Horse on the World

Chapter 695 Negotiations
When King Ning of the South received the news, Luoyang's Tianqi would naturally not be slower than him to get the news. Tianqi who received the news was stunned at first, then laughed, and after Yuan Fang confirmed that the news was true, Tianqi turned into shock, anger, There was no telling how many rare and exotic objects in the Qing Palace were smashed to pieces by the furious Tian Qi.

After the rage passed, Tianqi began to think about the serious consequences of this matter. Obviously, the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty, and the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty who made nothing of money, reappeared on the mainland with the handed down jade seal, which was tantamount to announcing the great The illegitimacy of Chu’s succession, the ancestors of the Qin family rebelled with troops, fought bloody battles for several years, defeated the Great Zhou, and ascended the throne. It is that the jade seals handed down from the past dynasties have not been found. This matter has always been a thorn in the heart of every emperor of Dachu, and now the consequences of this matter are finally revealed.

Looking at the civil and military ministers gathered in the hall, Tian Qi burst out a few words from between his teeth, "Tell me, what should we do?"

Everyone's eyes were on Shang Haibo, the chief assistant at the time. Shang Haibo had just arrived from Dingzhou not long ago, and it was obvious that Li Qing had been planning this matter for a long time.

Shang Haibo coughed, and came out and said: "Your Majesty, when I was in Dingzhou, I didn't hear about this incident, so, obviously, this incident happened after I left the core of Dingzhou. Now that I think about it, when Li Qing went to see me in Chong County, he mentioned that he sent a fleet overseas to expand his territory and plunder wealth. At that time, because of this matter, I even had a dispute with him, thinking that we should not disperse our forces at this time , but now it seems that it is very likely that this fleet discovered the remnants of the Zhou Dynasty, and the subsequent Weizhou War launched by Li Qing, now it seems that it was precisely to let most of Deng Peng's navy get out and go to the Zhou Dynasty. To welcome the Zhou emperor overseas, then, judging from these facts, this matter is probably true."

Tian Qi waved his hand, "I don't care whether this matter is true or not, whether it is true or false, once this matter happens, the people will definitely be in an uproar, guess wildly, rumors will spread, people's hearts will be turbulent, it is almost predictable, I just want to know , can the cabinet have a solution? How to minimize the impact of this matter?"

Shang Haibo said: "From a long-term point of view, this matter will have the greatest impact on the scholars of Da Chu. How many ordinary people know what the handed down jade seal is? So don't worry too much, Your Majesty, this matter is not very practical. The worst possible thing is that Li Qing has a banner to hide his ugliness and find some basis for his rebellion, so that he can justifiably rebel and march into the Central Plains. In the end, it is still the strength of both sides In the history of the mainland, how many dynasties have changed, and how many masters have been changed since the handed down jade seals came out? And which generation will last forever? Therefore, our top priority is still to reform the internal affairs to fill the treasury, train The new army, with its strength and prestige, and these two things, is sure to win."

Tian Qi's face turned pale, "This is long-term, but in the short-term, how should we deal with it?"

Shang Haibo said: "This is exactly what I suggested to Your Majesty before, to unite with King Ning of the South and deal with Li Qing together. Now Li Qing has brought up the imperial lineage of the previous dynasty, directly denying the orthodox status of Da Chu, and it just happens that His Majesty and King Ning will deal with Li Qing together. King Ning has a foundation for cooperation, and King Ning has a strong navy that can be used. This is exactly where we are lacking. Your Majesty, unite with King Ning. Our army is strong and can withstand Li Qing's iron hooves, and King Ning's navy Compared with Dingzhou, they are not weaker, and their naval commander Pang Jun is even more feared by Dingzhou, we can learn from each other, and we should defeat Li Qing in one fell swoop."

Tian Qi's face was cloudy and uncertain, weighing the pros and cons in his heart, it was really difficult to make a decision, King Ning was different from Xiao Haoran, a dead tiger, that was a ferocious beast that could choose someone to devour at any time!

"Your Majesty, we are both of royal blood. We have common interests in this matter. When we need it, we can unite. When we don't need it, we can divide. If we unite, we will benefit, and if we divide, we will lose!" Shang Haibo bowed to the ground, " Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"As Qing said, let's take advantage of him for the time being!" Tian Qi waved his sleeves.

"Then who's going to negotiate?"

"Your Majesty, let me leave this matter to my humble minister!" Shang Haibo volunteered.

Tian Qi pondered for a moment, "It's okay, the chief assistant is resourceful, and if something happens, you can make a decision on the fly. Yuan Fang, you accompany the chief assistant. Dingzhou is determined to assassinate the first assistant. You will definitely cause trouble on the way to the first assistant. You have to be careful, if something happens to Shoufu, you don't have to come back."

Yuan Fang came out of the class and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if the humble minister dies, the chief assistant will return safe and sound."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern!" Shang Haibo also kowtowed to thank him, and sent Yuan Fang to follow him. Firstly, it was to protect himself, and secondly, it also meant to monitor him. After all, he had just joined the opponent's camp, so it was an answer to worry about him. There is meaning.For Dingzhou's determination to take his own life, Shang Haibo also shuddered. The desperate attack in Luoyang City made him feel terrified and shocked.This time he left Luoyang by himself, and the other party would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity.

One month later, King Ning appeared in Qingzhou, and Shang Haibo also arrived. Along the way, although Dingzhou launched several assassinations, Yuan Fang was on the side, but it was unexpected. Found nothing but some dead bodies.

Naturally, King Ning would not go to Xingzhou, and he was also worried that he would beat a dog with meat buns, and he would never return, so the venue for the negotiation could only be in Qingzhou.One month is not short, but the journey from Luoyang to Changqingzhou is really long. Shang Haibo has been pampered in these years, and has never suffered such a long journey. In addition, this matter is very urgent. On the road, he often drove day and night, and the inside of his crotch was worn bloody by the saddle. By the time he arrived in Qingzhou, there were already scars, and he was very good. The hardships along the way made his body stronger. , the originally fair face was also tanned, as if it was a different person.

After the last three-party melee in Qingzhou, King Ning handed it over to his in-law Mata for management. Today, Qingzhou is guarded by tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers. Although the Qiang soldiers are poorly equipped, their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful. There is no reason why any army sees such a strong force. The Qiang soldiers don’t have soldiers. They usually feed themselves. When fighting, the patriarch will take [-]% of what they grab, and the rest will be their own. , In addition, the calculation of merit is based on the head, how much money a head is, that is the clear price, and the child has no life, so the Qiang soldiers are not afraid of fighting, but look forward to fighting, so that they can earn money and improve their lives. .

Although the fertile Qingzhou is now occupied, life has been greatly improved, but for a long time, the spirit of fighting and fighting in the bones still exists. Stepping into Qingzhou Mansion, seeing these shirtless , wearing straw sandals and a Qiang warrior with a scimitar hanging from his waist, the envoys from Luoyang were eye-opening. After all, the Qiang people are too far away from Luoyang. Among Luoyang officials, almost no one has seen the Qiang people.

King Ning's identity naturally wouldn't step out of the mansion to welcome Shang Haibo, instead of King Ning, Zhong Ziqi and Mata greeted him, and the two sides chatted indifferently, and Zhong Ziqi and Mata greeted Shang Haibo. Everyone went to welcome him in, for Shang Haibo, Zhong Ziqi didn't care too much, but Yuan Fang, the two comets collided with the earth, their eyes met, and I don't know how many times they gouged out each other's eyes.

King Ning sat on the top of the hall, saw Shang Haibo stepping into the door, he couldn't help laughing and said: "In the past, a member of the Li family, today a guest of Luoyang, Shang Haibo, what should I call you?"

Hearing King Ning's sarcasm so bluntly, all the officials in Luoyang changed their expressions. Ministers, ministers also choose kings, good birds choose trees to live in, and His Majesty Emperor Tianqi planted plane trees, which naturally attracted phoenixes!"

This remark has multiple meanings. On the surface, it is to defend oneself, and to promote oneself as a good minister, a phoenix, who only lives in a sycamore tree, and chooses a Mingjun. In secret, it is ridiculing that King Ning is not as good as Emperor Tianqi, so naturally he cannot be attracted. A good minister like myself.

King Ning snorted, "Since ancient times, I have only heard that loyal ministers do not serve as masters. How does Shang Shoufu call himself now?"

"If we agree, we will get together, and if we don't agree, we will go. Dingzhou abandons me like a shoe. Your Majesty regards me as a treasure. It is clear at a glance where I will go. Your Highness King Ning, the situation is imminent. Your Highness is not aware of the imminent crisis. Do you want to have a debate with me about loyalty and treachery?"

King Ning chuckled, and did not bring up this topic anymore, Shang Haibo's tongue was as sharp as a knife, and with just a few words, King Ning knew that it was really difficult for him to gain the upper hand in terms of words alone.

"If it's a crisis, I think there are more in Luoyang." Ning Wang pointed to the two rows of chairs below, "Please sit down, Shang Shoufu threatened me with such threatening words, but he looked down upon me a bit. .”

The people on both sides were divided into two rows, and they sat facing each other. King Ning sat in the middle, watching Shang Haibo and his party condescendingly.

Shang Haibo laughed, "It seems that His Royal Highness Ning really doesn't know, the three parties stand together, Your Highness Ning, please forgive me, but His Highness Ning, you are the weakest, the area under your control is the most unstable, and the troops and horses you command are the most powerful. Low, but regardless of whether Liao, Chen, Shun, Zeng and Lu sincerely submit to Your Highness, they are your direct descendants, after the first battle between Qin and Min, I am afraid that it is still difficult to recover their vitality?"

When the words touched King Ning's soft threat, King Ning couldn't help being slightly angry, and his face darkened.

"His Royal Highness Ning, the only thing that can be praised is that only the navy can still fight, but now Dingzhou occupies the outer sea, and the strategy of deep-sea chains was formulated and implemented by me when I was in Dingzhou. A noose is tied around your neck, making it extremely difficult for you to breathe, right?"

Shang Haibo's statement is self-inflated. The strategy of the outer sea chain was Li Qing's plan to curb the southern navy, so that it could only fight in the coastal waters and could not conduct large-scale mobile operations. However, the specific implementation It was indeed operated by Shang Haibo.

"A few islands in the area want to block my powerful navy. It's just a dream!" King Ning sneered, but Shang Haibo could tell that King Ning's words were just to support his confidence. In fact, King Ning himself knew what was going on. .

"Your Highness King Ning, I came to Qingzhou with great sincerity. Li Qingliang revealed the unique magic weapon of the handed down jade seal, which not only hit His Majesty the Emperor, but also you and King Ning. As the emperor, the situation of the three powers in the mainland has undergone drastic changes. To put it bluntly, Li Qing is ready to make a move. Among the three powers, you are the weakest. The army is not strong, and the navy is controlled. What will happen if you start?"

"Originally, the three strong forces held back and formed a short-term balance, but now this balance has been broken by Li Qing. If you think that he will attack Luoyang first and look forward to sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, I am afraid that the first to suffer is It's you." Shang Haibo spoke eloquently with his steady tongue.

"To be honest, if we in Luoyang face Li Qing's Dingzhou alone, we have no chance of winning, but if our two families unite, Li Qing will definitely lose. Your Highness King Ning, you and His Majesty are brothers, and it is also important to fight against each other. Family matters, but this time Li Qing is digging out the roots of your Qin royal family. If at this time, you can't join hands with your brothers to drive out foreign humiliation, they will definitely be defeated by them one by one, and the Qin royal family will be wiped out on the mainland Nothing."

"Scaremongering!" King Ning sneered.

Shang Haibo smiled and said: "His Royal Highness Ning, I came from Dingzhou. Who knows the strength of Dingzhou better than me. If Dingzhou is determined to fight, there will be as many as 50 to [-] elite soldiers gathered in an instant. , dare to ask His Royal Highness King Ning, may he block it?"

Turning his gaze to Zhong Ziqi, "Brother Zhong has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, you should know the recruitment system in Dingzhou!"

Zhong Ziqi nodded, "I know."

"It is this kind of recruitment system of continuous retirement and rotation that enables Dingzhou to continuously train qualified soldiers. Whether we are in Luoyang or in the south, we only fight one veteran, and one less. In Dingzhou, you can go anywhere A farmer was caught from the crops, and he might have served as a low-level officer in the army. Once Dingzhou issued a mobilization order, and these people put on armor, a village could pull out a small team."

Everyone in the hall was silent.

"Besides, the navy you are proud of, the battle of the destruction of the Bazhou navy, isn't it enough to arouse your vigilance? Although Li Qing started his career by relying on the army, he attaches great importance to the navy. I am in Dingzhou. At that time, he was also extremely puzzled, and even strongly opposed his large-scale investment of limited funds into the navy that was useless at the time, but now it seems that Li Qing's vision is indeed beyond my comparison. At that time, I have already seen the present!" Shang Haibo shook his head, with regret on his face, "I am not as good as him!"

"Don't look at the blueprint of the Wanliao giant ship that you got from Dingzhou, and two ships have been launched, but Dingzhou now has four ships, and they have formed a strong combat force. Fighting at sea, if both sides Gather all your strength, and with all due respect, the Southern Army Navy will surely be defeated."

"The confrontation between the two armies is determined by the number! If there is such a saying, wouldn't it be impossible for Li Qing to defeat the barbarians? I have the navy general Pang Jun, which is enough to defeat a fleet in Dingzhou!"

"There is General Pang Jun in the south, and General Deng Peng in Dingzhou!" Shang Haibo sighed: "Even if Deng Peng is slightly inferior to Pang Jun, there are still a group of naval generals such as Zheng Zhiyuan in Dingzhou. Dingzhou still has a slight advantage!"

"His Royal Highness Ning, the Dingzhou navy is at its weakest right now. Li Qing was so whimsical that he ordered Zheng Zhiyuan to lead his troops away to open up some overseas territories. Now only half of the battleships in Dingzhou are left. It's time to do it. Timing, once Zheng Zhiyuan returns with his army, the Southern Navy will have no chance to win!"

King Ning couldn't help but be moved.If you take this opportunity to defeat Deng Peng and break the chains of the outer seas, Heishuiyang will once again become the world of the southern navy.

Qinzhou, Guo Shanfeng Governor's Mansion, in the study, Guo Shanfeng is accompanying a guest from Dingzhou, this person is none other than Qingfeng who is in charge of the Overwatch Council again.

"Congratulations, Miss, who is coming out again! The Overwatch Council will be back again, just around the corner!" Guo Shanfeng said with a smile.

Qingfeng smiled and said nothing, after several years, Guoshanfeng is no longer the young general who rushed to the investigation department with a few gifts, but the most powerful general with the most troops under his command.

"Miss came to Qinzhou personally this time, is it because of Shang Haibo's going to Qingzhou?" Shang Haibo's brigade went to Qingzhou in a mighty way, and Guoshanfeng would not know it.

Qingfeng smiled and said: "This is just a side trip. I am going to Luoyang. The Luoyang branch has suffered serious losses this time and must rebuild the network. Moreover, Luoyang is the focus of our future layout. I must lay down a plan for the general when he comes to Luoyang. A good foundation, Luoyang City is high and steep, it is extremely difficult to break through from the outside, and laying chess pieces inside as soon as possible, maybe it will play a miraculous effect at that time."

"Miss' foresight, Guo Mou has always been extremely admired." Guo Shanfeng personally filled Qingfeng's glass with water.

"Miss is going to give Shang Haibo a blow on his return journey? I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed. When I came, the Overwatch Council tried several times, and I also sent some people to sneak there, but they all returned in vain. Some people were lost."

"It doesn't matter whether you kill him or not, but since I'm here, I have to leave him with some thought!" Qingfeng said with a smile, "I brought one thing, but it will surprise him."

Guo Shanfeng was very interested, "I don't know what the killer weapon is?"

Qingfeng giggled, "Guo Shanfeng, you are the most trusted person under the general's command, and you and I are also close friends. Don't hide it from you. The general named this thing explosives. This time I brought a few The piece is made of these explosives, in my opinion, the power is already terrifying, but the general dismisses it, and the craftsman battalion is still desperately developing it."

"Dynamite?" Guo Shanfeng was taken aback, he had never heard of it before. "Is it more powerful than the eight-ox crossbow?"

Qingfeng smiled and said: "You will see then, even if Shang Haibo's life is not worth it, it is still worth scaring him into a cold sweat."

"Miss is going to arrange this by herself?"

"I have this spare time, I will arrange this matter well, well, you can send a few people to watch at that time, but I am planning to go in and take a look when Yuan Fang is not in Luoyang, go early Come on, it’s time to fight a big battle, pass the general, and it’s time for you to make meritorious deeds.”

Congratulations on the second day of the Lunar New Year!
(End of this chapter)