Chapter 12: Trooping Canyon

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After such an incident, the cockroaches on Jomon Island were wiped out and only one lone army was left wandering overseas, like a lonely ghost wandering in a foreign land. The soldiers were homesick, but their homes were destroyed. Hundreds of soldiers committed suicide overnight. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, they established the Cockroach Kingdom in Yongcheng, and the general proclaimed himself the Cockroach King. At the celebration banquet, the dead cockroach soldiers were eaten and multiplied, forming a confrontation with the snail Xizhou. No one can destroy the other? Small local frictions often occur due to competition for border territory. Having just settled down, Ruluo Xizhou is not easy to send troops. It just wants to settle down in a corner, cultivate with the people, and then drive out the foreigners when the country is strong.

After listening to the past story told by King Ruluo, the prince's master understood the profound meaning and remained silent. King Ruluo Xi made a promise to it at this time and said: "Tomorrow, I will announce in the court hall that I will make you an admonishing doctor and you can participate in the government affairs. The prince is still the prince of the termite clan." The prince's master stood up and knelt down and said "Thank you, Your Majesty." King Ruluo Xi quickly stood up and stretched out his hands to help the prince's master, saying: "Sir, please get up." The servants on both sides helped the prince's master to sit in front of the couch and talk.

The next day, King Ruluo Xi sat in the court hall and said, "It is said that the termite tribe's envoy and his prince have an audience." When the eight ministers heard that the king wanted to see the envoy and his prince, they were shocked at first and stepped forward to dissuade him. : "Your Majesty, our Ruluo Xizhou has just experienced a war. The country is tired and the people are exhausted, so it is not easy to provoke a war. Furthermore, the Hornet Kingdom is far more powerful than the Cockroach Kingdom. Now that we are hosting the termite prince and his envoys, we will undoubtedly declare war on them. Military disaster is inevitable, Your Majesty, you should think twice!" King Ruluo Xi's attitude was still very decisive, saying: "Although Ruluo Xizhou is weak, it rejects the friends of the ant tribe because of fear of hornets. This is to show their respect to them. Showing weakness. The Hornets wiped out the termites without bloodshed. The next step is to cross the sea to conquer us. If they want something, we will give them whatever they want. They will still not be satisfied. If they want us, Ruluoxizhou, we will give it or not. You are afraid They are not afraid of ants. Even if the milk snail Xizhou is destroyed, it can still be rebuilt if it is destroyed. If it cannot be built in one year, it will be built in ten years. If it cannot be built in one generation, then we will pass it on from generation to generation, and the milk snail can always be built. Xizhou is strong and prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment." The eight ministers still refused to step down and said: "Your Majesty, the people are innocent. If you can be harmonious, you can be harmonious. You only want to cultivate with the people, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Have you forgotten the words of the late king? Have you made your last wish?" He had deep hatred, so he paused for a moment and said: "How dare I forget, you are all the loyal ministers left to me by my father, and you are loyal to me. But I My mind has been made up, dear friends, there is no need to persuade me any more." The eight assistant ministers had nothing to say and could only retreat. King Ruluo Xi continued: "The envoys of the termite clan and their prince have come to the palace to pay their respects." They were already standing outside the palace gate, waiting for King Ruluo Xi's summons. Then news came from the harem, saying: "It is reported that the termite tribe's envoy and his prince have come to the palace to have an audience." The prince's master suddenly raised his head, looked into the palace gate, went up the steps and entered the palace. First he looked up at King Ruluo Xi, then knelt down and knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, saying: "The foreign minister brings the prince of the Termite tribe to pay homage to the king." The eunuch stood up and read out King Ruluo Xi's decree and said: "The foreign envoy has heard of the seal." Termite The clan envoys and the prince kowtowed their heads to the ground and stretched out their hands to receive the order. The eunuch continued to read: "The vastness of the way of heaven, the inheritance of the decree, and the ability of the few ants to recognize the king, the termite tribe's foreign envoys are appointed as admonishing officials, and the termite tribe's prince is the original prince, who can participate in the government's affairs. I admire this!" The prince knelt down and worshiped again, saying: "The foreign ministers and others are grateful for the kindness of King Huang Tianhou. Even if I die, I can't repay even one of them." The eunuch said: "Sir, please accept the order." The prince's teacher accepted the order. King Ruluo Xi said: "You two are equal." The prince's master and his prince stood up. King Ruluo Xi said: "Give me a seat." The prince and his prince's teacher thanked him and sat aside, in front of King Ruluo Xi. It is an incomparable honor to look up at the majestic appearance of King Ruluo at any time.

The graceful moon shines on the present and the past, and the present and the past shine on old friends. Under the dusk of floating clouds, a solitary lamp sleeps outside the pavilion. White gauze is replaced by blue silk, and the embroidered girl looks forward to her from afar. During the holidays, I miss my loved ones even more, but my hometown is still there. Every time during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I think of ants when I see things. The prince sat in a solitary pavilion. Outside the solitary pavilion, there were luxuriant grass and a gentle breeze blowing on his face. The prince who was far away looked up at the full moon and missed his family. He also missed his husband and children far away in his homeland, hoping that they would be safe. The Crown Prince stood and wandered outside the pavilion, entered and saluted, "Your Highness." The Crown Prince stood in front of the Crown Prince, put one hand on the Crown Prince's hands and said, "Sir, please sit down." The Crown Prince and the Crown Prince sat down together. On the stone bench in the pavilion. Seeing the unhappy look of the prince in front of him, the prince's master asked, "Is your highness worried?" The prince looked up at the full moon and said, "My husband and children are all there. I wonder what's going on now? I miss you very much." The master comforted him: "Prince Fu Yi and the Crown Prince will be fine for the time being." The prince turned his attention to the prince master and said, "Sir, how can you be so sure?" The prince master said: "If Fu Yan and the Crown Prince fall into the hands of the cockroach army, , Fu Yong and the Crown Prince are still useful to them, so how can anything happen?" The prince removed his gaze, nodded gently, and said, "I hope it is as the sir said."

After the death of the Termite King, General Bumblebee assisted the Termite King's youngest son to inherit the throne and established the Termite Kingdom as their puppet, at their mercy. On the first day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, people begin to inherit the throne, worship heaven and earth at the Temple of Heaven, cook grains in cauldrons, and pray to God to bless the termite country with abundant grains and good weather. The Termite King stood up timidly, fearful of General Hornet standing under the Temple of Heaven and the huge army it brought. Crowned with the king, he slowly climbed up to the Temple of Heaven and looked up at the bronze cauldron above the Temple of Heaven. There were grains in the cauldron, firewood was placed under the cauldron, and thick smoke billowed into the sky. The termite king stood in front of the cauldron and bowed three times, then turned to face the people and their ministers. General Bumblebee stood under the Temple of Heaven without saying a word. Then they worshiped the ancestral temple and entered the ancestral temple accompanied by nobles and clan elders to worship their ancestors. Facing the successive kings of the termite clan, I was trembling with cold sweat and reluctantly offered sacrifices to the souls of the dead, praying for the longevity of the termite clan.

At night, he kept vigil for his father. There was a funeral at ten o'clock at dawn. The ministers supported the coffin and selected dozens of slaves to pull the huge sarcophagus slowly out of the west gate. The concubine's cries shook the sky. Hundreds of slaves were selected to be killed, and seventy-two concubines were buried with him. , was buried in Xiling, entered the ancestral temple, set up a memorial tablet, and named the temple Xuanzong Daxingkao Wang. While doing the funeral, there was also a grand coronation celebration banquet for civil and military officials, nobles and their elders. General Bumblebee also participated in the celebration. During the celebration, there were songs and dances, birds singing and dancing, bells and drums playing, and great music. Such glory surpassed that of the Emperor of Zhou, and the princes overran the throne, and the world was in chaos for a long time. General Bumblebee sat aside and coughed a few times on purpose. The music stopped and the dancer withdrew. The Termite King turned his attention to General Bumblebee, and tried to dodge, not daring to look directly at him, and said: "What did the General tell the ants to do?" Your Highness, General Bumblebee, was very arrogant and never let this king go. In the eyes, he just glanced at it without bowing. He stood up straight and said: "Your Majesty, this general has just received a report from a spy. The prince has fled to Jiuruluo Xizhou and is under the protection of King Ruluo. This is a threat to your throne after all. Please make plans early and be prepared for a rainy day." The Termite King lost his mind and asked in a panic: "What should I do according to the general's wishes?" The general sneered and said: "Nine months of military attack. Ruluo Xizhou, with its own strength, is not enough to compete with Jiuruluo Xizhou. If I go to attack Jiuruluo Xizhou, I am afraid that the ants will cut off my retreat. The king has two things to do. The first is to station troops in two realms to contain the ants. The termite clan wants to take advantage of my retreat; secondly, the problem of food and grass requires your termite clan to prepare." The termite king immediately agreed and said: "Okay, let's do what the general wants."

The termite king blatantly tore up the peace treaty with the ant tribe, recruited soldiers to join the army, and stationed a large number of troops in the canyons, ready to start a war at any time, to contain the ant tribe, so that they have no time to take care of them. Within the ant clan, the queen convened a meeting with clan elders and other civil and military ministers. The queen ant lay on the couch and said: "The termites openly tore up the peace treaty and stationed troops on the border to provoke provocations in the canyon. What are your plans?" The minister of civil and military affairs was also angry about this and said: "The termites have broken their promise. First, attack the army!" The minister agreed with this, and the clan elder stood up and said: "You can't attack the queen ant. The art of war has it that soldiers are important events of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. You must not be angry and raise an army. , this is a big taboo for military strategists. It is reasonable for us to send envoys to the Termite Tribe. If we attack or station troops at the border, we must not start a war on our own. If the Termite Tribe is unreasonable and crosses the border first, we will attack them head-on. But don't rush forward, because there is a powerful army of hornets behind the termites. Our tribe is not strong enough to compete with the hornets." The ant queen agreed with the elder's point of view and sent an envoy to the termites.

When the envoy walked out of the cave, the clan elders and officials, both civil and military, saw him off. The envoy took the envoy, turned around and got into the carriage, stood on the carriage and saluted, saying: "Elder of the clan, please come back." The elder waved his hand and said: "Go, go." After the envoy finished saluting, he entered the shed and drove the carriage at full speed. . The yellow sand was long and the sun was covered by dark clouds. I drove quickly, crossed the border, and entered the territory of the termite tribe. Seeing that it was getting late, I found an inn to stay and prepared to meet the termite king the next day. After getting off the bus, he stood in front of the inn and looked up. The innkeeper went out to greet him and said with a smile: "Do you want to stay in the inn?" The envoy replied: "First-class guest room." The innkeeper asked the waiter to bring the horse in and Ma Peng fed the envoy. He helped the envoy enter the store and rested in the arranged guest room.