Chapter 406: Sudden Change
As Wei Ba had predicted, Buqi had sent ten teams of scouts, but they still hadn't found their hiding place. Just under Bu Qi's nose, Wei Ba and Xiangfu quietly set off again with people, they must enter the Wuling Mountains before the Wu army's army arrives, only by entering the mountains, can they give full play to their strengths, can they jump out of the Wu army's encirclement and interception, in order to safely return to the place where the Wuxi barbarians have lived for generations, Wei Ba has the opportunity to organize the Wuxi Man, and Pan Jun and more Wu Jun Hao Haode competition.
Until then, he could only flee for his life.
Fortunately, Wei Ba did not flee for his life for the first time, when he withdrew from Wuguan, he escaped for his life, and beat the pursuing Sima Shi to the point of losing his troops. This time, although there were not so many people around him, the terrain was very favorable to him, and with barbarians who were familiar with the terrain leading the way, they could still be like fish in water in the mountains.
Wei Ba didn't want to escape too smoothly, on the contrary, he needed a little difficulty and setback, only in this way could those barbarians rely on him more, and he would have enough time to cultivate feelings with these barbarians, so as to lay a foundation for the future command of them to fight against the Wu army.
In the final analysis, Zhuge Liang's move is just to kill people with a knife, to use the knife of Wuxi Man to break the situation of the Wu people, and to use the knife of the Wu people to kill Wei Ba and solve the trouble of his own henchmen. Wuxi Man is the most innocent, and they will pay great sacrifices in this battle, but the benefits have little to do with them.
After Wei Ba and the others left, it took Bu Qi another half a day to catch the traces and start the pursuit again. This half day was not all in vain, and nearly a thousand people gathered. Bu Qi was even more bold.
However, Fei Yi and Bu Qi had a violent conflict. The two had serious differences on how to characterize the accident and how to clarify the responsibilities of both parties. Bu Qi believes that when the princess was robbed, Wei Ba was by the princess's side, and he was originally responsible for the princess's safety, but now that the princess was robbed by the barbarians, he should bear the main responsibility. And judging from the situation in front of him, he is likely to be in the same group as those barbarians. The whole thing is a conspiracy of the Shu Han people. Of course, the Shu Han people are primarily responsible.
Buqi's view was categorically rejected by Fei Yi. Fei Yi said that when the princess was robbed, Wei Ba was indeed by the princess's side, but he only had ten people. How can you stop such a brute? None of you have been able to stop the barbarians. Let them go straight in. easily attacked the princess's courtyard and let them retreat. If these barbarians are not your people, how can they come and go freely? You definitely don't have the sincerity to be kind. That's why people deliberately kidnapped the princess and put the blame on us. Now our Shu Han's rear general died on your territory, Wei Ba is pursuing in order to save the princess, but you say that Wei Ba is the culprit, if Wei Ba rescues the princess, how do you explain?
The two sides insisted on their own words, quarreled together, and no one was willing to take responsibility, and the original tacit understanding is now gone. Buqi reported to Sun Quan in Wuchang, and Fei Yi also urgently sent someone to report to Zhuge Liang in Chengdu, and at the same time, he informed Chen Dao, the governor stationed in Yong'an, that things had changed drastically, and asked Chen Zhi to prepare for battle and not let the Wu people take advantage of the loopholes.
Wuchang was close, and Sun Quan was the first to get the news.
After reading Buqi's report, Sun Quan didn't react for a long time, and then suddenly became angry, kicked over the desk in front of him, and smashed all the pen and ink and documents on the case to the ground. The courtiers around him were frightened and at a loss, and no one knew that Sun Quan was so good that he suddenly went crazy.
"The big tiger was robbed, the big tiger was robbed!" Sun Quan roared and roared, furious, like an angry tiger, his eyes were about to split. "Under the protection of the army, my daughter was robbed!"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned. Most of them didn't know about the conspiracy against Wei Ba, only that the princess Sun Luban and her party had already set off, who would have expected that all of a sudden, the princess who was protected by at least four or five thousand people was actually robbed. This is not a bolt from the blue, a bolt from the blue that no one can imagine.
Sun Quan roared for a while, and immediately asked people to call Pan Jun. When Pan Jun hurriedly walked into the main hall, although he was nervous, he was not out of order. He didn't know the specific situation yet, but he knew about the conspiracy, in his opinion, it was nothing more than a poor deployment of Buqi, and Wei Ba saw a flaw, so Wei Ba took the lead and robbed the princess.
After he finished reading Buqi's report, he broke out in a cold sweat. Things were far more complicated than he imagined, not only his daughter was also taken away, but also Wuxi Man appeared.
Wuxi Man? Pan Jun immediately connected with the task he was about to perform, and smelled a little conspiracy. He pondered for a long time and reminded carefully: "Great King, Wei Ba has never been to Xiling, how can he collude with Wuxi Man?" I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as General Bu thinks. ”
Sun Quan was taken aback, and only said after a while: "You mean to say that this matter is not Wei Ba's act alone, but someone is secretly planning it?" ”
Pan Jun nodded.
Sun Quan's eyes showed a look of horror, and he immediately thought of Pan Jun's mission. This mission has not yet begun, it is a secret that only a few people know, and Shu Han actually responded to it, which shows that it has been leaked for a long time, and the matter of Wu Shu jointly dealing with Wei Ba is likely to be a trap. It seems that the only person who has the ability to deploy all this is Zhuge Liang in Chengdu.
Sun Quan's face immediately became gloomy and terrifying: "Who is so bold that he dares to leak the news that I am about to send troops to Wuxi?" ”
Pan Jun had thought of this a long time ago, but he didn't say anything. He believed that Sun Quan could imagine it, after all, there were only a few people who knew about it. He and Bu Qi are both victims now, obviously the suspicion has been ruled out, and the rest of the people have nothing to do with him, he doesn't fall into the ground, but he has no obligation to defend it, and he knows that those people are very sensitive people, and it's best not to have a relationship with them, otherwise it is likely to cause fire.
Sun Quan calmed down, thought for a long time, and said to Pan Jun: "The big tiger was robbed, life and death are uncertain, and your daughter Ziyu is also among them." Since the thieves are Wuxi barbarians, they will either go to Chengdu or return to their hometown. You set out at once, march on the Wuxi Man, and force them to surrender the Great Tiger by force. If...... If the big tiger has any loss, sweep them away, and the chickens and dogs will not be left. ”
Pan Jun was taken aback: "King, things must be opposed, these barbarians do not understand benevolence and righteousness, and they have always been separated from me, if they are purely forced, I am afraid they will be forced to the side of Shu Han, which is very unfavorable to our strategy." ”
Sun Quan reprimanded a little impatiently: "Chengming, are you confused? Since those barbarians are separated from us and are bent on leaning towards the Shu people, even if you are good to them, what is the use? Since they do not understand righteousness, they can only be subdued by force. I don't care so much, you go and rescue my daughter and your daughter, as long as this goal is achieved, you can do what you want, and I will entrust you with the matter of Wuling. ”
Pan Jun hurriedly thanked him and bowed back. Half an hour later, he quickly left Wuchang with his personal guards and hurried to the front line. Jihua, who started a war in Wuling, has been preparing for a while, and part of the troops of Lingling and Hengyang are already being transferred there, but they are not completely ready. Now that things happened suddenly, they could no longer be allowed to deploy calmly, so Pan Jun had to rush over there while mobilizing a large army.
After Pan Jun left, the more Sun Quan thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he had basically locked up the person who leaked the secret, and he could roughly guess what the reason for his leak was, and because of this, he was even more angry. For the sake of their own rights and interests, these big families have actually reached the point of madness, ignoring the country's major affairs, and now they have pushed their daughter Dahu into danger.
Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?
Sun Quan immediately ordered Zhang Wen and Fei Yi to come to Wuchang as quickly as possible to explain the changes in Yiyuan.
Jingzhou suddenly became nervous, and one by one fast horses rushed out of Wuchang, galloped on the official road, and sent Sun Quan's orders to the counties south of the Yangtze River. And the atmosphere in Wuchang Palace has also become suffocating, although Yiyuan's accident has only spread in a small area, but the fact that the Great King Sun Quan has been angry in the palace many times has caused all kinds of speculation. This is almost a repetition of the situation after Sun Xi's death, but because the reason is unknown, it seems more mysterious and unsettling.
The tense atmosphere reached a climax when Zhang Wen and Fei Yi rushed to Wuchang, Sun Quan and Fei Yi had a fierce quarrel, and after Fei Yi left the palace, he was immediately placed under house arrest in a post house and was not allowed to act at will. And Zhang Wen's situation was even worse, he was directly thrown into prison by Sun Quan.
At this moment, Lu Xun, an auxiliary general who had been living at home, ushered in a mysterious guest.
Sun Quan, who was dressed in regular clothes, stood at the door, quietly looking at Lu Xun who was writing at the desk, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was hideous, like an undercurrent surging river, although the waves were not turbulent, but contained a violent liliang.
Lu Xun felt the shadow at the door, he raised his head, and when he saw Sun Quan's haggard face, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly left the table and bowed down. Without waiting for him to speak, Sun Quan spoke first, his voice hoarse, piercing Lu Xun's eardrums.
"Bo Yan, Lone wants to start a war with Shu."
"Oh no, my lord!" Lu Xun said without thinking, bowing to the ground, sweat gushing out from the back of his neck, soaking his back in an instant.
Sun Quan walked slowly in front of him, looked down at his back, whose clothes were gradually darkening, and asked word by word, "weishenme?" ”
Lu Xun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, bowed again, and earnestly persuaded: "King, the lord must not raise troops out of anger. If you can fight, why bother to make peace in the first place? ”
Sun Quan paused, and then asked, "How much do you know about those river thieves composed of the Wuxi barbarian rout?" ”
Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and slowly raised his head, shocked and inexplicable. He finally understood that Sun Quan Weishenme would be so angry.
"My lord, this matter ...... What does it have to do with those river pirates? ”
Sun Quan's eyes shrank. "Gu knows that those river thieves seem to come and go freely, but they have always been under your control, but what Gu doesn't understand is, how could Wei Ba get mixed up with them?" (To be continued......)