Chapter Forty-Seven: Raising Troops and Borrowing Food
Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "Wen Taigong, and listen to the kid's words, I think that Wen Taigong's move is inappropriate!" If Duke Wen dares to raise troops to attack the city and spread it, those foolish villagers are afraid that Wentai Gong is a disloyal person, so wouldn't it ruin the reputation of the Duke of Wen's life? ”
Sun Jian is a martial artist, people respect him a foot, he is also a person, Wang Rui treats him like this, in his opinion, he can only speak with strength, capture this city, and return his insult to the other party a little bit to show his heroic nature, so he didn't think too much about it at all. After listening to Liu Zhang's words at this moment, although he felt that there was some truth, he was extremely unwilling to think about the insults he had suffered for no reason.
Liu Zhang said: "Wentai Gong, it's better to stay like this, stay down for Wentai Gong and Wang Jingshi to make peace, if Wang Tingshi listens to the words below, then everyone will be happy, if you don't listen, it's not too late to think about it in the long run!" ”
Sun Jian thought to himself that you are a member of the Han clan and the son of Yizhou Mu, maybe the surname Wang will give you some face. Then he said: "Since this is the case, let's give Jiyu a try!" ”
"Don't dare!" Liu Zhang saluted everyone, walked towards the city with Sun Jian and others.
The defenders soon discovered this small team of more than a dozen people, but their performance surprised everyone, only to see the defenders on the city wall head towering, noisy, swords, guns, arrows and crossbows on the battlefield, it seems that not more than ten people, but more than ten thousand, all as if facing the enemy, they may think that these more than ten people are all flying living immortals!
In order not to provoke these extremely nervous defenders and cause a mistake, the crowd stopped a hundred feet away.
I saw Liu Zhang's conformity: "Please ask the brothers on the city wall to tell Wang Assassin Shi, under Liu Zhang, the fourth son of Yizhou Mu and the captain of the Han Fengche, there is something important to discuss with Wang Tingshi in person, please go up to the city tower for a while!" ”
In the hearts of the soldiers, the identity of the clan is very noble, and after listening to his words, a small colonel said: "Lord Captain, please wait, the villain will go and inform my family!" ”
"Trouble little brother!" Liu Zhang smiled and thanked him.
Wang Rui was very righteous and awe-inspiring on the city wall just now, but when he returned to the Assassin's Mansion, his face suddenly turned pale, he didn't actually want to offend Sun Jian, a victorious general, but his subordinates told him that Sun Jian and Wuling Taishou Cao Yin conspired to assassinate him, a Shangguan, and once Sun Jian's army entered the city, it would be the time for him to die. Therefore, he resolutely did not agree to Sun Jian's entry into the city, and even did not agree to send food outside the city to help Sun Jian, he was worried that Sun Jian would take advantage of the opening of the city gate to order the killing into the city. He originally thought that Sun Jian saw that the plot was difficult to succeed, and he was Sun Jian's boss, so he would not risk the world's condemnation to raise troops to attack him. But just now on the city wall, he looked at Sun Jian's eyes full of anger and murderous intent, he knew that he was wrong, Sun Jian was a stunned young man, and he couldn't take it seriously, this time he offended Sun Jian to death, once he fell into Sun Jian's hands, he would never escape death. He clearly knew that Sun Jian had made the decision to attack him, not to mention the thick walls of Xiangyang City, and the defenders were twice as large as the enemy, but he knew even more that the young master soldiers of Xiangyang City would not be the elite enemy of Sun Jian's men for the rest of his life......
Just when Wang Rui was frightened, a little soldier suddenly rushed into the room, he couldn't find a place to make noise with the anger in his stomach, so he wanted to take the little soldier, but he heard what the little soldier said Yizhou Mu Sizi and Fengche Lieutenant Liu Zhang showed outside the city, Xiao Bing may not know Liu Zhang's origin, but as a state assassin he will not know, he secretly rejoices, maybe this is an opportunity, there is Liu Zhang to reconcile from it, maybe there is no need to meet each other? He didn't care about scolding the little soldiers, and immediately called a group of personal soldiers to escort him to the city wall.
Not long after, Wang Rui, who was dressed in official uniform, appeared on the city tower, only to see him give a deep salute and say, "I don't know which one is Lord Liu Duwei?" Wang Rui is polite! ”
Liu Zhang returned the salute and said: "In the next place, the adult is the history of a state assassin, and the position is far above the below, and I dare not accept the gift of the adult in the next place!" ”
Wang Rui said: "Liu Duwei is my imperial prince of the Han Dynasty, and he is extremely respected, so he naturally deserves it!" I don't know if Lord Liu Duwei summoned the old man to come, what advice do you have? ”
Liu Zhang said: "In response to the Yizhou army led by Yuwen to enter the king of Jingqin, passing through Guijing, I found that Xiangyang City was full of murderous spirit, and I was puzzled, so I drove into the camp of Sun Taishou to solve my doubts, and then I learned the whole story!" The kid has no virtue, but he can't bear my Han comrades to kill each other, and he dares to make peace with Sun Taishou for the king's assassination! ”
Wang Rui said: "Liu Duwei, in the next Hanlu, guarding the Han land, loyal to the Han affairs, dedicated to the public, what is wrong with what you do?" Please correct me! ”
Sun Jian shouted: "Lord Wang, since you are a Hanchen, why do you sit back and watch the holy car be covered with dust? Why don't you respect the edict and raise an army against the thief? Although the lower officials are few soldiers, they resolutely raise troops to fight for thieves, only because Changsha is poor and sparsely populated, floods and plagues are frequent, and the treasury is difficult to surplus, so I want to borrow some grain and grass from the adults to ask for the thieves, why are the adults really not allowed? Could it be that the Lord and that Dong Yi are complicit? ”
Liu Zhang saw that the two of them were about to freeze immediately, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, Lord Sun, please be calm and don't be dry, everyone is in the same hall again, bow your head and don't look up, if there is any problem, let's discuss it together and solve it?" Why do you want to be like the enemy? ”
Wang Rui took the lead in asking: "Liu Duwei, as the assassin of Jingzhou, I am the shepherd of the Han Dynasty, Sun Wentai is only a county guard under my rule, only the county guard pays taxes to the Assassin Mansion in this world, but there is a precedent for the county guard to ask the assassin for grain and grass?" Don't hide it from Liu Duwei, I have abundant grain and grass in Xiangyang City, but it is all the taxes that the people of Jingzhou handed over to the imperial court, and the use of every grain must have the will of the imperial court. ”
Liu Zhang said: "Lord Wang is loyal to his duties and admires him very much, but now that the emperor is being bullied by Dong Wei, he can't help himself, so he ordered the corporal to crusade against the traitors." Lord Sun happily obeyed the edict, if he gave up halfway because the grain and grass were unsustainable, wouldn't the adult become a sinner of my Han Dynasty? With the intention of the following, the matter is urgent, Lord Wang might as well pull out some grain and grass to fund Lord Sun, this is also a work of adults! ”
Wang Rui said: "Liu Duwei, I also received an edict to ask for Dong, but I thought that this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, and now the emperor is in the hands of Dong Rebellion, if my generation dares to raise troops, Dong Rebellion will be brave and harming the emperor, and my generation will be a sinner of the Han Dynasty!" ”
Sun Jian said: "Hmph, you have many excuses, just that you don't want to send troops, I want to ask, are you Hanchen or Dongchen?" Do you still have my Han Dynasty in your heart? ”
Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "Duke Wentai, Lord Wang's concerns are also reasonable, the emperor's safety is indeed the top priority!" But Lord Wang, do we have to tie our hands because of this, seeing Dong Zhuo bullying the saint, doing perverse acts, and bringing disaster to the world? ”
Wang Rui said: "I don't have this intention, but this matter is very important, we must think of a good strategy, if you send troops easily, wouldn't you be in danger for the emperor?" ”
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