Ningyang is only three days away from Qufu. This refers to the journey of ordinary people. If you ride a fast horse, you can get from Ningyang to Qufu in about four or five hours.
Therefore, towards the evening of that day, Prince Shupan of Lu learned the news that the Green Crows had come to deliver a message.
With just two messengers, there was no need to be too cautious, so King Lu summoned the two Green Crows and took Zhao Hongrun's letter from the latter.
After that, the two Green Crows did not wait for King Lu's reply and left alone. At this time, King Lu opened the letter and read the contents with a frown.
After a long time, King Lu ordered the people around him: "Send someone to call "Gongzi Xing"."
The Gongzi Xing he refers to is his eldest son "Gongshu Xing", who is twenty-eight years old this year. Although his talent is not that of a monster, he is also quite smart and virtuous. Most importantly, he is humble and observant, and has the potential to be a benevolent king.
About half an hour later, Gongzi Xing, who was dressed in large and luxurious clothes, came to the inner hall of the palace under the guidance of the chamberlain. He bowed his hands in front of King Lu and saluted: "Father, are you summoning your ministers?"
"Hmm."
Duke Lu Wangshu Pan nodded, beckoned to Prince Xing to sit down in the seat next to him, and then asked: "Have you heard about Ningyang?"
Hearing this, Young Master Xing shook his head in confusion and asked, "Father, what happened in Ningyang?"
It was not surprising that Prince Xing of Lu did not know the news that Ningyang had fallen, because after he learned of the bad news, he immediately ordered the news to be blocked and no one was allowed to mention it.
After all, Ningyang is too close to the royal capital Qufu. If the people of Qufu learned that Ningyang had been captured by the Wei army, they would definitely be panic-stricken.
Thinking of this, Lu Wanggong Shupan sighed after hearing this, and lowered his voice and explained: "Two days ago, Wei Gongzi Run led a strange army to sneak attack Ningyang and occupied the city."
Young Master Xing may not have reacted at first, but when he came to his senses, his face showed shock and panic.
Seeing this, King Lu took the lead and scolded: "I have blocked the news, please don't make it public!"
Young Master Xing, who looked a little pale, nodded repeatedly when he heard this.
At this time, Lu Wanggong Shupan continued: "Just now, I received a letter from Wei Gongzi Run. From this, I know that this son is currently in Ningyang." As he said that, he looked complicated.
Look at the letter on the desk in front of you.
Seeing that his father's face was a bit ugly, Young Master Xing swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously: "Father, what did Wei Young Master Zirun write in the letter? Is it to accuse our country of Lu of raising an army?"
King Lu shook his head, then moved the letter on the case table to Gong Zixing and said, "Read it yourself."
Young Master Xing nodded, carefully picked up the letter, and glanced at it roughly.
To his surprise, Wei Gongzi Run did not accuse him of Lu State in the letter. Whether it was assisting Qi State in declaring war on Wei State, or sending troops to blockade the Liang Lu Canal, he did not mention it. Wei Gongzi Run just wrote in the letter:
He talked about some insignificant things, such as lamenting that during the "Four Kingdoms' Battle against Chu", the State of Lu had given him and the merchant navy under his command a lot of help, but now it was regrettable that it was divided between the enemy and ourselves.
Subsequently, Wei Gongzi Run stated in a letter that he had no intention of becoming an enemy of the Lu State. "Capturing Ningyang" was based on current strategic considerations and was just a "temporary stay."
At the end of the letter, Wei Gongzi Run invited King Lu to Ningyang for a drink.
After reading the letter, Young Master Xing said eagerly: "Does the father want to keep the appointment? No way, if the father goes to Ningyang as promised, Wei Young Master Run will definitely take the opportunity to detain the father."
Seeing the anxious look on Gong Zixing's face, Lu Wang Gong Shupan nodded happily, and then he said with emotion: "In fact, this time Gu agreed to garrison in Song with the Qi army to assist Song Yun. Gu knew that this move
They must suffer from the evil of the Wei State. For this reason, Gu Zao sent troops early to blockade the Lianglu Canal to prevent the Wei State from fighting.
The boats carried the soldiers down the river and directly to our country... However, Gu did not expect that Wei Gongzi Run would not take the waterway, but led the cavalry to attack Ningyang City from thousands of miles overland... At present, the Wei army occupied Ningyang.
At any time, we can take advantage of the Lianglu Canal to continuously transport soldiers and baggage from our country to Ningyang..."
Having said this, he shook his head and sighed: "Anyway, I will go to the appointment."
After hearing this, Young Master Xing was very anxious and said: "Father, you must not do this. The most urgent task is to gather troops and try to recapture Ningyang!"
"Try to recapture Ningyang? From the hands of Wei Gongzi Run?"
Prince Lu Gong Shupan glanced at Gong Zixing and shook his head with a half-smile.
At that time, Wei Gongzi Run relied on 50,000 Wei troops to fight against Chu General Xiang Mo's 500,000 troops and Chu Shoulingjun Jingshe's 100,000 Zhengyang troops. Although he never won, he was also called Xiang Mo and Jingshe.
The two of them were helpless.
At that time, Lu Wanggong Shupan knew that Wei Gongzi Run was a future hero who was very good at strategizing. Regarding this matter, Lu Xi, the king of Qi when he was still alive, also held the same idea.
If the Qi State still has generals such as Tian Dan, Tian Ao, and Tian Wu, who can still withstand Wei Gongzi Run, then in the Lu State, there are no generals of that caliber. How can the Lu State resist Wei Gongzi Run?
After letting out a breath, Lu Wanggong Shupan said to Young Master Xing: "Wei Young Master Run, we captured Ningyang two days ago, but today we just wrote a letter asking me to come to Ningyang for a drink. Do you know what this means?
This means that Wei Gongzi Run
We have made preparations to attack Qufu... If Ruogu's prediction is correct, before Wei Gongzi Run has captured Ningyang, Wei's ships have already flowed down the Lianglu Canal, waiting for Wei Gongzi
Run takes Ningyang, the timing is just right
Receive those ships and their equipment, and give the baggage to the soldiers of Wei." At this point, he took the letter from Gong Zixing's hand, shook it slightly, and then said: "The two messengers who came to deliver the letter just now will not wait for Gu Zixing.
people replied,
Putting down the letter, he said goodbye and left. This shows that Wei Gongzi Run invited Gu Gu to drink this time and left no room for him to refuse. Either Gu Gu obediently submits and goes to Ningyang, or he leads the Wei army to capture Qufu... You
Do you understand?"
Young Master Xing nodded.
Seeing this, Lu Wang Gong Shupan said: "Right now, Wei Gongzi Run and our Lu country have not completely broken up, and he still has room for it. Therefore, I will go to Ningyang to try to stabilize Wei Gongzi Run. In addition, I
Lu's army was not strong enough to withstand the brave Wei army on its own, so Guhui sent people to Linzi for help.
Before the reinforcements from Qi arrive, you must not make any mistakes and anger the Wei army." At this point, he frowned and corrected: "No, even if the reinforcements from Qi arrive in Lu, you must not order them.
All armies are dispatched to rescue Gu... If anything happens to Gu Gu, this country will be handed over to you."
Listening to his father's words, which seemed to be his last words, Young Master Xing turned pale and said tremblingly: "Father, father, please think twice!"
Duke Shupan of Lu looked at his son with a smile, and then whispered the last instruction: "In addition, if anything happens to Gu Gu, you should govern the country carefully and beware of the "Three Huan". You must not give too much power to the royal family to make it weaker than the official family.
Remember, remember.”
After that, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Seeing that his father had made up his mind, the young master Xingzi hesitated several times and finally left with a sigh.
After that, Duke Shupan of Lu summoned his important minister "Uncle Ji".
Although Uncle Ji was born in the "Ji family" among the "Three Huans", King Lu trusted this veteran minister very much after they had known each other for more than 20 years.
Unlike Gong Zixing, Uncle Ji had long known that Ningyang had been captured by the Wei army. However, when he heard that Wei Gongzi Run sent a letter and invited Duke Lu to go to Ningyang for a drink, Uncle Ji was still surprised.
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"Your Majesty, do you have to go?" Uncle Ji said hesitantly: "In fact, even if the Wei army comes to attack now, they may not be able to capture Qufu. The veteran thinks that if we, Qufu, persist until Qi's reinforcements arrive, we should still
No problem.”
Lu Wanggong Shupan shook his head and said: "This will only anger Mr. Wei Run more... This time the opponent is Mr. Wei Run. At that time, the Koreans also thought they could defend the capital Handan and go to the border army to support them.
But what was the result? Handan was still succeeded by Wei Gongzi Run. First it was Shou Ying of Chu State, and then South Korea
Handan, I don’t want our Lu country to become the third country to be captured by Wei Gongzi. What’s more, the letter of invitation sent by Wei Gongzi Run this time is not only a threat, but also a message of goodwill, indicating that he
I don’t want to enter our country, but I have no choice but to do so. But if I refuse, I’m afraid..."
Uncle Ji nodded: Wei State is preparing for a war with South Korea, and now it is trapped in the quagmire of Song County. How can it easily attack Lu State and fight on multiple fronts?
Of course, the premise is not to offend Wei Gongzi Run, otherwise, when Wei was facing attacks from five forces, he still dared to go straight to the hinterland of Qin and marched to Xianyang City, the capital of the King of Qin.
Young Master Run, if once angry, is also an incredibly irritable person.
Thinking of this, Uncle Ji could only hold up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please be careful."
Lu Wanggong Shupan laughed when he heard this and said: "Gu and Wei Gongzi Run, after all, fought side by side to conquer Chu. Furthermore, Wei Gongzi Run is not a person like Wei Gongzi Run. He will not be able to do some intrigues. At most, Gu will be under house arrest by him."
For a while, until this war is over, my life will not be in danger. The reason why I appointed the crown prince is just as a precaution."
Uncle Ji nodded when he heard the words. After all, Wei Gongzi Run's reputation in the Central Plains is quite good. He always practices what he says and never goes back on his words.
After giving Uncle Ji a few words, Prince Lu Shupan set out on his way to Ningyang under the protection of a group of about 200 guards. He was afraid that if he delayed for too long, it would cause misunderstanding by Wei Gongzi Run and make him Lu Lu.
The country suffered an avoidable disaster.
After traveling for about two days, on the third day, Duke Shupan of Lu finally arrived at Ningyang, a city now filled with Wei army flags, as well as several fortresses and countless defense facilities outside the city.
To Duke Lu's surprise, after hearing the news of his arrival, Wei Gongzi Run did not put on any airs, as if there was no trouble between the two countries, and went out of the city to greet him personally. This made Duke Lu Shupan
I couldn't help but secretly sigh: This magnanimity alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Lord of the State of Lu, I am here upon invitation."
Seeing that the grown-up Wei Gongzi Run no longer looked as childish as before, Lu Wanggong Shupan cupped his hands and saluted Wei Gongzi Run with the etiquette of a king meeting his king.
And Wei Gongzi Zhao Run also smiled and returned the gift: "The little king has ordered people to prepare wine and food in the city to welcome the king...please!"