Chapter 25: The Voice of the Thirty-Six Strategies (1)

"Historical Records * Zhao Zhaowu Wang's Record" contains: Zhao Huiwen King 36 years, Qi Du Da called Zhao Zhao, when Zhao Zhaowu King pseudonym Zhao Zhao, then fled from Linzi City, day and night, ten days after the Zhaowu King to the Great Wall of Qi, do not get.

Since the day of its construction, the Great Wall has been a military defense project, a defense system with a network from point to line and from line to surface with a permanent garrison of troops. The purpose of the king's construction was originally to defend against foreign enemies, as a garrison and a base for attacking and retreating, but not long after the construction was completed and used, the king's generals found that the Great Wall also had the effect of preventing domestic escapees, so gradually there were garrisons not only within a few hundred miles outside the Great Wall, but also military towns or garrisons within a few hundred miles of the Great Wall.

The Great Wall that Zhao Jie and his entourage chose to cross was the southernmost section of the Great Wall of Qi - the line from Jucheng to Langya. The characteristics of this section are that Jucheng and Langya are both outside the Great Wall, relying on the Great Wall to build, and the Great Wall is a satellite city of the two cities, there are no mountains and valleys along the Great Wall between the two cities, and there is no big city for ordinary people to live, most of them are plains, and the plains are built with some tunbao and military camps, the only way for Zhao Jie and his party to leave the Qi country is to disguise themselves as ordinary people, hide the defenders on the Great Wall pass, cross the Great Wall, run overnight, go to Jucheng to replenish grain and grass, and then avoid the defenders on the periphery of Jucheng, In this way, he can escape to the Chu realm smoothly. The journey in between was nearly a few hundred miles, and the journey was unpredictable.

When the commander of the internal guard explained the entire escape plan to Zhao Jie, Gao Le, who was gobbling up on the side, squirted out the food in his mouth after hearing it, and then began to cough constantly. Zhao Jie turned his head to look at him, with a questioning look in his eyes, as if to say, "Why are you laughing, is there anything wrong with this plan?" Give me a reason, or I'll kick you out and continue to be your beggar." ”

Gao Le put down the chopsticks in his hand and said solemnly: "As far as I know, Jucheng was originally the sphere of influence of the Guan family, and the Guan family heads for generations are the behind-the-scenes controllers of the Nandu army, and the Guan family is the largest landlord in Jucheng. The southern capital is called Tian's soil, which is actually the land of the Guan family. "The power of the Guan family in Jucheng can be seen, and your friend, your letter has made them lose the military power to settle down, although they have been compensated by the royal family, but in the troubled times, the strong soldiers can save their lives, and even move easily between the nations, you can imagine how much they will hate you, how strict the investigation is at this border. The only good news now is that the head of the Guan family, known as "Guan's Qilin'er", has not returned, but as long as the person in charge of the Guan family is not a fool, it should be able to keep us from getting out. ”

"Since Jucheng can't go, how about walking from Langya." Zhao Jie asked tentatively.

"Don't think about it, Langya is not as accessible as Jucheng, and there are only a few roads to Chu, which are easy to be intercepted. In fact, Jucheng is the most suitable for escaping from all the borders of Qi State, which is why I came to Jucheng directly after escaping from Linzi. Since the establishment of the Qi State, many ministers who have lost power in the Qi State have chosen to flee from the Qi State from here, and then serve in other countries, so for hundreds of years, the people in the Qi State Hall have befriended the Guan clan to prevent future unforeseen difficulties, and therefore the Guan clan has become bigger and bigger. So our best choice is to go from Jucheng. ”

"Hey, you said so much, didn't you say nothing?" Zhao Jie coaxed.

"Not really, these days I pretended to be a beggar to inquire around, and got some news, now the head of the Guan family is Guan Yong, he is a simple-minded general with developed limbs, so I thought of a way, probably through the Great Wall checkpoint to Jucheng. But I can't complete this plan alone, I calculated that you will come, so I am waiting for you here, although I don't know who you are, but I believe that you must have a certain amount of power in Qi country, and you must have enough people to complete this plan. ”

"It's better that you don't know who I am. Tell me the truth. ”

"I call this a ploy." Gao Le explained his plan.

On this day, the Zhao intelligence network, which had been silent for a long time in Qi State, was active again.

"The head of the family has come to order, and in order to help important people leave the Qi country, everyone has begun to accept the tasks assigned by the upper pole." For a while, several liaison offices on the border of Qi began to move.

Three days later, a convoy that looked extremely similar to Zhao Jie and his party appeared in Langya City. The convoy was dressed up as a caravan, and it seemed that it was deliberately made to look like it could be used to hide from ordinary people, but not from experienced gatekeepers.

The convoy marched to the city tower checkpoint, and in front of the city gate stood a group of people who were guarding and checking, and in the middle of the army stood a fat man, who seemed to be a petty officer in the army, and he shouted: "The general has today, strictly check the people who cross the border, and strictly prevent a few people in the portrait from escaping from now on, and everyone cheers up." ”

"Stop and be checked." When the convoy finally reached the city gate, everyone was nervous, and when they were stopped, everyone's hearts fell: "I suspect that you have someone hidden in this trunk, open it for me." The gatekeeper said in a high-spirited manner.

The businessmen at the head of the group stepped forward, put a small money bag in his hand, and said, "Be generous, big brother, my goods will not see the light, and they will be ruined if they see the light." ”

The soldier quietly took the money, and just as he was about to let go, the petty officer came over. "What's the matter, why didn't this box be checked, after speaking, without waiting for anyone to stop it, I climbed into the car and opened the box." Someone came, and the prisoner appeared. The petty officer shouted. Just as the thousand troops were about to strike, a sword was across his neck. "Help!" The petty officer's shouting changed instantly, and at this time, the soldiers also gathered around.

"Let them lay down their weapons and exit the city gates." The person in the trunk of the car is dangerous.

"Do as he says!" The petty officer panicked, and his legs trembled.

In this way, a caravan man escorted the petty officer through the city gate, and as soon as he left the gate, they ran away. At the gate of the city, the subordinates of the petty official angrily collected the crown, pointing at the helpless soldiers and scolding: "What are you still doing in a daze! If something goes wrong with the little boy, we won't be able to eat and walk around. After hearing this, the soldiers quickly lit five wolf smoke (the five wolf smoke represented the emergency situation when the Lord was captured).

When the dispute in Langya City broke out, Zhao Jie and his party began to fidget. Because they knew the conditions of the sound car hitting the west, they decided to implement the plan of hitting the west with the sound of the east and the west, and they were actually taking risks.

There are conditions for using this strategy, and the person who uses it must consider the opponent's situation: the enemy's command can indeed be disrupted, and if the opponent's commander is calm-headed and sees through the strategy, this strategy will not be effective. For example, the Yellow Turban Army of the Han Dynasty fell into Li Jun's plan to feint and attack the southwest, so they lost Wancheng. In the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhou Yafu was not shocked and saw through the enemy's plan. The Wu army made a feint to attack the southeast corner, and Zhou Yafu ordered to strengthen the defense in the northwest direction. When the main force of the Wu army attacked the northwest corner, Zhou Yafu had already prepared, and the Wu army returned in vain. After the Langya escape, the authenticity of Gao Le's earlier investigation will play a decisive role at this time. If the Guan clan led by Guan Yong were like the Yellow Turban Army, they would have won the victory like Li Jun and crossed the Great Wall; If Guan Yong is like Zhou Yafu, then they will be doomed.

Jucheng, once the capital of Ju State, after King Wu of Zhou resealed Xia, Lou Gong Yu Qi, when Qi Huan Gong was the son, he took refuge in Ju State. At that time, Ju was a large country in the East outside of Qi and Lu, and the nearby nobles and monarchs liked to defect to Ju when they could not live in their own country. During the hegemony of Duke Qi Heng, in the face of the strength of Qi State, Ju State no longer developed to the north, but turned its attention to the west and south, in the era when Duke Wen of Jin succeeded Duke Qi Huan as the overlord, and after the Battle of Yi, King Chu Zhuang succeeded as the overlord, Ju State successively participated in several alliances of the Central Plains countries, and was active diplomatically. In short, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Ju was the country of a thousand times and was once strong. In the Warring States Period, the power of the Chu State expanded greatly, destroying the Cai State, and then destroying Ju. However, Ju was still far away from the Chu State, and Chu could not occupy the Ju land for a long time, and the entire territory of the Ju State eventually became the territory of the Qi State. As a once powerful country, Ju is naturally not bad, but even with the strength of the Guan family, they still can't live in the palace, and the Guan family's mansion is located on the side of the palace, and its area is almost the same as the palace.

At this time, there was chaos in the house, and the heads of the family were arguing. There are only three principals of the Guan family, and they are called the three masters of the Guan family in Jucheng. One is the eldest brother Guan Yi, resourceful, can be described as a gentleman, and now he is in Linzi, the other is the second brother Guan Yong, brave and fearless, can be described as a strong general, and the other is the third brother Guan Zhi, treacherous and popular, can be described as a devil.

"Before the eldest brother leaves, let me assist the second brother, and I will say again: Second brother, you were stunned by the news that your son was captured, and the place in Langya must be fake, and your son will be safe as long as you don't send troops." Guan Zhi persuaded the second brother.

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and it's not that your son was captured, of course you are not in a hurry, I think Langya's place is real, you see that they kidnapped my son for the sake of crossing, and this plan must have been planned by the clever Zhao Zhao, who wanted to drag us in Jucheng with nothingness, and Langya crossed the border, but I didn't know that my son would break it!" After Guan Yong finished speaking, he ignored Guan Zhi and left the Guan Mansion and went to the barracks.

It didn't take long for the mighty military horses to drive out of Jucheng and head in the direction of Langya. When the news quickly spread to Zhao Jie, Zhao Jie and his party also began their transit operation.