My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 415
Uncle Zhou sat on the bed, only thinking about his own thoughts.Mrs. Cui finished her work, saw that Uncle Zhou was silent, just bowed his head in thought, and felt a little strange, and said softly: "Father, you have been back for a long time without speaking, what are you thinking about?"

Uncle Zhou sighed, and said: "Oh, it's nothing. Originally, our villa was just our family who took care of each other and lived together. They were nothing more than farming and working. They were all dutiful people. Since this master came Well, I thought it was useless to set up this school first, but the second child and the Wang family and Zhou family all agreed, so it was up to them, but now they are running a group training Baojia. It’s getting more and more difficult. I always feel that this incident is getting bigger and bigger, and I really don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse for our villa? Today is a good day, but I am going to sell salt smuggling. "

Cui heard this, and said softly: "Father, although you haven't said it, I've already seen that you don't approve of these things Zhou Xing did, and you just follow suit because of the hindrance of the second brother and the others. His father, let me tell you, how is this kid Zhou Xing?"

Uncle Zhou said in a muffled voice: "If you talk about Zhou Xing's talents and learning, there is really no one can compare with him. He has so much skill. These children have grown up a lot, and they are also very hardworking and enthusiastic."

Cui said again: "Then our second brother, what do you think?"

Uncle Zhou replied: "It goes without saying that my second younger brother has been a first-class role in the brotherhood since he was a child. Not to mention shrewd and strong, the brothers and nephews are also wholehearted. This is the original villa. If there is any big or small matter, you have to ask us to pick the head. This is the first time we came here. In fact, most of it is because the second brother and the third brother are shrewd and responsible. My eldest brother really likes the brothers. light!"

Cui smiled and said: "Father, you can see clearly. However, it is not only supported by the second brother, if you are not honest and honest, you may not be able to convince other people just by being smart and capable. You must know that the Wang family, Zhou family, and Chen family are all arrogant people."

Mrs. Cui paused, and then continued: "I know what you're thinking, you hope that our villa should always be like before, everyone is friendly, you forgive me, and we will live a peaceful life forever."

Uncle Zhou raised his head, looked at Mrs. Cui and said, "You're right, when you married me, a peasant family, you persuaded me to move to this mountain, saying that it was too chaotic outside, and only in this barren mountain and wild valley can I live peacefully again." However, we have lived a good life in the past ten years, and it’s okay to open a school, what’s the use of this Baojia regiment training, can’t we still go out to fight?”

Cui sighed, and said: "Father, this peaceful life is naturally good, otherwise I would not be well, lost our fields and real estate outside, and advised our family to move here. But this valley, although remote After all, it is not completely connected to the outside world. We can move here, and others can come in, so Huanghai Zhangjiang and the others, so many people came all at once?"

"There are few people here, so naturally they will be of one mind, and everything will be easy to handle. But if there are too many people, if thousands or tens of thousands of people come in, it won't work just because of this kindness. Who knows what's on their minds?" I really need a set of rules to manage it. Although Zhou Xing’s methods are a bit cumbersome, they are really worthwhile, aren’t they? Nearly a hundred victims of the disaster have been resettled well at once. Although our villa With so many people added, they are more united than before, isn’t it all due to Zhou Xing’s Baojia and the public renting of public land?”

Uncle Zhou said: "We said that Baojia and Gongtian are not good. I think that the training group is brave. Everyone is busy with work. They have to work hard, and they have to practice frequently. They are like the army. That's useless. .”

Cui said: "Father, this is your short-sightedness. This villa is getting bigger and bigger. It is inevitable that there will be unscrupulous Shanze bandits coming to harass in the future, or some stragglers who are defeated. If they come into the valley , if we don't take precautions, we won't be chickens waiting to be slaughtered. His father, you don't know, the stragglers are the most abominable, although they can't fight, but if they harm our common people, they are all daring Heartless, murderous without batting an eye"

Uncle Zhou nodded, and said, "I also know this reasoning, but I always feel that it seems that Zhou Xing's group practice is not as simple as you said."

Cui said with a smile: "That's natural. Zhou Xing's strategy is really generous. From my point of view, as long as he uses these methods well, he can put them in a county, calm down a county, and let him go. Going to one state, peace in one state, is indeed a good way to govern the world and stabilize the people. To be honest, he is a county prince after all, and his knowledge is extraordinary."

Uncle Zhou said: "What I'm afraid of is that he won't forget his status as a lord, and if he concentrates on making a fuss, it will drag down our villa in the future."

Cui said: "This kid is not the kind of person who is ambitious and wants to make contributions. He is quite down-to-earth, and he looks like he will do whatever he wants. It can be seen that he really wants to do something for our villa. , put in some effort. If it weren’t for this, the second brother and the others wouldn’t just listen to what he said.”

Uncle Zhou nodded: "Yes, the second brother is more knowledgeable than I am. Since he is very supportive, he must be right. It seems that I am worrying too much."

Seeing that Uncle Zhou's thoughts had changed, Mrs. Cui turned off the pine light, and the husband and wife went to rest by themselves.

At dawn, Huang Hai, Zhou Bao, Zhou Can, and Wang Tong packed up their hunting forks, ropes, waist knives, bows and arrows, greeted each other, and went out of the mountain, all the way down the river valley.The road by the river was originally a mountain stream and river stand, barely passable, it is not really a road, and it took more than an hour to get close to the official road.

Now that they don't know what the battle is like outside, the four of them dare not be careless, ready their bows, arrows, knives and forks, touch the side of the official road, and when they look at the official road, there is silence and no life on the official road.Zhou Can volunteered to explore the way ahead. Zhou Bao knew that Zhou Can was smart, bold and careful, and his martial arts skills were not bad, so he agreed immediately.The four of them made an agreement to whistle a code, one at a time, three at a time, and touched the official road.

Zhou Can was not reckless. When he arrived at the official road, he first fell down in the forest, using a tree to hide his figure, and looked around carefully. And, in the grass and woods beside the road, the flying birds come and go, and there is no abnormality.Zhou Can imitated the singing of birds, whistled, and informed the three people behind that he followed the official road, leaning on the shade of trees and stones on the side of the official road, and moved forward. Every few hundred steps, he followed the same pattern, After careful observation, he decided that there was no danger before he was willing to move forward.Along the way, they have avoided three checkpoints.

Seeing that the sun was in the middle, the four of them followed the official road and approached the mouth of a valley. Although there was nothing unusual outside the valley, Zhou Can did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He still concealed himself and searched carefully in the valley.Within a few miles of entering the valley, there are a few tents erected against the mountain, and there are soldiers around. When I look closer, although there are no people, but within a hundred steps of the roadside forest, there are sometimes light stabs. Chan understood that it was the sunlight reflected from the weapons of officers and soldiers lying in ambush.Now that there is an ambush, it seems that this valley is impassable.

Zhou Can retreated quietly, and the four of them went deep into the woods, eating some dry food while discussing what to do.

The mountain road has been blocked, and there is no other way to think about it. Go over the mountains and go around the past. The four of them are young and strong, and they are mountain hunters. They are not afraid of climbing the mountains. They rested for a while , the four of them got together, looked at the direction, and went straight up the mountain and passed through the forest. There were some cliffs and valleys blocking the way, and the four of them worked together to make a detour as much as they could, and go as far as they could. Although it was difficult, fortunately You can concentrate on walking, and the speed is not much slower.

It took a full three hours to climb over a few mountains beside the valley. This side of the mountain is the boundary of Sanquan. When the four of them stood on the top of the mountain and looked at it, there was a huge basin in front of them.The radius is more than 20 miles.The official road goes out from the valley in the north, in the basin, and goes south, less than 2 miles away, is the city of Sanquan County.

Although Sanquan City is only a county seat, this city is located at the entrance of the official road leading to Xingyuan Valley, and it guards the throat of Chengdu Fu Road entering Hanzhong.Since Wang Jian entered Sichuan from Lizhou, seized the land of the east and west, and gradually had more than 10 strong soldiers, he had long intended to plot Hanzhong.It's just that King Qi Zhou Maozhen's army is not weak, so he has never dared to act rashly.

Qi Wang Zhou Maozhen knew that Wang Jian was not a good stubble, and his main territory was Hanzhong and the southern part of Guanzhong. It was his adopted son Zhou Jimi, who was also his true self.Hanzhong, as the foundation of King Qi's rear, has always been an important town with strong troops, so naturally it will not relax its defenses against Wang Jianshu's army.

There are troops from King Qi’s headquarters in the north of Hanzhong, and there are high mountains and steep mountains on both sides of the east and west, so there is no way to go. Therefore, Zhou Jimi’s main focus is on Wang Jian in the middle of Shu. Sanquan County is the throat of the front, and Zhou Jimi is attentive. Soon, not only more than 1 elite soldiers were released, but the city was repaired and repaired, making it extremely tall and strong.

Right now, King Qi and King Dongping are fighting fiercely in order to gain control of the imperial court. In several battles in Guanzhong, King Qi was defeated and was besieged in Fengxiang City.The situation was so critical, even though he knew that Wang Jian was eyeing Hanzhong, Qi Wang Zhou Maozhen couldn't wait to look at his eyes first, and constantly dispatched elite troops from the Shannan West Road to go north for reinforcements.The troops left behind in Hanzhong are much weaker than before.

The king of Shu, Wang Jian, was originally a resourceful and resourceful man, and the situation will occupy the land of two rivers. With this opportunity, there will be no rest.On the one hand, he kept writing letters to Zhu Quanzhong in secret, encouraging Zhu Quanzhong to go west to Guanzhong, attack Fengxiang, and fight for the control of the imperial court. On the other hand, he claimed that the emperor was threatened and sent [-] troops. , Raid Hanzhong in the name of receiving envoys.

This Wang Zongdi, deep and wise, is the most famous general in Wang Jian's hands.After receiving the general order, Wang Zongbo, the righteous son of the king of Shu, was the vanguard, and the army rushed out of Sichuan.The land of Shu was already rich, with sufficient supplies and well-armed soldiers. They were unstoppable along the way, and the army was approaching the city of Sanquan.

The Jiedu envoy of Shannan West Road, Zhou Jimi, has been stationed in Hanzhong for many years, and he knows the importance of Sanquan well. Gathered [-] reinforcements, led them personally, and quietly entered Sanquan.

The Shu army dispatched troops for a month, conquered the city, and was invincible. The army was a little arrogant, especially the vanguard general Wang Zongbo, who was even more arrogant. He had long regarded the Hanzhong army as local chickens and dogs. Bing, don't care, thinking that Sanquan is just a county seat, isn't it just a drum?Without waiting for the army to gather together, he brought his own vanguard and five days' worth of food and grass, and directly attacked Sanquan City.As soon as the Shu army arrived at Sanquan City, before they could be stationed, ambushes broke out everywhere. Zhou Jimi personally led 5000 elite soldiers and rushed out of the city.The vanguard of the Shu army, who had been marching for days, was already exhausted. Seeing tens of thousands of Hanzhong troops rushing to kill them, the army was in a panic and broke into formation. More than 20 people suddenly collapsed.Wang Zongbo brought his personal guards and fought hard before breaking out of the siege. The Shu army retreated for more than 7000 miles. Relying on the stronghold of the day before yesterday, Wang Zongbo gathered the defeated army and cut it in half, leaving only more than [-] people.

When Wang Zongbo saw Zhou Jimi's pursuers approaching the stronghold and stationed there, he was also a little scared, so he wanted to lead the defeated soldiers back to the central army.Liu Xiuye, a small official close to him, hurriedly dissuaded him: "The general must not retreat. The generals in the king's army are the adopted sons of the king. Although the general surrendered his whole family when the king attacked the middle of Shu the year before last, he was considered a adopted son by the king of Shu. How can it be more trusted than those old men in the army. This time, the general is in charge of the front line. If he retreats in defeat, isn’t it just a matter of giving someone a handle? Doomed!"

Although Wang Zongbo has always been arrogant, he is also a famous general and he is not confused. Hearing what Liu Xiuye ​​said was reasonable, he hurriedly asked what to do. , the ranks were disrupted, and the soldiers were in disarray. I think that the strength of the Hanzhong army, two of us are not as strong as one of us. If we stick to the stronghold and occupy a favorable area, although the Hanzhong army is numerous, Zhou Jimi has no courage. We will not let our army down. As long as we persist in not retreating, Zhou Jimi's main force in Hanzhong will naturally be held back, and our army can divide up and attack Jinniu, Heishui, Xixian and other places."

"Besides, as long as the general leads the army and the military power is in his hands, even if there are villains who are behind and slander, the king will be scruples and will not deal with the general. Once the time passes, our army captures Hanzhong and defeats Zhou Jimi. The general will stick to it today. Great merit. Nine times out of ten when an ambush is defeated, it is due to the strong wind. Even if the king wants to account for the defeated army, it is just a balance of merit and demerit, and no reward or punishment. It is better than going back now and being slaughtered by others."

Hearing Liu Jingxiu's words, Wang Zongbo admired Liu Jingxiu's words very much, and immediately asked Liu Xiuye ​​to be a military counselor. While reorganizing the team, repairing the camp, and defending against danger, he sent a letter to the commander Wang Zongdi, asking the commander to transport grain and grass, and divide the troops to plunder the land.The Shannan West Road Jiedu envoy Zhou Jimi took advantage of the victory to pursue and came to this stronghold, he also attacked with his army, and suffered a small loss.Zhou Jimi also knew that most of the soldiers in Hanzhong did not practice and were not strong in combat.
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