"Confucius went to Feiyi!" After hearing Zai Yu's words, Zhao Wuxian chuckled in his heart.

The land of Lu is in the shape of a dumbbell, the east and west are wide, and the middle is narrow, and Feiyi is the hub connecting the east and west. Fei Yi is located two hundred miles east of Qufu, about the same distance from Qufu to Yuncheng, and its location is very important because it is close to the Qi State, the Ju State and the Huaiyi region that has been controlled by the Wu State. After Yang Hu was expelled, his henchman Gongshan Buwu ganged up with his uncle and grandson, and rebelled against Feiyi.

This was originally the main town of the Ji family, and it was also the largest city in the Lu country except Qufu, and it was nearly 20,000 people with a household registration, which could recruit thousands of temporary soldiers. Because Gongshan Buwu and Shusun took the head of the Shusun clan hostage Shusun Zhouqiu, and also coerced more than 1,000 Shusun clan soldiers, so after Yanghu fled north and stole the troops, Feiyi became the largest gathering place of rebels in Lu State, and it was also a problem that the Ji clan urgently needed to solve.

According to the tasks assigned by Zhao Wuxian, Ji and Meng, Fei Yi was handed over to Ji to solve by himself, and Wu Yi had no good way to deal with Fei Yi, and at the same time wanted to keep this city as it was, so that Ji would not recover so quickly: if Ji Sun Si lacked this city, his strength would be halved!

But now Confucius was summoned by Gongshan Bufu to go to that rebellious city, what is the purpose of this?

Could it be that the saint of Confucius is a thief!?

Zhao Wuxian couldn't imagine that if this was true, it would really be a joke to keep reciting Confucius's doctrine of respecting the monarch and keeping the rank......

……

Time back to three days ago, when Zhao Wuxian was chasing the thief on the bank of Nozawa, Kong Qiu, who was recuperating from his injuries in Zhongdu, received a silk letter sent from Fei Yi.

"Gongshan Fu called me and said that if you are willing to go to Feiyi. I can be entrusted with important tasks, and I am willing to conspire with me. Destroy Sanhuan, respect Lu Jun. I want to ......."

When Confucius summoned Zilu and Yan Hui and said this sentence in front of them, Yan Hui was okay and just waited quietly for the following, while Zilu reacted similarly to Zhao Wuxian.

He couldn't believe it, as the so-called "the king treats the ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty", Lu Hou is not a wise lord, but now Yanghu has just fallen. The national politics of the Lu State have improved slightly, why does the master have to be summoned by the traitor Gongshan? Is this still the master of the past who taught them to be loyal to the monarch's kingdom by "the king has a call, but does not drive the way", "bows as if he entered the public gate"?

He blew up on the spot.

Zilu was displeased, and said with disgust: "Although the master said that he would take the blame and resign as the governor of Zhongdu after the thieves subsided, even if he has nowhere to go, he can't be wronged that he must go to Gongshan without twisting!" ”

His voice was so loud that the spit splashed on Confucius's face, shaking the tiles on the roof of the house as if they were shaking.

Yan Hui said calmly: "Don't panic, Zilu, and listen to the master to continue." ”

Confucius wiped his face with his wide sleeves. smiled and said: "Gongshan is not ruthless to summon me, is it just an empty word?" If someone uses me, I will be able to revive the Zhou rites in the East and build a Western Zhou in the East. Just like the old capital...... But don't worry, I'm not going to rebel this time, I'm going to save people. ”

"Saving people?"

"Yes, yes. As a teacher, he wants to save the kidnapped Da Sima and save the lost Gongshan. Save tens of thousands of people in Feiyi from the scourge of civil war......"

For Confucius, he claimed to want to take advantage of this call from Feiyi. To rescue the uncle and grandson, Zilu can be understood, but why should the traitor Gongshan be saved? With the master alone, how can those "thieves" be rescued?

Confucius told why.

"The defeat of the Yang Hu party is their own fault, but I pity only one of them."

"Who?"

"It's Fei Zai, Gongshan is not ruthless!"

Gongshan is not ruthless (also known as Fu disturbing, not disturbing), the word is leaking, he is the same as Yang Hu, he is the retainer of the Ji family, and the two pillars that Ji Pingzi relies on. Although he had a fierce face, he was more friendly to Confucius, and he had listened to his lectures, and after listening to them, he suggested to Yanghu that he should abandon his previous suspicions and invite Confucius, who was still a poor man at that time, to come out, in a sense, he was the master of Confucius.

"It is well-known, and this time it is only aimed at Sanhuan, which is somewhat similar to Nan Kuai, who wanted to respect the office and rebelled against the Ji clan back then, and is different from other rebels."

Gongshan probably wanted to make a difference, so he sent someone to ask Kong Qiu to assist.

Although Kong Qiu does not regard Gongshan as a traitor, except for him, I am afraid that no one in the entire Lu country does not think so, and even Zilu does not understand. If he went to take refuge at this juncture, I am afraid that he would be pointed out by Qianfu, and the Confucian learning that he had worked hard to establish for decades would be destroyed, and his disciples would be torn apart.

After arguing with him under the city of Zhongdu, Confucius was in a state of mental trough, but he was originally a person with a strong temperament, and as his injuries improved, he gradually wanted to open up.

"Attacking heresy is already harmful!"

To delve into heresy is to do oneself a great disservice in this way!

He believes that Confucianism does not necessarily have to outperform the thief in words, but only needs to guard his own heart, and there is no need to pay too much attention to the various kinds of thieves and sophistry.

After making up his mind to resign from the post of Zhongdu Zai, Confucius regretted and felt sorry for the people of Zhongdu, but he also seemed to be relieved. In the past two years, his administration in Zhongdu has had a great impact, and some of his retributions are no longer contained in empty words, but in deeds, and his disciples have also been experienced. The lessons of those failures have been repeated in his heart in the past few days, and at the same time, he has begun to stand in the perspective of a bystander and begin to examine the overall situation of Lu State.

"Although Yang Hu occupies Guancheng, it is no longer the biggest scourge, although thieves are rampant, but Zhao Xiaosikou should be able to exterminate them, then the current problem of Lu State is only Fei Yi ......"

Just at this time, he received a call from Gongshan Bufu, so he pushed the boat down the river and planned to go.

This is not to be a thief, but to follow Zilu's persuasion to surrender Yangguan, and strongly persuade Gongshan to return to Lu and return to the Shusun family!

"From, back, you two are willing to go with the teacher, this is a full three hundred miles away, even if you keep hurrying, it will take half a decade to arrive, and it will be life or death at that time, and you can't say whether you are a teacher."

Zilu said: "Master, even if he is floating on the sea. went to live in the land of Jiuyi thousands of miles away in the east, and Zhongyou was also willing to attach himself to Weiji. Boating and driving for the master, not to mention Feiyi, which can be reached in a few days!? ”

Yan Hui saluted and said, "Yan Hui is also willing to serve the master." ”

Thereupon. A two-horse chariot set off for the east, and Confucius, a tall man with a modest face, sat on top of the chariot with his injured leg bent, still holding a bamboo scroll, as if it were just an ordinary outing. Yan Hui, who has straight eyebrows and wide eyes, a simple and amiable expression, but some old clothes, is quietly waiting beside him. Zilu, a warrior with a thick beard and a long sword pinned to his waist, held four bridles in his hand and looked straight to the east.

Behind him are all under the wall. It was a dense crowd of disciples who came to see them off, and Zai Yu was also among them.

So when Zhao Wuxian returned to the middle capital, he listened to Zai Yu report the matter.

Zai Yu was a little worried: "The gentleman does not stand on the dangerous wall, and the master is in danger this time, I think it is quite unwise." ”

Although Confucius and Gongshan Buwu once had some friendship, the future of this trip is still uncertain, although it is claimed that Zhou Yi calculated the hexagram "one hundred and seventy", that is, Confucius with an accuracy rate of 70 percent for this adventure.

"This is a bad statement, and it does not enter the tiger's den. Confucius has good courage and good vision! Zhao Wuxian praised this for this, seeking wealth and danger. Although it is not appropriate to use this sentence as a metaphor, this is the courage that Confucius should have.

It seems that this figure who can influence the thinking of Chinese for 2,000 years cannot be underestimated.

Confucius's adventure would definitely be approved by Ji Sunsi, who was confronting Fei Yi, and Zhao Wuxian still wanted to let the sons of Confucius serve his life. You can't stop it, you can only let things develop.

Now Confucius is relying on his own strength. completely jumped out of the bureau under Zhao Wuxian, but fortunately, many talented Confucian disciples had already entered the urn......

……

The thief after fleeing. He has also returned to a small island in the middle of Onozawa, which is his main lair. He was not willing to be a pawn of Zhao Wuxian to raise Kou's self-respect, but began to learn from the pain and reflect on the reasons for this failure.

He felt that he couldn't beat Zhao Wuxian head-on in the previous confrontation, so he had the idea of retreating, and asked his thousands of thieves to evacuate in batches. There was a vicious battle on the edge of the South Lake, and the thieves were forcibly pushed onto the boat by their subordinates to escape, and they could only watch more than a thousand elites by the lake fight for him, killing nearly 100 enemies, and losing more than half of themselves, but at least let Zhao Wuxian know that the thieves are not fish belly!

Although he was obsessed with Zhao Wuxian and wanted to fight back and take revenge immediately, the troops were tired and their morale had been taken, and the thieves had to give up. On this day, he summoned all the "division commanders" and "brigade commanders" in the group of thieves to gather together, and said to them: "Second and third sons, in this early winter raid, our army was defeated by more than 1,000 people of the Zhao family with more than 1,000 people. ”

The thieves looked at each other, which is the reason why the thieves can become "generals", he will analyze the current situation, and will summarize the lessons, while most of the thieves will only rob today and not think about tomorrow.

After half a ring, someone said timidly: "It was Lu Lou who didn't listen to the general's words and suffered a crushing defeat first, so that we had to face Zhao Wuxian's strong army." ”

Some people also said: "It's Kancheng Chengjian, our siege equipment is insufficient, so we can't attack it for a long time, plus Zhao Wuxian is cunning, and the night attack is fruitless, so he was given a chance!" ”

The thief shook his head and said, "What you said is true, but the main reason is not these. ”

"I was embraced as a general by everyone, and I have been leading the bandits for several years, and I had no soldiers at the beginning, and my subordinates did not know the ranks, let alone the queue formation! Although there were 10,000 people, they were like a rabble, and there were a large number of women and children in the army, and even the soldiers could not defeat them. ”

The bandits were basically fugitive peasants, and even savages who had been living here, and there was basically no establishment of pawns and soldiers, and only according to the different subordinates, they were divided into big berths and small hills, and they flocked to the ground and fled in a swarm, which was obviously not conducive to combat.

"But now, I use the art of war I learned in Lucheng to carry out reorganization and drills, and it is difficult for women and children to be of great use to meet the enemy, so I separate women and children from Ding Zhuang, and the women and children form a camp alone, staying in the nest, and Ding Zhuang is the main force of the battle. After that, he organized the army, taught the flag, and practiced the queue, from the 9,000 soldiers, the military strength is not strong, and the orders after the death of Lou Lou can not be said to be different, and I personally led the attacking soldiers on weekdays like a tiger chasing sheep. However, when he met Zhao Wuxian, he suffered such a miserable defeat, he did not dare to confront him head-on, and after withdrawing his troops, he was caught up and beaten, I think it is not that he cannot be defeated, but that we have a problem in the tactics of war. ”

"Tactics?"

"Yes, looking at Zhao Wuxian, this person is quite different from ordinary generals, he doesn't like to use chariots, but uses light cavalry to assault and use it in formations with various arms. The Battle of Thorns, the Battle of Zhen, the Battle of Zhongdu, etc., are all good at fighting in the field with dignified and upright divisions, and cooperate with some strange schemes, so they can be invincible. And although we also have an organization, but the formation is loose, the temperament is jumpy, I want to fight him head-on like other Lu soldiers, just like with my shortness, the length of the enemy, how can I not be defeated! ”

The thieves agreed with this, nodded again and again, and said, "What the general said is very true! So what's next? ”

"Zhao Wuxian is now in the west of the Great Wild Ze, and he will inevitably be our enemy in the future, and I plan to use the method of Sun Wu and Wu of Wu to defeat Chu State against him!"

"Sun Wu and Wu Yuan's tactics?" Wu Zixu's revenge deeds have spread widely, and even many people in the group of thieves have heard of it, but Sun Wu is low-key, but few people know about it.

"I heard that ten years ago, according to the young age of the King of Chu, the discord between the princes and the emperors, and the fact that the capital of Chu was far away from the eastern border, Sun Wu and his soldiers proposed to the King of Wu that they should first exhaust the enemy and mistake the enemy before the decisive battle. The Wu army was divided into three divisions, made a surprise attack on the Chu state and quickly retreated, taking turns to invade the border areas, Chu aid retreated, and the aid retreated again, and after the Chu army was tired and weakened in combat effectiveness, it waited for the opportunity to concentrate on the attack. He Lu listened to their advice, and the huge Chu State began to be sleepy and tired from then on. ”

The group of thieves listened with straight eyes, but the thieves sighed: "It's also because the soldiers of Lu and Cao are too unbeaten, and they often don't dare to go out of the city when they see us, so they are careless, and they forget what our group of thieves are best at, isn't it this kind of tactics of Sun Wu and the soldiers?" The bandits never had to fight the officers and soldiers in a decisive battle, but to make them unable to catch us at all, and they were exhausted with their lives. ”

The thief's eyes were blazing, and after he reflected, he felt that the power of the group of thieves lay not in aggregation, but in dispersion. This time, if Zhao Wuxian went south, if he could break the robbers into pieces, completely spread them out, and retreat to Onozawa by himself from the small roads and river nets, the loss would definitely be even smaller.

"In addition, Zhao Wuxian's soldiers are not accustomed to water, which is also something that our group of thieves are good at, whether they go out to plunder or siege cities in the future, they must take a long boat with a shallow draft, do not go deep inland, and do not leave the water's edge where they can sail. When the enemy comes, he retreats, and takes a boat to the other side of Daze to continue to loot and siege the city. ”

……

Zhao Wuxian didn't expect that his incursion would force the thieves to be helpless, and they began to use tactics similar to guerrilla warfare, and used long boats to enter shallow rivers and plunder along the river, similar to the later Viking pirates who roamed Western Europe.

At this time, he had already begun to set off for the westward journey to the newly acquired fiefdom of Yuncheng, and learned from Zhang Mengtan that a guest from the Song Kingdom was waiting for him there......

PS: The Analects. Yang Goods": Gongshan Fu disturbs Fei Pan, calls, and the son wants to go.

Historical Records. The Family of Confucius": Gongshan is not ruthless to Fei Pan Ji's family, so that people call Confucius. (To be continued......)

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