"Tai Shuyi has entered Dingzhou?" Xu Mu's voice was solemn in the Chengdu palace.
"Exactly. Earlier, the iron execution platform in Beiyu and even the soldiers from Huzhou were encircled and suppressed from all sides to kill Tai Shuyi. Shangguan Shu and his daughter Shangguan Yan mobilized people from the secret hall on the border
, and then sent Tai Shuyi to Dingzhou."
"Six Heroes, it's a little too smooth."
"Lord, I also...have a vague feeling like this."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead, "When Chang Wei left, I was thinking, what is the significance of the little military advisor from Beiyu sending Chang Wei to Chengdu this time?"
"The first one is to send a memorial ceremony, and the second one is to bring Zhou Fu's family members here. My lord, could this be a sign of goodwill?"
"This doesn't make sense."
In Beiyu, Chang Sheng, like his teacher, is a true hawk. He wants to support Chang Laosi to ascend to the throne of God at all costs. How can he show kindness?
Chang Wei was in a hurry to return to Beidi, which made Xu Mu realize that something was wrong.
In his opinion, unlike what Yin Hu said, Chang Wei actually has a third function. But this function is very puzzling.
In this world, Xishu is different from Beiyu. Beiyu respects the aristocratic family, which is similar to the method of promoting talents. As long as you have a background and good ability, you can probably get an official position.
Xi Shu, on the other hand, has a real military merit system. Although it is not as strict as the Qin Dynasty, there is still a rule. Except for Xu Mu who occasionally made exceptions for promotions, the rest of the people, like Ma Yi and Sun Xun, all relied on their military merit to rise to the top.
of.
In other words, it is almost impossible for Beiyu's meticulous work to become famous in Xishu with the current truce between the two.
Unless...Xu Mu is willing to make an exception and promote him.
"The water in this pond has been completely muddied by Chang Sheng."
Just as Xu Mu was talking, Sun Xun suddenly walked in from outside and handed a flying letter into Xu Mu's hand.
"Where did it come from?"
"The guy from Dingzhou said it was a letter from an old friend."
Xu Mu was silent for a while and then opened the secret letter. As he expected, it was a letter personally written by Tai Shuyi, who had entered Dingzhou.
The content of the letter was not much. The main thing he mentioned was that the border people were in poverty. He was willing to take the border people who followed him to take root outside Beiguan and make a living by opening up wasteland and shepherding sheep. When he had enough children, he would open a private school and so on.
Outside Dingbeiguan, due to the previous layout of Lu Xiu, the Hu people were almost wiped out. Except for some small groups of horse bandits, Dingbeiguan no longer had any threats. Most of the people in Dingzhou began to immigrate outside the pass.
"Six Heroes, according to the information, how many people follow Tai Shuyi?"
"Eight or nine hundred. In addition to some young and strong border residents, there are also many women, children, old and weak people. I estimate that if the arrangements are properly made, most of the exiled border residents in Yanyou Prefecture will run to Dingzhou."
No matter what era, population is the primary productive force.
Xu Mu hesitated and finally replied a letter.
Again, for Tai Shuyi, his emotions are very complicated now. I can’t explain why, it’s like a favorite ornamental fish that was bitten to death by a cat. You didn’t have any expectations at first, but when you look back, you realize
, that fish came to life again.
"Six heroes, send your trusted men to pass the order to Caichai Sect. Be sure to pay attention to Tai Shuyi's movements."
"Lord, don't worry."
Dingzhou, Dingbeiguan.
Chai Zong, who rarely put on his battle armor, stood on the top of the city and watched the Hebei border residents pouring in from outside the pass. To prevent accidents, he had already arranged manpower to pay attention to possible disasters.
"General Chai, Mr. Taishu has entered the city."
Chai Zong turned his gaze sideways and immediately saw the man guarding the center. He was holding the reins in one hand, while the other hand seemed to be inconvenienced and had been huddled in the sleeve of the robe.
Behind, there were many border residents following, most of them young and strong men. They also held their knives cautiously and were wary of the surrounding situation.
"Abandon the sword." Tai Shuyi said in a deep voice. After a while, many people who followed put down their long swords and placed them on the edge of the city wall.
This appearance made Chai Zong feel more reassured. He hesitated and slowly walked down the city wall.
"Sir, do you mean to go to Chengdu?"
"Exactly, I still have secret letters in my arms from more than a dozen border leaders in Yanzhou, which I want to present to the King of Shu." Tai Shuyi said hesitantly.
"A secret message from the leader of the border people?" Chai Zong looked hesitant. He knew the meaning of this information.
In Dingbeiguan, many young and strong border residents have slowly entered the city.
"Old Witch Dongdu? Look, we have entered Shu!" In Dingbei Pass, a big man from the border area was so happy that he could not open his mouth from ear to ear. He had long heard that the people in Western Shu were living and working in peace and contentment, with houses and fields.
"I told you, I'm not a caveman, and I'm not tired of practicing witchcraft." Next to the big man from the border, another man's expression slowly turned gloomy.
"It's a joke, don't be angry."
The gloomy man turned his face and showed his honest expression again.
"If I don't call you Dongdu Old Witch, what will your name be?"
"Lou Xing." The man spit out two words.
"Weird name."
"Mr. Taishu is going to Chengdu. Please order ten of us to go south together!" At this time, a tall and thick-looking leader of the border residents came over in a hurry, shouting at the top of his voice.
"Hu Qing, Liu Yan, Lou Xing, Bai Tuo...these ten people, please prepare quickly to escort your uncle into Chengdu without any mistakes!"
The man, Lou Xing, stood in the cold wind, lowered his hands, and stroked the animal skin bag under his waist.
…
"When I was studying, I once read a strange anecdote. There was a shaman in the north who was good at the art of defeating victory. He could cast a curse on people in just one day after hiding his objects. The mild cases would have pus all over their bodies.
, in severe cases, he died in a disaster." Chang Sheng looked hesitant, "I didn't believe in this kind of ghost power at first, but after careful study, I found that it is indeed the case. There should be a similarity between the art of hating victory and the poison of witchcraft in the south.
It’s an obscure truth.”
"So, I asked someone to go to Dongdu outside Yanzhou to find a victory-weary master. As long as he got close, he would have a chance to set up a counterweight and use the victory-weary technique. If it were an assassin, even if he was as strong as before
Even with the heavy protection of Western Shu, it is impossible for the military slaves to succeed. But this kind of thing that few people know about is the best way."
"But military advisor, this thing... Xu Buyi has many secret guards around him, as well as a think tank like Yin Hu, so he may not succeed."
"Important people in Western Shu, such as the poisonous owl and the lame man before, will be protected by secret guards. This is understandable." Chang Sheng said with a calm expression, "But there is a way after all. With King Xu Shu, it is naturally impossible.
But King Xu Shu is not the only person who can destroy the general trend of Western Shu."
"Tai Shuyi is also a cicada. From the far north to the far south, who would have thought that an idle border citizen would be the biggest murderer."
"Who is the military advisor going to deal with?"
Chang Sheng answered the wrong question.
"I often wonder if this move is against the will of heaven? But I suddenly understand that people like Du Ou can make plans against nature and risk their lives. Why can't I always win? The path to great cause in this world,
It was originally made of bones."
"Whoever wins in the end will leave his name in history."