After Confucius finished speaking, everyone present fell silent, and the court was silent.

Ji Huanzi saw that there was still no one to make a new suggestion, so he announced the adjournment. Sanhuan got together and held a closed-door meeting. Ji Huanzi hoped to take the opportunity to get rid of Fei Yi Yi Zaigongshan Bufu, and Shusun Zhou Qiu hoped that Ji Huanzi would even kill the traitors of the Shusun clan, Gongshan's unscrupulous comrades, and Shusun Fu. Among the three, only the Meng family has been peaceful and tranquil for several generations: the current Gong Zai Yang is infinitely loyal to the family; Gong Yiyang left his two favorite sons with Meng Yizi; The two of them are nominally serving their masters, but they are actually hostages handed over to their masters by Gong Jiyang.

Therefore, Ji Huanzi and Meng Yizi both agreed with Confucius's plan, and although Meng Yizi was a nobleman, he had to obey the decision of the majority.

When the court meeting continued, Meng Yizi agreed to reduce the height of the city wall on behalf of Sanhuan, and this event is known as the "fall of the three capitals".

Shusun Zhouqiu was the most active, and he ordered Sichi (who had already risen to the rank of Yiyi Zai) to build several huge movable gantries and hung a heavy hammer made of huge stones in the middle of the beams, and used a large number of people to pull the hammer high through ropes and hit the city wall. The mission of destroying the city was completed in less than a month.

Let's talk about the Ji Sun side. Ji Huanzi's Zongyi is Feiyi, Feiyi's Yizai is Gongshan Bufu, and Sima is his uncle and grandson. As mentioned earlier, these two were originally careerists who were dissatisfied with reality; The two had formed an alliance with Yang Hu, preparing to defeat Sanhuan together and replace him. It was only because Yang Hu failed to murder Ji Huanzi that the two braked in time and did not reveal their identities.

In the past three years, Gongshan's unbridled ambition has not only not disappeared, but has swelled even more.

Ji Huanzi has always suspected him of bad intentions, but Gongshan disguised himself perfectly, and he didn't show a clue; He also put Fei Yi in good order, so that the people lived in peace and prosperity, and the Fei people from top to bottom did not fail to praise him. Although these circumstances did not change Ji Huanzi's plans, they also made him unable to find a reason not to attack Gongshan.

Ji Huanzi had to put on a gentle and trusting face towards Gongshan Buxuan, but the more gentle he behaved, the more uneasy Gongshan Buxuan became. In fact, as early as when Hou launched a rebellion, Gongshan Buwu was ready to respond to his actions; However, because the Hou prisoner was defeated too quickly, the Lu State did not experience the pain of rebellion again.

Ji Huanzi didn't believe that Gongshan Bufu would obey and carry out the order of "Falling Sandu" like a belt, so he recruited an army from the outskirts of Qufu and ordered Zilu to lead the army to carry out the mission.

This move was clearly not ruthless to Gongshan, so it greatly stimulated Gongshan's nerves and made him feel a huge threat. Uncle Sun Yan said: "Zhong's origin is menacing, which means that the Ji family is finally going to do something to us!" If you don't attack first, you and I won't be able to save our lives! ”

Gongshan agreed, and he was ready to start arranging the defense. "Passive defense is not the way to win, but only by taking the initiative to attack can we take the lead. Now that Sanhuan is busy falling to Sandu, the Ji clan has transferred the army on the outskirts of Qufu again, and the city must be empty. We might as well avoid the real and attack the false, make a detour into the capital, and take over the Ji family and the Shusun family! ”

The plan to raid Qufu was adopted, and Shusun Yan immediately recruited a local army, and the two led the army to avoid Zilu's march route and go straight to the capital Qufu.

When the rebels broke into the city gates, the people of Qufu were so frightened that they went crazy, and they had no idea where this menacing group of fierce gods and evil men came from; I don't understand why Sanhuan wanted to eliminate the Zongyi Rebellion, but in the end, he brought the turmoil to the capital.

The countrymen scattered and fled, and soon there was no sign of civilians on the streets. The rebels rushed straight to the palace city, but they saw that the palace gate was wide open, and there was not a single soldier in sight. The rebels broke into the palace and found that the slaves had also run away, leaving only some ministers and palace maids hiding everywhere and shivering.

Gongshan Bufu grabbed a few ministers for interrogation, only to learn that Lu Dinggong, Sanhuan and Confucius had fled into Ji Huanzi's house under the protection of the palace guards, and he immediately led the army to attack Ji Huanzi.

In the Ji family's mansion, Ji Huanzi had already invited Lu Dinggong to Wuzitai, and he and the captain of the palace guard arranged defenses under the stage. Gong Jia and Clan Jia ran around, bumping into each other and pushing from time to time, and the order was very chaotic. The lookout suddenly and violently knocked on Jin Duo, pointed ahead and shouted hoarsely: "The rebels are coming!" ”

Soon after the words fell, the attackers shouted and swarmed in. The defenders hurriedly fired two rounds of arrows, but to no avail, and the gate fell instantly. The defenders drew their swords and swung their swords and retreated, but due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, the sergeants had to retreat to the Wuzitai.

During his lifetime, Ji Wuzi built a high platform in his home for feasting, lookout, and defense, and the high platform was named "Wuzitai" after his death. Nineteen years ago, Lu Zhaogong led the army to attack Ji Pingzi, and Ji Pingzi hid on Wuzitai to avoid being killed. Ji Pingzi still had palpitations after escaping, he felt that Wuzitai was still not tall enough, so he spent a lot of effort to expand and heighten it, and Wuzitai became what it is today.

Today's Wuzitai can accommodate 300 people, and is always equipped with a large number of bows and arrows, spears, shields, and armor. Defenders shoot arrows and throw spears from a high position, which can inflict a lot of damage on attackers.

Gongshan knew that success or failure was here, and although he knew that the charge would cause heavy casualties, he still desperately ordered his soldiers to rush forward (he had no other feasible way), and tried to capture Lu Zhaogong and Sanhuan before the whole army was annihilated.

The armorers began to charge with their shields raised, and the archers in the audience fired from their backs to provide cover for their companions. Suddenly, a few arrows from the ground hit several guards beside Lu Dinggong, although the strength was not large, but it still caused a lot of panic. At the critical moment, Confucius immediately ordered two centurions, Shen Jusu and Le Qi, to lead the soldiers to attack downward, and said: "If any more arrows are fired at the prince's side, you two know how to apologize!" If the two of you can expel the enemy, I will ask the prince to promote the two to the rank of doctor! ”

The two of them were immediately arrogant, and rushed down with the soldiers. At this time, the stragglers scattered near the Ji Clan's Mansion and the in-office also regrouped and attacked from behind the rebels; The actions of those men set an example, and the armed men of other families and countrymen also rushed to the aid of the office.

Seeing that the victory had come to naught, Gongshan had to retreat while fighting, and finally fled out of the city gate in embarrassment. The army and the people of the public office were not as "polite" to him as they were to Yang Hu, and they chased him for ten miles before stopping. Gongshan Buwu and his uncle and grandson kept fleeing into Pingyin City, and at this time, there were less than one-tenth of the followers around them.

On Feiyi's side, Zilu didn't make much effort to flatten Feiyi's city walls.

The last one is Meng's Yiyi. As soon as Meng Yizi's order about the fallen city arrived in Yiyi, Gong Yiyang disguised himself as a coolie and rushed to Qufu in the starry night. When he saw Meng Yizi, he expressed his resolute opposition to his order.