Li Yan frowned, glared and said: "General Zhang, your official is one level older than me, but this is my private account, you just broke in without even saying hello, what do you mean?" ”

In Li Yan's tone and expression, he was obviously dissatisfied with Zhang Ren. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Ren had a disapproving expression, and only arched his hand slightly, "This general also broke in directly for something important, I believe General Li can understand." ”

"Important?" Li Yanjian's eyebrows condensed again, "What is important in my account?" ”

"The serious thing that Ben will say is him!"

Zhang Ren's gaze suddenly shot to Meng Da on the side, and said in a deep voice: "In the first battle of Fang County, this Meng Da has been captured alive by the pottery thief, but at this time, he suddenly returned to Jiangzhou, such a strange thing, don't you want this general to come and ask?" ”

And so it was......

Li Yan already had a guess in his heart, knowing that Zhang Ren's eyes and ears were all over the gates of Jiangzhou, Meng Da returned from outside the city and came to see him, how could he hide it, Zhang Ren rushed over in such a hurry, and he really came for Meng Da's business.

Li Yan didn't explain first, and glanced at Meng Da.

Meng Da understood, so he took a step forward and arched his hand with a smile: "In the first battle of Tongxian County, Da was killed by Gao Pei, a traitor, and was defeated in the battle, so he was captured by the pottery thief." I took advantage of the fact that the pottery thieves were not strictly guarded, so I killed a few enemy soldiers and escaped from the Wei camp with horses. ”

After a pause, Meng Da said with a grateful face: "It's rare that General Zhang cares so much about me, I only came back with my front foot, and you came to visit me with your back foot, which really moved Meng Da." ”

When Meng Da spoke, Zhang Ren always looked suspicious.

After he finished explaining, the suspicion on Zhang Ren's face became heavier, and he asked rhetorically: "Wei Ying is the land of tigers and wolves, it must be heavily guarded, and the pottery thief is a treacherous person, how can you kill the guards so easily, and also seize the war horse, and escape smoothly from the tens of thousands of Wei troops, Meng Da, don't you think your explanation is too far-fetched and suspicious?" ”

When Zhang Ren said this, his suspicion was undoubtedly revealed.

Meng Da was a little unhappy when he was questioned, snorted coldly, and asked rhetorically: "Since General Zhang doesn't believe it, then tell me how I should have come out of the Wei camp?" ”

Zhang Ren glanced at Meng Da up and down, and said coldly: "Perhaps, you didn't escape by yourself at all, but you surrendered the pottery thief at all, and came to Jiangzhou to act as an internal response on his orders!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Meng Da's face changed immediately, and even Li Yan was slightly shocked, obviously he didn't expect that Zhang Ren would be so straightforward and put these doubts directly on the table.

"Hahaha-" Meng Da was shocked at first, and then laughed out loud.

This time, it was Zhang Ren's turn to frown, looked at Meng Dana's mocking laughter, and asked, "Isn't what Ben General said wrong, what are you laughing at?" ”

Meng Da restrained his smile and said lightly: "General Zhang's suspicions are also reasonable, and I can understand them, then I want to ask again, General Zhang Jue, I have escaped from the clutches of the pottery thief now, if I act as an internal response for him, is there any benefit?" ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Ren was asked now.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ren snorted, "Who can know what good you have, in short, you were once captured by the potter, and now you come back in a good manner, it is very suspicious, in order to protect the overall situation, Ben Jiang decided to take you back for detailed interrogation and investigation, Mencius, come with me." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yiyi waved his hand, signaled to the left and right, and escorted Meng Da away.

Meng Da's body was suddenly shocked, his eyes were shocked, obviously he didn't expect that Zhang Ren not only didn't believe him, but also forcibly took him away for interrogation.

With Zhang Ren's ruthless character, if he is taken away, it is difficult to guarantee that Zhang Ren will not be sentenced to him, even if there is nothing at that time, I am afraid that he will be tried for something.

"Why should I go with you, what qualifications do you have to judge me, and only the king can judge me." Meng Da took three steps back, held his sword in his hand, and put on a posture of refusing to cooperate.

Li Yan's personal soldiers, when they saw this formation, they also pressed their swords in their hands, and the big tent was immediately tense, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Seeing that Meng Da wanted to resist, Zhang Ren's face immediately sank, and he said sharply: "This general is the governor of Jiangzhou who was appointed by the king, doesn't he have the right to interrogate you as a suspicious person!" Meng Da, if you dare to resist and prove that you are weak-hearted, then don't blame Ben for being unkind. ”

This drink drank Meng Da to a moment speechless.

Then, Zhang Ren glared at those Li Yan's personal soldiers again, and scolded: "What do you want to do, do you still want to do it with the general, you all want to rebel!?" ”

The faces of all the relatives and soldiers changed, all of them showed fear, and they all subconsciously loosened the hilt of their swords, and looked at Li Yan one after another, wanting to see what he decided.

Li Yan was silent and hesitated for a while.

Seeing Li Yan's situation, Meng Da seemed to be planning not to protect himself, so he immediately became anxious and shouted at Li Yan: "Brother Li, you have to be the master for me, you can't let them take me away." ”

In the face of Meng Da's pleading, Li Yan was still silent, and the expression in his eyes changed uncertainly, obviously weighing the pros and cons.

At this time, Zhang Ren's expression softened a little, and he said to Li Yan: "General Li, putting aside the position between you and me, you can talk about it in your heart, Meng Da suddenly came back from the Wei camp, isn't there a little suspicious?" As the governor of Jiangzhou, doesn't Ben have the power to bring him back for review? Could it be that just because you and Meng Da are friends, do you dare to shield him for personal gain? ”

Zhang Ren asked Li Yan three questions in a row, and his expression changed, and his will was shaken in a blink of an eye.

"General Li, if you insist on shielding Meng Da and preventing my censorship of him, then you will have to report it truthfully to the king." Zhang Ren finally used a cold tone to sacrifice Liu Zhang's card.

He was clearly threatening Li Yan.

Li Yan frowned, a look of disgust appeared in his eyes, his fists were secretly clenched, and a wave of anger arose in his chest.

"He was just defeated by the potter, and I caught him in the handle, and now it would be bad if he bit him back from the king because I protected Mencius......

After weighing it in his heart for a long time, Li Yan secretly took a breath and said calmly: "I believe in Mencius's loyalty to the king, in order to prove his innocence, let General Zhang try your trial, please." ”

Meng Da changed color in shock, and glared at Li Yan fiercely, obviously never expecting that Li Yan did not intend to shield him, and actually allowed Zhang Ren to take him away.

Zhang Ren subdued Li Yan, a smug look appeared on his face, and he sneered: "General Li is really a person who understands the general situation, Mencius, what are you waiting for, come with me." ”

Meng Da had no choice but to look at Li Yan again and again, but Li Yan only pretended not to know.

The disappointed Meng Da had no choice but to be taken away by Zhang Ren.

Those Li Yan's subordinates on the left and right, seeing that Zhang Ren was bullying and oppressing, forcibly took Meng Da away in front of Li Yan, and they were all indignant, but they didn't dare to attack.

Seeing Meng Da being taken away, Li Yanfang exhaled and sighed: "Zidu, Zidu, I didn't take care of the overall situation, don't blame me." ”

……

East of Jiangzhou City, the Wei army camp.

"King, now that Zhang Ren is defeated, the morale of the Shu army is low, and the morale of the army is turbulent, this is a great opportunity for us to break through Jiangzhou.

In the big tent, Wu Zixu excitedly persuaded the potters to fight.

Cao Shen, Hou Yi and other generals also spoke one after another and generously asked for battle.

The potter drank a glass of wine and said with a faint smile: "What's the hurry, now is not the best time to attack the city." ”

The generals on the left and right are confused, they all want to break the Shu army now, the morale of the three armies is strong, but the enemy army has lost troops and lost generals, and the army's heart is turbulent, isn't this the best time to attack the city?

Seeing that the generals were suspicious, the potter smiled and said: "Let me tell you, this king is waiting for Zhang Ren and Li Yan to fight among themselves, and the Shu army is divided internally, and that is the best opportunity to attack the city." ”

"King, why are you sure that those two turtle sons will fight among themselves?" Fan asked vaguely as he nibbled on the big leg of lamb.

"Just because this king has already let go of Meng Da's-stirring stick." A smirk tugged at the corner of the potter's mouth.

Mengda?

Fan Xu was still stunned and dazed.

Wu Zixu was the first to smile on his face, and praised him: "The king's plan is clever, Meng Da and Li Yan both belong to the Shaozhuang faction in Shuzhong, and now he suddenly returned to Jiangzhou, Zhang Ren is bound to be suspicious and difficult for him in every way, and many Shu soldiers in Jiangzhou City have been Meng Da's old department, Zhang Ren will definitely cause dissatisfaction with these soldiers against Meng Da, and ...... at that time."

Wu Zixu made clear the intention of the potter, and the rest of the generals such as Cao Shen suddenly realized that they all praised the merchant's clever methods.

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about, why can't I understand it?" Only Fan Hao was still confused, shouting wow.

At this moment, Su Qinda stepped inside and arched his hand: "The latest information about Jiangzhou City has arrived, and the king's strategy has really worked." ”

The potter's eagle eyes also burst with excitement, so he ordered Su Qin to read out the information.

Su Qin read out the information about how Zhang Ren broke into Li Yan's private account and forcibly took Meng Da away, as well as the turmoil in the Shu army after the incident.

In Jiangzhou City, there are nearly 2,000 soldiers, all of whom were Meng Da's old department, and these people are rejoicing in their own General Meng and returning to the city alive, who would have heard the news that Meng Da was suspected by Zhang Ren and forcibly taken away for review.

As a result, these soldiers were all angry, and they were all indignant, and soon clashed with Zhang Ren's subordinates, and even some were killed and injured because of this.

Zhang Ren adopted high-pressure measures, and strictly used military law to suppress those soldiers who refused to accept them, and did not hesitate to kill and suppress them, which quelled the troubles of these soldiers.

On the surface, the Shu army has returned to calm, but in fact it has been divided.

This is exactly what the potter wants.

In the big tent, when the generals heard this information, they were all surprised, and they looked at the potter's eyes with even more admiration.

"I finally got it." Fan Hao suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "I finally figured it out, it turns out that Meng Da and Li Yan are in a gang, and they don't like Zhang Ren, so the king deliberately let Meng Da's turtle son out, so that Zhang Ren suspects that Meng Da is here to kill him, and asks Zhang Ren to forcibly drag Meng Da away, and as a result, it can cause infighting between the two factions of the Shu army, isn't this the case!" ”

"You foodie, you still have some brains." The potter laughed and acquiesced to Fan Xu's guess.

The reason why the potters took this move was just to take advantage of the contradictions that already existed in Shu generals.

He already knew that the rookies and young Zhuang factions such as Meng Da and Li Yan in the Shu Kingdom were dissatisfied with each other and had a fighting spirit with the old factions such as Huang Quan and Zhang Ren.

Therefore, the potter expected that although Li Yan was nominally Zhang Ren's general, in fact, he was always dissatisfied with Zhang Ren, and Zhang Ren would definitely give Li Yan small shoes when he found an opportunity.

And after Zhang Ren's defeat the previous time, Li Yan was definitely thinking of a way, wanting to bring down Zhang Ren, and Zhang Ren would definitely be more vigilant against Li Yan.

Therefore, at this time, the pottery merchant deliberately let Meng Da go and ordered him to return to Jiangzhou City, arousing Zhang Ren's suspicion, in order to use Meng Da to trigger a split within the Shu army.

Everything, just as the potter expected!

Fan Xu, who suddenly realized, threw half of the leg of mutton in his hand, and shouted excitedly: "King, your plan has succeeded, and the Shu people have begun to eat dogs, so what are we waiting for, let's attack the city!" ”

"Yes, king, let's break through Jiangzhou City in one fell swoop." Wu Zixu also asked for battle again.

The rest of the generals such as Cao Shen, Hou Yi, and Chen Qingzhi also got up one after another and shouted excitedly.

In the big tent, for a while, the fighting spirit was like fire, and it was raging.

The potter didn't hesitate, jumped up, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "The time has come, pass the order, and tomorrow morning the whole army will go out, give this king a boost, and set foot in Jiangzhou!" ”