Chapter 849: The Beginning and the End
Han Dang said: "Hmph, what's good? The other three letters were written to Xu Jing, the Taifu of Shu, the Guanglu Doctor, and the Shangshu Fazheng, in which the immeasurable Taoist asked them to hide from Zhuge Liang to persuade Liu Chan to surrender to Wei, and for the sake of Wei to get Hanzhong smoothly, they also tried to hide from Ma Chao, and it was best to transfer Ma Chao to the Sword Pavilion." ”
It turns out that Hanzhong was the ghost of this guy who let Wei Guo go, and it was because of this guy that Ma Chao came here and made us lose so much.
It's really a mistake to look at him, I turned my face with him for no reason, and I still have some regret in my heart to imprison his doppelganger, but now it seems that it is a good prisoner. ”
Jiang Qin said: "Xu Jing, Qian Zhou, and Fa Zheng are all important ministers of the Shu State, and they are in high positions, and the destruction of the Shu State has done great damage to them, why would they listen to the immeasurable Taoist to persuade Liu Chan to surrender to Wei?"
Lu Xun said: "Xu Jing has a very deep friendship with Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, and Wang Lang, the Taishou of Huiji, both of whom died in the hands of my father-in-law, General Sun Ce, so he has a great enmity with Eastern Wu, and he doesn't want the money, food, soldiers, and civil and military forces of Hanzhong and Shu to be won by my Jiangdong and strengthen my Jiangdong, and the Xu family in Runan, where he was born, has been under the rule of Cao Wei.
And Qian Zhou and Fa Zhengnian both did things under Zhang Lu back then, or they had a high status in the trapping camp, they were all talents discovered by the immeasurable Taoists, and they were the old departments of the immeasurable Taoists, and they still had a lot of affection with him, so it was not surprising to get his letters and follow them. ”
"I see, but the immeasurable people are outsiders, and they have never paid much attention to mundane things. And I Dongwu treats him no worse than Wei State, it stands to reason that whether it is Wu State or Wei State winning the world, it will not have much impact on him, why does he help Wei State like this?" Han Dang was angry. Slowly calmed down, and couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.
Lu Xun hesitated slightly, and then spoke: "But it was King Wu who underestimated the hatred of the Infinite Dao people for Zhuge Liang. ”
"What does this have to do with King Wu? and Zhuge Liang?" Han Dang and the others asked suspiciously.
Lu Xun said: "Well, some time ago, Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to King Wu, and Chen said that it was very powerful, saying that Jiangdong's strength was very different from Wei's. If Shu is destroyed, Jiangdong must not be an opponent of Wei, persuade me to let Wu put Shu a yard, Sun Liu will unite against Wei, and he also proposed that Shu can even offer to my Eastern Wu Cheng Chen every year. ”
"Ah! Shu is a minister, where is it better to destroy him, and it is more beneficial to bring Hanzhong under his rule. Presumably King Wu won't agree!"
Lu Xun sighed and said: "King Wu ordered someone to ask me for my opinion, although he said that he was asking me, but the words revealed that King Wu was already tempted. ”
Zhou Taidao: "How is this possible?"
Lu Xun showed hesitation on his face and said: "King Wu is worried about me, and he refuses to let me continue to be in charge of these hundreds of thousands of troops, and he doesn't want me to get the great merit of destroying Shu." Anyway, after this war, the national strength of Shu declined greatly, and it was called a minister in the future. will only widen the gap with my Soochow, and it will be the same if it will be destroyed in a few years. There are still more helpers to contain Cao Wei, so King Wu is tempted. ”
After a slight pause, Lu Xun said: "Actually, King Wu has asked people to give me hints many times and asked me to take the initiative to hand over the military power, but I have not followed it, and King Wu has become more wary of me." I don't know when a clear decree will come down and go down to my military power.
If there is really a change of commander before the battle, it will definitely shake the morale of the army, frustrate the spirit, and it will almost become impossible to destroy Shu, and then Shu itself will block my Eastern Wu army. Then he refused to even pay tribute.
So I thought that since it was already like this, it was better to agree to Shu, so I told the people who came to ask me that after I captured the Sword Pavilion, I would sign a letter of state with Shu, and then I would withdraw from the army. ”
"I'm afraid this matter is known to the immeasurable Taoist, he is determined to destroy the Shu State, and he is willing to kill Zhuge Liang, so he naturally refuses, so since my Wu State does not have the heart to destroy Shu, he will help the Wei State to destroy Shu. Lu Xun said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Han Dang and the others were silent, Sun Quan did not trust Lu Xun and intended to remove him, but he was afraid that people would say that he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and his reputation was not good, and he hoped that Lu Xun would take the initiative to bring it up, they had heard of these things, but they didn't expect that Wei Guo would get a big gift for nothing because of this matter, but they didn't say much about this matter.
Seeing that the three of them were silent, Lu Xun continued: "Anyway, it has been said, there are some things that you know in your hearts, in fact, the monk is actually from King Wu, and he still has King Wu's sword in his hand, King Wu ordered me to listen to him and do my best to help him stay immeasurable." Since King Wu has promised him, it is impossible for us to withdraw our troops. ”
"What, King Wu promised the monk," Zhou Tai couldn't help asking.
Han Dang said: "After King Wu read these letters, he was naturally annoyed by the immeasurable Daoist, and he was angry for a while, and it was not strange that he wanted to help the monk kill the immeasurable Daoist. ”
"Yes...... This is hundreds of thousands of Jiangdong elites, but they are self-destructive. With King Wu's wisdom, even if he was angry with the immeasurable Dao people, he would not agree to such a thing!"
Lu Xun smiled bitterly: "Shu is dead, but Zhuge Liang is willing to surrender to my Eastern Wu, Buddhism is also willing to help Eastern Wu, King Wu also hopes that there is such a person who can contain me, Zhuge Liang's submission is also very helpful to Eastern Wu to stabilize Jingzhou He Xichuan, and he is also extremely moved by his help to Buddhism."
Whether it is Zhuge Liang or Buddhism, once my Dongwu accepts them, then my Dongwu will be the enemy of the immeasurable Taoists.
In King Wu's heart, the Infinite Daoist will probably have to help Cao Wei deal with my Eastern Wu after this battle, and he will be my Eastern Wu's biggest enemy at that time, so no matter how big the cost is, it is still worth it to eradicate this great enemy in advance.
Moreover, in King Wu's heart, half of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are from the major families in Jiangdong, if he dies here, the liliang of the major families will be greatly hit, and the major families will naturally be difficult to compete with him, which is also beneficial to the rule of Eastern Wu.
Although the loss of these hundreds of thousands of troops, my Jiangdong will be weak for a while, but after relieving himself, Jiangdong will be stronger because he is less restrained by the major families.
So King Wu agreed. ”
The three generals turned pale and muttered to themselves, they knew that what Lu Xun said was right, but hundreds of thousands of troops were sent to death like this. They couldn't accept anything.
King Wu agreed...... Hundreds of thousands of troops...... I thought this was going to bury them?" Jiang Qin's eyes were red.
"Whether it is the soldiers of those families or not, they are all Jiangdong Ziming, and King Wu is confused......" Zhou Tai had tears in his eyes, although he was decisive in killing, and he came all the way to this position by killing, but he paid a lot of price. At this time, when I heard about this kind of thing, the depression and resentment that had accumulated for more than ten years poured out in a terrible cry like a tide of opening the floodgates.
"I'd rather never heard of these words......"
Han Dang said a word, then turned around and walked outside the big tent, since King Wu had this mind and had already agreed to the monk, it would be meaningless to discuss with Lu Xun, even if it was in vain. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin also followed out in a depressed mood.
Lu Xun also followed the three of them to the door of the tent, and found that it was already raining outside at this time, and the three Jiangdong generals walked slowly in the rain like this, and they didn't react when they were wet with rain, and the blow in their hearts was obvious.
Lu Xun was looking around the camp, and the soldiers on patrol did not have the momentum they used to have, and even some procrastinated, and they were extremely tired when they looked at each other.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell. There was a thud that shook the camp. Lu Xun suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "God...... Is it right or wrong for me to do this, on one side is the family, on the other side is the country, if you choose to watch the family weaken or even destroy to achieve the strength of the country, or should you risk the destruction of the country to preserve or even strengthen the family?"
A few pro-soldiers couldn't imagine that the always calm marshal would be like this, and they still talked nonsense. It was a little chaotic for a while, but they looked at each other one by one, not knowing whether to go up and persuade them.
What kind of character Lu Xun is, he immediately keenly felt the strange gaze of the soldiers around him.
At the moment, he adjusted his mentality and said: "Everyone is tired, just leave half of it." Let's go back and rest, I'm also very tired, and I need to rest. ”
After that, Lu Xun turned around and walked back to the camp, but when he entered the camp, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the person sitting inside, and at the same time, the whole person seemed to be struck by lightning, and his hair almost stood up.
This person is Ma Fan, he sat in the handsome seat and looked at Lu Xun, although Lu Xun was still a little dashing at the moment, but his eyes were bloodshot and dull.
Looking at Lu Xun like this, the offensive mood was also a little complicated, he basically understood the whole story, and knew that the person in front of him offended him may not be voluntary, but this person did offend him, and he didn't know if he should give this person a chance to have always admired him.
Lu Xun froze and saluted respectfully towards the Taoist who was sitting: "I've seen the immeasurable immortal elder!"
"Oh, the prisoner under the stairs, but he can't afford such a big gift from the governor!" Ma Fan stared at Lu Xun and said lightly.
At this moment, I only saw Xu Jin break out in a cold sweat, and said with a wry smile: "The real person is laughing!"
Ma Fan retracted his gaze and said lightly, "Isn't it?"
Lu Xun laughed dryly, but remembering the current situation, he hesitated, and said with the courage to persuade: "Presumably the immortal chief already knows everything, so how can you say it directly......"
"What if I want you to cut yourself?" Ma Fan stared at Lu Xun coldly.
Lu Xun smiled bitterly and said: "If you want my life, the immortal chief will take it himself! Speaking of which, I am not afraid of the immortal chief's jokes, although I have been in the army for so many years and have experienced a lot of large and small battles, but I am still very afraid of death, and I don't have the courage to cut myself." ”
Ma Fan smiled: "It's good to be afraid of death, I'm also afraid of death." If you are afraid of death, you must know how to save your life. ”
Lu Xun smiled: "How easy is this?"
"I'm not going to talk nonsense with you, what's the origin of the monk who forbade me to distract myself? Who are the people who are here in Buddhism? If you really don't dare to die, then tell me everything you know!"
"King Wu, how could such a character be cleaned up by that monk, you are a big mistake in this step. Lu Xun thought in his heart and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"What, you still want to die?" Ma Fan said.
"Here's the thing......" Hearing Ma Fan's cheers, Lu Xun no longer hid it, but slowly told everything he knew, and Ma Fan listened quietly.
"Fixing the light and rejoicing in the Buddha...... Long-eared Dingguang Fairy...... Sure enough, it's this traitor, and it's very good. Today, it's time to clean up the portal!" Listening to Lu Xun's narration, a sneer appeared on Ma Fan's face. (To be continued......)