Chapter 3 Allies are meant to be betrayed
PS: The reason why it wasn't updated yesterday, it's ...... stopped, and there's another chapter tonight. )
In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of Sun Jian and Liu Biao and making their strategic plans extraordinary, when Kang Peng and his entourage arrived in Yong'an, Kang Peng did not let the army go straight to Yong'an, but ordered the army to be stationed in Baidi City, and did not notify Yong'an guards Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu and others, and brought Pang Tong, Pang De and a group of personal soldiers to Yong'an in civilian clothes, and mixed with the people into the city.
Although he has known Pang Tong for less than half a year, from the bottom of his heart, Kang Peng trusts Jia Xu more, but Kang Peng is more willing to walk with Pang Tong, for no other reason, Pang Tong's ugly face is far better than Dong Boss, and Jia Xu is handsome, he is a typical beautiful man, Kang Peng can only walk with Pang Tong, so that he will not be too inferior, and he can also find some dignity as a handsome guy, as for Pang De, who looks extremely hideous with scars on his face, he is also a general that Kang Peng likes to take with him. No, not long after entering the city, Kang Peng heard two or three big girls pointing at him and Pang Tong and Pang De whispering, "The three are ugly, or the fat old man is more pleasing to the eye, and the other two men are too ugly." Let Kang Peng's battered fragile heart get some satisfaction and regain a little self-esteem, but when Kang Peng nodded and smiled at the big girls and little daughters-in-law who pointed at him, he still caused a riot - Yong'an's big girl and little daughter-in-law ran away, shouting while running, "Help!" It's horrible! It knocked Kang Peng's mood into the abyss again.
"Taishi, there is the Yong'an Mansion in front." Pound pointed ahead and said to Kang Peng, who was depressed. Kang Peng's face was gloomy, and he snorted from his nose as a promise, which startled Pang Tong and Pang De, and almost thought that they had done something wrong, which made Taishi Dong unhappy.
Kang Peng and his entourage came to the front of the official hall, and were about to show their identities to enter the hall, but behind them suddenly ran a fast horse, immediately a Dong Zhuojun herald, quickly dismounted in front of the hall door, and went straight into the hall, Kang Peng saw that the herald was planted with a red flag representing the urgent military situation, knowing that the military situation had changed, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly raised his legs into the hall, and the sentinel in front of the hall naturally wanted to block, Pang De took a step forward and showed the gold medal order arrow dedicated to Dong Boss, those sentinels were so frightened that they were fart, and they crawled to Kang Peng and knelt down, but Kang Peng had already rushed in.
"General Yu, Sun Jian's army has broken through Jiangling, the Jingzhou army has retreated to Xiangyang, and more than 2,000 large and small warships of Sun Jian's army have gone upstream, attacking Fancheng, the acropolis of Xiangyang, and Xiangyang is in danger." Before he arrived at the hall, Kang Peng heard the report of the herald to Ma Chao and others from afar, Kang Peng was taken aback, once Jingzhou fell into the hands of Sun Jian, the strength of Jiangdong would inevitably increase greatly, and Dong Zhuojun's road down the Jiangdong River would also be blocked by Sun Jianjun, and Kang Peng also knew very well how big Sun Jian's ambitions were, if he was not ambitious in history, he would not hide the jade seal of the Han Dynasty, if Sun Jian was allowed to control Jiangdong and Jingzhou, the Dark Moon Group would not be able to successfully give Sun Jian the special Ten Great Tonic Cream specially made by Hua Tuo, Then Dong Zhuojun will face another big enemy.
"Great, the Jiujiang Army is our ally, they help our army solve the trouble in Jingzhou, and we will be much easier." Ma Chao's political mind is the simplest, and he said happily instead of worrying: "Go and tell the Taishi this good news, so that the Taishi will also be happy." ”
"No, the true nature is already here." Kang Peng strode into the hall, Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu stood stunned for a long time before they reacted, and hurriedly saluted Kang Peng: "I don't know if the Taishi has arrived, the last general will miss the welcome, and it will be a capital crime." ”
"It's because I didn't inform you, so get up." Kang Peng replied absentmindedly, snatched the chapter from the herald's hand, and took a closer look, it turned out that on the second day of June in the fourth year of Chuping, Sun Jian used Zhou Yu's plan to lure Huang Zu's army out of the harbor, Huang Gai Chengpu took the opportunity to capture Jiangling, and copied Huang Zujun's lair, Huang Zu's army had to retreat to Xiangyang Barrier Fancheng to hold on, and Sun Jian's army took the opportunity to chase and kill, surrounded Fancheng from three sides, and killed Cai Mao's reinforcements nine days ago, Fancheng was already in danger.
"Congratulations to Taishi, Liu Biao has been broken by our allies, and our army can go all out to deal with the Central Plains thieves." Except for Pang Tong, everyone said hello to Kang Peng, but Kang Peng didn't mean to be happy at all, but said sharply: "Hurry up and go to the White Emperor City, and ask Wen and the military advisor to go to Yong'an to discuss the matter quickly." ”
"Bullshit allies! Allies are meant to be betrayed! Kang Peng said viciously in his heart: "Old man Sun Jian has taken Jingzhou, who dares to guarantee that he will not go north to march into the Central Plains and grab territory with Lao Tzu?" At that time, his son's son-in-law and his daughter were my little wife, was I embarrassed to attack him? ”
That night, Jia Xu hurried to Yong'an, and Kang Peng asked Zhang Xiu to arrange a secret room for himself, and only let Jia Xu and Pang Tong enter the secret discussion, so as not to make his treacherous ugly face violent in the world. The three of them sat down, Kang Pengli handed over the information to Jia Xu to watch, Jia Xu had the ability to see ten lines, and immediately said after reading it quickly: "Taishi, Sun Jian must not be allowed to take Jingzhou, otherwise our army will outflank the Central Plains' strategic crisis!" ”
The bad students who wanted to be both ** and wanted to set up the archway spread their hands, nodded and said: "Benxiang and Shiyuan also think the same, but what method should be used to prevent Sun Jian from occupying Jingzhou, so that our army will not be spurned by the world and not be infamous for betraying allies?" ”
At this time, even Jia Xu and Pang Tong frowned, if they want to help Jingzhou resist Sun Jian, the most direct way is of course to send troops to rescue, but Dong Zhuojun's manpower and material resources are trapped in the reconstruction of Yizhou, plus the formation of a naval army is also a bottomless pit of swallowing money and food, and he can't afford to fight a large-scale battle at all, not to mention that if he directly sends troops to attack Sun Jian now, Dong Zhuojun will really be left behind for 10,000 years. Originally, it was the best way to borrow the hands of other princes to help Jingzhou, but the forces of the princes around Jingzhou were too weak, and Liu Bi and Gong Dujun of Runan were not enough to protect themselves in front of Sun Jianjun, and only one Yuan Shu had this strength, but Yuan Shu was fighting with Liu Bei in full swing, and it was impossible to draw troops to rescue Jingzhou.
"If I were Maleonn." After a while, Jia Xu said to himself: "I must suggest that Liu Biao ask our army for help, hoping that our army will come forward to mediate the war, open the conditions for ceding money and grain from the prefectures and counties, and temporarily slow down Sun Jianjun, and Sun Jianjun's army has just conquered Jiangdong, and it also needs time to consolidate the newly occupied territory, so it should not be difficult to convince." But......" Jia Xu couldn't say anything at this point, just shook his head and sighed.
"But those Shi Lin Ning in Jingzhou will oppose it if they die!" Pang Tong finished speaking for Jia Xu, without saving Kang Peng's face at all, "The Jingzhou scholars hate the Taishi to the core, and those scholars must have preferred Jingzhou to Sun Jian than receive the love of the Taishi." Kang Peng laughed a few times, Dong Zhuojun and Shilin's uncommon enmity was formed by him and Dong Boss, and he only blamed himself.
After another moment, Kang Peng suddenly thought of an idea, "Wenhe, Shiyuan, if the prime minister asks the Feng eunuch brothers to incite the emperor, and let the old ministers of the imperial court come forward to reconcile the war, do you say that there is a chance of success?" ”
Jia Xu and Pang Tong glanced at each other, nodded together, and said, "If the old minister who came forward is weighty enough, the Taishi will secretly assist, and there is hope for success." Jia Xu added, "But we also have to hold off Sun Jianjun a little bit and buy time for the reconciled ministers." ”
"It's easy." Kang Peng didn't even think about it, and casually sold Boss Dong's daughter, "Benxiang was worried about causing misunderstanding between Sun Jian and Liu Biao before, and he didn't make the itinerary public, starting tomorrow, he will spread the news that Benxiang has arrived in Yong'an, so that Sun Jian and Liu Biao will have a headache about Benxiang's intentions." The prime minister revised another book, saying that Su'er and Sun Ce were not young, and asked Sun Jian to come to Yong'an to discuss the marriage of his children, or the prime minister could go to Xiakou to discuss, so that at least Sun Jian could be delayed for a month and give the court ministers time to mediate. ”
On July 22 of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Dong Taishi of the Han Dynasty suddenly appeared in Yong'an City, and two days later, the Jingzhou army and Sun Jianjun received the news almost at the same time, and the Jingzhou army was greatly panicked, and Liu Biao was so frightened that he fainted on the spot, thinking that Dong Taishi was here to help his ally Sun Jianjun attack Jingzhou. And Sun Jian is happy and worried, happy is to add strong reinforcements, worried is that Dong Zhuojun is coming, the Jiujiang Army has completely gained the upper hand in the Jingzhou battlefield, Dong Zhuo will intervene again, it will not play much role, and it will definitely take a share of Sun Jianjun's results.
But to the surprise of Liu Biao and Sun Jian, after the Han Dynasty Dong Taishi appeared in Yong'an, he did not move, neither going down the river to help Sun Jian attack Fancheng, nor sending Xiliang Tie to ride by land to Yiling Nanjun to snatch the fruits of Sun Jian's army's victory. When Sun Jian was inexplicably on the outskirts of Fancheng, he suddenly received a letter from Dong Taishi, inviting him to Yong'an to discuss the marriage of Sun Ce and Dong Xuan. Sun Jian was overjoyed, he was worried that Dong Zhuo's marriage of his daughter to his son was just a pretense, the purpose was to keep his son as a hostage, but now Dong Zhuo is talking about it, it is the time to conclude a solid alliance with the powerful Dong Zhuojun, which will be of great help to his world's plans.
At the moment, Sun Jianjun decided to transfer the command of the capture of Fancheng to Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, and took Zhou Yu to Yong'an to meet, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and others were all persuaded: "Lord, business is the first, Fancheng has been surrounded for more than half a month, Jingzhou reinforcements have been repelled by our army, it is the time to capture Fancheng in one go, and the eldest prince's family affairs are still better to talk after breaking Fancheng." ”
Sun Jian also felt that it made sense, and wrote back to Mrs. Dong, saying that he had something important to do, and hoped to meet with Mrs. Dong after he conquered Jingzhou. Sun Jian was overjoyed, and immediately stepped up his attack on Fancheng, and changed from the original siege of three to four sides, wanting to break through Fancheng in one fell swoop. But what Sun Jian didn't expect happened, a rumor suddenly appeared among the people of Fancheng, saying that after Sun Jian's army broke through Fancheng, he would slaughter the people of the whole city to avenge Sun Jianjun, who was raided by the Jingzhou army in Jiujiang. The rumors spread, and the people of Fancheng saw that Sun Jian attacked the city for days, and surrounded and blocked the people's escape road on all sides, and did not dare to hide at home anymore, so they went to the city to assist the Jingzhou army to defend the city, and the bravery even exceeded that of the Jingzhou soldiers, which made Huang Zu and Ma Liangzhi wonder, but the two did not have time to investigate the source of this rumor, but they just organized the people to defend the city on a large scale.
The time that Dong Taishi promised Sun Jian had come, but Fan Cheng was still standing still, and Sun Jian couldn't take the time to see Dong Taishi, but Dong Taishi's letter was a day and a day, and his words gradually showed dissatisfaction, Sun Jian had no choice but to write back to Dong Taishi, saying that he would leave to meet him immediately, and Fan Cheng would deal with it after the meeting. Mrs. Dong was overjoyed to receive the letter, and immediately said that he would sweep the couch in Yong'an to greet him, and wait for his future in-laws to discuss marriage.
On August 11 of the fourth year of the early Han Dynasty, Luoyang, the Han Dynasty had many rituals but was deserted in the morning, and Feng Bin of the Great Yellow Gate suddenly admonished Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, "Your Majesty, Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, and Sun Jian, the Taishou of Jiujiang, are at war with each other, and the lives of the people of Jingxiang are devastated, and the smoke is piled up, and the people are not happy." The minister asked His Majesty to send one or two highly respected ministers to reconcile, and restore the peace of the people of Jingxiang, Liu Biao and Sun Jian will also be grateful to Your Majesty, and the hearts of the people in the world will also return to heaven. ”
Dafeng eunuch dog mouth is rare to spit out ivory, Ma Ridan, Zhu Xi and Dong Cheng and other old ministers were surprised, naturally seconded the proposal, together with Emperor Han Xian, Fu Wan and Cai Yong even volunteered to mediate the war, there are Feng eunuch brothers next to fan the flames, plus Emperor Han Xian has always been on his ugly brother-in-law sent the sketch of Guangwu Palace, and also hopes that after mediating the war of Sun and Liu, he can get a thank you fee from them to repair the palace, that is, he ordered the squire Cai Yong and the general of the cavalry to go to Jingzhou to mediate the war of Sun and Liu.
The journey from Luoyang to Jingzhou is long, and even if Fu Cai and the others travel day and night, it will take at least nearly a month to reach Jingzhou. But on the issue of the place where Sun Jian and Dong Taishi met, Sun Jian's advisers had questions, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Zhou Yu all opposed Sun Jian going to Dong Taishi's territory to discuss, saying that Dong Taishi's character was really not good, Sun Jian was the commander-in-chief, and once he was detained by Dong Taishi, Sun Jian's army would be leaderless. Sun Jian didn't listen at first, thinking that his in-laws would not do anything to him, but Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Cheng Pu and others kowtowed and cried blood, and repeatedly dissuaded Sun Jian's determination was inevitably shaken, and replied to Dong Taishi, saying that he was busy with military affairs and did not dare to stay too far away from the battlefield, and hoped that Dong Taishi would understand and make an appointment to meet in the neutral Maicheng.
After receiving Sun Jian's reply, Kang Peng didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately replied that he agreed to the request to meet in Maicheng, Jia Xu and Pang Tong also didn't believe Sun Jian, and also advised Kang Peng to consider it carefully. Kang Peng shook his head and said: "In order to buy time for Cai Yong and Fu Wan, and for our strategic plan not to be destroyed, Ben Xiang had to agree to Sun Jian's conditions. Besides, Maicheng is now known as Liu Biao's territory, but the soldiers have been drawn to support Fancheng, it is a neutral land, and there will be no danger if it is not in the same direction. ”
Jia Xu and Pang Tong persuaded each other again and again, but Kang Peng's determination had been decided, Jia Xu and Pang Tong had no choice but to persuade Kang Peng to bring Pang De and five hundred iron horsemen in addition to bringing his own soldiers, just in case, Kang Peng is also greedy for life and afraid of death, of course he nodded and agreed.
Kang Peng just replied to Sun Jian, and after agreeing to meet in Maicheng three days later, the soldiers came to report, "Master Qiqi, Qiao Wuxue and Miss Qiao Wushuang are asking to see each other outside the door." Kang Peng had a headache, it was time to come, and it was finally time to solve the problem of the Qiao sisters.
If you want to know what happened next, please see the next chapter, "The Death of Sun Jian".