"With green mountains as a barrier and streams surrounding the city, the people live and work in peace and contentment. Food is harvested three times a year. It is the first town in the west."
Jiang Ziya was wearing a broad robe and a golden crown. He said to Wang Xu who was standing next to him: "My nephew captured the rope pool and won the first battle. You must be the first to get out of the seclusion. Nezha and Lei Zhenzi killed the generals and broke the city."
If you have merit, it should be the second or third merit."
Wang Xu quickly said humbly: "It all depends on the soldiers' lives. I dare not take this great credit. My uncle defeated Yang Jian."
It was Nezha who killed guard Zhou Tong, and Lei Zhenzi was the first to climb onto the rope pool city, but it was Wang Xu who made the greatest contribution. This is the difference between a pioneer and a general.
Without the leadership of a wise and powerful general, how could there be such a great victory? Of course, a pioneer deserves to be commended, but a general who knows people well and uses them well has greater merit.
This is also the reason why Wang Xu planned early and didn't wait for the Conferring of Gods to begin before going down the mountain.
It sounds like if you leave the mountain a year or two earlier, you will lose one or two years of repair time.
In the long run, this deal is a great deal, otherwise he would be standing on the top of the city, watching others welcome Jiang Ziya into the city, and he would be a second- or third-level junior high school student.
"Nephew, you don't have to be modest. After occupying Shengchi County, Xiqi can hoard supplies here to support the army's eastern expedition. Everyone will see the credit. I won't show it now. When Chaoge is conquered, we will reward you based on your merits.
At this time, the contribution of my nephew is indispensable."
Jiang Ziya looked very happy. Although Shengchi County was inconspicuous, it was the first foundation laid by the Eastern Expedition, which was of great significance.
Moreover, it is also a good sign that Xiqi's destiny is captured in the first wave.
"I, Xiqi, am a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. Shengchi County has been initially stabilized, but the people's morale is unstable. We must restrain the troops in each battalion and must not cause trouble in the city and ruin our reputation for benevolence."
Jiang Ziya was walking in Shengchi County. As he walked, he gave instructions to the civil and military personnel accompanying him.
After hearing this, everyone responded repeatedly. Good reputation is also a kind of wealth. For example, in Shengchi County now, when they heard that the Xiqi army was coming, the people's panic immediately disappeared.
If it were to be replaced by another army, not to mention the soldiers and civilians rising up to resist, at least it would not be like now, and there would still be people taking the initiative to send water and food to the Xiqi army.
King Wen Ji Changyang looked up to the world, and everyone called him a worthy candidate. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. At this time, the importance of reputation can be shown.
If it were an unknown prince, it would take a long time just to appease people's hearts, and he would also have to guard against assassinations by civilian righteous people.
"Uncle Master, we have captured Shengchi County. Should we take advantage of the remaining power of the victory to continue to advance eastward?" Wang Xu couldn't help but ask after walking around the city with Jiang Ziya.
When Jiang Ziya heard this, he shook his head and said: "This matter is not urgent. I have already received the news. The imperial court heard that we sent troops to march eastward, and they have already dispatched troops and generals to send people to quell the rebellion. Shengchi County is very close to Xiqi, and we can just go there
Here we are waiting for work, and it will not be too late to continue advancing until Chaoge's army is defeated."
When it came to countering the rebellion, Jiang Ziya's mouth twitched. No matter what, Xiqi was a prince conferred by the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Even if the reasons for anti-business were fanciful, they could not hide the fact that Xiqi rebelled.
Fortunately, at this time, there was no such thing as a monarch and a minister. The Yin and Shang Dynasties were only nominal co-owners of the world, and all princes had considerable autonomy, so they did not need to find too many excuses for anti-business.
"Prime Minister"
Zhou Gongdan stood up and asked doubtfully: "There are constant battles around the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The only central army was also taken to the East China Sea by Wen Zhong to quell the chaos. Chaoge still has soldiers to mobilize?"
Jiang Ziya looked up and found that the speaker was Zhou Gongdan, and replied: "A centipede insect is dead but not stiff. Chaoge is still very strong. Moreover, the general who commanded the army this time is an acquaintance of Xiqi.
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"Acquaintance?" Zhou Gongdan looked confused and couldn't figure out who this acquaintance was.
Jiang Ziya didn't care when he saw it. He turned to look at Wang Xu beside him and asked, "Guess who this general is."
Wang Xu frowned slightly. In The Romance of the Gods, the first general to attack Xiqi was the Forbidden Army's General Yousheng, Suipoxing Chao Tian, and his younger brother General Wuwei, Zhongdou Xingguan Chao Lei.
These two people, like Zhou Tong before them, cannot be called generals, and they have nothing to do with Xiqi, so they cannot be regarded as acquaintances of Xiqi.
Who could it be if it weren't for the two of them?
Could it be Zhang Guifang, the commander-in-chief of Qinglong Pass who led the army to attack Xiqi for the second time in the novel?
That's not right. Although Zhang Guifang and Ji Chang knew each other, their acquaintance was as close as working in the same company. It's hard to tell how close they were.
If the relationship was really good, when Zhang Guifang attacked Xiqi, he would not have said harsh words that the city of Xiqi was destroyed and that Ji Chang's bones would be dug out and crushed into ashes.
"Can't you guess?" Jiang Ziya looked strange and said softly: "I didn't expect Chaoge to send him here!"
He paused slightly and sighed: "Jizhou Hou Suhu!"
"Su Hu!"
Wang Xu was also stunned, how could it be him? It wasn't the time for Su Hu to appear yet.
In the novel, Su Hu's army attacked Xiqi in the middle and late stages of the Conferred God period. At that time, there was no one available in Chaoge, so he had to use Su Guozhang.
At present, none of Chaoge's famous generals have fallen. As Su Hu is Daji's nominal father, how could King Zhou agree to let him lead the army?
"That's Su Hu. It is said that Su Hu personally requested orders from King Zhou when he led the troops this time. The troops and horses he led were all Jizhou's own generals, and they did not use Chaoge to sing each soldier."
Jiang Ziya was also depressed. He said regretfully: "Back then, King Zhou forced Su Hu to sacrifice his daughter. Su Hu raised an army to fight against the merchants to protect Daji. Jizhou was about to be devastated. In the end, it was the old marquis who personally lobbied for Su Hu to plead guilty.
I dedicated Daji to Chao Ge. I, Xiqi, have always been on good terms with Jizhou, but I didn’t expect that the first person to attack Xiqi would be this old friend."
Wang Xu looked helpless after hearing this. Could he tell Jiang Ziya that in the novel, Suhu, the Hou of Jizhou, requested to lead troops to attack Xiqi in order to surrender his family to Xiqi?
Su Hu is under the four major princes, among the eight hundred princes, the most powerful prince after the four princes of the southeast, northwest and northwest.
If he guessed correctly, Su Hu would have noticed something was wrong with Daji at this time.
Su Hu led troops to attack Xiqi this time, probably just like in the novel, in order to break away from Daji's control and join his family in Xiqi.
"The Marquis of Jizhou Su Hu, the old Marquis once evaluated him when he was still alive, saying that he was a man of both literary and military skills, and his military and military skills were the best among the princes. This time Su Hu came to the west with five generals, and he was very aggressive.
One and a half million armored soldiers, this is my first tough battle since Xiqi came out of seclusion, this is a tough bone to crack."
Jiang Ziya was not a time traveler, nor was he reborn. He only thought that Su Hu was the head of the country, and he must have led the troops to destroy Xiqi. He had no idea that Su Hu was the head of the country, but he had already been the head of the country.
I don’t want to do it anymore.
Wang Xu looked strange when he heard this and didn't know what to say to Jiang Ziya.
After a while, he suppressed the strange look on his face and said, "Uncle Master, since Su Hu is the leading general, who are the deputy generals and generals he brought?"
Jiang Ziya did not hide anything, and replied: "The deputy generals are General Yousheng Chao Tian, General Wuwei Chao Lei, and the general generals are General Zheng Lun, General Ha Chen Qi, and his son Su Quanzhong."
Wang Xu felt at ease. No matter whether it was Su Hu and his son who wanted to surrender, or the four generals Chao Tian, Chao Lei, Zheng Lun and Chen Qi, they were not too strong for him.
Even if Su Hu doesn't surrender, these people will not be his opponents if they fight soldiers or generals.
Unfortunately, before Wang Xu could feel relieved, Jiang Ziya spoke again: "I have a junior brother named Shen Gongbao, who studied art with me in Kunlun Mountain back then. Now, each of us is his own master, and I am
Xiqi was the prime minister, and Shen Gongbao was also Chaogegui as the national advisor. He knew that I was in Xiqi, so he took advantage of Su Hu to lead the army and went to Kowloon Island to invite the Four Saints of Kowloon to help. These four people are our confidants.
Serious trouble."
Wang Xu: ""
He knew that if Su Hu could lead the troops, Chaoge would not be able to match him with a master.
But the Four Saints of Kowloon Island, this is too high.
Although these four people are only named disciples of the Tongtian Cult Master, they are actually real golden immortals, and they each have their own strengths, and they also know a set of magic formations called the Four Symbols Formation.
In the novel, the four of them came with Zhang Guifang to attack Xiqi.
On the battlefield, Li Xingba, one of the Four Sages, saw that Mu Zha wanted to take action against him, and once made a bold statement, saying that he would not be afraid even if Mu Zha's master, Taoist Cihang, came.
As a result, because he disdained Mu Zha's strength, he went to capture Mu Zha without using magic weapons. However, Mu Zha secretly sacrificed the Wu Gou sword and attacked and killed him secretly.
The other three people were also attacked and killed one by one in the battle formation. The most tragic death among them was King Demon, the head of the Four Saints. He was hidden by Manjusri in the military formation without even seeing the face of Taoist Manjusri.
The Taoist was beaten to death with a dragon-escaping stake.
The Four Saints of Kowloon Island were the first batch of Jie Jiao masters to join the world, and they were also the beginning of the falling out between Chan Jiao and Jie Jiao.
The four of them never thought to their death that just because they all came out of the Taoist sect together, people like Jiang Ziya would kill them.