The next morning, outside the camp of the coalition forces, Ji Shang waved goodbye to Zhang Xun and other generals.

Before leaving, Zhang Xun saluted and said, "Lord Wangji will do his best to facilitate peace talks, so that the living beings will not suffer from misery. ”

Ji Shang replied: "General Zhang, I will do my best, if the people of the world can be like General Zhang, it will really be the blessing of the Son of Heaven and the blessing of the people!" ”

"For the sake of the common people, Lord Ji has worked so hard and traveled everywhere, which is the example of the corporal in the world, and I will admire it."

"The general has won the prize."

Zhang Xun pointed to the north and said: "Lord Ji, this place is only fifty miles away from Qufu City, and it can be reached in one day, I have ordered Mo Hua, the general of Chen State, to lead two thousand soldiers to escort it, hoping that the Lord will succeed!" ”

Ji Shang was very moved when he heard this, and saluted Zhang Xun again: "Ji and the general have only known each other for a day, but they know that the general is a person who respects the Son of Heaven and cares about the world. ”

"Okay, that's a deal."

Subsequently, Ji Shang got on his horse and saluted, and led the army of the Son of Heaven to march in the direction of Qufu.

On the other side, Ji Zheng was standing outside the camp with his horses, looking at the "Zhou" banner that was gradually moving away, Ji Zheng had mixed feelings in his heart, and it was difficult to calm down.

"You know him?" Xiao Zhi walked over and asked.

Ji Zheng nodded.

"Loved ones?"

Ji Zheng was silent and did not answer.

Xiao Shi sneered: "Hehe, I almost forgot what my relatives are." ”

Ji Zheng ignored Xiao Zheng, just stepped on the horseback and galloped towards the Zhou team.

Ji Shanggang walked out of three or five miles, and suddenly the guards reported that someone was chasing after him. Ji Shang didn't know why, so he immediately stopped the team, thinking that Zhang Xun had something to explain?

But when he saw the comer, Ji Shang almost burst into tears, and he hugged Ji Zheng into his arms, excited.

"Uncle!"

"Nephew!"

The uncle and nephew have not seen each other for many years, and now they meet here, which is really touching.

Ji Shang pulled Ji Zheng to look up and down, but seeing that Ji Zheng was no longer the immature boy he was back then, with a mature and slightly vicissitudes of life, Ji Shang couldn't help but sigh: "Nephew! You've suffered all these years! ”

Ji Zheng shook his head, and he didn't know where to start with a thousand words in his heart.

The two walked together, chatting and reminiscing about the old days, and talking about the general trend of the world. Ji Zheng always used his sleeve to cover up the scar on his right wrist, he didn't dare to let his uncle know what happened to him, let alone mention the current situation, but perfunctorily said that he was still serving in the Wu army.

The two of them traveled thirty miles, and seeing that they were about to reach the outside of Qufu City, Ji Zheng said to his uncle: "Uncle, our uncle and nephew still have a lot to say, but at the moment, you and I have official business, and we should give priority to official affairs. ”

"Okay! Nephew, I have an appointment with your lord Zhang Xun to talk about wine after a good appointment. Uncle has always been accurate in looking at people, and the wine is good at character, and I know that Zhang Xun is a loyal and righteous person, and he is very worthy of befriending. At that time, I will take the opportunity to introduce you to him so that I can help you get promoted. I think you're the same age and should be able to be friends! ”

Ji Zheng smiled bitterly, but said, "Let's talk about it then......"

So, the uncle and nephew parted ways, Ji Shang continued to advance towards Qufu, and Ji Zheng rode back to the camp.

Midday. Xu Tan, the general of the Lu State, received a notice that the Zhou army was coming, so he led five thousand soldiers and horses to meet him ten miles outside the city, but in addition to the notification that the mission was coming, he also got a strange news.

It turned out that just last night, the officers and soldiers defending the city found a letter shot in from outside the city, which said that in the afternoon of the next day, there would be Wu troops carrying the banner of the word "Zhou" and pretending to be a peace talks team to sneak into the city, waiting for an opportunity to open the city gate for the coalition forces.

Xu Tan was skeptical about this news, although he didn't know the source or whether the news was reliable, Xu Tan had to take precautions.

After a while, sure enough, a team of more than 300 people appeared in Xu Tan's field of vision, and from a distance, the "Zhou" flag was fluttering densely above the team.

Xu Tan sent soldiers forward to interrogate, and after a while, the soldiers came back and reported: "General Yu, that team is about 300 people, and they claim to be the envoys of the Son of Heaven, and they have come to mediate. ”

Xu Tan frowned and asked, "Is there Zhou Guowen?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "They refused to show the papers, saying that they had come to mediate this time and had not obtained them." ”

"It seems that there are really people who are secretly helping us, and these people must be fakes." Xu Tan smiled and asked again, "Has the leader of the team ever reported his name?" ”

The soldier shook his head again and said, "I didn't sign up, I said that I would enter the city." ”

"Haha, Wu Guoren, when I am a three-year-old child? You want to fool me with this kind of trick? Haha, what a joke! ”

Immediately, Xu Tan ordered the whole army to step forward and surround the arriving "Zhou State" team.

Seeing that the Lu army was surrounded, this team suddenly panicked, and there was no trace of the majesty that the journey of the Son of Heaven should have.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Xu Tan laughed and shouted to the team: "Your Wu people's strategy is so clumsy? Ha ha! What a joke! ”

Seeing that the matter was revealed, the team took out their bows and arrows and fired indiscriminately at the Lu army. Obviously, such a haphazard attack is unlikely to do any harm at all. The Lu army pursued forward, and soon the "Zhou State" team was in a mess, the soldiers threw away their armor and flags, and more than 300 people desperately fled backwards, and in the blink of an eye they got into the forest not far away.

Xu Tan was provoked by this farce to laugh, so he ordered: "Catch up and encircle and annihilate these scum of the Wu Kingdom!" ”

At this time, the adjutant general on the side stopped: "General! This could be an ambush! ”

"Ambush? Can they still be allowed to ambush at our doorstep? There is a flat river ahead, where is there a place to set up an ambush? ”

"Yes."

So the Lu army immediately stepped forward to chase after him.

At the same time, Ji Shang and Mo Hua arrived outside Fucheng, which was only ten miles away from Qufu City.

The two dismounted to rest, and Ji Shang saluted Mo Hua and said, "General Mo, there are still ten miles to Qufu City, and General Lao has sent him off!" ”

Mo Hua replied: "Forgiveness can not be sent again, now that the two sides are hostile countries after all, there may be trouble if they go further." ”

"General Mo has worked hard, I'll just walk the rest of the way by myself."

As soon as the words fell, a team of more than 300 people suddenly appeared in the grove not far away.

Just when Ji Shang and Mo Hua were confused, the large army of Lu also came one after another. Mo Hua did not understand the situation, but with his experience, he immediately organized an army for defense.

Xu Tan was also taken aback when he saw this large group of men, and immediately raised his hand to signal the troops to stop the pursuit. But just when the two teams stopped to confront each other, the three hundred people suddenly organized on the flanks of the two armies, and then fired bows and arrows at the Lu army and the Wu army at the same time.

The rain of arrows roared and smashed down on both sides of the people.

But in the eyes of the people on both sides, this rain of arrows seemed to be coming at him, Mo Hua thought that Lu Guo had launched an attack, and Xu Tan also thought that he had really been ambushed by the Wu people. As a result, the conflict broke out, and the two sides were suddenly killed. However, the number of people on Mo Hua's side was very different, and the troops were mainly defensive, while Xu Tan immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

Xu Tan is a veteran in the end, and he can see the weak link of the Wu army at a glance, that is, the left wing of the messy formation, and the left wing of the Wu army is actually a thousand Zhou people brought by Ji Shang. Although these 1,000 people have a bright appearance, they have never fought in a war, and they are mainly honored guards on weekdays.

It didn't take long for the 1,000 honor guards to be almost wiped out by the Lu army, and Mo Hua's defensive formation was also torn apart, so he had to send someone to report to Zhang Xun, and led the remaining soldiers to fight and retreat, and finally relied on a turbulent river that was fifty zhang wide, and resisted stubbornly.

Perhaps because of the last battle, the Wu army actually exerted a strong combat effectiveness, and several attacks of the Lu army were repulsed.

Ji Shang had never experienced war, at this time he was panicked and frightened, he lay on the river and desperately poured water into his mouth, but just after a few sips, he vomited out disgustingly, it turned out that it was not far upstream, and a bloody corpse was floating.

At this time, Mo Hua, who was covered in blood, walked over, picked up the river water and drank a few sips, and said, "Lord Ji, the current situation is very unfavorable. ”

Ji Shang grabbed his hair with his dirty hands and said in a panic: "What? What's going on?! Why did the Lu Kingdom attack us?! ”

"It seems that the people of Lu do not really want peace talks, and the so-called peace talks are probably just excuses."

"This ...... This is not right, Lu is a country of etiquette, how can they be so rude, they ambush along the way like this, and fight without declaring a war, it is not in accordance with the law of etiquette at all! I don't take the Son of Heaven in my eyes at all! Do these Lu people still have the Son of Heaven in their hearts!? ”

Looking at Ji Shang's hysterical appearance, Mo Hua smiled coldly, he wiped the blood from his face and said, "Who else in the world really takes the Son of Heaven in their eyes?" Hehe, the so-called Son of Heaven is just an ornament, and Kuang Fu Zhou and serving the Son of Heaven is just an excuse for the princes to attack each other. Don't you know this, Lord Ji? ”

"You! How dare you say such a rebellious thing! Ji Shang angrily pointed at Mo Hua and scolded: "The whole world is the land of the Son of Heaven!" All the people of China are also the people of the Son of Heaven! ”

Mo Hua pointed to the dead bodies stacked not far away, and sneered: "Lord Ji, open your eyes and take a look, if the Son of Heaven still has prestige, how can these people of the Son of Heaven be in the wilderness with rivers of blood?!" ”

Ji Shang didn't know what to say for a while, so he just hesitated: "They are all rude people, they are all rude people......

Mo Hua ignored Ji Shang and turned to leave to arrange defense.