Chapter 148: Zhang Fang surrenders

In Lecheng County, in the Hejian Palace, Sima Yan was angry at Bi Heng, Zhang Fang and others, "Rice bucket!" It's all rice buckets! didn't even win a victory, it was a setback to the prestige of our army, Zhang Fang, you are also worthy of being called a famous general in Hejian, wouldn't it make people laugh when you say it?! ”

Zhang Fang was ashamed and silent, as the commander of the military aspect, the army even suffered defeats, no matter how he said it, he couldn't get out of it! But carefully speaking, Zhang Fang can't be blamed entirely, in one sentence: people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring!

Since the Battle of Tiger Pass, the King of Hejian has lost the possibility of arguing with the prince. In addition, the family has fled south recently, which has made the Hejian King, who was already in a stormy situation, even worse. Not everyone is willing to accompany the King of the River to the grave, and as the ship is about to sink, more people are looking for other ways out.

Among them, Bi Heng, the henchman of the King of Hejian, is one of them, in order to survive, Bi Heng used his family relationship to contact the prince's father-in-law Wang Yan, and he tried to surrender to the imperial court.

Outside Hejian Guolecheng County, in the counterinsurgency military camp, Meng Guan sat on the top and was concentrating on reading documents, after the army went north to Jizhou from Yecheng, along the way like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves to the Hejian Kingdom. If it weren't for Zhang Fang's bravery, I'm afraid that the King of Hejian would have been reduced to a prisoner long ago.

A guard walked into the big tent and bowed down: "General Qiyu, the prince has come to write a letter." ”

Meng Guanyan raised his head from the heavy document and hurriedly said, "Oh? Hurry up! After taking the letter and reading it carefully, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, "...... Good...... Well, in this way, the king of the river can be destroyed! ”

A staff officer next to him smiled and said, "General, didn't His Highness send a clever plan?"

Sima Yue nodded and replied: "Yes, you see, the prince said in the letter that although our army will not be able to attack it for a long time. However, the King of Hejian is trapped in the lonely city, and his heart must be more panicked than us, so His Royal Highness asks us to use a counter-plot to get rid of Zhang Fang by the hand of the King of Hejian, and Lecheng can be self-defeating.

"Good plan! Good plan! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really scheming!"

"It works! It works! ”

Meng Guan was also very satisfied, and the prince explained the plan of action in detail in the letter. At the same time, the prince also reminded him in the letter that Bi Heng was already his own person, and the other party would cooperate with his actions.

"Okay, just act according to the prince's plan, you wait and order everyone, spread rumors everywhere, and say that Zhang Fang wants to make peace with the court." The crowd agreed and withdrew from the tent.

A few days later, rumors that Zhang Fang wanted to surrender to the imperial court were rampant, and in the end, even the king of Hejian was alarmed! Frightened, Sima Yan hurriedly brought Fang Yang and Bi Heng to discuss.

Looking at the two strategists he relied on the most, Sima Yan asked casually: "Two gentlemen, it has been said that someone has always come to the widow to report that Zhang Fang is making peace with the imperial court in private, what is going on?" Do you know what's going on? ”

Fang Yang would never believe in such rumors, and as soon as he heard the words of the King of Hejian, he immediately said categorically: "King, this ...... General Zhang has always advocated the War of Resistance, and such rumors may be caused by the enemy's counter-plot! ”

Sima Yan was noncommittal about Fang Yang's words, he drank a glass of wine by himself and said: "It is precisely because of his main battle that the widow is even more confused!" If he hadn't repeatedly claimed that the crown prince was not terrible, the widow would not have fallen to this point. But after fighting for so long, I didn't see him win, and he dared to claim to be a famous general in Hejian! Now that he is so noisy that he sees that the widow is about to fall to the ground in Lecheng, but he suddenly wants to make peace with the court in private, isn't this betraying the widow?

Fang Yang is in a hurry, now Zhang Fang is their only reliance, if something happens, who will defend the city? Therefore, he hurriedly explained to the king of Hejian: "Don't worry, the king, this matter is very fake. And even if this is true, General Zhang must have his reasons, he has always been loyal to the king, how can he turn his back on you? ”

Bi Heng also pretended to persuade: "Yes, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding here, the king might as well send someone to General Zhang's camp to inquire about it to find out the facts." ”

Fang Yang disagreed, and hurriedly stopped: "No! Cannot! Zhang Fang is scheming and scheming, if the king sends someone to inquire, he will know that the king is already suspicious, and he will quickly force him to rebel. ”

Bi Heng whispered to himself: "Hmph! He's already reversed, why use someone to force him?! ”

Sima Yan's eyes lit up and asked, "You say that he is opposed, what evidence is there?" ”

Bi Heng shook his head and said: "King, before Zhang Fang left the army, he swore that the enemy army could be broken, but now he has been defeated in successive battles, and he has been driven back to Lecheng all the way. Wonder, did General Zhang ever be defeated before this? Didn't he even kill him when he was in a tiger prison? This is obviously his deliberate enemy, and I heard that the prince praised him very much, and often said to the generals: 'The rebel generals, only Zhang can be called wise!' ’

"My lord, since he has two ends of the rat's head, he is disloyal to the king, and how can the king rely on the disloyal person? At present, if the king sends someone to ask, he will turn his face with the king, if he does not investigate, once he makes peace with the court, there will be no soldiers in the river, and Lecheng will have nothing to hold! At that time, the king will become a prisoner of the ranks, and in this way, the whole world will take the king as the culprit! ”

Fang Yang was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but say: "Forget it, Master Bi, who doesn't know that you once fought with General Zhang for land, and lost the lawsuit and suffered humiliation from him?" If you want to declare a personal vendetta, I'm afraid now is not the time? ”

Bi Heng is also a sharp-toothed person, and immediately retorted: "Lord Fang has no personal enmity with General Zhang, I'm afraid that you have already colluded, right?" ”

Fang Yang was furious, pointing at Bi Heng and trembling with anger: "You! ……”

Bi Heng ignored Fang Yang and continued to bewitch: "King, Zhang Fang has always been unruly. The year before last, didn't he disobey your orders and plundered the army? And he also relied on his power to bully his colleagues, especially in the Tiger Prison Pass, he privately opened the seized secret letters without the consent of the king, as if he regarded himself as the commander of the army. Such a person will not live under others for long. The king should have been killed a long time ago. ”

Zhang Fang was used to being arbitrary, so he dared to negotiate peace with the court in private. Even if he doesn't rebel, how can he be allowed to be the lord of the town? ”

The more Sima Yan listened, the more he felt that what Bi Heng said made sense, and he hesitated for a long time and said, "This...... Anyway, the widow has the predicament he is in today's predicament, and he is all responsible for it, so he will bear it himself. However, he has a large number of guards, and the officers and men of the army are willing to serve him, so who should he send to kill him? ”

Bi Heng's eyes rolled and said, "The minister is one person." This person's surname is Zhi Mingfu, and he is a good friend of Zhang Fang, when Zhang Fang was poor, he contributed money to subsidize it, so he won Zhang Fang's trust. If the king sent this person to act, Zhang Fang would definitely have no doubt. ”

Sima Yan asked a little puzzled: "Since he is a friend of Zhang Fang, how can he be willing to do this?" If he tells him all about it, won't we be unlucky? ”

Bi Heng explained disapprehantly: "There is no one in this world who is not afraid of death, as long as the king threatens death, lures him with high-ranking officials, and then uses the surname of his whole family as collateral, can he not obediently comply?" ”

Sima Yan was finally satisfied, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, this matter will be handed over to you to handle, after the matter is completed, the widow will definitely not treat him badly!" ”

After Fang Yang heard this, he sighed and said no more. After Bi Heng left the palace, a strange smile appeared on his face, and then he personally led his troops to surround Zhifu's mansion and arrest his family.

Zhi Fu didn't know what was going on, and asked in a panic: "Master Bi, I don't know what crime I committed to bother the army to come?" ”

Bi Heng snorted coldly and said, "Zhang Fang rebelled, you are an accomplice!" ”

"Huh!? This...... How is this possible? My lord, I am wronged! Hearing this, Zhi Fu's face turned snow-white! couldn't help shouting loudly: "Please be clear, what does Zhang Fang's rebellion have to do?" ”

"Humph! It's not up to you to decide whether you're innocent or not! Bi Heng paced in front of Bi Heng, "If you obey the arrangement of Lord Ben, this official will be responsible for interceding with the king and letting him let your family go." What do you think? That's a good deal, right? ”

When Zhi Fu heard this, he nodded again and again: "Please command, even if it is to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire!" My lord just said that he would do it! For the sake of his family, Zhi Fu can't take care of Zhang Fang anymore.

"Come here, you're like this, you're like this!"

In the evening, in the rebel camp, Zhang Fangzheng and the generals looked at the map to discuss the idea of defending the city.

"Well, the imperial army has not moved even a little, and the general is worried that there is fraud in it, so you must be cautious when you go back, and you must not let the enemy army have a chance!"

"Obey the general's orders!"

At this moment, a soldier walked in: "Report, General Qiyu, Lord Zhifu has sent someone to invite you to come over, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

Zhang Fang pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said, "Tell the person who came, I will go over later!" ”

After a stick of incense, Zhang Fang rode a horse and brought a few guards to Zhifu's mansion, and he saw Zhifu standing at the door at a glance on the horse, especially the other party was holding a knife in his hand, which made him a little confused.

"Oh, brother, why did you come out to greet you in person? What are you doing with a knife? Put it down. Let's go inside and talk. ”

Zhang Fang greeted him, and Zhi Fu didn't let go of the knife, so he pulled the other party directly to the mansion and left, and said while walking: "Brother Xian doesn't know, recently it has been rumored in the city that Brother Xian wants to negotiate peace with the court in private, which makes people fearful, and the king is afraid of causing your misunderstanding, so he sent Brother Yu to appease you, and Brother Xian should go into the house first." ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as the two of them stepped into the courtyard, they were surrounded by dozens of soldiers. After all, Zhang Fang was a person who came over from the battlefield, and as soon as he entered the house, he felt that something was wrong, and he was secretly on guard all the time. Therefore, when the soldiers surrounded him, Zhang Fang immediately knew that something was wrong, and he drew his sword to resist while beckoning the guards to resist.

Zhi Fu and Bi Heng obviously underestimated Zhang Fang's combat effectiveness, and hundreds of elite soldiers couldn't stop Zhang Fang, who was bent on escaping. After returning to the camp, Zhang Fang immediately raised troops to counterattack. After deciding to break away from the king of Hejian, Zhang Fang's troops plundered Lecheng County, and for a while, the shouts of killing in the city shook the sky! (To be continued.) )