Chapter 37: The Change of Yecheng (I)
Yecheng. Ten zhang high, more than seven miles wide, two city walls, wide can parallel six horses, the female wall is inserted with the Xuanhuang Yuan character flag, suddenly fierce, the wind waving.
This was originally the Jizhou Mu Han Fucheng Administration, an important town in the north, less war-torn and abundant, since the beginning of the year by Yuan Shao's envoy after the forcible seizure, it has become the base camp of the Yuan family.
"This is Ye? It's not much better than Chang'an! It's a pity that it's a little less popular. In front of the slightly bleak Yecheng gate, there was a crisp exclamation from the carriage guarded by four or five strong men.
"This is to Yecheng, let's talk about it, everything must be listened to when we enter the city! Don't mess around. A young man dressed as a scribe sitting on the wheel of the car, with a wry smile on his face, turned his head and said to the car.
"I know, I know, it's really annoying, I've said it more than ten or twenty times along the way, I know that you are the master of Qin, no, no, it's Steward Qin, and you're here to do big things, I won't make trouble for you!" The female voice in the carriage said absently.
"Remember, you are not Miss Lu now, but Zhang Taishou's niece, it was Lord Xu Xu who invited you to Yecheng to play, remember?"
"I know, I know, it's annoying! Why don't you go into the city yet? Uncle Gao is still waiting for us to reply! ”
The men and women who were talking were none other than Qin Xu and Lu Lingqi from Hanoi.
When Qin Xu made a bet with Cheng Lian in front of the generals of Lu Bu's army, he would smoothly retrieve the promised military rations and horses from Yuan Shao. If you really wait for Xu You to cash in, it is estimated that it will be in vain to wait for Yuan Shao to die.
Now that he knows that Lao Yuan will not admit it, but Zhang Yang's face, Lu Bu has to give it, and if Yecheng is lost, Yuan Shao will definitely return to the army to rescue him, and there is a huge difference in strength and combat power, and Zhang Yan will definitely not be able to hold Yecheng.
If Zhang Yan is satisfied with Yecheng's harvest, and he is smart enough, he will retract back into the mountains after finishing this vote, dodge Yuan Shao's soldiers, and preserve his strength, so he is hello, I am good, everyone is good, except for Zhang Yang!
Zhang Yang's Hanoi army is no more than 10,000 people, sheltered under Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao has always been wronged, no matter what method Xu You uses, for the good old man Zhang Yang, he can't shirk it.
Based on the comparison of the military strength of Zhang Yang and the Montenegrin Army, the hat of rescue is not good, and in anger, with Yuan Shao's surname and temper, he started a fire, which is estimated to be enough for Zhang Yang to drink a pot.
But if Zhang Yang doesn't send troops, it is estimated that Zhang Yang will soon become the second Han Fu as Xu You expected. Zhang Yang suffered under his nose, and Lu Bu naturally would not sit idly by.
But sending troops in vain, wasting Lu Bu's military strength in vain, which is also what Qin Xu does not want to see.
"Since it is reasonable to have to take the army, Yuan Shao intends to form a good alliance with our army to deter Chang'an, and with a little funding, the general will laugh at it, and since Zhang Taishou said that it is quite laborious to carry it, we can move it ourselves!" Qin Xu said so.
Qin Xu's words made Lu Bu, the world's number one fierce general, also change color a little. Although Qin Xu was joking with Cheng Lian in the military tent, Lu Bu vaguely felt that Qin Xu had such thoughts, but at this time, Qin Xu said it, which was still a little unacceptable.
"Yuan Shao occupies a state, his family is four generations and three dukes, his reputation is the best in the world, and his relationship with the Jizhou family is extraordinary, even if Yecheng is really breached, the Black Mountain thieves can't please him." Lu Bu frowned and said: "What's more, if Yuan Shao really makes up his mind to return to the army to rescue, he can reach Yecheng in only five or six days after a quick march, if Yuan Shao discovers us like this, Uncle Zhi will ......."
Although Lu Bu is not known in history for his wisdom, how many of the princes who were able to mix in the late Han Dynasty were really stupid? Although Qin Xu's words were a bit bold, it was not impossible to succeed if he did it well. Lu Bu is not afraid of heaven and earth, and the reason why he is afraid of Yuan Shao is that most of them are also worried about Yuan Shao's general accounting.
"Isn't there a Black Mountain thief......" The corners of Qin Xu's mouth curled slightly. Said: "Anyway, a discerning person can see at a glance that the Black Mountain thief is here to help Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shaogang suffered a loss in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, and the two families are already endless, let's ask for the surname to add fire to them." ”
“……”
The plan is pretty good, and the steps are reasonable. For Qin Xu, who often did planning in his previous life, all plans were not as fast as change, so if the plan failed to succeed, Lu Bu's safety naturally did not have to worry, Qin Xu took a fancy to the high offensive speed of the trapped camp, and was naturally the first choice for Yecheng Raiders.
When Qin Xu insisted on going to Yecheng in person, Lu Bu did not refute it because of Qin Xu's age and qualifications, but asked Gao Shun and the trap camp to cooperate with Qin Xu's action before Qin Xu could speak.
Qin Xu understood what Lu Bu meant. Although Yecheng was Yuan Shao's base camp, before the arrival of the Montenegrin army, the danger surname was the smallest. Even if it is not good, Qin Xu's plan fails, and there is a trap camp that is known as attacking the city and destroying everything, and there are only more than 1,000 defenders who are not able to defeat Gao Shun at all.
Regarding Lu Bu's tolerant and almost conniving style of treating Qin Xu, Qin Xu was also a little numb, and he couldn't figure out the reason left and right, so he didn't think about it for the time being.
Everything was done according to the established script, and when it was not dawn, Lu Bu ordered Zhang Liao's Xiao cavalry battalion and Cheng Lian's flying cavalry battalion outside the city to intercept the main force of the Montenegrin army, and Gao Shun led the trap camp to infiltrate Jizhou in the middle of the way. Qin Xu, accompanied by his old acquaintances Lao Xu, Sima Mao, Kong Erzi and other familiar soldiers in the trap camp, pretended to be Xu You and persuaded Zhang Yang, and rushed to Yecheng to send his cousin and nephew to Yecheng in order to reassure Yuan Shao.
But the more perfect things are, the more likely they are to go wrong, as they have been.
Just when these people deliberately avoided Zhang Yang and Xu You and left Hanoi, pretending to complete Yuan Shao's entrustment for Zhang Yang, the Hanoi Taishou Mansion was also in chaos.
Lu Lingqi is gone.
"Mother, Sister Diao Chan, I'm going to play with Qin Xu!"
The current person reported that Miss Lu went to Qin Xu's room last night, but she didn't enter the door, and left a note the next day. This, this, Xiao Ling'er has such a good relationship with Qin Xu?
So when Qin Xu was approaching Yecheng and saw the heavily armed Lu Lingqi standing in front of him like a ghost, Qin Xu knew that the conversation that night must have been listened to by this girl.
had the intention to make Lu Lingqi go back to Hanoi, but Qin Xu knew that this was impossible, it was less than ten miles away from Yecheng, and Lu Lingqi's temper was most similar to Lu Bu, Qin Xu didn't dare to guarantee that this girl would sneak into Yecheng by herself. In desperation, in the end, Suo's surname changed the plan, and Lu Lingqi became Zhang Yang's niece, who was invited by Xu You to Yecheng as a "guest", and Qin Xu, who originally enjoyed the treatment of the eldest young master, also moved from the carriage found by Sima Mao to the wheel, and became the head of the servant of the royal housekeeper of the eldest lady named "Zhang".
The news that the Montenegrin Army took advantage of Hanoi to plunder Jizhou and aimed directly at Yecheng has spread all over Yecheng in the past few days. The war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fell into a stalemate, and there were not many troops left in Yecheng, but at this time, the black mountain thieves who had been ravaging Hebei also came to join in the fun, which made the few defenders here frightened.
Yuan Shaode Yecheng said short, at this time, it is a joke to say that the people's will is attached, and the people of the Han Dynasty who have been war-torn for a long time will not care whether you are the third prince of the fourth world, whether you have been the leader of the princes' alliance, and you will not understand what kind of plan to attack the west. What I care about is nothing more than more or less taxes, the high or low point of the salary and silver that the family labor is recruited, and I am a little well-informed, but I know that there is a person named Lao Yuan who has taken a fancy to Yecheng, so he squeezed away the original old Han, but he still thinks that the territory is not big enough, and he went to provoke a person named Gongsun Zhan, who played smoothly at first, and finally found that he was actually played by others, and now his allies are going to copy his old Yuan's nest. And it's the notorious Black Mountain thieves who came.
A few days ago, in the bustling street market, the sound of hawkers and the neighing of donkeys and mules could be heard; The four doors are opened, and the crowds of people coming in and out and the caravans of the family are endless. But since the news of the attack on Montenegro came, the tension in the city has become stronger, not only the street market is deserted, but the gate outside the city is also hung high, leaving only the east gate for pedestrians.
The Yuan garrison stationed at the city gate also changed their faces, not like the usual lazy appearance, one by one holding Ge armor, under the leadership of an officer who looked like a captain, nervously watching the pedestrians who fell in and out of the city, and the salute letters had to be opened and inspected, and the inventory was extremely strict.
The carriage was soon noticed by the soldiers, and the lieutenant looked vigilantly at the frame of the carriage, which was running straight into the car as if no one was around, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
Yecheng is the Jizhou Governor's Office, there are many big families in the city, there are many small families, if it is usual, the frame is luxurious, and there are guards, maybe there are female dependents inside, this is obviously not the pomp of ordinary people, maybe you don't ask and let it go directly, but now is an extraordinary period, the people in the city are panicked, and the order of the peak makes the captain have to come forward to interrogate.
"Everyone, please stay!" The lieutenant politely stopped the carriage and asked tentatively, "I wonder which family in the city are the family members?" ”
"I'll wait ......" Before Qin Xu could say the words he had made up, he heard a dense sound of horses' hooves behind him. The captain seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and he didn't care about interrogating Qin Xu and the others, and with a tone of surprise, he greeted him with an "oops".
There was a team of less than ten people in the army, all of them were dressed in Xuan armor, with a murderous atmosphere, at first glance, they were the elite of the army, just the first teenager, from a distance, they looked very handsome, and they were about the same age as Qin Xu, wearing a small armor, and they were pointing at the frame of Qin Xu and others who were blocking the city gate, and they seemed to be quite displeased.
The captain trotted forward in a row, arching and snorting, and was very respectful to the young man.
The young man pointed to the frame of Qin Xu and the others with an impatient face and said a few words to the captain, and saw the captain walking towards Qin Xu who was waiting in place, without the slightest worry on his face, as if he had something to rely on, and said, "You wait for the time being, and after the third prince passes, then check carefully!" ”
The third son?
Qin Xu was a little tired of the appearance of this school captain, looked at the young man who was getting closer and closer, smiled slightly, and suddenly had an idea.