Chapter 62 The Eve of the War (Part 1)
At the turn of spring and summer this year, after a long time of accumulation of strength from the Five Doks of Rice Road, he finally prepared to implement a plan to siege the city in Shanyin.
At this time, Zhang Chi had certainly returned to Shanyin City and lived in Meng Feiyang's mansion.
Meng Feiyang is a native of Jiangnan, not a gentry who migrated from the north. In a county in Kuaiji, it can be said that his power is quite large. His father had passed away when Meng Feiyang was young. Meng Feiyang inherited his father's title. Therefore, since Zhang Chi told him that the Five Doks of Rice Road on Kuaiji Mountain was about to plot to attack Shanyin, Meng Feiyang had already begun to move up and down, hoping to unite the soldiers of the major clans in Shanyin City to resist the military chaos of the Five Doks of Rice Road.
Zhang Chi is a foreigner, and not a gentry, so Zhang Chi naturally can't take care of so many of these things. In fact, he doesn't want to care about them. What he thought was how to rescue the wine lady when the Five Doks of Rice Road attacked the city. So he was leisurely these two days.
However, since I visited the holy land of Wudou Rice Road, Santong has been indescribable to say after she came back.
Because of shyness, Santong naturally felt embarrassed to tell Zhang Chi that a romantic affair he had in the Five Doks of Rice Holy Land, but she couldn't help but often savor it. She felt that it was wonderful and often thought about it. Zhang Chi and Daoxuan had no response when they talked to him, and she often giggled foolishly.
Daoxuan felt that Santong was mysterious and asked him, but he didn't say it. However, although Santong didn't say it, Zhang Chi also guessed a few points. When the sacrifice was held in the holy land of Wudou Rice Road that day, Santong probably had some romantic encounters. Now, looking at his appearance, it was 100% caused by lovesickness.
Santong has never experienced women, and it is normal for people to do this now.
In fact, if Santong fell in love with an ordinary woman, Zhang Chi would definitely try his best to achieve his good things, but it was a ridiculous thing in the Five Doks of Rice Road. Santong was in love with the other party, but the other party might just treat it as an ordinary teaching. So Zhang Chi had no choice but to let Santong think about it himself.
Of course, Zhang Chi knew that this love barrier was also a process that must be experienced in life, and it would be minimal if others could help.
Of course, Miss Ruoshui was also with everyone. Since Zhang Chi and Miss Ruoshui became skin-friendly in the holy land, Miss Ruoshui has naturally followed Zhang Chi. Although she has never had a reputation, Zhang Chi certainly knew that Miss Ruoshui followed her just because he knew the so-called "seven-character mantra". Miss Ruoshui believed that he was the secret of heaven. So Zhang Chi was too lazy to care about these things, so she would let her go if she was willing to follow.
In fact, it has been almost a month since Zhang Chi traveled through time, but in this short month, he has experienced more things than he has experienced in several years. Just what he has experienced in this month has gradually linked him to the world's pattern. If he continues to develop like this, it may be really called a legend of this era.
However, he doesn't think that time travelers have their own destiny in heaven. Du Zigong is an example.
What Zhang Chi learned these days that if Du Zigong really traveled through time, then he would be a qualified traveler. He understood the history of this era and was good at fooling the ancients, which made the Five Doks of Rice Road develop so vigorously in the southeast. At that time, he was probably the "secret of heaven" in the eyes of everyone.
But although he knew history, he was not effective, and he eventually died at the hands of his disciples. It can be seen that sometimes the golden finger that knew the development trend of history may not be able to test all the souls. Moreover, Zhang Chi did not understand the history of this era at all, so what ability did he have to be the secret of this era?
He was still thinking that Meng Feiyang had returned to the mansion to find Zhang Chi: "Young Master Zhang, come on, I invited all the aristocratic families in Shanyin City to come to my mansion for a banquet. You have a wide range of knowledge, so why not come and participate together."
"Brother Meng, you are too polite," Zhang Chi declined, "Since the people who came are all gentry in Shanyin City, I am a poor family, so I shouldn't go."
Zhang Chi wanted to refuse, but Meng Feiyang couldn't hold Zhang Chi's sleeves: "Heroes don't ask where they come from, and Mr. Zhang is so brave that I am admired by Meng Feiyang. Now the situation is not optimistic. Mr. Zhang, please follow me. Maybe you can come up with some good solutions."
When Zhang Chi heard Meng Feiyang's tone, he seemed to be very worried: "Brother Meng said this, is the situation in the city not optimistic?"
Meng Feiyang sighed and nodded and said, "Young Master Zhang really hit the nail on the head. I have lobbying around the past two days, and the troops of the aristocratic families in the city have gathered a lot, but the Wang and Xie families have always been indifferent to each other. The one with the most military forces in the city is the Xie family of Chenjun, and the one who is in charge of the defenders in the city is the Wang family of Langya. Both families believe in the five-dozen rice path and seem to be unwilling to send troops."
"Then how many troops can be organized to defend the city and fight against the Five Doks of Rice Road?" Wang and Xie's family refused to send troops, which surprised Zhang Chi a little.
"Not only ten thousand people." Meng Feiyang sighed: "It has been a while since the Five Doks of Rice Road gathered in Kuaiji Mountain. At this time, the troops at least tens of thousands of people may be at least tens of thousands. Maybe there are more than 100,000 people."
Zhang Chi recalled the scene when he was eavesdropping in the Five Doks of Rice Holy Land that day. The two people in the house talked that five out of ten aristocratic families who believed in the Tianshidao in Shanyin City were not a false statement. However, Zhang Chi recalled carefully that the two people in the house clearly said that there were only 10,000 defenders in Shanyin City, just the same as Meng Feiyang said. Did they know that the troops of Wang and Xie families would not participate in the defense of the city?
That day they talked about the fact that there were gentry in the city to be internal support. Could it be that they were talking about the Wang and Xie families? If this was true, then the Wang and Xie families would have really destroyed themselves, and it would have been a waste of Miss Wang's good intentions to continue the glory of the Xie family.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chi really wants to go and see what the Wang and Xie families are in their attitude.
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The banquet was placed in the hall on Meng Feiyang's mansion. The hall faced north and south, in a rectangular shape. There were long rows of tables placed on the east and west sides of the hall, and everyone sat on the ground. Not long after, the famous scholars representing the major families and gentry had already sat down.
As the master, Meng Feiyang sat in the master's seat in the north, while Zhang Chi sat next to Meng Feiyang's attack.
People who come today are all celebrities representing major families. Zhang Chi originally thought he should not know any of them, but as expected, the young man in the Immortal Hall of the World was also listed.
When everyone sat down, Meng Feiyang introduced everyone to Zhang Chi one by one. Zhang Chi realized that the young master of Chinese clothing was surnamed Kong. The Kong family lived in Shanyin, Kuaiji for many years and was also a gentry who had been there since the Eastern Wu period.
After all, Zhang Chi was just a newcomer, and there was no acquaintance except Meng Feiyang. The famous scholars drank and talked, and he didn't interrupt, but just drank on his own.
However, after hearing what these people talked to, Zhang Chi also saw the situation.
The famous scholars who are in charge of the war can be roughly divided into two factions, one is the main force in the war, and the other is the main force in the war. Meng Feiyang is the head of the war, while the main force in the peace is the main force in the people like Wang and Xie families who believe in the Tao of Heaven.
What made Zhang Chi feel the most strange was that the young master Kong, who was the main battle side.
Meng Feiyang talked happily: "Now the Mi thief has rebelled and went to attack Jiankang a few days ago, but fortunately it was not successful. Now it is coming again. The Mi thief has gathered in Kuaiji Mountain for a long time. This time, we must be prepared. How can we not take careful precautions? As long as the troops in the hands of the major gentry in Shanyin City cooperate, we will definitely be able to defend Shanyin City. In this way, the people in Shanyin City will be very lucky."
Although Mr. Kong is also a main warfare, he is a playboy after all, and does not understand the military. He has this passion, and his idea is very childish: "Why is it necessary to be so troublesome? Those rice thieves are just mud legs, so how can they fight? If the rice thieves dare to come, as long as I bring my Kong family two thousand elite soldiers, I will definitely kill them without leaving them."
Mr. Kong was naturally very good at speaking. After saying that, he felt that he had less momentum and added: "My opinion is that those who offend me Shanyin will be punished even if they are far away!"
"Puff." When Zhang Chi heard this, he couldn't help but squirt out all the wine he had just drunk. Of course, he remembered the angry young men on the Internet when he had not traveled through time, and they kept shouting at the destruction of Mei and Tu Ri. You can't say it, his tone was exactly the same as that of Mr. Kong.
Although Zhang Chi also advocated fighting, he could not stand this blind and arrogant expression. Before traveling through time, he despised the angry youth the most, so now when he heard what Mr. Kong said, he couldn't help but spray out the wine that had not swallowed.
Mr. Kong felt that he was very imposing when he said this, but unexpectedly, Zhang Chi squirted away the atmosphere and couldn't help but say angrily: "What do you think is wrong with what I said? You dare to squirt wine to mock me!"
Zhang Chi put down the cup and said, "I will tell you a story for the young master, and the young master will know why I squirted."
Mr. Kong was curious about what Zhang Chi could say: "Let me hear what your story is."
"In the past, a few hungry wild dogs saw a skin soaked in the river. These wild dogs wanted to eat this skin. However, the water surface was wide, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not reach the skin in the water." Zhang Chi said with a smile: "So, the wild dogs agreed to each other that they would drink the river water together, so that they could get the skin? But before the wild dogs could eat this skin, the belly of these wild dogs was first bulged by the river water."
The young master Kong was still thinking about what the meaning of Zhang Chi told such a story inexplicably. However, as soon as he thought so, Zhang Chi had already given him the answer: "This story tells us a truth, that is, don't do things that are beyond your ability. In that way, not only will you not be able to eat the animal skin, but your belly will probably be broken. For example, use your two thousand people to fight the army of tens of thousands of miles in front of the Five Doks of Rice Dao!"
Chapter completed!