Chapter 12: Fame and Fortune
Too. Yuanjun, Jin. Yang cheng. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The remnant sun slanted to the west, and the soldiers guarding the city nervously clenched the weapons in their hands, looking at the smoke and dust raised in the distance, and looking around, the cavalry all over the mountains and fields rushed forward, like a monstrous angry wave, and Jinyang City, at this moment, was like a flat boat in the stormy waves.
When the big banner of Lu Zi, which seemed to be able to break free from the flag at any time, appeared clearly in the field of vision, Taiyuan Taishou Zhang Gu and county lieutenant Wang Yong couldn't help but gasp.
"Hussar General, Lu! Sure enough, it was him! Zhang Gu could even hear the sound of Wang Yong's teeth trembling beside him, not only him, but even Zhang Gu had an urge to sit down when he saw the banner representing Lu Bu.
Lu Bu's army appeared here, doesn't that mean that Yanmen has fallen? Although he knows that Lu Bu is powerful, how can Zhang He say that he is also a famous general in Hebei, and he has an army of 30,000 in his hands, how long has it been?
From the time Zhang He sent someone to inform Lu Bu of the news of Koubian, it has only been ten days now, ten days, plus the time consumed along the way, Zhang He's 30,000 army failed to stop Lu Bu for five days, and Lu Bu broke through Yanmen.
"My lord, do you want to fight?" Wang Yong looked at Zhang Gu, and the hand holding the handle of the knife was still trembling.
"Hit? How to fight? Zhang Gu glanced at him nervously: "The total number of soldiers and horses in the entire Jinyang City is only eight hundred, you can look at those soldiers again." ”
Wang Yong turned his head to look when he heard this, but saw that the defenders around him were just looking at the overwhelming momentum of the other party, and they were already colorless, once the war started, how much combat power could these people exert?
Although Jinyang is the state capital, almost all the soldiers and horses in the entire state are in Gao Gan and Zhang He, these 800 soldiers and horses are only used to maintain law and order, not even the county soldiers are not, and they have never seen any battle formations, not to mention the majesty of Lu Bu, when no one can stand out from the world's famous generals, and he is also a native of Bingzhou, if he really insists on fighting, he will be chopped up by his subordinates.
"Come down!" sighed leisurely, living in this era, not everyone has the so-called celebrity demeanor, at least Zhang Gu does not feel that for the sake of fame, desperate resistance is a correct choice, although he also hates Lu Bu, but now Yuan Shao has experienced the defeat of Guandu, Youzhou has been in chaos, and the Black Mountain thieves have also begun to frequently go out of the mountains, Cao Cao is eyeing the south, and Lu Bu is waving his army south at this time, at least for a short time, I am afraid that he will not be able to spare his hand to support the annexation of the state.
This kind of thing seems to be lofty, but looking at the past and present, how many people are really famous in history? At least Zhang Gu didn't think that fighting to the death was a wise choice at the moment, it was better to leave a useful body, and when Yuan Shao's army returned to the army in the future, he would hold high the banner of righteousness.
Just about to make a decision, a horse rushed to the city, and the knight came to the city, and was not afraid of the other party's crossbow arrows aiming, and went straight to the lower room of the city gate, and said loudly: "I am the general Liao Hua under the command of the champion Hou, Yuan Shao is rebellious, lost the minister's outline, and supports the army and self-respect, disrespects the Son of Heaven, my lord is edicted to crusade against the minister, I wanted to wave the army to attack, but read the sword soldiers together, the lives are devastated, the lord is a native of the state, and I don't want the hometown to be miserable, I am specially ordered to advise the defenders in the city to surrender early, so as not to fight, the lord has promised that he will never move the people in the city A stitch and a thread!" Brothers, surrender! ”
The rough voice was transmitted to the city head very clearly at this moment, and the county soldiers, who were already afraid of Lu Bu's might, looked at Zhang Gu at this moment, and countless lines of sight converged, gradually forming a dull pressure.
Zhang Gu smiled bitterly, stood on the city wall and arched his hand towards Liao Huayi and said, "This General Liao will wait a while, and I will open the city." ”
Before he could speak, someone couldn't wait to open the city gate, and when Lu Bu's army arrived outside the city, the city gate was already wide open, and Liao Hua took Zhang Gu, Wang Yong and the soldiers of the city to wait at the city gate.
"Each leader is stationed outside the city, and he is not allowed to step into the city without an order!" Lu Bu turned over and dismounted, and said to Pang De and the others: "The hussar battalion follows me into the city!" ”
Seeing that Lu Bu forbade the army to enter the city, a group of soldiers at the city gate finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, if so many people entered the city, even if Lu Bu governed the army strictly, it would inevitably lead to conflicts.
Zhang Gu glanced at Lu Bu cautiously, and then looked at the hussar battalion of only 100 people, although it looked elite, but after all, the number was too small, and he turned his head to look at Wang Yong, but saw that Wang Yong was also glaring at him.
In the first battle of Mayi, many hussars were lost, and Lu Bu left another hundred hussars to protect Jia Xu, so at this time, there were only one hundred hussars left around Lu Bu.
"Lord Zhang?" Lu Bu turned his head and looked at Zhang Gu.
"What does the general command?" Zhang Gu had a ghost in his heart, and he shuddered when he heard the words, and hurriedly said with a smile.
Frowning, Lu Bu asked, "How much grain and grass is there in the city, and where is the grain and grass distributed by Zhang He and Gao Gan?" ”
When Zhang Gu heard this, his eyes moved, and he said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, general, the grain and grass in the city have already been moved by the two generals, and now in the city, only the people still have some grain and grass in their hands, or the officials will help the general......s."
"Don't disturb the people!" Lu Bu shook his head and said categorically.
"General Gao Yi!" Zhang Gu hurriedly nodded and smiled.
"There is no food or grass, so we will rest here for the night, and tomorrow we will lead the army to leave, and I will bother the lord to arrange some food for us." Lu Bu looked at Zhang Gu and said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, general, you must be ready in the future!" Zhang Gu smiled and agreed.
Zhang Gu vacated the Taishou Mansion to settle Lu Bu and his party, and went to Zhang Luo to eat.
After the tea, in the Jinyang military camp, Zhang Gu, who was supposed to go to Zhang Luo for Lu Bu, appeared in Wang Yong's military camp, Wang Yong looked at Zhang Gu and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhang Gu sneered: "But he has no strategy, just a few words, he will deceive him, this person is light and unprepared, it is the time for you and me to become famous in the world." ”
Wang Meng hesitated and said: "Lu Bu is brave, unparalleled in the world, and there are even more red rabbit horses, we only have eight hundred soldiers, it is not easy to trap him, and there is Lu Bu's army waiting outside the city, if Lu Bu is killed, these reckless men are afraid that they will be angry with us." ”
"Don't worry, I know that Lu Bu is brave and has ordered someone to poison his food." Zhang Gu sneered: "In the Taishou Mansion, there is a secret passage that can go straight to the outside of the city, after the matter is completed, you and I only need to escape through this secret passage, and you can sit back and relax!" ”
Wang Yong couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, they were indeed worry-free, but the people of the city were about to face the anger of those tigers and wolves under Lu Bu's command.
Zhang Gu looked at Wang Yong and said with a smile: "General Wang, if you can kill Lu Bu, you and I can not only be famous in the world, but with this head, I can't say that we will be able to rise to prominence in the future and enjoy a rich life." ”
"Since the adult has planned everything, what can Wang do to help the adult?" Wang Yong glanced at the guards who appeared behind Zhang Gu like a ghost, his heart was cold, and he hurriedly laughed.
"At that time, you will enter the mansion with me, and if there is any stubborn resistance, you must cut down the grass and eradicate the roots!" Zhang Gu said coldly.
"Dare to disobey!"
Taishou Mansion, in the lobby, Zhou Cang came to Lu Bu's side angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, as the lord expected, there are many sergeants guarding the warehouse, and as soon as we approached, we were persuaded back by those sergeants, my lord, that Zhang Gu didn't tell the truth at all." ”
"Expected." Lu Bu sneered: "Along the way, conspiracy and trickery, haven't you seen enough?" ”
Lu Bu divided his troops to bypass Ma Yi and swept through the state, along the way the counties were forced by Lu Bu's prestige, and the people's hearts were inclined to Lu Bu, and they did not dare to touch it, but there were a lot of conspiracies and tricks in secret, this way, Lu Bu just relied on his military might, and he even connected the two counties and twenty-seven counties, and did not encounter too much resistance, but almost most of them had the intention of assassination, Lu Bu parked the army outside the city, first, he was worried that the army would disturb the people, and secondly, it was also to give these people a chance, so that Lu Bu had a reason to clean them up, after all, it was about his own retreat, if he swept all the way, Every city fell, and after Lu Bu left, these people immediately rebelled, and it didn't matter at the moment, but if Yuan Shao's army arrived, it would be equivalent to cutting off Lu Bu's way back, how could Lu Bu dare to take it lightly?
"The lord is saying that Zhang Gu's dog thief also has the intention of assassination?" When Zhou Cang heard this, he was furious: "The last general will go and take his dog's head." ”
"Don't be impulsive, this is not Xiliang, nor is it a grassland." Lu Bu rubbed his temples and said, "If you want to win people's hearts, you must first learn to endure, understand?" ”
"My subordinates don't understand this, they just feel that since they stepped into the Central Plains, they have been aggrieved everywhere." Zhou Cang muttered dissatisfiedly.
"You have to endure the grievances, wait, look at the eyes of the thief, I'm afraid I don't have any good intentions." Lu Bu sneered.
At this moment, He Man came in from outside and bowed his hand to Lu Bu and said, "My lord, there is a man outside the door who asks to see him, saying that he has something important to report to the lord." ”
"Man?" Zhou Cang frowned, looked at He Man and said, "Ignore him, blast out." ”
"Wait." Lu Bu sat up, looked at He Man and said, "Bring him in, maybe there will be some gains." ”
After a while, He Man came in with a fat guy, and when he saw Lu Bu, he hurriedly wanted to kneel, Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, who are you?" ”
"Lord Hui, down there is a man from the Taishou Mansion, named Fei San." The man bowed.
"Fat three? That's an apt name. Lu Bu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "What do you have to report to me?" ”
"Back to my lord, not long ago, the villain learned a shocking secret and wanted to tell the adult." Fei San sneered.
"Shocking?" Lu Bu looked at Fei San, nodded and smiled: "Say, what do you want, as long as this shocking secret of yours has enough weight, General Ben will not be stingy." ”
"My lord Mingjian, Cui'e and I were childhood sweethearts, and the two were happy, who knew that Gu was holding on to ......"
"Okay, woman, and it's Zhang Gu's woman, right?" Seeing that this thing had an endless posture, Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Tell me your shocking secret." "He doesn't bother to care about these things.
"Yes, my lord, not long ago, Zhang Gu came to the room and ordered me to poison the wine and food of my lord and the soldiers!" After Fei San finished speaking, he looked at Lu Bu carefully.
Lu Bu frowned and said, "That Zhang Gu is not like a strong person, if I die, how can he escape?" ”
"My lord doesn't know, when I had a private meeting with Cui'e, I heard Cui'e mention that there is a secret passage in this Taishou Mansion that can lead directly to the outside of the city......"
"Zhou Cang." Lu Bu glanced at Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang understood, pulled Fei San and said, "Go, follow me to find the tunnel." ”
"Yes...... It's ......" Fei San didn't dare to resist at the moment, so he could only nod again and again and leave with Zhou Cang. (To be continued.) )