"Rubbish! Useless stuff! The loss of the Lord remembered the old love, and brought you to the side to eat and drink spicy, and the lord asked Lord Ben to bring twenty beauties from Huainan, and Lord Ben also rewarded you with one! It's kind to you, and it's kind to you, right? Now Lord Ben has told you to find a way to escape, and you can't find it? What's the use of keeping you? Rubbish! Idiot! Lord Ben saw that you simply rushed into that Zhuge Xuanpifu's house, and ended up with his whole family! Save yourself the shame of staying in this world! Waste of food! ”

Listening to Yang Changshi's scolding with a sad face, he finally suffered from Yang Changshi's scolding and was tired of scolding, Yang Changshi's confidant and personal captain General Li Lang explained with a sad face: "My lord, it's not that the villain doesn't do his best, it's really the Jingzhou thieves who take us too closely, and the Jingzhou thieves are monitoring all around the pavilion, and our people are being tracked and monitored in and out. ”

"Rubbish! Idiot! Useless dog stuff! A rice bucket that only eats dry rice ......! Yang Changshi scolded again, and then quickly turned the spearhead to Liu Biao, and scolded: "Liu Biao, who was raised by a son of a bitch, wrote a letter to persuade Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew to surrender to you, and if you don't let Lord Ben go back to Xuzhou, you will send so many people to monitor Lord Ben under house arrest, and you will take revenge to this point!" When your old thing sends a messenger to Xuzhou to beg for mercy, see how Lord Ben cleans up your messenger! ”

"My lord, there's a small question I've wanted to ask you for a long time." Li Lang scratched his head and asked, "Since you have already helped Liu Biao'er to repair the book and persuade Zhang Ji to surrender, why does Liu Biao'er not allow us to leave Jingzhou?" ”

"It's not the ghost of the Kuo family's pair of dog thief brothers." Yang Changshi replied sullenly: "Brother Kuai's dog said that if Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew agrees to persuade him to surrender, then if the middleman of Lord Ben is not present, it will cause Uncle Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew to have a misunderstanding, resulting in the loss of all his achievements, so he asked Lord Ben to stay in Jingzhou for a while longer, and wait until there is a result in assisting Liu Biao'er to recruit Uncle and Nephew Zhang Ji." ”

"Why?" Li Lang was not happy when he heard this, and shouted: "My lord, you don't count it for him Liu Biao Lao'er to repair the book and recruit Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, you have to wait until there is a result, and assist him Liu Biao'er to officially recruit Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew successfully - my lord, you are not his Liu Biao'er's courtier, why do you want to help him so much?" What good does he give you?! ”

"The benefits of giving fart!" It's okay not to mention this matter, but as soon as Yang Changshi mentioned this matter, he was angry, and said hatefully: "That old man just agreed, if Lord Ben can successfully recruit Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew for him, then he will send Xuzhou to form a formal alliance with my Xuzhou army, promise never to offend each other, and then promise to restrain Huang Zu with all his might, and prevent Huang Zu from making trouble on our southern front in Xuzhou." ”

"Is that a benefit?" Li Lang was even more unhappy when he heard this, and shouted again: "What about you, my lord?" What about your faithful retinues, our lords? He doesn't mean anything at all? Xuzhou and Jingzhou are officially allied, and they don't offend each other, what does it matter to us? ”

"Of course Ben-sama knows that!" Yang Changshi was even more angry, "Whether Xuzhou and Jingzhou have officially formed an alliance, whether they do not offend each other, it is just a matter between Tao Yingxiao and Liu Biao'er, and Lord Ben doesn't need to care!" But under the eaves, Liu Biao Lao'er opened his mouth, this lord can't say that there is no need for Jing Xu to form an alliance, as long as he Liu Biao Lao'er rewards us with a bunch of gold, silver, jewelry and a few beauties, right? ”

If this conversation between Yang Changshi and Li Lang is heard by our Deputy Director Tao, then our Deputy Director Tao will definitely have to strangle Yang Changshi and Li Lang to death, but unfortunately Deputy Director Tao will not be at the scene, so Yang Changshi and Li Lang will dare to unscrupulously scold Liu Biao's rewards and punishments for not knowing and understanding people's hearts. After finally scolding enough, Li Lang asked curiously: "By the way, my lord, there is another thing that the villain wants to ask for, the adult repairs the book and Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew recruit Liu Biao'er to surrender, I don't know how sure the adult is to persuade him to surrender?" ”

Yang Changshi smiled bitterly and stopped talking, Li Lang was Yang Changshi's confidant, and when he saw Yang Changshi's appearance, his face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that you are not sure at all, my lord?" ”

"Shhhh Yang Changshi made a silent gesture, and comforted Li Lang again: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, although I blew it out to be friendly with Zhang Xiu, but it doesn't matter, even if the persuasion is unsuccessful, Liu Biao'er will at most expel us, and he should not poison the messenger and be infamous on his back, and it is unlikely that we will have a surname to worry about our lives." ”

Li Lang opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "My lord, you just said that it should be and is not likely, and you didn't say for sure, could it be that we may still have the worry of our surname?" ”

"That's why I told you to prepare an escape path, just in case!" Yang Changshi shouted in a low voice: "If you want to survive and make sure that you don't lose your head, hurry up and arrange a way for us to retreat in case of emergency!" Otherwise, if Liu Biao'er suddenly kills him, Lord Ben can't run away, and you don't want to run away! Li Lang was resigned, and hurried out to find a way out to escape for his life.

As a group of unfamiliar foreign soldiers, it is certainly not so easy to find an escape path in Xiangyang City, the base camp of Liu Biaojun, so no matter how hard Li Lang and Yang Changshi's other personal soldiers work, they are destined to get nothing in the end, and after such a slight delay for a few days, the small probability accident that Yang Changshi was most worried about suddenly happened - Mr. Cao Boss's envoy Manman, Mr. Boning, suddenly came to Xiangyang and made an alliance request to Liu Biao on behalf of Cao Boss, hoping to join hands with Liu Biaojun to advance and retreat togetherand work together to defeat the world's rebels! In addition, Boss Cao also offered to show the sincerity of the alliance, and was willing to personally lead the army south to eradicate the Zhang Ji thief army that entered Kou Nanyang for Liu Biaojun!

Hearing the news that the Cai family brothers secretly sent to someone, Yang Changshi, who was hated by Cao Boss to the core, was shocked and did not dare to slack off, and he did not care about exposing his crime of secretly colluding with the Cai family brothers and being embarrassed, so he rushed to the Cai Mansion with gifts in the evening of the same day, intending to bribe the Cai family brothers to come forward and obstruct the formation of the Cao-Liu alliance - and also prevent the possibility that Liu Biao would send Yang Changshi to Cao Boss to express the sincerity of the alliance. However, what made Yang Changshi stunned was that when he rushed to Cai's Mansion with a lot of gifts, Manzhong had already arrived at Cai's Mansion one step ahead of him, and had already entered Cai's Mansion in advance to meet the Cai brothers.

What made our Yang Changshi even more angry was that Mr. Man Chong came to visit Cai's Mansion with five carriages this time, and the five carriages stopped next to the gate of Cai's Mansion, but the goods on the carriage were gone!

found that Mr. Man Pet should be with him all the way, Yang Changshi was not completely dead, and estimated that Man Pet might not be able to be generous by himself, so Yang Changshi did not hesitate to go to the Cai Mansion to ask for a meeting, hoping to compete with Mr. Man Pet face to face for gifts, and pull the famous greedy and lustful Cai brothers back into his arms. But what made Yang Changshi angry and helpless was that although his request to see was approved, after entering the door, he was invited into the side hall by the Cai family to wait, and then it was no longer Cai Mao, the eldest of the Cai family, who came out to meet Yang Changshi, but Cai Xun, the second eldest of the Cai family's brothers.

After listening to Yang Changshi's intention with a mouth full of wine, Cai Xun did not deny Mr. Manzhong's intention, and said directly to Yang Changshi with a wine burp: "Yes, as Mr. Zhongming said, Mr. Man Boning is indeed here for Liu Cao's alliance, and I want to ask my brother to help me speak well in front of my sister-in-law and promote Liu Cao's alliance." But sir, please rest assured, our brother is not the kind of ungrateful person, considering Mr. Zhongming's position, our brother has already discussed it, and decided to remain neutral on this matter, not to oppose or support, and to let my sister-in-law decide. ”

"No objection and no support?" Yang Changshi was a little dumbfounded, because Yang Changshi also knew a little about Cao Liu's alliance, and knew that most of the important ministers in Jingzhou led by Liu Xian and Han Song under Liu Biao's account supported an alliance with Cao Boss, and the Kuailiang Kuai Yue brothers were not very opposed to forming an alliance with Cao Boss, and Huang Zu, Jingzhou's number one minister in other counties, was definitely on the side of Cao Boss, so as long as the Cai brothers remained neutral, the Cao-Liu alliance was likely to be fully favored.

"General Cai, you can't be neutral." In a hurry, Yang Changshi hurriedly pulled Cai Xun's sleeve and begged: "Cao thief is deceitful, forming an alliance with him is tantamount to luring a wolf into the room, the general is an important minister of Jingzhou, and the wife and brother of Jingsheng, you must not sit idly by, you must stand up and play the role of the mainstay and turn the tide." ”

"But if you don't form an alliance with Cao Ying, sir, you can't persuade Zhang Ji to surrender, what should we do in Jingzhou?" Cai Xun asked Yang Changshi speechless in one sentence.

"Mr. Zhongming, our brother is also very interesting." Seeing Yang Changshi's words, Cai Xun patted Yang Changshi's shoulder again, and said unashamedly: "It's not a secret, in fact, Man Boning said something like this just now, if our brother can persuade my brother-in-law to give Mr. you as a gift to Cao Gong, then Mr. How many things you give our brother, Cao Gong will send twice as much." Our brother is a righteous person, and he refused Mr. Berning's request in one bite, and he did his best to be benevolent to him. ”

"Double the price for my head? Cao thief hates me so much? ”

Yang Changshi's heart jumped in shock again, but General Cai Xun yawned again and said: "Okay, Mr. Zhongming, I have to accompany Mr. Berning to drink in the future, and it must be embarrassing for Mr. to meet Mr. Berning, so I won't invite Mr. Berning to the same table." Offended, Mr. go slowly. After that, Cai Xun actually went straight away, and only arranged a few family members in the house to send Yang Changshi out of the house for him.

Dizzy out of Cai's mansion, if it weren't for the Xiangyang City Gate, which would have been closed, Yang Changshi almost wanted to try his luck again and rush out of the city to escape, but there was no way, the sky was already dark, and the heavily guarded Xiangyang City Gate had already been tightly closed, no one would want to go out of the city without Liu Biao's warrant, Yang Changshi just wanted to desperately can't find a chance. Therefore, Yang Changshi had no choice but to honestly return to the post house under the watchful eye of Liu Biaojun, planning to wait until the next day and then find a way.

Yang Changshi's good luck has indeed been used up in Luoyang and Hanoi, after spending a sleepless night in fear, the next day just after dawn, Liu Biao sent a sergeant to invite Yang Changshi to the Thorn Mansion to meet, Yang Changshi, who was powerless, was unable to resist, and had to follow Liu Biaojun's soldiers to Jingzhou Thorn Shi Mansion with fear, and once again entered Liu Biaojun's meeting hall.

There are more Jingzhou civil and military officials in the hall today than last time, and it seems that they are still waiting for Yang Changshi alone, so as soon as Yang Changshi entered the door, he immediately won the attention of everyone in the hall.

Sure enough, when Yang Changshi came to Liu Biao to salute, Liu Biao said straight to the point: "Mr. Zhongming, I received the news in the middle of the night last night, and your letter of persuasion has been replied to--After Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew received your letter of persuasion, they immediately abandoned their previous Shunyang City and went south, and now they have arrived in the area of Yuxian County and Yin County, which is less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Xiangyang City. ”

Poor Yang Changshi collapsed on the ground on the spot, almost peed his pants without saying anything, and caused a lot of low snickers. Fortunately, Liu Biao's words were not finished, and he continued: "In addition, Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew sent a letter to our army, asking the old man to send a Jingxiang important minister to appease them, and also asked Mr. You to go to Yuxian County to interview them in person, prove the sincerity of the old man's appeasement and containment, and also discuss the details of the appeasement in person. Otherwise, their uncle and nephew would rather fight our army to the death than believe your letter of surrender, sir. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Biao observed Yang Changshi's reaction with a smile, wanting to see what kind of bear Yang Changshi of the cowhide king would be scared into next, but to Liu Biao's surprise and the ministers of Jingzhou, Yang Changshi, who had been paralyzed to the ground by fright, not only was not scared to pee his pants after hearing these words, but also first shook his head, and then jumped up violently, and shouted happily: "Liu Fujun rest assured, I am willing to go to Yuxian County to talk to Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, and persuade General Zhang Ji to lead the army to surrender to Fujun!" ”

"Why isn't this wretch afraid of death?"

Liu Biao and the ministers of Jingzhou looked at each other, and Yang Changshi's opponent, Mr. Zhuge Xuan, shook a few times, and then quickly came to his senses and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhongming is afraid that he wants to repeat his old tricks and escape from the battle, right?" If Mr. really has this plan, then the situation will definitely disappoint Mr. ”

"Because the Zhang Ji thief army is approaching Xiangyang, General Deng Long of Nanyang has concentrated heavy troops to confront Zhang Ji's thief army in the area of Yuxian and Deng County, and General Wen Ping has also led the army to the north to fortify in the area of Deng County and Zhuyang, and now on the road from Xiangyang to the battlefield in Yuxian, there are already my Jingzhou troops everywhere, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, Mr. wants to escape halfway, I'm afraid it's not so easy."

Yang Changshi suddenly turned his head and glared at Mr. Zhuge Xuan angrily, his expression was extremely angry—he was muttering proudly in his heart, "You Lao Tzu and I need to run away halfway?" After entering Zhang Ji's camp and escaping, can you Jingzhou thief army bite Lao Tzu's egg? Not to mention anything else, based on the friendship between Mr. Wenhe and Zhang Xiu, Lao Tzu will definitely not lose his head when he enters Zhang Ji's camp, which is much better than staying in Xiangyang City and waiting for death! ”

"Junli, don't be rude." Liu Biao also felt that Zhuge Xuan's words were a bit excessive, so he first drank Zhuge Xuan, and then said to Yang Changshi: "Mr. Zhongming, your kindness is appreciated by the old man, but even if you dare to go to Yuxian to meet Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, the old man does not dare to risk the surname of Mr. and any important minister of Jingzhou, and the old man's soldiers and horses have also been assembled, and he is planning to fight to the death with Zhang Ji's thief army, Xu Du Cao Gong also took the initiative to send a messenger, expressing his willingness to join forces with our army to exterminate Zhang Ji, so the matter of recruiting Zhang Ji's thief army, forget it." ”

"Can't forget it, Fujun, don't forget it!" Yang Changshi was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Liu Fujun, please forgive me for interfering in the Jingzhou military as a foreigner, you can't start a war rashly, since ancient times, kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, and most of the Xiliang soldiers under Zhang Ji are extremely brave, desperate to fight to the death, even if Fujun can finally destroy Zhang Ji, Fujun's Jingxiang army is afraid that it will have to suffer heavy casualties, and let others sit and reap the benefits in vain." ”

Yang Changshi's words once again hit Liu Biao's heart, as a veteran military affairs who has been in war for a long time, Liu Biao of course knows the gap in combat effectiveness between the Jingxiang soldiers and the Xiliang soldiers, and also knows that even if he finally defeats Zhang Ji with more soldiers and enough food, he will inevitably pay a heavy price, so even if he decides to give up recruiting Zhang Ji for a while, this will inevitably be a little shaken after listening to Yang Changshi's words.

Yang Changshi is the best at flattery and observation of words, and when he found that Liu Biao was shaken, he was secretly happy, and quickly knelt down on Liu Biao's knees and arched his hand and said: "Fu Jun, according to Hong's opinion, Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew raised troops to the south after receiving the letter, and asked Fu Jun to send Jingzhou important ministers to his army for interviews, the purpose is two, one is to show off his military strength to raise his own value, and the other is to test the sincerity of Fu Jun's appeasement, I want to see if Fu Jun has the amount to tolerate people, and his intention to belong is very sincere. Although Hong is a foreign minister, he doesn't want to see the government's decision-making mistakes and bring disaster to the people of Jingxiang! ”

"Lord, Mr. Zhongming's words are very reasonable, Lordship may wish to consider it carefully." Kuai Liang opened his mouth and bowed his hand to Liu Biao and said: "Zhang Ji's thief army is very brave, if it can be successfully appeased, the lord can not only get a strong reinforcement, but also avoid a war disaster for Nanyang, the lord might as well try again." ”

Liu Biaoyi was heartbroken, and at this time, a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man stood up, but Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, who also had a relationship with Yang Changshi, saluted Liu Biao and said: "Father, although Mr. Zhongming is an envoy, persuading his father to appease Zhang Ji is for the peace of Jingxiang, with good intentions, according to the child's humble opinion, my father should carefully consider Mr. Zhongming's suggestion and send a Jingxiang minister to Yuxian County to appease Zhang Ji in person. ”

As soon as Liu Qi's words fell, Cai Mao, who had already said that he would remain neutral, suddenly stood up, and also bowed his hand to Liu Biao and said: "Lord, the eldest prince and Mr. Zhong Ming are reasonable, they should try again, according to the last general's opinion-since the eldest prince is willing to go to Yu County to appease Zhang Ji in person, you might as well let the eldest prince and Mr. Zhong Ming go to Yu County together to show the sincerity of the lord's appeasement." ”

"When am I going to go to Yuxian?"

Liu Qi was a little confused, but Liu Biao in the hall turned pale and shouted to Cai Mao: "Nonsense! Whether Zhang Ji and the thief really surrendered are still inconclusive, how can Qi'er be allowed to take risks easily? ”

"Rest assured, the head of the next item will guarantee that the eldest prince is safe and sound!" Yang Changshi heard the music, and hurriedly patted the tip of his chest: "Please rest assured, Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, and Zai Xia are friends of life and death, the eldest prince and Zai Xia went to Yuxian County to recruit Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew, even if it doesn't work, the eldest prince will definitely not lose a hair!" If the son loses, beg the whole family to ....... ”

Speaking of this, Yang Changshi, who realized that he had said the wrong thing, quickly changed his words, patted his chest and said: "If the prince loses, the Xuzhou envoy will include a total of twenty-seven people and twenty-seven heads!" Please cut it off at will! (Li Lang...... : Your Excellency, you're so ruthless! "Lord, Mr. Zhongming has already vouched for this, what else is the lord worried about? Cai Mao took the opportunity to say: "The last general thinks that Mr. Zhongming's words are very reasonable, if the lord wants to show his sincerity in appeasing, it is best to send the eldest prince to Yuxian County to appease Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew see that the eldest prince is in person, even if he has two hearts, he will inevitably change his mind and sincerely obey the lord!" ”

What is the purpose of Cai Mao's sinister intentions, of course Liu Biao, who is not old and confused, understands, but Cai Mao has his own Zhang Liang plan, and Liu Biao also has his own ladder over the wall, after a little calculation, Liu Biao made up his mind and asked Liu Qi: "Qi'er, do you really have the courage to go to Yuxian County with Mr. Zhongming to appease Zhang Ji?" ”

Liu Qi is honest, but he is not stupid, and he vaguely guessed that Cai Mao's move was to kill people with a knife, and his attitude was inevitably a little hesitant, but our Yang Changshi couldn't wait to pull Liu Qi's son's sleeve, and said with a sincere face: "Eldest son, this is a God-given opportunity for you to be filial to Liu Fujun and loyal to the nine counties of Jingxiang, eldest prince, you must not miss it." The eldest son, you should be like the lord Tao Envoy Jun below, resolutely go into the Cao thief camp alone, and strongly persuade the Cao thief to retreat, so that he is the real filial son, the real son and gentleman. ”

Hearing the example given by Yang Changshi, the honest man Liu Qi began to be moved, but Liu Biao said unexpectedly: "Qi'er, as Mr. Zhongming said, this is a God-sent opportunity for you to emulate Tao Yingjun, if you really have the courage and courage to learn from Tao Yingjun in Xuzhou, your father will give you this opportunity." ”

Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, and also knowing the father Mo Ruozi, hearing the instigation in Liu Biao's words, Liu Qi, who knew that his father would never harm him, quickly made up his mind, knelt down on Liu Biao's knees, kowtowed and said: "The child is willing to go, the child is willing to follow the example of Xuzhou Tao Envoy, and follow Mr. Zhongming to Yuxian County to appease Zhang Ji's army!" ”

"Very well, there you go." Liu Biao nodded with satisfaction, and said viciously in his heart: "Let the advanced Zhang Ji thief battalion surnamed Yang be sent to death!" If there is fraud, the one who died was surnamed Yang! If there is no fraud and the surrender is successful, my eldest son will be a hero of Jingxiang, and I can justifiably reuse and entrust the military power! With soldiers and horses in hand, no matter how powerful the Cai family is, no matter how big the roots are in Jingzhou, I don't want to hurt my Qi'er easily! ”

(To be continued)