Chapter 40: Li Xian is assassinated
On February 7 of the third year of Jian'an, Li Xian led a large army to Huai County, Hanoi.
Hanoi is now Zhang Yang's territory, with more than 5,000 soldiers, but most of them are bandits.
Before Li Xian set off, he had already sent someone to inform Zhang Yang that he was only passing through Hanoi by the road and would not attack his territory.
Therefore, after Li Xie's army arrived in Huai County, Zhang Yang sent someone to invite him to Yewang County to meet.
In fact, it was not Zhang Yang who wanted to see Li Xie, but Zang Hong.
Zang Hong, the source of the word, is a native of Sheyang, Guangling, Xuzhou.
The body is burly, very stout, and different from ordinary people.
When the heroes were begging for Dong, he was the gong cao of Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, and followed Zhang Chao to the Sour Jujube Alliance.
At that time, everyone recommended Zang Hong to the altar to preside over the alliance, Zang Hong was later sent by Zhang Chao to Youzhou to see Liu Yu, but when he went to the river, because of the war between the two states, the road was impassable, and he could not cross.
After Yuan Shao found out, he summoned Zang Hong to talk, and felt that his ability was good, so he kept him for use.
It happened that Qingzhou Assassin Jiaohe died, and Yuan Shao asked Zang Hong to take over as Qingzhou Assassin.
As a result, Zang Hong's ability was too strong, and he was more popular with the people, which made Yuan Shao jealous. At that time, Yuan Shao's power was strong, and Cao Cao was only his younger brother, so Yuan Shao let Zang Hong be the Taishou of Dongjun.
Because of Yuan Shao's jealousy and coercion, Zang Hong despised Yuan Shao, and even did not communicate with Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao was furious and led his troops to besiege Dongjun. At that time, Cao Cao was exterminating He Yi and other yellow turbans in Yingchuan and Runan, and he did not dare to offend Yuan Shao.
And if Zang Hong dies, Cao Cao can send someone to be the Taishou of Dongjun, and he is happy to sit and see his defeat.
The only one who worries is Li Xian, he knows that Zang Hong is an upright person and is more capable of governing Zhou County, so he can't bear to see him defeated and killed.
However, Li Xian was only Jiyin Taishou at that time, and was later sent by Cao Cao to protect the Son of Heaven, and he himself was not qualified to write to Yuan Shao to let Zang Hong go, so he wrote to Cao Cao three times, asking Cao Cao to write to Yuan Shao, persuading him to let Zang Hong live.
Cao Cao knew that Zang Hong was famous, so he sent a letter asking Yuan Shao not to kill Zang Hong after breaking the city.
After the city was broken, Zang Hong was useless, and Yuan Shao let Zang Hong go in order to give Cao Cao face.
Zang Hong went to Hanoi Zhang Yang as a guest and has lived until now. He knew that he could survive mainly because Li Xian wrote to Cao Cao three times to save him, so he heard that Li Xian was going to pass through Hanoi and wanted to see him.
He was originally going to Huai County to see Li Xian, but Zhang Yang said that he also wanted to see Li Xian, so he asked Li Xian to come to Yewang County to meet.
Fu Zhu did not agree with Li Xian to go to Yewang County to see Zhang Yang: "If the general enters someone else's land, how can he be in danger." ”
Li Xian smiled: "If people invite, it is rude not to go, and besides, with Zang Ziyuan here, it is fine." ”
Fu Zhu knew that persuasion was useless, so he said: "If you go, you will let Zilong lead two thousand people to protect you." ”
Li Xian asked Fu Zhu to lead everyone to camp in Huai County, and Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan followed him to Yewang County.
Zhang Yang and Zang Hong personally went out of the city to greet him, only to see that Zang Hong was at least two meters tall and as strong as an ox.
As soon as they met, Zang Hong immediately saluted Li and said, "Hong thanks General Li for his life." ”
Li Xian hurriedly returned the salute and said: "The effort of raising your hands, why worry about it, and the one who saves you is Cao Gong." ”
"If it weren't for the general's three letters to Cao Gong, Cao Gong would not have saved Hong."
Zhang Yang said beside him: "Ziyuan, quickly invite General Li into the city." ”
Zang Hong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the general is invited to enter the city." ”
Li Xian only asked Zhao Yun to bring two hundred people into the city with him, and Xiahou Lan led the others to wait outside the city.
Zhang Yang has been running Hanoi for several years, and he has no ambition to develop, but he is in a corner of his own life and lives a life without contention.
After Zang Hong came to Hanoi, he helped him deal with the affairs of many counties and counties, and got a lot of public voices.
Zhang Yang set up a banquet to entertain Li Xian, he first raised a glass of wine and said: "General Li is brave and brave, and he defeated Zhang Yan with 3,000 men and horses. Cheers to General Lee's miraculous exploits. ”
This sycophant shooting, Li Xian is embarrassed.
Don't you know how many catties and taels you have, it's a fluke to let Zhang Yan descend, of course, I also have some ability.
He thought about it and smiled: "Uncle Zhi is trying to kill me, if I have this bravery, I don't have to run around." ”
Zang Hong said hatefully: "Yuan Shao only gave the general 3,000 men and horses, and went to suppress Zhang Yan's hundreds of thousands of thieves, Yuan Shao wanted the general to die." However, when Yuan Shao heard that Zhang Yan had surrendered to the general, it was strange that he was not so angry that he vomited blood. ”
After saying that, everyone burst into laughter.
At this time, Zhao Yun, who was standing behind him, quietly said to Li Xian: "General, I see that Zhang Yang's generals don't look right, I am afraid that there is an ambush, the general must be careful, or go out of the city early." ”
Li Xian followed Zhao Yun's gesture and looked, and saw a general sitting opposite, looking out of the door and Zhang Yang repeatedly, as if he was waiting for something.
He said to Zhao Yun: "Wait for the opportunity to act, if there is really an ambush, capture Zhang Yang and the general first." ”
The principle of catching a thief and capturing the king first is useful everywhere.
Zhao Yun held the knife and glared at Zhang Yang's general, that general was Yang Chou, he saw Zhao Yun glaring at him, his face changed, he suddenly stood up, and shouted: "Someone." ”
Immediately, a large group of soldiers rushed in and surrounded Li Xian and Zhao Yun.
Li Xian stood up, drew a knife in his hand, and asked Zhang Yang angrily: "Uncle Zhi, why is this?" ”
Zhang Yang stood up and said hesitantly: "This ...... This ......"
Yang Chou said: "You attacked and killed Lu Bu in Puyang, and General Zhang wanted to avenge Lu Bu. ”
It turned out that Zhang Yang had a good relationship with Lu Bu, and after Li Xian captured Lu Bu in Puyang, he asked Cao Cao to kill Lu Bu, so Zhang Yang wanted to avenge Lu Bu.
Zang Hong hurriedly said: "Zhang Yang, I treat you sincerely, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person." ”
Zhang Yang walked over, sighed, and said to the soldiers: "Let's all retreat, Feng Xian has already gone, what's the use of caring about it......." ”
But before he finished speaking, Yang Chou behind him suddenly cut off his head with a knife and shouted: "Li Xian killed General Zhang, kill this thief quickly." ”
It turned out that he saw that Zhang Yang wanted to let Li Xian go, so he killed Zhang Yang and blamed Li Xian, so that the soldiers could kill Li Xian.
In fact, before that, Cao Cao had people bribe Yang Chou and ask him to persuade Zhang Yang to invite Li Xian to come to meet him, and then ambush him.
When the soldiers wanted to make a move, Zang Hong shouted: "Wait, who dares to do it." ”
He was tall and mighty, standing in front of Li Xian, with a knife in his hand, glaring angrily at the soldiers.
They didn't dare to step forward for a while, and just when everyone was helpless for a while, they saw Zhao Yun suddenly rushing in front of Yang Chou with an arrow step, and his hand was up and down, and Yang Chou's head had already been cut off.
Seeing that Yang Chou was dead, Zang Hong shouted loudly: "Yang Chou killed General Zhang, but you saw it with your own eyes, are you going to betray Yang Chou together?" ”
One of the soldiers who led the soldiers said: "General Zhang and General Yang are dead, General Zang, we are willing to listen to your dispatch." ”
Zang Hong treated the soldiers well here in Zhang Yang, and he was more like the soldiers, and now that Zhang Yang and Yang Chou are dead, they expressed their willingness to follow Zang Hong.
Zang Hong ordered everyone to withdraw, and personally escorted Li Xian out of the city, and said to Li Xian: "General, Hong really didn't know that this would happen, if the general can trust Hong, Hong is willing to take the soldiers here and follow the general." ”
Li Xian was overjoyed, took Zang Hong's hand and said: "How can I not believe Ziyuan, you first settle the soldiers here, and when I lead the army to come, cross the river with me to Jingzhou." ”
"No."
After Zang Hong returned to the city to bury Zhang Yang and Yang Chou, he led his soldiers to wait in Yewang, and followed Li Xian across the river to Nanyang.