Liaodong County, Tuhe City (now Jinzhou)

In the small lobby, six braziers are lined up, and the flames in the basins crackle.

Behind the huge table, a complete face and a bone wrapped in a tiger skin jacket were sitting cross-legged, munching on the freshly roasted wild boar.

Under his command, Aobai, Dolyan, Nian Qianyao and other generals were also munching on wild boar, ignoring the shiny oil stains on their faces and hands, without the slightest elegance.

Only the strategist Hong Chengchou, who was dressed in a Confucian shirt, only used chopsticks to take small bites of the meat slices and savored the taste.

Hong Chengchou ate a few mouthfuls of wine, chewed a few mouthfuls of meat, chewed half a minute with taste, and then swallowed it into his stomach with satisfaction.

Accidentally, a very fine piece of meat scrap fell on Hong Chengchou's spotless sleeve, he frowned immediately, very disgusted, quickly put down the wine glass, took out the silk handkerchief, and carefully wiped the meat residue on the sleeve.

After a long time, after the meat stains were wiped, Hong Chengchou breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he pick up the chopsticks and prepare to clip another slice of meat.

As soon as he looked up, he felt that someone next to him seemed to be watching him, and he had been watching him for a long time.

Hong Chengchou turned his head, and just happened to bump into a strange face and a pair of small eyes with a sarcastic gaze.

Hong Chengchou smiled awkwardly and laughed at himself: "Chengchou has been clean since he was a child, and he has been infected with a bit of cleanliness, which makes Brother Pang laugh." ”

The unsightly Confucian is Pang Tong.

In that year, Wanyan Agu led the Jurchen tribe to raise troops, entangled the old Goguryeo departments in Manchuria, as well as the Yufu tribes, and killed Zhang Fei, who was guarding Manchuria, by surprise, and retreated to this Tuhe City under defeat.

As a result, in the final battle, Zhang Feili was defeated, so he had to abandon the city and flee to Shanhaiguan.

As for Pang Tong, in the process of escaping, he became a prisoner of the Jurchens.

Fortunately, Pang Tong is famous enough, and Wanyan Aguda is a master of great talent, and he greatly appreciates Pang Tong's resourcefulness, so he uses both soft and hard, and even coaxes and intimidates to force Pang Tong to surrender to him and give him advice.

Pang Tong was very proud of himself, and of course he disdained to serve this barbarian for Wanyan Agu, and he had been resisting at first.

It wasn't until not long ago that Pang Tong heard the news that Liu Bei had been beheaded in Yanjing, that he accepted the fact that the Han State was exhausted, and under the persuasion of Wanyan Aguta, he was finally forced to surrender.

So, who is famous all over the world, together with the little-known Hong Chengchou, he has become the two strategists who rely on Wanyan and Aguta.

"Brother Hong is so exquisite, at first glance, he is a person who likes elegance, but he is really a little out of place with such an environment, he is really curious, how did Brother Hong manage to deal with it calmly?" Pang Tong lowered his voice, obviously afraid of being heard by the Jurchens around him.

The implication of Pang Tong's words is naturally to say why Hong Chengchou, as a Han scholar who pays attention to etiquette and system, chose to live under these ugly Hu Yi.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said meaningfully: "Compared with the glory and wealth, fame, and founding heroes, my little cleanliness habit is really insignificant, and this truth must be very clear to Brother Shiyuan." ”

Pang Tong's body shook suddenly, and his eyes became extremely surprised, as if he didn't expect Hong Chengchou to say such a thing.

He wants to be the founder of the country, which means that he has regarded Wanyan Aguda, the Hu chief outside the gate, as the founder of the country!

Pang Tong glanced back at Wan Yan Aguda, the outfit in tiger skin, the ugly hairstyle with braids, and the ugly appearance of gnawing wild boar, no matter how you look at it, it is not as pleasing to the eye as Liu Bei, and no matter how you look at it, you can't see the appearance of the founding king.

"I know that Brother Pang Jue's big order is barbaric, uncivilized, and uncivilized, but with Brother Pang's resourcefulness, he should know the truth that you can't judge people by their appearance."

Hong Chengchou looked at Wanyan Agu with respectful eyes, and said solemnly: "Please Brother Pang put down Chen Jian's eyes and look at Wanyan Dadanyu calmly, isn't it a hundred times stronger than Liu Bei, who was beheaded by a potter merchant in Yanjing City?" ”

Pang Tong's figure was suddenly shocked again, and the contempt in his eyes suddenly collapsed, and he fell into deep contemplation.

It's as if he was finally awakened by Hong Chengchou's words, and began to really re-acquaint himself with Yan Aguta.

"In less than half a year, he captured the entire Manchuria, and even Zhang Fei and I were not his opponents combined, that Yu Fu, the remnants of Goguryeo, dozens of tribes are loyal to him, think about it carefully, this Wanyan Aguta can indeed be called a generation of heroes, and the first emperor seems to be a little inferior to him......"

Pang Tong's thoughts were flying, and the bitter expression on his face that was forced to surrender gradually disappeared, and in its place, it actually added a little respect.

"However, you and I are both descendants of China, if we assist the Hu people to seize the world now, won't we be spurned by future generations?" Pang Tong has new concerns.

Hong Chengchou smiled disapprovingly, "Brother Pang is really pedantic, the Zhou Dynasty was just a Xiyi for the Shang Dynasty, and after the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, it opened an eight-hundred-year-old foundation, who would think that the Zhou people were Yi?" ”

Pang Tong was shocked.

"Let's talk about the Qin Dynasty back then." Hong Chengchou continued to explain: "Although the Qin State is located in Guanzhong, it was not just a small country that raised horses for Zhou Tianzi back then, and was also regarded as a barbarian by the princes of the Central Plains, and Qin Shi Huang swept away the **, annexed the Eight Desolations, and ruled the world, how many years have passed, who would mind that the Qin State was regarded as a barbarian?" ”

Pang Tong's eyes were full of thoughts, showing the wavering in his heart, and he was obviously deeply touched by Hong Chengchou's words.

After some exuberance, Hong Chengchou took a light breath and said: "So, whether it is Huaxia or barbarians, in the final analysis, it just depends on whose knife is sharper, if the Huns destroyed Han Gaozu in the siege of Baideng, and then took advantage of the leaderless Central Plains when the heroes were leaderless, the iron cavalry went south, swallowed the whole world in one fell swoop, and established a dynasty belonging to the Huns, so a hundred years later, the Hun dynasty will be destroyed immediately, who will mind if they are Hu or Huaxia?" ”

After the last words, Pang Tong's body was shocked, and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes finally disappeared, leaving only an enlightenment-like enlightenment.

He took a deep breath, and said at the moment: "Brother Hong is reasonable, it is indeed pedantic, if I Pang Tong can assist Wanyan Da Dan to dominate the world, my Pang Tong is the founding minister, and future generations will only remember that I Pang Tong assisted the founding monarch and established a great dynasty, even if there is any criticism of me, it is just the pedantic sour theory of the loser, what is there to care about." ”

"I'm not mistaken, Brother Pang is really a wise and extraordinary Wang Zuozhi, with a character like you to assist Da Shan Yu, why worry about our great cause, come, I salute Brother Pang for a cup." Hong Chengchou smiled with satisfaction.

Pang Tong raised his glass, no more sorrow, no more resistance in his heart, and drank it all.

When the wine was gone, the two laughed.

Looking at Pang Tong, who had been frowning since he returned to Shun, he couldn't help but be surprised that he laughed so heartily.

He put down and gnawed half of the pig's head, and said curiously: "Why is Mr. Shiyuan so happy all of a sudden?" ”

Pang Tong replied with a smile: "The minister just thought that he could assist Da Dan in such a heroic lord and achieve great achievements, and it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart, so he laughed heartily." ”

"Is this really what Mr. Shiyuan is thinking?" Wanyan Aguda also became excited.

"Every heartfelt word, if it is false, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" Pang Tong swore categorically.

Wanyan Aguda was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Great, I finally got Mr.'s heart, with the help of a phoenix chick like Mr., the day when my eldest Jurchen will dominate the world is not far off, hahaha——"

Amid the laughter, a Jurchen officer rushed in and said excitedly: "Da Dan Yu, the Shanhai Pass guard Wu Sangui has just sent an envoy into the city, claiming that he has thought it through and decided to accept Da Dan Yu's reward, surrender the pass, and ask Da Dan Yu to immediately lead the army to Shanhaiguan for reinforcements to resist the attack of Wei." ”

As soon as these words came out, in the lobby, not only Wanyan Aguda, but also the rest of the Jurchen generals such as Dolyan were all pleasantly surprised.

Pang Tong was even more excited to the point of pride, stood up, and laughed: "This is really God's help Da Shan Yu, what are you waiting for, immediately lead the army straight to Shanhaiguan, kill into the pass, and seize the world!" ”

(三七 Chinese.)