Volume 5 War and Peace Chapter 26 Trouble

I was inspired by this sentence. If it weren't for women, I wouldn't have appeared here at all. It is said that men conquer women and conquer men. Of course, the one who invented this sentence must be an ugly woman who is yy all day long. Beautiful women don't have time to think of such philosophical words. Su Jing is the kind of woman who can conquer the world, and she is also beautiful. Whenever I think of this, I feel that I'm not at all in her hands. We haven't seen each other for nearly a month since Hong Lie left. At this moment, the tall and pretty female sword god in my mind - I really miss her a little.

Seeing that I was in a hurry, the soldier said with anticipation: "General Sword God, if you meet that Su Jing, you will definitely compete with her. You must call the young one at that time."

I said in surprise: "Why?"

"It's rare to see the Sword God in a century, let alone the two sword gods were born together. If you two compete, the young ones would naturally want to open their eyes. In the future, bragging with others will be enough for a lifetime."

I laughed and said, "I came from an alliance with us. What kind of martial arts can I compete with her?"

The soldier curled his lips and said, "There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Don't you want to know who is the real first today?"

I smiled and said, "I don't want to fight with a man and a woman. If you lose, you can't make a mess, but if you win, you will be even more embarrassing!"

The soldier also smiled and said, "That's true, but I heard that the Kingdom of Women is respected by women. Then...will she think so too?"

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The order also mentioned Puqixiong. It seems that Shi Cundao is going to hold a high-level meeting for the entire army to discuss this matter, so we decided to set off immediately. Unexpectedly, before I set off, I was entangled by two little tails - when Stica and Lue E heard Su Jing's name, they insisted on following me to see. Stica twisted her shoulders and said coquettishly: "Fifth Brother, please let me go with you, I just want to see what the sword god looks like."

I spread my hands: "Didn't you see Sword God every day?"

Sticia hurriedly added: "There is only Su Jing, the female sword god."

Lu'e also said: "Yes, I heard that Su Jing is just in her early 20s and is only a few years older than me, so I'm very curious."

I thought to myself, are you afraid of being beaten? She has seen Su Jing several times...

So we took a dozen followers and set off immediately. I remained silent along the way. Puqixiong came to me and looked understanding and said, "Why, I feel a little uncomfortable when I see this Su Jing?"

"What's wrong with me?"

Puqixiong smiled slightly and said, "It's understandable. Before you, this little Su Jing was the only sword god on the mainland. If you want to say that her name is bigger than you, but if you don't have it, you will definitely overshadow her."

I sneered, "I'm not that stingy."

Actually, I have been thinking about other things in my mind: What attitude should I use to treat Su Jing? Needless to say, the relationship between me and her is our first meeting in the eyes of others. The Hong Lie Empire and the Kingdom of Women are not enemies, but they are definitely not friends. As the sword god of the Hong Lie Empire, should I show a lot of humility and contact with her? Or is my stingy look that sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks can make the people of the Hong Lie Empire feel a long face?

After a long trek, we finally arrived at Xinzhou City. After entering the city from the south gate, military personnel led us to Li Jian's governor's mansion. After arriving at the destination, someone came to arrange for us to rest and wash. Finally, Shi Cundao asked someone to pick us up and meet at his central military tent. I settled Stiljia and Lue's room and came to the central military tent with Puqixiong.

At this moment, some of the generals of the central army had arrived, and Shi Cundao was sitting up there. As soon as I came in, I looked around, but I didn't find Su Jing.

Shi Cundao probably understood my thoughts and smiled and said, "I have asked someone to arrange Su Jing to rest in the inn, she is not here."

I said with Oh, I sat down with Puqixiong and asked, "Grandpa has seen her?"

Shi Cundao said: "Not yet, she only handed over a letter saying that she was coming on behalf of the Kingdom of Women and wanted to form an alliance with our Hong Lie to deal with Heijis. This matter is of great importance. Your left-handed soldiers have arrived. I want to wait for the right-handed army and the Pioneer Battalion, and then meet this girl together."

While speaking, someone reported that the right general Shi Dong and Fuyuan General Shi Chi were asking for a meeting outside the tent. A man in the seat twisted restlessly. When Li Jian heard that his son-in-law had come, he could not sit still. Shi Cundao glanced at him and said blankly: "Governor Li, you can't go to welcome the two generals on my behalf."

Li Jian heard it without saying a word and suddenly came out of the big tent. After a moment, he heard the lively outside. "I have met my father-in-law" and "I have met my grandfather." He continued to greet him. Li Jian finally saw his two grandchildren. Lao Huai was very relieved and asked questions. The generals in the tent looked serious, but outside the tent seemed to have a marriage recognition meeting. After a while, Shi Cundao coughed and suddenly became silent. Then Shi Chi and Shi Dong followed Li Jian into the tent. Behind him were brothers of the Shi family. Originally, they were not qualified to participate in the meeting of generals of this level, but naturally there were no ignorant criticisms in Hong Lie's army.

Once you enter the account, you have to arrange seats and titles according to your military rank. Li Jian retreated to the last few rows. Shi Chi and Shi Dong stood opposite Puqixiong and me with the case of Shuai. Shi Cundao glanced at Shi Dong's arm hanging on his chest, his eyelids trembled slightly, and his face was as cold as water: "Shi Dong, your right-wing army is not good in the first battle. What crime should you be the commander?"

Shi Dong hurriedly stepped out of the line and knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general is unable to lead the troops, and is willing to be dealt with by military law." But then he explained the situation that day in detail. He did this not to relieve the blame. The army has its own laws. He analyzed the reasons for the failure in public. When others meet Qin Yiwu again, he will be careful. Moreover, his success or failure is also related to Shi Cundao's face. If his failure is really because of the lack of command of the army, it can only show that Shi Cundao is nepotism and explains the causes and consequences clearly. Shi Cundao will not be too ugly.

Shi Cundao didn't say anything after hearing this, but the generals already understood that Shi Dong's defeat could only be said to be unlucky. He was targeted by 1,000 masters of swordsmen and above. He met Qin Yiwu's cavalry corps in the open belt. No matter who encounters it, he will have a headache.

Shi Cundao thought for a moment and said concisely: "No matter what, your defeat in the first battle will shake the morale of the army. Now that I am going to relegate and delay your use, do you have any objections?"

Shi Dong said with a sad expression: "I don't dare."

Shi Cundao waved his hand: "Stand aside."

This punishment is not serious or minor. The downgrade is still used as the name suggests that the grade has been reduced, but it is temporarily left in the original position. Shi Dong has controlled the Right Army for many years. The first grade is not important to him. As long as the military power is still in hand, it will not be affected at all. However, Shi Cundao did not blindly condone his son. The downgrade is a serious warning. If Shi Dong cannot make meritorious contributions in the battle below, with Shi Cundao's temper, he will definitely dare to beat Shi Dong's right general to the end.

Shi Cundao cleared his throat and said, "Generals, today we have a major event to discuss with you. You probably heard that the Kingdom of Women sent a special envoy to discuss the alliance with us. Now this person is waiting outside the tent. However, Heigis's invasion of our country this time seemed to have not sent troops to the Kingdom of Women. At this critical moment, they took the initiative to form an alliance with us. I am deeply confused and would like to ask you to discuss it together: What is the medicine sold in this Kingdom of Women?"

Puqixiong frowned and said, "Is it because they want to take advantage of the tense war between us, Hong Lie. It is called alliance, but it is actually to take advantage of others' danger. Even if the alliance is true, at least a lion will have to speak out. I don't know what excessive conditions are needed."

In fact, the people here generally think this way, so they are overwhelmed.

I felt anxious and couldn't help but say, "These are all speculations. Why don't we call the special envoy of the Kingdom of Women first and see what she says?"

General Weiyuan, Ding Zhan, under Shi Cundao's tent, said: "Marcel, I remember that we have discussed it more than once at this time. The emperor and the general seemed to not advocate alliance with the Kingdom of Women."

Shi Cundao asked: "What do you mean?"

Ding Zhan said: "Heigis' heavy troops attacked me. I believe that he will take action against the Eighteen Kingdoms and the Kingdom of Daughters soon. If I form an alliance with the Kingdom of Daughters, they will use the covenant to ask us to send troops to help. If we send troops at that time, our strength will be empty and we will not send troops to breach the contract. Once the covenant is reached, the soldiers will bear a heavy burden. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to send the envoy back and finish it."

I became angry as soon as I heard this tone. My mother also analyzed that the failure to form an alliance with Hong Lie in the past was because of this argument. The Hong Lie Empire was indeed the well-deserved second military power on the mainland except Heijis, so he was arrogant everywhere, thinking that everyone who took the initiative to make friends with him had this mentality of taking advantage, just like an old rich man who was afraid that his poor neighbor would implicate himself.

I insulted indifferently, "General Ding, don't forget that Heijis has not sent any troops to the Kingdom of Women. Besides, our Hong Lie is different now, so it's not bad to have one more ally, right?"

Ding Zhan curled his lips disapprovingly, obviously disdaining me, an amateur.

Shi Cundao looked at me strangely and said, "So Goro, do you support us in alliance with the Kingdom of Women?"

I was afraid that I would reveal my original intention too early and arouse suspicion, so I had to say ambiguously: "I mean, why don't we meet the envoy of the Kingdom of Women first? It's not good if we just reject people without saying anything, right?"

Shi Cundao said: "This is true. Whether it is successful or not, we should meet the special envoy of the Kingdom of Women." As he said that, he blinked at the generals and said, "Even if you don't want to form an alliance, don't you want to see what Su Jing looks like?"

When everyone saw that the Marshal said this, they laughed and said, "The Marshal is right."

Shi Cundao adjusted his expression and shouted: "I'm going to invite the special envoy of the Kingdom of Women."

I leaned over to the Shuai Case and whispered: "Grandpa, should we send someone to greet me?"

Shi Cundao shook his head and said, "Since the other party asks me, we don't have to be too polite, so that she thinks we want to form an alliance with them."

I sighed secretly. The resistance of this alliance was already so great before the resistance was even made. Whether it could succeed was really a huge unknown.

General Shi Cundao passed down, and someone took Su Jing into the tent.

The name of Su Jing has been widely circulated on two continents since the day she became the Sword God. The talent and talent of this young female sword god are like an unattainable Lingao Snow Mountain. They have always been the object of admiration for the world and have always stimulated those pretentious masters. The most famous young people among them may be to break through to the sword master at the age of 20, and may want to be promoted to the Sword Saint before the age of 60. The birth of Su Jing made them understand that no matter how amazing and talented they are, they will never be able to surpass the world and become a legend that is still popular in an era or even a hundred generations.

The generals in the tent are already familiar with the name Su Jing, and they are all martial artists. For this legendary female sword god in another country, no one in the world has more complicated emotions than theirs: envious, jealous, resentful, and hostile, but no matter what emotions, they all stared at the door without exception, and then fell on the person coming...

Su Jing was still wearing a white cloth sabre, facing everyone's eyes calmly, with neither proud nor humble expressions, nor despised everyone present as if nothing had happened. She calmly swept the faces of everyone, stood ten steps before the Shuai Case, and bowed slightly, "My daughter Su Jing, I have met Marshal Shi."

Shi Cundao said calmly: "It turns out to be Su Jianshen, I'm so lucky to meet him."

Su Jing said: "Marrior Shi, you are kind. The old marshal has been in the world for 40 years. Only I have really admired him for a long time." She was polite with Shi Cundao as she handled the errand and said straight to the point, "I am here to form an alliance with your country on behalf of the Kingdom of Women. I believe the old marshal must have read the handwritten letter from Her Majesty the Queen of Our country?"

Shi Cundao said: "I've seen it."

Su Jing straightened his pen: "What do Marshal Shi thinks?"

Shi Cundao gently stroked his beard and said, "The letter only says that your country has the intention of forming an alliance, but it is not unreasonable. As for what obligations should the two countries bear after the alliance, under what circumstances should they perform, how many troops should be sent during the execution, and which party should bear the logistics supply. It is vague to say that your country will be arbitrary to form an alliance with others like this, right?"

Su Jing said: "I can answer you about this question: Once the alliance is reached, if a country is in trouble, the allies must do their best to rescue their allies on the premise of ensuring their own safety. It's that simple."

Shi Cundao shook his head and said, "Not a fool, no fool, isn't this a simple and general talk? How can you do it count? Your female emperor is not a child, why is it so rash? I see, I will write down the black and white words I just said before."

Su Jing said: "Even if the rules are divided, if one party does not abide by them at the moment, it will still be a piece of paper. Our Queen is sincere and please think twice."

Shi Cundao still shook his head and said, "This so-called power of the country is too vague. Also, the saying "ensure the security of our country" does not explain any problem. In this way, if you have trouble, we may leave 500,000 troops to defend the city, but for security reasons, it is okay to leave 1 million. At that time, you think I have not been interested in helping you, so what should I do?"

Su Jing said: "Heavenly knew that if it really came to that point, even if the old marshal came to help us alone, we would be grateful."

Shi Cundao smiled and said, "My Honglie Empire has a million units. It may not be that day. Heijis is our common enemy, but our two countries are too far apart and it is inconvenient to rescue each other. As long as your country is not merciless when facing the enemy, Heijis has the opportunity to grow bigger, and it is no difference whether to form an alliance or not. I will give up on this matter."

Shi Cundao's words were already a little damaged. His meaning was very clear: We don't need any allies here at all, but you may lose your chain at any time. The name of finding allies is actually finding a backer. We don't make this stupid thing.

Su Jing was speechless for a long time, as if he was too late to reason. The generals watched the famous female sword god in the world eat this, and his face was filled with gloating expressions. I was anxious that I could not speak in front of a foreign envoy, otherwise it would be not far from Zhenli exposed...

Su Jing stood there for a while, as if he had decided to go all out. She said word by word: "I understand Marshal Shi's thoughts. Your country realizes that there are many soldiers and generals. Although Heijis is a big trend for the time being, the Honglie Empire will definitely reverse the situation of the war. Sooner or later, our daughter country will have to rely on your country's breath to survive. This is probably the idea of ​​everyone here, right?"

Shi Cundao said nothing and made a default.

Su Jing said: "But you don't know yet. Heijis has already made up his mind during this Eastern Expedition: he will never send a soldier to the Kingdom of Women if he doesn't take down the Honglie Empire!"

This sentence caused a lot of sensation. Shi Cundao's pupils contracted and he sneered: "How can Su Jianshen know Heijis's idea?"

Su Jing said: "I once stole into Heijis camp and listened to Dan Tailang and his subordinates discussing military information. This is what I heard with my own ears."

Ding Zhan couldn't help but say, "So when Dan Tai Lang held a meeting with his subordinates, you were eavesdropping on the side?"

Su Jing suddenly turned his head and said, "That's right." She looked around the generals under the tent and said, "Although Su Jing is not talented, you don't think I don't even have this ability, right?"

If someone else said this, it would be hard not to be drowned by spitting, but Su Jing took it for granted. Everyone looked at her and felt ashamed and all slowly lowered their heads.

Su Jing looked at Shi Cundao and said, "Also, Marshal Shi is worried that we cannot treat each other with sincerity. I can tell you that General Zhao Fanghua, my daughter country, has led 200,000 Feifeng Army to come day and night, and is only a hundred miles away from Fuzhou, your country!"

"What?" This sentence caused an uproar. The generals whispered one after another. Shi Cundao said alertly: "What are your intentions?"

Su Jing said: "As long as the alliance is 10% complete, General Zhao will send troops immediately. If we attack inside and outside, the central Wusi will inevitably retreat."

Shi Cundao said without hesitation: "What if the covenant is not achieved?"

Su Jing said: "The 200,000 Feifeng Army had to return the same route, and it would be a pity that it would take a trek in vain."

Shi Cundao pondered for a moment, then changed his tone and said, "What are the conditions for your country to form an alliance with me?"

Su Jing said: "I have already mentioned the only condition."

"This..." Shi Cundao was finally completely confused. He looked at the others in the tent and hesitated: "Is there anything else that you want to say to all generals?"

These people are even more confused than him. If they say the news Su Jing heard from Dan Tai Lang, they were half-believing and half-doubted, the 200,000 Feifeng Army would definitely not be fake. No one here knows what the Feifeng Army means to the Kingdom of Women. Now is the most critical and difficult time for Hong Liejun to defend the city. With the help of the 200,000 Feifeng Army, they also know what this means...

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I was a little lost some time ago. As for the reasons, I might start a single chapter or not. But now, the old man seems to be coming back. Maybe the quality and quantity of the novel have not yet come back, but the heart is back. Well, it is a bit sour. I admit that the words about the heart are nonsense. What does the heart mean? This is not the style of Zhang Xiaohua at all. In fact, what I want to say is that my heart has never left you, dear.

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OK, it seems that it won't come back for a while...
Chapter completed!