Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 155 The story behind the war [Second update, please subscribe]

The Qu family was a feudal lord in the Chu country, and their fiefdom was in "Qu", so calling Qu Leng "Qu Jun" was not an exaggeration.

Chen Shen stood there, with a calm and hidden sharpness in his expression when he got off the carriage. He was not arrogant, but standing there made people feel that he was a "noble man".

Qu Leng stepped forward and walked to Chen Shen's side, showing the same humility, even if he knew what Chen Shen was here for this time.

The more powerful a person is, the more humble he will be when meeting someone.

This is the norm.

Chen Shen said with a smile: "I've taken the liberty to visit you. Qu Jun is not surprised at all, but Shen is already happy. How can I bother Qu Jun to wait outside?"

Qu Leng smiled as he welcomed the person into the mansion, and also said with a smile in his tone: "When Wen An is here, if I don't come out to greet you, it will seem like I have lost my etiquette."

"I know why Mr. Wen An came here. We will explain in detail when Mr. Wen An comes in."

The wind outside the house was very strong, and some blood spilled on the road. Someone quickly cleaned it up.

It was very warm inside the house. The south is already damp and cold, especially at this age, so the stove was burning in Qu's house from morning to night, and the firewood burning in the stove was not ordinary firewood.

A bit of fragrance wafted out from the stove. Chen Shen took a slight sniff and couldn't help but sigh: "I have only seen this kind of firewood in the palace of King Qin. It is called "Jiuxiang wood". When the wood burns, it will emit a faint fragrance. The fragrance is tangy but not pungent, which is a rare treasure."

"The state of Chu is indeed rich, and the Qu family is indeed rich, and they are able to keep warm with this wood."

While pouring tea for Chen Shen, Qu Leng laughed and said, "Jun Wen An is overly praised, it's just some wood."

The flames burning in the stove burned all the "Jiuxiang wood" and "Silk silk". In the houses of the three wealthy families in Chu State, all the heating items were "Silk silk" plus the "Jiuxiang wood" , the two are mixed together to produce the least ash and smoke, which is almost negligible.

Even the pyrotechnics generated are like curls of green smoke, with a slight charm.

"Leng can guess a little bit about what Lord Wen An did when he came here, but he doesn't know what Lord An Wen can give to the Chu State?"

Chen Shen looked at Qu Leng, who went straight to the point when he first came up, and said: "When Qin wins this war, all the Chu cities occupied by Wei will be returned to Chu, and the ceded territory of Wei itself will be returned to Chu." Qin is willing to occupy only 40% of the city."

Qu Leng remained silent for a moment without knowing whether it was true or not.

But Chen Shen said: "This is what Qin can give to Chu."

"The next thing Qin can give to the Qu family."

He looked at Qu Leng with a smile, and Qu Leng also raised his head. The two looked at each other, and Chen Shen continued: "The State of Qin is willing to give up one of the original Chu State's cities it occupied to the Qu family."

Qu Leng raised his head slightly and looked at Chen Shen. Before he could speak, Chen Shen said again: "In addition, I will also give you another city next to this city, Qu Jun."

These are three gifts, given to three different objects.

"Chu", "Qu's" and "Qu Leng".

The smile on Qu Leng's lips spread. He looked at Chen Shen and shook his head slightly: "Wen Anjun, Wen Anjun, I have long heard that Wen Anjun is a great talent in the world. He even followed Shang Jun, Su Zi, I studied with Zhang Zi, and today I saw the power of Wen Anjun."

He just asked: "But if these two cities were given to the Qu family without going through the Chu State, how would the Qu family get them?"

Qu Leng did not mention himself, only Qu's family.

Chen Shen also smiled lightly: "These two cities belong to the Qu family, don't they?"

"And Qin is also willing to pay a certain price for these two cities, such as buying them with a lot of money."

"I have already brought the money. If Qu and Qu Jun feel it is not enough, they can add more."

Property, gold and silver, has always been an invincible weapon. Even if the Qin State wanted to give gold and silver to the Qu family and Qu Leng, it had to find a suitable excuse, and the city was a suitable excuse.

An excuse that makes it less embarrassing for both parties.

Qu Leng asked again: "After the cities are returned to the Chu State, the King of Chu may not necessarily want these three cities, but may also give them to the Qin State. Does the Qin State have any ideas to "purchase them back"?"

This is a test.

Chen Shen nodded immediately: "Of course."

He smiled and said a number: "This is the money that the State of Qin can provide. No matter how much the King of Chu asks for, Qin State will provide this money."

Chen Shen's tone was sincere: "Of course, Shen's health is not good, but when the rest of the Qin officials came to Chu, Shen and the king did not trust them, so they wanted to pass Qu Jun, Jing Jun, and Zhaojun The three powers will hand over this property to the King of Chu."

"And this time, Shen will only talk to Qu Jun about the price of purchasing the "City of Chu Kingdom in the Kingdom of Wei"."

The meaning expressed in the words is very obvious. There are only so many properties. I will only tell you the price. As for what you can talk about with the King of Chu, that is your ability. If you have more, you will be jealous. If you have less, we will definitely repair.

And if you feel that you are not good enough, then you can bring the other two lords together to discuss it. As for how much you want to share with the other two lords, that is also your ability.

A smile appeared on Qu Leng's lips. He looked at Chen Shen. The smile on his face and in his eyes were much more sincere than before.

He said with emotion again: "With Lord Wen'an in Qin, we can indeed bring peace to the country!"

Qu Leng looked at Chen Shen and said, "Leng will agree to this matter. Wen'an can go to see the king with peace of mind. The king will definitely agree."

He smiled slightly: "As for the other two lords, Wen'an-Jun doesn't have to worry. The Qu family will hold a banquet in three days, but I don't know if Wen'an-Jun will have time to come and participate?"

Chen Shen nodded naturally: "Qu Jun invites you, how can Shen not have time?"

"Let it be settled as such."

In the spring of the seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang, the Battle of Pingdu began.

In the beginning, the war was all about testing the opponent carefully, and then it became a full-scale battle, and no one was spared.

In the spring of the 17th year of King Zhaoxiang, Chu boldly announced that it would join the war between Qin and the Three Jin Dynasties. General Xiang Yan of Chu led nearly 150,000 troops to attack Wei, hoping to "encircle Wei and save Qin". ", and Wei Wuji, the prince of Wei who was far away in Pingdu, had to allocate part of his troops to protect Wei as Xiang Yan had guessed.

The Han and Zhao coalitions didn't say anything about this. This time the Three Kingdoms Alliance was supposed to advance and retreat together. Attacking one of them would naturally be no different from attacking the other two.

Wei Wuji, as the person with the highest status in South Korea, Zhao and Wei in this war, naturally cannot leave easily, even if his country is attacked.

So, Zhao She led 100,000 people to Wei to besiege Chu.

A defense of 100,000 people would be impossible to defeat without three times the number of troops.

But when Xiang Yan of the Chu State arrived near the Wei State, he did not immediately launch an attack. He just ordered the army to camp on the spot. This was the request of the State of Qin and the request of the King of Chu. Xiang Yan himself also knew that these 150,000 He needs to bring back all the troops and horses with their beards and tails intact. Although Zhao She, who was guarding the city, was anxious, he did not dare to walk out of the city gate easily.

Because once they leave the city and there is no city defense, they are completely equal, even to a certain extent, because the army he brought is mixed with the forces of the Three Kingdoms, and the cooperation is not even as cooperative as Xiang Yan's troops. Reliable.

He may not be able to beat it.

This is a very real problem.

The seventeenth year of King Zhaoxiang passed almost instantly. People in Xianyang City were worried about the war on the border, but the nobles were still enjoying themselves.

But their life is not easy either.

Since the return of Chen Zhao in the 16th year of King Zhaoxiang, the laws of Xianyang City have been clarified, and almost no nobles dare to violate the laws of Qin anymore.

At the beginning, some people felt that the Chen family had declined, and Chen Zhao would not dare to deal with him. After all, his status was very noble.

After he violated Qin's laws, he was arrested by Chen Zhaozhu's men in just half an hour because he did not hide his identity and evil deeds at all, he committed evil on the street, and after doing evil, he went to the wine shop with great arrogance.

When he was caught, all the civil and military officials in the court, except for a few people, begged for mercy.

Even Qin King Ying Ji was a little worried and wanted Chen Zhao not to deal with this person so quickly and not to punish him so quickly because this person was Ying Ji's favorite youngest son.

Now Yingji is directing the battle on the front line. Wouldn't it be chilling if he killed his child at this time?

Of course, what Ying Ji is worried about is not that Ying Ji will be disappointed, but that he is afraid that Ying Ji will give Qin a hard blow at this critical moment and bring some of Qin's soldiers to surrender, which will have a negative impact on Qin. A devastating blow.

In Sikou's mansion, there was an endless stream of people coming, either to beg for mercy or to deliver invitations to their "lord".

The person who sent the invitation was also very simple. It was the child who wanted to keep Yingji.

Chen Zhao was sitting quietly in the mansion, with an incomprehensible expression on his face. I don't know what he was thinking about. Next to him stood a small child, about eight or nine years old, who was his eldest son, Chen Su.

Chen Su looked at the invitations on the table and said with a smile, "What does father want to do now?"

The smile on his face remained unchanged, unlike that of a child.

Chen Zhao looked at his young and mature son, just shook his head and said with a smile: "Qin Law is like this, what can I do? I just do it according to Qin Law!"

Chen Su raised his eyebrows and looked like a young man: "Isn't father worried about General Yingji's surrender and rebellion?"

Chen Zhao sighed lightly: "I'm worried, but I can't worry."

"This matter is not that simple. This is a test by the old nobles. They want to test whether Qin Lu's dignity can really not be trampled on at any time."

"It's also a severe blow to Chen."

There was a sneer on Chen Zhao's lips: "Ms. Chen, it's not a matter of judgment now, it's not a matter of not judging."

"It's a simple truth."

"What did your eldest father do before? He knew that some of Wei Ran and Zha Sheng's actions were instigated by the king, but in order to "fight back", he ignored the king at all and dealt with Zha Sheng and Wei Ran in accordance with Qin law. "

"And now, if we had not killed Ying Ji's son because we wanted to safeguard Qin Lu's dignity, would you believe it? One day later, there would be rumors in Xianyang City that Chen didn't really want to safeguard Qin Lu's dignity. I just don’t like King Qin.”

"But if we kill Ying Ji's son, we will make Ying Ji worse."

"Ying Ji has made a great contribution at this time. After he returns, he will definitely be able to become a king, and even temporarily take charge of the position of Taiwei. After all, his health will only last for the past two years."

"They want to provoke a fight between Chen and Yingji."

Chen Zhao sighed and closed his eyes. This plan was vicious, but Chen didn't have any solution because it was an unsolvable conspiracy.

No matter what Chen does, he will offend someone among them.

In "Peach Blossom Spring".

Chen Zhan, Chen Ye and his son were sitting there. Chen Ye smacked his lips: "How can this kid Chen Su be so smart?"

Chen Zhan said somewhat out of the blue, "Father, this boy Chen Su is not just smart."

He curled his lips and said, "This kid has liked to set traps for me since I was a child. I have stepped into his traps several times. If I hadn't been in the military for many years and had more experience, I might have been tricked by this kid!"

Chen Ye looked at Chen Su with a kind smile on his face.

With Sun like this, the next generation of the Chen family will have no worries.

Pingdu front line.

Ying Ji, who was sitting in the tent, slowly closed his eyes. In fact, he already knew the news about what happened in Xianyang City, so he was hesitating.

He looked in the distance, where the yellow sand was rolling, and countless bones were buried on the battlefield.

Ying Ji remained silent and just looked there indifferently. He held a long sword in his hand, and the sword was trembling slightly. No, it wasn't the sword that was shaking, but Ying Ji's hand that was shaking.

In the smoke battlefield, countless Chinese died in the war.

But his son, the youngest son whom he loved, openly insulted a disabled soldier in Xianyang City, and the soldier still had a title.

Others only saw his son bullying someone, saw the impact of his son's death while he was fighting in the field, and saw everything, but they did not see the identity of the soldier.

They may have seen it, but just not noticed.

Ying Ji no longer worried about his son, no longer angry about those calculations. What made him angry was that when those people calculated, they calculated a "soldier".

He opened his eyes, tears falling from the corners of his eyes.

After wiping away his tears, Ying Ji stood up, walked outside the tent, and ordered the scout to deliver the long sword and a letter from home to Xianyang City.

This is his decision.

Wei Jun's big tent.

Wei Wuji's eyes were sharp. He pointed in a certain direction and said, "The Qin army's weakness lies here!"

PS: It will probably be a little later tomorrow, so I will update two chapters tonight. I asked for leave yesterday, so I won’t have half a day off tomorrow. I’ll have a rest next week, okay?

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