Ji and Meng all agreed to the grain, silk, ordnance, carriages, horses, medicines, and even ulcer doctors that they had previously requested from Lucheng, and they had already arrived in Zhongdu one after another. It was accompanied by Lu Hou's third brief urging Zhao Wuxian to go south, although the tone was still tactful, but his anxiety could still be seen in it.

As for Ji's and Meng's? They desperately hoped that Zhao Wuxian would lose both the thief and the thief, the difference was that the Ji clan did not want Zhao Wuxian's power to disappear completely, and it was best to weaken the strength by half so that the two families could support each other, while the Meng clan's Gong Yang was eager for Wuxian to be defeated.

Therefore, when Zilu arrived in Zhongdu from Yangguan all night, Zhao Wuxian was arranging for the soldiers gathered from all over the place to assemble in a line, preparing to go south immediately.

Zilu rushed into the city to visit Confucius's injuries in a hurry, and was relieved to see that he was fine. was immediately reprimanded by Confucius, saying that it was a faux pas for him not to reply to Xiao Sikou first but to handle private affairs first, so Zilu hurriedly rushed to the south gate and met with Zhao Wuxian.

"It's too late, it's guilty!"

After meeting, Zhao Wuxian looked at Zi Lu, and saw that he was wearing a samurai costume that had been stained with a lot of dust and mud and had not yet changed, and his spirit was a little tired as before, but his eyes were more confident.

Zilu's mission in Yangguan was completed very beautifully, not long after he arrived in Yangguan, Yanghu, who had fled into Guanyi, also sent people over, who expected that the people left by Zilu to intercept him were killed outside the city, cutting off Yangguanzai's retreat, and had to return to the rule of Lu.

So Zhao Wuxian praised: "What is the crime? Zilu went to Yangguan alone, although there is no Zigong, Zi My wonderful tongue is full of flowers, but with your reputation of no promise, Yangguan Zai is willing to swear to surrender. I promised never to rebel, and I have nothing to cheat. I don't have to worry about it. This incident alone can be the same as falling out of the city back then. Song Guohuayuan, who forced back the Chu army, is on a par! ”

Hua Yuan, a hundred years ago the Song State was in power, in the sixteenth year of Song Wengong, the King of Chu Zhuang sent a pedestrian envoy to the Qi State, and deliberately did not borrow the way when passing through the Song State, in order to test whether the Song State would be subservient to Chu. Hua Yuan thought this was an insult to the Song State and treated the Song as a vassal puppet, so he resolutely killed the Chu envoy, triggering the war of the King of Chu Zhuang against the Song.

That battle lasted for years. Song City ran out of food, but the stubborn Song people especially did not surrender. It wasn't until he couldn't hold it anymore that Hua Yuan sneaked into the Chu military camp at night, and no one noticed it all the way, until Sima Zianti's big tent in the Chu State climbed on Zianti's bed, showed his two-foot white blade and shouted to him up.

Faced with the shock of Zi Anti, Hua Yuan said: "The widow sent me to inform Sima of the difficulties of the Song people. Destroy the remains to the point of planing. Despite this, if you want our Song people to form an alliance with the Chu State, you would rather destroy the country than destroy it! But if you can retreat thirty miles, you can end the war with dignity. Song Guo will obey his orders! ”

Sima Zi was afraid, so he made an oath with Hua Yuan, and said: "I have no deception." I don't have to worry about it. After that, the Song State really obeyed Chu as promised, and Hua Yuan ended this tragic war with his bravery and integrity.

The straightforward sub-road never hides his emotions. After hearing this, the fatigue along the way was gone, and his face was happy.

Zhao Wuxian used Hua Yuan to praise Zilu's contribution this time. Appropriately, indeed. First of all, Yang Guanzai is the remnant of Yang Hu rebel party, there are nearly a thousand apprentices, if it echoes with the east and west of Guancheng, for the disaster of the southern foot of Mount Tai, it is equivalent to opening two gaps in the north of Lu State, and the Qi people will take advantage of the void, which is of course not in line with Zhao Wuxian's interests, and his strategy of arsoning the tiger will become a joke about raising tigers.

That's why he let Zilu take a risk, Yang Guanzai is also a stubborn soldier, he has always been unable to listen to the temptation of clever words, but he has great trust in Zilu. Since Zilu said in the name of Lu Hou and Sanhuan that he would protect their lives and keep everything as it was, he naturally promised, not to mention that there was something that Zhao Wuxian handed over to Zilu at work.

"It was also thanks to the Yangguan Tiger Talisman that Si Kou obtained from Yang Hu that he believed that Yang Hu had been defeated...... On that day, when I heard the news of the siege of Zhongdu, I panicked, and once again disobeyed Si Ko and asked Si Ko to punish him. Si Kou saved Zhongdu, saved the master and all the disciples, although Zilu is not talented, but he has a seven-foot body and a two-foot sword, and he can go into battle to kill the enemy! This time I went south to fight the thief, and I asked Si Kou to take me, I am willing to die for Si Kou, so as to repay this great kindness! ”

After speaking, Zilu actually bowed down and bowed to Zhao Wuxian.

Talking about this, Zhao Wuxian remembered one thing: Zilu persuaded Yangguan this time, and his contributions must be rewarded. It's enough to go all the way up from the pedestrian office to the level of Yi Zai and Yi Sima!

After the fall of Yanghu, his henchmen were also scattered, I don't know how many vacancies were in Yi, and there were too few smart people like Confucius and Shao Zhengmao who were whitewashed in advance. However, Wuxian guessed that if Zilu was to choose by himself, he would definitely take on the position of Zhongdu Zai after Confucius's resignation, and the Meng and Ji clans in Lucheng would definitely not object.

If that's the case, it will clash with Zhao Wuxian's preferred candidate Zaiyu.

Faced with this new trouble, Zhao Wuxian immediately had a good idea, he said: "Zilu's merits must not be rewarded, although I, as a small secretary, do not participate in the appointment and removal of officials, but I can recommend them. There is such a place in the country of Lu, it is a city of a thousand rooms, between the big countries, plus the division and brigade, because of the famine, under the internal and external difficulties, a person is urgently needed to preside over military affairs and regain its strength, Zilu is willing to do it? ”

Zilu has ambitions, and his ambitions are not small, he wants to govern the country of a thousand times and make it rich and strong. But after listening to Zhao Wuxian's saying that "the Qi family rules the country and leveling the world", coupled with the teachings of Confucius, he also understands the truth that the road must be taken step by step, and Yi Sima is the first step towards this ideal.

"From this, compared to three years, you can be brave!" He didn't even ask where it was, he just patted his chest and promised.

"Dezi Lu Yinuo is better than 100 Yi gold! Then this matter is decided, after the war is over, I will recommend you to be the Sima of Yangguan! ”

"Yangguan?" Zilu suddenly realized that it was that place.

Under the compromise of the Ji clan, Yangguan can currently be controlled by Yi Zai, keeping the original order unchanged. However, considering that it is an important town in the north of the Lu State, it is necessary to install a Yi Sima that can be accepted by both the rebels and the Lu Cheng forces.

Zilu is a righteous person, not a party. Very loyal to his duties, he is familiar with Zifu He. has the grace to rescue the Ji family, and is a person trusted by the Yangguan rebels. There is him in Yangguan. Not only can he urge the people of Yangguan to resist the surrender and attack of the Qi State, but he will not let the Ji Sun clan take back the bargain in vain, he is simply a perfect candidate.

Zhao Wuxian secretly calculated in his heart that among the many disciples of Confucius now, Zigong, Gong Xihua, Ran Qiu, plus Zilu and Zaiyu, who are about to be promoted, there are five or six who have received good duties because of him, and on the surface, he Zhao Wuxian is indeed the best friend of Confucianism.

But the core originator of Confucianism, Confucius. Zhao Wuxian didn't want him to continue the course of history, whether it was a truce with Qi after he came to power, or an attempt to strengthen the power of the Luhou monarchy, it was in conflict with Wuxian's path of wanting to sit big and return to Jin.

Therefore, it would be nice to get Confucius to retire from politics twenty years ahead of schedule and become a teacher and erudite adviser to the opposition. No one has ever noticed this thought of Zhao Wuxian, because the people of this era naturally cannot understand the complex emotions of later generations towards Confucius......

……

Zilu deeply hated the thieves for insulting Confucius himself in the debate in the Chinese capital, slandering Confucius's government, and even more hating the group of thieves for hurting the teacher. He asked to go south with Zhao Wuxian to suppress the Kou.

Although Zilu's addition would add a fierce general to the army, Zhao Wuxian did not agree to him, and did not mention that Zilu had been sleepless for two days and two nights since he left Yangguan, and the horse pulling the cart had changed three times. I just want to rush to Confucius's side one step earlier. It is said that Zhongdu, as the rear of Zhao Wuxian's southward expedition this time, has the main army of Zilu and is in charge. He can also be reassured.

After being rejected by Zhao Wuxian, Zilu was a little sullen, and the matter of the battle of Zhongdu. He also heard from a few juniors and disciples. When he heard that the soldiers were hit with a small number of hits, it only took half an hour to chase the four thousand thieves to the north. He was immediately excited and warbothered.

Therefore, although he could not accompany him, Zilu was still extremely concerned about this battle, and took advantage of the fact that the soldiers had not yet been fully assembled, so he humbly asked Zhao Wuxian for advice on how to fight.

I am tired of deception at home and abroad, but Zhao Wuxian likes to deal with straightforward people like Zilu, and he does not hide his selfishness, and said: "The use of soldiers is valuable, and now our army is small and there are many thieves, which is two or three times that of us." Moreover, most of the newly recruited countrymen in our department have never experienced battle formations, and they are anxious to lose. In the past few days, I have carefully discussed with all the military officials, and Ziyou and I both think that it is better to be serious than to attack sharply! ”

Zilu asked: "That's why Si Kou didn't go south immediately after defeating the Zhongdu robbers, but waited for two days?" ”

"Exactly, it is only more than 70 miles from Zhongdu to Kancheng, and it takes only two days to march in a hurry, and it only takes two days to walk slowly. My scouts have already gone south to detect, so the situation in Kancheng is also slightly known, although it seems to be critical, but because the wall is strong, the main force still exists, and the robbers do not have too many siege equipment, so the offensive is not fierce, and there is no risk of falling for the time being. ”

"With more than 2,000 of me in the central capital, it is like a man on the back of the thief, and it can be expected that he will definitely not ignore me who will go south at any time. It is very likely that I will divide my forces and continue to attack the city, and the main force will go north, looking for an opportunity to ambush us, so that although I will not move, I have already relieved the pressure on Kancheng. ”

In his reply to Lu Hou and Sanhuan, Zhao Wuxian used this as a reason, in fact, he was just unwilling to fight with the thieves, and let the Ji Meng clan benefit in vain.

Zi Lu clapped his hands and praised: "If there are only a thousand soldiers, maybe he will still be on his way, but Si Kou now has a division of people, and if he divides his troops again, how difficult is it to eat it in one bite?" I know the combat power of the warriors very well, if the thieves dare to fight the Si Kou in the field, they will definitely be defeated! ”

However, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "Although this thief is hateful, I knew him before I became a thief, and I know that this person is vigorous and fierce, and he is like a wind and fire with soldiers, especially very bold. What if he didn't care about Si Kou for the past few days and insisted on storming Kancheng? ”

"If he doesn't care about our department, then tomorrow we can attack and disturb him on the outskirts of Kancheng. The soldiers guarding the tomb in the city can also cooperate with the inside and outside, and come to attack inside and outside the field! It is enough to wipe out the main force of the robbers in one fell swoop! ”

That was the most ideal situation, if the thief Zhenji reached that point, Zhao Wuxian could only cripple him.

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In the afternoon, after a few morale-boosting drums, under the farewell of Confucius, Zilu, Zai Yu and others, the whole army of military soldiers marched south.

Yu Xi has always been bold and careful, and he also performed well in the last battle of Zhongdu, so Zhao Wuxian took his full cavalry as the vanguard first, and any wind and grass had to be reciprocated. Tian Ben's spearmen followed, and they were fierce enough to crush small groups of enemies. Wuxian personally led the spearmen, Su Shouyu and Wen County crossbowmen followed the Chinese army, Ran Qiu and Xiang Tuo led the miscellaneous nearly 1,000 Lu people to escort the baggage behind them, and behind the sword and shield hand hall of Musha, 2,500 people flocked to the south.

It looked like it was mighty, and the column had pulled a full half mile of the road, which was the largest number since Zhao Wuxian took charge of the army, and it was also the full combat power that could be pulled out at present, except for the 1,500 people who stayed in Sanyi.

Looking back on the past, Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but feel emotional. From the twenty-five Zhao soldiers of the lower palace on the original lower palace school field, to today's first division. In two years, the military strength of Zhao Wuxian's forces has increased by a hundredfold, and most of them have worked their own after leaving the Jin Kingdom, which is really a bit appalling to say.

As Zhao Wuxian expected, during the march that day, Yu Xi and Tian Ben and others in the vanguard encountered several ambush teams of bandits, and some were even brave enough to take the initiative to attack, but they were all repulsed. It could be seen that these people were delaying their march.

"If I'm not mistaken, the thief wants to delay us somewhere before dark, so that he can plan something on the battlefield he has planned......"

Without mercy or anxiety, at such a normal speed, he traveled to a place only thirty miles away from Kancheng and camped to rest, and in the second half of the night, he was indeed attacked by a night raid...... (To be continued......)

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