Volume 4 Looking Back at the Township Pass 48 Pan Cheng
Pan Cheng's surrender to Naha was not his original intention.
He has rebelled for many years, has been leading troops for a long time, and is used to being at ease, how can he really demote Naha and make it his subordinates for him to drive? It's just a stopgap measure. His original intention was to take the opportunity to defeat Deng She's oppression, conquer several cities, and restore the former situation of Liaodong's secession.
The idea is good, it's just not feasible.
Deng She has an army of 100,000, even if he doesn't have time to clean him up for the time being, let him get away with it for a while, sooner or later, as soon as the war in South Goryeo stops, the elite of the Wuya will take advantage of the victory and go north, with the foundation of more than 10,000 veterans in Pan Cheng, how to resist? According to Pan Xianer's opinion, he might as well simply surrender Naha, join forces in one place, and at least survive for a while.
It's a pity that Pan Cheng insisted on not listening, what did he say, "How can a big husband live under others, bend his knees to the master, like a house slave"? Since then, Pan Xianji has been completely discouraged and disappointed in him. If you don't have that ass, don't take that laxative. Lack of ability, biased and self-righteous. The more this is the case, the more death is coming.
Pan Cheng treats his subordinates and has always used them high; I don't need it, just knock it down.
When he encountered defeat, he did not look for the reason himself, and always asked the staff who gave advice to ask for the guilt. Coming up with an idea, it's wrong. If it weren't for you, I might not have been defeated. If you don't have an idea, it's also wrong. Why don't you come up with an idea? If you don't have an idea, what's the use of raising you?
Pan Xian'er usually suffers too much. In the past, he could endure it, but now he can't, seeing that a catastrophe is coming, Pan Cheng is killing himself, he doesn't want to accompany the funeral. So, after thinking about it, he made a bold decision.
He was going to surrender to Dunsher.
It's not difficult to surrender, just find an opportunity to slip away. However, he heard that Deng She's Chinese Wu Jiji, and he was afraid that he would not be able to reuse his white past. How can it be reused? He thought about it for a while, and brought a big credit to the past, wouldn't it be okay? What kind of credit is the greatest?
For now, there are only two: either to relieve the siege of Luyang, or to offer Pan Cheng's head.
Here's the problem. He was just a staff member and had no command power. Without the right to command the army, there is no way to relieve the siege of Luyang, let alone offer Pan Cheng's head. Be at one's wits' end. "Can't do anything?" He had an idea, thought of his profession, and made another bold decision.
His job is to give advice to Pan Cheng.
Pan Cheng besieged Luyang, threatening the defense line of western Liaoning, and the Haidong army would inevitably come to help. Since there will be help, there will be a field battle. If you can come up with an idea, Pan Cheng, who is cheating, will be fooled, so as to give Haidong a chance to capture Pan Cheng. Isn't this equivalent to offering Pan Cheng's head? By the way, the siege of Luyang was also relieved.
Best of both worlds.
He offered Pan Cheng a strategy for car warfare.
In his vision, it would be easy for the Haidong army to crack this formation. When the cannon goes off, the trebuchet smashes, the fire bolt fires, the bow and crossbow are shot, and the domestic cattle are no better than the bison, can you not be afraid? As soon as he was afraid, the cow must have turned around and ran. As soon as the ox turns around and runs, won't the formation disperse? Not only is it scattered, but isn't Pan Cheng's array also chaotic?
When Pan Cheng's array was in chaos, he used a second strategy. It's called a serial scheme. Pan Cheng's head was easily given to Haidong.
Of course, he would definitely not say this to Pan Cheng, his tongue was full of lotus, and Pan Cheng was stunned for a moment. Pan Cheng suffered because he had never read a book and had no culture. He found a few ox carts, tried them out, and saw that it was really very loud. He was immediately overjoyed, made a decision, and formed a mighty army of ox carts.
The first half of Pan Xian'er's plan was implemented smoothly.
Who would have expected that Guan Shirong, who rushed to the aid of Luyang, did not bring many large ordnance in order to speed up the march. The artillery and guns were also left to Li Ye. For a while, in the face of thousands of bulls rushing into battle, he was helpless. At that time, the defense line formed by Haidong's shield players was in danger of breaking up at any time. Pan Xian'er was more anxious than Guan Shirong, and secretly screamed: "This time is self-defeating." ”
He was sweating in a hurry, and he couldn't wait to rush to Guan Shirong, pulling his ears to remind him: "You don't have artillery or firearms, you can set fire!" When the fire burns, don't the cows start? ”
coincided with the appearance of the raiding force in Haidong. He was overjoyed and hurriedly suggested that Pan Cheng did not have to waste his troops to deal with them, and took out the fierce fire oil tank sent by Naha and burned them back. indirectly reminded Guan Shirong of the situation. Guan Shirong really got inspired by this, and used the torn cloak cloth to see the direction of the wind, and found that the wind was blowing from south to north, so he lit a fire and broke the formation of thousands of bulls.
In the chaos of the army, Pan Cheng couldn't look for Pan Xian, followed the direction of his soldiers' fingers, looked at it, and was dizzy with anger.
I saw that before the rear formation, behind the front formation, in the gap between the two formations, several horsemen were galloping towards the opposite Haidong army, while galloping, and spreading rumors. From one person yelling, to one hundred and ten people yelling, from one hundred and ten people yelling, to thousands of yelling, it came into Pan Cheng's ears, and the shouting was clear: "Pan Shuai has an order: put the front into the rear, the three armies will be disarmed, and surrender!" ”
There is one person in that number of horses, lupine scarf, isn't it who Pan Xianer is? There were a few people left, most of whom were military staff, and there were also one or two personal guards.
These few people are known to the whole army, and they are all Pan Cheng's henchmen. What they said was very credible to the soldiers. Rumors swirled. Even if some people don't believe it, they can't bear to call it that. Throw plenty of dirt and some will be sure to stick. The old soldiers who blocked the front and retreat hesitated slightly, and hundreds of strong men had already rushed into the formation. Many of the soldiers began to undress their armor, drop their weapons, and crouch on the side of the road to sign surrender.
Pan Cheng didn't care about his anger, and urged his soldiers and heralds, ordering them to shout in unison and quickly refute the rumors.
If he could be given half an hour, he might be able to silence the rumors. However, at this time, Haidong's army had already rushed over with the reversed ox cart, and the momentum was like a rainbow. Those who descend will not be killed, and those who do not surrender will be killed. The civil strife is undecided, and a strong enemy is coming. Pan Cheng's department collapsed in front and back, and then it was eroded to the point of being out of control.
Pan Xian'er greeted the first member of the general, Haidong, identified himself, surrendered to him, and then turned the horse's head and led them through the chaotic formation, straight to Pan Cheng's location to kill.
Seeing this situation, Pan Cheng understood that the general trend had gone, and knew that it was irretrievable, so he turned his horse and left, wanting to escape back to Luyang City. There are still more than 10,000 of his men there.
Helplessly, Pan Xianer led the team of Haidong soldiers and chased after him. The Haidong cavalry, which had broken Pan Cheng's right flank, also turned around and blocked the front. Pan Cheng hesitated around the formation, going back and forth three turns, and his state of urgency and embarrassment was indescribable. What he heard in his ears was the shouting of Haidong's soldiers getting closer and closer; What you can see is more and more red flags from Haidong's soldiers.
He had no way out and no way back, so he had to surrender with his hands tied.
The Haidong soldiers brought him to Guan Shirong. Guan Shirong jumped off the horse and helped him up with his own hands. The pawns of the past have become today's victorious generals. Pan Cheng was ashamed. He hooked his head, didn't dare to look at Guan Shirong's face, arched his hand, and said: "Today's defeat is convincing." Since Pan has fallen into the hands of the general, he wants to kill or chop, and he will listen to him. ”
Guan Shirong smiled hypocritically: "Why did Pan Pingzhang say this? Today's defeat is not the fault of Pingzhang. ”
Pan Xian'er, who surrendered first, was quick, and after a while now, he had already told Guan Shirong about the sincerity of surrender and the ins and outs of Pan Cheng's oxcart formation. Therefore, Guan Shirong has this statement.
Pan Cheng gritted his teeth and squinted at Pan Xian'er who was standing behind Guan Shirong, his eyes were about to erupt with fire. He hated and said: "I don't know people well, and I am blinded by villains." I will die this day, what do you say! ”
"Guan is a plain chapter part. Today, I will hunt Luyang with the general, and I am really forced to do so. If you are offended, please don't blame it. Guan Shirong smiled and ordered left and right, "Come on, quickly loosen the tie with Lord Pingzhang." And brought the good wine carried in the army to a jar to surprise Lord Pingzhang. ”
He kept saying "Lord Pingzhang", and Pan Cheng's heart moved.
When the soldiers untied him, Pan Cheng moved his hands and feet twice. He peeked at it, and saw that Guan Shirong was full of spring breeze, without any disrespectful look, and said tentatively: "The word Pingzhang, Pan is ashamed." hatefully misheard the villain's slander, and for a while he was confused, he fell for Naha's trick and fell for his trick to sow discord. One step is wrong, alas, every step is wrong. ”
Guan Shirong smiled, interrupted him, and said, "Lord Pingzhang doesn't need to say much. My father-in-law knows all these things. To tell you the truth, before Guan left, he got a secret letter from my father-in-law. ”
He deliberately stopped talking for the time being, Pan Cheng couldn't wait, and asked, "I don't know what Prime Minister Deng said, Master Deng, what did the letter to the general say?" ”
"The head of my family said publicly: Pan Pingzhang is loyal, he is the royal family, and he has a different enmity with the Tartars. This time the army must have fallen into the treacherous scheme of the Tartars. My lord ordered Guan Mou not to meet with Lord Pingzhang with a sword and gun until he had to do so. Even if you really meet on the battlefield, you must not be rude to Lord Pingzhang. ”
Pan Cheng was skeptical, looked at Guan Shirong several times, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He asked, "Your lord, do you really say that?" ”
"The letter is still here. If you don't believe it, you can see it for yourself. Guan Shirong looked unhappy, reached into his arms, and pretended to take out the letter. Pan Cheng hurriedly laughed and said, "How dare Pan not believe it? Old Man Deng is benevolent and magnanimous, and his reputation is far-reaching, who doesn't know in Liaodong, who doesn't know? ......, I don't know, what does Master Deng want to do with Pan, does the general know? ”
"The position of the lord was appointed by An Feng. How can my father-in-law have the right to dispose of adults? It's just ,......" Guan Shirong wanted to speak and stopped. Pan Cheng's heart jumped and said, "It's just? How? ”
"With Guan's guess, my lord will definitely send Lord Pingzhang to Anfeng. It's just ,......" Guan Shirong sighed, whetting Pan Cheng's appetite, before he continued, "It's just that even if you send it to An Feng, Lord Pingzhang is charged with raising a rebellion?" I'm afraid it's ,......," he shook his head repeatedly.
Pan Cheng's face was pale, and his legs and feet were weak. He stiffened his head, forced a laugh, and said, "Haha." At most, one death. I, Pan, crisscrossed Liaodong, a hero. The head fell off the bowl and there was a big scar. Twenty years later, another hero. ”
Guan Shirong's face couldn't bear it, he sighed, and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity." With the talents of Lord Pingzhang, he could have done more. It is a pity that he has been deceived by a traitor and sinned to death. The soldier brought a jar of wine. Guan Shirong took the wine bowl, filled it for Pan Cheng, sent it to the front, and said, "That's it, that's it." There is wine today, and there is drunkenness today. Lord Heizhang, please drink this cup to the fullest. I'm scared. ”
This has the meaning of guillotine wine.
Pan Cheng smiled miserably and drank three bowls in a row. One of Guan Shirong's staff members suddenly took a few steps forward, leaned into Guan Shirong's ear, and whispered a few words. Pan Cheng vaguely heard a few words: "......, do a good job, maybe,...... Living,......, will atone for your sins. ”
Guan Shirong listened and groaned.
Pan Cheng asked, "Dare to ask the general, what did this gentleman say to the general?" ”
"Nothing."
"I heard the words "atonement for my sins."
He said that if Lord Pingzhang was willing to go and surrender the old department of Luyang and sacrifice the city of Guangning. Perhaps, my lord's guild is willing to say a few good words for Lord Pingzhang. Even, it is possible not to send Lord Pingzhang to Anfeng. ”
"Don't send it to Anfeng?"
"Send Pingzhang to Anfeng. An Feng will send a new Pingzhang to Liaodong. Rather than this, it is better to conceal this matter, and the position of Liaoyang Pingzhang is still done by adults. ”
Guan Shirong said a little vaguely. What he meant was: If Pan Chengken persuaded the old ministry to surrender and offer Quang Ninh to show loyalty to Deng She. Perhaps, for the sake of Liaodong's interests, Deng She will help Pan Cheng conceal his surrender to Meng Yuan, and still ask him to be a Pingzhang and a puppet to deal with An Feng.
This time the peak turned around, Pan Cheng was surprised and delighted, and said: "This, this ......"
"Lord Pingzhang is a hero, a good man is a good man. This kind of thing is naturally disdainful. Guan's staff is a bookseller and doesn't know heroes. If there is something offensive in the words, don't be angry. ”
"......, that's not what I said." Pan Cheng's brain teaser was in a hurry, he was eager to win, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Guan Shirong said made sense. It's better to build a puppet than to seize power. He swallowed and said, "Don't ask for a flat chapter, a life left, and it is enough to be that face." "That Yan, that is, the meaning of an official, it is enough to be an official.
Guan Shirong was stunned.
"If you can't be that face, you can be a rich man."
He is willing to be a puppet. It would be better if I could have a little more power. It's really not good, you don't want power, you can have money.
Guan Shirong admired from the bottom of his heart and said, "Lord Pingzhang, he is really a handsome man." ”
Those who know the times are Junjie.
Pan Cheng is the first beautiful man in the red scarf in Liaodong, and he can be called a handsome character. He smiled cheekily, seeing that although most of the battlefield had been decided, there were still small-scale battles that did not stop, he volunteered to come forward and first surrender the subordinates who insisted on resisting, and then went to recruit the subordinates outside Luyang City without stopping, and then presented Guangning City.
Three days later, a messenger rushed eight hundred miles to Pyongyang. sent Guan Shirong's victory document and Pan Cheng's head.