Moreover, Yang Zilu also heard from the disciples around Confucius that Confucius would scold Ran You from time to time, and asked his disciples to "beat the drum and attack him." From here, it can be seen how deep Confucius's love for Ran You is, as the so-called love is deep, and hatred is thorough.

Because of this, Yang Zilu is very curious about who this Ran You is! Let Confucius, the old master, be so angry that he said such things.

It didn't take long for Mang Gao to take Ran You into the Chinese army's tent. Seriously, Ran You doesn't look like a literati, but probably this has something to do with the fact that there is no separation between civil and military families in this era. Ran has a beard, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a bronze long sword pinned to his waist, which looks extraordinarily handsome, and at a glance he knows that it is a fierce general's chat, as for handling government affairs compared to Zilu and Zigong, Yang Zilu is skeptical.

Looking at Yang Zilu sitting on the main seat, Ran You was not rude, and he saluted Yang Zilu with standard etiquette: "Foreign Minister Ran You, I have seen Hanhou!" ”

"No need to be polite, come and give a seat!" Yang Zilu looked at Ran You curiously and said.

Ran You was a little unaccustomed to sitting on the pony that the soldiers of the Yulin Army were sitting on, but after sitting down, Ran You immediately took the lead: "Han Hou, the monarch of the country of Yi is desolate and has no way, why should Han Hou help such a senseless monarch?" Is this what righteousness does? ”

Yang Zilu did not study this issue with Ran You, because Yang Zilu knew that what Ran You said was not wrong. Since he came to rescue Yi Guo, how could Yang Zilu not be familiar with the situation? So along the way, Yang Zilu has sorted out this battle.

The monarch of this state of Yi is indeed a senseless monarch, who has been defeated by the state of Lu several times, and even captured once. Thanks to the husband at that time, the Lu people were released. But this guy really doesn't know how to be a man, and later offended his husband, and was placed under house arrest in Wu for three years by his husband, and finally bribed Bo Yao to let him back. No, it is difficult to change the original surname of the country, and when it encounters such a disaster, he still does not change the surname of the faint king, and takes care of the country to a miasma. Lu Guo saw that there was such an incompetent country around him, if he didn't beat you, then God would really be blind.

Yang Zilu diverted the topic and said: "The widow just knows that the country of Yi is ready to form an alliance with the Han state, and he takes the widow as the leader of the alliance. No matter what mistakes he makes, it can only be managed by the widow as the leader of the alliance, and it is not the turn of outsiders to interfere! ”

Ran You reacted quickly, and immediately changed his tone and said: "Thanks to Hanhou for informing him, Ran You will let Lu withdraw his troops this time!" ”

"The land before the kingdom?" Yang Zilu said casually.

"Naturally, return the amount!" Ran You also knew that the situation was stronger than people, so he had to pretend to be his grandson.

Yang Zilu nodded noncommittally and said: "Very good, but what the widow said is that in the past few decades, the land occupied by the Lu State from the Lu State was not occupied in this war!" ”

Ran You's face immediately showed anger, "Han Hou is like this, don't you treat my soldiers of the Lu Kingdom as nothing?" ”

Yang Zilu shrugged and said, "It's a matter of course for the widow to ask for land for his allies. ”

Yang Zilu said, and looked at Ran You with deep meaning, Ran You thought about it for a while, and immediately understood. In fact, Yang Zilu's words are not to let Lu State spit out the land that has been swallowed in his stomach over the years, but what he really means is that Lu State also wants Han State to be the leader of the alliance. Didn't you hear Yang Zilu's words, the focus is on the word ally? If Lu is also an ally of Han, then Yang Zilu is naturally embarrassed to ask for it.

Ran You thought for a while, but he still couldn't decide, and said: "Ran You can't make a decision on this matter, you have to go back and report to the government!" After three days, come back and give Hanhou an accurate answer! ”

Yang Zilu nodded very happily and said, "This is natural, Ran You walk slowly!" If you have time, you can go to the Han Kingdom and take a look at the old master! ”

"Thank you Hanhou for your forgiveness! Ran You's retired! Ran You heard the second half of Yang Zilu's words, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If Ran has any weaknesses in his current life, it is undoubtedly Confucius as his weakness. In history, Confucius traveled around the world, in fact, he was displaced, and in his later years, he was finally able to return to Lu thanks to Ran Youcai, and returned to his roots.

…… Lu army camp......

"That's what Yang Zilu said?" Ji Kangzi asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Yes!" Did Ran explain more, he knew that Ji Kangzi's question was actually just a rhetorical question that he did not accept emotionally for the time being, but in fact, Ji Kangzi's reason had already accepted the reality.

Ji Kangzi frowned, and said softly: "This is really troublesome, the Han State is preparing to start a war with the Chu State, if I form an alliance between the Lu State and the Han State, wouldn't I have to send troops to help the war!?" But there is a threat from the Qi State to the east of my Lu country. However, the non-alliance is to return to the more than 20 cities that I have obtained from the country over the years, so how can I appease the anger of the doctors in the country? ”

There is a guest who said: "My lord, I heard that although Zigong, Zilu and others are in the Han Kingdom, they are quite patriotic. We can send someone to lobby them and ask them to intercede with Hanhou! ”

Ji Kangzi shook his head and said: "It's useless, Yang Zilu gave us such a problem, in fact, we have already taken into account Zigong and Zilu's feelings for Lu Guo!" Otherwise, Yang Zilu wants us to hand over the homeland of the State of Lu, can we still keep these lands under the might of the 40,000 army? At that time, Yang Zilu can come to an alliance under the city, forcing my Lu country to have to serve the Han country as the master! Now let's just look at which one's damage to Lu Guo is a little smaller, and choose which one! ”

After a long time, Ji Kangzi made a helpless choice and said, "Let's form an alliance!" ”

A doorman disagreed, and persuaded him: "My lord, if you form an alliance." So what about Qi Guo? ”

Ji Kangzi smiled bitterly: "I heard that the Han Kingdom and the Tian Clan seem to have a connection, but I just hope that the Tian Clan can restrain the Qi State a little through the Han Kingdom." And we will intercede with Yang Zilu again, so that Yang Zilu can draw a little less Lu soldiers to help in the war. ”

Ran You deeply felt the gap between small countries and big countries, and sighed helplessly and said, "Now it seems that this is the only way!" ”

Ji Kangzi also sighed and said to Ran You: "Ziyou (Ran Youzi), it's hard for you to go again!" ”

After receiving a reply from the Lu side, Yang Zilu sent a notice to the vassal states that were preparing to meet the alliance, and summoned the princes to meet the alliance in Pengcheng of the Song State on January 25. The soldiers and horses of various countries who followed Yang Zilu before also returned to their respective countries, and Yang Zilu led the soldiers and horses to stay in the country.

However, after staying in the country of Yi for a while, Yang Zilu knew why the country of Lu liked to bully the country so much, the monarch of the country of Yi was simply a straw bag and rice bag, and he would have banquets all day long and play with women. The country is full of thieves, and the people don't pay attention to it.

Yang Zilu couldn't see it, Yang Zilu sent troops to either exterminate or appease the bandits. Immediately afterwards, soldiers were sent to take advantage of the dry season in winter to lead the people of the country to dredge the canals and strengthen the river embankment. Helping the old and weak to strengthen their houses, cutting firewood, carrying water, etc., only stabilized the country.

Of course, Yang Zilu is not as benevolent and righteous as to help the country for free. During this period, Yang Zilu forced the monarch of the State of Yi, Duke Yin, to appoint Ou Bijiang as the ruler of the State of Yi, and took sole control of the power of the State of Yi. Under the threat of replacing someone as the monarch of the country if he didn't agree, Gong Yin was blessed. At the same time, Yang Zilu also left 500 soldiers in the state of Yi to consolidate the control of the Han state over the state of Yi, and of course the military salaries of these soldiers were also borne by the state of Yi.

In early January, Yang Zilu led the army to leave the country and go to Pengcheng. In addition to the Han Dynasty, a total of seven countries came to the alliance this time. They were the state of Chu established by the state of Song, the state of Di, the state of Tan, the state of Xue, the state of Lu, and the state of Bai Gongsheng, and finally the state of Wu, which had become a vassal of the Han state.

Except for Bai Gongsheng, the other vassal states were all monarchs who came in person. Although Bai Gongsheng did not come, he still sent his henchman Shi Qi and younger brother Wang Sunyan to participate in the alliance, and his sincerity was also very high. This meeting is nothing more than a big talk, what to support justice and maintain orthodoxy. Of course! These are all nonsense, and the only meaning is that under the leadership of Yang Zilu, the princes attacked the state of Chu.

And Ye Gong was not to be outdone, and took the king of Chu Hui to the north, and on February 20, he said that Wanqiu in the northern frontier of Chu would ally the two kings of Cao and Xu, and the three kingdoms were allied in Wanqiu. The oath is actually just like that, the beautiful slogan is shouted extremely loudly, in fact, this is actually an alliance between Ye Gong and Yang Zilu.

But in fact, the role of this alliance is not very large, the only useful one is Cao Guo, as for Xu Guo, he is a soy sauce player, and he has to be protected by Chu State to continue. And although Cao Guo is a little weaker, he has a big enmity with the Song State, and the previous monarch of Cao State, Cao Mourning Gong, was imprisoned in Song by Song Jinggong and directly placed under house arrest to death.

Therefore, Ye Gong is ready to let Cao Guo contain the Song State, as for the other vassal states of the alliance, Ye Gong has not thought of using other vassal states to contain it, but he has no choice but to have the ability to contain the Qi State, his Xiang Guo Tian Chang has already been eyebrow-raising with Yang Zilu, how can he help the Chu State? And the other vassal states, such as Wei Guo and Ju Guo, are too late to dodge, and they dare to get involved in this pool of troubled waters. In this case, Ye Gong can only contain one and count one.

Yang Zilu knew Ye Gong's actions, but he was also a little helpless. Fortunately, he didn't expect Song Guo too much, all he needed was Song Guo's food.

By April, spring plowing was complete everywhere. Yang Zilu issued an order to the vassal states that participated in the alliance to mobilize troops to mobilize in Pengcheng in the Song state.

And this attack Yang Zilu was also divided into two routes, one was in the direction of Pengcheng, and the other was in Zhongli City. In the direction of Pengcheng, Yang Zilu sent the big Sima Yuyong to preside, and Xia Hu roared to assist. At that time, Yu Yong will lead 10,000 county soldiers from Donghai County, as well as the combined forces of Song, Lu, Yi, Xue, and Tan, and attack Chu from the south of Song.

On the other hand, there was the main army of the Han State, with a total of 50,000 people, and 5,000 Wu soldiers. The army will advance all the way west from Huaishui and converge with Bai Gongshenghou. Roughly follow the route of Wu's defeat of Chu.

(To be continued)