Chapter 17: Bluffing

As soon as he received the news, Lord Nezai hurriedly discussed with the generals how to deploy troops and deduce various battle situations. Seeing that they were sweating profusely with nervousness, he stepped forward to comfort them and said, "Don't think so much, just take all the troops out and line up under the city, and leave no one else." ”

"Where's that going? The defenders didn't fight like this! ”

"Can you really beat you? Can you keep it? ”

Neejae and everyone looked at each other, sighed helplessly and shook their heads.

"Then listen to me, I'll take the lead in the front!"

There was a small commotion among the generals, and they didn't expect the young son to be so responsible, so they all expressed their enthusiasm and expressed their willingness to obey orders. Although Nejae has not yet fully trusted Dutu, the matter has come to this point, and he has to put his last hope on him. He clenched his fists with both hands: "The old minister is incompetent, and there is no good plan, but with the son's last fight!" ”

"Everyone, please get up, relax, relax." He helped everyone up with a grin, and there was no danger at all.

Digging to do this, I am sure of it.

Yu Jun and Yi Jun are notoriously miserly villains. Although villains are bad, they often only seek selfish interests and will not fight with others. All kinds of intelligence show that the two countries thought that Zheng Guo had no soldiers, and wanted to bully the small with the big and scare them into surrendering without a fight. Now that Zheng Jun is at least superficially on par with them, these two people who think they are smart will definitely be shocked when they see it, let alone really fight.

In addition, the era of the Rite Collapse was just beginning, and the situation of the war was different from that of the later generations, and there was almost no need to worry about the loss of any sword. At that time, the aristocracy was a real aristocracy, similar to those kings and knights in Western Europe, who fought with a set of rules. For example, the time and place should be agreed, the fight should be in order, the victory or defeat chase the key points to the end, and so on. What they like the most is that when they fight, they have to salute according to their rank. "Zuo Biography" records that in the Spring and Autumn Period, during the Jin-Chu War, the generals of the Jin army met the king of Chu three times, and actually got off the car three times to salute, and the king of Chu even felt that "ouch, this kid of the enemy army is very polite", and rewarded him with a bow. Therefore, as the future monarch of Zheng Guo, he played a slippery head, and since there is no danger in really fighting, he simply went into battle in person.

Thinking about it this way, when he really arrived in front of the battle, he still showed a little blue color, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead and palms. However, the enemy was obviously more timid, and when Yu Yi Erjun saw that Zheng Guo had actually pulled out hundreds of troops, his jaw fell to the ground in shock, and he stopped in formation.

In ancient times, this kind of ritualized war was often compared to the aura of both sides. Now that Yu Erjun is provoking trouble first, and then cowering in battle, it can be said that he has lost half of it. Feeling that this was a good opportunity to make himself stronger, he gritted his teeth and made a bolder move, thinking that it was a big deal to lose his life and quit the game and start over.

He patted Mite's shoulder, gave the order to go, and sped his bike toward the enemy.

The inner ruler at the head of the city was shocked, and the soldiers under the city looked at each other. Due to the suddenness of the incident, no one knew what medicine he was buying in his gourd, and the army did not dare to attack rashly, so the generals had to quickly send three vehicles to follow and protect.

The chariot went all the way and finally stopped in front of the enemy line. He loosened his hands that were numb from clenching the railing, and plucked up the courage to shout: "I am Zheng Guo's prince Dutu, please come out and talk to you." The generals at the head looked surprised, and after whispering, they really got out of the car and saluted. At the same time, the military formation gave way to a passage, and the two monarchs came out with their heads in mind.

Yi Jun still looked like a grinning Lai Pi: "Childe is mighty!" Childe is mighty! In just a few days, an army of 100 times has been formed! Yu Jun didn't speak, and the fox squeezed out a smile of embarrassment.

"Thanks to the two of you for your concern, you will come to see me with an army of 100 times." Digging and teasing.

"We're worried about thieves attacking us, so we're here to help defend our neighbors and try our best to be hospitable."

"The army will come as they say, and they will not consult with us, and this is your hospitality?" Dutu sneered, "Are you going to leave now?" ”

The atmosphere was awkward, and the two monarchs obviously did not want to withdraw without face. Yu Jun's small eyes rolled and he said with a smile: "Since it is rare that the two armies are here, simply review each other's military appearances and become allies." ”

"Good! Good! Yi Jun echoed continuously, and immediately pulled the chariot that was digging and sprinting along the military formation.

Digging and half-pushing, he perfunctorily watched the drills of the Yuyi coalition army, and felt that these soldiers were a little lazy. It is estimated that they have also been in peace for a long time and lack combat effectiveness, unlike Zheng Jun, at least they often go to the front-line battlefield to experience.

Yu Jun seemed to want to save some face, so he licked his face and asked, "What does Gongzi think of such an army attacking the city?" ”。 Di Tu smiled secretly, and suddenly remembered the allusion to the military parade between Dr. Chu and Duke Qi Huan, and felt a bit similar, so he learned the tone and replied seriously: "If the king treats the princes with benevolence, who will disagree?" If force is used, then the other party's monarchs and people will unite and unite as one, and I'm afraid it will be useless. ”

How did the two monarchs know that the digging was traversing, they didn't expect this young man to speak so deeply, and they secretly glanced at each other, and they both felt a little ashamed and admired.

Next, they came to Zheng Jun by car. The herald instructed the generals to prepare for the parade, and the neejae breathed a sigh of relief.

Digging Tu began to play tricks again. The general parade is that the military formation does not move, the chief moves, and the end is seen from the beginning. He was afraid that this would expose the recruits of the Zheng army, so he changed to the chief and did not move, and the army passed by in a procession. In this way, they can only send the original thousands of veterans to show off, anyway, the two of them don't know that the other soldiers and horses are all improvised.

These veterans have just been trained on the real battlefield, and they really give them a long face. They galloped past the king in their chariots, while the soldiers on their left and right skilfully jumped down, saluting as they ran, and then quickly jumped back into their chariots. The whole action was done in one go, with the shouts of everyone, which looked very imposing. This is the so-called "superride" gift in ancient books.

Yu Erjun was really dumbfounded, and was completely suppressed by Zheng Jun's military appearance, which was obviously more cattle than their army of waste wood. The two completely dispelled the idea of getting involved with Zheng Guo.

Yi Jun gave Yu Jun a look, and the two of them quickly praised in unison, putting on a stammering look. Digging Tu also took the opportunity to give them a step down, no longer thorny in the old saying. Everyone returned to the "harmonious" atmosphere they had when they first met. The two kings seized this opportunity and hurriedly pulled the bloody alliance into an alliance and asked him to express his intention to build good-neighborly and friendly relations among the three parties. After that, they didn't even dare to attend the banquet, so they ran away in dismay.

When the enemy army was far away, there were thunderous cheers in Zheng's army, and everyone was impressed by the performance of the dug. Neizai and the generals bowed on both sides of the city gate, and the leaders of the chambers of commerce worshiped on both sides of the main street, relaying to welcome him back to the palace. It can be said that after this battle, Dutu has firmly established the foundation of public opinion to rule Zheng Guo, and can stretch his ambitions.

That night, the palace was brightly lit, and the heroes of the digging feast were made. Naejae-sama also got rid of his prejudices, and generously staggered with the merchant leaders, and drank together. As long as the digging is mentioned during the banquet, everyone praises it, and as long as it mentions the two gentlemen, everyone scrambles and laughs.

Among them, there is a person named Xianzhu, who is the newly appointed intelligence chief, the head of Baijian. This man travels north and south and knows everything. He took advantage of the topic to start a joke: "Don't look at this Yi Jun smiling all day long, it seems to be quite a big grin, but in fact, he is very suspicious in his bones, and he is called 'smiling fox'." He has a lot of beautiful concubines, but he can't do it himself, so he is worried that they will steal people in the harem, so he replaces all the men in the palace with eunuchs! ”

When the merchants heard this, they burst into laughter. The nobles were slightly embarrassed, and in their opinion, they should sing poetry during the feast, and such conversations were really vulgar. He not only did not stop it, but also asked curiously: "Shouldn't everyone in the harem be eunuchs except for the king?" ”

"Why!" Xian Zhu's face was full of red light when he drank, "The other princes only use a part, and he is the only one who uses all the eunuchs." I can't see a long beard in the palace every day, which makes the world laugh! ”

Only then did he vaguely remember which book said that eunuchs were completely popularized in the palace in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He stuck out his tongue and realized that it was still easy to say the wrong thing.

Xian Zhu continued to talk: "Even so, that Jun is still not at ease. Every time the minister entered the palace, he asked people to name him, for fear that someone would take advantage of his inattention to run to flirt with the beauty. He also recorded all the children of the nobility, and gave women as soon as he reached the age of the weak crown, as if he always imagined that people would come to his harem. ”

"Are you familiar with these eunuchs?"

"It's very ripe. They are in charge of the procurement of materials in the palace, and they are especially fond of plucking the feathers of geese. I deal with them a lot and know their various corrupt methods......"

Hearing this, Dig Tu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a "vicious" plan.