Chapter 510: Treasures in the Tomb
Lu Wenzhao was killed by Li Keyong with a single sword strike.
The latter ordered the former's head to be hung in front of the camp to show his determination to fight the Qin army to the death.
When the news reached Emperor Li Shimin of Yan, he seemed very happy and said to his soldiers:
"It seems that Li Keyong is still loyal to me. If other vassal forces are like Li Keyong, I will have no worries!"
It has to be said that Li Shimin is worthy of being a heroic ruler of our time.
Even though he suffered several devastating defeats and was angered by Qin Emperor Ying Yuan to the point of vomiting blood, he still appeared quite optimistic after coming to his senses.
However, apart from him, the generals expressed deep concern about this matter.
"Your Majesty, given the Qin's vindictive nature, I'm afraid they'll mobilize a large force to attack Li Keyong... Should our army then provide assistance?"
"Once the war breaks out, rescuing Li Keyong is equivalent to starting the decisive battle in advance!"
"The Qin army is too powerful. We should not engage in a major battle with them at this moment. We should avoid their attack."
"The envoy sent by Qin was killed by Li Keyong. How could they let Li Keyong go?"
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As they talked, the soldiers actually started arguing with each other.
The more Li Shimin listened, the more headache he had. He simply said:
"If we don't rescue Li Keyong then, who among those vassal states will be willing to serve me in the future?"
"Even if we start a decisive battle with Qin ahead of time, what's the harm? As long as our army is well-organized, I don't believe we can't defeat the Qin army!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ji's eyes lit up. "Your Majesty, do you mean to first lay a tight net in Li Keyong's camp and wait for the Qin army to attack?"
Li Shimin nodded and said, "The Qin army will definitely attack Li Keyong. After all, the Qin State never suffers any loss."
"We will wait for the opportunity to tirelessly advance."
This gave the Yan army soldiers some confidence to defeat Qin.
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At the same time, the news of Lu Wenzhao's murder also reached the ears of Dong Zhuo and others.
Including Lu Bu and other generals, they were not too concerned about Lu Wenzhao's death and just nodded lightly.
Dong Zhuo then said to them, "Then, as previously agreed, Lu Wenzhao, the fourth-rank assistant commander, will be promoted to the third-rank deputy commander."
"After conquering Yan, find Lu Wenzhao's body and bury him with honor as a third-rank official. All his descendants can join the Jinyiwei, starting from the rank of centurion."
The living never care about the appointment of the dead.
Then they began to discuss their next plan.
"Li Keyong killed our Great Qin envoy. Both he and Li Shimin must have thought that our Great Qin would mobilize a large army to wash away this shame."
"But not only can we not attack Li Keyong, we must also be kind to him. Starting tomorrow, our army will send people every day to give Li Keyong gold, silver, jewelry, and other items."
"However, we can't do it too deliberately. We need to let Li Shimin know about it inadvertently."
Jia Xu spoke slowly.
This really stumped the soldiers.
"How can we avoid letting Emperor Yan know about this?"
At this time, Jia Xu looked at Zhuge Liang.
The latter gently waved his feather fan and said with a smile: "Pretend to be a soldier of the Yan army and say that you accidentally discovered an ancient tomb with gold, silver and other treasures hidden inside."
"This will arouse the suspicion of the Emperor of Yan."
What they wanted to do was not to make Li Shimin believe it, but to make him doubt it.
That's enough.
As soon as he opened his mouth, many soldiers suddenly understood.
Nowadays, Ying Yuan has retreated behind the scenes.
No longer commanding an army.
However, no matter what decision Dong Zhuo and others made, they had to report it to Ying Yuan as soon as possible.
When he heard that Lu Wenzhao was dead.
Not only did he not attack Li Keyong, but he also gave him gold, silver and jewelry.
Ying Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing twice, thinking to himself, "As expected, without my command, they can't win the battle."
"A mere Li Keyong scared these people silly. He's really useless!"
"If they can't even deal with Li Keyong, how can they deal with Li Shimin?"
"If I had known this earlier, I would not have commanded the army and would have handed it over to them directly!"
The mentality of giving up completely disappeared at this moment.
Once again, I have faith.
It is believed that in the near future, the Qin army will definitely be defeated by the Yan army.
Then he suffered heavy losses in his troops and fled to the Qin mainland in disgrace.
The more Ying Yuan thought about it, the happier he became, as if he had determined that it was already the fact.
"As long as our army is severely defeated, I still have hope of reducing the strength of the Qin Empire!"
At this moment, he was full of confidence.
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About two days passed.
News came from Li Keyong that an ancient tomb had been discovered.
In the tomb, a large amount of treasure was found.
There are about tens of millions of taels of silver.
This is definitely a timely help for the current Yan State.
However, Li Keyong thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out the identity of the tomb owner.
But no matter what, anyone who encounters so many treasures at the beginning will be extremely excited.
Therefore, Li Keyong ordered his soldiers to strictly prohibit the news from being spread outside.
He planned to keep the 10 million taels of silver for himself.
To be honest, Dong Zhuo and his men were really willing to do anything to lure the fish into the trap.
However, it is wartime now, and even if he is given 10 million taels, he will not be able to spend it all.
In the end, it still belonged to the Qin State.
Somehow, the news of the treasure in the ancient tomb reached Li Shimin's ears.
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