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Although Gao Sheng felt that what Liu Sheng said made some sense, he still refuted because of his different standpoints: "Your Excellency's words are sophistry. If it weren't for you, when our Great Chu defeated the bandits, we would have a capable ruler to restore peace to the world and make our Great Chu prosperous again!"

"Maybe." Liu Sheng did not refute what Goldman said, but said, "But when I come, I can restore peace to the world as soon as possible, and the people can live a good life sooner."

"As for the Xiong family, they have enjoyed the throne for nearly two hundred years, but now the people are living in misery. It is time to give up the throne."

Liu Sheng's words were somewhat arrogant and domineering. Goldman Sachs didn't know how to refute for a moment and could only keep a cold face and remain silent.

At this time, Liu Sheng said: "I came to see you this time because I actually want to ask you another thing."

Goldman Sachs remained silent.

Liu Sheng didn't care and continued, "You are the minister of the Great Chu State. Do you know what secrets the Xiong family has hidden in Tianmu Mountain?"

Gao Sheng was surprised to hear that, and then said insincerely: "What secret is there? It's just the tomb of Emperor Taizu. You are also the king of a country, you won't do the things of a tomb robber, right?"

Liu Sheng smiled.

He could see that Goldman Sachs was nervous and didn't tell the truth.

This undoubtedly shows that there is indeed a big secret related to Xiong Mingyuan in Tianmu Mountain.

Liu Sheng did not try to persuade Goldman Sachs to surrender.

On the one hand, he saw that Gao Sheng was relatively loyal to the Great Chu, and given his status and position, it was unlikely that he would surrender for the time being.

Secondly, he also has a civil servant like Goldman Sachs.

After having Goldman Sachs taken away, Liu Sheng asked the guards to open a map with Runing Prefecture as the center, and then he looked at the map in deep thought.

Now that Ruyang, the capital, had been taken, there was no city in Runing Prefecture that could stop the advance of the Hui army.

If they want to capture Tianmu Mountain, the army only needs to capture Queshan County.

As for the Great Chu Imperial Guards guarding Tianmu Mountain, there may be some elite soldiers among them, but they will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Hui army.

Liu Sheng is now in his forties and has a calm personality. Although Tianmu Mountain is within his reach, he is not in a hurry.

As the saying goes, a journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. He did not want to make a big mistake and suffer loss at the last minute due to impatience.

Therefore, over the next three days, Liu Sheng urged his civil and military officers to completely control the city of Ruyang and restore order in the city. Only then did he leave part of the troops to garrison Ruyang and personally lead the army to attack Queshan.

A few days later, Queshan County was also captured by the Hui army in one fell swoop.

After resting in Queshan for a day, Liu Sheng led his army to attack Tianmu Mountain, where the mausoleum of Xiong Mingyuan, the founding emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty, is located.

"According to the intelligence obtained by Xunfengwei, according to the system of the Great Chu, there are more than 10,000 imperial guards stationed in Tianmu Mountain all year round, also known as the Mausoleum Guarding Army."

"However, under the current situation in Great Chu, even the mausoleum guards are just empty-handed. Therefore, this imperial army actually has only more than 5,000 people, and it is estimated that only about 3,000 of them can fight."

At the foot of Tianmu Mountain, in Liu Sheng's tent, Crown Prince Liu Yu explained the strengths and weaknesses of the Chu army in Tianmu Mountain to the generals present.

This was also Liu Sheng's intention to train Liu Yu.

"Although the Great Chu Imperial Army in Tianmu Mountain only has more than 5,000 people, we must not be careless. After all, it is a mountainous area, and this army has been stationed there all year round, so most of them are good at mountain warfare."

"In addition, there are also a large number of arrow towers, artillery platforms and even military camps built inside."

"Therefore, if our army wants to take Tianmu Mountain more easily, we need both the Huben Guard and the Shengjie Guard to cooperate with each other."

After Liu Yu finished explaining the situation of the Chu army in Tianmu Mountain, Liu Sheng listened to the discussion of the generals present and then issued the combat mission.

The Hui army was divided into two groups and attacked from the two main roads leading into the mountains.

Although this mausoleum guarding army only had more than 5,000 people and their combat effectiveness was average, they were surprisingly resolute in blocking the Hui army. A few of the Chu army soldiers were even fearless.

Unfortunately, in the face of the absolute gap in strength, even if the few imperial guards were not afraid of death, they could not turn the tide of the battle.

The Hui army was unstoppable and in just half a day they reached the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu of the Great Chu State, which was at the foot of an ordinary hill named Fangshan by Liu Sheng.

After learning that the Chu troops outside the mausoleum had been cleared out, Liu Sheng brought his guards to the mountains.

Although it had been speculated long ago, Liu Sheng couldn't help but feel excited when he saw with his own eyes that Xiong Mingyuan's mausoleum was built on Fangshan.

Fangshan is actually not that big. It is just an inconspicuous peak in Tianmu Mountain. It is neither the highest nor the shortest.

But it was chosen by Xiong Mingyuan as his mausoleum. Liu Sheng refused to believe that there was nothing wrong with it.

The Fangshan that appeared before Liu Sheng's eyes had been transformed into a large mausoleum.

The original natural cave was converted into an open and aboveboard tomb passage.

As Liu Sheng was looking at the tomb passage, Liu Yu came over and said, "Father, hundreds of Chu soldiers have entered the mausoleum through this tomb passage, and they seem to be trying to put up a last-ditch effort."

Liu Sheng asked, "Why, can't you take it?"

Liu Yu explained, "It's not that we can't take it, but the terrain inside is unknown. If we attack by force, I'm afraid many soldiers will be sacrificed."

Liu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry. Let the logistics battalion make a batch of simple smoke bombs and then try to attack."

"Yes!"

Liu Yu took the order and immediately sent someone to supervise the handling of the matter.

Liu Sheng did not leave either, but camped on the hillside of Fangshan, at Liujiazhai in another time and space.

By the next day, the logistics battalion had produced a batch of simple smoke bombs - this thing had existed as early as the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Although the one produced by the logistics battalion of the Xi Army was a simplified version, its effect was still much stronger than the smoke bombs of the pre-Ming Dynasty.

When the Huben Guards and Shengjie Guards attacked with these smoke bombs, the Chu army inside could not bear it soon and most of them ran out, being captured directly by the Hui army.

A few were suffocated to death inside.

After the smoke inside cleared, the Royal Guards and the Imperial Guard went in one after another to check for safety hazards.

After confirming it was safe twice, Liu Sheng walked in leisurely.

Because the Xiong family had transformed the cave, its original appearance could no longer be seen and it looked like a normal tomb passage.

However, when Liu Sheng went in, he found that a large hall had been built inside.

The entire hall is built with marble. Although it is not large, it has a main hall and side halls on both sides, almost filling up the cave. It can even be said that it seems to be integrated with the original Shandong.

Liu Sheng observed it carefully and figured out that this marble palace was not "naturally" embedded in the mountain like his house, but was built later.

This made Liu Sheng a little nervous again - is there really a time-space gate hidden in this marble hall? Or did Xiong Mingyuan just have other adventures here, so he built the mausoleum here?
No matter what the situation is, we have to wait until the door of the stone hall is opened and we go in to take a look before we can know.

The three gates of the stone palace are all made of bronze, with huge copper locks hanging on them. (End of this chapter)