I endured the fear in my heart and lowered my head, yes, it was fear, that Li Zhen was actually the Li Tianxiang I met on the way to Jianye, God, I actually said in front of King Yong's Yong how to dominate the world, and also said Dayong's internal troubles, is it possible, King Yong really listened to my advice, first break Shu, and then break Nanchu, no, King Yong's Wen Taowu is very amazing, it should be his own early idea.

At this time, King Yong came forward and greeted Zhao Jue with courtesy, and King Yong said gently: "Prince De killed all the way, worked the way, broke Ba County, trapped the city, only these two battles, you can see the prince's famous general." ”

Zhao Jue's face flushed slightly, and said: "King Yong is so praised, Jue is ashamed to be ashamed, today it is said that our two armies will meet, and there is only a lonely city in Chengdu left in Shu, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Yong plans." ”

King Yong said: "Chengdu is now easy to break, but this city is the capital of Shu, tens of millions of people, very prosperous, if our two armies break the city, it will inevitably harm the people, this king has drawn up a table of persuasion, I don't know what the prince thinks?" ”

Zhao Jue said lightly: "It's okay to persuade you to surrender, but should this King of Shu surrender to Dayong, or surrender to my Nanchu?" ”

King Yong said confidently: "Southern Chu is a subject country of Dayong, and the king of Shu should naturally surrender to Dayong." ”

Zhao Jue was already prepared in his heart, but said lightly: "Since this is the case, please ask His Royal Highness King Yong to send a messenger to say surrender, if the King of Shu refuses to surrender, how about you and my two armies attacking the city on a large scale?" ”

King Yong smiled: "That's right, Mr. Gou Liangou is my envoy, I have asked him to send an envoy, what does Prince De think?" ”

Zhao Jue couldn't help but glance at me, and saw that I didn't react, so he said: "Mr. Gou Lian has followed His Royal Highness King Yong for many years, and it is reported that he often sent envoys to all parties for His Royal Highness, and he must be able to persuade the King of Shu to surrender. ”

Yongwang Li Zhen saw that Zhao Jue agreed with his decision, so he asked Zhao Jue to leave a cronies of the general or staff, so that the two sides could contact and negotiate military affairs, Zhao Jue thought about it for a while, and felt that it was also necessary, just look at the people around him, although they are all cronies, but it is okay to pass on a word, if you want to be able to discuss military affairs with Yongwang and strive for the interests of Southern Chu, there are only Rong Yuan and Jiang Zhe, Rong Yuan is Zhao Jue can not leave for a moment, so he said calmly: "It is clear that the war is not yet certain, this Counselor Jiang is my help, let him stay, If there are any changes, you can discuss with him. ”

King Yong glanced at me, as if he had just seen me, but I felt chills, Zhao Jue is an idiot, King Yong deceived him so easily, I don't believe in discussing any military affairs, eighty percent of me wants me to stay is the purpose of King Yong. Seeing Zhao Jue leaving, King Yong invited me to talk with him to the Shuai tent and wait for the envoy to return. I followed King Yong in with anxiety, and as for my guard, Chen Zhen, he had already been blocked out of the tent. King Yong sat on the handsome chair, saw that I was restrained, and said with a smile: "Why is Lord Jiang so restrained, we are also old acquaintances, so let's not be polite." ”

I scolded in my heart for a long time before I said: "When it is said that the lower officials have offended, I don't know if it is King Yong's micro-suit, and I ask His Royal Highness to forgive me." ”

Li Zhen saw me sit down, and said: "He Yan forgives the sin, at that time, this king disguised himself into Shu, checked the military aircraft and the people in Shuzhong, and fortunately met Gongzi on the return trip, listened to the words of the king, and read ten years of books. ”

I almost fainted, if I am in the community of Dayong, isn't it the sin in my Nanchu country, if this word spreads, won't it cost me my life? I hurriedly defended: "His Royal Highness King Yong has a splendid chest, and some of the minister's knowledge must have been in His Highness's heart for a long time. ”

King Yong smiled faintly, did not continue to arrange me, but went straight to the ground: "Of course, I listened to Gongzi's strategy, and I heard that Gongzi was going to Nanchu, this king originally wanted to follow the robber's trip and bring Gongzi back to Dayong, but unfortunately someone happened to find out the whereabouts of this king, and wanted to assassinate him, this king did not have many attendants around him at that time, so he was afraid that he could not protect the safety of Gongzi, so he had to let it go, and now Gongzi has become a courtier of Nanchu, which really makes Li Zhen regret it." ”

As soon as I heard it, I thought to myself, with his identity, that is, the identity leaked to Shu and Nanchu, and no one dared to kill him, so there was naturally only one person who wanted to kill him. Thinking in his heart, he said in his mouth: "This is also the fact that the minister has no chance to serve His Highness, presumably it is the will of heaven." ”

Li Zhen looked at me, his eyes were full of smiles, and said: "When you and I are destined to meet, we will meet today, Jiang Gongzi is already Prince De's confidant and military advisor, and he must have given Prince De a lot of good ideas, Prince De and his other staff generals are all more orthodox military strategists, and almost all of the two battles of Bajun and Luocheng used booby traps and ambushes, which must be Jiang Gongzi's clever plan." ”

I felt a little stiff in my body, and said with a wry smile: "Where does the minister understand the affairs of military affairs, but he just said a principle, and it was Prince De who was wise and decisive and made a plan to achieve a big victory." ”

Li Zhen said solemnly: "Sun Tzu's Art of War says, 'The husband is counted as the winner without a fight, and the temple is counted as a lot; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts! I look at it this way, and I can see the victory or defeat. Li Zhen can meet the son, just like King Wen of Zhou meets Jiang Shang, Han Gaozu meets Zhang Liang, Nanchu Gou An Jiangnan, Wen Tian Wu Huan, although Prince De is both civil and military, but unfortunately there is no emperor's bearing, the son is just a literati in Southern Chu, if it is returned to my Dayong, it must be the right Bi talent. ”

I thought to myself that it would be too arrogant to recruit officials from other countries, so I asked rhetorically: "I heard that Shi Yu Shi Ziyou is the chief strategist of the Yongwang shogunate, and every time His Royal Highness Yongwang goes out, all the government affairs under his rule are handled by him, so presumably Mr. Shi is the left assistant in His Royal Highness's mind." ”

Li Zhen obviously didn't understand why I asked this, but he still replied: "Ziyou is good at government affairs, and with Ziyou sitting in the rear military and politics, Li Zhen can use soldiers like a god." ”

I said: "If Shi Ziyou is also a courtier of another country, and his lord does not treat him lightly, and he surrenders as soon as he says it, then can His Highness still use him like this?" ”

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "If this is the case, Li Zhenyan dares to believe in Ziyou." ”

I smiled and said, "So Your Highness understands the minister's distress?" ”

Li Zhen sighed and said: "Nanchu is not a sycamore, why is it a phoenix, Nanchu treats you as a mortal, I treat you as a countryman, Suiyun still refuses to vote for me Dayong?" ”

I looked at Li Zhen blankly, in fact, I really regretted it a little, if Li Zhen really forcibly took me away, I might have been very unhappy at the time, and even resentful, but maybe I don't have to worry about Nanchu now, but since I have been an official of Nanchu, and I have been promoted smoothly over the years, and I have learned so many things in the Hanlin Academy, Nanchu treats me well, I can't just take refuge in Dayong anyway, and then watch Dayong perish in Nanchu. Thinking of this, I said gloomily: "Although Nan Chu treats people as mortals, I should not betray them, and as soon as Sui Yun is a Chu minister, he will serve Nan Chu for a while." ”

Li Zhen sighed softly and said, "What if Nanchu is destroyed by my Dayong, what will you do?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and said: "I don't think I have the rain and clouds, and I don't have the ability to draw a splendid economic map, if Southern Chu is destroyed, if Dayong does not offend the minister, the minister should wander the world and die with the grass and trees." ”

Li Zhen said lightly: "When you were in Southern Chu to attack Shu, you were a counselor in military affairs, and your ability was eye-catching, although Zhao Jue couldn't make full use of your talents, but presumably he would inevitably use you as a counselor in the future, and when the time comes, even if you want to, Dayong will not let go of a talent like you." ”

I thought about it seriously and said, "If Xiao Chen is willing to promise not to make plans to deal with Dayong after returning to Nanchu, I don't know if His Royal Highness can spare Xiao Chen a way to live?" ”

Li Zhen frowned slightly, and asked for a while: "You still have a plan in Shu that has not been implemented?" Do you think it's enough to repay Nan Chu Jun'en? ”

I looked at Li Zhen with admiration, King Yong is really extremely smart, and you can see these things from my words. I didn't hide it from him, and said: "I plan a plan for Prince De, and if I succeed, I can keep Nanchu safe for several years." ”

Li Zhen suddenly flashed a glint in his eyes, and said: "If my guess is right, it is related to the King of Shu, if the King of Shu surrenders to my Dayong, it will be a big trouble for Nanchu." ”

I didn't hide it, and said: "That's right, if the King of Shu surrenders, I have my own way to let the King of Shu die, and at least Dayong won't be able to take advantage of it." ”

Li Zhen showed a thoughtful look on his face, and said: "If the King of Shu refuses to surrender, you and I will attack Chengdu, and it is possible to kill the King of Shu or kill the King of Shu to commit suicide, if the King of Shu surrenders, do you really have a way to make the King of Shu die in the Dayong army?" ”

I knew he didn't believe it, but I said categorically, "Exactly." ”

Li Zhen stood up, walked a few steps in the tent, and said: "Okay, if you can really do this, and after returning to Nanchu, you will not plan for Nanchu, as long as you are not in Jianye when I break Chu, this king will promise you to let you live in peace." ”

I am overjoyed, this is a life-saving edict, and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him, Li Zhen said meaningfully: "If the King of Shu arrives in Dayong safely, what will happen?" ”

I said without hesitation: "If this is the case, Suiyun is willing to serve His Highness." ”

Li Zhen laughed and said, "Okay, okay, you and I will decide in one word." Saying that, I stretched out my right palm, my heart warmed, and I also stretched out my right palm, and the two of them high-fived as an oath. For the sake of insurance, I said: "If the minister wins, after returning to Nanchu, if His Royal Highness has difficulties that have nothing to do with Nanchu, the minister can act as a staff officer or two." ”

Li Zhen was stunned again, he originally thought, if I really have the ability to kill the King of Shu in my own hands, then I will let him go in the future, but whether I want to use the power of Nanchu to trap me first, I didn't expect that I had such a proposal, I couldn't help but marvel, and said silently for a long time: "Okay." Then let's see if the King of Shu will surrender first, shall we? With that, go back to the case and sit down.

I didn't know what to say, so I just sat there and waited for the results of Gou Lian's mission.

When it was said that it was sinking in Xishan, Gou Lian came back and reported to Li Zhen that the king of Shu would go out of the city and surrender at noon. Li Zhen and I are both happy, and the bet on my fate is about to begin. After discussing with Li Zhen the details of how the two armies will cooperate tomorrow, I will return to the Southern Chu military camp, and King Yong will personally send me out of the camp, which will flatter me.

The next day, the king of Shu was dressed in white and plain, with hundreds of civil and military officials and princes, and went out of the city for ten miles to surrender to Dayong. After the surrender, our two armies entered the city from the west gate and the east gate respectively, the two armies have a tacit understanding, basically there is no dispute, but in the household department, Mr. Rong Yuanrong and Yongwang's staff Cui Luan met, both of them were ordered to seize the household documents and classics, the confrontation continued, after arguing for a long time, King Yong and Prince De personally negotiated, decided to half of the stranger, although it is a pity, but it is always better than not getting. Zhao Jue secretly asked me, the king of Shu surrendered, so how to carry out our discord plan, and the king of Shu surrendered to Dayong, which is also very unfavorable to the rule of Southern Chu in Xichuan, I have long been confident, and told Zhao Jue that as long as the king of Shu sets off to Yongdu, hold a banquet and let me participate.

After complicated negotiations and sharing the spoils, Prince De decided to set off for China, King Yong proposed to go to Prince De in accordance with the etiquette, this is a logical thing, Prince De naturally wants to go to the banquet, and the King of Shu also has to attend the send-off, in the gorgeous palace of the King of Shu, the generals and strategists of Dayong and Nanchu sit on both sides, drinking and having fun, the King of Shu sits under the head of King Yong, His Royal Highness sits with the courtiers who surrendered with the King of Shu, their faces are not very good, especially the King of Shu, I heard that he is less than fifty years old, but his appearance is haggard, his hair is white, and some people believe that he is seventy years old. After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Jue proposed according to my plan that it is too boring to have wine without singing and dancing, it is better to let the captured female music of the king of Shu come to sing and dance, although the general of Dayong felt that Nanchu was really weak, but there was no reason to stop it, so he let the female music of the king of Shu come to help, the music of the Shu country, if the waves rushed to the thunder, the banquet and dance of the Shu country, vigorous and graceful, those monarchs and ministers who were about to leave the Shu country were naturally holding back tears, but the generals of Dayong and Nanchu were applauding.

I saw that the time had come, and made a look at Zhao Jue, Zhao Jue understood, got up and said: "I saw the music and dance in Shu today, it is very moving, I am Nanchu elegant and elegant, how can there be no singing and dancing to please the guests, but there is no female music in the army, so I have to play the piano under the qin, in order to please the master, Hanlin Jiangzhe, is my Nanchu talent, for today's meeting, specially wrote a new word, please appreciate it." ”

Yongwang Li Zhen's heart moved, these days, he sent heavy troops to protect the king of Shu, but did not see half of the Southern Chu killers, now said that the king of Shu is about to go to Dayong, he guessed that I want to make a move, but I just want to sing a new word on the spot, if I refuse Zhao Jue to play the qin in person, then the Southern Chu monarchs must be angry with Dayong rudeness, so although Li Zhen obviously knows that it is inappropriate, he still has to agree.

I stood up and saluted everyone, Zhao Jue sat down, stroked the strings, the sound of the piano was melodious and clear, it was the rhythm of the word card "Breaking the Array", I sang aloud: "Sixty years of home and country, three thousand miles of mountains and rivers." Fengge Dragon Tower is even Xiao Han, and the jade tree Qiongzhi is made of smoke. I have known how to fight. Once he is classified as a vassal, he will wear out his sideburns. The most is the hasty resignation of the temple, and the church still plays a parting song. Weeping to Gong E. ”

After singing a song, the hall was silent, Li Zhen felt a chill in his heart, knowing that I had already made a move, and looked at the King of Shu, who was originally numb and withered on his face, showing a grief-stricken look, and those Shu ministers in His Royal Highness either shed tears like rain, or looked at him angrily. After a long time, Meng Yun, the king of Shu, got up and said: "The little king is tired after drinking, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Da Yongyong to allow the little king to return to the harem for a while." ”

Yongwang Li Zhen looked bitter and wanted to stop it, but he couldn't say it, so he had to sigh and said: "The lord of the country is temporarily resting in the harem, please don't worry too much, Your Majesty will definitely not treat the lord of the country lightly." ”

Meng Yun didn't answer, just looked at everyone in the hall one by one, when his eyes fell on me, I felt the despair and resentment in his eyes, for a person who tore up your sweet dream, what other good feelings can there be, and then the king of Shu left the table, and the courtiers of Shu knelt down silently to send each other. Li Zhen looked at me with a wry smile, admiring and annoyed, raising his glass and drinking it all.

After a while, several eunuchs came to the front of the palace crying, bowed down and said, "The lord of the country drank and died." ”

Li Zhen laughed and said: "Okay, good, Jiang Zhuangyuan is really powerful, he broke through the formation and gave the surname of a lord of the country." He said lightly: "This king is about to return to China, and he is busy with military affairs, so he will leave." Then he turned and walked away.

Zhao Jue and Rong Yuan were already soaking wet with their vests, they were both happy to finally let the King of Shu commit suicide, but they were also worried about offending Dayong too much. I can't cry or laugh, although it is too much to force the King of Shu to die, but I also want him to have a sense of shame, Li Zhen's words seem to express his resentment and dissatisfaction with me, but from another point of view, I can live in peace in Nanchu, however, his words make me famous all over the world, won't it be difficult for me to be incognito in the future, this Li Zhen, this situation still remembers to fight back, it's really terrible.

Li Zhen sat on the horse, and finally dealt with the military and political affairs in Shuzhong, he was about to return to Dayong, although the king of Shu committed suicide, but the princess and the crown prince of Shu were there, enough to sacrifice the Taimiao, the army of Southern Chu has been said to return to the army in front, according to the covenant between the two countries, Dongchuan belongs to Dayong, and Western Shu belongs to Southern Chu, in fact, Jiamengguan is controlled in the hands of Dayong, and Luocheng is controlled in the hands of Southern Chu, but Shuzhong is a buffer between the two countries, his strategy has been realized, but it is not small for Southern Chu to take advantage, Li Zhen smiled bitterly, Now he really regretted that he didn't take the risk of kidnapping Jiang Zhe in the first place.

His staff Tan Shuo stepped forward and said, "Why didn't Your Highness stop the King of Shu from committing suicide and make Nan Chu proud?" ”

Li Zhen glanced at him, he knew that these staff members and subordinate generals had doubts about this, and said lightly: "It's too late, if the King of Shu doesn't commit suicide in that situation, I'm afraid that the people in Shu will despise him, even if he is alive, he is also a walking corpse." ”

Li Zhen's fierce general Fan Qun said angrily: "It must be that Zhao Jue's trick, and he actually asked that champion to write words to ridicule the King of Shu." Everyone else echoed it one by one, but some aides also said that Jiang Zhe's poem was really a peerless work.

Li Zhen smiled silently, and said in his heart: "How do you know that Jiang Zhe is the culprit, but he did it skillfully, at least no one guessed that it was his idea." This Jiang Zhe is really worth the trouble of this king. Looking at the sky, he raised his whip and said, "Let's go quickly, let them be proud for a while." ”

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On February 16 of the twentieth year of Xiande, Meng Yun, the king of Shu, surrendered in white and died.

On March 2 of the twentieth year of Xiande, King Yong Zhen was the Prince of De Jue Yang Xing, the King of Shu Meng Yun accompanied the banquet, there was no lack of Shu music singing and dancing during the banquet, Wang Nai personally played the qin, ordered Zhe to sing new words, the philosophical song "Breaking the Array", the King of Shu heard it, retreated in shame, and drank the donkey, died, and died at the age of forty-seven. At the time, people called Jiang Zhe "Broken Intestine Words", or "Desperate Words"——

"The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"

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