Chapter 180: Let your hero die well (Part 2)

September 15, 16th year

Wu and Shu fought for three months, and during these three months, both sides suffered losses.

However, over time, the cheap use of firearms and long-term logistical pressure made the Wu and Chu army feel unbearable.

King of Wu Palace. Bedroom

Suddenly, King Wei Yue of Wu sat up suddenly, his eyes wide open, and his heart was confused. After a while, he woke up and found that he was still on the bed. When he touched his body, he was covered in cold sweat.

But he woke up from a nightmare. In the dream, after he was defeated by Wang Hongyi, he was not only wiped out, but also died in a foreign land. The real dream made him still afraid after waking up.

"Come here! I want to take a bath!" He shouted outside, and Wei Yue lay down flat.

He was the only one on the gorgeous and spacious bed.

In the past, one or two beautiful maids would be summoned to accompany you to bed, but in the past two days, he had a nightmare almost every night. Yesterday he just strangled one to death, but today he simply stopped summoning someone to bed.

After all, strangling the maid is not a glorious thing.

After some movement, several night-vigil palace maids rushed to serve. After hearing the order, they went to prepare bath water.

After a while, the big steaming wooden barrel was carried into the outside room.

"Your Majesty, you have prepared hot water." A maid walked to the bedroom door and said softly.

"Yeah." He snorted softly, and Wei Yue walked out from inside with only his inner clothes.

Several young and beautiful maids served him gently and took off his clothes. Wei Yue stepped into the huge wooden barrel, slowly closed his eyes in the hot water with Ningshen herbs floating, and sighed comfortably.

"You guys go down first. I won't let you in, so I will wait outside first."

"No." The little hand that was gently wiping behind her back paused, and several maids obediently retreated and closed the door.

Leaning against the edge of the wooden barrel, Wei Yue closed his eyes and recalled the nightmare that had been in the past two days.

Because he has seen many martial arts warriors and has monks assisted him in the tent, Wei Yue understood some things in the dark.

The dreams he had for several nights made him feel uneasy.

Soaked in hot water, the tight muscles slowly relaxed, but there was always a knot in my heart.

"We must do our best to respect the destiny of heaven, otherwise what should we do?" Wei Yue thought this way. Half an hour later, several palace maids either knelt or stood and hurriedly put on clothes for Wei Yue.

After changing his clothes, he stepped out of the room he lived in.

"According to yesterday's dishes, I will deliver the meal to the study room. I will have breakfast in front of me today." Turning around and giving instructions to the eunuch who came out, Wei Yue started and walked forward.

The residence of King Wu in Jiangling was a large private house. It was originally a manor in Zheng Pingyuan. While offering Jiangling, he also presented the manor in Jiangling County. Because it was elegant and spacious, after entering Jiangling, the King of Wu and his confidants lived here.

At the end is his residence, which is very vigilant. The middle position is the office, and at the front is the residence of his confidants and staff.

As soon as he walked out of his courtyard, he had already prepared a carriage, but Wei Yue waved his hand and refused: "I will not ride a carriage today."

He was unhappy these two days. Even his confidant did not dare to say anything at this time. So he just ordered people to carry the carriage far behind, and at the same time, several personal soldiers followed him, faintly showing a protective posture.

Outside the large study room is a huge room with several tables, which is the place for staff.

Walking inward, there is a small study room, which is exquisitely and elegantly arranged. This is the study room of King Wu.

This is naturally not the case in the palace. Now it is the time when the two armies are fighting for a long time. In order to prevent delays in the fighter, some rules in the palace must be ignored.

It was already eight o'clock in the morning, and the staff and civil servants were busy.

Suddenly someone shouted outside: "His Royal Highness of Wu is here--"

Everyone fell to the ground and shouted: "Greetings to the king, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years, two years, two years, two years, two years, two years, two years, two years, all of them fell to the ground, and all of them were shouted: "Wish you, the king, thousands of years, thousands of years, thousands of years!"

A man walked in from outside, wearing casual clothes, looking refreshed, but there was a hint of anxiety between his eyebrows and eyes.

"Get up." Wei Yue looked at the people in front of him and said lightly.

"Thank you!" Everyone stood up carefully, but did not dare to say anything more.

After glanced at everyone, Wei Yue entered.

After a while, an eunuch came out to pronounce: "Mr. Ge Cunyi, Lord Ge, the Lord Xuan, you go in and reply, and follow me!"

As a sixth-rank official, Ge Cunyi's civil servant was employed in the center and often dealt with trivial matters on weekdays. He was summoned by Wei Yue twice, so he was not very panicked. He sorted out his clothes and followed the eunuch in.

There is a straight corridor between the large study room and the small study room. In the corridor, more than a dozen personal soldiers stood there motionless.

The eunuch led the way in front, without saying a word. After a brief silence, the eunuch was outside the door of the small study and reported to the people inside.

Soon a voice came from inside: "Let him in."

"Mr. Ge, go in." The eunuch said with a smile.

He bowed to the other party, and Ge Cunyi pushed the door and entered.

"My minister, Ge Cunyi, I have met the lord." As a minister, he always keeps etiquette. Even though he had already given a tribute once just now, Ge Cunyi still bowed and bowed again after being summoned alone.

"Ge Qing, I summoned you this time to ask you something." Wei Yue stood up in the room, and went back and forth, obviously not in a good mood: "You have Qian Shaoming, who followed you back to Jinling with you last time, do you have any news about him?"

Although Qian Shaoming was a little man, no news was heard back for so long, and it happened that Wei Yue was very concerned about it.

Unexpectedly, the King of Wu summoned him specifically and asked about such a small person. Ge Cunyi's forehead suddenly became sweating.

He never thought about paying attention to a wise man. He was just a commoner, and had no background or talent. He just used the so-called lookout to fool the lowly person of the superiors. Why did the King of Wu suddenly ask about this person?

Thinking of this, Ge Cunyi answered truthfully: "Qi lord, Qian Shaoming has never contacted me again since he got off the ship."

"So he hasn't come back on a boat with you?" Wei Yue's brows became tighter and tighter.

After a moment of silence, he waved his hand to order Ge Cunyi to go on.

After a while, the eunuch came out again and came to the large study outside.

However, this time, he came to call someone else.

"Chief Cheng, it turns out that you are here, so you have saved me from running away. The Lord asked you to go in and reply, and let me go with me." Chief Cheng, who had just come in from outside and was about to ask for a meeting, immediately followed him when he heard this.

This censor is not an official position in the Censorate, but a "Embroidered Censor"

Wearing clothes, holding talismans, using military law, "Embroidering clothes and censors", are actually intelligence organizations, and the nature of the Thirteenth Division is exactly the same.

Still walking through the corridor and facing the "Embroidered Censor" who was in power, the eunuch said a few words in the middle, reminding him in a vague way that His Highness the King of Wu was in a bad mood and asked the other party to deal with it carefully.

Censor Cheng nodded, without saying anything, but without neglecting it. Although this eunuch had no real power, he could not offend him.

After receiving the permission of the King of Wu, Censor Cheng stepped inside and bowed to the ground and kowtowed: "I have met the lord."

"Love your good friend, don't give me a favor, and be calm." Wei Yue's tone was much more relaxed than before, and he said gently.

"Thank you lord."

"My dear come so quickly, but if you have something to come to see me?"

The Censor Cheng and the Embroidered Clothes Organization were huge in Wu, but it was still emerging in Jingzhou.

"You have reported to you, lord, I have received an emergency information. Come and report it to you." Censor Cheng bowed his hand and said.

"Oh?" Wei Yue's face remained unchanged, but his eyes narrowed: "What information is it?"

"promise."

Censor Cheng told Wei Yue all the news he had just obtained.

"Lord, according to the information about my spy, Shangyong, Xiangyang, Nanyang and other counties have been organized into troops. Including the Shu soldiers brought by the Shu Lord, the total force has reached more than 100,000. Now they are stepping up the issuance of military equipment, and they are in a state of gathering troops to attack Jiangling by land."

The mobilization of the 100,000 troops of the Shu army will never be small, and it cannot be concealed. In fact, it was heard by the Wu army not long ago, and now it is just a positive description.

A large army of 100,000 is definitely not 10,000. This matter has an almost absolute impact on the situation of the war.

After hearing this, Wei Yue remained silent and walked in the room. At this time, a gust of wind blew in the yard, and there was a faint autumn cold.

Amid the wind, Wei Yue broke the silence: "Have you checked this repeatedly?"

"How dare I be careless about this big matter?" Cheng said with a bowing voice: "There are 100,000 troops in each county, and the movement is really great. The news I received has been repeatedly checked."

"Lord, although our army has the upper hand, from the perspective of land alone, 100,000 Shu troops are in a dilemma, and I am afraid that the situation of the war will change suddenly..." Cheng Jingshi could not say anything later.

He was the "Embroidered Censor" rather than a court official who advised him. Since ancient times, intelligence personnel have always been a taboo in interfering in political affairs. After saying this half of the sentence, the face of the King of Wu in front of him had already sunk, which made him quickly shut up.

"What do you think of such panic?" Wei Yue shouted angrily.

After shouting angrily, he calmed down: "I already know this. You don't have to panic and continue to spy on military information!"

"It's my fault that I have lost my composure." Cheng Jingshi immediately leaned over and said.

He let out a sigh and asked again. Seeing that the other party had nothing else to do, Wei Yue waved his hand and ordered him to retreat.

He called the eunuch in and ordered: "Go and prepare paper and ink for me."

Wei Yue wanted to immediately write a letter to Zheng Pingyuan and summon him to come here as soon as possible to plan a war with him. The current situation is no longer the situation I imagined.

Jiangling City is now lost and the pivot is lost. It is defended. Now 20,000 Wu troops are transported to defend the city, but it is difficult to defeat the 100,000 army, especially the other party has a powerful weapon to attack the city.

This feels like a quagmire.

The eunuch did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly went to the table beside to spread the paper, and then started grinding the ink skillfully.

Wei Yue pondered the words and quickly wrote the secret letter.

After sealing the seal, a guard came in and ordered him to quickly send the letter and present it to Zheng Pingyuan with his own hands.

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Chapter completed!