Spring and Autumn I Am King

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After entering the district of Zhongmu, Zhao Wuxi found that what he saw on the road was completely different from what he saw in Hanoi. Please search () to see the most complete! The corn in the fields on both sides of the road has been harvested in an orderly manner, and only large bundles of straw remain too late to collect. This collapses with the rule of the Fan and Handan clans in other places, causing the grain to rot in the fields and unattended. The scene is quite different.

But after the arrival of Zhao Jun, there was no chaos in the city. Even in the early morning, the sound of chickens and dogs was still heard, and the walls were orderly. If it weren't for the dark army besieging the city, compared with the chaos of the counties and towns of Jin, this place seemed to be unheard of. War is like a paradise.

This made Zhao Wuxi sigh with emotion: "Unexpectedly, Zhongmou is a scene of peace!"

Of course, there are also many people on the road who help the old and the young. They should be refugees who fled from the south. As the saying goes, a general will become famous forever. Zhao Wuxi can't deny that the civil war in Jin has indeed affected the livelihood of the people east of Taihang. caused huge damage.

Wang Sunqi said by the side: "Just when Xiyang, Yongyu and other places abandoned the autumn harvest due to the war, and the population fled in large numbers, Zhongmu was absorbing the people. They also sent small officials to supervise and urge various places to take in refugees, cook porridge for relief, and resettle them on the spot.”

"So, Buddha is actually a good minister who treats the people kindly?"

Wang Sunqi said: "Although he was a traitor, he did a good job in governing the people. Buddha was a native of Zhongmou and the son of the former Zhongmou doctor. When he was young, he was very committed, benevolent, filial, and anxious. He was famous in Dongyang. After succeeding Zhongmu Zai, he achieved outstanding political performance, but he was far from Zhao's appearance, but he was close to Handan, Fan, and Bank of China, and became a member of their party."

After nearly 20,000 troops camped outside the city and surrounded Zhongmu City, Zhao Wuxi pondered the information he had obtained.

Don't simply regard the Buddha as a traitor of the Zhao family.

To be honest, there are examples of Chaoge before. It would not be difficult to break through Zhongmu's city wall as long as it took a few months of hard work to let the group of craftsmen brought by Gongshuban make some siege weapons. However, the morale in Guancheng is booming, the people's hearts are available, and there is still a fierce battle after the wall is broken. Zhao Wuxi didn't want to kill Yingcheng in Zhongmu, nor did he want Zhao Bing to suffer losses in vain. How to manage the strategy is also a troublesome matter, which is related to his mid-line strategy...

"What's more, this Buddha has no deep hatred with the Zhao family. It would be great if it could be used by me..." Zhao Wuxi had many villains and thieves, and there was no shortage of traitors.

So Zhao Wushi held a military meeting, claiming that he intended to send people into the city to persuade him to surrender.

Some people thought it was impossible: "It's not like the general didn't send messengers there before, and as a result, Xiyang was down, but Zhongmu was still holding on."

There are also those who think this strategy is feasible: "Although they did not surrender, they did not kill the messengers. Instead, they asked them to eat a meal and sent them back. From this, it seems that the Buddha did not make up his mind to break with the Zhao family to the end..."

Finally, Zhao Wuxi glanced at the tent: "I don't know who would like to enter Zhongmu again. Recruit Buddha for me?"

Although the vassals made a lively talk, it was very risky to enter the enemy city to persuade surrender. When no one came out to ask for orders, Zhao Wuxi couldn't help sighing: "It would be good if Zigong was here."

However, Zigong should be on his way to Zheng State at this time, and Zhao Wuxi had another mission for him.

The monarch humiliated the ministers and worried, the retainers and military officials could not sit still, and they all stood up and said they were willing to go. But all these candidates were rejected by Zhao Wuxi one by one. Entering the city to persuade surrender, the first is to be bold, and the second is to be able to speak well. There are very few people who meet these two points at the same time.

What's more, the people sent to knock on the city in the past few days have never been accepted by the Buddha. How to enter the city is also a hassle. I don't know what his plan was, maybe, Zhibo's messenger is also in the city.

Just at this moment, a tall tiger man stood up and said that he had a plan to let the Buddha open the door to welcome him.

Wearing a mask and pretending to be "Mr. Wuyou". In fact, it was Yang Hu, a fleeing man from the State of Lu, whose existence was no longer a secret among the Zhao family's core retainers.

Wuxi asked, "What's your plan, sir?"

Yang Hu said: "I heard that Fo Xie is very eager to learn and highly respects Confucius in the State of Lu. In the summer, he sent someone to the State of Song to invite Confucius to Zhongmou for a while..." He knew that Zhao Wuxi, although on the surface, I don't care about Kong Zhongni, but I'm still very concerned about it.

Wu Chi frowned and said, "But Confucius is still in Song State, and he has not yet made his trip. I am afraid he cannot come to persuade Zhongmu to surrender to me... Besides, he probably regards my father and son as traitors of Jin State now, and it is not bad to have no words to punish them."

Yang Hu smiled and gestured towards himself, "Don't forget, Shizi, I'm about the same size as Confucius. When I was in Lu, people often confused me and the two..."

...

At dusk that day, the guards at the head of Zhongmu City were watching the outside of the city vigilantly, when they saw a pair of horses driving straight toward the gate on the loess road in the distance.

They cautiously rang the bronze bell at the head of the city, and some people gathered around, and when the carriage was getting closer, they saw a curtained security carriage with a tall man in a single coat sitting on the carriage. , and beside him is a famous sword-wielding warrior, including the masters, there are only three people.

"Who is coming!" Yousi at the gate of Zhongmu City at the head of the city asked loudly, and at the same time signaled the archers to open their bows and aim at the carriage. Since the arrival of Zhibo's messenger a few days ago, the county magistrate has long stopped accepting Zhao Jun outside the city. Lobbyists come in.

The voices of people outside the city gate were like a bell: "At the invitation of Zhongmou Zai, Confucius from Zuoyi in the State of Lu is here to visit!"

The guards looked at each other in dismay. The city gate Yousi remembered that there was indeed such a thing, so he asked the people under the city to wait a moment, and he went to inform the Yizai who was inspecting the city defense.

After a while, the Buddha came. I saw that he was about thirty years old, with three long beards. He was described as Qing Zong, probably because he was worried about Zhao's attack on the city in recent days, and his heart was too anxious. His face was pale and haggard. There is a sense of fortitude between the eyebrows. He was greeted with love and admiration along the way, and no one could shake the prestige of Buddha in Zhongmu.

He stood on the city wall and looked down, his waist was straight, like a green bamboo erected at the head of Zhongmu City.

"Really Confucius?"

"It's the old man."

The Buddha looked suspiciously at the person in the car, and saw that the man stood up from the car and raised his robe and saluted him. He was elegant, and he was more than nine feet tall. Looking at Jinlu, it was indeed rare to see such a tall person. .

Although he was still a little skeptical, the person was invited by himself. Whether it was true or false, he had to come in to see it. He signaled the guards to put down the drawbridge, but did not open the door. Instead, put the hanging basket down the city.

At the same time, Buddha also issued an order that sent chills all over the body.

"If that person is willing to come up on a hanging basket, then shoot him with an arrow!"

The winch was dragged slowly, the hanging basket was lowered towards the city, and the archer at the city head also controlled the string to aim at the basket, and only the people under the city could take the step of death.

Someone shouted: "I hope the master is not to blame, there are Zhao troops outside the city, so you have to be more careful. Please come up from this hanging basket!"

"Confucius" at the bottom of the city did not reply immediately, but turned his head and said a few words to the sword bearer beside him. Then the sword bearer walked towards the door and said angrily:

"Master, you won't eat if you don't eat right, and if you don't sit at the table, you must be willing to do everything in the name of the real thing. Now, at the invitation of the governor of the city, he has traveled thousands of miles and ventured across Hanoi and the Zhao army camp to come here. But I want the master to go up from the hanging basket with straws, wine pots and other utensils, but I really don't know what the gift is, and I can't obey my order. I'll say goodbye!"

After speaking, the man will go back, and the carriage carrying "Confucius" will also turn.

Only then did Buddha feel relieved, and said to the people around him, "It's probably really Confucius here."

He hurriedly stuck his head out of the city wall and said loudly, "Buddha knows he is wrong, and I hope the Master will not be annoyed. I will open the middle door and welcome the Master into the city in person!"

It will be dark at this time. Outside the city, there was a flat river, and Zhao Jun was not seen in ambush. The Buddha asked people to open the city gate and personally went down to welcome the carriage.

However, when the carriage entered the torchlight and saw the faces of the people on the carriage, Buddha suddenly stepped back a few steps.

"You are not Confucius!"

Although wearing a wide-sleeved Confucian robe. Wearing a Confucian crown, he was more than nine feet tall, but the man's face was covered with a hideous mask, covering half of his face.

And his real voice gave people a very dangerous feeling. Not only was he not a gentle and learned listener, but a murderous thief without blinking an eye.

"I am indeed not Confucius. But other than entering the city under this name, there is no way to see Zhongmou Zai."

"Then who are you?"

The guards of Zhongmu surrounded the carriage and the three of them tightly, and the spears and swords were about to hit their faces.

The man took off his mask, revealing a terrifying face, with centipede-like scars drawn from the corners of his eyes to his chin, destroying the original broad forehead and thick eyebrows, but it did not hide his masculine and domineering air.

He saluted again and said to Buddha, "I am Yanghu from Lu! Like Yizai, I used to be a ruler who rebelled..."

...

In the hall of Zhongmu County Temple, Yang Hu, who was guarded by several soldiers behind him, did not have the consciousness of being a prisoner, and seemed to treat himself as a guest of honor.

He looked around and said with a smile, "Zhongmu Zai is really poor. There are no lacquer decorations in the county and temple, and there are not even a few pieces of precious porcelain. It is no wonder that Zhongmu can be maintained to this day, but I was defeated early..."

He turned his head and said, "I hope that Mouzai will not be blamed for falsely claiming to be Kong Zhongni."

Buddha was tricked into opening the city gate, and he was not angry. He sat high behind the desk, surrounded by several warriors, and looked at Yanghu with interest.

This **** who almost executed Lu Guo's life is a model and a lesson for the ambitious...

"For the lords of the world, the officials, and even the diners, Yangzi is more famous than Confucius. Although I did not invite Confucius, I was able to see Yangzi. It is worthwhile to be surrounded by the Zhao family this time."

Seeing that the topic was brought to this point, Yang Hu smiled: "Zhao Jun is besieging the three towers of the city, but Zhongmou Zai is still so calm? How dare you ask Confucius to talk about the past and the present?"

Buddha sternly said: "Confucius once said a sentence, I deeply recognize it: If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!"

Yang Hu snorted in his heart, who are you deceiving! Everyone is a traitor to the Lord. How can he know the mind of a person like Buddha? Yang Hu took the initiative to ask for orders to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, and he naturally had his confidence.

"Death? Zhongmou Zai is a retainer of the Zhao clan. Now that the lord's army is approaching the city, he does not go outside the city to meet him. Instead, he closes his door and guards himself, saying that you can't die. Who do you die for? To rebel against the lord? This kind of death method. , It is really unheard of, even if the death is heroic, future generations will not praise it."

"I..." Buddha choked for a while, and he lowered his eyes and said, "My family has been a servant of the Zhao family for generations, how dare you forget it? It is really difficult to not obey the orders of the Zhao family."

"Zhongmu's location is far from the main town of Zhao's family, and is sandwiched by Handan, Zhi's, Fan's, and Bank of China. They are all choking on the lifeline of entering and leaving Taihang. The situation is extremely difficult. It's hard to survive..."

"So, betraying Zhao is for the people of Zhongmou?"

"Exactly..."

Yang Hu laughed: "If that's the case, Zhongmou slaughter doesn't need to say whether he will die or not. If it is really for the good of the thousands of people in Zhongmu, it is better to open the door early and ask for surrender. Do you want to make the war in Zhongmu City last for a long time, and both sides lose their troops and lose their generals, like Just like when King Zhuang of Chu surrounded Song, he was so hungry that he could eat human flesh and eat human bones? It would be too late to go out on a rope and ask the Zhao clan to retire. This kind of tragic situation, Zhong Mouzai probably doesn’t want to see it.”

"What's more, the scene of Zhao's attack on Chaoge, Zhongmou Zai is not clear, but I know it. In ten months, the city broke through thousands of households. Although Zhongmou is large, it is not as large as a thousand feet, and although there are many guards, that is, more than 5,000 households. Zhao Jun takes out the weapon of breaking Chaoge, and it is not difficult to break the Guoguo within ten days!"

Cold sweat broke out on Fo Xing's forehead. His biggest worry was this. Although Zhibo's messenger promised all kinds of benefits, he was looking forward to the north. It was Zhao Jun from the south that swept in. With their fighting strength, Fo Xing really wasn't sure how long he could hold on. He seemed calm these days, but he was actually an ant on a hot pot.

"What is Zhongmou worried about? Will the Zhi clan and the Zhongxing clan support Zhongmu?" Yang Hu smiled but did not laugh, as if he had thoroughly seen this person.

The Buddha couldn't sit still, he got up and walked around the county temple: "So Yangzi came to persuade him to surrender..."

However, Yang Hu couldn't let him breathe, and said like a sword, "No, I'm here to save Zhong Mou Zai's life and show you a clear path!"

"Now that the Zhao clan has swept through Hanoi, the heads of the Handan, Fan, and Zhongxing clans have given their heads, and the three clans that Zhongmu used to fear and rely on fell to the ground in ten months. Wouldn't Zhongmou be afraid? Xu Wen was so frightened that he couldn't even control the west of Taihang, let alone distracted eastward to support Zhongmou. But Zhao's wholeheartedly wanted to take Zhongmou~www.readwn.com~ as the frontier of marching into Handan, Shandong's general trend It has been decided, Zhongmu is in jeopardy at this moment!"

The Buddha smiled bitterly and said, "Zhao Qing has never tolerated betrayal. I want to return to Zhao, but there is a gap, and I am afraid of being executed. What can I do?"

Yang Hu was contemptuous in his heart, after all, isn't it for his own life and power and glory? In this world, the powers and ministers who back the master are basically this kind of virtue.

He gestured to himself and said, "Where are you talking about? Yang Hu is a traitor to the state of Lu. He once fought against Zhao's eldest son, the great general of the state of Lu, but now he defected to Zhao's family, not only was he not killed, but he was used quite a lot. The military sergeant is resting in Wen County, and the son of the Zhao family has the final say in the military, and he has never cared about the small sections!"

Seeing that the Buddha's intentions were moved, Yang Hu insisted on persuading him: "I heard that the wise man does not multiply his profits, and the warriors die without losing their reputation. Once the city is destroyed, he will be a rebellious minister who is stubbornly resisting, Zhongmou. It will be razed to the ground, and the reputation of Zhongmouzai will be destroyed, and it will be buried here. It is better to stop fighting, save the chariots, and open the gate to the prince of Zhao. He has long wanted to recruit Zhongmouzai, and he will definitely very happy."

"And Zhongmu's people are spared from military disasters, and they will still love you like their parents, and new friends and old friends will praise you. Today, life and death, honor and disgrace, honor and inferiority, all depend on a momentary decision, I hope that Zhongmuzai will not listen to Zhishi's rhetoric and think twice!"

Buddha's eyes flickered, Chaoyanghu bowed down and said: "Thank you Yangzi, I am willing to surrender, but how can Yangzi ensure that General Zhao will not surrender to me and then humiliate me?"

Yang Hu said in his heart that the big event was settled, he said: "I did a divination before going out, and the day after tomorrow will be an auspicious day. General Zhao would like to meet Zhong Mouzai outside the city and swear by the heaven..." (To be continued.)

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