Fish swimming around the world

In just half a month, Yang Wudi fought with the Julu Marquis more than twenty times, and Yinglu was unable to advance even half a step forward.

During this period, Yang Wudi even faced Yinglu head-on on the battlefield. The old hero's arrogance was still the same as before. He faced Yinglu head-on and it was a hard fight. Although many people witnessed it, they said that the old commander was old after all. After a hundred moves, he was slightly inferior, but most Jin people didn't believe it. The old commander had become their psychological defense.

In addition to martial arts, Yang Wudi was not inferior to Ying Lu in terms of military tactics. Not only was he evenly matched with Ying Lu, he even had time to detach a force of soldiers and horses to block Sima Jing along the Minzhou river.

Since then, the war situation has entered a stalemate.

Sima Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the name of Iron Gun Yang Wudi was spread throughout the Jin Dynasty.

Also outstanding were his two heirs, Liulang Yang Xuanchao, who shot an iron spear across the river and blocked the Ying family's tiger. And his daughter Yang Xuanyi is even more talked about. Ba Chi Hongying actually almost picked the Ying family leopard, making him unable to play for seven days.

But this does not mean that the crisis has been resolved. In fact, the Jin State, which hastily responded to the war, is still at an overall disadvantage. The state apparatus, which has always valued civility over military affairs, seemed to be in a hurry in the face of such a sudden war. Things such as food and grass, civilians, brave soldiers, ordnance, war horses, wages, etc. can basically be described as a mess.

And this caused Yang Wanshou to work very hard on the front line. Duke Baishi had been wandering around Mount Tai but had not yet returned. Although Sima Ji was talented, he had just taken over the job after all. Apart from reciting poems and writing poems, all the old ministers of the Jin State were top-notch, and they really did not dare to compliment him.

Therefore, the current Jin State is still in danger.

King Sima Ji of the Jin Dynasty worked non-stop and issued many political orders such as the Order for Talents and the Order for Convocation to recruit talents and mobilize the whole country.

As the representative of the Jin Kingdom, Wenqiu was certainly not idle at this moment. Under the call of the Grand Master Yan Congwen, many Wenqiu scholars joined the army and served the country. Even his favorite disciple Sima Linfeng rushed back from Dafo Mountain at night and led three thousand family members to the front line.

This move greatly improved Yan Congwen's reputation. Almost instantly, people in Jin regarded him as the inevitable candidate for Yan Shenggong.

At this stall, Wenqiu's real god, Master Yan, received a secret letter.

The old master cleared everyone away, closed the door, lit the lights, looked at the unmarked envelope in his hand, pondered for a moment and finally opened it slowly.

Unfolding the letter, you will see that it is personally addressed to Master Yan.

There are only four sentences and sixteen characters in the text. The five countries in the world are checks and balances on each other. Before the time comes, Jin will be successful. Signing: Disciple pays homage.

The old master held the letter in his hand, his eyes lowered, and remained silent for a long time.

After burning the incense, the old master folded the letter, placed it on the candle, and watched it slowly burn away.

Then he spread out a scroll, studied the ink and picked up the pen: Jin lived in the southeast and was a good country. Chu raised troops in vain, plundered land and wealth, brought harm to the people, and engaged in unjust war...

Soon, there was a widespread rumor in the literary world around the world about an essay, written by Master Yan himself, titled "On the Chaos of Chu". He denounced the unjust army of the Chu State and trapped the people in fire and water. The King of Chu was ambitious and wanted to dominate the world. He called on the world's literary circles to see the truth. All countries understood the truth of the death of lips and teeth and jointly denounced it.

If Yan Congwen had a great influence on the Jin literary world, it was different for Master Yan. He could be said to be respected by all the literati in the world. The influence of the only literary sage was really astonishing. As soon as the chaos of Chu came out, the five scholars The country's literary world was in a state of turmoil, and countless scholars and scholars began to criticize Chu and support Jin.

In just over ten days, the discussion of chaos and chaos in Chu spread among the five countries. Even in Xia and Wei, many literati responded. They climbed up and shouted, hoping that they would help Jin and not let Chu dominate. It put a lot of pressure on Xia and Wei for a while.

Even the Chu State itself has some different voices. Some people claim that the king is too aggressive. In recent years, wars have continued. The Chu State has not been able to recuperate and the people are miserable. They hope that the King of Chu will end the war and turn to peace talks.

Especially in the homeland of the Jin Kingdom, Old Master Yan's appeal was even more terrifying. As soon as the appeal came out, not only the scholars, but also the whole country responded. Those intellectuals not only called on countless people to join the army, but the powerful families they represented provided astonishing support.

In just one month, he raised millions of stones of food and grass and countless silver coins. The Nangong family, which was the first to respond, immediately donated 100,000 stones of food and grass and 100,000 taels of gold at the initiative of the head of the family, Nangong Xin.

These intellectuals were very inspiring and had great influence. Not only did it bring many substantial benefits, but it also made Chu State very passive in terms of status.

Although Poppy has repeatedly claimed that Jin was once an ally of Xia, after all, Chu was the intruder in the original Four Kingdoms War. This reason is obviously untenable.

However, the appeals of the literati from the other four countries were very limited. Most of the time, even their many appeals to provide material support to the Jin State were difficult to do due to the tacit blockade of Wei and Xia.

But its biggest external effect is reputation. In this era where teachers are concerned about being famous, Chu suddenly became an unjust teacher, giving many people an excuse and probably leaving a lot of trouble in the future.

Not long after Chu Luanshu was released, Taiyue received the second secret letter from Master Yan.

The words written above are also very simple, with only eight words: Those who are single are not flat, but easy to treat.

So, a few days later, Taiyue issued an edict calling on Jin and Chu to negotiate peace.

Chu State did not respond for a while.

But at this critical moment, something big happened. King Jin died.

The cause of death was poisoning.

When everyone was shocked, Sima Jing suddenly jumped out and claimed that his second brother Sima Jie colluded with the regent of Qin to seize the throne. Now he poisoned his father and took charge of the great treasure. He was actually a regicide and usurper of the country. The Chu army, He was invited by himself to eradicate the traitors and traitors of the country.

Public opinion was in an uproar, and although there were many witnesses, it was difficult to believe it. However, many wise people have discovered that it is not important to believe it or not. What is important is that the great prince who had no retreat gave the excuse to Xiang Chen.

The war continued and became more violent.

During this period, Yinglu was not polite and sent men and horses to plunder wildly on the south bank of the Longjiang River. The massive wealth of the twelve states in southern Shanxi was plundered by him, and he even captured hundreds of thousands of young men and escorted them back to Chu.

Not to mention, Yinglu even destroyed the city, dispersed the people, and burned the grain fields, causing dark clouds and mourning in the twelve states of southern Shanxi.

"Xiang Chen... he is forcing Yang Wudi to cross the river..."

Jiang Fan said with a lowered gaze.

Wu Qu said: "Yang Wanshou cannot be fooled. Once he crosses the river, he will be defeated."

Jiang Fan hummed, his expression a little cold: "Sima Jing... I underestimated him. In order to seize the great treasure, he actually poisoned his father to make up an excuse for Xiang Chen."