Qin Official

At the end of October in Mengdong, Chenliu County, Dangjun County (Chenliu Town, Kaifeng, Henan), Gaoyangli.

In a dimly lit house, an old man in his sixties with half-bald hair was cooking wine. There was burning wood under the copper cauldron. The wine in the cauldron was slowly heating up. The aroma of wine filled the room. The old man couldn't help but sniff. Wipe your saliva with your index finger, ready to take a swig...

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a knight in his forties hurriedly walked into the cold wind and said happily to the old man who was warming up the fire and cooking wine:

"Brother, I have something to tell you!"

Li Shiqi, who called himself a "Gaoyang drinker", didn't take it seriously. He called his younger brother Li Shang and said, "Ah Shang, you're just in time. This wine is already hot. Come and drink it to relieve the cold."

"It's been so long and you're still drinking!"

Li Shang snatched away Li Shiqi's wine glass and said, "Brother indulges in wine and meat all day long. Could it be that he doesn't know that the world is in chaos?"

"Of course I know."

Li Shiqi shook his head, scratched his oily hair that had not been washed for several days and said: "I don't have to go out, but I can know the affairs of the world. Not to mention the changes in Nanjun in the distance. In recent months, isn't it the so-called Northern Expeditionary Army that arrived in Yingzhou?" Sichuan turned in a circle, forcing Wang Ben to retreat, and the title of Chu State had been taken from Huaiyang... There is a Yangxia County between Huaiyang and Gaoyangli. Ah Shang, I know that you have already I have wanted to join the Chu army for a long time."

He said with a straight face: "But I said no, it just can't be done!"

Li Shang is a light knight from Wei. He has been restrained by Qin's laws for so many years and has long been impatient. The world has been in chaos recently, especially in Guandong. In addition to the "southern rebel Chu bandits" who approach from time to time, there are also many petty thieves taking advantage of the fire. Robbery. The law and order under the high-pressure policies of the past ten years have disappeared. The government has no time to protect itself, and the clan forces in various places can only gather people to defend themselves.

Li Shang relied on his former reputation and aggressive character to become the leader of the young people in his hometown. He gathered hundreds of people and made his own weapons and armor to ensure the safety of his hometown.

However, after Li Shiqi's persuasion, Li Shang did not openly rebel, so the county magistrate Chenliu turned a blind eye and allowed Li Shang and others to seize control in the east of the county.

This Li Shang had some ambitions. He was no longer content to be a knight of his own country. He was very tempted by the Chu army who was killing all directions in the Central Plains. He once wanted to send someone to join him and lure the Chu soldiers into Chenliu.

But Li Shiqi stopped him.

"Chu people attach great importance to regional origin. After I go there, I will never be reused. I will only be squeezed out by the Chu generals."

Li Shang didn't believe it at first. Until last month, Xiang Ji stormed Suiyang (Shangqiu, Henan Province), the capital of Dang County. county).

However, Major General Xiang's unparalleled reputation in Chu was no longer effective in Wei, and Xiangyi could not be defended. It took Xiang Ji half a month to capture it, and the losses were not small. In anger, he ordered troops to massacre the city, and all the people in the city who assisted Qin officials to defend the city were killed!

Thousands of people have become the victims of the Chu army. This incident shocked many Wei people who were watching. Even Li Shang retracted his intention to take action. He listened to his brother's opinion and observed for a while. time.

But a piece of news he learned recently made Li Shang excited again.

"This time is different."

He said to Li Shiqi: "Zhang Er is back!"

"oh?"

Li Shiqi raised his cloudy eyes from over-drinking: "Is he a hero who was famous in the Central Plains in those days, and who ordered Zhang Er to be a prostitute?"

"That's right, it's him."

Li Shang said: "I heard that Zhang Er has been hiding in Huaiyang for these years. With the support of Chu, he led his troops north from Xiangyi, passing through Waihuang (Minquan County, Henan) and down to Linji (Fengqiu, Henan). !”

Linji is also a big city in the Central Plains. At present, the Dangjun soldiers are fighting fiercely with Xiang Ji in Suiyang. Zhang Er actually captured the city effortlessly with two thousand soldiers under his command.

"People outside are spreading rumors that Zhang Er found Lord Ningling's son Jiu in Linji and established him as King of Wei. Now Zhang Er has been named Lord of Waihuang and Prime Minister of Wei, and his military officials are generals. He is attacking cities and territories in an attempt to revive Wei. Where is the country!"

When it came to making the king a general, Li Shang's eyes sparkled, and the implication was: Zhang Er is a fellow Wei fellow, and he has restored Wei. Can I join him now? If you don't go, it will be too late.

But Li Shiqi shook his head: "I am not optimistic about this so-called New Wei Kingdom."

Li Shang was a little unhappy: "Aren't we also from Wei?"

Li Shiqi smiled and said, "Do you know Weiguo?"

"The land of Wei State is now Dongjun. During the period of Wei Zhaogong, the three Jin Dynasties were strong, and Wei was like a Xiaohou, and became a vassal of Wei State. By the time of the Sijun, Wei State repeatedly ceded land to Wei, leaving only Puyang , and the Marquis of Wei was demoted to the title of king. In the thirty-first year of Huaijun, he went to Wei, Wei imprisoned and killed Huaijun, and Wei Geng established his heir, Jun's younger brother, as Yuanjun, and Yuanjun was Wei's son-in-law, so Wei established him."

"The current Wei and Chu are just like the Wei and Wei of the past. In my opinion, the Wei of Linji is just a puppet of the Chu people, trying to gather the heroes of Wei under one banner so that they can be used by the Chu State. The Wei State The military power of the Chu people was in the hands of the Chu warriors. When Xiang Ji massacred Xiangyi, how dare Wei Jiu give a shit? If the Chu State seized the land of Song Dynasty afterwards, would Zhang Er dare to refuse?"

"Ah Shang, my brother doesn't want you to foolishly fill in the ravines for others!"

Li Shiqi analyzed the pros and cons, but Li Shang became anxious: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Should we just continue to waste time in Gaoyang?"

Li Shiqi said sincerely: "In these troubled times, instead of hastily raising troops to stand in line, it is better to watch for a while. In the past few months, I have also carefully observed the people who have raised armies in the world, but they are all ordinary people, and they are very strict with their command. Use the etiquette for your own use, and don’t listen to generous words..."

Li Shang was surprised that his brother had such a high vision: "Zhang Er and Xiang Ji are the same?"

Li Shi stared at the boiling wine in the cauldron, as if all the heroes in the world were among it: "Zhang Er has an empty name and is not a hero. Although Xiang Ji is strong-blooded, he is so angry that he raises an army. The massacre of Xiangyi could have been easily done." The land of Wei below will be difficult to capture. Even if he can conquer everything, he will only be a strong general and a common man, and will not achieve great things."

Li Shang was delighted: "If these two people can't catch your eye, then brother, who do you think can achieve great things in this world?"

Li Shiqi snatched the wine glass back, took a full sip, and closed his eyes to reflect on the taste: "Although that Marquis Wu Zhong from the south holds high the flag of righteousness, he actually acts shamelessly and has been planning for many years. He is quite to my liking. He seems to be someone who is doing great things." people!"

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Zhang Er, who Li Shiqi said was "not a hero", was currently in Hufu Township, mourning his late wife Huang who died here more than ten years ago...

Although Zhang Er had long since changed his name and surname and married another wife, Zhang Er still felt sad when he came here and recalled the past.

"I was once a guest of Lord Xinling, but after the death of the young master, I became homeless and impoverished. I also killed people in Daliang, so I had no choice but to flee my country and live in hiding in Waihuang County."

"My legitimate wife, Mrs. Huang, is a beautiful woman outside Huang, but she does not dislike my poverty and lowly position, and is committed to me. She also uses her family's wealth to exonerate me and help me become famous. Zhang Er can become a great hero outside Huang and a famous scholar in Wei. The merits of a good wife!”

It's a pity that when Waihuang City was destroyed, the Huang family took Zhang Ao, Zhang Er's first son, to seek refuge with the Zhang family in Hufu Township, where he was a relative, but was betrayed by the Zhang family to the thief Qin official Heifu. Huang committed suicide and Zhang Ao was captured, and became a bait to lure Zhou Shi and Chen Yu.

Hei Fu, who was killed that day, dyed his seal and ribbon red with the blood of the soldiers and martyrs of Wei, and stepped on the corpses of heroes from the six countries on his way to promotion!

More than ten years have passed, and Zhang Er still feels heartbroken when he revisits his old place. He almost cried to death. His feelings for his late wife Huang are extremely sincere.

"Xiangbang, everyone from the Zhang family is here!"

Guan Gao and Zhao Wu, Zhang Er's former retainers and friends in Wei, took the newly recruited Wei soldiers and took all the old, young, women and children out of Zhang's mansion!

It turns out that the Zhang family in Hufu was divided into two, occupying two miles east and west of Hufu Township respectively. The villagers called them Dongzhang and Xizhang.

Among them, Dongzhang is more powerful. Its patriarch is named Zhang Bo, and his nephew is the famous Zhang Cang. The power of Xizhang is slightly smaller, but not too different. Its patriarch is named Zhang Fu. Zhang Fu has a granddaughter who married Chen Ping, a poor boy from the same town...

Over the past ten years or so, due to the presence of people in the court, Chen Ping has been promoted day by day and gained the trust of Hei Fu. The two men are even more popular in the countryside. Even if Zhang Bo and Zhang Hui died one after another, their descendants can still dominate the sky with one hand.

But last year, Chen Ping was involved in Heifu's "rebellion". The government came to seize his wife and son, but they could not be found. Xi Zhang was not much better. Zhang Cang escaped and they were also implicated, so the two properties were confiscated , the patriarch was imprisoned, the clan was scattered...

At present, the people of the Zhang clan captured by Zhang Er's disciples are basically peripheral branches. However, Guan Gao, Zhao Wu and others still strongly encourage Zhang Er to arrest and execute all the people in the hometown who are related to Dongxi and Zhang Er in order to avenge the death of their wives. hatred.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Er wiped away his tears, shook his head and sighed:

"The gangsters who killed my wife were Zhang Bo, Zhang Fu, and Chen Ping. What does it have to do with these people?"

This statement was surprising, but what was even more surprising was what happened next. Zhang Er not only released these Zhang clan members, but also named a young man named "Zhang Xian (yǎn)" among them, and announced that he would be appointed as a doctor of the Wei State... …

"Mr. Zhang, are you repaying evil with kindness?" On the way back to Linji, Guan Gao, a straightforward man, was a little confused.

Zhao Wu, a counselor with a little wisdom, came to his senses: "Is Mr. Zhang imitating Mr. Wen's sudden erection of his beard?"

Zhang Er stroked his beard and smiled: "Zhao Wu knows me!"

It turned out that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Jin Chong'er returned to his country and killed many political opponents. For a time, people in the country were uneasy and rumors spread everywhere. At that time, the man who kept his property kept his head and beard.

Speaking of this man, Chong'er, is full of hatred, because he took away all the property when Chong'er was in trouble, causing Chong'er and his ministers to starve and eat in exile, and almost died.

Such villains were so shameless that they came to see him. Duke Wen of Jin refused to meet him at first, but Touxu said that he had a plan to stabilize the Jin country.

The strategy is simple: "No one can offend the king more than Fu Xu!"

Then Duke Wen of Jin suddenly understood and announced that he would forgive Touxu and make him a close minister of the emperor.

For a time, people in Jin rushed to tell each other, thinking: "He must have stolen the emperor's treasure, and now he is still employed, how about others?" They calmed down and gave up the idea of ​​​​rebellion, and the civil strife in Jin was completely subsided.

Zhang Er was imitating Jin Wengong's old plan when he forgave the Zhang clan member who had killed his wife.

"There are many people in Wei who have benefited from me, and there are also many who are enemies with me."

As the former underworld boss, Zhang Er knew very well that although he had followed Xiang Ji's orders to make Wei Jiu the king of Wei, and he had become the prime minister of Wei, those who did not buy it were those who had issues with him and refused to surrender. People, there are many more.

If the news of forgiving Zhang Hufu spreads now, it will surely dispel the worries of powerful and light knights from all over the country and make them come to vote enthusiastically.

The Zhang family has been dispersed, and even if those side branches are killed, it will not be able to relieve Zhang Er's hatred, so it is better to make full use of them.

All this is to strengthen the emerging power of Wei!

Although Li Shiqi called him the "puppet of Chu", Zhang Er was unwilling to accept it and just became a marionette.

He knew very well that if he wanted to occupy a place in this troubled world and avenge his dead wife, he relied on the territory he occupied and the soldiers in his hands.

The current "Wei State" is an empty frame. Apart from the temporary capital Linji, there are only three counties: Waihuang, Yangwu, and the slaughtered Xiangyi. The number of soldiers is less than 4,000, and most of them are under the military officials. Chu soldiers.

Which direction to develop in the future has become a big problem. Xiang Yu paused in Suiyang for a long time and urged Zhang Er to go to support, but Zhang Er knew that he could not go east, so he only deceived the military officials to go there, while he himself looked around, looking for a way out of Wei State. .

"General Xiang attacked Suiyang fiercely and even massacred Xiangyi in a rage. The Chu soldiers plundered all the lands. From this point of view, even if we fight desperately to capture the Song Dynasty in the east, it is probably in a mess and it will be difficult to get back."

"And to the west of the chasm, the Qin army is still gathering in large numbers to guard Aocang's grain. Wei is still weak and cannot be an enemy."

Zhang Er was even more worried. He heard that Wang Ben had retreated to Nanyang. If the Qin army suddenly marched eastward, wouldn't Wei become a shield for Chu?

This will never work!

While thinking, the Jishui River has arrived, and on the other side is Jiyang City in Dongjun, which is still under the control of Qin officials!

Dongjun is a large eastern county, bordering Hanoi to the west and Qilu to the east. It has a strong and solid shape and is the foundation of Hebei, and it also leads to Henan. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi and Jin competed here to defend their country. During the Six Kingdoms period, the Wei people rejected Zhao and resisted Qi.

In addition to the extremely prosperous big cities such as Dingtao and Puyang in Dongjun, Liyang and Baima Zhixian on the riverside are also the hubs of Zhao and Wei.

Because Peng Yue, the great thief of Onezawa, raised an army and captured Xue County, proclaimed Tian Rong’s son as the King of Qi, and went north to harass the border between Jibei and Dongjun. Therefore, most of the soldiers from Dongjun were concentrated in the east, while the west and south were left empty. , which gave Zhang the earphone experience.

Zhang Er pointed to the other side and said: "If we want to expand the territory of Wei, we can only go north and occupy Dongjun, and then try to cooperate with the Zhao people to capture Hanoi!"

Speaking of this, he remembered something and asked Guan Gaodao: "Chen Yu and Chen Sheng crossed to the north of Ji half a month ago, took Changyuan and Yan County (Changyuan County, Henan) for me, and headed for Zhao. Where are they now?"

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