Chapter 280: Surrender
Liu Bei used to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army, which was the first to charge forward, the Yellow Turban Army was just a group of rabble, and it was okay to fight a tailwind battle in peacetime, but when it encountered a tough battle, it was a rapid rout.
However, today's Black Mountain Yellow Turban, but Liu Bei opened his eyes, Liu Bei commanded on it, and complained bitterly in his heart, finally ended the day's battle, when Liu Bei counted the casualties, he found that the soldiers and horses in his hands had lost more than half, thinking of this, he sighed helplessly, and walked back to his mansion in a daze.
Liu Bei closed the door and lit the bronze finch lamp, in this dimly lit room, a person was quietly pondering, as if he was thinking about his future way out of Liu Bei.
Although Liu Bei now has Zhang Fei and Guan Yu in charge, Liu Bei's rise is still not very smooth, until now there is only such a small piece of land, but now it seems that the plain cannot be saved.
But at this moment, there was a sudden loud shouting outside the door, Liu Bei frowned involuntarily, but soon he relaxed, he opened the door directly, there were two soldiers and two generals arguing at the door, Liu Bei patted the two soldiers, and the two soldiers also understood, before Liu Bei asked them to stand guard again, and no one was allowed to come in, but now the people who are going to come in are not ordinary people, it is Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.
Guan Yu helped Zhang Fei, the sword wound on Zhang Fei's body had not healed at this moment, but Zhang Fei didn't care, he walked in with a big grin, and then looked at Liu Bei and said: "Big brother, I also heard that the battle ahead today is quite unfavorable, I think you will allow me to fight, tomorrow I will definitely take the lead for you and move the situation back!" ”
Looking at Zhang Fei's arrogant appearance, Liu Bei smiled helplessly in his heart, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu certainly had the courage to be unstoppable, when they fought the Yellow Turban Army in the past, the two of them always charged ahead, and they beheaded the generals of the Yellow Turban Army, and the Yellow Turban Army collapsed without a fight, so he Liu Bei fought so many victories.
But now it's different from the past, the group of Yellow Turban troops below is specially trained and well-equipped, how can it be so easy to fight down, the most important thing is that Liu Bei now has only 2,000 troops in his hands, while Cao Xing's combined forces have a full 20,000 troops.
While Cao Xing was attacking the city with infantry, he was ambushing outside the city with his own cavalry, as if this plain had become an insoluble dilemma.
Guan Yu, who was standing on the side, was obviously not so reckless as Zhang Fei, he looked at Liu Bei's expression, touched his beard, pondered for a moment, and then said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, what should I do now?" Do you want us to break through tomorrow! ”
However, after listening to the words of the two of them, Liu Bei pondered for a moment and smiled at the two of them: "Second brother and third brother, you all go back first, I have my own way to deal with it!" ”
Since Liu Bei said so, Zhang Fei Guan Yu had no choice but to leave, but after watching Zhang Fei Guan Yu walk away, Liu Bei immediately made a gesture to the soldier beside him, and the soldier immediately ran towards Liu Bei, Liu Bei whispered a few words in his ear, and the soldier understood and ran out of the door in an instant.
After a short time, another person walked into Liu Bei's room, this person's name is Jian Yong, there are relatively few records of Jian Yong in history, only that he is from Youzhou. may be Liu Bei's fellow countryman.
However, when Liu Bei rebelled, he followed Liu Bei's side, no matter where Liu Bei went, he followed him, it can be said that he followed Liu Bei for a longer time than Zhang Fei Guan Yu, and his loyalty to Liu Bei is also heaven and earth.
"The lord is in such a hurry to come to me, what's the matter!" Although the war is urgent now, when Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei, he still showed a smile, as if he was not worried about the battle situation, and Liu Bei also smiled when he saw this, he knew that Jian Yong was in this temperament, no matter what situation he faced, he was not in a hurry at all.
Although this kind of character looks a little bad, after all, it gives people a feeling of not knowing the overall situation, but it is precisely because of Jian Yong's character that he is willing to follow Liu Bei and keep wandering.
Liu Bei straightened his expression, suddenly went up and grabbed Jian Yong's hand, and then said: "Xianhe, this is the autumn of my Liu Bei's crisis!" ”
And Jian Yong was so calm, he only heard Liu Bei say: "Lord, you can arrange it!" ”
"Good!" Liu Bei nodded excitedly, and then said to Jian Yong: "...... you do this?"
In the middle of the night, Cao Xuan convened the generals in the army, held a military meeting, and counted today's casualty figures, anyway, the numbers are still within an acceptable range, Cao Xuan feels that there is nothing wrong, let everyone go back to sleep, tomorrow should be able to break Pingyuan County, after all, Pingyuan County is just a small city.
After all the generals went back, Xiao Man walked in, Cao Xuan asked Xiao Man to bring the book on the table, and he wanted to read the book for a while.
Xiao Man seemed a little distressed, it was so late that Cao Xing still had to read, but Cao Xuan smiled: "No matter when and where, only continuous learning can make progress!" ”
If you ask how the traitorous male Cao Cao grew up in history, Cao Cao has a characteristic, that is, he likes to read, even in the process of marching and fighting, it is also difficult to let go, so for this fine tradition, Cao Xing needs to learn well.
Seeing that Cao Xuan was so serious, Xiao Man also smiled and handed the book to Cao Xuan. Then he sat on the side and sewed and mended in his hands, actually helping Cao Xing repair those somewhat damaged clothes.
But not long after, suddenly a sentry came from outside the door to report, and there was a person outside who claimed to be Liu Bei's messenger and wanted to see Cao Xing.
Hearing this, Cao Xuan frowned, put down the book in his hand, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, this Liu Bei sent a messenger to find him at this time, what was the matter.
However, Cao Xuan felt that no matter what, it was still necessary for him to meet him, so he asked Xiao Man to go to the camp tent in the back first, and then asked the sentry to call Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er, Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er were separated on both sides of Cao Xing, and after a short time, the messenger finally arrived in Cao Xing's military tent.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Zhou Cang asked with a dark face.
And the envoy was obviously a little frightened, but he quickly calmed down, looked at Cao Xing's face with a smile, and then arched his hand and said: "If you go back to Jiuyuan County Guard, I am Liu Bei's messenger, my name is Jian Yong!" ”
Cao Xing also had a little impression of the name Jian Yong, he nodded, and asked directly: "Tomorrow I can lead the army to break the city, and now Liu Bei asked you to come to me at this juncture, doesn't he want to talk to me about peace!" ”
Cao Xuan thought about it and felt that if Liu Bei wanted to save his life, he could only use such a means, but when Cao Xuan asked this, it was just a superficial matter, and Liu Bei wanted to talk to him about peace, is this possible? What qualifications does Liu Bei have to talk to him, after all, Liu Bei doesn't have anything in his hands now.
However, Jian Yi smiled when he heard this, and then shook his head resolutely: "No, Cao Junshou, I didn't come to talk to you this time, but on behalf of my lord, I came to surrender to you!" ”
"What, Toucheng!" Hearing this, Cao Xuan frowned, and Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er next to him also glanced at each other and did not speak.
"Yes, Cao Junshou, you don't know, although before this, Yuan Shao did write a letter to my lord, in the letter alarmist, after Cao Junshou's army stepped through the territory of his Jizhou, it will directly take Pingyuan County, my lord is also for self-protection, so he sent troops to block, but there is absolutely no intention to oppose Cao Junshou, as for the collapse of the mountain, my lord can also use the life guarantee, it was all done by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is now caught in the battle situation in the north, unable to pull out, So he can only use this kind of indiscriminate means to deal with you! ”
"But my lord can also see that Cao Junshou is a young hero, and he will definitely achieve a great cause in the future, so he wants to take this opportunity to join you!"
This Jian Yong's attitude is also sincere, and he said a lot there, but after listening to it, a sneer appeared on Cao Xing's face: "Hehe, Tou Cheng, I think it's better to forget it, my Cao Xing's subordinates don't dare to have one more imperial uncle!" ”
Cao Xing refused very resolutely, Jian Yong seemed a little surprised, but Jian Yong didn't seem to want to give up, he persuaded again and again, but Cao Xing's attitude was more and more resolute every time, and even until Cao Xuan finally slapped the wheelchair directly, Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er next to him all shouted, took two steps forward, and his hand had already touched his blade, as if if this Jian Yong didn't know what to do, he would blame the blade in their hands for being ruthless. Anyway, the two countries are fighting, and it will take time for Cao Xing to make this law work or not.
When Jian Yong saw this, he knew that Cao Xing was playing for real, and he didn't dare to say more, so he could only walk out of Cao Xing's barracks with a dejected face.
Cao Xuan watched Jian Yong leave, and a sneer appeared on his face, Liu Bei has fierce generals like Zhang Fei and Guan Yu in his hands, all of them are ten thousand enemies, if they can be included in his subordinates, they will inevitably greatly enhance their strength, but Cao Xuan knows one thing better. That is, if you want to subdue Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, then you must subdue Liu Bei first, but if you want to subdue Liu Bei, it is not an easy task, not because Liu Bei's ability is too strong, but Liu Bei's ambition is too big.
In this feudal era, there is a thing called a loyal minister is not a second master, anyway, in order to protect his own reputation, many people often put this sentence on their lips. Of course, sometimes when forced to be helpless, maybe one or two exceptions will be made, but making exceptions is not casually broken, especially those who pay attention to fame, but also have to think twice, if they change the lord again and again, then they will be scolded for being incomplete.