Chapter 320: Infernal Affairs (I)
When Zhao Wuxian and Dr. Sun Zhiyi, the uncle of Yuncheng, arrived in Lucheng on the first day of October, the weather had turned cooler, and the chestnut and poplar trees beside the road began to lose their leaves.
On this day, Lu Hou was already surrounded by the three huans and the princes, and worshiped the temples of the ancestors of the Lu State in the order of one Zhao and one Mu.
Among them, the most solemn is naturally the great gift of sacrificing Zhou Gongdan, which is the glory that Lu has always been proud of, because Zhou Gong once took the throne, King Zhou Cheng allowed Lu to "worship Zhou Gong from generation to generation to the Son of Heaven etiquette", which is also the reason why Lu people think that they are the princes who enjoy a unique status.
What about the dukes of the Song Kingdom? What about the position of Uncle Hou of Qi Jin? If you want to talk about the prosperity of etiquette, you have to look at my Lu country!
With inferiority in the blood of pride and clinging to the ancient history, the mentality of the people of the Lu country is similar to that of the later Celestial Empire, when the country was just attacked by foreign enemies at sea.
The Yanghu party that really holds the real power is still performing the duties of the retainers, watching this grand but empty scene with a cold eye, some of them may feel that this is probably the best experience of "the gentleman performs the duties and the villain sees", and by next year, the position of the chief minister will probably be completely reversed!
For Wuxian and Shusun Zhi, the two largest forces in the West, Yang Hu got the news early in the morning, which enriched his strength in Qufu, Lucheng, and also meant that he could do it with confidence.
For the coup d'Γ©tat these days, Yang Hu can be said to be exhausted, he recruited his henchmen, and said to them with a happy face: "Now Zitai and Shusun Zhi have arrived at Guoximen outside Lucheng, with a total of nearly 2,000 soldiers; The 2,000 private subordinates under the jurisdiction of my Yang clan, and the 2,000 people of Ji and Uncle Sun who took refuge in us, were concentrated in the south of the city; Fei Zaigong Mountain is not ruthless, but there are 2,000 troops and ambush outside the east gate, a total of 8,000 people! β
"And the Meng clan, with only two thousand soldiers, is located near the north gate, and we invite the Ji clan to have a banquet in Pupu the day after tomorrow, and kill him and his uncle Zhou Qiu together at the banquet, and then send troops to attack the Meng clan. If you force the monarch to recognize the established fact that we are the kings, then great things can be done! β
Ji Ning, Yang Yue, and Uncle Sun Yan were pleased, while Gong Jiji was thoughtful.
"Yangzi, I don't think Doctor Zhao can be counted into combat power."
Yang Hu's face changed slightly: "What do you mean by this?" β
"Although Dr. Zhao deliberately had a bad relationship with Yangzi. On the surface, he is biased towards Sanhuan, and he doesn't deliver news to us on weekdays, but this time he openly walks with Dr. Yuncheng, which is equivalent to making his relationship with Yangzi public, and Meng must be extremely desperate at this moment. But the subordinates always felt that something was wrong. This reward came too easily, after all, he was an outsider who had just entered Lu for two months, so he had to be guarded against. β
In the past month, Yang Hu has heard similar words more than once, but he doesn't think so: "What is there to doubt, he is bent on making meritorious contributions to Jin, Sanhuan is cowardly, and he can't get a chance from them, so he has to take refuge in me!" β
Ji Kou glanced at Gong Ji and persuaded him: "Zhao has no compassion for him." Originally, he was the son of the Zhao family, and he has always been infamous, but in the past year, it has suddenly become louder, which has aroused the jealousy of Wuqing, and he unanimously used the death of Fan's sister-in-law to expel him from the country. Then it was the Hule Qi coffin that returned to the Song Dynasty to win the name of benevolence and filial piety, and was good at dancing in the Song and Cao kingdoms, leading a lone army to venture into Pushang, and with the help of the Jin and Qi attacks with unbelievable ideas, he entered Lu as a doctor. β
"As a son of the Ji family, I know that it is very difficult to achieve this level. Such a character, Lu Guo has never been out. The other princes only have one or two in a hundred years, and they should not be underestimated, nor should they be careless......"
Yang Hu's face was uncertain: "I have always been suspicious of people, and I am not suspicious of people." It has the status it has today. What's more, we have to rely on Zitai after the matter is completed, and let him help talk to Zhao Qing, the leader of the alliance, and recognize our status of etiquette. Now you want me to be wary of him, and what if it is too obvious and disgusting him? β
At this moment, the uncle and grandson took the opportunity to speak. reported the news he got from his cousin uncle Sun Zhi to Yang Hu one by one. After learning that Zhao Wuxian said that he didn't have many soldiers and was afraid that it would not be enough to make meritorious contributions, and he also added follow-up troops, and now he had arrived in Yuncheng, and he and his uncle Sun Zhi were very harmonious along the way, the little doubt that Yang Hu had just had also disappeared.
"Wait, what is it that doesn't serve me wholeheartedly? Hugh was suspicious and broke Zitai's heart. β
Ji Ning and Gong Ji were not as expected as gods and noticed the omissions of Zhao Wuxian's actions, but out of the view of the portal, they were the old party of Yanghu, and they were naturally a little wary and repulsive in the face of Zhao Wuxian, a young outsider.
Seeing that Yang Hu no longer doubted Zhao Wuxian and didn't allow them to say any more, Ji Ning could only take a step back and said: "Even so, let him and his uncle Sun Zhi be stationed in the west of the city, and the camp will be next to each other, so that they can not only be mutually exclusive, but also be prevented!" β
Yang Hu's younger brother Yang Yue also offered a poisonous strategy: "Brother, it's better to inform Doctor Zhao and let him participate in the banquet the day after tomorrow, only if he also participates in the killing of Ji Sun and Uncle Sun Erqing, can he cut off all retreats and advance and retreat with us!" How? β
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As a result, Zhao Wuxian was arranged to be stationed near the west gate of Waiguo District with his uncle Sun Zhi, and the camp was adjacent to each other.
Since ancient times, the establishment of military camps has been a kind of learning, and the higher the military ability, the more simple and simple the military camp established by the commander.
In order to prevent possible enemies from coming to raid, towering watchtowers were set up in several angular and angular protruding places, and the tents and fences were also separated by about dozens of steps, leaving room for assembly, and there were many tents inside.
The neatly arranged Ge Ma fur tent can accommodate five people, that is, one Wu is one tent, and the two tents are adjacent to each other, taking care of each other. Then the hundred people and ten tents were a self-contained small camp, all around the city, an oval formation guarded the big tent of Zhao Wuxian in the middle, and there were small ditches dug between the tents as a firebreak.
The strength of the roads in the barracks was a very important thing in the eyes of the famous generals, and if there was a sudden rainy weather during the battle, the muddy roads would delay the time to assemble troops, and the speed of the army's build-up during the battle could often determine success or failure.
The soldiers were instructed by the military officials to place their weapons close enough, five spears were placed together, and the swords and ges were pressed under the well-clothed kudzu pillows.
By the second day of the first lunar month, Zhao Wuxian's soldiers had settled down, and in comparison, the camp of Uncle Sun Zhi next door was much worse.
This is related to the ability of the commander, most of the Yuncheng soldiers were shivering and sleeping together in the open air last night. There were many complaints, and the military officials ran to grab the houses to move in. After waking up this morning, the efficiency of construction is not high, because Uncle Sun Zhixin is no longer here, and he is dressed in a high-sounding manner. I excitedly wanted to participate in the ceremony of the second day of the first year, the large-scale sacrifice in the new temple of Lu Gong.
Lu Xigong can be said to be the greatest monarch of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he appointed Ji You, Zang Wenzhong, Liu Xia Hui, and Zhan Yu internally, and governed Lu State in an orderly manner. Externally, he was also extremely shrewd, and first made friends with the Qi State and obtained peace from the overlord Qi Huangong. In the dazzling reversal before and after the Battle of Chengpu, Lu Guo stood on the line.
In that specific historical period, the state of Lu was at ease in international relations, exchanging the greatest gain at the lowest cost, and its national strength also reached its peak, becoming a country of a thousand times in one fell swoop.
Although that era is probably gone forever, the successive generations of Luhou always like to praise the government of the duke, and also specially sacrifice it alone.
Uncle Sun Zhi, as a side branch of the Lu family, was also allowed to participate in the sacrifice, in previous years, it was actually not his turn to be a concubine, but this year Lu Hou was forced by the pressure of Yanghu. The name of Uncle Sun Zhi was specially named. This made his uncle Sun Zhi, who liked to show off, overjoyed, but worried that the camp had not yet been established, and if Yang Hu knew about it, he would definitely blame him.
Zhao Wuxian smiled when he came to visit: "Uncle and grandson can go with confidence, I am a foreign minister of the Jin people, and I am not allowed to participate in the sacrifice of the princess, anyway, my camp has been built, and I will let the soldiers go to help the doctor set up camp today, how about it?" β
Uncle and Sun Zhi's thoughts were all on the display during the sacrifice, listening to Zhao Wuxian's big package. Naturally, I agreed.
As a result, the warriors were able to openly enter and exit the Shusun Zhi camp, and the roads in it were all in full view, and the thoughts of the two henchmen of Yanghu who hoped that the warriors could be monitored by the Yuncheng Yi guards were now completely reversed.
Afternoon. Listening to the faint bell from the "Gonggong" of the new temple of Lu Gong, Zhao Wuxian stood outside the barracks and said to Feng Rin, who had just arrived: "Lu Xi Gong is the greatest monarch of Lu after Bo Yu, and the poem praises and says, as for Haibang, Huaiyi is a barbarian. and Penanyi. Don't be reckless. Don't dare to make a promise, Lu Hou is Ruo. At that time, the national strength of the Lu State could compete with the Qi State, and its status in the alliance was second only to the overlord Jin State, what a majesty, but now it ......"
He sneered and pointed to the nobles in Lu City who had their own thoughts, as well as the military camp of Yuncheng Yi next door: "The dignified Zhou Gongguo, the great state of the East, how far have they fallen!" β
Feng Rin, who was dressed in soap, smiled wryly: "Only Weiwei, but it is this decaying state that needs a doctor to clean up the mess and create a new atmosphere." β
"Although I have been planning with Meng for a long time and guessing all kinds of situations, it is not easy to clean up when the matter comes......"
Zhao Wuxian rubbed his eyebrows, turned to look at the piece of slip that had just been thrown into the brazier, which had turned from green and yellow to burnt red, and finally turned into black charcoal and white smoke.
He was still savoring the few words in his heart: "Why? β
"Doctor, it's the third year of junior high school, and it's tomorrow! Yang Hu sent this order to the henchmen who gathered in Lucheng, and specially instructed the doctor to bring his soldiers to meet with him early tomorrow morning and participate in the banquet together. β
Wuxian paced the camp with his hands behind his back: "It seems that Yang Hu, or some of his henchmen, already suspect us and want me to participate in the banquet, if Ji Sun is killed at the banquet, I can't turn back as a participant!" Even if I want to fight against the water temporarily, because the distance from the barracks is too far, the soldiers are separated, and I can't respond in time, this strategy is quite poisonous, I don't know who offered it. They must have thought that because there were not many people with me, I would not be able to make a big wave. β
After thousands of miles of travel, after the experience of different tasks, Feng Rin has become much calmer than when he first debuted a year ago, after hearing Zhao Wuxian's assertion that there was fraud, although he was a little surprised, he was not flustered: "Doctor, how should we deal with it?" β
"You still stay with Yang Hu to answer the news, find a way to get out after the incident tomorrow, and I will send someone to reveal the news to the Meng family, so that they can prepare early." I know the ability of the warrior best, not to mention that there is also a warrior who I brought this time......"
While he was talking, an angry shout came from outside the tent: "I'm here to see Dr. Zhao to ask for an explanation, who dares to stop me!" (To be continued.) )
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