History’s Strongest Husband

It has been several months since Bian Xiao retreated.

But the hinterland of Wu State was still full of devastation, Bian Xiao killed too much, affected more than fifteen counties, nearly one-third of the country was destroyed once.

Many people were killed or second.

The key is the lack of food.

Because when Bian Xiao looted, he did not know how many granaries were burned, and even the unripe grain that had grown in the ground was burned once.

So this year's autumn harvest, Wu's grain production has been reduced by a quarter.

Coupled with the failure of the expedition to Furious Tide City, it was even worse.

In the past few months, Wu Guo has been resting and recuperating.

King Wu was young, and he had grown a beard to show his majesty.

But after a big defeat a few months ago, he shaved himself off instead.

People who are called yellow-mouthed children are yellow-mouthed children. The maturity of a king does not depend on his beard.

Now the King of Wu once again welcomed the envoy of the Chu State, who was still the Minister of Rites of the Chu State who had dealt with the King of Yue.

"The king of Yue is seriously ill and wants to compromise with my lord, but he doesn't want to suffer the crime of losing his power and humiliating the country, so he proposed this extremely ridiculous border hunting." The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Wu Wang has heard about this matter. "

Of course King Wu heard about it, and it was hard not to even hear about it.

This matter has been widely circulated.

"I've heard a thing or two."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Ning Yuanxian's move is very shameless. It is clear that Shen Lang and Ning Zheng are deliberately used as cannon fodder to cede benefits to Chu State in exchange for the tranquility of the border."

King Wu said: "Is there such a thing?"

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "I heard that there is a famine in the State of Wu recently. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

King Wu said: "It is true that there is a lack of food, but it is not true that there is a famine."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "Our State of Chu has had a bumper harvest this year.

We are a country of brothers, so we are willing to lend the king one million shi of grain. "

As soon as these words came out, King Wu was astonished, and all the surrounding officials were overjoyed.

A million stones of grain is more than 100 million catties, an absolutely astronomical figure.

This batch of food is enough to feed two million people for two or three months. Although there is still a certain gap, at least this winter can survive.

Is Chu State so generous?

King Wu said: "The king of Chu is so benevolent and righteous, I am really moved by the widow. I will write an IOU to your king."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "King Wu, not only are we willing to borrow this batch of grain, but there is no interest."

King Wu stepped down from his throne, and facing southwest, he cupped his hands and said, "The King of Chu is the real king."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Of course, but my king has a small request."

King Wu said, "What request?"

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "I heard that the king signed a secret covenant with the king of Yue before?"

King Wu said: "No, I don't know where your envoy heard about it?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites of the State of Chu said: "There is no best thing, but my king wants you to declare to the world that no matter what secret agreement you signed with Yue King Ning Yuanxian before, it will be null and void."

This is to let the King of Wu tear up the secret agreement between Wu and Yue.

Of course, any secret agreement in this world is to be torn up.

It's just that the tearing speed is too fast, it's only been a few months, it's almost considered as wet ink, this is going to become a butt wipe?

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "Not only that, my king is willing to sign a secret covenant with the State of Wu, and you and I will become a country of brothers."

King Wu said: "Chu and I are brothers' kingdoms."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "The sense of ceremony is still needed, let's talk about a covenant."

The meaning of Chu State is already very clear.

As long as the king of Wu tore up the covenant signed with the king of Yue and signed a secret covenant with the king of Chu, he could borrow one million shi of grain without interest.

In fact, this does not require Wu Guo to pay a little bit of benefits.

Wu Zhi, the privy envoy of the State of Wu, suddenly said: "Your envoy, it seems that the so-called border hunting is simply the king of Yue, Ning Yuanxian, who deliberately gave you the flesh of Chu, right?"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites of the Chu State said: "No more, Ning Yuanxian is seriously ill, and domestic seizures are intensifying. The King of Yue is afraid that we will send troops from the Chu State. He originally wanted to compromise directly, but he felt that it was too shameful and ugly, so he proposed absurd proposals. The frontier meeting is clearly intended to lose to us, sacrificing Ning Zheng and Shen Lang, two unknown people."

Wu Zhi said: "Then what happens after this ridiculous border meeting?"

What he meant was very clear, did Chu's appetite stop there?

After winning the border hunting and receiving a 20-mile border line and 800,000 gold coins in compensation, will Chu State let Yue State go?

Still pushing ahead? Further war blackmail?

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "Of course that's the end of it. My king is most concerned about credibility."

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "The reputation of King Chu is indeed well known to all."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "Your Majesty only needs to annul the secret agreement with the State of Yue and sign a secret agreement with our State of Chu, and you can get one million shi of grain. Why not do it?"

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers nodded.

King Wu said: "Your envoy should go to rest first, the matter is very important, we need to discuss it first."

The minister of the Ministry of Rites of the State of Chu resigned.

Then there was a lot of discussion in the Wu Dynasty Hall.

More than half of the courtiers agreed.

This is completely worthless business.

Tore up a covenant and signed a new one in exchange for one million stones of grain.

Where in the world can one find such a good thing?

If you don't agree, you are a fool.

So many courtiers bowed down one after another, and kowtowed to ask the king of Wu to agree.

"Your Majesty, millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed. It's too horrible to look at!"

"Your Majesty, this winter is getting colder and colder. If there is no food to eat, people will really starve to death."

"Your Majesty, all peoples are like children, and looking up to Your Majesty is like looking up to parents."

The implication is very clear, that is, to make the king of Wu agree to get the food first.

The King of Wu laughed and said, "I know the meaning of the ministers, so let's retreat first."

Taking advantage of the time of retreating from the court, many courtiers once again kowtowed to ask the King of Wu to take pity on the people.

………………

In the study, King Wu was furious.

He was not angry with Chu, but with his courtiers.

Could it be that the widow, the great king, has no shame and no credibility?

The covenant just signed will be invalidated in a few months?

For a million shi of grain, throw it into the arms of Chu State?

What is being a widow? A prostitute in a brothel? No shame!

Wu Zhi said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to be angry, the considerations of courtiers are different from those of kings."

King Wu sneered and said: "Yes, in the eyes of these courtiers, my reputation as a great king is not too important. Why not rely on reputation to exchange for food? But they don't think about it, how many times can the reputation of the widow be sold?"

Wu Zhi said: "Their thoughts may be more than that."

King Wu said: "Our country of Wu is short of food, but it is not short of food either. The rich and powerful families of these ministers have piled up food like a mountain. This is because they are afraid that the widows will ask them for alms. In order not to bleed, of course let the widows sell their reputations for food. Their food is saved."

Wu Zhi said: "These are not important, what is important is the next situation, how my Wu country will deal with it, we are going to have a shocking big man in the south."

Your Majesty!

Mentioning this name, King Wu was extremely impressed.

This Junjun was several years younger than him, and he had almost nothing when he succeeded Nanou King, he was a puppet.

Only two or three years.

It is possible to become the co-owner of the entire sand barbarian tribe.

At that time when the Nanou Kingdom rebelled, everyone thought that Jin Jun would be crushed to death like an ant.

But I didn't expect it to be more than a year, and a king is about to rise in the south.

I'm not as good as myself.

This gentleman really went upstream from a desperate situation and created miracles.

The army of the Yue Kingdom occupied most of the land of the Nanou Kingdom. Instead of being in a hurry, Jin Jun used this war to unify the entire Sand Man tribe.

What a masterpiece.

A stroke of genius.

And he, King Wu, inherited the throne from his father's generation, and the result is still a mess. In comparison, it is really embarrassing.

King Wu said: "The King of Chu should have signed a real secret covenant with this Junjun. When Jinjun takes back Nanou Kingdom and sweeps the entire south, it will be the time when King Chu's army marches eastward."

Wu Zhi said: "So the bargaining chip of this border meeting will not be able to satisfy King Chu at all. This old and cunning guy will definitely open his mouth like a lion, make an inch of it, and continue to blackmail Ning Yuanxian."

King Wu was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Wang, we can only stand on the victor's side."

Yes!

This is the most important.

In the last war, the country of Wu suffered a great loss, and at least half a year of recuperation was needed.

Wu Guo was running out of chips.

You can't throw it out at will, and you must bet on it.

Wu Zhi said: "The King of Yue used the bargaining chip of the border hunting as a tactic to slow down the army, as a bait. But why didn't the Chu State use one million stones of grain as bait? Letting us tear up the covenant with the Yue State is only the first step. What he wants It is to pull us into Jinjun's chariot."

King Wu said: "That's right, last time it was Su Nan's chariot, this time it's Jinjun's chariot. This King of Chu is really cunning, he always only thinks about making money from the fisherman, never thinks about getting chestnuts out of fire."

Wu Zhi said: "However, Jinjun and Su Nan are completely different. Once he unified the entire Sand Man tribe, he would have an army of 100,000, and he would be the most barbaric and powerful army in the world. Once the situation in the south of Yue Kingdom deteriorated, The state of Chu won't fight like last time, it's a real battle for the country. That's why the king of Chu can't wait to drag me into the battle."

King Wu can fully imagine.

The next big war that might break out would be nothing short of astonishing.

It may be a real Armageddon between the Three Kingdoms, or even the Armageddon of the Four Kingdoms.

The total force used may exceed four or five million, which is completely different from the war a few months ago.

This may be a super decisive battle that determines the fate of the four countries.

Wu Zhi said: "So even if we want to tear up the covenant with Yue, we have to sign some secret covenant of the Three Kingdoms, and we have to wait until the King's affairs are completed. Now Chu is delusional to exchange a mere one million shi for your Majesty's ups and downs. ? It’s too cheap.”

The King of Wu suddenly said: "What if the border is hunting, and Yue wins?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zhi was startled.

impossible.

The so-called border hunting is the most direct battle.

Without any tricks, the two armies fought directly.

The elites of Chu State participated in the war all the year round, so they were better than the elites of Yue State.

Five thousand versus two thousand from Yue.

I heard that Ning Zheng and Shen Lang had just recruited two thousand trash and had just started the so-called military training.

It is clear that these two thousand wastes were sacrificed as cannon fodder.

How is it possible to win?

King Wu said: "If Yue wins, will it be a strong deterrent to Chu?"

Wu Zhi thought about it, but still found it very absurd.

King Wu smiled and said: "Then we will wait and see. Of course, the protagonist of this drama is still Jinjun, and he is the big man who controls the situation of the four southern countries."

the next day.

King Wu officially rejected Chu's request, and declared that what he signed with Yue was an armistice agreement, not a secret covenant.

And he, King Wu, promises a thousand dollars, and will never tear up the signed contract for petty profits.

Immediately, the officials howled and cried out how pitiful the hungry people were, and they might not survive this winter.

King Wu issued an order.

Starting today, his royal palace has reduced its expenses by two-thirds, and he only eats two meals of porridge a day, giving all the food saved by the entire royal family to the hungry.

Then, King Wu personally visited the homes of some important ministers and wrote IOUs to them to borrow food.

Officials of the state of Wu and wealthy families donated generously. Within half a month, they even donated 50,000 shi of grain, which was almost enough to fill the teeth.

Immediately afterwards, a major leak occurred at the top of the Yue State, and an important list was exposed.

This list is full of high-ranking officials of the Wu State, all of whom were secretly bought or coerced by the Yue State's Black Water Terrace, and they did many things to betray the Wu State.

The king of Yue was furious and severely punished the leaker of Heishuitai, beheading three people and imprisoning more than a dozen people.

King Wu was furious and executed a second-rank senior official on the list to kill the whole clan.

Immediately, the Wu Guohao family generously donated their money to help the victims. In just ten days, they raised 800,000 shi of grain.

King Wu was moved.

Then he publicly stated in the court hall that the so-called Leaking Secrets from Yue State was a conspiracy at all.

He didn't believe at all that Wu's officials would be bought by Yue's Heishuitai, and he absolutely believed in the loyalty of his subjects.

Then, he burned this so-called list in front of all his courtiers.

That is at this time.

Wu Mu, who was defeated in Raging Tide City, officially returned.

King Wu's purge of the court officially started, and many newcomers gradually replaced veteran officials.

Following the disaster relief and leaking incidents, King Wu officially began to counterattack the veterans.

…………………

There are talents from generation to generation, each leading the way for several years.

The king of Wu in the north is becoming mature, and the king of Jin in the south is rising like a star, which is about to illuminate the sky of the entire eastern world.

Now the court of Yue Kingdom is also extremely uneasy.

With Yue Wang Ning Yuanxian falling ill, the battle for the heir apparent between the crown prince and the third prince Ning Qi gradually intensified.

Revolving around the position of the governor of Tianxi Province, the two sides have already had a good chance.

Originally, Zhang Zixu from the prince's line of work was already in the position, so it was almost time for an order.

However, a case of reselling military rations was in full swing, and Zhang Zixu, the proud son of heaven, was also involved.

The prince is a civil servant, and dozens of people are involved.

Immediately afterwards, an even more astonishing case of embezzlement of military expenditures from Mexico broke out, involving dozens of generals.

The whole case is getting bigger and bigger.

The position of governor in the western province of Tianxi was once again put on hold.

In such a lively situation, Shen Lang's family gave birth to a daughter, of course it was a trivial matter.

But there are still many caring people who pay special attention.

Shen Lang was so favored by the monarch before, but this time he gave birth to a daughter, will the monarch have any gift?

result!

Absolutely not.

Not only did the monarch not have any rewards, but even Concubine Bian seemed completely unaware of this matter.

I heard that Concubine Zhong wanted to give gifts, but was stopped by the monarch.

The direction of the wind has become very clear.

Shen Lang fell out of favor.

The monarch is determined to sacrifice Shen Lang and Ning Zheng.

As soon as the border hunting is over, the two of them will be completely finished.

………………

Shen Lang's precious daughter is already twenty days old.

He can't put it down completely.

But it's a pity that such a big baby eats and sleeps every day, sleeps and eats, and sleeps most of the day.

But when the baby is awake, it is basically held in Shen Lang's arms.

The little girl was so naughty in her mother's womb, but after she was born, she seemed very well-behaved and quiet.

Most of the time, he would just stare at Shen Lang with big black eyes, that delicate little face was serious.

I don't like crying at all.

Only when it stinks, it will hum twice.

Everyone found that Shen Lang hugged his daughter at home every day, and he didn't go to the Beiyuan hunting ground at all, and he didn't care about the military training there.

Now everyone can see it more clearly.

Shen Lang himself didn't give up any hope for the border meeting this time, and he himself gave up.

After recruiting those more than 2,000 trash, they threw them in the barracks of Beiyuan Hunting Ground and ignored them.

On this day, Shen Lang waited for a long time, and finally the baby woke up, and he couldn't wait to hold it out to show off.

Grand Duke Li Sun came secretly like a thief.

Because the monarch is "sacrificing" Shen Lang, as His Majesty's confidant, of course Li Sun has to be cold-hearted towards Shen Lang.

"Hey, we adults acted, but let the little one be wronged."

Grand Duke Li Sun carefully held the baby in his arms, his posture was even more standard than that of Shen Lang.

When the baby was held in Shen Lang's arms, his face was serious, and he looked like he was facing an enemy.

But when Li Sun hugged him, he actually wanted to sleep lazily, as if being held by Li Sun was more comfortable.

Heartless little girl, thanks to Daddy who treasures you so much.

"Your Majesty thought about it for several hours, and finally chose a name for our little one, Shen Mi!"

Shen Lang was speechless.

Your Majesty, I want to choose my daughter's name myself. Why are you joining in the fun? This is Xiaobing's birth, not Ning Yan's, and it's not your granddaughter.

Do you read the classics every day?

He knew that Ning Yuanxian did not spend a few hours, but several days.

I read ancient books when I have time or not, just want to get a good name.

A name that made even Shen Lang feel ashamed.

What did Ning Yuanxian say when Zhang Chong was conferred the title of Viscount?

Let Li Xun think of a good title by himself, which means that he is unwilling to use this brain.

You don't even want to think about the title of a nobleman, but you have been thinking about the name of Shen Lang's daughter for several days.

As a result, the name chosen by His Majesty is good or bad.

But Shen Lang directly thought of Zhen Mi. Of course, Ning Yuanxian didn't know there was such a character, so the name was his original creation.

Grand Duke Li Xun said: "This word Mi is good, it means tranquility and sweetness, but it also hides nobility. When it is pronounced as Fu, it has the same meaning as the word Fu of the ancient Fuxi family. Fuxi is one of the ancient three emperors, noble. Incomparable."

Shen Lang nodded perfunctorily and said, "Well, not bad, not bad!"

Li Sun was speechless. Of course, when he reported back to His Majesty, he would never dare to say that Shen Lang's attitude was perfunctory. He would definitely say that Shen Lang was amazed after hearing this. Shen Lang couldn't come up with such a good name.

Then Grandpa Li Sun took out a piece of jade and put it on the baby's neck.

"This is a gift from Concubine Bian."

He did not say the origin of this jade.

On the surface, this piece of jade looks very ordinary.

However, it is indeed a thing of ancient civilization, and it is said to be a crown jewel of a certain king in ancient times.

This is a dowry gift given to her by the Bian family. She always wears it, and originally intended to pass it on to her daughter.

It's just that Concubine Bian keeps a low profile and never shows off to others, so almost no one knows how precious this thing is.

"Your Majesty said that when the border hunting is over, our little baby will be three months old, and it will be the cutest time. At that time, we will bring him into the palace and let Concubine Bian take a good look at it."

Originally, Li Sun could only come for half an hour, but before he knew it, he held the baby for more than a quarter of an hour, and then reluctantly left.

He also gave a gift himself, but he didn't say it specifically, it was just a small copper coin with a red string on the baby's wrist.

He also didn't say that this copper coin should be the only thing left to him by his biological mother.

Li Sun is an orphan who grew up in the Da En Court and was adopted as a foster son by Eunuch Li Mu. He never knew who his parents were since he was a child.

But as long as he can remember, he has worn this copper coin on his wrist.

Later, when he got older and his wrist became thicker, he couldn't wear the copper coin anymore, so he hid it next to his body.

Now he gave this copper coin to the little baby Shen Mi. Although it was worthless, he poured all his love and blessings into it.

Jin Mucong was greedy for the baby, so he couldn't help saying from the sidelines: "Brother-in-law, why don't you keep an eye on the training at the Beiyuan hunting ground? This border hunting has a lot to do with it, not only the fate of you and His Highness Ning Zheng, but even It also concerns His Majesty the Monarch.”

This is half true.

The monarch has now rested and recuperated, and his actions are no longer hindered.

But still lying on the sickbed every day.

The consequences of his illness this time were too serious, making everyone feel that the tiger had become weak, which was very dangerous.

So now even though he is almost healed, he still pretends to be weak and unable to get out of bed.

When he pretends to be weak to the extreme.

Frontier Hunting has officially begun!

He will be energetic and heroic in front of everyone.

Frontier will hunt, blockbuster.

Shen Lang's 2,000 new troops created a miracle, and the monarch once again frightened the surroundings.

Restoring the pinnacle of reputation once again.

At that time, people all over the world will speculate that the illness of the monarch Ning Yuanxian is fake, and everything is fake.

At that time, the world will be in awe of him even more.

So, now the fate of the monarch, Ning Zheng, and Shen Lang has been tied together.

The monarch said that he doesn't trust Ning Zheng, but he trusts Shen Lang.

And this time, he almost bet on his political reputation with his trust.

This kind of trust is really heavy.

………………

Although everyone thinks that Shen Lang and Ning Zheng will definitely lose in the frontier battle, there is no hope.

After all, even Shen Lang himself gave up. Ever since his daughter was born, he has never been to Beiyuan hunting ground.

Moreover, a plague drama was staged around the entire Beiyuan hunting ground.

Animal carcasses are everywhere, and miasma is everywhere.

But it still couldn't stop the prying eyes of many spies.

There are those from the prince's line, those from the third prince's line, those from the Zhong family, and spies from Chu.

Moreover, the entire Beiyuan hunting ground is too big to stop the infiltration of spies.

So these spies still spied on Kutohuan's military training.

Then, these people's intestines were about to burst from laughter.

Oh my god.

It's too ridiculous, too coke.

What you practice is bullshit.

Keep it a secret?

What a shit you practice!

Because Shen Lang's two thousand recruits only practiced one move every day.

Swing the knife!

One cut in two, one cut in two!

Thousands of times, tens of thousands of times!

One day, two days, ten days, half a month, one month!

They are all practicing this move.

And wielding a wooden knife.

As an army, you don't practice formations, strength and speed?

Just practice swinging a knife?

Even if you practice swinging the knife, you have to change your posture, and you will always chop straightly.

If you don't practice vomiting, I'm going to watch vomiting.

How stupid are you bastards, it takes a month of practice to swing a knife with such a simple move?

And it seems to continue to practice like this?

And it seems like you haven't learned it yet?

Shen Lang, I know that you have already given up on this border meeting.

But put on a show anyway.

At least let your recruits practice sword skills and archery.

And not even willing to let them touch the real knife?

Oh, by the way, this group of people are useless trash, and they can't handle real knives at all.

Time passed day by day.

These spies really couldn't take it anymore.

Just watching these two thousand idiots practice swinging knives every day, not only would they throw up, but they would also be stupid.

So the spies left one after another.

Also spy a fart.

It's a waste of life to spy on such a shitty army.

The key is that this group of people, even with wooden knives, struggled to wield them, sweating profusely, and had no murderous intent at all.

This kind of waste is not even as good as a seven or eight-year-old boy scout.

After almost a month, all the spies disappeared completely.

So Ku Tou Huan asked this group of people to practice swinging knives for a month, is it acting?

of course not!

First of all, the knives in the hands of this group of people looked like wooden knives, but they were actually lead inside, which was very, very heavy.

And it got heavier every day. On the last day of this month, the knife in their hands weighed nearly two hundred catties.

It will be heavier next time.

When they actually went to the battlefield, they held in their hands a horse-chopping knife that would weigh a hundred catties, a horse-chopping knife made of first-class steel.

A Mo Dao of about 1.7 meters!

And every soldier will wear steel heavy armor.

That's right!

This is the ace army of the Tang Dynasty against the Turkic cavalry.

Mo Dao team!

For a long time in ancient China, cavalry was invincible against infantry. But the Modao team managed to crush the cavalry.

Collective combat, team power.

Thousands of people are in order.

It's a clean break!

Even elite cavalrymen are out of their wits.

This is simply a tank in the cold weapon era, and it is simply a moving Great Wall of steel.

Moreover, the ace army under Shen Lang's command was all transformed by blood.

The strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the endurance is getting stronger and stronger.

And have discipline, loyalty. soul.

Compared with the Modao team in the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how much stronger it is.

Although Kutohuan only asked them to contact one move.

But the sword technique is like this, one can know everything.

Let you practice one move to the extreme, speed, strength, angle to the extreme.

Then it will be simplified on the battlefield.

One move is fatal, and one move is fatal.

When this super heavy infantry of Shen Lang appears on the battlefield, it is destined to shock the world!

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