Chapter 21: The Wise Man and the Gentleman
At the same time that Zhen defeated the enemy Rui, captured Zhu Hui alive, and attacked Meiyang City, under the city of Yixian, Pei Gai suddenly reported: "The east gate is open urgently!" He couldn't help but be slightly taken aback, and said in his heart, Zhu Shuang, do you really have the courage to rush out? Now I have less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, because of the rain and wet dew, the original arrangement of the killer armor cavalry has not been able to use, if the Fufeng army sacrifices their lives to attack the camp, the real victory or defeat is unpredictable!
- If Pei Gai had heard about the Battle of Meiyang, and Zhen followed the 2,000 army to defeat the 6,000 Xinping soldiers, it is estimated that he would not be worried at all.
But after thinking about it again, the situation may not really be how critical, maybe Zhu Shuang is planning to send a group of soldiers and horses out of the city to feint to attack our village, so he can take the opportunity to run from the west gate - if this is the case, then he has to let him run, the ground is so slippery, it is impossible to catch up. If Zhu Shuang leaves, I can take the opportunity to enter Yixian County to defend and echo with the east and west of Wugong City, so as to stop the soldiers of Qinzhou. Thinking about it this way, it is better for Zhu Shuang to open the city, it is better than after the Qinzhou soldiers enter the country, he will fight out of the city, and the two sides should cooperate with each other.
So Pei Gai hurriedly ordered Wen Lang and Gao Le to gather people and horses, ready to meet the enemy at any time, and at the same time personally went out of the camp to watch. As a result, I saw the city gate open, and slowly galloped out, and stopped and stopped, and the momentum was very slow. Pei Caixin said, it turned out that he didn't send troops to attack the camp, but sent a messenger over - Zhu Shuang, did you finally refuse to pretend to be deaf and dumb? However, since there is only one person, why not just come down from the city, and bother to open the city gates?
He ordered his subordinates to go forward, and Pei Gai himself returned to the main tent and sat upright and waited. Sure enough, it didn't take long, and he had to reply: "Fufeng Zhu Neishi sent Lu Ping to join the army and came to see the governor." When Pei Gai heard the word "Lu Ping", he couldn't help but squint his eyes - this name is a little familiar, where have you heard it? This life or a past life?
He ordered Lu to enter by the door.
After meeting and seeing, this Lu has joined the army for more than 30 years, and 40 is not enough, he is self-cultivation and jade, with a long beard fluttering, but he has a good skin. After Pei Cai waited for him to give a big gift, he immediately asked with a calm face: "I have been coming to the city for ten days, why is it too late for Qing to come?" Lu Ping bowed his head unhurriedly and explained: "The former minister of our country was seriously ill and could not take care of things, and the city guard was paid to the general, and the general was foolish, I didn't know that Pei Gong was coming, and he dared to close the door. Now the prime minister of the country is a little sick, and he was shocked when he heard the news, so he hurriedly sent the last official to ask Pei Gong for guilt."
Pei Gai interrupted him with a sneer: "I have already sent people to call under the city, but I refused to open the city for ten days, is it really caused by the foolishness of the generals?" What will happen now? ”
Lu spread his hands: "It has been decapitated." ”
Pei Gai was so angry that he almost didn't laugh, and immediately leaned forward slightly, pressed his hand on a few cases, and scolded: "You think I am three years old? Who can accept such an excuse? ”
Lu Ping sighed lightly: "It's not a secret, it's the last official who kidnapped the chief and resisted the king." Pei Gongke is about to end the law in front of the army to set an example, but please forgive the lives of the prime minister and the soldiers and civilians of a county. ”
Pei Caixian did not order Lu Ping to be killed, but asked: "Where is Zhu Youzhe?" Why don't you come out of the city and apologize to me? ”
Lu Ping replied: "The prime minister was convicted of Pei Gong, and he was afraid of being killed, so he didn't dare to come out. I also asked Pei Gong to forgive his life, and I asked him to tie himself out of the city and welcome Pei Gong into Yi County. ”
Pei Cai didn't expect that there would be such a thing, he thought that Zhu Shuang sent the army out of the city, and he did put forward the conditions to talk about the conditions, but it was just a forgiveness of his life, which was not too far from unconditional surrender. What is the reason for such conference?
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Lu Pingzi will be virtuous, Xinping people can also be regarded as Fufeng people, because Xinping County was only precipitated from Fufeng in the Later Han Dynasty. He is the surname of Xinping, and there are Xi and Dasi Nong (Lu Kuang) in Xinmang, and his grandson Lu Gongshi is the name of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all of whom are the distant ancestors of Lu Ping.
In the original history, after Liu Yao invaded Chang'an and pacified Yongzhou, most of the officials of the Jin Dynasty surrendered, and Lu Ping could not be exempted, and was appointed as the general Hu Yanshi's long history. Later, Chen An rebelled, Hu Yanshi was captured and scolded Chen An to death, and Lu Ping returned to Chen An and let him join the army. However, Lu Ping did not approve of Chen An's betrayal of the former Zhao, when Chen An claimed to be a general, Yongliang, Qinliang, Sizhou Mu, Liang Wang, etc., and his opposition was revealed, Lu Ping did not obey the bitter advice, but cried: "I can't bear to see Chen An's death!" ”
Chen An was angry, and ordered Lu Ping to be beheaded, and Lu Ping said with hatred before he died: "Death is from my part, hanging my head in the thoroughfare of Qinzhou, and watching Zhao behead Chen Anye." It is said that when Liu Yao heard this, he couldn't help but mourn and said: "The sage is the hope of the world." Harming the virtuous is the love of the world, and the king of the husband and the peace still dare not obey the heart of the concubine, and the situation is in the world? Chen An is now in the autumn of recruiting talents and philosophers, and harming the gentleman, desperate at that time, I know that he is powerless. ”
——From this side, it can be seen that Lu is quite respected by Liu Yao, at least he thinks he is a "sage" and a "gentleman".
Pei Gai had read through the Jin book in his previous life, and also roughly studied the history of the two Jin Dynasty and the sixteen kingdoms, but this kind of character in the horn of the horn that was only mentioned once, he couldn't remember it⊥ like Liang Wei's wife Xin, the history books also have deeds, saying that she "has a special color", Liu Yao broke Chang'an and killed Liang Wei, he wanted to marry Xin, Xin cried and couldn't obey, and then hanged himself, Liu Yao pitied him as a "virgin" and buried him with a ceremony - Pei Gai had nothing to do with this. Lu Ping was purely attached to the famous Chen An, so Pei Gai was in a trance for a while—as if the name was a little familiar—but in the end, he couldn't recall it.
Pei Cai didn't understand why Zhu Shuang repented, Kaicheng asked to surrender, and he had to wait for Lu Ping to inquire about it in the future, so he finally understood Zhu Shuang's mental journey:
Originally, Zhu Youzhe held the city, and he really wanted to wait for his brother Zhu Hui to come to the rescue, thinking that he had a strong wall, and it would not be a problem to defend it for about ten days. Lu Ping said that he had kidnapped Zhu Shuang and resisted Wang Shi, which was a pure lie; In fact, this Lu Ping is the most resolute surrender faction, repeatedly persuaded Zhu Shuang, Pei Gai is the ruling court of the imperial court, and now he personally led the troops to come, if the city is closed, or even the sword and soldiers face each other, we will become rebellious. How can a small country compete with the country? It was said that the four counties were watching and helping each other, but now that the beginning of peace has been decided, stability still needs to block the soldiers and horses in the north, and the only one who can be expected is Xinping and one county, and the two teams together can really defeat the king?
If you want to rebel, you can do it, but then you have to have strong enough foreign help. Hu Han is thousands of miles away, so he can't help, and even if he wants to demote Hu, he can't be contacted in a hurry. Sima Bao is relatively close, but the distance from Shangtai to Yixian is three times that from Yixian to Chang'an. Besides, it is still unknown whether the king of Nanyang will be willing to clash head-on with the official army
Therefore, Lu persuaded Zhu Shuang with rules, saying that he had heard that Yang Xiang had not been killed, which showed that Pei Gong was still relatively benevolent. In this case, we must also hurry up to open the city gate, and the Ming Duke will go out of the city to greet him, and stop expecting to divide one side and do it on his own.
However, no matter how Lu persuaded him, Zhu Shuang just didn't allow it, and he was looking forward to Zhu Hui leading his troops to save him. However, the left and other Zhu Hui did not come, and the right and other Xinping soldiers did not reach the opposite side, but only set up camp and set up a base, and did not wave their troops to attack the city. The generals discussed, saying that if they wanted to prepare siege equipment, five or six days were enough, and they would be ten days, and they still didn't attack, so they clearly didn't want to fight-"This must besiege the city and send reinforcements, if you want to defeat the Xinping soldiers first, and then take me to help the wind!" ”
The official barracks only blocked the east and north sides of Yixian, and Zhu Shuang was able to send people to gallop out of the west gate and go north to find out the news of the Xinping soldiers. However, the matter of Zhu Hui leading his troops to transfer to Meiyang was not able to reach the city of Yixian in time - after all, there was a deviation in the direction, and Fufeng Tanma did not dare to run too far.
Therefore, everyone speculated that either the official army had already divided a part of the soldiers and horses to block the Xinping soldiers, or Zhu Hui saw that the official army was strong and was unwilling to come to the rescue, or although he came to the rescue, he patrolled near Qishan and did not dare to rush into Pingping. And then it rained for two days, the road was muddy, it is estimated that even if Zhu Hui wants to enter the flat, he may not be able to catch up with Zhu Shuang in three or two days, so anxious that he stomped his feet again and again, and asked: "How should I deal with this?" Lu Ping took the opportunity to stand up and persuade again, saying how to deal with it, it is only right to surrender quickly!
Zhu Shuang hesitated and said: "If Pei Gong first comes, I will greet him, and then I will not be able to get it, and I will close the city for ten days today, and I will cause Pei Gong's anger, and I am afraid that I want to be Yang Guotu Yang Statue) and I can't get it!" "Lu Ping said that it is better to do this, I will go out of the city to see Pei Gong and ask for a pardon for Ming Gong, if Pei Gong is willing to agree, Ming Gong should bind himself out of the city and ask for guilt; If Pei Gong refused, or even beheaded me in a fit of rage, then there was no choice but to continue to hold on, hoping that heaven would protect him.
Zhu Shuang hesitated for a long time, seeing that all the generals under his command had changed their positions one by one, and echoed Lu Ping, but in desperation, he had to agree-this is how Lu Ping went out of the city to confess Pei Gai.
When he rode out of the city, he hesitated, and came very slowly, because he was considering a temporary speech; As for walking through the city gate and not the city, it is purely because this Lu joined the army and he was dizzy
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Pei should not remember that Lu Ping will have the stain of lowering Hu, I don't know that he has the reputation of "sage" and "gentleman", and he doesn't know that Lu Ping persuaded Zhu Shuang to surrender at this time, he just observed Lu Ping with the eyes of a stranger, and saw that his demeanor was quite good, his words were clear, and he was willing to admit his own guilt and die on behalf of Zhu Shuang, so he couldn't help but have three points of love. So he decided to forgive Lu Ping and asked him to quickly greet Zhu Shuang to come out of the city and surrender.
Lu Ping bowed down and pleaded: "I also hope that Gong Pei will give him a few words to affirm that he is not chilling." "Otherwise, if I go back and say it, the prime minister may not be willing to believe it and dare to go out of the city. Pei Gai smiled slightly, then took a Jane, picked up the pen and wrote: "Zhu Youzhe should return to the court, and he can fill the responsibility of Jiuqing." "Give it to Lu Ping to take back - I not only promise not to kill Zhu Shuang, but also appoint him as a court official, you can rest assured.
Now there are more than 3,000 people under Pei Gai's hands, once he pulls out the camp and enters the city, he will inevitably be exposed, and it is difficult to say whether Zhu Shuang will surrender at that time. Fortunately, as the ruler of the imperial court, he should have gone out of the city to greet him—even if it was not to tie himself up—so he took this opportunity to agree to Lu Ping's request. Immediately after Zhu Shuang led the generals out of the city, Pei Gai first ordered Wen Lang to control Zhu Shuang and Lu Ping's generals of the Fufeng Kingdom, and then calmly entered Yi County.
The next day, the news from Meiyang's side also came, Zhu Hui was already stupid, and the Xinping soldiers were all wiped out. Immediately, Pei Wei returned to the division, and the army was stationed in Yixian and Wugong, waiting for the Qinzhou soldiers and horses to attack. But the left couldn't wait, the right couldn't wait, sent people to investigate, and after learning that Zhang Chun occupied Kuaicheng, he immediately stood still
What's going on? It turned out that Zhang Chun led the army into Fufeng Country with great courage that day and successfully took over Kuaicheng, but then learned from the commander of Kuaicheng County that Pei Cai's main force did not go to the northern line, but advanced along Weixi, and took Huaili and Wugong in the blink of an eye - before Pei Kai wanted to collect Kuaixian, but the advance person reported it in the past. Zhang Chun was shocked when he heard the news, knowing that Chang'an was difficult to cover the attack, he couldn't help but retreat. But at the beginning, he patted his chest and offered a plan, thinking that it was easy to seize the government of Chang'an, and now he is so stupid, how should he explain to Sima Bao? Convened the generals to discuss, and the big guys all said: "If you have to get the city, it will not be counted as hard work and no success, but if you rush forward, once you encounter a setback, the previous achievements or all the losses are the plan for today, it is better to stay here for the time being, and wait for the rear army to come to help." ”
Zhang Chun got off the donkey and nodded again and again: "What Qing and the others said is a serious argument. ”
The "rear army" he was looking forward to was Hu Song, the general of the town army, to contact Qianghu in Longxi and Nan'an counties. However, who would have thought that the new Xirong Captain You Yao had already gone to Qiang to lobby, and the Qiang chieftains headed by Yao Yizhong refused Hu Song's requisition on the pretext that the autumn harvest was imminent and they could not send troops far away—unless you cashed out the money, grain, and grass that we were promised. Hu Song tried his best, but he only managed to pull more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, but he didn't dare to come to Zhang Chun's aid.
The reason for this is that Sima Bao entered Qinzhou, and after the garrison went to Tai, he immediately recruited soldiers and horses, cut off Longdao in the east, and connected Liangzhou in the north. At the beginning, Di and Qiang Nian belonged to the Jin ministers, and they were taken by the prestige of the king of Nanyang, so they didn't dare to disobey, but Sima Bao had almost no reward, and even the grain and grass had to be raised by each family.
As Mu Liyan of the Xianbei tribe said: "If you don't eat grass with the sheep, but want them to produce milk; Isn't it too much to want to gallop instead of Ma Liudou? Therefore, You Ziyuan went to lobby and expressed the goodwill of the court, and all the Qiang Qiang decided to turn their backs on Sima Bao and temporarily follow Pei Gai - maybe the Pei Dadu Governor who was brave enough to cover the world could be more lenient than the King of Nanyang, right? Anyway, theoretically, it won't be more difficult
Therefore, Zhang Chundun's troops in Kuaicheng not only failed to receive reinforcements led by Hu Song, but soon found out that Yixian had been lost, and Zhu Shuang had surrendered, so how could he dare to go out of the east of the city to take a step further? We can only continue to procrastinate and wait and see until the situation changes.
Pei Gai waited for the arrival of the Qinzhou soldiers in Yixian County, and wanted to encircle and annihilate them between Weishui and Taibai Mountain, but the plan was very well formulated, but the Qinzhou soldiers did not move, but first received a report from Qi County, Xinping County
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