Han Bi hurried in, "That idiot Peng Jing was so smart that he got slapped in the face last night."
Sun Shi asked: "What methods did he use?"
"Competing cultivation." Han Bi sat down and said sarcastically: "Everyone knows that Chongwen of the Southern Zhou Dynasty took a different approach. Who knew that the envoy had a follower, and he was a stupid follower, and his Majesty was taken away.
The guard was beaten until he vomited blood."
"Such methods may seem unexpected, but they are just tricks after all." Sun Shi said, "What's the next step?"
"Previously, the deputy envoy of the mission went to find Fei Luo, and there was a dispute. The deputy envoy was so tricky that Fei Luo couldn't help but take action..."
"Tricky tongue?"
"Fei Luo said that she is more cunning than the women in the market."
The street woman's quarrel skills are considered to be the best in the world, even worse than this...
"Fei Luo didn't lose, right?"
"Fei Luo's face is almost ruined..."
"What the hell is this!" Sun Shi couldn't laugh or cry.
Han Bi sighed: "We just gained the upper hand last night and went to seek our bad luck this morning. The timing was just right and the envoy was a good one."
Sun Shi said: "It is said that he is a warrior?"
Han Bi nodded, with a look of contempt in his eyes, "Those thieves are supporting the army."
The status of warriors in the Southern Zhou Dynasty was low, so Han Bi's words did not surprise Sun Shi at all.
"Peng Jing's side..."
"Our people just impeached."
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty asked us to take over this matter."
"What do you think?"
"If you continue to rely on force, even if you win, it will be humiliating. The envoy can leave with his head held high. In this case, I think we should change our approach."
"What method?"
"Their confrontation with Fei Luo today is just the beginning. Next, they will find me and go all the way to His Majesty. They will not withdraw their troops until they are defeated."
"Until Nan Zhou apologizes or promises not to do this again." Sun Shi's face was cold.
"Yes, so I am going to let them out."
"What's the meaning?"
"The current life of the Tang Dynasty is not easy, and there are many refugees in various places. Therefore, let them go to various places in the Southern Zhou Dynasty to see the prosperity of the Southern Zhou Dynasty."
Sun Shi thought for a moment, "Let them see the power of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and give up the idea of coercion?"
"Yes, this is called... subduing the enemy without fighting." Han Bi said with a smile.
"Fei Luo can't follow me anymore, who do you think is suitable?"
"The Minister of Rites, Wang Zhong."
"good."
…
"Your Majesty."
Wang Zhong, the Minister of Rites, was a bit more refined and polite than Fei Luo.
"Wang Shilang."
The two smiled and exchanged a few words.
"By the way, I would also like to invite you gentlemen, who is free?"
Sure enough, it came... Wang Zhong smiled and said: "There is no rush in this matter. Since we have come to Southern Zhou Dynasty, we should go and see everywhere."
"Looking around?"
"Yes, look around."
…
The next day, Zhang Ruo and two hundred cavalry were left behind, and the mission set off.
Originally, Yang Xuan wanted to travel with cavalry, but Wang Zhong said that he would bring 300 cavalry.
Guests and hosts did as they pleased, so Yang Xuan set off with members of the mission and twenty guards led by Wu Da.
Spring is blooming and autumn is harvesting, the flowers are blooming along the way and the scenery is pleasant.
The weather in the south is good, and you can see countless fertile fields on both sides of the road. At this moment, farmers are working in the fields, and there are children running back and forth, followed by their dogs, making a mess of each other.
Wang Zhong pointed to the field on the left, "You can easily get two crops a year here."
This is also one of the reasons for the prosperity of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
Qin Jian looked at these fields almost greedily, and whispered to Cheng Ran: "If the Tang Dynasty could have such fertile fields, it would dominate the world."
Cheng Ran nodded.
At this moment, Yang Xuan also knew the reason why the Northern Liao Dynasty could not sit back and watch the Tang Dynasty attack the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
It’s never about pay!
If the Northern Liao Dynasty sat back and watched the Tang Dynasty capture the Southern Zhou Dynasty and sit on these sacred lands, the national power would expand rapidly. By then, the manpower of the Tang Dynasty plus the money and food of the Southern Zhou Dynasty...
He Lianfeng was afraid that he wanted to jump into the river.
Many things that I didn't understand before were suddenly clear to me after seeing the power of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
Sure enough, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles!
Yang Xuan looked at the reserved kings and thought that this person probably didn't expect what this trip would bring to Southern Zhou.
Southern Zhou Dynasty!
Must be destroyed!
On the road, there was a constant stream of carriages and horses, and the merchants were dressed in gorgeous clothes, even their crotches were covered with hair, and their heads and manes were decorated with decorations.
"Busty scene." Yang Xuan praised.
Wang Zhong smiled, "It's just ordinary."
According to Han Bi's arrangement, this trip with the Tang Dynasty delegation was a deterrent trip.
Let them see the power of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and feel timid.
Yuan Xiao, the accompanying official doctor, pointed to the members of the envoy who looked like country bumpkins and said with a smile: "Look, Mr. Wang, these people have seen the power of our Southern Zhou Dynasty, but do they still dare to think like that?"
"We have people and money and food. If the Tang Dynasty dares to come, we must be prepared to have our teeth broken." Wang Zhong said proudly.
"A million-strong army is waiting for the enemy." Yuan Xiao said happily: "What a great move by Prime Minister Han!"
Both of them were from the New Deal faction, and their conversation was more cordial and less fearful.
"Peng Jing and the others messed up the banquet, and we have to clean up the mess." Wang Zhong said: "Xiangong Sun and the others are planning to seize important positions in the Third Division this time, so this trip must be perfect. If successful, we will get the Third Division,
Only when money and food are in hand can the New Deal be launched."
"no problem."
The group of people gradually moved away from Bianliang.
A few days later, when passing by a village, Yang Xuan wanted to go in and have a look.
"Your Majesty, the people in the countryside are ignorant and inconvenient." With a look from the local accompanying official, the kings understood and knew that there were some problems in this village.
Yang Xuan smiled and did not ask further questions.
He was born in the countryside and knows these tricks very well.
Qin Jian came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, is there a problem?"
Yang Xuan took a look at the village and said, "The weather is nice. Usually at this time, the old people in the village like to come to the entrance of the village to chat. It is also a pastime. But if you look at this village, it is deserted. There is probably something wrong with it."
Qin Jian looked carefully and found that it was indeed the case.
"Look at those dogs again. The dogs in the village will bark when they see outsiders, but they run back with their tails between their legs."
"What does this mean?" Qin Jian was confused.
"There have been incidents in the village that have frightened even these dogs."
"What's the matter?"
"Dogs must guard the house, otherwise they are stupid dogs. Farmers do not keep useless dogs. The only thing that can make them like this is blood and killing."
Wang Zhong asked the local magistrate on the other side.
"But is there any downside to love?"
The local official said: "Some people were provoked by the rebels and actually gathered to make trouble. The subordinates ordered people to suppress it... and killed some people."
"Rebel?"
"yes."
"How many were killed?"
"More than ten people."
The kings nodded, and the local official pulled the reins of the horse and fell behind. The confidant who accompanied him whispered: "Fortunately, we didn't enter the village."
The local official sneered, "This is our place. If we say they are rebels, they are rebels."
But later someone came and had a word with Wang Zhong.
"Wang Shilang, there are rebels here."
The kings looked at the local magistrate with cold eyes and waved. When the magistrate came over, the kings asked: "How many rebels are there?"
When the local official saw the man, he knew that the matter had been exposed, "There are only more than a thousand people, and they have been suppressed."
Wang Zhong said coldly: "You can take care of yourself."
The local official dragged back a little, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said to his confidant: "Thousands of rebels! If they know about it..."
"I will be promoted next month."
"But the successor..."
Who will take over this mess?
"The successor is none of my business!"
In the afternoon, the group missed the place and ate outdoors.
Here is a very wide river on the left, a small mountain range composed of several mountains on the right, and a field behind.
Make a fire, set up the clay pot you brought, and throw in the mutton you brought with you to cook.
Someone is cooking... For people in the Tang Dynasty, eating rice is a bit uncomfortable and they always feel that they are not full. But after arriving in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, this is the staple food, and there is little room for choice. However, Yang Xuan still makes people go
I got some wheat flour and started a small stove by myself.
"I want crispy rice." Wang Laoer squatted by the fire and watched the rice cook.
"I know how to eat it!" The cook glanced at Wang Laoer one more time and said, "It's crunchy!"
…
In the mountains not far away, a group of dark troops were also eating.
They were said to be an army, but they were dressed in rags and had all kinds of weapons, including even kitchen knives.
The food was also very poor, rice balls made with wild vegetables and some rice.
Several leaders gathered together and also ate wild vegetable rice balls.
The leader is named Cai Mo. He has a full beard and looks quite rough. He eats a rice ball for two people.
The other person, named Zheng Zan, ate more politely, "somewhat bitterly."
"No matter how bitter wild vegetables are, can they be as bitter as our lives?" Cai Mo swallowed the rice ball and licked his fingers. As the leader, he was the first to realize the freedom of rice balls, but his long-term habits made him still cherish food.
After Zheng Zan finished eating, he wiped his hands on his body and said, "The taxes are getting higher and higher. When I ran out of food at home, I begged the tax collector to keep some living expenses, but the clerk kicked me down.
He told me that paying taxes was the right thing to do. I said I had nothing to eat, and he said to eat dirt."
Cai Mo was silent.
"I asked him why taxes are getting higher and higher, and he said...there are more and more people in the government to support. But what does those people have to do with us?"
Cai Mo took a deep breath, "There are more and more officials, and we have to support them. It happens that every official wants to live a good life, but where can the money and food come from? We just dig it out of the fields with our hands. No.
Without us, where will they get the money and food?"
"Poor my daughter, she was so hungry that she had no meat on her body. She starved to death in my arms. Before she died, she said... Aye, I'm hungry!" Zheng Zan wiped away a tear and said, "Starved to death."
They killed us, but they were beaten to death, and there was no explanation."
Cai Mo pressed the handle of the knife and looked at the sky outside the mountain, "If they don't give us a way to survive, then we will cut off their way of survival!"
He stood up, and the rebels in rags followed suit.
Cai Mo turned around and looked at them, "If they don't give us an explanation, then we will pick up weapons and give them an explanation!"
The crowd slowly gathered.
Cai Mo said: "There are senior officials in Bianjing outside. The people in front said that some kind of envoy from the Tang Dynasty killed them all. The Tang Dynasty will naturally be furious and then send troops to attack the Southern Zhou Dynasty."
Zheng Zan smiled evilly and said: "Let's attack the city and seize the territory again, and cooperate with the inside and the outside. In this way, this country will be ours!"
Cai Mo said seductively: "After the deed is accomplished, you and the others will all have great achievements. You will be granted titles that deserve titles and slaves that deserve rewards... Wealth and good days are ahead."
The eyes of these sergeants, who were refugees a while ago, turned green with excitement.
But no one has ever thought about whether they would treat the people well and restrain their desires after becoming masters.
The reincarnation of dynasties over thousands of years was all caused by greed.
Cai Mo looked at the fighting spirit of his subordinates with satisfaction and waved his hand: "Attack!"
Wang Laoer, who was eating, suddenly turned his head hard, so hard that Wang Zhong laughed and said, "Be careful of breaking your neck."
Wang Laoer looked at the mountain, his silkworm-like eyebrows wrinkled, "Lang Jun."
"What's the matter?" Yang Xuan was hungry and was waiting for the rice to be cooked.
Wang Laoer said: "There are so many people."
Yang Xuan was facing the mountains and he raised his head.
The ears moved.
The old thief stood up suddenly, "Enemy attack!"
Grass mud horse!
Yang Xuan shouted: "Assemble!"
The kings were stunned, "What kind of enemy attack? Your Majesty, this is the Southern Zhou Dynasty, not the Tang Dynasty, nor the Northern Liao Dynasty."
Yuan Xiao despised Wu Ren, but Yang Xuan was the envoy after all, so he said calmly: "I'm afraid your envoy suddenly thought of Northern Xinjiang!"
The three hundred knights slowly gathered together while looking at the king.
They only obeyed the orders of Wang Zhong and others. As for the envoy, sorry, after Wang Laoer made the palace guards vomit blood at every turn, the warriors of the Southern Zhou Dynasty became full of hostility towards the envoy and his party.
Yang Xuan heard the dense footsteps approaching. The key was that his spine felt cold and his scalp felt numb.
This is a sign of crisis.
He shouted without hesitation: "Mount, hurry up!"
The accompanying horses were gathered together and guarded by several sergeants. Yang Xuan gave the order, and the people in the mission ran towards their horses without hesitation.
Yang Xuan felt something was wrong while running.
Why is there someone missing?
When he looked back, he couldn't help but feel angry.
"Second dick!"
Wang Laoer opened the lid of the clay pot, spread out the oil paper with his left hand, and grabbed it with his right hand. In an instant, he got a pile of rice, and then a few big lumps of mutton. With a lump in his mouth, he turned around and ran away.
The kings laughed and said: "Your Majesty, your envoy...is this what you do every day in Northern Xinjiang? Yuan Xiao, if the envoy is like this, you will accompany him... Yuan Xiao, Yuan Xiao..."
He looked slowly and saw Yuan Xiao staring blankly at the mountain pass, trembling all over.
Several thieves rushed out of the mountain pass. After seeing the situation here, they shouted happily: "The dog officers are here!"
"Kill!"
The thieves came out in droves.
"Enemy attack!"
The sergeant accompanying him screamed: "Run!"
The kings were stunned and ran wildly while being supported by two sergeants.
The group dropped everything and ran towards the war horses.
Yang Xuan and others had already mounted their horses. Qin Jian looked at the embarrassment of Wang Zhong and others and sneered: "These idiots still want to use the situation in Northern Xinjiang to humiliate us. They deserve it, hahahaha!"
Cheng Ran said: "Where are we going?"
yes!
Yang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Run back."
They are not familiar with the nearby terrain at all, and the result of running around is to seek death.
"Mr. Lang."
"What's the matter?"
The old thief's voice trembled a little, "Lang Jun, look..."
Yang Xuan turned his head and looked.
The thieves are running at high speed.
What's terrible is that there are hundreds of them.
Wang Zhong and others arrived. He tried his best to regain his breath and ordered: "Destroy them."
Yuan Xiao smiled and said: "This is the Bianjing Forbidden Army. It only takes one attack to defeat these thieves, but your envoy is a little more anxious."
The three hundred accompanying cavalrymen rushed forward bravely and proudly.
In an instant, he was submerged among thieves.
The screams were endless.
Each of the cavalrymen was hacked or stabbed to death. The thieves climbed on their horses and cheered.
Yang Xuan looked at the kings and thought of the Chang'an guards who had become watchdogs.
"Is this the Southern Zhou Forbidden Army?"
The faces of all the kings turned pale.
The thieves killed all three hundred cavalry, and suddenly there were many more cavalry, and they all turned their attention.
It's like a group of wild wolves staring at a group of rabbits.
The kings trembled and asked: "Your envoys are very good at fighting. Is there anything you can do to face the current situation?"
"have."
"Please give me some advice."
"Thirty-six strategies..."
A pair of eyes looked at Yang Xuan expectantly.
"escape!"
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Thanks to "The Ashes Fall Sadly" for the silver reward.