Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 180 Confirmation of the Expedition to Shu
More than a month had passed since the Mei Bo incident, and Chaoge City no longer discussed the matter. Deng Chanyu quietly brought Su Hu and rushed to Chaoge, where she discussed the future of Nanjun with Deng Jiugong at Huang Feihu's Wucheng Palace.

This time, Li Jing, who was about to be transferred to the post of general of Sanshan Pass, was also called in.

Deng Jiugong was the oldest and held the most extensive territory, making him the natural leader of this reactionary military group. Huang Feihu, as the current Wucheng King, commanded the vast majority of the military commanders, both within and outside the court, and held a high prestige. His father, Huang Gun, served as the general at Jiepai Pass, commanding tens of thousands of troops, making him a major shareholder.

Li Jing had his own troops in Chentang Pass, and he could also find some relatives and friends in other places.

Together with the Su family father and son who have been recruiting people from their hometown in Jizhou to go to the south recently, their reactionary military group has been established.

Deng, Huang, Su, and Li, the four families have a total of 15,000 servants. These are professional soldiers who can draw strong bows, usually carry 50 arrows on their backs, hold spears in their hands, and have swords hanging from their waists.

The archers in the game seem to be fragile, that is for the sake of game balance. The reality is that the archer profession is simply not competent without sufficient strength and physique. Those who can draw the bow and shoot arrows are the elite in the army.

The reactionary group controlled more than 400,000 soldiers. In terms of elite strength, they were certainly not as good as their own servants, but they were all soldiers who had served in the army for more than two years, and they could basically achieve the level required by Qi Jiguang: "If the enemy chops at me, I will chop back."

Where will the four companies go in the future?
Each of the four took out a letter.

Deng Chanyu thought about it and took out a letter.

Huang Feihu asked, "Brother Deng, what's your opinion?"

Deng Jiugong stroked his beard and said nothing.

King Zhou forced the Deng father and son to stay, but no one believed him if he said he was sincere.

Seeing the opportunity, Xibohou Jichang wrote personal letters to several people, hoping that they would uphold justice and join him in fighting against the Shang Dynasty. How did Cheng Tang overthrow King Jie of Xia? Let's follow their example and do it again.

Ji Chang promised that the existing interests and territories of each family would not be touched, and after the war, they would be rewarded based on their respective merits.

Ji Chang is ninety years old this year. He has been trustworthy all his life. Although he did not swear by the Jing River or the Wei River, several people still believed in this promise.

Huang Feihu has the best impression of Ji Chang. Deng Jiugong has not had much contact with Ji Chang, but he also respects this Laojunhou. However, when it comes to the practical level, everyone becomes hesitant.

Ji Chang is too old.

I’m already ninety years old. How many more years can I live?

Even King Zhou was not very enthusiastic about attacking Xiqi. Why? Because everyone thought Ji Chang was about to die.

Ji Chang had many sons, all of whom were quite capable. It didn't take a very sharp political vision to know that there was a huge disaster hidden in this.

Who would dare to vote at this time?

Ji Chang couldn't possibly use a history book to persuade Deng Jiugong and Huang Feihu, "Family! The book says I can live to be ninety-seven. Believe me!"

Everyone believed in Ji Chang, but not in Xiqi's successor.

Li Jing had always been somewhat distant towards Xiqi in his previous time and space, and now the relationship was even more distant. He was the first to shake his head: "The Duke of Xibo can be trusted, but the Xiqi troops cannot leave Sishui Pass. What will happen in the future is still uncertain."

Su Hu was defeated by Xiqi and had to flee south. He also expressed his opposition at this time: "King Xibo is worthy of respect, but what about the descendants of King Xibo? I think the eldest son of King Xibo is kind and benevolent. He may be a wise ruler in a peaceful and prosperous era. But King Xibo's second and third sons are also extraordinary. Among the remaining dozens of sons, there is no guarantee that there are any talented people. As long as the old king is alive, the country will definitely be as strong as a rock. If the old king dies, where will Xiqi go?" Deng Jiugong did not speak.

At first, Deng Jiugong was a loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty, but just like Cao Cao's desire to be the General of the Western Expedition when he was young, his ambition grew unconsciously.

There's no such thing as "If the ruler wants his subjects to die, they must die" these days. Even you, King Zhou, are wary of me, and I'm still loyal to you? Am I stupid?
Huang Feihu pondered for a long time and asked Deng Chanyu, "Niece Chanyu, what's the situation in Jinsha City now?"

Deng Chanyu said, "Last month, there was a flash flood. I heard that the high priest there slaughtered over 800 slaves as a sacrifice to the gods. They have a permanent army of over 20,000, most of whom are wearing leather armor and bronze spears. If they armed the slaves, they could even mobilize an army of 100,000."

The armed slave army these days was very weak, and everyone present looked down on it.

Deng Chanyu pointed at the map and continued, "I've built a new city here, named Yinping. Now we're just waiting for an opportunity. As soon as the main force of Jinsha City goes to war with Sanxing City, our elite troops can set out from Yinping, take the mountain paths, cross Motianling, and directly attack Jinsha City. At the same time, another army will set out from Hanzhong, claiming to be helping Jinsha City fight Sanxing City. The priests of Jinsha City are greedy and will definitely want our army to help them defeat the enemy so that they can kick us out. We can exploit this mentality."

Jinsha City is in the south and Sanxing City is in the north. If the two places unite as one, the Hanzhong army will definitely not be able to break in because the road is too difficult to travel.

Deng Chanyu's plan was to steal their homes while letting them fight among themselves, and finally the north and the south would work together to take over the two cities.

Huang Feihu also agreed with this plan. Since the future of Xiqi is not clear, let's attack Shu first!

Conquer the territory and leave a way out for the family. It will not be bad for the future, whether it is Shang or Zhou.

They were relieved to have the elite troops of the four families handed over to Deng Chanyu.

After all, Deng Chanyu is obviously a cultivator and has never hidden this identity.

The Shang Dynasty, including the previous Xia Dynasty, also saw many people who practiced Taoism. They practiced in the secular world for several years or even more than ten years, and when they got tired of it, they returned to the mountains to continue practicing their own techniques for longevity.

Taoists have very few worldly desires and do not care about human rights. It is rare for someone like Wen Zhong to practice for fifty years.

Huang Feihu planned to transfer 5,000 family servants to go with Deng Chanyu, and let Uncle Biao be the deputy general to attack Shu, and take away Huang Feihu's generals Huang Ming and Zhou Ji. It was heard that the place Motianling was extremely dangerous, and it was impossible to pass without elite troops.

The four of them discussed the details of the attack on Shu with Deng Chanyu. It can be seen that the four of them were very excited. Leading troops to fight is much more interesting than playing political games in Chaoge.

They added some military details, and as they were talking, Long Huan, a general under Huang Feihu, came running over and knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?"

The attack on Shu was not a conspiracy to rebel, and it was not to the point where it could not be shown to others, but it was a secret matter after all. Huang Feihu quickly got up and went outside.

"Your Majesty, there's news from Concubine Huang in the palace: Queen Jiang of the Eastern Palace has passed away."

Huang Feihu was shocked. How could the queen die out of the blue?
Thinking that this matter was unusual, he asked Longhuan to come into the house to discuss it in detail.

Long Huan handed over a piece of torn cloth with Huang Fei's handwriting on it, just a few words written in a hurry.

Deng Jiugong and others also came to watch.

(End of this chapter)