North of Anlu City, Jiming Mountain, in the valley.

"Knock knock—"

"Kill—"

"Pull the strings—"

There were drums everywhere, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, shaking the heavens and the earth.

There are also fire arrows everywhere... Shoot out of the mountains in all directions.

But... The strange thing is that not a single fire arrow really hit Lu Jiajun's body.

However, because of the echo of the valley, the shouts of killing came and went, as if thousands of troops and horses were fighting for their lives, as if countless blood was sprinkled in this rooster valley, and it seemed that countless souls were going to be buried here today.

- The movement is not small!

But in fact, when Lu Xun and Lu Jiajun fought to the deepest part, they didn't even encounter the slightest resistance, except for the sound of scaring people, this attack... It's too easy, right?

"What's going on?"

Tai Shi Xiang can be regarded as having followed his father Tai Shi Ci to fight in the south and the north, and his experience and experience in the battlefield are quite rich, but after entering the valley this time, he feels incredible...

He felt that he was not here to fight, but more like he was here for sightseeing and play.

He asked Lu Xun in front of him with great suspicion, but in response to him was silence, Lu Xun still looked around vigilantly, and still rushed towards the valley with Lu Jiajun.

Lu Jiajun, 25,000 people, it's hard to imagine ... Such a dense number of troops can be unimpeded on such a narrow road!

The deeper they got, the more people wondered, obviously many terrains are suitable for setting up ambushes?

Can... Except for the arrows that were clearly shooting at the periphery, it seemed... There was no resistance!

At this time, all the sergeants of the Lu Jiajun couldn't help but have the same question:

- "Are the Nanyang soldiers so weak?"

In fact, the reason why the more than 25,000 Lu Jiajun dared to follow Lu Xun and rush in was because the Lu Jiajun had strict military discipline, and secondly, because they had their own reliance.

You must know that there are more than 15,000 soldiers in this Lu family army, and they are all from Shanyue, that is, men who grew up in the mountains and mountains, and crossed the mountains and mountains... Fighting in the mountains has always been their forte.

And this Jiming Mountain is undoubtedly the battlefield of mountain warfare, even if there is an ambush in it, but... These Shanyue people, as long as they find a suitable mountain, they can climb it...

It can be understood this way.

Others fight in the valley, fighting on a flat battlefield, but more than half of the soldiers in the Lu family army can play a three-dimensional combat effect!

It is no exaggeration to say that this Jiming Mountain is much shorter than the mountain on the other side of Shanyue-

This is also the reason why Lu Jiajun looks fearless throughout his appearance.

At this moment, the enemy's drumming was getting louder and louder, shouts of killing came and went, and even some special positions were ignited by fire arrows.

Lu Jiajun continued to move forward with huge doubts, but... Inevitably, they began to be a little ridiculed and disdainful of the combat power of the Nanyang Army!

On the other hand, it was the soldiers of the Dry Mountain, who were constantly observing the terrain, for fear that the enemy would suddenly rain arrows...

They can find cover as soon as possible, and then climb and counterattack!

"These Wei army's arrows are so short..."

"Haha, maybe they themselves are the same as this arrow, very short!"

"Hahaha, it's good to be short, it's good to be short, it's too long, I'm afraid we can't bear it, haha!"

The deeper he went, the more bold Lu Jiajun became, and the more fearless he became.

"What the hell is going on?" Sun Ru couldn't help but ask: "If you say that there is no ambush here, but this shouting of killing?" Where did the arrows come from, and if there was an ambush, then... What about the man? ”

"Yes..."Tai Shixiang looked around strangely, this was the first time he had encountered such a battlefield.

"Father, the more the enemy army is like this, the more worried the child is..."Lu Yan held a long sword, and he stood in front of Lu Xun, for fear that someone would suddenly use a cold arrow towards his father.

Whew-

Only Lu Xun, he let out a long breath, although he didn't open his mouth to say anything, but the big stone in his heart landed safely.

He said in a deep voice.

- "It turns out that it's all true! The helmsman's words are true!'

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the situation when he arrived at the port and disembarked.

For a while, it was he, Lu Xun, who stood alone on the deck, and there were no outsiders beside him, and at this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a helmsman in the warship walked to his side quietly.

The middle-aged man's eyes were not directed at him, but he was talking to himself.

A total of three sentences.

The first sentence is, "There is an ambush in Jiming Mountain, and if you enter, there will be no return!" ”

When he heard this, Lu Xun's heart "chuckled".

Because, according to what Han Xuan explained to him when he was leaving, there is only one task for the Lu family's army, that is, Jiming Mountain in the north of Anlu City, and he must take this Jiming Mountain and gain the initiative for the entire Jiangxia battlefield!

So...

- Is there a return or not?

What does that mean?

Immediately, Lu Xun planned to send someone to grab the helmsman and ask him carefully.

At this time, the helmsman added another sentence - "The defenders in Jiming Mountain, as well as the people in ambush, are all their own people!" It's an ally! ”

This sentence directly shocked Lu Xun.

Before he could open his mouth to ask, the helmsman chanted a third sentence: "The 30,000 people lurking behind the Jiming Mountain are the real enemy!" ”

With the appearance of this sentence, Lu Xun seemed to see the sun from the clouds, and suddenly understood...

He even guessed the identity of the helmsman.

It turns out that this is a bureau, a bureau of "praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind".

It is a game of "counting and counting", and "counting and counting" again!

"Whose person are you?" Lu Xun asked the helmsman.

"Hehe..." the helmsman smiled, he didn't answer directly, but asked Lu Xun rhetorically, "General Lu still doesn't know who I am?" Can you be on this deck? Who else could I be? ”

In fact, this helmsman is Shi Huolong in the beggar gang...

This "Eight Bag Elder", who has repeatedly made great contributions, was sent to Han Xuan's side by Guan Lin a long time ago to assist Han Xuance in opposing Lu Xun...

It's just that Han Xuan is in the light, and he is in the dark...

This time I returned with Lu Xun, firstly, to ensure Lu Xun's attitude and position again and again, and secondly... What he grasped in his mouth was Guan Lin's last instruction to Lu Xun! It is the key to victory on the battlefield in Jiangxia!

From this moment on, Lu Xun seemed to have thoroughly understood the game... Under this Guan Lin, it is interlocking and tightly knit.

So, he quickly accepted the siege equipment sent by Cao Wei.

Before he had time to thank Boss Cao for the gift, Lu Xun had already captured Sima Yi... Immediately afterwards, under the cover of attacking Anlu City, he quickly killed Jiming Mountain!

Therefore, the speech at the entrance of the Jiming Mountain Valley, the deafening slogans and declarations, and the resolute and desperate determination to break through the valley...

None of this is that he is stupid, it's not that he's not rigorous, it's not that he's desperate and ruined, and it's not that he believes in the victory of the mourning soldiers...

Rather, he already knew about the game.

He wants to quickly enter this valley of roosters, meet the so-called "own people", and then become part of this "ambush"!

Go and wait, the real fish take the bait!

Whew-

Thinking of this, Lu Xun exhaled a long breath again, at least for now, everything is perfectly in line with what the "helmsman" said, this is a very careful bureau!

Just when Lu Xun thought of this...

Under the dark clouds, in the dim valley, countless torches suddenly lit up...

Countless torches illuminate the entire valley, illuminating it like dawn.

At the same time, the sound of the drums became even louder, and it resounded even more earth-shattering...

And the surrounding hills, also in this torch, poured out of the Nanyang soldiers, each of them holding a bow and crossbow, but strangely, there was no arrow into the bow, let alone the so-called full string!

"What is this?"

Lu Xun groaned lightly, but the soldiers couldn't help but feel a little timid, such a scattered position, I'm afraid that this mountain is not easy to climb!

At this moment, the sound of gongs and drums stopped.

"Hahahaha-" A crisp, hearty laugh came from it, and then an elegant man, escorted by a group of guards, slowly walked out of the valley, his hands stretched out to the center, and he arched his hands respectfully.

With his laughter, his words followed.

"It's fun to have friends from afar!"

"Below, the commander of the Nanyang Army, Wancheng is too polite! Hahaha, Hou Yin is looking forward to the general, looking forward to this day for a long time! ”

Urbane...

No, Wancheng is too guarded by Hou Yin's tone is not only polite, but also looks at the eyes and wants to wear it, it is the heart yearning for it after abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and the eyes want to wear it!

This...

The sudden change and the identity of the other party made the entire Lu Jiajun vigilant, and Lu Yan and Tai Shixiang wanted to step forward.

Under such an ambush, if you want to win, you should capture the thief and capture the king first!

But without waiting for Tai Shixiang and Lu Yan to take a step, Lu Xun immediately stretched out his hand to stop their actions, and in everyone's puzzled eyes, he said with a smile.

- "Now in this Jiming Mountain, there are only friendly troops, no enemies!" ”

- "Everything we did before was played out to those enemies outside the valley..."

As soon as this statement came out...

The seat was silent, the entire valley, and the entire more than 25,000 Lu family troops were silent!

Quiet... It's a long time of silence!

These Lu family sergeants... It seems that I suddenly understood something, and it seems to... You are confused!

…

…

An Lu City, in the study.

A scout quickly broke in: "Report - Lu Jiajun has been breaking into Jiming Mountain for half an hour, the sound of killing in the valley is shaking the sky, and it can be seen in the distance that there are fire arrows shooting out continuously, and some trees have been burned... The entrance was full of dust and smoke, and it was impossible to see the reality in it. ”

The scout's tone was a little nervous, and his brows were also raised high, and his eyebrows were full of worries about this reinforcement of 25,000 men.

This time, there was no need for Guan Lin to open his mouth, Zhang Xingcai said directly.

"Go again, go down first!"

Just before, Zhang Xingcai was asking about the key place, and only said that Lingju agreed to go to Wancheng to rebel against Hou Yin, but how did Hou Yin fall? What was inside the letterhead that Guan Lin handed to Lingju?

Zhang Xingcai still doesn't know anything about these...

She... She was too curious now, too eager for the truth.

The scout looked at Guan Lin in a panic, only to see Guan Lin say lightly, "Xingcai's words are what I meant, let's go and explore again, be careful-"

"No—" The scout agreed, and quickly left.

There are only two people left in the study room, Guan Lin and Zhang Xingcai.

Zhang Xingcai hurriedly asked: "Brother Yunqi, you go on, how did Lingju girl meet Hou Yin, how did she persuade him, and... What is written in the bamboo slip you handed to the Lingju girl? ”

Three questions in a row...

Guan Lin pondered slightly, and then said: "I just reminded Lingju that if you want to see Hou Yin, you must be involved in the suffering of the people of Nanyang, although I haven't seen Hou Yin, I have heard some rumors about him, I have some understanding of him, and he cares about the people in Nanyang very much... He is a person who pities the common people and has the ambition to help the people, and he is a righteous man! ”

"As for... I don't know exactly how Lingju met him, but I know that they met once, and I also know that Lingju handed over my letter to Hou Yin, and Hou Yin also saw the bamboo slip heavily..."

The topic led to the bamboo slips, and Zhang Xingcai then asked: "That... What is the content of this bamboo slip? ”

"Spread into acres—"

Guan Lin said without thinking: "It is my uncle and Zhuge military division, and now in the land of Bashu, as well as the entire Jingzhou, the upcoming agricultural reform and tax reform are 'apportioned into the mu'!" ”

This...

Zhang Xingcai knocked lightly on the door of her head, and then she asked: "Then what is 'paving into acres'?" According to you, this is nothing more than an agricultural tax, a tax article, a decree... Can a decree change the position of a hostile Taishou with soldiers in his hands? ”

This...

Guan Lin briefly told the content of the apportionment.

“…… In fact, to put it more simply, it is to abolish all taxes, including poll tax, agricultural tax, and forced labor, and distribute these taxes evenly among the acres of land. If you don't have a field, you don't have to pay taxes if you have ten or eight cubs! ”

"Ahh

Hearing this, Zhang Xingcai only felt incredible, and she asked in surprise: "In this way, can the treasury of Yizhou and Jingzhou still have money and grain?" ”

"If the land can be remeasured..."Guan Lin sighed: "The money and food that can be received will only be more than the existing one, of course, because the interests of many people are involved, there may be layers of difficulties, but... If it was that man, most of the time it would be able to solve it. ”

That man, naturally, refers to Zhuge Liang...

The world remembers him more for the art of war, the Qimen formation, the Longzhong pair, and the six out of Qishan... It made Cao Wei cold, but in fact... These are not his strengths, his most awesome place is governing the country, and he is engaged in the implementation and extension of policies!

According to Guan Lin's thinking, as long as he can tell Zhuge Liang about an "advanced thought", then Zhuge Liang must have a way to put this idea into practice...

The king of heaven can't stop him when he comes.

"Of course, now is not the time to say..."Guan Lin pulled the topic back, "What I actually want to tell you is that, as I just said, the people of Nanyang have suffered for many years, hard taxes, hard labor, and persecution and oppression by Cao Wei... They are the hardest men in the north, and now every year they die in the fields, on the road to servitude, and under the persecution of taxes, the men are immeasurable..."

"However, they caught up with Cao Wei's widowhood order, which was like taking away their last hope, they originally thought that they would fight their strength, work for a few years and save some money, and be able to buy a woman, marry her, and live a mediocre life, even if they are tired to die in the field one day, tired to die in forced labor, and admit it... But under a widowhood order, do they still dare to die? When she died, the daughter-in-law who had saved up all her life to buy it was confiscated and rewarded to the military household... When you're dead, there's nothing left! ”

Speaking of this, Guan Lin's tone was pathetic.

Between the words, it is difficult to hide the sympathy and empathy for the people of Nanyang.

His tone became a little lower.

"They used to live with humble hopes, but now they... Even the last hope was ruthlessly deprived by Cao Cao, and I was surprised... Why did Cao Cao hate Nanyang so much, especially Wancheng... But this is the truth, Nanyang, Wancheng... This is not a place for people to stay in Cao Wei at all, it is oppression... The most brutal place of oppression! It's a place where even brutes can't stay! ”

Guan Lin said a lot in one breath.

Zhang Xingcai seemed to understand, "So, when Hou Yin sees "Paving Ding into Mu" in Jingzhou and Bashu regions, he will... Will there be a throbbing, and he will directly surrender to you? ”

"It's not that simple..."Guan Lin said lightly: "After that, I wrote a total of twenty-three letters with Hou Yin, and I found that this Hou Yin Taishou was a knowledgeable and reasonable, a suffering and compassionate sage. The two of us are just talking about the oppression of Nanyang... But as the number of letters became more and more, we began to talk about the current situation, the reasons and sources of Nanyang's oppression, the method of governing the world, and the class... Talk about how to give hope to the Li people, and how to make the clan compromise..."

Hearing this, Zhang Xingcai swallowed deeply, "You mean, this month, you have been exchanging letters..."

"Yes!" Guan Lin replied in the affirmative, "In fact, from the first letter, I have been sure that he will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, will surrender to Jingzhou, and will assist us to end the suffering in Nanyang together, but it was not until the twenty-first letter that he said the words of surrender... And tell me all about Zhu Ling's deception, Lejin's 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the conspiracy of Jiming Valley... It also allowed me to make a plan based on this information. ”

"That's... When Yu Ban made an appointment with you, you were also writing to this Hou Yin! Zhang Xingcai was dumbfounded, and she then asked... The tone was already a little stumbling, a little shocking.

"That's the thirteenth letter, and I've just started talking about the topic of 'class solidification'." Guan Lin said truthfully.

"It turns out... So..."This time Zhang Xingcai didn't ask.

She stared at Guan Lin with a huge impossibility, "That... What did you talk about in that last letter? But it's about this battlefield! ”

"It's about the battlefield that is the penultimate letter, the twenty-second letter... As for the last letter, I have described to him an ideal state, an ideal state in which the people at the bottom have hope, the clans at the middle level have ideals, and the rulers at the top can stabilize this rule and satisfy every class, and it is also an ideal state where all classes can compromise together! ”

Zhang Xingcai doesn't want to hear this..."I don't want to know this ideal state, I just like know, what is your plan for this battlefield today?" ”

"What's the plan..."Guan Lin pointed to Jiming Mountain, Lejin's soldiers and horses, and then to Yu Ban's soldiers and horses, "Our plan is that all the Cao troops will stay here and be buried here-"

"Buried?"

"Yes!" Guan Lin replied categorically, "The battlefield is not a place of mercy, nor is it a place of compassion, the Jiangxia battlefield should become a banner, igniting the anger of all those who are oppressed by Cao Wei, where there is oppression, there should be resistance, we must guide their resistance, let them rekindle the hope of overthrowing this hegemonic order——"

Speaking of this, Guan Lin's eyes widened rarely, and his emotions became agitated because of his words.

"So, this battle... As long as it is Cao Wei's general, even if it is just one person, he can't be allowed to escape-"

Speaking of this, Guan Lin's eyes looked at the map, looked at the direction of the forbidden army and Le Jinjun, and the essence in his eyes appeared, and his eyes were like a cold blade.

He said lightly and coldly

"Don't go back, let's all be buried here—"

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(End of chapter)