As for Lu Xun, Qin Wuzhou folded the letter and sneered, his good days will come to an end in a few days, Qin Wuzhou is waiting for the day when that person falls from the pinnacle of Qin's power to come as soon as possible.

At dawn, Qin's raiding army completely retreated, and countless Chu soldiers cheered and jumped on the tower, and their morale had never been as high as it is now.

Those were brave soldiers of the Qin State, and the old soldiers guarding the city burst into tears. They finally waited for a wise king like the old King Chu, and the young soldiers were cheering heartily for the victory.

Chu Qing's face became paler, he forced himself to leave the city tower, and got on the carriage back to the palace amidst the cheers of countless people.

In the Palace of Qinzheng, the generals were all red. They happily looked at Chu Qing who was sitting on the chief seat. Some wanted to say a few words to the Fourth Prince, but they were worried whether they would offend too much.

The ministers who surrendered before lowered their heads one after another. Some of them were in the rear, busy with logistics support matters, and some were simply forced to stand behind the city gate by Chu Qing. They witnessed with their own eyes how the state of Chu was led by Chu Qing. Next, win the first defense battle.

I also witnessed the passionate atmosphere and feelings of countless people fighting for a common goal.

Some officials look back on the ups and downs of their officialdom in the past few decades, and this battle seems to have aroused their sense of belonging as Chu people.

Some officials are still stubborn.

Some officials looked at Chu Qing with fanaticism and admiration.

……

Chu Qing watched the changes in Qinzheng Hall sleepily, and he said to the crowd: "Today is just the beginning, in the next few days, we still need to work hard all of you, all of you stayed up all night, go back and rest first."

The officials dispersed one after another, but Prime Minister Bian did not leave. He stood where he was, watching Chu Qing propping his head on his hands, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Bianxiang," Chu Qing tried his best to adjust his state, he asked, "what else?"

"Fourth prince," Xiang Bian paused, with many emotions hidden in his eyes, he looked at Chu Qing who was sitting on the throne, but only said for a long time, "Take care of your body."

Chu Qing also wanted to take a good rest, but the current situation was so tense, he had no choice at all, he had no way to cure the remaining toxins, the previous injuries were easy to heal, but they needed time to warm up slowly, what he lacked most now was It's time, we can only wait for this matter to pass before we talk about it.

"I see, thank you Bian for your concern, Bian also remember to take care of your body," Chu Qing stood up, and said as he walked, "Let's go, it's not bright yet, go to sleep for a while."

After watching Prime Minister Bian leave the palace, Chu Qing returned to the bedroom and almost fell asleep.

This sleep was not stable, Chu Qing had a dream, in the dream Qin Wuzhou seemed to have changed, became cruel and irritable, when he looked at himself, he was full of hatred...

When Chu woke up, he had lingering fears in his heart. He thought that the dream must be the Qin Wuzhou of the previous life, and the Qin Wuzhou of this life would definitely not be like this.

Qin Wuzhou was sitting in the tent, and Qin Qi was reporting to him.

"The Qin State's affairs are running as usual, my lord, Lu Xun's influence in the court cannot be underestimated." When Qin Qi reported, his tone was extremely serious.

"Before Lu Xun left, he issued a military order to capture Jianyang City within five days. Otherwise, the King of Qin would not let go and give him a hundred thousand soldiers to take the risk." Qin Wuzhou frowned slightly, "If there is no accident, within five days, Lu Xun will definitely take the risk." Do not leave Jianyang City."

"But after five days, Lu Xun will definitely not be reconciled. If he doesn't get any benefits in Chu State and returns to Qin State in despair, then Lu Xun's power in the court will definitely plummet." Qin Qi continued. .

"Within five days, Lu Xun will definitely launch a strong attack." Qin Wuzhou looked at the place opposite to Jianyang City worriedly, and asked, "How about the Qin-Chu border?"

"General Chu Jin regained control of the situation. He got the edict and tiger charm of the new King of Chu. General Jin has been famous for a long time. He is a well-deserved famous general. He is very vigorous and decisive. The border of Chu State has formed a solid line of defense in a very short period of time. "Qin Qi relayed the content of the intelligence to Qin Wuzhou, "Moreover, General Jin is rushing to Jianyang City with his troops."

"We still have seven days." Qin Wuzhou looked solemn, "That is to say, within seven days, the troops must be withdrawn."

Qin Qi nodded, and continued: "Your Majesty is right, otherwise, seven days later, when General Jin rushes to the city of Jianyang with his own soldiers, our food will be in short supply. We're going to be desperate."

There were bursts of shouts outside the barracks.

Qin Qijian and Qin Wuzhou looked confused, and took the initiative to explain: "Lu Xiang is preparing his troops and preparing to formally attack the city tomorrow."

Qin Wuzhou shifted his attention away from Lu Xun. Compared with the battlefield in front of him, he cared more about the power of Qin State: "How is King Qin's health?"

"Returning to the lord, King Qin's health is getting worse day by day. There is news from the dark thread, I am afraid it won't last long. The dark thread estimates that King Qin will die within two months." Qin Qi replied.

"Forty percent of the guards in King Qin's palace are ours," Qin Wuzhou calculated, "If King Qin passes on the throne to me, there is no need to talk about the situation in the palace."

"If the king of Chu leaves the throne to..." Qin Qi answered tentatively.

Violence suddenly appeared in Qin Wuzhou's eyes: "Take it back."

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Although the Chu army won the Qin army's late-night raid, a series of problems were exposed. Chu Qing saw it, including but not limited to the cumbersome and inefficient way of message transmission, and the fact that some people were involved in the deployment of military supplies. Full of private pockets, courtiers in important positions have different intentions, the treasury is extremely empty, and military supplies are scarce...

Chu Qing was so busy these two days that his feet never touched the ground. What made his teeth itch was that after he ordered all the officials to go to the front line and witness how the soldiers of Chu State defended their homes and the country with their own eyes, there were still some people who wanted to treason the country .

When the guards escorted the two ministers to Chu Qing, Chu Qing was still discussing with the ministers how to defend against the enemy.

"Your Highness Fourth Prince, just now Commander Wu captured two officials who were trying to leave Jianyang and join the enemy army." The soldiers in charge of escort saluted Chu Qing.

Chu Qing put down the pen in his hand, stood up straight, and looked at the two kneeling on the ground. He vaguely remembered that the two stood in the Palace of Qinzheng on the night of the Qin army's attack, and there seemed to be remorse in their eyes.

The other has been working hard in the logistics position.

"why?"

"Fourth prince, you are so high above us that you have never experienced our hardships." One of the officials said miserably, "The salaries issued by the officials of Chu State cannot support us to live decently at all, and others have the opportunity to earn official positions. Some oil and water, the only pain in my position, I am also desperate."

The other was silent.

"What do you mean by living with dignity? You still want to live with dignity if you don't have a country?" Chu Qing didn't want to say anything more to him, he turned his head and said to the guards escorting him, "Take them directly to the military camp and behead them for public display. "

After the soldiers in charge of the escort saluted and retreated, Chu Qing turned around. He was just about to continue with the officials, but he keenly sensed a bit of sadness in them.

Chu Qing was not in a hurry to continue the preparations for the war, he suddenly asked, "Why did they die?"

The officials looked at each other, and after a while, one person replied, "Because of treason."

"No, because I need their lives to suppress the restless military spirit." Chu Qing replied with an inexplicable smile, "That's what you think in your heart, right?"

"To be honest, I don't really want the throne. If it wasn't for me being the only prince left in the Chu Kingdom, and the king of Chu passed the throne to me, I would have stayed away from this place long ago." Chu Qing said without any scruples , "If any of you disagree, I will give up the throne now."

The courtiers in the Palace of Qinzheng have witnessed Chu Qing's talent and hard work these days. In all fairness, no one does not admire Chu Qing, not only because he is decisive and ruthless in dealing with things, but also because he Let his followers see hope and know the direction clearly.

It is precisely because of this that even though everyone knows that you are not joking, when Chu Qing said this, no one made a sound, because everyone knew that changing this seat to anyone would be like a punishment. Human beings feel extreme pain all the time.

"I chose to kill them, not for others, but for you who are doing for the state of Chu." Although Chu Qing's face was extremely pale, there seemed to be starlight in his eyes, "When the king of Chu first opened up the territory, all of you Most of them made great achievements at that time."

"Even if you didn't participate, you have served the Chu State for more than ten years, some even for more than twenty years. Half your life's hard work and dedication have been poured into this country. For the common people, who will be their king has a lot to say. People don't care, as long as they have a stutter and can survive, they will be satisfied."

"But for you, this is the value of half or even most of your life, the meaning of being alive," Chu Qing looked at every official in the Palace of Qinzheng, who seemed to have gradually come to his senses, and he continued, "Those People who surrender to the enemy and treason, the first to betray is not me, but you colleagues."

"Don't you hate it?"

All the courtiers present couldn't control it, and began to think deeply, for nothing else, what they said clearly, every sentence hit what they cared most deeply in their hearts, as an official, no one cares about the name before and after, What's more, they have experienced the glorious generation of the pre-Chu kings.

Chu Qing's words could easily bring back memories of the past, the more they reminisced about the past, the more they cared about what they had done in Chu State, the more they would hate those traitors under Chu Qing's guidance.

Chu Qing smiled softly. He knew that some things needed to be said more seriously, but some things should be said as soon as possible. The depravity of these officials did not happen overnight. Generally speaking, it is almost impossible to love the state of Chu.

But it is quite easy for them to hate those who have betrayed them, and hatred lasts much longer than love.

After the deliberations in the Palace of Qinzheng ended, all the officials dispersed one after another, and adjusted and revised the plan according to the questions raised by Chu Qing.

Chu Qing was not in a hurry to go back to the bedroom to rest, he took out the jade flute that Qin Wuzhou had given him from his sleeve, and a melodious low voice came out from the Qinzheng Hall.

Bian Miao just wanted to step into the palace, but the longing that could not be hidden in the music made him stop and stay where he was. Bian Miao is good at understanding people and has insight into the details. He knows very well that the person who is missing is not someone else. , is the current commander of the Qin army, the sixth prince Qin Wuzhou.

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