Zhuge Liang and the others tried their best to carry out the errands according to Zhao Changqing's wishes.

For a time, the state machine was running wildly, and various departments were working closely together. The purpose was to counterattack other countries and work together to overcome this difficulty.

In fact, anyone with lofty ideals knows that a trade blockade is no less than an earth-shattering war. The difference between them is nothing more than the presence or absence of gunpowder smoke.

But no matter what, it is the common people who suffer in the end.

Regarding this time when various countries united to blockade the Wei State, Zhao Changqing had already issued an order to do everything possible to protect the people's livelihood, and he must not allow prices to rise and the people to complain.

In the past, Zhao Changqing would not have cared about the life and death of the people at all, but after being the emperor for so many years, he discovered that in fact, the most lovable people are often the ordinary people who are rooted at the bottom.

Therefore, he is willing to do some practical things that are beneficial to the people.

Although this will affect his plan to earn stupid points, he still doesn't hesitate.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a general named Zhou Heng.

This man was born as a commoner. He was originally exiled to the Tang State and became a bandit because of the war in Jin State. Later, due to the recruitment of the imperial court, after many years of war, he transformed into the current general.

In the battle between Tang and Wei, he killed more than forty heads of the Wei army, and later killed many of the Wei army's scouts and spies. He was indirectly trusted by the Tang army, and was given the position of general.

But they didn't know that this general who killed Wei people like dogs was actually a Wei person.

It is also the ‘shadow’ belonging to Jin Yiwei, which is also the dark chess.

These people who play secret chess are no different from others on weekdays. They kill enemies when they should, and make meritorious deeds when they should. They will only show up when they are needed.

Moreover, these dark chess games can basically only be activated once.

Because after enabling it once, they are likely to be noticed.

On this day, Zhou Heng received an order from the Wei Emperor and knew that they were going to use his hidden chess.

So when the Tang State assembled its troops and went to the border, Zhou Heng took the initiative to ask for military service and wanted to make a contribution. The Tang general agreed and asked him to lead his own army and follow the army to the border.

When they arrived at the border, Zhou Heng trained his soldiers day and night. This made the Tang generals highly praised, but at the same time he was a little confused. It was not war time, so why did the soldiers have to work so hard?

So I came to him and asked him.

Zhou Heng knew that his plan had succeeded.

His purpose in doing this was to attract the attention of his superiors and then find an opportunity to make excuses.

This is a good opportunity for him.

When the general of the Tang Dynasty saw Zhou Heng, he asked him: "Now that we are not marching to fight, why do we have to make the soldiers work so hard? I received the reaction of your soldiers and said that you are suspected of abusing Pao Ze. In this regard,

How do you explain that?"

Zhou Heng had already formulated countermeasures before, so he said righteously: "Coming back to Marshal, I will do this to reduce the casualties of the soldiers during the battle. Otherwise, it will be too late to sharpen their guns in battle. According to what I have said

You know, Duan Guo is a country that has just been established, and their army can be said to be the founding army. They have been through wars, and the generals must be responsible for the brothers under their command and be prepared for them."

After hearing this answer, the general of the Tang Dynasty couldn't help but nodded, then smiled and said, "Who told you that we are here to prepare for war with Duan Guo?"

Zhou Heng said: "When I came to the border at the end, I heard rumors in the army that the princes in the temple and His Majesty the Emperor were going to use troops against Duan Guo. Since the war was about to break out, we should let the soldiers practice their marching and fighting abilities now, otherwise they would not be able to fight on the battlefield.

I don’t know how many Paoze brothers will die in vain because of this.”

The general of the Tang Dynasty praised: "The idea is right, but we won't be able to fight for a while now, so there is no need to rush to train the soldiers for the country. When there is a war, I will give you time to train the soldiers."

Zhou Heng looked calm on the surface and pretended to be confused: "May I ask Marshal, while we are talking about attacking Duan Guo, we also want to form a trade alliance with Duan Guo. Why is this?"

The commander-in-chief of Tang Dynasty frowned and said, "Why are you interested in this?"

Zhou Heng cupped his fists and said, "Come back to Marshal, I'm just curious. After all, I've been fighting for so many years and I've never seen such a strange scene. Marshal, I don't know when will we officially declare war on Duan Guo?"

The chief general of the Tang Dynasty smiled and said: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, but I am very curious, why do you, a small general, want war so much?"

Zhou Heng said respectfully: "It is precisely because I am still a junior general that I need to kill enemies to make achievements."

The leader of the Tang Dynasty laughed and said: "Don't worry, you will have the opportunity to make achievements, but it is not against Duan Guo. You go down first. Remember, there is no need to train soldiers recently."

Zhou Heng's heart skipped a beat and he clasped his fists to retreat.

Seeing that Zhou Heng was gone, the Tang Dynasty general called for a personal guard and said, "Pay more attention to him."

The guard beside him nodded and asked: "Marshal, do you think he is a little suspicious?"

The commander-in-chief of Tang Dynasty shook his head and said: "I can't tell, but I feel like he was a little weird today. As for what's weird, I haven't discovered it yet."

The guard blurted out: "But because he talked a lot today?"

The commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty suddenly understood and said: "Go, I will know every move he makes."

The guard cupped his fists and said: "No!"

Then he withdrew.

The commander-in-chief of the Tang Kingdom rubbed his eyes and murmured: "You do talk a bit too much."

In the next few days, Zhou Heng suddenly realized that he was being watched.

So he remained calm. Since he was not allowed to train soldiers, he would just train them himself.

In this way, under the close supervision of the Tang general, Zhou Heng practiced martial arts every day.

After about a few days, the Tang Dynasty general gave up his doubts and removed the people who were monitoring him.

Zhou Heng just breathed a sigh of relief.

Taking advantage of Xiu Mu's opportunity to leave the camp, he conveyed the words of the Tang general, "It's just that he is not the enemy of Duan State" to a secret agent arranged by Wei State at the border.

However, he had no idea that he had fallen into a trap at this moment.

The current leader of the Tang Dynasty was always suspicious, and he could not easily give up any suspicious person. Therefore, he did not remove the people who were monitoring him at all. Such an approach was just playing hard to get.

In this way, Zhou Heng was arrested, and the secret agent planted by the Wei State risked his life to finally pass on those words.

But as soon as he passed the border of Tang State, he was arrested by Tang State's intelligence organization.

Because of the words of the Tang general, no less than a hundred people were implicated.

Most of the casualties were intelligence personnel from Wei State.

Zhou Heng died tragically in prison.

He married a wife in the Tang Dynasty and had a son.

His wife only knew that he was a staff general in the army. She knew nothing about his other identities and did not want to know.

His child is still waiting for his return. He wants him to listen to him recite Three Hundred Thousand and let him praise him, "My son is awesome!"

pity...

Because of Zhao Changqing's decree, countless people and countless families behind him were willing to die for it without regrets.

This is the emperor.

One sentence can really change so many things.

But there is no way.

If they disobey the emperor's order and do this, it is very likely that more people in the Wei Dynasty will face the tragedy of wives and children being separated, and families being destroyed.

Everything is for the country.

There is nothing to regret.

Zhou Heng's death was just a small episode.

Before he died, the Tang Dynasty general asked him, "Why did you commit treason?"

Zhou Heng replied: "I am from Wei."

The leader of the Tang Kingdom was unwilling to ask again: "But you married a wife and had children here, and the Tang Kingdom treated you well. If you do this, won't your conscience hurt?"

Zhou Heng said harshly: "In this life, I will be satisfied if I marry a woman from the Tang Dynasty to warm my bed and let a man with a Tang household registration call me daddy."

It was these words that completely angered the Tang general, so he was cut into pieces and died.

At home, he really respects his wife and loves his children.

He knew that he owed them everything.

Before losing consciousness, the secret chessman inserted by Wei Guo in Tang Guojun said the last words left in this world, "Daughter-in-law, if I have a next life, I will be a cow and a horse for you. My child, please don't imitate me."

Dad."

Since the country has been granted, why should the Qing be granted?

He originally wanted to say "I'm sorry", but his life has come to an end.

His death triggered a series of reactions.

As many as a hundred intelligence officers lurking in the enemy country paid the price with their lives in order to send these words out.

When later generations learned about this period of history, they all showed surprised expressions.

All these stories actually happened around a general.

However, this general, at first, just decided to take risks because of one sentence.

However, it was because of the importance of this sentence that the Wei ministers at the time no longer hesitated, and finally decided to spend all their money to gather all the equipment, money, food, etc. needed for the 600,000-strong army to march into Jin.
To be continued...