Liu Ling was not angry at Shang Xuan's anger. He just wanted to anger this old man who looked calm and calm. Along the way, Shang Xuan didn't even show any regret or anger at the fact that his entire army was annihilated. He
There was no trace of sadness or helplessness on his face, as if the nearly ten thousand Shannan soldiers who died in the battle had no relationship with him. Liu Ling was a little angry when he saw Shang Xuan's stubbornness. He really didn't know those Shannan soldiers.
Why did the soldiers sacrifice their lives for him?
"Everyone Shang, I have something to ask you."
Liu Ling still asked politely.
Shang Xuan was very angry, but he was indeed a self-proclaimed scholar at heart. Hearing Liu Ling speak like this, he felt a bit proud in his heart. King of Han, don't you want to ask me for advice?
"you say."
He raised his chin and said.
Liu Ling paused for a moment, sorted out the words in his mind and then asked with a smile: "I heard that there is a bet between you three brothers? Use Liuqiu Island as the chessboard, the people of Liuqiu as the flag, and the three parties will hold the pieces.
Fight to win or lose?”
Shang Xuan said proudly: "If you say so, it's not a bad idea."
Liu Ling asked again: "Then let me ask Master Shang, what kind of people are good people in your eyes? And what kind of people are evil people? Is it possible that you, who regard the lives and deaths of the people as a plaything, are you a good person? Or are you?
Are you saying that we think we are superior to others and don’t need to care about the lives of those mountain people who are as contemptible as ants?”
"you!"
Shang Xuan was furious, but he couldn't find any words to fight back. He opened his mouth wide, but he only uttered such a monotonous syllable.
The playful expression on Liu Ling's face gradually faded, and he said solemnly: "It is useless to kill someone alone. After all, the purpose is to save the lives of the people in the world. Even if your hands are stained with thousands of blood, the people respect me from the bottom of their hearts. They respect me.
, What I respect is that I can bring them a stable and comfortable life. But you three brothers are pretentious, think you are superior to others, and use the people as pawns to entertain yourself. If you treat war as a child's play, what qualifications do you have to teach others? You are so self-righteous in criticizing others.
Even though I have shortcomings, I deliberately forget the filth and filthiness in my heart!"
Liu Ling smiled contemptuously: "I stand on the top of the mountain overlooking the prosperous world, and the three of you... are just three inferior reptiles after all. How can a person like you have the right to say that I am a villain?"
Liu Ling looked at Shang Xuan condescendingly and said word by word: "So don't act arrogant in front of me, and don't be self-righteous. Thinking that you are also Mo Zhai while holding the treasure book left by the founder of the Mo family? What a joke! What a waste.
Without the word "Mo Family", how can you have the dignity to claim to be heirs of the Moh Family? If you keep pretending like this, I will cut off your limbs and gouge out your eyes, and then I will cast a stone tablet and tie it to your back to make you kneel forever.
Liuqiu Island!"
Liu Ling's eyes swept over Shang Xuan's face, and Shang Xuan felt as if an unsheathed sword was pressed against his forehead. He knew, he knew, that what Liu Ling said was true. The King of Han could easily kill him
Kill him, and what else does he have besides pretending to be noble? Cut off his limbs, gouge out his eyes, and kneel on Liuqiu Island forever with a stone tablet on his back. Every word is like a knife piercing Shang Xuan's heart. Unknowingly,
He was already sweating profusely.
The king of Han was so angry that he laid his corpse thousands of miles away. Is there anything that could not be done to kill a man like him?
Shang Xuan's cold sweat kept flowing down from his forehead, and flowed into his eyes, making his vision blurred. It also made his eyes hurt from friction, as if the sight that King Han looked into his eyes was really a sharp knife.
knife.
It hurt his eyes and his heart.
Liu Ling said calmly: "I will kill you not because of you, but because of the wonderful scriptures of the Mo family. It will be easy to kill the three of you, but I must be worthy of Mr. Mo Zhai from thousands of years ago. I really don't know.
, what would he feel if he saw the shameful virtues of the three of you in the world! Jian Ai, Shang Tong, do you have the nerve to take Shang Tong as your surname? Aren't you afraid that Mr. Mo Zhai will not be able to live in peace under Jiuquan! "
Liu Ling looked at Shang Xuan and said: "Don't worry, even if I kill your third brother alone, I won't kill you and Shang Zhenyuan. Your third brother's art of war can only be practiced but not its essence. It is very rigid.
This kind of military art is useless alone, and... you live on an island and think you are an expert outside the world, but you don't know that the times have changed! Therefore, I won't feel bad if I kill your third brother, but you two should learn from it.
Those things like astronomical arithmetic and so on, I can’t bear to let them be lost.”
After hearing these words, Shang Xuan's tense body relaxed visibly. The crumpled book he was holding also relaxed, and he seemed to have breathed a long sigh of relief.
But before he could completely relax, he heard a cold snort from Liu Ling.
"Hmph! Looking at you like that, you seem very happy to hear Gu say I won't kill you?"
Liu Ling said coldly: "It seems that you don't care at all about Duogu's plan to kill Shang Dingtian?"
"He came all the way here with his troops, and even mobilized all the defenders of Ye City to rescue you. Could it be that he didn't expect that if he still had a small force in his hands, he could easily seize his foundation in Zhongshan Kingdom? For you
, Shang Dingtian can give up everything, but you, the eldest brother, seem to care about his life and death? "
Shang Xuan was startled, and then a bit of guilt appeared on his face. Just as Liu Ling said, when he just heard Liu Ling say that he would kill his third brother instead of him, his heart became lighter. Liu Ling broke his heart.
As he thought, in fact, he had never thought about this matter in his own mind. Liu Ling's words pointed directly at the most obscure and dark place in his heart, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave instantly.
His body was shaking violently, and Shang Xuan had nothing to say.
Liu Ling said calmly: "Live."
He turned around and walked forward. The marching soldiers of the Han army passed by Shang Xuan one by one, but he seemed not to see anything. He stood there blankly, like the soul in his body.
It was as if he had been taken away by some kind of force. His face kept changing, and his expression was very distorted.
"Your Majesty, don't you send someone to keep an eye on him?"
Chen Xiaoshu asked softly.
Liu Ling smiled and said, "He will catch up by himself."
Chen Xiaoshu was still worried, so he turned around and ordered the two supervisors: "Go and bring that person up."
The two supervisory guards responded and turned towards Shang Xuan. Halfway there, Shang Xuan suddenly sighed and took a deep breath, then strode to follow the pace of the Han army. Chen Xiaoshu was stunned, and then
The corner of his mouth raised an arc. But this smile didn't look very kind.
The team marched in a hurry for a day and night before stopping to rest. They continued to move forward early the next morning, and walked for another half day when they met the Han army who was coming to meet them. Zhaoxian was worried about Liu Ling's safety and personally brought 5,000 elite troops to meet them. Both sides
They joined forces and returned to Dazhai. To their surprise, no one from the Zhongshan Kingdom came to harass them along the way.
After returning to Dazhai, Huaduo and Minhui, two girls who were forced to stay in the camp by Liu Ling, flew out like swallows. Minhui was better, after all, she was much quieter. Huaduo looked like a girl wearing a robe.
He flew in front of Liu Ling like a butterfly. He raised his chin and looked at Liu Ling carefully. Then he let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little dirty, not thin."
Liu Ling pretended to be angry and said, "Why don't you prepare bath water for the prince?"
The flowers bloomed, and their faces turned red. They pulled Minhui, who wanted to speak to Liu Ling, and ran back to the village. Liu Ling looked at the graceful figures of the two girls and smiled, feeling relaxed. This time
He set up an ambush and almost annihilated the Shannan Kingdom's army, but Shang Dingtian escaped. Although that man couldn't cause any big troubles, he was still a big trouble. Liu Ling's navy was huge, and the supplies he needed every day were
The numbers are astronomical. And Liu Ling doesn't have time to stay on this island for a long time. His main target is still in the north.
As long as the Khitan people's threat to the Central Plains is not resolved, Liu Ling will still feel uneasy after all.
Shang Dingtian will not cause any big troubles, but he can hide, just like Bin Laden's fear of the United States. If he immediately comes out to cause trouble after Liu Ling leaves, he will be able to hide in those ordinary places.
The prestige among the Pu and Gaoshan aborigines is very likely to put the yamen established by the Han Dynasty on Liuqiu Island into trouble. Cutting the grass without eradicating the root will not work anyway. But it is difficult to find a few people in this vast mountain.
It's like finding a needle in a haystack, unless all the troubles can be solved in one fell swoop during the next attack on Yecheng.
Shang Dingtian could no longer be allowed to escape. Of course, besides war, Liu Ling also thought of another way.
He returned to his tent and inquired about the situation of the Dazhai, and Zhaoxian made a truthful report. During the days when Liu Ling left, the Luzhai had been built. The water village had also begun to take shape, with large ships as walls and strong walls.
Like a rock.
Liu Ling gave a few casual explanations and then asked the generals to go back and rest.
Not long after, several female soldiers from Hua Duoduo came in carrying a large wooden bucket filled with hot bath water.
Liu Ling waved his hand to signal the female soldiers to retreat, then took off his clothes, stretched his waist, and threw himself into the large bucket.
With a splash, the water in his bucket splashed.
ah!
Liu Ling, who jumped into the big wooden barrel like a child, jumped out again as if he had seen a ghost: "Why is it you again!"
Huaduoduo in the bucket looked aggrieved, perhaps because the water was relatively hot. Her face was very cute and flushed. She pouted her sexy little mouth and defended seriously: "I'm helping you test whether the water is not hot enough."
