A Clash of Gods Chapter 1166: Feast guests

The empire has strict laws on the transfer of local soldiers and horses. Although Wei Shutong is the history of Xichuan, but the soldiers and horses he can mobilize are only two thousand people under his command, and the soldiers and horses stationed around Xichuan, If you need to mobilize, you must have an order from the Ministry of Warfare, otherwise you will be able to arbitrarily send troops without the order from the Ministry of War, which is tantamount to rebellion.

But this special purpose in Qi Ning's hands is naturally more effective than the command of the Ministry of Defense.

Wai Shutong didn’t dare to easily dispatch his troops, but he was worried that the court would be held accountable. Now that the emperor’s order is there, it is naturally no scruples.

"Master Wei, how many soldiers can mobilize under Xichuan?" Qi Ning asked after taking a sip of tea.

Wei Shutong immediately said: "Return to Lord Ye, the manpower directly mobilized by the cadres is the guards of the Shifu Mansion, which has a staff of 2,000. In addition, the total number of soldiers and horses stationed in all parts of Nishikawa can be no less than 30,000. The crowd."

"Thirty thousand people...!" Qi Ning groaned slightly.

Wei Shutong said again: "This is a soldier who is affiliated with the Ministry of War, and there are also Yayao Xiangyong. The entire Xichuan can add up to 20,000 people."

"That's not necessary." Qi Ning said: "Above all local policemen guard local security, Master Wei, among these 30,000 people, can you gather 10,000 people within ten days?"

"Ten thousand people?" Wei Shutong thought about it and then nodded: "If a transfer order is issued immediately, within ten days, all the soldiers and horses around Chengdu can be brought together. Ten thousand soldiers and horses are not difficult. ."

Qing Ningdao: "How effective are these soldiers?"

Wei Shutong smiled and said: "Grandpa is assured that Xichuan is an important place for the empire, and the court has always attached great importance to Xichuan. All the soldiers and horses stationed in Xichuan have never been negligent in training and are brave and good at fighting." Fusu Tao: "The Sichuan people are already brave and the soldiers are not afraid of death. They cannot be compared to the northerners who are more robust, but when fighting, the bravery is never inferior to the Northern Hans."

Qining said with a smile: "It's so good, then you immediately issue a transfer order, and within ten days, you must mobilize 10,000 soldiers."

Wei Shutong got up and said: "The humble job is going to be done immediately." He had to get up, but Qi Ning said: "Don't hurry first, Master Wei, there is one more thing, please trouble you to arrange it."

"Lord Lord, please command."

"I want to borrow from your government tomorrow night, you help me prepare a table for a banquet." Qi Ning smiled: "Isn't it troublesome?"

"Grandpa, I'm going to prepare a banquet to catch the wind for Grandpa now." Wei Shutong said busyly: "Grandpa came here this time, and the time was urgent. A few days ago, he hurried to the Black Rock Cave. Lord Lord won't catch the wind, tonight..."

"Master Wei misunderstood." Qi Ning shook his head and said: "I want you to prepare a table dinner, I want to be a guest."

"Welcome?" Wei Shu was stunned. He thought that Qi Ninggui was a prince of the empire and had a high weight. He could only be invited by others. How could he get him to invite others? Let Xiao Guogong be the guest of the East, but don't know where the guest is sacred?

Qing Ning said: "You will send someone to write an invitation, and arrange for someone to be sent to the palace of the king of Shu, and ask the king of Shu to come to the banquet tomorrow night. I will say that I will be the host and ask the king to drink wine."

Wei Shutong was even more surprised, lowering his voice and saying: "Grandpa, do you want Li Hongxin?"

Qing Ning nodded slightly, Wei Shutong moved his lips, hesitated, and said: "Xiaguan will arrange this." After thinking for a while, he said: "Just after Li Hongxin stabbed his son and stabbed him Then, he closed the gate of the palace of the King of Shu. According to the servants in his palace, Li Hongxin stayed in the Buddhist hall day and night, chanting and chanting the Buddha, thinking of chanting for his son. Hongxin will refuse to come to the banquet."

"You will make people say that I will always wait for him at the banquet tomorrow night. If he doesn't come, I will wait until dawn." Qi Ning smiled and said: "I'm also the prince of the empire, and the King of Shu won't even Don’t give me a face, right?"

Wei Shutong said with a sneer: "Lord Lord gave him such a big face, if he really pushes three and four, he will be tied to him by the next official."

Qining laughed, and knew that Wei Shutong was just talking. Although Li Hongxin had already had the scenery of the year, he still retained the title of King Shu, which was better than the Duke. Gao, Wei Shu, but the Xichuan thorn history, let him go to tie the king of Shu, he really did not have such a courage.

Qining went to bed in Shishifu that night, and asked Wei Shutong to find a map of Xichuan and take a closer look at the map with an oil lamp.

The Chu Kingdom does not have a complete map of the world, but only has a rough outline, especially the Northern Han Territory. On the Chu Kingdom map, only rough lines can be outlined. The Han Kingdom, under the auspices of Bei Tangyu, has This is a more complete world map.

Surveying the map is of course a major project, and the world map has always been only owned by the court. It is a confidential document. Naturally, a detailed world map was already available in the previous dynasty. The horses swept through the city, and the fire and the fire intersected. Although the world map was found, it was already incomplete. Fortunately, the broken part of the world map was only in the northern territory, but the south was well preserved. The Northern Han Dynasty was hosted by Bei Tangyu. It took a lot of manpower and material resources to eventually restore the world map.

The ancestor of the founding country of Chu is only a local military general, and it is naturally impossible to have a complete world map. Although the Great Chu Empire was built, so far, the Chu court has only a map of its own territory. In fact, the map of Xichuan is still conquering Bashu. Fill up after the land.

Wei Shu is also a history of Xichuan, and naturally has a more detailed map of Xichuan.

Xichuan has a complicated terrain and rolling mountains, but Qi Ning turned his eyes to the north of Xichuan.

The two rivers of Bajiang and Jialing River meander through Xihan Guanghan County. Between Xichuan and Hanzhong is a giant dragon. On the left is Micang Mountain, on the right is Daba Mountain, and between the two mountains is Micang Road. , Is one of the two roads leading to Hanzhong, and the other road is located west of Micang Mountain, which is the Golden Bull Road, and Jianmenguan is to guard it.

Now Hanzhong is under the control of the Chu Kingdom, and there are soldiers and horses stationed in Zheng in the south of Hanzhong, but from Hanzhong to the north, it is eight hundred miles of Qinling that has become a roadblock, and Qi Ning wants to enter the northwest to attack Xianyang. It must pass through Qinling. Qi Ning saw that there are several main roads marked through the Qinling on the map. From left to right are the old road, the Baoxie Road, the Tangluo Road and the Meridian Road. It is already approaching Xianyang. If you exit the ridge from the old road and the Baoxie Road, you have to turn east and pass through the northwestern territory.

Qining knew that if he wanted to attack Xianyang, it would be impossible for the Chu army to travel long distances in the northwest. Once the Northwest Han Army discovered the trace of the Chu army, and then wanted to conquer Xianyang, it would no longer be a surprise attack. Even if Xianyang had weak troops, However, once prepared, it is difficult to take the city in a short time.

The Chu army enters the northwest, which requires quick battle and quick determination, and must not be delayed in the northwest.

As long as the Chu army conquered Xianyang in a short period of time, the northwest will soon be under the control of the Chu army. However, if it fails to win Xianyang, it will inevitably lead to the organization of soldiers and horses across the northwest to assist Xianyang. On the contrary, it became the Chinese food of the Northwestern.

And if Xianyang cannot be won, there will certainly be serious problems with Chu’s logistics.

Qining knew that this was an extremely risky military gambling. Once it succeeded, it was naturally famous, but if it failed, it would inevitably bring extremely serious consequences. He knew that this surprise attack must be considered twice. There must be no lapses.

He brought Duan Canghai this time, and he was deeply interested in it.

He has never been on the battlefield, and the leader has never experienced the battle. Even if he is a military genius, he will have such a military adventure in the first battle, which is really difficult for the strongman, not to mention that Qi Ning never felt that he was in What extraordinary talents there are in the military.

And Duan Canghai is a veteran who has survived from the battlefield. At that time, the Black Scale Camp **** battle field made the Northern Han people afraid of the wind. Duan Canghai was baptized by blood and fire.

Qining is extremely trusting in Duan Canghai. Such a trustworthy veteran with rich experience on the battlefield. During this surprise attack, Qining naturally relied heavily on him, so after reaching Shishifu, Qi Ning sent Wei Shutong to Heiyan Cave and sent Duan Canghai back to Chengdu as soon as possible.

On this night, Qi Ning saw the map late at night, and was full of thoughts.

The next day, Wei Shu's colleagues sent the chefs of the three largest restaurants in the city to Shishifu~IndoMTL.com~ so that the three people would prepare a banquet in the Shishifu, and at dusk, the three chefs will share their skills. It was fully revealed, just waiting for Shu Wang Li Hongxin to come.

There are special flower halls in Shishifu, which are very elegant. Wei Shutong is also a reader and pays attention to elegance, so this flower hall is simple and elegant. A round table for six is ​​made of pear blossom wood, which is very particular.

When the sun went down, Qi Ning waited at the flower hall, and Wei Shutong waited at the main entrance of Shishifu. He waited until Li Hongxin came.

Although Li Hongxin has never been seen, Qi Ning still feels suffocated. Lights are lit in the flower hall. In addition to inviting Li Hongxin, Qi Ning does not invite anyone else, so the flower hall looks extremely deserted.

Just after the unitary time, Qi Ning finally saw that Li Hongxin was late and arrived at the flower hall the same time as Wei Shu.

I haven’t seen it for a few months, but Li Hongxin seems to be several years old. He doesn’t have a brocade suit, just a very simple robe in Tsing Yi, with a blue belt around his waist that can be seen on ordinary people. After wearing the bun and entering the house, Qi Ning had got up and smiled and said: "Yongye, Qianfan came to Xichuan to host the banquet hosted by the lord. Today I am also here to borrow flowers to offer Buddha and invite the lord to eat a glass of water and wine."

Li Hongxin was unsmiling, and his expression was calm and calm. He nodded slightly, sat down at the table, and calmly said: "Lord Qi Qi was promoted to protect the father-in-law, the king did not congratulate him in time, don't be surprised, this day When I came late, I would like to borrow a glass of wine here to honor Lord Lord. It’s just that this King is dedicated to the Buddha and only eats Suhour, so when he comes, I use some Suhour. It’s too late, Lord Lord, don’t be surprised."

"It's good to come." Qi Ning sat down diagonally opposite Li Hongxin and gave Wei Shutong a wink. Wei Shutong immediately went out to make a drink, and then returned to the hall and sat at the table Underneath, the three people were in a triangle shape, the lights flashed, and reflected on the three people's faces, their expressions were different.