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Chapter 439: The Dusk Dragon, the Crazy Tiger (asking for monthly tickets)
The Yue Army, which was originally stationed on the border of Chen State to deal with the army of Ying State, brazenly counterattacked several cities of Chen State when Jiang Su retreated, and then surrendered to Qin Wuhou.

Han Zaizhong, the deputy commander of Yue's army, is a shameless scoundrel.

At the beginning, the generals of Yue Family Army were worried about whether or not to surrender to Qin Wuhou. They were also worried that the civilians stationed in the city would be purged by Chen Dingye because of the reckless actions of Yue Family Army. They argued back and forth but could not come to a conclusion. Han Zaizhong felt annoyed when he heard it.

So he simply took advantage of the momentum, without wearing any armor, to let the other side off their guard, drank some wine and rode on his horse, then he strolled over and chopped off the other side's military supervisor's head, and took advantage of the situation to seize these cities.

But the city is in our hands.

When he was about to join forces with Qin Wuhou, Jiang Su arrived.

There's no way to get there immediately.

When General Yue is not around, there is no chance of winning against Jiang Su. Apart from the possibility of losing some of Jiang Su's soldiers, there is no chance of winning at all. Moreover, Jiang Su is now a wandering army. If we fight against them, winning will be meaningless, and losing will be a huge loss.

Be fierce when you need to be fierce, and be timid when you need to be timid.

Why would you go crazy and do something so violent towards Jiang Su who is full of anger?

That was a punching bag for Jiang Su.

Jiang Su couldn't defeat Qin Wuhou, who was commanded by the formation leader, and couldn't defeat an army fighting in the wild? I, Old Han, don't intend to use the family fortune left by General Yue to give Jiang Su a military achievement.

Just during this waiting time.

A new idea popped up in Han Zaizhong's clever brain, which was full of creative ideas.

As the saying goes, if you do something, you must do it thoroughly.

Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates.

There is also a saying that if you kill the young ones, the old ones will come.

Since you have already made this life-threatening deal.

Should we make it bigger?
There are some cities around the cities we have captured, and all of them are Chen Dingye's confidants. One or two days is no big deal, but once the other side finds out that the emperor's uncle and the military supervisors here have been unable to contact them, they will definitely become suspicious.

"When the time comes, these idiots will definitely come to attack us. How hateful!"

"It's better to do it once and for all before they come to attack us."

"Take them down first!"

"Even if it's General Yue, it's still reasonable. They forced me to do this!"

Yang Xingshi's forehead veins were throbbing: "How did they force you?"

Han Zaizhong said in a shocked voice: "I killed the emperor's uncle's military supervisor. They will definitely attack me if they know about this."

Yang Xingshi said: "Don't they know?"

Han Zaizhong stroked his beard and said, "They can know."

Seeing that the generals of Yue's army were not willing to take the risk, Han Zaizhong gave a reason:
"What about false accusations?"

These four words immediately ignited the anger that had been suppressed in the hearts of the generals for several years.

Han Zaizhong took the opportunity to yell, "If you're caught, you'll be guilty of an unforgivable crime anyway, so why bother giving Chen Dingye a face? Too many lice won't itch, too many debts won't worry you, if you're going to do it, why not do it big!"

This time, even Yang Xingshi stood on Han Zaizhong's side. Many generals of Yue Army thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. What had been done had already been done, so they might as well make it bigger.

I am guilty of death.

Do I care whether I took one city or two cities?
I'm not stupid!

You must have taken too much!
Han Zaizhong and others took over the cities quickly and efficiently before the news spread, and sent people to look for Qin Wuhou. By the time the news was exposed, Qin Wuhou's army had arrived to defend.

Han Zaizhong appears to be bold and rough, but in fact he is meticulous and does things flawlessly. When he paid a visit, he insisted on handing over the official seals of each city to Qin Wuhou Li Guanyi in person. He grabbed Qin Wuhou's arm and wailed, saying how difficult it was for the brothers of Yue Family Army.

It is said that when General Yue was your age, he fought under the command of Duke Taiping. When I see you, I think of Duke Taiping and the future General Yue.

She cried so miserably that she just used Li Guanyi's sleeve to wipe her eyes.

I almost wiped my nose.

The corner of Li Guanyi's eye twitched.

Old Han was relieved when Yue's army joined Qin Wuhou's faction. However, after coming under Qin Wuhou's command, he no longer had those bad habits of gambling and keeping mistresses. Yang Xingshi asked him why he changed his temper.

Han Zaizhong said, "In the past, we were in our own territory and it was okay to be more casual, but now I am under the command of Qin Wuhou. Everyone knows that the laws here are strict. I have been punished by military law, but I am not afraid of being tough."

"It would be better to kill myself if I ruin Marshal Yue's reputation."

Yang Xingshi was surprised. Han Zaizhong patted him on the shoulder and said, "What do you mean by scholars? Oranges grow big and sweet here, but small and bitter in other places. A real man should be brave when he should be brave, and resolute when he should be resolute."

"I'm at the border of Chen State. How can people over there trust me if I don't behave myself?"

"If I am not resolute and brave here, how can Yue's army establish its prestige?"

Yang Xingshi exclaimed: "No wonder Marshal Yue handed over the legion to you when he left."

Han Zaizhong laughed, but waited to drink with Yue Qianfeng.

Many people criticized that Qin Wuhou's invasion of other countries was unjust.

But some people also said that it was Ying State that attacked Qin Wuhou, and this was just a counterattack; the matter of Yue Family Army was even more because of the incident of Yue Pengwu, and Gongyang Confucianism, the hatred of ten generations can be avenged, is this right?

Others say that Qin Wuhou was the Supreme General of Tiance, who commanded all the troops in the world and was the Grand Marshal of the Red Emperor. It was bad enough that the armies of Ying and Chen were not under the control of Qin Wuhou, but they actually dared to lead troops to fight back. Who was disloyal and unrighteous?

There is an endless struggle among the four parties of public opinion.

Chen Dingye was furious and extremely angry. Looking at the feng shui map, he saw that although the State of Chen occupied part of the territory of the State of Ying in the north, that area had belonged to the State of Chen decades ago.

However, because of Li Guanyi, the Marquis of Qin, the Qin State completely lost control of the southwest, as well as the vital waterways of the world. In terms of actual territory, the loss was not particularly great, because the southwest itself was not very obedient.

However, the transportation and logistics significance of waterways are extraordinary.

For the States of Chen and Ying, water routes were important but not core.

Unlike Li Guanyi, waterways can revitalize almost all of his territories. After possessing the waterways, the transformation of Li Guanyi's power made Chen Dingye even more anxious, and a sense of hostility was rising.

Li Guanyi's transformation and gains made him more unwilling and angry than his loss of territory.

From now on, the State of Chen will be completely sandwiched between Qin Wuhou and Ying State, and will be like a dragon with its tail cut off. It will no longer have the mighty momentum of the past, but will gradually become decadent.

Chen Dingye had disheveled hair and was walking barefoot in the palace.

A huge feng shui map was hung in front of him. He looked at the map and understood with his keen eyesight that if the current situation of Ying State was such that some of its people were tired and needed rest, they needed to recuperate their livelihood before they could plan for big things.

The State of Chen really had no chance of ruling the world.

That’s why it hasn’t perished yet.

It’s just because the foundation of being a great power is still there.

If famous generals like Qin Wuhou and Jiang Su led their armies to attack, even if the State of Chen suffered more defeats than victories, the desperate defense, the logistics of Qin Wuhou and Jiang Su's own armies, and the casualties caused by the confrontation with the State of Chen were enough to drag them down.

Although, the State of Chen would suffer the same fate at that time.

However, as a big country, he was enough to drag the other two into an endless whirlpool. He himself had no chance of realizing the ambition and dream of unifying the world under the Chen Dynasty, but he could use his own corpse to crush the dreams of the other two heroes and pull them into the whirlpool of death together.

If I can't succeed, you shouldn't be able to succeed!

However, such an outcome was absolutely unbearable for Chen Dingye.

Being forced by Li Wanli's son into a situation where he had to use his ancestors' foundation and 300 years of national destiny to defeat the enemy, he had to burn his ancestors' bones and blood and use the common people and soldiers to defeat the enemy. This was simply so disgraceful and shameful that it would be laughed at by people all over the world.

Chen Dingye's heart felt as if it was being bitten by a fierce poison, and he was stung by many emotions including anger and unwillingness.

He couldn't help but howl to the sky, gritting his teeth, feeling heartbroken!

"Li Wanli, Li Wanli, you have a good son, you have a good son... If you were ruthless enough and lucky enough to burn your son that night, this situation wouldn't have happened. That would have been great."

"The Sword Maniac will not have a breakthrough, Jiangnan will still be in chaos, and the Western Region will completely belong to my brother. Our plan will definitely succeed and completely reverse the decline of our Great Chen. If it weren't for you, if it weren't for your son!"

"You deserve to die, you and your son both deserve to die!"

"A flatterer, a flatterer!"

"If the king wants his subjects to die, they must die. Why don't you die? Why don't you die? Why are you still lingering here like a shadow!!!"

Chen Dingye paced back and forth in the palace barefoot and with disheveled hair. He held a lamp in his hand and kept muttering - the death of Chen Fubi completely cut off his plan, and Chen Wenmian seemed to have truly devoted himself to the Qilin Army.

These two things were enough to have a huge impact on Chen Dingye.

One is that the hero's determination to fight to the death completely collapsed.

One is that the idea of ​​resurrecting Dachen from the ashes has failed.

In addition, Lu Youxian's suicide, the loss of Zhenxi City, the entire waterway fell into the control of Qin Wuhou, and the betrayal of Yue Army; each of these events was like a sharp blade, and all the causes and consequences of his past deeds now fell on him.

Not to mention people like Chen Dingye who had been influenced by Tan Tai Xianming.

Even if he was a truly great hero, under such a series of shocks, he might not be able to keep his state of mind and temperament the same as before. Chen Dingye even felt a little crazy and angry.

It seems that Qiongqi's blood is becoming purer.

When he was visiting his son, the current Crown Prince Chen Tianyi, looking at his two-year-old son lying on his knees and playing with his hair, he felt love in his heart and at the same time, he had the urge to put his hands on the child's neck and break that delicate and lovely neck.

Chen Dingye was angry and frightened because of his own impulsiveness.

He had not seen Chen Tianyi during this period. Under the impact of the general situation in the world and the influence of practicing the secret magical skills of the Chen royal family, Chen Dingye's temperament became increasingly uncontrollable.

As he looked at the feng shui map, he seemed to have seen the future of the world and its end.

The eunuch in charge of ceremonies occasionally walked through the palace and heard His Majesty's low laughter.

You could hear the sword humming in its scabbard, emitting bursts of solemn whimpers.

At this time, a secret envoy came from the northern grassland. The Great Khan of the Turks was the second most powerful general in the world and the strongest cavalry commander in the world. They had once joined forces to defeat the army of Ying State.

Chen Dingye suppressed his hatred for Li Guanyi, received the envoy, and held a banquet in the palace. The envoy was also a general of the grassland, named Sapalmu, who was quite generous. However, after the banquet, when he secretly met Chen Dingye, he suddenly said:

"All those present at today's banquet are the confidants of His Majesty the Emperor of Dachen. There is nothing that needs to be hidden from them. However, I came here with the promise and goodwill of the Great Khan, so I have to avoid the eyes and ears of the public."

"Your Majesty, the great Emperor Chen, we have defeated the tiger of Ying State in our previous cooperation and occupied a large area of ​​land."

"I heard that Emperor Jiang Wanxiang of Ying State has grown old, and a new hero has risen in Jiangnan, Central Plains. Forgive me for being rude. With the current national strength of Chen State, it is almost impossible to expect the world."

"His Majesty the Great Khan proposed to join forces."

The depressed Chen Dingye raised his eyes and looked at the valiant grassland general. The latter smiled like an eagle and said, "Chen State is now sandwiched between Qin Wuhou and Ying State. The Central Plains to the north belongs to Ying State, and the waterways to the west are all under the command of Qin Wuhou." "Although the territory of Chen State is still large, it is only in the middle."

"Once the two countries have recovered, the situation of His Majesty Emperor Chen may become more difficult. He will no longer be able to carry forward the foundation of his ancestors and occupy the Central Plains. However, our grassland did not participate in the previous three years of war and is still strong and brave."

"We can send troops to help you clean up this area."

"After defeating Ying State, we will give us the two thousand miles of land behind Ying State and the three thousand miles of land bordering the Western Regions and the grasslands. The rest of the vast Central Plains, which is nearly twice the current territory of Chen State, will be yours."

"You just need to open the checkpoints and let our Iron Cavalry Chamber of Commerce enter the Central Plains. The Khan is willing to share this world with you!"

"I am even willing to marry you and become blood relatives."

Chen Dingye's eyes seemed to be filled with alcohol. He looked at the young general of the grassland royal family and said, "Will you help me send troops?"

Sapalmu said: "Yes."

Chen Dingye asked: "To help me?"

Sapalmu said: "Our Great Khan knows the grudge between you and Qin Wuhou of Jiangnan. When the Qilin grows up, it will definitely bite your throat off. And now, after the death of the Wolf King, the State of Chen can no longer compete with him."

"Your Majesty the Great Khan is a friend."

"I am willing to share your worries. After we conquer the world, you will occupy two-thirds and we will occupy one-third. Let the children of our two families marry each other and become as close as a family in the future. The whole world will be the bloodline of our Golden Family."

Chen Dingye asked: "Will you help me kill Li Guanyi?"

Saparmu said humbly: "Yes, Your Majesty the Great Khan, I am even willing to personally lead the Iron Pagoda to conquer Jiangnan."

Chen Dingye looked at the file he had presented and saw the woman from the royal family of Chen State whom he hoped to marry. His cloudy eyes saw a familiar name -

[The Thirteenth Khan is willing to marry Xue Shuangtao as his concubine]

Xue Shuangtao.

Chen Dingye thought of the girl from the Xue family, who was nineteen years old this year, in charge of Changfeng Tower, and was becoming more and more beautiful. She also had an unspeakable relationship with Li Wanli's son Li Guanyi.

Marry this woman to the grassland.

I will definitely be able to take severe revenge on Li Guanyi.

There is also the Iron Pagoda and the second most powerful general in the world who are going to attack Jiangnan. The Qilin Army has only experienced a long war and will certainly not be able to withstand such a battle. Even if they are not defeated in the war, their logistics will be dragged down and their entire force will be destroyed.

This is a good hope for revenge, and a hint of change flashed in Chen Dingye's turbid eyes.

He wore loose clothes, drank wine, and said, "You want me to open the city gates and let you enter my country?"

"Yes."

Chen Dingye asked, "You want me to allow you to station troops and cavalry in my country of Great Chen?"

Sapalmu said humbly: "This is also to fight against Qin Wuhou."

Chen Dingye asked, "You also want me to use the land in the south to provide you with logistics and military rations?"

Sapalmu said: "Yes."

He was very confident, because according to the Great Khan and others' speculation, the State of Chen was now like a giant whose blood had been drained, with blood and strength constantly flowing out of the wound little by little, and in the end, the only outcome would be exhaustion of strength and death.

If the State of Chen does not want to decline bit by bit within ten years until all four sides collapse and perish unwillingly, it would be best to join forces with the Turkic steppes. In that way, the State of Chen can continue to exist, achieve greater achievements than in the past, and have a territory that exceeds that of the past.

Even Chen Dingye could be regarded as the emperor who opened up the largest territory of the Chen Kingdom.

At this moment, Chen Dingye suddenly laughed out loud: "Great, great, great, you help me conquer the world, you help me station troops, you help me get revenge, great, great!"

"If that's the case, what kind of emperor would I be!"

"Won't that make me a 'child emperor'?!"

"Really? I've never heard such a good joke before. It's really suitable for drinking. What a pity, what a pity, there is no more wine."

Sapalmu's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He heard an indescribable feeling from Chen Dingye's laughter. He felt something was wrong. He raised his head and saw ripples in the void. The Dharmakirti with inky blood-red pupils appeared in the palace. In an instant, a cold light flashed.

Sapalmu felt a sharp pain in his neck. A sword of the Emperor of Central Plains cut into his neck. Blood slowly flowed along the sword. Sapalmu's eyes froze and his vision dimmed as he looked at Chen Dingye in front of him.

How can it be!

I came here with the intention of His Majesty the Great Khan.

How dare Chen Dingye kill me? !

How dare he do that?!
How could he refuse...

How could he refuse the opportunity to seek revenge, gain more territory, and even prolong the reign of the Chen State? Did he not care about the benefits before his death? Did he not care about his reputation after his death?
Chen Dingye held the sword and glanced sideways at Sapalmu. In Sapalmu's eyes, this king who was almost collapsed by the tremendous pressure looked up at him, and there seemed to be a huge shadow behind him.

The inky light flowed and turned into a blood-red, crazy gaze. A huge black Qiongqi Dharma image appeared behind him. It was so huge that it seemed to cover the entire palace. With its eyes lowered and staring at him, Chen Dingye said:

"I, the Great Chen, will never join hands with you, a bunch of grassland barbarians, even if I die. If I die in battle, I will be just the ruler of a fallen country. But if that happens, I will let you enter the pass."

"How am I going to cope with this for thousands of years?"

Sapalmu grabbed the sword and said unwillingly: "You, your country will be destroyed, you will lose, and your life will be bitten off by the Qilin!!! If you kill me, the Great Khan's army will also come to attack your Chen Kingdom!!!"

"Even if you refuse, the Great Khan will come and kill you!"

Chen Dingye looked at him indifferently and said, "I understand."

"The Khan of the Grassland? Let him come."

"And Li Guanyi..."

"Between him and me, either he kills me or I kill him."

"I can't kill him, but if I want to take Chen Dingye's life, I have to pay a price. You foreigners on the grassland don't understand the principles of the Central Plains king. Even if you are incompetent and unjust, you can't fall to the point of opening the door to foreigners."

"Even if I am a disgrace, I cannot be a puppet emperor."

Chen Dingye drew his sword, and the throat of the grassland warrior was cut. Blood spilled on the sword tip and fell into half a bowl of wine. The clear wine was instantly stained with blood, and a fierce aura surged.

Under the gaze of the grassland warriors, Emperor Chen picked up the bowl of wine and walked barefoot:

"I'll cut off your head."

"But who can chop off my beautiful head... who can chop it off!"

After drinking the bowl of blood wine, Chen Dingye laughed wildly. Saparmu was terrified. Chen Dingye drew his sword alone and cut off Saparmu's head as a return gift to the Great Khan of the grassland.

When the second envoy of the Great Khan arrived in anger, he saw that His Majesty of the Chen State had cut off Saparmu's thigh, took a large piece of bone to make a pipa, and played it with a hollow and cold sound. His white hair was flying and Qiongqi was roaring.

All the ministers and officials looked back at the Great Khan's envoy. It was as if they were under the influence of a vicious tiger and surrounded by thousands of minions. Their eyes were deep and cold, which made people feel cold.

Chen Dingye, with white hair, played the pipa, and his voice was desolate, hollow and cold, becoming an indelible shadow in the heart of the famous grassland general.

There is no way out.

Da Chen would not surrender, nor would it become the entrance for foreign invasion. With no way out, the changed Chen Dingye put down the bone pick in his hand and looked at the sky in the distance.

"If you want my head, come here, Li Guanyi."

"You took my head."

"Or am I the one dragging down your unrealistic dream."

The crazy, threatening, and dangerous Emperor Chen sent gifts to Jiangnan.

Before Li Guanyi led his people back to Jiangnan, he went to return the grain to the villagers who had borrowed it. The old man still gave him food to entertain him and asked curiously, "If you win the battle, will this place belong to Jiangnan?"

"Yes."

The old man stroked his beard and asked in confusion: "What country are we from?"

While Feng Xiao was drinking, Li Guanyi smiled and replied, "That, I don't know yet."

The old man said, "It's not important. Anyway, we don't have to pay so much tax like before, right? We can also get the same treatment as those in Jiangnan, right?"

He talked about kings, princes, generals and so on, but there was no spirit in it.

But when it comes to taxes, there is light in his eyes because he no longer has to pay those taxes that are too numerous to recognize. Li Guanyi nodded seriously and said, "Yes."

"The things have been given to us, and we are leaving now."

"The main force of the Qilin Army will return to the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan."

"Ah, then can't you eat something? Well, I've prepared everything. Just take these things with you when you go and eat them on the way." The old man took out some baked steamed buns, which were golden and crunchy when bitten. Li Guanyi originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw the baked buns like this, he stayed for some reason.

The old man sent them to the entrance of the village, and leaning on his cane, he sighed: "The Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan are really great. One day, I, an old man, also want to go to the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan and see the Qin Wuhou."

"I wonder if it's like the rumors say, a big man with a horse running on his shoulders."

Li Guanyi asked: "What do you think Qin Wuhou is like?"

The old man asked, “How should I know?”

"However, most of the rumors are not credible. I think he should have black hair, straight and straight, and look young. He should be a normal person, right?"

Li Guanyi looked at the old man and said:
"You are right, he is just like that."

As the old man said that he must come back, the two of them walked away. Feng Xiao said:

"My Lord, do you think he is right?"

Li Guanyi glanced at the drunken strategist and said, "Isn't that right?"

Feng Xiao fell into deep thought.

"Ah, this, is this right? This is not right?"

Regardless of the scholar secretly drinking while he was thinking, Li Guanyi had already galloped away on his horse.

"I'm back!"

"Ah, my lord, wait a moment, wait for my wine!"

When I return to Jiangnan——

Nine tripods should be cast.

(End of this chapter)