Spring and Autumn I Am King

Kancheng, where the public mausoleum of the state of Lu is located, on the only way to enter the mountain, a long and narrow city was specially built to protect the mountain mausoleum, and the wall was several kilometers long. (Baidu search for the fastest and most stable update on Geli Literature Network) After being besieged by the group of thieves for half a decade, the auspicious clouds surrounding the mountains and the auspicious atmosphere in the water have long disappeared, and only the army and people in the city are left in panic.

"Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?"

As the mausoleum of the first emperor, the Marquis of Lu and Sanhuan took great precautions against Kan City, and there were two brigades of Lu soldiers stationed here all year round. They are all loyal and brave people selected from the Chinese people, and they are replaced by turns, but the number must be maintained at 1,000, and the armor is also the best.

However, a few days ago, this thousand Lu soldiers rushed out to drive out the small thieves that appeared sporadically. As a result, they fell into the robber's plan and were ambushed in a grassy beach, and 500 people were reimbursed. The rest fled back to the city, and let the thieves raise their abandoned flags high outside the wall, and used spears to raise their military commanders high in provocation, and never dared to step out of the city again.

Kancheng was an emerging area more than a hundred years ago, and there were not many residents who moved in, so there were only three or four thousand people including the elderly, the weak, women and children. They barely filled the long wall and looked out in horror.

"In the past, although there were many robbers, they were scattered and undisciplined, and they were not intimidating. However, the robbers were a little disciplined, and they were quite able to form a line, and the guards of the mausoleum could not be the enemy..." This is what Kan Chengzai delivered. An urgent message to Qufu.

If you climbed the top of the city and looked around, there were 5,000 robbers in the field! Simple tents are densely packed in the suburbs. But more than 60% of them are scattered and undisciplined, piled up in the east and one in the west. When attacking, they are swarming, and when there is nothing to do, they are all over the place. Although there are also leaders such as "Brigade Commander" and "Pawn Chief" running and shouting among them, trying their best to restrain them. However, it was not very effective.

Only in the field half a mile away from the city, there were more than 2,000 people standing there. They were quite disciplined, and compared with other pirates, they were clearly distinguished. from afar. Their weapons are also better, with daggers, spears, halberds, bows and arrows. Among them, there were even hundreds of armored soldiers, who called themselves "Robber Zhi's disciples", that is, the old team of Robber Zhi who started his life in Onozawa.

Standing in the middle of them was a burly and handsome commander. He was wearing a bun and brown armor. His eyes were as bright as stars. He was Liu Xiazhi. He did not drive. Before riding the chariot, he just sat on the mound with his legs spread out so carelessly, with his hand on the hilt of the sword, and a withered yellow weed in his mouth.

They were originally engaged in a military meeting to siege the city. The map of Kancheng drawn with dead sticks on the ground stopped only halfway through, but was interrupted by a sentry from the north.

Following the shocking news that the civil strife in Lu City had calmed down, another major news arrived. Robber Zhi frowned as he listened to the sentry report on the situation of the Battle of Central Capital.

A "Brigade Commander" next to him said incredulously: "Zhu Lou has a total of 4,000 people, although the combat strength is not as good as the general's pawn. But he was defeated in one day, and even himself was captured?"

Thief Zhi sneered a few times and then said: "Zhu Lou has always been dissatisfied with me, let him not rush to attack the city. Surround the city and send scouts to guard against Lu reinforcements from a distance, just buy me time. Who knows that he is not convinced, It's the complete opposite, so what if you don't die? Well, since then, no one in the group of thieves dares to disobey me."

He asked again hesitantly: "But I thought that Yang Hu and Sanhuan of Lucheng were in a feud, and they would not be able to decide the outcome without half a month, and could not take the time to pay attention to me. Who would have expected it to be so fast, Lu Who is the commander-in-chief of the army?"

"It is said that it is Doctor Linqiu Zhao Wuxi..."

"Zhao Wuxi?" Thief Zhi's expression changed slightly. He spat out the wild grass in his mouth.

"Why is this Jin person here to join in the fun? I remember that he took seven or eight hundred soldiers to Lucheng half a month ago, and he probably also participated in the fire. It's been a few days now. The civil strife in Lucheng ended so quickly. Is there any credit for him?"

The group of thieves in the central capital was swept away, more than a thousand were captured, and nearly a thousand were killed and wounded. The remaining two thousand scattered and fled, and one thousand of them fled to the vicinity of Kancheng. After gathering the remnants of the army, Robber Zhi's strength reached 6,000, but the situation that he had been worrying about had also ended. Zhao Wuxi's soldiers were entrenched in Zhongdu and could go south at any time.

Robber Zhi looked at the city that was still standing in the distance and said, "Although I have used my plan to consume 500 soldiers guarding the mausoleum, these people are after all the elites of the Lu Kingdom, and their morale is low but not disintegrated. The people in the city have also been loyal for generations. Marquis Lu, do your best to help resist, so if you want to break through, it will take at least half a decade."

Some robbers suggested worriedly: "General, the Lu soldiers are just a day away from the north, why not retreat for the time being?"

"Why be afraid! You are my brigade commander now, killing hundreds of people in your hands. Do you still think you are a thief being chased around by the city soldiers? How can you give up so easily now?"

Although Thief Zhi was slightly surprised by Zhongdu's defeat, he did not shrink back, but he was also brave.

Facing some apprehensive subordinates, he said, "Behind this wall is the tomb of the Nine Palaces of Lu Kingdom. What is there, I didn't tell you?"

The reason why the robbers attacked the city of Kan, which had profound political significance and was far more defensive than the general town of a thousand chambers, was mainly because he coveted the tomb of the Ninth Duke of Lu, which was behind the town.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, thick burials were popular. For example, the people of Qi country advocated luxurious funerals. In the time of Duke Huan of Qi, most of the cloth produced was used to make shrouds, and wood was also used for coffins.

Although many people of insight such as Guan Zhong, Yan Zi and others opposed it, very few people could be buried in a clean and light-hearted manner like Ji Wenzi of Lu State and Muzi of Jin State. After the death of most lords, officials, and officials, their burials must be rich, tall and ridged, the coffin must be multi-layered, the burial must be deep, the deceased must have multiple pieces of clothing, the burial must be rich in embroidery, and the tomb must be tall.

Robber Zhi walked in front of the hands, gestured Kancheng, and repeated the words used to boost morale in the past few days: "In it, there are nine temples with tall beams and pillars, and on the ridges are bronze, porcelain, lacquered wood, leather, gold, etc. , jade, etc. There are hundreds of bronze wares such as dings, gui, square pots, etc., which are the most important weapons in China. If you get one, you can melt and cast new weapons, or sell them in pottery, and you can get a year's ration! Do you want to or not?"

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"After the feudal lords died, the treasures stored in the treasury were emptied, and then gold and jade jewels were decorated on the deceased's body, and they were tied with silk flocks, and the chariots and horses were buried in the caves, and more curtains must be made. , bells, dings, drums, feasts, wine jugs, bronze mirrors, ge, swords, feathers, ivory, leather. Bury them in the deceased's bedroom, and then you will be satisfied. If you can open one, it is equivalent to getting a hundred yi of gold. Not to mention nine seats! Aren't you excited?"

"This city will be destroyed!" The eyes of the thieves were all red. The robbers always distribute fairly, and after each raid they distribute the spoils according to their merits. So under the greed, they forgot their fear, and they all gritted their teeth and asked what to do, despite the general's instructions.

Robber Zhi was very satisfied with their performance: "The news I know is that the civil unrest in Lu has not yet been completely pacified. Although Zhao Wuxi has solved the siege of the Central Capital, he does not have many soldiers on hand. In my opinion, this man He has always acted with determination to take risks. First, he attacked Zhencheng from the state of Cao 500 miles away. He went out of the city with inferior troops to fight against the people of Linqiu Qi, and now thousands of people have returned to save Zhongdu. With his inherent style, he must have wanted to catch me by surprise. Lead these more than a thousand people to the south quickly, and maybe they will arrive tomorrow."

He squatted down again and drew a map on the ground: "We might as well divide our troops, continue to besiege with two thousand people, and dig tunnels into the city. The rest followed me and evacuated overnight, and went to the north of Caoze to ambush, if anyone came. There must be no reason to survive."

"General, Zhu Lou is also a person who is brave and skilled in fighting, but the 4,000 people were defeated by a single blow. We also fight the enemy with 4,000 people, is that enough?" The record is really appalling, and Zhao Wuxi is also moving towards the ranks of "good fighters in the world".

But Roof Zhi disagreed: "Zhu Lou is just the lord of the grass, not worth mentioning."

He believes that he is not only the lord of the grass, but also the "lord of the army".

Thief Zhi had read the Sima Law and understood it thoroughly, thinking that he wanted to become the leader of an army. Two conditions are required.

One is the perseverance character, only the character is perseverance. Only in the case of a temporary defeat can we inspire the soldiers, so that the entire army will not lose their fighting spirit due to defeat. Another is to have enough strategy and vision. Only then can we make wise judgments in complex situations, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and lead the entire army to victory.

These two conditions are indispensable. If there is only the former, without the latter, no matter how much you persist, you may not be able to win the final victory, and if there is only the latter, you may lose the victory due to an unavoidable defeat before the victory. Fighting spirit and capital.

The events of the past ten years have convinced Roof Zhi that he is prepared for both!

"General, the courage of the soldiers, with me here, can boost the morale of the whole army. My personal soldiers are not scattered ordinary thieves, nor are the lords and three armies who can only fight in an upright manner, as long as the second and third sons make good use of my Tactics, you can be invincible in Huze!"

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Although Robber Zhi was smart and sensitive, he predicted the military soldier's next move according to Zhao Wuxi's past behavior, but he missed it by a thousand miles.

Two days have passed since the siege of the Central Capital was lifted, but Zhao Wuxi's military soldiers still did not intend to go south immediately.

At the military meeting, Tian Ben, Yu Xi and others also suggested that they should take the opportunity to break down the pirates and take the opportunity to go south when their morale was high, to defeat the robbers together, complete this task, and then raise the military prestige.

"The name of Si Kou will definitely be passed back to the Jin Kingdom, making all the ministers terrified!"

The battle the day before yesterday was an overwhelming victory. The two played extremely refreshingly. But they were thrown a basin of cold water by Zhao Wuqi.

"Before the Battle of Chengpu, the Jin divisions were few and the Chu divisions were numerous, and the Jin divisions retreated. The Chu state ordered Yin Ziyu to be arrogant and underestimated the enemy, so he ordered the whole army to chase the Jin divisions. When he was about to go into battle, Ziyu also boasted that there will be no Jin divisions today. However, he was defeated in the first battle, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and he had no face to see the Kunfu brothers in Shenxi County, so he committed suicide. Therefore, in the way of military use, arrogance will underestimate the enemy, and underestimate the enemy will surely defeat! This is a small victory, but it is still far behind Ziyu Xiang, so we must take a warning!"

Zhao Wuxi's actions for more than a year seem to be taking risks everywhere, but it is a last resort to chase the current situation in the face of adversity. Now that the general situation of the state of Lu has worked as planned by him and Zhang Meng, there is no need to rush in regardless of the cost.

Ran Qiu is now quite active in the military discussion, he said: "It is true that the battle of Zhongdu went very smoothly. It took only a few hours for the four thousand robbers to flee, and the rest were either killed or wounded or captured. The disciples can’t help but fight like this, so it’s not impossible to pursue the south.”

"However, the thief Zhi is full of tricks and claims to be good at using troops. In the past ten years, he has not suffered a defeat, and the use of troops is very unpredictable. Not to mention that if you go south for a few dozen miles, you will start to enter the Dazhe area. If you advance rashly, we will lose it. The location is favorable. According to the confidant of the captured Robber Zhi, there are at least five or six thousand people near the city of Kan. Moreover, the soldiers and armor are better than those of the Robber Zhi in the north, and most of them are the elite of Robber Zhi. If you engage in battle, you will lose people."

Zhao Wuxi agreed with Ran Qiu's analysis. In the successive dynasties, the most troublesome and difficult thing for the court to deal with was not the foreign enemies, but these rogues. Their fluidity and regeneration are extremely strong. If there is no program and no overall planning, they are only trying to survive. That would be easy to destroy.

But once it starts to get the planning and planning of people of insight, it will form its own system, which should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, although Robber Zhi was smart and had ambitions and ideals different from ordinary pirates, he still did not put forward a clear program like Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Liu Bang and Huang Jin.

The wildfire can't burn out, and the spring breeze blows again, to put it bluntly. Theft is ultimately an economic and political issue, not a military one. Zhao Wu Xie was sober, and he did not think beyond his control to calm the ulcer that was spreading for hundreds of miles all at once.

Robber Zhi this person. Wu Xie was already extremely vigilant and didn't dare to be careless. He was here to expel the pirates, and he wasn't fighting to the death, so why put himself in? Therefore, Zhao Wuxi rejected the risk of going south, thinking that it is better to be cautious.

As soon as he came, he had learned that Kancheng was still holding on. Second, since he has secretly promised Zai Yu the future Zhongdu Zai, then the rest of the Lu country in Xibi, which is close to Onozawa, naturally has to arrange some back-ups.

He has not been idle these two days. The first is to clear the way: Robber Zhi made a surprise attack on Yuncheng, so he retreated east to attack Zhongdu. Hundreds of thieves were left along the way to obstruct pedestrians and cut off the road. Wu Xie let Yu Xi take the light knight westward. Soon these thieves who dug roads and broke bridges were cleared away and contacted Yuncheng.

On Yuncheng's side, Zhang Mengtan looked at the situation and knew that the key to the next few months would be in the east, so he had personally come to Yuncheng to sit in town. Zhen and Luqiu were handed over to Ji Qiao and Yang Tongrong. The Tiger Society originally brought 800 people, and then transferred troops from the two cities, recruited Yuncheng people, assembled 1,500 people, and could transfer 1,000 soldiers for Zhao Wuxi's use.

Lucheng and Neixia in the east; Wenshang and Xuju in the north; Gaoyu and Fanyi in the west;

But today, Zhao Wuxi had just received a reply from the various towns. Except for a few hundred people who came from Lucheng and a hundred people sent by Doctor Gao Yu, who had a little friendship with Zhao Wuxi, the rest of the towns turned away. .

"It's really a group of thieves who defend the land and protect themselves! Doctor, why don't you move the book and ask for help from a farther city?"

Zai Yu helped Zhao Wuxi to scold these doctors who were unwilling to send troops in the temple. In the past few days, Zhao Wuxi had proposed to Confucius in the name of Xiao Sikou to let Zai Yu take over the affairs of the city, which can be regarded as a recommendation in the future. Buried. In fact, after Zigong, Zilu, and Ran Qiu were gone, Zai Yu was originally Confucius' main assistant. He was scolded and disgusted, and even Confucius had to admit that although this disciple had no virtue, his ability was indeed very strong.

Zhao Wuxi threw all the slips on the table: "It's okay, although there are only a few people here, but just as the poem says, the house is depraved and the family is depraved; the king's affairs are deplorable, not to mention the open place. There must be someone who is worried about the country. I can't wait any longer..."

Because in the city of Lu, the Marquis of Lu has sent people to urge him several times. He may have dreamed that his ancestral tomb was being dug up every night in the past few days.

This was a team-based experiment. Zhao Wuxi is now a doctor in Sanyi Middle School. He has over 10,000 household registrations~www.readwn.com~ and has thousands of soldiers. He is the most powerful force in Xibi. Moreover, his position as a small secretary is enough to assign the surrounding doctors, but this time it was not successful, so he gave the doctor Gao Yu face.

Those who are willing to cooperate will naturally keep it in mind. As for those who refuse to send troops to support, no matter what the high-sounding reasons, Zhao Wuxi has decided that if the gangsters cannot get full success this time, then the culprit will be handed over to them. !

After gathering a group of 2,500 people, Zhao Wuxi was fully prepared, and on the day he was going south at the South Gate of Zhongdu to take the oath to go hunting with the robbers, Zilu also came from Lucheng. News from Yangguan...

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