The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 35: Is he a genius or a talented person?
The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the atmosphere of chilling is getting stronger. There is a bleak scene inside and outside Cangzhou City.

It has been more than five days since Zhu Xiu ascended the east gate tower.

For five days, Zhu Xiu meditated during the day and watched stars at night. Wearing a double-breasted white cloak with big sleeves, he floated in and out of the tower. He smiled and nodded when he met everyone, but did not speak. He often muttered something.

Chai Rong set the East Gate Tower as a forbidden area and personally selected a group of soldiers to guard it, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching and disturbing it.

Originally, there were rumors among the Tianxiong army that Zhu Xiu was going to climb the tower to observe the celestial phenomena, deduce fighter plans, and pray for the soldiers and people of Cangzhou.

As a result, the soldiers were even more convinced. Their eyes were full of awe when they looked at Zhu Xiu. When they stood on guard, their backs were straight and their eyes were not squinting, as if they were participating in an extremely sacred and solemn event.

Zhu Xiu's nonchalant behavior all day long seemed to reveal a mysterious energy in their eyes.

Not to mention anything else, for five days he only drank water and did not eat, and his face was shiny and rosy. This ability is enough to impress people.

They all thought that Zhu Xiu knew the immortal Taoist method of swallowing essence and qi to nourish the essence of the sun and moon.

The image of Zhu Xiu's disciple became more and more popular, and everyone in front of him and behind him had to call him Mr. Xiao.

If Chai Rong had not issued a strict order not to leak out the stargazing at the East Gate Tower, it would have spread throughout the city in a few days.

On the Zhangshui River dozens of miles away, Khitan warships lingered day and night, occasionally approaching the south bank, but were forced back by crossbowmen with rockets.

The Khitans continued to harass, but there was no sign of crossing the river to attack.

Chai Rong and Fu Jinzhan were relieved. It could be seen that Zhu Xiu's judgment was completely correct, and Yelu Wuyu had no intention of attacking Cangzhou City again.

The overall situation in the city remains stable. However, when Liu Chengyou led the left guard army to withdraw yesterday, he actually hid more than a thousand stones of grain and wanted to take it out of the city. Pan Mei discovered and stopped him in time.

The angry naval officers closed the west gate and almost broke out into a large-scale armed fight with the left guards.

Since the Zuo Wei Army withdrew into Cangzhou, all supplies have been allocated from the state capital's inventory. In other words, the Zuo Wei Army's food and drink were all provided by Heng Haijun, which was accumulated by the taxes of the people of Cangzhou over several years.

Now that Zuo Weijun had eaten everything and was about to leave, he actually wanted to smuggle so much food away. Of course, Heng Haijun was not happy.

Upon hearing the news, Chai Rong hurriedly led the Tianxiong army and Fu Jinzhan also arrived in time, thus preventing a bloody and bloody armed fight.

When asked about the reason, Chai Rong and Fu Jinzhan immediately became angry.

The left guards had only two thousand infantry left, not counting fodder for dozens of horses. They set off from Cangzhou to Xingzhou, walking slowly, and reached it in half a month.

Calculated in this way, at most seven hundred shi of grain was needed, but Liu Chengyou actually ordered to take away more than a thousand shi, and injured the treasury grain officer.

The food stored in Cangzhou City is only enough. How can the Zuo Wei Army be allowed to be so greedy?

Chai Rong ordered more than [-] stones to be removed on the spot, and ordered the soldiers of Tianxiong Army to check repeatedly. After confirming that everything was correct, he ordered the city gate to be opened and the left guard army was allowed to leave.

Liu Chengyou looked very ugly when he left the city, and he completely hated Chai Rong and Fu Jinzhan.

On the sixth day, Chai Rong went to the river bank to observe the enemy's situation.

At noon, a large number of people, no less than a thousand people, suddenly came downstairs from the east gate, clamoring to leave the city.

Zhao Pu and Pan Mei quickly organized people to stop them, and the Tianxiong Army also sent people to help. The people were furious and almost clashed with the east gate guards.

Ignoring the dissuasion of the patrol, more and more refugees gathered towards the east gate, demanding to see Chai Rong angrily.

The common people heard from nowhere that the Khitan army was on the north bank of the Zhang River and would soon cross the river to attack the city.

However, Chai Rong planned to lead Tianxiong's army to withdraw from Cangzhou at this moment.

The people mistakenly thought that Chai Rong was leaving Cangzhou City, and in panic, they knelt down and cried, begging Chai Rong and Tianxiong's army to stay.

If that didn't work, the people made plans to escape from the city.Regardless of his injury, Fu Jinzhan came to dissuade him, but to no avail.

Seeing that more and more people were gathering together, Pan Mei had no choice but to send someone out of the city to report to Chai Rong urgently.

After a stalemate for several hours, Chai Rong rushed back and explained with a dry mouth, and finally managed to calm people's hearts and ordered Zhang Yongde and Pan Mei to dismiss the people.

Ma San got Zhu Xiu's order and went down to the tower to see Chai Rong.

"Young man Ma San, on the orders of the junior officer, I have a few words to report to Yashuai!"

Chai Rong couldn't hide his tiredness: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Ma San lowered his head and cupped his hands, and said respectfully: "The junior official said that people who gathered to make trouble must have been deceived by others. Please send someone to investigate thoroughly, find out those who spread rumors, and punish them severely!"

Chai Rong nodded and said: "Overnight, many rumors emerged in the city. Someone must have deliberately spread them. I will investigate this matter to the end."

Ma San added: "The little official also said that while stopping the rumors, some official information needs to be released to set the record straight! The little official has already written it, please ask Yashuai to send someone to copy and post it, and send someone to Read it on the spot and inform the people."

Ma San presented a few thin pieces of paper with both hands.

Chai Rong took it and looked through it, not caring about admiring the graceful calligraphy, and asked in surprise: "Can the official send someone to summon me to Zhaozhou, can it really be publicized?"

Ma San glanced around and said in a low voice: "Young official, I have a few more words that I can only say to Ya Shuai."

Chai Rong waved his hand to Zhang Yongde and several personal guards to move away: "Speak."

Ma San took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "The official said that on the day the decree was announced, the guards came with great fanfare. Many officials from the governor's office and soldiers from various armies were present. Officials said that the Tianxiong army was ordered to evacuate Cangzhou. Originally, it was I can't hide it, and even today, there is no need to hide it. If this matter is made public, the people of Cangzhou will not vent their anger on Yashuai and Tianxiongjun. The officials say this is called conflict transfer!"

Chai Rong listened carefully and thoughtfully.

The guards and pro-military people publicly announced the order, with the intention of putting pressure on him and asking him to rush to Zhaozhou as soon as possible.

Now according to Zhu Xiu's intention, publishing the truth truthfully can eliminate the misunderstanding of him by the people of Cangzhou.

Let the people know that it is not Chai Rong and Tianxiong's army who are leaving, but the emperor's order to transfer Chai Rong to Zhaozhou.

Chai Rong and Tianxiong's army risked their lives to disobey the emperor's will for the sake of Cangzhou's safety.

Ma San swallowed his saliva and said again: "The junior officials also told Yashuai to resist the decree now, but what they have gained in exchange is the hearts and minds of the 10,000+ soldiers and civilians in Cangzhou! In the future, not only the people of Cangzhou, but the entire Hebei people will remember Yashuai's kindness." ! People's hearts are the most precious wealth! Wan Wangyashuai has firm confidence and never wavers!"

Chai Rong smiled bitterly, now that the time limit stipulated in the second official decree had passed, he had resisted twice, and even he didn't know how the officials and the court would deal with him.

Even if his heart was still shaken before, now, he can only hold his nose and walk all the way to the dark.

Chai Rong looked toward the second floor of the city tower, hesitated and said, "Is there any prediction from the sky?"

Ma San had already received Zhu Xiu's instructions, knowing that Chai Rong would not be able to help asking, he immediately followed Zhu Xiu's instructions, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, the secret has been revealed, and we will see the outcome soon, please wait for Yashuai." Don't be impatient!"

After that, Ma Sanyi ran back to the tower.

When Zhang Yongde heard Ma San's last words, he couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Yashhuai, is that kid really just pretending to be a ghost?"

Chai Rong shook his head and sighed: "I don't know either. It's just that, based on the current situation, all the directions of the situation are correct! So, I can only choose to believe him."

Zhang Yongde looked at the closed window of the second-story tower and said in a low voice: "If the outcome proves that he is right, then this person is ahead of the enemy, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles. He is really Zifang, and Kong Ming is still alive, and he is the most talented person in the world. !”

Chai Rong remained silent, his bright eyes shining brightly.

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