Chapter Eighty-Three: Trickery

"Prince!"

Dong Xi and Chen Wuxing rushed into the tent, and Guan Yu, who was reading, also put down the book and asked with a smile: "Do you two have any gains?" ”

"Sure enough, as expected by Junhou and Mr. Ziyu, Zhang Wei really sent someone to rob the camp, and the two of us robbed and killed for a while, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and more than 700 prisoners, and the captain who took the lead was also cut by me." Chen Wu couldn't hide his excitement.

"Zilie's contribution is not small!" Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, and then said with some disdain: "This Zhang Wei sent people to go down to another village in the Xishan Pass, and the troops were already insufficient, and they actually divided the troops to act, I really don't know what to say." ”

"Zhang Wei said that he had been smashed by our army's trebuchet, how could he dare to be beaten in Xicheng? Junhou Ming said that you can try to call the battle, and Zhang Wei will definitely fight. Zhuge Jin thought for a while.

"Heavy troops holding on to the small city of Xicheng is a failure. Zhang Wei is a child, there is nothing to be afraid of. Guan Yu also defined this opponent. At this time, in Xicheng City, Zhang Wei looked at the remnants of the defeated army in front of him, and was silent for a long time, and finally had to sigh and order someone to retreat first.

"General, what should we do now?" Although he saw that Zhang Wei's face was not very good, a staff member still accompanied him and asked carefully.

"What else can I do, I can only hold on first!" Zhang Wei said angrily. He also knew in his heart that his eldest brother would hand over almost half of his troops to himself, and Nan Zheng would definitely not be able to send reinforcements. He slept until the rumbling drums woke Zhang Wei up the next day.

"General, the Jingzhou army is calling for battle under the city." A scout hurried to report.

"But Guan Yu?" Zhang Wei hurriedly asked.

"No, it's an old man!" This man is also a little unbelievable.

"Old man?" Zhang Wei was very surprised and said, "How old?" ”

"The beard is already white!" The man replied honestly.

"I'll take a look!" Zhang Wei was dressed neatly, and then went to the city to check the details. However, the Jingzhou army under the city did not arrange the terrible trebuchet today, but sent about a thousand people to call for battle, one by one, showing off their might, and the queue was not very neat. One of them is a veteran, and most of his hair is already white, and the banner behind him is General Zhennan, Nanyang Huang Zhong.

"Huang Zhong?" Zhang Wei said with some surprise. "Is Liu Beijun really unmanned, looking for half of Bailao'er to be the general of Zhennan?" A staff member on the side also expressed the doubts in Zhang Wei's heart.

"Regardless of his town in the south and north of the town, forgive him for being a sixty-year-old man, what is there to fear? Guan Yu sent this old man into battle, obviously to deceive me There is no one in Han, who will go with me to behead him to help the army? Zhang Wei snorted for a long time, and hurriedly ordered.

"General, the young general Yu Zhai (netizen decadent otaku cameo) is willing to go!" A general came out of the line with his fists in his fists, and asked.

"Good!" Zhang Wei nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered Yu Zhai to lead five hundred people to fight Huang Zhong.

"Is it Zhang Wei?" Huang Zhong looked at the battle alone, and hurriedly asked.

"To deal with you old man, why do you need General Zhang to go out? I'm already lifting you up! After Yu Zhai finished speaking, he immediately rushed up, wishing that he could immediately stab Huang Zhong to death.

"Grandma's!" Huang Zhong scolded secretly, just this move, he understood that Yu Zhai's martial arts were extremely poor, and if he really fought, he would be able to kill him in less than three moves. But thinking of Zhuge Jin's words, he still endured himself, and only took out three successes to deal with it.

"Junhou, Ming said that General Huang Lao can go to the city to call for battle, and send another army to Yang Renzhai to take precautions. Zhang Wei will inevitably bully General Huang's old age, and once he rashly fights under the light enemy, he can be killed. In this way, the defenders of Xicheng will inevitably be defeated! During the discussion last night, Zhuge Jin proposed.

"It's good!" Guan Yu also felt that this might be more effective. Using Huang Zhong, an old guy, to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, this move is already a super shameless move by Liu Bei Group's default. If the opponent is not vigilant and bullies him for being old, there is a good chance that he will suffer a big loss. Zhuge Jin estimated that Zhang Weiwo was in that ravine, and he should not know Huang Zhong's prestige, so it was only appropriate to send him to fool people.

"Old General Huang, if it weren't for that Zhang Wei to fight, the old general must not be so powerful that he will kill the enemy general in one move. You always have to fight for dozens of rounds before you fight your opponent. Zhuge Jin said again at this time.

"Why?" Guan Yu and Huang Zhong are both a little inexplicable this time, how can they fight without doing their best, they all think that Zhuge Jin is purely idle.

"Junhou, General Huang. That Zhang Wei is known as the first brave general in Hanzhong, although it may not be true, but his martial arts must be far superior to the rest of the Hanzhong generals. If General Huang could fight with those people for dozens of rounds, even if he won, Zhang Wei would definitely think that he could defeat the old general. In this way, the old general will lure him out of the battle again, and the battle will be decided. Zhuge Jin explained carefully.

Guan Yu and Huang Zhong looked at each other, and after a while, Guan Yu said: "Ziyu, that Zhang Wei is just afraid that he is not so stupid." ”

"Zhang Wei's use of soldiers can be described as a faint move, does the prince still think that this person is shrewd?" Zhuge Jin asked with a smile. After a pause, Zhuge Jin said again: "Besides, even if this plan fails, at most it will not be able to kill Zhang Wei, but there will be no damage to our army." ”

"That's right," Guan Yu and Huang Zhong also felt that it made sense. So now, Chen Wu is calling in front of Yang Renzhai to drag that side, and Huang Zhong is only showing three points of strength to accompany Yu Zhai to act. After twenty-seven or eight rounds of fighting, he found a flaw and slashed Yu Zhai to death.

"With such martial arts, dare to go into battle?" Although he only killed a little deflated three, Huang Zhong still deliberately shouted. The Jingzhou army, which was originally a hanger, was even more arrogant and unstoppable.

"Damn!" Seeing Huang Zhong so arrogant, Zhang Wei was immediately furious, and shouted repeatedly: "Prepare the horse, wait for me to kill this old man!" Zhang Wei was about to go down to the city in a rage.

"The general is angry, the general is the pillar of Xicheng, if there is a good one, wouldn't everything be over?" Finally, there was someone who was a little more sober-minded, and hurriedly admonished.

"It's okay, this old man's martial arts are commonplace, I've seen it. When I go and kill him, it will increase morale! Zhang Wei said disapprerovingly. Immediately, regardless of the dissuasion of everyone, he hurriedly went down to the city to meet Huang Zhong.

"Who's coming?" Huang Zhong saw that another one came not long after, and hurriedly asked.

"Death to the old thief!" Zhang Wei's surname was in a hurry, but he couldn't wait to report the number, so he directly slapped the horse and killed Huang Zhong. Huang Zhongke was a little depressed now, and he didn't know if he was Zhang Wei. If it's yes, it's a hundred, but if it's not, if it's too fast, it's not good to scare Zhang Weike. Fortunately, this person's martial arts are not very high, so let's go with him first.

The two of them made more than 20 moves, and suddenly several soldiers in the Jingzhou army formation shouted loudly: "General Huang, he is Zhang Wei!" But some soldiers who knew Zhang Wei took the initiative to remind the old man that there was no need to continue acting.

"Huh?" Huang Zhong's heart suddenly fluttered when he heard this, but just in case, he still set aside the knife cut by the other party first, and asked: "You are Zhang Wei?" While he was a little excited, his voice trembled a little.

"Exactly!" Zhang Wei was a little puzzled why this old man was suddenly so excited, as soon as he finished answering, he felt that something was wrong, as if some major crisis was coming.

Soon Zhang Wei understood what the source of the crisis was: it was the half-hundred-year-old man in front of him. Huang Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up, like a tiger that had just woken up and saw its prey, and his eyes were full of light.

"Hey!" Huang Zhongmao slashed horizontally with all his strength, and the speed was not a little faster than before. Zhang Wei couldn't dodge it, and hurriedly crossed the big knife to block.

Two consecutive "Stuck Rubs!" At the sound of the voice, Zhang Wei and the knife shaft in his hand were all cut into two pieces by Huang Zhong's full strength, and the upper half flew out, but it fell to the ground but it was not dead for a while, and he screamed a few times before swallowing his breath.

The Hanzhong army, who was sweeping the formation, never expected that the two people who were originally evenly matched on the scene would suddenly have such a big contrast. After a while, a soldier of the Hanzhong Army who was watching the battle shouted like a pig: "General Zhang has been beheaded!" It seems that this scream woke up the somewhat confused Hanzhong army, and the thousands of people who followed Zhang Wei to fight reacted, and hurriedly threw away their armor and ran into the city.

"The whole army pursues, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Guan Yu, who had watched the monkey show for a long time, finally seized the opportunity to perform, and hurriedly and excitedly issued a combat mission. At the moment, the Jingzhou army roared like a tiger down the mountain and rushed towards the west city, and the guards on the city pass saw Zhang Wei being beheaded, and most people knew that Zhang Lu's brother died like this, and it was estimated that it would be difficult for them to go back, so they basically chose to surrender wisely. The remaining ones who dared to resist were also quickly wiped out by Guan Yu.

"What's going on?" Yang Ren in the camp of Xishan Pass heard the sudden stirring outside, and he was also a little puzzled. Suddenly, he seemed to anticipate something, and hurriedly sent scouts to inquire about the news.

Although Chen Wu came to call for the battle today, Yang Ren was determined to be a shrinking turtle, so he simply ignored it. Chen Wu only wanted to contain him anyway, and the surname Suo was so nested not far from his camp. This battle has reached this point, and it can't be described as weird alone.

"General Yang, it's not good, General Zhang has been beheaded, and Xicheng has fallen!" It didn't take long for this scout to run back in a rage and report to Yang Renyu. Yang Ren was shocked when he heard the news, and he sat down and didn't get up.

"General Yang, what should we do then?" After a moment of coldness, a lieutenant asked weakly. Yang Ren knew what he meant, and his heart was even colder.

At that time, in order to gain Liu Zhang's trust to go to Hanzhong for development, Zhang Lu did not hesitate to leave his mother in Chengdu as a hostage. Later, he and Liu Zhang turned their faces, and the old lady was clicked by Liu Zhang. So much so that Zhang Lu's relatives in the world are left with Zhang Wei's younger brother. Yang Ren knew how much Zhang Lu favored his younger brother, and now that he was beheaded like this, as a general with him, he was afraid that he would not be able to pay the difference after he went back. Although his death has nothing to do with himself, political struggles are sometimes so ruthless, not to mention that Zhang Lu has never been a merciless person. Although Zhang Wei has a good relationship with himself, Yang Ren doesn't expect this friendship to play any role.

Thinking of this, Yang Ren's scalp was also a little numb. As soon as the person who proposed it saw Yang Ren's expression, he knew that his heart was starting to beat the drum, and at that moment, Suo surnamed boldly admonished: "In this case, general, why don't you take refuge in the Jingzhou army?" ”

"Lao Liu, what do you mean by that? The Lord has treated us with great kindness, and in this situation, how can we leave him? Yang Ren's face changed slightly, and he retorted sternly.

"General, now that General Zhang has been killed in battle, I will surrender only now, and I can be regarded as worthy of the lord!" This person was not so resolute when he heard Yang Ren's tone, and knew that his will was not so firm, so he hurriedly continued to "enlighten" his boss. Seeing that there was no one else around, this person lowered his voice and continued: "I think that there are only tens of thousands of horses in my Hanzhong, and Uncle Liu Huang is already sitting in the south, and there are nearly a million people with armor under his command. Going against Uncle Liu Huang is really self-defeating. The general's abandonment of darkness and surrender to the light is due to the country and society, so what's wrong with it? ”

When Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, the early imperial court sent people to surrender many times. Zhang Lu's attitude was very resolute, and he killed the messenger every time. It wasn't until Cao Ying discussed with him the invasion of Jingzhou that the history of Hanzhong's beheading of envoys ended. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhang Lu has offended the court by doing this, but people don't have time to clean you up now. Once the upper hand is free, it is not a hand to pinch you little man.

Thinking of this, Yang Ren also didn't want to continue to accompany Zhang Lu to the funeral. Sighing, Yang Ren pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Although I want to abandon the dark and turn to the light, I don't know if General Guan is willing to accept it?" ”

"General rest assured, Uncle Liu Huang has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness, how can he not be surrendered?" As soon as this person heard that Yang Ren had already changed Guan Yu's title, he immediately understood that Yang Ren only had such a little worry left in his heart. Yang Ren nodded, and sent this person to Guan Yu's army to discuss the surrender.

"Yang Ren wants to surrender?" Guan Yu was also quite surprised when he heard this. Yang Ren Dazhai still has nearly 10,000 men and horses, why are you going to surrender now? After listening to this person's detailed explanation, I realized that I was afraid that Zhang Lu would blame, so I surrendered.

"Go back and tell Yang Ren, I promised, let him go out of the village and surrender early tomorrow morning!" Although Guan Yu was very disdainful of the frugality of these surrenderers, it was good to be able to fight less, so he didn't put his attitude too badly.

"Yes, yes, yes!" This person was also overjoyed when he saw that there was a way to surrender, and he was busy returning to the camp to reply to Yang Ren without mentioning it. The next day, Yang Ren led the 8,000 defenders who were guarding Dazhai to surrender. Zhang Lu sent his younger brothers Zhang Wei and Yang Ren to lead an army of 20,000 to defend Xicheng, but within two days, one died and one surrendered.

"Meet General Guan!" Yang Ren held the official talisman seal in his hand and led people to surrender to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu accepted them one by one. "General Yang, how many passes are there on this road to Nanzheng?" After Yang Ren surrendered, Guan Yu also asked.

"General Huiguan, there are Chenggu, Baocheng, Liangzhou, and Xingshi all over the way. However, the guards in these places are either my old troops, or they are friendly with me, or they can be taken without blood. The general's army can be unimpeded and reach the city of Nanzheng! ”

"That's great!" Guan Yu didn't expect this guy to have so much energy, which should be considered an unexpected joy. Immediately, Guan Yu remembered something, and then asked: "General Zhao Botao's partial division has already left Jiameng Pass, does General Yang know how Zhang Lu is prepared over there?" ”

"Over there, there are Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain. Even if General Zhao has a large number of people, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through. Yang Ren thought for a while. Guan Yu nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Zhang Wei died in battle, and the news of Yang Ren's defection to the enemy was transmitted back to Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu was stunned for a moment.

(To be continued)