"Yes, the Gongshan clan, who once recruited Zhongni, is now your prisoner. Liewen.com"

Gong Shan proudly puffed out his stomach. He glanced at the situation on the battlefield, and said without a smile, "It's a pity, I'm afraid Zhong Ni won't be proud of you."

Ran Qiu's face twitched, and the master said it was "not my disciple, the boy can beat the drum and attack him!" This was a faint wound in his heart, but for Gongshan Buju, who had been with Kongmen Seniors with good relationships, he still gave the most basic respect, courtesy, and deeply imprinted in his life.

"Are you a general of Wu?" Ran Qiu glanced at the armors of Gongshan Buju and Shusun Yi, which were the standard of Wu Jun's generals.

Shusun Yi hurriedly explained: "We are in the state of Wu, and our heart is in Lubang. This time, I have to go north with my husband. We had discouraged Wu Zi from attacking Lu, and then we deliberately pointed Wu Jun in the wrong direction. , let them take a long detour, and in this way, you can have time to prepare for the battle, and you can have this great victory!"

Ran Qiu looked at Gongshan Buju with an inquiring look: "Is this why the second son broke away from Wu's main force in this battle and was cruising in the periphery?"

Gong Shan was not arrogant and turned his head away without explaining.

Just at this time, another general came over with a muddy man, but it was Wu's general Wang Sun Gu Cao.

That Wangsungu Cao was seriously injured and saw Gongshan Buju and Shusunyi from a distance, but struggled to come and kill them, and scolded them in Wu language. Yan, scolding them for betrayal villains, deliberately led Wu Jun the wrong way.

Seeing him like this, Ran Qiu had already believed him a little bit, and asked people to loosen Gong Shan Buxuan. As for his final fate, Zhao Wuxi had to decide.

After Gongshan and his uncle and grandson confirmed the identity of Wangsun Gucao, Ran Qiu took a step back, brushed the dust off his body, and bowed his hands to Wangsun Gu Cao: "Boy Ran Qiu, as ordered by the general of the State of Lu, wear armor and hold Ge, facing your army, unfortunately today, you and I meet on a narrow road, please allow me to greet Yu Zi with this jade."

After he finished speaking, he took the jade in his arms and tied it around the waist of Wang Sungu Cao.

Wang Sungu Cao did not understand the etiquette of the Central Plains, and was a little overwhelmed, but Gong Shan Buju on the side sarcastically said: "Zhongni has been in exile for ten years, but Ran Ziyou, who doesn't want to be expelled from Confucius by him, is still so polite."

Ran Qiu had long been accustomed to this kind of sneering and sarcasm, and he smiled slightly: "Rite, so you should be familiar with each other, avoid suspicion, distinguish between similarities and differences, and know right from wrong. Courtesy is in my heart, and it is also the benchmark of my life. Shaken by a misunderstanding? Then I will abandon myself as a scholar and become a villager."

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the feudal feudal lords fought, and when the two armies fought, there would be winners and losers, and the losers would naturally become prisoners. However, prisoners also have distinctions between noble and lowly. The so-called "punishment is not good for the doctor, and the courtesy is not for the common people", that is, the punishment sword is not for the nobles, and the ritual is not for the common people. If the monarch is defeated and flees, the authority of the monarch is divinely granted, and it is not for the servants to fight against each other. Even the pursuit of the enemy will make way for the monarch to escape, otherwise it will be a loss of "property". If the nobles are captured, the winning party will first give a jade pendant to express apology for the rude actions below, and the captured party will also return the most valuable jade pendant on his body, implying that his identity will be enough. ransom, asking for courteous treatment. And if it is an ordinary soldier, naturally there is no jade pendant and no etiquette. A thick rope is tied around the neck. It is either a slave for the victor, or it is taken to the slave market to exchange money.

From birth to death, the word "ritual" permeates every aspect of the nobility. Unfortunately, with the collapse of ritual and music, the nobility also lost all etiquette. Confucius once taught Ran Qiu and them that even if it is not a group of servants in splendid clothes, when they fall into the wilderness, they can still see a person's background by raising their hands and feet.

In the past few decades, as the scale of the war has increased and the cruelty has increased, even the son of a country will be beheaded, massacred, the remnant, and the killing of prisoners. No more.

But in the state of Lu, Ran Qiu always insisted on this. Sun Tzu said that soldiers are also tricky. In Ran Qiu's view, it is one thing to use conspiracy and tricks in battle, and it is another to keep both sides decent after the war, which is not contradictory...

Although Huhui, Daozhi, and Zhao's generals, Yu and Tian, ​​had ridiculed him for being arrogant, but Ran Qiu was indifferent.

After Wang Sungu Cao was escorted off, Gong Shan Buju seemed to have something to say.

He said blankly: "This old man has been away from Lu for more than ten years, and I don't know if this country is really getting better as Zhao Wuxi promised?"

When he left Fashion, he was in his prime, but when he came back, his temples were white. Gong Shan Buyan had mixed feelings in his heart.

Ran Qiu smiled and pointed to the paddy field in front of him and said, "Ten years ago, this place was still a swampy wasteland, and only some pirates and fishermen were begging for food. After Zhao's rule, the internal fighting and mergers between the officials and officials stopped, so that the organization can be organized. Migrants from Qufu came to settle here. In recent years, canals have been dug to clear the ravines, and the front line of Sishui has suddenly changed from borderline to plastered. Usually, when there is no war, this place should be a field of rice flowers smelling fragrant and the sound of frogs bursting.”

He looked at the fertile field that had turned into a terrifying battlefield with some regret: "Unfortunately, where the army is, there will be thorns. The good situation of the past ten years has been ruined by Wu Jun's invasion, but! As long as Wu Kou is expelled, it will definitely be here next year. Another bumper harvest!"

Gong Shan shook his head, "I hope so, but now the meat-eaters in the state of Lu have become the Zhao clan, I'm afraid that the Ji surname will not last for many years, which is even more excessive than when Yang Hu and I stole the administration of Lu. Ziyou is so observant of etiquette, why does he turn a blind eye to this kind of great ceremony that Zhongni values ​​most? Is it not absurd to abandon the great ceremony for the small one?"

Ran Qiu thought for a moment and answered his question: "Fluo will be sent to Qufu to live temporarily, and you can take a good look at the new situation of Lu State along the way, and when you look around, you will know that whether it is you, Or Yanghu, Sanhuan, or even the Marquis of Lu who is in charge of the government, and the reincarnation of Boqin and Duke Zhou would never be better than the Zhao clan! It was replaced by a better Shang Tang, Shang Zhou had no Tao, and was revolutionized by Zhou Wu. Now the life of Lu may fall on the Zhao family. I think that as long as the people can live and work in peace, it is the greatest gift. As for the monarch What surname is it, why should you care!"

Gong Shan pondered silently, and Ran Qiu waved his hand and asked someone to take him down. In his opinion, Gongshan is lucky that he is not. Although he was once displaced, at least he has returned, and at least he can be buried in his hometown. What about Kefuzi? Also in exile for ten years, Zhao Lu invited him many times and let him go down the steps, but the Master was as stubborn as a cow and refused to return.

The fox must die, Master, you are already very old, when can you let go of the misunderstandings and obsessions in your heart and return to your homeland?

Ran Qiu was very melancholy, and he could only hope that when the war in the Central Plains was over, the Master could formalize the new order of the world.

For now, he still has to turn his attention to the battlefield. This battle wiped out the Wu army, killed three or four thousand and captured five or six thousand prisoners, while the Zhao army had only 2,000 casualties.

Ran Qiu looked at Sishui, which was rushing to the south in the setting sun, and said to himself, "I don't know if Zhao Ziwei's commander, Teng and Xue, raided Peiyi, but he succeeded?"

...

In the evening of the next day, on the shore of Sishui, a bewildered team arrived at the foot of Peiyi City, and the leader of the broken "Wu people" raised his head and begged the Peiyi Wu soldiers to open the door.

"What happened?" The army went north, and there were less than a thousand people left in Peiyi. Originally, people who had left were envious of being able to grab a good one in Lu, but when they saw a defeated soldier returning, everyone was shocked. .

"Our army is ambushed and defeated, and there are Zhao soldiers in the rear to pursue and open the door."

The "Wu people" at the bottom of the city were about to cry, and the people next to him also muttered and begged. Open the city gate and let them in, intending to ask for clarification.

Unexpectedly, these Wu troops suddenly burst into flames after the city gates opened wide, drawing out their weapons, how could there be frustration from the defeated army? One by one, they rushed to both sides of the city gate, killing all the gatekeepers, while the rest rushed in along the city gate hole. At this time, the light of the torches, Wu talent realized that the people who came in front of them were cut off. In addition, the rest of the bamboo hats are all the buns of the Central Plains!

"Oops!"

However, before they could block the enemies of the city gate back, they heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the night, and a cavalry of hundreds of people broke through the night and swept over, the target was the city gate!

The people at the door hurried out of the way, and Zhao Jia, the "horse of a thousand miles" of Zhao State, took the lead, and the handsome horsemen rushed into Peiyi.

Zhao Jia, in black clothes and black armor~lightnovelpub.net~ He rode his horse in the city, traversing the streets and alleys, and those who dared to stand in the way were trampled under the iron hooves. After learning that the Wu army was attacking Ludi, he asked Ran for it. He ordered 5,000 men to bypass Teng and Xue and raided Peiyi. In the Xue Kingdom, Zhao Jia forced the barbarians under his command to break up the barbarians in Shangjun, and let the Lu people who knew the Wu language deceive the city, and he succeeded in breaking into the city.

At this point, the Wu people have been unable to stop them, and there are many foot soldiers outside the city who have also touched them, or overpassed from the city wall, or poured in from the city gate, making them hard to guard against. After beheading several Wu soldiers with his sword again, facing the locals who secretly opened the Lilu Gate to spy on the outside situation, he raised the blood-stained ring sword high, and shouted: "The army of Zhao State has arrived! Shun! I live, and those who oppose me die!"

...

A few days later, Fuchai, the king of Wu, who was in command of the army in Xiaoyi, heard the news that the army he had sent to the side of Lu State was wiped out...

He suddenly burst into anger: "What! Isn't Zhao Lu's main force here, restrained by the widow?"

But worse news followed, and Fuchai learned immediately that Peiyi, the northern gateway to Pengcheng, had also fallen, and the forwards of Zhao's cavalry had arrived several miles outside the city to spy on...

(To be continued.)