I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 528 Chapter 632 Chapter 633

Seeing Hou Zuo's appearance like this, Uncle Sun Zhe couldn't help laughing out loud:

"My Lord Ma Zheng! Gongnan has already left. If you offer the city to the Uncle Sun family now, do you think the Uncle Sun family will leave the Lord a way out?"

"Also, what is puzzling to me is, if your lord really wants to dedicate the city, why didn't you kill Li Luo for so long? Don't lord be afraid that this person will bite back and report to Uncle Sun on you?"

Hou Zuo held the hilt of the sword with one hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Master Shusun, the reason why I eradicated Gong Ruoxiao was also for the sake of my Uncle Sun. I behaved righteously and sat upright, so why should I be afraid? My lord, please don't gossip here and turn things upside down! As for Li Luo, whether I kill or not, I have my own discretion, and I don't need my uncle and grandson to come here to advise me!"

Seeing that Hou Zuo seemed to have murderous intentions towards him, the uncle and grandson sneered again, and said calmly as before:
"Master Ma Zheng, do you think that the status of your lord is more important than Gong Nan's status in the Shusun family?"

Of course, Hou Peng also knew that Gong Nan had left, and, speaking of it, Gong Nan was nothing more than an abettor, and he was the first offender in the assassination of Gong Ruoxiao!
But now, Gong Nan, who is the instigator, has chosen to escape, so how can his situation be better?
When the uncle and grandson saw Hou Zuo there, he was a little suspicious, so he went on to say:
"Now all the soldiers and horses in Liyi are in the hands of Ma Zheng, and there is a solid wall to defend him. As long as your lord can win the hearts of the people, what's the problem?"

"Since Gongnan has left, Lord Ma Zheng should make a decisive decision to occupy Liyi and fight against the Shusun family! If Gong Ruomiao can do it, why can't my lord do it?"

Hou Zuo blinked, but he was noncommittal:

"This matter... still needs to be discussed in the long run!"

Shusun Noir reminded:

"Master Ma Zheng must not hesitate any longer. Once the Uncle Sun family really sends someone to take over Liyi, it will be too late for your lord to regret it!"

Hou Zuo waved his hand vigorously again, telling Uncle Sunyi to step back first.The uncle and grandson had no choice but to leave temporarily.

Hou Zuo paced back and forth. Speaking of which, it was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to occupy Lieyi.

Moreover, Uncle Sun's Ma Zhenggong left for the south, so he could just use this incident to make a fuss:
Gong Ruo despises his career, has never been half treacherous, and is wholeheartedly thinking about the people of Liyi.But in the end, he was assassinated for no reason by your uncle Sun!Is there any reason?Is there still Wang Fa?
So, speaking of it, if he really uses this to incite the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in Liyi, this is really a dream opportunity for him!
Afterwards, Hou Zuo came to the prison where Li Luo was held again, because after Li Luo said those words last time, although Hou Zuo was indecisive for a while, he still saved his life, which can be regarded as saving his life. A backhand.

Seeing that he hadn't touched him for the past few days, Li Luo knew that his mind had been shaken.

But when Hou criminal came again, Li Luo sneered and said:

"Hehe, do you want to understand, my lord?"

Hou prison raised his hand to let all the jailers leave, while he sat outside the fence and sighed:

"Nao, in your opinion, can Liyi really withstand the attack of the Uncle Sun?"

Li Na grinned and said:

"Hehe, with the current strength of the Shusun family, in terms of its money and food, only one place in Liyi takes up half of it! And my Liyi city can be said to have enough soldiers and food, and it is as solid as gold, let alone a mere Shusun family. , even if the three Huans come together, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Since ancient times, the art of defending the city has been based on deep ditches and high fortifications. Today, Liyi is one of the best cities in the world. As long as it is used properly, it can block hundreds of people! Don't you understand such a simple truth? As for whether the city of Liyi can be defended, my lord probably knows better than Luo!"

"Furthermore, if it really doesn't help, you can still turn to the outside world for help. For example, Qi State, Qi State has long wanted to intervene in our Lu State, so how can they not be indifferent?"

Hou Zuo was already hesitant, but after Li Luo said this, he couldn't help but nodded silently.

"It's not completely unreasonable for what you said. It's just that... although I am in control of the soldiers and horses in Liyi, I am afraid that the people in the city will not be stable, and the people will not have the determination to resist my uncle and grandson! What should I do? ?”

But Li Na sneered again and said:

"What's so difficult about this? Over the years, the people in Liyi have only known the public but not the Uncle Sun. As long as they spread the news, it is the Uncle Sun who tolerates the public and deliberately makes people kill him. But the Uncle Sun Zhou Qiu is also mean, if he is allowed to take over Liyi, he will definitely increase the heavy taxes on the people in the city, and then the life of the people in Liyi will only become more and more difficult!"

"Gong Ruomiao has treated the people of Liyi fairly well these years, and even reduced the tributes that should be paid to the Uncle Sun for the people every year. In fact, what the people are most afraid of is these exorbitant taxes. My lord As long as this remark is spread, the army and people of Liyi will definitely unite together and resist the Uncle Sun clan together with the adults!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Criminal couldn't help but slowly nodded in appreciation and said:

"Well, this plan is really great!"

Li Luo's words immediately made Hou Zuo make up his mind to occupy Liyi and rebel against his uncle Sun!

Then, he released Li Nao to spread the news on his behalf.

And after receiving the news, the common people, as expected by Li Luo, were full of hatred for the uncle Sun family, and then supported Hou Zuo.

For a while, all the people in Lieyi could be described as having the same hatred.

Shusun Zhouchou, who was far away in Qufu, was furious when he heard the news of Hou's rebellion, and immediately ordered his uncle's army to attack Liyi together!
However, what Shusun Zhouchou didn't expect was that there were deep ditches and high fortifications in Liyi, and the soldiers and civilians were fighting against each other. After Gongnan left, Shusun Zhouchou had few people around him, so he was naturally no match for the defenders of Liyi. military!
Uncle Sun Zhouqiu learned that the front line could not win, so he could only find Sikou Kongqiu and tell him the whole story.

When Confucius heard this, he couldn't help being secretly happy. He knew that during this period of time, everything that Li Ran planned behind him had been successful!

But on the surface, Confucius still pretended to sigh and said:
"Master Shusun, Qiu has already told you before. Liyi will become a big one in the future! Looking at it now, it really is as Qiu expected!"

Shusun Zhouchou said hastily:

"Actually... Si Kou's words, the state hatred has long been engraved in my heart. But at that time, I only thought that Gong Ruomiao was about to cause disaster, but I never thought that little Ma Zheng would dare to occupy my city to cause chaos! It is really hateful! "

"And...Gongnan doesn't know why, but he just abandoned me!"

"And my ineffective elder brother is also an accomplice of the Marquis. He intends to turn against the enemy and plot against my Uncle Sun!... Hey, my Uncle Sun is in a troubled time right now!"

"I also hope that Mr. Si Kou can ignore the previous suspicions and help Zhou Qiu capture Liyi!"

Shusun Zhouchou has indeed grown up, and he has acquired many skills in speaking.

Confucius heard the words, but said:
"The matter of the uncle and grandson is the matter of the state of Lu, and the rebellion of Yiyi. Since I, Kong Qiu, have the position of the chief commander, I have no shirkable responsibility! When Qiu reports to the Ming emperor tomorrow, I will definitely be with the uncle and grandson. Discuss Liyi together!"

Uncle Sunzhou Chou heard the words, so he was relieved.

"In that case, I would like to thank Lord Si Kou!"

He knew that Lu Housong was following Kong Qiu's advice at the moment.

If Kong Qiu could "regardless of past suspicions" and "seek justice" for their uncle Sun in front of the emperor, then his uncle Sun's chances of winning would naturally be much higher!

So, with the instruction and support of Luhou Song, Kong Qiu assembled the teachers of Sanhuan, and went to ask Xingshi Xingshi for his crimes in a mighty way.

However, what no one expected was that Liyi's strength was far beyond everyone's imagination.

Confucius ordered the three armies to attack Liyi together, and they attacked several times in succession, but they all returned in vain!

And as the saying goes, one effort, then decline, three exhaustion, the teams of the Meng family and the Ji family gradually became more and more careless about this.

I just feel that this is an internal matter of Uncle Sun's after all, and they shouldn't have come here to spend so much trouble.

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Chapter 633_ This prisoner is too fierce
Shusunzhou Qiu saw that the Meng and Ji divisions were gradually retreating, and Liyi could not be attacked for a long time.

So, with a sudden change in his heart, he immediately sent someone to Qi State for help.

But Qihou Chujiu was still hesitating after receiving Shusun Zhouchou's request for help, wondering whether he should send troops to help.

He let the envoy of Uncle Sun Zhouqiu retreat first, and then asked Tian Qi beside him:

"Tian Qing, what do you think of this matter?"

Tian Qi said immediately:
"Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity! The city wall of Liyi is tall and strong. If we can take it as our own... we can use it to push into the Central Plains!"

Qihou Chujiu slanted his eyes and said:
"Tian Qing, some time ago, Yang Hu proposed to destroy Lu, but you and Bao Guo strongly opposed it. Why do you think so now?"

Tian Qi smiled slightly, and said:
"Hehe, at this time and at that time! It was impossible to destroy Lu before, because if it were to destroy Lu, the hearts of the princes of the world would be chilled! But now, it is the country of Lu who begs me, so I should do it!"

"Besides, the state of Lu has Kong Qiu in charge now, and he may become the second Cao GUI of the state of Lu! Does your lord hope that there will be a powerful state of Lu next to him? If this is the case, won't it become my state of Qi? Serious trouble?!"

When Qihou Chujiu heard the words, he couldn't help but nodded in agreement there.

And Tian Qi continued to say:
"Your Majesty, you can send troops to help the Unclesun Clan capture Liyi! When our Qi army enters the city, we can use excuses to refuse to return it, and station troops here to take it forcibly! Lu Guoshusun Clan will definitely not Dare to speak!"

After hearing this, Qihou Chujiu stroked his gray beard again, nodded again and said:

"Okay! Tian Qing's plan is very clever! Let's follow this plan!"

After Tian Qi came down to court, he returned to his own mansion.

Shu Niu hurried forward to greet him, while Tian Qi talked about the affairs of the court, Shu Niu thought for a while, and then said:
"My lord, Gong Ruo Miao was carefully cultivated by us, but he was indecisive and killed by others. What a pity! Fortunately, Liyi has not lost his hand, otherwise, the things that have been planned in Liyi these years would have been lost. But it’s all in vain.”

Tian Qi nodded and said:
"That's right, that's why I have already advised you to assist the Uncle Sun's to attack Liyi, and then let me take charge of Liyi with an excuse!"

Hearing this, Shu Niu couldn't help praising:
"My lord is wise, this plan is really great!"

Afterwards, Tian Qi sighed again, and said:

"Before, Gong Ruomiao was too cautious, so that he was killed in the end. But now... what is the origin of this prisoner?"

In fact, although Shuniu knew something about the situation in the world, he didn't know much about Hou Zuo. He only knew that he was now in control of Liyi as Ma Zheng in Liyi.

Hearing this, Tian Qi couldn't help but smile:
"This son is quite courageous, but Lieyi is an isolated city after all, how long can it last? It will be a matter of time before we invade Lieyi!"

Shu Niu echoed:
"Hehe, what your lord said is true!"

……

Therefore, under the persuasion of his uncle Sun, the state of Qi also sent [-] troops to approach Liyi.

However, to Tian Qi's surprise, the [-] troops he sent to assist the Lu divisions in attacking Liyi, even after several days of continuous attack, they still couldn't take it down!
Just because of this move, the soldiers and civilians in Liyi were even more agitated.Moreover, Hou Zuo is really a fierce general, facing the two-line double-team of Qi Guo and Lu Guo, he was able to take him down abruptly!

Tens of thousands of troops besieged a city, but they were still unable to attack it for a long time, which made Shusun Zhouchou helpless.

But the Ji family and the Meng family, including Qi Guo, naturally would not choose to work hard in Liyi after seeing this situation.

For them, it is great to succeed, but if they fail, not only will they lose face, but they will also lose a lot of people, which is really not worth the loss for them.

Especially for the Ji family and the Meng family, when they see the current predicament of the uncle Sun family, how can they not think that they are actually suffering from elbow and armpits?
Therefore, they were even more afraid to work hard in Liyi, and only wanted to preserve their strength as much as possible.

As a result, the three armies could not be united, and the hope of attacking Liyi from the front became increasingly slim.

……

In fact, it wasn't just Uncle Sun who was really embarrassed.

So why not Confucius?When he found Li Ran, he couldn't help but sighed and said:
"Gongong, I never expected... a mere Liyi is so difficult to take down! I thought that Gong Ruomiao was dead, and the marquis would not be a great weapon, but how could... this person is so capable!"

Li Ran couldn't help but heaved a long sigh after hearing what Kong Qiu said:
"Hey, if Changqing is here, why are you in such a mess?"

Li Ran had made countless calculations, but he really did not expect that this Hou Zuo was also a good defender.

"This lord, Ruomiao, has occupied Liyi for ten years! It's not for making meritorious deeds, but for defending! This Liyi can be said to be as solid as gold!"

"My original plan was to kill Gong Ruomiao by the Ji Nao recommended by Guan Cong, and then encourage him to rebel in Lieyi. The purpose was to let the Meng family and the Ji family take a good look at it. , What is the trend of 'the tail is too big to drop'!"

"It's just that I never thought that this prisoner... is actually such a good defender!"

Kong Qiu asked in a low voice, not without confusion:
"He is just Ma Zheng, how can he have such great ability to make all the soldiers and civilians obey him?"

Li Ran replied:
"As Ma Zheng, Marquis is already an important position in the army, so it is understandable to control the army. As for the people in the city, I am afraid it has something to do with the rumors of the collection of taxes. It is only because when Gong Ruomiao was sitting in Liyi, the people paid a lot of money. It’s light, because the people in Liyi only know the public, but don’t know the uncles and grandchildren. I’m afraid Hou Zuo took advantage of this and made them all rise up to resist!”

"And the most important thing right now is to capture Liyi at the lowest price! Moreover, we must not let Qi get involved, otherwise, we may end up making a wedding dress for Tian Qi instead!"

Confucius said again:

"It's just... Now that Liyi is as solid as gold, what should I do?! Moreover, the Ji family and the Meng family seem to have the intention to withdraw their troops..."

Li Ran habitually rubbed his clothes with his index finger and thumb, and replied:
"The Ji family and the Meng family are unwilling to do their best. This is expected, and it's not something to worry about. It's just... the state of Qi is also involved now, and I'm a little worried about it..."

"If Qi State invades Liyi and refuses to retreat, then Lu will lose Liyi in vain? At that time, the disaster of Sanyi will not be comparable!"

"At present, our morale is low, our troops are insufficient, and we don't have a handsome man like Changqing to sit in command. If we want to forcefully attack Liyi with the strength of the army, I am afraid it will not be possible. For the current plan, the only way is to attack from the inside Only by finding some clues can it be disintegrated!"

When Confucius heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked:

"Oh? Could it be that benefactor has already made up his mind?"

Li Ran only said indifferently:
"There is a way, maybe you can give it a try! I want to meet someone. After I have met this person, I will come to discuss with Zhongni at that time!"

……

After Li Ran sent Kong Qiu away, Gong Eryue also came over and asked:

"Sir, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Li Ran is not wary of Gong Eryue now, but he doesn't like to talk too much about these government affairs with her.

Therefore, Li Ran just replied to her:

"Well, I did encounter some difficulties. Since Yue is fine, just follow me to see someone!"

After Li Ran finished speaking, he went out first.And Gong Eryue didn't ask any more questions, just followed behind with her sword in her hand.

Li Ran went out of Xinglin, but he did not enter the city. Instead, he walked around the moat of Qufu for almost half a circle, and then stopped outside a thatched hut in the suburbs.

I saw a man dressed as an old farmer digging in the yard at this time, Li Ran said loudly:
"I'm Li Ziming, I'm here to pay a visit to Li Chi, a craftsman in Liyi!"

The old farmer looked up, but ignored him. Li Ran was not embarrassed when he saw this, and said:
"It was Guan Ziyu who came here to meet Your Excellency!"

Hearing this, the old farmer slowly put down his hoe, cupped his hands and said:
"Come in and talk..."

So, Gong Eryue stepped forward and pushed open the fence door, while Li Ran walked in.

The old farmer led Li Ran and Gong Eryue into the hut. After the three sat down, the old farmer said:

"Sichi, engineer of Liyi, met Mr. Ziming!"

(End of this chapter)