After wearing a sick and weak cannon fodder as a prince

"Is it only [-]%? If the winning rate is only half, then it is impossible for the state of Chu to lend you troops. A deal that is not worth the gain will put the subjects of the state of Chu into a situation of eternal doom."

Xiao Mingze frowned slightly after hearing what he said, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he looked at Qin Jue: "If you had heard this earlier, you would not have come, if I had said from the beginning that I could If it succeeds, can you trust me to lend me the soldiers?"

Hearing his questioning, Qin Jue suddenly raised his head to look at Xiao Mingze: "You have to make it clear now that your Xiao family was defeated in the country of Yan, so you came to the border to borrow troops from our country of Chu. Now I am from the country of Chu Prince, do you know how helpless it is to be a prince? I have to think about the hundreds of thousands of people in Chu. Besides, I am only a prince, and the military power is not in my hands after all. You must know that if I dare to act rashly now, it is someone else Fish on a chopping board."

Xiao Mingze was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and then he clenched his fists: "Yes... I understand. In fact, it's good that you can come. I didn't think clearly when I wrote to you. "

Qin Jue also had difficulties. Up until the last moment, Xiao Mingze had naively thought that with their friendship when they were young, Qin Jue would persuade the King of Chu to lend him troops.

"My Xiao family used the disaster of extinction first, and then Yan Guo chased after it. This is the border of Chu Yan after all, and it is safe for me to stay here. You..."

Xiao Mingze wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything at the moment.

At this moment, he suddenly walked out of the tent, the snow outside was falling heavily, and the silvery white snow covered the whole Qinchuan, the night here seemed brighter than before.How much Xiao Mingze now hopes that the sky will not light up, so it will go on like this.

He and Qin Jue haven't seen each other for six years. These six years are enough to change a lot of things. Maybe it was just a joke they made when they were young, but he took it seriously.

"Qin Jue, do you still remember my name?" Xiao Mingze suddenly looked back at him.

Qin Jue froze for a moment when he heard this question, then he twitched his eyelashes slightly, and muttered: "Mmm...Xiao Ziyu."

he still remembers...

Xiao Mingze raised his head again and looked at the snow outside: "Look, it's snowing heavily tonight."

Qin Jue nodded slightly after hearing what he said: "Yes."

"Tomorrow's mountain road must be difficult, so you will leave before dawn?" Xiao Mingze suddenly felt a sense of loneliness in his eyes.

Qin Jue was taken aback when he heard this, and then he nodded again.

"I used to say that I want to live forever with you, but now I feel that this vow is not easy to achieve. A Jue... If, if you still have a little bit of memory of what we said when we were young, I... "

Before he finished speaking, Qin Jue said, "Well, I remember."

"Three years... You give me three years. If I am still alive, I will go back and make Murong's blood pay. After that, I will definitely promise you a lifetime of white heads, so... Three years, are you willing to wait" I……

Before he could say the last word, Xiao Mingze suddenly heard a rush of footsteps coming from behind. As soon as he turned around, Qin Jue ran to his side. Before he could react, Qin Jue's lips twitched Kissed.

Xiao Mingze's eyes suddenly widened at this moment——

I don't know how long it took before Qin Jue let go of his cool lips. He looked at Xiao Mingze and smiled: "Yes, I am willing. It's only been three years...I'll wait for you, Xiao Ziyu." He took out a yellow orange from his arms and stuffed it into Xiao Mingze's hand.

"This is... the fruit of the orange tree I planted myself when I left Chu State. Xiao Ziyu... I hope you are safe and sound. I will wait for you." After finishing speaking, he took out a red stick. The rope was tied around his wrist in a special knot.

At this time, they have learned the custom since ancient times to tie a red rope on the hand of their most beloved person, hoping that he can return safely and early after a long journey.

***

Sure enough, before dawn that night, Qin Jue hurried back.

In the past, Xiao Mingze's thinking was too simple. He thought that relying on Qin Jue could make him fight back to the country of Yan and make their Xiao family make a comeback.But all of this is just his delusion. Qin Jue also has his own difficulties. At first, he thought it was too simple.

After all, Qin Jue was not the emperor of Chu, and even if he were the emperor, he would not make fun of the whole of Chu for him.

Xiao Mingze felt a little funny thinking of this... After all, in Qin Juanjue's heart, his country of Chu was more important.But this is also a matter of course, the two of them have only been together for a few years?Great Chu is his home, as long as he kills the old king of Chu, he will be the new king of Chu.

That night, Xiao Mingze and Qin Jue had a hasty look at the snow in Qinchuan, but in the end he still failed to borrow soldiers from Chu.Those pursuers from the Yan Kingdom would soon reach the Chu-Yan border, and Xiao Mingze didn't stay in Qinchuan for long. He went all the way south along the Bi'a River, and finally traveled to the land of Shu in the southern countries.

The land of Shu is humid, which is different from that of Yan.Moreover, there are often floods and sparsely populated there.Xiao Mingze had calculated this correctly before he went there, because further south was the territory of Chu State and other countries in the south, so the army of Yan State would not chase there.

The Xiao family has already fallen in the country of Yan, and at this moment Xiao Mingze is also running around like a stray dog, so King Yan no longer has any worries, and gave up the only fish that slipped through the net.

Maybe at that time, he didn't know what it meant to cut the grass but not the roots, and to regenerate when the spring breeze blows.Xiao Mingze and his two thousand soldiers were recuperating in Sichuan.

There are often floods in the land of Shu and it is difficult to treat them. As the saying goes, troublesome people come out of poor mountains and bad waters.The people there have never been out, and they are not under the jurisdiction of any country. Although Shu should be in the territory of Chu State, Chu State has never managed it.

In recent years, the old King Chu was seriously ill, and Qin Jue gradually gained real power. If he hadn't turned a blind eye, Xiao Mingze would not have taken root in Shu.

***

Another three years... Xiao Mingze spent these years recuperating and recruiting troops in Shu.The land of Shu has been reclaimed as fertile land, and some people in Chu State gradually noticed him. At this time, Xiao Mingze contacted his uncle's old department in Yan State.

The Xiao family took root in Yan State, and hereditary generations were deeply rooted.Although the King of Yan had wiped out the Xiao family on the surface, the old Xiao family still took root in the country of Yan.Xiao Mingze knew that sooner or later he would use these old departments, so during those years in Yan State, even though he was cynical, he often went with Xiao Lie to various banquets to see the world.

Apart from Xiao Mingze's father, Xiao Lie had quite a lot of prestige in the old Xiao Clan's department in Yan Country.

Xiao Mingze still remembered that when the Xiao family was destroyed, Xiao Lie blocked all the pursuers inside the city gate.He killed blood all over his body, and he shouted in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Mingze! You are Xiao's last hope, you have to remember the hatred at this time, you have to come back! Sooner or later, you will come back—"

Come back for revenge!

Xiao Mingze has been thinking about this for the past three years, and now he has already laid out the layout.He knew that Qin Jue was the new King of Chu, and that on the third day of his ascension to the throne, he announced to all the kingdoms that he would proclaim himself emperor in Chu, so he invited all the kings to come to Chu as guests.

Xiao Mingze didn't expect that submissive kid more than ten years ago to declare to the world that he was emperor.Now he is the founding emperor of Chu.

And the other countries are not fools. They all know that the trip to Chu is a "Hongmen banquet", but if those princes don't go, it proves that Qin Jue, the emperor, is not recognized by others. Apart from Chu's vast territory, There are still hundreds of thousands of troops. If they don't go, Chu State just has a reason to attack neighboring countries.

Qin Jue's heart is clearly revealed, he has put his ambition in front of the world.Since he was a child, he knew what would happen to people without power, so he wanted to keep all the power in his own hands, and he wanted to make the world bow down for him.This is not a momentary delusion of his, this kind of thought has existed since he was in Yan Kingdom.

At that time, he was thinking that if he hadn't met Xiao Mingze in Yan country, he would have been humiliated, and he would not have the chance to return to Chu country to become emperor.Xiao Mingze was kind to him, so this time he used his title of emperor to create an opportunity for Xiao Mingze——

A chance for him to kill the enemies of the clan with his own hands.

***

In today's world, the military strength of Yan State is evenly matched with that of Chu State.As early as more than ten years ago, when Chu State was oppressed and beaten by Yan State, Chu State knew that no military force was tantamount to empty talk.The first king of Chu was not without brains, he was expanding his military strength very early, and kept raising his troops to store up their energy.

But he did too much, he ignored the hereditary nobles and officials of Chu State, and ignored the suffering of the people.Every year, the state of Chu conscripts a large number of soldiers. When it was serious, there was not a single young man in the whole city except the old and the weak, women and children.This caused the people of Chu State to complain unceasingly, and the little food was collected to feed those soldiers. The tax of Chu State did not decrease, and many people died of hunger and cold.

This phenomenon lasted until Qin Jue ascended the throne.

Qin Jue has been on the throne for two years. In these two years, he kept the soldiers of Chu State, but he never conscripted soldiers. When he first ascended the throne, he also cut the people's taxes in half. Maybe the people of Chu State have been suppressed for too long. .The emperor was suddenly so tolerant to them, and they supported the emperor even more.

Qin Jue proclaimed himself emperor in order to frighten other countries, so no one in Chu State objected.Qin Jue's mother's Nanlingxiang clan is also a well-known Confucian scholar family, who value etiquette and benevolence the most. With the blessing of these conditions, Qin Jue handed over invitation letters to the kings of various countries.

Qin Jue has always liked talented people, and among these talented people, there is one person who is very favored by Qin Jue—Wu Ling.At the beginning, he was just a counselor beside Qin Jue, but Qin Jue respected him as a national teacher after he ascended the throne.

Only he himself knows how to obtain his throne and everything he has obtained now.

It is indeed not easy for Wu Ling to be able to sit in the position of a national teacher even though he is a shaman.However, Wu Ling had said to Qin Jue that it really didn't matter what method he used to gain power, because he was an emperor star, and he was destined to be an emperor.