Chapter Twenty-Six: Xie Fangde and Zhang Xiaozhong
Cheng Yue was just about to speak, but the big man had already bowed first and asked, "I see that the son is carrying a package with a strange appearance, and there is a warrant from the Minister of Justice." I don't know if it's Cheng Gongzi? ”
Cheng Yue smiled, pointed to his nose and said, "If it is fake, Tong Su is not bullied." You pulled me up just now, didn't you? That's a lot of arm strength, Zhang Xiaozhong, right? ”
Zhang Xiaozhong also smiled, hurriedly asked the person next to him to put down his weapon, and stepped forward to ask, "How can Cheng Gongzi wear the clothes of the Yuan Army?" ”
Cheng Yue said: "This is not the place to talk, go, see Lord Xie." ”
Cheng Yue patted Zhang Xiaozhong's shoulder, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became.
Zhang Xiaozhong was horrified by him, and when he saw his face like a crown of jade, he couldn't help but think in his heart, wouldn't he be a good man? Lao Tzu's body can also be seen?
Cheng Yue saw that his expression was unnatural, and laughed: "Don't be surprised, I'm really happy to see you." If I don't come, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold this county seat in the next few days. Against an army of 20,000 yuan in the field, it would be a pity for a fierce general like you, but fortunately, I was in time. Seeing that you are all safe and sound, I put my heart down. Especially you, if you die at the hands of the Mongols, I will wake up from my dreams. Do it with me, and in a few years, let's go to the capital and take revenge! ”
Zhang Xiaozhong was so moved that he almost cried in front of his relatives. He didn't know how much risk he had to take to get through the hurdles to come here to save them, it was simply impossible. But Cheng Yue came, not only that, he didn't care about the risk he took at all, but was so happy that he almost lost his temper when he saw that they were safe. And he's just a stranger.
Zhang Xiaozhong felt like a confidant, he was not a good eloquent person, he didn't know what to say for a while, he just held Cheng Yue's hand and paused a few times.
Xie Fangde was discussing the military situation with Zhang Rudan, Huang Wanquan, Zeng He and others in the county office, when he suddenly saw Zhang Xiaozhong leading a young man in the uniform of the Yuan Army to walk in, he was shocked and shouted: "Who are you?" Why are you here? ”
Zhang Xiaozhong hurriedly said: "Don't be surprised, this is Cheng Gongzi, who was still full of praise a few days ago." ”
Cheng Yue smiled and saluted everyone.
Xie Fang's eyebrows are sparse, his hair is gray, he is almost fifty years old, but he has a powerful aura on his body.
Xie Fangde heard what Zhang Xiaozhong said, screamed, rushed over and grabbed Cheng Yue's hand, tears had fallen.
"Cheng Gongzi, you are too good to come. Koto is saved! I don't know how many soldiers and horses Cheng Gongzi brought? ”
Cheng Yue said nonchalantly: "There are only more than a hundred people, and there are very few weapons, so I want to thank you, my lord." ”
Xie Fang was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Cheng Gongzi wants to use spells to fight the enemy?" ”
Cheng Yue had no choice but to say: "The matter of spells is nothing, I have a plan, do you want to listen to it?" ”
Several people looked at each other, and they were afraid that they were happy in vain just now. But at this time, I can only listen to what Cheng Yue has to say.
Cheng Yue first roughly explained the situation outside, and everyone's faces became more and more solemn. Then Cheng Yue talked about why he was wearing Yuan Jun's clothes.
When he heard that Cheng Yue actually captured Ali Hague, saved the Tanzhou guard, and ran to deceive Lu Shikui with Ali Hague's token. Although he was prepared, he was still amazed by Cheng Yue's whimsical and bold actions.
Zhang Xiaozhong smiled from ear to ear, so excited that he didn't know what to do. He had followed several commanders before, but all of them surrendered, which made him extremely depressed. Although the current Xie Fangde trusts him very much, Xie Fangde himself is not proficient in military strategy, how can he make a difference by relying on him alone? But the more different the journey in front of me is. Although he is young, he is unparalleled in wisdom, has enough food and is a man of faith. Just now, I was very clear that I wanted to recruit myself, and I finally had a master to run to.
After Cheng Yue said what he said to Lu Shikui and Wu Liangbi, he cleared his throat and said, "So, for the sake of today, you have to surrender first." ”
"Surrender? How can this be? Many of the prefectures in Jiangdong were subordinates before Lu Shikui, and there were already too many who surrendered, if we also surrendered, Jiangdong would all fall, and Lin'an would be unstable. Xie Fang said worriedly.
Cheng Yue had no choice but to explain his plan in detail, and looked at the people who were listening very nervously: "How?" Do you dare to fight with me? ”
Everyone exchanged glances with each other a few times, and Zhang Xiaozhong high-fived and said: "It's done, it's just a big deal, it's just a big deal, how long can you hold on to it now?" ”
Xie Fangde and Zhang Rudan also nodded.
"Okay, then please go and announce it, open the city gate, and the whole army will surrender to Boyan."
Wu Liangbi was in the army and was instructing the generals to arrange tomorrow's siege, of course he knew that "Wang Sancai" went into the city today to recruit Xie Fangde, but he didn't care at all. With his understanding of Xie Fangde, it was impossible for that person to surrender, and what awaited them was only a bloody battle. His plans have already been set, and he will only do it when "Wang Sancai" comes out of the county seat. It can be regarded as selling Ali Hague a big face.
A military academy hurriedly ran into the big tent and saluted with a happy face: "Congratulations, my lord, Xie Fang has surrendered!" ”
"What?!"
Wu Liangbi and all the generals in the tent exclaimed in surprise and asked at the same time.
The military academy smiled: "After Wang Sancai entered the city in the morning, he followed the instructions of the adults and waited to see the movement inside, but before noon, the gate of the county town opened, and all the five thousand soldiers and horses inside went out of the city to surrender." It's just that they claim to surrender to Prime Minister Boyan, not adults. Therefore, I came to repay him. ”
"Surrender to Boyan? Don't surrender to me? Hmph, interesting, this Xie Fang has such a big face, what a clever means. Wu Liangbi sneered, but he was thinking in his heart, this idea is very high. I don't know if it was Wang San or Xie Fangde's own. If it was that Wang Sancai, this person was really a talent, and he could actually persuade Xie Fangde to surrender. However, my own credit is gone, what can I do? This man is Ali Hague's man, and he can't be touched, and he has to follow him to give Ali Hague a face. This matter is really infuriating, it would be good if Wang Sancai was not allowed to enter in the first place, but who would have thought that he could really succeed? Alas, Ali Hague's face must be sold, I hope he will not monopolize it, there are still many places in Jiangdong, and there are still many opportunities for him to make meritorious contributions.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the generals who were still in high spirits just now, sighed, and said, "What is Wang Sancai doing?" ”
"My lord, when I was humble, Deputy Wang Qianhu was collecting their weapons and borrowed some people from us to help."
"Your Excellency is looking for me? didn't dare to work as an adult, so Wang Sancai came to congratulate Wuda. Cheng Yue walked in from outside with an excited face.
When Wu Liangbi saw Cheng Yue, he really had a feeling of helplessness. only laughed and scolded: "How did you do this kid?" So many people's credit has been robbed by you, what are you going to do? ”
Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Adults are in charge, how many opportunities are there to make great contributions?" What's the point of doing that? Besides, if it weren't for the adults who forced this Xie Fang to have no way out, how could the humble man persuade him? ”
Wu Liangbi saw him on the road, smiled and didn't say anything.
Cheng Yue said: "I don't know if adults can imagine meeting Xie Fangde?" ”
Wu Liangbi pondered for a long time and said, "Forget it, he didn't surrender to me. Do you want me to send someone to escort you? What are you going to do with these captives? ”
Cheng Yue said: "These people have just surrendered, and they can't be used in the adult army." But you can't let it go right away, so as not to cause trouble to adults in any more cases. Lord Youcheng means that Prime Minister Boyan has a little insufficient troops, so it is better to send it over and be told by Prime Minister Boyan. ”
Wu Liangbi praised: "Lord Youcheng is really good at being an official, how can he be like me." Alas, it's up to you. How many escorts do you want? ”
Cheng Yue said: "Your Majesty has already collected all the weapons, what else can these people do?" It is enough for you to send a thousand men. ”
"Okay, you can discuss the matter of using the boat."
"Thank you, sir." Cheng Yue gave a salute, and just as he was about to leave, Wu Liangbi stopped him again. said: "You have a lot of credit this time, I'm afraid I'm going to be promoted when I go back, I congratulate you first." But I have a word, if you get tired of staying on Lord Youcheng's side in the future and want to come out for a walk, I have always been short of people here. Ahh ”
Cheng Yue saluted again with a grateful smile and turned away. Xindao This guy really knows people, I wonder what he will think after knowing his true identity?
After lunch, Cheng Yue and Zhou Zhengzhong took more than 1,000 horses and 5,000 prisoners on the road.
Zhou Zhengzhong, who regretted it, kept asking Cheng Yue curiously how he did it, but Cheng Yue smiled and did not answer.
Cheng Yue met Lu Shikui the next day.
When Zhou Zhengzhong pulled Cheng Yue into the tent to meet Lu Shikui, Lu Shikui was looking at him with a strange look.
Waiting for Cheng Yue to see the ceremony, Lu Shikui asked suspiciously: "Deputy Wang, Qianhu, I don't want to rob you of your credit, but this thing is really too weird." Xie Fang has known him for a long time, I know very well who he is, how can he surrender? How the hell did you convince him? ”
Cheng Yue smiled: "Please retreat." ”
Lu Shikui waved his hand, and all the people on the left and right went out.
Cheng Yue waited for everyone to go out, and suddenly made a big salute to Lu Shikui. Master Lu was taken aback, and was about to ask him why, Cheng Yue said: "Lord Lu, this matter has also made you suffer a little grievance, so I will make amends to Lord Lu first." ”
Lu Shikui frowned and said, "You can talk about it." ”
Cheng Yue cleared his throat a little and said, "That's the case." As Lord Lu said, this Xie Fang would not surrender at all in the usual way, so he used some other methods. ”
"What's the solution?"
"The humble told him three things and promised him two conditions."
"Oh, tell me about it."
"The first thing is to tell him about Prime Minister An Tong's personality. The second thing is to tell him about Prime Minister Boyan's personality. Speaking of which, I'm sorry for the adults. ”