"PS: After reading the comments, I found that a book friend actually saw through the author's little thoughts. According to the author's past writing habits, this is to change the rhythm of the outline. Unfortunately, the foreshadowing has been buried. Well, it is indeed Shen Yu Chen Xiao CP, Huan Hu Youma CP.』
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"Whoa whoa--"
"Yan Ling——"
"Whoa whoa--"
On the wasteland at the junction of Anling and Yanling, nearly 100,000 Yanling people raised their arms and shouted with excitement. On the opposite side, the Anling people, whose number was not less than 100,000, were dead silent.
"I...we lost?"
An Anling man murmured.
Beside him, Lu Zhi sighed and nodded silently: "Ah, we lost."
All the Anling people were silent.
Whether they are natives of Anling or former Yanling people like Lu Zhi, who are now classified as former refugees in Anling, they all feel very heavy.
The two counties competed for half a month, and Anling lost.
This year, the nameless group of hills at the junction of Anling and Yanling will be called Yanqiu.
This year, Anling people will only be able to draw water from the lower reaches of the river between the two counties, leaving the upstream areas with relatively good water quality to Yanling.
This year, Anling will lose one mile of its county territory, and this land will be included in Yanling's county territory.
The people of Anling were naturally unwilling to give in, but they could not say anything to refute, because in this competition that lasted for about half a month, after experiencing the three competitions of fighting with force, tug of war with hundreds of people, and fetching water with thousands of people, almost One out of every three people participated, and this competition was in full view of the public, and there was no secret operation at all.
In this situation, whether you win or lose, the winner depends on your strength, and the loser can only blame yourself for being inferior to others.
"Haha, give in, give in."
Yanling County Magistrate Peng Yi smiled and saluted Anling County Magistrate Yan Yong, who looked slightly stiff.
To be fair, this game actually has nothing to do with these two county magistrates, and it cannot be regarded as a political achievement, but Yan Yong still feels extremely regretful and unwilling.
Not to mention him, even the fifth son of the Zhao family looked extremely ugly. He only felt his face burning and tingling.
An inexplicable unwillingness came over my heart. Even when Zhao Hongrun sent someone to imprison him in the county jail, he was not as excited as he was today.
"Move the boundary stone!"
Following the order from Yanling County Magistrate Peng Yi, amid the roaring shouts of nearly 100,000 Yanling people, dozens of young and strong men volunteered to use various tools to lift the heavy boundary stones and march towards Anling City step by step. direction.
The Yanling people were excited, while the Anling people were silent.
More than 200,000 civilians watched silently as the large stone, which had no value in itself, moved one mile north.
"King Su has issued an order allowing me to celebrate in Yanling for three days without a curfew!"
Peng Yi, the magistrate of Yanling County, once again delivered exciting news to the people of Yanling.
Amid bursts of joy and laughter, the Yanling people evacuated on a large scale, leaving only the Anling people standing silently like a black sea.
They didn't laugh at the losers.
After all, this competition was very fair, allowing the Yanling people who had been wary in the past to truly realize that the status of these Chu people who defected to the Wei State was equal to that of the Wei people in Anling.
This sense of identity allowed the Yanling people to also accept the Anling people.
Furthermore, in this competition, they also saw the strength of the Anling people, especially in the early stages of the ring, when countless brave young men in Yanling City were defeated by the Anling people.
Respecting your opponent will make your victory more valuable!
"My fellow county neighbors... I'll go back soon."
Yan Yong, the magistrate of Anling County, looked deeply at the boundary stone and sighed: "Next year, win it back next year!"
right!
Win it back next year!
Hundreds of thousands of Anling people silently dismantled their simple tent houses and returned to Anling in unison without making a sound.
On the hillside in the distance, Yanling Army General Qu Cheng, who was ordered to protect the competition venue, was discussing softly with his subordinates.
Hundreds of thousands of Anling people were silent, and there was a dead silence. This scene put a lot of pressure on the Yanling army. You must know that generals such as Xi Gongye Sheng and Zuo Qiu Mu were afraid that the Anling people would suddenly riot.
If there was a physical conflict between hundreds of thousands of Anling people and hundreds of thousands of Yanling people, how would the 20,000 Yanling troops stop it?
Fortunately, the worst didn't happen.
"People from Anling are not so unreasonable." General Zuo Xunxi said with a chuckle.
The generals looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads: They were all soldiers of Chu who invaded the Wei State. What position do they have to criticize the good and bad of the Wei people?
But it is undeniable that although the Anling people lost, they won their dignity. Not to mention, the fact that there were no taunts or jeers when the hundreds of thousands of Yanling people evacuated is enough to prove this.
Of course, it's hard to say tomorrow.
The Yanling people worked hard to win this competition. If they didn't scream in front of the Anling people, I would be sorry for them sacrificing their lives in the game. God knows how many Yanling people will be annoyed by this game for at least half a month.
Silent?
"If you lose, you won't lose... If you win this year, you may not be able to win next year." General Hua Yu said with emotion.
The generals here all have this premonition: There will be many things to see in the coming year!
While everyone here was predicting the outcome of the tournament between the two counties in the coming year, only Qu Cheng, the general of the Yanling Army, was thinking about the events behind the tournament.
"How clever, His Highness King Su... After today, Anling and Yanling will still be at odds with each other, but the reasons for the antagonism may have changed dramatically compared to the past... As expected, King Su's strategy is not that of the rest of Wei State."
Several princes are comparable..."
Qu Cheng, who was a little cautious, had a flash of determination in his eyes.
The next three days were uneventful.
On the fourth day, the Anling people's nightmare began to come. As the victors, the Yanling people began to form a group to provoke the Anling people. They even entered Anling City openly and wandered around the city.
Anling was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but they had no choice because they lost. As Su Wang Zhao Hongrun said, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
However, some of the nobles in Anling City were extremely angry and clamored to show those Yanling people some shame.
But in the final analysis, this is just a clamor, and it is a clamor with a guilty conscience. Everyone knows that since His Highness Prince Su has proposed the word fairness and justice, then anyone who violates the rules of the game will be punished by Prince Su.
His Highness's most cruel blow.
They can only endure it and wash away the humiliation they have shouldered when the two counties meet again next year.
Under this general trend, the case of the "Gong brothers" seemed to have been forgotten by the people of the two counties long ago, and no one mentioned it again.
Even though they were the victims, the Yanling people are now the victors.
"You will definitely be held accountable by the Ministry of Rites."
In the study room of the Anling County government office, Zhao Laiyu teased Zhao Hongrun.
Because in the past two days, the number of Yanling people who came to Anling for a leisurely stroll increased by hundreds of times compared to before.
Those Yanling people, under the gnashing teeth of the Anling people, strolled in small groups in Anling's taverns and on the streets, as if they were victorious generals patrolling the territory of the defeated.
On the other hand, those Anling and Wei people, even if they were holding fire in their hearts, did not have the face to provoke trouble. They simply avoided the Yanling people.
The Wei people, as the mainstream and orthodox people of the Wei state, actually avoided the Chu people. It is strange that Zhao Hongrun was not impeached.
"What does it have to do with me? I didn't let you lose. It's just that your skills are inferior to others."
Zhao Hongrun's words knocked over a boatload of people, including the county magistrate Yan Yong, Zhao Laiyu and his five grandsons in the house, all of whom had unhappy faces.
But having said that, in Zhao Hongrun's view, this result is not a bad thing.
After all, the "Gong Brothers" incident has made the Anling people's impression in the minds of the Yanling people extremely bad. Now let the Yanling people win a game, and this will actually help resolve the resentment of these Chu people towards the Wei people.
and dissatisfaction.
As for the mood of the people of Anling and Wei, if you are not convinced, you can fight again next year.
Anyway, it doesn't matter to Zhao Hongrun who wins or loses.
"Okay, I'll leave An Ling to you. I have to go to Shangshui first." Zhao Hongrun said calmly.
"..." Zhao Laiyu said nothing because he had already learned about what happened in Shangshui County two days ago.
He still remembered that the King Su in front of him was very angry at that time.
"Someone actually dares to attack Shangshui County. I wonder who is so bold?"
Everyone in the room guessed in unison.
On the same day, Zhao Hongrun handed over the finishing work to the county magistrate Yan Yong and the five sons of the Zhao family, and led thousands of Shangshui troops back to Shangshui County.
In fact, he wanted to go back two days ago, but the competition between the two counties here was not over yet. He was afraid that something would happen, so he resisted leaving immediately and has endured it until today.
He is not worried about the current situation in Shangshui County, because the Green Crows in Shangshui have already sent people to tell him what happened that day. Furthermore, the losses in Shangshui County are not very serious.
It was just an attack that lasted only a quarter of an hour. Although many buildings were burned down, to be honest, those old buildings were originally planned to be demolished by Yang Shitao when he expanded the city and county.
Furthermore, due to the timely support from the Shang Shui Army stationed at the port and the Green Crows outside the city, Huan Hu and his men were able to rush into the city at best. They did not stay long before being chased by the Shang Shui Army, the Youma people, and the Green Crows.
He fled out of the city.
It can be regarded as forcibly brushing up a wave of presence.
But having said that, although the loss was not heavy, Zhao Hongrun was very angry in his heart, because it was clearly Huan Hu who was disgusting with him in this attack.
Huan Hu knew clearly in his heart that when he killed Wang Tingqi on the top of Balimiao Mountain, it would be almost impossible for him to gain a foothold in Wei State. His only way out was to escape to Song Dynasty, which was beyond the reach of Zhao Hongrun.
Even if he fled to Chu State, it would be useless. Zhao Hongrun could rely on his current relationship with Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu to continue to send people to hunt him down.
In other words, Huan Hu had no choice but to flee to the Song Dynasty. After all, due to the agreement reached between the Wei court and the Southern Palace of the Song Dynasty, the power of the Suwang Party could not touch this area for the time being.
Just run away, but Huan Hu would not run away quietly. He had to go to Shangshui County to disgust Zhao Hongrun before fleeing to Song Dynasty.
Not to mention, Zhao Hongrun was really disgusted by him.