He glanced at Ji Hu, as if he was hesitant to speak, but Ji Hu understood: "I don't! I don't want to hide in the mine with Prince E! I am a man too, and I want to stand side by side with my eldest brother and brother Duoyou.

Fight!"

"What?" Ji Duoyou was amused: "You kid, you're not as tall as a halberd, how can you fight alongside me?" After saying that, he gestured to the top of Ji Hu's head with his hand, and pulled him up.

armpit.

The whole tent burst into laughter. Ji Hu was so angry that his face turned red and he stamped his feet and ran out. Zhao Bohu was worried that something had happened and was about to go out to take a look when he suddenly heard "Report——" and the spies came into the tent again: "Sui

Hou brought the armies of Deng, Yun, Jiao, Jiang, and Huang to help in the battle!"

After hearing this, everyone was as energetic as if they had been given chicken blood. Zhao Bohu stepped forward and asked, "How many people have you brought with you?"

"There are about 40,000 to 50,000 people and 400 chariots."

This is a large number, and it will reverse the strength disadvantage with the Chu army in one fell swoop, and the battlefield pattern will be reversed.

"Great! Come on, follow me down the mountain to meet Sui Hou." Zhao Bohu excitedly walked out of the tent.

"Sir!" The spy's eyes were a little dodgey: "The Marquis Sui didn't come to Tonglu Mountain. He camped sixty miles to the west."

"Set up camp?" Ji Duoyou found it unbelievable: "It's not Rizang now, and he set up camp? Still so far away from here? What does this mean?"

Everyone looked at each other, only Zhao Bohu was thoughtful.

Three days passed. Both Zhao Bohu and Shenhou sent several groups of envoys to Suihou's camp sixty miles away, urging them to come and join forces. All they got were excuses and excuses.

If you don't accept it, it's difficult to supply supplies, it's inconvenient to break camp, and so on.

This side refused to join forces, but the commotion in the Chu camp was getting louder and louder. Every day from early morning to night, the fireworks of the forge continued. Soldiers in charge of woodcutter were all over the mountain, and half of the mountain was cut bare. Zhao Bohu

Unable to sit still, he understood that these princes all had their own plans, and Sui Hou must have some requirements that he needed to satisfy.

"Ziliang, please accompany me to the Suihou camp!" Zhao Bohu suddenly said to Ji Duoyou, who was pacing uneasily in front of the tent.

"Ah?" Ji Duoyou came back to his senses and was very excited: "Are you going to teach those old bastards who were sitting on the wall and watching? That's great!"

Young man's heart! Zhao Bohu smiled helplessly and said nothing. The two of them got on their mounts. Suddenly, Zhao Bohu seemed to have remembered something and said to the guards: "Go and call Zhao Hu and come with us."

go together!"

"You don't have to worry about him now!" Ji Duoyou joked, but Zhao Bohu just laughed and didn't answer.

A group of more than 20 horses galloped for most of the day. Others were fine, but Ji Hu felt that his courage was about to burst. When he saw the white tents stretching for two miles in the distance, he felt relieved, and finally arrived!

The gate of the camp was wide open, and several princes of different ages and heights came out to greet him. He was a short and stocky man, about fifty years old. His temples were gray, but he had a pair of small eyes.

But still shining brightly.

Zhao Bohu met with all the princes and introduced Ji Hu and Ji Duoyou. When the prince saw Ji Hu, his eyes lit up and his expression was very strange. He was surprised at first, and then...

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Suddenly, he seemed to have great expectations at the end. Ji Hu felt very uncomfortable when he saw his eyes constantly glancing at her.

Everyone came to the central military tent and sat down one by one. The Marquis then asked Zhao Bohu to take a seat, but he refused and fell to the second seat. After everyone had finished greetings, Zhao Bohu made a look, and Ji Duoyou understood.

He asked: "It has been three days since the princes and their armies came here. Why haven't you come to Tonglu Mountain to join forces?"

All the people glanced at Suihou, and Zhao Bohu said in his heart: All the concubines in Hanyang are really looking at Suihou. This statement seems to be true!

"Well------" Sui Hou smiled but did not answer, and only glanced outside the tent: "I do have something to say to the King from the bottom of my heart, can you please step aside?"

The princes of Deng, Yun, Jiao, Jiang, and Huang below met and all took their leave and left the tent. Zhao Bohu said to Ji Duoyou, "Go and guard outside the tent."

After everyone retreated, only Zhao Bohu, Sui Hou and Ji Hu were left in the tent. Sui Hou suddenly left the table and faced Ji Hu's last table. He lifted up the hem of his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed three times.

He shouted: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here. If I fail to greet you from afar, I will be punished by death!"

Ji Hu was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He trembled his lips and said, "You--how did you know?"

"I received an urgent order from Haojing a few days ago, and ordered me to lead the army to assist Young Master Zhao in repelling the Chu army in Tonglu Mountain. The king also informed me in a secret letter that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also accompanied Young Master Zhao in his southern expedition. I see that you are old enough to

By the way, Mr. Zhao calls you Zhao Hu, so I dare to infer your identity."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accompanied the Southern Expedition, originally to boost the morale of the countries in Jianghan and Han, so that we could all work together to resist the Chu. Now that you have sent out troops, why don't you come to Tonglu Mountain to meet up, but instead camp here and not retreat without fighting? What's the point?"

Zhao Bohu interrupted Suihou's confession.

Suihou lowered his head and refused to answer, and Zhao Bohu nuzzled at Ji Hu. Ji Hu was encouraged and bravely asked: "If you have anything to hide, just tell me directly!"

"Nuo!" Suihou seemed to be waiting for Ji Hu's words, and then kowtowed: "I, Suiguo, belong to the branch with the surname Ji. Among the Jianghan countries, I have the most respected title and the largest territory. I should take on more protection for the Zhou family.

Responsibility. For hundreds of years, we have guarded the "Copper and Tin Road" from Tonglu Mountain to Haojing for generations, and there has never been any mistakes. However, the E country did not live up to expectations. This time, we almost lost Tonglu Mountain and ruined our great Zhou Dynasty.

This is where the country lies. Therefore, I would like to ------"

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Bohu and Ji Hu with tentative eyes. Seeing that they had no intention of answering, he had to continue: "I thought, if this copper green mountain can be in the hands of my own people named Ji,

Isn't it hundreds of times stronger than those with different surnames? What's more, the E country was almost destroyed after this defeat. This time, Wang Shi and the Jianghan countries helped him to defend the Tonglu Mountain in E Yufang. What about next time? They are still capable of resisting the Chu people.

Attack again?"

A storm arose in Zhao Bohu's mind. It must be said that what Suihou said was exactly what he had been thinking about these days. The city of E has been lost, and most of the country has entered the Chu border. I am afraid that he will have to find another place to start again.

Founding of the People's Republic of China. After this calamity, if the Tonglu Mountain is still placed under the jurisdiction of the State of E, and the Chu people are determined to capture it, they will definitely make a comeback. By then, will the State of E, with its ruined mountains and rivers, still be able to hold on to the largest copper mine in the Zhou Dynasty?

Although Suihou is greedy, he is of Ji's bloodline after all, and his strength is second to none in Jianghan. Attributing Tonglu Mountain to Suiguo will be of great benefit to the Zhou family. But ------ E Yufang

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How can he just give up and give up? This is also the lifeblood of his country!

Sui Hou was good at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Zhao Bohu's face seemed to be shaken, he immediately added another fire and said: "If Tonglu Mountain can be returned to my Sui country, I must do my best to defend it. Even if I fight until the last person in my Sui country,

And I will never back down.”

Zhao Bohu finally made up his mind and said to Suihou: "Although your Majesty has given me the power to do things expediently, the matter is too important for Tiger to dare to take advantage of it. In this way, as long as Suihou can lead the troops to join me, we can attack together."

If you retreat from the Chu army and make immortal contributions, you can come with me to Haojing to offer victory to the emperor. When you make this request again, Hu and my father will definitely speak for you. What do you think?"

It has been a common practice since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty to reward meritorious princes after a great victory. Zhao Bohu said this, which means that the matter is almost half successful. Then the prince turned his attention to Ji Hu. This child had long been trained by Zhao Bohu to become a spirit.

Immediately responded: "I will definitely speak kindly to you in front of my father."

The Marquis Sui was overjoyed and fell to the ground to worship again: "Thank you so much, Your Highness the Crown Prince! Thank you so much, Your Majesty the King! I will immediately set up camp and make sure to arrive at the foot of Tonglu Mountain before noon tomorrow!"

It was noon, and although it was late summer and early autumn, the dazzling sun was scorching the land of Jianghan. The warriors couldn't bear the heat, so they took off their cowhide armors and draped them on their horses. Zhao Bohu only felt something in his heart.

Depressed, he also took off his soft rawhide armor and whipped his riding whip several times angrily. The maroon horse spread its hooves and ran away. Although the followers were all thirsty, they had to follow.

.

Ji Duoyou stepped forward and took his reins: "Zimu, you can't vent your anger on the horse! If you keep running like this, we and the horse will be exhausted!"

Zhao Bohu then looked back and saw that everyone was tired and listless, especially Ji Hu, who was so tired that he gasped for air and rubbed himself on the saddle. He felt that he couldn't bear it, so he sighed helplessly and said: "Then...

Have a rest here!"

As soon as he said these words, Ji Duoyou threw the riding whip to his guard, helped Ji Hu dismount with his own hands, and pulled him to a more remote place. He knelt down without saying a word: "Your Highness, please forgive me."

It's my fault that I don't know His Highness's identity, and I have offended you many times in the past few days. I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

Ji Hu hurriedly helped him up: "What did Brother Duoyou say? We have been getting along very well these days, but you seem to be suddenly alienated. From now on, you should call me Brother Hu!"

"Don't dare, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Ji Duoyou said repeatedly. That cautious look made Zhao Bohu amused. He grabbed a handful of soil and threw it at Ji Duoyou, smiling and saying: "Look at what you have done."

What a promising person! He is just a child, why are you so afraid? When he becomes emperor, why don't you just shrink into the ground?"

Ji Duoyou didn't hesitate to give in, and immediately pulled out a handful of grass and threw it into Zhao Bohu's face: "What are you talking about! It's so hard for you to hide it from me every day! Otherwise, I would dare to call him brother-in-law with His Highness the Crown Prince.

?" Remembering that she had said words like "bastard", Ji Duoyou wanted to crawl into the ground.

After this fight, the depression in Zhao Bohu's heart was completely gone. He said with emotion: "It would be great if all the princes and ministers of Zhou Dynasty were as loyal and magnanimous as you."

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