Three Kingdoms Eschatology

The tiger and leopard riders hurriedly got on their horses and rushed out of the range of the enemy's crossbow.Their team leaders just started to count the number of people.It was only then that they discovered that twelve of their subordinates were injured and killed, and several horses were injured by arrows.Even if the rest of the people were not injured, they were all in a state of distress, with enemy arrows still stuck in their bodies.

The tiger and leopard cavalry leader's face turned livid with anger, he looked up at the Japanese soldiers all over the city, but there was nothing he could do.His deputy said: "Boss, we have to wait for the main force to come."

The leader of the team was still unwilling to say: "A small Wubao, hundreds of Japanese soldiers with broken copper and rotten iron still need a large army to come to capture it, and let me wait to lose more than ten people, it is really shameful !"

A tiger and leopard rider suddenly yelled: "Boss, look, how many ships are coming in the sea." The team led the team and looked up, and it was several warships of the Wei Wen fleet that were sailing into the Xiaguan Strait.One of them was a huge multi-masted jib ocean-going ship.The team leader was overjoyed and said: "Great, with their help, we can break through Xiaguan City immediately."

The tiger and leopard riders galloped to the shore and shouted to the fleet in the strait. The other party responded immediately, and a small boat came towards the shore.After the meeting between the two sides, the tiger and leopard riders just knew that Wei Wen sent a fleet to cooperate with Cao Chong's army to attack Xiaguan City and block the Xiaguan Strait.These few ships are also the vanguard for this fleet, and more ships will not arrive until tomorrow.The tiger and leopard cavalry team led the opponent and said: "As long as your army supports us, we can easily break through Xiaguan City."

The other party showed a embarrassed expression: "But our fleet did not bring marine soldiers."

The leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry team laughed and said: "Brother, I know this, I don't want you to land to support us, but to borrow the ballista on your ship."

Half an hour later, Liang Jun's warships, which were in formation in the strait, began to bombard with ballistas.A series of stone bombs and explosive bombs flashed across the sky like meteors, and hit Xiaguan Fort.The adobe city wall was beaten with muck and sawdust, and the cracks on the wall spread out like spider webs, getting bigger and bigger.From time to time, after the blaring explosion, flames soared into the sky in the city.

These Japanese soldiers who are not at the same level of civilization as Liang Jun have never seen this scene.Including Binahu, everyone of them was stunned and even forgot to dodge.Some Japanese soldiers at the top of the city had their heads cut off and their bodies were shattered by stone bullets, and some Japanese soldiers in the city were burned to death by the rising flames. Fell to the ground exhausted.

Finally, Binahu finally came to his senses and shouted: "Hide quickly! Go down to the house to hide. However, the houses in Wubao were also torn apart by stone bullets, and the pillars and beams were broken."

With a loud bang, the wall of Xiaguan Fort against the strait finally collapsed.Then several houses in the fort also collapsed, and the Japanese soldiers hiding inside were crushed alive under the ruins.More than thirty tiger and leopard riders yelled, brandished their sabers, and rushed into this miniature city like flying.There were more than [-] panicked Japanese soldiers on the streets of the city, and they fell under the speeding steel swords of the iron cavalry like straws swept by the sickle...

In Sue Town, the Dongye City of Cao Pi's army has been completed.Cao Pi, Sima Yi and the generals are in the palace where the fragrance of fresh wood is still floating in the city, discussing various matters about entering the Gonu Kingdom.They planned to attack the dog slave country as soon as the food and grass provided by the slave country arrived.

At this time, an inner guard soldier rushed into the hall and reported: "I would like to report to the Holy Majesty that the slave country's big Japanese is in trouble and Nuxi sent a messenger to say that the latest batch of grain and grass cannot be delivered..."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Pi sullenly said, "What's going on? We're about to destroy the Gou Nu Kingdom. Why did they make a mistake at this critical time?"

Ling Bing waited for Cao Pi to finish before finishing what he hadn't said: "Return to Your Majesty, the messenger also said that it was because the enemy suddenly captured Xiaguan Fort and blocked Xiaguan by land and water. So from Yamato to The slave country’s traffic has been cut off. The slave country’s own strength cannot provide us with so much food and grass, and it is also unable to retake Xiaguan.”

Chapter 791 Mutual Computation

In Xinye City, Xuhui Town, there was a crackling sound in the simple palace hall. It turned out that the wat board in Sima Yi's hand fell to the ground.Sima Yi didn't expect that Cao Chong's army directly captured Xiaguan Fort. He thought that Liang Jun would come and harass Sue Town to delay the time for them to gain a firm foothold in Kyushu Island, and even arranged pockets to wait for them. Let Liang Jun come to drill.

"What's the matter, General?" Cao Pi cast his eyes on Sima Yi, but there was a strange expression on his face.Cao Pi had already made up his mind that if Sima Yi was useless to him, or could no longer be used, he must get rid of him decisively.Because Cao Pi already felt the threat Sima Yi posed to him.

But Sima Yi pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Your Majesty was disturbed. It's nothing. I was in a hurry to go to court this morning. I was in a hurry to go out. I didn't have breakfast. I was hungry and flustered. I accidentally missed it." Pick up the wat board from the floor.

After the soldier finished describing the details of how Cao Chong's army conquered Xiaguan Fort, Sima Yi also thought about how to reply to Cao Pi.He immediately said: "Your Majesty. Liang Jun's move was actually expected, but I didn't expect the Japanese army to be so vulnerable. In just a few hours, it was attacked by dozens of tiger and leopard cavalry from Cao Chong's bandit army." Excuse me. The reinforcements that I have arranged in advance are too late to reinforce, in fact, they only need to hold out for ten hours, and the city of Xiaguan will not be lost."

Cao Pi tilted his head and asked again: "It's useless to say these things now, what does the general think we should do now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, so we can only send troops to retake Xiaguan first, there is no other way."

Cao Pi frowned and said: "But in this way, wouldn't we have to delay the time to attack the Gou Nu Kingdom again? If this delays for another two months, Cao Chong's army on Tsushima Island will also be ready. Aren't we two Facing the enemy?"

Sima Yi smiled strangely and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if we divide our forces and go out to recover Xiaguan, the Gonu Kingdom is still under His Majesty's control. And it is very likely that our Great Wei will be able to conquer the Gonu Kingdom without bloodshed."

Cao Pi asked suspiciously, "What does the General mean by that?"

Sima Yi continued: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Some time ago, a powerful official named Gou Gu Zhibei Gou in this Gou Nu Country sent a messenger to get in touch with him. Therefore, they intended to surrender to our army. However, their lord, Himi Kumiko, insisted on being our enemy, so he contacted us privately, saying that once we raised an army, he would respond from the rear of the Gonu Kingdom. After that , Your Majesty only needs to confer him a title and grant him a feudal kingdom as a reward."

Cao Pi sneered and said: "The Japanese people are full of weird and dirty names, what kind of slaves and dogs. But this person really lives up to his name, so easy to betray the owner for glory."

Cao Pi said this, but he was thinking in his heart, why did you, Sima Yi, tell me this now? Do you have any shady plans?Presumably you, Sima Yi, are probably a person like Gou Gu Zhi Bei Gou, who knows if you will sell me in the future.But at the moment when I am employing people, I can't move you.Of course, although Cao Pi thought so, his facial expression and tone were very calm, and he couldn't see it.

But even so, Sima Yi still sensed something between the lines.Cao Pi asked again: "At that moment, what general should we send to help the slave country recover Xiaguan Fort?"

Sima Yi had already made up his mind on this, and replied: "The Chariot General Cao is really useful! Your Majesty can order him to take back Xiaguan with [-] elite troops."

Cao Pi was relieved when he heard it just now.He was worried that Sima Yi would hold on to the military power and would not let go at all. Even if the troops were divided, he would designate the commander of the divided army as his confidant.If Sima Yi recommended not Cao Zhen this time, but his confidant generals, Cao Pi would immediately suspect Sima Yi's motives.

At this time, Cao Zhen came out and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to take orders to recover Xiaguan. But... But these 5000 soldiers and horses are too few. A certain needs [-] troops, [-] infantry and [-] tigers and leopards." Qi, I promise to take back Xiaguan in one fell swoop."

Sima Yi saw that Cao Zhen wanted to divide up more soldiers and horses, so he quickly said, "Zidan, three thousand soldiers and horses are enough. Before the autumn harvest, it is impossible for Cao Chong's army to send a large number of troops across the sea, because once they cross the sea with a large number of troops, They can't even provide food and grass. So they sent more than a thousand troops at most. Besides, don't you have Japanese soldiers from the slave country to cooperate? Maybe Himiko can send some troops from Honshu to attack the Liang army from the east..."

Sima Yi said this, but was interrupted by Cao Pi: "General, let Zidan bring more soldiers and horses. This pass is so important, this move can't be lost. Besides, the general is not talking about Gou Nuguo We already have our internal response, so there is no need to keep two thousand more soldiers. Could it be that without these 2000 troops, we will not be able to subdue the dog slave country?"

After Cao Pi said this, Sima Yi naturally couldn't refute anything, so he bowed his body and said: "Your Majesty will decide everything. After I retire from the court, I will dispatch troops and horses to be under the full command of General Cao Zhen." : "It's a pity that two thousand soldiers and horses are lost!"

After Cao Pi discussed other matters with everyone in the palace, he gave the servant a wink.After retreating, everyone filed out of the hall.Nearly two hours later, Cao Zhen marched out of the newly built Xinye City with [-] troops and headed east.Sima Yi looked at Cao Zhen's back and couldn't help sneering. At this time, his personal guards came to report that there were people coming from the Gonu Kingdom again, so he flung his sleeves and went back to his mansion.

……

Cao Zhen rushed for two consecutive days, first met the Japanese soldiers led by Nuxi, the great Japanese of the slave country, and then rushed to the vicinity of Xiaguan City when the sun was setting to the west the next day.

After all, Cao Zhen had been in charge of the army for many years, so he paid more attention, first ordered the whole army to stop, and then rode his horse forward, carefully sizing up the movement of Xiaguan City and his actions.I saw Xiaguan City standing alone in the wilderness, there were no military camps around, and there seemed to be no warships in the strait behind Xiaguan City.

Even so, he was still worried, and sent a large number of scouts to search and investigate around Xiaguan.Nan Nuxi, the Japanese chieftain beside him, said: "There is no need to waste time investigating. Since the incident, a certain number of soldiers have been sent to monitor Xiaguan City. They occupied Xiaguan, and after repairing the damaged city wall, the brigade retreated. Yes. The ships in the strait also destroyed our pontoon bridge, and took our ferry boat away. Now there are about 600 people in Xiaguan City, and there are more than a hundred warriors among them.

Chapter 792

Nan Nuxi said a lot, but Cao Zhen ignored him.Nan Nuxi thought that the other party could not understand what he said, so he stopped making a sound.In fact, although his Chinese is blunt, Cao Zhen can still understand it, but he just doesn't bother to talk to him.

After a long time, Cao Zhen's scouts just rode back and reported the military situation to Cao Zhen.Only then did Cao Zhen believe that there were no enemy troops within at least fifteen miles around Xiaguan City.He thought for a while, and then said to Nannuxi: "Nuwang, you have divided your troops into three groups, divided into three directions, south, north, and west, and spread them fifteen miles away to station, and sent more scouts to patrol and investigate. The first is to alert the enemy for our army, and the second is to stop them at all costs in case the enemy appears, in addition to quickly calling the police to us, so as to buy time for our department to respond."

Cao Zhen's words were full of orders, but fortunately, Nan Nuxi was not proficient in Chinese, so he didn't notice it.He learned the etiquette of the Han people and bowed to Cao Zhen, so he divided his 3000 troops into three groups, and spread them to three sides according to Cao Zhen's words.

At this time, Cao Zhen himself had already rode out, and surrounded Xiaguan Fort surrounded by his own soldiers.He found that the city wall on the east side was temporarily built with wood. Obviously, this was the city wall destroyed by Liang Jun. Because of time constraints, Liang Jun filled the gap with wood.Seeing this, Cao Zhen suddenly grinned, and he came up with an idea to attack Xiaguan City with fewer casualties.

He immediately issued an order: "Pass down the general's order, let the soldiers collect dry grass and dead branches nearby, and cut firewood. Be careful, it must be done in secret, so that the enemy in the city will not be aware of it!" Obviously, Cao Zhen planned to use fire. The method of attack directly burned down the east wall of Xiaguan Fort.

When the soldiers went to collect firewood, Cao Zhen, surrounded by his own soldiers, rode his horse to a distance below the city and shouted for battle.He knew very well how powerful the archers of Army Commander Liang were, and he didn't know if there were any long archers in the city, so he didn't dare to get too close.

His soldiers yelled: "Please come out and speak!", "My general wants to speak to your guards." After shouting for a quarter of an hour, a burly general appeared at the top of the city. The man was Cao Chong's general Xu Chu.

Cao Zhen naturally knew Xu Chu, and seeing him he laughed loudly and said, "I don't know who it is, so it's General Xu Chu, don't come here without any problems."

Xu Chu snorted coldly and said, "Cao Zhen, let your fart go quickly, and speak quickly if you have something to say, so don't waste the general's time."

When Cao Zhen saw his hot face and cold fart, his face suddenly sank, and he said solemnly: "Xu Chu, I will persuade you to return to the court as soon as possible, and to fight against the traitor Cao Chong. I will play tomorrow." My son, I will not only pardon your treasonous crime, but also reward you with merit."

Xu Chu laughed loudly when he heard this, and after he laughed, he shouted loudly: "Cao Zhen, why do you speak like a doll? It almost burst my stomach from laughing. You don't say that the son of heaven in your mouth kills his father to usurp power, and what he gets The country is a matter of the puppet Wei. It is said that he was driven out of the middle land by the emperor of Liang, and ran to this land of Dongying like a bereaved dog, trying to rob the Japanese territory to survive the so-called Great Wei court. Throughout the ages, I have never heard of Such a son of heaven. At the moment, you are like grasshoppers after autumn, and your defeat is imminent, but you still utter wild words to persuade someone to surrender. Don’t you laugh. Go and dream about it.”

After what Xu Chu said, Cao Zhen's face turned red and white, and he ignored him and went directly to the city.Cao Zhen was so angry that he cursed: "Okay, don't talk to you quickly, and I will see how you die later!"

After more than half an hour, the soldiers under Cao Zhen's command had all the firewood and firewood ready, and the horns of Cao Zhen's army began to sound in unison.The soldiers lined up between the channel and the east wall.

Then there was another rush of drums, and the tiger and leopard riders on the left and right flanks also galloped up. They were not holding sabers in their hands, but carrying dry sticks to kindle the fire, and there were also many sticky sticks hanging on their horses. salary.In order to ignite the fire as quickly as possible, Cao Zhen let the defenders in the city have no time to react, so he let the tiger and leopard riders join them. With their horse speed and load capacity, this task would be shortened by more than half.

When the defenders at the top of the city noticed that these enemy tigers and leopards were riding and throwing bundles of firewood under the wooden wall, they immediately understood what they were going to do.They all shouted: "Be careful, the enemy is going to attack with fire!", "Hurry up and get the water, and wet the wood first!" When Xu Chu heard the news, he hurriedly climbed onto the wall again, and hurriedly directed the soldiers to counter the opponent's move.

But it was too late, the crossbowmen of Cao Zhenjun under the city had already shot arrows densely, forcing the defenders at the top of the city to hide.When the soldiers of the defenders pumped a few buckets of water from the well of Xiaguan City to the top of the city, the soldiers of Cao Zhenjun had already set fire to the firewood piled up at the foot of the city wall.The fire was raging, and the defenders' buckets of water went down, but it didn't have much effect on such a fire.

It is obviously impossible for the defenders to extinguish the fire by drawing water from the well under the city while avoiding the locust-like arrows.The fire grew bigger and bigger, and a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Zhen's mouth.Suddenly, a cavalry commander who followed Nan Nuxi appeared in Cao Zhen's sight. Before the commander arrived at him, he hurriedly shouted: "The general is not good, there are a large number of enemy cavalry coming It is impossible for the Japanese soldiers to resist the attack from the north, so I hurried back to report."

Cao Zhen was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly asked: "How many cavalry are here?" The soldiers paused and said: "The enemy cavalry suddenly appeared, lined up from left to right, and you can't see the edge at a glance, so It is impossible to estimate how many war cavalry there are. In order to hurry up, Beizhi rushed back to report. It is probably between 500 and [-] people."

In fact, only Cao Chong's five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry attacked.This made the soldiers return in a hurry, and it was naturally impossible to find out the number of opponents.

Cao Zhenzhen hesitated whether he should retreat, but he saw that the raging fire was about to burn down the city wall, and finally made up his mind to continue fighting.He immediately ordered: "Pass my military order, the tiger and leopard cavalry attack to meet the enemy, and the rest of the infantry continue to attack the city!"

Immediately, his two thousand tigers and leopards rushed northward.At the same time, fifteen miles east of Xiaguan City, five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao Chong's army were struggling to chase down the defeated Japanese soldiers.At this time, the head of Nuxi, the great Japanese of the Nannu Kingdom, had also fallen to the ground, and his body was trampled into a pile of meat by the iron hooves of the war horse.

Cao Zhen stared at the burning wooden wall without blinking.Finally, with a bang, the wooden wall collapsed, and Cao Zhen could already see rows of enemy infantry behind him through the raging fire.He drew out his saber and raised it high in the air, shouting: "The whole army is ready to charge!"

Chapter 793 The floating bridge that appeared out of thin air

In front of the east wall of Xiaguan City, Cao Zhen and thousands of soldiers were eager to try, with swords and guns in their hands. When the fire gradually died down, the whole army rushed in.They were completely unaware that the water surface of the Xiaguan Strait behind them had changed.

At some point, more than [-] semi-submersible boats quietly entered the strait and surfaced.They did not approach the shore, but lined up at the narrowest point of the strait, and then set up gangplanks between the decks of the various ships.

At the same time, a huge cavalry team appeared on the east bank of the Xiaguan Strait, which were tiger and leopard cavalry of more than a thousand Cao Chongjun.Guo Jia deployed them very early on the south bank of the Xiaguan Strait.When Cao Zhen came to Xiaguan City, although he was cautious, because he saw that the pontoon bridge on the strait was completely destroyed and the ferry boat disappeared, he never thought that Cao Chong's army would ambush on the east bank of the strait.

When the thousands of warriors rushed across the pontoon bridge, their iron hooves trampled on the wooden boards and made a thunderous sound, which overwhelmed the crackling sound of the fierce burning of the east city wall of Xiaguan and the rumbling drums of Cao Zhenjun.It was Zhang He himself who led the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Cao Zhen and some of his generals noticed something was wrong, and when they turned their heads to look, they were shocked.In their eyes, this pontoon bridge seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Cao Zhen roared hoarsely: "The tiger and leopard rode forward to meet the enemy and blocked them on the pontoon bridge."

A lieutenant immediately reminded: "General, you forgot that our tiger and leopard cavalry had just been transferred to the north to support Nuxi!" Only then did Cao Zhen realize that he had been fooled, and he shouted at a loss: "Withdraw! The army retreats!"

The lieutenant general reminded again: "We can't retreat now. Even if our infantry retreats, we can't run away from their cavalry. We can only be killed by them one by one. At the moment, we can only wait in formation, and then send someone to inform our tigers quickly." Leopard riders turned back for reinforcements."

"That's right, let's do this. Pass a certain military order, and the whole army forms an anti-cavalry formation! Quick! Also hurry up and notify the tiger and leopard cavalry to return!" Cao Zhen shouted eagerly.His soldiers immediately followed orders.At the moment when Zhang Ying's tiger and leopard cavalry rushed across the Xiaguan Strait, Cao Zhen's soldiers formed a circular formation of anti-cavalry, and the spearmen's spears on the outermost layers were densely deployed like porcupine thorns.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yun did not attack immediately, but ordered the tiger and leopard cavalry to circle around them, looking for flaws in the opponent's formation.Zhang Xi knew that if he relied on the hard armor of the tiger and leopard rider at any cost and rushed forward, of course it was still possible to defeat the opponent, but in this way, his own casualties would be too high. There is a danger of a rout.After all, there are only a thousand or so Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in Cao Chong's army.

At this moment, the flames on the ruins of the east wall of Xiaguan City finally went out.The infantry who had already lined up in the city were already facing Cao Zhen's circular formation.Xu Chu, who commanded them, saw this situation, and said decisively: "Bowmen, concentrate your arrows and shoot at the enemy's formation quickly! Open a gap for the friendly cavalry."

After the military order was issued, two or three hundred crossbowmen unleashed their bows and fired arrows, and the arrows shot towards Cao Zhen's circle like a torrential rain.The spearmen of the latter didn't use shields to cover them, and their battle armor couldn't stop such dense arrows. Amidst the screams and wailing, a large number of soldiers were shot and killed by arrows.

These crossbowmen all focused on shooting at one position, so a big gap appeared in Cao Zhen's circle immediately.Seeing this situation, Zhang Yun, who was galloping his horse, could not lose this opportunity.He rushed into the gap at the head of the horse, stabbed with the spear in his hand, and made three puff puffs in succession. The three shots pierced the left and right ribs and necks of the three enemy soldiers, killing them instantly.

The tiger and leopard cavalry behind Zhang Yun were not far behind, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep, they rode forward with their spears and stabbed randomly on both sides.Cao Zhenjun's soldiers fell down layer by layer, and the corpses were crushed into a ball of flesh by the iron hooves that flew past in an instant.The gap in Cao Zhen's army was rapidly expanded.

Before Zhang He's iron cavalry pierced through Cao Zhen's army formation, they were defeated on their own.The soldiers no longer listened to the orders of the generals, and fled indiscriminately. This kind of defeat quickly spread from ordinary soldiers to generals.When Cao Zhen saw this scene, he knew that his defeat was doomed, so he pulled his horse and fled.He just said a moment before turning his horse's head and galloping: "Send a certain military order, the whole army withdraws."

In fact, his military order is already in a state of affairs, not to mention that it cannot be conveyed, and there is no need to convey it.Because almost all of his generals had scattered away, and even the very few who were still resisting were smashed to pieces in an instant like an egg hitting a rock.

Cao Zhen ran out for dozens of battles, but found that an enemy general was chasing him closely. He turned his head and squinted to see that it was Zhang He.He clamped the horse's belly and whipped the horse to run faster.It's just that he was still worried, and kept turning his head to see if Zhang Xi was catching up, but he didn't find that Xu Chu was already galloping towards him with a big axe, and stopped in front of him.When he found out, Xu Chuming's dangling big ax had already struck horizontally, a white light flashed, and Cao Zhen's head flew into the air.

Later, Xu Chu raised Cao Zhen's head and laughed at Zhang He, saying, "Brother Zhang He, this credit has been taken by someone. Don't be offended." Looking at Cao Zhen's headless body lying in a pool of blood, Zhang He sighed with emotion. He let out a cry, and then said to Xu Chu: "I'm going to pinch the enemy's cavalry. I'll leave the rout here to you to pursue!"

Xu Chu said carelessly: "Don't worry." Then he suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhang Yun: "Then, you may still use this thing with you!" The head was thrown to Zhang He.

Zhang Yun took the head and said to the commanding soldiers: "Command, follow me to chase the enemy cavalry in the north." After finishing speaking, he and the thousand tiger and leopard cavalry rushed northward like a gust of wind.Xu Zhu then commanded his infantry to chase and kill the enemy's rout.

At this time, Cao Zhen's tiger and leopard cavalry had encountered the five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao Chong's army. After the two sides confronted the wrong horse, they started fighting in the wilderness.This was intentional by Cao Chongjun's tiger and leopard riders.Cavalry against cavalry, when one's own forces are inferior, the cavalry will be very disadvantaged against the cavalry, so the scattered troops simply attack the enemy's part, thus forcing the enemy's cavalry to disperse and fight against themselves.But even so, because the cavalry of Cao Chong's army was much smaller than the opponent's, it soon appeared to be defeated.

At this moment, the sound of thousands of horses galloping came from the south again, and Zhang He had already led the thousand tiger and leopard horses to kill them.He rushed to the forefront, holding Cao Zhen's head high in one hand, and kept shouting: "Cao Zhen is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!" More than a thousand cavalry behind him rushed into the battlefield...

Chapter 794 Dog slave country

Kumamoto Castle, the capital of the Dog Slave Kingdom.On the floor of the royal palace, people sat darkly and densely, and the one at the top was naturally the lord of the country, Himi Yumiko.Today, he specially summoned his ministers to discuss important matters.It's just at the moment, but it's been a long time since he announced the start of the court meeting.It turns out that there is still one person who has not arrived, and this person is his big dog Gu Zhibei.

This person's status in the Gou Nu Kingdom is no small matter, and can be described as a veteran of the Three Dynasties.When the Gonu Kingdom was still in the hands of Himi Yumiko's grandfather, it was just a small country living in the southwestern corner of Kyushu.

At that time, Gou Gu Zhibei Gou was still a little official.At that time, the leader of the Japanese Fang Kingdom, the Wanu Kingdom, had just disintegrated and perished, and the dragons had no leader.The whole of Yingzhou suddenly entered into a world of great controversy.There are more than [-] big and small square kingdoms in the Kyushu island alone, and although the Gonu kingdom is not the least powerful one, it is also a weak one.

In this case, Gou Guzhibei quickly stood out with his intelligence and insight.He suggested that the king should focus on farming and commerce, and annex those weak Japanese countries that occupy the plains and easy-to-cultivate land.He advocated that commerce is not mainly for making money, but for introducing civilizations from more powerful countries on the western continent to strengthen oneself.

After the dog's idea was adopted by the grandfather of Himi Gonghu, it soon became effective.As a result, the dog slave country grew rapidly.By the time Himiko called his father king, the Gonu Kingdom not only annexed most of Kyushu, but also crossed the strait, extended its tentacles to Shikoku Island, and annexed one of the Shikoku Islands.

When the throne was passed on to Himiko, even though Himiko had only one master, under the leadership of the strong minister Gogu Zhibeigou, the Gonu Kingdom continued to grow barbarously.

Soon the Gonu Kingdom extended its borders to the north coast of Kyushu Island and occupied half of Shikoku's land.However, at this time, Yamatai also unified almost all the Wa people in the western part of Honshu Island, and also made the slave country Dawa Nan Nuxi bow down and proclaim himself a vassal.At the same time, Yamatai sent envoys to the State of Wei in the Central Plains, and gained the support of the State of Wei.Gou Gu Zhibei Gou was not far behind. He sent envoys across the ocean and got in touch with the state of Wu on the western continent. By proclaiming his vassal status to Wu state, he won the great support of the Sun Wu regime at that time and provided them with a large number of iron weapons. and warships.As a result, the Gonu Kingdom obtained the capital to compete with Yamatai.

Although Hima Gonghu is weak and stupid, he also understands in his heart what will eventually result from this situation where the ruler is weak and the minister is strong.He once thought about lifting Gou Gu Zhibei Gou's military power, but his situation was the same as Cao Pi's, he could never find a chance in the world of great struggle.

Originally, the Gonu Kingdom and Yamatai had reached a balance. From the previous large-scale attacks by the two sides, there was only a small friction on the border.When Hima Yumiko thought he could do it, a Central Plains army from the far west suddenly appeared on Kyushu Island. This army was the nominal master of Yamatai.It was natural for them to land in Kyushu and form an alliance with Yamatai, and immediately launched a massive attack on the dog slave country, taking away several towns and cities in the north of the dog slave country in an instant.He has no choice but to continue to rely on Gou Gu Zhibei Gou.

It's just that he doesn't know that Gou Gu Zhibei Gou has already noticed his distrust.And the well-informed dog Gu Zhibei knows that, let alone Cao Pi's Wei army and Yamatai's alliance, even if it only fights against Cao Pi's army, it is also hitting an egg against a stone.Under the combined effect of the two factors, Gou Gu Zhibei Gou became rebellious against his master and surrendered to the enemy.So Gou Gu Zhibei Gou secretly sent messengers many times to connect with Sima Yi.

In the main hall, Himi Gonghu looked left and right and saw that Gougu Zhibei hadn't come yet, so he ordered the servants on the left and right: "Go and see why Darui hasn't come yet." As soon as he finished speaking, the guards outside the door sang and shouted : "My lord is coming to court!"

When the ministers of the Gonu Kingdom who were sitting cross-legged on both sides heard this, they all stood up and turned their bodies ninety degrees.When Gou Gu Zhi Bei Gou entered the hall, everyone bowed and kowtowed to him in unison, and said loudly: "Welcome to Your Excellency." In Fangguo, the position of Da Shi is probably similar to the prime minister of the Central Plains Dynasty.But even so, there is no rule for all the officials to kowtow to the leader during the court meeting.This is because Gougu Zhibei Gou reached the peak of its prestige and power in Gonu Country.

However, the Fang Kingdom of the Japanese is the same as the Fang Kingdom in the early Shang, Zhou, and pre-Qin periods in the Central Plains. The ruler of the Fang Kingdom must be a clan noble and have sufficient blood relationship with the royal family.No matter how powerful the official is, even if he can absolutely mobilize an army that is devoted to him, even if all nobles and ministers respect him on weekdays, as long as he openly rebells against the royal family, it is tantamount to rebelling against Fang Guo, and all nobles and even have the status of free countrymen The civilians who have left households will rise up and attack them.This is precisely one of the reasons why Gouguzhibeigou hooked up with Sima Yi instead of replacing him first.

Gou Guzhibei walked quickly through the crowd, saluted Himi Gonghu, and then sat cross-legged on the floor carelessly.The rest of the people sat down with their legs crossed just now.At this time, Gou Gu Zhibei Gou Fa asked: "What is the reason why the king called us and other officials here so early in the morning?"

Himi Gonghu said with a bitter face: "Big rate. Is the decision we made a few days ago wrong? We should unite with the army that claims to be the leader, at least we shouldn't behead their envoys!" "

Gou Gu Zhibai Gou chuckled, and asked back: "My lord, didn't I tell you the reasons why I did this a few days ago? Why did I call us together to discuss this matter today?"

Himi Kumiko frowned even tighter, and said: "Have you not heard the news? The Liang army only dispatched dozens of cavalry, and they captured Xiaguan City in just half a day. What kind of combat power! If it was earlier We can form an alliance with such an army, so why worry about the Wei army and Yamatai. Even if we don’t ally with them, how can we be against them? Isn’t this causing trouble for the future?”

Gougu Zhibeigou sneered twice and said: "This only shows that the slave country's defense is lax. The Liang army's combat power is naturally terrifying, but isn't the Wei army's combat power not strong? It is not considered that the Liang army's surprise attack on the slave country's Guancheng What. When they fight Wei Jun, they can be regarded as equal opponents."

At this time, a commanding soldier ran into the main hall and said a few words in Himi Gonghu's ear.Hima Kumiko slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, these two families really fought a few days ago, and the Wei army who went to rescue Xiaguan was defeated. The news just reached Kumamoto today."

Hearing this, Gougu Zhibeigou's face turned red and then turned pale. He thought for a while and said loudly to Himi Gonghu: "Because the Liang army is powerful, not only can we not form an alliance with them, but we have to turn our battles with the Wei army into an alliance." Yujin, let's deal with Liang Jun together."

Chapter 795

Hearing that Gougu Zhibeigou advocated surrendering Cao Pi, not to mention Himi Gonghu, everyone in the hall was surprised.Hima Gonghu immediately said: "Didn't we discuss this matter at the beginning? If we can obtain the same status as Yamatai and Wei, we certainly don't need to go to war with Wei, and this king is also willing to be a vassal to Emperor Wei. But This king of Wei insisted on destroying the dog slave country, so this king had no choice but to go to war with it. At the beginning, you also agreed, why do you say so today?"

Gou Gu Zhibai Gou smiled and said: "One moment, another moment. Now there is another so-called Wei army supported by the Liang Kingdom court appearing in Kyushu, so the Wei army will be in a state of being enemies on both sides if we become enemies again. In this way, he needs Unite with us. In this way, we can negotiate conditions with them, and believe that as long as we surrender to them like Yamatai and agree to other conditions, they will allow our dog slave country to continue to exist."

Himi Kumiko frowned and said, "That's strange. We can submit to the Wei army, but we cannot join forces with the army sent by the Liang court. Why doesn't the reason why you say we can't take refuge in this army not apply to the army?" On Wei Jun?"

An imperceptible expression flashed in Gou Guzhibei Gou's eyes, secretly thinking that this mediocre king has changed his mind.However, he had already prepared his speech for this, and he said to Himi Gonghu calmly: "My lord, I originally thought that we don't need to take refuge in any side, let them fight and lose both sides. But now I heard that the Liang Guo sent The army defeated the Wei army in Xiaguan, which shows that the former is stronger than the Wei army. Therefore, we have to form an alliance with the Wei army, and together with Yamatai, the three forces can drive the Liang army out. We are in the south of Kyushu. The soldiers and horses of the Liang State came into contact with each other, so they only had to pay for food and labor. After the Wei army drove the Liang army out, their own strength was also greatly damaged. In addition, they had a word with us beforehand, and the Han people valued loyalty, so it is unlikely that they were driving After leaving the army of Liang, continue to attack us."

Himi Gonghu pursed his lips, he felt that what Gou Gu Zhi Bei Gou said meant something, and it made sense on the surface.But when I think about it a little more carefully, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell it.Some of the ministers in the main hall have heard the logical flaws in Gou Gu Zhibei's words, but they are afraid of his authority and dare not point them out in person.Finally, Himi bowed his hand and said: "Let me take some time to think about this matter, and all the ministers should leave first. After the king has made a decision, I will call you here."

There was an imperceptible strangeness in Gou Guzhibei Gou's eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, it was a sneer.In his heart, he said to Himi, you will not be able to call the next court meeting anymore.

The day passed quickly, and the night darkened.The Kumamoto Castle surrounded by this adobe city wall is already pitch black, the only light sources are a few piles of bonfires on the street, and the torches in the hands of the soldiers patrolling the city.Lamp oil was very precious to the Japanese, and even nobles would use oil lamps to light their huts only when necessary.