Chapter 51 Section 6: Fighting without blood is in the hearts of the people

In a blink of an eye, five years have passed. After the first month of "Earth Qi Explosion", it has entered the sixth year, and Tian Dan has been exhausted by this nondescript war.In the past five years, the Yan army has only besieged and not attacked five miles away from the city.Every day when the sun comes out of the mountain, a thousand-man team of the Yan army will go to the city and disperse, shouting repeatedly: "Father and brothers of Jimo, they are out of the city to plow the fields—" "The fields are barren, and the farmers are heartbroken!" "The river fish is fat, It's time to set up the net!" "Yan's army will never hunt down and kill the common people in the field—" After waiting for two hours, they buried pots and cooked food in the city, and shouted again after eating, and did not retreat until sunset on the western mountain.Day after day, the farmers in Jimo first clamored to go out of the city for a try, and the soldiers defending the city gradually relaxed.Tian Dan knew that this was Le Yi's plan to transform his strength, but he was helpless. Who could consistently treat a powerful enemy who showed generosity and kindness to you every day, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, month, and day-to-day, as a powerful enemy?The hearts of the common people are shaken, if Tian Dan does the opposite and prohibits them from leaving the city with strict military laws, isn't it playing into Le Yi's hands?In desperation, in the Qingming Festival of the third year, Tian Dan allowed the people to pay homage to the tombs of their ancestors.The Qingming Festival in Qi State is in the middle of February, which is nearly a month earlier than the Qingming Festival in other countries in the Central Plains, and it is still a season of chilly spring.Tian Dan was extremely cautious, and ordered 10,000 elite soldiers to enter the trenches outside the city to ambush at night, and the ambushes were fully equipped inside the city gate.From the bottom of his heart, Tian Dan hoped that the Yan army would take the opportunity to intercept and kill the common people, or even hope that the Yan army would take the opportunity to attack fiercely.After all, the most feared thing in war is the loss of people's hearts.However, when Jimo people left the city carefully in twos and threes, they found that the tombs of their ancestors, which should have been buried in the weeds long ago, stood neatly in various cemeteries. The army camp retreated twenty miles.The people of Qi revered the gods of their ancestors the most, and when they suddenly relaxed, the people of Jimo poured out of the city in groups, crying loudly in front of their ancestors' tombs.

At that time, Tian Dan suddenly had a heart move, and led 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city, and grandly built the mausoleum of more than 200,000 martyrs who died in the Jimo Battle; , Eight big characters are engraved on the stele-to fight with you, and the martyrs will succeed!At this time, the people of Jimo were actually mostly fugitive refugees. Most of their clansmen died in the city of Jimo. Now they can pay homage to them. How can they not be heartbroken?At the time of the public sacrifice in Daling, thousands of people cried bitterly, and the vow of revenge of "blood revenge and bloody battle, to avenge my ancestors" rolled across the field like a sea of ​​raging waves.From then on, Tian Dan, who was supposed to defend the city and fight, had no choice but to start an endless psychological battle with Le Yi.During spring plowing, the Yan army kept watch from afar. From time to time, soldiers from farming families came to help Jimo farmers pull plows and sow seeds, and the fields were filled with rare harmony.Every time at this time, white-haired old men will emerge from Jimo City, calling hoarsely and long: "San'er, spring plowing in the wild, where have you been—" "My son is coming back, Soul Yiyi!" The farmers plowing the fields suddenly turned frosty, and coldly pushed away the soldiers of the Yan army who were helping, and walked away arrogantly.During the harvest in May, Yan Jun "abandoned" many ox carts by the fields.A group of farmers shouted happily: "Yan people are so kind! Help me with the ox cart!" They were very busy pulling the cut wheat with the ox cart.At this time, there happened to be a wizard from the clan who came to worship the God of Valley, and shouted all the way up to the sky: "The people of Yan have swept away, and there are thousands of carts and carts! Return to my empty cart, and the law of heaven will not tolerate it!" The farmers suddenly felt ashamed, so they They all cursed the Yan people's thieves and shameless robbers, and angrily overturned the Yan army's ox cart in the ditch.

Thanks to Lu Zhonglian, who had the back-up to help plan, Tian Dan finally made it step by step during the five years, and kept Jimo's hearts from being disturbed by Le Yi.However, Tian Dan felt that he was exhausted. He should have been in his prime in his thirties, but before he knew it, his temples were like frost.Every time Lu Zhonglian returned secretly, Tian Dan sighed: "The battle of Jimo is a miracle in the ages! If Tian Dan does not surrender for another three years, the common people will flee." He was already dark and thin Lu Zhonglian always smiled vigorously: "Brother Tian and the famous generals of the world have been fighting each other for five years. When fighting with soldiers, they will fight fiercely, and when fighting against them, they will be poor in wit. With an isolated city against an army of more than 100,000, it will not fall. How can a hero be short of breath?" Tian Dan smiled wearily: "Brother Zhonglian, I am a businessman, and it is my talent to run around for backup. You are a celebrity, and it is the right way to govern the army and the people. You and I should change, let me see How about ventilation?" Lu Zhonglian couldn't help laughing loudly: "Brother Tian is in trouble! Turning the tide is not a word that can be included, stubbornness is also tenacity, heart is also ambition, the time is also the situation, and God's will is also. !” Tian Dan had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.At this critical time of cold spring, the secret scouts reported a shocking news: King Yanzhao appointed Le Yi as King of Qi!Surprised, Tian Dan suddenly became disheartened.No matter how clever the plan is, when meeting a monarch like King Yan Zhao, he was self-defeating when he lifted a rock and smashed his own foot.If Le Yi really calls Wang Zhiqi, how can Jimo Jucheng survive?It seems that heaven really wants Tian Qi to perish.

It turned out that Tian Dan and Lu Zhonglian planned a countermeasure a year ago: through Zhuang Xin, they bought a doctor of the Yan Kingdom with a lot of money, and asked the doctor to secretly write to the King of Yan, saying that Le Yi did not stand still because of the Yan Guojun Prestige wins over the people of Qi, and plots for the people of Qi to support Le Yi himself as the king of Qi; the reason why he has not done anything yet is that his family is still in Jicheng.King Yan Zhao, who was on the sick bed, was silent for a long time after reading the letter.The prince who was standing beside the sick bed was nervous: "Father, since Le Yi has the heart of rebellion, he should be dismissed immediately, without delay." Glancing at the prince, "Immediately issue an edict, and the court meeting will be held tomorrow." On this day, all the courtiers gathered in the main hall of the palace, and King Yan Zhao, who had a sick face and white hair, made a walking stick with a long sword, and walked into the throne with difficulty. , but stood upright with a solemn expression on his face, and with a wave of his hand, Yu Shu walked under the throne holding a stack of parchment, and asked each minister to take one.

"Extraordinary articles are appreciated." King Yan Zhao said coldly, "The Chinese doctor will not report the secrets, and you will read it." The ministers quickly browsed through it, but everyone was stunned and silent, and no one dared to speak. "No, do you have something to say?" King Yan Zhao twitched a rare smile. A thick and short dark middle-aged man stood up from the back seat, cupped his hands and said in a loud voice: "The letter written by the minister is true, and the sun can be used as a lesson. I, Wang Mingcha!" "Can the sun be learned?" King Yan Zhao With a sneer, "You are all ministers, what do you think?"

"I am Wang Mingjian!" All the ministers shouted this noncommittal omnipotent statement in unison. "The king's heart is unclear, and the minister's heart is worried?" King Yan Zhao sighed heavily, and suddenly raised his voice, "This is a great plan for the state, and this king doesn't need you to speculate. Since Zi's chaos, Qi State has taken advantage of the situation, plundered and slaughtered, destroyed our ancestral temple, and burned the capital of our country. As a result, Yan State has been empty and withered for hundreds of years, and everything is in ruins! This situation is still vivid in my mind. .”

Hearing the old and hoarse sigh of King Yan Zhao, the courtiers couldn't help but be shocked.If the old king's pain is so rare, does he hate Le Yi for not taking revenge for Yan?When he was feeling uneasy, he heard King Yan Zhao say solemnly, "At this moment, it was Le Yi who had trained troops in Liaodong for ten years, ten years of tenacious reforms, took risks and made a combination, smashed Qi in one fell swoop, avenged me, and snowed me. National humiliation! Le Yi’s achievement, who can match it? Even if this king gives way to Le Yi, it is not an exaggeration, let alone a Qi State that is not the territory of Yan State! Chang Guojun Le Yi is the king of Qi, it is Yan The permanent barrier of the country is also the blessing of the country of Yan, the wish of this king! Such an act of securing the country, it is an unforgivable crime for a mere general to dare to provoke maliciously. Come on! Chinese people!" The soldiers at the entrance of the hall entered the hall with a loud bang, and pushed out the ashen-faced general.

"Your servants, please ask my king to reward the general, with the heart of the people of Anguo!" There were unanimous opinions in the palace. "Immediately issue an edict," King Yanzhao said loudly, "make Leyi the king of Qi. With the Queen's prince's full guard of honor and a hundred chariots, escort Le Yi's family to the Qi army, and Le Yi will immediately ascend the throne in Linzi and become king! " The guard of honor was still in the middle of the process, and the flying car envoy had already arrived in Linzi.Le Yi was shocked when he received the imperial edict.After thinking over and over again, Le Yi wrote to King Yan Zhao, and sent flying cavalry special envoy Xing Ye to Jicheng.King Yanzhao opened Feiqi Yushu on the sickbed, but there were only two lines of big characters: "I understand my king's heart, but it is difficult to follow my orders. If there are traitors who fall into Leyi's infidelity and the king can't see clearly, Le Yi can only die and serve the country." Ear!" King Yan Zhao let out a long cry, and immediately issued an edict to revoke the previous edict, only insisting on sending Le Yi's family to Qi State, and at the same time clearly ordered the government and the public: Anyone who slanders Chang Guojun Le Yi will be killed without mercy!A mysterious and unfathomable turmoil that shocked the two countries of Yan and Qi subsided in this way.The courtiers of the Yan Kingdom and the elders finally breathed a sigh of relief. No one talked about Le Yi anymore, even the crown prince Ji Lezi was silent.The people of Qi State had not had time to savor the taste of it, and the rumors of Le Yi becoming king disappeared.In the final analysis, Tian Dan and Lu Zhonglian were the ones who were most touched by this sudden change.Lu Zhonglian's mediation of state relations has always been known as a scheming plan, and Tian Dan's long-term "heart war" with Le Yi can also be called a scheming plan. This time the two conspired against each other, but they met in disgrace. ?Lu Zhonglian couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile: "It's so strange! This old Ji Ping, who is about to die, is still so clear-headed, but I have nothing to say." Tian Dan sighed: "God's will!" Also! What can I do? It's just that, Le Yi is as stable as Mount Tai, but Jimo is in danger." "Brother Tian, ​​how long can Jimo last?"

"It's three years at most, and more than a year at least." Lu Zhonglian gritted his teeth and waved his big black and skinny fists: "Support! We must support until the last moment!" "Don't I want to support?" Tian Dan couldn't help laughing, "First, there must be a way, and second, there must be a prospect. Two, who will believe you?" "There is a prospect!" Lu Zhonglian slammed his fist on the dilapidated wooden table, "Ji Ping is dying, and I don't believe that Ji Lezi is as godlike as his old father!" "The solution Woolen cloth?"

Lu Zhonglian's eyes flickered, and suddenly he smiled mysteriously, and murmured in Tian Dan's ear for a while, "how?" .” Lu Zhonglian looked solemn, "If you urinate or not, you have to hold on to urinate!" With a puff, Tian Dan sprayed a sip of tea on the opposite Lu Zhonglian and laughed loudly, "What a thousand li horse! This is also called strategy? Have you pissed or not, hold on?" The next morning, Jimo unexpectedly gathered a large number of birds, circling and flying in flocks in the watchtower of the city gate, and sometimes swooping down like arrows to the alleys in the city, they did not leave for a long time.After three days in a row, a mysterious experience spread in Jimo City: at sunrise, every time General Tian Dan stood on the general platform, birds from the sky would flock to him!The general stepped down from the platform, and the birds dispersed!So, the surprised people asked the soldiers in Ximen Jianlou, what does the general do every morning when he goes to the general platform?A soldier whispered what he had seen: before sunrise, the general came to the stage to ask the heaven for advice on Jimo. At this time, a vague voice in the sky spoke to the general.While speaking, a large flock of birds circled and flew over, completely covering up the voice.After speaking, the flock of birds suddenly disappeared.At the moment when the whole city was surprised, Tian Dan gathered the soldiers and civilians in the school grounds and solemnly declared: "You and the soldiers listened: Tianyin told Tian Dan that in three years, Jimo's bitter war will end, and the people of Qi will win and restore the country! God will give Jimo Send down an immortal master to teach us how to act. From today onwards, Jimo will act in accordance with the will of God, disobeying the will of God, the city will be destroyed and people will perish!" "Long live the general!" "Follow the will of God!" The voices of the soldiers and civilians in the city went straight to the sky.

Just as Tian Dan was walking back to the shogunate with several military officials, a childish voice suddenly resounded through the streets: "Tian Dan! I am a master of immortals!" Bare feet floated down from the opposite roof and landed squarely in the middle of the street.Tian Dan recited "God's will!" and bowed down to the ground in awe: "The immortal master is above, disciple Tian Dan kowtows to see you." The chief child said: "Tian Dan listened, I just say one sentence every day, don't disturb me. " After all, Mu Dadai looked like a childish stubbornness, but he was completely different from Cai Cai's expression just now.Tian Dan took the child to the shogunate with a grand gift, sent two maids to serve the daily life, and invited an old wizard to protect the Shinto.Every day when the cock crows, Tian Dan enters the fairy master's back tent alone to ask God's will, and no one else is allowed to approach the fairy master.The spirit of Jimo soldiers and civilians was greatly lifted, and the people who were planning to flee quietly suddenly stabilized.After all, Jimo has kept it for five years, since God's will is still three years away, why not keep it for another three years?If you run away at this time, won't it be a disaster for your descendants three years later? As soon as Qingming is over, it will be March when the spring water melts and the farmland starts plowing.On the ninth day of March, the people of Jimo were leaving the city to go to the fields one after another, but the Yan army camp suddenly marched five miles into the city, driving the farmers back to the city with murderous intent, and blocked Jimo!According to Le Yi's practice, such major changes must be announced by An Min first, or at least an order before the battle.This time, he suddenly changed his face and surrounded them without saying anything. The spring plowing during the war, which was greatly encouraged by the Yan army every March, ended inexplicably.Tian Dan knew something was wrong, so he immediately sent scouts out of the city to investigate secretly, and the reward he got was: Le Yi was urgently recalled to Jicheng, and the general Qi Jie acted as the commander!In less than a day, another secret report was received: Yan's army, led by general Qin Kai, besieged Jucheng again!As soon as Tian Dan's heart moved, he immediately ordered the whole city to be on alert to face the onslaught of the Yan army.On that night, Lu Zhonglian sneaked into Jimo again secretly, and hastily explained to the Sima of the Chinese army about the two backup ships, then pulled Tian Dan to a secret place and lowered his voice: "Brother Tian, ​​Lao Yan Wang Shou is dead!" Tian Dan's eyes suddenly lit up, he let out a long breath, and leaned softly against the dirt wall. Lu Zhonglian helped Tian Dan to the wooden case, and then sat down on the tattered straw mat: "Brother Tian, ​​it's time!" "Tell me, let me listen first." Tian Dan gasped wearily. with. "I think it's still an indirect trick!" "Thousand-mile horses? Guizhou donkeys?" Tian Dan couldn't help laughing teasingly, "Do you still want to run into a wall again?" "Soldiers never tire of deceit!" Lu Zhonglian was very serious, "This time, that time. Ji Lezi is no better than old Ji. Ever since he was the crown prince, this Prince An Le has been very dissatisfied with Le Yi, and every time he splashes dirty water, this kid is always behind him!" "According to this, I'm going to pour dirty water on Le Yi again?" "Hey, not once, twice." Lu Zhonglian also smiled. "God's will!" Tian Dan sighed, "The bright and bright are easy to be stained, Brother Le Yi, Tian Dan can't forgive you." Three days later, ten capable civil servants secretly went to sea with Lu Zhonglian.At the time when the new king ascended the throne and the court situation was delicate, there was a rumor among the wine shops in the alleys of Jicheng: "The Yan official in Linzi said that Jimo Tiandan is most afraid of being robbed by a fierce general, and he is not afraid of Le Yi at all." "The Qi people also said that Le Yi sells Yan, and his heart to be the king of Qi is not dead!" Well!" Along with all kinds of rumors, a nursery rhyme was quickly sung: Needless to say, a group of people who wanted to make great achievements in the new dynasty secretly reported nursery rhymes and various rumors to the palace immediately.Twenty-six-year-old Ji Lezi had already conspired with a group of upstarts in the two years when his father was seriously ill for the new king's achievements: once he takes the throne, he will have all his strength within half a year; Zhao Guo is called the Northern Emperor; within ten years, he will go south to destroy Qin and unify China; in at most fifteen years, Ji Lezi will be the emperor of China in one world!After a long-term plan, the heart of the young prince is burning fiercely every day, earnestly waiting for the early death of the faint-hearted old father.In Ji Lezi's view, Qi State, which had an army of 630,000, was the strongest in the world, and Yan State's 200,000-strong journey could sweep more than 70 cities in Qi State like a hurricane in one month. Naturally, he is the number one army in the world.If it hadn't been for Le Yi's inexplicable stop of the attack, how could the last two cities have survived for several years?Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, has there ever been a style of besieging a city for five or six years without attacking?It was obvious that Le Yi was fooling his father, but the generous old father actually believed it, it was incredible.One day, the senior doctor, Ju Xin, was in the Hall of Yuanying, telling a few ministers who were going to work in the Qi State about the difficulties of the battlefield. He happened to be bumped into by the majestic Ji Lezi. , where is the difficulty?" "It's difficult for the people to return to Yan." Ju Xin actually snapped back. "If there is no skin, how can the hair be attached? If the land belongs to Yan, will the people's hearts be at peace?" "When it is solidified, it must come naturally. This is the painstaking work of the general." Ju Xin looked solemn. Ji Lezi burst into laughter: "In this way, Tang Wen, Zhou Wuzhi first destroyed the country and then won the hearts of the people, but it was a big mistake? In today's world, there is actually a way to surpass the holy king?" Ju Xin's face flushed, Unexpectedly, he was speechless in a hurry.Ji Lezi laughed again, then walked away.Just when Ji Lezi and a group of former princelings were secretly discussing how to take the first step in their career, the secret report of the nursery rhyme alley just came in.Ji Lezi shook the parchment and smiled slightly: "It's God's will! Please read it, everyone." "The four mouths are not destroyed, and Baimu abandons the rope. Doesn't this mean that the field cannot be destroyed, but does it mean that 'white wood' has no way to bind thieves?" Yaqing Sufu, who is known as a famous scholar in Yanshan Mountain, was the first to point out. "What is white wood?" Someone was still confused. "Two ropes made of white wood, isn't that the word for 'le'? Is there anyone?" A wise man disassembled it immediately. "That's easy to say! Every horse in six years means that you will be a horse and a general after six years!" "The black soil is 'ink', why bother, Qi Guoping!" Su Fu suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, please obey God's will and use riding robbery as a general, and use all your strength!" "The ministers agree!" The new and cutting-edge ministers said in unison. "The one who desires the same will win." The new king, Ji Lezi, recited a line of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "If the monarch and the ministers are of the same mind, what can't happen? Immediately issue an edict: Depose Le Yi from the post of general, and leave Chang as the king. Qi Jie is to destroy the general of Qi, and the time limit is one month to pacify Qi!" "Long live my king!" The hall cheered. But Su Fu approached the throne and said in a low voice: "For this special envoy, it's most appropriate to go to the doctor's drama." Ji Lezi smiled reservedly: "Alright, kill two birds with one stone, and avoid a lot of noise." All incredible things happened with ease.When the old drama Xin who upholds state affairs received this incredible edict and incredible special envoy dispatch, he was so shocked that he fainted on the spot.Youyou woke up and thought over and over again, but she didn't go to the palace to force Chen, but called the old man to secretly discuss for half an hour, and then went straight to the southeast in the early morning of the next day.