Chapter 2610: The marriage proposal, Houqing assassinated


    Chapter 2607: The marriage proposal, Houqing assassinated


    The top players in the world have certain shortcomings, more or less.


    For example: Xiang Yu is arrogant and conceited, Li Cunxiao is careless and careless, Li Yuanba is irritable, Xing Tian is stubborn and wise, Kong Peng is paranoid and willful, Lu Bu is suspicious and fickle, Sun Lingming is reckless and impulsive, Yang Jian is sentimental, etc.


    A powerful general who has no shortcomings can only find one and a half of them all over the world.


    One is Xuanyuan. After he transformed from a prince into a general, he no longer had any weaknesses. However, his hard power was not strong enough, and his combat power was extremely unstable. Only when facing specific groups such as Kong Peng, Niu Mowang, and Chiyou can he perform beyond his level.


    As for the other half, he took over Chiyou, his shortcomings also come from his identity, that is, the greed brought by his ambition, but this greed will be suppressed by his reason, so it will not affect his judgment.


    It is precisely because of this that even though Chi You''s personal bravery has reached the peak of the world, he is still extremely rational and will not rely too much on the courage of a reckless man.


    If Chi You likes to show off his courage, the three parties Li Shimin, Liu Ji and Liu Yu joined forces, Xing Tian, ??Yang Jian and Houyi were among the Three Kingdoms coalitions. He might have been beaten to death by the three people. How could he survive until now?


    Chi You relies on his personal courage to win. If he knows that he can''t get a advantage, he will naturally not show off.


    Now there is not only Xing Tian in the Shu army, but also a strange and mysterious Lu Ya. Chi You, who suffered a loss once, will naturally not be deceived again.


    With Chiyou''s wisdom, he quickly thought of a way to deal with it. If he met these two people again, Chiyou would deal with one of them alone, and let the other be held back by his generals and help him get time.


    Xing Tian and Lu Ya are strong, and they are not as strong as Chi You in one-on-one situations, so they are just a brave man after all, but the combination of Liu Yu and Su Qin is different.


    These two people, one is a famous general of the world, with an unparalleled military formation, the other is full of wisdom and calculating, not to mention that they have brought a total of 200,000 Shu troops.


    With the similar number of troops, Chiyou is still sure to win, but now the Shu army has nearly 100,000 more people than the Southern Army, so Chiyou feels under great pressure.


    The reason why Chiyou''s attack on Shu was so smooth is that he caught the Shu army off guard, and the other is that he had the advantage of military strength.


    Now that the enemy and our military strength have reversed, Chi You also felt Zhou Bo''s frustration.


    "Since the Southern Army''s Northern Expedition, it has occupied Jianning County, Yizhou County, Yongchang County, Jingxian County except Qilan City, and the five southern counties in Liangshan County, totaling four and half of the land.


    Most of the southern part of Shu has belonged to me, and the Shu Kingdom is only northern Guizhou, Yuezhi, Zhuti, northern Liangshan, and Qilan City in southern Shu.


    But the reinforcements from Shu Kingdom have also arrived. The war will no longer be a small fight, but a national war with Shu Kingdom. "Chiyou said softly.


    The southern country has captured too many territory in southern Shu, and there is no room for relief between them and Shu.


    Unless Chiyou is willing to give up the territory he has obtained, Liu Yu will take back the counties in southern Shu at all costs, and will never give up until the southern power is driven back to Nanzhong.


    Chi You paid so much, it was obvious that he could not give up the territory he had obtained. Besides, even if he gave up Liu Yu, he might not be able to give up.


    Since the national war between the Southern Kingdom and Shu Kingdom is destined to be unavoidable, if the four counties in southern Shu are half tightly held in their hands, at least the logistical pressure will be much smaller in the future. You can directly collect grain on the spot without having to supply them all from the rear.


    At this time, Chi You suddenly understood why Zhang Yi was so decisive when he was on a mission to Kunming.


    Even if the Qin Dynasty really has not gained any land, as long as it can make a loss in Shu Kingdom, it will make a big profit.


    On the other hand, the southern country took advantage of the Qin Dynasty on the surface and willingly swallowed the poisonous fruit fed by the Qin Dynasty, but the price was to bear the anger of the Shu Kingdom. If there is no heavy bleeding, it will definitely be impossible to defend the fruit of victory.


    Could it be that Zhang Yida guessed from the beginning that Liu Yu would concentrate his efforts to deal with the southern country first, and then go north to solve the Qin army? Chiyou said in his heart.


    This time Chi You guessed it was all right, and everything that happened now was indeed within Zhang Yi''s expectations.


    Zhang Yi had long guessed that even if the Qin army attacked Yangping Pass first, even if it would attract some of the Shu army, Liu Yu would probably go south to solve the Southern Barbarians first.


    The Shu army''s lack of understanding of the strength of the Southern Army caused the collapse of the war in southern Shu to be too fast. If Liu Yu did not stop it, the entire southern Shu might have fallen.


    Even if there is no Hanzhong, Yangping Pass, Shu Kingdom, Jiange, and Jiameng Pass, there are no such natural barriers to defend in southern Shu.


    As Zhang Yi expected, Shu relied on the dangerous situation of Yangping Pass and only arranged a hundred thousand troops in Hanzhong, and most of the remaining troops were transferred to deal with the southern country.


    Zhang Yi''s goal was achieved, but the price was that Li Jing''s chance of seizing Hanzhong was even lower.


    After all, even if Shu Han only arranged 100,000 troops in Hanzhong, it is obviously unlikely to defeat Li Jing''s 100,000 Qin troops.


    But this doesn''t seem to be anything in Zhang Yi''s opinion. After all, he looks at the Qin Dynasty and the whole world, so he naturally doesn''t care about the gains and losses of the Yongliang military.


    Besides, Hanzhong is not easy to fight. Although Zhang Yi''s plan increases the difficulty of conquering Hanzhong, if you, Li Jing, have great ability, there is no possibility of conquering at all.


    Apart from these, Zhang Yi''s temptation to Chi You was also naked. After all, Chi You couldn''t stand such a great temptation in Shunan.


    Although Chiyou didn''t realize it at first, some people in the southern country still guessed it.


    But the temptation given by Zhang Yi this time was too great, and they all felt that the Qin Dynasty posed a greater threat to Shu Han, so those who were lucky enough thought that Liu Yu would pay more attention to the Qin army.


    Although the result now exceeds most people''s expectations, Chi You and other senior executives in the southern country have also been mentally prepared.


    Since Liu Yu''s reinforcements arrived, Chiyou has no hope for completely occupying Shunan, but has defended the fruits of victory that he has obtained so far, but it is obviously not easy to do this.


    Although the total military force of Shu is only 450,000, the total population is nearly 7 million, of which two or three hundred are light and strong, which is equivalent to the total population of the entire southern country.


    Shu Kingdom does not lack troops. Even if it loses 100,000 or 200,000 troops in southern Shu Kingdom, with the strong national strength of Shu Kingdom, it will be replenished soon.


    But the southern country is not good. Whether it is financial resources or weak population, it is far inferior to Shu.


    So in this battle, the South cannot be tough. If it is really a head-on battle, or if it is a waste of money, the South will obviously not be able to fight against Shu.


    But under the current circumstances, it is likely to evolve into a protracted war. After all, although Liu Yu wants to defeat the Southern Army within two months, Chi You is not a mediocre person. If he is determined to defend himself, it will not be difficult to stick to both.


    In two months, if the Shu army fails to repel the Southern Army, the war will definitely last for a long time.


    In response to this situation, the Prime Minister of the Southern Kingdom, Shi Jieren, proposed that if the Southern Kingdom wants to defend the fruits of victory and persist in the subsequent wars for a longer time, it must win the support of all parties, especially the Qin Dynasty.


    Please ignore the rest. Just the Qin Dynasty will increase its troops to Jingzhou and the ally Wu State will increase its troops to the border, so the Chu army will not dare to act rashly, and naturally it will not be able to use too many troops to deal with the southern country.


    In addition, once it really evolves into a protracted war, the weapons and equipment of the South will definitely not be built, and it still needs the assistance of the Qin Dynasty to allow the marching to complete the armed forces in the shortest time.


    After hearing this, Chiyou felt it made sense, but will the Qin Dynasty support the Southern Kingdom to this extent? Previously, the Qin Dynasty sent envoys to lobby the southern countries to send troops. Although there was a component of utilization, the southern countries were willing to be used and gained real benefits.


    But in the war between the Southern Kingdom and Shu Kingdom, if the Qin Dynasty continued to support it, it would not only be as simple as giving in, but also paying a lot of real money.


    Is Daqin willing to pay so much?


    Now, not only the generals of the southern country, but even Chi You were unsure.


    But Shi Jieren said firmly: "The Qin Dynasty supported our southern country in order to weaken the Shu Han. Now the war between our southern country and the Shu Han is getting more and more intense. The Qin Dynasty cannot let us fight with the Shu Han forever, so how can we not be able to bear some supplies?"


    "With that being said, Daqin doesn''t want our southern country to grow bigger in Yizhou. Will he really help our southern country at any cost?" Chi You said.


    Hearing this, Shi Jieren was silent for a while and said, "As long as my southern country can show his determination to confront Shu Kingdom to the end, he can also try to marry Daqin to deepen the relationship between the two countries."


    “Marriage?”


    Chiyou''s eyes suddenly lit up.


    After realizing that the southern country cannot be separated from the Qin Dynasty, Chi You did have the intention to get rid of the interests of the Qin Dynasty, but with the war between Shunan, he felt that the interests of the Qinnan were not deep enough.


    Nowadays, relying solely on maritime trade is not enough to deepen the relationship between Qin and Nan, and marriage is indeed a good thing to pay attention to.


    "This is a good note." Chi You nodded.


    "The position of the lord and righteous wife is empty, so you can ask the Princess of Daqin as your concubine."


    A hero like Chi You naturally has no shortage of women around him. He originally had a wife, but later he died of illness. Although he took several concubines afterwards, the position of a wife has always been empty.


    As soon as Shi Jieren finished speaking, Zhu Rong interrupted: "The two princesses of the Qin Dynasty are married as wives, and the daughter of the Qin Emperor is young and far from the age of getting married. If they really marry Daqin, Brother Wang may have to ask for the daughter of the Daqin royal family."


    Hearing Zhu Rong''s words, Chi You frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with marrying only one royal daughter.


    After all, if Qin Nan marrys together, the princess who got married from Daqin must be his wife. Chi You naturally hopes that the higher the status of the marriage partner, the better.


    But the princess who could not get married in the bloodline of Ying''s direct lineage made Chi You very helpless and couldn''t help but complain in his heart that the Supreme Emperor Ying Wen of the Qin Dynasty: Why don''t you have more daughters?


    "Forget it, as long as you have the identity of Princess of the Great Qin, the daughter of the royal family will be the daughter of the royal family."


    Chi You said helplessly, after all, what he cared about was not the beauty and ugliness of his marriage partner, but the status of the Princess of the Great Qin.


    Although the royal princess is not as high as the royal princess, since she is named a princess by the emperor, her legal status is also consistent.


    Shi Jieren said, "If you can only ask to marry a princess in the royal family, then it is better for our southern country to marry a princess into Qin and marry each other to deepen the relationship between the two countries."


    "What?"


    Before Chiyou could speak, Zhu Rong screamed first. After all, she was the only princess in the entire South.


    Zhu Rong was a little worried. After all, she still wanted to prove herself on the battlefield, but she didn''t want to get married so early.


    Chi You nodded in agreement and said, "It''s good to do this. If you marry a princess, someone will be by the side of Qin Huang to speak for me in the south of the country in the future. But who should I send to marry? Sister Zhurong will definitely not do it."


    "Lord, please send Saint Zixuan to marry."


    "Zixuan, this girl is indeed much more reliable than Zhurong."


    The Southern Kingdom is united in politics and religion, and the status of the saint is no lower than that of the princess. The saint who took office is Zhurong. After Zhurong stepped down, Zixuan became the current saint.


    Chi You and Shi Jieren decided to marry Daqin with one sentence, but Zhu Rong''s resentment face was completely ignored.


    What do you mean by me? Zhu Rong roared in his heart.


    Zhu Rong was obviously thinking too much. Neither Shi Jie nor Chi You thought of taking her as a marriage partner.


    After all, Gonggong is the second-ranked figure in the South. Given his infatuation with Zhurong, if he knew that Zhurong was going to marry, he would not have exploded directly.


    Even if the factor of Gonggong is not considered, Zhurong''s own ability is still at the top in the South.


    The southern country is already extremely short of talents, so Chiyou naturally couldn''t bear to push his sister out.


    After finalizing the plan to marry Daqin, the next step is naturally to implement it.


    Chi You decisively sent a message to Qingmeigang, asking the officials there to stop Zhang Yi who was staying here, first contact with Zhang Yi, and then return to Daqin with him to discuss the marriage.


    —————


    Annan, Qingmeigang.


    After leaving Kunming, Zhang Yi was protected by the southern army from the port, but he never returned north by boat, but stayed here, and didn''t know what he was thinking.


    I have been staying for ten days so far, and Zhang Yi still has no intention of leaving. Instead, Ye Gucheng and others can''t stay.


    "Sir, how long do we have to stay again? We have also visited all the places we should visit in Qingmeigang." Ye Gucheng asked.


    Zhang Yi held a book of the Analects of Confucius and said calmly: "Don''t worry, wait for someone, and when he arrives, we can return north."


    Ximen Chuxue and others looked at each other, obviously not knowing who the person Su Qin was waiting for was. When he was about to ask again, a guard came to report it.


    "Report... I will report to you all, the envoys from the South, asking for advice."


    Hearing this, Zhang Yi couldn''t help but smile and said, "Look, this is not here."


    Just when Zhang Yi met with the envoy of the Southern Kingdom in Qingmei Port, Chi You, who was far away in Shu, was assassinated while going out to explore the terrain, and the person who assassinated him was Houqing from the Quasi-Bar Xuan Realm.


    (This chapter ends)