Chapter 265: Ambush at the Banquet (Part II)
Li Bei glanced at Fan Chou's back, looked at Han Sui and the others in the distance for a while, raised his hand to beckon a confidant, and said to him: "You hurry back to Chang'an, tell my uncle, and say that Fan Chou ......."
After hearing what Li Bei said, the henchman nodded vigorously and said, "Understood, young general, I will definitely bring your words to General Li!" ”
After Li Dao, Guo Yan and others collected their troops and returned to the city, they returned to the council hall. *Sui*dream*small* said .lā Jia Xu, who was waiting here, hurriedly greeted the two of them when he saw them coming back, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two generals for defeating the Xiliang army!" ”
Li Wei, who suffered a loss under Ma Chao, waved his hand at Jia Xu, and said with some loss: "Don't say it, I was about to capture Ma Teng, but who knew that his son suddenly appeared and killed us by surprise." At this point, he looked around and asked, "Hasn't Fan Chou come back yet?" ”
"Nope." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Fan Chou hasn't returned yet!" ”
"Where is Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew?" Li Dao asked again.
"Uncle Zhang Ji and nephew are patrolling the city at the moment," Jia Xu replied, "I'm afraid it will be half an hour before I come back." ”
In the evening of the same day, Li Bei's henchmen came to Li Wei's mansion and told Fan Chou about letting Han Sui go, and said it again. Knowing that Fan Chou actually let Han Sui go without permission, Li Dao threw the wine bottle in his hand to the ground and scolded viciously: "Fan Chou, you deceive people too much." I won't kill you, I won't be a man! ”
After he lost his temper, he ordered his soldiers: "Come on, go and invite Guo Yan and Mr. Wenhe here!" ”
Guo Yan's mansion was only a few streets away, and in less than two incense sticks, Guo Yan hurried over. Seeing Li Wei's annoyed and angry look, he hurriedly asked with concern: "Childish, what happened, why are you so angry?" ”
"Fan Chou, Pifu," Li Wei became angry at the thought of Fan Chou, "General Ben ordered him to intercept Han Sui, he was good, Han Wenyue said a few good words to him, and he ordered the soldiers to get out of the way and let Han Sui go back to Xiliang." ”
Knowing that Li Wei called him because Fan Chou let Han Sui go without authorization, Guo Yan couldn't help but gasp. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Childish, I don't know what you plan to do like this?" ”
"Now Fan Chou's soldiers and horses are still eighty miles away from Chang'an City." Li Dao said viciously: "General Ben plans to raise troops overnight to crusade against him. ”
"No, general, never!" Jia Xu, who rushed to hear the news, happened to hear that Li Wei was going to send troops to fight against Fan Chou, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Seeing that the people's hearts are not resting today, and they are frequently fighting, which is deeply inconvenient; If you set up a banquet, invite Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to celebrate their achievements, and capture them during the banquet, effortlessly. ”
"Childish, Mr. Wenhe's plan is very good." After Guo Yan heard Jia Xu's plan, he hurriedly said to Li Wei: "Why don't we follow this plan and get rid of Fan Chou?" ”
"Well, in that case, let's follow the strategy of Mr. Wenhe." Li Wei said to Guo Yan and Jia Xu: "Tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the camp outside the city, and when the time comes, there will be an ambush outside the tent to lay a knife and axeman, only to listen to me smash the cup, and then rush in and chop Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others into meat sauce." ”
"It's understandable to kill Fan Chou." Guo Yan disagreed with Li Wei's desire to kill Zhang Ji and Fan Chou at the same time, and he said euphemistically: "In my opinion, I still only kill Fan Chou." ”
"Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are like siblings, how can they watch us kill Fan Chou?" Seeing that Guo Yan opposed his proposal, Li Wei immediately expressed his worries: "If the two of them join forces, they will be our enemies." At that time, it will be even harder to get rid of them than to ascend to the sky. ”
"General, if Fan Chou is killed at the banquet, Zhang Ji will naturally lose his heart and dare not go against the general." Jia Xu thought that as soon as Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses retreated, they were about to kill two generals in a row, which would inevitably lead to unstable morale, so he said euphemistically: "The general is appeased by kind words when he arrives, and he is bound to bow down and obey orders." ”
Seeing that Guo Yan and Jia Xu were unwilling to kill Zhang Ji, Li Wei did not insist, but began to discuss how to kill Fan Chou at the banquet.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Wei sent a letter to Fan Chou, saying that he was in the camp outside the city, picking up the wind and washing the dust for the triumphant soldiers and horses. After Fan Chou received the letter, he did not suspect him, so he happily went.
When Li Bei saw that his cronies were returning with the messenger, he quietly asked, "Have you ever brought my words to my uncle?" ”
"Please rest assured, the major general, the general has already arranged everything." The cronies hurriedly replied: "Fan Chou's return to Chang'an this time is a catastrophe. ”
Hearing the messenger say this, Li Bei understood that his uncle would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to kill Fan Chou, so he felt much more at ease. He looked at Fan Chou's back and said to his henchmen: "When Fan Chou's husband dies, I will kill all the people in the army who disobey me, and this army should change its surname to Li." ”
Fan Chou took dozens of horsemen to the outside of the camp abandoned by Ma Teng, and the soldiers guarding the gate saw that Fan Chou was coming, where did he dare to slack off, so he hurriedly opened the gate of the village and respectfully invited him in.
After Fan Chou entered the camp, he saw a military marquis he knew, so he stopped the other party and asked, "Have you ever seen General Zhang Ji?" ”
The military marquis nodded vigorously and replied, "Back to General Fan's words, General Zhang had already arrived at the big tent half an hour ago, and was talking to General Li and General Guo. ”
Knowing that Zhang Ji had already arrived, Fan Chou's heart couldn't help but be a little anxious, he hurriedly urged the horse to come to the big tent and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to a soldier who met him, and strode towards the tent.
There were only three people in the tent, Li Wei, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou arched his hand to the three of them while walking: "Fan is a long way away, and he is a step late, please forgive me!" ”
"General Fan is here!" Guo Yan saw Fan Chou walk into the tent, and after glancing at Li Wei, he said with a smile: "We have been waiting for you for a long time, hurry up and enter the table." ”
Although Li Guo and the others have long made up their minds to get rid of Fan Chou, they can't say that they will do it just as they do, and they must always do some preventive work. After Guo Yan waited for Fan Chou to sit down, he said with a smile: "General Fan sit down for a while, and I will order someone to serve you wine and food." With that, he walked to the door and shouted loudly outside, "Come on, serve the food!" ”
A cronie walked up to Guo Yan's side and whispered, "General, he only brought thirty-six people. The "he" in the mouth of the cronies naturally refers to Fan Chou.
After Guo Yan heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and then said in a low voice: "Don't leave one, kill them all!" ”
After hearing this, the cronies hurriedly agreed: "The subordinates receive the order." Then he turned and walked away.
Guo Yan reflexively walked into the tent, and said to Fan Chou with a smile on his face: "General Fan, don't be impatient, the wine and food prepared for you will come up immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier brought in the wine and food with a plate, and placed them on the table in front of Fan Chou one by one.
Li Bei glanced at Fan Chou's back, looked at Han Sui and the others in the distance for a while, raised his hand to beckon a confidant, and said to him: "You hurry back to Chang'an, tell my uncle, and say that Fan Chou ......."
After hearing what Li Bei said, the henchman nodded vigorously and said, "Understood, young general, I will definitely bring your words to General Li!" ”
After Li Dao, Guo Yan and others collected their troops and returned to the city, they returned to the council hall. Jia Xu, who was waiting here, hurriedly greeted the two of them when he saw them coming back, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two generals for defeating the Xiliang army!" ”
Li Wei, who suffered a loss under Ma Chao, waved his hand at Jia Xu, and said with some loss: "Don't say it, I was about to capture Ma Teng, but who knew that his son suddenly appeared and killed us by surprise." At this point, he looked around and asked, "Hasn't Fan Chou come back yet?" ”
"Nope." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Fan Chou hasn't returned yet!" ”
"Where is Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew?" Li Dao asked again.
"Uncle Zhang Ji and nephew are patrolling the city at the moment," Jia Xu replied, "I'm afraid it will be half an hour before I come back." ”
In the evening of the same day, Li Bei's henchmen came to Li Wei's mansion and told Fan Chou about letting Han Sui go, and said it again. Knowing that Fan Chou actually let Han Sui go without permission, Li Dao threw the wine bottle in his hand to the ground and scolded viciously: "Fan Chou, you deceive people too much." I won't kill you, I won't be a man! ”
After he lost his temper, he ordered his soldiers: "Come on, go and invite Guo Yan and Mr. Wenhe here!" ”
Guo Yan's mansion was only a few streets away, and in less than two incense sticks, Guo Yan hurried over. Seeing Li Wei's annoyed and angry look, he hurriedly asked with concern: "Childish, what happened, why are you so angry?" ”
"Fan Chou, Pifu," Li Wei became angry at the thought of Fan Chou, "General Ben ordered him to intercept Han Sui, he was good, Han Wenyue said a few good words to him, and he ordered the soldiers to get out of the way and let Han Sui go back to Xiliang." ”
Knowing that Li Wei called him because Fan Chou let Han Sui go without authorization, Guo Yan couldn't help but gasp. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Childish, I don't know what you plan to do like this?" ”
"Now Fan Chou's soldiers and horses are still eighty miles away from Chang'an City." Li Dao said viciously: "General Ben plans to raise troops overnight to crusade against him. ”
"No, general, never!" Jia Xu, who rushed to hear the news, happened to hear that Li Wei was going to send troops to fight against Fan Chou, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Seeing that the people's hearts are not resting today, and they are frequently fighting, which is deeply inconvenient; If you set up a banquet, invite Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to celebrate their achievements, and capture them during the banquet, effortlessly. ”
"Childish, Mr. Wenhe's plan is very good." After Guo Yan heard Jia Xu's plan, he hurriedly said to Li Wei: "Why don't we follow this plan and get rid of Fan Chou?" ”
"Well, in that case, let's follow the strategy of Mr. Wenhe." Li Wei said to Guo Yan and Jia Xu: "Tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the camp outside the city, and when the time comes, there will be an ambush outside the tent to lay a knife and axeman, only to listen to me smash the cup, and then rush in and chop Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others into meat sauce." ”
"It's understandable to kill Fan Chou." Guo Yan disagreed with Li Wei's desire to kill Zhang Ji and Fan Chou at the same time, and he said euphemistically: "In my opinion, I still only kill Fan Chou." ”
"Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are like siblings, how can they watch us kill Fan Chou?" Seeing that Guo Yan opposed his proposal, Li Wei immediately expressed his worries: "If the two of them join forces, they will be our enemies." At that time, it will be even harder to get rid of them than to ascend to the sky. ”
"General, if Fan Chou is killed at the banquet, Zhang Ji will naturally lose his heart and dare not go against the general." Jia Xu thought that as soon as Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses retreated, they were about to kill two generals in a row, which would inevitably lead to unstable morale, so he said euphemistically: "The general is appeased by kind words when he arrives, and he is bound to bow down and obey orders." ”
Seeing that Guo Yan and Jia Xu were unwilling to kill Zhang Ji, Li Wei did not insist, but began to discuss how to kill Fan Chou at the banquet.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Wei sent a letter to Fan Chou, saying that he was in the camp outside the city, picking up the wind and washing the dust for the triumphant soldiers and horses. After Fan Chou received the letter, he did not suspect him, so he happily went.
When Li Bei saw that his cronies were returning with the messenger, he quietly asked, "Have you ever brought my words to my uncle?" ”
"Please rest assured, the major general, the general has already arranged everything." The cronies hurriedly replied: "Fan Chou's return to Chang'an this time is a catastrophe. ”
Hearing the messenger say this, Li Bei understood that his uncle would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to kill Fan Chou, so he felt much more at ease. He looked at Fan Chou's back and said to his henchmen: "When Fan Chou's husband dies, I will kill all the people in the army who disobey me, and this army should change its surname to Li." ”
Fan Chou took dozens of horsemen to the outside of the camp abandoned by Ma Teng, and the soldiers guarding the gate saw that Fan Chou was coming, where did he dare to slack off, so he hurriedly opened the gate of the village and respectfully invited him in.
After Fan Chou entered the camp, he saw a military marquis he knew, so he stopped the other party and asked, "Have you ever seen General Zhang Ji?" ”
The military marquis nodded vigorously and replied, "Back to General Fan's words, General Zhang had already arrived at the big tent half an hour ago, and was talking to General Li and General Guo. ”
Knowing that Zhang Ji had already arrived, Fan Chou's heart couldn't help but be a little anxious, he hurriedly urged the horse to come to the big tent and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to a soldier who met him, and strode towards the tent.
There were only three people in the tent, Li Wei, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou arched his hand to the three of them while walking: "Fan is a long way away, and he is a step late, please forgive me!" ”..
"General Fan is here!" Guo Yan saw Fan Chou walk into the tent, and after glancing at Li Wei, he said with a smile: "We have been waiting for you for a long time, hurry up and enter the table." ”
Although Li Guo and the others have long made up their minds to get rid of Fan Chou, they can't say that they will do it just as they do, and they must always do some preventive work. After Guo Yan waited for Fan Chou to sit down, he said with a smile: "General Fan sit down for a while, and I will order someone to serve you wine and food." With that, he walked to the door and shouted loudly outside, "Come on, serve the food!" ”
A cronie walked up to Guo Yan's side and whispered, "General, he only brought thirty-six people. The "he" in the mouth of the cronies naturally refers to Fan Chou.
After Guo Yan heard this, he bowed his head slightly, and then said in a low voice: "Don't leave one, kill them all!" ”