No. 280 Good News and Bad News
"Send someone to see, who's coming?" Seeing the dust raised by the galloping horses' hooves, Jin Jue immediately commanded.
Soon, the person sent to investigate the situation came back, and the person he brought back with him, Jin Jue knew, he was Wei Yanshui's personal soldier, named Wei Wei, he and Wei Yan were both new savages of the Nanyang Army, and they had the same surname. However, this older man, now in his forties, regarded Wei Yan as the leader of his own soldiers and recognized him as his uncle. Wei Yan actually sent him over at this time, which shows that Wei Yan must have important information to inform him.
This person is an old Yellow Turban, and his status in the Yellow Turban Army is not high, but his martial arts are very good. Of course, neither of them is a general, if they meet Cheng Lian on the battlefield, they will definitely not be opponents, and if they fight on foot, Cheng Lian may not be able to defeat him.
At the beginning, Jin Jue promised that after Bao Chu captured Qiu Chi Mountain, he could retire. And after Sima Yi successfully robbed Zhu Gongdao, Jin Jue once planned to keep this person by his side and become a personal soldier leader.
However, since Bao Chu came back, Jin Jue did not mention the matter again.
"Come on, pour a cup of hot tea for Uncle Wei!" As soon as Jin Jue saw that it was him, he immediately ordered the guards around him, and then, he stood up and grabbed the other party's hand, and greeted warmly: "Uncle Wei, is it okay for Wen Chang there!" How did he send you out to deliver the letter? ”
"Childe, my subordinates really don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Wei Wei is cautious and unassuming, he is a good material for the head of the army, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while when he saw Jin Jue treating him so enthusiastically.
Knowing the other party's character, Jin Jue had no choice but to withdraw his hand and sit back again.
After receiving the hot tea handed over by Jin Jue's personal soldiers, Wei Wei picked up the tea bowl and drank it all, sighed for a long time, and then knelt down on one knee and said, "Enlightened son!" There is good news and bad news.
The good news is that General Wei has occupied Langzhong County and Chongguo County in Ba County, and at the same time, after our army entered Ba County, suddenly a Shu army appeared and submitted to our army, Liu Shan Sima was among them, led by two people, they are both Sanfu people, one of them is Gongzi You mentioned Fa Zheng, and the other is his friend, named Meng Da. The two of them did not lead many soldiers, only 3,000 people, but the vast majority of the soldiers in this army were also composed of Sanfu people.
General Wei and Liu Sima discussed that Liu Sima led 10,000 soldiers to garrison Langzhong County, while General Wei went to Chongguo County with General Yang, Fa Zheng and Meng Da, and at present, General Wei was fighting with the reinforcements sent by Liu Zhang to Ba County. Although the Shu soldiers had been repulsed twice, their casualties were not large. Listening to those two, the general who led the Shu army was Yizhou soldier Cao engaged in Zhang Ren.
The bad news is twofold:
First, the envoys sent by General Yang Ren to Danqu County and Hanchang County to persuade the Banyu barbarians to surrender have been confirmed, and one has been confirmed to have been killed, and the other has not yet received any news. It was the people of Danqu County who killed our messenger.
Second, Zhang Lujun has decided to negotiate peace with Liu Zhang. At present, Zhang Lu has gathered the troops in his hands, merged with Zhang Ren's department, and lived in Anhan County together. ”
The Ba County in Jin Jue's mouth is no longer the Ba County on the map of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Liu Zhang's acceptance of part of Zhao Wei's suggestion in the first year of Xingping divided the Ba County into three, with Ba County north of Dianjiang, Yongning County from Jiangzhou to Linjiang, and Guling County from Quren to Yufu.
And Ba County's current county system is in Anhan County, it can be said that fortunately, Wei Yan and Yang Ren marched quickly this time, and before the other party reacted, they took Chongguo County.
Otherwise, Jin Jue's territory after entering Ba County will be cut in half. Langzhong County, which was later garrisoned by Zhang Feitun's troops, has a relatively important geographical location, but Nanchong County is an important grain producing area in Ba County, and after seizing the county, even if Jin Jue does not transport grain and grass for Wei Yan this time, it can be maintained for a long time.
Yang Ang listened carefully on the side, and after listening, he couldn't help but exclaim and asked, "What, how is it possible that the people of Danqu County killed the messenger sent by my brother?" ”
Whether it is good news or bad news, this is the one that Yang Ang cares about the most, and it is no wonder that he is so surprised. The Banyu barbarians in Danqu County can be said to be the mercenaries of each dynasty in Yizhou, and whoever gives good conditions, they will follow whomever they want. Of course, the Banyu barbarians are not stupid, they will also observe the situation, and if the warlords occupying Yizhou are incompetent, they will not help such people.
For example, Gongsun Shu, a warlord of Yizhou in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, did not get the help of the Banyu barbarians in the later period of his occupation of Yizhou.
Before, Jin Jue asked Yang Ren to send people to persuade the Banyu barbarians in Hanchang County and Danqu County to surrender, and the conditions offered were already very good, which Yang Ren and Yang Ang both admired Jin Jue's decisiveness in this regard.
However, what he never expected was that the Banyu barbarians in Danqu County not only did not accept Jin Jue's conditions, but also killed the envoy sent by Yang Ren.
Since ancient times, there has been an unwritten rule - when two armies fight, do not kill! Unless it is a great enemy of life and death, no one will generally violate this rule, but the Banyu barbarians in Danqu County took the initiative to break this rule.
This is not to slap Yang Ren's face again, but to slap Jin Jue's face again.
"Alas......!" Wei Wei sighed, nodded heavily, and explained: "Yang Sima, this matter is true, the people sent by General Yang are his personal guards, and one of them is a horse servant, and he escaped by luck. ”
"Childe, what do you see?" As soon as Yang Ang heard this, he immediately turned to Jin Jue and asked.
"It's not busy, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, for today's plan, we should still focus on the entire Yizhou and Liu Zhang. If we don't completely take over the whole of Yizhou, if they simply hide in the mountains and don't come out, even I have no way to take them! After hearing this, Jin Jue replied calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Jue suddenly thought of something, and suddenly asked: "By the way, Uncle Wei, has that Fa Zheng offered a plan for this matter, and if so, what did he say specifically?" ”
"Childe Qi, Liu Sima specifically asked those two about this matter, and I heard Meng Da's answer only in generalities, and Fa Zheng's plan is exactly the same as what you just said, Childe." Wei Wei replied.