Chapter 495 Why does Ying Zheng trust this guy so much?
"Why can't we find Qin General Bai Yan? It's been so long!"
In Zuotu's mansion, Jing Qi pushed the wooden table in front of him, and the bamboo slips were scattered all over the floor in an instant. However, Jing Qi had veins popping out and looked at the guests in the wooden house with angry eyes.
When more than a dozen men of different ages saw Jing Qi's eyes, they all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at him.
They all understand why Jing Qi is so angry.
Qin General Bai Yan was like a knife hidden in the dark, making people restless, not knowing when he would be cut, let alone whether the cut was his throat.
Thinking back to Jing Qi who was now Zuo's disciple, no one dared to say a word as he used to be afraid of Qin General Bai Yan.
"Qin General Wang Ben has captured seven cities!"
Zhao Wushang knelt behind the wooden table and looked at the angry Jing Qi. Zhao Wushang gave Jing Qi a cold look and didn't care. He just reminded Jing Qi.
"What did King Wei say?"
Jing Qi breathed heavily and turned to look at Zhao Wushang. It seemed that the action of turning the table over made some of the anger in Jing Qi's heart dissipate.
"King Wei."
When Zhao Wushang heard Jing Qi's words, he sneered disdainfully, shook his head, and looked at Jing Qi: "Now the King of Wei is repairing the Dog Hall in the Palace of Wei!"
inside the room.
Following Zhao Wushang's words, even Jing Qi showed a surprised expression and couldn't believe what he heard. At the same time, the other disciples also looked at each other and couldn't believe that Qin was about to cut off the territory between Chu and Wei.
, that King Wei actually put all his thoughts on his beloved dog.
Zhao Wushang looked at everyone's expressions and saw no surprise. After sighing, he glanced at Jing Qi and then turned back.
"General Xiang said that the best way at the moment is to let Qin attack Wei first. We have lost the best opportunity to seize Bai Yan. We can't find Bai Yan right now. It is not appropriate to rush to fight with Qin. Besides, Chu
We still need time to try our best to persuade Qi and let Qi and Chu fight against Qin together."
Zhao Wushang said.
At this moment, Zhao Guanshang's expression was full of solemnity. Facing Qin's eager gaze, the power in Chu State was too scattered. Even many nobles did not fully support the resistance against Qin, secretly leaving almost half of their strength to seek a way out.
And the way back is Qi State!
Sigh deeply.
When Zhao Guanshang thought about Chu State today, he was full of resentment and complaints, and more importantly, he felt powerless.
I don’t know if the Qin State has always had such a plan, or it is just a coincidence, but in short, the existence of the Qi State at this time has given many nobles in the Chu country a thought and given them the hope of seeing a way out, so many nobles have secretly secretly
Arrangements were made for the clan members to go there, and now they have directly moved more and more of their wealth to Qi State.
Before the war between Qin and Chu began, most of the nobles in Chu were already preparing for a retreat. In this case, there was no talk of resisting Qin.
"Okay, let Qin destroy Wei. I want to go to Qi personally!"
After Jing Qi heard what Zhao Wushang said, he finally decided to agree with Qin to destroy Wei.
The State of Qin has already attacked the State of Chu and is slowly encroaching on the State of Chu. However, the State of Wei is watching all this indifferently. King Wei pretends that the loser is only interested in raising dogs. In his eyes, the survival of the State of Chu is not as good as those dogs.
, in that case, don’t blame the Chu State for refusing to save it in the future. The Qin State wanted to destroy the Wei State, but it took a long time to think about it.
"If you go to Qi State, I'm afraid you won't come back alive!"
When Zhao Wushang heard Jing Qi's words, he looked at Jing Qi angrily. In the past, Jing Qi returned to Chu State and went on a killing spree, offending many nobles. Qi State is not like Chu State. Now there are not only the remnants of those noble families in Qi State.
, and there are Qin forces hidden in the open and secret. Jing Qi goes to Qi to die.
Zhao Wushang stood up and glanced at Jing Qi.
"We will go to see Tian Xian. You are in Chu State. You must convince the other noble clans as soon as possible. No matter what, you must dedicate your clan's power to jointly fight against Qin."
After Zhao Wushang finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door of the room without stopping at all.
Jing Qi looked at Zhao Wushang's leaving figure, with a hint of guilt in his sinister eyes. Now his relationship with Zhao Wushang is not as good as before. The reason is that when Xiong You's power was purged, his wife's family was all
implicated in it.
"Sir, the State of Qin has come to report that the State of Qin has dispatched three thousand Iron Eagle warriors to the border of the State of Chu!"
The three cronies hurriedly walked into the room, came to Jing Qi to report, and then handed the bamboo slips in their hands to Jing Qi.
"What, Iron Eagle Warrior!"
"The State of Qin actually transferred all three thousand Iron Eagle warriors to the border. It seems that Ying Zheng is trying to protect Bai Yan."
"What should I do?"
The diners in Chu clothes were talking to each other.
Iron Eagle warriors are one of the most elite soldiers in the world today. Their martial arts skills are as good as those of Qi soldiers and that of Wei warriors. Their selection is even more difficult than that of Wei warriors. After Qin's reform, Qin had a total of 200,000 new soldiers.
Among the army, more than 1,600 Iron Eagle warriors have just been selected, and they are led by the famous general Sima Cuo.
Now that three thousand Iron Eagle warriors are heading south, everyone can see that this is because Ying Zheng handed them over to Bai Yan directly after learning that Bai Yan was exposed heading south.
"Ying Zheng!"
Jing Qi looked at the bamboo slips. After reading it, his eyes were full of unwillingness. He was obviously just a little short of killing Bai Yan.
Thinking that the three thousand Iron Eagle warriors were about to arrive at the border, there was basically no chance to kill Bai Yan. The current situation was even worse for the Chu State, which had just experienced the change of King of Chu.
A long time ago, when he got rid of Xiong You and the Li Yuan clan, Jing Qi knew that the Qin State would not let go of the opportunity and would definitely take the opportunity to seize the territory of the Chu State. But what Jing Qi did not expect was that Ying Zheng actually let
Bai Yan went south and really had the idea of destroying Chu.
"Pass my order and call back all the assassins on the border!"
Jing Qi tried his best to calm down. With the current stalemate in Chu State, the only way may be as General Xiang said, which is to use the Qin State's army to attack Wei State, giving Chu State more opportunities to prepare.
Spend more time convincing those nobles.
Jing Qi knew clearly that he wanted the King of Chu to send envoys to Qin, so naturally he could no longer pursue Bai Yan at this time.
Besides, with the Iron Eagle Rui warriors arriving at the border, there was no chance.
Although he knew that Qin general Bai Yan was by no means an ordinary general, but when he thought that neither the side cavalry nor the Bai family's cavalry, nor even the Qin army were at the border of Chu, Jing Qi didn't believe it, so he was on an envoy to Qin.
In this short period of time, what can Bai Yan do to Chu State?
"promise!"
"promise!!"
When the diners saw this, they all bowed their hands to Jing Qi, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
the other side.
In Shouchun City, Yuanyuan.
Bai Yan was on the second floor, sitting on his knees behind a wooden table, watching the Chu country dancers dancing in front of him, listening to many women on the left and right playing Chu country music, with a leisurely and contented expression, enjoying the caressing of two beautiful women with their delicate hands.
.
The longer he stayed in Chu State, the more Bai Yan lamented that in terms of extravagance and enjoyment, only Qi and Chu had the same identity and status, no matter Qin, Han, Zhao, Wei, or Yan, they were far inferior to Qi or Chu.
While Bai Yan was drinking, a man in his thirties slowly went upstairs. After reaching the second floor, the man kept glancing at the second floor. Listening to the music, he looked at people kneeling on the left and right along the way. There was no one there yet.
After buying the beautiful woman and bringing it back to captivity, he passed by the wooden tables of the nobles who were having fun one after another. Finally, when he saw the empty wooden table with a jade ornament next to Bai Yan's seat, he breathed a sigh of relief.
With a look in his eyes, he slowly walked towards Bai Yan.
Sitting on his knees behind the wooden table, the man looked at the music in the distance, took out a jade ornament of the same size from his arms, and placed it on the wooden table.
"Who are you?"
The man looked at the dancing entertainers and asked softly.
"Business matters are a matter of success or failure, and should not be discussed casually."
Bai Yan said, turned his head to let the two women behind him look at the seats, got up and walked towards the third floor.
When the man saw this, he glanced at the two women and quickly followed behind them.
In the private room on the third floor.
Bai Yan raised his hand in salute to the man.
"Is it possible to make a decision with just one step?"
Bai Yan asked.
The man raised his hand to Bai Yan and returned the salute.
"My name is Banding!"
Ban Ding said to Bai Yan that if the man from the past had not found him and said Cheng Ding's name directly, he would never have come to Shouchun in a hurry.
The surname Cheng in Chengding is the surname of the Ruo Ao clan. Not to mention other vassal states, even in Chu State, there are not many people with the surname Cheng, and most of the people gather in Shouchun.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Cheng Ding looked at the sword wrapped in exquisite cloth on the man's waist.
"It is rumored that Yingzheng ordered the Qin general Wang Ben to lead the army to attack the Chu state, and secretly ordered the Yanmen Commandery Qin general Bai Yan to go south, secretly looking for opportunities to destroy Chu. However, due to the leakage of the news, Yu Yangxia had previously
I was almost assassinated in the city, but luckily I took precautions in advance. Afterwards, there was no news about Qin General Bai Yan in either Qin or Chu."
The man spoke slowly, as if telling the man in front of him the news.
"Bai Yan is polite!"
When Bai Yan heard Ban Ding's words, he didn't know that Ban Ding was in front of him. He had already guessed his identity, and it would be no different to hide it no matter how much he did.
This private room, together with the private room next to it, are both private rooms at the end of the third floor. Bai Yan has already booked them. Not to mention that there will be no maids on the third floor. When the servants come up, even when other nobles come up, they are filled with only
If you enjoy yourself without having time to care about anything else, you will never come to this end.
The environment of Yuanyuan is also one of the reasons why the nobles like it. Those who can come here are either rich or noble, and no one will offend anyone without any reason.
"As expected"
Ban Ding saw that the person in front of him was really the rumored Qin general Bai Yan. Although he was prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but look surprised. Who would have thought that nowadays, countless Chu forces are constantly sending people to look for the assassinated Qin.
General Bai Yan was actually in Shouchun, the capital of Chu State.
"In the past, I heard that General Bai led his troops to fight to the death and frightened the world. When I saw it today, it was indeed extraordinary. Ban Ding admired him!"
Banding raised his hand and said.
"Circumstances force us to do so!"
Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding, raised his hand to return the salute, then put his hand down and looked at Ban Ding.
Ban Ding had roughly guessed Bai Yan's purpose, but Ban Ding still had some doubts.
"Ban Ding still has a question. I wonder if the general can answer it?"
Ban Ding looked at Bai Yan.
Bai Yan heard this and raised his hand to signal.
"How did the general know the name of Chengding?"
Ban Ding looked straight at Bai Yan and asked, this is what he doesn't understand the most. You must know that he has always been doing business under the name of Ban Ding. Not many people know his other name, except for some people in the dense forest of Baiyue.
Apart from the tribesmen, there are only people from Handan.
"Old friend from Handan!"
Bai Yan did not tell Zhao Qiu, but only told Ban Ding roughly where the person told him.
Ban Ding nodded. Although Bai Yan still didn't say anything, as a smart man, he didn't ask any more questions.
Behind the wooden table.
In the quiet atmosphere, Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding and slowly raised his hand.
"Bai Yan met by fate and heard about the reputation of Ruo Ao's six soldiers. He came here today to ask Ruo Ao's family to come out and help me destroy Chu!"
Bai Yan didn't delay any longer and directly stated the purpose of this visit.
What Bai Yan didn't expect was that as the words fell, Ban Ding suddenly smiled bitterly.
"General, I don't know where the Ruo'ao family is in this world!"
Ban Ding sighed melancholy.
Seeing Bai Yan's frowning and doubtful eyes, Ban Ding understood Bai Yan's doubts, so he told Bai Yan that hundreds of years ago, the affairs between the Ruo'ao clan and the King of Chu, and the three bloodlines of the Ruo'ao clan, lived in seclusion.
The first one is the bloodline of Ziyu during the period of King Cheng of Chu. At that time, all the countries in the world only laughed at Ziyu for underestimating the enemy, went to war with Jin, and eventually committed suicide. However, no one knew the reason behind this, and no one saw Ziyu's actions.
Bao Ruo Ao Liu died, and he just committed suicide and let his people go back.
The second branch is after Zhiwen. In the past, Wen felt that the Ruo Ao clan was bound to be in trouble, so he asked his clan members to flee early.
The third branch is the current Ban Ding branch. It is the descendant of Ziwen's grandson Ke Huang. After the Ruo Ao rebellion, Ke Huang was not in the Chu State. When he learned that the Ruo Ao clan was destroyed, Ke Huang subsequently refused to obey his followers.
If so, he would risk his own life to return to the Chu Kingdom. The King of Chuzhuang, thinking of Ziwen's contribution to the Chu Kingdom, let Kehuang go and asked the Kehuang clan to change their surname to 'Sheng'. Of course, this is something that the world knows.
He praised the King of Chuzhuang through this incident, but in fact, before the Ruoao Rebellion, Kehuang had already become a servant of the King of Chuzhuang, secretly watching the Ruoao clan for the King of Chuzhuang, and causing chaos within the clan.
Because Ban Ding's ancestor was dissatisfied with this incident, he quietly left his father Kehuang, changed his name, and followed the other two clansmen.
Nowadays, the three hidden bloodlines of the Ruoao clan have been renamed into two surnames, Ban and Ling. Not only are the two surnames different, but also in the inheritance from generation to generation, the two surnames Ban and Ling are different.
The goals of the tribesmen also began to conflict.
For hundreds of years, people with the Ling surname felt that all the people with the 'Sheng' surname had been secretly eliminated, and as they watched the Chu kings multiply from generation to generation, the descendants of the three Chu kings of Qu Jingzhao's family now have power throughout the Chu Kingdom.
Revenge is hopeless, and we should no longer seek revenge in vain and let our people lose their lives.
Only the people with the surname Ban always wanted revenge and wanted to return to the Chu Kingdom. They did not want the Ruo Ao family to disappear into the world and be forgotten one day.
"I see!"
After listening to Ban Ding's words, Bai Yan made no comment about what happened to the Ruo Ao clan and the King of Chu hundreds of years ago, and he couldn't say who was right or wrong.
Ruo Ao's six soldiers under the Ruo Ao clan had made great contributions to the Chu state by conquering other countries. However, King Chu Cheng knew that the Qin and Jin kingdoms were uniting their forces to go south, but he still refused to give troops and horses, leaving Ziyu to lead the clan and Ruo Ao.
Ao Liuzu attacked the Song State first. With the same strength, it was not easy for Ruo Ao Liuzu to attack the Song State. After finally waiting for Ruo Ao Liuzu to defeat the Song State, he was allowed to resist the Chu State alone.
They even deliberately let him be surrounded by the Jin State, which was clearly intended to force the Ruo'ao clan to death. Even the Jin State saw that there was something wrong and couldn't bear it and asked Ziyu to retreat.
From the perspective of the Ruo Ao clan, the Ruo Ao clan dedicated themselves to the Chu Kingdom, but were treated like this by King Chu Cheng. In the end, Ziyu was defeated because of this, and chose to kill himself to save the clan. This would make everyone feel resentful.
But from the King of Chu's point of view, no king would be able to sleep in the face of Ruo Ao's six soldiers who were capable of conquering and fighting, capable of destroying other vassal states, and even fighting against Jin.
This also made it impossible for the Ruo Ao clan and the King of Chu to coexist.
In the private room.
Bai Yan looked thoughtful, saying that it was impossible not to be disappointed. After spending so much effort to finally find Ban Ding, only to get this answer, anyone else would inevitably be a little disappointed.
But if you think about it, you can understand that no matter how great the resentment is, even if it is passed down from generation to generation, by now, there is not much left.
There is still a small number of people in the Ruo Ao clan who want to return to the Chu Kingdom, which is no longer easy.
"If there are no six soldiers, then I dare to ask, can it help Bai Yan to destroy Chu?"
Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding, raised his hands and asked.
Bai Yan's original intention was that everyone was already here. Even if he already knew that there was no help, he couldn't just get up and leave. This would be too rude, so he just asked casually.
However, as the words fell, to his surprise, Ban Ding looked at him and nodded.
"have!"
Ban Ding raised his hand to write a ritual.
Under Bai Yan's surprised gaze, Ban Ding said to Bai Yan, although there are three clans of Qu Jingzhao and other clans in the Chu Kingdom, this does not mean that there is no chance. Through Jing Qi's killing of the King of Chu, Ban Ding
It will be clear from Ding that not only other clans, but also the three Qu Jingzhao clans do not care at all who becomes the king of Chu. Everyone only cares about the interests of their own clan.
Behind the wooden table.
Bai Yan listened to Ban Ding's words, nodded, and looked at Ban Ding with some surprise. Bai Yan also knew about this matter, and he had more experience than Ban Ding. You must know that except for Jing Qi who killed the King of Chu, Xiang Yu in later generations
He also killed the King of Chu unscrupulously.
He repeated Chu after Chu, and ended up killing the King of Chu with his own hands.
Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding quietly and talked about his plan to destroy Chu.
Under night.
In the wooden house in the small garden, under the candlelight, the figure of my uncle came into the wooden house.
"Can you see Chengding?"
Kogu took a scroll of bamboo slips and hurriedly came to sit down opposite Bai Yan. He raised his eyes and looked at Bai Yan, who had been waiting for Cheng Ding's arrival since the news came out.
"Already seen!"
Bai Yan nodded. Although meeting Ban Ding today was not as fruitful as expected, there was also an unexpected surprise.
Not only the specific information about the noble clans of the Chu Kingdom, Ban Ding will call on all Ban's connections and informants to investigate, even if Ban Ding proposes 'small sects destroy large sects', as the proposer, Ban Ding will personally lobby for it.
"Oh? Can he make a request?"
Kogu was surprised to learn that Bai Yan had already met Na Chengding.
When Bai Yan saw this, he told his uncle what happened today, and Ban Ding's request was also very simple. Chu was destroyed, but Ban's family was not destroyed. Ban's family must return to his homeland again and return to the original fiefdom of his ancestors.
"That's acceptable."
After hearing what Bai Yan said, Kogu was disappointed, but after hearing Ban Ding's request, he nodded. In the past, the Ruo Ao clan's fiefdom was in Man City, but now it is not a big city.
"Actually speaking, after coming back today, Yan'er thought about it carefully and felt that Ban Ding should still be hiding something!"
Bai Yan looked at his uncle.
This was Bai Yan's intuition. He hadn't noticed it when they were talking in the private room. However, after returning and thinking about it carefully, he realized that Ban Ding still had some reservations. The reason was probably because he was worried about Qin and Chu, not
A real decisive battle.
If the Qin State does not fight a decisive battle with the Chu State, then once the news about the Ruo Ao family leaks out, it is impossible for the Qu Jingzhao family to let the Ruo Ao family live.
"You should be worried about making the same mistake as Yan'er!"
Bai Yan had a headache, but it was not Ban Ding's fault. When he saw that Ying Zheng secretly dispatched Bai Yan to go south, the Chu State learned about it. How could Ban Ding not be afraid?
You know, Ban Ding guessed his identity as soon as he met him.
"It's quite normal."
Hearing this, Kogu shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to Ban Ding anymore, but looked at Bai Yan.
"Let's not talk about him first!"
Jigu said, and then handed the bamboo slips to Bai Yan.
"Ying Zheng really values you! Look!"
Kugu said.
With the Qianzhong camp and Wang Ben commanding more than 100,000 Qin troops, Ying Zheng was still uneasy.
Thinking that Ying Zheng specially dispatched three thousand Iron Eagle warriors to Bai Yan, I couldn't help but laugh or cry. Those Iron Eagle warriors were the elites of the Qin State, and each one of them was a soldier that the Qin State spent countless efforts to cultivate.
Ying Zheng's move immediately made everyone, including Jing Qi, give up looking for Bai Yan.
Kogu couldn't even figure out why this guy Bai Yan earned so much favor from Ying Zheng.
Obviously, Ying Zheng didn't even know that those bamboo slips in Qi were actually written by this guy.
Old events of the Chu Kingdom, references, including surnames. If you want to know more about Ziyu Chu and Wang Zi, I recommend Lao Shen Yishuo [One Man's World War]