Chapter 67: Chu Yan is ruthless
Zhang Feng was seriously injured and could not participate in the war, Zhang Xiang had no choice but to transfer Zhang Fei to Dongcheng, this is only a symptom but not a cure, Zhang Xiang felt that the time had come, it was time to talk to Chu Yan.
Zhang Xiang secretly sent someone to send a letter to Chu Yan, so that he could see the east city wall in the evening, Zhang Xiang did not give any explanation, and he had not seen Chu Yan a few times, but he didn't know why he believed that Chu Yan would come.
In the evening, Zhang Xiang and Zhang Fei had been waiting at the head of the city, but there was still no movement at all, Zhang Xiang felt a little that he had misestimated Chu Yan, and he did not dare to come alone, until a rope caught the head of the city.
Zhang Xiang saw Chu Yanfei on the top of the city, his movements were very standard and beautiful, "General Chu, you are really here, I'm afraid you won't dare to come?" It seems that I am not mistaken, the general is very courageous. ”
Chu Yan: "Don't talk about it, you invited me late at night, not to chat with you!" I've come tonight to see what you're paying attention to, and you're daring to send someone to find me. ”
Zhang Xiang: "Since the general is happy, I won't go around in circles, as far as I know, the general is a native of Changshan Zhending, it shouldn't be your original intention to attack the county seat, it's just to obey orders, do you really want to see Zhending County flow into a river of blood?" ”
Chu Yan: "Even so, I admire Brother Zhang's personality, I won't betray him, don't make up your mind on him, it seems that you are going to be disappointed tonight, farewell!" ”
Zhang Xiang: "Wait, general, don't be so anxious to listen to me finish speaking, I believe in your character, you won't do betrayal, I won't think about it, I just let you take action to protect your fellow countrymen, General Chu is a fierce general in the Yellow Turban Army, you may be able to restrain your subordinates, but this Yellow Turban Army has a lot of hills!" Their generals know better than I do, and I have the best of both worlds, and I don't know if the general wants to hear about it. ”
Chu Yan knew that the main topic was coming, but he wanted to see what Zhang Xiang was capable of, "Listen up." Zhang Xiang knew that when Chu Yan said this, the defense line in his heart was slowly crumbling.
Zhang Xiang "If the county is breached, the general knows better than me what the consequences will be, you should have seen it more than once, since you and I don't want to see such a thing happen, why not cooperate, as long as the Yellow Turban Army does not attack the county seat, all problems will be solved." ”
Chu Yan: "I thought you had any good ideas, what you said was all nonsense, is it interesting to play me in the middle of the night?" ”
Zhang Xiang: "Don't be angry, general, I mean to make your army retreat without losing the soldiers on both sides, does the general think that my words are a bit fantastical, but this is indeed the best way at the moment, as long as one person is sacrificed, it can be done." ”
"Who?" Chu Yan suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Horns." After Zhang Xiang said these three words, he felt that Chu Yan wanted to burst out, "I don't mean to want Zhang Qushuai to die, his future is decided by the general, as long as he is injured a little, the general can replace him with his prestige, and at that time it will be up to you to quit." ”
Chu Yan was indeed thinking about it, "Tell me about your strategy." ”
Zhang Xiang: "Under what circumstances will Zhang Niujiao enter the front army, it should be when General Chu is injured!" Tomorrow, once the war starts, you pretend to be injured, Zhang Niujiao will definitely command in front of the battle, I have a subordinate with good archery skills, I think the general has also learned in the past few days, I will let him put a cold arrow to shoot Zhang Qushuai's right chest, and the rest will be handed over to the general. ”
Chu Yan left the city wall without saying anything, and Zhang Fei next to him, "Third brother Chu Yan, what does he mean!" He didn't give an answer, he wouldn't tell Zhang Niujiao about today's incident! ”
Zhang Xiang: "Big brother, don't worry! Even if Chu Yan doesn't agree, he won't tell Zhang Niujiao about today's incident, he won't ask for hardship, whether the matter is or not will be known tomorrow, I hope he won't let me down. ”
The next day, Chu Yan took the lead in attacking, the offensive was very fierce, just when Zhang Xiang thought that Chu Yan would disappoint him, Chu Yan was knocked down by a boulder, and Zhang Xiang knew that the opportunity had come.
Lu Pi is the best archer under Zhang Xiang, of course, the task of releasing cold arrows fell to him, Zhang Xiang has been waiting for Zhang Niujiao to appear, but Zhang Niujiao seems to be very calm, and has not entered the front army.
Zhang Xiang decided that he could only add a fire, the Xiangfei army now has more than 600 cavalry, Zhang Xiang gathered 500 cavalry, and waited for the order to attack under the east gate, which was Zhang Xiang's last card.
If it weren't for the big fish of Zhang Niujiao, he was really reluctant, Zhang Xiang sent people to clean up the soil and rocks in the east city gate, and Zhang Fei led five hundred cavalry to attack the flank of the yellow turban thieves outside the north city gate.
The people who participated in the siege were all the low-level soldiers in the Yellow Turban Thieves, and Zhang Fei's attack point was the archers among the Yellow Turban Thieves.
Zhang Fei listened to Zhang Xiang's words very much, and did not retreat with a single blow, Zhang Niujiao could only watch the cavalry go away, there was no way, Zhang Niujiao was finally angered by Zhang Xiang, and personally went to the front army to command the siege.
Zhang Niujiao can become Huang Jiannan, and it goes without saying that Qu Shuai personally commanded the Yellow Turban Thief's offensive to be more fierce, but even so, Zhang Xiang kept Long Ben Lu Split by his side.
Zhang Xiang has been waiting for an opportunity, which can make Lu Pi shoot with an arrow, without a fierce general like Long Ben Lu Pi The Yellow Turban Thief gradually attacked the city wall, and Zhang Niujiao also subconsciously got closer and closer to the city wall, until he entered Lu Split's range.
The range of Lu Split's hard bow is longer than that of ordinary archers, Zhang Niujiao doesn't know this, so he will enter the dangerous place, if Chu Yan will definitely guard against Lu Split, the next thing to do is to see Lu Split.
Lu Pi has all the qualities of an archer, although the target is Huang Turban Qu Shuai, he did not panic in the slightest, held his breath and shot out, Zhang Xiang watched this arrow enter Zhang Niujiao's right chest.
This arrow was processed by Lu Split in advance, and the arrow was very blunt, so although it hurt the vital point, it would not kill anyone, Zhang Niujiao was injured, and the yellow turban thief immediately became chaotic, and had to retreat.
That night, Chu Yan entered Zhang Niujiao's camp, although Zhang Niujiao was injured in the chest, he was full of anger and kept scolding, and saw Chu Yan come in, "Brother, it's okay if you're fine, this defender is quite yin!" ”
"Qu Shuai is fine, I will definitely attack Zhending County tomorrow." Chu Yan said as she walked closer and closer, until she reached Zhang Niujiao's side, holding the arrow she had taken from Zhang Niujiao.
Zhang Niujiao: "Brother, you don't have to look at it, this time it's really my brother's luck, the arrow of this arrow is not very sharp, otherwise I would really die, it seems that the siege of the city depends on you, brother!" ”
"Yes! Qu Shuai's luck is really good. After speaking, he reinserted the arrow into Zhang Niujiao's chest, and Zhang Niujiao looked at Chu Yan with incredible eyes until he swallowed.
The next day, the yellow turban thieves left Zhending County wearing a white scarf, Zhang Xiang watched these yellow turban thieves leave, and knew that Zhang Niujiao was dead, Zhang Niujiao had already run to the north city gate, and Zhang Fei, who knew the truth, said to Lu Split, "Tianxiao, did you shoot too hard." "Lu splits the word Tianxiao.
The generals were also confused by Zhang Fei's words, isn't it a good thing to shoot the enemy's head? Zhang Xiang: "This matter is really not Lu Split's problem, Zhang Niujiao should have died in the hands of Chu Yan, if this matter was really done by Lu Split, the current Yellow Turban thieves should attack the city instead of retreating, it seems that Chu Yan is not a person who is willing to be subordinate, I knew that I wouldn't need him to make a move, Zhang Niujiao died during the day, how can he survive until night." ”
At this time, Yang Xu also climbed the north city wall, and happened to hear what Zhang Xiang said, "It seems that the lord's strategy has succeeded, because the attack is really determined, there is a gap between Chu Yan and Zhang Niujiao, and with the temptation of power, Chu Yan has finally fallen." ”
At this time, the generals knew that everything was Zhang Xiang's plan, Zhang Xiang: "Actually, things are much better than I expected, and I just gambled, this time thanks to Chu Yan for having that heart!" ”
Zhang Xiang was afraid that things would go wrong, so he sent a large number of scouts out to listen to the news, and the final result was that Chu Yan became Qu Shuai, and changed his name to Zhang Yan in honor of Zhang Niujiao.
But at the same time, I also got another news, Lu Zhi offended the eunuch Zuo Feng and escorted him back to Luoyang, the current commander of Guangzong on the battlefield is Dong Zhuo, it turned out that Zhang Xiang planned to arrive in Guangzong as soon as possible, so as to solve this disaster for Lu Zhi, who would have thought that people are not as good as heaven, Zhang Xiang was delayed on the road for too long.
Now that the coach has become Dong Zhuo, Zhang Xiang doesn't have to worry, he doesn't want to obey Dong Zhuo's orders, since the battle has ended, Zhang Xiang has no reason to stay in Zhending.
Zhao Mansion in Zhending County, Zhao Rui proposed to his father to follow Zhang Xiang on the expedition, and his father disagreed, "Rui'er, I know your ambitions, but don't worry, my father has some connections in the Jizhou army, and at that time you will have a lot of future when you join the Han army than joining this righteous army, saying that Zhang Xiang is going to Guangzong, where Zhang Jiao's lair is, it must be very dangerous and your father will not harm you." ”
"I'm going." Zhao Rui only said three words, and appeared in the Xiangfei army the next day, the argument between the father and son, and finally ended with Zhao Rui's victory, this result Zhang Xiang was not surprised at all.
Zhang Xiang could actually leave yesterday, if it weren't for waiting for Zhao Rui, he would have left a long time ago, Xiang Feijun left Zhending County and was greeted by the people of Zhending, Zhao Rui naturally couldn't avoid being nagged.
Zhang Feng was injured, but Zhang Xiang didn't worry about leaving him in Zhending, after all, Chu Yan couldn't say what he would do, if he was forced to re-attack Zhending under the pressure of the Yellow Turban soldiers, Zhang Xiang would be very happy and sad, Zhang Xiang had to make a simple stretcher and carry Zhang Feng on the road, Zhang Xiang was afraid that Zhang Feng's wound would split, so he did eight stretchers!