July 15, Zhongyuan Ghost Day.

There was a drizzle like cow's hair in the sky, and the plush interference interfered with people's sight, and the 40,000 people of the rebel army under the leadership of the main general Shi Bangze took advantage of Jiangzhou North, bypassing Shuangchang guarded by Xu Cheng, and preparing to give Xuanzhou Mansion a surprise attack.

After a night of exhaustion in defending the city, the soldiers at the west gate of Xuanzhou Mansion were all wilting, yawning, waiting for a change of guard.

Shi Bang waved his right hand silently, and the army shouted angrily, "Kill-", rushed out of the hiding place with the weapon in his hand, and rushed to the city gate.

Immediately there was a great chaos at the head of the city, and some people shouted that the enemy was coming, and the soldiers "hurriedly" to prepare for battle.

Shan Jian didn't sleep all night, and when he heard the news, he escorted the deputy general under Rong Hai to the city gate, and the knife was against his waist, and the deputy general hurriedly shouted down: "My own people!" It's your own people! General Shi, slow down! Own! ”

Shi Bang put his hand on the eaves in the drizzle, frowning and looking up.

The adjutant general's expression flickered, and he was unprepared for the knife to go forward again, and hurriedly said: "The traitor Cui Yi and the general Xu Cheng are not in the city, General Rong took the opportunity to counterattack, and now the traitor Shan Jian has been captured and imprisoned in the dungeon!" ”

Shi Bang had a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Is this true?" Then why didn't you send someone to inform the general? ”

The deputy general had to recite the lines compiled by the mountain compendium: "Don't dare to deceive the general, Xu Cheng's Shuangchang is less than two hundred miles away from Xuanzhou Mansion, General Rong planned carefully, and in one fell swoop, the matter was very small, in order to wait for King Wu to return to invite the king into the urn and capture him alive, so the general specially ordered not to leak this matter, nor to notify General Shi." ”

Shi Bang was immediately furious: "He's so bold!" How dare you do such a big thing alone, and deliberately not report to the general, do you want to take the lead alone? It just doesn't make sense! Open the door! ”

The adjutant general said embarrassedly: "General Kerong has ordered, even if General Shi comes, he can't let him enter the city, tens of thousands of people will rush in, and the people in the city will be panicked, and then they will be exposed." ”

Shi Bang was so angry that his nose was crooked, thinking that the loss of Xuanzhou Mansion last year was because Ronghai was so happy, and now he didn't have a long lesson at all! "Less! Open the gates! Lao Tzu is the main general! He pointed his gun upwards and roared, "Open the gates!" Otherwise, the siege will be ordered! ”

Hundreds of archers fired their bows at the head of the city together, and the lieutenant general was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly shouted: "Open and open, open this and open this and open it!" Open the city gate and welcome General Shi in! ”

Shi Bang showed a slightly satisfied smile at this time: "That's right." ”

The city gate slowly opened, and Shi Bang rode into the city on a war horse proudly, followed by the rebel army, and the shops had not yet opened, and there were few pedestrians on the streets.

A lieutenant stepped forward and said, "Please go to the governor's mansion for a while." ”

Shi Bang glanced at him, felt that his waist was round and his arms were thick, his face was fierce, and he was very angry, so he asked: "Who are you, General Rong, and Vice General Huang?" ”

The lieutenant replied: "Vice Admiral Huang went to the north gate to inspect, General Rong ...... Uh......"

"Ben will ask you, why did you stumble!"

"The young general doesn't dare! General Rong, he went to Baihualou to drink last night, and he has been ...... so far Not returned. ”

Shi Bang sneered: "It's just that if you get the pinnacle of merit, what if it's not the general who comes today, but the Martial King or Xu Cheng?" Rubbish! ”

The captain was submissive, but Shi Bang was no longer suspicious, and sent his soldiers to rest in the barracks, and he followed the captain to the governor's mansion.

When the Xuanzhou Mansion was not broken last year, Shanjian took advantage of the three characteristics of Rong Hai's great achievements, Shi Bang's lack of experience, and the two were on the opposite side of the two major forces in the capital, and designed a big trap - Shi Bang was the main general, and he would definitely not personally go out as soon as he came, but would let Rong Hai test the water first.

Rong Hai won four or five cities in one fell swoop, Shi Bang saw that this was worth it, the emperor specially instructed before leaving not to let Rong Hai steal the limelight, the queen mother's family is about to rebel, if Rong Hai has made a great contribution, it will not be good to attack the Rong family. So Shi Bang urgently recalled Rong Hai, ordered him to guard the Xuanzhou Mansion and not act rashly, and he led people to continue to fight for territory with the Wuwang Army.

Cui Yi continued to retreat here, and the city that was easy to occupy was handed over again, and the good news was frequently transmitted back to Xuanzhou Mansion, Rong Hai couldn't sit still, so he only left the deputy general to guard the city, and he secretly left with people to go to Zhongyuan Mountain in the other direction.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he left on the front foot, Yang Qiong took people to change into the clothes of the rebel army, pretending to be him to occupy the Xuanzhou Mansion, and when Rong Hai thought that he had won a few battles, he came back proudly, and as soon as he entered the city gate, the head fell to the ground.

Rong Hai's death was concealed in order to calculate Shi Bangze again. Shi Bang is not good at the art of war, but he has a lot of eyes, and he is not as easy to deceive as Rong Hai, in order to prevent him from being recognized, Shan Jian did not hesitate to put himself in prison.

Sure enough, Shi Bang couldn't see Rong Hai, so he wanted to confirm the whereabouts of Shan Jian, and the captain led him to the dungeon of Xie Mansion.

Shan Jian was dirty and broken, tied to the torture rack, and there were whip marks left by the torture on her body, her flesh and blood were blurred, and when she heard the dungeon door open, the corners of her mouth curved, and she smiled sinisterly.

"Shan Fuzhi," Shi Bang came to the prison door, and looked at him from a distance with his arms folded arrogantly, "Defecting to the enemy and treason, betraying the lord to seek glory, can you end up well?" ”

Shan Jian looked indifferent, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "If a soldier dies for a confidant, King Wu believes that I will use me, even if I break his bones, I will not give up." ”

Shi Bang snorted and said, "The emperor was also very kind to you back then, but you didn't say goodbye, and when you turned your head, you actually took refuge in the emperor's mortal enemy!" An ungrateful person like you can only be used by a simple-minded person like King Wu. ”

Shan Jian raised her chin and sneered: "Grace? Hehe~ I thought that you, as the chief general of the anti-rebel army, should be Cui Jie's henchman, but I didn't expect that I didn't even know why I left, it's really pitiful. ”

Shi Bang's face changed slightly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Cui Jie treated me well at first, but when King Wu tried to recruit me, he didn't even ask me what I meant, so he defined me as a traitor without authorization, and then gave me a bowl of poison and killed his own brother, the third prince who has the grace of knowing me, if you are me, are you still willing to continue to do things for him?"

"You're using strong words!" Shi Bang suddenly heard the news, his heart was in turmoil, and his eyes flickered, but he still argued with reason, "If the emperor didn't appreciate you, what would you do if you followed the three kings?" Who is the one who knows you? You keep saying that the emperor regards you as a traitor without authorization, but you are now a person in the tent of the martial king, the emperor foresaw your rebellion, and still gave you a chance, but you don't cherish it! ”

Shan Jian suddenly laughed, laughing so much that tears flowed, out of breath, and the wooden shelves shook. Shi Bang was furious, turned his head and angrily ordered the jailer: "Bring the soldering iron!" Ben was going to burn the beast's mouth! ”

"I'm afraid you won't have this chance......" Shanjian said slowly and in a low voice.

The next moment, Shi Bang only felt a chill on his neck, and saw his blood spurt out like crazy, through the fence of the cell, and landed at Shanjian's feet.

He wiped the edge of his neck in disbelief, his hands bright red.

Shi Bang staggered a few steps drunk, and then fell to the ground and swallowed, the lieutenant wiped the blood on the knife with his sleeve, and Shan Jian smiled: "Master who killed pigs, I really did it professionally, and I will reward you heavily when I turn around." The butcher's disguise as a lieutenant was overjoyed and hurried to thank him.

The jailer helped him loosen the tie, and Shan Jian came down carefully, and his injuries hurt when he touched the prison clothes, so he smiled again: "This torture whip is also very strong, no wonder it can deceive Shi Bangze." The jailer was so shocked that he thought he was going to blame, so he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, but heard him say lightly: "Your merit is not small, and you are also rewarded, get up." ”

The jailer was frightened into a cold sweat, and was about to get up, but Shan Jian shook and fell straight down, so frightened that the jailer and the butcher hurriedly helped the person up and sent him back to the room to rest, and sent someone to ask for a doctor.

The two generals of the town rebel army died in Xuanzhou Mansion one after another, and the 40,000 town rebel army was still in the barracks, Xu Cheng thought that there would be a big scene when he came back with people, but who knew that the city gate was opened, and he saw a prosperous road, and there was no appearance of a war at all.

The city is fine, the soldiers defending the city are fine, and the people in the city don't even know what happened, and the only wounded soldier is Shan Jian himself.

Since he was not told the details of the plan, when Xu Cheng came back and listened to the other people's relays, he almost fell: "In order to deceive Shi Bangze, he asked someone to tie himself up and whip him?" ”

The jailer, who was the party concerned, shrank his shoulders tremblingly, and Xu Cheng said angrily: "Who fought it?" Don't know how to start? The people who don't dare to speak loudly are bruised all over your body by you, lying on the bed with a high fever, you are all tired of being alive! ”

"Who hit! Drag out thirty military sticks! ”

The jailer cried and begged for mercy, and was dragged to the yard by his own soldiers, beaten twice, and cried in pain to his father and mother, Xu Cheng thought about it and said, "Stop!" What a ...... Forget it, since he asked you to beat it, I can't punish you, so I'd better wait for him to wake up and talk about rewards and punishments. The jailer thanked him and ran away with his butt covered.

After rejecting this person who was doing the trick, Xu Cheng sat in the chair in a daze.

Twice took over the Xuanzhou Mansion without bloodshed, if the first time I just heard about it and didn't have any real feeling, then this time I really experienced the difference between fighting and not fighting. Xuanzhou, as the front line of the confrontation in the Rebellion of the Martial King, under the planning of Shan Jian, the damage suffered was almost minimized, which was very different from what he had learned from Bailizan before, and he was not the same person at all.

But if you think about it carefully, it is completely Shanjian's style, unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, even if it is ruthless to yourself, one person, a whip, easily dispelled Shi Bangze's last suspicions, made him relax his vigilance, and was cut by a knife.

What a paradoxical and unfathomable man, he thought to himself.