Xue Lu must have cut off his own way of retreat in order to express his loyalty to the pseudo-emperor; after his defeat in Sichuan, he was still able to become the right deputy general of the Han Dynasty, which was related to the slaughter of Qu Neng's family.

Qu Neng was convinced of the relationship in his heart, and of course he could not forget the deep hatred!

The rain outside the door was still falling, and it was windy and rainy. It started raining yesterday and it had not stopped until this morning. Qu Neng sat alone on the futon, facing the window, and looking at the rain outside the window.

The day before yesterday, the soldiers under his command had joined the Han Wang Army. After they crossed the Fuyi River, they chose a place to station... There was a dilapidated temple without monks here, and Qu Neng lived there as a headquarters. Ordinary people would rather live in a wilderness than a dilapidated temple, but Qu Neng consciously killed too many people, and there were no taboos.

There was a noise in the sky, and the sound of rain and wind were everywhere. However, because there were not many people in the pedestal, only some guards were walking slowly under the eaves, so the place did not seem noisy.

Qu Neng sat cross-legged on the cushion, closed his eyes, breathed slowly, trying to adjust his mood to calm himself down.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, he immediately saw a woman's face in the darkness. She was Qu Neng's wife. Her face looked here in the darkness, and her lips pursed gently to both sides, revealing a smile; the smile was filled with helplessness and understanding, gentleness and tolerance.

There was no decent jewelry on her head, and there was even a hint of messy hair on her temples, and a strand of hair fell on her cheeks.

I remember that Qu Neng died just two years after his marriage; Qu Neng quickly took office and became the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. At that time, the war in Sichuan was over, and bandits were constantly spreading, and the rebellion of the Yi tribes on all sides did not stop. In order to consolidate border defense and appease the hearts of the people, Qu Neng often led troops to fight against rebellions and suppress the bandits. He was busy with various official duties. So his wife took on the responsibility of taking care of her mother-in-law and children and her family.

Qu Neng thought that he could do his best to do his best to do his job and make contributions to consolidate the Qu family's position in the court, so that the whole family would enjoy the happiness of the whole family in the future. His wife stayed alone in the empty room for many years without complaints; Qu Neng promised to be successful in the future and go home to stay together.

Unexpectedly, he had been busy for many years. Not only did he not succeed, he also became a criminal! When he came out again, he thought he had seen the opportunity to clear the grievances of the Qu family, but not long after, he saw that the whole family's heads were hung on the gate of Chengdu City!

It was then that Qu Neng began to question whether success is important or whether it is better to stay with her?

Later, the King of Han found more than a dozen beauties and asked Qu Neng to choose, but Qu Neng refused. It was really difficult for him to find a woman who was worth keeping in his heart like his deceased wife.

"Wow..." The sound of rain continued to sound into my ears.

Qu Neng's fist was clenched, holding the gray cloth on his body, and his arms were trembling. There was a storm in his chest, and pain and extreme anger filled his heart. He silently shouted: I want to kill someone! I want to take away everything from the enemy and tear him to pieces!

Just then, a voice said, "Master Qu, are you feeling unwell?"

Qu Neng opened his eyes and saw a general standing in the room. The general said, "The General was told early in the morning that he would go to meet the King of Han in the morning. Report to the General, the General had prepared the guards and horses."

"Let's go!" Qu Neng supported the cushion with his hands, and he stood up quickly, and gradually tried his best to calm the turmoil in his heart.

He hated being idle and could not sit alone! A few days ago, he was leading troops outside, focusing on military affairs, but instead of thinking about the past often; therefore he was more willing to keep busy.

With the help of the soldiers, Qu Neng put on his military uniform and armor, packed it up and left the temple.

The group wore straw hats and rode along the road outside and walked south. Although it was raining, there were still many people on the road, after all, more than 300,000 infantry and cavalry were stationed nearby!

Many soldiers had no horses. Most of them were barefoot, carrying their shoes in their hands, and trekking in the cold mud. The rammed road surface was covered with mud and water after two days of rain. They could not protect against mud and water when wearing shoes.

After walking for a while, everyone came to a village. Qu Neng rode his horse to the door of a yard with earthen walls, turned over and dismounted. He handed the reins to his followers, and then walked in. The soldiers guarding the yard knew him, and it was daylight again, so he even missed the cross-examination.

Qu Neng took off the hat on his head, walked along the eaves under the eaves to the door of the main hall above, then placed the hat against the wall, then took off the sword and placed it on the chopping board next to it, and then stepped into the threshold.

"The last general will pay homage to the prince." Qu Neng said with his fists and politely.

King Zhu Gaoxu of Han was holding a few pieces of paper and was very devoted to seeing it. Without raising his head, he reached out and made a gesture when he heard the sound, "Governor Qu sat down."

"Thank you, Prince." Qu Neng said.

Qu Neng soon guessed that the King of Han was not reading military information, but his letters from home. Although the military newspaper was very important, it was obviously not that interesting. Miao Jin's eyes next to him also proved Qu Neng's guess, and there was a faint jealousy in her eyes.

Qu Neng saw it, his expression was still serious, and he was as dull as usual, without saying a word.

But he was also thinking in his heart that it was normal for a vassal king like the Han King to have several women; the number of wives and concubines of the Han King is not even as good as the fraction of his grandfather, Emperor Taizu, back then.

But women are all like that. Back then, the maid and maids around Qu Neng were a little closer, and his wife was also very concerned.

Miao Jin, who was doing trivial things in the main hall, also attracted people's attention. There are rumors in the world that the King of Han snatched a beautiful Taoist priest from the palace, of course it was Miao Jin; but everyone around the King of Han knew that it was not that... Just don't be blind, you can see that the King of Han and this female Taoist love each other, and it cannot be forced.

Miao Jin almost didn't say anything in front of others, but every general who saw her would not ignore her and would often look at her twice.

She was wearing a gray cloth dress without makeup, but her fair skin was not covered by makeup, or the woman who was not in the middle of the door was pale in the room, and looked very shiny. The simple clothes instead made her look so spiritual. Her eyebrows and eyes were also very vivid, even though she was often cold, there was still a hidden affection between the corners of her eyes.

Miao Jin is also uncomfortable. While she is not in front of others, she admits her affection with the King of Han, while she is secretly sulking.

"Dong!" Miao Jin placed the teacup in front of Zhu Gaoxu. Although it was not very heavy, it was not light. His voice immediately attracted Zhu Gaoxu's attention.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her sideways, finally put away the paper in his hand, turned to look at Qu Neng and said, "The recent batch of military supplies has been transported to the Dayang Chuanshui Warehouse. Some of the shoes inside were sewn by the Princess of Han and his own hands."

Qu Neng clasped his fists and said, "The princess is virtuous."

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Guo Wei also said that Miaojin followed me to sleep in the open and took care of my food and clothing. It is not easy to worry about it, so Miaojin took care of her health."

Qu Neng felt that this sentence was not for him, so he did not respond.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said casually: "After the war is over, I must treat them well. I am not wary and have no good feelings for war, but many conflicts cannot be solved without this method!"

When Qu Neng heard the King of Han say "Treat them well in the future", he was immediately touched something again. He felt uncomfortable and still said nothing.

After a while, Sheng Yong and Ping'an Wang Bin and other generals also came. Qu Neng was the first to arrive at the headquarters of the Central Army.

The simple tile houses gradually became lively.

Soon, civil servant Hou Hai, military general Zhang Sheng and Chen Dachui also walked into the room. Hou Hai bowed and walked forward quickly, holding a piece of paper and said, "Prince, the soldiers in the North Army ahead urgently reported that the enemy army is marching east!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately took the letter paper and looked at it for a while, then threw it on the square table.

Sheng Yong walked straight to the square table with the map, picked it up and took a look, and said, "Prince, as soon as the rain stopped, we will march to the northeast?"

Zhu Gaoxu walked a few steps and said, "There is our warehouse on the south side of this Fuyi River. It is convenient to replenish the arrows, firearms and gunpowder nearby to Governor Qu's army. We will station for a few more days to make it easier to replenish military supplies and soldiers can also rest and repair."

He also said: "There are also surrendered soldiers from Wu Gao's army. Although officials of the Han Palace have been registered and organized into various armies, it will take a few days to let the generals at all levels know each other."

Sheng Yong pointed to a place on the map and said, "The road northeast of Hengzhou City leads to Baoqing Prefecture City; the north and south sides of this direction are full of mountains and steep mountains. If we sit and watch Zhang Fu approach this road first, it will be almost impossible for our army to intercept Zhang Fu.

As long as Zhang Fu approaches Hengzhou, he can guarantee the food route from Xiangjiang River to the army. When we deal with it, it will be extremely inconvenient to replenish food routes, and the enemy may wait for work in the battle formation." (The party that cannot be consumed will take the initiative to attack and start the war.)

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes swept across the faces of Qu Neng and others, and no one said anything. Qu Neng also secretly agreed with Sheng Yong's statement.

Wang Bin muttered: "It's better to fight sooner or later than to fight!"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to fight, you must win! If you can't win, why don't I just stop fighting?"

After hearing this, Sheng Yong's attitude became a little loose: "The emperor and his ministers of the pseudo-dynasty court should usually hope to end the war as soon as possible. Zhang Fu may also be influenced by the capital and may decide to fight me."

"Not only that, Zhang Fu is also a gambler." Zhu Gaoxu said with a stern expression, "I bet that he will take the initiative to seek a decisive battle!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned around and faced the door, and his expression became firmer: "This battle is about life and death! We must try our best to take advantage of all the advantages and increase our chances of victory. Stop on the spot and delay the attack for a few days. This is extremely beneficial to our army at this time."

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's tone, the generals clasped their fists and said, "The last general is obeying the order!"
Chapter completed!