Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2611 The proposal of marriage, the assassination of the queen
Chapter 2607: Marriage Proposal, Hou Qing assassinated
The world's top warriors, more or less, have certain shortcomings.

For example: Xiang Yu is arrogant and conceited, Li Cunxiao is careless and careless, Li Yuanba is irritable and irritable, Xing Tian is stubborn and wise, Kong Peng is paranoid and willful, Lu Bu is suspicious and fickle, Sun Lingming is reckless and impulsive, Yang Jian is sentimental and so on.

There are really no bad generals, and I am afraid I can only find one and a half of them if I search the whole world.

One is Xuanyuan. After he changed from a feudal lord to a general, he no longer has any weaknesses, but his hard power is not strong enough, and his combat power is extremely unstable. He can only face Kong Peng, Niu Mowang, Chiyou, etc. Only certain groups of people can perform at an extraordinary level.

As for the other half, he accepted Chiyou. His shortcomings also came from his identity, that is, the greed brought about by ambition, but this greed would be suppressed by his reason, so it would not affect his judgment.

It is precisely because of this that even if Chi You's personal martial arts have reached the peak of the world, he is still extremely rational and will not rely too much on the bravery of a reckless man.

If Chi You liked the bravery of a reckless husband, when Li Shimin, Liu Ji, and Liu Yu joined forces, Xing Tian, ​​Yang Jian, and Hou Yi were among the three-nation coalition forces, so he would have been beaten to death by the three of them. can live until now.

Chi You relies on personal bravery on the premise that he can win.

Now there is not only Xingtian in the Shu army, but also a strange and mysterious Lu Ya, Chi You who has suffered a loss will naturally not be fooled a second time.

With Chiyou's wisdom, he also quickly thought of a way to deal with it. If he encounters these two people again, Chiyou will deal with one of them alone, and the other will be delayed by his generals to help himself buy time.

Xing Tian and Lu Ya's strength is strong, and in a one-on-one situation, they can't be stronger than Chi You, so after all, it's just the bravery of each other, but the combination of Liu Yu and Su Qin is different.

These two people, one is a famous general in the world, the army is unparalleled, and the other is full of wisdom and calculations, not to mention bringing a full 20 Shu troops.

With the same number of troops, Chi You was still confident of winning, but now the Shu army had nearly 10 more troops than the Nanguo army, so even Chi You felt the pressure.

The reason why Chiyou's attack on Shu was so successful this time was that he caught the Shu army by surprise, and that he had an advantage in military force.

Now that the superiority of the enemy and our troops has reversed, Chi You also felt Zhou Bo's suffocation.

"It has only been a month since the Southern Army's Northern Expedition, and it has already occupied Jianning County, Yizhou County, Yongchang County, Liao County except Qielan City, and five counties in the south of Liangshan County, a total of four and a half counties. land.

Most of the southern part of Shu has been owned by me, and only Qianbei, Yuesi, Zhuti, northern Liangshan, and Qielan City are left in the state of Shu in the southern part of Shu.

However, the reinforcements of the Shu Kingdom have also arrived, and the next war will no longer be a petty fight, but a national war with the Shu Kingdom. " Chi You said softly.

The southern country has laid down too many sites in the south of Shu, and there is no room for relaxation between the country and the country.

Unless Chi You is willing to give up the territory he has acquired, Liu Yu will do whatever it takes to retake the Shunan counties.

Chi You paid such a price, obviously it was impossible to give up the land he had acquired, and even if he gave up Liu Yu, he might not give up.

Since the national war between the southern kingdom and the kingdom of Shu is doomed to be unavoidable, if the four counties in southern Shu are tightly held in their hands, at least the logistical pressure in the future will be much less, and the grain can be collected directly on the spot instead of relying on the rear supply. .

At this time, Chi You suddenly understood why Zhang Yi agreed so decisively when he knew he was going to suffer when he was sent to Kunming.

Even if Da Qin really didn't gain an inch of land, as long as it could make the Shu Kingdom suffer, it would be a big profit.

On the other hand, Nanguo took advantage of Daqin on the surface, and willingly swallowed the poisonous fruit fed by Daqin, but the price was to bear the anger of the entire Shu Kingdom, and he would definitely not be able to keep the fruit of victory without bleeding.

Could it be that Zhang Yida guessed from the beginning that Liu Yu would concentrate on dealing with the southern country first, and then go north to deal with the Qin army?Chi You thought to himself.

This time, Chi You's guess was not bad at all. Everything that happened now was indeed within Zhang Yi's expectations.

Zhang Yi had long guessed that even if the Qin army attacked Yangping Pass first, even if it would attract some of the Shu army, Liu Yu would most likely go south to solve the Nanman.

The Shu army's lack of understanding of the strength of the southern army caused the collapse of the southern war situation too quickly. If Liu Yu did not stop it, the entire southern Sichuan would fall.

Even if Hanzhong and Yangping Pass were gone, there would still be Jiange and Jiameng Pass in Shu Kingdom, but there would be no such moat to guard in South Shunan.

As Zhang Yi expected, the Shu Kingdom only deployed a [-]-strong army in Hanzhong, relying on the danger of Yangping Pass, and most of the remaining forces were transferred to deal with the Southern Kingdom.

Zhang Yi's goal was achieved, but the price was that Li Jing was less likely to capture Hanzhong.

After all, even if Shu Han only deployed a [-]-strong army in Hanzhong, relying on the terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was obviously impossible for the [-] Qin army to be defeated by Li Jing.

However, in Zhang Yi's view, this is nothing. After all, he is all about Daqin and the whole world, and naturally he doesn't care about the gains and losses of Yongliang's military.

Moreover, Hanzhong is not easy to fight at this level. Although Zhang Yi's plan makes it more difficult to attack Hanzhong, if you, Li Jing, are skilled enough, it is not impossible to attack at all.

Apart from these, Zhang Yi's enticement to Chi You is also naked. After all, Chi You cannot resist such a big temptation as Shunan.

Although Chiyou didn't realize it at first, some people in Nanguo had guessed it.

However, the temptation given by Zhang Yi this time was too great, and in addition, they felt that Da Qin was a greater threat to Shu Han, so those who were lucky thought that Liu Yu would pay more attention to Qin Jun.

Although this result has exceeded most people's expectations, Chi You and other senior officials in the southern country have also made psychological preparations.

After Liu Yu's reinforcements arrived, Chiyou no longer had hope for the complete occupation of Shunan, but held on to the fruits of victory that he had obtained, but it was obviously not easy to do so.

Although the total army strength of the Kingdom of Shu is only 45, its total population is nearly 700 million, of which two to three hundred are young and strong, which is equivalent to the total population of the entire Southern Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Shu is not short of troops. Even if it loses 20 or [-] troops in the south of Shu, with the strong national strength of the Kingdom of Shu, it will soon be replenished.

But the southern kingdom was not good enough, both in terms of financial resources and light and strong population, it was far inferior to the state of Shu.

Therefore, in this battle, the South can't be tough. If it is really tough, and if it is exhausted, the South will obviously not be able to fight against the Shu.

But according to the current situation, it is likely to become a protracted war. After all, although Liu Yu wants to defeat the Southern Army within two months, Chi You is not a mediocrity. Not much.

After two months, if the Shu army fails to repel the southern army, then the next war must be protracted.

In response to this situation, Shi Jieren, the prime minister of the Southern Kingdom, proposed that if the Southern Kingdom wanted to hold on to the fruits of victory and persist in the next war for a longer period of time, it must win the support of all parties, especially Daqin.

Leaving aside the rest for the time being, if Daqin was to send more troops to Jingzhou, and then let Wu State, its ally, send more troops to the border, the army of Chu State would not dare to act rashly, and naturally they would not be able to use too many troops to deal with the southern state.

In addition, once it really turned into a protracted war, the weapons and equipment of the southern country would definitely be too late to build, and the assistance of Daqin would still be needed to allow the marching troops to complete their arms in the shortest time.

Chiyou thought it was reasonable after hearing this, but would Daqin support Nanguo to such an extent?

Before Daqin sent envoys to lobby the Southern Kingdom to send troops, although there was an element of utilization, but the Southern Kingdom was willing to be used, and actually got the benefits.

But in the national war between the Southern Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom, if Da Qin continued to support it, it would not only be as simple as giving profits, but also a lot of real money.

Is Da Qin willing to pay so much?

This time, not only the generals of the Southern Kingdom, but even Chi You had no idea.

But Shi Jie said firmly: "Da Qin supports our southern kingdom to weaken Shu Han. Now the war between our southern kingdom and Shu Han is intensifying. Da Qin wants us to continue fighting with Shu Han, so how can he be reluctant to give up some supplies?"

"Having said that, Daqin doesn't want my southern country to become bigger in Yizhou, will it really help my southern country at all costs?" Chi You said.

After hearing this, Shi Jieren was silent for a while, and then said, "As long as our southern country can show the determination to fight against Shu to the end, we can also try to marry Daqin to deepen the relationship between the two countries."

"Marriage?"

Chiyou's eyes suddenly lit up.

After realizing that the Southern Kingdom was inseparable from Daqin, Chiyou did plan to get rid of Daqin's interests, but with the war between the two countries, he felt that Qinnan's interests were not bound enough.

Today, only relying on sea trade transactions is not enough to deepen the relationship between Qin and Nan, and marriage is indeed a good idea.

"That's a good idea." Chi You nodded.

"The position of the Lord's wife is vacant, and you can ask Princess Daqin to be the concubine."

A hero like Chi You naturally has no shortage of women around him. He originally had a wife, but he died later. Although he took a few concubines after that, the position of the wife remained vacant.

Shi Jieren just finished speaking, but Zhu Rong interjected: "The two princesses of Daqin are already married, and the daughter of the Qin emperor is young and is far from the age of marriage. Please marry the daughter of the Great Qin clan."

Hearing Zhu Rong's remarks, Chi You's brows could not help but wrinkle slightly, obviously not satisfied with marrying only one daughter of the clan.

After all, if Qin Nan got married, the princess that Da Qin married would definitely be his wife. Chi You naturally hoped that the higher the status of the marriage partner, the better.

But none of the Ying family's direct bloodline was able to marry a princess, which made Chiyou very helpless, and couldn't help but complained about Daqin's Supreme Emperor Yingwen in his heart: Why not have more daughters.

"Forget it, as long as you have the identity of Princess Daqin, the daughter of the royal family should be the daughter of the royal family."

Chi You said helplessly, after all, what he cares about is not the beauty and ugliness of the marriage partner, but the status of the Daqin princess.

Although royal princesses are not as high-ranking as royal princesses, since they are named princesses by the emperor, their legal status is the same.

Shi Jieren said, "If you can only ask to marry a princess from the royal family, then it is better for my southern country to marry a princess into Qin and marry each other to deepen the relationship between the two countries."

"what?"

Chi You hadn't spoken yet, but Zhu Rong screamed first, after all, she was the only princess in the entire southern kingdom.

Zhu Rong was a little apprehensive. After all, she still wanted to prove herself on the battlefield, but she didn't want to get married so early.

Chi You nodded in agreement, and said, "That's fine. If you marry a princess, someone will be by Emperor Qin's side and help my Nanguo speak. But who should I send for the marriage? Sister Zhu Rong will definitely not. "

"My lord, you can send Saintess Zi Xuan to marry."

"Zixuan, this girl is indeed more reliable than Zhu Rong."

In the Southern Kingdom, the status of the saintess is no lower than that of princesses, and the last saint was Zhu Rong, and only after Zhu Rong stepped down did Zi Xuan become the current saint.

Chi You and Shi Jie just said a word to me, and they decided on a marriage candidate with Da Qin, completely ignoring Zhu Rong's indignant expression.

What do you mean I can't do it?Zhu Rong roared in his heart.

Zhu Rong was obviously thinking too much, neither Shi Jie nor Chi You thought of using her as a marriage partner.

After all, Gonggong is the No. [-] figure in the southern country. With his infatuation with Zhu Rong, if he knew that Zhu Rong was going to marry, he would not have exploded directly on the spot.

Even if the factor of Gonggong is not considered, Zhu Rong's own ability is also among the top ranks in the southern country.

There was an extreme shortage of talents in the South, so Chi You was naturally reluctant to push his sister out.

After finalizing the plan to marry Daqin, the next step is to implement it.

Chi You decisively sent a message to Qingmei Port, and asked the officials there to stop Zhang Yi, who was staying here, and contact Zhang Yi first, and then return to Daqin with him to discuss marriage matters.

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Annan, Qingmei Port.

After Zhang Yi left Kunming, he was escorted all the way to this port by the army of the southern country, but he never returned north by boat, but stayed here, not knowing what he was thinking.

It has been ten days so far, and Zhang Yi still has no intention of leaving, but Ye Gucheng and others can't wait any longer.

"Sir, how long do we have to stay again? I have visited all the places to visit in Qingmei Port." Ye Gucheng asked.

Zhang Yi held a copy of the Analects of Confucius, and said calmly: "No hurry, wait for someone, and when he arrives, we can return north."

Ximen Chuixue and the others looked at each other, obviously not knowing who Su Qin was waiting for, but when they were about to ask again, a guard came to report.

"Report...I report to all of you adults, the envoy from the southern country asks to see you."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi couldn't help laughing: "Look, it's not coming."

Just when Zhang Yi was meeting with the envoy of the Southern Kingdom at Qingmei Port, Chi You, who was far away in the south of Shu, was assassinated when he was out exploring the terrain.

(End of this chapter)