Chapter 35: Rushing to the Aid of Yecheng (I)
100,000 stones, grain and grass, 3,000 war horses. It's not a small amount, and the war horses are okay, but this lot of grain and grass is almost a year's military use in Hanoi County, which is enough to recruit another elite army of thousands of people.
Even if Yuan Shao is powerful, he can't be easily taken out. Xu You was forced into chaos by Qin Xu, and in order to beg Lu Bu to send troops as soon as possible, he blurted out that he agreed, and handed over immediately.
But the question is, where does so much grain and grass come from?
This can make Xu You, who has come to his senses, have the intention of committing suicide.
In order to win over Lu Bu, the 20,000 stone military rations and 2,000 war horses promised to Lu Bu were just promises, which had already made Yuan Shao's flesh hurt, if it weren't for the strategists under his command who analyzed the various benefits and true intentions that Yuan Shao could get after marrying Lu Bu, Yuan Shao might not even be able to agree to this empty promise.
But now, not only has the amount increased fivefold, but it also has to be paid immediately. This is to save Yuan Shao's life, it is simply to Yuan Shao's life.
And Lu Bu said that the troops will be sent after the handover, no wonder the generals in the military tent have extremely strange faces, Hanoi County has rarely experienced war, although there is enough food and grass, but this lot of military resources, even if the entire Hanoi County is emptied now, it will be difficult to make up for a while.
But the Black Mountain thieves are less than 100 miles away from Hanoi County, and it will only take four or five days to turn east and attack Yecheng in the north, even if Yuan Shao gives up the confrontation with Gongsun Zan and rushes back to Yecheng, it will take more than half a month, Xu You can't believe that Zhang Yan will take tens of thousands of troops to Yecheng for an outing, and take out friendly exchanges with Yuan Shao.
Yecheng is empty, although Hanoi's troops are more than self-preservation, but if they attack rashly, there are two thieves in Chang'an behind them, and no one can say whether there will be any accidents, which is why Xu You wants to play up the reason why the purpose of the Black Mountain thieves is to attack Hanoi.
Lu Bu agreed happily, but Xu You was worried in his heart, and on the one hand, he hated Qin Xu, a-stirring stick, and ruined his good deeds. On the one hand, he was anxious in his heart, hoping to persuade Lu Bu to send troops as soon as possible.
"Fengxian, you see that the purpose of this Black Mountain thief is obvious, and Hanoi is very close to Yecheng, but the dispatch of these many military resources can not be completed in one or two days, do you see if it is ......" Zhang Yang is worthy of being a well-known good man in the Three Kingdoms, although he is a little unhappy that Xu You fooled the Hanoi army to provoke the Black Mountain thieves for no reason, Xu You's purpose was purely to use the surname of the Hanoi army to reluctantly drag Zhang Yan's hind legs, and defeat it? That is, these people who don't know the height of the sky dare to think about it, and even Yuan Shao was forced to ask for help, just these few pieces of material to bring thousands of people to resist tens of thousands of people? Maybe Yecheng hadn't been saved, and Hanoi was gone. But Xu You's look like he was dead-hearted, and he was Yuan Shao's messenger after all, which made Zhang Yang have some scruples, so he had to say to Lu Bu.
"Huh? What is Uncle Zhi's high argument to teach? But it doesn't hurt to speak, you and my brother, what is not to say! Lu Bu was in a very good mood at this time, looking at Xu You, who was like a mourner, and the generals of Hanoi who were faintly pressed by his own side, he knew the meaning of Zhang Yang's words, but he still pretended not to understand and asked.
"Bongxian! Since my generation knows that Yecheng is empty, and they are also ministers of the Han Dynasty, how can they sit back and watch the thieves rampant, but they can't save them when they see death? "If you say that the person who knows Lu Bu's surname best in the military tent, there is no second person except Zhang Yang. Seeing Lu Bu's appearance, Zhang Yang knew that Lu Bu's anger towards Xu Yu had not subsided, but now that there was hope to rescue Yecheng, there was no other choice but Lu Bu, the world's number one general, so he could only follow Lu Bu's words and say euphemistically.
"Since Uncle Zhi said so, Bu Yan has no reason to follow. Anyway, the handover is annoying Uncle Lao Zhi and his younger brother will take care of it, and the cloth will send troops immediately! Lu Bu looked like he was giving Zhang Yang a lot of face, ignoring Xu Yu who was like a deflated ball on the side, and said arrogantly.
"Alas...... Bong first! Bongxian! ”
Since Lu Bu promised to send troops immediately, the next military discussion is the home of Lu Bu's deployment of troops, with Lu Bu's consistent style, naturally there is no matter of Yang Chou and others, and the Hanoi generals with complicated thoughts have to leave the military tent one by one.
"Zhang Taishou, Lu Bu, a thief, connived at a son to make things difficult for Yuan Gong in every possible way, and sooner or later he will be the main guest, can Zhang Taishou allow him like this?"
Zhang Yang sighed and walked out of the military tent with a gloomy face Xu You, originally wanting to use his friendship with Lu Bu to discuss with Xu You how to lower the price that Xu You promised for the sake of Yuan Shao's face. But I didn't expect Xu You to say this.
The good old man Zhang Yang now also has the urge to strangle Xu You's goods.
first fooled the generals in Hanoi to ignore their safety and go to Yuan Shao as cannon fodder; That's it, after all, it can be regarded as a relationship with Zhang Yang and Yuan Shao now; You Xu You Xu Ziyuan himself said that he couldn't say that Lu Bujun was a small master book, full of ugliness, and he didn't know how to be ashamed, but said that Lu Bu connived. Zhang Yang had seen Lu Bu's attitude towards Qin Xu, is this also called connivance today?
Zhang Yang suddenly agreed with Qin Xu's words to let Xu You go home and read again, my old Zhang pulled down his old face, and it was easy to win Lu Bu's promise to send troops as soon as possible for your old Yuan family, you didn't say a word of thanks, but instead came to provoke the relationship with Lu Bu in a tone of lesson. Lu Bu's entire army was stationed outside the city, and his family members were even arranged by Zhang Yang in Zhang Yang's mansion, and he didn't ask about the Hanoi military and government at all, and he had an indifferent relationship with the generals in Hanoi, and he didn't even need Zhang Yang's assistance in food, grass and ordnance.
"Ziyuan, let's think about how to fulfill your promise to Fengxian, Fengxian is a person, cough cough ......," Zhang Yang kindly reminded Xu Youdao.
The latter words were not spoken, and Xu You could also understand that Lu Bu, a man of tigers and wolves, if he learned that even the grain, grass, and military horses that he had promised him before were just empty promises, he Xu You would probably have to confess to Hanoi for more than 100 catties.
"For the sake of Yuan Gong, Uncle Zhi will definitely help the little brother!" Xu You's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, but his face was pleading, and he was begging for perfection, which was completely two extremes from the arrogant and high-minded scribe who came to Hanoi before, and Zhang Yang frowned when he saw it.
Zhang Yang and Xu You discussed how to see the first batch of grain and grass between Lu Bu's troops, not to mention for the time being, just when only Lu Bu's generals were left in the military tent, after a strange suppressed silence, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out, and Gao Shun, who had always been taciturn, also had a smile on his face.
"Qin Xu, you kid!" Lu Bu laughed and pointed at Qin Xu, and said again and again. The next generals also looked at Qin Xu with kindness, since he left Chang'an, or since he defected to Dong Zhuo, he hadn't seen Lu Bu laugh like this for a long time.
"Won't the lord send someone to hand over to Xu You?" Qin Xu touched his nose, now his buddies can be regarded as showing their faces in Lu Bu's army, although he offended Xu You and Yuan Shao fiercely, but as long as Lu Bu's army is not weak, with Yuan Shao's surname of being wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, even Lao Cao, who is small, said that Yuan Shao "does big things and spares his life, and forgets his righteousness when he sees small profits", and dares to use 20,000 troops to resist Yuan Shao's 100,000 army, not to mention Lu Bu.
"Handover? The price offered by your kid is almost half of Jizhou's net worth. Lu Bu said with a smile on his face: "Even if he sells him Xu You, Yuan Benchu will not agree." ”
"Isn't it ...... that the lord just promised Zhang Taishou to send troops to help Yuan Shao?" Qin Xu was thoughtful and didn't speak, but Lu Bu asked the time before, and the youth general who was called "Ximing" by Lu Bu asked suspiciously.
"Once Yecheng is lost, the Black Mountain thieves will definitely be even more powerful, and the state is already withering, if Jizhou is in chaos, Hanoi County will be the next Yecheng." Lu Bu took a deep breath and said, "Uncle Zhi treats me well, how can I sit back and watch him lose his inheritance?" Besides, my Lu Bu's affairs in Hanoi are already known to the whole world, and the Black Mountain thieves are so arrogant to borrow Hanoi, is it really my Lu Bu to be a paper paste. ”
"It turns out that the lord has already intended to send troops, and I think it is really unjust for Xu Yu to promise these military funds out of thin air. I'm afraid that I still have a headache, how to round it out in front of Yuan Shao. The big man beside Qin Xu laughed and said, it was Lu Bu's general Cheng Lian.
Because Qin Xu had earned enough face for Lu Bujun's "feat" of Xu Youqi's bleeding before, Cheng Lian had a good impression of Qin Xu, and said: "It's just a pity that Master Qin made a lot of efforts in vain, but he couldn't get Yuan Shao's military funds, and he didn't have this great credit." ”
"Not necessarily!" A smile appeared at the corner of Qin Xu's mouth: "Yuan Shao, a heroic man from Hebei, the family of the fourth and third princes, is known to the world." Since Pai Xu Yu was in front of so many people, how could he regret what we agreed to after friendly negotiations. ”
"But......" Cheng Lian's brain is a little insufficient.
Lu Bu just said that Yuan Shao would not take out the grain, but Qin Xu said that he would definitely take it out. Not to mention that the generals in the tent didn't understand how Qin Xu sang the opposite tune with Lu Bu, even Lu Bu was aroused by Qin Xu's words, and said with a smile: "Where did you get such confidence, Yuan Benchu was at war with Gongsun Zhan, how could he give so much military resources to our army?" Even if he is willing, with the Black Mountain Thief in front, he can't transport it. ”
"Yes, yes, if Master Qin can really get so much, no, get half of the military funds, I will be a groom for you for a month!" Cheng Lian looked disbelieving and said.
"What's so embarrassing about that?" Qin Xu said modestly, but there was no sign of humility on his face, but he looked at Cheng Lian with a look of great expectation.
Lu Bu looked at Qin Xu's confident appearance, his heart moved, as if he thought of something, he pressed his hand against the generals who were talking in a whisper, and said to Qin Xu: "Qin Xu, if you have a way to get all the grain and grass, war horses, this battle will remember your first merit!" ”
"Is this true?" Qin Xu, who was anxious to brush up on the "prestige" in Lu Bu's army, lit up when he heard this, and said.
"The lord is talking about all that Xu Yu promised just now! All! Cheng Lian was a little apprehensive by Qin Xu's inexplicable self-confidence, seeing that his colleagues around him were all looking lively, none of them had any objections to Lu Bu's words, and hurriedly added.
"No problem, I think, if we are fast enough, there will only be a lot more grain and grass war horses!" Qin Xu said with a smile.