Chapter 50: The Great Pleasure of Life
When the Pei family was "on fire", Shi Le, Gou Xi and others had already led the army into the abandoned city and set up camps. The news of Mengcheng's fast horse also arrived, and Shi Le asked Gou Xi to read it to him, the content was nothing more than that the weather was dry, and the accumulated firewood and grass had caught fire and had been extinguished, so that Shi Le did not have to worry, Yunyun.
But in the end, he deliberately added a sentence, saying: "General Gou and his party are from several people, highlighting the south gate, I don't know where to go?" β
Shi Le looked at Gou Xi with a puzzled look, and Gou Xi replied quietly: "This must give up his brother to go out of the city to hunt, and he is very good about this." I think it was when Ming Gong and Xi were there, they didn't dare to act rashly, but now they finally can't hold it back. β
Shi Le nodded, and then smiled disapprovingly: "I haven't hunted for a long timeβwhen the big thing is here, I want to have a siege with the Dao general." β
Then the two, including Kong Chang, who had arrived in advance, discussed the details of seducing Wang Mi tomorrow, and then went back to their respective accounts to rest. Wang Zan had been fidgeting and waiting for Gou Xi to come back, and when he saw him, he asked anxiously, "How is it?" What does the envoy of the city of Mongolia say? β
Gou Xi smiled: "It's okay, don't worry about it." He said it was indeed Xu Guang's handwriting, and although I didn't see it much, I still recognized it. Judging from the content of the document, the other party just set a trap for himself, wanting us to step on it, and did not dare to report to Shi Le without real evidence. Now that Gou Chun has successfully escaped, he must wait for us on the road ahead - Xu Guang, or Zhang Bin behind him, still can't get evidence, so he can only prevaricate with an accidental fire.
"Tomorrow, they will regret it!"
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Before noon the next day, Wang Mi really led the army to arrive, and Shi Le took Gou Xi and Wang Zan out of the south gate to greet him. He introduced Gou Xi first, Wang Mi took a look, and sure enough, he was a great man, but he didn't know why, his face was sallow, and his expression was sluggish - could it be that he was sick?
"How does General Gou look like this?"
Gou Xi pretended to cough twice, lowered his head and replied: "The last general's battle wounds have not healed, and his complexion hinders the prince's view, forgive his sins." β
Wang Mi said in his heart, I will say it, it is rumored that Gou Xi was betrayed by his cronies and tied up to see Shi Le, but he has such great ability, and he has been crisscrossing the north and south of the river for more than ten years, where is it so easy to be caught-if he was injured first in the defense of the city, it makes sense. immediately pretended to comfort Gou Xi for a few words, and then followed Shi Le and them into the city.
Shile set up a huge tent in the middle of the city, and said to Wang Mi, "I have been abolished, and the government office is incomplete, and there is no other house to match the prince's status, so I will set up this tent and give a banquet to the princeβand ask the prince not to feel shabby." β
Wang Mi smiled: "What is the Hu Tent, the Jin Tent, and the Han Tent?" We are the generation of horses, and we should be in the account. In fact, I was thinking, "Look at you picking this...... Hurry up, good wine and good food are served, let's talk about business. β
Tents also have the advantage of tents, that is, they are located right in the middle of the street, empty on all sides, and six or seven steps away from the nearest house, so they are not afraid of someone ambushing outside. The soldiers of Gou Xi and the soldiers of Shile each stood on one side of the tabernacle, and then the two of them entered the tent hand in hand, and the guests and hosts took their seats.
Wang Mi came in from the south gate, so the tent sat in the north, the door was open to the south, and when he came in, he saw that there was a very gorgeous screen on one side of the far door, and there was a case on the left and right. On the right side is the east case, Shi Leyi invited Wang Mi to take a seat, Wang Mi was not humble, stepped over, did not sit down, first frowned and looked at the screen - this screen is not small, there are many people hidden in the back!
Seeing that he hesitated, Shi Le smiled and pointed out: "This is a gift from the prince in Luozhong in the past, and it is my beloved thing - especially the carvings on both sides, it is really beautiful, beautiful ......"
Later, Wang Zan said: "Beautiful." β
Shi Le laughed "haha": "Yes, that's the word, it's still a long and knowledgeable one." β
Wang Mi smiled: "I like the color behind it." Shi Le said that this was easy, and he didn't call anyone else, so he made a look at Gou Xi, and then the two of them worked together and turned the screen over - Shi Le Xing had spare strength, but Gou Xi was somewhat out of breath.
Wang Mi said "hehe" and sat down on his knees, and Shi Le sat opposite him. The two of them also set up two cases, leaving them for the host's companions Gou Xi and Wang Zan. Wang Mi did not bring any famous generals with him, so he had to leave his subordinates outside the tent and go to the banquet aloneβbut he was not worried.
One is that I am sure that Shi Le doesn't dare to do anything with himself - my taste is higher than yours, have you eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and dare to commit it? Second, my armor is on my body and my knife is on my waist, will I still be afraid of Shile? At most, Hu'er can ride a better horse than me...... Oh, I'm definitely better at lassing horses than I am, horse thief. Wang Zan was a scribe, and I could beat him seven times. Although Gou Xi is also martial and brave, look at his face, maybe he will hang up directly in a few days, can he threaten me?
A servant offered food and drink, and poured hot wine from the same clay poppy and filled the four of them with lacquered cups. Wang Mi first saw Shi Le drink it, and then drank it himself, but felt that this wine was mellow and soft, and couldn't help but be amazed.
After a few words of greeting, Shi Le glanced slightly, and Gou Xi stood up with a wine glass, approached Wang Mi in a few trembling steps, and then bowed his waist: "Xi is the first to be the prince of life." Wang Mi did not doubt that he had him, straightened his waist, and also picked up the wine glass on his case.
It was too late, but it was too late, and I saw that the original depressed face instantly turned grim, and a fierce state and ecstasy appeared on his face. Before Wang Mi could react, Gou Xi had already thrown away the wine glass, pulled out the long knife from his waist, and withstood his choked throat with a "swish"!
Shi Le and the other three were not wearing armor - Gou Xi and Wang Zan were dressed as scholars from the Central Plains, and Shi Le was dressed in fine linen and short clothes with a bare head - Wang Mi did not take off his armor because he had just arrived on the march, but only took off his hood. Wang Mi's armor is with a basin collar, so he is not afraid of others cutting his neck with a knife, but after all, there is a small gap in the throat area, and the tip of the knife has to be approached - he feels that starting from the Adam's apple, goosebumps spread to the entire upper body......
Wang Mi was taken aback, his face turned gray in an instant, and he lowered his eyes to look at Sen Ran's blade, but he didn't dare to make much movement, so he could only turn his face slightly and glance at Shi Le: "Shi ...... Why is Shi Gong like this? β
At this time, Gou Xi had already kicked over the food table, went around to Wang Mi's back, held the other party's arm with one hand, and slightly twisted the wrist with the other hand, and cut the button under the other party's neck, and then the blade penetrated into the basin collar and slanted across the neck. Shi Le stood up unhurriedly, and took two steps back slightly, and said with a smile: "Yes." The Taoist general immediately tied up Wang Mi and ordered his troops to descend quickly. β
Gou Xi's eyes were bright, and he said with a cruel smile: "You don't need to tie it up first, I will take this fang to Xiangguan - didn't Shi Gong allow Wang Mi to hand over all his troops to me?" β
Shile feigned surprise and asked, "When have I ever said this?" β
Gou Xi laughed "haha": "I know that Hu Er is used to breaking his promise - if you don't allow it, I will let Wang Mi go and fight with you here!" Wang Mi also shouted: "Gou Dao will let me go, I will be rich and ...... with Qing"
Shi Le replied coldly: "Even if you and Wang Mi are compatible, I am afraid that you will not be able to get out of yourself today!" β
Gou Xi sneered: "Kong Chang is only two thousand troops, now five thousand against three thousand, you can defeat me, you can't keep me." β
Shi Le sighed lightly and shook his head: "Dao General, when you want to go, you can go by yourself, why be greedy-who said that Kong Chang only has 2,000 people here?!" As soon as he finished speaking, he took refuge behind the screen.
Gou Xi was shocked when he saw this, and he was about to let go of Wang Mi, but suddenly heard the sound of gold and iron colliding and the sound of the tent tearing - this big tent even has a mezzanine! I saw dozens of spears piercing from all directions in an instant, and several people in the tent really couldn't avoid it, and each was pierced through more than a dozen blood holes, and before they could shout, they swallowed-
First Gou Xi and Wang Zan, Wang Mi relied on the armor to protect himself, and carried so many more breaths......
Over there, Shi Le flashed behind the screen, opened the hidden back tent door and came out, and Kong Chang continued, offering armor. Outside, Kong Chang's 6,000 troops and Shi Le's 3,000 troops had already besieged Wang Mina's 3,000 soldiers and horses in the heart, and arrows rained down.
Shi Le turned over his horse, glanced at the battle situation, and said to Kong Chang: "Go and get Wang Mi's head, to show his subordinates, if they are willing to surrender, they don't need to kill more-it's just the time to use people." Kong Chang agreed, but then asked: "Why didn't Ming Gong kill Gou Xi earlier, did he want him to capture Wang Mi alive?" Wouldn't the last general be able to take on this heavy responsibility? β
Shi Le smiled, shook his head, and didn't explain much, Kong Chang had to turn over and go into the account to pick up the head. Shi Le sat on horseback, and his ears heard the sound of shouting, screaming, and the sound of gold and iron clashing, endlessly, and he felt a stream of hot air from the dantian to his limbs, and his whole body was as comfortable as soaking in hot waterβmy mind was only told to Zhang Mengsun alone, but unfortunately Pei Lang did not participate in this plan, and it was inconvenient to talk to him, but it was a pity.
However, Shi Le didn't know that in fact, Zhang Bin had quietly relayed his words to Pei Gai last night, and made Pei Gai feel a chill on his back.
Pei should not understand, why did Zhang Bin make such a complicated plan for Shile? Since he had the intention of killing Gou Xi, why didn't he do it earlier instead of taking risks? As Kong Chang asked: Except for Gou Xi, no one else can take Wang Mi?
Zhang Bin's explanation for this is-"Ming Gong thinks that killing two strong enemies in one day is a great pleasure in life!" β
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Shi Le didn't want to capture Wang Mi alive at all, in fact, he immediately listened to Zhang Bin and Pei Gai's advice that day, and wanted to set a trap for himself and kill Wang Mi directly. But before making a decision, he glanced at Zhang Bin more, and saw that Zhang Mengsun thought about it again, and suddenly shook his head slightly, and gestured with his eyes. As long as it is not too complicated and too literary, Shi and Zhang can still have the same mind when they get along, so Shi Le rejected Zhang Bin's suggestion in a fake way, claiming that he planned to capture Wang Mi alive and escort him to Pingyang.
As for the conspiracy of Gou Xi and others, it was indeed just Xu Guang who set a trap privately, taking advantage of the opportunity of Qu Bin being whipped and resentful, to go deep into it to do things in secret. Xu Guangchun wanted to kill Gou Xi out of jealousy, and Wang Zan took the initiative to incite Qu Mofeng, which was an unexpected joy, but just as Tong Gou Xi's judgment, he didn't dare to report to Shi Le without conclusive evidence.
But all this can't escape Zhang Bin's eyes - how can Xu Guang not have Zhang Mengsun's eyes and ears by his side?
Especially after obtaining Pei Gai's "ink seal" that Wang Zan failed to burn clean through some channels, Xu Guang's scheme was completely mastered by Zhang Bin, and Zhang Bin immediately ran to report to Shi Le.
secretly set up an ambush in the Mengcheng Bureau, wanting to kill Gou Chun, and secretly sending people to patrol on the road to Jiwu, intending to capture Gou Xi and Wang Zan when they ran away, Xu Guang had no military power, so naturally he couldn't do it, but he didn't plan to go to Zhang Bin to ask for it, nor did he discuss it with Cheng Yao, but quietly informed Diao Ying. Because in his mind, both Zhang Bin and Cheng Yao can be regarded as his important competitors, although Diao Ying's reputation is respected, he is a straw bag, he can tear him off at any time, there is no need to worry, he can use it for the time being.
- Zhang Bin doesn't seem to be in a hurry to surpass Diao Ying, so Xu Guang and Cheng Yao still want to use Diao Ying to restrain Zhang Mengsun. If Diao Ying's name is inferior to Zhang Bin, it is estimated that Xu and Cheng's generation would have taken care of him first.
Xu Guang designed, Gou Xi planned the plan, and Zhang Bin put both of them into it...... In the end, Qu Bin became an abandoned pawn, Xu Guang returned with a feather, and the Gou brothers and Wang Zan were defeated and their heads were different......
Let's say that the three thousand soldiers and horses that Wang Mi brought with him were scattered after seeing the head of the main general, and finally the seven CD abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and the rest were all killed by the Shile army. Shi Le spent the afternoon cleaning up the mess, then rested for the night, and the next morning left Jiwu with Kong Chang and returned to the city of Mongolia. However, they had not gone far, and suddenly they saw dozens of horsemen galloping towards them, and when they came to them, they took hold of the reins. Shi Le fixed his eyes and saw that the leader was the right chief Shi Diao Ying - what was he going to do? Could it be that something really happened to Mengcheng?
Diao Ying turned over and dismounted, came to Shi Le, and asked, "Can Duke Ming detain Wang Mi?" β
Shi Le laughed, "I've killed him." β
When Diao Ying heard this, his expression changed slightly, but then the corners of his mouth grinned, and he smiled: "Congratulations to Ming Gong, congratulations to Ming Gong." However, if this is the case, why didn't Ming Gong go to Xiangguan with his head and collect his subordinates? Seeing what the public is looking for, it seems that they want to return to the city of Mongolia, and if they come and go, it will take a long time, and the news will be leaked, and they may get the news or disperse, and it may be difficult to take it again......"
Shi Le waved his hand and said that I didn't plan to go to Xiangguan - "More than 2,000 elites of Wang Mi are enough today." β
"May I ask why."
Shi Le said that I have annexed Gou Xi's army, and now if I covet Wang Mi's subordinates and eat tens of thousands of people in one go, even if I have a big appetite, I will inevitably break my stomach - anyway, the snake is not headless, and the enemy of Xiangguan is no longer enough to worry about.
Diao Ying shook his head again and again: "Is this Zhang Mengsun's words?" It's a pity, Meng Sun is resourceful, and every word must be true, but in this matter...... Hehe, the wise man has a thousand thoughts, and he also has this loss. Dare to ask Ming Gong to return to the horse immediately and rush to Xiangguan, if not, he will regret it the day after tomorrow, and regret it is beyond reach! β