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"Report, Wu Guo heard that the merchant army was approaching Tushan, so he had already led his troops back to Tushan, and everything was subject to the deployment of Lord Han. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Wu Guo has led his troops back to Tushan."

"I also asked Zheng Ju to send someone to deliver a letter to you, but I didn't expect you to have returned to Tushan, what about Zheng Ju?" Han Dongdao.

"Yes, before the subordinates could send someone to deliver the letter, they came back." Zheng Judao, who was standing on the side.

"Zheng Ju, you will lead all the cold army to lay out according to the mountain defense plan that has been designed long ago, and guard the critical pass."

"Okay."

As time passed, Taiding arranged his troops according to the map given by Zhou Fan. Methodically and modestly, he led the army to launch an offensive against Tushan. After several attacks, although Tushan was not greatly defeated, the Han army was very tight. Han Dong, Yi Ji, Zheng Ju, Wu Guo and others all felt that the Shang army's attack on Tushan was very targeted, and it seemed that they knew the layout of Tushan's troops and the setting of organs, poisons, and hidden weapons. From this point of view, the detailed map of Tu Shan's soldier layout and hidden weapon setting that Zhou Fan took from Tu Shan played a key role.

Han Dong, who was in the cave of the barracks, walked back and forth a few steps, he suddenly stopped, and said to Shang Hai: "Shang Hai, the merchant army has such a good understanding of the layout of my soldiers and the setting of hidden weapons in Tu Mountain, they will attack the mountain soon." Now you can only make a risky choice according to your strategy of retreating. Come, you tie me up first, and pretend to be a military mutiny. ”

"Yes."

Shang Hai, Wu Guo, and Yi Ji kidnapped Han Dong, and took a group of Han soldiers and walked down the mountain. Walking a few meters away from the merchant army, Shang Hai said: "King Shang." Do you still know me? I'm Shanghai. I have long been back to the Shang country, the last time the Han army attacked the mall, the arrival of our Shang army, in the Shang capital to besiege the Han army, I pretended to vote for the Han army, and now the anti-Han army has been successful, the Han Dong is tied up, please the Shang King personally surrendered. ”

Taiding listened to Shang Hai's words, and said: "That day, I opened the gate of the Shang capital and launched a siege on the Han army, but I didn't know where you went, and I only expected you to die in the chaotic battle, but I didn't expect you to run to Tushan. ”

"We all knew that the Shang army was strong, and advised Handong to surrender, but he insisted on going his own way, so we could only tie him up and come to see the king of Shang. Please accept the surrender of the king of Shang. "Still remembered.

"Remember, do you remember me? I am King Miao, I think I was not thin on you at the beginning, but you followed Handong to this Tu Mountain. ”

"Oh, it's the king, the minister really regrets it now, so he will atone for his sins now."

"The king, the minister also regrets it." Wu Guo also said.

"Handong, you still have today, I was almost killed by you, I can't wait to scrape you with a thousand knives." After that, he rushed up and wanted to stab Han Dong to death with his sword.

Seeing this, Taiding thought to himself, Han Dong was the enemy who killed his father, Han Dong couldn't die in the hands of King Miao so quickly, and wanted to kill this person who killed his father with his own hands to avenge the killing of his father, so he hurriedly said to King Miao: "Slow! ”。 Taiding was young and vigorous, so he didn't think much about it, so he rushed over alone, wanting to use a knife to divide his Handong into two sections to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Shang Hai, Wu Guo, and still remember that when they saw Tai Ding rushing over alone, before Tai Ding could make a move, the three of them went up together, and captured Tai Ding lightly and skillfully, Wu Guo put a knife on Tai Ding's neck, and said loudly: "Give me all the retreat!" Otherwise, we will kill him!" ”

At this time, Taiding, Weishang and Miao Wang realized that they were deceitful. Still remembering to help Han Dong quickly untie the rope, they grabbed Taiding, and retreated back together.

Taiding was robbed, and Wei Shang and King Miao had to slowly retreat the merchant army according to the intentions of Shang Hai, Wu Guo and others. Handong also retreated to Tushan when they saw the opportunity, and Handong stood on a high place in Tushan and shouted to the Shang army: "Listen to the Shang army, the king of Shang is in my hands, you should withdraw from the Han country immediately, otherwise, the life of the king of Shang will not be saved." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone shouting: "Lord Han, it's not good, it's not good!" There were merchant troops on the top of the mountain, and they had swept over from top to bottom, many of them martial arts masters, and they had destroyed all our organs, dark weapons, and poisonous weapons. I saw that Zheng Ju panicked and led some soldiers to retreat straight down from the mountainside.

"Ahh How did they get up the mountain? Han Dong asked in surprise.

"My subordinates don't know."

This is Zhou Fan leading the disciples of various factions of martial arts and some elite soldiers of the merchant army, from the back mountain path to the top of the mountain, and no one knows about Tu Mountain. Zhou Fan relied on his memory to lead them to break the mechanism, destroy the darkness, poison the weapon, kill the cold soldiers, all the way from top to bottom, and kill at the foot of Tu Mountain. But they didn't know that Taiding was captured by Handong, and they only knew how to kill the enemy.

Wei Shang and King Miao saw that Zhou Fan led his troops to attack directly from the top of the mountain, if they didn't quickly pass on the news of Taiding's capture to Zhou Fan, if they kept attacking and Handong was forced, they were likely to be very poisonous to Taiding, and Taiding's life was on the line. So Wei Shang didn't care about life and death, rushed to the front of the battle, and shouted loudly: "Commander Zhou, the king of Shang has been captured, and it is important to save the king of Shang." ”

As soon as Zhou Fan heard Wei Shang shouting, he learned that the king of Shang had been captured, and he wanted to stop the attack immediately, but it was too late, and the men and horses he led had already killed the cold soldiers under the mountain, and they were in chaos.

Han Dong panicked when he saw the fierce arrival of the merchant soldiers on the mountain, he knew very well that in front of this powerful merchant army, if there was no Tu Shan's organs, secrets, and poisonous weapons to protect him, he would not be the opponent of the merchant army at all. Most of the organs, secrets, and poisonous weapons in Tushan in front of him have been destroyed, and it is difficult to hold on any longer, and I deeply feel that the future is coming. Although Shang Hai and Wu Guo captured Taiding, they saw that the merchant soldiers on the mountain had been killed, and the upper and lower merchant soldiers had formed a flank attack, and they were immediately at a loss. At this time, Han Dong said to Taiding: "The person who shot Tang Wang's flying knife that day was not my Tushan Han soldier, but Busan's civil engineering style, if you want to avenge your father's murder, you can only find Busan, not me Tushan." Today, if you can order them to withdraw their troops quickly, I, Tu Shan, am willing to return to the Shang Kingdom. Leng Zai, a group of people from the Busan faction who were helping to defend Tu Shan, heard Han Dong say such unkind and unrighteous words in front of Taiding, and Leng Zai said angrily: "I have cooperated with Tu Shan in Busan for many years, and I am as close as brothers, Busan specially sent our group of disciples to help you Tu Shan fight against the Shang army, I didn't expect you Han Lord to say this in front of the Shang King, you are not benevolent, then you don't blame us for being unjust." After that, Leng Zai stabbed Han Dong with his sword, and Han Dong saw that the sword stabbed fiercely, and it was too late to dodge. At this time, Taiding was only supervised by one person, because Shang Hai and Wuguo saw that many merchant soldiers and martial arts disciples came up from the mountain, and they were preparing to fight, so they tied Taiding with a rope and handed it over to still Ji. At this time of great danger, Han Dong easily snatched the captured Taiding from the hands of still remember, pushed it over, and blocked Leng Zai's sword blade. The cold sword pierced Taiding's body, and Taiding fell to the ground with an "ah".

Zhou Fan had already killed Han Dong's side, and Wei Shang and Miao Wang also rushed over, but their arrival was too late, and Tai Ding had been pushed in front by Han Dong, and was stabbed by Leng with a sword. Seeing this, Zhou Fan didn't care about the thirty-seven twenty-one, led a group of martial arts disciples, and came to Taiding's side one by one, and helped Taiding up, and said, "It's important to protect the king quickly." The group of martial arts disciples surrounded Taiding in the center, and then the Shang army under the mountain killed them together as soon as they heard that the Shang king Taiding had been rescued. Several merchant soldiers saw that Shang Wang Taiding had been seriously injured, and ran towards the merchant barracks with Shang Wang Taiding, and Shang Wang Taiding was out of danger. Zhou Fan saw that Taiding was injured, all of which was done by Han Dong, Zhou Fan said angrily to Han Dong: "Han Dong, your heart is more poisonous than a snake and scorpion, you are infighting, use my king as an arrow platoon." Today your time of death has come, and I want you to die to understand. You must have been asking in your heart, 'Tu Mountain, which we have been operating for many years, is so solid, how did you attack the mountain?' I can tell you that the back side of Tu Mountain, which you have been in business for many years, looks like a cliff, but you don't know that there is a very hidden path that leads to the top of the mountain, and we came up from there. When I fled from Tushan, I also went down from there. You didn't expect it, but this is still providence. ”

"Zhou Fan, when you came to the Xia Dynasty and saved me by the water, I have always regarded you as a brother, but you are my enemy everywhere, why?"

"It's all because you have a dark heart, you are dedicated to others, and you think for yourself, if I knew that you were such a person, I would not save you."

"What are you talking about with him......" Before the Fire God Sect leader Huo Xiangling behind Han Dong finished speaking, he stepped forward and waved the sword in his hand, and Han Dong's head rolled down, avenging his daughter's victimization. Leng Zai, Mingzuo and other disciples, seeing that the martial arts factions led by Zhou Fan were coming, they knew that they couldn't resist it, not to mention that Tu Shan would be destroyed, and the alliance between Busan and Tu Shan would end, so they led their disciples to fight a bloody way, and fled by seizing the road, and Zhou Fan had no intention of pursuing because Tai Ding was injured. led the army to clean up the remnants of Tushan's defeated generals.

The so-called civil and military officials of the Han Kingdom, such as Still Ji, Shang Hai, Zheng Ju, and Wu Guo, were all captured by the Shang army, and the Tushan Han State ceased to exist.

Zhou Fan led the army back to Shangdu, and Yi Yin learned that Taiding was injured and urgently called Imperial Doctor Jiang. Imperial Physician Jiang looked at Taiding's wound, and the sword was right in his liver. Fortunately, Jian Feng was not poisonous, otherwise, Tai Ding would have died on the way back. On the one hand, Imperial Physician Jiang used the medicine of stroking sticks, notoginseng, safflower and other bruises to help heal his injuries, and on the other hand, he used drugs such as wolfberry and ginseng to help restore his body.

Shang Wang Taiding's injuries were slightly better, he asked Zhou Fan to summon all the martial arts factions, rewarded them all, and said: "The martial arts factions are the precious wealth of my Shang Dynasty, I hope that under the leadership of your Zhou League Lord, all factions will unite and make new contributions to our Shang Dynasty." The battle against Busan, when my body recovers, I will make plans. Each of you will go back to your place first, cultivate your flesh and blood, practice your skills, and then invite all the heroes and heroes when the time comes. ”

"We are willing to obey the call of the Shang King and the alliance leader to eradicate Busan and help the Shang Dynasty." All the martial arts factions said in unison.

"Good!" Tai Ding said happily.

Subsequently, all the martial arts factions left the Shang capital.

Tai Ding was treated by Dr. Jiang and was not in danger of his life for the time being. But the body has always been very weak, although the age is young, but not as before. In addition, due to the tyranny of the Xia Dynasty, it brought great disasters to the country, and the country was riddled with holes, thousands of problems, and a hundred wastes to be rebuilt. Therefore, on the one hand, efforts should be made to restore production, and on the other hand, a Shang Dynasty legal code should be quickly formulated to stabilize the social order. Taiding took every opportunity day and night, and put the conquest of Busan on hold for the time being.

Besides, after the defeat of Xia Wangji, he was exiled to Nanchao, and according to Meixi's request, Meixi reunited with him. At the time of the reunion, they had mixed feelings, and Xia Wangji said sadly to his sister: "Recently, I have been thinking that the reason for losing the country is that I did two things wrong, one is that I didn't take care of Shang Tang and let him return to Shang Guo to oppose me. The second is that I mistakenly believed Zhao Liang and killed Meng Liang, if Meng Liang was there, my Xia army would not be defeated under Shang Tang. Now that I ended up like this, I really regret it when I think about it. ”

Meixi saw the exile of the country, such an end, very miserable, thinking that he was in the wind and rain back then, who dared to disagree? Now there are merchant soldiers guarding outside, and they have lost their freedom, and even ordinary people are not as good as ordinary people. Mei Xi listened to Ji Ji's words, her mood was very complicated, she didn't know what to say, she unconsciously felt that Ji had noticed something, and the others were kept in the dark, it was better to let him understand the reason thoroughly, she said: "Let go of Shang Tang, it's not Meng Liang's doing, but I will steal your token, hand it over to Zhao Liang, and Zhao Liang will hand it over to Zhou Fan, go to Xiatai to propose Shang Tang, and Shang Tang will have to return to Shang Guo." ”

"Ahh You are my beloved concubine, I am obedient to you, why do you harm me? ”

"Do you remember the Battle of the Shi River?"

"That's that year, why are you mentioning it?"

"Did you kill anyone with your own hands in that battle?"

"It's a stubborn queen of the Shi Kingdom who has been fighting against my Great Xia." Ji looked at Mei Xi with a suspicious eye, and said, "Does she have anything to do with you?" ”

"She's my mother."

"Ahh Is it your mother? ”

"Yes!"

"Then what is the purpose of having Shi Guo dedicate you and me?"

"Youshi Guo sacrificed me to your side in order to get you not to use troops against Youshi again, and I am here to avenge the murder of my mother."

"Oh, I see, now that my country is ruined, but I am not dead, this revenge is not complete, you can kill me, and you can be regarded as complete revenge."

Seeing that Meixi had a knife hidden in her body, she knew that it was prepared to kill him. And he stretched his neck and put it on the bed, and said, "Come on, kill me!" Avenge your mother! “

She looked at the long neck and thought: now that he is a lonely old man, all his relatives have been killed. She could kill him at will now, without any danger or fear. She thought about it, but a sense of compassion came to her heart, and he took pity on him. Now that his country is ruined, this is the best revenge for killing his mother. What difference does it make between killing him and not killing his body, like a walking corpse?

Seeing that she didn't do anything, she said: "Why don't you do it yet, my country has been ruined, I just want to die, if I can die in the hands of my concubine, my heart is already satisfied." ”

At this time, a Shang Dynasty official came to the south nest, and the official said: "The king of Shang has a will, and my sister is happy to accept it." ”

Meixi hurriedly knelt on the ground to receive the order.

The merchant official preached: "Sister Xi of the Xia Palace of the previous dynasty, who has worked for the Shang State for many years, has made good contributions, and has been given a fiefdom and restored to the country, which is in charge of Sister Xi." ”

"Thank you for the gift of King Shang, but the country of Shi has long been destroyed and no longer exists, and the clansmen are empty, what is the use of sealing the country?"

"How can you find your people and rebuild your homeland?" Shang Guan Dao.

"The people are dead and scattered, and there is nowhere to be found. I would like to accompany you and spend the rest of my life together. ”

"Don't be ignorant, this is General Zhou's special performance of the Shang King, so there is this edict."

"General Zhou has arrived!" A shout was heard outside.

The official immediately stepped aside, bent slightly and said, "General, my sister is unwilling to obey the edict, how is it good?" ”

"I'll do it, you'll be back."

"Okay, my subordinates obey." With that, the official led the former team out of the South Nest.

Zhou Fan waved his hand and asked his entourage to take the dead men out of the house together, and signaled that they were not allowed to enter.

Zhou Fan saw that they had all left the house, so he stepped forward to help his sister Xi, and said, "Senior sister, you are a meritorious person, please get up quickly, don't kneel again." ”

"I am the concubine of the deceased Xia Wangji, and I am the one who bears the sin, how can I not kneel."

"Why should my sister be like this? Have you forgotten the master's will, which has now been completed, you should be happy? Zhou Fan said as he helped his sister up.

"The holy decree of the king of Shang said that I have a country, and the country has long been destroyed and no longer exists, not an empty seal of my country, how can I be edicted?"

"Senior sister, you have misinterpreted the kindness of the King of Shang, the country of Youshi is gone, he wants to rebuild the country of Youshi for you, and let you be in charge of all the affairs of the country."

"You are kind-hearted, but I have been disheartened, there is a country of Shi is a matrilineal country, will be replaced by a patrilineal country, this is the torrent of history, how can it be circulated, there is a country of Shi is gone, let her not have it, no longer prosper, let her leave the last page of the matrilineal country in history, I really have no intention of rebuilding."

"Then what are your plans for in the future?"

"I want to be a powerful man back then, and now he has lost everything and lost his freedom like a prisoner, I had the intention to kill him, and in order to avenge the murder of his mother, he was also willing to die in my hands, so he stretched his neck and let me kill him. I am a man of conscience, how can I bear to kill an unarmed old man? This made me let go of the idea of killing him, and suddenly I thought of spending the rest of my years with him. This is strange to say, I want to be in the Xia Palace, glorious and rich, but I want to leave. Now he is destitute, lonely and pitiful, but he does not want to leave him and wants to take care of him. ”

"So you really think so?"

"Yes."

"Have you thought about it completely?"

"I think about it, I have the heart to go into seclusion, please invite the king of Shang, let me and Ji, live in seclusion in Wuyi Mountain, self-sufficient, sunrise and sunset, free and easy, and hope that my senior brother will be fulfilled."

"If you really have this intention, I will ask the king of Shang to restore his freedom, and make your contribution to the overthrow of the Xia Dynasty known to the world to restore your reputation."

"As long as we can restore our freedom, it is enough, as for any contribution and reputation, then there is no need, let the world judge."

"That's not good, I promised you a long time ago to restore your reputation, merit is merit, and passing is passing, this must not be sloppy, otherwise, the future generations will really not know the truth."

"Then you can see that it is done, I have no requirements for this."

"Well, I also want to return to my hometown and live a peaceful life after finally helping King Shang pacify Busan."

"Where is your hometown?"

"Jinling City in the future world."

"Don't play this joke on me, what futuristic world? What Jinling City? I've never heard of it in all my years at the Summer Palace. “

"I'm telling the truth, you won't understand."

Meixi looked at Zhou Fan, it seemed that Zhou Fan was serious, not like she was lying, she thought, no wonder she had expressed her love to her senior brother many times, but she rejected it. Is this true?

"In our futuristic world, there is an instrument that can send people to ancient times through the passage of time. I think sooner or later I'll have to go back to the future. Zhou Fan said again.

"Is there such a thing,......