Lu is located in the Taiyi hills, many places are uneven, only a few rivers are not too wide. Zhongdu and Kanseong are located in this area, with Wenshui to the north, Susu and Surabaya to the east, and Onozawa to the west and south.

From Qufu to Kancheng, although there is more than one path, it is relatively wide and flat, suitable for the march of large groups of people and horses, only the Tu road that first arrives in Zhongdu and then goes around to the south.

"If you take the mountain and forest trails, most of my soldiers are not Lu people, and they are not familiar with road traffic, even if they have local guides, how can they compare with the robbers who have lived in the mountains and forests for most of their lives? If you are ambushed in the narrow part of the mountain pass, it will be too late to regret it, so for the sake of seriousness, we should go to Zhongdu first, and defeat the assembled group of thieves under the city is the right way! ”

After setting this tone, Zhao Wuxian's whole army marched out, crossed the Sushui River after leaving the city of Lu, and continued westward. After walking more than 100 miles in two days, he entered the boundary of Zhongdu, which was only 30 miles away from the city. At this point, the time was already the ninth day of October, and Zhongdu had been besieged for four or five days.

"Si Kou, if you continue to move forward, you can go to Zhongdu in the evening, and the group of thieves will eat before entering the night, you must be very relaxed, do we want to ......?"

In the temporary military meeting sitting on the ground, Tian Ben, who was not happy in the street battle in Lucheng, suggested this, perhaps under the influence of Zhao Wuxian's thinking, the soldiers were more interested in field battles, and he was bent on letting his spear throwers have a real fight to prove the value of this type of troops.

Zhao Wuxian smiled when he heard this: "It seems that the post-war military conference held for you in the previous year is still somewhat useful, and even Tian Ben will analyze the situation." ”

Everyone laughed, and Zhao Wuxian's eyes swept over the military officials present, seeing that most of them were eager to try. Although it is a good thing that he is not afraid of war, he can't help but worry about the trend that has become popular in the army recently.

Yes, the warriors defeated the Fan family soldiers in the Battle of Jianjin, and the Battle of Zhen defeated the Qi people. didn't pay attention to the performance of Yunchengyi's pawns, Ji's family, and Meng's private subordinates. The enemies encountered in the past year, no matter how strong or weak, have become defeated under the soldiers, so everyone's mentality is a little flustered and a little proud.

The arrogant army will be defeated. This trend must be stopped!

So, he nodded at the young man who had been shrinking behind the crowd, looking honest and steady, and asked him to get up and reply.

"What do you think?"

Ran Qiu's subordinates and the homeless recruits all stayed in Yuncheng. Zhao Wuxian did not let him be idle, and sent him to lead the four hundred Lu people recruited in the west of Qufu City together with the Sishi Xiang Tuo, who was just about to arrive, and followed the soldiers to stand by, so they also participated in the meeting.

Everyone present thought that Ran Qiu was a student of Confucius, and he had been worried about the safety of his teacher these days, and Tian Ben's bold proposal would definitely be approved by him.

But Ran Qiu also chose to be prudent: "Si Kou, the ancients traveled thirty miles and gave up, so the art of war is cloudy." The day is only thirty miles, so as to be safe. The warriors are brave and fierce to defeat the Lu country, but they are also a little tired from traveling fifty miles a day, not to mention that the people of the Lucheng country who have just been recruited can no longer walk, so it is better to rest for the night first, and it is not too late to go tomorrow to relieve the siege of Zhongdu. ”

Zhao Wuxian nodded: "Ziyou is an old man, he is right, the general of the hundred miles of profiteering, and the army of the fifty miles and the profiteers are half of the army!" The light cavalry sent to investigate soon returned, and before figuring out the current situation in Zhongdu, he first found a place to camp and stand on guard. ”

He then admonished the crowd: "What is needed in the face of great war is bravery. When encountering a small enemy, you need to be cautious, and you must not underestimate the enemy in front of you because of past victories, and if you rush head-on to the city, you will find that there are nearly 10,000 thieves. Let's not talk about breaking the siege, it's hard to even get out! ”

Seeing that Zhao Wuxian had made the decision in person, everyone agreed awe-inspiringly, but they were also slightly surprised, did Ran Qiu not take the teacher's safety to heart?

Afterwards, Xiang Tuo also asked Ran Qiu like this, and Ran Qiu replied:

"Ministers are loyal. If I were only a student of the Master, even if I were alone, I would have rushed to Zhongdu overnight to see what was going on. But I am still a subordinate of Sikou, commanding more than 200 people, whether it is above or below, I have to be cautious, so I must consider success or failure first, and then consider personal feelings. ”

Xiang Tuo then relayed this to Zhao Wuxian, and got an evaluation of "virtuous son".

There are many taboos in the military camp, one of which is that it should not be too close to the water. If it is close to water, it will be damp, and if it is damp, it will be easy to get sick, which is not conducive to the health of the soldiers. Of course, you can't get too far from the water. Too far away is not good for water.

The method of camping, Zhao Wuxian has attached great importance to it since the military became an army, and has its own charter. The captains also had experience, and imitated them according to the form that Wuxian had taught them countless times, but because of their different temperaments and behavioral characteristics, they were also different from each other.

Zhao Wuxian walked around the camp before eating, and found that among them, Ran Qiu was the most regular and steady; Mucha was the most difficult to break, but he was not rigid; Tian Ben's is aggressive, and his defense is the most inadequate.

Afterwards, he secretly commented: "Although Mu Xia and Tian Ben are loyal and brave, when it comes to the method of military formation, among the people under me, only Zi You is a general, and it is really a correct thing to be able to envelop him." ”

What Zhao Wuxian didn't know was that the reason why the weak Lu State in history was able to survive in the struggle for hegemony between Jin, Qi, Wu, and Yue was that Ran Qiu, as the head of the Ji family, led the Lu people to defeat the enemy army on the battlefield repeatedly, which made people dare not be humiliated, which was also one of the important reasons.

In the evening, the light knights, who had gone to investigate the enemy, returned, but the news they brought did not satisfy Wuxian.

According to them, the inner city of Zhongduyi was silent from afar, and the outer part of the city was full of chaotic bandits, and from time to time there would be a little fire, as if it had been breached and plundered. Because the enemies are scattered, it is difficult to estimate the number of enemies.

After hearing the news that the outer Guo of the central capital might have been captured, Zhao Wuxian was shocked, if the inner city was not protected, the difficulty of opening up the road would increase several times.

In addition, he also felt that his excellent military officers were not enough.

"It's really not good for the cavalry to be led by Yu Xi, these light cavalry are not as bold as him, they don't dare to go deep into the area controlled by the bandits, and the estimation of the number of enemy troops and the judgment of the situation are also a little worse...... The other two old pawns who are worthy of being entrusted with heavy responsibilities, Jia Ji and Yu Biao, one is in Taoyi and the other is in Xiaqiu, and they can't be counted on. ”

When Zhengnian was talking about Yu Xi, someone outside came to report that this kid had just arrived.

Shameless Daxi: "Let him in the account quickly!" ”

Yu Xi was originally given the task by Zhao Wuxian to escort Yanghu north to Guancheng, but he had to deliberately drag on the road for a few days. Strive to surrender after Zilu arrives at Yangguan, and it is also before the Meng army comes to Guancheng. In this time period, let Yang Hu be injected, so that Zhao Wuxian's plan can be carried out perfectly.

Zhao Wuxian is now a junior secretary who can detain criminals and manage prisons. So both Yang Yue and Ji Kou can stay in their hands and be legally detained. Yang Hu doesn't say anything else, he still has some friendship with his relatives and henchmen, and keeping these two people in his hands can be regarded as better than no hostage

But even so, Wuxian is not sure that there will be any accidents on this "trip to release the tiger". It wasn't until Yu Xi followed the warriors all night that he let go of his heart.

Yu Xi's report was concise and to the point: "Doctor, the tiger has returned to the mountain!" ”

At this point, Zhao Wuxian's plan has succeeded for the most part.

"In this way, Yang Hu will be able to cause continuous oppression on Yunyi in Guancheng, restrain Meng's hands and feet, and make Gongyi Yang have to stay in Yunyi to take precautions. But because Guanchengyi has few soldiers, it can't pose much of a threat to the Lu State, so it can just maintain the balance and let me run the West with my hands and feet! ”

Yanghu also has another way. There was collusion to join the Qi State, but he was deeply hated by the Qi people, and even if he threw himself in, it was impossible to be reused, not to mention that the Qi State accepted Yang Hu, and the Lu State could only be the enemy of him to the end, which was in the hands of Zhao Wuxian......

His conspiracy Meng Tan once said that calculating a glorious country with a thousand times is much more rewarding than calculating the three Huanyang Tigers, and Zhao Wuxian, who made the plan together, also felt the same way.

Then, just wait for Zilu to take Yangguan. Let Lu defend the Qi people's offensive next year. And Zhao Wuxian's side needs to fight the battle in front of him, dredge the way back to the Western Confucian, and then press down the thief who almost made him suffer a dumb loss!

I really hope that I can make it to tomorrow......

……

The next day was before dawn. After resting, the soldiers left the camp and left, crossed a small stream in the middle, and passed by several villages and houses.

A house where Zhao Wuxian had rested was empty, the gate was taken away, the courtyard wall was knocked down, and blood stains were hidden in the courtyard. Several corpses lay lying under a tall locust tree. The two black crows in the tree, seeing them approaching, croaked and flapped their wings and flew away.

Ran Qiu went in and forgave him for a while and said: "This must be a thief, and the officials in the house can't resist, but they are killed." ”

Although he is now appointed by Zhao Wuxian as the head of the pawn, after all, he has been a miscellaneous official in Zhongdu for a year, and there are even two people in the corpse who are old acquaintances, so he can't help but feel sad that the rabbit has died and the fox has died.

The few townships passing by were also empty, and there were basically no people in and out, and there was no speculation that the people inside were either coerced into thieves or fled.

He sighed: "I passed by here two months ago, when it was densely populated, the road was full of pedestrians, and villagers came and went from time to time, but I didn't expect that now it is depressed and dilapidated like this. ”

However, the careful Ran Qiu also found that except for a few corpses in the first house, most of the other townships did not see dead people.

At this moment, Yu Xi, who had gone to the front to investigate, also came back with people, and there were three or four thieves in ragged clothes and haggard faces tied up behind him.

Taking advantage of the moment of waiting for the soldiers in the rear, Zhao Wuxian made people both soft and hard, the hard one was Tian Ben's short sword, and the soft one was a mouthful of fragrant wheat cakes. So, the thieves confessed everything they knew......

"Stealing food?"

This is the purpose of the robbers, and Yu Xi also said that they were caught looting food in a gathering.

"Da Zeli is already short of food, and the general brought us out to plunder the autumn grain so that we can store food for the winter......"

This is the purpose of the thieves to lead people around this time, and the person who spoke is also a small leader in the group of thieves, so he knows more.

Tian Ben's face turned pale when he heard this, and he scolded viciously: "Thief! The thieves trembled.

"The little thief and bandit leader dares to call himself a general!?" It turned out that he was angry because of this.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qing commanded the army, so the Qing can be called a general, and the commander of an army is also called a general. Zhao Ying, as the commander of the Jin Army, was called so, but Zhao Wuxian commanded the military soldiers, but he did not dare to use this title indiscriminately. The thieves are not particular, probably because their soldiers are close to the crowd of the army, so they dare to go over like this.

Wu Xian was not too annoyed by the arrogance of the thief, he waved his hand to let Tian Ben retreat, and continued to ask: "How many people are there in total, have they all been defeated?" ”

In the face of Tian Ben's intimidation, the bandit kowtowed like garlic:

"General...... No, it was the thief who divided the villain into three ways, and went to the riverside town in the west first. But after the temptation, it was found that the people defending the city were not Yi pawns, but Jin people who were more difficult to fight, so they only grabbed a few places and retreated. And along the road came to the east of this town to plunder, but it was not rich. Many families only have enough rations for the winter, but fortunately, the garrison is lax, but there is an old man named Kong Qiu who still goes up to the city from time to time to shout, trying to persuade the thieves to surrender, and what he says almost believes me. However, the thief is sharp-tongued. I went up to refute it a few times, and then the old man had nothing to say......"

"Where is the willow plantar now?"

If the thief is in Zhongdu, it means that it is a partial division who goes to Kancheng, and if it is the other way around, then it is definitely not the main force that stays in Zhongdu!

The thief felt that the corn was not enough, so he went to the big city in the south, saying that he wanted to break the temple and dig the tomb, and find some expensive things in exchange for food. Most of the food stolen in the past few days has been taken away, and if we want to eat enough if we don't follow him south, we can only come out and plunder again! ”

Wuxian interrupted him: "How many people are there in Zhongdu?" Do you want to break through the city? ”

"Never...... But our leader is the Suju man Lou, who has taken possession of the outer kingdom with four thousand men, and is now besieging a corner of the inner wall, and I am afraid that the inside will not last long. ”

"Zhongdu has not yet been lost!"

Ran Qiu stood up immediately after hearing this, he was very excited, he had a restrained temperament, so he didn't show too much worry these days. In addition, he advised Zhao Wuxian to march safely, if the rescue was delayed because of this, something would happen to the master. I really don't know how to face the road of my senior brother.

But now that Wai Guo is no longer guaranteed, and the situation is still dangerous, he asked Ying to be the striker, but he was stopped by Wu Xian.

"I can understand the mood of the child. But you and the Lucheng people led by Xiang Sishi are not trained, how can they take on this important task? It's still the same as when I came, the soldiers are in front, and the Lu soldiers are in the rear, and I can strengthen my momentum, and the distance between us is only more than ten miles. You can arrive in the afternoon, two or three sons, the big battle is coming, let's go down and prepare! ”

Ran begged to answer, obediently went back to urge Lu Ren to get up.

The information obtained by Yu Xi risking to probe closer is not much different from the confessions of these bandits, unlike the silence of last night, Zhongduyi is still full of murder, I am afraid it is the last fatal blow of the attackers!

Therefore, Wuxian let the soldiers who had rested for a while get up and go west, and never stopped.

The closer you get to Zhongduyi, the more empty the road becomes, and groups of people begin to appear, and they encounter two or three strands one after another. Most of these people were in rags, some were wearing ill-fitting brown clothes, and some even wore women's clothes.

This is still the bandits who went out to plunder, and they totaled more than 4,000 people, of which 1,000 were scattered around to steal grain, and the rest were besieged in the capital. And the soldiers in Zhongdu, according to Ran Qiu, I am afraid that there are less than two hundred left, and there are not many young and strong people, this is the evil result of Yanwu Xiuwen in the past two years.

These scattered robbers are naturally handed over to the light knights and Tian Ben soldiers who are scattered on the periphery to deal with, and it is impossible to completely kill them, just defeat and disperse, and don't let them block the way forward.

After a short time, they passed through the eastern suburbs of the city, and when they came here, there were rows of pine and cypress trees planted on both sides of the road, as well as a large bamboo forest. But after the thieves entered the Kou, they cut down a lot of trees on the side of these roads and used them to make weapons and siege equipment, so that the beautiful scenery of "Zhan Bi Qiao, green bamboo" when "Zilu Zeng Huiran had Gong Xihua sitting" is no longer there.

After traveling west for a while, the city was in sight, and Zhao Wuxian rode on his horse and looked into the distance, and he couldn't help but gasp.

Miles away from the city, there are bandits in rags armed with bamboo and wood weapons!

"The wall is collapsing!"

"The inner city is broken!"

There was a loud wave, and 3,000 people shouted in unison, red-eyed to rush into the city and loot the grain in the warehouses, as well as the warm clothes of the inhabitants, and even the women's dependents. The people in the city only felt that the black clouds were crushing the city, and the end was coming.

At the same time, on the horizon in the east, a gold-edged banner of the scorching sun also emerged...... (To be continued.) )

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