Chapter 69
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Su Gu unfolded the letter and glanced at it, only a few lines: "Qing Ben is a beautiful woman, why should I be a thief?" I am Yuan Xianyong, the fourth son of Yuan Benchu, the pastor of Jizhou, who is now a rebellious general, and oversees the army to go north to crusade against Gongsun. I have heard for a long time that the white rabbit is a loyal and righteous person, and I admire it very much in my heart. If the public can fight back and help our army get through the caliber, he should be awarded the position of partial general! ”
Zheng Gu has long had the intention to take refuge in Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao doesn't pay attention to the Black Mountain thieves, and only wants to win over the big boss Zhang Yan, ignoring their little shrimps, so Zheng Gu has never found a chance. Now that Zhenggu is in a desperate situation, of course he will be moved by the olive branch thrown by Yuan Mai.
"This letter is really a handwritten letter from the buyer?" It was hard to hide the excitement in his heart, and he asked with joy on his face.
The envoy replied affirmatively: "Of course, it was written by General Yuan himself, how dare we pretend to be!" ”
"Where is Childe now?"
Su Gu is still a little uneasy, in case the fourth son of the Yuan family fools himself into turning against Zhang Yan, and finally does not accept this team, the white rabbit is afraid that there will be no place to bury it in the end, and the hundreds of thousands of Black Mountain troops will not dig themselves out and scatter their bones and ashes, it is strange!
The messenger pointed to the east: "Childe is stationed fifteen miles away from here. ”
"You quickly go back to report to the fourth son, and say that Su Gu has long had the intention to defect to Yuan Jizhou, but unfortunately no one recommended him. If Gongzi is really willing to accept the Zhenggu tribe, we are willing to sneak attack Zhang Yan and help Gongzi's army cross the caliber. It's just that he has never seen the dignity of the son, and he doesn't know if it is really the promise of the son based on the letter alone, and he is uneasy. Can you please see Childe? Along the valley to the east, there is a five-hundred-year-old locust tree, the two of them can't hug it, if the son has a heart, he can meet me under the tree tonight, and agree to cut down Zhang Yan's strategy! He cautiously put forward his own conditions.
The envoy was a little embarrassed: "If the prince agrees, will it be possible for me to come back and inform the commander?" ”
"It doesn't have to be! I'll leave later to wait for my son under the big locust tree. ”
Su Gu had already thought of a countermeasure, and he first led dozens of people to go over to hide, if this Yuan Gongzi rode alone to the appointment and sincerely accepted himself, he would surrender him, if he played tricks, he could also have a defense first.
"In that case, let me go back and inform Childe." The messenger made a promise, mounted his horse, and took his leave with his companions.
Seeing that the envoy had gone away, Zheng Gu summoned a few cronies and ordered them to temporarily lead the troops to be stationed in the valley, and after he had finished negotiating with this Fourth Prince Yuan, he would decide what to do next. After the arrangement was completed, he took more than 30 horsemen and galloped towards the east to find the big locust tree.
Just when Zhao and Hao Zhao attacked the Wulu tribe before and after, Wang Dang led 3,000 cavalry to come to help, but Tian Chou set up an ambush in the valley, killing and wounding more than 200 people. As a result, in the middle of the night, the officers and men opened up at least two valleys and could reach the Caliber of Fu unimpeded.
The good news was frequent, Yuan Mai was overjoyed, and sent an order to let Tian Feng lead the remaining 1,000 people to pull out the camp overnight, preparing to break through the "caliber" at night. Just when the battle was in front, Tian Feng acted quickly, commanded more than 1,000 people, plus more than 2,000 people, and more than 800 prisoners, pulled out the camp in more than half an hour, drove the grain cart forward, and joined the two men and horses of Liyi and Yuan Mai.
The troops passed through the valley with minimal losses, which made Lu Yi and Tian Feng secretly admire Yuan Mai in their hearts, although this fourth prince didn't go to the battlefield much, but this battle was fought beautifully, how could he calculate whether Zheng Gu would not snipe Wang Shuang and Hao Zhao desperately?
Speaking of which, Yuan Mai also made a gamble. He didn't know much about such an unpopular character as Zhenggu, but he caught such a captive when he was playing a game in his previous life, but he didn't know his name, so he took a look at it, and then he had some memories of Zhenggu.
The impression of this person is that Yuan Mai belongs to the category of disloyalty and injustice, just like Zhen Rong, who was entrusted by Tao Qian to escort Cao Cao's father and his party back to his hometown but killed all the people, they are all moody and untrustworthy people.
There is a backbone in the back of his head, and he must be selfish when he fights, and he will inevitably put the preservation of military strength in the first place, so Yuan Maicai sent the main force of Wang Shuang and Hao Zhao through the valley in the middle, betting that Zhenggu will not take the initiative to attack. Sure enough, as Yuan Mai expected, under the deterrence of Wang Shuang's cavalry and Hao Zhao's elite infantry, Zheng Gu really did not move and let them pass.
As for the grain cart loaded with stones to lure and rob grain, this is Yuan Mai's own masterpiece. Unexpectedly, Su Gu really fell for the trick and stupidly robbed the stone. Before the action, Yuan Mai instructed Jiang Cheng and Xue Qin to wait for the valley to pass, leave some people to guard the valley, don't let anyone go back and forth, and then disguise themselves as Zhang Yan's messengers to intimidate Zhenggu, which will make Zhenggu even more wavering.
The previous chess pieces are all gone, and the last step is to persuade them to surrender.
Yuan Mai remembered that the information on Zhenggu found in his previous life was written like this: Zhenggu first went to Zhang Yan from Montenegro, and later took refuge in Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, and then Zhang Yang was killed by the general Yang Chou, and was ambushed and killed by Zhenggu when he wanted to go to Cao Cao. Just when Wei Gu wanted to lead his subordinates to join Yuan Shao, he was attacked and killed by Cao Cao's generals Xu Huang and Shi Lian.
Through the above memories, Yuan Mai believes that he does not reject the Yuan family in his heart, so he believes that he will send someone to persuade him to surrender, and the desperate Zheng Gu will definitely agree, and it is precisely because of this inherent impression of Wei that Yuan Mai boldly used this "anti-intermediary plan", hoping to find a breakthrough from within the Black Mountain thief.
Just after Yuan Mai and Tian Feng and Liyi's troops met, a messenger sent to persuade him to surrender returned, relayed Zheng Gu's words, and asked Yuan Mai to make his own decision.
"Childe must not be alone in danger, in case of this stubborn deception, Childe will be in danger." Although Tian Feng is resourceful, he also understands that if Yuan Shao's son has three longs and two shorts, it is not certain whether his head can be saved.
Lu Yi didn't care so much about Yuan Mai's life or death, if Yuan Mai was really killed, he could be in power alone. Although the combat effectiveness of this army is not as good as its own division of a hundred battles, it finally has some capital, if Yuan Shao really can't tolerate himself, he can also go north to Liaodong to join Gongsun Du.
"How many people do you bring to the meeting, I care about whether you really surrender or surrender? In case he tricks us into the caliber and lets Zhang Yan's men ambush us, we will suffer heavy losses! Koji stroked his beard and voiced his doubts.
Yuan Mai firmly believed in his own judgment, if he suddenly surrendered, he didn't dare to comment on whether he was sincere or deceitful, but now he was confused by his own serial scheme; He shouldn't think of a trick to trick his team into the valley to launch a surprise attack, if that is the case, he won't be called Sugu, it's Zhuge Liang or Sima Yi!
"I believe that Zheng Gu must be sincere in his vote, and I will go to meet him." Yuan Mai put a strong bow on his back, hung a quiver, and hung a sword on his waist, ready to go to the bottom of the big locust tree to be solid.
Tian Feng advised: "If the prince insists on going, he can lead three hundred people to escort him, if he is stubborn, I am afraid that he will be in danger!" ”
"I'm not afraid of his tricks, my horse is fast, if Koji Yi plays yin, I will turn the horse and leave!" Yuan Mai said with a confident look.
Having said that, I still feel a little uneasy. With his own body and bones, he is definitely not a solid opponent, and Zhou Cang's injuries have not yet healed, so he only took the Fan brothers with him. At the moment, Yuan Mai was in front, and the Fan Hu and Fan Leopard brothers followed, and the three horses galloped, looking for the big locust tree to the west.
After Yuan bought it away, Tian Feng was not at ease, so he summoned a lieutenant over and asked him to lead three hundred elites to follow closely behind, in case he was in trouble. After the arrangements were made, Fang relieved himself and ordered the whole army to rest temporarily and wait for the results of the negotiations between Yuan Mai and Zhenggu.