Lu Jia was tied his hands and knelt on the edge of the big ding, he could feel its hot breath, and his forehead was sweating!

The shape of this big copper tripod in front of you is a round mouth and square lip, a round bottom of the belly, three hooves and feet, two ears attached to the side of the neck, the outer wall of the tripod belly is decorated with a sun pattern, the root of the foot is decorated with a relief animal face pattern, the firewood is constantly burning under it, and the water is boiling so much that it wants to overflow.

Don't ask him why he's watching so closely, because this could well be his burial place!

Things have to start from half a month ago, in early August, Lu Jia returned to Bazhong from Zigui, and began to work with Danhu to gather the warriors and servants of the Ba clan, and encourage the Ba tribes along the river to join the Northern Expeditionary Army.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo had also joined forces with Wu Chen, plus the Ba warriors recruited by Lu Jia, to 20,000 people.

The general Feng Zheng also had 20,000 people, but this person was cautious, and the northern soldiers were not accustomed to the Bashu climate, and there were many sick people, so they withdrew their troops to Jiangzhou County, and the Northern Expeditionary Army took the opportunity to reoccupy Tong County, the two sides were separated by two hundred miles, confronted each other for half a month, and fought several times, but they could not achieve victory.

Zhao Tuo, Wu Chen, and Lu Jia thought that as far as the situation in Bashu was concerned, it was even worse for the Northern Expeditionary Army, because they were flowing into Bashu in reverse, and the rear was full of mountains and rivers and gorges, and the food they could obtain was limited.

Feng Zai had no such worries, the rich Chengdu Plain was behind him, and the Shu County Shouchang could continuously provide Feng Zao with military rations, which was enough to support him through the autumn and winter.

"In the long run, in the battle between Pakistan and China, the Northern Expeditionary Army will be defeated!"

The three disagreed on how to resolve the matter.

Zhao Tuo, the "deputy commander" of the Northern Expeditionary Army, thought that more Ba people should be recruited and directly launched a strong attack on Jiangzhou.

Wu Chen thought that he should bypass Jiangzhou, return to Quren County (Wanzhou District, Chongqing) upstream, take the trail of Bashi Dansha, directly attack Danqu County (Qu County, Sichuan), mobilize the local Cóng people, and then follow the Micang Road, cross Daba Mountain, and attack Hanzhong County!

Zhao Tuo disagreed: "Micang Road is narrow, if the Guanzhong soldiers go south, and Feng Zheng and the Shu soldiers go north, our army will be attacked from both sides, and I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated in Bazhong!" ”

Zhao Tuo had the right to command, and Wu Chen's strategy was indeed too risky, and at this time, Lu Jia received a secret letter from the Marquis of Wu Zhong......

The letter said that the situation in Jianghan was that the northern and southern armies were still facing each other, and there was no winner or loser, but the northern army was relatively large, so Heifu urgently needed two partial divisions on the left and right to open up the situation.

He directly appointed Lu Jia as the "Ba County Shou", and at the same time made him enter Shu to lobby Chang Jun!

Two thousand stone of clothes and ribbons smashed on Lu Jia's head, shocking his scalp numb, two years ago was still the head of the cloth, but suddenly became a minister, this leap made him feel greatly moved, although he knew that this was dangerous, but Lu Jia still gritted his teeth, with ten people, took the mountain road to cross the battlefield of the confrontation between the two armies, and entered Shu County.

After entering the jurisdiction of Shu County, he went directly to Jiangyang County (Luzhou City, Sichuan) - this Jiangyang County Commander was Chang Yuan's nephew, and he was secretly escorted by him, and after more than ten days of trekking, he came to Chengdu City and met Chang Xian.

Jiangyang's Chang County Order did not execute Lu Jia as soon as possible, but sent him to Chengdu, which made Lu Jia see a hope of successful lobbying, but who expected, as soon as Chang Qifu met, without waiting for Lu Jia to speak, the fat county guard talked about the way of food, and then tied up Lu Jia, moved to Dading, and wanted to cook him......

Seeing that the county soldiers and servants had lifted Lu Jia up and was about to throw him into the boiling Dingzhong, his mind was blank, and he couldn't speak for a while.

"Shi Qi said that if it is done, it will be fine, and if it is not done, it will be cooked, is it the same for me?"

But between this line of life and death, Chang Qi shouted to stop and said happily:

"Second and third sons, this Confucian student, can he be incontinent?"

The subordinate touched Lu Jia and said with a smile: "Jun Jun, although he is fighting in two ways, he has never been incontinent. ”

Lu Jia reacted immediately, Chang Qi was scaring himself, his brain was spinning rapidly, and he laughed:

"Chang Junshou, you can't help but underestimate the reader!"

"Lu Jia Benhuai Nanbu Yi, he can't eat Ding in life, but he has to cook Ding in death, which is also comforting, why be afraid? It's a pity ......"

"Life is not food, death is cooking...... You also have the courage of a stone beggar, you are a strong man, let him down, by the way, you just said, what is the pity? ”

Chang Qian asked Lu Jia to put him down, but he was really acting, but he didn't have the determination to kill Lu Jia.

Lu Jia took a few deep breaths, only to feel sweaty, but did not delay the words in his mouth at all: "I'm just a pity, Changjun guards his day, I'm afraid I will be cooked by this ding!" ”

"Bold!"

The left and right wanted to teach Lu Jia a lesson, but Chang Qian stopped them and asked slowly, "Why?" ”

Lu Jia was still tied up, and he couldn't do anything, so he could only bow his head slightly: "Dare to ask Chang Junshou, do you know where the world is?" Now that the country is divided into north and south, which is stronger and which is weaker? ”

Chang Jun said as a matter of course: "Naturally, the north is strong and the south is weak." ”

"The north is the Great Qin court, and the first emperor ordered the second emperor to succeed to the throne, which is justified. Nan is a traitor, and Heifu betrays the trust of the first emperor and supports the army to rebel. In terms of fame and morality, the south alone has fallen behind, and this way is also victorious. ”

"The land and sea of Guanzhong, the country of the four stops, holding hundreds of thousands of halberds, three years of food, many generals, can be attacked, retreat can be defended. The north is consumed, and the south can also be consumed, and this momentum is also victorious. ”

"Now the Marquis of Tongwu has led an army of 200,000 to Jianghan in the south, and as far as I know, Heifu has only 100,000 troops under his command, and he is divided into troops to defend it, and this army is victorious."

Chang Jun said: "In my opinion, at most next year, the rebellion in the south will soon be quelled, and then the rebel party will probably follow in your footsteps and be cooked one after another, Mr. Lu, you will not be alone!" ”

Lu Jia shook his head and said, "Chang Junshou, you are very wrong. ”

"There is a name for appeasement in the south, and there is an edict with clothes and belts, and the Marquis of Wuzhong can't bear to be disobedient to his son, reviving Yunmeng, and mourning for the first emperor, which is the first in the world. Wuchang Shouyi, Jingzhou gathered to respond, but in a few months, it has taken eleven counties, and half of Chen and Ba, together with twelve counties! ”

"The world is divided into four points, and Marquis Wuzhong gets one point!"

"In a few months, it is really amazing to be able to go down to more than ten counties." Chang Qian bowed his head slightly and motioned to his subordinates: "Loosen the tie for Mr. Lu." ”

Lu Jia was tied for a long time, his hands were numb, and he was finally able to untie them, rubbing his arms and saying:

"Secondly, although Guanzhong has the victory of the terrain, but the geographical advantages are not as good as the people, Hu Hai does not care about the people's strength, exhausts the abyss and fishes, the battle of Lishan has not stopped, hundreds of thousands of people work hard all day long, and they are wantonly conscripted, 200,000 people are filled into the army as people's husbands, and Guanzhong is tired."

"At the beginning of the usurpation, although Hu Hai claimed to emulate the Marquis of Wuzhong, rent reduction and tax exemption, but now he has exposed his true nature, around the autumn, and levied a few mouths, backsliding, the people hated it deeply, because the mouths were too frequent, the people died and hanged, Chang Junshou has heard such a ballad in Guanzhong?"

Chang Qian touched his chin and didn't answer, Lu Jia raised his head and read the ballad out loud:

"If you don't wash the water, your mouth will be raised!"

"I dare to say that if the Northern Expeditionary Army enters Guanzhong at this time, the head of Guanzhong will definitely turn against each other and carry a pot and pulp to greet him!"

"In addition, Changjun Shouying has heard that the hometown of the Six Kingdoms, the bandits are rampant, the Xiang clan has restored the Chu State, the Liang, Chen, and Qi lands have also become chaotic, and the robbers are advancing westward day by day, and soon the Kwantung will rebel against the imperial court, and the robbers of the Six Kingdoms will come to Hangu, and at that time, will the north still be victorious?"

"What the gentleman said is true." Chang Qian sighed: "Give Mr. Lu a seat!" ”

The subordinate threw a straw mat on the ground, and Lu Jia didn't dislike it, knelt down and sat down, and gestured to Chang Qi:

"Chang Jun Shou thinks that Wang Ben will win? In fact, it is not, although Wang Ben's soldiers are numerous, they have been blocked in Hanbei for three months, and if they want to fight, they cannot win, and they can't attack the city, and they can't transfer grain thousands of miles away, Yingchuan and Sanchuan not only have to face the harm of the six countries of bandits, but also the Northern Expeditionary Army Han Xin's attack and harassment, the people are tired and old, and the morale has declined, so they can only stalemate, waiting for several other partial divisions. ”

"But Changjun Shouying already knew that Feng Zheng was cowardly, and he had no boats, so he didn't dare to go east, but was blocked by Zhao Tuo and Wu Chen's troops in Jiangzhou, and he had to rely on the support of Shu County to stabilize the situation, and he couldn't attack Nanjun with Wang Ben at all."

"As for the soldiers of Suixian, they have also fallen into an ambush, and they have retreated to the Tang Dynasty for the defeat of Dongmen Leopard and Ji Yingbu, and they have not been able to enter, and Wang Ben's outflanking has failed."

"The Northern Expeditionary Army is not, Jianghan grain and grass are close at hand, Xiaohe County guards day and night with military rations to the north, in order to supply Wuzhong Hou, deep ditch barriers, and guards the fortress, so that the northern army is getting more and more tired, and the food is difficult to sustain, but the southern army is full of food all day long, waiting for work. After the winter, Wang Ben will not be able to attack if he advances, and he will not be able to solve it if he retreats, and he will be defeated! Therefore, it is said that the northern soldiers are not enough. ”

Chang Qi sneered: "Wang Ben is not enough? If that's the case, you won't come to Shu to lobby me. ”

Lu Jia admitted: "Indeed, although it drags on, the south will win the north, but Marquis Wu Zhong can't bear to let the world go on any longer, so that the thieves of the six countries can get cheap, but they will break the Hangu first, so they sent me to Shu to meet Chang Junshou." ”

"The situation in this world is already very clear, if the north and the south cannot distinguish the winner for a long time, the blood of the soldiers of the north and south of the Great Qin will be shed in the end, and the Qin Sheji will die in the remnants of the six countries."

"If we can end this battle as soon as possible, unify the north with the south, Marquis Wuzhong will enter Xianyang, and set up a new monarch, we can work together to deal with the bandits in the east, follow the cause of the first emperor, and let Daqin rule the world again!"

Lu Jiabai fell to the ground: "Whether you are a sinner of the ages of Great Qin, or a nobleman and a prince and general who reinvents the world, they are all in Shu County, and they are all in Chang County!" ”

Chang Qi got up and hesitated: "You Confucian student, to put it mildly, you still want to lure me to rebel against the imperial court, the old man has guarded the border for the country for more than ten years, governing the traitors, soothing the Qiang, repairing the five-foot road, and opening the southwest Yi, although it is not a big deal, it can also be famous in the annals of history, how can you destroy the name behind me because of a few words from you......"

While speaking, he pointed to Lu Jia: "Change him into a soft couch." ”

Lu Jia touched the soft couch under his knees, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart.

He knew that Chang Qian was about to be moved, so he laughed and said:

"Changjun Shou, Changjun Shou, you don't know, Jun Zi is a loyal minister of Great Qin, but in the eyes of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, you are actually no different from Meng Tian and Zhang Han!"

"If you don't take the lead in taking action, with Hu Hai's secret edict in your arms, and the messenger with the wine in your hand, I'm afraid you will enter Shu!"