After getting Nanye's letter, he thanked him and left, and returned to see Gao Ding. After presenting the letter, he told Gao Ding exactly what he had seen and heard.

Gao Ding saw that the content of the letter was consistent with what he said, and it was all to urge Yonghong to do it quickly, and couldn't help but be angry: "I treat you Yonghong with sincerity, Wang Hua has repeatedly shown me grace and I have not surrendered, and the dog thief Yonghong wants to harm me, which is unreasonable!" "Let's call Ehuan to discuss.

E Huan was let go by Nan Ye once, and he was grateful in his heart, and he already had the intention of surrendering, so he persuaded Gao Ding: "Wang Hua has repeatedly let me go as a soldier, but he believes in people!" Yonghong is capricious and a villain! If Liu Zhang's letter of surrender had not been revealed to the world by Dong Xianxian, then Yonghong would have been kept secret, obviously with the intention of killing me. On the contrary, Dong Zhen, Wang Hua and others acted above board. Now that Yonghong wants to kill us and invite merit, why don't I kill Yonghong first and vote for Dong Yi and Wang Hua. ”

Gao Ding asked E Huan to come to fight with this idea, so he asked, "How do I start?" ”

E Huan said: "Taishou can set up a seat, let people invite Yonghong, Zuihou give him a chance." If he has no dissent, he will come openly. If they don't come, they will have different hearts. At that time, the Taishou could attack the camp in front of him, and he ambushed on the path behind the camp, and Yonghong could be captured. ”

Gao Ding heard the words and said that he was kind, and set up a banquet to invite Yonghong. In the past few days, Yonghong has also heard that the captured soldiers under his command lied that Gaoding's people and horses could be preserved, so he naturally suspected Gaoding's intentions and was afraid to go to the banquet.

Yonghong didn't arrive, Gao Ding naturally moved to kill. That night, Gao Ding took advantage of the night and led his troops to kill in Yonghong Village. Although the people and horses of Gaoding were not as good as Yonghong before, but since the Yonghong camp was broken, the number of people and horses of Gaoding was better than that of Yonghong, and the surprise at night quickly broke through the camp gate.

The Yonghong soldiers in the camp had previously lied that Gaoding's people and horses were released from death, and they were all grateful for Gaoding's kindness. At this time, seeing Gaoding attacking the camp, instead of helping Yonghong to defend the camp, he took the opportunity to invest in Gaoding and assisted Gaoding's men and horses to attack his own camp. Sergeant Yonghong is inseparable from the enemy and us, and he is in chaos without a fight.

Yonghong saw that the big thing was going to go, and he went to look at the mountain road. After walking less than two miles, a drum sounded on the side of the road, and a Biao army horse came out, which was Ehuan, who had been in ambush for a long time. E Huan lifted the mountain mace and suddenly took the lead. Yonghong was caught off guard and was hit by Huan under the horse, and his brain burst to death. After Ehuan Xiao's head, he shouted: "Yonghong is dead, why not descend early?" So Yonghong's subordinate sergeants all descended to Gaoding.

Gao Ding surrendered the Yonghong soldiers, and the two troops merged into one and came to Nanye together. Gao Ding dedicated the head of Yonghong to the tent and said: "General Wang is benevolent and righteous, and he has repeatedly spared my soldiers from dying." Today, I would like to return to the general, and I hope that the general will keep his promise, wait for the four counties to be pacified, and protect my position. ”

Nan Ye sat in the middle of the handsome tent and sneered and said, "Come on, push Gao Ding out and behead him!" ”

Gao Ding was shocked when he heard this: "I feel the great grace of the general, and now I am coming to surrender with the head of Yonghong, why do you kill me?" ”

When Nan Ye heard this, he said, "You came to deceive and surrender, and you still want to hide it from me?" ”

Gao Ding hurriedly said: "Why did the general say that I surrendered?" ”

Nan Ye picked up a letter from the table in front of him, shook it in front of Gao Ding, and said, "I have repeatedly let you go before to persuade you to surrender, but you will not surrender. Now Zhu Bao has sent someone to secretly offer a letter of surrender, saying that you and Yonghong have formed a friendship of life and death, and I understand why you didn't surrender. Since you have a deep friendship with Yonghong, how can you kill this person and surrender to me? I think you will be a deceitful! ”

Gao Ding shouted: "This is Zhu Bao's counter-plan, General Wang must not be trusted!" ”

Nan Ye nodded and said, "It's hard for me to judge who is really descending between you and Zhu Bao based on one-sided words." If you are willing to catch Zhu Bao for the pioneer, you can show your sincerity. ”

Gao Ding gritted his teeth and said, "General Wang, don't doubt it. How about I go and capture Zhu Bao to see the general? ”

Nan Ye said: "If this can be the case, I will no longer doubt that I will ensure your position." ”

When Gao Ding heard this, he led Ehuan and his troops and horses to kill Zhu Bao's camp. Zhu Bao heard in the camp that Gaoding led troops to come, and somehow led the troops out to meet him, about ten miles away from the camp, and met Gaoding's people.

Zhu Bao immediately stepped forward and said, "Why did Mrs. Gao come to my camp?" ”

Gao Ding scolded: "If you want to vote for General Wang, why do you write a book to plot against me?" ”

Zhu Bao was confused when he heard this, he didn't write a letter to Nan Ye to surrender at all, and he didn't know that Gao Ding came to attack him because he fell for Nan Ye's discordant plan, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

Gao Ding saw that Zhu Bao was stunned and couldn't answer, and even believed that Zhu Bao had a ghost in his heart, so he slapped his horse and danced the knife straight at Zhu Bao in anger. The two of them were not far away from each other before answering, and before Zhu Bao could take precautions, he was slashed by Gao Ding at the junction of the shoulder and neck, and blood sprayed out.

"Ah~" Zhu Bao let out a miserable scream, but he was not dead for a while, a pair of eyes glared at Gao Ding, and his eyes were full of resentment.

Gao Ding found that his saber was stuck on Zhu Bao's neck bone, and was about to draw the knife to bleed Zhu Bao, when Zhu Bao's four cronies and lieutenants rushed up and stabbed Gao Ding with four spears. Gao Ding wanted to draw his sword to resist the spear, but found that Zhu Bao's blood-covered hands were firmly gripping his saber.

It was too late for Gao Ding, who couldn't draw his sword, to dodge again, and the four spears penetrated Gao Ding's body in four directions. Zhu Bao, who had already returned to the light, saw that Gao Ding was shot, and a smile of revenge appeared on his bloody face, and then he closed his eyes and turned over and fell off the horse. Gao Ding's saber and Zhu Bao's body were connected together, and when Zhu Bao fell off the horse, he also fell off the horse with Gao Ding, who was shot four times in his body. When Gao Ding's body lands on the ground, those who are already dead cannot die again.

said that it was too late and that it was fast, Gao Ding and Zhu Bao died almost at the same time, just in an instant. By the time Ehuan urged the horse to rush to the front of the battle, the two coaches had already fallen off their horses. E Huan roared angrily, brandished his mace and smashed Zhu Bao's four lieutenants under the horse. Then E Huan shouted: "Those who dare to disobey will be killed!" ”

Zhu Bao's main general and deputy general were all killed, and there was also a fierce general E Huan in the Gaoding army, so Zhu Bao's soldiers all surrendered. E Huan ordered the sergeant to collect Gao Ding's body, and then beheaded Zhu Bao, leading all the sergeants to join Nanye.

Nan Ye saw Gao Ding's death, and E Huan offered Zhu Bao's head under the tent, feeling both regretful and happy in his heart, and ordered someone to bury Gao Ding and reward E Huan. So far, Yonghong, Gaoding, and Zhu Bao have all been flat, and the three soldiers have all been under the command of Nan Ye, and the number of soldiers under Nan Ye's command has reached 200,000. Immediately after that, Nanye's soldiers divided into three ways to comprehensively capture the three counties of Yuewang, Qike, and Yizhou, and now there are no soldiers and no generals in these three counties, just like a stripped beauty to be ravaged by others, Nanye effortlessly took all the four counties of Nanzhong into his palm, and sent people to send Yonghong and Zhu Bao to Chengdu to show their merits.

As early as when Nan Ye raised the banner of Liu Zhang and threatened to return to obedience, Fa Zheng and others in Chengdu knew that something was wrong. Now that Gao Pei and Yang Huai have not had time to intervene in the four-party battle, the four counties in Nanzhong have all been obtained by Dong Wei. This surprised Liu Zhang and others in Chengdu.

Liu Zhang sat in the hall and glanced at the two rebel heads on the table with disgust, and then looked at a group of civil and military officials: "At the beginning, you used the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and supplemented it with soldiers and horses to prevent the family from becoming dominant. Now what is the reason why Dong has exhausted the four counties in Nanzhong? ”

The previous plan was Zhang Song's plan, but at this time he had to go out of class and say: "The lord is angry!" At first, I mistakenly thought that the four soldiers and horses were comparable, and Liliang was not far behind. Who would have thought that Dong Zhen would be able to win a big victory by fighting three thieves alone? However, according to the views of the subordinates, it is not a bad thing for Dong to be dominant. ”

Liu Zhang raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Song said: "Then Dong Chuan received the letter from the lord and returned to the lord and helped the lord to fight the thief, which shows that his heart is towards the lord. Since the matter has come to this point, why don't the lord plan and recruit An Dong and order him to take charge of the four counties. In this way, the four counties are safe, and the lord can also get a strong army. ”

"My lord!" As soon as Zhang Song's voice fell, Wang Ti came out of the class and said: "Although the land of the four counties is located in a remote area and there are many barbarians, it is also the territory of the lord, and it must not be abandoned, let alone handed over to thieves to rebel. As soon as this example is opened, if all counties follow suit, I will have no peace in Yizhou! ”

Fa Zheng came out of the class and said: "Dong Zheng has already raised his troops to return to obedience, and he has made many meritorious contributions in the crusade against Sankou, how can he be regarded as a thief again?" The lord's secret letter has been made public by Dong Zheng before, and if he asks for it again at this time, the lord will lose his trust in the world. It's better to recruit An Dong. ”

The words of the three strategists ignited a powder keg like a fuse, and many civil and military officers above the main hall came out one after another to express their opinions, some advocated war, and some advocated peace, and suddenly became a pot of porridge. Liu Zhang is also in a dilemma, although he doesn't like to fight, but he is even more reluctant to give up the land of the four counties to a barbarian cave master. Although Zhang Song and Fa Zheng both advocated the surrender of Dong Zheng this time, Liu Zhang no longer trusted the plans of these two, who made their previous plans not workable.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Zhang said: "Everyone, let's argue slowly!" I think everything you say makes sense. However, it is the next policy to surrender the four counties of Nanzhong to the rebellion, so you might as well send troops to attack them first, and then make a strategy to recruit peace if you don't win. ”

Pang Xi, who was in the main battle, said: "The lord is wise! The barbarians of the four counties are a rabble, and the lord can be decided in a battle! ”

Fa Zheng listened to Liu Zhang's words but sighed secretly, Liu Zhang's plan seemed to take care of both sides, and the main battle and the main peace should not be offended, but it was the most unreasonable. There is a cloud in the art of war: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. Since the use of troops is a major matter of the country, how can there be any reason to fight first? But all the generals who know the army must first carry out temple calculations, and only fight if they have a chance of winning, and they will not fight if they have no chance of winning.

Dong Wei can defeat Yonghong, Gaoding, and Zhu Bao to take the land of the three counties with his own strength, how can it be easy to match him? Fa Zheng felt that Liu Zhang was going to lose this battle, and once he lost the battle and wanted to surrender Dong Zhen, would Dong Zheng still be willing to surrender? By then, the situation may be even more difficult than it is now. Maybe Dong Zhen, who realized that Liu Zhang was unwilling to surrender and was weak and bullied, would directly claim the king, and the four counties in Nanzhong would no longer belong to Liu Zhang.

These thoughts only swirled in Fa Zheng's mind, but they were not spoken. It's not that he's unfaithful, but because he knows that Liu Zhang won't listen even if he says it. Even local generals like Lu Kai and Wang Yan knew that Liu Zhang was not the master, so how could Fa Zheng not know? So I can only sigh secretly in my heart.