Chapter 219 Time is the most important
Time!
It is the most valuable thing in the world, but it is also the least valuable thing.
For most people in this world, time is boring and useless, and even something that makes people have to taste pain for a long time in its slow passage.
These people have no goals or plans, nor any expectations for the future. They just spend their days numbly.
But for others, time is hard to find. Money can buy everything but time. No matter you are poor or rich, powerful or humble, you spend the same time from sunrise in the morning to sunset in the evening.
This makes these people extremely painful. They only regret that the time is too short and they cannot fully display their talents.
Time cannot be purchased, but aging can.
This is the reason why Li Guohua came to Zheye with confidence this time.
If in the past, they were in a weak position when dealing with the Yuan people and had to beg each other, but now, the situation has been reversed.
What needs more time than them is Zhe Farewell.
Why are Tiele and Akodon so opposed to each other on other matters, but can they reach an agreement on this matter only? It is because they want to drive this strongest competitor to the distant southern Xinjiang.
The distance shortens the time and reduces the timeliness infinitely.
If something happens in Yandu, even if the horse is running non-stop day and night, it will take more than ten days, and in this time, a lot of things can happen.
So Zhebie needs to settle the affairs in Southern Xinjiang as soon as possible. While the old emperor is still alive, he can calm down the war in Southern Xinjiang and add a lot of credit to his own merits, making the second and third sons basically useless. No longer qualified to compete with him.
Of course, if possible, Zhebie would never want to come to southern Xinjiang.
But the situation is not up to anyone.
Astu's death has become an unsolved case,
but all the clues point to Zhebie, leaving him unable to defend himself.
The key is that no matter what he says, no one believes it.
Zhebie, who had been wronged and wronged, came to southern Xinjiang full of anger.
He had to obey the orders given by the emperor himself.
Now he just hopes that the old emperor can last longer.
Li Guohua's threat was straightforward and targeted Zhebei's weakness.
Either you accept my conditions, or everyone starts fighting on the battlefield.
All I lost was insignificant time.
But what you lose may be the supreme emperor's throne.
No one can resist the temptation of that position.
Just looking at my commander, he is still far away from this position, but every time he talks about this, his eyes light up and his whole body immediately becomes energetic.
Not to mention Zhebie, which is only one step away from this location.
You can get it if you take one step forward. If you lose it, will Zhebie be willing to do so?
"As long as I defeat you and win outside the pass, no one will be qualified to compete with His Highness!" Qin Gong on the side saw Zhe Farewell being grabbed by Li Guohua after just a few words. He couldn't stand it anymore. Directly.
Li Guohua laughed loudly: "It is not that our commander-in-chief had never fought against His Majesty Dayuan back then, but our commander-in-chief is still the commander-in-chief. Qin Gong, I tentatively think that His Majesty Qiang Ye defeated the ancestors. You can defeat us, but how long will it take? Your Majesty, Dayuan, can you still defeat us?"
"This is a matter where both parties will benefit from cooperation and will suffer from defeat if divided. , then you just have to leave!" Qin Gong said angrily.
Li Guohua raised his head and said coldly: "Then we have to see whether it is Tiele or Akhtun who ascends the throne of the emperor, whether His Highness will be entrenched with tens of thousands of troops. Outside, when an edict calls you back to Yandu, will you go back? It’s a dead end. If you don’t go back, I’m afraid you won’t survive, right?”
Qin Gong wanted to argue again, but Zhebie raised his hand to stop him. Qin Gong sat down helplessly and looked at Zhebie. It seemed that he was definitely being ripped off by the guy in front of him.
“What do you want?” Zhe said goodbye.
With a smile, Li Guohua took out a thick stack of paper from his arms and pushed it in front of Zhebei.
Zhebie opened it and only read the first page. He was already extremely angry and laughed: "Ling Huye really has a huge appetite. Are you not afraid of bursting your stomach if you ask for so many things from me? "Your Highness, I thought we were asking for less!" Li Guohua said: "After we get these things, we are going to leave. What will you get? Is it the iron and steel wall outside the pass like Zhenwu City?" Ten thousand people, thousands of miles of territory and fertile land.”
Zhebie snorted, disapprovingly.
"Money, food, weapons, armor, horses, and even gold and silver are just external possessions. They are indispensable for our army that is preparing to leave its homeland. Without enough money, how can we let our subordinates Are the soldiers willing to leave?" Li Guohua said with a smile: "But your highness, you are the one who wants to be the emperor. The emperor has the world, what use is the gold and silver to you?"
Zhe don't take this thing in front of you? The file was pushed to Qin Gong.
Qin Gong flipped through a few pages and his expression became extremely bright.
"Your departure is the result of the plan Tie Le made many years ago. It will not highlight my contribution, but will make Tie Le more conspicuous!" Zhebie thought for a moment and said: "This is I can give you things, but I also have some conditions. If you can agree, then everyone will get what they need. If you can't do it, then we will break up."
Li Guohua nodded and said: "His Highness needs military merit. If we leave voluntarily when the time comes, it will naturally not be able to show your military merit. So you want to attack Anxi Xiao Changche and Li Dachui and use their heads to show your illustrious martial arts, right?"
"You are right!" Zhe said goodbye: "I need your cooperation to join forces with me to attack the Anxi Protectorate."
"We can make way, but we cannot We may join forces with you to attack." Li Guohua shook his head and said, "Your Highness, if we do this, it will most likely lead to a mutiny among our subordinates, which will be counterproductive."
"Just to clear a way, then. You want more!" Qin Gong threw the file in his hand on the table.
“Longgou Fort is now in our hands!” Li Guohua said: “After we get the first batch of things, we will return Longgou Fort to you. With Longgou Fort as the starting point, you can live without it. He had no scruples to bypass Tongquan Fort and launch an attack into the hinterland of Anxi. After Tongquan Fort became an isolated fort, he had to give up. In this way, His Highness easily recaptured two strategic points. He had just arrived in southern Xinjiang. Before you even sit down, Your Highness has retrieved the things that Lengge and the others had thrown away. I think this memorial will have a certain healing effect on His Majesty's illness when returned to Yandu!"
Zhebie took a deep breath and finally nodded.
"You win, you will get what you want! Ten days later, you can send people to pick up the first batch of things you want in Yeboar Ridge, but I also want to get Longgou Fort, if there is no Longgou Fort, all agreements will be invalid. I will regard you as playing tricks on me. Do you know what the consequences will be?"
After a pause, Zhebie said sharply: "I I will turn against you, because I, Zhebie, hate people who break their promises the most in my life."
Li Guohua stood up with a smile, bowed and saluted Zhebie: "Your Highness, we will all get what we want. "
That night, Li Guohua and Gao Qunshu left Qingtongxia almost at the same time.
One takes the south gate to leave the city, and the other takes the north gate to leave the city.
Although they are completely different from each other, both of them are very satisfied.
Ten days later, in Longgou Fort, Chen Liang read the secret document just sent from Zhenwu City word for word, and the anger in his eyes gradually gathered.
Since capturing Longgou Fort, Chen Liang moved his headquarters directly here.
He walked to the window and looked at the slope full of wild flowers under the rolling mountains in the distance. Under there, countless of his predecessors and relatives were buried.
"Come here, go and ask Academician Zhang to come over!" Chen Liang said.
A moment later, footsteps sounded, Zhang Ruo stepped into the house, walked straight to Chen Liang, and looked with him at the flowery slopes in the distance.
"I heard someone say that there are many relatives of yours buried there!" Zhang Ruodao: "When will the monument be erected? If you don't mind it, I will be willing to write epitaphs for them when the time comes."< br>
"Then I would like to thank the bachelor first!" Chen Liang said: "It's just that I want to wait until we take back Qingtongxia before doing this!"
Zhang Ruo smiled and said: " It should be so!”
Chen Liang turned to look at Zhang Ruo for a moment, and suddenly said: "Bachelor has lived here for many days, and I think he has a deep understanding of me. So, what new views do you have on me, a villain who is just a seller seeking glory?" "
"Wan Feng's matter has nothing to do with you!" Zhang Ruo shook his head and said: "If you are really guilty, it's just that people like Wan Feng will die. But you can't atone for your sins, and General Chen, as long as you focus on guarding the border for the Qin Dynasty, and then be able to conquer the Yuan Dynasty in the north, your merits will outweigh your sins."
Chen Liang nodded and balled up his hands. The secret letter was handed to Zhang Ruo: "But I don't seem to be able to become the person that the bachelor said."
Zhang Ruo opened the paper ball, smoothed it carefully, only read a few lines of words, and couldn't help but Is furious.
“Abandon Longgou Fort and return it to the Beiyuan people? What does Linghuye want to do?”
"What's so hard to guess!" Chen Liang said: "There's a big chaos in the pass. Commander Linghu is preparing to enter the pass. He probably reached some agreement with the Yuan people!"
"Longgou Fort gave Yuan Ren, what should I do about Tongquan Fort?" Zhang Ruo clenched his fists, "When Yuan Ren sets out from Longgou Fort, he can turn Tongquan Fort into a lonely fort. General Chen, what are you going to do with Linghu? Are we going to rebel together?"
Chen Liang smiled, turned his head and looked at the slope: "Bachelor, I want to see Xiao Changche, or Li Dachui!"
< br>"Okay, okay, I'll send someone to find them right away!" Zhang Ruo suddenly became a little excited.
(End of this chapter)