PS: Busy, the top two chapters of the big chapter

After entering the Zhongmu jurisdiction, Zhao Wuxian found that what he saw on the road was completely different from that in the interior of the river. The corn in the fields on both sides of the road has been harvested in an orderly manner, leaving only large bales of straw that have not had time to be harvested, which is very different from the collapse of the rule of the Fan and Handan clans in other places, resulting in the grain rotting in the field and no one to take care of it.

And after discovering the arrival of the Zhao army, there was no chaos in the city, and the chickens and dogs still smelled each other in the early morning, and the walls were in order.

This made Zhao Wuxian sigh with emotion: "Unexpectedly, Zhongmu turned out to be a peaceful scene!" ”

Of course, there are also many dusty vegetables on the road, helping the old and the young, it should be a homeless person who fled from the south, just as the so-called will become famous for eternity, Zhao Wuxian can not deny that the civil war of the Jin State has indeed caused great damage to the people's livelihood east of Taihang.

Wang Sunqi said on the side: "Just when Xiyang, Yongyu and other places were deserted due to the war, and the population fled in large numbers, Zhongmu was absorbing the people on a large scale. It is said that in the city for three years, the Buddha exhausted the grain from the treasury, and sent small officials to supervise and urge all places to shelter the homeless, boil porridge for relief, and settle on the spot. ”

"So, Buddha is actually a good minister who treats the people well?"

Wang Sun Qi said: "Although he is a traitor, he has done a good job of governing the people. Buddha is a native of Zhongmu, is the son of the former Zhongmu doctor, he was young and promised, benevolent and filial, anxious for people's urgency, famous Dongyang. After succeeding Zhong Mu Zai, he had outstanding political achievements, but he was detached from Zhao's appearance, but he was close to Handan, Fan, and Bank of China, and became a member of their party. ”

After nearly 20,000 troops set up camp outside the city and surrounded a corner of Zhongmu City, Zhao Wuxian pondered the information he had obtained.

Buddha should not be regarded as a traitor of the Zhao family. This person is not only capable, but also insightful, and has won the hearts of the people.

To be honest, there is an example of Chaoge in the past, as long as it takes a month of effort, let the group of craftsmen brought by the public loss class make some siege weapons. It was not difficult to break through the walls of Zhongmu. However, the morale in the city is high, the people's hearts are available, and they still have to face fierce battles after breaking the wall. Zhao Wuxian didn't want to kill people in Zhongmu, and he didn't want Zhao Bing to suffer losses in vain, and how to manage it after the strategy was also troublesome, which was related to his mid-line strategy......

"What's more, this Buddha has no deep hatred with the Zhao family, it would be nice if it could be used by me......" There are not many wicked people and thieves under Zhao Wuxian, and there is no shortage of traitors.

So Zhao Wuxian held a military meeting. Claiming to have intended to send people into the city to persuade him to surrender.

Some people think it is impossible: "The general didn't send a messenger before, but as a result, the drama has fallen, but Zhongmu is still holding on." ”

There are also those who think that this strategy is feasible: "Although they did not surrender, they did not kill the messengers, but invited them to eat a full meal and sent them back, so it seems that the Buddha did not make up his mind to break with the Zhao clan to the end......"

In the end, Zhao Wuxian glanced at the tent: "I don't know who wants to enter Zhongmu again and recruit Buddha for me?" ”

Although the retainers talked lively. However, it is very risky to enter the enemy city to persuade him to surrender, and no one has come out to ask for his life for a long time. Zhao Wuxian couldn't help sighing: "It's good if Zigong is here." ”

However, at this time, Zigong should be on his way to Zheng Guo, and Zhao Wuxian has another mission entrusted to him.

The monarch was worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the retainers and military officials couldn't sit still, and they all got up and said that they were willing to go, but these candidates were all denied by Zhao Wuxian one by one. To enter the city and persuade surrender, the first thing is to be bold. The second is to be able to speak well, and there are not many people who meet these two points at the same time.

What's more, the people sent to knock on the city in recent days have not been accepted by the Buddha, and it is a trouble to enter the city, and I don't know what his idea is. Perhaps, the messenger of Zhibo was also in the city.

At this moment, a tall tiger man stood up and said that he had a plan to let the Buddha open the door to greet him.

is wearing a mask and pretending to be "Mr. Wuyou", but in fact he is a fugitive from the Lu State Yang Hu, and his existence is no longer a secret among the core retainers of the Zhao family.

Wuxian asked, "What is the clever plan of the gentleman?" ”

Yang Hu said: "I heard that the Buddha is very studious, and he admires Confucius very much, and he sent people to the Song Kingdom in the summer to invite Confucius to Zhongmu for a while...... "He knew that although Zhao Wuxian was ignorant of Kong Zhongni on the surface, he was actually very concerned.

Wuxian frowned and said: "But Confucius is still in the Song Kingdom now, and he has not yet made the trip, so I am afraid that he will not be able to come to persuade me to surrender Zhongmou...... What's more, he probably regards my father and son as traitors to the Jin State now, and it would be good if he didn't criticize him in writing. ”

Yang Hu smiled, and gestured to himself: "Don't forget, Shizi, I am about the same size as Confucius, and when I was in the Lu Kingdom, people often confused the two of me......"

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At dusk on this day, the guards at the head of Zhongmu City were vigilantly watching the outside of the city, but they saw a two-horse driving straight towards the gate on the loess road in the distance.

They cautiously rang the bell at the head of the city, and some of them gathered around, and when the carriage drew nearer, they saw that it was a chariot with a curtain, and on it sat a tall man dressed in single clothes and shoes, and at his side was a warrior with a sword, and there were only three of them, including the king.

"Who's coming?" Yousi of the Zhongmu City Gate at the head of the city asked loudly, and at the same time signaled the archers to open their bows one after another, aiming at the carriage, since the arrival of Zhibo's messenger a few days ago, the county governor has long stopped accepting Zhao Jun lobbyists outside the city.

The voices of people outside the city gate were like a bell: "At the invitation of Zhongmu Zai, Kong Qiu, a native of Lu Guoyi, came to visit!" ”

The guards looked at each other, and the city gate remembered that this was indeed the case, so he asked the people under the city to wait, and he went to inform the Yi Zai, who was patrolling the city defenses.

After a while, the Buddha came, only to see that he was about thirty years old, with three long beards, describing Qingzhi, probably because he was worried about Zhao's siege in recent days, and he was too anxious in his heart, his face was a little pale and haggard, but his eyebrows and eyes gave people a sense of fortitude. Along the way, he was greeted with eyes of love and admiration, and no one could shake the prestige of the Buddha in Zhongmu.

He stood on the city wall and looked down, his waist pole was straight, like a green bamboo erected at the head of Zhongmu City.

"Is it really Confucius?"

"It's old age."

Buddha looked at the person in the car suspiciously, only to see that the person stood up from the car and saluted him, his demeanor was elegant, and he was more than nine feet tall.

He was still a little skeptical. But the people were invited by themselves, and whether they were true or not, they had to be put in to see, so they motioned to the guards to lower the drawbridge, but not to open the door, but to put the hanging baskets under the city.

At the same time, the Buddha gave an order that made people shiver all over.

"If the man is willing to come up in a hanging basket, shoot him with an arrow!"

The winch dragged slowly. The hanging basket was lowered towards the city, and the archers at the head of the city also controlled the strings to aim at the basket, so that the people under the city could only step towards death.

Someone shouted: "I hope the master will not blame, there are Zhao troops surrounded outside the city, you can't be cautious, please come up from this hanging basket!" ”

The "Kongqiu" under the city did not reply immediately, but turned his head and said a few words to the sword-bearer beside him, and then the sword-bearer walked towards the door and said angrily:

"The Master does not cut properly, and does not eat. If you don't sit on the seat, you must be true to the name before you are willing to carry it out. Today, at the invitation of Yi Zai, he traveled thousands of miles to venture through the river and the Zhao army camp, but Yi Zai wanted the master to go up from the hanging basket with straw, wine jugs and other utensils. ”

After speaking. The man was going to go back, and the carriage carrying "Confucius" was going to turn around.

Only then did the Buddha feel relieved. said to the people on the left and right: "Probably Confucius is really here." ”

He hurriedly poked his head out of the city wall and said loudly: "The Buddha knows his mistakes, and I hope that the master will not be annoyed, I will open the middle gate and welcome the master into the city!" ”

At this time, the sky was not dark, and there was a flat river outside the city, and the Zhao army was not seen in ambush. The Buddha asked the city gate to be opened, and he himself went down and bowed his head to welcome the carriage inside.

However, when the carriage entered the light of the torches and saw the faces of the people on the carriage, the Buddha took a few steps back sharply.

"You're not Confucius!"

Although he wore a wide-sleeved Confucian robe and a Confucian crown. He was more than nine feet tall, but the man's face was covered with a hideous mask that covered half of his face.

And his real voice gives people a very dangerous feeling, not only is this a gentle and erudite person, but like a thief who kills people without blinking.

"It's true that I'm not Confucius, but except to enter the city in this name, there is no way to see Zhongmu's side."

"And who are you?"

The guards surrounded the carriage and the three men so tightly that spears and blades were almost in their faces.

The man removed his mask, revealing a terrible face, a centipede-like scar that ran from the corner of his eye to his jaw, destroying his broad forehead and thick eyebrows, but not hiding his masculinity.

He saluted again and said to the Buddha, "I am the Yang Tiger of the Lu people!" Like Yi Zai, he was once a traitor......"

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In the hall of Zhongmu County Temple, Yang Hu, who was firmly watched by several soldiers behind him, did not have the consciousness of being a prisoner, as if he was a guest.

He looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Zhongmu Zai is really poor, there is no carved lacquer decoration in the county temple, and there are not even a few pieces of precious porcelain, no wonder Zhongmu Yi can be maintained until now, but I was defeated early......"

He turned his head and said, "The matter of pretending to be Kong Zhongni, I hope that Mou Zai will not be blamed." ”

Buddha was deceived into opening the city gate, and he was not angry, he sat behind the desk, surrounded by several warriors, looking at Yang Hu's eyes seemed to be interested.

This courtier, who almost ruled the life of the Lu country, is a model and lesson for careerists......

"For the princes of the world, the rulers, doctors, and even the retainers and diners, Yangzi is more famous than Confucius, although I didn't invite Confucius, I can see Yangzi, and it is worth it to be besieged by the Zhao family this time."

Seeing that the topic was brought here, Yang Hu smiled: "The Zhao army besieged the city three times, and Zhongmu Zai is still so calm?" Do you have the heart to invite Confucius to talk about the past and the present? ”

Buddha said: "Confucius once said a sentence, I deeply recognize: Hearing the Tao, you can die at night!" ”

Yang Hu snorted coldly in his heart, who are you fooling! Everyone is a traitor, can he not know the mind of a person like Buddha? Yang Hu took the initiative to ask for orders to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, so he naturally had his self-confidence.

"Dead? Zhongmu Zai is a retainer of the Zhao family, and now the lord's army is coming to the city, and he does not go outside the city to greet him, but closes the door and defends himself, saying that he will not die, who are you dying for? Died for the rebellion against the monarch? This kind of death is really unheard of, even if the death is heroic, future generations will not praise it. ”

"I ......" The Buddha choked for a while, and he lowered his eyes and said: "My family has been a minister of the Zhao family for generations, how dare I forget it?" Not obeying the orders of the Zhao family lord is really a hardship. ”

"Zhongmu's location is far away from the Zhao family's main town, sandwiched by Handan, Zhi's, Fan's, and Bank of China, and the lifeblood in and out of Taihang is all choked by them, and the situation is extremely difficult......

"So, rebelling against Zhao is for the people of Zhongmu?"

"Exactly ......"

Yang Hu laughed: "In this case, Zhongmu Zai doesn't have to say anything about whether he will die or not, if it is really for the good of thousands of people in Zhongmu, it is better to open the door early and ask for surrender." Do you want the battle under the city of Zhongmu to last, and the two sides will lose their troops and generals, like the king of Chuzhuang besieging the Song Dynasty, starving to the point of eating human flesh and bones? When the time comes, it will be too late to go out with the rope and ask the Zhao family to withdraw from the army, this kind of tragic situation of misery, presumably Zhong Mu Zai doesn't want to see it. ”

"What's more, the scene of Zhao's strategy to fight the song, Zhongmu Zai is not clear, but I know, in October, it will break through thousands of households, although Zhongmu is large, it is not as good as a thousand zhang, although there are many guards, that is, more than 5,000 households. If Zhao Jun came up with a sharp weapon to break the song of the dynasty, it would not be difficult to break through Waiguo within ten days! ”

A cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the Buddha, his biggest worry was nothing more than this, although the messenger of Zhibo promised all kinds of benefits, but he looked forward to the north, but he could not see a single soldier of the Zhishi and the office, but the Zhao army in the south swept in, with their combat strength, the Buddha really did not know how long to hold on, these days seem to be calm, but in fact, it is also an ant on a hot pot.

"What is Zhong Mu Jae worried about? Will the Zhi clan and the Bank of China clan support Zhong Mou? Yang Hupi didn't smile, as if he had completely seen through the Buddha.

The Buddha couldn't sit still, he got up and walked around the county temple: "It turns out that Yangzi is here to persuade him to surrender......"

Yang Hu didn't allow him to breathe, and said like a sword: "No, I'm here to save Zhongmu Zai's life and show you a clear way!" ”

"Now that the Zhao family has swept through Hanoi, Handan, Fan, and Zhongxing are the masters, and the three families that Zhongmu used to rely on in the past fell to the ground in October, doesn't Zhongmu Zai feel afraid? As for Zhibo, he was probably frightened by the Zhao clan's Qingjun's side now, and he couldn't even control all the west of Taihang, let alone be distracted from going east to support Zhongmu. But the Zhao family is bent on taking Zhongmu as the frontier of entering Handan, the general trend of Shandong has been decided, and Zhongmu is in danger at the moment! ”

Buddha smiled bitterly: "Zhao Qing has always not tolerated betrayal, I want to return to Zhao, but there is a gap, I am afraid of punishment, what can I do about it?" ”

Yang Hu was disdainful in his heart, in the final analysis, it was not for his own life and power? The powerful ministers who betray the lord in this world are basically this virtue.

He gestured to himself, "Where is that?" Yang Hu is a traitor of the Lu State, and he once faced each other with the son of the Zhao family, the general of the Lu State, and now he defected to the Zhao family not only was not killed, but was quite reused. Zhongjun Zuo is resting in Wen County, and the army is the son of the Zhao family, and he has never cared about the subsections! ”

Seeing that the Buddha's intention was moved, Yang Hu persisted and persuaded: "I heard that the wise man does not give up the profit from time to time, and the warrior does not die and destroy his name." Once the city is broken and died, it will be a recalcitrant rebel, Zhongmu will be razed to the ground, and Zhongmu's reputation will be ruined and buried. It is better to stop the army and stop fighting, protect the chariot and stomach, open the city gate to ask the prince of the Zhao family to surrender, he has already recruited the intention of Mu Zai, and he will be very happy. ”

"And the people of Zhongmu will still love you like their parents when they are spared from the war, and their new friends will praise you. From now on, you can assist the lord and the monarch, and you can save the people, and you can establish a greater fame! Now life and death, honor and disgrace, dignity and humility, all depend on the momentary decision, I hope that Mou Zai will not listen to the rhetoric of the Zhi family, and can think twice! ”

Buddha's eyes flickered, and Chaoyang Tiger bowed down and said: "Thank you Yangzi, I am willing to surrender, but how can Yangzi guarantee that General Zhao will not surrender to me and humiliate me?" ”

Yang Hu said in his heart that the big thing can be determined, he said: "I have divined before going out, and the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, General Zhao is willing to meet with Zhongmu Zai outside the city, and swear an oath ......to the heavens" (to be continued.) )