Chapter 24: The grief-stricken Song Zhong
Guo Tu brought 5,000 stone grain and grass, and 10 carts of good wine. The group entered the Cao camp in a mighty way. It was Xu Tian who met him. This surprised Guo Tu...
In the big tent, Xu Tian arched his hand to Guo Tu, who was sitting on the side, and said:
"In Xia Xu Tian, Lord Guo is not strange, General Xu and General Zhang drank too much last night and haven't gotten up yet. Please, Adult Haihan! ”
Guo Tu smiled back.
"The military advisor doesn't have to be polite, since the two generals are drunk and haven't gotten up, then they have to harass the military advisor..."
"Lord Guo came to the labor army with a generous gift this time, which was very moving. Please tell me something. Xu Tianxi, listen to you! ”
Xu Tian took the teapot on the table and filled it for Guo Tu personally.
"My father-in-law heard that the prime minister wanted to take Jizhou. But Jizhou City is strong and has enough food, and it will not be able to take it for a while, so my lord is willing to provide grain, grass, and armaments. We can even help if your army needs it!! ”
Guo Tu took a sip of the tea in the cup and looked at Xu Tian, Xu Tian raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise:
"Lord Guo, your lord and Marquis Ye (Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's title) are brothers, and now they want to unite us to attack their brothers, if this matter is spread. But it's not good for you and me! ”
"The military advisor is wrong to say this, as the eldest brother of the Yuan family, he should inherit everything from his father. Nowadays, Yuan Shang does not abide by the etiquette law and takes advantage of it. He was unkind first, and my lord just took back what belonged to him. This is a no-brainer!! ”
Seeing Xu Tian fall into deep thought, Guo Tu continued:
"If the two of us join forces, we will take Jizhou. We immediately returned to Qingzhou. It only needs the Son of Heaven to return to us what belongs to my lord. That's it!! ”
"If this is the case, I think the prime minister will be very happy, and when the time comes, the Son of Heaven will issue an edict. Your lord will be able to inherit the great cause in the name of righteousness. I will write to inform the Prime Minister immediately, and as for what happens next, it depends on your sincerity! ”
Xu Tian looked at Guo Tu with a smile, at this moment. The guards outside the tent came to report:
"Yu Junshi, Jizhou sent an envoy to see you. Wait at the camp gate!! ”
"Let him wait first, and we'll say we're meeting guests!!"
"No!!"
Xu Tian picked up the teacup and looked at the floating tea leaves very seriously.
"This envoy from Jizhou came to see him, I don't know what his intentions are. But it doesn't seem to be as sincere as Lord Guo, so let's do it, I'll make your lord's meaning clear to the prime minister. I'll write to you and let you know about the rest of the story, so don't you like it?! ”
Guo Tu's eyes froze, and he quickly stood up.
"The sincerity of my lord, I believe the prime minister will see it. In the next farewell! ”
"Wait!! Lord Guo, now the envoy from Jizhou is also there. If we let them know that we are cooperative, I am afraid it will not be good for both you and me. Therefore, I am going to offend the adults in the future, and I hope the adults will not blame them. ”
Guo Tu understood and smiled slightly. There is no opening.
"Someone! Beat Guo Tu out of the stick!! ”
After Guo Tu left, the two of them walked out of the inner tent, and Zhang He looked at the direction of the camp gate, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes. Turning his head to Xu Tian, he said:
"The military advisor should have taken the opportunity to ask for food and grass just now, Guo Tu is greedy and cunning. A real villain! ”
"Don't worry, general, he will send grain and grass, if I just asked for 10,000 stones, he will only send 10,000, if I don't say, he will send 20,000 or even more!"
Xu Tian patted Zhang He's shoulder and said with a smile, Xu Chu on the side deliberately made a gloomy appearance and did not speak. This style of acting is really not in line with his character. It's really unpleasant, according to Xu Chu's idea, he should beat the envoy with twenty military sticks and throw them out of the camp gate. Then take the city in one fell swoop. It was a pleasure, but he knew it. Sometimes brute force doesn't solve problems. As soon as he remembered Xu Tian's plan...
Xu Tian looked at Xu Chu, who was silent, and deliberately raised his voice and said to Zhang He:
"Gee, that's the way to do things. It has broken the tiger power of General Zhang and General Xu. Well, we can't keep a low profile like that. Otherwise, the enemy will look down on us. Or the person outside, let General Zhang send it away?! ”
As he spoke, Xu Tian and Zhang He glanced at Xu Chu at the same time, and sure enough, Xu Chu's eyes lit up. Stand up immediately. Laughing:
"Let me do this kind of thing, I'm the main general, it's more appropriate for me to come. I'm coming, I'm coming!! ”
"As long as you don't kill him, the general can do whatever he wants."
"Really?!"
"Seriously!"
Zhang He on the side smiled bitterly and shook his head, the messenger outside was afraid that he was going to be unlucky...
At noon, the sun was blazing. Song Zhong had been waiting at the camp gate for more than two hours, and he had been furious as early as an hour ago, trying to find someone to theorize. But when I saw a person who was beaten with a stick and thrown out of the camp in embarrassment. He fought back his anger and waited. He didn't know the man, but looking at what he was wearing and the direction he was leaving, he could guess the identity of this person...
Just when Song Zhongzhong couldn't suppress the impatience and anger in his heart, he was about to rush into the camp. A guard came and led him into the tent...
Xu Chu was sitting in the big tent and drinking with the two. The table was full of food and drink. Song Zhong, who was already hungry and thirsty, couldn't help but swallow his saliva. suppressed the shame in his heart, bowed his hand and said:
"In Xia Song Zhong, meet General Xu!!"
Xu Chu didn't even look at him, and drank wine by himself. Seeing that Xu Chu didn't react, Song Zhong raised his voice:
"Under Song Zhong!! Meet ........."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Chu threw the wine bowl in his hand. Shout:
"Final?! You dare to insult the general like this, do you believe that Lao Tzu will send you to the end!! ”
Song Zhong's body shook and hurriedly bowed respectfully.
"There is no abuse of the general in the next, and the surname is Song in the next, the name is loyal, and the loyal is loyal. Ordered by the Marquis of Ye, he came to conspire with the general!! ”
"Oh! ~ It's not scolding me, someone actually called this name. Ben misunderstood, so be it. Mr. came from afar, and Ben could not have failed to express it. Otherwise, if it spreads, some people will say that Ben will not be kind. Your name is so easy to misunderstand, it's better to change it, Ben Jiang is merciful, I will give you Ben Jiang's surname, and you will be called Xu Zhong in the future. In this way, others will not be misunderstood, eh, don't you say that your lord wants to conspire with me in great things? It just so happens that Ben will give him his surname together, so that it will be like a family, and the family can conspire for great things. You tell me? Mr. Xu Zhong?! ”
Song Zhong only felt his blood surging up, his chest was stuffy, and the anger that he couldn't suppress seemed to burn himself, he couldn't hold back anymore and laughed wildly. I laughed so much that tears flowed down my eyes, and I couldn't help myself.
Xu Chu looked at Song Zhong suspiciously.
"What are you laughing at? Is Ben General's last name so funny? ”
"Bah!! I laughed at my lord for being blind, and he wanted to cooperate with a shameless person like you, and conspired to do great things. ”
Song Zhong laughed wildly and pointed at Xu Chu's nose and scolded.
Xu Chu was furious and kicked over the table in front of him.
"Shuru!! You dare to scold me, come here, pull this thing out that doesn't know whether it is dead or alive, and divide the body with a knife!! ”
Xu Tian and Zhang He stood up at the same time. Zhang He hurriedly said:
"The general is angry, the two countries are at war, and he has not yet killed the envoy, although he is not disrespectful. But please don't kill him!! ”
Xu Chu snorted coldly. Turn around.
"Since General Zhang intercedes, let's not kill him, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. Pull this thing out and hit the twenty sticks hard. Then he threw out the camp gate!! ”
Song Zhong was taken out, and after a while. The sound of invective and screams came slowly, and there was no end to it.
Xu Chu lowered the curtain and withdrew his gaze. Snorted coldly.
"This is called an interview!!"
Xu Tian and Zhang He looked at each other and smiled bitterly...