Wu Zixu smiled, took the sword, and suddenly roared: "Mu Hu! ”

"Lord, the minister is here!" Mu Hu also said that Wu Zixu wanted to break through, so he immediately pulled out the bronze sword at his waist, and rushed out with an arrow to protect Wu Zixu. Wu Zixu's guests and private soldiers, who had been on guard for a long time, immediately pulled out the bronze swords at their waists, and looked at the palace guards brought by the prince and Gu Cao with murderous anger. As long as Wu Zixu spits out the killing word, they will not hesitate to kill these palace guards.

The prince's aunt Cao's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly shrank into the crowd of palace guards, and the palace guards were all unsheathed with swords, spears and swords facing Wu Zixu's doormen and private soldiers, and the atmosphere on both sides was extremely depressed for a while.

"Stop! Back to the sheath! Wu Zixu suddenly shouted angrily, stopping this fight that was about to break out.

"Lord!" Mu Hu turned his head and glanced at Wu Zixu in shock, he didn't know why Wu Zixu would stop him.

"Didn't you hear the old man?" Wu Zixu said in a deep voice, and the whole person seemed not angry and arrogant.

"No!" Although the doorman and the private soldier were unwilling, they still put their long swords back in their sheaths.

The prince and aunt Cao didn't dare to come out, he was afraid that Wu Zixu would cheat.

Wu Zixu glanced at the prince Gu Cao, who was hidden in the protection of the palace guards, and a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he instructed Mu Hu: "After the old man dies, you will all share the wealth of the family!" ”

"My lord! We can protect you from breaking through......" Mu Hu said.

But before Mu Hu finished speaking, Wu Zixu shook his head firmly and interrupted: "No need, old man Wu Zixu, he is a native of Wu in life and a ghost in Wu in death!" If the old man escapes, isn't this a betrayal of the state of Wu? The ancestor has a great favor to the old man, and the old man can't betray the Wu country! In fact, the old man would have expected this day a long time ago! But unexpected! I didn't expect it to come! ”

After Wu Zixu finished speaking, he pulled out his sword and put it on his neck, slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he roared unwillingly: "Huh! Cry out! The old man ordered Ruo's father to dominate! (I made your father a great success!) Husband! You haven't been made a prince yet! The princes are fighting! It was the old man's recommendation, and you are the prince! When you are the king of Wu, consolidate the government for the old man! The land of Wu was given to the old man, and the old man didn't ask for it! Unexpected! I can't imagine that the old man is dead today, but it is the words of the minister! The old man is unwilling! Unwilling! ”

Everyone present couldn't help but be moved by Wu Zixu's words, especially the two hundred palace guards. They only felt their faces burning, ashamed!

"Mu Hu, after the old man died, you gouged out the old man's eyes and hung them on the east gate! The old man wants to see the Han Kou destroy the Wu Kingdom! Wu Zixu said this, then pulled the sword, and a bloody arrow shot out, and the place five steps in front of Wu Zixu was splashed with blood.

"Lord!" The doorman and the private soldier couldn't help but have red eyes, and knelt down on one knee in the direction of Wu Zixu's corpse, their heads lowered. Many men who don't frown even if they break their arms can't help but cry like rain at this moment.

"Lord!" Mu Hu pounced on Wu Zixu's corpse, only to see Wu Zixu to death, still staring wide. As if telling the unwillingness in his heart, and as if reminding Mu Hu to remember to gouge out his eyes and hang them on the east gate.

Wang Zigu Cao stepped forward to look at Wu Zixu's corpse, sighed, and sighed for a while.

When the people of Wu in Shigusu City heard that Wu Zixu was sent to death by her husband, everyone was saddened. The prince's aunt Cao also took care of his illness and sent another person to return the sword to his husband, but he didn't want that person to please his husband and Bo Yao. After saying Wu Zixu's words before his death, Fucha was furious and sent someone back to Gusu City, wrapped Wu Zixu's body in leather and threw it into the river. It means that Wu Zixu 'has no place to die'.

When Wu Guoguo heard this, he couldn't help but feel more sympathy for Wu Zixu in his heart, and became more and more resentful of his husband. The people of Gusu City spontaneously sat on a hill outside Gusu City and built a ancestral hall. to sacrifice Wu Zixu's soul, and this is actually a manifestation of Wu Guoguo's dissatisfaction with Fucha. The mountain where Wu Zixu's ancestral hall is located is also called Xu Mountain.

The husband didn't know about the establishment of the ancestral hall for Wu Zixu in Gusu City, but I'm afraid he would not care if he knew. Now Fucha's mind is focused on competing for hegemony with the Jin Kingdom, and now he doesn't care about anything except fighting for hegemony.

In February, Fucha led a large army along the water to the north of Jishui, and met the princes in Huangchi (now the south of Fengqiu).

However, this time the exposure to Huangchi was farther than the previous expedition to Qi, and the grain route along the way had to pass through the lands of Song, Lu, Cao, Wei, Xue, Tan and other six countries. It's just that Lu State, after all, they are still loyal allies of Wu State. But the other vassal states have been subservient to the Jin overlord for decades. The husband had to prevent the Jin State from coming to the bottom of the kettle to draw his salary, cut off his food channel, and guard the prisoners of the Qi State.

Although it was a struggle for hegemony, the soldiers he brought with him were only 30,000.

Let's talk about the captives of the Qi State here, some people are in the Qi country, and the Qi country is suing for peace, why don't their captives be put back? But is Tian Qi willing? What he wants to do is to weaken the strength of other families and offices in the Qi Kingdom, if he lets these captives go back, wouldn't it restore some of their strength? Is he willing to beg?

Of course I didn't want to, so these Qi captives, except for the seven generals and some of the generals who were able to be ransomed with heavy money, the others were all detained as slaves in the north of Wu by Fucha, transporting grain for Wu, digging ditches and other things.

............ "Wu Zixu is dead!" Yang Zilu gently put down the letter sent by the eight hundred miles urgently, and the indescribable complexity in his voice seemed to be regretting it, as if he was happy about it, and as if he was embarrassed.

"Lord, are you ready to send troops?" When the important ministers who were summoned by Yang Zilu heard Yang Zilu's words, they couldn't help but perk up and asked urgently.

Yang Zilu did not reply immediately, but asked Yang Tugou: "Yang Tugou, how is the cavalry trained?" ”

Yang Tugou perked up, patted his chest with a momentum and said, "Rest assured, the Lord, a thousand armored horses have been trained!" As long as the Lord gives an order, all those who stand in front of the Lord will be in front of them! will all be crushed by armored riders! ”

Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction and asked Yu Yu, "Is there a problem with the recruitment of soldiers?" ”

Yu Yu said confidently: "No problem at all! Now, even the remnants of the Yue Kingdom have undergone at least four months of training. In addition, now the Han people are fierce, and you can become a soldier with a little training! And all this just needs an order from the Lord, and the minister promises to get 10,000 soldiers immediately! ”

"How is the preparation of the Yulin Army?" Yang Zilu asked sideways.

The three Yu Lin Lang generals, Mang Gao, Wu Yu, and Black Bear, all raised their heads and said excitedly: "There is no problem at all!" According to the orders of the Lord, all the generals arranged for deputies. As long as the soldiers are replenished in place, the Yulin Army can immediately double in size and improve the establishment of 3,000 people! ”

Yang Zilu asked the three of them, "Xia Hu Roar, Chonghu, Han Jiading, can the county soldiers under your jurisdiction be used?" ”

Xia Hu roared and said, "Although there are only 900 county soldiers in Longyou County, Navel City, and Gumi County now, there are actually 1,500 people!" Although they are all infantry, it is still possible to help the Lord! ”

Chonghu sat down and said: "If you go back to the Lord, now there are 600 county soldiers in the four counties of Ouyi, Huoyi, Jian'an, and Dong'an, but in fact there are 1,800 people!" ”

Han Jiading said in a deep voice: "Lord, the number of soldiers in Ouyi and Jiukui two counties under the jurisdiction of the minister has not changed much, on the surface it is six hundred, but in fact it is eight hundred. However, all 800 of them have been trained as longbowmen! ”

"Good!" Yang Zilu nodded vigorously and said in a deep voice: "That's it! The number of troops that the widow can mobilize now can reach more than 17,000 people! ”

"Let's all go down and prepare! After the spring ploughing in March, 5,000 recruits were immediately mobilized! Fifteen hundred people were added to the Yulin Army, and the others were supplemented to various places to defend the land in place of the county soldiers! Now everybody goes down and prepares! Yang Zilu said in a deep voice.

"Lord, is it too little to call up just five thousand?" Yu Yu said suspiciously.

"Five thousand people is enough, too many people are desperate! If it fails, the Han State can still recruit enough soldiers to defend the front line in Zhejiang! Yang Zilu waved his hand, both refuting and explaining.

"The Lord is wise!" Mitsu immediately complimented.

"Okay, let's go down and prepare if there's nothing to do!" Yang Zilu said.

So everyone retired, but Yang Zilu stopped Doctor Si Jin, Zigong and Doctor Si Li, who were alone.

"How long can the food last?" Yang Zilu asked to Ju Gu.

"Thanks to the Lord's internal cultivation politics, with the storage of the current Han State Cangli, let alone 8,000 people, even if it is 30,000 troops, it is enough to support a year's war!" Ju Gu said proudly.

Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction and said to Zigong: "How is the situation in the treasury?" ”

"There is not much money in the treasury, but there are five million pieces of money, ten thousand horses of linen, eight thousand horses of silk, and eight hundred horses of silk and silk." Zigong said indifferently, but his tone was full of confidence.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he laughed and said: "Okay, it is worthy of Zigong, after serving as Si Jin's doctor, the widow's treasury has risen a lot!" How about Zigong following the widow on the expedition this time? ”

"Zigong only has a three-inch tongue, and it's too early to go on the expedition now!" Zigong politely rejected Yang Zilu's opportunity to let him go to the front line to mix credit, Zigong has his pride.

Yang Zilu didn't care either, Zigong suddenly looked like he remembered something, and asked Yang Zilu: "Lord, what are you going to do with Bo Xizhen, Sima?" ”

Yang Zilu came back to her senses at this time, and almost forgot about the public fine work sent by her husband, but it is more appropriate to call it a wine tank and rice bucket than a fine work. After Bo Xizhen arrived in the Han Kingdom, he had already been fed chaotic by Yang Zilu with money and wine, lingering in the Qinglou every day, and he looked like he was not thinking about it, now don't say that the Han Kingdom is cautious, even if Yang Zilu ordered the conscription of 10,000 soldiers, Bo Xizhen probably doesn't know about this wine bag and rice bag.

"Is this negotiable? A sharp sword will do! Ju Gu said disdainfully, his disdain was not Chong Zigong, but Chong Bo Xizhen.

Yang Zilu glanced at Zigong thoughtfully and asked, "Zigong has thought of what use he has?" ”

Zigong smiled mysteriously and said, "Killing him is equivalent to tearing his face with Bo Yao, is this necessary?" And letting him go, it will give Bo Ya an illusion, the Lord wants to recruit Bo Ya. If it was usual, Bo Yao would naturally disdain it, but if the Lord succeeds this time, then the Han Kingdom will rise! Even replacing Wu may not be impossible! In this way, Bo Yao will inevitably play the surname of the wall grass, as long as the Lord is powerful! Bo Yao will definitely betray the intelligence of Wu State, trying to gain the trust of the Lord, and after the Han State destroys Wu State, Bo Yao can also become the Dazai of Han State! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Ha! Ha! Ha! Good strategy! Zigong should be the widow's Taigongwang (Jiang Taigong)! ”

"The minister doesn't dare to compare with him!" Zigong said modestly.

………… By the time Yang Zilu mobilized the soldiers, it was already early April, and the 8,000-strong army had gathered in Linggu. These included 1,500 longbowmen, 1,000 armored cavalry, 2,000 light cavalry of the Lin Army, 1,000 elite armor soldiers of the Lin Army, and 2,500 county soldiers.

"The husband is a bully to the people of the country internally, and he is extremely military externally! Ask my Han Kingdom to pay tribute to millions of money! It is required that the beauties of our Han Kingdom can only be enjoyed by the magnates of Wu Kingdom! Now Wu wants to dominate the world! But the state of Wu asked our Han state to pay for its military expenses for the hegemony! The husband wants me to sell my sons and daughters in the Han Kingdom! Too poor to live in a hut! You say! How are we going to do it! Yang Zilu's voice was full of incitement.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Enter Gusu City!"

The morale of the soldiers was boosted by Yang Zilu.

"Attack! Let the husband be poor! Let the world know! We Han people are not to be bullied! Gale! Gale! ”

"Gale! Gale! ”

The Han soldiers roared excitedly, flapping their shields with their weapons and waving their weapons.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of the drums slowly changed from slow to urgent.

Yang Zilu stood on the high platform, and the soldiers in the distance couldn't hear what Yang Zilu was shouting because of the sound of drums. But they saw Yang Zilu's movements, Yang Zilu pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed to the north!

The soldiers all understood what Yang Zilu meant, Yang Zilu was talking about departure! The soldiers excitedly set off for the pier, where they boarded the rudimentary troop carriers and headed for the north shore in a majestic manner.

(To be continued)