When the guard heard the footsteps, he looked in the sound vigilantly and saw the solemn King Wucheng coming. He was about to salute, but Qin Lei waved his hand to stop him and signaled them not to speak.

Qin Lei walked gently outside the tent and could smell the strong smell of herbs through the curtain. He reached out to lift the curtain. He was clearly fluttering with a piece of cotton cloth, but at this moment he felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, which was the weight of nearly a hundred years of history.

Slowly lifting the curtain, he finally saw an old man in his twilight lying under the dim oil lamp, breathing in with no breath.

Hearing the movement at the door, the old man's eyes were struggling, but the light shining through the door was so bright that he couldn't see anything clearly. After a long time, he realized that a plainclothes man who was in his thirties, with a handsome and calm temperament had already stood in front of the bed.

The old man raised his head and looked at the young man who looked down slightly at him. With this glance, the other person's identity was self-evident.

"Are you Qin Lei?" The old man's voice was low and hoarse, as if he was torn a ragged cloth.

"Yes." Qin Lei nodded, pulled a stool and sat in front of his bed, and said calmly: "This should be the second time we meet."

"Haha... I later recalled that I seemed to have met the prince at the Prime Minister's Mansion more than ten years ago." The old man closed his eyes slightly and recalled: "But I'm sorry, it's still like I met for the first time." This sentence was to respond to Qin Lei's secret question of "You asked him knowingly."

Hearing his quick thinking and sharp words, he was not as good as a dying person, Qin Lei sneered: "It is a good thing for a man to die, but his words are good. I think your life is still long." This stiff old man was Zhao Wujiu, the commander of the Qi and Chu coalition forces, and the Duke of Baisheng, and the Duke of Baisheng - but it is worth mentioning that it was not the Qin army that captured him, but his guards surrendered themselves with the Yusheng referendum that was in a coma.

At first, the Qin army thought it was these slaves who sold their owners for honor, but the captain of the guard made a reassurance and said that this was the master's own wish. He hoped that he could see King Wucheng with his own eyes before he died.

So Qin Lei came.

Zhao Wujiu laughed silently and said, "Does the prince be angry with me?"

After hearing what he said, Qin Lei fell silent and sighed for a long time, "You have seen it?" His words have two meanings. One is to ask Zhao Wujiu if he has taken life and death lightly? The other is to ask him whether he has completely let go of his hostility?

By the way, Brother Yutian has always been a straightforward boy, but he is not as good as he is today, and every sentence is right? It seems that in the contest between the upstart and the old nobles, there is always a little lack of confidence. Even if the winner is decided, the opponent will be silly.

"The heart is like a tree that has been ashes, and the body is like a boat that has not been tied." Zhao Wujiu said softly: "You have destroyed everything about me. I just don't want to let go, and there is nothing to be left to miss... It's just that there is something unknown, so I've been holding on without closing my eyes." He said to Qin Lei and smiled: "I'm very happy that you can come. No one in this world can answer this question more than you."

"Ask." Qin Lei nodded and said, "You are my most respected opponent, and I will tell you everything."

"Thank you, I am so honored." After all, the general was straightforward. Zhao Wujiu expressed his question word by word: "Why am I defeated?" After saying that, he laughed and said, "I have lost again and again, even the Great Qi Kingdom is about to perish, but I still don't know where I am defeated. Do you think I will live as a dog in my life?"

Qin Lei said shyly: "At first it was a lucky one, in the middle it was a general trend, in the end I was fully prepared."

"Lucky, the general trend and preparation are sufficient?" After hearing Qin Lei give the answer in a straightforward manner, Zhao Wujiu chewed solemnly: "We have confronted three times, and the 'initial luck' should refer to the strong wind on Makinobara."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Yes, that time, I really smelled the breath of death." He said, and stroked the corner of his collar and said, "I'm not afraid of you making fun of you, I'm crying."

"But I cried after all." Now, when I recalled the situation at that time, the deep pain no longer existed. Zhao Wujiu only felt a burst of sighs: "This is considered a fate that makes people feel bad, I admit it." He murmured again: "What does the 'the trend in the middle' mean?"

"You might as well recall the situation in your country at that time." Qin Lei said lightly: "Although it seems powerful, it is actually full of contradictions. People are living in poverty, and they are difficult to return, and they are weak." He said with a sneer: "In this case, the most important thing to do is to eliminate the old ills, recuperate, restore the country's vitality first and then make a plan for him. However, with a weak fire, you, you, want to use your own strength to directly defeat me, Daqin, and then treat the problem of Qi State without any medicine. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse and putting fire to put out the fire?"

"Haha, I don't agree with King Wucheng's words." Zhao Wujiu shook his head slowly and said, "If you want to talk about the bad situation in the country, let's not talk about the second brother. Your Qin State was captured at that time and the military power was lost... As far as I know, you were fighting in front of you, and Li Hun was not only not supporting him, but also draining firewood from the bottom of the pot."

He sighed with regret, "According to the situation at that time, our Qi Kingdom had a great chance to go to three passes in a row. If it weren't for the fool Xin Jiazang, who had 100,000 troops guarding Yangchan, had people made dumplings; if you hadn't been marching in a miraculous way and galloping down from Huguan for 800 miles, who could have stopped me from taking Tongguan? If Tongguan was taken, maybe you and me would have lost their positions today."

"What you said is the truth, but you neglected the power of the human heart." He shook his head and smiled: "If it weren't for my great Qin officers and soldiers, who had the fearless spirit of sacrifice that erupted at the critical moment of the country's destruction and family destruction, we would have been blocked in Yangchanban and would have collapsed to march for 800 miles, and would have been unable to withstand your day and night attack!" When he said this, what appeared in his mind was the scenes at that time. He saw Shen Bing and Ma Kui risking his life to rush to the pass; he saw the tragic marching that shocked the world and weeping ghosts and gods; he saw the Great Wall forged by flesh and blood on Tongguan City.

With such a force, what difficulties cannot be overcome with such sacrifices? What enemy cannot be defeated?

"Human heart?" Zhao Wujiu said in confusion: "Isn't it a bitch who lets the princes, princes, generals and ministers play with?"

"Of course not!" Qin Lei raised his tone and said, "Ordinary military and civilians can be fooled in many things... or it means that they can only bear it silently. But they have a bottom line. They want to live and their parents, wife and children to live! If they even have to deprive this most basic right to survival, they will not die in silence!" As he said, "I can take them to fight for the right to survival, so they will follow life and death; you and Li Hun want to deprive them of their right to survival, so they will fight with you! The people's hearts determine success or failure, my Lord Yum!"

"Okay, I admit what you said makes sense." After thinking for a long time, Zhao Wujiu finally nodded and said, "But according to your logic, this time our right to survive is threatened. So shouldn't Qi win this time?"

"Because I'm fully prepared." Qin Lei said a little embarrassedly: "It took me eight years to fight."

"I spent eighteen years preparing for the last battle." Zhao Wujiu said tit-for-tat: "It's different that I lost?"

"Well..." Qin Lei winked at the eyes and said dryly: "Haha, if Prime Minister Shangguan's reform succeeds, it may be another situation."

Seeing his embarrassed look, Zhao Wujiu suddenly burst out with a cheerful laugh, then coughed violently, and his old face turned blue. It took him a long time to recover and panted and said with a panting smile: "Why don't you admit that you made the 'Botian Thunder'? And I've never seen this thing before?"

"I know why I still ask?" Qin Lei laughed and said with a slight smile: "By relying on advanced weapons, I always feel like I am not going to win, and I feel unhappy!"

"The prince is pretentious. If you win, you win. How can you say that you won't be powerful?" Zhao Wujiu shook his head and said seriously: "If we go backwards, I will never say such things."

Qin Lei couldn't explain what the 'Golden Finger' was like, so he had to slap around and said, "Just think I'm lucky."

"I don't agree with this." Zhao Wujiu shook his head again and said, "Your army is highly morale, well-equipped, well-trained, and rich in experience. Whether it is individual soldiers or groups, it has far surpassed the seriously corrupted army of Qi. Even if there is no 'Sky Thunder', the winner of this war is yours. It's just that the losses are heavier and the time is longer." He sighed and said, "And I am old, and I can't even command the battle at the front. What can Qi fight you?"

"There is no flower red for a hundred days, and no one is good for a thousand days. This is the law of the origin." Qin Lei said softly: "I will never escape in the future."

"Yes," Zhao Wujiu sighed again, closed his eyes tiredly, and sang softly: "Wild grass and flowers beside Zhuque Bridge, and the sunset at Wuyi Lane is slanting. Many kings, princes, generals and ministers have made earth, so we will certainly be no exception."

Listening to him using the word "we" with a strong and similar flavor, Qin Lei not only had no plan, but his heart trembled and said quietly: "Actually... you are happier than me, at least you are not lonely... From now on, who in the world is worth drawing my sword?"

"If Zhu Hongjun heard you," Zhao Wujiu laughed in silence: "He will curse me."
Chapter completed!