Zhaoyingxia, the base camp of the Qin border army.

As a long breath of turbid air was spitting out, Deng Pu slowly stopped and stood up straight. Thunderous applause was heard around him, and cheers were heard one after another.

Deng Pu, who was naked, had his upper body like Qin Feng, with scars stacked one after another. These scars were his gains on the battlefield over the years. Of course, it was also due to these scars that he sat in this position today.

The Deng family is a Qin family with many children, so there are naturally many playboys, but such people will never be able to enter the core circle of the Deng family. They can only receive a generous salary at home and die in their lives. And those who truly hold the power of the Deng family are polished from the most difficult places.

Like Deng, there is also the Bian family who fought with them to the death. What outsiders saw was that these aristocratic families controlled the power of the Western Qin generation after generation, but they did not see that these outstanding children of the aristocratic families also paid a huge price for this. There were many aristocratic families, but many died.

From this point of view, the Qin State, located in the western border, is much stronger than the wealthy Nan Chu. The children of the aristocratic families of Nan Chu are gradually being corrupted in their superior material life, and each generation is worse than the next.

Hearing the cheers of everyone, Deng Pu's face was not happy. This battle was a great harvest for Qin, but for him personally, it was an absolute defeat.

The plan to capture Princess Zhaohua went bankrupt, which made them lose their biggest bargaining chips at the negotiating table. Nan Chu was sure that Xi Qin would not have a large-scale war with them, so he was unwilling to give up too much benefits, which made Qin's final gains lower than expected. Putting aside these, Deng Pu's biggest loss was his injuries.

In the Luoying Mountains, he was first seriously injured by Guo Jiulin's death attack. Then he attacked Zuo Lixing with Shu Hui, and was seriously injured. He chased Qin Feng and Min Ruoxi all the way, but did not receive timely rehabilitation and treatment. In the end, in order to ensure that Princess Zhaohua was alive, he fought with Shu Huihuo again, and was injured again, and almost couldn't go back alive.

Now, the injury seems to be healing, but the hidden dangers are far from being eliminated. Deng Pu knew that he would never have hope in his life to reach the level of a master. In Yongdu, when he was recuperating from the wounded, he really felt a sense of despair. The competition between Deng and Bian was not only in the court, but also in power, but also in martial arts. In their generation, there were no master-level warriors in both families, while Bian Wushuang and Deng Pu were the two most promising. But now, Deng Pu’s path has been broken, but Bian Wushuang is intact. Compared with the two, Deng’s loss has been considered a great loss. If Bian Wushuang succeeds in attacking the master in the future, Bian’s status in Qin will rise, and one will decline and the other will rise. It can be imagined that Deng’s life will be even more difficult in the future.

What made Deng Pu even more angry was that when he returned to Yongdu to recover from his injuries, Bian Wushuang took this opportunity to vigorously join the border army. I wonder what the emperor thought, but he actually agreed that Bian Wushuang's confidant Zheng Xiao would become the chief general of Jingjing Pass. Jingjing Pass was the outpost position of Anyang County in the future. Such an important checkpoint was handed over to the Bian family. Wouldn't it be that the border army's money pocket be added to the border army's money pocket?

But the emperor's decision cannot be changed. Deng Pu, who was not interested in recovering from the injury in Yongdu, hurried back to Zhaoyingxia Qin border army base. He had to find a way to stabilize the situation and run away Zheng Xiao, otherwise he would let this person grow up, which would be extremely unfavorable to Deng's control of the border army.

In this world, there are many people who are good at looking at the style of the people. Zheng Xiao is much better than the Bian children who were previously inserted into the border army by Bian. If he doesn't go there, he will not be able to find someone under his command to deal with this guy.

Unfortunately, Nanchu's suicide camp was basically dead, and their chief Qin Feng was also dead. Otherwise, if you find an opportunity to push Zheng Xiao to the military formation of the suicide camp, maybe the suicide camp will solve his problem. In the past, he often did this. In Deng Pu's eyes, the suicide camp was sometimes a sharp knife that was easier to use than the one under his heart.

When the sun got up from the hill in the distance, Deng Pu was already dressed neatly on the tiger-skin chair in the middle of the meeting hall, flipping through documents. He had not been in the base camp for several months, and some documents that had to be approved by him had been piled up like a mountain.

After reviewing several copies, he suddenly saw a document from Jingjingguan and couldn't help but snorted in his nostrils. Zheng Xiao didn't take office for long, but this army under his command had already shown disharmony with the entire border army. Zheng Xiao was also a good means to transfer the army to Jingjingguan, but he was actually surrendered by him in a short time. It was true that where he went to take office, he led the entire army. As for the soldiers at the grassroots level, they were so poor that they thought that it would not cost too much for Bian to buy them.

What made Deng Pu even more angry was that Bian Wushuang actually crossed the border army headquarters and directly ordered the Ministry of War to transfer a batch of weapons, clothing and other military supplies to Jingjingguan. The soldiers of Jingjingguan are now completely renewed, which made many generals of the headquarters very jealous. If it weren't for the fact that a large amount of Chu army equipment had been seized in the Luoyingshan Mountains before, they would have been in trouble in the base camp.

Faced with this situation, Deng Pu was also helpless. Even if he complained directly to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty would definitely be in harmony with him and he would not get a satisfactory answer at all. The most fundamental problem was that he failed this mission and was seriously injured, and he almost lost the hope of advancing to the level of a master. The eldest brother Deng Fang made a big mistake on Liu Zhen's issue and lost such a heavy spy. Deng's failure on both sides, so Bian took advantage of the situation. Now, he can only endure it for the time being and give him a heavy blow when he finds a good opportunity.

When he opened Zheng Xiao's report, Deng Pu not only sneered, but it was really funny. Zheng Xiao actually wanted his headquarters to send troops to help him eliminate the remnants of the Death Camp. The reason was that the Chu people in Anyang City were willing to pay 100,000 taels of silver.

Although the border troops are poor, they are not so poor. How big is the Luoying Mountains? How many people have to be dispatched to do this? It is not easy to destroy such a unit of six or seven hundred people, even if they find the other party's foothold in advance. What's more, the Death Camp is a cunning fox and a fierce wild wolf in the mountains. If one is not good, it will be bitten by a snake without being beaten. Zheng Xiao is too simple to see things.

After throwing the documents on the ground, Deng Pu said coldly: "Tell Zheng Xiao that the base camp does not agree with this matter. If he insists, he can send troops on his own. He will not ask for a 100,000 taels of silver base camp for the Chu people, and he will handle it himself."

A staff member picked up the document and said with a smile: "I'll reply to him now. Zheng Xiao doesn't know anything. If he is broken into the hands of the death camp, it will really become a joke."

Deng Pu laughed: "If he really did it, he would probably do some useless work, and he would have to waste money and get nothing in the end. However, the death camp is different from before. Qin Feng died and the main force was destroyed. It is unlikely that Zheng Xiao would suffer a loss."

"General, this suicide camp has killed too many people from our border troops. It has a deep blood hatred for us. The general really doesn't want to seek revenge on them?" The aide picked up his pen and looked at Deng Pu, feeling a little puzzled.

"Of course there is revenge, but revenge cannot be ignored." Deng Pu smiled and shook his head: "If it was sent to my mouth, it would naturally be swallowed in one bite, but now it is obviously thankless. Why should I do it? The Death Camp has become a dog in the water, but this dog will still bite people. At this time, I'm afraid they are even more fierce. Besides, the Death Camp has now formed a mortal hatred with the Chu people, so they can stay in the Luoying Mountains and let them bite dogs with the Chu people. With the virtue of the Death Camp, this time I suffered such a big loss, and I will definitely not stop there. Maybe we will rob Anyang County next time, and this Death Camp will also go out to fish in the water."

"The general is very clear. Since it has value in utilization, it is better to stay. It is more convenient to use them to deal with Zheng Xiao at that time." The aide nodded understandingly.

Deng Pu smiled and didn't answer, but a face appeared in his mind. It was this person who made him lose his skills in the Luoying Mountains. Although his martial arts were not very good, his tenacity was admired. He had never suffered such a loss in his life! What a pity, he died! Otherwise, he would be a good opponent.

It is hard to find a confidant, but it is not difficult to find a rival who is quite chess and drums!

Shaking his head, Deng Pu buried his head again in the thick desks and began to sweep the work with difficulty.

I don’t know how long it took, but Deng Pucai interrupted his work by the sound of footsteps. He raised his head and hurriedly walked in.

"General, someone outside the camp asked for a visit!" Yajiang bowed and handed over a greeting post.

The post was very rough, and it looked like I had picked up a piece of paper to write it. However, the words on it were flowing and seemed to be deep. I glanced at the signature below and Deng Pu stood up suddenly as if he was stabbed by a needle.

"General, what's wrong?" Several aides in the room were shocked by Deng Pu's expressions that looked like a ghost.

Deng Pu came back to his senses, waved the reply in his hand, but laughed: "It's so strange. Today we just talked about the Death Camp. The important figure in the Death Camp actually threw the post to me. What a strange thing. Shu Chang, haha, this is the nameless second-ranked figure in the Death Camp. Is this person back? What does he mean when he comes to find me?"

"Or the suicide camp now feels that it is at a loss and wants to come and serve the general?" A staff member speculated: "If this is the case, the general may as well make use of it."

After putting down the bow, Deng Pu thought for a moment and said to Na Ya Jiang: "Go and bring this person in, and I'll see what he is thinking about."
Chapter completed!