Plan to cut off the nine states

He Rongpingshan did not get angry. He stood up and went to the door to call two servants. He raised the curtain with his own hands to let the moonlight in.

The servant came to Xu Chu and said something, which probably meant asking him to go somewhere else.

Xu Chu stood up and said with a smile: "Chanyu said that 'Corporal Lixian' is also one of the weapons of the He Rong tribe, but you haven't learned it."

He Rongpingshan said coldly: "No need, from now on, before the third sunset, you must make a decision."

"It turns out that your Excellency wants to use the weapon 'Spare Your Life'. Shanyu did say that it is the best to use."

He Rongpingshan waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to talk any more.

Xu Chu moved to another ordinary tent, which was much smaller. The only preferential treatment was that he could live alone. Soon someone brought him food and wine.

After Xu Chu ate, he lay down to rest and thought about the current situation. It seemed that the general situation was not useful. He was trapped in a very small trap. It was difficult to turn over, let alone move around.

"Like a coffin." Xu Chu murmured, feeling that not only was he lying in it, but someone was filling it with soil, and the popping sound made him feel more and more suffocated.

"Wait...wait?" Xu Chu was a little hesitant and thought over and over again. Before he could regain his confidence, he had already fallen asleep.

He was so tired.

He was woken up before dawn.

He Rong's cavalry is used to marching in a hurry, and the women and children in the company are no exception. They all ride with the army and are not willing to fall behind a little.

Throughout the whole day, people hardly got off their horses, eating and drinking on them. Only when the horses stopped to drink water, could they take the opportunity to find a place to solve their internal problems, and they had to do it quickly. Everyone in He Rong's cavalry had at least two horses, and hay bags were hung on them. On the head, the horse can also eat while walking.

The He Rong people camped in the open wilderness. According to their way of walking, they were only two hours away from Yecheng and could launch an attack at any time.

Xu Chu was even more tired and had no energy to think about any problems. He saw Chang Yan once on the way and after confirming that nothing happened, he had one less thing to worry about.

A wisp of wine aroma entered his nose, and Xu Chu sat up suddenly and found that he had fallen asleep unconsciously.

The tent was lit with lamps, and four plates of meat and two open bags of wine were placed on a blanket. Zhou Yuanbin was sitting opposite and looking at him with a smile.

"Zhou Canjun can adapt to it." Xu Chu was not polite, grabbed the wine bag and took a sip first, and then ate the meat.

Zhou Yuanbin smiled and said: "When I was a child, I lived outside the Great Wall for two years and suffered even more. When I first returned to Jinyang, I couldn't even speak the Central Plains dialect."

Xu Chu just ate, and after being slightly satisfied, he raised his head and said, "Who is Zhou joining the army as a lobbyist?"

"Haha, based on our friendship, I can't come to visit Mr. Xu?"

"Yes, you are welcome. Come, Zhou joins the army. I will give you a toast... a bag."

"You can't drink even one bag." Zhou Yuanbin took a sip, "Of course, besides visiting, there is indeed something to say."

"Hopefully it's a good thing."

"Uh... it's a good thing, no no, it's really a good thing." Zhou Yuanbin coughed, "That's right, the strong-armed Chanyu, how should I put it, is a special leader. He thinks that He Rongbu is also one of the heroes of the Central Plains. , qualified to conquer the world."

"Because of the chaos in the Central Plains? Because he has many soldiers and generals?"

"Haha, this is one of the reasons, and there is another one. In the past two hundred years, there has been more chaos in the Central Plains and less governance. Almost all those who occupy the three northern states of Qin, Bing, and Hebei have made peace with the He Rong tribe. We have already been among you. , I have you, from my mother’s side, I am half He Rong, and Qiang Jian Shanyu is actually half Central Plains, maybe more than half.”

"It's a good thing that Chanyu wants to be from the Central Plains, but I'm not the lord of the Central Plains, so I can't give him a name."

"Haha, the strong-armed Shanyu doesn't want the reputation given by others. He wants to win one for himself. Mr. Xu saw it. He Rongren even brought his wife and children with him. This means that he will never look back. He must occupy a place in the Central Plains. , even the entire Central Plains.”

"Well, He Rongbu is very determined."

"In the past few hundred years, armies outside the Great Wall have entered the Great Wall several times..."

"There are still several faraway escapes." Xu Chu added.

Zhou Yuanbin smiled and said, "But they all returned in vain. The strong-armed Shanyu thought that the most important reason was that the people outside the Great Wall simply relied on cavalry. If they win, they will win big, and if they lose, they will be defeated. They can't leave anything in the Central Plains, so He Rong's Ministry wants to Learn from the lesson and adopt a multi-pronged approach. If you want to use cavalry, you should also try other tactics.”

"Do other adults in He Rongbu agree?"

"Some people agree, and some people must be against it, but the strong-armed Shanyu..." Zhou Yuanbin suddenly laughed, "I almost fell into a trap by accident. Mr. Xu wanted to find a weakness in He Rongbu, so ask others, not me."

Xu Chu took a sip of wine and smiled: "Once you have a certain reputation, you can't get rid of it even if you want. Everyone thinks that I am scheming, so I am suspected as soon as I open my mouth."

"I don't doubt it, but I don't want to say more." Zhou Yuanbin still smiled, but no longer mentioned the fight within He Rong's department, "In short, the strong arm Shan has to take a multi-pronged approach. I don't know what it will do to others, but to Mr. Xu But it’s a blessing and a good thing.”

"Um?"

"If it weren't for the strong-arm Shanyu Cun's thoughts, Mr. Xu would have been killed to sacrifice to heaven, and he would not be alive now."

"Why didn't Chanyu come to win me over and push me to He Rongpingshan?"

"Pingshan was humiliated twice, especially when he lost Princess Tiancheng. He should have been executed when he returned to the He Rong tribe, or at least deprived of his royal title. Shanyu has always been strict in enforcing the law, but he couldn't bear it for Pingshan, who had grown up with him. , so he was temporarily demoted to a servant and assigned an extremely difficult task. "

"Does the Chanyu think it's hard to win me over?"

"To be honest, the Chanyu knows very little about Master Xu. He only knows that you were once a king, and that's enough. If He Rongpingshan can make a king in the Central Plains obey, and then take back the princess and the fugitive, he will be able to wash away the humiliation."

"So in the eyes of others, I am still the King of Wu?"

Zhou Yuanbin smiled and said, "They don't need to know that the King of Wu abdicated long ago and has been living in seclusion in Yecheng for a long time, without a single soldier under his command."

"This is another reputation that I can't get rid of."

"Thanks to this Reputation, Master Xu saved his life. ”

“Drink, maybe I won’t have a chance to drink after sunset the day after tomorrow.”

“Haha, Pingshan is indeed anxious. He has gone to Yuyang overnight to ask for the princess and the fugitive. I guess there won’t be any problems. He’s just waiting for Master Xu to surrender.”

Xu Chu shook his head, “Tell Pingshan to provide more good wine and meat for the remaining two days. I won’t blame him after I die.”

“Master Xu, don’t refuse too quickly. Think about it carefully.”

“There’s nothing to think about.”

Zhou Yuanbin didn’t give up. He first persuaded wine, and then asked: "Why did Master Xu go north?"

"I accidentally fell into the hands of a group of Jin soldiers and was handed over to He Rong's army."

"They were a group of bandits, not real Jin soldiers. What I asked was 'why did you go north'? Didn't Master Xu live in seclusion in Yecheng? Why did you come out? Why did you leave Yecheng?"

"Yecheng was about to be captured by King Liang, so I came out to seek refuge."

"King Liang has occupied Yecheng, and it is said that he surrendered to Tiancheng. The emperor appointed him as the governor of Jizhou and the lord of Yecheng - hey, the Huangfu family must have He would be so angry that he would go crazy. The emperor regained some face and led his troops northward, not far from Yuyang. Master Xu and King Liang were old friends, so it seemed that he didn't need to escape. Even if he wanted to escape, it seemed that he didn't have to come to Yuyang, a place of trouble. Master Xu has always been very good at predicting things. How could he not know what was happening in Yuyang? "

"General Zhou thinks highly of me."

"Haha, Master Xu doesn't want to tell the truth, so I just guessed."

"I always guess about others, but it's rare for someone to guess about me, so I have to listen." Xu Chu raised his wine bag.

They each took a sip, and Zhou Yuanbin said, "Master Xu was sent here by a team of 'Jin soldiers', so I guessed that Master Xu was originally going to the Jin camp, and his intention was, of course, to persuade the Jin army to withdraw. Unfortunately, by mistake, Master Xu came here."

"You guessed well." Xu Chu smiled and continued to drink.

"But this still doesn't explain why Master Xu went north. Did Master Xu pay tribute to Yecheng?"

"I didn't pay tribute to anyone."

"I guess so, so Master Xu definitely didn't go north for Yecheng--" Zhou Yuanbin smiled and shook his head, "In fact, I didn't quite believe it at first, but after thinking about it, I felt that there was no other reason: Master Xu came for Princess Fangde?"

Xu Chu smiled and said, "You find it hard to believe?"

"You are... You used to be the King of Wu, but you suddenly abdicated when you were winning battles. It was incredible enough. Now you come out of nowhere just for a woman?"

Xu Chu smiled but didn't answer.

"Because the princess married Master Xu? But you said that she didn't recognize him, and neither did you. Besides, why didn't Master Xu leave the princess behind when he was in Yecheng? It would be easier there, right? It could be even simpler. Master Xu insisted that the marriage was valid. Although the He Rong tribe didn't care about anything when they robbed people, they would not publicly marry other people's wives. This is also a trick."

"I like to beat around the bush, it's more interesting."

Zhou Yuanbin thought for a while and shook his head. "No, it's still not right. I don't believe that Master Xu can give up the throne but not a woman? Seventh sister is a woman herself, so I guess randomly..."

Xu Chu raised his eyebrows slightly, Zhou Yuanbin hurriedly shut up, and then smiled: "There's nothing to hide. Seventh sister said that you came here to make trouble, and then fish in troubled waters and take the princess away. She also said that you want to take the princess away in a dignified manner, so you chased all the way to Yuyang and rely on your mouth to deal with all parties."

Zhou Yuanbin stared at Xu Chu, with a smile on his face.

"Your sister... you think a lot."

"Seventh sister is the smartest person in our family. When she was young, she lived in He Rong's tribe for a year. When she grew up, she voluntarily married to the frontier, and designated He Rong Qiangbi as her husband, saying that he must have a bright future. We all laughed at her at the time. Who would have thought that Qiangbi really became the Chanyu, and Seventh sister became the first wife."

"He Rong Qiangbi was not the first choice of the old Chanyu?"

"Mr. Xu wants to trick me again. Seventh sister reminded me a long time ago, but in the end I said more and Mr. Xu said less."

"Because I have never figured out Zhou Cang The intention of the army."

"In a simple sentence, I guessed... Is the seventh sister's guess correct?"

"What if it is correct? What if it is not correct?"

"If it is not correct, I can only say that if Master Xu does not surrender to Pingshan, he will die. If it is correct, I have to say one more thing. Master Xu must surrender first, then he will have the opportunity to persuade the Chanyu and Pingshan. Otherwise, you will see the princess marrying with your own eyes. She has brought shame to her husband before she even married. Even if she has a thousand good deeds, she cannot wash away the stigma. She will be retaliated after the marriage. Please think again, Master Xu, for the sake of others and for yourself."