spring and autumn officials

"Duke Zhou!"

"What's wrong with you, Duke Zhou?"

"Duke Zhou! Duke Zhou!?"

Zhou Gong Heijian heard that the front line was under attack and was attacked by the Shanrong people. He was worried and rushed over immediately to see if there was any military report from the front line.Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked over, he heard the words of Da Sima Wuman.

Heibei did deliver food and supplies safely, and the morale of the front line was greatly boosted. However, on the way back, he encountered a secret operation and was ambushed by the Shanrong people. Heibei's team suffered heavy losses.

Duke Zhou staggered on his shoulders, and felt a "buzz" in his head, his eyes turned black, and he fell directly to the ground.

Qi Lu and Ji Lin heard the shouts of the eunuchs, and found that Zhou Gong Hei Jian was coming, and hurried over to check, Hei Jian was pale and passed out on the ground, his eyes were tightly closed, and even his breathing was very weak. Qi Lu hurriedly said: "Hurry up, please come to the doctor for Prince Fan!"

Prince Fan hurried over with the medicine box, Duke Zhou's black shoulders were fine, but these days he worked so hard for the Shanrong matter, he rarely rested, and now he suddenly heard the sad news of his younger brother, he couldn't take such a heavy blow all at once , so passed out.

Ji Lin's face was extremely gloomy, and he glanced at Zhou Gong's black shoulders who was still unconscious on the couch, put on his black sleeves, and said, "Go out with the widow and answer."

Everyone left the main hall and came to the political affairs hall.Doctors Qing also heard about Heibei's unfortunate death in battle.

"Shanrong people are really outrageous!"

"There are secret operations in the army, it's really abominable!"

"What should we do now? The Shanrong people have sneaked into our Luo division army, and the morale of the Shanrong people will definitely rise. How can we defeat them with one blow? If we can't defeat them with one blow, I'm afraid there will be many long nights and dreams..."

Taking advantage of his face, Ji Lin strode into the political affairs hall with windy walks, and the whispering officials inside immediately fell silent. They all looked at Ji Lin, cupped their hands and said, "Meet my king."

Ji Lin said lightly, "How is the front line?"

Da Sima Wuman stood up and reported carefully, saying: "Go back to the Son of Heaven, there are small army soldiers in the front battalion. The Shanrong people not only attacked the army of General Heibei, but also took the opportunity to attack the front barracks at night..."

Heibei's army suffered heavy losses, and the front-line Guogong Jifu and General Zhu Dan had much more experience than Heibei, so the front-line barracks were fine, but some food and grass were looted by the Shanrong people.

After this attack, the Shanrong people immediately closed their doors and hid in Peiqiu Mountain. They seemed to have changed their tactics, and only occasionally came out to attack the front line, but they did not face the border.

Wu Man cupped his hands and said: "Shanrong's fine work has been brought to justice, but the current situation is that the Shanrong people have returned in momentum, and they always roam and make surprise attacks, and they don't confront our army head-on. However, Peiqiu Mountain is lush and easy to defend. It's difficult to attack, if things go on like this, I'm afraid our army's momentum will be frustrated, and the battle line will be too long, and food supply will also be a problem, then..."

Qi Lv squinted his eyes. The Shanrong people played psychological tactics with them, trying to drag down the frontline army.

Ji Lin's voice was hoarse, and he said coldly: "Shan Rong deceived me, Da Zhou, what do you think should be done?"

Someone said loudly: "My king! Although Peiqiu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Peiqiu has always been the hunting ground of Qi State. Although it is winter now, the vegetation is still lush and suitable for fire attack. It is better to burn Peiqiu with fire. Look at them. How can the Shanrong people hide?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Although the vegetation in Peiqiu is luxuriant and conducive to fire attack, there are people gathered around Peiqiu hunting ground, and Peiqiu is not far from Linzi, the capital of Qi. Now the winter is bitter, the wind is threatening, and the river is dry. I'm afraid that when the time comes, the fire will not be able to be controlled and cause a catastrophe!"

It is indeed simple to set fire, but there are also disadvantages. Let alone ancient people, even in modern times with advanced technology, a forest fire is a major event that is difficult to control. The consequences of such a fire are immeasurable. A stupid way to lose eight hundred.

"Then what should we do?"

"You can't see the Shanrong people being so arrogant!"

Qi Lv remained silent the entire time, watching the political affairs hall fall into chaos, perhaps because the news of Heibei's death made the doctors anxious, the stalemate atmosphere was suffocating.

Qi Lu suddenly said, "Son of Heaven, there is a law to the law."

Ji Lin nodded and said, "Teacher please tell me."

Qi Lv said: "The soldiers of the mountain army are weak and incomparable with our army. It is precisely because they know this that they start to roam and attack, and do not confront our army head-on. The Shanrong people were drawn from Peiqiu, and then wiped out in one fell swoop."

"The bait?" Qi Lu frowned and said, "Who is the bait in Taifu's mouth?"

Doctor Qing focused all his eyes on Qi Lu, Qi Lu cupped his hands and said calmly, "Back to my king, the bait is Lu and Duke Zhou..."

Heibei was killed in battle, and Zhou Tianzi was furious, and he had sent a large army to support him, and the Shanrong people must pay for their blood.And the main general of the army this time is a civil servant, that is, Luo Shi's famous Zhou Gong Heijian!

Although Zhou Gong Heijian is a civil servant, he is familiar with the art of war, and it is not that he has never gone to war.The purpose of Duke Zhou Heijian's expedition this time is very clear, which is to avenge his brother.

There is another general in this army, who is also well-known, and his status is even more unparalleled. He is Qi Taifu, the teacher of the current Zhou Tianzi, who ranks first among the three princes of the Luoshi royal family!

The army was so powerful, it was Taifu Qi and Duke Zhou, and the troops were still so abundant, after the Shanrong people heard about it, they even hid in Peiqiu and dared not show their heads.

"Report—!"

"General! The army of the Zhou people has already suppressed the border, and they will soon join the Zhou people on the front line."

"How is this good?"

"With so many soldiers and horses, what should we do?"

"Yes, yes, will they kill Peiqiu Mountain directly?"

"Don't panic!" The Shan Rong general sitting at the top sneered, and said, "Everyone, don't panic. Zhou Renkong has troops but no guts. Look at who the Zhou people sent here? Qi Lu is just a poor literati, what do they know about fighting?"

General Shanrong looked sure of winning, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and said, "What good idea does the general have?"

"Hmph," General Shan Rong sneered, and said, "Have you ever heard that who is Zhou Gong Hei Jian?"

Before everyone could reply, General Shan Rong had already asked himself and answered: "This black shoulder is the elder brother of the shabby boy who attacked the Zhou people's food and grass team a few days ago!"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that this was the case.

General Shanrong continued: "This Heibei is Heibei's elder brother. As far as I know, Zhou Wang's Taifu Qi Lu is the one who recommended Heibei to deliver grain and grass. Tell me, this Heibei is the same as Qi Lu. The beam, has it been cut off?"

Heibei was able to transport grain and grass, and it was recommended by Qi Lu. Now Heibei has never returned. Although Heibei successfully transported grain and grass, he unfortunately died in battle on the way back. Although Heibei knew that it was not Qi Lu's fault, But does Hei Jian, who has lost his loved one, have the capacity to consider so many reasons?

"The general means...?"

General Shan Rong laughed, and said: "I have always heard that the Duke of Zhou and the Taifu were at odds. This time, the Duke of Zhou was also the master of the King of Zhou, but because of Taifu Qi, he was pushed out of the stage, and this black-backed man is another Hei Jian's beloved brother, please tell me, how should we deal with this new enmity and old enmity?"

General Shanrong stared at the flames in the camp, stretched out his hand and waved lightly, the flames were blown by the wind, and instead of being extinguished, they burned even more vigorously, then he said sinisterly: "If not... let's add another fire for Duke Zhou. Fire, let them mess around in the camp of the Zhou people, and burn them to the death, and by then, let alone Qi, even Master Luo, the entire Great Zhou, will be ours!"

The army set out, and soon moved out from Song State, and joined forces towards the front line of Peiqiu.

This day, the army had already crossed Song State, and was about to enter the border of Qi State, the sky was getting dark, the army camped in place, prepared to rest for the night, and continued on their way tomorrow.

The atmosphere in the barracks was very dignified, and the momentum was not high. Everyone finished their dinner silently, leaving only the patrol team behind, and the rest of them all entered the camp, preparing to rest.

Right at this moment...

"Tap-tap-"

It is the sound of horseshoes, shaking the earth, rushing from a distance, getting closer and closer.Because of the experience of being attacked by the Shanrong people last time, the Huben army was like a frightened bird, and immediately put on guard.

"who!?"

"Don't come near!"

The general in charge of guarding the gate shouted loudly, and saw a continuous line of torches in the distance, and the flames continued to grow into a dragon, almost lighting up the dark sky. The cart carrying Subu made a sound of "squeak--squeak--" and bumped forward.

The team of chariots and horses did not slow down, and came straight to the gate of the barracks. When they reached the gate, the guards of the Huben army saw it and said immediately, "Go and spread the word, Duke Guo is back!"

It turned out that the group of soldiers and horses who came here was led by Guo Gongji's father.

There was no sound in the camp, and Qi Luben was about to take a rest when he heard the eunuch's voice and said eagerly: "My king! Grand Tutor! Duke Guo is back!"

"Duke Guo..."

"The delivery of the body of General Blackback...is back."

Ji Lin lifted the curtain of the camp tent with a "crash", and Qi Lu followed Ji Lin, and immediately walked out of the tent of the Son of Heaven. On the chilly.

He rushed into the camp on horseback, turned off his horse abruptly, knelt down on one knee, and bowed his hands in salute.

"rustle……"

The sound of light footsteps came, everyone looked back, it turned out that Zhou Gong Heijian heard the news and also walked out of the tent, his face was pale, and there was no special expression on his face.

Guo Gongji's father knelt on the ground, with a cart covered with plain cloth parked behind him, and said hoarsely, "My king, Tai Tuo, Zhou Gong... the humble general came back to pick up the black-backed general."