Chapter 027 Summer of Mountains

A mountain outside Yongjia City. Strange rocks and green bamboo trees. Through the forest, you can faintly see a waterfall. There is a pavilion on the cliff at the waist of the waterfall. This pavilion has been in disrepair for a long time, and traces of decayed by insects can be faintly seen on the column. Because of the waterfall, the moisture embroidered the roots of the column with moss, and the moss climbed along the column, which is already half a person's height. There used to be stone tables and stone benches in the pavilion, but now there are only five deep pits of the same size. There is a crack in the fence near the waterfall, which makes people afraid to approach it.

The heat comes to the south, and you can't help sweating after walking in this shade for a long time. When Lu Xun and his party came to the pavilion, they suddenly felt cool. Seeing Lu Xun sneezing several times, the servant quickly took out two sets of coats from his luggage and put them on for Lu Xun and Xu Dao respectively.

Wait for the servants to spread blankets in the pavilion and set up tea and snacks on the table in the middle of the blanket, Lu Xun raised his hand and invited Xu Daofu to sit with him to this temporary ** and waved back the servants.

"This is a good place." Xu Dao looked at the white fog lingering by the waterfall and admired it.

"Indeed." Lu Xun was obviously not as interested as Xu Daofu.

This scenery was recommended by Xu Daofu to Lu Xun. Since arriving in Yongjia, Lu Xun has been busy recruiting troops, governing the people, and dealing with large and small affairs in counties. He never came to visit the mountains and rivers. Although Xu Daofu also helped Lu Xun do something that the county official should do, he seemed very happy and often took a few servants out of the city to look around.

"Brother is quite elegant." Lu Xun said to Xu Dao.

Lu Xun and Xu Daofu turned out to be friends. Even if Xu Daofu married Lu Xun's sister, Lu Xun did not call him "sister" according to common sense, and often called him "brother" in private.

"You said that I went out of the city all day to enjoy it?" Xu Dao curled the corners of his mouth, turned his head and looked up at the place where the waterfall leaked out of the mountainside. He said leisurely, "In those years, Fu Jian led millions of soldiers to the country. Xie An ordered Xie Shi, Xie Xuan, Xie Yan and other 'inconsiderate teenagers' to meet the enemy, but he played in the mountains and forests, and he was proud of himself. The so-called collapse of Mount Tai without fear, nothing more than this.

Hearing what he said, Lu Zhun smiled: "Brother wants to learn from Anshi this time."

"It's just stupidity, how dare you? It's just that you have been overworked recently. You might as well spend a day and be annoyed when you come here.

"That said, the big enemy is approaching. Brother, you can be Xie An, but I can't be Xie An. Lu Xun was not in the mood to talk to Xu Daofu in such a clumsive manner.

"This is absurd. Now you are the leader of the army, and I am a counselor. Once everything is done in the future, you are the king and I am the minister. Only those who are ministers can thank you for peace. How can you thank you for your king?

Listening to Xu Daofu's explanation, Lu Zhuan couldn't help smiling with him.

Soon, Lu Xun leaned over and asked Xu, "This time, Liu Jinu led troops. Is there any change in the strategy given by his brother the day before yesterday?"

"There is no change, but what I offer is by no means a way to retreat from the enemy. If ordinary generals come, we will naturally not be afraid. Only this Liu Jinu is very invincible. Therefore, Master Sun led 100,000 people and was still defeated by Liu Jinu; the people led by us were only tens of thousands. How can you match it?"

"In this way, I, Yongjia, am not worried at all."

"It's not true either. It should be sound, but it needs to send more soldiers to delay Liu Yu's going south. Normally, the court conscripted and other 'thieves'. Xu Daofu said the word "thieves" and paused. Seeing that Lu Xun did not respond, he smiled and said, "I have never used literary ministers. You only need to issue an order from the lieutenant's office to lead the soldiers to suppress the thieves. This time, the Beifu soldiers go south, and they only need to order the general Liu Yu to lead the troops. Why bother Huan Xiu? What do you think Huan Xiutong means?

"I have some suspicions about Beifu."

"It is true. As long as I wait to clear the field and stick to the city. The two armies have been holding each other for a long time, and there will inevitably be changes in the armies of Huan Xiu and Liu Yu. At that time, we raided again with strange soldiers. Not only Yongjia is worry-free, but it may also force the Beifu army away, so that the court no longer dares to send troops to suppress it. Besides, Huan Xuan has not been in Jingzhou for a long time, how can he rest assured? As long as any gap such as Jiankang, Jingzhou, Jingkou, etc. is generated, it will inevitably be chaotic. At that time, we just needed to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

"This is a good plan."

"At present, it is necessary to quickly send troops to garrison Dongyang when Liu Yu's troops are not fully gathered."

"Dongyang?"

"Exact. Dongyang is not a victorious place, and it is bound to be difficult for soldiers to guard when they meet Liu Yu. And you don't have to fight with him, you just need to set up more defenses to prevent him from marching. When he was stationed, he was more coquettish. It's very annoying. Liu Yu is a veteran. It must be okay to meet these, but Huan Xiu is not a leading soldier, how can he bear these hardships? They don't come from the same place. Huan Xiu has a suspicion of Liu Yu, and Liu Yu will not worry about the master. Under such circumstances, it is not difficult for us to find the right opportunity.

Lu Xun touched his beard and thought for a long time and said, "What if they are not at all right?"

"If Huan and Liu work together, it will be very difficult. The decisive battle in Yongjia City is inevitable.

Lu Xun didn't say anything for a long time and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'm not Liu Yu's enemy."

"Liu Yu is indeed an extraordinary general. However, he was the first to have morale in the previous competition. The so-called 'death and life'. Although I have many soldiers, my morale is not as good as others, and I will naturally be defeated. This time, I guard Yongjia, and I occupy the time, land and people. Liu Yu came to the north and did not learn the customs of the Southerners, and the army was short of food. After a short time, it will retreat naturally. As long as I stick to it for more than a month, things will turn around.

Lu Xun listened to Xu Daofu's words and said, "I'm afraid I can't keep it for more than a month."

"What's the point?"

"The old master, you and I have fought with Liu Yu dozens of times, and it can't be seen that Liu Yu has never fought a protracted battle. Every battle must be like thunder, defeating the enemy first. Don't you see the battle of Dantu? The military method is 'ten encirclement'. I have surrounded these two cities by more than ten times. What's the result?"

"Have you ever thought about whether our followers and soldiers could fight at that time? Although we have a large number of people, we are not soldiers. Although Liu Yu's number is small, everyone can fight. For example, it is like a knife and axe to let women and children. Those who stick to the inside and outside of Yongjia City this time are my elite soldiers and generals. The so-called soldiers come to block and the water comes to cover the earth. What are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid, but I want to try to prepare for a rainy day before Liu Yunan comes. What should I do if Yongjia City is not guaranteed in the end?

"If something doesn't go wrong, just go back to Yongdong."

Hearing this, Lu Xun sighed: "We are indeed 'thieves'."

Xu Daofu heard Lu Xun's words and knew that when he called himself a "thief" just now, Lu Xun did not say anything, but he was a little unhappy. So he smiled and comforted Lu Xun and said, "If Xiang Yu gets the world, isn't Liu Bang a thief?" If Wang Mang expelled the deer chaser, would Liu Xiu not be a thief?

'The princes would rather have guts'. He is a thief and cares about gains and losses. The successful are the king, and the loser is the bandits. Anyone who does great things is exiled and has gone through hardships. If you don't be a thief first, how can you be the king? When I occupy the sky, I will enter the king; when I do not occupy the sky, I retreat and wait for the opportunity. When Liu Bang burned the plank road and retreated to the middle of the Han Dynasty, he was extremely embarrassed. Even if it's a thief, why are you ashamed? What are you worried about?"

Although Lu Xun's look was still melancholy, it was much better than just now. He knows this brother-in-law very well. The Lu family has been a concubine for generations and a famous family. Lu Xun, like many children of scholars, either loyal to the country and to the king through his official career, or full of high friends, or travel around the world to be an idle person to talk about the Tao.

After all, he is not Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, and he can fight against tyrants. The government raises the flag of righteousness, whether it is success or failure, can leave a name in history. He is not as heroic as Liu and Xiang, and the country is not as declining as Qin II. Even if the world is founded, it cannot be said to be the new year of the imperial dynasty. Since it's not Zheng Shuo, isn't it like a bandits? Qin, Yan, Wei, etc., who established the country in Jiangbei, are not as good as the bandits in the eyes of the scholars. Such a name is not smooth, and it has always been Lu Xun's heart knot.

Xu Daofu didn't go on. He knew that some problems needed to be realized by himself.

The fog of the waterfall. Wet the bed in the pavilion. Lu Xun called his servants and tied up the bed. Then he followed Xu Dao and walked to the top of the mountain. Xu Daofu once saw the surrounding terrain at the top of this mountain. After climbing to the top of the mountain, he was going to explain the surrounding troop arrangements to Lu Xun.