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Chapter 25 The decisive battle in Fengzhou (9)

After Zhao Ji was captured, he was arranged alone in a quiet small courtyard. He took off his armor and changed into a green round-necked robe. If it weren't for a small scar on his face and the cold light that flashed from his eyes inadvertently, he wouldn't look like a military officer at all.

Zhao Ji stood in the yard and looked up at the sky. The stars in the sky were still so dazzling and beautiful, no different from the sky yesterday. However, one day, the wind and clouds changed, things changed, and people changed. Yesterday's majestic judge, the judge of Observation, has become a prisoner under the ranks today.

Zhao Jixun sighed secretly when he thought of Han Jixun who committed suicide. Zhao Jixun knew why Han Jixun wanted to commit suicide. The experience of the entire Shu general Zhang Cun in Huangniu Village made the generals of Shu army shudder. Han Jixun, like Zhang Cun, had the entire clan in Chengdu Prefecture. In order not to implicate the clan members, Han Jixun had no choice but to commit suicide.

Zhao Ji was a native of Qinzhou, so he was not worried about his clan members being implicated. Thinking of the intrigue of powerful ministers in the court, the government was corrupt, and the government was getting worse and worse. Zhao Ji felt the current affairs and whispered to Li Shangyin's "Choubiyi": "The ape and birds are suspected of fearing the book, and the storm is the custody of the storm. The successor general waved the magic pen, and finally saw the surrendered king passing the car. The talented wind music is really not arrogant, and Guan and Zhang are lifeless. What is the desire for life? In the Jinli Temple, Liang Wen chanted it more than enough."

As soon as Hou Dayong and Shi Hu arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they heard Zhao Ji listening to poems. Hou Dayong held Shi Hu and entered the courtyard after Zhao Ji finished speaking. Hou Dayong only likes frontier poems. Except for the poems he learned during his school years, he did not know that Zhao Ji was listening to Li Shangyin's poems, but he just listened to his high and low sighs, and he felt very unfulfilled with ambitions.

Hou Dayong said: "It's really not awesome to say that you have talent in wind music. Guan and Zhang have no life. General Zhao is a native of Qinzhou. Qinzhou was originally the former land of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now he has returned to the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has made some achievements, so there is no need to sigh that he is unable to fulfill his ambitions."

Zhao Ji looked up at Hou Dayong and Shi Hu, then lowered his head, still with a cold expression and silent.

Shi Hu thought Zhao Ji did not recognize Hou Dayong and said, "This is the vanguard of the Great Zhou army and the Zhengzhou defense envoy General Hou."

Zhao Ji didn't seem to hear Shi Hu talking, and turned his head and walked into the house.

Seeing Zhao Ji's attitude, Shi Hu became angry and said, "Come here for me, a surrendered general, why are you going to do anything?"

Zhao Ji turned around, glanced at Shi Hu with contemptuous eyes, walked into the room, and thorned on the bed.

At that time, the regime changed like a lantern. It was common for border generals to surrender if they could not win. For them, it was just a change of master. Zhao Jixun chose to surrender on the battlefield at that time. One was because Han Jixun ordered to surrender; the other was because he was not burdened by his family; but the more important reason was because he was for the lives of hundreds of Shu soldiers. According to the circumstances at that time, if he did not surrender and led the Shu soldiers to continue fighting, there was only one ending, that is, the entire army was destroyed. Zhao Jixun really did not want all Shu soldiers to die, so he put down his weapons.

After Hou Dayong and Shi Hu entered the yard, Zhao Ji had already recognized Hou Dayong. He became a prisoner but was treated preferentially. Several surrendered Shu generals came to persuade him to surrender. Zhao Ji sensitively sensed the extraordinaryness of the Black Eagle Army. Today, he treated Hou Dayong with such an attitude, just a test of Hou Dayong.

Hou Dayong waved his hand at Shi Hu, and Shi Hu suppressed his anger and stopped talking.

Hou Dayong said: "That day on the battlefield, you hugged the Jiedushi and cried bitterly. I believe you have a deep relationship with the Jiedushi. Now that the Jiedushi is dead, you will be in charge of his funeral. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Zhao Ji raised his head in surprise. He turned over and got out of bed, came to Hou Dayong, stared at Hou Dayong's eyes, and said, "This is what you say is serious."

"There is no joke in the army."

Zhao Ji suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Hou Dayong three times respectfully. Hou Dayong calmly received Zhao Ji's gift.

After Zhao Ji stood up, he said, "General Dayi, thank you for your substitute for the Jiedushi."

Seeing that Zhao Ji's attitude had changed, Hou Dayong asked, "What are the general's plans?"

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "I have many troops in the army and are tired of fighting and killing. If I can survive, I will live in the mountains and forests and be a happy old man."

Hou Dayong said: "The world is divided into various parts and conquering constant conquests. The general wants to express his feelings to the mountains and rivers, but it is difficult to achieve his wish. Where is there a pure land?"

Seeing that Zhao Ji did not reply, Hou Dayong said: "The world's general trend will be divided after a long time, and long time will be unified. The Great Zhou Dynasty's politics will be clear and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. It is a great opportunity for our generation to make achievements. Generals and military personnel are both civil and military. It is better to come to the Black Eagle Army."

Zhao Sui said: "I am a general of Shu and I am a general of Shu. I am unfaithful and unrighteous."

Hou Dayong said: "Zhou and Shu have the same roots and origins. The general was originally from Qinzhou, so how could he be unfaithful and unrighteous? Wherever the Zhou army arrived, the people from all over the country brought wine and food, and welcomed them together. The general lived in Qinzhou for a long time and knew the sufferings of the people. According to his conscience, which politics is more clear and the people's lives are better than those of Zhou and Shu?"

What Hou Dayong said was all facts. Zhao Ji wanted to refute several times, but there was no more appropriate reason.

Hou Dayong was anxious and couldn't eat hot tofu, so he didn't persuade him, saying, "I'll talk about these things later. Now the general will do his best to handle the funeral of the Jiedushi."

Zhao Ji accepted the task of relocating the funeral of the Jiedushi Han Jixun. Hou Dayong knew that Zhao Ji had already surrendered, so he talked for a while before returning to Nandaying.

Hou Dayong offered his plans to attack Qinzhou and took great strategic risks. If he could not fight Qinzhou for a long time and the Shu army did not return to support, the entire battle situation would definitely fall into decay. After successfully conquering Qinzhou, Hou Dayong's tense heart finally relaxed. When the war was tense, Hou Dayong focused all his thoughts on the war and did not consider other things. Now the situation was a little slow, and Hou Dayong couldn't help but miss his family in Zhengzhou.

"I wonder if Xiaolu is good, Fu Ying is pregnant for more than three months. Is Fu Gong and Meng Shu doing a good business?"

"It would be great if there is an internet connection, and you can contact them at any time."

Hou Dayong remembered the convenient transportation and developed communications in modern society. He was in it at that time and did not realize his superiority. In ancient times, Fengxiang only reached Zhengzhou for only seven or eight hundred kilometers, but it was difficult to connect with each other to the sky.

In Zhengzhou Hou Mansion, Fu Ying took over the housekeeping affairs. Although she was young, she was very knowledgeable. She handled the matter properly and took care of the housework in an orderly manner. Zhengzhou Hou Mansion is now rich in finance and food, and everything goes smoothly.

However, in a peaceful state, no one expected that a conspiracy against the Hou Mansion had slowly begun. Hou Dayong burned Wanshou Temple and broke through the Limi Cultivate General Assembly in Cizhou, so that the years of operations in Limi Cultivate were destroyed. Hou Dayong became a great enemy that the Limi Cultivate must be eliminated and then quickly. Limi Cultivate repeatedly plotted against Hou Dayong, but by accident did not succeed. After Hou Dayong led his troops to the battle, Limi Cultivate set his target on the Hou Mansion in Zhengzhou.

The Limi Sect sent a sage envoy from Zezhou and sneaked into Zhengzhou City with several subordinates with strong martial arts skills. The Limi Sect had a small courtyard in Zhengzhou. After the Zezhou Holy Sect came to Zhengzhou, they lived in the small courtyard and secretly collected various information from the Marquis of Zhengzhou.

The Holy Envoy of Zezhou was active in Zhengzhou for a month and basically understood the situation of the Hou Mansion. The Holy Envoy of Zezhou decided to assassinate Hou Dayong's daughter Xiaolu and the hostess Fu Ying, but because the Hou Mansion was tightly defended, he did not take action for a long time.

The Holy Envoy of Zezhou has been looking for opportunities. In mid-June, the opportunity finally came. The subordinates of the Holy Envoy of Zezhou were wandering in teahouses, taverns and tramps. They found that a family member of the Hou Mansion, Wang Sanlang, was fascinated by a woman named Xiaohong, so they used Wang Sanlang as a breakthrough. The Holy Envoy of Zezhou first used the excuse to approach Wang Sanlang, and then sent another person to pretend to buy Xiaohong, which made Wang Sanlang anxious as an ant on a hot pan. At this time, the Holy Envoy of Zezhou pretended to be generous.

, lent a large sum of money to Wang Sanlang. After Wang Sanlang bought Xiaohong, the envoy of Zezhou borrowed money to ask Wang Sanlang to buy a small courtyard. Wang Sanlang got what he wanted and was grateful to the envoy of Zezhou, but also owed a large amount of accounts that he could not pay off. After the envoy of Zezhou let Wang Sanlang enjoy the taste of being a master, he began to tighten the ropes and force Wang Sanlang to pay back the money. Wang Sanlang fell into the trap step by step, and finally had to let the mercy of the envoy of Zezhou.
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