Chapter 4 The fourth chapter is the plan, Zhang Yi helps King Wei of Chu to destroy Yue

Under the instigation of Zhang Yi, King Wujiang of Yue abandoned Qi and joined Chu. With a momentum like a rainbow, he personally led a boat and an army of 210,000 soldiers to march up the river, cross the Wei River, and approach the Han River.In the first three months, the Yue people had hundreds of boats to transport grain, and the soldiers were well-stocked and confident. They crossed the Han River wholeheartedly and captured the king of Chu, Xiongshang, on Neifang Mountain.The King of Chu used Qu Wu's 110,000 troops to build strong fortifications along the Han River, and formed a long snake formation according to the terrain. He was vigilant day and night.

The Yue people continued to attack for several months, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and dozens of generals, but there was no breakthrough in size.Seeing that autumn is approaching and the Yue people are running out of food and grass, Wujiang envoy Ruan Yinglong leads a boat division out of Xiakou to transport food, but finds that Xiakou has been occupied by Chu people.Xiakou is where the Han River flows into the river, and the terrain is narrow, like a bottleneck.Zhaoyang personally stationed in Xiakou, deployed 30,000 troops, sunk ships and piled piles to block the bottom of the river, and blocked several iron chains under the river water. The iron chains were full of copper thorns and fishing nets. Pine, sulfur, dry firewood and other flammable materials are specially waiting for the Yue people's boat masters.Ruan Yinglong was in a hurry, abandoned the ship and landed, and stormed Xiakou, intending to remove the obstacles on the river after controlling both sides of the river.The Chu people occupied a favorable location, and the Yue people continued to attack for several days. Once again, more than 10,000 troops were lost, dozens of ships were destroyed, and they returned without success.

Only then did Wujiang realize that he had been tricked by the Chu people to lure the enemy, and hurriedly led the army to retreat, but it was too late. Zhaoyang had already laid down a copper wall along the east bank of the Weishui River.Wujiang continued to attack for several days. Seeing that there was no way to break through, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and think hard about a good strategy to break through. Seeing that the Yue people's offensive gradually slowed down and turned into a defensive position, King Wei of Chu issued a decree to order Qu Wu to divide up 50,000 troops, cross the Han River eastward, and garrison on the Dahong Mountain and Jingshan line, blocking the Yue people's way to the north, and sending the Yue people to the north. It completely surrounds the wild area with a radius of no more than two hundred miles between Weishui, Hanshui, Yunmengze, and Dahong Mountain.Except for Yunmengze, which is full of swamps in the south and cannot be sailed by boat, the east, west, north, and three sides are heavily guarded by Chu people.

Seeing this, Wujiang was worried that the Chu people would take advantage of the situation to attack, so he also assumed a decisive battle posture, dividing the Yue people into three places, and defending the key pass in a tripod.However, until autumn passed and winter came, the Chu people still only defended and did not attack, as if they intended to trap the Yue people to death. At the beginning, Yue people didn't think so.However, with the coming of winter, the nightmare of the Yue people began.When the Yue people attacked Chu, it was in April and May, and most of them wore spring and autumn clothes, but no winter clothes.

The Yue people lived on the southeast coast for a long time, and even in winter, the climate is relatively warm and humid, not like the edge of Yunmeng Lake, not to mention the gloomy and cold, after entering the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily for several days in a row.The north wind was howling, the snow was blowing heavily, and the Yue people were short of clothes and food. Although there were big fish in the Han River, the Yue people did not bring fishing gear.The soldiers could still touch some small fish and shrimps in Yunmeng Ze to survive. When a thin layer of ice formed on the Ze, the last food was considered exhausted.

Wujiang had no choice but to send an order to the three armies to find food on their own within a range of two hundred miles.The Yue people dug the ground three feet, not to mention birds and beasts, snakes, worms, fish and turtles, even tubers and grass roots were not spared.Later, even the bark was peeled off by Yue people to feed their hunger. After one winter, before the grass and trees sprouted and the weather turned warm, the Chu people lost tens of thousands of people without a single soldier, and the morale was low. King Wujiang of Yue saw it in his eyes, heard it in his ears, and felt pain in his heart.In the afternoon of the day, Wujiang sat in the tent of the Chinese army, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was in deep thought.When it was dark, one of the servants brought a pot of broth with a horse bone in it, and another guard brought in a tray with a small piece of horse meat on top.The two knelt down in front of the table and put the soup and meat on the table respectively.

Wujiang opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the two of them, and said softly, "Remove." The two looked at each other and were about to speak when the swordsman came in, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Master Lun is dead." Wujiang was shocked, and turned to the two guards: "Quickly, bring them up, and follow me to see Master Lun!" Si Jianli and two attendants accompanied Wu Jiang to the military tent of the national teacher Lun Qi. Seeing that it was the King of Yue, the soldiers outside the tent rushed to report, after a while, Ben Cheng, Ruan Yinglong and several generals came out of the tent, greeted them outside, Wu Jiang helped them up one by one, walked into the tent, and sat in front of Lunqi's couch.

Ren Qiguo can only breathe out, not get in.Opening his eyes and seeing Wujiang, Len Qi struggled a few times to be courteous, but was held down by Wujiang.Tears welled up in Len Qi's eyes, and his voice was so low that he could hardly hear, "I can't serve... the king." Wujiang signaled that the attendant brought the broth, and Wujiang took a spoonful of it with his own hands, and put it into Lunqi's mouth: "Aiqing Lun, come, drink a spoonful, just drink a spoonful." Lun Qi opened his mouth slightly, took a sip, and thanked him: "Thank you for the soup. Your Majesty can use it for himself. I can't drink it anymore."

Wujiang put down his spoon, tears streaming down his face: "Oh, it's the widow who harmed you, the ministers, and the subjects of the Yue Kingdom!" Lun Qi took a deep breath and sighed softly: "The sky is about to perish, the king does not need to blame himself." Wujiang held Lun Qi's hand and said, "Aiqing Lun, tell me, where should I go now?" "Learn from the former king Goujian, negotiate peace with the people of Chu, bow your head and proclaim yourself a vassal, and then... lie... lie down and taste your courage." Lun Qi's voice became weaker and weaker.

Wujiang's expression was slightly chilled, and he pondered for a moment: "I heard you, Lun Aiqing, you should rest well." Slowly got up, walked out of the tent, and turned to the sword officer, "Call the doctor Lu Zong to see you in the big tent!" When Lu Zong heard the edict, he hurried into the big tent and kowtowed: "I kowtow to the king!" Wujiang glanced at him: "There is still no news from Zhang Zi?" Lu Zong's voice trembled slightly: "My minister sent more than a dozen groups of people to contact Zhang Zi, most of them were captured by Chu people, and Zhang Zi was not found by those who returned."

"The matter is urgent," Wujiang said eagerly, "You can go to Chuying as the special envoy of the widow, discuss peace with the Chu people openly, contact Zhang Zi secretly, and see what he thinks?" Taking a letter from several cases, "If you see Zhang Zi, you forward this letter to him and tell him separately, and tell him that if he can help you break the Chu, you will make him a Marquis and lead Jingdi for two thousand miles." "The humble minister obeys the order." In the Qiuchun Palace in the depths of Neifang Mountain, Zhang Yi was playing chess with King Wei, and the courtier rushed forward: "Your Majesty, the King of Yue envoy Lu Zong, the senior official, to negotiate peace!" "Oh?" King Wei of Chu was slightly taken aback, "The people of Yue have come to discuss peace? Where are they?" "Waiting for orders outside the palace." Zhang Yi pushed the game, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty entertains the distinguished guests, and I will take my leave." "Aiqing is out of touch," Wei Wang said with a chuckle, "Aiqing is a good hand in negotiating peace with the Yue people, how can she avoid it?" "Your Majesty really wants to negotiate peace with the Yue people?" "This……" "Your Majesty," Zhang Yi smiled, and said goodbye again, "Nuts are just around the corner, and I will see what your majesty is thinking, and I will never negotiate a peace. Since your majesty is unwilling to negotiate a peace, it will be inconvenient for me to be here, so it's better to avoid it." King Wei of Chu suddenly became enlightened: "Okay, okay, Aiqing will go on her own." Turning to the courtiers, "Tell the Yue envoy to see you!" Seeing the minister leading the decree out, Zhang Yi looked at King Wei: "The envoy will come later, how do you dare to ask Your Majesty how to deal with it?" King Wei felt that there was something in Zhang Yi's words, and asked, "What do you mean by loving Qing?" Zhang Yi got up and walked to King Wei, whispering in his ear for a while. King Wei was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again: "Well, it's a bitter trick, I'll let you do it!" Concentrated for a while, he suddenly changed his face, violently overturned the chess game, and shouted loudly, "Come here, blow him out! " Zhang Yi also turned pale like an actor, knelt down in front of King Wei and kowtowed, "Retire!" Zhang Yi bowed three more times, and walked out of the palace gate with heavy steps.There were already two halberd warriors waiting outside the door, escorting him slowly out of the palace gate. The other palace is built on the mountain, and the gate of the palace is tens of feet high from the gate of the hall, with hundreds of steps.Lv Zong climbed up the steps under the guidance of his ministers, and saw Zhang Yi being escorted down the steps by two halberd-wielding soldiers from a distance, he was shocked, and looked at his ministers: "Excuse me, my lord, why was this person escorted out? " The minister was also taken aback: "This... I don't know either." Lu Zong pretended not to know, and asked again: "Dare to ask my lord, who is he?" "Responding to the envoy's words," the courtier looked at Zhang Yi, "This person is the guest minister Zhang Yi, who just ordered to play chess with His Majesty." Turning around and cupping his hands, "Master Special Envoy, please!" With a small drum in his heart, Lu Zong followed the minister up the steps and walked towards Zhang Yi and the three of them. Walking nearby, seeing Zhang Yi walking down with her head buried in tears, Lu Zong coughed and stopped walking.Zhang Yi also stopped in her tracks, saw that it was Lu Zong, looked at him and shook her head again and again, let out a long sigh, buried her head and continued walking. Lu Zong's heart trembled, he walked up the steps with his courtiers, walked into the palace, kowtowed: "The Yue made Lu Zong kowtow to the king." King Chu Wei was full of anger, panting heavily, and pointed to the guest seat opposite: "The more you are impolite." Lu Zong thanked him, got up anxiously and walked to the guest seat, seeing the mess on the ground, the chess game overturned, black and white chess pieces scattered everywhere, and before he could speak, the king of Chu scolded his courtiers: "You are blind, hurry up and clean it up, let's get rid of it." Guests ridiculed?" The minister hurriedly knelt on the ground and bent over to clean up the chess game. King Wei gasped for a few more breaths, raised his head and turned to Lu Zong, tried his best to calm down, clasped his fists and said, "I have heard about Lu Zi's name for a long time, and I just met him today, so I made Lu Zi laugh at me!" Lu Zong also clasped his fists and said, "Later, Lu Zong thanked the king for his love. Dare I ask why the king is so angry?" "Isn't it because of that ignorant Zhang Yi?" Wei Wang's anger was hooked up again immediately, and he pointed to the outside of the hall and said, "I think he is good at chess, so I worship him as a guest, give him a title, and reward him with gold." Silver beauty. Today, the widow is bored, so someone asks him to play chess to relieve the boredom, who knows that this person does not know good and evil, instead of relieving the widow, he adds to the trouble!" Lu Zong smiled and said: "Oh, dare to ask the king, how did Zhang Zi make trouble?" "Hmph," King Wei of Chu stared at Lu Zong and said angrily, "I'm about to ask Lu Zi about you! For decades, Chu and Yue have been good-neighborly and friendly. Since then, I have never offended your lord, but your lord neither issued a statement nor issued a letter of war. He suddenly raised an army of more than 200,000 people, invaded our territory, humiliated our subjects, burned, killed, raped and looted, and did all kinds of evil, which caused me to be in great trouble. The lives of the subjects were devastated, blood flowed into rivers, and the disaster of Wu in the past was repeated. The widow and Wujiang are like fire and water, and they cannot stand together, but Zhang Yi doesn't know what benefits Wujiang has gained, so he goes out of his way to persuade the widow to negotiate peace with the Yue people, and wants the widow to cut him off. Twenty cities to the west of Zhaoguan are given to the Yue people, you say this... this, this, this... Isn't this clearly against the widow?" Lu Zong came here to discuss peace, but when he heard this, his face turned pale, his knees trembled slightly, and his voice was out of tune: "Great... Great King..." "Oh!" Chu Wei Wang quickly changed his face, and his attitude was gentle, and he cupped his hands and said, "Is Lu Zi here to teach others?" Lu Zong stabilized his mind and bowed back: "My king misunderstood the slander and was disrespectful to attack Chu. It is regrettable. Today, Lu Zong is specially dispatched to implore the king, willing to live in good neighborliness with him and form an alliance forever!" "Hmph, it's too late to regret it now!" King Chu Wei suddenly changed his face, "My lord special envoy, I ask you to tell Wujiang that a man dares to act bravely. Since he dares to come, he should fight on the battlefield. He came here , before the decisive battle, he is a coward, let alone a widow, even the three-foot children in Chudi look down on him, how can we talk about a hero?" "Big—the king—" King Wei of Chu chased away the guest: "May I ask Lu Zi what else?" "This--" King Wei of Chu got up and said, "If Lu Zi has nothing else to do, I'm going to rest." Turning to the courtiers, "see off the guests!" Lu Zong walked out of the palace gate, and stepped down the steps in a sense of loss. Just as he was out of sight of the guards, a voice came from the side: "Lord Lu." Lu Zong turned his head and saw that it was Jing Sheng, and said happily, "Mr. Jing!" Jing Sheng hissed, and said softly, "Lord Lu, don't say anything, follow me quickly." Lu Zong followed Jing Sheng into a courtyard. Jing Sheng asked Lu Zong to stay, and went in by himself. After a while, Zhang Yi strode out to meet Lu Zong, bowed deeply to Lu Zong, and said happily, "Next time, Zhang Yi met Mr. Lu." Lu Zong also saluted: "Lu Zong has met Ke Qing." Zhang Yi said softly: "Lord Lu, this is not a place to talk, please come to the hall." The two walked into the hall, and after the guests and hosts were seated, Lu Zong cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is very anxious because he hasn't heard from Zhang Zi. The special envoy is looking for an opportunity to contact you under the pretext of negotiating peace. I don't think it's really a coincidence." "Alas," Zhang Yi sighed, "I asked people to contact the king. I didn't want Zhaoyang's guards to be very tight. After trying many times, three strong men committed suicide, and two strong men returned without success. What happened today, Mr. Lu thinks I saw it too." Lu Zong nodded again and again: "Zhang Zi has a heart, I will definitely report it to the king when I go back. The king has a secret letter, please Zhang Zihui to read it." He took out a piece of silk from the secret bag under his lapel and handed it to Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi opened it and read it, put the book on the table, pondered for a while, and sighed: "Oh, to tell you the truth, Lord Lu, the king's request is really embarrassing for me!" Lu Zong said anxiously: "Your Majesty has one more thing to say, I hope Zhang Zi will consider it." "I would like to hear more about it." "Your Majesty personally told me that as long as Zhang Zi helps you succeed in destroying Chu, your Majesty will grant Zhang Zi the title of Marquis and lead the land of Jing for two thousand miles." "Your Majesty's kindness, ten thousand deaths is not enough to repay it. It's just—" Zhang Yi bowed her hands and thanked, "The time is not yet ripe, I hope Master Lu will play the role of Your Majesty. Wait for a while, and I will—" "May I ask why Zhang Zi is in trouble?" "Alas," Zhang Yi sighed again, "Lord Lu doesn't know something. I bribed His Highness the Crown Prince to meet the King of Chu. I wanted to find an opportunity to do something for the King. I didn't want that guy from Zhaoyang to find out from somewhere that I was recruiting Yue. People attacked Chu, and immediately reported to the king of Chu. The king of Chu was furious, and he forced me to question him. Fortunately, he responded quickly and denied it. He falsely accused Zhaoyang. , the king of Chu no longer believed in me, and only regarded me as a jester. When I was bored, I called him to play chess and chat. Even His Highness would not let Shen know. Not only that, but Zhaoyang has a grudge against His Majesty," lowered his voice, "To tell you the truth, Brother Lu, there might be his eyes and ears inside and outside the courtyard right now." "What should I do?" Lu Zong stomped his feet anxiously. "Oh?" Zhang Yi leaned forward and asked, "May I ask Master Lu why he is so anxious?" "Alas," Lu Zong sighed, "the matter is urgent, and I can't hide it from Zhang Zi. The army has already run out of food, and the king can't afford a day's delay." Zhang Yi pretended to be surprised: "How...how is this possible? Doesn't your majesty not know the common sense of using troops before the soldiers and horses are moved?" Lu Zong sighed again: "Ah, when he attacked Chu last year, the king only wanted to break through as soon as possible, so he marched too fast, and the supplies were too fast to catch up, and now he was cut off by Zhaoyang again, and food has been out for a whole winter. " Zhang Yi was worried and fell into long thoughts. After a while, he raised his head and sighed: "Oh, I have been blocked from the news. I don't know anything about such a major event. It's just... I still have one thing I don't understand." "Master Zhang, please speak." "Your Majesty is the lord of England. Ben is mature and knows the art of war. General Ruan is not an ordinary person. Master Lun is even more mature and prudent. Why didn't the army divide into two groups when they attacked Chu and sent the boat along the river to attack Yingdu? Let Lulu attack the Han River. If so, the Chu people will be attacked from both sides, and the Han River will not defend. As long as the king breaks through the Han River, the capital of Ying will be captured soon. If you don’t fight, you will be defeated.” "It was originally the same plan. Later, when the King heard that the King of Chu was coming to Neifang Mountain, he was also eager for success, so--ah, it's all in the past, so let's not talk about it." "Then...even if the Han River is crossed by force, the king should send heavy troops to garrison Xiakou to ensure that there is no danger of food and fodder." Lu Zong lowered his head, was speechless for a while, and finally let out a long sigh: "Oh, it's too late to say anything. May I ask Mr. Zhang, is there an expedient plan right now?" Zhang Yi fell into deep thought again, for a long time, looked up at Lu Zong: "Since this is the case, I will persuade the king to retreat temporarily." Lu Zong shook his head again and again: "To tell you the truth, the Chu people have completely cut off the way of retreat. There are no rescuers outside and no food and grass inside. The hundreds of thousands of troops have already fallen into desperation. Even if they want to retreat, there is no way out!" "At present, it seems that if the king wants to take Chu, the time has not come; if he wants to retreat, it is not difficult." Lu Zong's eyes lit up: "Oh, what's Zhang Zi's good plan?" Zhang Yi found a piece of wood, drew a picture of the situation on it with a pen, and pointed to the picture with the tip of the pen: "Master Lu, please look, this is Weishui, and this is Mount Peiwei. This mountain is more than 200 miles from north to south, and only 30 miles from east to west. , is a natural barrier, and the Chu people's defense is very weak. There is a shortcut in the mountain, called Yangchang Gorge, which is only forty miles long, and it is very dangerous. The king can lead the army to fill the river from here, conquer the river defense, break into this valley, and control the river. It takes less than two hours for the army to cross the Peiwei Mountain at both ends of the valley, and break out of the encirclement. The Chu people all set up defenses on the Xiakou and Weishui lines, and there may be no troops in Shandong. As long as the king breaks through the front line of defense, he can drive eastward for a long time , and retreat to Zhaoguan along the north side of Diqi Mountain. After passing Zhaoguan, it is the boundary of the king." Lu Zong nodded again and again: "Zhang Ziguo is a great plan, but—" he paused, his face showing difficulty. "What worries does Mr. Lu have?" "In such a dangerous place, the people of Chu must deploy heavy troops to defend it. I am so weak, how can I break through?" "Lord Lu, don't worry, Jing Cui, the guard of the Weishan Mountain, and I are very generous, and I can persuade him to give up and give up a passage." "That's great!" Lu Zong was both surprised and happy, and soon became worried, "Although we can escape, but we put General Jing in an unjust place, what should we do?" "You're right." Zhang Yi pondered for a moment, then raised her head and said, "How about this, let the king organize the elite and fight with all his strength, and General Jing will make the old and weak guard at the mouth of the valley. The two armies will hand over and the victory will be decided. It is better to have an explanation when His Majesty blames you for retreating in defeat." "Okay, okay, it's just—at General Jing's place—" Zhang Yi seemed to know what Lu Zong wanted to say, and smiled slightly: "Your Majesty Lu, you don't have to worry about General Jing. The Zhao and Jing families have always had grudges. In the previous war with Wei, Zhaoyang used Pang Juan's hand to kill Jing He. General Jing escaped many battles and forged a feud with Zhaoyang to kill his father. This time Zhaoyang is dedicated to making meritorious deeds, and General Jing himself will not let him succeed." "Well," Lu Zong no longer had any doubts, "If you say so, it is feasible! Dare I ask Zhang Zi, when is it appropriate to break out?" "The night is long and the dream is full, so it's not too late. Tomorrow is midnight, it will be midnight." Lu Zong cupped his hands again and again: "The next king thanked Zhang Zi and General Jing!" "Your Majesty Lu, you are welcome." Zhang Yi also cupped his hands, "Your Majesty just turned around and attacked Chu after listening to what I said. This ending is not what I wish. After Master Lu returns, please pass it on to Your Majesty and say it is in your heart." I am ashamed, I implore Your Majesty to forgive me!" "It's the sky that doesn't help you, Zhang Zi doesn't have to blame himself." Zhang Yi buried her head in thought for a while, cupped her hands and said: "Master Lu, this place is dangerous, I will stay here soon." Turning to Jing Sheng, "Brother Jing, send Master Lu back, be careful!" Jing Sheng replied: "Old slave obeys!" Lu Zong cupped his hands to leave Zhang Yi, and walked out of the courtyard with Jing Sheng. Not long after the two of them walked out, a black shadow sprang out from a dark place not far away, quietly trailing behind.After a while, Hei Ying saw Lu Zong and Jing Sheng bid farewell, and stepped into the resting place of the envoys of the Yue Kingdom, just turned around, and ran into a courtyard in a hurry. In the inner hall of the courtyard, Qin Guoshangqing Chen Zhen sat on the table, looking at the beauty Yi Na with two critical eyes without blinking.She is dancing a solo dance full of western flavor, and several musicians are singing together, accompaniment for Yi Na with all their attention. After watching for a while, Chen Zhen frowned, and suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Everyone stopped, and all their surprised eyes turned to Chen Zhen.Yi Na, who was dancing to the peak, was at a loss and froze there. Chen Zhen turned to several musicians: "Change to Chu tune." Several musicians played Chu music instead. Chen Zhen turned to Yi Na: "Go, put on a gauze dress, expose your belly, and dance the navel dance you did that day to this tune." Yi Na was stunned for a moment, then went into the inner room to change clothes.Just at this time, the black eagle following Jing Sheng rushed in.Chen Zhen waved off the musicians, and Hei Diao explained the whole process in detail. Without hesitation, Chen Zhen turned to Hei Diao and said, "Release a few more people, keep an eye on Zhang Yi, Jing Sheng and others, and don't disturb them!" Hei Diao led the way and left. Chen Zhen smiled sinisterly, and said to himself: "My boy, I'm thinking about the flaws, so you'll come to your door yourself!" Not without complacency, he tapped a few tables, and shouted crisply, "Yina, musicians, let's sing and dance!" play!" In the tent of the Chinese army, Wujiang listened to Lu Zong's detailed report, thought for a while, and sighed: "Alas, to tell you the truth, these days, Zhang Zi fell into the sea like a mud cow, and there is no news. I have been muttering in my heart, don't tell me that Zhang Zi has bad intentions." , Deliberately deceiving the widow. Today, it seems that the widow misunderstood Zhang Zi!" "Your Majesty is right." Lu Zong echoed, "This minister also had this idea in his heart, but now that he sees Zhang Zi, he realizes that he has misunderstood." Wujiang sighed again: "Oh, what Zhang Zi said is right. The failure to attack Chu this time is entirely due to the fault of the widow. If General Ruan's words were followed, the troops were divided into two groups, and the front and back attacked, and Yingdu would have been destroyed. Lu, the widow should also use heavy troops to guard Xiakou. Alas, I blame the widow for being too conceited, just wanting to break through the chaos as soon as possible, leaving no way out, so that today's defeat will happen." Lu Zong persuaded: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself. If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as your Majesty retreats completely, it won't be too late to come back another day for revenge." "Lu Aiqing, since Zhang Zi is scheduled to break out of the siege tomorrow and night, there is not much time left. You go and invite Generals Ben and General Ruan to come in and listen to the order." "The humble minister leads the decree." Seeing Lu Zong withdrawing from the tent, Wujiang knocked on several cases lightly, Si Jianli walked in. Wujiang glanced at him, untied the Yuewang sword from his waist, and took out the Yuewang Yuxi from the case, handed it to him, clapped his hands and summoned four personal guards, stared at the five people for a long time, and said slowly: "You wait for five people They are all confidantes of the widow, and the widow also entrusts each other with their confidantes. Listen to the order, everyone!" Seeing that King Yue was so dignified, the swordsman and the four swordsmen looked at each other, knelt down and kowtowed: "I am waiting for the order!" "According to the strength of the five of you, the people of Chu are unstoppable. You set off immediately, break through the siege to the north, find a gap to enter Dahong Mountain, and go down through Tongbai Mountain to return to Vietnam. If the widow returns safely within three months, it will be considered Yes. If something unexpected happens to the widow, the five of you should work together to assist the crown prince as king and inherit the Yue Temple. Anyone who refuses to accept it will be beheaded with this sword!" The swordsman and the four swordsmen cried: "We will protect the king to the death, and we will live and die with the king!" "Alas," the King of Yue sighed, "We can't care about both the widow and the country!" The five worshiped each other and wept again, but refused to leave.At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the tent, King Yue knew that Ben Cheng and the others had arrived, and said anxiously: "The widow will hand over the land to you, you--" waved your hands violently, "Why don't you go quickly?" The five wept, prayed several times, got up and left. After a while, Lu Zong led Ben Cheng and Ruan Yinglong into the room. Seeing that the two were each wearing sackcloth, Wu Jiang knew that Lun Qi was gone, sobbing, "When did the national teacher leave?" "Just left." Ruan Yinglong responded with tears. "It's fine to leave." Wujiang wiped away his tears, turned to Ben Cheng and Ruan Yinglong, "You two lovers, how many can walk now?" "133,000 people." Ben Cheng responded. "Where are the horses?" "Two thousand nine hundred horses." Wujiang pondered for a long time, and ordered: "Slaughter all the horses and let the soldiers eat their stomachs. If they can't eat, take them with them and kill them to go home!" Ben Cheng was startled, and looked at Ruan Yinglong. Ruan Yinglong was also taken aback.These are the only remaining war horses, and the two wanted to use them to protect the king of Yue, and they were the first to break out of the encirclement. "Go," Wujiang said without a doubt, "Order the three armies to eat and drink enough tonight, and sleep for a day tomorrow to recharge their energy. When it is dark, attack Mount Peiwei!" Ben Cheng and Ruan Yinglong kowtowed: "My minister obeys the order!" At dusk the next day, hundreds of thousands of Yue people who had eaten enough horse meat quietly pulled up their tents and headed towards Mount Peiwei. By the time we reached Weishui, it was almost midnight.The Yue people threw the dismantled boat boards into the river and paved several passages. The soldiers stepped across the river in an orderly manner.Because the sound was too loud, it was not long before the Chu people noticed it. The drums were beating and the horses were neighing. Ben Cheng didn't care much, he took the lead and led dozens of swordsmen to kill.As Zhang Yi said, those Chu people were old and weak, but the Yue people were the best and brave.In a moment, the people of Chu left hundreds of corpses and fled in a hurry.Ruan Yinglong led his troops to deploy defenses on the east bank of the Weishui River, while Ben Cheng poked out the mouth of the Yangchang Canyon from the mouth of the prisoners, and led the crowd into the valley. Ben Cheng sent people to check, and as Zhang Yi said, there was no ambush in the valley.The valley road is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and only five people can pass through at the narrowest point. The Yue people had to line up in a long snake and meander forward.At dawn, the forward was near the mouth of the valley at the east end, and the tail was still outside the valley at the west end.Until this time, Chu general Jing Cui seemed to "wake up suddenly" and lead the army to slaughter.Ruan Yinglong, who was in charge of the rear of the palace, accelerated the organization of the troops to enter the valley, and at the same time led them to meet and fight.Jing Cui seemed to be "lost" again, watching helplessly as Ruan Yinglong waited and retreated, entered the valley, and then led the crowd to build a fort outside the valley.Ruan Yinglong also ordered people to build fortifications at the mouth of the valley, and the two armies confronted each other. Ben Cheng, who opened the way ahead, led the crowd to rush out of the valley first, but no Chu people were seen.Ben Cheng was overjoyed, so he protected Wujiang with all the swordsmen and found a way to go east.The army followed closely behind in the shape of a long snake. After walking for only one mile, there was suddenly the sound of drums and the sound of charging behind him. A Biao army rushed out from the nearby forest, smashing the Yue people in an overwhelming force, and sealed the entrance of the valley.Wujiang was startled, stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked anxiously, and saw a flag appearing in the morning light from a distance, with the word "Zhao" written on it impressively. Wujiang was shocked, and was about to turn back, but was stopped by Ben Cheng, Lu Zong and all the swordsmen.Wujiang took a closer look at the past, and there were tens of thousands of Chu soldiers, obviously coming prepared.The more people there are in the valley, no matter how many people there are, no matter how brave they are, they will not be able to break through the narrow valley mouth. Wujiang knew that the situation was over, so he sighed and turned his head eastward under the guard of the crowd.Wujiang, Ben Cheng and others protected the King of Yue and ran for a distance. Seeing that the Chu people did not pursue him, they stopped and counted the number of people. They saw that only more than 3,000 people rushed out. There is a fork in the road ahead, Wu Jiang is discussing with Ben Cheng and Lu Zong where to go, when the dust is flying on the fork, another Biao army comes out, the leader is Qu Gai.Everyone didn't have time to discuss, so they went another way.The people of Chu chased and killed for a while, and Ben made up the rear of the crowd, fighting and retreating.When it was dark, everyone retreated to Diqi Mountain, counted again, and there were only 500 people left. After walking another distance, Ben Cheng saw a village in front of him, and people killed him. There was no one in the village, and there was no food or rice.After running for hundreds of miles, Wujiang saw that everyone was already tired, so he sent an order to rest.Lu Zong led the people to search around the village, and found a grain storage cellar. He ordered people to dig out the grain and use all the pots and stoves in each household. Relying on each other, they fell asleep. Before dawn, another Chu army came to kill him.Ben Cheng and the others hurriedly took up the challenge, led a group of swordsmen to protect Wujiang, and rushed out from the southeast. The people of Chu chased after him for a while, and then went away. It was a very hard day.Wujiang and his party wanted to go eastward along the river, but no matter where they went, they were always attacked by Chu people of various sizes.Bencheng proposed to take the mountain road instead, Wujiang agreed, and everyone turned north into the Dabie Mountains, walking day and night, and it turned out that the road was unimpeded.Seeing that Dongling Fort was approaching, Wujiang looked around and saw that only Ben Cheng, Lu Zong and a dozen swordsmen were following him, and everyone was tired, hungry, walking more and more heavily, obviously unable to continue After holding on, and thinking that there are only a few people in front of the 210,000 army, I couldn't help crying. Seeing the King of Yue weeping, everyone kowtowed to the ground. Wujiang wiped away his tears with the lapel of his clothes, and sighed, "Oh, all warriors, Wujiang did you harm!" "Your Majesty—" Everyone broke down in tears and kowtowed repeatedly. Just as Wujiang was about to speak, there was another strange noise in front of him. He raised his head and saw a group of Chu people swarming over. Everyone turned their heads, all dumbfounded, because hundreds of steps ahead, there were countless Chu soldiers standing in the dark.There is a canopy in the middle, and standing under the canopy is the king of Chu, Xiongshang.There is an army on the left and right sides, the generals are the prince Xiong Huai and the guest Qing Zhang Yi.Although there were no Chu soldiers around Zhang Yi, there were dozens of brown-clothed swordsmen, with Gongsun Zhi, Gongsun Yan, and Jing Sheng at the forefront. Chu people gradually moved forward. Boundless does not retreat but advances, attracting everyone to meet it. When they were fifty paces away, both sides stopped. Zhang Yi is still dressed as she was when she went to Vietnam, holding a lupine.Zhang Yi lightly shook the feather fan a few times, which was particularly eye-catching as the weather was not hot.King Yue, Ben Cheng and all the swordsmen seemed to turn a blind eye to all the Chu people, and turned their attention to Zhang Yi alone. Lu Zong was even more stunned, pointed at Zhang Yi, and said in shock: "Zhang...Zhang Zi...you..." Zhang Yi sleeved her feather fan, bowed deeply in the car and said, "Central Plains scholar Zhang Yi has seen the king! General Ben! Lord Lu!" Ben Cheng woke up like a dream, holding a sword and said angrily: "Zhang Yi, the Yue Kingdom has no grievances or enmities with you, why... why did you even set up a poisonous scheme to frame us?" Zhang Yi bowed again: "General Hui Ben's words are the Yue people's own humiliation, how can it be said that they were harmed by Yi?" Ben Cheng became angry: "You, you, you...you are really a shameless person! It is clear that you bewitched the king to abandon Qi and attack Chu, why do you say that Yue people are taking their own humiliation?" "General Ben calm down," Zhang Yi bowed again, and said eloquently, "Rong Yi makes an excuse." Ben Cheng said angrily: "You...you capricious villain, don't make any more noise, eat me with a sword!" Just as he was about to charge out with his sword, Wujiang stretched out his hand to stop him, and said lightly: "Ben Aiqing, what he said is true, indeed! This widow brings shame upon himself!" Turning to Zhang Yi, he bowed and said, "Zhang Yi, it's not your fault that Wujiang has fallen into this state. However, I still have one thing that I don't know, so I ask Mr. Zhang for advice." Zhang Yi bowed back: "Please speak, Your Majesty." "If Wujiang doesn't listen to Zhang Zi's words and insists on attacking all of them, what will happen?" "It's just like in front of you, except that the people standing in front of the king are Qi people, not Chu people." Wujiang was startled for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Yes, I believe it. I still have a question, please ask Zhang Zi." "Please speak, Your Majesty." "According to Zhang Zizhi, since the outcome of defeating Qi and Chu is the same, why didn't Zhang Zi make the people of Qi accomplish this great feat, and only benefit the people of Chu?" Zhang Yi smiled slightly, cupped his hands and bowed again: "Since the king asked this question, Yi had to answer it. In Yi's opinion, it is not the king of Qi who can control Zhan Lu today, but the king of Chu. Therefore, Yi helps Chu instead of helping him." together." Wujiang lowered his head, pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said: "You are willing to help Chu, that's all you need to do, but why do you detour to Langya and plot to trap the widow?" "It's not that Yi plotted to trap the king, but the real king traps himself." "how do I say this?" "If your majesty settles in the southeast corner, you may be able to protect yourself. But your majesty is not self-satisfied, and he uses his troops to labor the people. He conquers innocent people, and hits a stone with an egg. How can he be invincible? Today's world is no longer the world of Goujian in the past, but the majesty is carving a boat and seeking a sword. Blindly pursuing Goujian's dream of dominance in the past is not knowing the right time; the king left the mountains of Wuyue and turned to the plains, like a tiger entering Pingyang, he did not know the right place; The kings of the three do not take possession of them, but if they only show off their bravery, wouldn't that mean their own defeat?" Wujiang's face turned angry: "I know you are a great talent, and they value you very much. You know that there will be such a defeat, but you don't remonstrate. It's not a conspiracy, so why?" "Your Majesty calm down, let Rong Yi say something." Zhang Yi said eloquently, "Imagine, Your Majesty, in February last year, Your Majesty planned for several years, with arrogance and arrogance, gathering 210,000 soldiers in Langya, like drawing a bow and arrow. At that time, if Yi persuaded the king to withdraw his troops and return to Vietnam, and to settle down in the southeast corner, would the king be willing to listen? If Zhang Yi did not expect, the king would not listen, and he would raise troops to attack Qi, and Qi would be defeated. Yi Thinking about it, what would it be like to be defeated by Chu instead of being defeated by Qi? Yi therefore persuaded the king to attack Chu." "You—" Wujiang became angry, and suddenly turned his gaze to Lu Zong beside him, with a ferocious face, and reached out to touch the sword at his waist. Everything happens in the blink of an eye. The crowd almost didn't see Wu Jiang draw his sword, and before he put his sword back into its sheath, Lu Zong's head fell to the ground. King Yue's swordsmanship was so high that everyone present was amazed.The King of Chu was even more taken aback, and involuntarily backed up a few steps, and the two men flashed out to block him.Dozens of crossbowmen bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at King Yue together. Zhang Yi waved his hand, and all the crossbowmen put down their bows and arrows, but remained extremely vigilant. Zhang Yi turned to the King of Yue again, and bowed deeply: "Yi has something to say, and I hope the king will listen to it." Wujiang didn't return the courtesy, and said coldly, "Talk." "Although Your Majesty is not destined to be in Zhanlu, he is still a generation of swordsmen. If Your Majesty understands the current affairs, put down your weapon, and capture you with nothing to do. Yi is willing to ask the King of Chu to find a treasure island in the east of Yongdong for Your Majesty. There, Your Majesty can practice with all the swordsmen. kendo." Hearing this, King Wei of Chu also separated from the generals, took a step forward, bowed deeply, and said in a loud voice: "Xiong Shang has seen King Yue! Xiong Shang will accept Zhang Zi's invitation!" "Hahahaha!" Wujiang let out a long laugh suddenly, ignoring the King of Chu, clasped his fists at Zhang Yi, and said, "Since the sky does not tolerate Wujiang, how can Wujiang live in this world? Wujiang has no other wish but to die under Zhang Zijian, I also hope that Zhang Zicheng will be successful!" "This—" Zhang Yi's face was troubled. Wujiang asked again: "Isn't the head of Wujiang not worthy of Zhang Zi's sword test?" "Reporting to Your Majesty, Yi Yi's swordsmanship is not good, how can I use my sword on Your Majesty?" "You—" Wu Jiang was stunned for a while, and then sighed sadly, "Oh, Zhang Zi, I believe you are a good scholar, I believe you are a close friend, and when I was dying, I begged you for a sword, but you refused to give it?" Zhang Yi said: "Since your majesty is determined to die, Yi has no choice but to obey." Wujiang made another salute: "Thank you Zhang Zicheng." “仪剑术虽然不精，却愿向大王推举一位真正的剑士，或可称大王心意。”言讫，张仪朝站在身边的公孙蛭深揖一礼。 公孙蛭跨前一步，朝越王揖道：“草民见过越王。” 望着这位从未谋面的老人，无疆略是一怔，问道：“你是何人？” “公孙蛭！” “公孙蛭？”无疆目视贲成及众剑士，见他们亦是惶惑，只好转向公孙蛭，“无疆孤陋寡闻，敢问老丈是何方高人？” “大王不知草民，可知公孙雄否？” “公孙雄？”无疆大怔，“你是——” “草民乃公孙雄六世孙，今替先王雪耻来也！”言讫，公孙蛭朝前跨出数步。 无疆闻听此言，又想一阵，似是明白过来，爆出一串长笑，亦跨前几步，朝公孙蛭深揖一礼：“死在公孙雄后人剑下，无疆亦当瞑目！公孙先生既来雪耻，敢问是何雪法？” “听闻大王剑术高超，草民不才，愿与大王一比高下！” “此诚无疆之愿也！公孙先生，请！” 无疆话音刚落，贲成急叩于地：“大王，请准允微臣先走一步！”众剑士见状，纷纷跪地拜求。 “诸位爱卿！”无疆将众人一一扶起，自己席坐于地，点头笑道，“好，生死跟前，你们愿陪寡人，寡人甚慰！诸位爱卿，谁先出战？” 即有三位剑士跨前，公孙蛭身后的剑士看到，亦跳出三人。 双方飞身至场中心，互见过礼，各自拔剑摆势，发声喊，斗成一团，但见剑影，不见人形，顷刻间，场上倒下五具尸体，另有一人左腿被削断，以剑拄地，拱手作势。 众人视之，乃是公孙蛭手下剑士。 众军士上前，将尸体拖至一边。第二轮开始，双方再次各出三名剑士。因无疆的剑士连杀数阵，又走数日，体力早已不支，未及几合，全都战死。这边刚刚战死，无疆身后就又飞出三个剑士接战，不一会儿，又全部战死，公孙蛭这边也战死二人，仅余一人，持剑亮相。 双方又战数场，无疆手下剑士无一退缩，全部赴难，公孙蛭手下的死士也阵亡八人，场上仍立三位。 该到贲成了。 贲成朝无疆跪下，一拜再拜：“大王，微臣先走一步！” 无疆冲他点头，微微笑道：“贲爱卿，去吧。” 贲成缓缓起身，缓步入场。 双方见过礼，三名褐衣剑士将他围在中间，摆开架式。贲成与他们周旋几圈，发声喊，陡然出剑，但见一片剑光，一团人影，眨眼工夫，三名褐衣人已呈品字形横尸于地。 又有三名褐衣剑士飞出，眨眼间竟又横尸于地。贲成微微冷笑，将剑入鞘，屹立于场。 无疆赞道：“贲爱卿，好剑法！” 众褐衣剑士面面相觑，正欲再出，荆生摆手止住，朝公孙蛭拜过，飞身出来，冲贲成揖道：“在下荆生向贲将军讨教！” 贲成亦还礼道：“听闻荆先生大名，贲成领教了！” 二人见过礼数，各摆架势，开始出剑相斗。贲成剑术原本高于荆生，但因此时身困力乏，又连战数场，显然不济，二人你来我往数十合，竟然战成平手。 又过数合，贲成奋起神威，一剑刺中荆生左腿，荆生反手一剑削断贲成右手。贲成血流如注，宝剑脱落。双方各退一步，荆生将贲成的剑拣起，递还贲成。 贲成谢过，左手持剑，再次见礼，二人复战，贲成失血过多，体力不支，荆生右腿重伤，行动不便。数合之后，荆生见贲成一剑刺来，竟是不避，挺身迎上，复一剑刺去。 两剑各入对方胸部，二人紧紧贴在一起，同时倒地。 香女哭叫一声：“荆叔——”正欲飞身扑出，却被公孙蛭一把扯住衣襟。 众兵士上前，将场地上的尸体尽数拖开。 看到场地清空，一直端坐于地的越王无疆缓缓站起身子，一步一步走入场中。 公孙蛭迎上去。 二人目光如电，相互凝视，一步一步走向对方，距五步，各自站定。 无疆朝公孙蛭揖道：“公孙先生，您是长者，请出剑吧。” 公孙蛭亦还一揖：“大王是尊者，老朽身贱，不敢先出剑。大王请。” 无疆又揖一礼：“观公孙先生麾下剑士，确是了得，无疆今日开眼界了！” “谢大王褒奖！大王请！”公孙蛭退后三步。无疆亦退后三步。 这是一场顶级剑士之间的较量，全场静寂无声，所有目光无不凝聚在二人身上。 楚威王两眼圆睁，不肯漏掉一丝细节。 香女似已力不能支，靠在张仪身上，紧张得全身发颤。 张仪紧揽住她，眼睛一眨不眨地盯向场中。 无疆与公孙蛭相对而立，各按剑柄，谁也没有出剑，但站在最前排的军士似已禁受不住他们身上的逼人剑气，不自觉地退后数步。 一刻钟过去了。 两刻钟过去了。 二人依旧屹立于地，犹如两根木桩，谁也没有移动半寸。 他们的较量，只在眼睛上。 周围死一般的静。 众人越发紧张，全身汗毛尽竖起来。 又是一刻过去了。 场上众人大多眼睛疲劳，心力用尽，有人竟已忘掉这是高手在角斗，甚至有人打起哈欠。楚威王的眼睛似也看得累了，抬手揉眼。 几乎就在同一时刻，无疆、公孙蛭陡然腾身飞起，如两只大鸟般掠过空中。 一切发生得太突然、太快捷，如迅雷不及掩耳。待众人抬眼看时，二人已换过位置，各自站在对方所立之处，且在空中旋身，相向屹立不动。 众人惊愕，各睁大眼盯住二人，生怕错过下一个回合。 公孙蛭与越王无疆之间，却是再也没有下一个回合了。 众人又候一时，看到一股污血从无疆的口中涌出。再看公孙蛭，也是如此。 香女陡然意识到什么，惨叫一声“阿爹——”飞身扑向公孙蛭。 张仪、楚威王、太子槐及众将士也似明白过来，急赶过去，果见二人均已气绝，两柄宝剑不偏不倚，互相插在心窝上，至于他们是何时又如何出剑并插向对方心窝的，在场诸人没有一个看得清楚，说得明白。 楚王简直不敢相信自己的眼睛，走到这边瞧瞧，又走到那边看看，转对张仪道：“他们就……就战一合？” “回禀陛下，”张仪神色木然，淡淡说道，“真正的高手，不会再战二合！”俯身抱起昏绝于地的香女，按住她的人中。 香女悠悠醒来，搂紧张仪，泪如泉涌：“夫君——” 张仪拿袖管擦去她的泪花：“香女，阿爹、荆兄夙愿得偿，你该高兴才是，哭个什么？” “夫君——”香女越发伤心，将头深深埋入张仪怀中。 在越人悉数钻入羊肠峡后，昭阳、屈武率军将陪尾山四面围住，两端谷口更被堵死。眼见大势已去，阮应龙饮剑自尽。越人群龙无首，又耐不住腹中饥饿，成群结队地走出谷口，缴械降楚。 中军大帐人来人往，昭阳端坐主位，神采飞扬地听取众将禀报战果。就在此时，陈轸随从众将步入帐中，因未着甲衣，昭阳瞥见，吩咐众将帐外等候，亦不起身，手指客位道：“军帐之中，就不见礼了。上卿请坐！” 陈轸席地坐下，微微拱手道：“将军百忙之中，陈轸前来打扰，冒犯了！” 昭阳亦拱一下手：“上卿一向无事不登门，今日来此，必有大事。” “嗯，”陈轸点下头，“将军神了。在下此来，真有两件事情。” “上卿请讲。” “一是道喜，二是报忧。” “哦？”昭阳笑道，“敢问上卿，在下喜从何来，忧在何处？” “将军全歼越人，功莫大焉，陛下必有重赏，在下是以道喜。将军功败垂成，在下是以报忧。” “功败垂成？”昭阳一怔，“在下愚笨，请上卿明言。” “将军全歼越人，却让越王无疆走脱。若是不出在下所料，无疆必为张仪所获。请问将军，得无疆与得越卒，何功为大？” 昭阳似是从未想过这个问题，挠头道：“这——”思虑有顷，恨恨点头，“嗯，上卿说的是，难怪张仪要在下放走无疆，原是要夺此头功。” “再问将军，”陈轸顾自接道，“和魏灭越，谋出于何人？困越绝粮，围而不打，计出于何人？” “这——”昭阳脸色变了。 “还有，”陈轸紧追不放，“这一年之中，何人常伴陛下？殿下身边，何人常随左右？” 昭阳脸色大变。 “将军再想，将军奋斗数年，究竟是为什么？张仪弃越赴楚，建此奇功，难道只为这一区区客卿之位？” 昭阳倒吸一口凉气，冷汗直出，急抬头道：“上卿有何妙计，快快教我。” 陈轸趋前，在昭阳耳边私语有顷。 昭阳连连点头：“嗯，上卿之计果是绝妙，在下这就动身，面奏陛下。” 陈轸退回原位，拱手道：“在下恭候佳音。” 陈轸辞后，昭阳一刻不敢耽搁，备车朝东疾驰，于翌日黄昏赶至龟峰山，闻报楚王已从东陵塞凯旋而归，急迎上去。没迎多远，果见威王车队辚辚而来，忙将车马驱至道旁，跪叩于地。 楚威王闻报，停车，喜道：“昭爱卿免礼！快上车来，与寡人同辇！” 昭阳谢过，跳上王辇，将陪尾山战事扼要讲述一遍，尤其提到只围不攻，以馒头、米饭代替刀枪的新式战法，迫使阮应龙自杀，越人全部投降，等等一应细节，末了又道：“微臣已安排景将军、屈将军等拨粮十万石，将越人二十等分，每五千人一营，迁往一地，使他们彼此分开，以免作乱。” 这些措施皆是张仪战前与他拟定好的，此时经昭阳之口说出，效果完全变了，所有功劳尽被他揽于一人之手。 “嗯，”威王赞叹有加，“爱卿如此处置，寡人甚慰。无疆逆天背道，自绝越祠，所有越人自也就是寡人的子民，能少杀一个，就少杀一个。经此一冬，这些越人定也饿坏了，你这么安排，必能服心。” “谢陛下褒奖。”昭阳抱拳谢过，轻声问道，“敢问陛下，怎么不见张子呢？” “张爱卿在东陵塞筹备葬礼呢。” “葬礼？什么葬礼？” 威王将无疆之死约略说完，叹道：“唉，寡人原以为越王无疆是个莽汉，不想竟也是个明白人。寡人念他侠肠铁骨，诏令张爱卿以王侯之礼厚葬。” 昭阳略怔一下：“如何厚葬？” “据张爱卿说，无疆曾经提过两个夙愿，一是死于高手剑下，二是葬于大海深处。他的第一愿已经实现，他的第二愿，寡人也已准允他了。” 昭阳想了下，问道：“陛下是想让张子前往甬东？” 威王点头。 昭阳长出一气，再次抱拳道：“微臣也是为此急见陛下的。” “哦？”威王略显惊讶，“爱卿请讲。” “我虽歼灭越军，只能说是功成一半。越地广袤，越民蛮悍，无疆虽死，其子仍在。陛下虽服越人，其心未服，微臣恐其日后有变。” “爱卿所言甚是，”威王听到是这事，当下松了口气，“不过，爱卿所虑，张子早已想到了。这几日来，张子与寡人日日商议治越之事，计划将越地一分为三，设江东郡、会稽郡、南越郡，同时厚葬越王，对越轻徭薄赋，以安抚越人。” 昭阳暗吃一惊：“陛下意下如何？” “寡人深以为善，已经准允他了。怎么，爱卿可有异议？” “陛下圣断，微臣并无异议，只是——微臣以为，眼下就将越地一分为三，不利于协调。微臣以为，陛下最好循序渐进，暂不分郡，先设会稽一郡，待越地彻底平复，再分而治之。” “嗯，”威王点头赞道，“爱卿所言甚是，越人未治先分，心必不服，不服，或生祸乱。寡人准你所奏，暂设会稽一郡。” “陛下圣明！敢问陛下欲使何人为会稽令？” “以爱卿之见，可使何人？” “非张子不可！” 威王不无赞许，连连点头。 “陛下，眼下越人群龙无首，最易安抚，时不我待啊！” 威王闭目沉思有顷，转对内臣：“停车，召太子。” 不一会儿，站在王辇后面一辆战车上的太子槐跳下