu Qingcheng added another cup of tea to Qiu Xu and said, "if commander Qiu asked me if I had come to persuade him to surrender, then my answer was yes, I came to persuade him to surrender. Just now, when Qiu Tongling saw Qiu Shuai Jinyin and his hand-painted map, he was shocked and recalled, but he was not confused. He thought that Qiu Tongling was determined to die and wanted to live with Tianxing. The Qiu family is a famous family. I have no right to stop him if he wants to be a loyal and loyal minister. "

"Gu Shuai." Qiu Yue, who had not spoken for a long time, finally spoke. After calling Gu Qingcheng, he looked at Qiu Xu and said anxiously, "uncle, uncle has made a decision. We ~"

Before Qiu Yue finished, he was interrupted by Qiu Xu: "brother is brother, I am me. Although brother is the head of Qiu family, now I am the head of Qiu family. Qiu family is under Wang en's influence. How can he commit treason?"

"Uncle ~" Qiu Yue fell to his knees with a puff, a look of shame and a sad voice.

"Qiu Yue, uncle didn't blame you." Qiu Xu touched Qiu Yue's head and said, "my uncle knows that you have been loyal to your duties for so many years, and you have always thought of the common people in every place. It's hard to get to the position of sheriff in this turbid world. You are preparing to show your strength, but you are demoted by the three princes. Besides, Nanhai county has no more than 500 soldiers. For the sake of the safety of the people in the city, you have done nothing wrong to surrender. "

"Uncle." Qiu Yue's eyes were full of tears. During this time, he watched with his own eyes the collapse of Tianxing cities and the capture of seven counties in Henan Province by Fengxiang army, which once belonged to Tianxing kingdom. He felt both pain and joy. The pain was that Tianxing lost its city and land, and half of its territory had changed its owner. The joy was that the people of these seven counties must have a better life under Daqian's rule than under Tianxing's rule, These days, he was tortured by these two emotions and could not sleep every night. At this time, Qiu Xu said that he could not help falling on the ground and crying like a child.

"Yue er." Looking at his distressed nephew, Qiu Xu said in a soft voice, "although you were born in a side branch of the Qiu family, your talent is one of the best among the younger generation of the Qiu family. My elder brother and I both know that you want to be a good official, which can benefit one party in one term. However, the frequent administration of Tianxing makes it impossible for you to exert your talents, But Daqian is different. Daqian can let you freely use your revenge. Now that you are a minister of Daqian, you have to do more for the people, which is not in the name of Qiu. "

"Uncle, why don't you? At that time, you once said that if you can jump on the grassland under Lu Chun's command, that's what a man should do. After Da Qian's expedition to the south, it's the northern expedition, and his uncle can get revenge. "

"Qiu Yue, you can surrender, Qiu Kui can, even my children and the rest of the Qiu family, but I can't. Joel is the eldest brother's daughter, and now the star queen. The king has trusted me for so many years. How can I leave them when my family and country are in danger? "