Chapter 31: Persuasion
"Yo, this Lu Bu's IQ is growing!" Chang'an, Taiwei Mansion, when Ye Zhao received a report from the front, he was really a little surprised, Lu Bu actually knew that Hongnong could not be defended, so he took the initiative to withdraw from the army?
"Lord, Lu Bu is not worried, but the population of Hongnong is ......" Li Ru frowned, how to say, Hongnong also has a population of more than 200,000, so let Lu Bu take it away, not only did Lu Bu strengthen, even if Ye Zhao won Hongnong, he would have to keep adding population to Hongnong, otherwise a wasteland, what use would it be?
"How's the little warlord in the Sanfu area cleaned up?" Ye Zhao stood up and groaned.
"It has not yet been cleared, although these military laws are not strong, they are all over the place, and several generals are understaffed." Li Ru shook his head and said.
"Then let Duan Simmer go!" Ye Zhao thought for a while and said, "Tell Duan Xuan, don't fight with Lu Bu, just stop the people for me." ”
"Whoa!" Li Ru nodded, now that the generals around Ye Zhao have been sent out to clear out all kinds of bandits, the surrender of the Kunming Chi camp cannot be used for the time being, the defenders of Chang'an cannot be moved lightly, and only Duan Xuan's 20,000 soldiers and horses can be directly mobilized.
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Hongnong, Huxian.
The people of Huayin have already migrated, because they may be intercepted by Ye Zhao at any time, so this migration, Wei Qi is very ruthless, those who are willing to cooperate, go, those who are unwilling to cooperate, kill.
Anyway, this Hongnong is Ye Zhao's territory next, and those who stay will be Ye Zhao's subjects in the future, although there is no definite news from Hedong, but Zhao Yun's men and horses have been entrenched in Hongnong for so long, Wei Qi doesn't think that the Wei family can still survive, this revenge of destroying the family, he can't find Ye Zhao to report it now, he can only vent on these people who may become Ye Zhao's people, go to his mother's celebrity demeanor, Wei Qi now, just want to kill people.
As the first prince to take refuge in himself, Lu Bu treated Wei Qi very politely, and promised to give Wei Qi Zhuyang, Shunyang, and Cheng three counties to cultivate, and rebuild the Wei family, these three counties are also connected to Hanzhong, if Ye Zhao goes to Hanzhong to send troops, Lu Bu believes that Wei Qi will be more active than anyone else.
Wei Qi simply accepted Lu Bu's arrangement, he has no choice now, he wants to take revenge, but with the current situation, whether he takes refuge in Cao Cao or Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, it will be difficult to fight Ye Zhao in a short time, so he can only choose Lu Bu, as for the soldiers and horses, Lu Bu left him 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest were all incorporated into his own army, which was also the price of shelter for Lu Bu.
In fact, it was impossible for any prince to allow himself to have 30,000 troops independent of him, and even if Lu Bu was not politically ill, he would never give in to this kind of thing.
With 30,000 male soldiers in his hands and sitting on the rich land of Hedong, he now wants to send people under the fence and hand over the military power in his hands, which is not pleasant, but no matter how uncomfortable it is, he can only endure it.
"With such a population, hundreds of miles of travel, twenty miles a day......" Lu Buzema walked under the city of Shaanxi County, glanced at the direction of the city wall, frowned at Jia Xu and said: "Military advisor, how long will it take to move the population away?" ”
"At the current rate, the last batch may take two months." Jia Xu smiled bitterly, it was not a smooth road during this period.
"Two months?" Lu Bu frowned and said: "I have ordered people to rush back to Nanyang and arrange these people according to the will of the military advisor, but two months is too long, so how can Ye Zhao be indifferent?" ”
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Therefore, I suggest that Wen Hou give up Shaanxi County and lead the army to ambush on the side of Taihua Mountain, if the Shu army wants to pursue, it must pass here. ”
"I said, I will let that embroidered child a way out, but if I leave, what if he leads his troops to cut off my way back?" Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and frowned.
"If Wenhou can trust me and is willing to go to the city, he will definitely be able to persuade Zhang Xiu to withdraw from Shaanxi County." Jia Xu bowed.
"No, if that embroidery has bad intentions towards the military advisor, how can it be good?" Lu Bu frowned.
"Wen Hou rest assured, he has known Zhang Xiu for several years, and he knows this person's temperament well, and he will definitely be able to persuade him to withdraw from the army!" Jia Xu laughed.
"It's good!" Lu Bu nodded and said, "Wei Xu, Cheng Lian!" ”
"The last general!" Wei Xu and Cheng Lian stepped forward and bowed.
"The two of you will go with the military division to protect Mr. Wang's safety." Lu Bu said indifferently.
"This ......" The two of them changed slightly when they heard this, if that embroidery had bad intentions, then there was no return.
"Even if you go, there are only 3,000 soldiers in this Shaanxi County now, if that embroidery dares to move half a hair, I will slaughter this city!" Lu Bu glanced at Shaanxi County and snorted coldly.
At this time of the battle, there were not many defenders in Shaanxi County, and Lu Bu did not continue to attack because of Jia Xu's face, otherwise, Shaanxi County would have been broken long ago!
"Whoa!" The two bowed.
"Also, bring back the military division!" Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu and said.
Jia Xu smiled bitterly, knowing that Lu Bu didn't believe in himself, it was not so much that the two of them were going to protect themselves, but it was better to spy on themselves, but Lu Bu didn't make it clear, and he couldn't tell the truth, so after bowing, he took the two out of the camp and went to the outside of Shaanxi County to open the city gate.
In the city of Shaanxi County, Zhang Xiu greeted him with filial piety, looked at Jia Xu with unkind eyes, and said: "Sir, I treat you with a teacher's courtesy, but you repay me like this?" ”
"I just want to live." Jia Xu smiled and said unimpassively at Zhang Xiu's questioning: "General, remember, whether it is General Zhang Ji or you, the general, Xu has not betrayed anyone." ”
"Then why are you here?" Zhang Xiu was blocked in his chest, and said in a muffled voice: "If you say surrender for Lu Bu, you will be spared!" ”
"Can the two generals let me have a few separate words with General Zhang?" Jia Xu didn't answer, but looked at Wei Xu and Cheng Lian.
The two of them were timid, and now seeing Zhang Xiu's unkind gaze, they each nodded and said, "I'll wait for the military advisor outside the door." ”
"Strategist?" Zhang Xiu sneered and looked at Jia Xudao.
"I have already said it, for the sake of survival!" Jia Xu didn't care, looked at Zhang Xiu and said: "I came here this time to persuade the general to withdraw his troops and go to Hanoi." ”
"The Wei family?" Zhang Xiu frowned.
"It's not the Wei family, the Taiwei has sent troops to kill in Hedong, the Wei family is now dead, and Wei Qi has been put under Lu Bu's command." Jia Xu shook his head: "At this time, Lu Bu wants to move the people of Hongnong, and he doesn't want to entangle with the general, so it was I who said that Lu Bu was allowed to come and persuade the general to withdraw his troops." ”
"I will die with that Lu Bu!" Zhang Xiu said coldly.
"It will not end up together, Lu Bu is now with the soldiers and horses of Hanoi, and the strength of the troops in his hands is prosperous, only this is the Tai Lieutenant in Guanzhong, if Lu Bu has the heart to attack the city, I am afraid that there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city at this time, and it can be done overnight, how to die with him?" Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu, shook his head and sighed: "Stay a useful body, there may be a day of revenge in the future, if you die here today, there will be no time for revenge, Taiwei is a virtuous and virtuous master, the young general's martial arts and military art are superior, if you defect to Taiwei, you will do something in the future, and Nanyang is close to Hanzhong, Taiwei and Wen Hou will have a battle one day, the general died at this time, there is no meaning." ”
"Why did you help me?" Zhang Xiu frowned and looked at Jia Xudao.
"I voted for Wenhou to survive, and I came to persuade you for the sake of the past kindness." Jia Xu laughed.
"Since Mr. also thinks that Taiwei is the master, why don't you go to the east of the river with me?" Zhang Xiu frowned.
"The general thinks that Wen Hou will not take precautions when he lets me into the city? If the general does not return to the camp before retreating, the general will be afraid of a thousand difficulties if he wants to cross the river! Jia Xu shook his head at Zhang Xiu and said, he had this intention before, but Lu Bu sent Wei Xu and Cheng Lian over, and Jia Xu put this thought away, at least for the time being, he had no chance to leave.
Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu for a long time, and then he sighed, bowed to Jia Xu and said: "There are many offends before embroidery, Mr. Wang, don't be weird!" ”
"General Zhang Ji's death, there is nothing that can be done under it, please don't blame the general, it's not that I don't help the general, but with the situation at that time, unless General Zhang Ji is willing to give up Hongnong, there is no way to save it!" Jia Xu said to Zhang Xiu, he knew that Zhang Xiu had always been worried about this matter.
Give up Hongnong? How can it be?
Zhang Ji nodded, expressing his understanding, he knew his uncle's character, and it was impossible for Zhang Ji to give up this Hongnong foundation, and at this moment he also somewhat understood why Jia Xu had been avoiding it.
"The matter has come to this, Xu will leave first, if I don't come out, I'm afraid Wen Hou will directly order the siege of the city, the general must remember, after entering the Tai Lieutenant's account, don't mention revenge, the Tai Lieutenant governs the army with the law, if the general is useless, he will ask the Tai Lieutenant, he will be disgusted by the Tai Lieutenant, I hope the general will be cautious!" Jia Xu finally explained.
"Embroidered down." Zhang Xiu sighed and said, "If there is still a chance in the future, I hope to work with Mr. again." ”
Jia Xu nodded, didn't say anything more, and after going out to meet Cheng Lian and Wei Xu, he immediately left the city and did not stop in Shaanxi County.
Zhang Ji sent Jia Xu to the city gate, and after watching Jia Xu leave, he came back a little distracted, but saw a beautiful woman waiting at home.
"I've seen Auntie!" Seeing the beautiful woman, Zhang Xiu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Why did Auntie come out?" ”
"I heard that Mr. Wenhe is coming, but I don't know if Mr. has a countermeasure?" The beautiful woman asked in a low voice.
The beautiful woman's surname is Zou, is a woman in Chang'an, born beautiful, Zhang Ji was in Chang'an, married a concubine, although it is an elder, but in fact, Zou is two years older than Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu can talk to Zhang Xiu on weekdays, and then Zhang Ji died of illness in the main room, because he loved this Zou, he set it up as the main room, although he was from a low background, but after Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu never had half a point of rudeness, and was respectful to Zou, if there is anything, he will discuss with Zou first.
Zou had heard Jia Xu's name before and knew that he was a wise man, so after learning that Jia Xu was coming, he wanted to come over and ask Jia Xu to come out with an idea to get out, but he didn't expect Jia Xu to come and go quickly, which made Zou quite disappointed.
"Mr. has persuaded Lu Bu to let me go, and tonight the little nephew will escort my aunt across the river and go to the east of the river to join the captain." Zhang Xiu bowed.
"In this way, there is Lau Derong." Zou breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye to Zhang Xiu, and turned around to pack his bags.