Chapter 13: Zang Ba comes to help
It is said that the messenger sent by Lu Bu to Yanzhou for help seven days ago finally arrived at the Zang Babu who was burning and plundering in Yanzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zang Ba, who was dressed in armor, sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, staring at the letter for help written by Lu Bu himself on the table, and frowned.
Zang Ba asked the messenger to wait outside the tent, and then sent someone to summon Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Wu Dun to come to discuss the matter. After the three of them finished sitting down, Zang Ba handed Lu Bu's letter of request for help to the three of them to read.
After reading the letter, Yin Li cautiously probed: "What does General Zang mean?" ”
"Last year, we didn't send grain and grass and Wen Hou, now Wen Hou soldiers are defeated and think of us, if I wait to return to the army, Wen Hou now has no soldiers, I am afraid to take advantage of the past year to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, put me to death, take the opportunity to take away our song, a deep concern." Zang Ba said worriedly.
"General Zang is reasonable, the last general is not unwilling to return to the army to help, but the greetings are cunning and repeated, even if he helps Wen Hou defeat Cao Cao this time, I am afraid that it is indispensable to settle accounts after the autumn." Wu Dun also took the opportunity to express his position, and everyone advanced and retreated together.
"Then what's Lu'er's plan?" Zang Ba directly called Yin Li's nickname, ignoring the other party's face as black as the bottom of the pot.
Yin Li groaned for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "It's better for me to take advantage of this to lower Cao Cao!" ”
"No!" As soon as Yin Li finished speaking, Sun Guan objected loudly: "We plundered the counties of Yanzhou, Cao Cao hated it deeply, if he surrendered, he would definitely die." ”
Yin Li was furious: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say!" ”
Sun Guan looked at the rescue letter repeatedly, pondered it word by word, and suddenly was overjoyed: "Look at it, why is there no General Zuo's big seal on Wen Hou's letter for help."
Yin Li looked at Sun Guan like a fool, they already knew from the messenger that Lu Bu was captured by Cao Cao, and then he was able to fight his way out of the encirclement, so wasn't the Great Seal and other things in Cao Cao's place? Since it is in Cao Cao's hands, what cover does Lu Bu use?
Sun Guan ignored Yin Li Wu Dun's ridicule and continued: "There is no General Zuo's seal on this order, indicating that it is forged, and this must be sent by Cao Thief to counterfeit. ”
After Sun Guan said this, the three of them suddenly understood, they didn't go to help the war, Lu Bu finally defeated Cao Cao, and when Xingshi came to ask a few people about their guilt after the victory, they only needed to bite the finger and mistakenly thought that this letter for help without the Great Seal was fake, and they were afraid that they would fall for Cao Cao's tricks, and Lu Bu would have nothing to say at that time.
After several people finished discussing, Zang Ba raised his head and shouted outside the tent: "Come on, take the spy of the Cao thief into custody." Later, he was handed over to Wen Hou for execution. ”
Zang Ba sent someone to guard the messenger, and after Lu Bu's final victory, he pretended to hand over the messenger to Lu Bu as a spy to block Lu Bu's mouth so that Lu Bu could not attack.
After Lu Bu escaped from Xiapi City, he patted his chest and assured Chen Gong that Zang Ba would lead troops to rescue, mainly based on historical speculation, once he Lu Bu died in battle, Zang Ba was so frightened that he hurriedly disbanded the tribe and hid, so he must be the most unwilling person for Lu Bu to be defeated. But at this time, Lu Bu is still there, Zang Ba's heart is not under much pressure, and there is still Lu Bu as a tall man to carry when the sky falls.
Waiting for Sun Guan and the others to return to the camp, Zang Ba reacted that he was afraid that Lu Bu would ask for help only as a last resort, if he really didn't save him, in the end Lu Bu died in battle, and there were eggs under the nest, Zang Ba was restless, walking back and forth in the big tent, wanting to re-recruit Sun Guan, Yin Li, Wu Dun, and the three of them, and they were afraid that they would be ridiculed by Yin Li and Wu Dun because of the change of the imperial order, which would cause his Zang Ba's prestige to be damaged, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
If Lu Bu sent a well-spoken messenger to Zang Ba to analyze the current situation, Zang Ba would definitely lead troops there, but Lu Bu is now betrayed and left, and there is no one available except for Gao Shun Chen Palace and Zhang Liao.
Yin Li had just returned to the headquarters camp, and the guards hurriedly said without waiting for Yili to sit down: "General, there is an old man visiting. ”
"Who? Hurry up and invite me. ”
"The other party has a lot of background, and he doesn't dare to look at others, so he will dare to place him in the village outside the camp."
"Where did it come from?" Yin Li was aroused by the pro-security chief's approach, who needed to be so secretive.
"I'm afraid that the wall has ears, and the general can take the opportunity to investigate the geographical advantages to go and see it."
Yin Li saw that the chief of the guard said solemnly, the person who came to see him at this time, and could not let the soldiers see it, there must be someone in the army who knew this person, and he was sent by Cao Cao. Yin Li had already had the intention of descending to Cao, but Zang Ba Sun Guan didn't know the current affairs and kept obstructing it. And if you want to lower Cao, you don't mean that you can descend, first you have to be recommended by someone, so that Cao Cao will not be suspicious, and if you want to establish yourself in the huge Cao Ying, you have to show your strength to let others agree, otherwise you will be mediocre for a lifetime.
Yin Li didn't dare to be careless, once Zang Ba knew that he had dealings with Cao Cao during the conquest period, Zang Ba could completely gather his troops to attack him and annex him, even if Wu Dun wanted to protect him at that time, it would be difficult. Hurriedly according to the words of the chief of the guard, he ordered Qu to guard the camp, and he himself took the guards to the village under the pretext of inspecting the location.
It is said that Song Xian has been in shock since he tied up Lu Bu and surrendered to Cao Cao, he did not go to the execution ground in person to watch Cao Cao strangle Lu Bu, he had no shame to see Lu Bu off. However, later I heard that Lu Bu came back to life, and Lu Bu's equal number of prestige made him worry for days, and it was not Cao Cao who hoped that Lu Bu would die, but he Song Xian and Hou Cheng Wei Xu, once the three of them were caught by Lu Bu, I am afraid that the destruction of the three clans would be the lightest punishment.
As soon as they heard Chen Deng's plan, Wei Xuhoucheng and his Song Xian rushed to recommend themselves as lobbyists. In the end, because Hou Cheng lobbied Yin Li when Lu Bu and Zang Ba faced off last year, and finally Lu Bu was able to make peace with the generals of Taishan, so Cao Cao finally decided to send someone to send Song Xian to Yanzhou to lobby Yin Li as an internal response.
Song Xian heard the guards say that Yin Li asked to see him, and said according to Chen Deng's explanation before leaving: "Please let him in." ”
Yin Li came to the hall and saw Song Xian arrogantly kneeling on the main seat, not full of enthusiasm as he imagined, but lukewarm, and said without looking at him: "Sit." ”
When did Yin Li receive such a cold reception, that is, when he saw Zang Ba, Zang Ba did not dare to be so rude as him, Yin Li was furious and wanted to give Song Xian a dismissal: "Come on, take down this rebel general." ”
Yin Li and his own soldiers entered, and they were about to tie up Song Xian, but Song Xian raised his head and said coldly to Yin Li: "I don't know that the catastrophe is coming. ”
"Slow": Yin Li hurriedly stopped the guards who wanted to tie up Song Xian, he was just scaring and scaring Song Xian, don't let Cao Cao look flat, so he sat on the ground and said, "What do you mean?" ”
"How is Gong Bilu Bu?"
"I might as well too!"
"How is Lu Bu than Cao Gong?"
"It's better to do it."
"So, isn't thou a great calamity? Lu Bu was still lost in Xuzhou, and the billet was captured. Now although he is fleeing abroad, he can't live in fear, and now Cao Gong pities the soldiers of Xuzhou, and wants to capture the cloth and return to Xuchang, and he sends me to say that you come to surrender, and you really don't know the current affairs. "Song Xian didn't give Yin Li a chance to surrender at all, doing so was Chen Deng's method of agitation, and letting Yin Li surrender by himself was much better than Cao Cao said.
"Does Lu Er know who will be the next one in Xuzhou after Lu Bu is captured?" Song Xian bit the word Xuzhou very hard, and trapped all Yin Li's thoughts in Xuzhou.
In addition to Lu Bu in Xuzhou, there was only Taishan Zangba left, and Yin Li was suddenly full of men. Song Xian saw that his goal had been achieved, and Yin Li was now at all, and it was time to give him a reassuring pill. Without waiting for Yin Li to reply, Song Xian took out the seal ribbon hanging on his body and shook it at Yin Li as if he was ostentatious: "It has only been a few days since a new Duke Cao was demoted, how can he be able to do so, but he was entrusted with the important task of Fan Cao Gong and entrusted the duties of Fan County Taishou and Fan County Governor to a certain person. ”
Yin Li's face was full of jealousy, although this Taishou was in Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, once Fan County was defeated, Song Xian would immediately become a big man. This position of Taishou is just what Cao Cao did for Yin Li when Song Xian was leaving, and it is also a compliment for Song Xian after he won over Yin Li, if Song Xian is not persuaded to surrender, then let Song Xian go to Fan County to take office and let Yuan Shao kill him.
After Song Xian showed off, he asked again at the end: "How is Gong Biwu?" ”
Yin Li didn't say anything. Song Xian was slightly unhappy in his heart, but he had to ask, if he wanted Yin Li to have a comparison and be moved, this sentence was the most critical sentence that Chen Deng explained.
"If so-and-so falls, I don't know what position Cao Gong thinks so-and-so can be?" Yin Li is not stupid, he will first get the position and then make plans, his heart is clear, even if he surrenders to Cao Cao, he will not be reused by Cao Cao.
Song Xian took out Cao Caoxu's official position: "I don't know if Langya's position is too guarded by the duke?" ”
How did Cao Cao not know what Yin Li wanted? Even Liu Bei, who is as smart as a man and whose city is like the sea, can't escape Cao Cao's eyes, let alone Yin Li.
"Is that true?" Yin Li was ecstatic, can he not be happy with the official position he dreamed of in front of him? There is also Mount Tai between Langya County and Xuchang, and he can be the soil emperor of Langya County in the future.
Song Xian didn't talk, neither affirmed nor denied, and said slowly melancholy: "It's a pity that Lu Bu is gone!" ”
Yin Li now understands that if he wants an official position, then he has to catch Lu Bu, but how can he catch Lu Bu, and asked tentatively: "I'm an internal response, okay?" ”
Song Xian didn't expect Yin Li to take the initiative to be willing to respond, he originally thought that it would take a lot of words, and he couldn't react for a while, it didn't matter if he couldn't react, he was in a hurry, Yin Li thought that Cao Cao really wanted him to tie up Lu Bu, who in the world could get close to Lu Bu when he was on guard?
Yin Li hurriedly said: "Previously, Lu Bu sent someone to ask for help, so I will go back and persuade Zang Ba Mangfu to go to Xuzhou to help in the battle. ”
Song Xian repeatedly told not to leak the rumors, and acted carefully, so he enthusiastically sent Yin Li to the entrance of the village.
Yin Li rushed back to the camp and cleaned up before inviting Wu Dun to go to Zang Ba's Chinese army camp together. Along the way, Yin Li repeatedly analyzed Lu Bu's current situation to Wu Dun, once defeated, Cao Cao must clear Taishan and his subordinates, and for his own life, he also sent troops to help Lu Bu, and everyone persuaded Zang Ba to go to Xuzhou to help in the war, without mentioning the surrender of Cao Cao.
Zang Ba had just weighed the situation repeatedly, and he already had plans to return to Xuzhou, seeing Yin Li and Wu Dun's intentions, the three of them hit it off, and they didn't think about it, thinking that Yin Li had opened up.
After quickly summoning Sun Guan to discuss and decide, he sent a messenger to Lu Bu to reply and rushed to Xuzhou while it was still dark.