Lu Xin stroked his beard and said, "The general can rest assured, even if Gong Zhi is unwilling to surrender, I will position the general to seek another way to take Hanshou City!" So the old man set off, and the general waited here for good news! ”

Yue Yun got up and arched his hand, and said, "Gong Lu walks slowly, take care all the way!" ”

In order to ensure Lu Xin's safety, Yue Yun sent him ten more personal soldiers as guards, and Lu Xin did not shirk this, took the guards and entourage, and left Linyuan City in a carriage and went straight to Hanshou City.

Hanshou County was formerly known as Suo County, the East Han Dynasty Yangjia three years (AD 134), changed Suo County to Hanshou County, take the meaning of the longevity of the Han Dynasty, after which Hanshou County became the state seat of Jingzhou, the geographical location of Hanshou City is very superior, located in the Dongting Lake, the tail of the two rivers of Yuanli, sitting on the West Dongting Lake, the benefit of the fish and rice of the two waters, is a blessed land that flows gold and silver.

Hanshou City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the terrain is dangerous, the city defense is strong, the money and grain are abundant, it is one of the important towns in Jingzhou, Cao Cao in order to win over Guan Yu, and give it the position of the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, which shows the important position and wealth of Hanshou City in the Han Dynasty.

When Yue Yun led the army to the area of Linyuan City, he had already let his iron cavalry block the main road near Linyuan City, and after Fu Tong saw Lu Xin, he knew the intention of Yue Yun's army, so he also pressed the idea of reporting to Hanshou City, after Yue Yun's army entered the city, he closed Hanshou City again, so the news that Yue Yun's army captured Linyuan City has not yet reached Hanshou City.

However, now Jingzhou has fallen into a big war, Yuan Yaoqin led tens of thousands of troops into the public security city, which also makes some people in Wuling County endanger, Hanshou City is not too far away from the public security city, so Hanshou City has already stepped up the city defense, not only only open one city gate every day, but also deploy two or three hundred soldiers and horses near the city gate to take precautions, if there is an enemy to sneak attack, Hanshou City will be able to quickly react and close the city gate.

When the defenders of Hanshou City saw a convoy coming, a colonel came to question, but the colonel saw that Lu Xin's carriage was solemn, and the guards next to him were all solemn, so he looked very difficult to provoke, so the colonel was also a lot more polite: "I don't know which noble person is in the car, please deign to show it, the small one is also acting on military orders, and please don't be embarrassed by the villain." ”

When Lu Xin heard this, he pulled the curtain of the lathe and glanced out, and then gave the staff a look, and the staff took out a money bag and threw it to the colonel, saying: "My family Lu Gong has something important to come to Hanshou, and you dare to stop it, these money will be sent to you to sell wine, don't let it go quickly!" ”

The little colonel has sharp eyes, and has already seen Lu Xin's honor, the Lu family is the top family in Wuling County, Lu Xin has been galloping in Wuling County for decades as the patriarch of the Lu clan, the little school has naturally seen what Lu Xinchang looks like, after seeing Lu Xin, he immediately didn't dare to say more, grabbed the money bag with one hand, bowed down and said: "The villain is abrupt, please don't blame Lu Gong, thank you for the reward, the villain will let him go!" ”

The colonel hurriedly asked his sergeants to let him go and clear a passage, Lu Xin's convoy passed quickly, Lu Xin thought for a moment, and said, "Without further ado, let's go directly to the Gong family's mansion to pay a visit." ”

"No!"

Lu Xin's staff bowed down and agreed, and hurriedly led the way to Gong Zhi's mansion.

Gong Zhi was born in the Gong clan of Wuling, and the Gong clan is also one of the wealthy families in Wuling County, and has a lot of power in Wuling County, still above the Lu clan from which Lu Xin was born.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there was such a description:

Jin Xuan heard that Zhang Fei led the troops, and he gathered the generals, ordered the elite soldiers, and went out of the city to meet the enemy.

Engaged in Gong Zhi's admonition: "Liu Xuande is the uncle of the Han Emperor, and benevolence and righteousness are spread in the world; In addition, Zhang Yide is very brave. It is better not to meet the enemy, than to surrender to the top. “

Jin Xuan was furious and said, "You want to connect with the thief for internal change?", and ordered the samurai to launch and behead him.

All the officials said: "Beheading the family first, it is not good for the army."

Jin Xuan was drunk and retreated from Gong Zhi, led his troops out, twenty miles away from the city, was welcoming Zhang Fei, flying a spear immediately, drinking Jin Xuan, and asked the general: "Who dares to fight?"

Everyone was afraid, did not dare to move forward, spun from the sudden horse dance knife to meet it, Zhang Fei shouted, like a huge thunder, the golden swirl was discolored, did not dare to fight, turned the horse and left.

Fei led the army to cover up and kill. Jin Xuan walked to the edge of the city, and the arrows shot down on the city, and Xuan was shocked, and saw Gong Zhi standing on the city and said: "When you don't follow the sky, you will be defeated, and I and the people will surrender to Liu Yin."

Before he finished speaking, an arrow hit the golden spiral door and fell under the horse, and the sergeant cut off his head and offered Zhang Fei.

Gong Zhi went out of the city to accept and surrendered, and when he flew, he ordered Gong Zhi to take the seal and go to Guiyang to see Xuande. Xuande was overjoyed, so he ordered Gong Zhi to take the post of Jin Xuan.

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After everyone sees this paragraph, they may still feel a little familiar, indeed, someone has done such a thing before, and that person is Chen Deng!

Chen Deng once pretended to surrender to Lü Bu, and when Cao Cao sent troops to attack Lü Bu, Chen Deng closed the city gate to prevent Lü Bu from entering when Lü Bu went out of the city to meet the enemy, thus helping Cao Cao capture Xuzhou.

If you think about the status of Chen Deng and Guangling Chen in Xuzhou, you can think of what status Gong Zhi and Gong have in Wuling County!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were too many wealthy families like this, they were all a group of wall grass, and wherever the wind was strong, they would fall to whichever side!

The reason why they were able to do this is also related to the army in ancient times, especially in troubled times, the princes were stationed on the spot with local conscription, and they were all local sons guarding the local places, so that these local sons would fight to the death in order to ensure that their cities were not captured by the enemy, which could greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the defenders!

But in the same way, most of these local sons are related to the local wealthy clans, so that these local sons are stationed in the local area, they cannot cut off the connection between these soldiers and horses and the local wealthy clans, once these wealthy families have different intentions, they can easily gather the soldiers and horses in the city to serve others.

It is precisely because of this that there will be rules for officials and generals in different places, but in the troubled times, the princes around the country do not have much territory, so they can only let the local soldiers and horses garrison the locality, which is also a helpless trade-off!!

Lu Xin and his entourage hurried all the way, and soon came to the front of the Gong family, Lu Xin is not big or small in Wuling County, and he is also the number one person, so when he enters the city, he still goes straight to Gong Zhi's mansion, Gong Zhi, as the sitting tiger of Hanshou City, naturally has already known about it.

Gong Zhi was already waiting in the mansion at this time, and he also sent a steward to wait for Lu Xin at the gate of the mansion, which can be regarded as a dismount from Gong Zhi to Lu Xin, although your Yuanling Lu clan is extraordinary, but this Hanshou City is my Gong clan's territory, you Lu Xin came to Hanshou City, even if it is a dragon, you have to give it to me!