Chapter 35: The Arrow

Chen An and others arrived at the city of Shangtai in advance, but Sima Bao listened to Zhang Chun's words and closed the door, and only ordered Chen An to lead his troops to camp in the north of the city, and the city was at a horn.

Chen An was furious and said hatefully: "Zhang Chun must be afraid that after I enter the city, he will cut off his dog's head, so he doesn't dare to let me wait to enter the city - a real villain!" ”

But in fact, he really thought so, and he came to Shangtai to take the opportunity to kill Zhang Chun. Even a blind man can see the current situation, although Chen An still cherishes the friendship of Sima Bao and is grateful, if he doesn't want to kill Zhang Chun, there is no need to deliberately run to his own death.

Then, not long after he set up his camp, Pei Gai arrived with his army. Zhen Sui also came to the same way and suggested: "Chen An should be broken first, then the defenders will inevitably be bold - the last general will ask for orders to attack Chen An." ”

Pei Gai smiled: "You heard Chen Anyong's name, so you want to fight for it, right?" Just as he was about to agree, Wang Tang jumped out from the side and said, "Among the brave people in our army, is Zhen Junzuo alone?" The last general is willing to attack Chen An first, if he can't win, it's not too late for the army to come out again! ”

Pei Gai ordered Wang Tang to lead the "Pengshan Left Battalion" to go, Wang Tang called for a battle near the base, Chen An came out of the trap, and shouted from a distance: "Are you Zhen Sui?" Wang Tang was furious and shouted: "Wang Tang, a certain general under the command of Da Sima, has come to take your life, and he is just a puppet, so why should General Zhen do it?" ”

Chen An waved his hand: "If it weren't for Zhen to come, no one would be able to break my base—you can retreat and fight in exchange for him." ”

Wang Tang was even more angry when he heard this, so he immediately lined up and rushed forward, and Chen An held the stronghold and repelled the attack of Pei's army three times in a row. But he couldn't help but be frightened, and said to Yang Man and Wang Lian: "Only Zhen Sui is the bravest in the official army, and all the troops are also strong, and I don't want this nameless Pengshan battalion to be so able to fight." There are slightly more enemies than me today, I rely on the stronghold, I can still protect, if most of them come on another day, but how to deal with it? ”

Send people to rush into Shangtai City, hoping that when they are attacked again, the city can send troops to help and flank the attack—otherwise they won't let me enter the city, and order me to camp outside the city, what is it for? Zhang Chun also knew that this was the only chance to win - if he could defeat Pei Gai's part through internal and external attacks, it would be possible to greatly defeat the enemy's momentum and help hold on for a long time. But he himself was cowardly, he didn't dare to go out of the city to fight in person, and he didn't dare to come out of the city, so in the end he only sent more than 1,000 people to help Chen An.

Wang Tang divided into a part to resist the soldiers and horses in the city, and as soon as he saw it, the enemy collapsed. However, Chen An took this opportunity to launch a swift counter-assault, and he personally walked out of the base, with a spear in one hand and a broadsword in the other, and went straight into the Pei army's formation. Wang Tang was angry and fought against Chen An, but he was unable to defeat and was forced to retreat.

They fought all day, and at dusk they receded. The casualties of the "Pengshan Left Battalion" were no less than 300, and the killing and capture of enemy soldiers was equivalent to this—but most of them were men and horses from the city, and Chen An's team suffered limited losses.

Wang Tang went back to the camp to see Pei Gai, and as soon as he entered the tent, he first saw Zhen Sui's ugly face full of gloating smiles. Wang Tang was even more ashamed, knelt down on one knee and said: "Chen An is very brave, and the department is also quite elite, plus the fortification has been built for many days, the fortifications have been completed, and the last general will storm for one day, but he can't overcome it, so he has come to ask for guilt." I also hope that the Metropolitan Governor will fight again tomorrow, and he will capture Chen An alive and dedicate him to the play! ”

Zhen Sui said with a smile: "I said that you are not that Chen An's opponent, if I had gone, I would have taken his head a long time ago." He turned his head and asked for an order: "I'll fight Chen An tomorrow." ”

Pei Gai waved his hand and said: "I saw that Chen An with both hands in his hands, stepping on the fortress and fighting, very brave, and his subordinates are also willing to fight to the death, it can be seen that he is very popular in Longshang, not a lie." They are all good Chinese men, and I can't bear to see this life-and-death struggle and fratricidal brothers...... Tomorrow I should go in person, tell him to come and surrender, if he refuses, it will not be too late to attack again. ”

So early the next morning, Pei Gai led 3,000 generals and subordinates to approach Chen An's camp and call him out to talk. Chen An was fully armored, led the troops out of the camp, and arched his hand from a distance: "Chen An visited Da Sima, because he had armor on his body, he couldn't kneel to see him, Da Sima, please don't blame." ”

Pei Gai raised the bamboo cane and said with a smile: "However, who ordered the general to wear armor?" There was no order from the imperial court and Xingtai, and General Lao left Longcheng and came to Shangtai. Then he raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Sima Bao is not evil, and he is fighting for his life, does the general want the party to be rebellious and martyrdom for him?!" ”

Chen An hurriedly said: "The last general was originally a common man in Longshang, and he was promoted by the first king (Sima Mo) as a general, so he couldn't bear to see his son bound, so he rushed to the rescue." In fact, the king of Nanyang did not lose his morality, he was instigated by Zhang Chun and Yang Ci, so he dared to disobey the orders of the court. Please retire for the time being, then the last general will kill Zhang Chun, so that the king of Nanyang will play an apology......"

Pei Gai said sharply: "If Qin II is not virtuous, why should Zhao Gao govern arbitrarily? How can Sima Bao be virtuous and be deceived by villains? The court ordered Sima Bao to enter Beijing to apologize, but he refused to go, so I came to greet him. Then he raised two fingers: "I can let the general enter Shangtai City, and in two days, please behead Zhang Chuntou, and make Sima Bao open the city to surrender, otherwise once the city is broken, it is inevitable that the jade will be burned!" ”

Chen Anxin said that I will be able to enter the city early, and I will wait for you to release it...... He arched his hand and said: "The last general is foolish, but he knows that he will receive favors and repay his descendants, if the king of Nanyang opens the city to welcome the surrender, the last general will bind himself and worship Da Sima, in order to thank the sin of the army; If Nanyang Wang Jian refuses to surrender, the last general will be helpless, and he has no choice but to measure his own strength, and the mantis arm will be used as a car. ”

Pei Gai said angrily: "Because you have helped the official army to recover the northern land and Vapenglu, I think I still have the heart to serve the country, so I can't bear to do harm, and I persuade you with good words. If you are stubborn and stubborn, and you are responsible for the affairs of the state because of your personal favors, then you will bring about your own death, and you will not blame me for killing strong men today! He turned the horse's head and wanted to leave.

Chen An hurriedly shouted: "Big Sima, slow down!" As soon as Pei looked back, Chen An asked: "I heard that there is General Zhen under the account of Da Sima, and he is the best in martial arts, don't you know if it's there?" The last general is brave and brave, please fight with General Zhen, if he loses, he will know that the destiny of heaven is difficult to violate, and he should bow down to the account of the great Sima. ”

As soon as the words fell, before Pei Gai could speak, he heard a loud shout from the side: "Zhen is here, Chen An is here to try my spear!" ”

Zhen rode alone with him, and without waiting for Pei Cai's approval, he rushed straight towards Chen An with a spear, and then saw a rain of arrows suddenly rise from the opposite side, and it was shot all over the world. Zhen Sui was taken aback, and said in his heart that it was good to go head-to-head, but in fact, I often do this thing, I don't want to run into the same kind today...... Hurriedly reined in his horse and swung his spear at the arrow. But in the end, he was shot in the shoulder socket by an arrow, shook twice, and almost fell off the horse.

If it weren't for Pei Cai's presence, it is estimated that the generals of Pei Jun behind would have applauded and cheered on the spot - who told you to rush without an order? Deserve!

Pei Gai was also depressed, and said in his heart that he thought he would be able to see famous scenes similar to Xu Yu's war with Ma Chao and Guan Yu fighting Huang Zhong, but he didn't expect Chen An's shamelessness to be even more obvious to Zhen Sui...... hurriedly waved the army and pressed the enemy soldiers with bows and arrows, which saved Zhen Sui. Zhen Sui gritted his teeth with hatred, touched his shoulder with one hand, and said to Pei Gai in a loud voice: "I don't share the sky with such villains!" Then he immediately knelt down, and the Governor did not accept it, and let me cut off his dog's head with a knife! ”

Pei Cai said What kind of mistakes are you committing, hurry back and bandage the generals, turn his head and instruct Wang Tang: "I still order you to attack for a day, and I must take Chen An's head!" ”

At this time, Chen An also restrained his soldiers and horses, retreated to the camp, and as soon as he entered the camp gate, he angrily asked, "Who released the arrows?" Why do you release the arrows? ”

Wang Lian trembled and said that I had ordered it—"I saw that Zhen Sui was coming to charge the general, and I was afraid that the general would make a mistake, so I ordered the arrow to be released—and if Zhen Sui could be shot, the enemy would lose heart, and our army would have a chance of win......"

Chen An spat at Wang Lian's face: "I said that I wanted to fight with Zhen Sui face to face, didn't you hear it?" Now that he has lost his trust in others, and has completely hated Pei Da Sima, what are the odds of winning? I'm afraid we're all going to die here! "Immediately ordered, don't wait for others to attack again, let's withdraw quickly!

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As soon as Chen An retreated, Pei Gai did not chase far away, so he immediately built equipment to attack the city. He originally tried to use the explosives made by Peng Xiaoxin to bury them under the wall and collapse the city wall - although the black powder has poor combustion performance and worse explosion power, it may not be a big problem to deal with the rammed earth wall of this year, right? Take advantage of this chance to win. Whoever wanted to have the explosives had not been buried, the city gate was opened, and Sima Bao was shirtless, bound himself out of the city and surrendered.

This is not what Sima Bao himself is willing to do, as soon as Chen An retreated, the last bit of hope of the soldiers and civilians in the city was completely wiped out, so under the instigation of Xin Ming and others, the soldiers immediately mutinied, surrounded the palace, and asked Sima Bao to surrender quickly - otherwise we will cut off your head and ask for surrender! Zhang Chun led his cronies to come to suppress it, but was instantly dispersed by the rebels, he understood that the general trend had gone, and there was no way back, so he had to quickly pack gold and silver goods, sneak open the city gate with his family, and flee in the wilderness.

As soon as Zhang Chun fled, Sima Bao had no choice but to give up completely, and then the city opened to surrender.

Pei ordered Wang Tang, Xie Feng, Wen Lang and other generals to lead elite cavalry to hunt down Zhang Chun, and he led the army into the city, taking the first step towards Qinzhou.

Zhang Chun ran very fast, rushing west to Nan'an County, but halfway through, his dependents fell behind, and his troops all fled with their wealth, and finally he was killed by the Qiang herdsmen outside Zhongtao City, and his head was exchanged for two liters of wheat crumbs. The first one who bought it was a Liangzhou merchant, who immediately offered it to Pei Gai, who was rewarded with twenty horses of Shu brocade - a thousand times the profit.

Pei should escort Sima Bao to Luoyang with a car, and Sima Ye hated him to the bone, so he wanted to give an order and push him to Xishi Dapi. Liang Fen, Xun Song and other important ministers started to play, with their father had made great contributions to the country, and finally died in the king's affairs, grace and descendants, exempted Sima Bao from death, stripped his name, and imprisoned in the suburbs of Luoyang. Moreover, the king of Nanyang should not be the heir, but ordered Sima Zhan, the son of the clan, to inherit the throne of Sima Mo through Sima Bao, but he did not make it sealed, but only guarded the family temple in Luozhong.

A few days after Pei Gai's truce in Shangtai, he left officials to organize the people, destroyed the fortifications outside the city, fell into the city wall, and personally led the main force to continue westward until the old Qinzhou Prefecture governed Ji County, and even if he distributed troops and horses in Ji County, he collected all the counties of Qinzhou - Zhen Sui's arrow wound did not heal, so he had nothing to do, so he had to watch it, and he hated Chen An into the bone marrow.

It is mainly a three-way army and horse: Xie Feng and Li Yi led their troops east to Longcheng to defeat Chen An; Beigong Chun and Wangtang went westward to take Nan'an, Longxi and Jincheng; Wang Ze and Xiong Yizhi went south and attacked Yang.

The Western Route Army fought the smoothest, and where it passed, the cities and towns were mostly reduced - the area that Sima Bao could actually control was not wide, purely relying on his Xiangguo, the governor of Shaanxi and the title of King of Nanyang, so that the counties of Qinzhou could barely obey orders, but now Pei Gai was ordered to attack, and Sima Bao was captured, so who would dare to hold troops against each other?

According to Pei Gai's instructions, all those who surrendered were not guilty, and You Yao, Pei Xu, Pei Xuan, Xin Ming, Xin Pan, Lu Zhifu and others who followed the army were good at appeasement, and counted the acres of land, checked the treasury, and stockpiled materials for future use. And if there is even the slightest resistance, whether it is a city or a dock fort, they will launch a fierce attack and completely flatten it.

You must know that although there are few famous families in the counties of Qinzhou, the number of small landlords of the Shu nationality is still quite a lot. According to Pei Gai's idea, these people can be used for assistance and spread throughout the territory when they are in the palace, but they are unstable factors, and it is better to destroy them all, and it is also convenient to release the acres and tenants they have annexed. However, the world is still undecided, Hu and Qian are in the east, and he does not have the energy to completely reform the old system, and he is also worried that too much pressure will cause unnecessary turmoil.

You must know that there is a tradition of rebellion in Longxi Jinrong, in the original history, Liu Yao entered the customs and took Pingyang, and its momentum was not under Shile, because the chaos in the West involved too many of his troops and energy, which led to the defeat of the former Zhao by the Later Zhao, and finally perished. In view of the collapse of this "after" car, Pei Gai did not dare to act too carefully.

Therefore, if you are willing to surrender, I will settle your inheritance, if there is the slightest intention of resistance, then it is unbelievable, I will not take advantage of the victory to sacrifice the butcher's knife, not only to weaken the momentum of the place, but also to kill the chicken and set an example of the monkey, how long will I wait?

The people of the three counties have already had to pass the sound of Youyao in advance, and most of them have also sent troops to help Wang Shi, and most of those who refuse to come are small forces - because the situation is small, so You Yao didn't bother to pay attention to them at the beginning. The Western Route Army broke more than a dozen Wubao forts before and after, and there were also more than a dozen Rong troops, and most of the scholars and nobles were moved to Yongzhou, and as for the tenants and ordinary herdsmen, they set up Mintun on the spot.

The soldiers went to the north of Nan'an and joined the Liangzhou army, and then Han Pu and Zhang Lang left their troops behind and ran to Ji County to meet Pei Gai. Pei should be kind enough to soothe, and asked, "Is Zhang Gong willing to come to Chang'an to meet with me?" ”

Han Pu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Liangzhou is remote, the distance is long, my family envoy Jun Ruo travels far away, and he can't reach Chang'an in February or March, I'm afraid that the state will be unstable...... Although, the meaning of the Great Sima, the ministers should report to the envoy from the king, and it is up to him to decide. ”

That means, we don't count, we have to make up your own mind, but it is estimated that he will not go to Chang'an, don't report too much hope.

Pei Gai said with a smile: "Since Zhang Gong is worried about the long distance, I should go to Yuzhong in person to wait for Zhang Gong." Zhang Gong's father and son were loyal and diligent to the king's affairs, and sent troops to help defend Luoyang and Chang'an many times. He should also look up to his demeanor very much, and he wants to meet Zhang Gong......"

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