It is said that the soldiers led the army to besiege Zheng Guoguo's capital Xinzheng, and wanted to break it down. The two sides remained in a stalemate for more than two months, until the grain and grass in Xinzheng City were exhausted, and the military and civilians were frequently in a hurry. Seeing that the soldier's strategy of trapping the enemy was about to take effect, the people in Xinzheng City began to be in turmoil.

Seeing this, Zheng Dinggong and Feng Yan, the general who defended the city, had to agree on a strategy and issued an edict in the city to offer a reward: if the enemy can retreat, Dinggong will divide the country and rule to reward his merits.

On the third day after the bounty was offered, the guards outside the palace came in and reported: "Great King! Today, there was a man in the city who unveiled the reward and was asking to see him outside the temple at this time. ”

Dinggong was overjoyed, it was originally 'the mountains and rivers are exhausted and there is no way out', but at this time, someone unveiled the order, and couldn't help but have a glimmer of life: "Quickly call him in, the widow is invited!" ”

In the middle of the night, the guards brought one person into the hall. Ding Gong took a closer look and saw that this person was wearing a navy blue short jacket and stepping on grass shoes, no different from ordinary grass people, and was lying on the ground kowtowing his head.

Dinggong was overjoyed at first, and then saw that this person was so mediocre, and couldn't help but be disappointed: how could this grass people have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?

"Since the gentleman dares to expose the widow's reward order, there must be a way to retreat from the enemy?"

Seeing that Dinggong didn't let himself get up, the man had to reply on the ground: "Although Xiaomin is a grass people, can the king know that this commander of the Wu army is a former minister of the Chu State?" ”

Ding Gong snorted coldly: "Who doesn't know this?!" ”

The man said: "As long as the commander of the Wu army is not bad, the villain has his own way to retreat from the enemy!" ”

Ding Gong saw that this person was so loud, and he didn't seem to be a person who was talking, so his face was a little kinder: "Who is Mr.?" There are 30,000 people in this Wu army, all the way like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves: breaking the Yingdu, forcing Suizhou, and today surrounding my Xinzheng, its momentum is flourishing. Dare to ask sir, how do you retreat from the enemy? ”

"The villain is just a fisherman, and he used to be a Chu person. Later, in order to avoid disaster. Secluded in Xinzheng. The villain retreats from the enemy today, and has his own recipe. ”

"Since Mr. wants to retire from the Wu soldiers, how many chariots, horses, and soldiers do you need? If you need property and treasures, as long as you can let Wu soldiers retreat, the treasury of the widowed country will do what Mr. needs. ”

"The villain retreats from the enemy, and he doesn't need an inch of soldiers or a bucket of food. The villain only needs a boat's radial. ”

When Dinggong heard this, he turned blue with anger, it seems that this is a madman! The glimmer of hope that Ding Gong had just raised was shattered.

He couldn't help but scold his guards: "You guys are such a bunch of rubbish! This person is talking gibberish. It's a madman, and you dare to bring it to meet the widow! ”

When the guards saw that the prince was angry, they were so frightened that they knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The villains saw that this person had no ill intentions, and claimed to have a strategy to retreat from the enemy, so they brought him to meet the king." Indeed, we do not know about this man's madness. Please King Mingjian! ”

Ding Gong suppressed the anger in his heart, thinking about killing this person. It doesn't help. It will also cut off the path of the audience of the unveilers in the future. So Dinggong waved his hand to His Highness, wanting to order the guards to carry the fisherman out of the palace.

"Send him out!" Dinggong sighed and said.

Unexpectedly, the fisherman's face was fearless, he threw away the guard, fell to the ground again, and said loudly: "The villain is not guilty! Since the king has ordered a reward, I don't know why he blames the villain today? ”

Ding Gong saw that this person was not afraid. He was a little surprised, and said angrily: "The widow asked you about your technique of retreating from the enemy, and you actually spoke wildly, without a single soldier." Claims to have only one ship's radial. The widow asks you: can a ship retreat from the enemy?! ”

The fisherman knew that Dinggong didn't believe in his own technique of retreating from the enemy, so he spoke in detail: "When my father was here, I had a relationship with General Wu and was kind to the soldiers. So the villain went to meet the soldier and asked him to retire. ”

After hearing it, he will be skeptical. But Zheng Guojun and his ministers are helpless now, so Dinggong has the heart to give it a try, even if it is just a 'dead horse as a live horse doctor'.

So Dinggong summoned Feng Yan into the palace, and asked the fisherman to retreat from the enemy, so that Feng Yan thought of sneaking the fisherman out of the city. And ordered the left and right to give him a boat, and said: "If the gentleman can retreat from the enemy, the widow will definitely be rewarded!" ”

Early the next morning, Feng Yan tied a thick rope to a bamboo basket and dropped the fisherman down the city. The fisherman holds the pole in his left hand and a white cloth in his right hand. When the Wu army outside the city saw a person descending from the city wall, he had already come up to surround and investigate.

The fisherman came out of the bamboo basket, saw Wu Jun's foot soldiers, and arched his hand: "I am a fisherman, I went out of the city today, without him, I just want to see an old friend." ”

"Who's your old friend?"

"Zixu of Chu State, General Wu today, the one who wears the Seven Star Dragon Yuan."

All the sergeants laughed: "My family's commander admires the Seven-Star Long Yuan, but you are an old friend?" ”

The fisherman nodded. Sergeant Wu saw that this person was very cute, and saw that he did not look like a traitor, so he took him to the big tent of the Chinese army.

The generals smiled and said: "This is the big tent of our army, and it is the place where the commander of my family is meeting, so you just go to see him." ”

The fisherman figured out where the Chinese army was, and saw that he was not in a hurry, cleared his throat, but began to step on the beat outside the tent, knocking and singing:

"Luzhong people! Luzhong people, the sword at the waist of the seven-star text; Don't remember when crossing the river, the wheat rice is full of fish soup? ”

"Luzhong people! The people of Luzhong, today's princes are famous; can remember the great river, without the soul of my ancestors! ”

"Luzhong people! Luzhong people, why do you need to make knife soldiers if you are strong? There is a reincarnation for a thousand years, and a smile can be gracious! ”

In this way, the fisherman sang the ballad of 'the man in the reed' again and again in front of the tent, and soon the guards in the tent were alarmed. After a while, the guards in the big tent of the Chinese army put the fisherman into the tent and reported it to the soldiers.

The fisherman was escorted to the soldiers, and he was not afraid, but still knocked on the pole and sang: "The people in the reeds! ……”

The soldier felt a little strange at first, but when he listened carefully, he had a deep meaning. Then he got up and asked, "Who is here, how can you get this rumor?" ”

The fisherman raised the beam in his hand and replied, "I am a fisherman, and has not the general seen the beam of the ship in my hand?" Can the 'fisherman' general still know it? ”

"Are you the son of a fisherman?"

The fisherman nodded and sighed, "More than ten years! The general still remembers my father, and it seems that my trip today is worth it! ”

The soldier said compassionately: "Your father died for me, and I want to repay the great favor, but I can't do it. Today we are fortunate to meet each other, and you have come to meet me with a song, which means a lot. I don't know what I want? If my soldiers can help with half a point, you can make it clear. ”

"I don't need anything else, it's just that a few days ago, the general led the army to besiege Xinzheng, and Zheng Guojun and his ministers were afraid of the general's might and were all terrified. Now there is a shortage of food and clothing in the city, and the people are uneasy. Dinggong had no choice but to reward the country: 'There can be those who retreat from the Wu army, and they will divide the country and rule.' 'Chen Nian's father and the general have a relationship, and today I ask the general to pardon Zheng Guo's sins. ”

The soldier looked at the fisherman and did not answer for a long time.

The fisherman said: "The general is here for King Zhao, but as far as I know, the King of Chu is indeed not in Zheng State, if the general does not believe it, I can vouch for the general with this head, how about it?" ”

The soldier pondered for a long time, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "Providence! The fact that our soldiers can have today is all a gift from the fishermen! The sky is above, how dare my soldiers forget! ”

When the soldiers saw that the son of the fisherman came to say goodbye to Zheng Guo, they responded to the fisherman's request and promised to withdraw the army the day after. The soldiers ordered the sergeant to send the fishermen into the city, and ordered the three armies to straighten out the carriages, horses, grain and grass, and withdrew the siege of Xinzheng on the same day.

Zhuan Yi and Yue Peng were all surprised when they received the order to withdraw their troops. The two made an appointment to meet with the soldiers and asked about the withdrawal of troops: "My army will go out of Suizhou and besiege Xinzheng, and it will be completed immediately, I don't know why the general wants to withdraw his troops at this time?" ”

Wu Yuan said: "I sent a detailed investigation to find out, King Zhao is really not in Zheng State. I have no excuse to kill Zheng, so it's better to pardon him. Besides, the state of Chu is undecided, and we have more important things to do. Do you think Chu is more important or Zheng is more important? ”

The two of them solved the confusion in their hearts, obeyed the orders of the soldiers, and arranged for the army to withdraw to the direction of Chu on the same day.

When the fisherman entered the city, he also reported to the public that the soldiers had promised to retire. Seeing that the Wu army had indeed withdrawn, Dinggong was a little uneasy at first, and kept sending sentry horses to inquire about the news at any time. Later, seeing Wu Jun withdraw from the realm of Zheng Guo, Zheng Guojun and his ministers breathed a long sigh of relief.

Zheng Dinggong saw that the fisherman had solved the danger of Xinzheng, so he gave the fisherman a hundred miles of land, and from then on, Zheng Guo people called him "Fisherman", in order to remember the fisherman's father and son's contribution to Zheng Guo.

Since the soldiers relieved the siege of Zheng Guo, they retreated and returned to the Chu realm, divided their troops to guard the important border passes and stationed the army in the elk area. While sending envoys to recruit those vassals of Chu State everywhere, he also sent fine sentry horses to inquire about the exact news of King Zhao's whereabouts. (To be continued......)