Many, many years ago, the land of the Central Plains was ruled by a country called Yanhuang, and then the heroes were divided, and there were wars for many years. The fighting is that the mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are not able to make a living. The larger ones are located in the central Liang, the southeast of the Tang Dynasty, the southwest of the Great Shu, the northeast of the Han and the northwest of the Great Wu, plus the rest of the small countries, large and small have appeared more than a dozen countries, this period of history is called the Warring States Period. This state of affairs lasted for about a hundred years, and was finally unified by the Great Force.

Dawu located in the northwest, its ancestors are responsible for the Yanhuang royal family to raise horses and drive the horseman, because the horse is good, and the driving skills are superb, was given the surname Wu by the royal family, rewarded the fiefdom, and then got out of the lowly status, there is the Wu family, the Wu family is grateful, more attentive to the training of horses, the family inherits the driving skills, and actively responds to the needs of the country, joins the army, participates in the military and pays taxes, and the reputation is unparalleled for a while.

Later, there was another son of the Wu family who joined the army, called Wu An, because of the cleverness of the war, quite a military exploit, was appreciated by the emperor, asked, "Now the Central Plains is prosperous, the people are rich, there are many barbarians in the north, all of them do not produce, ride horses vertically and horizontally, come and go like the wind, commit borders every autumn and winter, rob countless cattle, sheep and livestock grain, kill me Yan Huang The corpses of the people are all over the field, there is the Great Wall in the northeast, I sent the great prince Xuanyuan Han to guard it, and it can be safe." Only there is no danger in the northwest and Xiongcheng can be relied upon, I wonder if Wu Qing can relieve my worries? ”

Wu An replied: "There is no Wu clan in the world, inherit His Majesty's wrong love, give the surname to reward the land, and have a name, my Wu clan, if you have the opportunity to be loyal to the king, dare not repay the favor with death?" Please Your Majesty move my Wu clan's fiefdom to the far northwest, and from now on, where the Wu clan is, no matter old or young, but there is a breath, it is all my Yanhuang border front! ”

The emperor was overjoyed, and immediately named Wu'an as the Duke of Wu, the fief in the northwest, and said, "My Yanhuang border to the north and west, all are Wu fiefs, and you Wu grab as much land as you want, how many fiefs"

Wu An returned to the fiefdom, informed the Wu clan people, the group of people excited, all packed up their belongings, moved from the Central Plains to the northwest, since then took root, mixed with the locals, united with the local family, the development of power, the first ten years, and the northern barbarian war, there were many big victories, beheaded thousands at every turn, captured countless cattle, sheep and horses, and another ten years, to the north of the territory of three thousand miles, the barbarians all hope to surrender, since then, there is no war in the northwest. The emperor was happy, and named Wu'an as the marquis of Wu, hereditary replacement, and the northwest affairs of Yanhuang and Huang.

Until the collapse of the Yan and Huang courts, the princes successively divided and fought for hegemony, and the Wu clan had flourished in the northwest for nearly a hundred years. After Wu Anhou, the Wu family went through Wuchang, Wuhong, and Wulong, all of whom were Ming masters.

When Wu Hong was in power, the world was in turmoil, the Central Plains was broken, and in a discussion in front of the court, there were staff strategists who said that the Central Plains had been in turmoil, and the heroes rose together, and the Wu clan should also rise up with the times, and the princes fought for the world.

Hong said: "My Northwest Wu clan has always been despised by the Central Plains, and they all say that I am a barbarian, but Yan Huang treats me with kindness and gives me a name, so that my Wu clan is based on heaven and earth." The responsibility of my Wu clan population is to guard the northwest and protect the safety of my Yanhuang Central Plains. There is no need to mention this again," he said, turning around, looking at the giant map on the wall, and said no more.

When everyone in the hall heard this, they stopped talking about it and dispersed with their fists. Only one person was slender, white as jade, about thirty years old, with a gentle smile, and did not move his steps after everyone had gone. He looked at the third generation of the Wu family head after the case, the fifty-eight cities in the northwest, the lord of eight million northwest people, the commander of the 200,000 northwest army, the back of Wu Honghou, did not speak, and Wu Hong also seemed to know that someone was leaving behind him, and his eyes did not leave the map, here Ah originally hung the power distribution map of the Yanhuang Dynasty and the Northern Barbarian Southern Wilderness, and later the Southern Wilderness was destroyed by the Yanhuang general Wang Meng, and the map was replaced with the Yanhuang and Northern Barbarian form map, with the Wu clan setting the northwest, the map changed again, and the Yanhuang force was bigger and bigger. However, on the new map this time, Yan Huang no longer exists, replaced by more than a dozen forces, large and small, of course, no matter how the map changes, only the sphere of influence representing the Northwest Wu Clan has never wavered, and the various forces in the Central Plains are fighting back and forth, as if they have a tacit understanding, and no one has provoked the territory of the Northwest Wu Clan. In their opinion, the Wu clan is just a sudden nouveau riche, and it cannot be compared with their inheritance for hundreds or thousands of years, ten or twenty generations, and it is really not worth their attention. And the Wu clan only symbolically dispatched some troops to a few cities in the southeast direction of the force, which also surprised the Han King in the northeast and the Liang and Wei countries in the south at that time, after all, the combat power of the northwest army is still very frightening.

Thinking of this, Wu Honghou smiled lightly and said to the people behind him, "Mr. Wang, has something to teach me?" ”

Wang Xiao, the world does not know its origin, five years ago one day, Wu Honghou led his troops to inspect the five cities of the border plug, met this person on the way, saw his extraordinary bearing, invited peers, the two talked very happily, since then Wu Hong in and out are accompanied by each other, Shi Hong is 35 years old, Xiao is 25 years old, the difference between the two is ten years old.

At this time, listening to Wu Hong's question, he arched his hand and smiled, "I don't dare to teach, but I just think back to when I first met the lord five years ago, the lord was obviously only thirty-five years old, but it looked like forty-five, and now the lord is no longer confused, it looks like there is no change, the so-called years urge people to get old, here in the lord, but Erer." ”

When Wu Hong heard this, he laughed, pointed at Wang Xiao, and couldn't cry or laugh

When Wang Xiao said this, he paused, straightened his waist, and his smile was still calm: "If you think about it carefully, you can't find a reason, either the blessing of the ancestors of the Wu family, or the providence of heaven in the dark."

Wu Hong restrained his smile, looked directly at Wang Xiao, and saw that Wang Xiao was still smiling calmly, and his face did not change, Wu Hong bent down, and then stroked the long knife on the case with his hand, and his tone turned cold: "Oh? I wonder how this providence was arranged? Mr. Annoyance for me"

The entire martial arts hall suddenly darkened, maybe the dark clouds were blocking the sun? Wang Xiao did not bow his hand, and looked directly at Wu Hong, "Today's chaos, the Central Plains are divided, so that my mountains and rivers are broken, the people are not happy, my Northwest Wu clan, when the male erection, reorganize the mountains and rivers, relieve the people from hanging upside down, and recreate unification, but I don't know if the Northwest Wu clan has this ambition?" ”

Wu Hong smiled and said nothing, noncommittal

Seeing this, Wang Xiao suddenly fell silent, and solemnly bowed his hand again, more sincere than before: "The lord did not respond immediately, and Wang Xiao saw even more admiration in his heart, which shows that the lord is not a reckless and anxious person, and he is determined, and this is an indispensable quality for those who have achieved great things."

Wu Hong walked out of the big case and walked to Wang Xiao's side, the two faced the huge map behind the big case together, Wu Hong was majestic, perennial military career, dark complexion, resolute face, and Wang Xiao was thin, in comparison, he looked weak, standing together, it was really an obvious contrast. Wu Hong's words were calm: "Five years ago, when I met Mr., Mr. once said that the northwest wind and sand are big, I don't know if I can support myself, I told Mr. that there is wind and sand in the northwest, and there is not only wind and sand, the desert is desolate, the side is low, and the world is the place where the heart of a good man who stands up to the sky and the earth." Today, it seems, he is indeed stronger than he was five years ago. ”

Wang Xiao smiled and didn't answer, Wu Hong didn't care, and then said: "Mr. told me at that time that the Wu family lives in the northwest, and it is the third generation to come to me. The gentleman asked me if the Beiban was not there and the supply was cut off, what would happen to my Wu clan? ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiao closed his eyes, as if recalling his words back then.

Wu Hong continued: "When I heard Mr. 's words, I was really terrified, but I still had to pretend to be confident. At that time, my father passed away, and I, as the eldest son in the family, took over the title for just one year, even if I didn't know the bottom in my heart, I couldn't show it, but my husband should have seen it at the time, and the expression that you said you said, I just didn't believe it, and I still remember it vividly. ”

Wang Xiao listened quietly and didn't interject, not knowing what was going on in his heart

Wu Hong continued, "Later, after listening to Mr. 's words, build a granary, change the military system, reward farming, and eliminate unnecessary aristocratic officials, for this reason, I did not hesitate to destroy Liu, Zhang, Huang three famous families in the northwest, and the two guard battalions stationed outside the city mutinied, I read the love of the robe that has been born and died for many years, and I can't bear to start for a while, at the critical moment, Mr. actually crossed me directly, and asked Long'er to take his three hundred private army guards to quell the rebellion, you will quell the rebellion, and you have to run around the whole city, as a result, Long'er's uncle, cousin, cousin, Hula a group of people came out, each with their family to protect the private army, and Long'er ran to the front of the people's military camp with people, this time it was good, the soldiers who were coerced to follow the mutiny, directly turned against the battle, at that time, Long'er and his mother, carrying her long knife, ran to the council hall, said to hack me to death first, and then hack you to death, to be honest, I was also very scared at the time, not worried about Long'er's safety, but worried that his mother was awkward with me, you know, his mother can be fierce. ”

Speaking of this Mrs. Hou, for the sake of His Holiness, naturally he didn't dare to speak. I only heard Wu Hong continue: "These things are also in my northwest, if they are placed in the Central Plains, but it is a big crime, can Mr. know?" ”

Wang Xiao still didn't speak, his face was calm, as if he wasn't talking about him, as if the person standing next to him was not the first person in the northwest, not Wu Honghou, who led the army to attack the north many times after inheriting Wuhou, and beat the northern barbarians who did not dare to go south.

In the face of such a subordinate who had no one in his eyes, Wu Honghou was not angry, and said directly: "Sir, I don't know how to judge the current situation, I am in the northwest, how to deal with myself."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiao also changed his calm and breezy appearance, and said solemnly: "Stabilize yourself and accumulate strength, I expect that the chaos in the Central Plains will eventually form a situation of multi-strength hegemony." First, the Han King of the Northeast must be unwilling, will go down from the Northeast, now just because of the heroism of the Hou Ye, the Northern Barbarians are beaten by our Northwest and dare not peep, so all concentrated in the Northeast, the Han King has passed to the present, and it has gone through three generations, because there is the Great Wall, so the armor is slack, but after all, it is Yanhuang orthodoxy, so the people's will, even if the King of Han does not want to forge ahead, willing to be in a corner of peace, his ministers and generals will also push him out. Secondly, Liangzhou in the central part of the country, since ancient times, has been regarded as the core of the Central Plains, the world's students, seven or eight out of ten writers and Confucianism come from here, and there is the support of the chaebol aristocracy, so it will become a strong. Finally, in the southeast of Tangzhou, the rivers are dense and the waterways are vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the advance of the army. Southwest Bashu, occupy the geographical advantage, the mountain road is difficult to walk. These two places are safe and secure, and they are regarded as two strong. In addition, my northwest Wu clan, since the beginning of Wu'an, is to establish the clan by war, through the Changhou, to the lord, all the time in the war and preparation for war, today's chaos, but also my Wu clan to sit north to south, whale swallow the world of a good time, Han King Liang Wang occupies the people, Tangzhou Bashu occupies the geographical advantage, and I occupy the northwest to occupy the day. ”

After that, Wang Xiao covered the map with his hand, and drew heavily from top to bottom

Wu Hong listened, his expression was not very excited, but his heart turned over the river and the sea, as the head of the family, the commander of the 200,000 northwest border army, how could he not yearn for it? But Wu Hong knew in his heart that these were easier said than done, and the foundation of the northwest was too weak, so what if he had the advantage of armor? When he was young, he traveled to the Central Plains and saw a lot of Xiongcheng giant towns, and the Northwest Iron Cavalry could attack with the Northern Barbarians in the vast grassland and desert, and won the battle, but in the face of a large number of cities in the Central Plains, dense rivers like a net, he could not exert his full strength at all. Maybe this is what Wang Xiao said at the beginning, the heavenly arrangement, destined that his Northwest Wu Clan can only be the Northwest Wu Clan? Thinking of this, Wu Hong had little interest and his expression was gloomy.

Seeing Wu Hong's expression, Wang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Isn't the lord thinking that my northwest foundation is too thin to participate in this grand event that has not been seen in a thousand years to compete with the heroes of the world?" ”

Wu Hong's expression changed, "Could it be that Mr. can help me?" ”

Wang Xiao smiled lightly, "Can't"

"What is the gentleman talking about?"

Seeing Wu Hong's displeased, Wang Xiao smiled, "How difficult it is to dominate the world, it is definitely not a generation, a generation, a drop of water through stones, how difficult it is, not a drop of water, a day and a month." ”

When Wu Hong heard this, the haze suddenly disappeared, and he laughed, "It turns out that Mr. is not here to persuade me to go south today, but to persuade me to go south, okay, listen to Mr." After that, he took Wang Xiao's hand and walked out of the door, "Let's go, go see Long'er"

In this year, the strategist Wang Xiao, 30 years old, Wu Honghou 40 years old, in the same year, the king of the northeast Han sent an envoy to the northwest, the following year, the king of Liang attacked Qidi, and then attacked Lu Wei and the two countries. The Southern Tang Dynasty attacked the Yue Kingdom and destroyed the Yue. The two countries in the southwest and Bashu fought fiercely. Later generations referred to this year as the first year of the Warring States period. And this chamber, called Qiufeng Hall, it is said that Wu Angong led the Wu family to this point, enclosure to build a house, this is the first room, when it was built, it was just a separate house, a table was placed, Wu Angong once said, "There are no seats in this hall, all the big and small things in the clan are discussed here, my Wu clan stands up to the sky, everyone stands on the ground!" Later, a circle of walls appeared around this house, forming a small courtyard centered on this house, and then a series of houses appeared around it, one after another tall buildings, forming a larger courtyard on the front and back, left and right, plus the outermost high wall, they together formed a name that resounded all over the world, Wuhou Mansion. And this autumn wind hall has a resounding Northern Barbarian generals, every year when the Northern Barbarians take advantage of the autumn to plunder the south, here will gather the generals and strategists under the Wu Clan, to discuss the war against the Northern Barbarians. And this one, which was called the Autumn Wind Persuasion by later generations, was only a matter of two people, but it was not a matter of sending troops, but of convergence.

The autumn wind rises, and the Wu family comes out.