Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Superstitious Witch Li Dao

When Dong Chong and others were dealing with the Xiongnu in the north, on the Yizhou side, Kang Peng and Jia Xu's elaborate discordant poison plan ran into trouble, at the beginning, Kang Peng's discordant poison plan had already worked, and the soldiers and civilians of the Sword Pavilion almost all scoffed at Jia Long's 'passive fear of war' tactics that Kang Peng had a great headache for, Jia Long's prestige was discredited, and Liu Mao, Liu Xun and Zhang Song all sent a chapter to Liu Yan openly and secretly - all asked to remove Jia Long, the only taboo general of the Yizhou Army who Dong Zhuojun was afraid of! Take the initiative to meet Dong Zhuojun.

Under the pressure of the public mouth, Liu Yan was also shaken, and he had always tabooed Jia Longgong's high shock, and even the official document to remove Jia Long had been drafted, and when he was about to use the seal, he hurriedly came to engage in Zheng Du and Fei Guan to persuade Liu Yan, that Zheng Du is Liu Yan's fellow countryman, and he has followed Liu Yan for a long time, and he has been trusted, Zheng Du admonished: "Lord, the old general Jia has been in battle for a long time, and he is like a god with soldiers, and he is old and serious, and Dong thief is menacing, and the soldiers are brave, our army must not fight with it, only stick to it is the best policy." ”

Fei Guan is Liu Zhang's wife's uncle, and his family is quite powerful in Yizhou, and he does not approve of the removal of Jia Long. Fei Guan admonished: "Lord, General Jia is the Great Wall of Shuzhong, brave and strategic, is he the one who passively avoids war?" The Yizhou army can only resist the Dong thief under his command, not to mention that General Jia Long has held on to the weak force in Jiameng Pass for nearly a month, and the Dong thief has hundreds of thousands of troops and it is difficult to advance an inch, even if he is forced to evacuate, he will set up an ambush and severely damage the enemy, and he almost took off the head of the Dong thief, which has proved that the old general's tactics are feasible, but he is the guest star of the enemy army. ”

Two Yizhou heavyweights spoke for Jia Long, and no matter how confused Liu Yan was, he had to consider the consequences of removing Jia Long, and finally Liu Yan decided to let Jia Long serve as the main general for a while to see the after-effects. As soon as Liu Yan made a decision, he was discovered by the Dark Moon Group and the Swallow Group lurking in Chengdu, and the flying pigeon told Kang Peng, who was furious when he heard the letter, and scolded: "Zheng Du Xiaoer, Fei Guan Ruzi, dare to break the big thing!" I swear to break your corpses into pieces! ”

Lu Bu echoed: "Righteous father, rest assured, we can't induce Liu Yan to withdraw Jia Long Lao'er, we will attack, and the child will not believe it, this small sword pavilion can block the 400,000 male masters of the righteous father!" ”

Although Kang Peng is angry, but his mind is still a little sober, in front of the Sword Pavilion Pass is a narrow road plank road that stretches for several miles, the force cannot be deployed at all, no matter how many soldiers there are, it is in vain, at the moment Kang Peng shook his head and said: "The strategy of strong attack can only be used in the absence of other methods, at present, the generals of the Sword Pavilion have been divided into several factions as their fathers, and the army is divided into several factions, although Liu Yan Lao'er has not removed Jia Long for the time being, there is still hope, and the matter of breaking the Sword Pavilion is still to think of more ways from within the enemy." ”

"The master has a point." Jia Xu said with a smile: "Liu Yan Lao'er was just persuaded by Zheng Du and Fei Guan, in fact, he is still strictly wary of Jia Long, otherwise he would not let Zhang Song monitor Jia Long first, and sent two Liu Mao and Liu Xunjun, who are not subordinate to each other, to the Sword Pavilion to assist in the defense, Liu Mao needless to say, that Liu Xun is young and frivolous, brave and unstrategic, as long as we provoke a little, we are not afraid that they will not run each other internally." ”

Looking at Jia Xu's treacherous smile, Kang Peng understood what kind of bad idea this No. 1 poisoner of the Three Kingdoms came up with, and immediately asked, "What kind of trick does the military advisor have?" ”

"It's Jia Long's personal army, the Wudang Flying Army." Jia Xuyin said with a smile: "Jia Long is a native of Qianwei (PS: now under Mount Emei), stationed in Qianwei for a long time to defend against the threat of the Southern Barbarians, but Jia Long has adopted soft and hard strategies against the Southern Barbarians, on the one hand to suppress the Southern Barbarian attacks and disturb Yizhou, and on the other hand, Huairou to collect the hearts of the Southern Barbarian people, I have to admit that Jia Long has done a very good job, he has won the hearts of the Southern Barbarian people, and the Southern Barbarians respect him like a god. ”

"So what?" Lu Bu said inexplicably: "Nanban is thousands of miles away from the Sword Pavilion, what is the matter with the Sword Pavilion?" ”

Before Jia Xu could answer, the despicable and shameless Kang Peng had suddenly come to his senses, and gave Jia Xu a thumbs up and said with a sneer: "High, it's really high, the military advisor has a clever plan, a clever plan!" ”

"Father-in-law, didn't the military advisor say anything?" Lu Bu was even more confused, and hurriedly asked.

Kang Peng laughed and patted Lu Bu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the military advisor has made it very clear, Jia Long Lao'er is very popular with the people of the Southern Barbarians, and Liu Yan Lao'er is so suspicious of him, if someone spreads rumors in Chengdu, saying that Jia Long is going to collude with the Southern Barbarians to rebel, what do you say?" ”

"That's right! Hahahaha! Lu Bu looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Then Liu Yan Lao'er will definitely remove Jia Long, and then we will lure the arrogant Liu Xun out of the Sword Pavilion for a decisive battle, and the Sword Pavilion will be ours." ”

Seeing Lu Bu grow up like this, Kang Peng was also pleased to laugh, and then Jia Xu said again: "Just the rumors, that Jia Long's reputation for loyalty and righteousness is far and wide, Liu Yan may not be fooled, and he also asked the Taishi to repair a letter with Jia Long, and the letter said that he promised Jia Long's request to sacrifice the Sword Pavilion in exchange for Yizhou Mu, and deliberately let the letter be intercepted by Liu Xun, then Liu Yan will not be fooled again, and there will be no heavenly reason." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll repair the book and send it to General Jia." Kang Peng was overjoyed, and immediately went to do those things that hurt the heavens and the lack of great virtue.

The order to order the Dark Moon Group to spread rumors in Chengdu was issued, and the letter was also quietly sent into the Sword Pavilion by Liu Mao's henchmen, but the effect has not yet appeared, Kang Peng, who is currying favor in Wenlu's tent, first received a letter of accusation from Li Wei, it turned out that eight days ago, Li Wei relaxed his vigilance when he saw the heavy snow closing the mountain, and was touched by Li Yanjun to touch a camp in the dark, although the rescue loss was not big in time, but it also lost the lives of nearly a thousand soldiers and a lot of grain, grass and ordnance, Li Wei did not dare to report his merits, and truthfully reported the results to Kang Peng. Kang Peng was furious when he saw the letter, and he was even more angry when he was sarcastically ridiculed by Wen Lu, and without waiting to discuss with Jia Xu, Chen Gong and other strategists, he immediately replied to Li Dao and scolded him, ordering him to take the initiative to attack and win a battle, boost morale and put pressure on the Yizhou army.

The day after Kang Peng's letter to Li Dao was sent, Jia Xu and others knew the situation, Jia Xu and others felt that Kang Peng was too much, Jia Xu said to Kang Peng in a slightly reproachful tone: "Taishi, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that although Li Yan is not very famous, in fact, Wen Taowu is quite amazing, General Li Dao can rescue in time in the dark night, and can drag the defenders of the same strength in the case of the enemy is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is very rare to prevent the enemy from dividing his army to support other places." Taishi has been in battle for a long time, but he is responsible for small mistakes, for fear of hurting the hearts of the soldiers, and even forcing General Li Dao to win the battle when he knows that the heavy snow will close the mountain, and it is even more ......, you know, there is a victorious army in the world? ”

Kang Peng laughed dryly, and said in his heart that it was my first time to fight, and I really didn't know this. Kang Peng smiled dryly: "Benxiang also regrets it a little, so let's send someone to send a letter to Li Dao to comfort him a few words, so that he doesn't have to take the initiative to attack in the heavy snow." ”

"Xiaosheng doesn't think it's necessary." Jia Xu shook his head and sighed: "General Li Wei is a person who has led troops for a long time, of course he knows that the weather is not suitable for the army to attack, and he will definitely shirk it on the grounds that the heavy snow will close the mountain, and it will be better for the Taishi to revoke the order and comfort the soldiers at that time." ”

Kang Peng thought about it, so he smiled dryly: "Okay, just follow the words of the military advisor and wait for Li Dao to reply to the letter and shirk it." ”

Kang Peng is a newcomer to the military, and he is not fully thoughtful, but Jia Xu is a wise man, and there must be a mistake, and they all forget to consider one thing - Boss Dong's previous prestige in the army! As early as the time of Xiliang, Dong Boss was the emperor of the soil in the Xiliang Army, in the hearts of the old people of the Xiliang Army such as Li Dao and Guo Yan, he had already only known the military order and did not know the emperor's order. But Kang Peng and Jia Xu didn't expect that Kang Peng's confused order would have such a big impact on the battle situation......

When Li Wei received Kang Peng's letter, his face suddenly turned like dirt, and Kang Peng not only scolded him in the letter, but also ordered him to win a battle. Li Wei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly found Guo Yan, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, and showed them Kang Peng's letter.

"What should I do?" Li Wei said with a sad face: "The other two roads have won one after another, but we have even suffered defeats here, and the Taishi has already gone crazy, this time we don't try to win a battle, I'm afraid we will all lose our heads." ”

"But the snow covers the mountains, and it is difficult to pass." Fan Chou questioned and said: "The enemy is holding on to the terrain and not coming out, how can we fight this battle?" ”

"General Fan has a point." Zhang Ji also agreed: "We might as well write back to the Taishi to report the situation, the Taishi is now much more reasonable than before, and will definitely understand us." ”

"Understood?" Guo Yan smiled bitterly: "Then please ask General Zhang to personally go and explain to the Taishi, maybe the Taishi can really understand us." Hearing Guo Yan say this, Zhang Ji immediately closed his mouth, and he didn't know Boss Dong's temper.

"Let's fight." Li Dao hung his head and said: "The Taishi has already given the order, we must do it, gather the troops and horses, and prepare for the battle." Guo Yan and the others did not dare to disobey, and were about to prepare soldiers and horses, but Li Dao stopped them again, "Slow down, the enemy in the middle of the group is stationed in Jiuzhai, and they are each other's horns, we have to decide to attack that camp first." ”

Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others were shocked when they heard this, and Guo Yan blurted out: "You want to find a witch for divination again?" ”

"Of course." Li Dao's face was sacred, and he said solemnly: "The soldiers have to be divided, and they will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Come on, invite Long Yan Niangniang to me. ”

"Don't." Guo Yan screamed: "We are marching and fighting, licking blood on the knife edge, what do you believe in those for? ”

Fan Chou also shouted: "How many times has the Taishi said you, those witches are charlatans, witchcraft is just a superstitious thing, how can you still believe it." ”

"Disrespect for heaven and earth, nonsense." Li Wei shook his head and said: "Long Yan Niangniang is very good, last time she said that the enemy would take the initiative to withdraw the army, she didn't say it right." ”

"That's when her blind cat ran into a dead mouse......"

No matter how Guo Yan Fan Chou and others persuaded him, but Li Dao just didn't listen, and insisted on letting the witch divinate and then march, and after a while, Li Dao's special witch Long Yan Niangniang brought, although the Longyan witch called herself Niangniang, she was actually not very old, only twenty-four or five years old, born with a pair of fox eyes, a water snake waist and high chest, quite a bit of posture, it was Li Dao who quietly brought to the army with Kang Peng on his back, and naturally had some unclear relationship with Li Dao while marching and fighting.

The Longyan witch first threw a wink at Li Dao, and said coquettishly: "General, what is the matter with summoning this fairy?" ”

Li Wei smiled all over his face, and slowly approached the Longyan witch, "Niangniang, the Taishi ordered General Ben to attack the enemy, but the enemy in the pile is stationed in a total of nine camps, and General Ben wants to ask Niangniang to occupy a hexagram, and see which camp General should attack." ”

The Longyan witch first pushed away the big hand that Li Dao had already placed on her plump buttocks, and said coquettishly: "Then ask the general to take the incense case turtle shell first, and wait for this fairy to be the general's divination, and she will definitely be able to break the enemy army." ”

Li Dao was overjoyed, regardless of the opposition of Guo Yan, Fan Chou and Zhang Ji, ordered people to bring gongs and drums, incense cases, braziers and turtle shells and other things, the Longyan witch put on a light veil as thin as cicada wings, revealing a bewitching figure, and actually beat the drum and danced unscrupulously in the camp of Dong Zhuojun's Third Legion, and Li Dao did not think it was against it, he would kneel under the incense case respectfully, put his hands together, and silently chant in his mouth, "Win the battle, win the battle." ”

After the incense was burned, the Longyan witch immediately raised the turtle shell with both hands, and recited aloud the mantra of eating grapes without spitting out the grape skin, and suddenly threw the turtle shell into the brazier, and the big tent was suddenly filled with a scorching smell, and in an instant, the turtle shell made a slight explosion sound, and the Longyan witch quickly took out the burned turtle shell with fire tongs.

"Long Yan Niangniang, how is the hexagram?" Li Wei hurriedly asked.

The dragon said that the witch looked at the turtle shell carefully, and her face was as embarrassed as if she was embarrassed: "General, the big murderer, is not suitable for entering the army, and it is unlucky to enter." Guo Yan and the others were furious, and they all scolded the dragon word witch, "I am waiting for the Taishi to march, but you dare to say that it is unlucky for our army to advance?" However, Li Dao defended his lover and life coach and said: "Don't panic, the enemy army in the middle of the river has a total of Jiuzhai, and the divination attack on the first village does not mean that the attack on the second village is the second village, Niangniang, you take the hexagram again, see how the second Zhai is attacked." ”

So, burn incense, Li Dao knelt, dragon dance, incense ended, and burned turtle shells, but the result was ......, the second village, the big murderer!

Burn incense again, Li Dao kneel again, dance again with dragon words, finish with incense, and burn turtle shells again - the third village, the big murderer!

The fourth village, the big murderer......

Fifth Village ......

Clause......

After the nine-pillar incense was burned, the Longyan witch couldn't jump anymore, Li Dao's legs were numb, Guo Yan Fan Chou and others were so angry that their eyes breathed fire, but on the surface of the divination results, Dong Zhuojun attacked Jiuzhai in Yuzhong - all of them were big murderers, and none of them were signed!

The Longyan witch wiped off the fragrant sweat on her face, peeked at Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others, and saw that their faces were pale, and their hands pressed their swords, Longyan Witch panicked in her heart, and suddenly had an idea: "General, God warns, no matter how unlucky the general is attacking any of the nine villages in the city, it does not mean that the general should not attack, and the general has other routes to attack." ”

Li Dao was overjoyed and said: "Then please make it clear that the general should attack anything?" ”

The dragon said to the witch: "Please take the geographical map of the mountains and rivers, and this fairy will do the law again, please tell the general the route of the march." ”

In a moment, the map was taken, and the Longyan Witch couldn't jump, so she was lazy to take a piece of incense, and chanted words on the unfolded map, and the Longyan Witch was going to talk nonsense about a marching route, but she was too tired and her hands trembled, and the incense fell to the ground, and the burning incense drew a long scorch mark on the map.

In those days, maps were quite precious, and it was a violation of military law to destroy them, and in desperation, the dragon witch shouted: "Come out, God will guide the general's march route!" ”

Everyone went up to take a closer look at the scorch marks, but found that the scorch marks were a trace of Yin Ping leading to Jiangyou.