The original volume 4 Yellow Turban Chaos Chapter 387 catches a turtle in the urn

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Song Jian was anxiously going back and forth in his palace, and soon after nightfall, he received the news that Liu Xiu was storming the city of Caohan, and hurriedly invited the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss these people were talking, some said that troops should be sent to rescue, and some said that there was no need to rescue, Liu Xiu might not be able to take it, besides, it was unconventional to start attacking the city this night, who knows if Liu Xiu deliberately made a trap, the siege was fake, and the ambush reinforcements were real?

I have to say that although Song Jian's subordinates are not literate and hyphenated, there are still people who can fight. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis is a mixed place of Qiang and Han, either the Qiang people rebelled, or the officials and soldiers came to levy, even if they had not fought, they heard a lot of people. For some military common sense, their level is far superior to that of written skills.

Song Jian was indifferent by them, but he also understood that it was indeed too dangerous to send people to rescue at night, if Liu Xiu ambushed some people and horses somewhere, the black lights were blind, and the scouts might not be able to find it even if they passed by, and the reinforcements could not rush in the dark, they had to carry torches, for Liu Xiu, as soon as these reinforcements appeared, they were undoubtedly targets.

After discussing it, Song Jian took their suggestion, all the armies were ready, and they set off as soon as dawn, so they couldn't watch the city of Caohan being taken by Liu Xiu. Although Yan Shu, the former general who guarded Zaohan, had the ability, he only had two thousand guards, and it was impossible for him to hold out for too long. Once it is lost, then Liu Xiu can enter Caohan City, and it will not be easy to drive him away.

After making up his mind, Song Jian went back to the palace to rest, but he had something on his mind, he didn't sleep well this night, and when it was about to dawn, he fell asleep in a daze. I had just fallen asleep for a while, and I was woken up again, and then I got the bad news: I was lost.

Song Jian sat there stunned, not moving for a long time, his mind was blank. So he lost it, and he didn't survive all night? Is Liu Xiu an immortal?

It was here that his great general came majestically to ask for an edict, king, and let us go.

Song Jian was stunned, suddenly jumped up, slapped his hand, and scolded: "Go fart, Caohan is lost, let's attack the city?" ”

The general covered his hot face and was stunned, and he didn't react for a while. After a while, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted in a voice that was louder than Song Jian: "How is it possible? ”

Song Jian was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he didn't care about being angry with him, so he hurriedly sent someone to invite Bian Zhang. Bian Zhang's face was tired, and he didn't look awake.

"It's gone."

"Lost?"

Song Jian and Bian Zhang looked at each other, Bian Zhang scratched his head and turned around twice: "What is the king going to do?" ”

"I invited Bian Qing to come, just to ask Bian Qing, what should I do?"

"Minister...... I don't know anything about military affairs. Bian Zhang spread his hands and said innocently.

Song Jian suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry.

Bian Zhang froze: "King, you only have two paths left now. ”

"You say." When Song Jian heard this, he finally had some backbone.

"One is surrender. If you surrender to Liu Xiu now, Liu Xiu should not kill you, but send you to Luoyang. According to the custom of the imperial court, anyone who is the king will abandon the city, including your family. Bian Zhang raised his palm and slashed it, and Song Zhang subconsciously shrank his neck: "No, no, I can't surrender, I'd rather run away than surrender." ”

"The other way is to escape." Bian Zhang continued: "However, you can't run now, and you can't run like this. ”

Song Jian looked at him incomprehensibly.

"There are two reasons for this." Bian Zhang gradually regained his composure, and a smile actually appeared on his face: "First, although Liu Xiu said that he won Caohan, he may not be able to take Baishi City, Baishi City is stronger than Caohan, and there are tens of thousands of Qiang people next to him to help. Liu Xiu's troops are insufficient, and the military rations can't support it for too long, as long as we hold for half a month, he can only retreat by himself. In that case, the king will be safe. ”

Song Jian's face twitched. Support for half a month, safety is safe, but he is also bankrupt, seventy or eighty thousand people eat for another half a month, it is estimated that even the surplus food for the New Year is gone.

"Second, if you want to flee to the mountains, will those Qiang leaders still be able to take the king in their eyes in the future? How is the king the king of Heshou Pinghan, there is a royal city, there are hundreds of officials, there is money and food, they can treat the king as the king, if the king does not have these, they probably will not treat the king as a king, but only as a fat sheep. ”

Song Jian sighed and nodded again and again. He knew that Bian Zhang was right, when he left Baishi City, he was a fat sheep to be slaughtered, skinned first, then eaten meat, and then even the internal organs were left.

"Therefore, if the king wants to flee to the mountains, he must first get rid of those who are a threat to the king."

Song Jian was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth grinned, pointed to his nose, and then pointed to the outside of the city: "I...... Clear them? ”

Bian Zhang nodded vigorously: "Exactly." ”

"Bian Qing, what are you kidding? There are less than 10,000 people in my city, but they are 70,000 or 80,000. ”

"Yes, because of that, they must be eliminated." Bian Zhang nodded affirmatively: "There is Liu Xiu's army here, if they are scattered, no one is Liu Xiu's opponent, if you want to win, you must listen to the king's orders." King, Liu Xiu's knife is very sharp. ”

Song Jian smiled bitterly, of course his heart was sharp, and he took Caohan City in less than a night. He thought about it, and suddenly understood what Bian Zhang meant, which was to borrow Liu Xiu's knife to kill these Qiang people, let them kill each other, and I would pick up the cheap from the middle. I won, Liu Xiu was defeated, and I was safe. After losing the battle, the strength of the Qiang people was greatly reduced, and I fled to the mountains, and I could still be the king.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits. Song Jian's eyes slowly lit up, and he leaned towards Bian Zhang: "Bian Qing, it's indeed a clever plan, a clever plan." ”

Bian Zhang smiled slightly: "However, there is a difficulty in driving the Qiang people and Liu Xiu to fight viciously. ”

"What difficulty?" Song Jian became nervous again.

"Liu Xiu took the city of Caohan overnight, will the Qiang people be afraid of him and flee in all directions, leaving the king alone to face Liu Xiu?"

When Song Jian heard this, he nodded again and again: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Lure them into the city, take their military power, and then send a few generals to lead their soldiers to fight Liu Xiu."

Song Jian woke up like a dream, and almost screamed out with joy. This is a clever plan, put those Qiang people into the city to be placed under house arrest, and then take their people and Liu Xiu to fight bloodily. In the city, even if Liu Xiu attacked Baishi City, the Qiang soldiers outside the city did not dare to retreat if they wanted to, so they had to accompany him and Liu Xiu to fight hard.

"Bian Qing, you are so smart." Song Jian raised his thumb happily, "You are my Zhang Liang." ”

"How dare the minister be compared with Zhang Liang, the marquis." Bian Zhang said a few words modestly and discussed the details with Song Jian.

The two agreed to temporarily conceal the news of the loss of the city of Caohan, and under the pretext of discussing the war, they invited the leaders of the Qiang tribe into the city for a banquet, and then drunk them with wine, put them under house arrest, and then sent people to integrate their teams. The plan was very discussed, and Song Jianjian implemented it, and the leaders of the Qiang people didn't know what was going on, and when they heard that there was wine to drink, they came happily one by one. Song Jian was warmly entertained, and the wine was supplied in unlimited quantities, and after drinking for a long time, the leaders of the Qiang people all staggered and were drunk unconscious.

Song Jian immediately sent people out of the camp to tell those Qiang soldiers that your leader had drunk too much and would not come back for the time being. Liu Xiu's army is about to arrive, and you all obey the command of my general's general and meet the enemy together. There are also the cronies of those leaders who followed Song Jian's envoys, and the Qiang soldiers did not have any suspicions, anyway, they came to help the king of Heshou Ping Han fight, since the leader was drunk, then temporarily listen to the command of the general of the king of Heshou Ping Han.

Everything went well, but in just one day's work, Bian Zhang's plan was thoroughly implemented. At night, Bian Zhang said goodbye to Song Jian, who was still unsatisfied, returned to his residence, took out a cage from the study, fed some meat and water to Yan Ying in the cage, and then untied the iron chain on Yan Ying's feet and opened the cage.

The swallow eagle spreads its wings and flies high, like a sharp arrow, and disappears into the night in the blink of an eye.

In the humble prison of Caohan City, Liu Xiu pushed open a cell door, reached out and fanned the front of his nose, and swept away the musty smell. A young man huddled in the corner, Huo, stood up, took two steps, blocked in front of the weak Yan Shu, and looked at Liu Xiu with a smile.

"Yan Shu, you gave birth to a good child." Liu Xiu looked at Yan Xing's tight little face and praised it. After Xiahou Yuansheng captured Yan Shu's father, he was full of praise for Yan Xing, saying that this kid's martial arts skills are good, the important thing is that in the face of life and death, he refused to leave his father and run for his life alone, and his filial piety was commendable, so he ordered that they should not be abused, and sent someone to change Yan Shu's medicine.

Yan Shu opened her swollen eyelids, looked at Liu Xiu, and smiled bitterly: "What is good, what is bad, being obedient and rebellious is a dead end." ”

Liu Xiu sneered and laughed, he found a clean place to sit down, and said to Yan Shu with a smile: "That's right, I said that you are not a stupid person, why do you follow Song Jian to mess around, do you think he is a person who can do things?" ”

Yan Shu tilted her head and remained silent.

"I heard you're from Jincheng?" Liu Xiu stretched out his fingers and scratched his forehead: "Do you know Han Sui?" ”

Yan Shu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Han Wenyue is a famous person in Jincheng, how can I not understand the reason." But I know him, but he doesn't know me. ”

"So you're willing to be Song Jian's former general?" Liu Xiu asked rhetorically.

Yan Shu smiled bitterly, he also felt that this was ridiculous, but the matter had come to this, and he was not willing to beg Liu Xiu for mercy.

"It's okay for you to defend the city, but your vision is not good, and it's not a pity to die. It's just a pity for you. Liu Xiu stood up, shook his big hat, and brushed off the grass clippings on it: "I think you are doing this just to give your son a future." Although the method is a little stupid, this piece of heart is still good. Song Jian doesn't have a few days to live, if you still think about it, and don't want him to die with you, then go to my account to be a military marquis or something. Former general, I can't give it, do a good job, and become a lieutenant or a lieutenant or something in the future, maybe it's possible. But you, maybe the future will be a little better than yours. ”

Yan Shu looked at Liu Xiu in surprise, and stopped talking.

"What are you hesitating about?" Koji Yi strode in, glared at him and shouted, "The old man is under the command of General Wei to listen to orders, what else do you not want?" Roll up the old man, wash it up, look at your dexing, it stinks like. ”

As soon as Yan Shu saw Koji Yi, she suddenly got up and said in surprise: "Koji Yi Koji Yuntian? ”

"Who else can it be if it's not old?" Koji Yi smiled: "It turns out that you have been fighting with the old man for a long time, and you don't know if you are old?" ”

Yan Shu slapped her head, frustrated, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kneeled in front of Liu Xiu, and kowtowed again and again: "Yan Shu is willing to surrender!" ”

Liu Xiu looked at Lu Yi and grinned: "Yuntian, don't count on it, Miao has already taken a fancy to him, and it's too late for you to start." ”

Koji Yi raised his eyebrows, and was about to speak, when Liu Xiu said again: "Don't expect this child, I want it." Koji Yi rolled his eyes, muttered a few sentences, and smacked his lips in frustration.

Liu Xiu laughed and was about to make another joke about Koji Yi, when Yan Zhongbu walked in and glanced at him. Liu Xiu understood, and appeased Yan Shu again, asking him to go out to wash, eat something, rest for the night, and report to Xiahou Yuan tomorrow, and let Yan Xing go to the Chinese army tomorrow morning to find Pang De, which followed Yan Zhong out.

"There's news here." Yan Zhong said softly, "Everything is going according to plan, the leader of the Qiang people has been lured into the city. ”

"Good." Liu Xiu was overjoyed, and a smile flashed from his face: "These heads are worth a lot of rewards, kill them, and it will be much more convenient to recruit Qiang people in the future." ”

"There's only one problem." Yan Zhong said again: "The June thunderstorm of Baimaqiang suddenly left Baishi the day before yesterday and went to Wudu. ”

Liu Xiu frowned, June Thunder was one of the few people he wanted to catch, why was he run away? However, Bian Zhang can't be blamed for this, although the Qiang people came to help, they didn't necessarily listen to Song Jian's command, they were used to being casual.

"Inform Han Sui, pay attention to the movements of the June thunder, and then send the news back."

Zhong answered, and then asked, "General, is the next step to march into Baishi City, or Heguan?" ”

Liu Xiu said as he walked: "I think it's better to go to Baishi City, it's too dangerous for Wen to be alone in it, the sooner you solve it, the better." As for Zhong Wu, I don't think he has the courage to follow. ”

Yan Zhong's heart warmed, but he reminded: "But if we don't solve Zhong Wu, if he comes with us, we may be attacked on our backs." Even if White Rock City doesn't dare to attack, but with Zhong Wu behind him, it may cut us off our retreat. ”

Liu Xiu stopped, frowned, and suddenly let out a long sigh: "I always thought that the blue was better than the blue, but now that I think about it, I am still far from my husband." He had 10,000 foot soldiers, 5,000 cavalry, and fought for thousands of miles, and he pacified Dongqiang, and I now have 30,000 soldiers, and mainly cavalry, but I am still helpless in the face of the Qiang people. ”

Yan Zhong shook his head and said, "When General Wei sees this, the minister does not dare to agree. Although Duan Gong did not have many troops back then, but the food and salary were sufficient, and it was not all smooth sailing, several times under siege, the general is now overstretched, although there are many soldiers, the food is less than three months, can have such a record, I think Duan Gong is also proud enough. He paused, glanced around, and said in a low voice: "If there is a gap between General Wei and Duan Gongshang, it is also because General Wei is not ruthless enough and is unwilling to massacre the Qiang people. ”

"They were all born to their parents, and they were also forced by life, my husband has killed enough, but what can he do? The burning Dangqiang is gone, and Zhong Qiang is here again. ”

"Therefore, General Wei is planning a long-term strategy, and Duan Gong is just an expedient measure, which cannot be compared." Yan Zhong sighed: "General Wei is still young, and his future is limitless, so why should he be depressed by a temporary setback. ”

Liu Xiu smiled helplessly, glanced at Yan Zhong gratefully, and continued to walk forward.

For the next move, the generals disagreed. They didn't know about Bian Zhang, they only knew that there were more than 70,000 Qiang people outside Baishi City, and there were also Zhong Qiang in Heguan, which could cut off their back road at any time, so most people preferred to defeat Zhong Wu before marching into Baishi City. But in this way, the big problem is that there may not be enough time, there are at least 10,000 Zhong Qiang Jingrui in Heguan, they can advance or retreat, it is not so easy to fight, it is likely to drag on for too long. Therefore, some people also suggested going to White Rock City, if Zhong Wu did not go out of the city, then directly ignore him, if he went out of the city, it would be just to disappear him in the field battle.

Jian Shuo wants to go to Baishi City, his purpose is to capture Song Jian, what Zhong Wu is not important to him, it is nothing more than a Qiang leader, there are more than 70,000 Qiang people under Baishi City, and there are seventy or eighty tribes of all sizes, is it not as good as a Zhong Wu? He also has a reason, the Heavenly Wolf and they have been walking for more than ten days, and the news of their robbery will come soon, Zhong Wu may have to rush back to the Great and Small Elm Valley tomorrow, how can he have time to copy our back road.

Liu Xiu weighed it for a long time, and then decided to enter Baishi City. He left Zhang He behind and asked him to guard Caohan and monitor Zhong Wu's movements. Considering that Zhang He's troops were insufficient, he left the Song Xiao brothers behind, plus the remnants of Yan Shu's soldiers, a total of 3,000 people.

The next day, the army continued to advance.

The news was very good at Baishi City, and Song Jian became nervous and ordered his general to command the Qiang people to defend. The leader of the Qiang people was still in the city, and Song Jian didn't wait for them to fully sober up, and drunk them again. These guys were drunk and dreamed of death, and they didn't know that their tribe had been taken over by Song Jian.

After a day's march, Liu Xiu set up a large camp five miles away from Baishi City, Baishi City has been faintly visible, against the backdrop of the pale black mountains, Baishi City is like a piece of snow on the top of the mountain, and the Qiang tents in front of the city are like wild flowers of various postures, paving the front of Baishi City into a colorful place, a root tied to the flagpole, and the ribbons on the top of the tent dance with the wind.

Jian Shuo was amazed and excited, but when he saw so many Qiang people, his heart rose again.

Right here, someone came to report that Han Sui, the Taishou of Longxi, arrived with three thousand Jing horses. Jian Shuo turned his head to look, and saw that in the valley to the east, a team of men and horses was hurrying to the front of the camp. The cavalry stood in front of the camp, and Han Sui turned over and dismounted with a few personal guards, and strode towards the Chinese army. When he was about to arrive at Liu Xiu's big tent, Han Sui saw Jian Shuo at a glance, and hurriedly rushed over, and said with a smile: "Lord Jian Jun is so elegant, look at the scenery here?" ”

Jian Shuo laughed: "No, it's to see Han Fujun's heroic appearance." "To be continued