Zhan Taiqi touched his long gray beard, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that today's Confucianism is really full of talents, and Fu Nian, Ziyou, Yan Lu, and Shen Shiyu will be the mainstay of Confucianism in the future.

"Qu Jingzhao's three families and Gongzi are responsible for I'll go there, and as for Li Yuan, there will be a labor teacher." Zhan Taiqi said.

Chu has today's literary style and the original Zhan Tai Ming into Chu to promote Confucian culture has a direct relationship, now the Chu State court officials from the family, most of them are directly or indirectly related to Zhan Tai Ming Dynasty, including the current Qu Jingzhao three families also have many disciples in the Zhan Tai family, and the Zhan Tai family as the largest surname Confucianism in Chu Di, their influence is extraordinary, so Zhan Taiqi's words Qu Jingzhao and the three families will definitely think deeply.

And Shen Shi is a native of Yan State, and he is an outsider Confucian in Chu State, and Li Yuan is also a native of Zhao State who entered Chu, and he is also an outsider into Chu, so it is most appropriate for Shen Shi to lobby Li Yuan, as for Yan Lu, Yan Lu represents the little sage village sitting in Chu, after all, in addition to Confucianism, Chu Mo should not be underestimated.

The ancestor of Chu is Deng Lingzi, Deng Lingzi inherited Mozi's non-merits, and has been committed to the role of a mercenary all his life, and as a mercenary, you need to maintain extremely high force and strong armaments, so Chu Mo's disciples have always been good at the rivers and lakes. The relationship between the Xiang family and Chu Mo was very close, and most of the armaments of the Chu army were produced by Chu Mo, so Xiang Yan and Changping Jun would think of using Chu Mo to deal with Confucianism.

In order to prevent Chu Mo from doing something to the Confucian disciples, Yan Lu led the Confucian Xia to come to the Chu State as a deterrent.

"With this information provided by Senior Brother, I'm afraid they will take the initiative without us lobbying, but we can't let them kill Changping Jun directly, our goal is to score three points in the Chu State." Yan Lu pointed to the last sentence of Ziyou's letter and said.

The two looked at it, and the words Yan Lu pointed to were a word that circulated near Yunmengze, although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu, and Ziyou means that since there are three families in Chu, then there should also be three kings in Chu.

"This sentence should be inseparable from Chu Nangong." Zhan Taiqi said with a smile, Yun Mengze is the place where Chu Nangong lives in seclusion, and this sentence can spread around Yun Mengze and definitely has something to do with Chu Nangong.

"This sentence has nothing to do with us, just a word." Yan Lu said.

After discussing some specific matters, the three of them began to act separately and prepared to implement the plan for the division of the Chu State.

In Shu County, Chen's Mansion.

Chen Shu knelt in front of the three elders, his demeanor was very respectful, and the three elders were impatient, since Ziyou asked the merchants in the city to donate money and materials after going out of the city to suppress the bandits, but Ziyou has been using money and food not to do all the reasons not to go out of the city to suppress the bandits, this angry Chen Shu scolded his mother, Chen Shu made sure that everyone had paid all the money and food, after all, the merchants and clans of Shu County who dared to lack catties and less two.

Chen Shu knew that this was Ziyou trying to find a way to make money, but he didn't have the slightest way, he didn't want to do this wrong, but now the day when Xiang Yan sent troops was getting closer and closer, and the 30,000 defenders in Chengdu were in high morale one by one after getting the money and food, and they were fighting with these soldiers who lacked equipment, and it was good if they were not completely annihilated.

The third elder couldn't wait on the mountain, the daily consumption of more than 5,000 people was a big number, and some tribes saw that they were delayed in starting a war, and they also wavered and wanted to retreat, so he came to Chen's mansion to look for Chen Shu.

"Didn't you say that you should go out of the city three days ago to suppress the bandits? Why hasn't there been any movement yet? The Third Elder asked angrily.

"Your Highness forgives the sin, the envoy Ziyou did not use all the money and food as a reason, refused to send troops, and his subordinates had no choice." Chen Shu gritted his teeth and said, if he could control 30,000 people, what would he hesitate to be, and directly set himself up as the king, would he still suffer humiliation here?

"I don't care what method you use, the day after tomorrow we must let them out of the city to suppress bandits, there are still four days before the day when Chu State sends troops, if Chengdu receives the news, we will be disappointed." The Third Elder said coldly.

"No! The subordinates must find a way. Chen Shu said that there is only one way now, which is to unite the businessmen under his command to exert pressure, and then mobilize the public opinion of the people to exert pressure, but he is not sure whether this method is useful.

"Go ahead and do it, when the Shu Kingdom is re-established, you can inherit the glory of your ancestors, become the prime minister of the Shu Kingdom, and continue the Chen family's Xiangshu." The three elders said.

"No! Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace. Chen Shu bowed his head and said, although Chen Shu's mouth said words of gratitude, but his eyes looking at the ground were full of coldness, his target was never the prime minister, but the king of Shu.

Soon Chen Shu invited Qu Yi to Chen's mansion again.

"Brother Chen, why did you summon me to the mansion?" Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu and asked.

Chen Shu looked at Qu Yi, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said with a sigh

"I can't hide it, I came to Brother Qu to suppress the bandits, the envoy has always said that he wants to suppress the bandits, but he has not sent troops for a long time, I am impatient, the goods of the Chen family's caravan last time are still in the hands of the bandits, this is related to the income of the Chen family in this half a year, can I not be in a hurry?

Not only me, but many businessmen can't wait, they donate money and grain to suppress bandits, and now the army has not taken the slightest action, and they are all worried that their money and grain will be corrupted. ”

Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu's worried face, smiled and said

"I also know that Brother Chen is anxious about the safety of the goods, but without the king's edict on the bandits, we can't mobilize the army, and now we can only wait for the king's edict."

Although the county lieutenant has the power to mobilize soldiers and horses, the manpower transferred this time is 30,000 defenders in Chengdu, there are too many people, and they must be transferred with the permission of the court, otherwise it will be a rebellion.

Looking at Qu Yi's appearance, Chen Shu knew that he couldn't pay the money, so he turned into a smiling face and said to Qu Yi

"I also trouble Brother Qu to help me find Master Wang to be accommodating, the goods that were robbed before are very important to the Chen family, this is some of the books we collect on weekdays, please Brother Qu help me transfer them to Master Wang."

Saying that, the steward took two guards to carry up a box of bamboo slips, looking at the box with at least more than 20 rolls of bamboo slips, Qu Yi was stunned, more than 20 volumes of books, this should be half of the Chen family's heritage.

"That's a big deal, Brother Chen." Qu Yi smacked his tongue and said.

"These bamboo slips are useless to me, so it is better to give them to Master Wang, who is a Confucian sage, and will definitely let the knowledge recorded in these bamboo slips be passed on to the world." Chen Shu said with a smile on his face, but in fact, Chen Shu's heart was dripping blood, these books were collected by the Chen family who didn't know how many people, and they were the heritage of the Chen family, and now they were going to be sent away all at once, he must be distressed.

"Okay, I'll go and help Brother Chen inquire." Qu Yi said with a smile.

"Of course, the specialties of Northland County brought back by these caravans, Brother Qu should also bring them." Chen Shu asked the steward to bring a box and said.

Qu Yi opened the box and was immediately dazzled by the gold inside, and closed the box at the moment.

"Brother Chen, you are." Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu and said helplessly.

"This is when the caravan is passing by the Qu family, and the old lady is worried that you will not live well here, so she specially asked me to bring it." Chen Shu told lies without boundaries.

"Okay, then I won't stay longer, just when Master Wang summoned me." Qu Yi said with a smile.

"Then I won't leave Brother Qu." Chen Shu said.

Looking at the back of Qu Yi leaving, Chen Shu's heart was constantly dripping blood, and the coldness in his eyes became more and more vigorous, in order to calm his mood, he could only keep telling himself in his heart that when Shu was restored, he would get these things back several times.

Qu Yi, who came to the post house, asked people to put the books and gold in front of Ziyou, Ziyou picked up a volume of books and glanced at it, and then looked at a box full of gold.

"It seems that they can't wait, Xiang Yan's side should be about to send troops, where are Hanzhong and Wang Ben?" Ziyou asked.

"Sir, according to the news from Xianyang, the army of Hanzhong should have arrived at the ambush site two days ago, and General Wang Ben should be mobilizing troops in Lantian." Ink Raven said.

"Well, in that case, we don't have to delay it any longer, tell the people in Chengdu that the king's edict has arrived, and we will prepare to go out of the city tomorrow to suppress the bandits." Ziyou said with a smile, originally they had been dragging out the days of suppressing bandits, in order to speculate on the time when Xiang Yan sent troops, and the rebellion of Shu County must be the same day as Xiang Yan's army, only in this way can they quickly complete the internal and external cooperation without alarming the Qin State.

Now Chen Shu has taken out half of the Chen family's background in exchange for taking out the city to suppress the bandits, which means that they are in a hurry, and now that the army of Hanzhong has arrived at the ambush place, they don't need to drag it out, they can do it.

"Yes, my subordinates will go and tell Lieutenant Sima County." Qu Yi said, Qu Yi's eyes flashed with a fine light, this time it is not a bandit, but a counterinsurgency, relying on this counterinsurgency, he is enough to be promoted from the county guard to the court, and he can also go home to visit his family.

"Go ahead."

Qu Yi left, Ziyou couldn't help but smile as he looked at the books and gold on the table, and Ziyou's eyes flashed with coldness as he looked in the direction of Shushan.

With Qu Yi's departure, the defenders of Chengdu began to mobilize, and the military movements in the barracks attracted the attention of the whole city.

"Fuck, I know what Confucianism is, what is famous in the world, to put it bluntly, they are all the same, but one wants money and the other wants books." The green tendons on Chen Shu's forehead burst out and said fiercely.

"The head of the family is cautious." The steward reminded.

Hearing the steward's words, Chen Shu calmed down, now is a critical moment, and there can be no surprises.

"How's it going on the mountain?" Chen Shu asked.

"Gongzi has gathered about 5,000 people, and they are ready to divide into two groups, one group is ready to ambush the Qin army, and the other group of people will take the opportunity to attack Chengdu, and when the time comes, we need to incite the big clans and merchants to take the city with guards." The steward said.

"Prepare according to what he said, I must let him serve as the king once, so that I can be regarded as worthy of the trust of the Shu royal family in my Chen family." Chen Shu touched his beard and said.

"Yes." The steward then went down to prepare the business.

Zhang Liang and the three elders on Shu Mountain also received the news, and the originally unstable people's hearts have also stabilized, looking at the more than 5,000 stragglers Zhang Liang is still a little uneasy, although the combat strength of these 5,000 people is not a problem, but he has been haunting a sense of uneasiness in his heart, which makes people unclear.

"Mr. Zhang Liang, why don't we just send everyone to ambush and annihilate the Qin army in one fell swoop before attacking the city?" The third elder looked at Zhang Liang and asked.

"The Qin army is not a fool, the bandits will definitely not send a large army to press all of them, there will definitely be those who will stay, if the news of the annihilation of the army in front comes, the remaining defenders will rely on Chengdu and us to deal with the defenders who are enough to drag the surrounding cities to support, it is better to take advantage of the army to go out, take the opportunity to take Chengdu, with Chengdu as a stronghold is enough to hold out until the arrival of the army of Chu." Zhang Liang said helplessly.

Zhang Liang sometimes really wants to run away directly, and these people praise them for their courage and strategy.

"I see, the ambush will be handled by Mr., and I will take people to attack Chengdu." The three elders said.

"No problem, be careful in everything, and if something is wrong, be calm." Zhang Liang persuaded him.

"I see, this matter is seamless, how can there be an unexpected situation? Mr. is waiting for me to take Chengdu. The Third Elder said nonchalantly, in his opinion, his victory was within reach.

The next day.

After Chen Shu watched Sima Xin lead the army out of the city, he nodded to the steward on the side, 30,000 defenders, Sima Xin went out with 25,000 people, and there were 5,000 defenders left in the city, and these people were not as many as their merchants and big clan guards.

Sima Xin rode behind the mighty army, and the deputy general on the side escorted the captured Yu Yuan guards, the two of them had a lot of wounds on their bodies, their faces turned pale, and they seemed to have suffered a lot of punishments.

The two pointed the way in the prisoner's cart, and Sima Xin rode his horse and looked at the canyon ahead to signal the army to stop.

"That's it, right?" Sima Xin asked.

"Yes, General, our lair only needs to cross the canyon and go ten miles further." A Yu Yuan guard said.

After Yu Yuan's guard finished speaking, he lowered his head, pretending to be very remorseful, Sima Xin looked at the other party's appearance, his eyes showed disdain, even if he didn't have Ziyou's reminder, it was impossible for him to let the army pass through this canyon, this is an excellent ambush location.

Sima Xin looked at the adjutant general, the adjutant nodded at Sima Xin, and then the entire army began to change, the army of 25,000 people was suddenly divided into two parts, under the puzzled eyes of Yu Yuan's guards in the prisoner car, the deputy general led a team of elite soldiers towards the slopes on both sides.

At this time, Zhang Liang, who was ambushed on the mountain, was waiting for Sima Xin to lead the army into the trap, their ambush location was not on the valley, but out of the crater behind the valley, looking at the figure of the Qin army that had not appeared for a long time, the uneasiness in Zhang's conscience reached the extreme.

(End of chapter)