In summer in Sichuan, the wind carries a restless air.

It was already dark, and no lights were lit in Wu's courtyard outside the city. I could only see three figures of different heights, short, fat, and thin standing or sitting in the courtyard, standing still or moving in a stalemate.

After a long time, one of the people who had been frozen for a long time finally spoke, but it was Chen Liu and Wu Yi whose sister was said to be noble. "Since I was found at the door, why don't I want to come from the north?"

The short Zhang Ziqiao breathed a sigh of relief immediately.

To be honest, Zhang Song was really frightened by Xu Shu just now. When the two came to Wu Yi's house, they immediately aroused the latter's vigilance, because Zhang Song's hatred for Dongzhou scholars was unquestionable, but since they visited,

It was not easy to drive away the guests. However, the two parties reluctantly greeted Wu Yi awkwardly and came to the courtyard together. Before they could sit down in the house, Xu Yuanzhi suddenly grabbed Wu Yi's side with his sword in hand, and went straight to the point, asking the other party if he was willing to serve as a spy for the north.

This is what Wu Yi said just now.

Zhang Ziqiao was almost certain in his heart that if Wu Yi didn't agree just now, Xu Yuanzhi would ask for a white knife to go in and a red knife to come out.

Of course, after coming back to his senses, Zhang Song himself was a little awakened. That is, Wu Yi knew his political stance and noticed Xu Yuanzhi's accent, but he still introduced the two of them into the house at such a sensitive period. In fact, he had already

This is a sign of wavering.

At this time, Xu Shu's direct attack seemed reckless, but in fact, he saved some words by using a threatening attitude... Now Zhang Song admired Xu Shu even more.

Since the two parties reached an agreement, they did not go into the house. Instead, they spread mats in the courtyard, drove away the family members and servants, and started discussing important matters directly.

It was said to be a discussion, but in fact it was just Wu Yi explaining the information from the perspective of Dongzhou Shi, and then listening to Xu Shu's opinions.

"In this way, although I have been out of the position of Zhonglang General for more than half a year and no longer have money, food, power, or military power, there are still four to five hundred confidants in the military camp in the city who will listen to your command without any doubts." Xu Yuanzhi listened to the introduction.

Afterwards, he did not rush to make a conclusion, but was slightly surprised by one of the things. "Why is this?"

Zhang Song and Wu Yi looked at each other, but they still opened their mouths to explain: "Because those soldiers and horses are the legacy of their Wu family, vassals of their own clan, the so-called tribes and others, they are originally attached to the Wu family to Shu."

.Now that General Wu has resigned, Liu Yan still regards Wu Ban, the younger brother of General Wu, as his commander-in-chief and continues to control the old Wu family... These people, whose wealth and life belong to the Wu family, naturally have to listen to General Wu.

First.”

Xu Shu suddenly realized, "Here in Shu, even the four to five thousand Mianzhu City defenders are actually members of a large clan?"

Wu Yi and Zhang Song looked at each other more and more, but neither said a word.

Because they had a vague feeling that was unclear, but obviously mixed with uneasiness... You can tell from Xu Yuanzhi's words, not to mention the Yan Kingdom, I'm afraid it was the so-called comprehensive personal dependence system of Cao Cao and Liu Bei before.

The subordinate military system has become very rare.

This not only means that they will need to adapt to the Yan Kingdom in the future, but what is even more frightening is that Shu has only been closed for eight or nine years, and they have a ridiculous feeling of being abandoned by the times.

But in the daze of a descendant of a Shu family and a powerful exiled leader, Xu Shu, who had also been silent for a while, suddenly laughed, "In that case, I have a comprehensive plan, and it may not necessarily be done in five steps with blood splashing."

Things... As the saying goes, if you can stab the country, why bother stabbing people? Isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"

The other two people became more and more solemn, and Zhang Song was even more puzzled for a moment, and took the initiative to ask, "Please Xu Jun speak clearly."

"Why should I say it clearly?" Xu Shu looked at the other party and said with a smile. "Since Ziqiao is risking his wealth and life for this matter, right?"

"It's natural."

"In that case, it's nothing more than a hard fight. If you trust me, just listen to my instructions. Why bother asking?" Xu Shu remained calm. "As the saying goes, stabbing a country is like stabbing a person. Find the key point and don't do anything redundant.

If you want to do something, you can just stab it with all your strength, what else can you do?"

Zhang Song was sweating profusely and hesitated to speak, but finally nodded heavily.

In comparison, perhaps because he had served in the army, or perhaps because he had witnessed his father's participation in the turmoil in Luoyang, Wu Yi was obviously much calmer. After thinking about it for a moment, he said calmly, "Just like Mr. Xu.

As I said, the matter has come to this, it is nothing more than wealth and life, I am willing to follow suit."

"Besides the three of us, there is actually one important person missing." Seeing this, Xu Shu continued to speak frankly. "But it is not necessary to let him know the whole story... To be honest with you two, in my plan, Liu must be let in no matter what.

Since the father and son are separated, it would be best for Liu Fan to stay away from Mianzhu at that time. Do you know who can persuade Liu Fan to leave the city temporarily?"

Under the windy summer night, in the dim light of the Milky Way, Zhang Song and Wu Yi looked at each other again, but they said in unison, "This is simple!"

Xu Shu was stunned instead.

Of course, the matter was simple. Just three days later, Liu Fan was personally summoned by his father. The latter asked his eldest son to go to the north of the city the next day and fast and bathe for three days at the sacrificial place in the north of the city, thinking that the north and south lines were divided.

Praying for blessings during the war can also be regarded as compensation for the regret that the last sacrifice failed.

Liu Fan promised, but after leaving Dezhou Mufu and returning to his county magistrate's house, he did not prepare directly, but waited for a while.

And sure enough, within a moment, Pang Xi took the initiative to report... It turned out that this matter was done by Wu Yi, his third brother Liu Mao's wife and brother-in-law. He used his family wealth to bribe a group of wizards and alchemists in his father's house, please.

These alchemists gave advice on their behalf and promoted the sacrifice by talking about blessings and misfortunes. Their original intention was that Liu Yan was staying at home and was unwilling to leave the city again, so they took the opportunity to recommend Liu Hao as his replacement, thus freeing him from trouble.

As a result, now that Liu Hao has lost power, these alchemists are all snobbish. They took advantage of Liu Yan's failure in the last sacrifice to promote the compensation sacrifice. However, they did not recommend Liu Hao to replace his father with his son. Instead, they divided

There were two factions, one recommended Liu Yan's second son Liu Dan, and the other recommended Liu Fan.

In the end, it was because Liu Fan's climate had become so good that there were fewer people burning Liu Dan's cold stove, which led to today's result.

After understanding the whole story, Liu Fan no longer had any doubts... After all, these days, the son's sacrifice on behalf of his father has great political significance. In addition, the war between the north and the south is now in a stalemate. Liu Fan previously tried to let his father

His plan to go to Shu was blocked by his own father, but he still wanted to do something.

The more important point is that Liu Yan is now stubborn and stubborn. Since he has been persuaded by the alchemists, it is just a matter of sacrificial sacrifice and must not be changed. If Liu Fan does not go, I am afraid that Liu Dan and Liu Hao will really arrest him.

Take your chance.

So, on the morning of the second day, Liu Fan, the prefect of Guanghan, officially left the city and headed north, planning to fast and bathe for three consecutive days at the place where he saw Pixiu, twenty miles north of the city, and then sacrifice to the Black Emperor in the north to compensate for the previously interrupted sacrificial activities. At the same time,

, Liu Yan, the Lord of Yizhou, finally showed his love and recognition for his eldest son. He actually specially allocated ten luxury cars made by the emperor for his eldest son to ride in.

This is truly unprecedented!

Cars and horses rustled, and this time there was no car that fell apart halfway, and no one blocked the road to persuade them to surrender, and there was no "No dogs in Yizhou are allowed"... Anyway, in the strange eyes of some people, the majestic lord of a county, the land of Shu

The undoubted heir left the solid Mianzhu City so easily because of the words of a group of alchemists.

They even took away a large number of loyal guests, officials, and 800 soldiers from Pang Xi's headquarters, leaving the military camp in the city with less than 4,000 soldiers and horses, which was a lot weaker.

There was nothing to say that night. On the evening of the second day, which was the first night when Liu Fan officially started fasting and bathing in the north of the city, the weather became more and more smoky. Under such circumstances, he was now a little depressed, but still the standard.

Wu Yi, one of the leaders of Dongzhou scholars, brought twenty-one warriors calmly into the military camp to meet his old tribe and clan brothers.

In the evening, the former Diannong Lieutenant General invited his colleagues to come over for a drink at the location where his family brother was stationed. In response, most of the officers in the camp went. After all, Wu Yi was still his old boss no matter what.

, and now that he has lost power...if he goes, he may be scrupulous by Pang Xi, but if he doesn't go, gossip will inevitably arise, saying that so-and-so is an unscrupulous person.

As a result, at the end, with those arriving intermittently, all the main officers in the battalion actually came, all with Central Plains accents.

One more thing must be said here.

The so-called Dongzhou Scholars are a bit like those who traveled south in clothes. They are a group of aristocratic and powerful people, but most of them are refugees... And during the escape and settlement, in order to maintain order and reduce internal friction, early

The lower-class refugees who had lost all their means of production took the initiative to attach themselves to these aristocratic families. The powerful and even ordinary virtuous people automatically formed a relationship of personal dependence.

This phenomenon was not only experienced by Dongzhou scholars, Yingchuan, and Nanyang people when they fled to Jingzhou. Even if Gongsun Xun initially gathered refugees to work in the fields, it was essentially the same, but as an attached object, Gongsun Xun obviously had

Only uniqueness and higher authority.

To be fair, at this time, this kind of personal attachment should not be denounced, but should be praised morally, because this kind of behavior 'can save lives'!

But unlike other places, after arriving in Shu, this refugee group was neither properly resettled and reclaimed wasteland, nor was it broken up and integrated with the locals. Instead, it started from the top and attached itself to Liu Yan layer by layer.

They also forcibly gained a foothold in Shu through collective robbery and occupation, forming a long-lasting and deep-rooted opposition pattern with the locals, thus evolving into a special political group.

You must know that forcibly dividing a political entity into political groups based on place of origin and class is actually a very low-end method, which generally only appears briefly in the early stages of the formation of a political entity... On the other hand, whether it is bloody or elegant,

Yes, historically successful political entities have always been able to divide and absorb such opposing groups.

For example, Gongsun Xun used his identity as a local snake and the help of Amway to win over the refugees, which still caused serious conflicts between locals and foreigners. But after killing Xian Yufu and Yan Rou, didn't he catch up with the flood of fighting against Dong in time?

?Since then, how has the conflict between locals and guests in Youzhou ever come to the fore as Gongsun Xun has become more and more powerful?

In fact, as Gongsun Xun conquered the Central Plains and Lianghuai, Sanfu and Hebei, who had fought in the Cuju field in the past, began to share the same hatred.

However, in Shu, here in Liu Yan, these things are so nakedly displayed in front of you, unchanged.

In this situation, it’s no wonder that after Gongsun Xun’s troops invaded the territory, Liu Yan would say such crazy things; no wonder Pang Tong would feel that Shu had no value to survive; and no wonder Guo Jiahui would think that assassination could be used to solve Shu.

It is no wonder that after Xu Shu came to Mianzhu, he immediately made the judgment that he could use a higher-end method of assassinating the country to directly take over the Shu land and end the war.

You must know that if you have to find a common characteristic for these people, it is that they are either extremely smart or experienced.

"I called you here today because I actually have something to tell you. I would like to ask Liu Yizhou to abdicate and let Mr. Mao take his place. In this way, it will be better for Yizhou and for those of us who have betrayed the family." After three drinks.

After patrolling, amidst the slight noise, Wu Yi didn't even create an atmosphere, so he directly raised his voice and spoke, Tu Qiong saw him.

Speaking of which, he learned this trick from Xu Shuxian who was beside him. After all, since he can come to the banquet, he cannot be Liu Fan's die-hard loyalist.

The barracks in the permanent barracks are not tents, but formal buildings. Because there were too many people coming, the banquet was simply held in the open space in front of a row of buildings. At this time, Wu Yi suddenly spoke, and most people were a little confused.

, many people drank a glass of wine and continued to joke with the people around them before they began to think about the meaning of these words.

Then, the noise suddenly stopped.

And for some reason, after a long time, no one said anything... No one stood up, drew their swords, and said, "Isn't my sword bad?" to express objection; no one clapped and applauded, saying, "I can bear it, too."

"Old thief for a long time" to show his approval.

In response to this, Xu Shu continued to laugh out loud, but barely suppressed his expression and glanced at Wu Yi while sitting upright.

Wu Ziyuan (same name as Xu You) understood, but directly raised his hand and pointed at the young player beside him: "Yuanxiong... what do you think?"

The so-called Yuanxiong is Wu Kuang's son and Wu Yi clan's younger brother Wu Ban. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing: "Brother, what are you talking about? We brothers left our hometown and came here, just like Zhuangzi said, we are just letting each other know in the mess... Although I don't know why you
To be continued...