vs 36 Insolence and Conspiracy [II]
"The two people next to General Dong knew at a glance that they were the elite of a hundred battles. Don't know your name? ”
Since Dong Zhuo asked the names of Guan Yu and Tai Shici, of course Zhang Qiang also asked Dong Zhuo's personal entourage. The so-called courtesy exchanges, arrogance but to maintain an equal posture with Dong Zhuo, when talking, you have to be more confident.
"Since Captain Zhang wants to know, Ado, Acuo, say it yourself!"
Zhang Mad cast his gaze behind Dong Zhuo. But when I saw the military general with his hair scattered, he said in a not very fluent Chinese dialect:
"It's Guo Yan."
Another military general, who looked more majestic, said in the official dialect of Luoyang, which has a standard of eight or nine points:
"It's Fan Chou."
Hearing these two names, Zhang Mad's eyes lit up, and he said loudly:
"It's been a long time! It turned out to be two of the four horses of 'Dragon, Tiger, Leopard and Bear'! No wonder it's so majestic! ”
It is different from the Taixing Army, which is unknown and does not receive the attention of the government and the opposition. Dong Zhuo's subordinates, who guard the western border all the year round and fight against the Xiqiang rebels, have attracted a lot of attention from the world.
The so-called "Dragon, Tiger, Leopard and Bear" Four Simas refer to the four first-class generals of the Sima Army who led Dong Zhuoyan's elite pro-army "Flying Bear Army". The dragon is Li Dao, the tiger is Guo Yan, the leopard is Zhang Ji, and the bear is Fan Chou. Compared with Niu Fu, Hua Xiong, Hu Zhen, Duan Xuan and others in Dong Zhuojun, who have a higher status and greater seniority than them, they represent a newly rising group of fierce generals in the army.
These four people are all about 30 strong generals in the army, and they are regarded by the world as the seeds of the next generation of famous generals. Therefore, there are good deeds in the army, and according to the characteristics of these four people, they compiled the "Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, and Bear Four Sima." The future pillars of the Han family. The military ballad was sung in tens of thousands of Liangzhou troops.
The ceremony is over. Dong Zhuo asked insolently angrily:
"Captain Zhang, I don't know about this hunting. What do you want to hunt for? ”
Facing this Dong fat man with a very bad reputation in history, Zhang Qiang was also emotional.
Who would have thought that today's pillars of the Han Dynasty, the world's famous generals, would be transformed into powerful ministers who can dominate the world in a few months. And a few years later, this powerful man will be because of a woman. Died under the halberd of the world's first general, leaving only infamy through the ages, spread in this world?
"Hehe, Zhang's archery skills are inferior and he is not good at hunting. However, to drive the prey out of the nest, Zhang has some means. ”
"Oh?"
Dong Zhuo looked at Zhang Qiang with interest and asked:
"But I don't know, what is the prey?"
The arrogant face did not change color, and the heart did not beat:
"Money and food. And authority. ”
This answer greatly increased Dong Zhuo's interest. He took a few steps closer to the horse and asked with a smile:
"Interesting. Can you be more detailed? ”
"Of course! I asked General Dong to go hunting this time to ask the two sides to cooperate. Conspiracy! ”
As a result, the two quasi-warlords who divided one side were eyeing the guards around them. Whispered laughter. This talk is half an hour.
Wait for the conversation between the two sides to finish. Dong Zhuo and Zhang Qiang said goodbye to each other. In order to show that this meeting meant that it was ordinary, Dong Zhuo also shot two pheasants and a rabbit along the way. It's just a way back. Dong Zhuo's face looked extremely serious. Until he returned to the county seat of Jiangyi, he was still thinking about the meeting just now. Finally, Dong Zhuo sighed:
"This arrogant bureaucracy, his scheming is so far-reaching! In the future, it will be a great trouble! ”
However, after all, the future will return to the future. At this moment, Dong Zhuo is not ready to entangle with insolence. For the sake of his ambitions, Dong Zhuo didn't mind temporarily uniting with some anti-thieves. In the future, if there is a chance in the court, Dong Zhuo will never mind exterminating the arrogance in one fell swoop.
Therefore, the next day, Dong Zhuo, who had thought about it clearly, sent a messenger to send a letter to Zhang Qi. On the bamboo slip of this letter, there is only one word:
"Yes!"
Seeing Dong Zhuo's reply, Zhang Qi didn't show how excited he was. He just stayed alone in his room and was upset for a long time.
- Politics, sure enough......
On the tenth day of the fifth month, Dong Zhuo, who hurried from the south, and Zhang Qiang, who had been staying for a long time from the north, decided to return at the same time. The horse team and the baggage team full of grain and straw, one south and one north, left separately. The atmosphere in the Baibo Valley, which was originally tense, has returned to calm.
However, no one would think that the situation in the White Wave Valley can still be the same as before. At least, there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence between Mrs. Guo and Yang Feng.
Yang Feng has been staying in his own dock fort in the Baibo Valley these days, and he doesn't dare to go out for a single step.
It is said that in the entire Baibo Valley, there is more than one large dock fort. When the dock fort was first built, out of the consideration of mutual support, a total of five large dock forts were built in the entire Baiba Valley according to the terrain.
According to the direction, these five dock forts are called "southeast, northwest, and middle" Wufang forts. What Mrs. Guo occupies is the largest middle fort in the Wufang Fort. However, Yang Feng's location was in Nanpu, which was thirty-five miles southwest of Zhongbao.
As for Hu Cai and Li Le, the two of them have two forts in the east and west respectively. There was one Beibao left, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Han Xian. After Han Xian left Xiliang, Mrs. Guo asked her nephew Guo Wei to temporarily act as the lord of Beibao Fort.
When Zhang Madness led his troops south, Yang Feng's heart was really extremely uneasy, for fear that Taiping Dao would take the opportunity to besiege his Nanbao. Fortunately, Zhang Qi went south this time, firstly, to visit Guo Tai's injury, and secondly, to complete the grain and grass trade with some big clans in Hedong, and was not ready for war. Otherwise, Yang Feng will be in big trouble.
Although Yang Feng consciously entrenched in the southern fort, which is difficult to defend and attack, even if there are 10,000 people besieging him, he can still stand still. However, the fear of insolence made him unconsciously relieved after the Taixing Army's heavy vehicle loaded with grain and straw went north.
In fact, in Yang Feng's heart, he only felt that he had been wronged.
When Niu Fu and Mrs. Guo clashed, the person who suddenly jumped out and blatantly assassinated Mrs. Guo was indeed the nail that Yang Feng planted beside Mrs. Guo. However, Yang Feng knew in his heart that he had never given the order to assassinate Mrs. Guo.
Yang Feng is not a fool, how could he not know the consequences of assassinating Mrs. Guo?
Once this kind of scandal breaks out, not to mention anything else, the morale of Yang Feng's subordinates will immediately be shaken. After all, Guo Tai is nominally the leader of the entire Baibo Valley forces. It is not a glorious thing to commit such a shameless thing at any time, let alone in the Han Dynasty, where the people were generous and fierce.
Only a certain island country in the east will regard "Xia Ke Shang" as a trend of the times, and it will be popular in a certain period of time in later generations.
Because of the news of Mrs. Guo's assassination, everyone did not mean to publicize it. Therefore, the current Bai Bo Valley, regarding Guo Tai's injury, thinks that the Han army under Niu Fu did it. Even so, Yang Feng could feel that several cronies around him who knew the inside story of Mrs. Guo's assassination had revealed a hesitation and uneasiness when they looked at him in the past few days.
- Your milk. Milk. Piece. Ball! It really has nothing to do with me!
Looking at the flickering in the eyes of his subordinates, Yang Feng couldn't wait to raise his voice and shout at the whole world.
When Yang Feng was restless, suddenly, a henchman hurriedly ran in, opened his mouth and shouted to Yang Feng:
"Qu Shuai! Qu Shuai! It's a big deal! It's a big deal! ”
Yang Feng was taken aback coldly, and when he saw his subordinates rushing in in a panic, he couldn't help but reprimand:
"What's the panic? Is the sky falling? ”
The subordinate hurriedly discerned:
"It's really a big deal! Guo Shuai is dead! It's Guo Shuai who is dead! ”
Hearing this, Yang Feng was like a cat with its tail burned, jumped up suddenly, widened his eyes, and shouted:
"What? Say it again! ”
"Ah, that's it, Guo Shuai is dead......"
The subordinates also expected Yang Feng's reaction, and hurriedly confirmed it again. In order to strengthen the convincing power of his words, he added another sentence after him:
"I heard that it was an attack of injury and died!"
"Wasn't Guo Shuai's injury cured by insolence?"
Yang Feng asked carefully. The stakes are high, and he must confirm and reconfirm.
"yes. However, Qu Shuai, as soon as he was arrogant and left, he heard that Guo Shuai immediately launched a high fever. Later, a few days after the high fever, the stab wound suppurated and ruptured, and the quack doctors in the fort could not treat it, so they went. ”
The subordinates obviously know the severity. He carefully inquired about the news he had obtained and told Yang Feng in detail.
"Send someone immediately, no, prepare a horse for me, I want to see it with my own eyes!"
Yang Feng really didn't dare to take this news lightly. Although he knew that Mrs. Guo's subordinates must have a grudge against him, the stakes were so high that Yang Feng couldn't feel at ease if he didn't take a look with his own eyes.
Two or three hours later, Yang Feng, covered in sweat, returned from Zhongbao. Although with his current relationship with the Guo family, he can't enter Zhongbao to observe in person. However, whoever sees that there is a lot of vegetarianism outside the middle fort, and countless Taiping Dao disciples cry bitterly, wearing linen and filial piety, can also get the news that an extremely important person in the fort has died.
Needless to say, there are only Guo Tai and Guo Daxian who can have this influence.
INTERVIEWER So, what's next? (To be continued......)