Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 445 Thank You, General Zhou

In fact, Tian Heng can also directly support Tian Rong's son Tian Guang as the king of Qi after raising troops, as in history, and then, as Tian Guang's uncle, actually control the power of Qi.

But there is no way. Unlike in history, Tian Jia, who received strong support from the Western Chu Army, secured his position as the King of Qi. The powerful Zhang Er, because Tian Jia once led the army to rescue the country of Zhao, has a very close relationship with Tian Jia. He may send troops to help Tian Jia at any time. He knows that he can't fight so many warlords with heavy troops. Heng Ye had no choice but to hide his ambitions and obediently lived in seclusion in the Chengyang area. Naturally, there was no way to directly support his nephew Tian Guang as King of Qi like in history.

The birth of the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army rekindled Tian Heng's hope, but to Tian Heng's surprise and disappointment, just as he was gearing up for the opportunity, the secret envoy of the Han Army took the initiative to find him, but only He was given the position of an empty general without even mentioning about King Qi. Disappointed, Tian Heng not only flatly rejected the Han army's kind offer, but also hinted that the Han army should consider making him king .

Afterwards, the Han army never talked to Tian Heng again, and Tian Heng also understood that the Han army had never considered his intentions, and gradually died of relying on the Han army to become the king of Qi.But what surprised Tian Heng again was that due to all kinds of mistakes, the Han army on the northern front missed the best time to enter Qidi, which gave the Qidi warlord time and opportunity to regroup. The importance of Heng suddenly became prominent again. Tian Heng, who had long planned to raise troops, analyzed the overall situation and decided that the Han army on the northern front was in urgent need of his help. His younger brother Tian Ji ran to Julu to find the Han army to take advantage of the fire and rob him.

By the way, Tian Heng's scheming is more than that. If the Han army really canonized his nephew Tian Guang as king in order to make him make trouble in Tianjia's rear, Tian Heng will definitely not be in a hurry to raise troops. He will have to wait until the Han army After taking practical actions and forcing Tianjia to dispatch the main force to rescue Jibei, Tian Heng took advantage of the emptiness behind Tianjia to raise troops, and in turn used the Han army to ensure his success.

Of course, Tian Zi, who was sent by Tian Heng to Julu, did not know all the schemes of his clan brother. What Tian Zi only knew was that he not only brought a very important gift to the Han army this time, but also that the Han army who was preparing to march into Qidi The army is still in urgent need of help from his clan brothers, so after living in the post house arranged for him by the Han army, Tian Zi naturally does not have to worry about his own safety at all. What he can rest assured and bold is to enjoy the generous hospitality provided by the officials of the Han army. Another thing is to wait patiently for the Han army to give a reply.

The officials of the Han army who were in charge of receiving Tian Ji were also very enthusiastic. In addition to providing Tian Ji with good food, food and accommodation, they also specially arranged for two pretty maids to serve Tian Ji's food and daily life. After ordering, Tian Zi took the initiative to get into the bed of Tian Zi. To be able to enjoy such a service in the cold winter months, Tian Zi is of course as satisfied as he is, and in the intimacy with the two maids, he quickly put his own The purpose of the name was told to them.

Not to mention, when I woke up early in the morning, the Han army official who was in charge of the reception took the initiative to send another fifty gold, saying that it was for Tian Zi’s pocket money, and that if Tian Zi wanted to, he could walk around Julu City at will. , without any polite restraint.Tian Zi, who started the journey hard, didn't have much interest in playing, but there was no way to stay bored in the post house, and the two maids who took care of Tian Zi comfortably made a fuss for Tian Zi to take them out. So after living in the posthouse for two days, Tian Ji took the two maids out and wandered around Julu City.

Of course, Tian Zi also knew the reason why the two maids insisted on pulling him out. After visiting the largest store in Julu City, Tian Zi led them to the place where women's products were sold without any hints from the two maids. The money given to him bought two sets of beautiful clothes and some rouge and gouache for each of the two maids. In exchange, the two maids were so happy that they kissed them directly in the market, so that Tian Zi could enjoy the blessings of everyone.

"Two little beauties, are you satisfied? If you are satisfied, we should go back. It's too cold. Let's take you out for a stroll some other day."

When Tian Zi was smiling and saying this, a man next to him suddenly came up and asked with an authentic Qidi accent, "Sir, from your accent, it seems to be from Qi, right?"

"So what?" Tian Zi asked casually.

"Sure enough, you are from the same town." The man with the Qi accent laughed, and hurriedly said: "Sir, the villain is also from Qi, and he came to Julu to do business. It sounds special to hear that your accent sounds like a fellow townsman." Kind, so I take the liberty to come up and ask. Dare I ask Mr. Gao's name, where does he live in Qi State?"

Tian Zi was quite vigilant, and of course he was unwilling to answer the question raised by this stranger from Qidi. Who would have thought that a maid next to him rushed to say: "This lord is named Tian Zi, he is the queen of your Qi royal family, He is also the brother of Xiangguo Tian Rongtian, Xiangguo's former Xiangguo!"

"After our royal family in Qi? Are you a brother of Tian Xiangguo?" The Qi man was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed to Tian Zi and said, "Tang Ji, a native of Dong'an in Qi, met Tian Wangsun."

Glancing quietly at the talkative maid, Tian Zi forced a smile and said, "There is no need for a strong man to be polite, this is a foreign country, so there is no need to call him a prince."

"Necessary, necessary." The Qi native Tang Ji quickly replied, and then said: "Tian Xiangguo was unfortunately killed by Chu thieves in order to protect our Qi people. We Qi people mentioned it, which one didn't weep? Oh By the way, Tian Wangsun, I heard that Tian Xiangguo's brother, General Tian Heng, protected his son from the clutches of the Chu thieves, how are they doing now?"

"How do I know that?" Tian Zi quickly shook his head and said, "I've never met General Tian Heng, how could I know his situation?"

"My lord, aren't you sent by General Tian Heng? How can you say that you have never met General Tian Heng?" Another maid next to her asked innocently, blinking her lovely big eyes.

"Bitch!"

At this moment, Tian Zi certainly had the urge to beat the two talkative maids to death in public, but considering that trying to cover up would only expose him even more, so Tian Zi could only quickly bow to Tang Ji and said: "Tang Strong man, I have other things to do, so I will take my leave first."

After saying that, Tian Zi hurriedly pulled the two talkative maids and left, and quickly left the scene, Tian Zi secretly turned back to look at the situation behind, but saw that Tang Ji was looking at him, Tian Zi was even more distressed in his heart , I can only hurry up and leave.

The matter was not over yet, he angrily pulled the two maids back to the post house, Tian Zi, who was somewhat anti-reconnaissance common sense, looked back several times to check the situation behind, and once actually saw Tang Ji's figure suddenly disappear in the At the corner of the street, Tian Zi was even more shocked, and hurried back to the post house provided by the Han army, but when he arrived at the post house and looked back, Tian Zi was shocked again—the previous Tang season, as expected, He quickly hid at the corner of the street.

Seeing this situation, Tian Zi of course did not dare to hesitate, and immediately explained the situation to the Han army officer guarding the posthouse, and asked the Han army officer to immediately take his fellow villager for interrogation to see if he was Tianjia or Tianjiao. The eyeliner sent by Da Da.At the same time, after entering the post house, Tian Ji had to scold the two maids and drive them away from his side, not allowing them to serve him again.

Unfortunately, after a period of time, the Han army guards who went to arrest Tian Ji's hometown came back and reported that they did not find Tang Ji, the man with a Qidi accent. Secretly said: "It can't be such a coincidence, I really met the secret agent sent by Tian Jia, and besides, even if my identity is exposed, what does it matter? Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for that ordinary man to know what I am here for."

Secretly comforting himself, after sleeping alone all night, in the afternoon of the next day, Uncle Zhou suddenly sent someone to call Tian Zi to his residence, and handed over a letter he wrote to Tian Heng and a seal to Tian Heng. He said again: "General Tian, ​​I understand what you mean, but I can't help it. The matter of becoming a king is too big. Even if I have the power to make decisions on the fly, I dare not make such a big decision without authorization. So now the general can only promise to make General Tian Heng the general of our Han country, and also promise to make General Tian Heng a marquis after the matter is completed. As for who our Han king will be the king of Qi in the future, we can only ask the Han king to decide for himself. At best, the general can only say a few more good words for you."

"General Zhou, why don't you think about it again?" Tian Zi refused to give up on the temptation, and said, "It's not that Mr. Tian Guang is greedy for the throne, it's the situation of Qi State. General Zhou, you know that if there is no orthodox descendant of King Qi As a king, it is very difficult for the people of Qi to be convinced, and even if my elder brother hastily raised an incident, it would be difficult for him to call on the leaders of Qi to respond."

"There is no discussion!" Uncle Zhou flatly refused, saying: "This general is just a minister of the King of Han. It is a great crime to surpass the King of Han and become king without authorization. The king of Han has a great kindness to this general. This general must not commit such infidelity. Things!"

Seeing Uncle Zhou's resolute attitude, Tian Ji had no choice but to resign honestly with Uncle Zhou's letter in his hand, and returned to the post house where he was temporarily staying dejectedly, planning to return to Qidi to report to Tian Heng the next day.As a result, when I went back to the posthouse to read the letter written by Uncle Zhou to Tian Heng, I saw that Uncle Zhou first thanked Tian Heng in the letter, thanked Tian Heng for providing Qi military information to the Han army, and then persuaded Tian Heng to accept the Han army. The canonization of the army, first as a general of the Han army, sent troops to attack Tianjia, and then rewarded him for meritorious deeds in the future, enjoying the glory and wealth that Xiang Kang bestowed on Tian Heng.

"If you don't want to be king, you want us to raise troops, dreaming! Now Tianjia and Tianda have breathed out, and the Western Chu army may send troops to the north at any time. Without our help, let's see what you will do! Next time you want to ask us, just do it It's not so easy to talk about!"

Tian Ji muttered in his heart with great resentment, and planned to return to Qidi the next day. First, he carefully hid the letter written by Uncle Zhou to Tian Heng, and then unceremoniously drank the letter given to him by the Hanjun Posthouse. The fine wine was delivered, and because of the unhappiness in his heart, he soon got drunk and lay unconscious on the couch.

The night passed quickly, and in the early morning of the next day, Tian Zi was first woken up by the servant who delivered the food, and started to pack his luggage after breakfast, but at this moment, Tian Zi suddenly realized that something seemed wrong, and then After careful calculation, Tian Zi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, then hurriedly touched his whole body, and frantically tore apart the luggage he had just packed, shaking out other bits and pieces to search carefully, and finally he was like killing a pig He screamed, "Come on! Come on!"

Soon a servant came to wait for orders in front of Tian Ji, Tian Ji was not polite, immediately grabbed him and yelled: "Did anyone enter my room last night?"

"No." The servant asked suspiciously, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"My things are gone!" Tian Zi yelled, roaring: "The letter you General Zhou wrote to my brother is gone!"

Uncle Zhou's autographed letter with confidentiality was lost in the posthouse. Of course, this matter is not a joke, so soon, the whole posthouse was boiling, and almost everyone hurried over to help Tian Ji find the deadly letter. Then I really discovered that there were footprints and traces of climbing on the wall in the backyard of the post house!

Of course, things got worse and worse, and soon, at the request of the anxious Tian Zi, he was brought back to Uncle Zhou again. After learning that the letter he wrote to Tian Heng was lost, Uncle Zhou was shocked. In addition, of course, he was furious and yelled at Tian Ji: "What are you doing? How can you lose such an important letter? Do you know that if this letter falls into the hands of Tian Jia In your hands, what kind of consequences will it be?!"

Of course Tian Zi knew what the consequences would be, and on the way here, Tian Zi also vaguely guessed the reason why he lost the letter, so he quickly told Uncle Zhou about the situation in Tang Ji before, and Uncle Zhou was even more shocked when he heard it. Angrily, he shouted: "Pifu, are you crazy or stupid? How can you reveal your identity and purpose in front of outsiders you don't know? Especially if that person is a businessman from all of you, you are not afraid that he is Tianjia or Tianda The secret work sent?"

"It's none of my business." Tian Zi hurriedly explained: "It was the two maids, they were quick-spoken, and told the villain's identity and origin to that poor man."

"Shut up!" Uncle Zhou roared, "At this point in the matter, you still want to shift the responsibility to us? Blame the maids for talking fast, so why did you tell them about your situation?"

Tian Zi was completely speechless, and he had to regret that he was lustful and greedy. In order to show off his prestige, he told those two evil goblins about his situation. I slapped myself twice.

Fortunately, the Mr. Uncle Sun next to him was a kind person, and he stood up and said: "General Zhou, don't worry, the letter was lost last night, even if the letter was really stolen by the thief Qi, at most it is just After sending Julu City, it is absolutely impossible to send Zhao land, we only need to seal off the border immediately, and strictly investigate the suspicious Qi people in Zhao land, and there is hope to intercept that letter."

"Block the border?" Uncle Zhou said angrily, "It's easy to say, but do you know how much business tax we will lose a day if we block the border? Also, Zhao's land is so big and the border is so long, how can we seal it all?" ?”

Tian Zi is not stupid, seeing that the matter has come to this point, he did not dare to have any hesitation, hurriedly bowed down to Uncle Zhou, nodded desperately and said: "General Zhou, it's all because of the villain, it's all because of the villain, everything is wrong." The fault of the villain! But the matter is urgent, if Tian Jiafu is really allowed to get the letter first, and send the army to catch the villain's elder brother first, the elder brother and the others will be finished! So the villain begs you, temporarily block the border, Give the villain some time, and the villain will send a letter to his brother right away, asking him to make preparations! Please! Please!"

As he said that, Tian Zi kowtowed desperately, bumping his head loudly. Fortunately, Uncle Zhou was also a kind-hearted person, so he thought for a while and said, "Get up, the seal of the General of the Han Dynasty that this General gave you, Did you lose it?"

"No, it's here with the villain." Tian Zi hurriedly showed the seal letter that Uncle Zhou gave him yesterday, and said: "Tian Jia's secret work is just stealing the letter, not the seal letter."

"Isn't that the same?" Uncle Zhou roared angrily, and wrote a warrant to Tian Zi, threw it to Tian Zi and shouted: "I'll ask someone to arrange a light car for you, and bring this seal back to Qi immediately." Land, go explain the situation to your brother and let him decide for himself! If he is willing to raise troops, I will immediately send troops to the east after receiving the news to help him share the pressure. If he is not willing, you can figure out your own way! I am here Seal the border and try to buy you time!"

"Thank you General Zhou, thank you General Zhou, I'll go back soon, I'll go back soon." Tian Zi hurriedly thanked him, picked up the warrant thrown by Uncle Zhou, and said goodbye.

"Wait! There is one more thing!" Uncle Zhou shouted again suddenly: "Remember, tell your elder brother Tian Heng clearly, and say that without the consent of our King of Han, don't fight any more and then make his nephew the king of Qi first. ! If the King of Han disagrees, not only will we not recognize the King of Qi you supported, we will not give you any assistance, and maybe we may send troops to attack you! Do you understand?!"

Tian Di cried and sang promises, and then hurriedly followed Uncle Zhou's guards down and set off in a car, and rushed back to Qidi to report to Tian Heng at the fastest speed. At the checkpoint, the guarding Han army temporarily blocked the road, and ordered the Han army to step up their investigation of suspicious Qi people in Zhao's territory, and try their best to recover the lost letter.

Let's take a look at the situation on Tian Zi's side. After flying all the way to the border of Zhao with the light vehicle of the Han army, Tian Zi thanked the guards of the Han army who sent him here, and then hurriedly took Tian Heng to cross the border. The fake route given to him led him across the river to return to Qi, and the result was not bad. With the help of the real route of Qi State provided by the Tian clan for Tian Zi, the soldiers of the Jibei Army who are currently asking for Qi State did not dare to deliberately make things difficult for Tian Tian Zi passed the checkpoint without even searching, and then Tian Zi crossed Jibei along the Chi Road. It took less than ten days to return from Julu to Chengyang on the seashore. I met Tian Heng and Tian Guang, who were looking forward to here.

There is no need to describe the situation in detail. In short, just after seeing Tian Heng, Tian Ji immediately knelt down on his knees, and told Tian Heng the situation of the envoy carefully with his nose and tears, and then there was no need to say more , I heard that it was his clan brother who made a mistake, which led to Tianjia people knowing that he was preparing to rebel. Of course, Tian Heng kicked Tian Zi to the ground, and roared far more angrily than Uncle Zhou. : "Every man, ruin my big business!"

No matter how angry you are, it's useless. At this point, if Tian Heng and the others still want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, they are obviously looking for death. After discussions with his confidantes Tian Guang, Tian Ji and others, Tian Heng, who had nowhere to retreat, could only be forced to decide to take action immediately, and first pull up the army to protect himself.

At this time, what kind of flag to use to raise the issue has of course become an important issue, although Tian Heng, Tian Ji and Tian Guang and others all hoped to re-raise the flag of Qi to raise troops, and at the same time they took the lead in supporting Tian Guang as the king of Qi and cooked the raw rice first Let’s talk about the maturity, but considering Uncle Zhou’s warning and threat, Tian Heng and the others dare not make up their minds—after all, without the recognition and support of the Han army, Tian Heng and the others would not be able to fight Tian anyway. The fake soldiers of the whole country, as well as the Jibei Army and Western Chu Army behind Tianjia.

After thinking about it for a long time, and repeatedly calculating the pros and cons for most of the day, Tian Heng shook his head helplessly, and said: "Forget it, let's fight under the banner of the Han country first, first follow the Han thieves, win their support, and then Then find a way to solve the problem of King Qi slowly. Otherwise, the Han thief only needs to come and stand still, and we will never succeed."

In this way, with the Han army's Northern Front Corps going eastward, the Qi State, which was originally in a stable situation, suddenly caught fire in the backyard. After receiving the news, Xiang Yufeng's Qi Wang Tianjia had no choice, and he shouted decisively: "If you fight against the outside world, you must first secure the inside! First deal with Tian Heng, the traitor! Send troops immediately, and capture this traitor for me. The car was split in half!"

(End of this chapter)