Chapter 19: The Compassionate Heart Saves the Shu People
Wu Weiyi heard Ke Erzhenxi questioning on the side and said to him:
"Brother Ke Er, these people have only pursued us here by Wang Zijiang's order. If you are wrong, they are only Wang Zijiang... These Shu soldiers were originally ordinary people, all with their children and parents in the church. If you are killed by your brothers here, can you brothers be at ease? What's more, you Qiang people and Shu people have always had good friends. If it is just because of my own affairs, the Shu people and the Qiang people have formed a deep hatred and hatred from now on, and this will be of no benefit to you. And... If the princess knows that you and I will take advantage of others' danger, they will all slaughter those who are in Shu. Although the princess has a scourge with his brother Du Jiang, he is also a Shu country after all. How should we view us at that time?"
When Ke Erzhenxi heard this, he suddenly realized it and quickly replied:
"Yes, yes, Mr. Wu is right! I'll go find Zhugan with everyone!"
Wu Weiyi quickly gestured with Mo Zhai, who was standing on a high place to watch at this time, and asked him to find a way to block the gap. Mo Zhai understood it and found some stones around to cut off the river water, and the water level instantly slowed down a lot.
Ke Erzhenxi led the Qiang people to quickly cut bamboo poles from the surrounding bamboo forests. Seeing that the Shu soldiers who were trapped in the mud had already flooded their chests. Wu Weiyi and Ke Erzhenxi quickly threw the bamboo poles:
"You guys come one by one! Don't grab it! Those who get the bamboo pole in the front row will hand it over to the back row!"
Wu Weiyi kept emphasizing and repeating. When the lives of the Shu soldiers were at stake, they were already scared to death. Now that they saw the other party throwing bamboo poles, they could not care about so much. When they saw the bamboo poles, they threw down the long halberds and spears in their hands and grabbed the bamboo poles. Then, after listening to Wu Weiyi's arrangement, he took the bamboo poles and passed them backwards.
Seeing that all the Shu soldiers were holding a bamboo pole in their hands, Wu Weiyi ordered the Qiang people to work together to pull the Shu people to the shore.
As soon as the Shu soldiers went shore, they helped to pull other Shu soldiers ashore. When all of them got shore, the Qiang people and Shu soldiers were exhausted. The Shu soldiers were even more shocked by the life-and-death situation just now.
At this moment, another person in the Shu people shouted loudly:
"Soldiers, the thief is now in front of you, still standing still! Hurry up and take them down for me!"
Everyone looked back and found that this person was nothing but the prince Du Jiang. At this time, his robe was covered with dust and mud, and his bun was already loose. He was no longer just, but he was still holding his sword towards Wu Weiyi and the others.
When the Shu soldiers saw that it was His Highness the Prince, they all got up at the same time, and then knelt on the ground in unison, not daring to move at all.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and take down the thief who is ungrateful and troubled Shu Kingdom!"
The generals were half-mounted at this time, but they still looked down at each other with their heads down. They all knew the temper of this prince Du Jiang. If anyone dared to disobey him, no matter who it was, they would die without a burial place. However, they had just been rescued by Wu Weiyi and the Qiang people, but they were about to capture them in reverse. How could this reason be found in this world! What's more, now they are unarmed and have no spirit. Although there are many people, how can they beat those Qiang people holding sharp blades?
Ke Er Zhenxi couldn't stand it, pointed at Wang Zijiang's nose and cursed:
"Who is the ungrateful and shameless villain? If this Mr. Wu hadn't been able to bear to die in the underworld today, can you, the little prince, stand here again bark like a mad dog?"
Wang Zijiang disagreed:
"Hmph! This prince has treated Mr. Wu with sincerity for the past few days and has saved him from danger. But he is embarrassed by me everywhere and against me. It is obvious that he is in a relationship with other traitors of Shu Kingdom and plotting against him! This is not ungrateful, but what? Such a person without a king or father, without sincerity and righteousness should be punished!"
Wu Weiyi was naturally dissatisfied after hearing Wang Zijiang's remarks, so he argued with him:
"Your Highness, my Wu Weiyi is just a kind advice. The people in Shu survived the difficulties. Your Highness, you are raising troops and forgetting the farming times, respecting gods and ghosts and abandoning personnel. Now you should give up your swords and weapons, and rest with the people is the right way. Unfortunately, your Highness just refused to listen! Just like the soldiers of Shu in this place are all caused by you! With your own desires, you put the people here in dire straits. This is definitely not what a wise king does!"
Wang Zijiang just sneered after hearing this and said with great contempt:
"I think you have any high opinions, but I don't know that it is so pedantic! Like today's disputes and heroes are rising. Let's take our Shu Kingdom as an example. The territory of Qin is not determined in the north, and the Ba people in the east are like tigers. Now, even the Yelang Kingdom, which is in a corner of the south, is preparing for wars and horses. I don't know what the intention is. If I don't raise troops, my Shu area will sooner or later become like a knife and fish! What's more, the enlightened and enlightened god has long had a proverb. Only by relying on strong countries can we establish a dissipative body of government orders, and open up the old and accept new ones, which is the key to maintaining a stable and orderly country. Otherwise, the whole world will only be like this today, and will always be in a chaotic and disorderly state!"
When Wu Weiyi heard the word "dissipation", he was shocked:
"Dissipation?...dissipation theory?..."
Speaking of this "dissipative body", although Wu Weiyi was not very proficient, he had some understanding when he was in college. This theory was originally a physics theory derived from thermodynamics in the 1970s, and was later widely used in various disciplines such as chemistry, engineering, statistics, and medicine. Even in humanities and sociology, it has a place. Its core idea is simply summarized in one sentence: "The non-equilibrium state is the true source of order."
To give the simplest example, heat water with fire, the water on the bottom layer will undergo orderly convection conduction to the upper layer after being heated.
However, it is really surprising that this dissipation theory has been applied here now. Wu Weiyi thought about it carefully in his mind and soon he could guess the rough idea.
In fact, Wang Zijiang's meaning is nothing more than that for a country, only when power is in a top-down unbalanced state is the core driving force for maintaining the normal operation of the state machine. In order to achieve this unbalanced and orderly state, there are only two key points - internal concentration and external expansion!
Wu Weiyi was in a state of terror when he considered this. The word "dissipation" could never have been thought out by Wang Zijiang alone, and combined with the previous comments of the boatman. Wu Weiyi was very sure that Wang Zijiang must have been instigated and brainwashed by the Zoroastrian Vulcan Sect, which made him so perverted and violent.
"It's simply nonsense! The way of heaven is vague, so how can human power change it without authorization! Even if you can establish a powerful and authoritative Shu Kingdom, do you think you can always protect the power forever? King Zhou of the Yin Dynasty defeated the ghosts, pacified the Dongyi, and pacified the world. The civil and political governance also promoted Chaoge, and only made talents, and was determined to innovate. Let's ask, how good is his civil and military skills than the prince? In the end, he ended up losing his country and dying. This is the end of ignoring the sufferings of the people and insisting on going against the will of heaven!"
Wang Zijiang was even more furious when he heard Wu Weiyi's scolding and shouted:
"A traitor! A traitor! Take it for me! Take it for me!"
After hearing this, there was still no movement. Wang Zijiang looked around and saw that everyone was kneeling down and unable to get up. He held Ma Ce in his hand and stabbed everyone on the back while muttering:
"You untouchables! Get up to me! Get up to me!"
These Shu soldiers kept kneeling on the ground, but they didn't even dare to raise their heads and didn't dare to breathe. When Ke Erzhenxi saw this scene, he shook his head and sneered:
"We Qiang people all know that the stronger the horses, the longer the endurance. Now your soldiers and generals can't even get up with their horses. Just because you are as savage as the Shu people, you still talk about dominating the side? Haha! It's a fool! ... I said, you little prince of Shu, forgive us for not being here for being here! You, educate your people well, and we still have to do our business. You can do it yourself, let's leave!"
After saying that, Ke Erzhenxi helped Wu Weiyi get on the horse and ordered everyone to get on the horse together. Wu Weiyi turned around and bowed to Wang Zijiang. Only when Wang Zijiang was heard shouting viciously behind him:
"Mr. Wu! Remember it for me! No matter where you escape, I will lead a large army to slaughter you traitors!"
Wu Weiyi ignored him after hearing this, and followed Ke Erzhenxi and others over the hillside and walked towards the already formed bamboo pontoon bridge on the river bank.
When he reached the river bank, Ke Erzhenxi threw all the horse reins and hemp ropes on the captured infantry chariot to Mo Di, and said proudly:
"How! I said, I have my own way to imagine this hemp rope. Now that I have taken so many reins, can you make the bridge cost?"
But Mo Zhai just smiled and shook his head, joking:
"Enough is enough! Ke Erhao's superb skills and invincible. But... if Mr. Wu hadn't thought of this ingenious method on the spot today, no matter how brave you are, you wouldn't be able to stand here to show off your power with me, right? Haha."
The two looked at each other and laughed. After Mo Zhai finished speaking, he took the reins and let everyone fix the bamboo trays on the river. Without much time, a simple bamboo tray was crossing the river. Everyone was excited and was about to cross the river, but they heard another riot on the other side of the hillside.
"Mr. Wu, I'll take a look at what's going on. You guys cross the river first."
I saw Mo Zhai climbing up the slope alone and secretly looking at it. On the top of the slope, Wang Zijiang's soldiers were divided into camps and fought each other. Wang Zijiang, surrounded by others, was defeated in a hurry. Mo Zhai couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"The way of heaven is always mutated, and luck is hard to find. Who would have thought that such a noble and arrogant prince of Shu would now end up in such a embarrassment!"
Chapter completed!