Chapter Ninety-Three: Competition
After traveling all the way, after arriving at Taiyuan County, which had become his own feudal country, Sun Rong did not stop too much, hurriedly left Jiang Rusong and thousands of men and horses to garrison, and went straight to Pingcheng in Hengzhou without stopping. There were also Sun He and his cadres who were trapped by Sima Huaizhong and urgently needed him to rescue. However, in order to prevent Jiang Rusong from being unable to cope with the old Hu Mo gang in Taiyuan, Sun Rong specially transferred Sun Biao from Fuzhou to help him.
Facing the rebel banners outside the city, Sun He in Pingcheng was full of regret, if he hadn't been lured to a dizziness by Sima Huaizhong step by step that day, and transferred out the defenders in Shanwu City, the situation would not have developed to the current situation of being trapped in a lonely city.
On the city wall, Sun He, Xian Wuxing, and Sun Xia looked far away and were worried.
"I heard that His Majesty has named the general as the Duke of Taiyuan, could it be that the mustard between him and the general has been eliminated?" Sun Xia was reluctant to mention the current grim situation, and led the topic to Yuan Rui and Sun Rong.
"I hope so! A pair of brothers who have gone through hardships together, working hand in hand to forge ahead, beheading traitors, quelling civil strife, driving out foreign enemies, and finally a king of the people of the four seas, a soldier in charge of the world, such a beautiful talk, enough to become a good story for the ages! Why do you have to be so intrigued now...... "First fearless and emotional.
Sun He let out a cold snort from his nose: "If this is the case, it would be good, I am afraid that Your Majesty will do one thing openly and one thing secretly!" ”
The trace of longing in Sun Xia and Xian Wuxing's eyes disappeared in an instant when he said a word, and they each lowered their heads and sighed the confusion of the road ahead and the ruthlessness of Yuan Rui, but they never thought about what responsibility Sun Rong should bear for this tense situation. Not only the three of them, maybe this is also a common problem of all beings in the world, always infinitely magnifying the problems of others and ignoring themselves.
"Look! Are the rebels retreating? Xian Wuxing's suddenly excited voice startled everyone.
When the other two heard this, they raised their heads and looked out of the city, and sure enough, the rebels withdrew from the city as quickly as the tide receded, retreating so quickly that they didn't even have time to bring the military flag. "What's going on?" The three of you, you look at me, I look at you, all have the same face full of questions.
"It's the Great General! The Great General is here! Sun Xia finally found out the reason, and pointed to a banner with the word "Sun" in the distance and shouted. Xia Long, Lian Dayong, and Yu Chenglie, the generals who had risen together in the past, died at the hands of Sun Rong one after another, and Sun Rong's prestige at this time was far from being comparable to that when he faced Tieli's 70,000 army in the first battle, it is no wonder that Sima Huaizhong fled in despair.
"Don't be stupid and look at it, let's quickly order the soldiers and horses, go out of the city to help the general kill the enemy, and show the evil spirit of the past few days!" Sun He's words woke up the two, quickly gathered his troops, joined forces with Sun Rong outside the city, and bit Sima Huaizhong's tail to chase and kill closely.
This chase lasted for several days, until Sima Huaizhong hid in Woyang City, which borders Shuozhou.
With the lesson of the last time, Sun He reminded Sun Rong worriedly: "General, don't chase after the poor, have we chased a little harder?" ”
Unexpectedly, Sun Rong's attitude was very resolute: "General Ben is going to destroy this poor gang in one battle!" After thinking for a while, "It's inevitable that the last good thing will be repeated, you take 10,000 horses back to Pingcheng to guard, don't be taken advantage of by the rebels again." ”
Sun He received the order, but he was still a little relieved: "General, now that we are under the city of Woyang, we can be said to be alone, in case the rebels send troops from Shanwu or Liangcheng to cut off our food route, wouldn't it be dangerous?" ”
Sun Rong spread out his palm, drew a map on it with his fingers, lined up three points from north to south, pointed to the middle point and said: "This is the Woyang City where we are currently located, there is Liangcheng in the north, and there is Shanwu in the south, it is true that if you concentrate all your forces on attacking this city as you are now, there will be a danger that the rebels in the north and south will cut off the food route and even outflank the interception." But don't forget, where is the west side of the three cities? Shuozhou! The general has notified the defenders of Shuozhou to send troops to the border to attack the thief army! Now that the rebels are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they take care of us! ”
Sun He: "But since the outbreak of the rebellion, there has never been any military action on the Shuozhou side, how can the general conclude that they will cooperate this time?" ”
Sun Rong: "It's the so-called time and time!" In the past, the rebels were strong, and they were fortunate to be able to hold their homeland, so how could they send troops to quell the rebellion. But now it's different, Sima Huaizhong's grave is dry, time is running out, don't they take the opportunity to make a war exploit? ”
Sun He bowed: "The general has no last resort, and the last general admires it!" At this point, the constricted eyebrows finally opened again, and with a sudden smile, he led the troops back to Pingcheng.
Looking at Sun He's gradually distant back, Sun Rong thought thoughtfully, among the only three remaining deacons, Jiang Rusong acted a little softly and lacked fortitude, Sun He was sometimes too impulsive, only Sun Wei was the most in line with his own heart, he didn't talk much but knew it in his heart, and he thought carefully without a trace of hesitation, maybe it was most appropriate for him to lead the army to defend Pingcheng. In that case, should it be exchanged for Sun He? Well, if he can't even hold a small flat city at this time, then he Sun He has been following him for so long.
However, Sun Rong still thought wrongly, Sun He's Pingcheng did not have an accident, but it was Jinyang City, the Taiyuan Governance Office where Jiang Rusong was located, that had an accident. Ten days after Sun Rong left, that is, when he led the army to force Sima Huaizhong to Woyang City, Sun Biao, who had stayed in Yanzhou, finally entered Jinyang City with a few subordinates. After a long absence, Sun Biao naturally received an enthusiastic reception. During the banquet, Jiang Rusong talked about the Liaoyuan beacon fire that captured Fanjin City twice, the thrilling ambush and interception of Lian Dayong, the joy and jubilation of the lonely city trapped in Chenglie, the speed of the thousands of miles to attack Luoyang City, and the limelight of adding officials to Lulu, Sun Biao seemed to be able to listen to it, and his eyes flashed with extremely envious light. Regarding Sun Biao's reaction, Jiang Rusong had already expected it, and any of the experiences he was showing off at the moment were enough to become a legend alone, not to mention that it appeared so intensively in just a few months, of course, it was envious of others.
After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Rusong patted Sun Biao on the shoulder: "Sun Biao!" We are our own people, and we are not afraid to tell you that our wealth has not yet come to an end, and in my opinion, the general may go further in the future! ”
Sun Biao was puzzled: "Go further? ”
Jiang Rusong showed a meaningful smile and said no more.
"The general is not good, the arsenal is on fire!" A personal soldier hurriedly broke into the main hall and reported to Jiang Rusong.
"What?" Jiang Rusong woke up most of the wine in an instant, hurriedly ran out of the hall, stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the arsenal, and sure enough, he saw a red wave of fire scurrying around with the wind, as if even the sky was going to be swallowed up, although it was far away, Jiang Rusong seemed to be able to feel the rolling heat wave, and the beads of sweat on his forehead kept rolling down. What is stored in the arsenal is the weapons of the entire Jinyang defenders, and if it is burned, then this Jinyang City will be equivalent to losing its defense. Picking this place to start, the sinister intentions of the arsonist can be seen. "Don't even think about drinking, hurry up and put out the fire!" Jiang Rusong returned to the hall and yelled at his men.
The troops dispersed, and only Jiang Rusong and Sun Biao were left in the hall. Jiang Rusong said apologetically: "The villain made a mess and swept away the brother's interest, brother, I will make up for it next time!" ”
"It's a big deal!" Sun Biao expressed understanding.
"Since you are also here, in the future, the two of us will sit together for the general in this Jinyang City, tonight's incident is no accident, let's go to put out the fire first, and then thoroughly investigate the suspicious people in the city, and be sure to wipe out this group of chaotic parties!" After Jiang Rusong finished speaking, he pulled Sun Biao and rushed out.
But what he didn't expect was that Sun Biao was not facing him with his own palm, but with a bright dagger, straight into his heart.
Death did not blink an eye, until the last moment of his life, Jiang Rusong still couldn't believe that the comrade-in-arms in front of him, who he had been waiting for for many days, would actually take his own life.
A black shadow flashed outside the hall, applauding and praising him: "The general killed his relatives with righteousness and committed adultery for the country, it is really a blessing for my Great Wei!" "It was Xu Yicheng who came to merge with the state by the secret edict of Yuan Rui.
Sun Biao: "Father-in-law Xu, since Sun Rong took in Han Yan, he has gone farther and farther on the road of rebellion, we naturally have to draw a line with it, Jiang Rusong's nature is not bad, but it is a pity that his eyes are fascinated by power, so that he is willing to be Sun Rong's minions, and he is proud of it when he commits heinous crimes, and it is really helpless to kill him!" ”
It turned out that on that day, Xu Yicheng was ordered by Yuan Rui to go around Shuozhou and Yanzhou quickly, and after conveying Yuan Rui's secret order, he rushed to Bingzhou non-stop, who knew that he met Sun Biao who was sent by Sun Rong to assist Jiang Rusong in guarding Jinyang. Sun Biao has long been very dissatisfied with Sun Rong's perverse behavior, but because of his cruel methods, he has always dared to be angry and dare not speak, so he was successfully rebelled by Xu Yicheng without saying a few words and promised to work for Yuan Rui, so he conspired with Xu Yicheng to plan this assassination operation.
"Sun has completed the task, I don't know what the situation is outside?" Sun Biao looked at Jiang Rusong's corpse on the ground and asked Xu Yicheng.
Xu Yicheng: "General rest assured, the fire is not an arsenal, but just a few uninhabited houses next to it." And I have already contacted the Hu family's former officials early in the morning, set up a trap, and once Jiang Rusong's people rush to put out the fire, they will be corrected on the spot! The next thing we have to do is just lay out our pockets and wait for Sun Rong to come back and die! ”