Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 48
In the second year of Guan Zhong's Xiangqi, the military strength of Qi State has gradually become stronger. Lu Xiaobai is very proud that he brought Guan Zhong to Qi State.

Then I learned that the monarch of the Qu Kingdom had spoken contemptuously, thinking that it was rude to let a white body be above the senior officials of the clan.

Lu Xiaobai was furious immediately.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been full of vigor and high spirits, and knowing that the army of Qi State is strong, he has a certain desire to show off Guan Zhong's talents in his heart, and wants to attack Qu State.

Then he said to Guan Zhong: "Qu Bo is a lowly man. He is disrespectful to the state of Qi. He comes and does not reciprocate. He should be punished."

Guan Zhong knew in his heart that now is not the time to use force against the princes. Qi's reform has just begun, and it will become stronger and stronger in the future.

A small country like Qu State can still barely fight with Qi State. When the reforms show results and the army is overwhelmed, they can only bow their knees and surrender.

So he persuaded: "My lord, now is not the time to take action against Qu Guo."

Lu Xiaobai didn't care, he waved his hands and smiled and said, "Ah Zhong, I know that Qi State should not compete with Qu State for a moment, but that Qu State is really hateful, he even said that you are a countryman, and you are promoted to be the Prime Minister of a country. , is ridiculous.

It's fine if you laugh at Gu, but Gu can't bear to treat Ah Zhong like this!

This time, let Qu Guo see Qi Guo's soldiers, let him know that Ah Zhong has been in Qi for two years, and there are strong soldiers in Qi, and see who dares to talk nonsense. "

Guan Zhong persuaded again: "My lord, Guan Zhong doesn't care about those who have false names. Now we should continue to implement the salt and iron official camp, collect taxes, promote the unity of the army and the people, strengthen the army and train the army, and wait until..."

Lu Xiaobai stood up straight away, took Guan Zhong's hand and said, "Ah Zhong, all Qi's internal affairs are entrusted to you, and Qu Guo will go to teach you a lesson."

Seeing Lu Xiaobai's insistence, although Guan Zhong has always regarded himself as a minister, but the two met at a young age, Guan Zhong has always been a little conniving towards Lu Xiaobai.

After thinking about it, even if this battle fails, it will not cause any impact, so I can't bear to dampen his enthusiasm, so I had to agree with him.

Seeing that Guan Zhong agreed, Lu Xiaobai was very happy, and then he took Dr. An Ning to Faqu directly.

It has to be said that after being rectified by Guan Zhong, the army of Qi State has strict discipline, and has a certain degree of advance and retreat.

Lu Xiaobai liked the surrounding scenery very much, and said with a cheerful smile: "This place is called Nagano, so we will line up here, wait for Qu Guo's army to come, and then fight with them, we must let Qu Bo go to Qi State himself, and stand in front of Ah Zhong. Apologize."

The war between Qi State and Qu State is a ritual war.

Naturally, the wars between the kingdoms of Xia and the barbarians were never-ending. The previous conquests by the emperor against a country that did not obey the rule of Chu were also real swords and guns, with many casualties.

But this time was different. The two sides fought according to the etiquette system, not for the purpose of occupying the land of Qu Country, so both sides were more restrained.

Although Qu Guo lost in a row, Qu Bo was only angry from embarrassment, but he was not worried that Qi Guo would destroy him like this.

So the two countries formed an array in Nagano, and marched forward according to the sound of the drums, until they stopped beyond the range of the bow and arrow.

Dr. An Ning was victorious this time, and he said in high spirits: "Pass me the general order, and beat the drums to cheer!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The drummer of Qi State beat the drum, and the soldiers of Qi State moved forward. Then Dr. An Ning saw that the army of Qu State was motionless, and there was no drum beating to cheer them up.

"Why doesn't Qu Guo beat drums to cheer?"

Qi State's chariot charged, killing many people in Qu State, but Qu State's army remained motionless.

Doctor An Ning was surprised, but still said: "Beat the drum!"

So the Qi State beat the drum again, and the arrows fired a volley. Although the Qu State was protected by shields, many soldiers were directly killed by the arrows.

But even so, Qu Guo still didn't move, and even the formation didn't change, which made Doctor Aning feel very strange.

"Qu Guo, what does this mean?

They came out in formation, obviously wanting to fight with our army, but our army has beaten the drum twice, but Qu Guo didn't beat the drum once, and didn't hang up the exemption card. This is not in line with battlefield etiquette. "

Doctor An Ning was not as happy as before, thinking that Qu Guo looked down on him, so he frowned and shouted: "Beat the drum!"

So the Qi State beat the drum again, and the soldiers moved forward again. This time, the Qu State's drum finally rang, and the thumping drums urged the soldiers on both sides to move forward.

However, the soldiers of the Qi State who had experienced the three-way drum had already breathed a sigh of relief. Dr. An Ning was not the kind of unparalleled fierce general who could boost the morale of the soldiers.

On the contrary, the soldiers of Qu State had high morale and were very brave. They broke up the formation of Qi State and came towards the central army.

The guards from Luo Kingdom who had been instructed by Guan Zhong earlier took the pale-faced Lu Xiaobai away, and left the battlefield to Dr. An Ning, who was the commander in chief.

Lu Xiaobai just came to watch the excitement, but now the people of Quguo can't watch the excitement. If he doesn't run away, it is estimated that Guan Zhong will bring a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Quguo himself to redeem the king.

Lu Xiaobai returned to Qi State in a daze. In fact, this defeat was really nothing to Qi State. A big country naturally has the willfulness of a big country.

Unless it was like the battle between Luo Guo and Huai Yi during King Yi's time, he could not recover for decades.

Lu Xiaobai felt so ashamed, he had no face to face Guan Zhong, and he didn't dare to see Guan Zhong, so he could only drink away his worries.

Guan Zhong is in charge of the state affairs of Qi State, but it doesn't make much difference whether he is there or not.

When Lu Xiaobai was indulging in wine and sex, Mrs. Qi Xiyi felt distressed when she saw her husband like this.

"My lord, you have been depressed all day long, and you haven't seen Zhongxiang after returning home. This is not what a king should do."

Lu Xiaobai sighed, hugged Xiyi's soft body in his arms, and said: "My dear, I really don't know how to see Ah Zhong.

Ah Zhong is not only a courtier, but also Gu's best friend.

If I were a fish, Ah Chung would be the water, if I were a bird, Ah Zhong would be the sky, I cannot leave him, not he cannot leave me.

For the sake of brotherhood, he left his mother country and came to Qi to assist me.

I also said that I want people in the world to see Ah Zhong's ability, but I was negligent and lost to Nagano.

If Ah Zhong gets angry and abandons me, what should I do? "

Seeing that her husband doesn't even need to call himself lonely, Xiyi knows that he must be terrified.

She is a gentle, virtuous and courteous woman, and comforted her: "Husband, you also said that Zhong Xiang is your best friend.

Courtiers and concubines have heard that if the monarch treats his subjects like brothers and sisters, then the subjects treat the monarch like his heart.

You treat Zhong Xiang with so much importance and trust, Zhong Xiang must be aware of it, how could he leave you because of this matter? "

"My lord, please see me!" The eunuch walked in.

Lu Xiaobai swished from Xiyi's arms, and hurriedly said: "You all go down."

Those musicians and dancers hurriedly left from the side of the hall, leaving only the guards, Lu Xiaobai and Xiyi in the hall.

Lu Xiaobai tidied up his appearance, stood up and said, "Please come in, Prime Minister Zhong."

Guan Zhong walked in from outside the hall, Lu Xiaobai rushed up to meet him, held Guan Zhong's hand, tears in his eyes, but he didn't know what to say, he just said: "Ah Zhong, I..."

Guan Zhong held Lu Xiaobai's hand behind his back. He is such a calm person, and now his eyes are full of tears, "My lord, you don't need to say anything."

Before Guan Zhong could say anything more, Lu Xiaobai said anxiously: "Ah Zhong, do you really want to leave me?
I was wrong, I shouldn't have crusade against Qu Country.

From now on, I will never act without authorization again, you can't leave me. "

"Xiaobai!" Guan Zhong said this title that has not been used for a long time, "The friendship between you and me is harder than gold and stones, how could I leave you?

You crusade against Qu Guo, but I did not stop you. This is my fault as a subject, so how can I blame you?
You didn't blame me, you also compared me to water and sky, I really deserve it. "

When Lu Xiaobai heard Guan Zhong calling him Xiaobai, he felt happy, and when he heard Guan Zhong's words, he laughed outright.

He dragged Guan Zhong to sit down at the banquet, and said to his wife Xiyi: "My beloved, you heard that Ah Zhong didn't blame me, he is still willing to stay in Qi to help me."

Seeing that her husband changed from decadent to full of vigor all of a sudden, Xiyi smiled happily and said, "You and Zhongxiang are inseparable like mountains and rivers."

"Mountains and flowing water?"

Lu Xiaobai chanted a few sentences, liked this word very much, turned to the official historian and said: "Qing, please record the mountains and rivers in the history books to show the friendship between Gu and Ah Zhong."

The historians of this era are quite strong, and they would rather die than write scribbles, especially many historians are from the Luo clan, and these historical books will be collected in the Luo Kingdom, and the Luo Kingdom has the most complete history books in the world.

In the palace where Xiyi left quietly, the revived Lu Xiaobai enthusiastically led Guan Zhong to discuss state affairs, but basically Guan Zhong was talking and he was listening.

Due to Lu Xiaobai's limited level, he still couldn't understand many of the subtleties in Guan Zhong's policies, so he needed Guan Zhong to explain to him, followed by Lu Xiaobai's exclamation and praise.

This scenario has happened countless times over the past two years.

The result of this battle reached Luoxiu's ears, but he just read the battle report, not only did he not worry, but he smiled gratifiedly: "Qi's military strength is prosperous, if we appoint a general, we will surely win."

This is the difference in vision between the monarch of a big country and the monarch of a small country.

Lv Xiaobai and Dr. An Ning were leading the army, two people who didn't know much about commanding troops. Zhang Qi, who was the strongest in commanding troops in Qi, didn't make a move.

Under such circumstances, Qi's army was still able to form a formation quickly during the chaotic process without causing many casualties.

This proves that after two years of tempering, Qi's army has undergone qualitative changes compared to Lu Wujiu's time.

　Every time I think of the ending of Duke Huan of Qi, I feel a little emotional. It's a pity for a generation of heroes who respect the king and fight against the barbarians.

　　There are two more updates in the afternoon, a total of [-] words today.

　　
　
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