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Chapter 43: The girl playing the piano

"Princess, forgive me!"

Seeing that he was disturbing the other party's master and servant, Li He immediately bowed and said, "In the lower Wei camp, 500 generals, Li He, this time, Zhai Hu and Sima Zhai took me into the palace, and wanted me to personally inform Dongliang Jun of the Qin army I saw on the battlefield. Just now, when I was waiting for summoning in the small hall, I heard the sound of the princess's piano and came to check... Please forgive me for the offense."

Perhaps Li He took advantage of his appearance. After seeing Li He's appearance clearly, the princess gradually faded away from her fear on her face, and for some reason she even showed a laughing smile.

From the side, the palace maid's expression was also a bit strange.

"It turns out that it is my Shaoliang's soldiers... Please take your seat."

As soon as the princess spoke, the crisp and pleasant sound as an oriole came into Li He's ears.

"Lord...Princess." The palace maid tried to speak but stopped dissuading her.

However, the princess shook her head and said gently: "He is my Shaoliang soldier, it's okay, just right... I'll ask him if I have something to do."

After saying that, she raised her left hand and made a gesture to Li He.

"Thank you, Princess."

Li He solemnly bowed his hand to thank him, then walked into the Xieting Pavilion and sat down on the bamboo mat on one side.

The two attendants who followed Li He from afar saw this and turned around and left without knowing what to do.

Hearing the movement behind him, Li He turned his head and glanced, and then he heard the princess in front of him ask him: "General Li, have you ever been to the battlefield?"

Li He turned around and turned his gaze to the princess in front of him again.

After a closer look, he realized that the princess in front of him was very young, probably not much older than Hu Yue, and was probably in her teens. She had fair skin and beautiful appearance, and she looked like a little beauty at first glance. Even though Li He was most concerned about at this moment, he was persuaded to resist the Qin army, but he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Perhaps he noticed Li He's gaze, the princess's fair face turned a little red, which became more and more attractive.

"General Li!" she called out softly in shame, as if she was a little unhappy, but her tone still gave people a soft feeling.

"cough."

Li He came to his senses and coughed awkwardly, "Princess, forgive me... I am only five hundred generals. I can't afford to call him General, just call me Li He."

After saying that, he answered the princess's previous question: "Some time ago, when I learned that the Qin army was attacking the Rong Kingdom of Hexi, I took my surprise soldiers to the battlefield. One is to find out the truth of the Qin army, and the other is to sharpen the soldiers under my command. It is also a small victory on the battlefield."

"You've won a small victory?" The princess tilted her head slightly and expressed her confusion with a cute look.

Seeing this, Li He explained bluntly: "My surprise soldiers killed more than a thousand Qin soldiers on the battlefield with 206 soldiers, without any damage."

"Ah." The princess covered her mouth and exclaimed.

From the side, the palace maid who was about the same age as Li He snorted coldly when she heard this, "Speak nonsense!... The Qin army is so powerful, is it that your soldiers under you are even more powerful than the Qin army?"

Li He did not argue with her, and said with a little pride in peace, "That's natural!... My strange soldiers followed the Wei Wu soldiers and established a system, and were determined to surpass the Wei Wu soldiers. Although they were not good at fighting head-on, slaughtering Qin soldiers was like killing chickens and dogs. If I had five thousand strange soldiers under my command, even if the Qin army had 500,000 troops, I would be sure that they would not dare to offend Shaoliang!"

Hearing these words, the princess and the palace maid both showed a look of surprise on her face.

Wei Wu soldiers were famous all over the world, so they naturally heard of them as master and servant.

After a little shock, the palace maid said angrily: "Everyone can say anything!"

"Anu."

The princess blamed the palace maid softly, then looked at Li He intently, looking at Li He's eyes.

After a while, a little joy appeared on her face and said, "Li...Li He, you are telling the truth. I didn't expect that I, Shaoliang, and such a brave soldier, but I didn't know..."

After saying that, she looked at Li He with anticipation and asked, "Then may you help Shao Liang fight back the Qin army?"

Looking at the bright eyes, although Li He did not want to disappoint her, he could only tell the truth: "It's not... I have too few surprise soldiers under my command, only more than 200, but the number of Qin troops is at least more than 100,000, or even 200,000... The difference between the two is a hundred times."

"Where are you recruiting more people?" the princess asked innocently.

Li He shook his head again and said, "It is not that easy to train a surprise soldier. Every surprise soldier under my command has undergone rigorous training, running, swimming, climbing, and short-soldiers..."

As he said that, he simply told the princess in front of him about the daily training of the surprise soldiers.

Not to mention that the princess was stunned when she heard this, even the palace maid named Anu was stunned and looked at Li He in surprise. She probably gradually realized that Li He's previous words were not just talking nonsense.

"Why didn't you train more before?" the princess asked with a naive look on her face.

Li He smiled and explained, "The princess doesn't know that I am not a native of Shaoliang, but a native of Pingzhou, Wei State. For some reason, I moved to at least Liang with a clan with a good friend. When I proposed the idea of ​​a surprise soldier to our Wei Camp's general Wei Zhu, I was only a hundred generals, and I had just joined the army for only two days. Zhai Sima and Wei Camp's general valued me, so I allowed me to try to train 200 surprise soldiers first..."

"Just joining the army?" The princess's face showed surprise.

"Yes." Li He nodded and briefly told the princess about his performance on the first day of joining the army.

When he learned that Li He could throw a huge rock of hundreds of kilograms with one arm, the princess exclaimed: "Seriously?"

"Princess, don't listen to his bragging, who knows whether what he said is true or false?" Anu, who was beside him, finally got another chance to question Li He.

It can be seen that because Li He trespassed here, she had a very bad impression of Li He.

But the princess seemed to have a good impression of Li He. When she heard this, her eyes turned and said cunningly: "Li He, can you lift Anu? If you lift me up, I believe..."

"Princess." Anu's face suddenly turned red, and then he saw Li He subconsciously turned his head to look at her, and hurriedly avoided it. The princess covered her mouth with her sleeve and giggled.

However, after laughing, the smile on the princess's face closed again.

She asked Li He with a serious look on her face and said, "Li He, without the reinforcements of Wei, will my Shaoliang really not be able to stop the Qin attack?"

Li He thought about it for a while and was about to answer, he saw her sigh and said, "In the past few days, Dongliang Jun and Doctor Zhai have been worrying about resisting the Qin army every day and quarreling endlessly. My Shaoliang is obviously a vassal state of Wei, so why did Wei abandon Shaoliang?"

"Because Wei State values ​​the interests of his Wei State first." Li He said seriously: "Previously, Wei State safeguarded the vassal states such as Wei State, Shaoliang, Rong State, etc., just to safeguard the face of Wei State, rather than really caring about the interests of each small country. When the cost of maintaining a small country exceeds the benefits of Wei State, Wei State must consider whether this move is worth it... For example, this time, Wei State did not want to go to war with two major powers of Zhao and Qin, so he sacrificed Rong State and Shaoliang to satisfy Qin State's ambitions and hoped to defeat Zhao State and turn around to retaliate against Qin State. As far as Wei State's position is concerned, this is a wise choice, but as far as Shaoliang is concerned, Shaoliang was undoubtedly abandoned by Wei State. This is the sorrow of a small country that is attached to other countries and does not think about its own strength: it is up to other countries to determine the fate of its own country!"

The princess nodded in confusion and asked, "What do you think I, Shaoliang?"

Li He said seriously: "Abandon all the previous expectations and fantasies of Wei, mobilize domestic soldiers and civilians, and fight to the death with Qin. It would be better to break the jade than to make a complete fuse!"

Hearing this, the princess, who had already fair skin, had a paler face. From the side, Annu said angrily: "You are talking lightly, how can I, Shaoliang, defeat Qin?"

Li He glanced at Annu and said to the princess seriously: "If you want to defeat Qin, I, Shaoliang, can't do it, but I, Shaoliang, can't do it... Qin is a big country that is determined to compete for the world. He will not hope to lose too much in Shaoliang. As long as I, Shaoliang can make Qin understand that even if I, Shaoliang, Qin will have to pay a heavy price, and even lose the opportunity to compete for the world. Then Qin will weigh the pros and cons and give up the annexation of my Shaoliang. When Qin is introduced, Qin will choose to negotiate with me, Shaoliang, and I, Shaoliang, can be fully accommodating."

The princess thought for a while and asked, "What if she would send an envoy to negotiate with Qin now?"

"Then Qin State will think that I, Shaoliang, can be bullied, and then he will become more aggressive." Li He shook his head and said seriously: "When seeking peace through struggle, peace will exist; when seeking survival through compromise, survival will exist. Qin State is a powerful big country. If it cannot be made face to face Shaoliang, how can he listen to my Shaoliang's voice?"

The princess nodded thoughtfully and then asked again: "How can we severely damage the Qin army and let Qin retreat when we see the difficulties?"

Li He smiled and said, "First of all, I, Shaoliang, must firmly resist the belief in Qin State... If the princess thinks I am right, maybe she can help persuade your father."

"Ah?" the princess opened her eyes slightly in surprise and said, "I'm afraid I can't do this..."

"Why?" Li He asked in confusion.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of rapid footsteps coming from behind.

He turned around and saw an old man in gorgeous clothes and gray hair walking towards this side with a gloomy face, followed by several people, including the brothers Zhai Ying and Zhai Hu.

Li He immediately realized that the old man had an unusual identity, so he stood up immediately. Without waiting for his hand to signal, he saw the old man rushed to the front of him a few steps and scolded him angrily: "How dare you trespass into the palace?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li He heard Zhai Hu laughing cynically behind the old man and said, "Li He, are you really here? Don't offend me, Shaoliang's monarch."

Hearing this, Li He looked upright and quickly bowed to the old man and said, "Li He, pay homage..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhai Hu laughed: "No, I mean the one behind you."

『Behind?』
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