Chapter 269: Heart-to-heart
"This ......"
Xu Daning swallowed his saliva, "Okay, I lied, in fact, my subordinates couldn't find out the information, and they also scratched their tongues, afraid that General Gongsun would blame, so they lied and ran into the big tent." ”
Gongsun Jian laughed, and laughed out loud, he nodded thoughtfully, "You said it earlier, if you said it earlier, there would be no misunderstanding." ”
Zhang Wenkui breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll just say, it's a misunderstanding, Xu Daning, you are really right, can General Gongsun still punish you after you come back safely." ”
Xu Daning sneered, "It's all my fault, and I shouldn't hide it." ”
Gongsun Jian bent down, walked towards Xu Daning step by step, and said word by word: "Is it true that Lu Yi is going to hold a birthday banquet at night?" ”
Xu Daning had an innocent look on his face, "It's true." ”
"Good one is true! Xu Daning! You also suggested that the Zhongzhou army raid at night, are you afraid that we will die late! ”
Gongsun Jian suddenly scolded angrily, scaring all the generals present.
Zhang Wenkui, who already felt that there was nothing to do, suddenly trembled in his heart, he had never seen this young man in his early twenties, a young man who used to be amiable and happy every day, had such a big fire.
Cao Ying was also taken aback, in his impression of Gongsun Jian, has never been a good man who does not fight with others, very good at talking, brave and extraordinary on the battlefield, outside the battlefield is a particularly positive man, and from time to time there are some children's hearts, he is also the first time to see Gongsun Jian make such a big fire, at first he also had a lot of complaints about Gongsun Jian's belief in enemy soldiers and soldiers, and did not believe in his brother's behavior, now he has to think about it.
Xu Daning propped his arms tremblingly on the ground, his head rested on his chest, and said softly, "Indeed...... It's true...... Then Lu Yi is born today, you can take advantage of them to relax their vigilance, let's take the opportunity to kill the past......"
"Are you taking these generals for fools?"
Gongsun Jian's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Lu Yi has held a banquet in Mianzhou for his fiftieth birthday, and now he is a household name, he is such a person who loves to show off, he has already shown off once in Mianzhou, An will be in this wilderness, and then have a mediocre wine and meat banquet, this is not his indulgent character, these, Lu Yi has told you, you dare to lie about the military situation!" ”
Xu Daning trembled like chaff, his throat was rumbling, obviously very nervous, Zhang Wenkui sighed when he saw this scene, this Xu Daning obviously really surrendered to the enemy.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
Gongsun Jian came to him and said in a cold voice: "What is the Zhongzhou army sorry for you, and what benefits did the Xishu rebels give you, let you do this kind of thing, as far as I know, all the Zhongzhou military households are from the Central Plains, and you are not from Xishu, this general doesn't understand very much, why do you want to do this kind of dirty thing of defecting to the enemy and treason?" ”
Xu Daning saw that the matter could no longer be hidden, he took a deep breath, slowly stood up, there was no nervous look on his face, he was calm, Zhang Wenkui was angry, and punched Xu Daning's face, and scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu doesn't even want his own future, go and help you get an official position, you treat me like this?" It's in vain that I trust you so much, you are a thing that eats inside and out! ”
Xu Daning received this punch, covered his cheeks and said, "General Zhang, the only person I'm sorry for is you." ”
"How powerful you Xu Daning are, you dare to defect to the enemy and commit treason, I, Zhang Wenkui, don't deserve to apologize to you!"
Gongsun Jian looked at Xu Daning quietly, "What did you say to the group of rebels under the mountain?" ”
Xu Daning chuckled and snorted softly from his nasal voice, "Is it wrong for me to want to live?" Now in the case of the defeat of the remnants, how can I win against those wolf-like and tiger-like elite soldiers under the mountain, I want to live, is it wrong? ”
"Then you kid don't dare to die, what are you going to do when you come to join the army, if you are afraid of death, just sleep with your mother-in-law in your arms at home, eat inside and out!"
Wang Yong sneered, "General Zhang knows how to repay the favor by raising a dog for so many years, you are good, you sold your home directly, Xu Daning, Xu Daning, you really have yours." ”
Zhang Wenkui took a few deep breaths, calmed his angry heart, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you afraid of death?" So you used to pretend to be on the battlefield? ”
"It's just a matter of building bridges with the lives of my comrades."
"Brute!"
Seeing Xu Daning say that sentence in a bland manner, Zhang Wenkui's last glimmer of hope for him was gone, he pulled out a double-edged folding knife, and said to Gongsun Jian: "General Gongsun, the last general just said that if Xu Daning has a place to offend, I will personally beat him on the big board, but it's ridiculous I didn't understand why General Cao said that it was not enough to play the big board at first, it turned out to be such a reason, I implore General Gongsun to agree, let the last general clean up the portal!" ”
Gongsun Jian shook his head, "Don't worry, Xu Daning, you should set up a certificate of surrender if you defect to the enemy and treason, otherwise people will not be stupid enough to let you go back to the camp, and they will kill you directly, saying, you told the Zhongzhou Army what secrets to the Xishu rebels." ”
Zhang Wenkui put the folding knife on Xu Daning's neck, "If you still have a little gratitude to me, tell me the truth!" ”
Xu Daning sneered, his fingers gently stroked the folding knife and said, "Secret? What secrets can the Zhongzhou army have, it is nothing more than those few siege weapons and tactics, now we are the broken rear troops, there is no secret, I just said some things that everyone can see, such as who the main general is this time, how much grain and grass is still on the mountain, how many people can fight, and morale problems. ”
"You're damned."
Gongsun Jian's face sank, his fingers moved lightly, the folding knife was unsheathed, and he said quietly: "Zhang Wenkui, stand down!" ”
Zhang Wenkui hesitated for a moment, just wanted to draw the folding knife, but he didn't want to be desperately held down by Xu Daning's palm, Xu Daning laughed fiercely, "General Gongsun? You're a bullshit general! It's just the back door opened by Yu Youjun! Lao Tzu can lead troops better than you, why can Lao Tzu only be a tun chief, Lao Tzu is not convinced! I won't die at your hands! ”
"Poof!"
Xu Daning's head turned, and his throat slashed through Zhang Wenkui's folding knife, cutting a hideous wound, and the blood in his neck couldn't wait to gush out.
Gongsun Jian put away the folding knife with an expressionless face, "Throw it down." ”
I don't know who the order was given, but everyone present felt an inexplicable pressure, Cao Ying beckoned, Liu Qianshan understood, and the two carried Xu Daning's body and threw it off the cliff.
Cao Ying turned around and patted Gongsun Jian's shoulder, "General Gongsun ......"
"Needless to say."
Gongsun Jian interrupted him, "The most important thing now is how to deal with it, just now Xu Daning revealed all the details of our situation to the rebels under the mountain, although this information is worthless on weekdays, but in our current situation, it is very deadly." ”
Zhang Wenkui looked ashamed, knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty: "It's the last general who is unladylike, I am willing to hand over the military power and be a pawn." ”
Wang Yong glanced at this old enemy, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he wanted to say and stopped, at this time it all depends on the meaning of General Gongsun, if Gongsun Jian really wants to take the military power, he can make a big fuss about this matter.
I saw Gongsun Jian smile again, shook his head and refused, "Don't say more after the matter has passed, it's not your fault, talk about the next action, General Cao, I still think like that, and I still attack at night!" ”
Liu Qianshan frowned, "What that traitor means, this Bo Xishu rebel army is very likely to ambush us at night, will this be in their hands." ”
Cao Ying touched his chin and pondered, although he also had doubts in his heart, but Gongsun Jian must have his reasons for doing this.
Thinking of this, Cao Ying was stunned and a little dumbfounded, when did he start to look at Gongsun Jianma.
Gongsun Jian snapped his fingers, looking at the expressions of everyone present, he knew that probably the generals thought the same as Liu Qianshan, the enemy estimated that he had already laid a net at night, just waiting for them to jump, how could he throw himself into the net.
"I know your doubts, but at this time, the remaining four hundred people under my leadership will have an effect."
Gongsun Jian continued: "At that time, I will use these four hundred men to explore the road first, go deep into the enemy camp and lead the enemy army to ambush, and then you seven captains will kill them together." ”
When Cao Ying heard how that could work, he immediately refused: "No! It's not a trivial matter for just 400 people to rush into the enemy's camp, if the enemy army really has an ambush, 5,000 people can instantly encircle and suppress you, I don't agree! This matter will be discussed in the long run. ”
Zhang Wenkui nodded and said: "What General Cao said is extremely true, General Gongsun's plan is too dangerous, and it needs to be discussed again, and you can't rush it." ”
"When is this time not in a hurry?"
Gongsun Jian said softly: "The rebels of Xishu don't know that the inner ghost Xu Daning has been subdued at this time, they are waiting for us to take the bait, we just want to plan the plan, bite his hook, and tear his net!" ”
"It's not impossible to catch him off guard, but what we're saying is that you lead four hundred people to charge into the enemy camp, and if there is any accident, these people will really have no backbone."
"Isn't there still General Cao, I'm just leading the enemy army to ambush, then you should be in time, and take Lu Yi in one fell swoop."
After Gongsun Jian finished speaking, he saw that Cao Ying and the others were about to speak again, he was busy and said in a deep voice: "Don't say it again, now I am the main general, all listen to me, you seven captains will select four hundred brothers who dare to rush and dare to kill and are not afraid of death, if I die, General Cao will take command and deal with the enemy army, so it is decided." ”
Cao Ying sighed, "This ...... Well......"
Gongsun Jian picked up a wooden stick and drew a simple cliff jungle map on the ground, he pointed to the map and said: "Our Zhongzhou army is now on the cliff, about 1,500 zhang to 2,000 zhang under the cliff is a dense forest, the Xishu rebels are stationed there, the vertical and horizontal distance under the cliff slope is large, then you stop the army there, I will take 400 people to rush down first in the night, so that they can't see how many people there are, and after leading out their ambushes, you will rush down again, The junction of the dense forest under the cliff slope and the place where the Xishu rebels are stationed is only 200 zhang, what you have to do is to rush down in the shortest possible time and crush the enemy army from the periphery. ”
Gongsun Jian raised his head, "The lives of me and those four hundred soldiers depend on you, do you hear clearly?" ”
The lieutenants nodded heavily.
"Okay, the rest of the people go down first and don't lose, General Cao, you and Zhang Wenkui stay."
After the rest of the people were gone, Gongsun Jian walked up to the two superiors and subordinates, "I want to give you a most important task, which will play a decisive role." ”
Gongsun Jian sketched on the ground for a while, Cao Ying's face was surprised, and turned into surprise, stretching out his thumb at Gongsun Jian, Gongsun Jian just smiled lightly and asked Zhang Wenkui, "Do you have confidence?" ”
Zhang Wenkui's face was solemn, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and said in a deep voice: "The last general will complete the task." ”
It was night, the breeze was floating, and the whole cliff slope was very quiet, so quiet that even an embroidery needle fell on the ground, and I could hear it clearly, but if I got closer, this black area was full of human figures, densely surrounded by the downhill road.
Gongsun Jian took the lead with four hundred people, raised his hands high and gestured forward, and from the black large figure ran out of a team of nearly a thousand people, Cao Ying and Zhang Wenkui crossed Gongsun Jian, nodded to him, and went straight downhill, Gongsun Jian waved forward again, his four hundred people moved in response to the situation, except for the sound of neat footsteps, there was no other superfluous sound, these four hundred people leaned against the dense forest, looking at the camp of the Xishu rebels.
Gongsun Jian's body is smart, he quickly climbed a towering tree, condescendingly overlooking the entire Xishu camp, there are braziers everywhere, and empty wine jars stacked on the grass at will, and even a little bit of game is burnt aroma, but there is no one outside the camp, it can be seen from the light in those marching tents, many figures are lying together irregularly, and there are really people who can't find where the bed is because they have drunk too much. The corners of his mouth hooked up and smiled, it seems that Lu Yizhen has done enough tricks, and it can be said that it has been a waste of hard work to let the Zhongzhou army take the bait.