Chapter 560: The First Step
At this time, the remnants of the defeated Wu army were already panicked and fled all the way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, Wu Zixu knew that Sun Ce was planning to flee to the mouth of the water, so he thought that if he continued the pursuit, the grain road would probably not be able to keep up, so he stopped the pursuit.
At that moment, Wu Zixu ordered the whole army to enter Anhuikou, extinguished the fire in the enemy camp, and re-established camp on the ruins.
Wu Zixu captured Anhui with his front foot, and the potter's back foot followed.
Halfway up, the potters heard that Sun Ce had abandoned the camp and left, so they ordered the two generals Meng Tian and Cao Shen, who commanded the main foot cavalry, to change direction on the halfway road and go north to Wancheng.
The pottery merchant knew that there were still 7,000 elite soldiers under the command of Han Dang, and what he had to do now was to eliminate Sun Ce's living force as much as possible, and of course he couldn't let go of these 7,000 soldiers and horses.
After settling in Anhuikou and resting for a while, he ordered Wu Zixu and other water generals to guard the water camp, and led 20,000 horses to the north of Anhui City.
The next day, the potters, Meng Tian and other generals, the 80,000 main force of the cavalry division, nearly 100,000 troops, surrounded Anhui County.
Anhui County originally only had 7,000 soldiers and horses from Han Dang, and Chen Wu was ordered to lead 1,000 elites to meet the big and small Qiao sisters, but he didn't want him to just arrive on the front foot, and the main force of the Wei army on the back foot would be rerouted and killed, besieging them in Anhui City.
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In the afternoon, the king's tent was murderous.
The potter sat on it, his eagle eyes as sharp as a blade, and his two-winged sword and axe hands stood solemnly, murderous and furious.
Footsteps sounded, and after a while, Zhuge Jin, who looked panicked, was dragged into the king's tent by Jing Ke.
Just glanced at the sword and axe hands left and right, Zhuge Jin's body trembled, and fear suddenly appeared in his eyes.
The potter looked down at him and said coldly: "Zhuge Jin, do you know what this king is doing when he left you to come here with a life?" ”
Zhuge Jin glanced at the left and right knife and axe hands, and sighed bitterly: "The sword and axe are on the side, I think the king is ready to kill me." ”
The potter sneered, "This king wants to kill you, and he has already killed you when Peng Ze was in time, so why wait until today." ”
Zhuge Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, listening to the tone of the pottery merchant, it seemed that he was planning to leave him a way to live.
Just when he was just rejoicing, the potter suddenly said: "However, this king is in a good mood today, it's not impossible to kill you for fun, Zhuge Jin, you say, how do you want to die, do you want to be 50,000 corpses, a thousand knives, or want to be beaten to death by a stick, don't say that this king doesn't give you a chance to choose......"
The potter said so lightly, how to execute Zhuge Jin, as if he was talking about family life, Zhuge Jin was terrified, and the cold sweat on his forehead was like a bead with a broken thread, and the brush rolled straight down.
Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Jin barely came to his senses, "King Wei, the lower official is just a messenger, as the old saying goes, the two countries do not kill the envoy, if the king kills the lower official, is he not afraid of being laughed at The king is narrow-minded?" ”
Zhuge Jin put on a discussion of the world, thinking that he could make the potters take care of their reputation, but unfortunately, he didn't know the potters too well, this trick may be useful for others, but it is very wrong to use it on the potters.
At this time, Zhuge Liang, as if he heard a joke, laughed wildly, and said disdainfully: "The discussion of the people of the world, in the eyes of this king, is just a fart, do you think that this king is the same as Liu Bei, a hypocrite of hypocrisy and hypocrisy, will you care what the people of the world think!" ”
In the midst of the ridicule, the potter was full of disdain, and did not take the eyes of the world to heart at all.
Zhuge Jin trembled, his eyes burst out with deep shock, and he was suddenly choked to speechlessness, and his heart was completely intimidated by the arrogance of the potter, and he didn't know what to do.
For a while, Zhuge Jin froze in place in embarrassment, at a loss, and didn't know why.
"However, for the sake of you giving this king so much money, this king can give you a chance to live, but I don't know if you want to live or die." The potter's laughter suddenly changed.
Zhuge Jin suddenly saw a glimmer of hope.
It's just that in my heart, there is a burst of pain.
Obviously, the potter's intention was to make him surrender to the Great Wei so that he could have hope of life.
However, he was appointed as an envoy by Sun Ce and entrusted with an important task to negotiate with the potters, but instead of negotiating, Sun Ce was tricked and lost his mouth.
Zhuge Jin felt that he was already very sorry for Sun Ce, and if he surrendered to the potters now and spread the word, he really felt that it would damage his reputation.
Zhuge Jin hesitated and remained silent for a long time.
At present, Zhuge Jin didn't answer for a long time, the pottery merchant eagle's eyes sank, and he brushed his hand and said: "Very good, it seems that you are planning to accompany Sun Ce to the funeral, and then the king will fulfill you." “
As he spoke, the potter glared at the left and right knife and axe hands, and made a gesture to let them come up and chop Zhuge Jin into meat foam.
In an instant, Zhuge Jin was frightened.
"The king is the lord of the destiny of heaven, how dare Jin not know the current affairs, I am willing to submit to the king, and do my best for the king." Zhuge Jin was so frightened that he got up and bowed down and begged the potter to surrender.
This Zhuge Jin is much more knowledgeable about current affairs than his younger brother Zhuge Liang.
Seeing that Zhuge Jin was forced to surrender, the potter showed a satisfied smile and said with a flick of his hand: "It's rare that Ziyu knows the current affairs so well, don't kneel, get up, come here, take a seat." ”
In the blink of an eye, the pottery merchant became polite to Zhuge Jin again, as if he had regarded him as his own, this attitude changed so drastically that Zhuge Jin couldn't accept it for a while, and he was still in a state of trembling.
The potter asked the lower side to bring the wine and meat, Wen Yan comforted Zhuge Jin, and after a few glasses of wine, Zhuge Jin's mood stabilized.
Flattered, Zhuge Jin looked grateful, and arched his hand: "Chengmeng is accepted by the king, Jin is hard, it is really ashamed of the king's kindness, but the king has any orders, although he confesses to Jin, Jin will go all out to serve the king." ”
The potter glanced at Zhang Liang, and the two smiled heartily, obviously, he was waiting for Zhuge Jin's words.
After drinking a glass of wine, the potter smiled and said: "It's rare that Ziyu has this heart, this king is very relieved, since this is the case, then this king will give you a task to let you go to Anhui County to persuade a person." ”
Go to Anhui County to persuade you to surrender?
Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, suddenly guessed something, and suddenly looked embarrassed, and said with a bitter face: "The king wants to go and let me say that Han Dang should be, it's not that Jin is unwilling to go, it's just that Han Dang is a diehard loyalty to the Sun family, and Jin is only afraid that this will be useless and disappoint the king." ”
"Who said that this king asked you to go and say that Handang was surrendered." The potter smiled.
"That'...... Then the king asked me to tell whom to descend? Zhuge Jin looked dazed.
After drinking another glass of wine, the potter unhurriedly said a name:
Lu Su.
Zhuge Jin suddenly realized, thought about it, and then worried: "Jin and Na Lu Zijing are quite good friends, but although this person is not a diehard loyalist of the Sun family, he was also pulled by Sun Ce, and he and Zhou Yu are also friends, but I am afraid that he may not surrender." ”
"That's not necessarily, this king asks you, what did Lu Su do before he came out?" The potter asked with a smile.
Zhuge Jin thought for a while, Fang said: "The Lu family was originally a wealthy merchant in Huainan, and the family made a living from business, when Zhou Yu led the troops to borrow grain from his family, Lu Su generously gave Zhou Yu a thousand grains and grass, and the two became friends, and then later, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Ce, and Lu Su was favored and promoted by Sun Ce. ”
"Therefore, Lu Zijing was born as a businessman, and the most important thing in the heart of a businessman is a sharp word!"
The corner of the pottery merchant's mouth raised a sneer, "What's more, when Zhou Yu led the troops to borrow grain, Lu Su may not be so reluctant, maybe he was just afraid of Zhou Yu's military might, so he had to borrow, not because he was generous, it can be seen that the two became friends The opportunity is just out of a 'benefit' word, since it is beneficial to come and go, this king does not think that Lu Su will be loyal to Sun Ce." ”
These words, Zhuge Jin suddenly realized, after pondering for a long time, he realized it, and couldn't help but show a look of amazement, and exclaimed: "The king knows people with his eyes, and his insight is beyond ordinary people, Jin has known Lu Zijing for so long, but no king understands him." ”
The potter knew Zhuge Jin's admiration, including the ingredient of patting the sycophants, but he didn't think so, he just smiled with his hands, "The sycophants are not in a hurry to shoot first, go and tell the king to surrender to Nalu Su first." ”
"Jin is going now." Zhuge Jin didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately got up and retreated.
The potter looked at Zhuge Jin's back, but ordered with his mind: "System Elf, scan Zhuge Jin's loyalty for me." ”
"Tick...... After the system scan, the object Zhuge Jin's existing loyalty is 0. ”
The potter smiled, as expected.
The loyalty is 0, which means that Zhuge Jin at this time, deep down, is not loyal to his potter, nor is he loyal to Sun Ce, but he is in a state of vacillation, in order to save his life, he has to express his loyalty to himself on the surface at this moment.
This means that once there is an opportunity, Zhuge Jin's loyalty may immediately fall below 0 and rebel against himself.
Of course, it is not excluded that Zhuge Jin's loyalty will gradually rise and become truly loyal to himself.
For Zhuge Jin in this state of loyalty, the potter naturally couldn't let him go with confidence, so he glanced at Jing Ke.
Jing Ke understood, and immediately followed out of the king's tent and went to "protect" Zhuge Jin.
"The ovary, as you expected, Zhuge Jin went according to your plan." The potter's gaze looked at Zhang Liang with a smile.
Zhang Liang smiled slightly, a hint of weirdness appeared in the corners of his eyes, "The first step has been completed, and when Zhuge Jin comes back, we can let the other person play a role." ”
The two ministers looked at each other and laughed.
At this time, Zhuge Jin had left the Wei army camp and went straight to Anhui County under the "escort" of Jing Ke and other seven or eight horsemen.
Before dusk, he rode his horse outside the south gate of Anhui County, shouted at the defenders of the city, reported his name, and asked Lu Su to come to the city for a while.
When the defenders in the city heard that it was Zhuge Jin, they were all taken aback, and they didn't know what he meant by coming, so they didn't dare to make a claim, so they hurriedly sent someone to invite Lu Su.
At this time, Lu Su was patrolling the city on the front line of the West Gate, and when he heard that Zhuge Jin had made an appointment outside the city, he was naturally surprised and suspicious, and immediately rushed to the South Gate.
Ascending the city gate, Lu Su raised his eyes and swept away, and sure enough, among the several horses, he recognized Zhuge Jin.
"Zhuge Ziyu sent an envoy to the Wei State, fell for the trick of the pottery merchant, according to the cruel temperament of the pottery merchant, he should have been killed a long time ago to sacrifice the flag, how could he still be alive and appear here?"
Looking at the familiar face outside the city, Lu Su's brows furrowed slightly, and there was a deep suspicion in his eyes.