Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 456: Changing generals at the last minute

Xiong Qi sat calmly on the throne and remained calm, making it impossible for anyone to see his true thoughts.

Guo Kai also seemed to be aloof from the incident, as if the quarrel in his ears didn't exist.

Xiong Qi looked at the ministers who were still arguing below and was thinking about his own thoughts. Xiong Qi wanted to attack Xiang Yan's power, but the current situation in Chu State did not allow Xiong Qi to depose Xiang Yan. If you insist on keeping Xiang Yan, you will definitely offend most of the powerful people and affect his rule. There is another point that Xiong Qi is most worried about. If Xiang Yan is preserved without any punishment, it will be a huge blow to his prestige.

Therefore, what Xiong Qi wants is to use the power of powerful people to attack Xiang Yan, and at the same time ensure that Xiang Yan can resist Qin.

But as the quarrels between Chu ministers became more and more intense, Xiong Qi's thoughts also wavered, because the situation in the court had exceeded Xiong Qi's expectations. Originally, Xiong Qi planned to wait until Xiang Yan's faction and the powerful faction were evenly matched to stand up and reconcile, but now the number of people supporting Xiang Yan in the Chu court far exceeded the power of the powerful people.

Xiong Qi looked at the people in the court who supported Xiang Yan in surprise. Ten of the sixteen senior officials of the Chu State supported Xiong Qi, and officials such as doctors accounted for the majority. Seeing this scene, Xiong Qi suddenly felt murderous intent in his heart, but was quickly restrained.

"That's enough, what's the point of your arguing?" Xiong Qi said coldly.

Seeing Xiong Qi speaking, other officials also fell silent, saluted to Xiong Qi and said

"I am terrified!"

Xiong Qi looked at the ministers of Xiang Yan's faction who were smiling confidently below, and Xiong Qi suddenly felt a sense of disgust in his heart. Then Xiong Qi's eyes fell on Guo Kai.

"Guo Kai, do you have anything to say?" Xiong Qi asked.

Seeing Xiong Qi calling his name, Guo Kai knew that his opportunity had come, so he stepped forward and said,

"I have nothing to say. I am a foreign minister, and I am temporarily living under the protection of the Chu State because of the kindness of the king. The matters that the ministers are arguing about are related to the fundamentals of the Chu State. I dare not speak nonsense."

"You are Ma Yin, the supervisor of Chu State, and you are qualified to speak in court." Xiong Qi said coldly.

"The king asked me to speak, so I gave some superficial suggestions. I think that now that there is a powerful enemy, Da Sima bypassed the court and asked his son Xiang Liang to lead the troops to withdraw from Jingling. This should be in response to the current offensive of the Qin State. best choice.

In terms of fighting skills, no one can compare with Da Sima. In the face of a formidable enemy, Chu State has no one who can compete with Qin except Da Sima. Therefore, I believe that the top priority is to send people to stabilize Da Sima and let Da Sima continue to fight against Qin, instead of arguing here about what is wrong with Da Sima's order.

As for what some ministers said, today's Li Mu is tomorrow's Xiang Yan, this is pure nonsense. Li Mu is a treacherous villain. In the Chu State, Da Sima is devoted to the interests of the Chu State. Da Sima's loyalty to the Chu State is unquestionable.

I often heard the name of Da Sima when I was in Zhao State. Da Sima's reputation for being loyal to Chu State has been spread for a long time, and it is even more popular among the people. The king doubts that no one can doubt Da Sima. "Guo Kai said with cupped hands.

Hearing Guo Kai's words, the ministers in the court were stunned. They did not expect that Guo Kai would choose to support Xiang Yan. Guo Kaiping has always been close to the powerful factions. No matter which faction they belong to, they all think that Guo Kai will support the disposal of Xiang Yan. Unexpectedly, Guo Kai actually upholds the words of justice.

Although Guo Kai came to Chu as a foreign minister, the people he brought were all very talented people. In addition, Guo Kai always spent money to make friends. It seemed that Guo Kai had little influence in Chu State, but in fact Guo Kai was There was also a small but not weak force in the Chu State's court.

Xiong Qi was also stunned when he heard Guo Kai's words. You Lingyin, who supported Xiang Yan, smiled gratefully at Guo Kai, and Guo Kai also nodded vaguely at You Lingyin. Such a harmonious scene among colleagues was particularly dazzling to Xiong Qi.

Xiong Qi's face was calm as usual and he said

"Your words are quite pleasing to the ear."

Only Xiong Qi knows whether Guo Kai's words are pleasant to the ears or not.

"Your Majesty, now the ministers have come up with their opinions and think that we can put this matter aside for the time being and send someone to ask Da Sima for clarification. As long as Da Sima gives an explanation, the whole country of Chu will definitely be stabilized." You Lingyin struck while the iron was hot and said .

Xiong Qi did not look at You Lingyin and asked You Ling to keep bowing. The ministers watched this scene in silence, and for a moment everyone felt as if a stone was pressing on their hearts.

"You Ling Yin is right." Xiong Qi said coldly, "Let Da Sima come back and explain. Now the Qin army is gathered in Dangyang City. There are 200,000 troops in Dangyang City and four generals Feng Linhuo are there. Let's Da Sima, why don't you return to Yingdu to explain? It doesn't matter.

As for Xiang Liang, let him stick to the city. He cannot retreat without my order! The territory of our Chu State can be captured by the enemy, but it cannot be given away to others! Let Da Sima return to Yingdu secretly. "

When You Lingyin heard Xiong Qi's words, he exclaimed

"Your Majesty!"

"Huh?" Xiong Qi's cold eyes glanced at You Lingyin, making You Lingyin stunned on the spot and did not dare to speak anymore.

"If there's no problem, just step back." Xiong Qi snorted and left directly.

The whole court was left with confused ministers, but a few ministers quickly came to their senses and could only helplessly look at Xiong Qi's leaving figure and sighed in a low voice.

"The master is shocked by his high performance! The master is shocked by his high performance!"

Guo Kai just smiled faintly and left the Chu palace. He needed to spread the news immediately. Xiang Yan was transferred from the front of the formation. The Chu army without Xiang Yan as commander would definitely be in chaos, and the Qin army would be unstoppable by then.

Inside the Qin army camp.

Li Mu was leading a group of generals to watch the two White Tigers shipped from Xianyang.

"This is the white tiger of the Mo family. It is really a powerful weapon." Meng Wu looked at the white tiger and said with emotion.

Battlefield weapons like the White Tiger are usually used by other countries to deal with the Qin State. Meng Wu also encountered the White Tiger twice on the battlefield. He has seen the lethality of the White Tiger. This thing is more useful than a catapult. Now it is finally his turn. They used it once.

"Is this white tiger modified?" Li Mu said looking at the two white tigers.

When Li Mu fought against the grassland, the Mo family sent people to support five white tigers, so Li Mu knew what the white tiger looked like, and except for the same color, the white tiger in front of him had basically been changed.

"Wu Anjun is right, these two White Tigers were modified by us. The main armor of the White Tigers before was made of bronze, but now we have transformed it into iron, and the defensive power is far higher than before. As for the offense, , we installed a small catapult on one of the White Tigers, with the newly developed earth mines on it. It can release more than ten small and medium-sized earth mines at a time, and if it is large, it can release three at a time." Qin Mo The disciple said.

The Qin Mo disciple who was responsible for controlling the white tiger heard the words and immediately operated the white tiger. The back of one of the white tigers suddenly opened, the sound of gear rotation sounded, and the pole of a catapult immediately rose. Two Mohist disciples in the control room shook their hands. With the remote sensing inside, the catapult was immediately bounced away, and the stone in the catapult was thrown out. Big rocks fell outside the Qin army's camp, creating a huge hole in the ground. Seeing such huge power, generals such as Li Mu and Meng Wu took a breath of air. The power of the stone alone was so huge. If earth mines were placed, it would be an unrivaled killer weapon. Whether it is siege or fighting on the battlefield, there is no disadvantage, especially since the white tiger is a machine beast, and its mobility is faster than a horse. Having such a white tiger is enough to affect the entire battle situation.

Seeing the surprised expressions of many generals, Qin Mo's disciples were extremely proud. Their Mo family's mechanism skills just didn't want to develop into war, otherwise the public losers would have been wiped out by them long ago.

"On the other White Tiger, we have reduced most of its protective gear and only retained the protective gear in key places, in order to improve its mobility and facilitate its rapid movement on the battlefield. As for the means of attack, please generals. Look!" Qin Mo's disciple waved.

The three Qin Mo disciples on another smaller White Tiger activated the White Tiger. As the gears turned, dozens of sharp blades suddenly appeared on the White Tiger's body. These sharp blades were all over the White Tiger's limbs, back and tail. There are several huge spears on its back.

"With fast movement and these sharp blades, it becomes a real killing machine on the battlefield. To a certain extent, it is more powerful than the four-legged spiders of our Mo family." Qin Mo's disciple continued to explain.

At the same time, the disciple Qin Mo who controlled the white tiger pressed a button, and the spear behind the white tiger suddenly shot out. The spear shot out like a white rainbow, and shot into the boulder that was thrown just now.

"Originally we planned to put a battering ram into it, but the small battering ram couldn't break the city gate, and the big battering ram White Tiger couldn't carry it, so we got inspiration from the big yellow crossbow and bed crossbow to put it in It has been transformed into what it is now. Although these spears cannot break through the city gates, they can still penetrate the city walls and provide convenience for the soldiers to attack the city." Qin Mo's disciple explained.

Looking at the two white tigers, the generals present, including Li Mu, were shocked. The machine beasts themselves were powerful weapons on the battlefield. Now Qin Mo has added a large number of weapons to these machine beasts. This single body The destructive power of the loser's overbearing mechanism can't be matched.

"They say don't bully honest people. Once an honest person is bullied, it will really kill someone." Meng Wu said while looking at the two white tigers.

The Mo family usually doesn't build such big weapons, but they are so ruthless when they do it. They wish they could build one of these white tigers to fight against a legion.

"The Mo family are not honest people." Li Mu said, "It is normal for these people to be crueler than public losers."

If the Mo family didn't have that ruthlessness, they wouldn't be able to become the leader of the world. If the Mo family were really honest, they would be those people like Mo Bian who have screwed up their brains.

"Don't worry about who is ruthless and who is not ruthless, just put this thing in front of the formation, and Dang Yangcheng will be taken down directly." Meng Wu focused all his eyes on the two White Tigers.

"Can these two White Tigers be mass-produced?" Li Mu asked, looking at Qin Mo's disciples.

"This is not possible for the time being." Qin Mo's disciple said with an ugly expression, "Wu Anjun, you also know the situation of the Mo family. The Mo family gave us Qin Mo five White Tigers so that we can transform them. If we directly transform the White Tigers, the Mo family will It’s hard to get through.”

"I'm greedy." Li Mu shook his head and said.

As for what Qin Mo's disciple said, Li Mu also understood what was going on. What the Mo family pursues is not battlefield killing, and the essence of the machine beasts they create is not for fighting. Otherwise, the four major machine beasts and four-legged spiders alone will not be able to dominate the machine. It’s time for the name of Shu to be placed on the Mohist family. If the Mo family is forced to transform the White Tiger, it may force the Mo family to leave the Qin State, which is not worth the loss. Moreover, the Mo family is not the only one in the Qin State who can build the mechanism beasts. Let the public losers transform their own mechanism beasts to be enough to cope with the war.

As for the transformation of the White Tiger, it won't be too late to wait until Qin Mo has a thorough understanding of the White Tiger's blueprints and then improve a new mechanism beast to assemble the Qin army.

A messenger dismounted and quickly came to Li Mu and said with his hands raised.

"Mr. Wu'an, news came from Yingdu that King Chu Xiong Qi secretly recalled Xiang Yan, and King Chu's envoy has secretly arrived in Dangyang."

"Xiong Qi recalled Xiang Yan? Why?" Li Mu asked in a deep voice. It was taboo to recall a general before the battle.

"In the Chu State, the monarch and his ministers are not in harmony, but their great achievements shock the lord." The messenger said.

"How many famous generals have been defeated by these four words." Li Mu said with emotion, "Everyone gathers together!"

The generals who were watching the white tiger heard Li Mu's voice and immediately raised their hands and said

"promise!"

Inside Dangyang City.

The eunuch in charge of summoning smiled and handed the edict in his hand to Xiang Yan.

"Da Sima, the king orders you to return to Yingdu immediately. Do you think we should leave now?"

"Excuse me, please wait a moment while I explain the military affairs." Xiang Yan said with cupped hands.

"Business first!" the chamberlain said with a smile. Although Xiang Yan is now jealous of Xiong Qi, he is still the chief minister of Chu State for a day, so he, the chamberlain, cannot offend him, and it is not certain who the king of Chu State will be in the future. Woolen cloth?

After seeing off the servant, Xiang Yan looked at the edict in his hand, his eyes full of helplessness and sadness.

"In the end, I still have to go through this journey." Xiang Yan said with emotion.

Xiang Bo looked at his father and sighed helplessly. It was too late to say anything now.

"Father, do you need me to send someone back to Yingdu in advance to discuss the situation?" Xiang Bo asked in a low voice.

"No, I will send people back to give the truth to others. Now that Chu is facing a powerful enemy, your Majesty will not take action against me. In the final analysis, I overstepped my bounds in this matter." Xiang Yan said helplessly.

"The king said at the beginning that everyone in the Chu Kingdom would obey your orders during the war. Now he is suddenly suspicious of you. Is it true?" Xiang Bo said helplessly.

"Well, if it had been anyone else, I might have been captured on the spot instead of going back to Yingdu to explain." Xiang Yan interrupted Xiang Bo, "During my absence, I must not let the news leak out. All things are as usual. At the same time, a few more teams of scouts will be sent to secretly investigate the movements of the Qin army in the surrounding areas, and more soldiers guarding the city will also be sent secretly."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)