Chapter 50 Section 5: The Heart of the General in the Battlefield

Le Yi did not expect that the undercurrent caused by Wang Yun's death in Qi would be so great. At the beginning of the promulgation of the Wudao Anqi decree, the general situation has indeed eased for a while. More than a hundred of the small and medium-sized officials who stayed in Linzi and the scholars scattered all over the mountain have come out to serve as Yan officials. "Five Laws of Yi" quite agree.The common people are full of praise. When they meet and discuss, they all say, "The fields should be killed! The fields should be destroyed!" According to tradition, when there are great changes in the ups and downs, there will always be mysterious nursery rhymes or prophecies circulating among the people, but this time there are no A nursery rhyme prophecy circulated.For the people of Qi who have always been prone to discussion, this undoubtedly shows that they obey Le Yi's safety laws, at least they have no complaints.

However, with the secret spread of the news of "Wang Yu's death festival", the situation changed inexplicably.Yan officials said that those old Qi officials who hadn't left the mountain and the old and young were the most commotion, and they gathered together to discuss: "Wang Yi is a commoner, and there is such a righteousness. If you don't face Yan in the north, what's more, we are the ones who are in power. !" Immediately afterwards, the curse on the Chushan Yanguan spread in the streets and alleys.Yan officials were in the study, in the dormitory, or even on the cart. Books of arrows or daggers flew over at every turn, and were suddenly nailed to the desk, the tent, the umbrella cover of the cart, and there was generally only one sentence: "If you don't look back, Punish Qi traitors together!" These scholars and officials originally tried to do it, and many of them didn't even receive the fiefdom of Yan State, but now they are suddenly looked at by the people of the country, like a thorn in their backs, and they handed over their resignation letters one after another.Le Yi thought repeatedly that if these people were forced to stay as Yan officials, the strategy of benevolent government and Qi will become invisible, so he agreed to all resignation letters, and donated a hundred yi of gold in the name of King Yan for his livelihood.In this way, Yan's reputation of generosity, benevolence and virtue spread, but the rioters also gained more momentum, and Qi Xi was undercurrents for a while.

Soon, there was an astonishing news from Jucheng: Diao Bo led the people of Qi to support Prince Tian Fazhang as the new king of Qi!It turned out that Diao Bo, the emissary of Jucheng, was quite strategic, thinking that if he wanted to sustain it for a long time, he had to use the banner of the royal family to inspire the people of Qi.There is no country without a king, this is the axiom of the world.Once a king is established, it means that the Qi State has not perished, and the people of the country will come to vote in many ways.The Yan army who besieged Jucheng was the general of Qin Kai's department. He faithfully followed Le Yi's strategy of transforming Qi and slowed the attack for a long time. The battle in Jucheng was far from being as tragic as Jimo.Diao Bo took advantage of the fact that a few merchants from the Yan army entered and left Jucheng, and sent elite scouts out of the city pretending to be merchants, looking for the whereabouts of the prince.

King Qi Min was killed, and the surviving Tian royal family had already scattered and fled. Seeing the people in the country being violent, who would dare to say that they are descendants of the royal family?Diao Bo naturally knows that princes are hard to find, but he only has one requirement: as long as he is a prince, he can be a direct descendant or a descendant; in extreme times, it is enough to have descendants of the royal family, why bother to have a direct descendant?But even so, the secret scouts searched for half a year, but they still found nothing.In desperation, Diao Bo sent his confidants to sneak into Xueyi secretly, and asked Meng Changjun to choose a son to enter Jucheng and become the king of Qi.Mr. Mengchang, who was sick and disintegrated, shook his head and sighed: "God's will! Although I have thirteen sons, they are all mediocre. If I steal the king who saves the country, I will harm the country. What face does Tian Wen have to stand in the world?" He flatly refused up.Just at the time when Diao Bo was disheartened, the chief scout reported an unexpected news: In Tai Shiyan's mansion, there is a Guanyuan boy whose origin is unknown, whose appearance is somewhat similar to that of King Qi Min!Diao Bo's spirit was lifted, and he immediately sent a confidant officer to enter the Taishi Mansion to investigate the young man's details on the grounds of copying the records of the national history and astronomical phenomena.This Taishi Yan is the old Taishi who was replaced by King Qi Min with Wang Yu.Deposed for no reason, the gray-haired Tai Shiyan returned to his hometown of Jucheng and became a farmer.Among the four courtyards, only the study room full of bamboo slips and classics and the garden of two or three acres are the places that the old man misses the most.When Jucheng fell into a sea of ​​refugees, Diao Bo came to ask for advice. Tai Shiyan had only one sentence: "The people are the foundation of the country. Even if Jucheng is lost, the people of the country cannot be abandoned!" Diao Bo always admired it, so he persuaded the old man to move to Xueyi, the residence of Meng Changjun, to avoid the war.Tai Shiyan, on the other hand, lighted his bamboo stick and said generously: "The country is in peril, and famous people die! Even if I can't fight, I must not be a rat who runs away!" Diao Bo felt the old lady's death, and issued an order Military officials: Do not make any confiscation of the Taishi Mansion, and no one is allowed to harass the Taishi Mansion. Anyone who violates the order will be executed immediately!In this way, the Taishi Mansion was actually peaceful at an extraordinary time.One night after King Qi Min was killed, Shi Ti, the youngest daughter of the old Tai Shi, suddenly ran into the study, saying that the dog in the backyard was barking, and there was a figure with long hair floating around.Tai Shiyan believed in the way of heaven, but never believed in ghosts and gods, so he immediately took a bamboo stick and his little daughter holding a torch and went into the back garden.When I was about to reach the bamboo forest, I saw a long-haired figure swimming between the mountains, stones and thatched pavilions.The bulldog, which was chained in the stone house for fear of hurting the refugees, was constantly roaring in a low voice.

"Who are you? Don't hide, come and talk." Tai Shiyan's calm and old voice seemed to have a kind of magnetic attraction, the erratic figure stopped and walked over slowly.Under the torch, there was a young man with unkempt hair and long hair. Although he was dressed in rags and his eyes were frightened, he still exuded an unusual aura. "Report to the old man," the boy said, "I fled with my family, and my parents are dead." "God! How difficult it is for the people of Qi!" Tai Shiyan sighed for a long time, "You can stay, after the war is over, I will try to send you back to your hometown and settle down." "Wow!" The young man was crying loudly, fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

The old matriarch stomped his bamboo stick: "Don't cry, young people. After the nest is restored, there will be no eggs. Tier, take him to change clothes and have a full meal." From then on, this young man has worked in Taishi's mansion As a garden servant, he manages the garden in the back garden.Now that he has enough food, clothing and stability, the shrunken civilian waif magically turns into a handsome young man.The secret scouts overheard the rumors, so they went to the garden to inspect the young man under the pretext that the army borrowed the bulldog from the Taishi Mansion.Three days later, Diao Bo's confidant came back from Taishi Mansion and reported the results of the investigation - the boy's appearance and gait were indeed the same as the dead King Qi.Diao Bo was very pleasantly surprised, and immediately went to see Tai Shiyan in secret at night, and told Tai Shiyan in detail what happened before and after, and asked Taishi Yan to support King Li.Upon hearing this, Tai Shiyan suddenly came to his senses and sighed, "It's God's will! If a king can be established, there will be hope for Qi!"

As soon as Diao Bo left, Tai Shiyan immediately called the young servant to inquire, but the young man insisted that he was just a business traveller, and he didn't know what the royal family was.Tai Shiyan thought for a while, then asked his youngest daughter to tell the general situation of Qi and the urgency of establishing a king, and ordered his youngest daughter to try to find out the details of the young man.The youngest daughter was smart and beautiful, and it didn't take long for her to bring the boy to her old father.The young man finally admitted that he was the son of King Tiandi of Qi Min, named Tian Fazhang, but he only said one sentence at the end: "The royal family is in trouble. Fazhang would like to be the servant of Taishi Garden forever, and he does not want to be the king." He is not in a hurry, he just tells the history of the Tian family's Qi kingdom to the juvenile Fazhang every day, repeatedly affirming that as long as the king abides by the monarchy and governs the country diligently, the people will naturally support him, and he will not end up like his father in the field.Tai Shiyan secretly invited Diao Bo into the mansion again, and told the young Fazhang about the current Qi public opinion and the general trend of resisting Yan.Tian Fazhang was a young and intelligent young man, and finally nodded silently, but said a few words: "Fazhang Dan, you have to be the king, must, and sister Shi Ti must be the queen. Otherwise, Fazhang will not be king!"

Tai Shiyan was suddenly surprised, and his old eyes shot a sharp light at his little daughter. "Report to father that my daughter has married Fazhang." The sixteen-year-old daughter's face was calm. "That's all!" Tai Shiyan lit the bamboo stick, his face flushed, "A woman who does not marry a matchmaker but marries herself is not my daughter! It is shameful in vain! You go, I will never see you again for the rest of my life." The girl But Shi Ti didn't speak, just bowed deeply to the old father, and then dragged Tian Fazhang to go.But Diao Bo laughed loudly: "The history of the old lady is so pedantic! Isn't it a great fortune for the king to have a virtuous queen and the country to have a virtuous husband? Is there any reason to be ashamed? On the day of the establishment of the king, the last general will come to congratulate him!" The chariots and horses hugged a pair of teenagers and went.One month later, Diao Bo led the army and civilians of Jucheng to simply but solemnly support Tian Fazhang as the king of Qi. This is King Xiang of Qi.When the news spread, the spirits of the people of Qi were lifted up, and the old officials of Linzi and the general old and young left the city quietly and fled to Jucheng under various names to join the new king of Qi.

However, Le Yi did not panic.In the Warring States Period, the appeal of kingship was far less sacred than in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the final analysis, common people who were able to move freely between countries still paid attention to real livelihoods.Whichever country is stable and healthy, they will migrate to that country.After the reform of the Qin State, it sucked more than three million poor people in the three Jin Dynasties, which is a clear proof.The army of the State of Qin seized Hanoi County of the State of Wei, and captured the Southern County of the State of Chu. The people of Wei and Chu did not resist. What is the reason?Isn't it the power of Qin's new law?Isn't it the power of Yumin Land to completely abolish the slave farming system?Although the laws of the State of Yan are not as thorough as those of the State of Qin, they are much more lenient than the tyranny of King Qi Min. If it is carried out for a long time, how can it not be transformed into Yan?Although Jucheng is king, Diao Bo is not a great talent to turn the tide. He has not promulgated a set of decrees to regain the hearts of Qi, but is busy preparing for battle and defending the city.From this point of view, Jucheng is not enough to worry about, and the new king of Qi is not enough to worry about.The people of Diaobo in Jucheng predicted that after the establishment of the king, the Yan army would definitely attack fiercely!Le Yi did exactly the opposite, turned a blind eye to the king, and still besieged Jucheng without attacking it.He firmly believes that as soon as the corrupt old nobles from the Qi State arrive in Jucheng, Jucheng will fall into the filth of fighting for power and profit. Diao Bo, who was originally a low-ranking official, may not be able to stabilize the situation. If the chaos intensifies, it is unknown that Diao Bo will be framed; If the Yan army attacked the city, it would actually give Diao Bo a chance to clean up the situation, so how about easing the siege and letting him mess up.Jimo, and only this Jimo, is the real threat.This is Le Yi's intuition, and also the vigilance of the bloody battle.Tian Danzhi can see that a hastily put together civilian army can still stand tall after five bloody battles with the elite of Liaodong.What's more, Tian Dan resolved the successive wartime crises one by one.From the influx of refugees in the early stage, to the formation of refugees into an army, to weapons and armor, to the method of defending the city, to the control of the city, to the piles of bones and possible plagues, and so on.Le Yi is good at soldiers, and knows that none of these problems can be properly solved by ordinary generals. Solving these problems requires not only military skills, but also the ability to manage people and extraordinary calmness, courage and strategy.All of these, it seems, have magically come together on this single.

The formidableness of Jimo lies in the sudden appearance of such a pillar figure. Now that winter is here, this is another severe test for the wartime army.In the isolated city of Jimo, the lack of cold clothes is already difficult enough, coupled with the lack of food and grass, what magic can Tian Dan have?Could the capitulation letter move this extraordinary unknown?But to be famous and talented, you always have to judge the situation and do it. With Tian Dan's ability, can you really be the kind of foolish and loyal martyr who knows it can't be done?No, it won't. "Report to the general, the special envoy of Jimo has arrived." Sima of the Chinese army strode into the shogunate.

Le Yi suddenly turned around: "Quick! Please come in." A stalwart military officer strode in with Sima of the Central Army, took out a thick brass pipe from his leather bag and held it in both hands: "The last general, Lian Zhong, was ordered by General Tian Shan to send a letter back. "Le Yi took the brass pipe, removed the mud seal, opened the pipe cover, pulled out a roll of parchment and unfolded it, and saw a piece of Jinjian handwriting impressively: Le Yi was silent for a long time, staring at the military officer and suddenly said with a smile: "Isn't your step Lu Zhonglian?" The messenger who claimed to be "Lian Zhong" flashed his eyes, and then clasped his fists together: "I am Lu Zhonglian." "Qianli Juzhi is noble and pure, and I deeply admire it!" Le Yi cupped his hands to return the salute, but his modest smile quickly faded away. , "You know the general trend of the world with one step, do you really think that the hearts of the people of Qi still have a foundation?" The state of Yan is lenient and new. However, as Tian Dan and Lu Zhonglian can see, the foundation of the people's hearts is still there, and the state of Qi should not be destroyed. The root of this is the difference between the people. Those who are eye-catching by the generals are unbearable mountains of taxation and labor. The people of the township are also the common people. Tian Dan, Lu Zhonglian, and the people who pay attention to it are the officials, scholars, merchants, and workers. In terms of the current situation, the scholars, merchants, and workers are the foundation of today's state. If these people rise up to save the nation, support a new king, and introduce new laws The great government eases the burden of the common people, how can you know that the hearts of the common people will not flow back together?" "In an isolated city, how to implement the new law and great government?" "In time, the isolated city will be connected." "You mean, with the power of Jimo Jucheng, you can defeat the army of Yan State?" "Strong and weak change each other, strong can be weak, weak can be strong." Lu Zhonglian put aside the truth that didn't need to be said to Le Yi who is proficient in the art of war, and turned to earnestly, "The general knows himself in his heart, Yan The government and the people of the country have long criticized the strategy of benevolent government and transforming Qi. Even among the generals of the Yan army, there are many resentments against the method of widening the siege and slowing the attack. Even if the general has great foresight, he is trapped in the quagmire of mediocrity and stupidity. ?If the old king of Yan died of illness and the situation of the Yan State was reversed, how would the general deal with it? Zhong Lian was the general's plan: if the new Qi king was forced to cut off the thirteen cities in the west of Jixi and retreat, both the whole country and the whole country would be destroyed. The great cause of becoming a king is to have the best of both worlds, why not do it?" "Qian Liju is really extraordinary, and he turned his back on the guest." Le Yi laughed, "From this point of view, Tian Dan's reply letter should be written by Lu Zhonglian. Sir, please tell Tian Dan: If the king does not surrender, the outcome depends on the outcome." It is God's will. The day Jimo City is destroyed, the Lord will not regret it." "Follow Taiwan's order!" Lu Zhonglian cupped his hands, "Farewell." Fang De turned around but turned around suddenly, "On the day Tian Dan restores the country, the general will not regret it." After saying that, he strode away.Watching Lu Zhonglian get on his horse and gallop away, Le Yi couldn't help but fell into deep thought.Lu Zhonglian's remarks shocked Le Yi deeply.Lu Zhonglian is too familiar with the Yan Kingdom, and it's nothing more than familiarity, and he has a better insight into the pros and cons of the state.With such characters, the people of Qi will have a foresight to fight against Yan, and Tian Dan Diaobo is good at handling military affairs and government affairs, and the anti-Yan forces based on these two isolated cities will become a real strong enemy.However, what really worries Le Yi is not the sudden increase in the opponent's strength. Rather, he is somewhat relieved to have a truly evenly matched opponent.Driving Qi State for three thousand miles is like entering the land of no one. For a commander who loves military battles, it is really boring.What really worries Le Yi is precisely what Lu Zhonglian pointed out about the trend of the government and the opposition in Yan State.Even in Qi State, Lu Zhong saw through the hidden dangers of Yan State's situation. How could the warring states be ignorant? Since the invasion of Qi, Yan State has become the focus of the world's attention, and the place where envoys from various countries gather.All major powers are paying close attention to every move on the battlefield between Jicheng and Qi State, and are even more careful about Yan State's plans for the future.There is only one fundamental reason. If Yan State can swallow Qi State safely, it will suddenly become the largest and strongest Warring State in the world.With such a general trend, can that big country remain indifferent?The land of the ambitious King Min of Qi who was the greatest threat to the nations is dead, and the treasury of Qi has been divided up. Even if Qi is restored, it will no longer be the rich and powerful "Eastern Emperor".At this time, Le Yi himself was planning for the Five Kingdoms, so he must do everything possible to help Qi State, so as to prevent Qi State from being swallowed up by Yan State. "General, it's snowing!" The Chinese Sima shouted excitedly from outside the shogunate. Le Yi looked up suddenly, and there were huge snowflakes drifting across the transom windows of the shogunate tent, oh, winter is here.Strolling out of the commander's room, through the meeting hall, and out of the warm gate of the shogunate, Le Yi saw Sima of the Chinese Army talking and laughing with several military officials excitedly pointing at the heavy snow flying in the sky. "Have you ever seen heavy snow? So happy?" Le Yi muttered in a low voice with a wooden face. "General," Sima of the Chinese Army said with a smile, "the winter snow came early, and the city of Jimoju couldn't hold on anymore! It's cold and hungry, how can we fight? Once they surrender, this battle will be completely won!" "Thinking of Liaodong Home?" The Sima of the Chinese army chuckled: "War, I hope for an early victory." At this moment, he suddenly heard the horse's hooves in the snow curtain, and saw a horse flying towards him like flames.Obviously, this is the only scout who can gallop in the barracks.In an instant, the flying cavalry was in front of him, and the scout got off his horse and hurriedly cupped his hands: "Report to the general: Jimo civilian army has all changed into lint armor, the city is filled with the smell of meat, and there is sufficient food and grass. It is not clear where it came from!" Le Yi didn't seem surprised After thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Send a team of flying cavalry to scout the coast, and report immediately if there is any secret backup." "Hi!" The scout jumped on his horse and went away like an arrow. The cold snowflakes hit the cheeks, and looking far away, it was actually snow and fog.It seems that this winter heavy snow is definitely not going to stop in three or two days.The winter in Qi country is very annoying, it is wet and cold, if you are covered with lint, as long as you go to the wilderness, you will be blown by the sea breeze into a cold and wet stick of water.The snowy days in Liaodong are pleasant, the mountains and rivers are covered with fluttering snow, although it is cold, it has a kind of dryness.The snow in this Qi country is strange, blowing the sea wind wantonly, and the heavy wet sea salt sticks to the body and melts on the body. It is obviously heavy snow, but it is water stains when it falls on the body.It has been snowing heavily for an hour, and the snowflakes are flying all over the sky, intertwining, overlapping, and continuing to fall to the ground, but the horse path outside the gate is only wet and there is no snow.In this country of Qi, the weather is as elusive as human beings.It is said that the Qi people are "greedy and courageous, generous and generous", but when you cross the wide and gentle plains and approach the Qi people, you will find a series of abrupt and strange peaks lying in front of you.Is not it?All of a sudden, Jimo had enough food and grass, and had cold clothes on his body.There is only one possibility, Jimo has a secret backup!Which country?Hard to say.However, no matter where the secret action is, it means that the situation of countries sitting on the sidelines has begun to change subtly, and there are movements.Why?Could it be that they all saw the subtlety of Yan's court situation and the foundation of Qi's resistance to Yan, and speculated that Le Yi might not be able to safely transform Qi into Yan?What's more, or did they simply think that Yan State could not bear Qi State as a big country?Sure enough, why did the State of Qin remain silent?According to the pattern of the world, Qin should be the most active, but if Qin moves, it is definitely not just a secret backup. Tradition since the Warring States Period: Whenever a powerful country is involved in a conflict among nations, it must mediate and negotiate with multiple parties, so that the outcome of the war can finally be accepted by the established major powers.It is almost impossible for one country to swallow up another country without the consultation and conspiracy of powerful countries in all parties to divide the market.It is impossible to destroy a small country privately, let alone swallow a giant like Qi?King Qi Min turned his back on the Five Kingdoms and annexed the Song Kingdom privately, and the end result was that thousands of people accused the Five Kingdoms of discussing together.However, it was the secret alliance of the Yan State that benefited the city and divided the city, which led to the alliance and the attack on Qi.In the battle to destroy Qi, only the most powerful state of Qin did not get any benefits. Seeing that the state of Qi was about to disappear, the state of Qin remained calm, which is really puzzling. Although there are rumors in Jicheng, it is said that the Yan State was kind to Qin Wang's mother and son, especially the Empress Dowager Xuan's "love" for Le Yi, which made Qin State not to fight for profit and assist Yan State to attack Qi.Le Yi scoffed.As an important minister who seeks the country, he has always despised this absurd statement of using anecdotes to explain the interests of the country.With the strict laws and regulations of the Qin State, how can the king's own grievances and grievances determine the strategy in such a major division of diplomatic relations and interests?Even if there was a trace of friendship in the decision to send troops at the beginning, the current calmness does not mean that Qin State is still "obsessed with friendship" and let Yan State destroy Qi.If so, is Qin still Qin?There is only one possibility here. Qin State is very aware of the situation of Yan State, the general trend of Qi's resistance to Yan, and the friction between his Le Yi's strategy and the generals in the army, so he concludes that Yan's army cannot finally conquer Qi. If the state of Qin decides that the people of Qi will not be able to fight against the Yan, they must have two strategies: first, send the invincible Bai Qi to lead an elite army to "assist" in attacking the last foundation of the people of Qi. Can Yan State be inseparable from Qin?Second, unite the five countries, force the Yan State to withdraw its troops, and preserve the weak Qi. Will the Yan army not withdraw at that time?Now that he is quietly watching from the sidelines, he is sure of two points: the turmoil of the Yan State, Le Yi may not be able to support it to the end;Only in this way can there be such a quiet strategy - not only to maintain the ally with Yan, but also to leave room for future repairs with the weak Qi who has lost its power to fight for hegemony. Thinking about it clearly, Le Yi's heart was covered with thick dark clouds like the gray sky. How will he respond?Leaving aside the DPRK situation, if we only talk about Qi's strategy, it seems that we can only stick to the strategy of "long-term siege, benevolent government and Qi".If he abandons this strategy and turns to a fierce attack, with the current combat power of the Liaodong army and his precise planning, he is confident that he can completely conquer the two isolated cities.But what about the consequences?Seeing that Qi is about to be destroyed, the Five Kingdoms will inevitably intervene with the coalition forces. Either divide Qi equally, or preserve the weak Qi, the two must be one of them!For the already established Yan State, no matter what the outcome is, it means humiliation and failure.The only way to go is to besieged for a long time, first to transform the rest of the Qi land into Yan, and to build the two isolated cities slowly.Such a strategy can keep the overall situation unclear, and the major powers will have no reason to quickly reach a covenant to intervene in a war with an unclear outcome.Even if one or two Warring States attempts to intervene, the State of Yan can still generously refuse: "Our army is benevolent, the government is safe, and the people are upside down. If we intervene, we will become the enemy of Yan!" With the sea breeze coming endlessly from the sky.