The battle at Hoi Ji City ended with the total annihilation of the Vietnamese army. However, Yang Zilu regretted that he did not find Gou Jian, and in the end, from the mouth of the captured palace maid, Yang Zilu knew that Gou Jian had already fled to Linggu. made Yang Zilu so angry that he scolded Gou Jian for being a gutless rat.

And Gou Jian's left and right arms also escaped in the chaos, which made Yang Zilu even more regretful. If you capture the genre, even if you can't recruit the genre, capturing the genre is equivalent to cutting off one of Gou Jian's hands.

But Yang Zilu's leisurely words did not come because of the victory, but a problem that made Gou Jian have a headache quietly befell Yang Zilu.

"Lord, the warehouses in Huiji City have been emptied, and now if the Lord wants to stabilize the price of grain, I am afraid that he can only distribute military rations!" Yu Xiao, who was in charge of military rations, looked at Yang Zilu and said with a wry smile.

"Gou Jian's speed is really fast! It's almost like a rat moving! It's fucking fast! Yang Zilu was so depressed that he couldn't wait to punch Goujian dozens of times, and said angrily.

Yu Yu smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's not the speed of hooking, but the two fires on the Lord are burned clean!" ”

(A fire burns the warehouse, and a fire burns the tongue Yong's military rations.) When Yang Zilu heard this, he felt that the current situation was like shooting himself in the foot. If there is no food, I am afraid that the people of Yue Country will not treat Yang Zilu much better than Gou Jian.

"Is this really going to be the case?" Yang Zilu frowned and muttered.

"What can the Lord think of?" Hearing this, Yu Yu asked with some surprise, and then Yu Yu was stunned, as if he had thought of something, his face turned slightly pale, he looked at Yang Zilu, and asked with some hesitation: "Lord, Lord, you don't want to attack those grain merchants, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Yang Zilu did not deny and cover it up, but nodded frankly. At present, it is unlikely that the military rations will be moved, and the supply of military rations is not tense because of the roads, but it is also not abundant. It is impossible for Yang Zilu to move military rations, so he can only move grain merchants. And speaking of which, there may be more grain merchants in the hands of grain merchants now than Gou Jian, which can't help but make Yang Zilu unmoved.

Yu Yu's eyes widened, although he knew that Yang Zilu must know about this, he still couldn't help but say: "Lord, do you know who is standing behind these grain merchants?" Basically, they are all doctors of Wu Guo! If the Lord moves them, I'm afraid that the State of Wu will go to war against our Kingdom of Han! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he sneered: "Innocent! Do you think that if we don't move them, the state of Wu will not go to war against our Han state? Now Wu Zixu is afraid that he will suggest to his husband to intervene in this war, and Fan Li is also active in Gusu City. Since they can't move at every turn, the State of Wu will also wage war against our Han State, what do the widows have to worry about? ”

The emperor wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, so he sighed and said, "Since the lord said so, the minister will go down and lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters and check their grain!" ”

"Wait, how can you do that!" Yang Zilu stopped the royal guard who was about to go out, and said with a smug smile: "You led the soldiers and horses out, saying that the people are not enough food now, forcibly buy all the grain, and give them a white slip, and the price is ten dollars and one stone!" We have to be honest! ”

"White stripes?" Yu Yu blinked and asked suspiciously.

"It's an IOU, you can write your name on it!" Yang Zilu explained.

"And will they? Doesn't this amount to a robbery? Yu Yu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, he was just planning to copy a batch of grain, in the end, Yu Yu still didn't have the courage to offend all the merchants of Wu State, as well as the doctor of Wu Guo standing behind them.

Yang Zilu didn't have this concern, he saw the worry in Yu Yu's heart, and Yang Zilu couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. It's good to see everything, but it's not bold enough. Yang Zilu instructed: "You don't care about this matter, let Han Jiading do it." You go and do a good job of counting the grain. Once the grain is collected and then distributed, in addition, the news is disseminated, so as to win the hearts of some Vietnamese people first. Besides, we're just playing white slips, and it's not that we don't pay back, don't say anything about robbing! ”

"No!" Hearing this, Yu Yu replied with a wry smile. As soon as the words fell, he exhaled softly, not knowing that it was because Yang Zilu gave this task to Han Jiading, and sighed for it. I still don't have to take on this hot task, and I am relieved to do so. Or maybe both!

Han Jiading, who received the order, soon led two battalions of Han soldiers out of the camp. Han Jiading went out of the camp, and the other end of the imperial hall had already asked people to post notices at the gate of Huiji City and the entrance of the vegetable market, where there were many people, and each notice had a military scribe reading the notice.

For a while, the entire Huiji City was boiling, if it was said that the civilians of Huiji City, the most hated person was undoubtedly Gou Jian. Then the second hateful thing is these grain merchants, and the grain merchants are not selling grain. The grain merchants are scraping the oil with knives, and they will not give up until the last bit of fat is scraped out of the civilians.

"Really? Is there really food? Or take grain from which iron roosters? An old farmer who had just entered the city was immediately stunned and muttered in disbelief.

"It can't be fake, right?" Some people questioned it again, this time it was a small official, and it was obvious that he knew the consequences of these grain merchants better than these old farmers. It was not only the grain merchants who offended, but also almost all the doctors of Wu Guo! In Yangzhou, Wu is a great country, and it is already a well-known quasi-vassal state in the world!

"I think it's true, when I was doing business in the Han Kingdom, I heard that the man was a man who said the same! And he respected the law very much, and cast a stele in front of the palace with evil gold, and wrote: 'If the prince breaks the law, the common people will be guilty of the same crime!' 'Eight big words! A businessman said in support on the side.

"It's hard to say, Gou Jian doesn't dare to touch half a hair of these grain merchants, does he Yang Zilu have the guts?" Someone retorted.

"Who said that Gou Jian dared to announce that he would expropriate those grain merchants? With this notice, will the man still break his promise? He is the king of a country, the viscount given by Zhou Tianzi! Someone supported.

"Return the king and the man of a country! Isn't Gou Jian the king of a country? He's still a marquis! As a result, he broke his promise, and he saw what he had to explain! Someone retorted.

"How can a man compare with Gou Jian!" Someone immediately said unconvinced.

The two sides quarreled more and more intensely, so the two factions quarreled together.

At this time, someone said: "Don't make any noise, there is a rice shop opened by Wu Guoren in front, and we will know whether this notice is true or false when we look at it in the past!" ”

When these people heard this, they all felt the same, and immediately everyone came to the vicinity of the rice shop. Just at this time, a man dressed as a general walked over with ten Han soldiers. Everyone immediately perked up and felt that a good show was coming.

The person who came was none other than Han Jiading, who raised his head and strode into the rice shop. The shopkeeper of the rice shop had already known about the notice, and when he saw that someone was really coming, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered. However, he still doesn't think that Yang Zilu really dares to forcibly requisition grain, but he thinks that Yang Zilu is probably making a show, so he will cooperate with it, and losing a few buckets of rice is nothing.

The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face and arched his hand: "This general doesn't know what rice he wants to buy?" How much to get! ”

"General Ben is here to tell you that now that the people of Huiji City are short of food, the Lord will absolutely levy grain for disaster relief, of course, he buys it, and one stone of rice is bought for ten yuan, so don't say more. Someone came to collect all the rice and grain here! Han Jiading hadn't said a word yet, and immediately let people do it.

The shopkeeper's face changed slightly, and he said to Han Jiading: "General, do you know what kind of rice shop this is?" ”

While speaking, the shopkeeper took out a money bag from his waist and handed it over covertly, obviously the shopkeeper is not stupid, knowing that it is useless to scare alone, you have to use a soft knife.

"Humph!" Han Jiading snorted coldly, his face showed a bit of sarcasm, and slapped open the money bag handed over by the shopkeeper with one hand, and the money bag fell to the ground, making a crisp metal crashing sound.

"General Ben doesn't care who you are backstage, General Ben only cares about one thing, if you say more than half a sentence, General Ben will recognize you, and General Ben will not recognize you with the sword in his hand!" After Han Jiading finished speaking, with a sonorous sound, the long sword on his waist was already unsheathed, and the tip of the sword with cold light pointed directly at the throat of the shopkeeper.

"You ......" The shopkeeper wanted to say something, Han Jiading's long sword in his hand immediately pushed forward slightly, the shopkeeper only felt a slight pain in his throat, and when he landed, cold sweat broke out all over his body, and his whole body stiffened. The shopkeeper looked at Han Jiading's eyes that were as cold as ice, and he knew that if he said another word, he was afraid that he would really have to be in a different place.

In order to facilitate management, behind the rice shop is the granary, or the trolley transporting grain, which saves the trouble of the soldiers. The soldier immediately put the food in the cart.

However, the food was too much, so Han Jia Dingsuo recruited workers on the spot, transported the grain to the Yue Wang's palace and gave the wages a pound of grain, of course, he did not forget to make a white slip to the shopkeeper with a sad face. When the nearby heard about the recruitment, many young and strong idlers immediately went up to help. The granary, which was once full, was completely moved, and even the rats did not bother to visit the place. Seeing this, the shopkeeper held the white strip with trembling arms, and after half a sound, his eyes suddenly turned black, and the person had fainted on the ground.

Seeing this, the nearby idlers not only did not come to save people, but immediately shouted excitedly: "Okay! Kill these merchants! ”

"The Han army is good!"

"The man is really a good monarch!"

"Long live the man!"

Of course, there is no shortage of childcare in the middle of the stage, but at this moment, the people of Yue feel refreshed, and everyone exhales and raises their eyebrows. There is a great slave to turn over and put the posture of singing!

And this kind of situation continues to happen in rice shops all over Huiji City, and the only thing that surprised Yang Zilu was that the grain that was 'bought' back was actually 300,000 stones. And they also got what they got after selling a batch of grain! Yang Zilu is really not wrong, these grain merchants have more grain than Goujian's grain.

With so much food, it is naturally impossible to distribute it completely. Yang Zilu asked the royal guard to distribute a month's food for free, and in order to prevent someone from fishing in troubled waters, it was strictly distributed in accordance with the household registration. The household registration says that there are three people in the family, and the soldiers of the Han army are distributed according to the three people, even if there are ten people in the family.

This made those black households who hid their household registrations regret beating their chests, and Yang Zilu took the opportunity to announce that they could make up their household registrations. Attracted by a month's food, many black households have emerged. I don't know if I don't know, there are 1,800 households in Huiji City, which has less than 1,500 households in name, and there are more than 9,000 people! Yang Zilu also used 65,000 stone of grain at once.

However, Yang Zilu's move also greatly gathered the hearts of the people of Yue, and the idea of the people of Yue is very simple, whoever can make them good is the monarch.

Yang Zilu sent Han Jiading to lead 400 Han soldiers, 800 Yue troops to surrender, and 20 military vehicles to attack the southeast of Yueguo, without Huiji City. It is estimated that the cities in the southeast of the country will fall from the wind. As for the surrender of troops, their families are all in Huiji City. Yang Zilu, the person who abandoned his wife and children, believed that there were people, but Yang Zilu did not believe that one-tenth of the 800 soldiers would be ruthless enough to abandon their wives and children.

However, what made Yang Zilu aggrieved was that Yu Yong had no intention of surrendering. But at this time, Houxiong gave Yang Zilu a plan. Make it true!

Hou Xiong first found a person in the army who looked five or six points similar to Yu Yong, and then put on makeup, which made up the first point of similarity. Yang Zilu was patrolling in Huiji City at this time, and this fake tongue Yong was sitting on Yang Zilu's side, and he also acted as Yang Zilu's Rongzuo, which was a great honor.

Then Yang Zilu also went to Tongue Yong's house, and in front of everyone's face, he rewarded Tongue Yong's family with 5,000 yuan, 50 pieces of cloth, and a military vehicle! In particular, the military chariot is an important symbol of a country's weighing of its strength, such as the country of a thousand times, the country of ten thousand times. A monarch of the Qi State even came to recruit warriors with a reward of five military vehicles, called the guests of the five vehicles, and only recruited more than ten people, which shows the preciousness of this military chariot.

Everyone mistakenly believed that Tongue Yong had surrendered to Yang Zilu.

Leave Yang Zilu aside and talk about Goujian. has been paying attention to Gou Jian in Huiji City, and soon got the news of the fall of Huiji City, of course, the news that Yang Zilu bought people's hearts and surrendered to Yang Zilu in Huiji City.

Gou Jian was shocked when he heard this, but unfortunately Gou Jian didn't have many people under him at this time. Only Dazai Kucheng, Doctor Ji Ran, General Chen Yin, and veteran Ling Jingyuan were by his side.

But Gou Jian didn't have time to complain that Wen Chong and Fan Li were not around, and he immediately anxious about the four important ministers to discuss things. When the four important ministers arrived, Gou Jian immediately told the news he knew.

Although the veteran Ling Jingyuan is old, his temper is not small at all, and he immediately said angrily: "Tongue Yong, this bastard, has he forgotten the grace of the previous king and the lord? Since the first monarch of his tongue family, he has served as a doctor of the Yue Kingdom, and he has been favored by the king for seven generations, but he can't imagine that there is such a white-eyed wolf today! ”

Ku Cheng couldn't help but say: "The old general is too excited, I'm afraid that the spies are wrong when he sees this matter, and he is not such a person!" ”

Ling Jingyuan immediately scolded: "What do you mean by this? I see that you Kucheng is also leaving a way back for yourself, and you want to surrender to Yang Zilu in the future, right? ”

When Ku Cheng heard this, he was furious, but this question was very sensitive, and Ku Cheng was not easy to answer, so he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Gou Jian came out and diluted the mud at this time, "Okay, Kucheng, old general, what are you talking about at this time!" Now is the time for you to work together! You guys...... You guys...... Alas! ”

Ku Cheng and Ling Jingyuan immediately bowed to the ground, and said honestly and fearfully: "The ministers are afraid! ”

"That's it! All right! Rise up and speak, and what do you say now? Gou Jian saw that he had also pinched his subordinates, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and asked with an unusually solemn face.

Ling Jingyuan frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Lord, the old minister thinks that this mausoleum cannot be defended!" ”

"Why?" Gou Jian asked nervously, it is the opinion of the literary genre to stick to Linggu, and he has always been more convinced of the literary type Goujian, so he is still quite hesitant to not keep Linggu.

"Now that Tongue Yong has surrendered to the Han barbarians, as the general of the Yue Kingdom, he is familiar with the situation in Linggu. If the lord stubbornly guards the mausoleum, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold back the arrival of the Wu army! Ling Jingyuan said with a solemn face.

Gou Jian turned his head sideways, looked at Ku Cheng, and asked, "Ku Cheng, do you see?" ”

Although Ku Cheng was not angry with Ling Jingyuan and said that he had surrendered, he still felt that Ling Jingyuan's suggestion was somewhat reasonable. Ku Cheng opened his mouth and said: "Lord, Linggu is indeed not easy to keep! Linggu is located in the south of the Yangtze River (south of Zhejiang), and once the Han barbarians are encircled, Linggu becomes a place of death. And most importantly, Linggu was built to defend the state of Wu. The strongest of the city walls is the north wall, and the Han barbarians will come from the south, and it is a big problem for the lord to defend the tomb with 500 remnants of the army! ”

When Gou Jian heard this, he also felt that it made sense, but he still didn't make a decision, looked at Ji Ran and Chen Yin and asked, "What do the two doctors think?" ”

Chen Yin said worriedly: "The minister also thinks that it is quite risky to defend Linggu, and it is good to say that the Wu army is early, if the Wu army comes late, I am afraid that the society of Yue Guo will die in Linggu!" ”

Ji Ran didn't have any opinion on this, and when he saw that everyone said so, he said: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Gou Jian frowned, and said with a sad face: "Then if you retreat, you can only retreat to Lili!" ”

"That's all there is to it!" Ku Cheng smiled bitterly.

"Lord, please don't be discouraged, as long as the Lord is still there, the Yue Kingdom has not yet perished! It is impossible for the descendants of Dayu to be knocked down like this! Ling Jingyuan said with a resolute gaze.

Gou Jian sighed in his heart, and then straightened his waist and said, "Okay, since it's decided, it's no longer to be ado!" Evacuate Linggu now! Chen Yin, you lead two hundred soldiers to break the queen! ”

"No! Please rest assured, as long as Chen Yin is still there, don't think about it! Chen Yin said loudly.

Gou Jian stood up, walked to Chen Yin's side, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Yin, don't die!" The widowed Yue Kingdom still needs you to protect it! ”

Chen Yin couldn't help but be greatly moved, looked at this Gou Jian with a firm gaze, and nodded vigorously.

(To be continued)