Chapter 098: Hongmen Banquet (I)
Meng Da sent his nephew Deng Xian to meet Wei Ba outside the city. As soon as he saw Wei Ba, Deng Xian was stunned for a moment, then patted his forehead, hahadaxiao got up, and laughed inexplicably at Wei Ba.
General Meng encouraged morale and said that the reinforcements at the head of the West Mountain were the famous Zhenbei General in Hanzhong, and the morale of my Fangling City was greatly boosted. Now it seems that although what General Meng said is not true, it is not far off. It was not General Wei, but it was Wei who joined the army. Deng Xian said enthusiastically: "Wei joined the army, this time you can repel Sima Yi, you have made great contributions, and your kindness, nearly 10,000 families in my Fangling City are grateful." ”
Wei Ba smiled bitterly, and said in his heart, you still don't want to be grateful for my goodness, keep you as a bane, I regret dying, and I don't know how to explain to the prime minister.
"Wei joined the army, General Meng has set up a banquet in the city, and invited Wei to join the army to the banquet."
Wei Ba shook his head: "Please General Deng go back first, I still have to go to Xishantou and recruit my subordinates." They stayed here for a few days, and they didn't know what the situation was. ”
Deng Xian nodded knowingly. He also knew that there were Wei Ba's subordinates in the West Mountain. After Sima Yi retreated, Meng Da once sent someone to invite, but when he arrived on the mountain, he didn't see anyone, only the traces of camping. I think those people didn't have Wei Ba's order and refused to have anything to do with Meng Da. He can understand that. Fortunately, it is not far away, and it is estimated that it will not delay the banquet in the evening.
After saying goodbye to Deng Xian, Wei Ba came to the top of the mountain, and the dozen or so people who stayed behind immediately poured out of their hiding places when they saw his banner. They saw Sima Yi's retreat, and also saw the banner of the Wu army, of course they knew that Wei Ba's surprise attack was successful, but when they saw the Wei army prisoners tied in a string of ropes, as well as the more than 100 war horses and dozens of carts of supplies, they still didn't dare to believe their eyes, and they were ecstatic one by one.
Compared to them, the people who followed Wei Ba to attack Anqiaosai were very calm, although they began to get more carried away than these people.
At the original camping site, Wei Ba called Zhang Ling and Zhou Yu over.
"The siege of Fangling has been resolved, but the situation is not necessarily simple. Don't go into the city, and immediately take the prisoners and these booties to meet Captain Zhuge Du. The distribution of the spoils of war will be discussed according to us. ”
Wei Ba said, handing Zhou Yu and Zhang Yu a "you know" look, Zhou Zhang and the others understood, pursed their lips, cooed twice, and nodded vigorously again and again.
"In addition, I told Captain Zhuge that I would stop in Fangling for two days and inquire about the situation as much as possible. Please send the news back to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately, and ask the Prime Minister to decide. ”
"Joining the army, what about your safety?"
"I'm fine, as long as Meng Da doesn't lose his heart, he won't attack me." Wei Ba scratched his head, although he was very sure, he actually didn't know the bottom in his heart, who knew if Meng Da would go crazy? "I have forty guards with me, and if something happens, it's still okay to escape."
When Zhang Yu heard Wei Ba's words, he couldn't help but laugh. Wang Hui frowned: "Join the army, we are ordered by the young master of the wind to protect you, if you don't leave, we won't leave." ”
"No, you go back to the eldest brother at once, he needs you more." Wei Ba said indiscriminately: "I have my own measure. You tell my big brother to reassure him and don't worry about me. ”
Wang Hui nodded helplessly: "Then it's better to go back as soon as possible to join the army, otherwise, I'm worried that Young Master Feng will send us again." ”
Wei Ba smiled and didn't say anything more. Zhang Yu and Zhou Yu immediately led the men and horses along Zhushui to Zhuyang and Zhuge Qiao to rendezvous. They carried a large amount of supplies, especially war horses, and it was unrealistic to cross the mountains and mountains.
Wei Ba took Dunwu and the others and turned around and went to Fangling City. Deng Xian sent someone to wait at the gate of the city and immediately welcomed him in. Seeing that he only entered the city with his personal guards, and that thousands of subordinates and a large number of prisoners and booty were gone, he couldn't help but laugh. In his opinion, Wei Ba wanted to monopolize this batch of loot, and did not want to share it with Pan Zhang, this was a contradiction between Wu Shu, and this was a good thing for them.
"The young people who joined the army are promising, and the future is limitless, so please take care of them in the future." Deng Xian said politely.
Wei Ba also hurriedly and politely arched his hand.
Following Deng Xian to Yacheng, Wei Ba saw Meng Da for the first time. Meng Da looked like he was about sixty years old, with gray hair, but his body was very strong, and his voice was very loud, and he was a very personable old man. However, the eyes are a little distant, which makes people always feel a little sinister and unreliable. Of course, this may also be due to Wei Ba's preconceived feelings about him.
"General Meng." Wei Ba took two steps and bowed. No matter what Meng Da's character is, after all, everyone is an ally now, and it is possible to be a minister of the same dynasty in the future, which should be etiquette.
The corners of Meng Da's mouth grinned, and he stroked Wei Ba with both hands: "Wei Wenchang is blessed, the old man is really envious." Wei joined the army, if you hadn't attacked Anqiaosai this time and attracted General Pan to help, I would have been really dangerous. ”
Although Wei Ba had been mentally prepared, when he heard Meng Da's words, he still chuckled in his heart. This old guy only mentioned Pan Zhang's help, but he didn't mention my previous trip to Xishan, let alone Zhuge Qiao's contributions, which is obviously something to say.
"General Meng has been in Xincheng for a long time, and he is a veteran who has fought for many years, Sima Yi is a scholar, how can he conquer Fangling. Even if General Pan and Zhuge Duwei don't arrive, Fang Ling will be worry-free. General Meng said this, how dare I, a junior, be a junior. ”
Meng Da smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to invite. When he arrived in the hall, Wei Ba glanced at his seat and couldn't help but shake his head. When Meng Da saw it, his face remained unchanged, and he asked calmly: "Wei joined the army, is there something wrong?" ”
Wei Ba smiled bitterly in his heart, of course his heart was inappropriate, and it was inappropriate. Munda is the master, he sits in the chair, and that is not a problem at all. But the guest seats are exquisite. The left-handed guest seat is respected, and the right-hand guest seat is slightly inferior, and now Meng Da let Pan Zhang sit in the left-handed guest seat, but asked him to sit in the right-hand guest seat, which clearly put him under Pan Zhang. For him personally, it doesn't matter where he sits, but for the current situation, Meng Da's move has great significance.
If Wei Ba does not fight at this moment, or sits down in a daze, it is equivalent to recognizing the independence of Meng Da, and the reality that the status of the Wu people is higher than that of Shu Han will reach Zhuge Liang's ears in the future, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be a flaw.
Wei Ba raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "General Meng, it is a great good thing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light this time, to know that you have lost your way and return to the banner of the Great Han." Wu is an ally, it is said that it is a guest who comes from afar, and General Pan is older, so it is also appropriate to be seated. However, everything must be polite, since General Pan is a guest, it is a little inappropriate to sit in this position, right? ”
Meng Da pretended to be puzzled: "Could it be that you join the army and think that you should be on the seat?" ”
"It's not me Wei Ba who will sit down, but Captain Zhuge who was sent by the prime minister to help General Meng will sit down. If Captain Zhuge is not there, then the representative he sent should be sitting. ”
Pan Zhang snorted dissatisfiedly: "Zhuge Duwei, I don't know where the others are, I have to wait for him to come to help, I'm afraid Fang Ling has already been Sima Yi's." Don't say he didn't come, even if he did, would he be embarrassed to sit on the upper seat? ”
Wei Ba also sank his face: "Dare to ask General Pan, before I opened the Anqiao Stopper, General Pan stopped in front of the Plug for a few days?" ”
Pan Zhang suddenly went crazy, he jumped up, drew his knife and shouted angrily: "Could it be that without you, the old man can't break the Anqiao plug?" ”
Wei Ba sneered: "I didn't say that, maybe I won't go, General Pan can break through Anqiao Fortress." But I'm sure you're not going to be here right now. ”
"Boy, rude!" Pan Zhang was furious, pulled out his sword from its sheath, and pointed directly at Wei Ba: "You dare to despise the old man? ”
Wei Ba took a long breath and said in a cold voice, "Please General Pan put away his knife and don't treat me as your enemy." ”
Pan Zhang ignored him at all, pointed the tip of the knife in front of Wei Ba, walked away from the table, and walked towards Wei Ba, shouting loudly as he walked: "Draw the knife, and let me try your kid's ability." ”
Wei Ba glanced at Meng Da, and when he saw Meng Da standing with his beard stroking, as if he didn't see all this in front of him, he couldn't help but get nervous. Meng Da obviously had some deal with Pan Zhang, and wanted to use Pan Zhang to suppress him. In this way, it is a bit careless to go to the city for a banquet.
Wei Ba's mind was spinning rapidly, and in a moment, Pan Zhang had already taken two steps in front of him. Wei Ba narrowed his eyes and stared at Pan Zhang's toes. He didn't believe that Pan Zhang dared to kill him with such a knife, it was nothing more than a bluff and gave him a disadvantage. At a certain distance, he will definitely stop.
Sure enough, just as the tip of the knife was about to point to his nose, Pan Zhang stopped his steps. He held the knife and was about to open his mouth to scold, but Wei Ba, who had been hanging his hands without any movement, suddenly moved.
The left leg is raised, half a step forward, the right foot turns half a circle, and suddenly the force is exerted, and the recoil force pushes the whole body forward. At the same time, his left hand was raised from his waist, he pulled out the dagger, held it upside down in his hand, blocked Pan Zhang's war knife, and his right hand was clenched into a fist, bending his elbow like a bow, and suddenly exerting force, like a sharp arrow off the string, and in a blink of an eye, the fist reached Pan Zhang's chest.
With a loud "boom", Pan Zhang flew upside down in the air, and his huge body smashed on the table full of tableware. The desk couldn't bear such a huge liliang, and it was broken into two with a "click", and the tableware on it flew around.
Meng Da was taken aback and subconsciously opened his mouth wide. Before he could shout, Wei Ba, who had succeeded in the first blow, had already followed him, jumped up in the air, bent his right knee, and smashed it on Pan Zhang's breastplate. With the sound of "dang", the breastplate was dented, and Pan Zhang, who had not reacted at all, spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Wei Ba restrained Pan Zhang with his knee, and the dagger hidden under his left hand unceremoniously pressed Pan Zhang's neck, and said word by word: "General Pan, I warned you not to treat me as an enemy. "—————— second update, ask for recommendation, ask for collection!