Chapter 508: Still Infernal Affairs
"Guo sacrificial wine, wake up, Guo sacrificial wine!"
Guo Jiayou woke up and saw Xiahoudun and Han Hao standing by the bed with concern. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"General Xiahou, you weren't ——?General Han Hao!what's going on?"
"It's a long story, if it weren't for Yuan Hei, I might be separated from you by yin and yang now, we received Zhongde's letter, so we immediately rushed to Juancheng with troops, I heard the soldiers say that you heard that I was kidnapped and fell into a coma, because of my affairs, you are really ashamed to work so hard, how is the situation now?" Xiahoudun said with an apologetic face, not noticing a trace of imperceptible look flashing on Guo Jia's face.
"The situation is not optimistic!" Guo Jia got out of bed in his clothes, and the second general came to a map to discuss, "Lu Bu is a big enemy, we can only design to defend the remaining cities, the lord I have sent someone to inform you, it may take a few days to come back, Lu Bu is new to Yanzhou, you must first calm the people's hearts, and you will not attack here for a while, so for today's plan, the only way to do this is to strengthen the garrison, Cheng Sima went to Dong'e and Fan County alone, I don't know how he is now?"
It was nearly evening, and a ride came from outside the gate of Dong'e City, shouting to open the door, and the small army guarding the gate recognized it as Cheng Li, the patriarch of the family, and immediately put it into the city.
Cheng Lishan rode into the city, but saw two teams of soldiers lined up on the side of the road, each holding a weapon, knowing that Dong'e was in danger, but seeing that the rest of the clan and Dong'e County Ling Zaodi were gathered in front of the ancestral hall, Cheng Yu's heart moved, and he patted his horse and asked, "What are you doing?"
An elder came out and said lukewarmly to him: "You know it!"
"I don't understand," Cheng Li got off his horse and walked into the crowd, "I don't understand why you abandon the light and turn to the dark!"
"What is light and what is dark, Zhongde, you are also the patriarch of the clan, you can talk about it. ”
"We must not let him say that this man is very good at sophistry, and we must not be deceived by his rhetoric!" said another elder.
"You guys have pushed me out so quickly, but you don't seem to be on the same page?"
"We're still hesitating," Zao Di said, handing Cheng Li a piece of paper, "This is a letter sent by Chen Gong." ”
Cheng Li took it and tore it to pieces: "What Chen Gong said is not rhetoric?"
"You're not afraid we'll kill you?"
"Since I'm here, I don't plan to go back alive, this is the hometown where I was born and raised, isn't it good to die in my hometown? In this war-torn and chaotic era, many people have died tragically in other places, which is much more unfortunate than me. ”
"Then we will fulfill you. ”
"Slow!" Cheng Li shouted, "It's not a pity for Cheng Li to die, it's a pity that the survival of the people of Dong'a depends on your brothers, but you have to lead the people to jump into the fire pit, who is Lu Bu, who in the world doesn't know, kill Ding Yuan for profit, punish Dong Zhuo for sex, help the abuse, inconsistent, heaven and people are angry, do you think there is a future for following such a person?"
"He's right, Lu Bu is an unrighteous person, you can't vote for him!" several people shouted.
"But he has Chen Gong to assist, and now he has obtained the whole of Yanzhou, and many cities have surrendered, can we hold the lonely city?"
"Believe me, believe in General Cao, he is rushing back day and night, as long as we make up our minds, we will definitely be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive!"
"I'll kill you!" a man pulled out his long sword and stabbed at Cheng Li quickly.
Before the sword could reach him, the man was already spitting blood from his mouth, and he fell to the ground in amazement.
Cheng Li slowly withdrew the bloody long sword, he had been cultivating both civil and military since he was a child, where did ordinary people get close to him? He looked at the dead on the ground, and said in surprise: "This person is not from our villager. ”
"Yes, this is the messenger sent by Chen Gong, now that he is dead, Lu Bu must know that we will not rebel, so it's okay, I can stop thinking about it, so that I can follow General Cao wholeheartedly, right?" Zao Di said.
"Yes!"
"Cheng Sima, the fate of the people of Dong'e is now tied to you, you have to understand the weight of this burden!"
"Please rest assured, Cheng is going to Fanxian County, I hope you will remember what you just said, Zaodi, Dong'e, Fanxian and Juancheng are each other's horns, especially Dong'e has many big clans, if you lose Dong'e, you will lose Juancheng, and if you lose Juancheng, you will lose Yanzhou, take care!
"Understood! With me here, I won't let a fine work get mixed in!" Zao Di also said with a straight face.
"Cheng Sima is going to Fan County?" a rich man looks humane.
"Your Excellency is-oh, the famous rice merchant Xu Ying and Xu Gongchao are also here, what's the matter, has Fan County already taken refuge in Lu Bu?"
Xu Ying said: "On the contrary, I have been to Fan County, the officials and people of this city are united, and they swear not to surrender to Lu, but Chen Gong has secretly rebelled against many troops to besiege Dong'e, Fan County and Juancheng, Juancheng is the base camp It's good to say, it's really unknown whether the two cities here can be kept or not!"
"It would be nice if there was a force here. Cheng Li muttered to himself.
"Does Cheng Sima want to support the troops? There are now, but Cheng Sima needs to talk about it, but looking at Cheng Sima's performance today, there will definitely be no problem. ”
"I beg Brother Gongchao to give me advice. ”
"There is a force stationed on the outskirts of Dong'e and Fan County, the unified army is Zhang Shao, who was originally Zhang Miao's subordinates, and now Miao is rebelling, and Shao Zheng is hesitant and has no place to return, and suspects that the cities are panicking so they are stationed in the wilderness, if the adults can know it and move it with reason and emotion to make it cooperate with Dong'e and Fan County, it is enough to contain Puyang Lu Bu with Juancheng into a horn!"
"This plan is wonderful, Cheng Li will go here, and the two cities will be entrusted to you. ”
A person quietly flashed to Xu Ying's side and whispered in his ear: "Eldest son, there is a person named Shan Fu who wants to see you." ”
Xu Ying's face changed slightly: "Take me to see him." ”
Avoiding the crowd, Xu Ying and the servant walked into an inn, and there was a person in the corner with soap towels and linen shoes, bamboo robes and coarse clothes, looking at him with a smile.
Xu Ying took a seat, looking at the radiant young man in front of him, he hadn't seen him for a few years, and he was a little more confident between his eyebrows.
"Cousin, how are you doing in the past few years since I've been away from home?"
"Is it okay? My aunt took the young Ah Kang, and from time to time the government came to interrogate me, and I sometimes came to visit them to help them, and now that the war is raging, what have you been doing all these years?"
"I'm ashamed to say that in the past few years, I have traveled all over the world, visiting celebrities and celebrities, you know, my mother doesn't want me to be just a filial son who serves the high hall at home, and I have learned a skill to cast a Mingjun in order to make a difference in order to live up to this pride. ”
"Then now that you're back, haven't you learned to bring it to Cao Cao?"
"Originally, I had this intention, but his atrocities in Xuzhou dispelled this thought, and didn't the rebellion in Yanzhou also show this? But someone said that Cao Cao could not be defeated yet, so he entrusted me to help Cao Cao. ”
"Who is this man?"
"Oh, it's a confidant I met in Pingshui, we met by chance on the Yangtze River, and we talked about the general trend of the world overnight, very comforting, just two days ago we met in Xuzhou, his face was very frightened, and said let me come to Dong'e to find you, and Cao Cao's army Sima Cheng Li to defend the city together! Then, he hurried to Shudi, it seemed that there was something urgent to do, so I rushed here. ”
"That person seems to be very prescient, let's not talk here, Lu Bu's army doesn't know when it will attack, go back to my mansion first, Cheng Sima will have good news tonight." ”
"General, it's not good!" the soldiers rushed in to report in the Juancheng Council Hall.
"What's the matter?" asked Xiahoudun.
"Yuzhou Assassin Shi Sun Jian led 20,000 troops to line up outside the city. ”
"What, how could Sun Jian appear here? Isn't he fighting with Liu Biao? But no matter what, if he dares to fight here, he must have bad intentions, Yuan Hei, let's go and meet the enemy with the whole army, cough cough ......" Xiahou coughed for a while, almost out of breath.
"The general should not be in a hurry to fight, the army in Juancheng is less than 10,000 people, and the general's illness is not good. Guo Jia turned to the soldier, "Did Sun Jian say anything else?"
"He said that he only asked to see Guo Sai and drink you. The soldier said.
"Fengxiao, you can't go, in case Sun Jian and Lu Bu conspire, it will be dangerous, don't do it!" Xiahoudun said anxiously.
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Sun Jian and Zhang Miao have never had any friendship, now they come so fast, there must be no strategy, at most they want to take advantage of the fire to rob, now they are persuaded before his plan is decided, even if it can't be used by me, it can also be neutralized, if we are suspicious first, he will definitely attack the city in anger, then we are really in danger, Cheng Sima is not here, and now I am the only one who can handle this matter." ”
Guo Jia went out of the city on a single horse and came to Sun Jian's military camp.
Seeing that Guo Jia was only one person coming, Sun Jian was relieved: "Fengxiao, don't come unharmed!"
"General Sun, I have now gained the trust of everyone in Cao Cao's camp, and I am here to persuade you to withdraw from the army when I go out of the city this time!" Guo Jia got off his horse and gave Sun Jian a big salute directly, he knew that on the city wall of Juancheng, Xiahoudun and others were watching him.
"......" Guo Gong was stunned on the spot.
"I know you have a lot of questions, but now is not the best time to eradicate Cao Cao. Guo Jiadao.
"Fengxiao, when you break into Cao Cao's interior, isn't this what you expect from this day? Cao Cao's main force is fighting outside, and it is too late to return to help, so you and I should join forces inside and outside, and just take Juancheng to avenge General Yuan Shu, isn't this good?" Sun Jian asked Guo Jiadao rhetorically.
"Wrong, Cao Cao is not so stupid, the defenders of Juancheng are only a part, Cao Cao also has a lot of men and horses in several other places, but he doesn't show his head, if you really do it, then the elite that the lord has accumulated in the past few years will only die in vain!" Guo Jia said.
Sun Jian didn't speak, and fell into deep thought.
"Wentai, the lord is now consolidating and merging the state, and when the time is ripe, he will announce the affairs of the young emperor to the world, and the people's hearts will naturally be attached, and now they are in a hurry to do it, but the gains will outweigh the losses, not to mention that Liu Biao is still around, this person has an ambiguous attitude, and he must be guarded against, with me undercover here in Cao Cao, I can also transfer some grain and grass to Yuzhou to you in the name of funding friendly troops, how good is this!"
"Okay, since that's the case, I don't have to say more, take care of your filial piety!" Sun Jian received a large amount of grain and grass raised by Guo Jia and led his troops back.