In February of the sixth year of Guanghe's reign, Feng Gao was appointed.
At this time, Hu Mu's class and Cai Yong were sitting in Zhuge Gui's office. After Zhang Chong's Taishan Army settled in Fenggao, Hu's class could no longer maintain the situation of snake and rat in the past. His Hu's family
The person who took the lead in offering the city that day was to submit a petition to Zhang Chongxian.
But Hu Muban did not join the Taishan Army, nor did he get an official position in the government office acting as the Taishan Army. The reason for this was that Hu Muban was still hesitant. On the other hand, Zhang Chong said
, Hu Muban is more effective outside than inside.
Cai Yong no longer lives in Hu's mother's house. He and his family moved into the county government office and became the new Taishan County prefect. Although, he was just a rebel army who blindly sealed the Caotai prefect.
The prefect was in charge of three counties.
Hu Muban had a good chat with him about Cai Yong's becoming a thief. This time, Hu Muban did not say that we are Han ministers and Han thieves are not at odds with each other. Instead, they were seriously discussing with Cai Yong.
What are the chances of winning the world?
In fact, Cai Yong didn't say it in his heart, but did he have any choice? He had already been completely disappointed with the Han Dynasty. If he didn't join Zhang Chong's Taishan Army this time, he would join a powerful shogunate who would disrupt the Han Dynasty next time. The Han Dynasty had already
There is no way to save it, we have to start over again.
But since Hu Muban asked, Cai Yong still gave a rough guess:
"Based on the current situation, we have about a 60% chance of taking over the entire homeland of Qi. But if we want to conquer the world, we probably don't have even 10% of it. Senior brother, have you ever heard of anyone who can conquer the world here in Qi? Yes.
There is no such thing in history.
Qin conquered the world through Guanlong, and the Han Dynasty was still the same. Today's Han Dynasty relies on Hebei and Hanoi. And the rebel kings in Qi in the past dynasties were the pioneers of the true dragon. Although the earliest Qi State also had the Eastern Emperor
He was also the last one to be conquered by Qin, but he was still a loser in the end. If you look at the three kings of Qi who were in Qi at the end of Qin, they were either beaten by Xiang Yu, or they killed each other, and were finally destroyed by Han Xin.
Finally, there is Zhang Bu in the last years of Xin Mang, whose foundation has been melted even more than frost and snow. So there is no kingly spirit in this land."
Hu Muban also understood what Cai Yong said, but she didn't think about it seriously. As soon as Cai Yong said it, he realized that it was really the case. Now his whole family's life was bet on Zhang Chong, so he panicked.
just ask:
“Then doesn’t this flush have to be completed properly?”
Cai Yong was also frowning. He first asked tentatively:
"Senior brother, do you know the Taipingdao that helps people in distress?"
As soon as these words came out, Hu Muban looked at Cai Yong with a strange expression and said uncertainly:
"Junior brother, you have joined Taiping Dao. Now you are not trying to get me to join the religion?"
Cai Yong shook his head and said to Hu Muban:
"It seems that senior brother knows Taiping Dao. Then do you know the relationship between Qu Kui and Taiping Dao?"
Hu Muban became more and more confused and asked tentatively:
"Zhang Chong wants to join Taiping Dao?"
Cai Yongxu pointed in the direction of Zhang Chong and whispered:
"It's not that I want to join, but I already am. Our canal leader is the head of the Taiping Dao Taishan side, and he is also a close disciple of their Taiping Dao man."
After all, Hu’s mother class has a city government. Even after hearing such big news, she just opened her mouth wide but did not scream out. Then she heard Cai Yong say:
"I just learned about this. After knowing it, I knew that this was an opportunity for Zhang Chong and his Taishan Army to leap over the Dragon Gate. I know that many of your party members are cooperating with Taiping Dao, but I really want to help Taiping Dao.
There is no one, they all want to take advantage of the chaos to make profits. So can our Taishan Army get a share of the pie? Let’s not talk about it from afar, let’s just say that there are millions of Taiping Taoists in the world, distributed on both sides of the river, as long as our Taishan Army becomes
Does the new mentor of Taiping Dao mean that he can command the Taiping Dao in the world? In this way, wouldn't the Taishan Army jump out of this quagmire?"
The two of them wanted to continue their deep conversation when Zhuge Gui, the county magistrate over there, came out. The two of them tacitly agreed not to talk and changed the topic to talk to Zhuge Gui.
This Zhuge Gui is an interesting person. He has been in Fenggao for half a year, and he is still an official in the Han Dynasty.
On the day the city was captured, he was captured by a general of the Taishan Army and presented to Zhang Chong. Then Zhang Chong found out that this man's native place was Langya and his surname was Zhuge. Zhang Chong was shocked, and then he made some insinuations and asked them about Langya.
Who are the people in the Zhuge family? Although he didn't hear anyone familiar, Zhang Chong was almost certain that this person should be one of Zhuge Liang's uncles.
Later, Zhang Chong learned from the mouths of some high-ranking people that Zhuge Gui was indeed a good official with a good official reputation, so he didn't bother him and just took him into custody alone.
Later, Zhang Chong asked Cai Yong to be the prefect. One of Cai Yong's conditions at the time was that he wanted Zhuge Gui, and Zhang Chong agreed.
Originally, even though Cai Yong was a famous person, it was absolutely impossible for Zhuge Gui to become a thief. However, Cai Yong said that he was just a rotten person and had never had any experience as a herdsman. He would definitely not be able to cure the common people. When the time comes,
If the people are not governed well, those gangs of thieves and bandits will most likely go back to the river to fish, treating the people as dogs and horses and consuming them. So when you Zhuge Gui came out, you were not trying to govern the people for the thieves and bandits, but to make a living for the common people.
Yes, he, Zhuge Gui, was not ruling the people for the Han court and bandits, but for the people. So he agreed to become the county magistrate, and also recruited a group of homeless county officials, and still used the seal and ribbon of the Han court to deal with the county.
service.
Of course, Zhuge Gui's fact that he was in the Taishan camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty naturally aroused a lot of criticism from the Taishan army. Especially the Legalist Zhao Da, who took the honor and righteousness most seriously, was the most opposed. He pointed out that people like Zhuge
A person like Gui, who is true and honest, is more threatening than a person like Hu Muban, who is erratic. It is recommended that this person be punished.
Fortunately, Mrs. Hu's class wasn't there at that time, otherwise she would have been so angry that she would have vomited blood again.
But Zhang Chong suppressed all these criticisms. For him, regardless of who he was serving as an official, he could use anyone who could solve his problems.
And judging from Zhuge Gui's actions, this person is a person who cares about the people and is loyal in his heart. If this person can be included in the plot, it will be a huge blow to the Han Dynasty. Everyone would think that even such a loyal person to the emperor would be a huge blow.
If all the patriotic people have become thieves, then is the Han Dynasty really exhausted?
As for whether this person will change his family, Zhang Chong thinks that the possibility is very high. This is not because he thinks Zhuge Gui is the kind of person who is seeking fame, but this matter never depends on how he is, but on whether the Han court can do it.
Let him. If he says he didn't surrender to the enemy, then he didn't surrender? Will the Han court believe it?
At that time, Li Ling went out to attack the Xiongnu and was captured after exhaustion. He was still determined to be a minister of the Han Dynasty, but in the end? Didn't Emperor Xiaowu just hear that this man surrendered and kill his family? In the end, Li Ling had no choice but to surrender. Voted.
Therefore, Zhang Chong is not in a hurry. He will wait and see. He believes that the Han court will help him to accept this person. As for if it fails, then Zhang Chong will not lose anything. Isn't Zhuge Gui still governing the people for him? .
Today, it was Cai Yong who brought Hu Muban to Zhuge Gui's place. In addition to chatting and enhancing feelings, the most important thing is that Cai Yong still wants to listen to Zhuge Gui's advice.
Just in the morning, Zhang Chong, the leader of Ququ, summoned all the commanders and military staff of the Taishan Army to his office, including Cai Yong. They discussed one thing:
Where should our Taishan Army go next?
Zhang Chong said this at the time:
"It has been four years since our Taishan Army was established. It can be said that we have fought countless battles and gone through many difficulties. But now I want to say that now, right now, it is time to determine the life and death of our Taishan Army. This paragraph Over time, the flying army carried flags and kept reporting on the situation in the southern part of the county and the situation in Jinan, Qi and Langya.
It can be said that in the east of us, Pingyuan County, Jinan State, and Qi State have already jumped to the test, while our northern Jibei State and Lu State are also waiting for the enemy, and then the Langya State in the south is even more ready to attack. It can be said that An encirclement has been formed against our Taishan Army.
This time, these counties all mobilized their troops at the same time, which can only mean one thing, that is, the Han court's conquest army is already on the way. According to convention, it should still be the northern and southern armies of the imperial court. So today we will discuss what we should do manage?"
This meeting is actually an internal think tank meeting. It is not intended to unify the views, but is really for brainstorming.
Several staff members believed that we could defend the city and fight a protracted war with the Han Dynasty. However, this suggestion was quickly rejected by several staff members of Feng Gao. They said:
"The purpose of defending is to wait for reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements, no matter how strong the city is, it will be breached. Therefore, the strong walls and cleared fields are of no use except for the broken places."
"Why is it useless? Don't you know how to wait for change? As long as we accumulate millet in the city, garrison the city, and defend it for two years, you will see that the world will not change."
Then the two groups of people started talking back and forth. You said, "What should I do if it hasn't changed?" and he said, "How do you know it hasn't changed?"
Then He Kui's opinion was whether we could fight out. He thought this way. Our purpose before going out was to take the initiative to mobilize the effective forces of nearby counties and eliminate them in the movement. So can we still do this now? Since we are in Taishan An encirclement has formed on the outskirts of the county, so we should take the initiative to break the encirclement, and even attack directly into the Central Plains to see if we can form another massive uprising in the world.
He Kui meant what he said. He knew that Taiping Dao was strong in the Central Plains areas such as Ruying, so what he meant was to go to the Central Plains, unite all parties, and launch a great uprising together.
His plan not only united the Taiping Dao in the Central Plains to strengthen their forces, but also diverted the trouble westward, forcing the Taiping Dao to join them in launching an uprising.
Zhang Chong nodded, this is a way, and then he saw Zhao Da, the chief of military law, hesitated to speak, so he asked;
"Yong Xi, what do you think? It's okay, just tell me. You are usually very resolute, but what you are doing now is not like you."
Zhao Da was embarrassed, but he still said it honestly: