In Xianyang City, Li Shui and Li Xin were sitting in wheelchairs basking in the sun.
Nowadays, sitting in a wheelchair and sunbathing has become a very fashionable trend in the circles of dignitaries.
At first, Li Shui was very uncomfortable with it, thinking that this was simply a way for a disabled person to govern the country, but after a long time, he felt that it was not unacceptable.
Later, he himself joined the wheelchair army.
Fashion is just such a thing sometimes. Everyone thinks it’s good, so maybe it’s good…
Li Xin lazily asked Li Shui: "Brother Huai, there is one thing I still don't understand. Do you really think that Young Master Fu Yao can beat Young Master Fu Su?"
Li Shui also said lazily: "It depends on which aspect you ask. If it's a comparison of strength, Fu Yao is probably a little behind. If it's a comparison of memorizing Confucian classics, Fu Yao is even worse."
Li Xin yawned and said sleepily: "You know that's not what I'm asking about. What I want to ask is about leading troops to suppress thieves this time."
Li Shui said: "Although Fu Yao is not like Fu Su, who has been practicing in the military camp for too long, he has learned a lot through his ears and eyes. What's more, when he managed Beidi County, didn't he arrange it in an orderly manner? I Have confidence in him."
Li Xin exclaimed: "So this is where your confidence comes from."
Li Shui looked at Li Xin curiously: "What? Is there any problem?"
Li Xin said: "But maintaining law and order and fighting between the two armies are different from exterminating bandits. Bandits are like fire when they gather, and like stars when they disperse."
"And they often occupy a place for a long time and are very familiar with the terrain there. If they rely on geographical advantages to deal with the government and the army..."
"They may not be able to defeat the imperial army, but it will only take a long time and cause the imperial court to spend too much money and food, which is ultimately disadvantageous."
Li Shui looked at Li Xin with a puzzled expression: "Is there anything else you can say?"
Li Xin hummed: "Otherwise, why do you think bandits can exist for so long? It's just because they are rooted in the mountains and swamps, making it difficult not only to find them, but also to catch them. The money and food spent would be better spent on defense. "
"So I think that Fu Yao has no relevant experience and may have to face a long-term confrontation with the bandits. If Fu Yao attacks, the bandits will escape, and if Fu Yao retreats, the bandits will harass you. Is this good?"
"Besides, Fusu has experience in the military and most likely understands these principles. If Fusu makes a plan and takes the lead in wiping out the thieves, wouldn't Fu Yao lose?"
Li Shui was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled and said to Li Xin, "Brother Li is worrying too much."
Li Xin: "What?"
Li Shui said: "How important is it for Your Majesty to choose the prince? This is not giving him a cow or two sheep. This is giving it to the whole world."
"Do you really think that His Majesty will use this same trick to decide on the crown prince?"
"Young Master Fu Yao is so outstanding in his literary skills and military skills. No matter whether he wins or loses this time, Your Majesty will not change his original intention. This so-called competition is just to pity those Confucian scholars and give them a little hope."
Li Xin suddenly realized, and then said with great admiration: "Brother Huai, you are indeed a banished immortal, and your reputation is well-deserved. After your explanation, I really became enlightened."
Li Shui smiled enigmatically: "Brother Li, thank you. This is just a scratch on my intelligence. It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, haha."
Li Xin was pushed away in a wheelchair in a state of admiration.
After Li Xin left, Li Shui immediately returned to Shangjun Courtyard in his wheelchair, and then called Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo met the banished immortal respectfully.
Ever since he witnessed the actions of banishing the immortal, Zhao Tuo was completely conquered by Li Shui and had no intention of resisting.
Li Shui said: "Zhao Tuo, you once led troops to Chu to suppress bandits. You must be very familiar with the situation there, right?"
Zhao Tuo's face suddenly turned red, and he said a little shyly: "Don't ridicule the general when you banish an immortal."
Zhao Tuo did go to Chu. The first time I played as a support player, I just followed Li Xin and Li Shui to pick up the slack. There was no technical content, so there is no need to mention it.
The second time was to capture the rebels, but the credit was robbed by hundreds of Xu Fu's sailors.
I couldn't even think about it, my scalp was numb with embarrassment when I thought about it.
Li Shui smiled and said, "General Zhao, don't belittle yourself."
Zhao Tuo smiled dryly and said: "Whatever the banished immortal says is whatever it is..."
Li Shui took out a map and said: "There is a barren mountain here, and the thieves headed by San Kun are entrenched here. If it were you, how are you going to suppress the thieves?"
Zhao Tuo immediately understood that this was for Fu Yao's sake.
Master Fu Yao led troops to Sankun Mountain, of course he knew about it. Not only did he know it, almost no one in Xianyang City knew it. Because Xianyang Daily reported it that day.
It seems that Ban Xian is worried about Fu Yao after all. The banished immortal really cares about the young master. This master-disciple relationship is really enviable.
Zhao Tuo was distracted for a moment, then became energetic and explained his plan in detail from Fu Yao's perspective.
After all, Zhao Tuo had led troops for many years. Although he did not take advantage of his two expeditions to Chu, his experience was there after all.
After Zhao Tuo finished speaking. Li Shui nodded with satisfaction, then organized Zhao Tuo's thoughts and wrote a secret letter, asking the craftsman to ride a fast horse and bring it to Fu Yao.
As a result, just when the craftsman was about to set off, there was a shouting outside.
A dozen exhausted postmen rode fast horses towards the city while shouting loudly: "The benevolent are invincible, the benevolent are invincible. Mr. Fusu's soldiers were able to scare away the three hundred thieves in Meishan without a single blow."
Li Shui was stunned: "Real or fake? Isn't this thing... too fantasy?"
However, the people who reported the news were postmen, and their information must have come from the official government and could not have been hearsay.
Could it be that Fusu really showed his power?
The craftsman hesitated a little, looked at Li Shui next to him and asked, "Exiled Immortal, will our letter still be delivered?"
Li Shui shook his head: "Forget it, I won't give it away. It's useless to give it away."
After the news reached Xianyang City, the Confucian scholars were all excited.
He is worthy of being Master Fusu. He is indeed worthy of the words "the benevolent and invincible".
Meng Tian and other generals were also delighted.
Of course we know that with a small bandit-suppression test, the emperor would not be able to choose Fusu as the crown prince.
But...as long as His Majesty can recognize Fusu a little bit. Next, we can slowly correct it. One day, His Majesty will choose Fusu again.
Meng Tian believed that he had successfully prevented Fu Yao from becoming the prince, and that with a little more effort, he could help Fu Su become the prince.
Xianyang Daily, which had been losing money for a long time, finally seized this opportunity in its desperate struggle and reported on Mr. Fusu in an attempt to boost sales.
Coincidentally, the next day happened to be the period of the court meeting. At the entrance of the Yizheng Hall, the four words "Master Fusu" were mentioned more and more frequently.
After the court meeting began, the topic of the court meeting soon fell on Fusu.
Meng Tian stood up first and said confidently: "Your Majesty, please judge that Mr. Fusu won this competition."
Li Shui was a little speechless. Although Fusu's soldiers defeated the bandits without blood, which was indeed quite admirable, but what Meng Tian did was too arrogant, right? You still don’t know what’s going on with Fu Yao, so you’re saying that Fu Su wins? Are you that sure?
So Li Shui stood up, coughed dryly, and said, "General Meng, this is strange. There is no news from Fu Yao yet, so how can you decide that Fusu wins?"
In fact, Li Shui is not fighting about winning or losing now, he just wants to cause trouble for Meng Tian.
Meng Tian said with some displeasure: "Excuse me, how can Mr. Fu Yao win against the Immortal?"
"A weapon without bloodshed is invincible, and the benevolent is invincible. This is the most brilliant method of warfare. No matter how powerful Mr. Fu Yao is, he is just the same soldier without bloodshed."
"Even Master Fu Yao was able to defeat the enemy without fighting, but it was a little later than Master Fu Su. Judging from the time, we still lost."
Li Shui coughed dryly: "That's not necessarily the case. Maybe Mr. Fu Yao doesn't like to take credit. He defeated the bandit but didn't report it to the court."
The courtiers around looked at me and I looked at you, all showing mysterious smiles.
Banishing the Immortal... is a bit messy.
But Chunyu Yue ignored Li Shui's troubles. He just twirled his beard and smiled and said, "The benevolent are invincible. I know that today."
Chunyu Yue was already a man of few desires, but this time Fusu did a wonderful job, which gave him some ambitions in government affairs.
After Chunyu Yue made his start, anyone who supported Fusu and others was praised highly.
They suddenly realized that there was no need to quarrel with Fu Yao, let alone quarrel with the banished immortal.
Just praise Mr. Fusu.
It is obvious who does well and who does poorly. It is not a good thing to argue with the banished immortal and have him confuse right and wrong.
At this moment, a young eunuch ran in sweating profusely and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Fu Yao has received good news."
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Send it over."
No matter which young master wins, it is his own child.
How can we not be happy to see two children with both civil and military skills, and the good news coming one after another within one day?
The young eunuch brought someone up.
This man is the postman of Shouchun City.
The postman said with a look of shame: "Your Majesty, I set out dozens of days ago. Who knew that the horse died in the stomach on the way."
"The villain had no choice but to buy a horse nearby. Who knew that horse was also sick and had to rest after walking a mile."
"The villain had no choice but to abandon the horse and hitch a ride with a group of merchants who were coming to Xianyang City to do business."
"But when we reached the barren mountains, two fierce tigers jumped out of the forest. The merchants fled in a hurry, and the villain almost broke his leg."
"I finally managed to escape with my life. I ran all the way to the nearest post station. I picked up my horse and rushed towards Xianyang City."
"While passing by a river, the river overflowed and the wooden bridge collapsed. The horse was afraid of the river and did not dare to come over."
"The villain had no choice but to abandon his horse again and take a boat to Xianyang City. Unexpectedly, the boat hit a rock and leaked."
"Fortunately, the little man learned to swim and finally struggled to swim to the shore. After the little man came ashore, he originally wanted to..."
Meng Tian coughed dryly and interrupted the postman: "Are you cursed? Why are you so unlucky?"
The postman said with a grimace: "Yes, this must be Chi You who is secretly harming me."
The courtiers were all confused: "What the hell?"
The postman said: "Young Master Fu Yao defeated Chi You, so Chi You held a grudge. He did not dare to target the young master, so he targeted the villain, not wanting the villain to deliver the good news. Fortunately, the villain was unyielding, and although it took four or five times as long, he succeeded. Finally, I narrowly escaped death and came before His Majesty."
Meng Tian said a little speechlessly: "What are these things? The preface does not match the follower, it is inexplicable."
The postman suddenly reached out and took off his clothes.
I saw scars everywhere on the postman's body, and the scars were very new, obviously left recently.
Some Confucian scholars said: "How can you be so impudent and naked in front of His Majesty?"
The postman was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly put on his clothes.
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter, he is a strong man."
The postman's actions finally proved that his experiences were true.
Li Shui chuckled and said, "So it turns out that Mr. Fu Yao defeated the thief first. At least in terms of time, he beat Mr. Fu Su."
Meng Tian and the others didn't speak.
Many generals are thinking: If they had known that the thieves were so vulnerable and fled after hearing the name of Young Master Fusu, the Young Master should have traveled day and night to arrive at Meishan County as soon as possible, so as not to fall behind Fusu in time. Yao.
However, these people also knew that Fusu had been cautious throughout his life and never took risks. It is a bit difficult to make him run thousands of miles.
Li Shui said to the postman: "How is the battle ahead?"
The postman immediately took out a letter from his arms.
It was wrapped in oil paper and was not damaged along the way.
The little eunuch took the letter and presented it to Ying Zheng.
After reading it, Ying Zheng looked very strange.
All civil and military officials in the court stared at him curiously.
Ying Zheng thought for a while and handed the letter to the eunuch next to him: "Read it."
The young eunuch responded and began to read the letter loudly.
Afterwards, the courtiers collectively fell into confusion.
In this letter from the Jiujiang County Governor. The battle between the imperial court and the thieves of Sankunshan has a strong mythical color.
According to them, the thieves on Sankun Mountain found the remains of the ancient god Chi You, and obtained Chi You's supernatural power by dripping blood.
Among them, Sankun, the leader of the thieves, is the wizard who can communicate with Chi You.
The group was small, only three hundred people. But he can call upon the wind and rain and sow the beans into soldiers.
When fighting the enemy, with a small white flag, a gust of wind blows with a casual move. In the strong wind, there is the faint sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling, and there are countless lonely ghosts hidden in it.
Although the Qin army is brave, how can it fight against ghosts and gods? All the people in Jiujiang County had no choice but to sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor every day to fight against Chiyou.
It's a pity that people in Jiujiang County don't have wizards and don't know how to communicate with the Yellow Emperor. Therefore, the sacrifice effect is not very effective and they can only hide in Shouchun City.
