Spring and Autumn I Am King

Wu Xie looked back, but it was Wang Sheng, Fan's first adviser.

Fan's retainers scattered throughout the city were arrested so far, and Wang Sheng, who had gray beards, was not spared, but he missed Fan Jishe's death.

Wang Sheng glared angrily at Zhao Wuchun, and when he saw him turning back, he said loudly, "Fan's family will not die!"

He struggled to get up, stuck his neck and didn't want to kneel down, and was immediately beaten by Zhao's martial soldier with the hilt of his sword, blood oozing from his old teeth.

Zhao Wuxi stopped the guards, stared at Wang Sheng and said, "I remember that you are the first strategist of the Fan family, and you can see the situation clearly if you think about it, Fan Bo is dead, and there is no heir to inherit, and most of the counties in Hanoi have been captured by me. Two-thirds of the 20,000 soldiers you recruited were killed and wounded, and two-thirds were captured, so why not die?"

Wang Sheng laughed and said: "The Fan family has a thousand-year-old family and a century-old minister. How can you understand the foundation of the horse herding children? West of Taihang, the Fan family still has several counties, which are governed by Shi Kun, and the descendants of the Fan family can succeed. There are countless suzerains! And to the east of Taihang, the Fan clan still has Chaoge, Zhang Liushuo is still there, there are still 100,000 people, and thousands of soldiers are available! As long as the Chaoge is still there, the Fan clan will not die!"

Zhao Wuxi nodded, but when he turned to leave, he only left a sentence.

"Before the autumn harvest, I will break the song!"

…

Hearing this, Gongsun Su raised his head in surprise, while Wang Sheng's face turned pale.

They knew all too well that Chaoge was not something that could be compared to a common city. Before King Ping moved eastward, the world was divided into many vassal states. Even in large cities, the walls did not exceed 300 zhang; even if the population was large, it did not exceed 3,000 families. If a well-trained army of 20,000 is used to attack such a city, it will not be difficult.

Now the situation is different. Within the Jin Kingdom alone, Liuqing is like the Six Kingdoms. Chaoge was built on the basis of the Yin, Shang and Wei generations. If the household registration does not fall under Xintian, the capital of Jin, even if the Zhao clan can gather 20,000 troops to surround them, I am afraid they can only besiege a corner of the city...

It's the end of May now. They don't know where Zhao Wuxi got the confidence, and they want to defeat Chaoge in July of the autumn harvest!

This, how is this possible?

After Wang Sheng was stunned for a while, he suddenly burst out laughing. He shouted at Zhao Wuxi's back, "General Zhao, did you suffer from hysteria because of Zhao Meng's death?"

After these words blurted out, Zhao Bing of the city wall people was shocked and looked at each other in dismay. Zhao Wuxi also stopped.

However, Wang Sheng continued: "With Zhao Meng's temperament of greed and hatred, he will definitely not miss entering the city. He may scold him in front of the lord's corpse, and then he will calm down for the sake of being a friend in the past. But he No, it's you who came, which means that Gao Zi's advance must have had an effect, either killing Zhao Meng or being seriously injured!"

Everyone stared at Zhao Wuxi, and Zhao Bing was surprised. Fan's retainers saw a glimmer of hope in their own eyes.

But the hope was shattered by Zhao Wuxi's next sentence.

"My father is protected by the ancestors of the Zhao clan, and received by the Haotian God. How can he be like Fan Bo, and he will be easily wiped out? If my father is unfortunately killed, the three armies and the people in the city will inevitably suffer from me. Your anger, this is not what you enjoy."

Wang Shengqiang argued: "You are worried that you will lose your military heart, so you don't dare to be mourned. Zhao Meng is not dead, and the Zhao family is a great victory. If Zhao Meng is dead, with your current status and status, it is difficult for the ministers of Jin to sit and watch you. Inherited from the Eastern and Western Zhao..."

"Mr. Wang."

Zhao Wu Xie became a little impatient, and his tone suddenly increased: "I know that your intention is to seek death. But please don't provoke my anger..."

He suddenly ordered: "Come here! Give Mr. Wang a zhang of white silk, and put him in the house to kill himself! If he doesn't do anything after half an hour, help him!"

"Zhao Wuxi, you are afraid, you are afraid that I will continue to talk, you are afraid that I will expose the fact that the Zhao family is strong from outside. You..."

While Wang Sheng cursed, he was taken down. Fan's undead retainers had no intention to die, and they were all shocked at this moment.

Wu Xie glanced at everyone, "My father is a little ill, so I was ordered in danger. Now I am the son of the Zhao family, commanding the three armies on behalf of my father, managing family and national affairs, and the power of life and death for you is naturally in my hands..."

He looked at Gongsun Su and said, "Mr. Gongsun, do you want to follow Fan Bo? Or are you willing to join the Zhao family, manage the people for me, avoid unnecessary conflicts between the army and the people, and make the city less bloodshed?"

Although Gongsun Shu didn't have the courage to die, he didn't want to give in like this. He said in a weak voice: "Forgive...forgiveness is difficult to obey."

Zhao Wuxi glanced at Fan's surviving retainers: "Servants are reinstated, and those who don't are locked up first, if anyone is determined to die, tell me quickly, and I will send you on your way! "

As a result, nearly half of the followers were followed, and half were not.

After the episode under the high platform, walking beside Zhao Wuxi, Xiang Lu asked inexplicably: "Yu Lvshuai has returned yesterday, although Zhong Xingyin was beheaded by nearly half of his soldiers while fleeing all the way, but there are still two thousand soldiers left. Yuren fled into Chaoge, and together with the guards and people there, it was not easy to capture. Chaoge is such a strong city that the lord wants to break through in more than a month, is it a child's play..."

Zhao Wuchun smiled and said: "I am sure that I would say such a thing. That matter is a secret, so you don't know. Song Guo has promised to send troops to guard Punan for me, to guard against Zheng Guo and Wei Guo, Zhao Guangde. He Yang Tong Rong can take thousands of people out of the north, and more importantly..."

He said in Xiang Lu's ear, "The father and son of Gongshu and hundreds of craftsmen from the state of Lu are in the army, and they will also go to Chaoge together!"

…

At the beginning of June, the once prosperous Chaoge City was gloomy and gloomy.

The bad news continued one after another. First, the allied forces of Fan and the Bank of China were defeated in the wilderness between Fan and the Communist Party. Fan Jishe retreated to Baogong City, and Yinze of the Bank of China was chased by Zhao Bing all the way and defeated with 2,000 remaining soldiers. The pawns fled into Chaoge, and compared with the people who took them, five did not save one.

Then, like a bolt from the blue, Gongcheng fell, and the bad news of Fan Jishe's self-immolation and death came. Fan's subjects in Chaoge City couldn't believe it at first, and then everyone cried.

"The sky is the sky, annihilate my beloved! If it can be redeemed, there will be a hundred people!"

The grief is short-lived, and what awaits them is a long period of unease.

"The combined forces of Zhao and Han have broken through the city, and they have turned eastward. In Jijin in the south, thousands of Zhao soldiers have landed again. The flags point to the north, and the guards at Muyi can't resist them. Gather to Chaoge. Siege and attack..."

In the hall where the discussions were held, Fan's retainers who stayed behind Chaoge looked miserable, and were discussing with Bank of China what to do in the future.

Chaoge Sima Liu Xiang said nonchalantly: "Fan, Bank of China, and Handan have lost more than half of their main force in the past two months, especially Fan's losses. The Zhao-Han coalition army has only three or four thousand casualties. The thousands of people in the gang join together, and there will be an army of 20,000. Only with the remaining 2,000 people of Zhong Xingbo and the only remaining 1,000 soldiers in Chaoge. How to resist? This big city, I am afraid it will not be able to defend..."

He glanced at Zhong Xingyin's expression and continued: "Why don't you go north to Handan and Bai people, and take advantage of the mountains and hills there to defend?"

Although he is fat and big, Bank of China Yin has always held his chest up and looked very confident and hardworking, but after experiencing a big defeat and losing his strong backbone, he suddenly looked sluggish. He sat slumped on the couch, his face black and bloodshot in his eyes.

Chaoge was not his territory, and it would not be a pity to abandon it. Besides, Zhong Xingyin's remaining soldiers were no more than 2,000, and they were all hunted down by Zhao's light cavalry. He wanted to go north to Handan and Bai people earlier. Together with the local Rong and Di tribes, the Zhongxing clan could recruit nearly 10,000 people from Dongyang, and there were still 3,000 to 5,000 people available in Handan. More importantly, they could return to the familiar land. Only then can he find the courage to fight against the Zhao family again.

Just as Zhong Xingyin was about to agree, he heard someone in the hall shout angrily: "Liu Sima is the minister of the sovereign to dissect the talisman. When he left, he used a city to support him, and tens of thousands of people looked up to him. But you have failed the sovereign's expectations. Losing the prince and the head of the Handan clan, this great crime has not been settled. Now that Zhao Bing has not arrived, he heard the wind and fled, is there any reason?"

When everyone looked around, they saw that the one who spoke was Zhang Liushuo, the sect of Chaoge Yi.

Zhang Liushuo dressed like a literati. His character was extremely strong, he knelt on the couch, stepped forward, pressed one hand on the case, and clenched the other into a fist, placed it in front of his chest, and glared at the opposite. Judging from his appearance, it was as if he was about to come forward to fight Liu Xiangkai if he disagreed.

Liu Xiang's eyes flickered, her face flushed, and she didn't dare to meet Zhang Liushuo's gaze: "It's not that I don't want to guard, but Chaoge Dingzhuang has been recruited, and now the rest are mostly old and weak women and children..."

Zhang Liushuo said loudly: "Chaoge Valley is deep and high, the city walls are strong, and although there are only three thousand soldiers, the city has a prosperous household registration and many clans, and the gangsters and clansmen of the doctors can get more than a thousand people. In addition, There are tens of thousands of people in the city, not counting the old and weak, women and children, and there are thousands of young men who can help defend and kill the enemy. Outside there are strong walls and high walls, and inside there are soldiers and civilians who are nearly omnipotent. Do you have any worries?"

Liu Xiang probably knew that he was right, but he refused to shut up. He defended himself: "Even so, Mr. Zhang didn't consider that we have been defeated in a row and overthrown our generals, and the lord and the prince have died one after another. People are panicking. The monarch is the **** of the people. If Zhao soldiers come, and there is no leader in the Chaoge, the city will definitely be terrified and terrified. Liu Xiang is not only talking about his own mentality, but also the general attitude in Chaoge City.

"The continuation of the clan is like the source of the river. Although the Fan family has lost the lord and the prince, there are still many descendants of Fan Xianzi. Find a new family leader to succeed, and then inform the people of the news, and then the stability will be stabilized. people's hearts."

"The new owner!?"

Liu Xiang raised his head, and Zhong Xingyin seemed to wake up as well.

According to the rank, if Fan Jishe died, his eldest brother should inherit the throne, but Fan Wei was also captured by the Zhao clan, so it was only Fan Gaoyi's turn.

Zhang Liushuo knelt down and bowed: "Uncle Zhongxing, stay behind! If Chaoge is not lost, Fan and Bank of China may still fight back. If Chaoge is lost, Fan's family will perish, and Handan is in danger! As long as it can last until the autumn harvest. , the newly recruited soldiers from the Bai people and Handan will be able to go south to relieve the siege. At the same time, you can also send someone from the north to cross the Zhi clan’s territory to Xintian to report a letter, asking the Gaoyi doctor to inherit the position of the head of the family…”

Zhong Xingyin also came back to his senses at this time. That's right. Handan is only more than two hundred miles away from Chaoge, and it is close to the elbow. If he abandons the city, then Zhao's troops will go north, and the war will burn to Handan and Dongyang. . Instead of this, it is better to let Chaoge hold Zhao Bing's footsteps for a while, maybe there will be some variables in Qi and Xintian...

He smiled for the first time in the past few days, nodded and said, "Yes, Fan Gaoyi is not only a well-connected high-ranking doctor in the court, he is also the party of Zhibo... My ruling cousin has played the power check and balance all his life. , this time, I plan to make Fan, Bank of China, Zhao, and Han lose both. The result is a one-sided situation, and Zhibo may now find that he has miscalculated, so he can't help but come forward to check and balance!"

PS: Chapter 2 is at night (to be continued.)