Chapter 161 Chapter 2 Before the storm

When Xiang Shaolong returned to his seat, he was greeted like a hero by his wife and everyone.But he knew that his legs were still trembling uncontrollably, and regardless of his physical fitness and swordsmanship, he was inferior to the good and evil, all because of the appropriate strategy and the benefit of the epee.If it was a wave of blood, this battle would undoubtedly be defeated, so there was no joy in my heart. Crown Prince Dan of Yan on the opposite side nodded to him, expressing his gratitude to him for defeating Guan Zhongxie's prestige. Guan Zhongxiemu, who returned to Lu Buwei's seat, was expressionless, and silently accepted the congratulations from everyone in Lu Buwei.However, although he felt that his face was shameless, in fact he had become the second master besides Wang Jian who could fight against Xiang Shaolong, which made his value suddenly different, and it was not damaged.

At this time, the people crowded in all directions were still discussing and refusing to leave. Seeing that the atmosphere of the banquet was in chaos, Zhu Ji announced the end of the banquet. After Xiao Pan and Zhu Ji left the table, Xiang Shaolong returned to the tent. Ji Yanran and others inspected his leg injury and found blood mixed with it, so they hurriedly washed the wound and changed the dressing for treatment.Jing Jun was still excitedly discussing the thrilling battle with Zhao Zhi and Wu Tingfang. Xiang Shaolong asked Ji Yanran about Teng Yi, knowing that he left at the beginning of the banquet, he sighed and said, "Guan Zhongxie is indeed a master, his tenacity is terrible, it's not that I don't want to kill him, it's just that I can't do it. "

Jing Jun smiled and said, "But he can't do anything to you." Ji Yanran shook her head and said, "Xiaojun was wrong. The reason why Guan Zhongxie was at a disadvantage tonight was because he didn't kill him at the beginning. He thought that Xiang Lang wouldn't survive tomorrow anyway. How could he be willing to risk public anger to kill Xiang Lang?" What about Lang?" Everyone's heart became heavy when they heard that, even though Guan Zhongxie may not be able to beat Xiang Shaolong, at least he should be able to equalize with him. Zhao Zhidao: "Others don't think so. I think that including Lu Buwei and Guan Zhongxie, they all think that our husband and lord don't want to marry Lu Niangrong, so we changed our offensive to defensive when we had the upper hand, so we still touch it now. I don't know Xiang Lang's reality."

Ji Yanran said happily: "The words made by Zhizhi make sense. In short, this battle is both beneficial and harmful to both parties. Xiang Lang has to work hard. Sooner or later, Guan Zhongxie will use Lu Niangrong to challenge you again. And a fast style of play can be more powerful, maybe Guan Zhongxie will be defeated in the end." Xiang Shaolong's heart was greatly moved, and he secretly thought that if he could forge a Japanese sword, he would be more confident. At this time, Huan Juan, who was on patrol outside, hurried back, came to Xiang Shaolong's side and said in a low voice: "Mr. Gaoling's people have started to move."

◇◇◇◇◇◇ In Xiaopan's king's tent, after Huanjue reported the situation of Lord Gaoling's rebel army, when he was about to express his own judgment, Xiang Shaolong cut him off and said, "What do you think about the transfer of the enemy?" Li Si showed admiration, and secretly thought that in the Qin court, Xiang Shaolong was probably the one who knew best about Chujun's mind. Xiang Shaolong was amused in his heart, he really had double feelings towards Xiao Pan.On the one hand, he watched Xiao Pan grow up from a young age, and he understands his personality well. He also knows that his temperament has changed drastically due to the humiliation of his mother, Mrs. Ni, and his heart is full of hatred and suspicion. He understands that the way to survive is to Take power.Even Xiang Shaolong, whom he trusts the most, if he decides everything for him, problems will arise sooner or later.On the other hand, it was Xiang Shaolong who knew better that Xiao Pan would be Qin Shihuang who would rule the world in the future and would dominate the world, so he trusted his ability unexpectedly and would not treat him as an immature child like others.

The combination of these two factors made Xiang Shaolong love and respect Xiao Pan, and tried to give him as many opportunities as possible. Xiao Pan happily said after hearing the words: "The Huanqing family has a very accurate grasp of the enemy's situation. It should be recorded as a meritorious service. Afterwards, the widow will reward you heavily." Huan Yu was overjoyed and kowtowed his head to thank him, thinking to himself that doing things differently from Chu Jun, if he said the same thing to Wang Jian, he would be overjoyed to get a slight nod in return, there would be no credit for it.

Xiao Pan pondered for a while and said, "Although Lord Gaoling moved his troops down the river, it seems that he still has no means of attacking with fire and flooding. Since our military strength is more than three times that of the rebels, he must create various situations to trap us. Only when you enter the chaos can you take advantage of it." Seeing that the juvenile Chu Jun analyzed it clearly and logically, Huan Yu couldn't help but feel the emotion of meeting Ming Jun, and was overwhelmed. His eyes of admiration and reverence are more effective than any flattery.Even Xiang Shaolong, who cared and cared for him, had never looked at him like this.Xiao Pan's confidence increased greatly, and after pondering for a while, he said: "It can be inferred that when Lord Gaoling launched his attack, he must first make people burn his own tent. Due to the wind and the fire spreading to high places, the wooden village was the first to be hit. At that time, as long as rockets are fired into the wooden village, for the safety of the queen mother and royal family in the village, they will rush to Jingshui, thinking that after crossing Jingshui, they will be safe."

Jin Tai even Xiang Shaolong showed admiration, the future Qin Shihuang is really powerful, if he has the foresight, he can see everything.When launching a fire attack, Lord Gaoling only needs to have people pour oil on the tents and grassland behind the stronghold, and the fire will never be extinguished after it starts.If he is completely ignorant of the imminent disaster, Mr. Gao Ling will indeed have a great chance of success. Xiao Pan continued: "Mr. Gao Ling's main target is widows, so he will make people pretend to be guards, hide nearby, and secretly look for opportunities to attack, then he must create a second chaos."

Both Li Si and Huan Juan didn't answer knowingly, so that he could say what was on his mind. Xiang Shaolong deliberately said: "What method does Chu Jun think Gao Ling will use?" Xiaopan said excitedly: "Of course it's a water attack. At that time, Lord Gaoling will bluff at the upperwind of the fire, so as to force us to flee across the other bank hastily. When the crowd is rushing to cross the river, we will release the full water upstream, mixed With a giant tree, they submerged and destroyed the four bridges in one fell swoop. If the widows had just been on the bridge, the Gaoling Lord would be able to succeed in spying; The rebels came down the river and launched rockets to both sides of the bank at the same time, so they could take advantage of the chaotic situation to land on the shore and assassinate the few people. This strategy of combining the inside and the outside can be said to be both poisonous and absolute."

Huan Yu couldn't help but admired: "The prince is wise, the young general is so impressed." Xiao Pan immediately became flustered and said: "At that time, as long as Lu Buwei sent a few people with good archery skills like Guan Zhongxie, and made people hide in the water, it would not be easy to shoot and kill that person. What's more, because Xiang Qing's family should have just He died from the poison, and the cavalry army had no leader. Therefore, Lu Buwei and Guan Zhongxie could protect the Lord and make contributions afterwards, and took over the military power from Lu Gong, Xu Xian and others who died in the rebellion. At that time, our Qin family was the world , will fall into the hands of the Lu family. Hmph!"

Of course the three of them understood Xiao Pan's meaning, and because Lu Buwei was well aware of Lord Gaoling's plan, he could kill anyone he wanted at that time, and promote whoever he wanted.The credit and power belong to them, and the guilt is borne by Gao Lingjun, a fool who has been used by others and doesn't know what it is. The strategy that Mo Ao came up with was indeed so brilliant that it would chill people's hearts.Fortunately he will die tomorrow, otherwise Xiang Shaolong will be killed by him sooner or later.This is also fate.Otherwise, there would be no Qin Shihuang. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Before dawn, the field hunting team set off.The lack of Prince Dan in the team, I don't know if it was because Lu Buwei deliberately humiliated them, so they didn't have the face to participate in the field hunting, or they used it as a protest. Lu Buwei took the initiative to show his kindness and hello to Xiang Shaolong in high spirits, because of course he believed that this was Xiang Shaolong's last day. When Guan Zhongxie and Xiang Shaolong met, they lost a little of the confident and steady look they used to have, but they had two more respect and three more regrets.Swordsmanship has reached Guan Zhongxie's level, it is indeed hard to find an opponent, and a comparable opponent like Xiang Shaolong will "die" tonight, how can Guan Zhongxie not feel conflicted, thinking that he will never defeat Xiang Shao "Regret" about the dragon's chance. Zhu Ji, Qin Qing and Ji Yanran were all absent from the morning hunt, everyone from Xiao Panxia to Chang Wenjun and the others were all relaxed, they hunted some birds and animals like a story, and sent the team back to the camp. As for the others, they didn't know what to do, and they were still hunting to their heart's content on the prairie. On the way back, Lu Niangrong deliberately rode her horse to Xiang Shaolong's side, and glared at Li Si!When the latter was so frightened that he hurriedly backed away with an excuse, he said, "Xiang Shaolong, are you deliberately not winning, so as not to marry someone you hate in your heart?" Xiang Shaolong felt a big headache, the temper of this enemy's daughter was both strong and repetitive, which not only showed that she didn't want to marry him, but also knew that he couldn't make it through tonight, and was obsessed with whether he hated her, but no matter what It is clear that she has no love for him, otherwise why bother. With a wry smile, he said: "I have to be unwilling. Strictly speaking, I still lost. Because Mr. Guan did force the wound on my leg to relapse, but because I was afraid of losing the qualification to compete for the third lady, I couldn't do it with my conscience. Tell me now! Is Third Miss happy?" Lu Niangrong stared at him, her pretty face blushed slightly, she first showed a little joy when she heard the words, then her expression darkened, she lowered her head, bit her lips, hesitated to speak, and was speechless. Xiang Shaolong understood that she was suffering from conscience, and was even more afraid that she couldn't help telling him that she had been poisoned. Just as he was about to change the subject, Lu Buwei waved Lu Niangrong over in front of him, and Mo Ao was beside him. It was the same fear as Xiang Shaolong Youzhu. Lu Niangrong glanced at him, sighed softly, and rushed over. Then it was Chang Wenjun's turn to come to him, and said with a wry smile: "Master Xiang doesn't need to worry about Ying Ying's matter. I mentioned to her about your marriage last night, but she made excuses a lot, alas! Things seem to be forced, but my two brothers are still very grateful to Shaolong." Not only did Xiang Shaolong not feel hurt, but he also relaxed.Secretly thinking that Guan Zhongxie must give Yingying great satisfaction and happiness physically.So before she tried her own ability, she was unwilling to agree with her body. I really never imagined that Guan Zhongxie would compete on the battlefield, but also meet him in love!Frankly speaking, how can I still be the person who likes to fight and be jealous like before?She, Miss Ying, can marry whoever she likes, and he, Xiang Shaolong, doesn't care about it. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Back at the camp, as soon as Xiang Shaolong arranged his personal guards to protect the wives, Duke Lu sent someone to look for him. When they arrived at Duke Lu's tent, Xu Xian, Wang Ling and several confidant generals were discussing secretly, and Bai Chong, who was defeated by Zhou Zizhi, was also among them. Lu Gong happily sat down next to him, patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said: "Last night, Shaolong's performance was really outstanding, killing that guy Guan Zhongxie completely defenseless, and he preemptively stopped that self-proclaimed Zhongfu The old thief interrupted the competition, and he took the lead in every move, which made people admire. If you can lead the army on the battlefield, you must be an invincible general." Wang Ling frowned and said, "Why didn't Shaolong take the opportunity to kill Guan Zhongxie last night? If he hides in the dark and stabs people in the back tonight, I'm afraid many of us will die." Xiang Shaolong understood that Guan Zhongxie's two-shot four-done stunt had shocked Da Qin.And last night, I successfully created the false image of the sword pressing Guan Zhongxie, so it is not appropriate to tell the truth that I have no ability to kill Guan Zhongxie at the moment. Stay on the defensive, as for Guan Zhongxie, no matter how good his archery skills are, he will never have a chance to shoot cold arrows." By the way, Xiao Pan told Lord Gaoling about his estimate, and said at the same time: "The strategy to deal with the enemy today is all planned by the prince, we just follow the order!" Duke Lu sighed: "This old man has served five monarchs of our Great Qin successively, but none of them can compare with the crown prince. In his weak crown, he showed the insight, means and courage of a generation of overlords. My Great Qin is hopeful, but I don't know Can this old man see the world unified in the hands of the Crown Prince in his lifetime?" Xiang Shaolong was relieved to hear that, knowing that because of his outstanding performance during this period of time, Xiao Pan has been proven not to be Lu Buwei's thief, and has won the wholehearted loyalty of Qin's traditional and conservative military generals headed by Lu Gong, It's just that these bargaining chips can guarantee him to sit firmly in the position of Lord Qin. Xu Xian also praised: "At the age of the crown prince, not only is everything in order, but the most rare thing is that he has the courage and insight to hide his secrets. When the two monarchs are in danger of being poisoned one after another, my Daqin made such a move." Ming Lord is indeed my great Qin's blessing." After Wang Ling added a few words of praise, he said: "It's easy to deal with Lord Gaoling, but since Mo Ao is secretly plotting for Lu Buwei, he may use unexpected means at that time. Do you take Lu Buwei too seriously?" Xiang Shaolong said: "Know yourself and know your enemy, you will win every battle. Now we know Lord Gaoling's arrangements like the back of our hands, and Lu Buwei's manpower is all under our control. When the time comes, Mo Ao will be poisoned to death, and I will He is safe and sound. Then under the leadership of the Crown Prince, even if Sun Wu comes back to life, it will be difficult for Lu Buwei to recover from the situation." Xu Xian said in a deep voice: "Should we set up a trap and let Lu Buwei show his fox tail, so that we can take the opportunity to get rid of him? If the evidence is convincing, Meng Ao will have nothing to say." When Xiang Shaolong was having a headache, fortunately Lu Gong said: "If we want to deal with Lu Buwei at the same time, it will make things very complicated, and we may not be able to handle it. Now Cai Ze, Wang Wan and those guys are all relying on this motherfucker What kind of father Zhong, he couldn't hold back after eating, and he bit back, and the queen mother was standing on his side, a good thing might turn into a bad thing. Old Xu, you'd better be more patient, and don't forget that Du Bi's forces are also It’s not to be underestimated.” Wang Ling said: "Now that Meng Ao is leading the army, he is dead set on Lu Buwei. If he hears of the rebellion, or supports the three eastern counties to stand on their own, we will be in trouble." Xu Xian sighed!Did not hold on any longer.Xiang Shaolong understood more and more what fate is.Obviously there is an opportunity to kill Lu Buwei in front of him, but he can't move. After everyone discussed some details, Duke Lu, Xu Xian and Wang Ling all went to meet Xiao Pan, but Xiang Shaolong left without accompanying him because he was afraid of attracting attention. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ As soon as he left the camp, he met Lu Dan'er and Ying Ying's two daughters head-on. They must have gained a lot during the field hunting this morning, so they were proud.Seeing Xiang Shaolong alone, his pretty eyes lit up. Lu Dan'er saluted playfully: "Hi, Great Swordsman!" Because Yingying rejected his marriage proposal, she said awkwardly: "I was looking for you." Turning to Lu Dan'er, she said, "Dan'er! Let me talk to the great swordsman first, please?" Lu Dan'er refused to say: "You can't bully him!" Then she covered her little ears and shouted: "Speak quickly!" Ying Ying couldn't do anything with her, so she pulled Xiang Shaolong away two steps, and whispered, "It's not that I don't want to marry you, it's just that things happened too fast, can I give you some time to think about it?" Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that you want to give some time to control the evil, so he gave her an annoyed look. Yingying paused and said, "Don't think wrongly, I'm definitely not what you imagined!" Xiang Shaolong sighed: "If you want to refuse something, you can naturally find an excuse. If I don't talk to you in the future, Miss Ying had better not blame me for being ruthless." Yingying was taken aback. When she looked at him carefully, Lu Dan'er rushed over, pulled Xiang Shaolong and said, "Come on! Let's go fishing by the river. I don't know if everyone is out of order today, even Xiaojun The naughty monkey said that he has no time to accompany us, and you, Mr. Xiang, will replace him." Even if Xiang Shaolong had free time, he didn't want to fool around with them, not to mention that the current situation was that every moment passed, he became more nervous and said all the good things before he escaped.