"Ah!!h

"Ahh

There were constantly miserable shouts in a wooden house, and when I looked through the cracks in the wooden house, I could vaguely see under the candlelight, two men tied to wooden stakes, their whole bodies were blurred with flesh and blood, and their dying expressions were full of pain and despair.

"My lord, it has been found out that someone learned about Zhang's uncle and nephew, and he already knew who framed Bai Yan, so he bought the murderer and killed people."

A man walked up to three men in silk clothes who were talking and gave up his hand to report.

These two people fled from Qufu and killed Zhang's uncle and nephew, and after they came to Chu State, these two people were arrested and interrogated, such a harsh and cruel interrogation, it should be that there is no lie.

It's a pity that Zhang's uncle and nephew were killed before they saw Bai Yan!

"Have you found out who gave them fifty gold?"

A man in silk asked, seeing Hu Cong shaking his head, the man came step by step with anger, and was tied up and dying.

Looking at the two men whose flesh and blood were blurred.

"Fifty gold, and then kill someone! Do you know who their uncles and nephews are? ”

The man looked at the two of them, and he was angry, since he couldn't ask the real murderer, he could only rely on themselves to find out who framed Bai Yan.

"Rip these two up!"

The man said to the two burly men next to him, and then turned around.

The two men who were tied up struggled weakly, their mouths full of pleading, and when they saw the burly man with a dagger in front of them, the two men's eyes were full of fear.

Teng.

At this moment, on the streets of Tengxian County, the people coming and going are full of panic, and from time to time you can see iron horsemen on horseback, galloping quickly on the streets.

In the mansion, Bai Yan was in the study, looking at the peaks and rivers in the wooden plate.

"Who is the commander of the Chu State?"

Bai Yan asked.

"General, it's Xiang Yan!"

Yan Mao stood beside Bai Yan, reported to Bai Yan, looking at the map, Yan Mao couldn't help frowning at this moment, according to expectations, the Chu army should have been attacking Xiao Yi and Xue Yi at this time.

But the strange thing is that the Chu army has always stood still, and it seems that there is no hurry to recapture Qufu at all.

"Xiang Yan?"

When Bai Yan heard this name, his brows furrowed slightly.

It's actually Xiang Yan!

Bai Yan never thought that at the beginning of the Chu State, he would send Xiang Yan as the main general to lead the troops to confront him.

In the State of Chu, Xiang Yan is a pillar country, second only to the king of Chu, and Ling Yin, Mo Ao and others are all important ministers of the Chu State, such a high-ranking and powerful person actually led troops to the east of Chu at the beginning.

This is a bit of a surprise.

"What about the general?"

Yan Mao's expression was extremely dignified at the moment, and for the name Xiang Yan, even Yan Mao, he couldn't help but be very jealous.

"Since Xiang Yan doesn't attack, general, do we want to gather a large army, engage the Chu army, and lure the Chu army to cross the river!"

Yan Mao looked at Bai Yan and asked.

The more Xiang Yan did not move, the more worried Yan Mao became, in Yan Mao's eyes, a general like a general, whenever he did not move, it was by no means as simple as it seemed, and there must be a plan in secret.

"No!"

Bai Yan shook his head when he heard Yan Mao's words.

"Now that all the arrangements have been made, all of them are to prevent the attack of the Chu State, and the grain and grass of each city are also prepared, at this time, any transfer will affect the entire layout, which will give Xiang Yan a chance."

Bai Yan looked at the map.

Although it is not clear what Xiang Yan's intentions are, but now attacking the Chu State, as long as Xiang Yan is defeated, the Chu State will die.

When the state of Chu died, Bai Yan could prepare to return to the state of Qi.

This opportunity to destroy Chu, Bai Yan will never allow it to be lost, Bai Yan does not want to wait a few more years.

"Can the Ironclad Battalion be settled?"

Bai Yan looked sideways at Yan Mao.

Now, in addition to the traps set for the Chu army, Bai Yan has three biggest hole cards, one of which is the Chu warrior clan who rebelled, and the other is the ironclad battalion.

Different from Wei Wushu, this ironclad battalion is an iron armor in the true sense, and it is also the hole card that Bai Yan has secretly prepared after several years of hard work, and it is one of Bai Yan's confidence in attacking Chu State.

On the battlefield, an iron armor is not only invulnerable to swords, can charge into battle, but more importantly, can give fear to the enemy.

"The general rest assured, he has settled in Qiuyu, as long as the Chu army dares to cross the river to attack Xiao Di, and then attack Qufu, even if it is Xiang Yan, don't think about returning to Chu again!"

Yan Mao said to Bai Yan.

Now that Qufu and all the roads leading to Qi are like pockets, the Chu army dares to attack, so don't think about leaving.

As Yan Mao's words fell, at this time, a soldier took a bamboo slip, came to the study, and handed it to Bai Yan.

"General?"

Yan Mao looked at Bai Yan and frowned at Zhu Jian, and asked with some concern.

"General Wang Ben is already at war with the Chu army!"

Bai Yan handed over the bamboo slips to Yan Mao, and then walked quickly to the hanging map, Xiao Di did not fight, Xue Yi did not fight, and Peng Cheng did not fight, but Chu sent another army of no less than 100,000 to fight Wang Ben in Jiao County.

Look at the map.

Bai Yan was a little puzzled, Jiao County!

"This is the attack on Weidi!"

Bai Yan quickly saw the intentions of the country, the state of Chu was planning to take the land of Wei, since the Wei pawn was transferred to Qufu by him, the land of Wei did not have any troops, only Pengcheng and Jiaocheng to defend the entry of the state of Chu.

Previously, Bai Yan's assumption was that if the Chu army wanted to seize the Wei land, the best choice was to attack Pengcheng, after all, compared to Jiaoxian, where Wang Ben's army was stationed, Pengcheng's troops were much less.

When the Chu army attacked Pengcheng, it would be surrounded by Jiao County and the soldiers and horses he arranged in the rear, as long as it entered the Wei region, the Chu army would have no way to retreat.

But unexpectedly, the Chu army directly attacked Jiao County and wanted to enter Wei from Jiao County.

In this way, the soldiers here in Qufu are beyond the reach of the whip, and due to the long distance, once they rush to help, their whereabouts are difficult to hide.

"The state of Chu is not afraid that the state of Qin will send a large army to attack the state of Chu from Yingchuan and Nanyang County?"

Bai Yan was a little puzzled.

For some reason, Bai Yan had a vague premonition that since the Chu State attacked Jiao County, there must be some plan, and it was likely that it was not as simple as Wei Di.

It's a pity that now in Teng County, not to mention Nanyang, even Yingchuan, they are far apart, and news can't come and go quickly.

"Yan Mao!"

Bai Yan turned to look at Yan Mao, and watched Yan Mao look up and look over the bamboo slips.

"I want to leave Teng County, this matter cannot be known to outsiders, if the Chu army tries to attack, remember, you need to show weakness!"

Bai Yan instructed.

Since the state of Chu attacked Jiaoxian, intending to capture the Wei land, and waiting to form a joint encirclement and force the Qufu Qin army to leave, then Xiang Yan would definitely not rashly attack the Qufu place that had been prepared at this time.

Even if he attacked, it would be difficult for Xiang Yan to capture Xiaoyi in a short period of time, let alone Qufu, and all the ambushes set up for the Chu army along the way.

Right now, what Bai Yan is most worried about is the big beam.

Although the Wei army surrendered, most of the Wei generals had already been sent to Xianyang, coupled with the previous wooing of the Liang clan and the royal family, Changping Jun should not be able to incite rebellion.

But just in case, Bai Yan was still a little uneasy, and he had to meet those scholars.

"No!"

Although Yan Mao was surprised that Bai Yan was leaving, he still nodded with his hand.

In the night, as Yan Mao left the study, by the window in the study, Bai Yan took a bamboo slip and knelt in front of the wooden table.

Relying on the light of the candlelight, Bai Yan took the pen and ink and wrote on the bamboo slips.

As the main general of the battle between Qin and Chu, Bai Yan was in Qufu, and for the wars in other places, he could only know the situation through the news that came, and at present, for the Chu army to attack Jiao County, what Bai Yan could do was to believe in Wang Ben.

is different from when he attacked Han and destroyed Zhao, today's Bai Yan, as the chief general of the attack on Chu, has more to do than lead the troops to the battlefield, or to appoint and trust.

In the face of the army of Chu and Xiang Yan, Bai Yan never intended to rely on himself alone, and even not only relied on iron cavalry and side cavalry, but also the generals of Zan Shou and Zhongyou, whether it was Wang Ben in Jiao County or Meng Wu in Qianzhong, these were the forces that destroyed Chu in Bai Yan's eyes.

It's a pity that it's not in Xianyang, and I can't know the actions of the Xianyang court.

Come to think of it.

In the reply letter to Wang Ben, Bai Yan thought about it, thought about it, and wrote down the following words.

"Although the Wei State has fallen, there are still remnants ......"

……………………

Next.

Bai Yan got up early, put on black clothes, and after washing, before breakfast, he saw his cronies hurriedly come to report.

When he learned that outside the gate of the mansion, Ban Ding came with three people, Bai Yan was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, Bai Yan still asked his cronies to bring people in.

Not for a while.

Bai Yan was in the room, and after seeing Ban Ding, he was followed by three middle-aged men.

"Meet the General!"

When Ban Ding saw Bai Yan, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Bai Yan, then turned around and introduced the three people behind him to Bai Yan.

"General, these three people are Peng Bo of the Peng clan of Peng Yicheng!"

With Ban Ding's words, the burly Peng Bo raised his hand at Bai Yan and saluted slowly: "Meet General Bai!" ”

"These two are Zhongli brothers of the Zhongli clan, Zhongli Chuan and Zhongli Hao!"

Banding looked at the other two men.

And when the two men saw Ban Ding introduce themselves, they also saluted Bai Yan one after another.

"Zhong Lichuan, meet the general!"

"Zhongli Hao, meet the general!!"

Compared with Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan and Zhong Lihao are thinner, and it can be seen at a glance that both of them are perennial in the place of the restaurant.

"Bai Yan!"

Bai Yan returned the salute, and there was some surprise that Ban would definitely bring these three people from the Chu State clan here.

Thinking of this, Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding.

"General, these three gentlemen were in Qi before, and now they are passing by along the way, and they heard that the general inherited their dreams and found Jiuding, so they specially wanted to visit the general."

Ban Ding glanced at Bai Yan quietly and explained to Bai Yan softly.

Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan, and Zhong Lihao also looked at Bai Yan at this time.

"Especially now in the state of Chu, the king of Chu has no way to kill his brother and harm the good, and appoints the traitorous minister Jing Qi, which makes the court of Chu unpopular inside and outside! ! I heard that the general had a dream, so I wanted to solve the puzzle! ”

Ban Ding raised his hand and said to Bai Yan.

For the big tripod that Bai Yan sent to Xianyang, it was a matter of Kyushu Ding, and when Ban Ding learned the news, the whole person was shocked, especially when he heard how Bai Yan found the Kyushu Ding!

Later, Ban Ding realized why Bai Yan was not worried at all when he told Bai Yan that Dading was fake.

It turned out that the tripod in Pengcheng at that time was really the Kyushu tripod.

"The three of you visit, Bai Yan will definitely say in detail, please!"

How could Bai Yan not understand Ban Ding's words.

Behind Jing Qi's unpopularity in the Chu State, he is telling Bai Yan that these three people representing the Chu State Shi clan came here because Jing Qi was unpopular, in order to know if they could win the 'hearts of the people' here.

If you can win people's hearts, it is naturally what people's hearts want.

Inside the main hall.

As they each knelt behind the wooden table, Bai Yan, who was sitting behind the wooden table of the main house, whispered what he had dreamed of in his dream.

And with Bai Yan's words, not to mention Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan, and Zhong Lihao, even Ban Ding, they all listened carefully and looked at Bai Yan with a look of surprise.

"It seems that the Qin State got the Kyushu Ding, it is really God's order!"

After listening to the whole process of Bai Yan getting the Kyushu Ding, Zhong Lichuan shook his head and sighed, and then glanced at Zhong Lihao and Peng Bo.

"If it weren't for God's instructions, how could I trust General Meng!"

Zhongli Hao also spoke, and then looked at Bai Yan: "I often hear that the Qin State is brutal, the Qin law is harsh, and the King of Qin is even more violent and unkind. ”

Zhongli Hao first complimented Bai Yan, and then took the opportunity to tell the story of Qin Law of the Qin State, as well as the personality of the King of Qin, as well as the words he saw with his own eyes, and asked Bai Yan both inside and outside the words.

Everyone in the world knows that the Qin State is brutal, the Qin law is strict, and countless people say that Ying Zheng is cruel and unkind, if the Qin State defeats the Chu State, the Qin State will move to the Chu State if the rules and regulations of the Qin State will be moved to the Chu State, and Ying Zheng will remember their merits and give them the status, rights, and wealth of the Chu State (in front of them).

"Yes! How can the words of ordinary people reach their ears! ”

"But no, only a general like this, as an important minister of the Qin State, can he know the good or bad, the King of Qin!"

Zhong Lichuan and Peng Bo naturally understood it, and they all smiled and agreed.

Because before getting a reply from Bai Yan and Qin State, even if it was Peng Bo, he had a conflict with Jing Qi a long time ago and had a grudge, and now that Jing Qi is in power, Peng and Peng Bo are worried all day long in Chu State, for fear that Jing Qi will take the opportunity to get rid of them Peng.

But right now, Peng Bo didn't dare to say that if he wanted to help Bai Yan and help Qin Guo, he would cut off all his back roads.

"In the past, the world was in strife, wars were continuous, countries were merged, and countries were destroyed from time to time. In the past hundred years, Qin has been able to get rid of weakness and survive among the countries, and the strictness of Legalism is rare in the world, which inevitably makes it difficult for the world to accept, even if it is Bai Yan, it is not avoidable! ”

Bai Yan also opened his mouth with a smile on his face, explaining the reason.

Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan, and Zhong Lihao all listened attentively, and when they heard Bai Yan's explanation, all three of them couldn't help but nod, in fact, the Qin State did strengthen the country through the Legalists, and now it has destroyed Han, Zhao, and Wei one after another.

"General Bai Yan, do you also think that the Legalists are strict?"

Zhong Lichuan looked at Bai Yan and asked, in fact, for the Qin State, the most unacceptable thing is that the laws of the Qin State are too strict.

Born in the Chu State, their family owns a fief, they still prefer the Mo family's proposition, they can't be courteous, they can't be punished by doctors, that is to say, Zhou Li and the like, only the children of these scholars can have it, and other ordinary people are not qualified.

And even if they break the law, they cannot be punished.

This is a rule that has been handed down since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it is also practiced by all princes in the world, except for the Qin State.

"The Legalist family is not strict, how can it still be called a Legalist, in the Qin State, one person makes a mistake, and the whole family sits together."

Bai Yan heard Zhong Lichuan's words and shook his head with a smile.

This made Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan, and Zhong Lihao all show a touch of joy in their eyes, as long as Bai Yan agrees with them, that's fine, sure enough, even Bai Yan wants to restore the Zhou Dynasty and govern the country with Confucian etiquette.

It seems that Bai Yan is also a person like them.

"However, now that the countries are standing side by side, there have been wars for many years, and when the Qin State is determined to inherit the mandate of heaven and unify it, Yu Guo has not yet been able to leave the Legalist family, Yu Min, and even more powerful country, only if the world is unified, and there is no dispute, can it be chosen for good governance!"

Bai Yan changed his words and said to a few people.

Bai Yan also told a few people that it was not that the Qin State wanted to use Legalism, but that they had not yet had a choice, or when the world was unified, they could use Confucianism to govern the country.

Of course.

This is by no means Bai Yan's heart, although Bai Yan does feel that Legalism is harsh and ruthless, but compared to the current Confucianism, Bai Yan would rather have Legalism.

At present, Confucianism swears that the people are the foundation, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light, but in fact, it is to maintain the Zhou etiquette, depreciating the legal system, and the punishment is not to the doctor, and the courtesy is not inferior to the common people.

Behind the sentence that the people can make it happen, but not the people can know it, it is revealed that Confucianism does not put the people in their hearts at all.

If you really want to use the current Confucianism, it is estimated that there will be countless ordinary people, who have no lawsuits.

The Confucianism advocated by later generations is another Confucianism, and this Confucianism is not Confucianism!

Inside the main hall.

Bai Yan, who was kneeling behind the wooden table, looked at Peng Bo, Zhong Lichuan, and Zhong Lihao with hesitant faces, looked at each other, and finally nodded slowly, Bai Yan looked at Ban Ding quietly.

Looking at Ban Ding, who was also thinking about it, Bai Yan knew very well that the issues that Peng Bo and the others were concerned about were not things that Ban Ding had always been particularly concerned about.

At the moment, Ban Ding also wanted to ask through the mouths of the three of Peng Bo.

Thinking that since Ban Ding could take the initiative to meet these three people, and also persuaded these three people to come to see him, Bai Yan was almost completely sure that there must be a force behind Ban Ding, but for this force, Ban Ding didn't want him to know, or Ban Ding had his own ideas.

In this regard, Bai Yan couldn't help but look at Peng Bo.

"Peng Yicheng next to the Jiujiang River, Peng Qi, the ancestor of the Peng family, has more than 6,000 soldiers, and his son Peng Bo has had a conflict with Jing Qi, and Peng Qi and Xiong You have a private agreement"

When he investigated the state of Chu and later returned to Xianyang, he also wrote bamboo slips in his own hands and sent them to Yingzheng, so Bai Yan has always remembered this incident deeply.

Previously, Xiong Yu defeated Xiong Yingshu and succeeded to the throne as the king of Xinchu, which means that it is absolutely impossible for the Ban clan to come into contact with Xiong You, and it is even more impossible for Peng Bo to tell others about such a deadly secret.

In other words, Ban Ding didn't know about it.