Yanshi County got its name in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. When King Wu was conquering Zhou, he met two reclusive nobles of the Yin Shang Dynasty, Boyi and Shuqi, at the foot of Shouyang Mountain. King Wu ordered the Eastern Expedition army to temporarily suspend the Yan Rong division and listen to the words of Lord Guzhu.
What did the two sons of each other have to say, so the place was named Yanshi. Five thousand cavalry led by the Yan Kingdom's general in the south and the governor of Henan, Wu Wang Murongchui and Dazai Sima Yuexi were stationed in the north of Yanshi City at this time.
South foot of Yangshan Mountain.
At about nine o'clock on the same day, after five thousand Yan troops had made a good meal, they were about to break camp and march towards Luoyang City, fifty miles away. However, Murong Chui suddenly received an urgent report from the former army general Sun Gai, saying that he had captured the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi and the Qin Dynasty.
There were more than 300 people sent to Xibao, but Chen Caozhi said that he had a gift sent by King Wu from his old friend thirty years ago and wanted to present it to King Wu——
When he was about to attack Luoyang, he accidentally captured the envoys of Qin and Jin. This matter was very important and unusual!
Murong Chui ordered the army to postpone the westward advance and Yanshi was on standby. He called the sergeant who had reported the news to the tent for questioning. He first asked who his old friend was thirty years ago. The sergeant could not answer and only said that the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi wanted to meet him.
His Highness King Wu.
Murong Chui's eyes showed ridicule, and he thought: "Thirty years ago, I was a six or seven-year-old boy. How could I have any old friends who asked Chen Caozhi to come and give me gifts! This Chen Caozhi was panicking and talking nonsense after being captured.
Are you talking nonsense?" Suddenly he asked in a deep voice: "How do you know that it is Chen Caozhi?"
The sergeant said: "The Jin envoy holds an eight-foot banner and a banner of spears and gates. Moreover, Chen Cao is so handsome that he truly deserves his reputation."
When Murong Chuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile. Chen Caozhi is the most famous handsome man after Pan Yue and Wei Jie. His name is known to everyone in the Central Plains and Heshuo. He may not be easy to fake.
Murong Chui then asked the sergeant where he captured Chen Caozhi, Xi Bao and the others. When he learned that it was in the Donggu area southwest of Yanshi City, Murong Chui frowned: "I have always heard of Chen Caozhi.
A man of pure filial piety and talent, possessing both political integrity and talent, and standing out from the crowd. If a humble scholar can be trusted by Huan Wen, he will not be a rhetorician. He will not be so ridiculous! Fu Jian sent envoys to follow Chen Cao.
It means that the peace talks between Qin and Jin have been completed, but Chen Caozhi neither immediately went south to Yingchuan nor hid in Luoyang City. He knew that our Yan cavalry was stationed in Yanshi, but he threw himself into the trap. This is really unbelievable -
- It goes against the norm and may be a deception, but the capital of Chen Cao has been captured, so why use deception! How many soldiers and horses are there in Luoyang City, can they still ambush our army? If the Qin people have a large army to cover up, my scouts will not be able to do it.
Maybe I don’t know——”
No matter how wise Murong Chui was, he couldn't guess why Chen Cao came to the outside of Yanshi City to throw himself into a trap. However, capturing the envoys of Qin and Jin was a greater gain than capturing Luoyang City. Murong Chui thought for a moment, that is
He ordered his eldest son Murong Ling to lead a thousand cavalry to welcome Chen Cao and his party to Yanshi City. He solemnly told Murong Ling that as long as the other party did not use swords or weapons, he should treat them with courtesy.
Dazai Sima Yuexi learned that King Murong Chui of Wu had ordered to postpone the march to Luoyang, and hurried over to ask why. When he learned that the ambassadors of Qin and Jin had been captured, he was also surprised and said with great joy: "His Royal Highness King Wu, Hong Fu, this is a great blessing."
To subjugate the enemy's army without fighting."
Murong Chui said: "Please don't order your cavalry to return to camp. I want to show off my troops to frighten the Qin and Jin envoys."
Yue Xi took the order and left.
Murong Chui was waiting quietly in the military tent for the arrival of Chen Caozhi and Xi Bao. He was still thinking about Chen Caozhi's purpose of coming here at night. He couldn't help but reach into the chess case and grab the jade chess pieces with a clattering sound——
Influenced by his brother Murong Ke, Murong Chui became fond of Go and took his chess equipment with him during his military journey. Although he rarely played chess with others in the army, when he was thinking about planning, he liked to play with several chess pieces in his palm, just like
When famous people in Jiangzuo talked, they held iron Ruyi, jade Ruyi, or a hoe handle.
After a long time, Murong Chui laughed loudly and threw the chess pieces in his hands into the chess box, thinking: "Maybe this Chen Cao is mediocre at first, just like a mediocre player playing chess, there is often no logic to follow, why should I bother to think about his intention, haha,
Let’s see what gift he gave me from an old friend thirty years ago?”
At the beginning of Chenshi, Sun Gai, the general who had made great achievements, arrived quickly and reported his merits to Murong Chui, saying that the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi and the Qin envoy Xi Bao were about to be escorted here.
Murong Chui stood up and said, "Follow me to greet you. These two are envoys who uphold integrity and should treat each other with courtesy."
Sun Gai said: "Your Highness, there are three hundred envoys from Qin, and they all refuse to hand over their weapons."
Murong Chuishai smiled and said: "Since the weapons have not been handed over, how can we talk about capturing them?"
Sun Gai blushed and said: "That is the order the prince brought to His Highness the King of Wu, to treat him with courtesy. Moreover, Chen Caozhi said that he came specially to offer gifts to the King of Wu, otherwise the general would have surrendered them long ago.
weapons."
Murong Chui said: "This is your great merit. When the master comes back to the court, I will give you a summary of your merit."
Sun Gai was overjoyed and quickly thanked Wu King Murong Chui.
Murong Chui straightened his helmet and said: "What can three hundred infantry do among our thousands of troops!" But he also said: "Order the archers and crossbowmen to be on guard and closely monitor the accompanying soldiers of the Qin and Jin Dynasties -" strode
Leave the military tent.
"Woo--Woo--"
Hundreds of horn bugles were blown together, and the vigorous and majestic sound of the horns made the rising sun in the eastern sky lose its color. The white clouds fluttering in the high sky stopped for an instant and then sped away.
Murong Ling, the Crown Prince of Wu, accompanied Chen Caozhi, the envoy of Jin, to the military stronghold in the north of Yanshi City. The heavy cavalry of the Yan Army in armor and riding gear shone with the shiny luster of metal in the sun, with face curtains, chicken necks, chests, and horse bodies.
Armor, riding behind, sheltering, the cavalry's two-foot-long horse stick pointed diagonally at the ground. Once the tip of the stick is straightened, it is time to charge. This kind of heavy cavalry with both man and horse protected by heavy armor is not afraid of arrows.
Wherever it passes, it is like a chariot. Infantry and light cavalry cannot use their front edge——
Ran Sheng followed Chen Cao on a big white horse and looked coldly at the Xianbei heavy cavalry. His father Ran Min was captured and died because he lost to Murong Ke's chained horse. At this moment Ran Sheng saw
Seeing the heavy cavalry of the Yan State arranged in eight square formations, they couldn't help but feel hatred in their hearts, thinking that one day they would destroy the Xianbei people's armor and riding equipment and destroy the Murong family's prestige——
The Yan army was very powerful, and Chen Caozhi nodded secretly. At this time, under the south and north campaigns of Murong Ke and Murong Chui brothers, the Yan state defeated Goguryeo, destroyed the Yu Wenbu, pacified Fuyu, and captured and killed Ran Min for more than 20 years.
There has been no defeat, and they are at their peak. The peak of prosperity must decline. Now is the time for the Murong clan of Xianbei to turn around and decline. Who should I take up this post?
At this time, Chen Caozhi met the famous Murong Chui.
Chen Cao loved the Qing Dynasty Zhang Chao's writings like this - "I don't know if I ever met Xi Shi during the Spring and Autumn Period during my lifetime. Did I ever have a look at Wei Jie when I was in the afternoon? When I was Yixi
At that time, did you ever get drunk with Yuan Ming? In the days of Tianbao, did you ever have a glimpse of Taizhen? In the days of Yuanfeng, did you ever meet Dongpo?——"
Zhang Chao was the first to dream of time travel. He was not greedy enough and wanted to travel back and forth to several dynasties to see beauties and reclusive literary figures throughout the ages. However, Chen Caozhi could only live in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Someone in later generations once said that there were three people he most wanted to see in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
They are Xie An, Xie Daoyun and Huan Wen. Chen Cao has met all three of them. Now he is on an envoy to the Northern Kingdom and met Wang Meng in Chang'an. Today in Yanshi City, he met Shen Yi's great strategy Murong Chui. The wonderful life
Isn’t it about being able to be friends or enemies with these people who are at the pinnacle of history?
Murong Chui was seven feet eight inches tall, only slightly shorter than Ran Sheng. He had big hands and long arms. He was tall and powerful. This was the man who would defeat Huan Wen in Fangtou three years later. Later, his great achievements shocked the emperor and caused him to be jealous and cost him his life. The general could not be saved and had no choice but to defect to Di Qin. In the Battle of Feishui, Fu Jian's 800,000-strong army was completely defeated. Only the army led by Murong Chui did not lose a single soldier. Later, Hou Yan was established and fought throughout his life without any defeat——
When he saw Chen Caozhi, Murong Chui's eyes shone brightly. Although he had never met Chen Caozhi, he dared to confirm at the first glance that this person was Chen Caozhi and Jiangzuo Weijie. There would not be a second one. !
Compared with the Qin envoy Xi Bao's twinkling eyes and uneasy expression, Chen Caozhi behaved elegantly, calmly and unhurriedly. He really had the aura of a great state, which almost gave Murong Chui the illusion that this Chen Caozhi was indeed on an envoy to the State of Yan. .
The guests and hosts were seated in the military tent. Except for Chen Caozhi, Ran Sheng, Shen Chiqian, Su Qi, Xi Bao and several of their cronies, the rest of the Qin and Jin soldiers were not allowed to enter. There were soldiers holding axes hidden behind the big tent. The figures were solemn and motionless, like sculptures, but as long as Murong Chui gave an order, these sculptures would become alive and bloody in an instant, tearing apart the curtain and swarming out, chopping these Qin and Jin envoys into pulp——
Since Xi Bao was ordered to go on a mission, his courage was not weak, but at this time, his clothes were soaked in sweat, and it was a hot summer day in June. He was sweating like rain, and his panic was visible in his color, but Chen Caozhi took out the knife from his sleeve. He gently shook the folding fan with "Ji Kang's Scattered Pictures" painted on it, and said: "It's extremely hot in the dog days of Jiangzuo, and I didn't expect it to be the same in Henan. It's hard work for His Highness King Wu to lead the army."
Chen Caozhi's current behavior was a bit like Wang Huizhi's arrogance. Murong Chui sneered in his heart and asked: "Why did the envoy Chen come to our country when he was on a mission to Qin?"
Chen Cao said: "I was entrusted by someone to make a special trip to see the King of Wu."
Murong Chui asked: "Who entrusted you?"
Chen Cao said: "Isn't Xie Anshi from Chen County a close friend of King Wu thirty years ago?"
Murong Chui's thick eyebrows trembled, and he suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he heard the name of Xie An, a child prodigy from Jiangdong, and asked someone to send him a pair of white wolf cats unique to Liaoning that he had hunted. He couldn't remember what he was feeling at that time, maybe it was You might not be convinced by Xie An's reputation as a child prodigy. After that, he went into battle and had long forgotten that childhood incident. Unexpectedly, thirty years later, Xie An still remembered that incident and asked someone to repay the gift——
Murong Chui recalled his childhood memories and couldn't help but smile, but suddenly his face darkened and he asked: "Is it true that Ambassador Chen came here to repay the gift to this king for Xie Anshi?" At the same time, the curtain blew. The murderous intent behind the scenes is revealed——
Xi Bao on the side suddenly became worried. At this moment, if Chen Caozhi said something wrong, it would immediately lead to death.