Chapter 41: The Battle of Chengdu (6)
In the city of Chengdu, in the court. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, he said that Liu Zhang had been to the place where the wounded soldiers were concentrated in Chengdu a few days ago, and in the past few days after returning to the palace, he had been restless, walking back and forth in the palace from time to time. Although the enemy forces outside the city did not attack Chengdu City in the past two days, it was indeed an impenetrable one that surrounded the entire Chengdu City! He sent several waves of helpers, all of them were like dying, there was no news, at this time Liu Zhang also understood a little, it was impossible to rely on those Xichuan soldiers outside, and whether he could hold Chengdu City could only look at the less than 30,000 soldiers in Chengdu City.
But there is one thing that Liu Zhang feels very happy about, that is, his son Liu Xun. Since the defeat of Liu Xunluocheng to Chengdu, he can't afford to be decadent, and he is accompanied by wine all day long, Liu Zhang has disciplined him several times without any effect, and in the end there is really no way, so he can only let him go. However, what Liu Zhang never expected was that since the news of Liu Bei's attack on Chengdu reached Chengdu, Liu Xun seemed to have suddenly changed a different person, and he took the initiative to discuss the defense of Chengdu with Liu Zhang, and he no longer drank all day long like he did some time ago. After Liu Zhang saw that his child was getting better, he was so excited that he almost couldn't speak, and immediately let Liu Xun take full responsibility for the defense of Chengdu City. It may be the reason why Liu Xun fought with Liu Bei, when Liu Bei attacked Chengdu two days ago, Liu Xun commanded extremely well, and did not let Liu Bei make any progress in two days.
On this day, Liu Zhang was in the palace to look through the news about the battle in Chengdu in the past few days, suddenly, only to hear the sound of scolding outside the palace, after a while, Liu Zhang saw Liu Xun walked in, followed by a few soldiers, one of the soldiers was tied up by five flowers, staggering forward step by step, the soldiers next to him were still urging. Liu Zhang looked up at the kidnapped person in the middle, who was the current Shu County Taishou Xu Jing.
Liu Zhang felt very strange when he saw Xu Jing being tied up, you must know that Xu Jing is a famous person today, but now he is tied up in his own place, if this is spread out, it will not have a good impact on him. Liu Zhang, who only listened, said:
"Why is Xun'er doing this?"
"Father, the child is leading the soldiers to patrol the city today, a general guarding the city at the north gate came to me and said that he caught a person who surrendered out of the city last night, I was very angry when I heard it, you must know that even the people in Chengdu are helping us defend the city against the enemy, but this person is going to go out of the city to surrender to the enemy, the child immediately asked the general to lead the child to the place where this person is held. After arriving at the place, I saw this person, but I didn't expect this person to be the current Shu County Taishou Xu Jing, one by one the dignified Shu County Taishou did not want to resist the enemy with the people, and even thought about surrendering to the enemy, and the child wanted to cut off this person's dog head at that time. But after all, this person is the Taishou of Shu County and a well-known person in the world, so the child decided to bring him into the palace, face his father, and rely on his father's hair. After Liu Xun finished speaking, he arched his hand towards Liu Zhang, and then glared at Xu Jing who was tied up viciously.
After Liu Zhang heard this, he was also a little angry, stared at Xu Jing and asked:
"Xu Jing, as the Taishou of Shu County, you don't want to contribute to the defense of the city, but you want to go out of the city to surrender to the enemy, are you guilty?"
Xu Jing, who was tied up below, just looked up at Liu Zhang after hearing it, but he didn't say a word. Liu Xun saw that Xu Jing still didn't say a word in front of his father, so he immediately pulled out the long sword in his hand angrily, pointed at Xu Jing and said:
"Tell me, why did you go out of the city and surrender? Otherwise, you will be put to death at once. ”
Liu Zhang waved his hand at Liu Xun at this time, signaled him to step back, and then continued to say to Xu Jing:
"Xu Jing, I have treated you well in all the years you have been here, why did you betray me?"
"Haha, haha." Xu Jing, who was tied up, suddenly laughed at this time, Liu Zhang and Liu Xun heard Xu Jing's laughter, one showed some surprise on his face, and the other showed some anger on his face.
"Liu Zhang, you have taken me a lot over the years, and it is quite good, but these are all things in the past. I used to follow you, and that's because you are a good lord, although you are in a safe corner, but at least you treat the people much better than everyone else. But now, look at how much the people in Chengdu have suffered because of you? Wives have lost their husbands, children have lost their fathers, old people have lost their sons, many families have been torn apart, and the voices of the people can be heard everywhere on the streets and alleys. It's not all because of you, because you have to defend Chengdu, knowing that the number of enemies outside the city is more than twice as many as yourself, you still insist on defending the city, and the most important thing is that you let ordinary people help you defend the city, will these unarmed people fight? Doesn't it increase casualties if you go up? But you didn't stop this kind of behavior, and acquiesced, such a lord is no longer the lord I used to follow, so I don't need to follow you anymore. ”
After Liu Xun heard this, Liu Zhang didn't even look at his mouth, he said angrily:
"Okay, you Xu Jing, full of nonsense, the people in Chengdu City are willing to defend the city, because they know that the lord is good to them."
"Whew! Can a lord who is good to the people bear to see his people hurt so much and be indifferent? And in today's world, no one knows, who doesn't know that Liu Bei was a benevolent and righteous person at that time, treating his subordinates and the people like relatives. Look at the people of those places in Xichuan that were occupied by Liu Bei, which place no longer praises how good and good Liu Bei is to them, these people are much happier now than under your father's hands. Now it's not because you blocked the news from the outside world, so that the people in Chengdu don't know Liu Bei's benefits. A pair of hypocritical father and son, I am ashamed to be with them. ”
If you talk about the benefits of the tongue, Liu Xun can't match Xu Jing, so Liu Xun at this time couldn't say a word, his face was red, he glared at Xu Jing a few times, raised the long sword in his hand, and shouted:
"I'll kill you right now."
After saying that, Liu Xun stabbed at Xu Jing with a sword in his hand.
"Wait." Liu Zhang, who was only listening, suddenly said at this time. After Liu Xun heard his father's words, he stopped his movements, then turned his head and shouted "Father" to Liu Zhang, and after waiting for a while, Liu Zhang did not react, and reluctantly retreated, but his vicious eyes never left Xu Jing for a moment.
"There is some truth in your words, but this is just your family's words, and the people know whether I am good or bad for the people. Now Chengdu is in danger, it is useless for me to kill you, and now I will spare your life. At that moment, Liu Zhang ordered the military advisor to take Xu Jing down.
After Liu Xun saw his father's actions, he was very surprised and wanted to ask something more, but at this time Liu Zhang waved his hand and motioned for him to go down. Liu Xun had no choice but to retreat helplessly.
At this time, Liu Zhang was the only one left in the huge palace, he felt very lonely, what Xu Jing said just now also remembered in his ears from time to time, after a while, Liu Zhang rubbed his eyes, and continued to check the news about the battle in the past few days.