Chapter 37: Meeting the Lord
As soon as Xiahou Yuan entered the city, the offensive outside the city slowed down, and all the troops in the city breathed a sigh of relief. Xiahou Yuan hurriedly found Zhang He and Xu Huang.
"Junyi, have you ever sent someone to report the situation of the prime minister here?" Xiahou Yuan hadn't had time to rest, his face was covered with black ash left on the battle array, but he showed even more perseverance.
Zhang He and Xu Huang have long been extremely respectful of the behavior of this Hanzhong general, so they relied on him not saying a word and staying to resist the army of Shuzhong, which was enough to win the respect of the two.
Zhang He bowed his head: "When the last general changed his route to the east, he had already sent several scouts to Guanzhong, if there was no mistake, the prime minister would already know the news here!" ”
Xiahou Yuan nodded: "The prime minister wants to be keen, I haven't reported the battle report for many years, presumably the prime minister already knows the danger of the battle situation in Hanzhong, maybe the army is already on the way at this moment." This trick is really good, if you blindly escape north, you can only chase and kill for the tail of the Shu army, and eat it up, but it is not as reliable as finding a strong city and waiting for help! ”
"It's also strange that I didn't think clearly at the beginning, I thought that if I stayed, I would be able to attract all the troops in Shuzhong to attack and kill me. But he never thought that Liu Bei was cunning and greedy, and he actually divided his troops to chase and kill, wanting to leave all my Hanzhong army behind. If we had known this earlier, it would have been better for our army to enter Yangping Pass, but we would have been able to hold it for a while. Now trapped in such a small city, I am aggrieved! ”
Xu Huang said loudly: "Huang can be regarded as a battle array for many years, he has long put life and death out of the way, the general dares to lead an army alone for us to wait for the queen of the palace, and now we are waiting with the general to guard this dangerous city, left and right but one death, but do not want to be a child regret!" ”
Zhang He also said proudly: "The Shu army wants to take this Baozhong City, and it also wants his corpses to pile up, leaving a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!" ”
Xiahou Yuan glanced at the second general deeply: "If Yuan can die with the two, it is really a happy life!" ”
In fact, there are more than 20,000 Cao troops in this Baozhong city, who doesn't know that this city is no longer alive at all, and they have already reported their mortal intentions and want to fight to the death with the Shu army. Now that the three generals of Hanzhong have gathered, all the armies have gathered, and the mood of the armies is stable. It was said that the repulsion of the Shu army's tidal wave of attacks gave these soldiers trapped in the lonely city a shot in the arm.
Twenty miles north of Baozhong, Liu Bei's army camp. Liu Bei is discussing with the generals of the Chinese army how to capture Baozhong, which can greatly reduce the casualties of his own soldiers, and can capture the Cao soldiers in the city as much as possible.
"Father, father!"
Just as the discussion in the tent was in full swing, but he couldn't pay attention, a hurried shout sounded outside the tent.
Liu Bei frowned, the person who came was his righteous son Liu Feng, when he accepted him as his righteous son, what he valued was his benevolent and righteous surname and calm surname, but the previous time this son's many actions had already committed his own taboos, did he really think that his small actions could hide himself? Now that the civil and military forces in the tent are gathering and discussing strategies, he is not in the rear army to stay well, and he keeps calling for his big tent, but why?
"Come in!" There was some disappointment in the cold voice.
As soon as Liu Feng entered, he knelt on the ground: "Please be the master of the tent: "Please be the master, that Huo Yi didn't listen to the general's order, and abandoned Nan Zhengcheng without getting the order, and led more than a thousand elite soldiers back to the rear army camp, not to mention the child, the acting governor of the rear army, in his eyes, and called his subordinates, the child just wanted to ask, is this rear army his Huo Shaoxian, or your father!" ”
"Presumptuous!" Liu Bei took the case, and his calm expression was extremely solemn at the moment. "The commander of this rear army is the general of Zhongjie, you are just acting as the deputy general of the army, and the rear army is Shaoxian's painstaking solitude, starting from Jingnan, and it is not easy to operate, you want to take the hearts and minds of others in my name with a word?"
Liu Feng's face was disgraced when he heard this, but he said stubbornly: "But he didn't obey the order, went out of Nanzheng without permission, and came to praise." Ask your father to punish him for disobeying orders. ”
Everyone in the account looked at each other, what Liu Feng said was reasonable, Huo Yi did not ask for instructions, so he went out of Nanzheng privately and came to praise, and what is even more excessive is that he did not come to the Chinese army to report first, but went to the rear army to convene his subordinates, and it was indeed a big crime to investigate it.
Liu Bei frowned, and when he was about to say something, he heard the guards outside the tent say: "My lord!" Zhongjie General Huo Yi is waiting for orders outside the tent! ”
Liu Bei said lightly: "Let him in!" ”
Not long after, Huo Yi slowly entered the tent, and as soon as he entered the account, he saw Huo Yi kneeling on one knee: "The humble general Huo Yi has seen the lord, and the last general will leave his post without an order, and ask the lord to surrender!" But there will be a secret in the end, and please listen to the lord's words. ”
Liu Bei frowned: "Let's talk about it!" ”
Huo Yi was extremely smart, knowing that if he pleaded guilty first, he could have the opportunity to say something to prevaricate, and as soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard that someone was suing him, so before he entered the tent, he had already thought about how to deal with it.
"Although the last general is in Nanzheng, but the Hanzhong battle situation is extremely concerned, after Zhang He and Xu Huang withdrew from Dingjun Mountain, they expected that they would not run far, because they had already arranged in Baozhong, at this moment the remnants of the Hanzhong army are already the turtle in the urn, the last general is afraid of losing the fighter plane, and does not dare to hide his smuggling, so he rushed to Baozhong in the starry night to make sure that everything is possible." Huo Yi said while looking at the faces of Liu Bei and everyone in the tent, and when he saw that his words fell, Liu Bei's face was already clear, and his heart was calm.
"Humph! Then why don't you come directly to the Chinese army to report to the Lord, and you want to go to your rear army and gather your private subordinates? Have you ever put the lord in your eyes? Liu Feng didn't want to let Huo Yi go so simply, he was still dying, hoping to earn the greatest benefit for himself by separating the relationship between his father and Huo Yi.
"The humble general came from the southeast, and when he saw that the southwest direction of our army was attacking the city very urgently, there was an elite cavalry raiding the rear of our army, and the last general was in a hurry, so he led more than 1,000 guards under the tent to come forward to help, but he didn't want to, but it was the rear army of the last general, the rear army was newly defeated, and the last general summoned the generals along the way to show encouragement, oh yes, Yi has not thanked Liu Vice Army for the merit of temporarily acting as the main general of the rear army, if it were not for Liu Vice Army, I don't know what this group of rabbit cubs will be like if I want to lose." Huo Yi's face was full of sincerity, and he smiled, not at all fake, as if he really wanted to thank Liu Feng.
But Liu Feng looked at Huo Yi with a gloomy face as if he had eaten a fly, and stopped making a sound.
Liu Bei listened to Huo Yi's words, and then said with a smile: "General Zhongjie is loyal to the public, and Gu has always been the most clear. Come, and talk to the generals, how did you arrange this game? ”