Chapter Ninety-Four: Kong Ling Returns to the State

This news from Nanyang is that the general Yuan Shu finally attacked Nanyang Jingzhou, after Jingzhou Assassin Shi Wang Rong and Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi were killed by Sun Jian because of arrogance, Yuan Shu had a covetous heart for Jingzhou and Nanyang.

On the same day, in Luyang City, Yuan Shu heard about the death of Wang Rong and Zhang Zhi earlier than Wen Chou.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard the news, and said to the left and right: "Wang Rong is the assassin of Jingzhou, and Zhang Shi is the Taishou of Nanyang, and now he is dead, but it is a great benefit to me." ”

Yuan Shu "thought that the Han family was in decline and could not be revived, and intended to replace it", and his cronies on the left and right knew it, and they all said: "The death of Wang Rong and Zhang Zhi is a great benefit to the general!" And discussed the strategy and plan to intervene in Nanyang and even the entire Jingzhou, and acted in secret. This is also one of the reasons why he was able to let Sun Jian rush from Luyang to Yingchuan. He didn't want Sun Jian to get in the way by his side.

The Kwantung group rose up to fight against Dong, and the second Yuan was the leader, but one wanted to occupy Jizhou, and the other sought Jingzhou, all of them only cared about selfish interests and disregarded justice.

And in the imperial court, that is, Dong Zhuo also made some reactions after learning of the death of Wang Rong, the assassin of Jingzhou, and the biggest trick was to appoint a Liu clan relative to serve as the new Jingzhou assassin history! This person is Liu Biao, one of the 'Eight Juns'!

In a sense, Liu Biao's ability is far stronger than Wang Ei, with him going to Jingzhou as a assassin, it will not be easy for Wen Chou to get involved in Jingzhou in the future, but this is good, with Liu Biao to go to Jingzhou. Wen Chougu is not good at Jingzhou, but I think that Yuan Shu in Luyang is afraid that it will be even more like a thorn in the back, and it will be difficult to sleep and eat.

At present, for Wen Chou and Sun Jian, the most important thing is two things, one is to find out Cao Cao's whereabouts as soon as possible, and the other is to continue to fight with Kong Ling.

When Wen Chou, Sun Jian and others returned to Yangzhai. Just as Kong Ling didn't come to see them off when they left, Kong Ling also came to greet them. However, Wen Chou and Sun Jian's thoughts were on Cao Cao's whereabouts for the time being, and they didn't pay much attention to Kong Ling. On the third day after the two of them returned to Yangzhai, they finally got the exact news of Cao Cao's whereabouts, but Cao Cao defected to Yuan Shao in Hanoi.

At this time, another incident happened in Yingchuan, but it was Kong Ling who saw Wen Chou and Sun Jian returning, because of the consecutive victories over Dong Bing and the safe retreat, Wen Chou's reputation became more and more prosperous, and his tent in the camp outside the county was often full. They are all Yingchuan scholars, but Kong Ling's army is sparse in the guests, the door is crowded, and it cannot be compared at all, and the generals and colonels in the Yuzhou army often have a banquet with the Yuzhou captains who followed Wen Chou to go on the expedition, mentioning Wen Chou must be admired, and the respect for Kong Ling, which is already not much, has become less and less, and Kong Ling is unable to sit still. The idea of leaving Yingchuan and returning to the state capital arose.

Wen Chou and Sun Jian learned about Kong Ling's idea from the generals of the Yuzhou Army almost at the same time.

Wen Chou said to Sun Jian: "Kong Yuzhou wants to return to the state capital, and we should not stop it." But if he leaves, the momentum of my Yuzhou righteous army will be reduced a lot, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Dong. For the sake of Dong,...... Brother Wentai, you said that before he leaves, should you and I go to see him off? ”

Sun Jian is not as tactful as Wen Chou said. He bluntly said proudly: "Kong Yuzhou is incompetent, he wants to go, let him go, but his thirty or forty thousand troops can't be taken away by him." Zixiao, how many soldiers and horses do you think we should let him leave behind? But he was asking Kong Ling to finish borrowing grain. After borrowing the weapon, Wen Chou and Sun Jian began to fight his idea again.

Wen Chou said with a smile: "In the next part of Kong Yuzhou's account, half of them are county soldiers, and it is difficult to stay, and the only ones who can lend you and me are his more than 20,000 state soldiers. ”

"That's 10,000 people?" Sun Jian felt that it was too little, too little, and frowned.

Wen Chou said: "With the grain reserves in your army and the grain reserves in Yingchuan, in addition to supporting the existing troops, at most it can support another 10,000 people, if there are more, the food will be insufficient." "This is also a realistic situation, that is, Wen Chou has come from Changshan to support the grain several times since he sent out the army, but he can't bear too many soldiers anymore, not to mention the support from Changshan, it is not an easy task, after all, there are Yuan Shao and Han Fu watching on the side.

Sun Jian's grain and grass were even more scarce, so he said helplessly: "That's okay, just ask him for 10,000 state soldiers according to Qing's words." ”

Seeing this, Wen Chou smiled and said, "It's not 'want', Brother Wentai,...... It's 'borrowing'. ”

Sun Jian laughed and said, "Yes, it's 'borrowing'." ”

Wen Chou and Sun Jian smiled at each other, and Sun Jian added: "It's just 'borrowing but not repaying'." ”

After inquiring about the exact date when Kong Ling led the army to leave the county and return to the state capital, Wen Chou and Sun Jian waited quietly, and when this day came, they had to report that Kong Ling had ordered all the soldiers and horses, and pulled out the camp to the east.

Kong Ling was surprised when he got the news in the Chinese army, and asked Luo Taozhu, who was beside him: "I am returning to the state today, why did Wenwu Meng and Sun Hou intercept me?" "Ask the officer who came to report the news, "What did Wen Wumeng and Sun Hou say?" Can you tell the purpose of the two of them? ”

The officer said: "Wen Wumeng said that he came to send the envoy back to the house. ”

Kong Ling said in his heart: "How can there be such a way to lead troops to block the road and intercept them head-on?" He couldn't guess the intention of Wen Chou and Sun Jian, he was very frightened, couldn't sit still, stood up, bent his waist back and went back and forth in the not too spacious car, and muttered: "What do the two of them mean?" How can this be? How can this be? ”

When Wen Chou and Sun Jian went out of the county to march into the army, he thought that the two of them would be defeated and suspicious, waiting to see the jokes of the two of them, but he didn't expect the two of them to return from consecutive victories, and their prestige was even more violent.

The officer who came to report the news said outside the car: "Do you want to invite Wen Wumeng and Sun Hou to come over?" ”

Kong Ling said: "Just say that I am unwell and can't see guests, you go and thank Wen Wumeng and Sun Hou for me, thank him for coming to see me off." (To be continued......)