Chapter Ninety-Three: Rise to Power
Dong Shouye knew that he was about to leave Hanyang County, and the so-called Hanyang Taishou was just a false name, so he asked Xu Huang to act as the county lieutenant.
The meaning of this move is very obvious, that is, it implies that Xu Huang will be the Taishou of Hanyang in the future, and at the moment his captain of Hanyang County is just a transition, and when he makes some contributions and achievements in Hanyang, he can be turned into a regular immediately.
As long as the power of the Dong family's father and son does not decline, this matter will not change.
Seeing that the military strength of Hanyang County was weak, Dong Shouye asked Xu Huang to take 2,500 men and horses from his headquarters to strengthen the military strength of Hanyang County, and transferred 2,500 cavalry from the Grizzly Army, so that Xu Huang's descendants in Hanyang County would have 5,000 people, plus the cooperation of Jiang Xu and Jiang Yu, Xu Huang should have no problem controlling Hanyang County in the future.
Hanyang County originally had an army of nearly 20,000 people, but lost part of it in the offensive and defensive battle of Hanyang, and Dong Shouye cut some of it, and now there are only more than 10,000 elite people left, plus 5,000 men and horses in Xu Huang's hands, the total strength is 15,000 people, although the number is reduced compared with before, but the actual combat effectiveness is greatly enhanced.
In any reshuffle of forces, there will be people who are happy and people who are angry.
Dong Shouye's actions will undoubtedly offend the interests of many people, when the war was in full swing before, their attitude towards Dong Shouye was relatively good, but once their interests were violated, they would immediately turn their faces.
There are currently five core generals of the army in Hanyang County, namely Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu, Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong.
These three people have been in Hanyang for many years, and they have a lot of henchmen and a lot of influence, so they don't want to be light-hearted.
At that time, Dong Shouye did not bring many men and horses when he entered the city, but only brought a thousand people as an escort, and besides, Hanyang City was so big, the more people there were, the more crowded it would be, and it was easy for troops to disturb the people when they entered the city.
Unexpectedly, Dong Shouye's move gave Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong a chance.
They wanted to use their soldiers and horses to admonish Dong Shouye and force Dong Shouye to submit to the law, so as to ensure their rights in Hanyang County.
Dong Shouye didn't think that the integration of Hanyang County would be smooth at the beginning, but felt that it was risky. So I have been secretly on guard.
When it was vaguely discovered that Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong were secretly engaged in a series, Dong Shouye was silent at all, and pretended not to know anything about the situation.
And to comfort these three people a lot, to calm their hearts.
When these people saw that Dong Shouye was nothing more than that, they gradually began to relax their vigilance.
Dong Shouye found a suitable opportunity and invited the three of them to drink in his Taishou Mansion. Dong Shouye was already appointed by the imperial court as the Taishou of Hanyang, so he naturally moved to live in the Taishou Mansion, so that it was more convenient to deal with many affairs, and people in Hanyang County could also know that there was such a Taishou Cunzài.
Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong thought that Dong Shouye would appease them as usual and win them over, so they pretended to be very cooperative and rushed to Dong Shouye's mansion to participate in the banquet.
After Dong Shouye saw these three people, he was full of smiles and personally went to the gate of the hall to greet them.
Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong also appropriately looked flattered and cooperated with Dong Shouye very much.
After the guests and hosts were seated, the wine was passed three times, and the scene at the banquet was very warm and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Dong Shouye held the wine bottle in his hand and said, "Three, Ben Taishou has a confidant who wants to talk to the three of them. ”
Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong also immediately stopped drinking when they heard this, Yang Kuan was the little leader of the three, so he took the lead and said: "I don't know what important things the envoy has, if we can use the three of us, we will definitely not refuse, and we will definitely work for the envoy." ”
Dong Shouye watched the three of them express their loyalty one by one, and said: "At the moment, there are not many soldiers and horses in Hanyang County, what if Han Sui and Ma Teng lead troops to attack again in the future?" ”
The meaning of this is that I do not have enough soldiers and horses, and I hope that the three of you can hand over the soldiers and horses in your hands and let me lead them. It seems that there is also an attempt to resolve this issue peacefully.
Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong's faces changed when they heard this, and they glanced at each other, and Yang Kuan said: "What the envoy said is also the truth, and the last general and others have always had similar thoughts. The envoy may wish to ask the imperial court for support, allocate some soldiers and horses, grain and grass, or directly recruit troops and horses. ”
These three people are obviously pretending to be stupid, which means that we don't have soldiers and horses, you Lao Tzu is awesome, you find your own Lao Tzu to find a way.
As soon as Dong Shouye heard this, his face gradually turned cold, looked at Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong, and sneered: "Bold, where are the guards, arrest these three people."
After finishing speaking, nearly 100 soldiers rushed out from both sides of the hall and surrounded Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong, and the leader was Zhang Liao.
Yang Kuan, Li Cheng, and Huang Dong glanced at each other and shouted: "The vertical son is plotting against us, and now only by killing a bloody way can I live, and the two brothers will go out with me." With that, he drew his sword from his waist and wanted to do it.
Under normal circumstances, it is not allowed to carry halberds, long knives and spears to participate in banquets, but swords are allowed to be carried, and in this era, almost all civil and military generals wear them.
After the three of them held the saber in their hands, their hearts were slightly settled, and they turned their hearts horizontally, shouting: "Kill!" He rushed forward, trying to find a way.
Seeing this, Dong Shouye picked up the wine bottle and muttered: "I originally wanted to emulate Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to have a glass of wine to release the military power, but who knew that such a blood splash came on the spot, it is really a tiger and an anti-dog!" ”
Zhang Liao saw that the three of them were stubborn and unpolite, so he grabbed the Yellow Dragon Hook and Sickle in his hand, danced a knife flower, and attacked the three of them. Looking at the situation, it is obvious that you want to pick three.
The Yellow Dragon Hook and Scythe, a weapon used to fight on the battlefield, is naturally incomparable to the long sword, and Zhang Liao's own martial arts are much higher than these three dragon sets.
So these three people resisted left and right for a while, and then they felt that the pressure was too great, and they had to be slashed by the big knife in Zhang Liao's hand several times.
Fortunately, Zhang Liao didn't want to end the lives of these people, so he showed some mercy to his subordinates, and did not use any killing moves, but instead knocked these three people to the ground with the back of the big knife.
After the three of them were knocked down by Zhang Liao one by one, they immediately surrounded the sergeants and used ropes to tie the three of them strongly.
PS: Two chapters today