Yongchang County is to the west of Yizhou County. The roads are cut off and the obstacles are difficult to overcome. At that time, the prefect of the county was in a period of change. Therefore, when Yong Kai led his troops and arrived, there was no prefect in the county to take charge of county affairs.
Fortunately, Cao Lu Kai, the chief minister of the county, and Wang Fu, the chief minister, were loyal to the court. They cooperated with each other, encouraged officials and the people, and closed the borders to resist Yong Kai.
Seeing that it was difficult to attack by force, Yong Kai wrote several messages to induce Lu Kai and Wang to surrender. However, Lu Kai was from Yongchang Buwei and had high prestige in the county. He was unmoved by Yong Kai's inducement and led him to surrender. The officials and people of the county rejected Yong Kai's appeal and responded with a noble and righteous reply.
Lu Kai said in his reply: "The sky descends into chaos, traitors take advantage of provocations, the world gnashes its teeth, and all nations mourn. The ministers and concubines, big and small, all think of exerting all their strength and brains to eliminate the national calamity. General Fu Wei has been favored by the Han in his life and thinks that he should gather the party together. Everyone, take the lead in setting off to repay the country, and live up to the ancestors below. You will write on bamboo and silk, and your name will last for thousands of years. When did the servants of Wu and Yue memorize the truth?"
"In the past, Shun was diligent in civil affairs. He died in Cangwu. His books were praised and circulated endlessly. He died in Jiangpu. How sad! Wen and Wu were ordered to become kings and became kings. The former emperor Long Xing looked at the sea, and the ministers were wise and fell from heaven. Kang. But the general does not see the history of ups and downs, the talisman of success and failure, such as wildfire in the original, walking on the ice of the river, fire extinguishing the ice, where will he rely on? In the past, the general was the ancestor of Yonghou, who made a grudge and sealed it, and Dou Rong knew the rise. , returned to the ancestors of the world, all became famous in the later generations, and the world's songs were beautiful."
"Now, Prime Minister Zhuge has stepped forward with his talents. He has seen deeply the infancy. He has been left in charge of his orphans. He praises Ji Xing. He is unscrupulous with others and forgets his faults. If a general can change his plans and change his tracks, it will not be difficult for the ancients to follow him. How can you be a ruler in a humble land! I heard that Chu was disrespectful and Qi Huan was responsible. The husband changed his name and the Jin people were not long. Besides, the minister is not the master. Who is willing to return? It is an ancient righteousness and the minister has no acquaintance across the border. , There is no going back and forth between the past and the future. I was so angry that I forgot to eat, so I briefly stated my thoughts, but the general will observe them."
Although this reply is sincere and reasonable, how can the ambitious Yong Kai listen to it?
When he started the rebellion, Li Yan, the protector of the Central Government, who had an old relationship with him, was entrusted by Prime Minister Zhuge to write him a sincere letter, urging him to realize his lost ways and return.
But Yongkai was completely unmoved, and replied, "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the earth. Today, the tripod is standing, and there are three Zhengshuo, so people from far away are confused and don't know where to go." He was angry. Li Duhu told Prime Minister Zhuge bluntly that this man was a deceitful person and could not be saved.
Therefore, Lu Kai's attempt to persuade Yong Kai to repent and return to justice with just a few words was actually a delusion. When Yong Kai saw that he could not surrender, he immediately became angry and ordered his army to attack the city directly.
Fortunately, Buwei City is still strong, and King Lu Kai and his wife have dealt with it well. Yong Kai has not yet broken through the city.
"Brother, it's a pity today. We have soldiers who rushed to the top of the city, but unfortunately we were driven down by the bandits." As soon as Yong Kai entered the tent and sat down, he heard a loud voice of dissatisfaction coming from outside the tent. .
This voice was most familiar to Yong Kai. It was his third brother Yong Jie.
This Yongjie was good at wielding a long sword, quite capable of force, and proficient in strategy. He was the general of his family whom he relied on the most since he started his army, so Yongkai favored him greatly. It was his younger brother who dared to make noises outside the tent and come in without being informed.
Yong Kai waved his hand, motioning Yong Jie to sit down, and said calmly: "Third brother, why should you be angry? This Buwei city is already dilapidated and difficult to defend. It will be broken by my brother within ten days."
"Brother, that would be great. I see that the morale of the thieves in the city has not dropped recently, but has invigorated it a bit." When it comes to military affairs, Yong Kai is really not as proficient as his younger brother. Yong Jie can see the situation of the defenders in the city. The score is clear.
However, as the person in charge of the Yong family and even the entire Yizhou surname, Yong Kai knew what Yong Jie meant. It was simply that the newly appointed governor of Yueqi County had recently defeated Gaoding, and the news spread to Yongchang. Come, the defenders in the city cheered for a while.
Humph, this was all caused by the arrogance of Gaoding's successive victories. His defeat not only damaged his own strength, but also greatly dampened the spirit of the entire Nanzhong resistance allies.
Doesn't he know that we are taking a huge risk by rebelling against the imperial court? We are engaged in a beheading business. There is absolutely no chance of any mistakes. Every step of planning must be done with caution. Only in this way can we have the ability to deal with the imperial court. capital.
Gu Si, the defeat of Gaoding made those people who sided with the imperial court breathe a huge sigh of relief, and some people on their own side also had some other thoughts.
Yong Kai went through the recent situation in Nanzhong again in his mind, and felt that Gaoding's defeat was very detrimental to his own side. Then he thought about how this guy who had caused such a big disaster had the nerve to write a letter asking for troops, horses and ordnance, and he felt even more in his heart. It's angry.
Hearing what his brother said, Yong Kai couldn't help but said angrily: "Humph, King Lu Kai and his wife are really stubborn. They want to be buried with the Han Dynasty. They are really stupid. It goes without saying that the king and his wife are from Shu County. Lu Kai is a native of Nanzhong, and he is not looking at the country people, trying to flatter Chengdu and reorganize the lintel of their Lu family."
Yong Jie said: "Brother, who told me that he comes from a famous family?"
It turns out that the ancestor of Lu Kai was Lu Buwei, the famous prime minister of Qin. Lu Buwei committed suicide because of his struggle for power with Qin Shihuang, and his family was exiled to Shu.
During the hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty, the Lu family gradually moved from Shuzhong to Nanzhong to avoid disputes, and did not settle down until they moved to Yongchang County.
Lu Buwei was a famous prime minister, and his family was quite prosperous. Therefore, the Lu family was quite famous in Yongchang County. Even the county government was named Buwei County by the people of Yongchang in honor of Lu Buwei.
Therefore, although Lu Kai is not the prefect of Yongchang, in terms of actual reputation, he is not under the prefect. It can even be said that in Yongchang territory, Lu Kai's words are somewhat more effective than the prefect.
When Yong Kai started his army, he also sent envoys to persuade Lu Kai to join him in the rebellion, but he flatly refused, which made Yong Kai very angry. Later, this guy relied on Sun Quan, and he was even more satisfied and coveted Yongchang County.
He originally had a surname from Yizhou, so he could ask Sun Quan to appoint him as the governor of Yizhou. However, he had lofty goals and only wanted to be the governor of Yongchang and occupy Yongchang County.
The reason is not only to eradicate the disobedient Lu family, but also because Yizhou County has long been in his pocket. The Yong family has always spoken in Yizhou County and is actually the real emperor.
If they occupy Yongchang County again, wouldn't the Yong family legitimately own the land of the two counties? Yong Kai had already calculated this calculation clearly, so he came to attack Buwei City with all his strength.
Although the army and people of Yongchang resolutely resisted under the leadership of King Lu Kai and his wife, they had the support of Soochow, and Yong Kai still had time to slowly plan for it.
However, in recent days, he has found out that after Zhuge Liang took charge of the government, he immediately made a decision and immediately sent Shangshu Deng Zhi as an envoy to Soochow to renew the alliance with Sun Quan, thereby cutting off his own side's foreign aid.
No wonder I have been asking Soochow for help recently, but Soochow ignored me. It turns out that Sun Quan abandoned me and got together with Zhuge Liang. It is really shameless for Wu people to betray their trust as if they were commonplace.
Yong Kai was angry when he thought about Wu people's behavior, but he did not dare to be angry at Soochow Mingming. After all, this was the only foreign aid he could rely on.
Fortunately, the Soochow side has not yet done everything. Liu Chan, the governor of Yizhou, is still stationed at the border of Jiaoyi, which means that Sun Quan has not completely given up on the rebels in Nanzhong.
