Chapter 85: Confrontation

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Xu Ji and Huangfu Jie looked at each other dumbfounded, Xu Ji had heard that Huangfu and his son had fallen into the hands of the chaotic people, but he didn't expect to become a "military advisor", and Huangfu Jie couldn't imagine seeing the son of a general in such a place.

The Descendant King slowly got up, holding a stick in each hand, and asked suspiciously, "You two know each other?" ”

Xu Ji was thinking about what to say, and Huangfu Jie pointed at him and said loudly: "Does the king know the details of this person?" ”

"The guy sent by Ning Bao'er to sue for peace said that he was from Luoyang, named Xu Ji, what's wrong?"

"Haha." Huangfu will not hide the truth for the other party, "The king has been deceived, this person is not surnamed Xu, surnamed Lou, his name is Lou Ji, but the seventeenth son of the general Lou Wen, and he is the same party of assassins wanted by the government!" ”

The Incarnation King was taken aback, jumping backwards, nearly tripping over his chair, and uttering a series of strange cries and curses from his mouth, "I also said that your little white face would not be an assassin...... Come on, come on! ”

Xu Ji stepped forward to hold one of the arms of the incarnated king, and said with a smile: "I assassinated the Emperor of All Things, so I was wanted by the government and changed my mother's surname, why does the king not distinguish between friend and foe?" And why panic? ”

A crowd rushed in, swords waving in their hands and shouting in their mouths.

The incarnation king sat on the chair, glanced at Xu Ji, and said to everyone: "Go out, it's okay." ”

Everyone was in a daze, and the incarnation king said angrily: "Why, can't you be called in once?" Get out of here. ”

No one got angry and obediently withdrew from the court.

Huangfu took a few steps forward and said in surprise: "King, don't ......"

The incarnation king pointed the stick in his hand at the Huangfu step, and said sharply: "You traitor. ”

Huangfu became more and more surprised, and immediately knelt down, "Why did the king say this?" ”

"You persuaded me to take back the king's name, and it ruined my great affairs."

Huangfu was completely confused, and Xu Ji, who was standing beside the Descended King, spoke: "The military advisor must not have intended something bad. ”

"Don't interject, I'll ask myself." The king of the incarnation looked up and down, and saw that the emperor's heart was furious, "The world is not Lao Tzu, and the people are not Lao Tzu, take the imperial court territory to seal the king of my incarnation army, let them expand the territory for me, if you are lucky, you can still become a strong reinforcement, why not?" Lao Tzu's God-given tricks have all been ruined by you. ”

Huangfu finally understood, and looked at Xu Ji, "Did he say it?" ”

"Lao Tzu himself figured it out."

"Ask the king for mercy, let me confront this 'Xu Gongzi' on the spot and distinguish between right and wrong."

"That's right, whoever loses, who gets a stick."

Huangfu stepped up, took two steps back, looked at Xu Ji again, and arched his hand: "Your Excellency thinks it is advisable to have more titles?" ”

"The king of the far is not the king of the near, so that the kings are in charge of one side to disperse the officers and soldiers."

"The army of the Descendant is combined, but it is still necessary to avoid the officers and soldiers - the king understands, I am not ......"

"I like to listen to the truth, you're right, we were originally defeated by more defeats and fewer victories, hiding officers and soldiers everywhere, and gathering in a pile is not an opponent, isn't this dispersion even weaker?"

The incarnation king has the advantage that he is willing to listen to anyone's words, and as long as he thinks it makes sense, he will take it as his own idea and stare at Xu Ji instead.

Xu Ji bowed his hand to the descending king: "Since the king likes to listen to the truth, I will also say bluntly, since entering the camp, I have seen a large number of people in the army, but most of them are old and weak women and children, how many soldiers can really fight?" ”

"Millions of soldiers."

"Congratulations to the king, there are millions of soldiers, there is no need for military divisions, and there is no need to persuade King Wu Yue to retreat, waiting for the opportunity to fight with the officers and soldiers, it is the right way."

"Well, a million is an imaginary number, but it's actually half a million."

"King Hexi, an army of 500,000 is enough to sweep several states in Jiangbei, and there is no need for military divisions, and there is no need to persuade King Wuyue to retreat."

The Descendant King frowned, "You kid have to force me to tell the truth, in fact, I don't know how many people there are in the army, one will be more, one will be less, these guys, eat me, take mine, kowtow when they come, and don't even squeak when they leave." ”

Huangfu said: "I have calculated, there are 80,000 to 100,000 soldiers under the command of the king, not counting family members, some of them stayed in Qinzhou and brought at least 50,000 to Luozhou, and these days they have incorporated the river army, and there are 50,000 or 60,000, and the 100,000 army is not false at all, and it is also not counted as family members." ”

Xu Ji still didn't believe this number, but he didn't ask, and said: "The king has 100,000 people, but there are generals who can command 100,000 troops?" ”

"I am." The incarnation king is never humble.

Xu Ji said with a smile: "The king is joking, the king is the master of the generals, not the general of the army. Among the people under the command of the king, who can lead the army of 100,000 alone? ”

The Descending King sighed, "It's still that Ning Bao'er can lead the troops, and the others can't understand how to bring thousands of soldiers." ”

Xu Ji said: "Therefore, I think that the army should be scattered rather than gathered, and it should be wide and not narrow, and it is precisely the shortcomings of oneself to the strengths of the officers and soldiers, and it is a long-term plan to disperse the generals and make the officers and soldiers tired." ”

The Incarnation King nodded and said to the Emperor, "What do you think? ”

"I thought that once the generals were scattered, it would be difficult to gather, and who would be willing to serve the king in the future?"

Xu Ji immediately said: "The king inherits the mandate of heaven and seals the kings, who will dare to disobey in the future?" Moreover, the urgent task at present is how to defeat the officers and soldiers. ”

Huangfu stepped and said: "People who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries......"

The King of the Coming World waved his hand and said: "Stop, I have a headache when I hear the car talking, I think Mr. Xu is more reasonable in this matter, you can change the word." ”

Huangfu changed his words and said: "The so-called name is not right, the generals will be crowned kings, side by side with the king, who will listen to whom in the future?" ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "Since the kings are crowned, the king can be called the emperor." ”

The king immediately shook his head, "I don't call myself the emperor, this rod in Lao Tzu's hand was given by Maitreya Patriarch himself, called 'Kill the Emperor and Destroy the Emperor Stick through the Heavens and Earth', Lao Tzu called the emperor, didn't he use it to kill himself?" ”

Xu Ji changed his words equally quickly, "It can be called the 'ancestral king', which is different from the kings." ”

Huangfu sneered: "The title of 'Ancestral King' has never been known before, and one more word is ......"

"Shut up." The incarnated king raised his stick, not to hit people, but just a habitual action, "I like the title of 'ancestral king', I said military advisor, why didn't you think of this?" ”

"I ......" Huangfu didn't know what to say.

"You don't know in your heart that you don't say it, do you?"

Huangfu Jie's face changed, "Absolutely not, I...... This Xu Gongzi studied under a famous master in the Eastern Capital, and I am willing to bow down. ”

The incarnation king laughed, forgave the military advisor, and said to Xu Ji: "You are really the lucky star given to me by the Maitreya patriarch: kill the emperor, help me, come up with a clever plan, and help me, before your father sent food and money in Qinzhou, also help me, and your Lou family will obey me." ”

Xu Ji arched his hand and said: "This body is already in the Great King's Army, as for the Lou family, I have changed my surname and don't care about their affairs." ”

"I don't even recognize my father, okay." The incarnation king got up, "Tomorrow the two of you will go to see Ning Bao'er together, and you will be rewarded after the matter is completed." ”

Xu Ji was reluctant to walk with the Huangfu rank, "It would be good to be able to get the help of the Huangfu Army, but the Huangfu Army joined the Incarnation Army relatively late, although he was favored by the king, King Wu Yue may not agree, and I hope that the king will change to others." ”

"Annoying, really annoying, you are really a person who would rather be violent and speak for him everywhere. Go down and wait until tomorrow morning. ”

Outside the public hall, a group of soldiers were grabbing wine and fighting for merit around the fire, and the noise was non-stop, and Luoyang City was almost exhausted.

Huangfu stepped and whispered to Xu Ji: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Wanted by the imperial court, the end of the world."

"These people ......" Huangfu took Xu Ji a few steps out, "These people are all rabble, whether they gather or disperse, they will be defeated sooner or later, my father and I endure humiliation and steal life, just to be able to return to the court one day." ”

"I'm not going back."

"The seventeenth prince doesn't have to hide it, you go to assassinate the driver, can the general not know? When he takes power, he will inevitably summon you back to Beijing and clear your name. ”

The Emperor Fu didn't know the situation of the general yet.

A few people came from the crowd, and Gan Zhaoyuan, who took the lead, said from afar: "Xue Zu let Xu Gongzi come out?" ”

Huangfu stepped away immediately, snorted coldly, and said in a voice that everyone else could hear: "I don't believe that you are really willing to serve the Descending Army. ”

Gan Zhao approached, watched the Huangfu step leave, and said with a smile: "The Huangfu family is talented, I have never seen anyone so low in front of Xue Zu. ”

Xu Ji smiled, "I advise the king to allow the generals to ask for the title of king, the farther the better, in order to disperse the officers and soldiers, the king ordered me to go back to the camp of King Wu Yue early tomorrow morning to spread the word." ”

Gan Zhao's face was happy, he immediately put it away, approached Xu Ji and said, "I advise Xu Gongzi to leave immediately, don't wait for tomorrow." It is rumored that you are the son of the great general Lou Wen, and I am afraid that someone will trouble you. ”

"I can't get out of the camp without anyone to see me off." Xu Ji actually couldn't find where Ning Bang'er was.

"You wait here for me for a moment." Gan Zhao turned to a few companions and said, "Protect Gongzi Xu here, I'll go see Xue Zu and come out soon." ”

There are six companions, and Xu Ji exchange names, they are different from the rest of the army, they speak more politely, but also more humble, speaking of which used to be local officials, and Gan Zhao joined the army of the descendant.

"There is no way, Lan Sui led the troops to hide in the big city, and occasionally came out to kill some people to invite merit, but forced us to crusade against the chaotic people, and if we couldn't quell the chaos, we had to be whipped and even beheaded, so everyone had to rebel together."

"I heard that Lan Sui is a general again, it seems that Luozhou is about to be in chaos."

A few people chatted, and another group of people came from a distance, and said in a loud voice: "Which son of the Lou family is here?" Let me see. ”

Xu Ji was about to reply, and several people around him signaled him to remain silent, and one said: "There is only Xu Gongzi here, and there is no Lou family." ”

"Don't come to me, I heard that he changed his surname to Xu, and he is actually Lou Wen's son. Come, let him taste Lao Tzu's iron lance, there are still traces of his father's blood on it. The speaker was obviously drunk, and the followers applauded, attracting more people to surround Xu Ji and the others.

"Gongzi Xu is a distinguished guest of the incarnation king, if you want someone, go and ask the incarnation king."

The man scolded, "Lao Tzu followed Xue Zu from birth to death, how much credit did he make, and it would be so troublesome to kill someone?" Get out of the way, don't let you stab you together. ”

Xu Ji can speak the way in the face of the incarnation king, but in the face of these unreasonable reckless people, he has no choice but to rely on the protection of others.

The two sides quarreled, but the disparity was huge, and Ganzhao's subordinates were obviously not opponents.

Gan Zhao squeezed into the crowd and laughed loudly: "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm going to kill someone, kill the cub of the Lou family."

"Haha, you haven't fought for alcohol, make an excuse to leave, right?"

"I'm the best drinker in the world, who have I been afraid of?"

"You're not afraid, let's continue to drink, we have to divide the superior."

The crowd dispersed, and Xu Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

It didn't take long for Gan Zhao to come back and say to Xu Ji: "Let's go, I'll go with you to see Ning Bao'er." ”

Xu Ji was very grateful to Gan Zhao, and said in a low voice: "Doesn't Commander Gan want to stay and ask for a king?" ”

Gan Zhao smiled: "Let them invite first, I'm not in a hurry." ”

Xu Ji thanked him and was polite.

Gan Zhao didn't bring many people, a total of more than ten people, all of whom had mounts, escorting Xu Ji out of the camp, without him leading the way, and went straight to the camp of Ning Rioter.

At the beginning of the day, the group came to a small hill, looked at the military camp in the distance, and said with a smile: "King Wuyue is strict in governing the army, and he ...... with the generals" His face suddenly changed, "Is that the flag of the officers and soldiers?" ”

Xu Ji also saw that the flags fluttering in King Wuyue's camp were by no means miscellaneous flags used indiscriminately by the descending army, but flags of various colors only owned by officers and soldiers.