Chapter 34: Missteps & Death
Pang Yi heard that Xu Quan was coming, set up a banquet in the Shadow Martial Arts Hall, had been waiting for a long time, Xu Quan brought the gift, saw the Shadow Martial Arts Hall outside the carved beams and paintings, and the inside was magnificent, you can conclude that Pang Yi has strong financial resources, non-businessmen are Kou, and see that although the martial artists in the hall are well-dressed, it is difficult to hide their hanging sons, and see that Pang Yi has a fat head and big ears and is very good-looking, but it is difficult to hide the murderous spirit in his eyes, that is, it is known that Pang Yi's predecessor is determined to be a bandit.
When Pang Yi saw Xu Quanzhi, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Lord Xu's arrival is far away, forgive your sins." ”
Xu Quan also bowed and said, "I have heard the prestige of the master of Pang Hall for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today." ”
Pang Yi saw Xu Quan's deputy general Yiyan, although his face was like a scholar like Fu Fan, standing by the sword, his eyes were unexpectedly revealed, and he did not dare to act rashly, Xu Quan saw Pang Yi's body seven feet long, tiger body and ape arm, holding a six-foot giant hammer, the name is suspicious, it was held by Wucheng under the command of Chi You in ancient times, and then fell into the hands of Xiqiang Marshal Yue Ji, Pang Yi held this hammer, and has taken 600 lives, and its strength cannot be underestimated.
Xu Quan's southern expedition to the north has been three years so far, his shimmering spear, the soul of the gun is only more than 450 people, although it is not what it used to be, its strength is far from Pang Yi, and although Yi Yan is holding the night, the soul of the soul is only more than 100 people, if Pang Yi wants to kill the two, it is like digging for things.
Pang Yi invited Xu Quan to enter the hall, and the guest and host were seated, Pang Yi raised his head and wanted to drink with him, but Xu Quan refused on the grounds that Rong Ma was handsome, so he didn't drink a drop of wine, only drank tea and said with a smile, "I don't know how Pang seniors can take a fancy to my remote and wild city? With the ability of his predecessors, even Longtan Tiger's Den can live in peace, why deign to live in our remote and wild city?"
When Pang Yi heard this, he knew what it meant, and said with a smile: "I am only a general, and I dare to receive such a good reputation? ”
Pang Yi suddenly asked about the supply of military food in the city, and asked about the bandits outside the city, and deliberately diverted the conversation, Xu Quan had to go straight into the city and said, "I don't know if the predecessors of Pang know that the warriors under your command are robbing money along the road in the market?"
Pang Yi's face was as earth-colored, and he pretended to be angry and said, "How can this be?" The bad guys under my command are doing evil, and it is really my fault, I hope the city lord will forgive me. ”
When Xu Quan heard this, he forced a smile and said, "This is very good, I will assign a sergeant to strictly guard the entrance of the city tomorrow, if the predecessors love the disciple to do this evil thing again......"
Pang Yi said categorically, "If the bad guys under my command cause trouble again, the city lord can cut them himself." ”
The two of them were half drunk, Xu Quan resigned on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs, Pang Yi personally sent him to the outside of the house, the two parted, Pang Yi returned to the house, and a martial artist asked, "How dare the rat surnamed Xu point fingers at the master of Pang Tang?" I will lead another fifty warriors to rob the city tomorrow, and he will not dare to act rashly. ”
Pang Yi heard it, and said with a smile, "Xu Quan is decisive in killing, and he is not a scheming person, if you are stubborn and insist on robbing money, he will behead you, and I have nothing to do, so let the brothers be a little restless for the time being, recruit troops and buy horses first, and call Xu Quan to bow down on the day I seize power." ”
Besides, Xu Quan returned home, knowing that Pang Yi wanted to usurp the throne and seize power, and gathered the civil and military to discuss, Chen Jin, Zhang Da, Chu Qian and other old generals had no two hearts, and wanted to punish Pang Yi together, and the rest all had their own opinions, and there were fifteen civil and military generals who wanted to protect Pang Yi, Xu Quan saw it, and knew that Pang Yi's wings had been completed, and if he was not executed early, he would definitely be annihilated by it.
Xu Quan saw it, non-stop with gifts to visit Qingyi Hall, its hall master name is Qingyi, rich family, his father has been in business for many years, so far the library has stored millions of gold yuan, can be called rich rival country, its Qingyi since childhood by the famous teacher respected teachings, gentle and elegant, Lixian corporal, can be called the forest style, although it is a female body, its ambition does not lose the eyebrows.
Qingyi took a rest in the room, heard Xu Quan's visit, and actually came to greet him, treating him attentively, Xu Quan saw that he was well-dressed, dressed in brocade clothes, and looked better than Xi Shi, he invited Xu Quan in, and the guest sat down, and the two finished the ceremony, and Xu Quan went straight to ask him what he thought of Yingwutang.
Qingyi knew what it meant, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the city lord, although Pang Yi has bad intentions, his wings are not complete, why be afraid?"
When Xu Quan heard this, he said that when he gathered to discuss this morning, there were more than ten people in the civil and military who favored Pang Yi. ”
Xu Quan resigned, leaving a few sergeants in plain clothes, ambushing around Qingyi Hall day and night, closely monitoring his every move, if Qingyi and Pang Yi want to jointly punish Xu Quan, Xu Quan can kill the two together, if not, then they can ally with Pang Yi to punish Pang Yi.
Besides, Xu Quan returned home and played chess with Shen Yue, Shen Yue saw that his face was bloodless, and said, "I am sick and need to recuperate." ”
When Xu Quan heard this, he forced a smile and said, "Our situation is already embattled, can I sleep peacefully on the couch?"
When Shen Yue heard this, he calmly said, "If you are in chaos just because of a bad situation, it may be difficult to achieve a great cause." ”
Xu Quan smiled and said, "Although the square inch is chaotic, there is already a bad plan in the belly, I don't know if the sergeant is willing to give advice?"
"I want to hear about it. ”
The next day, the waves are not alarmed, there is no trace of the Wutang martial arts in the market, Qingyi is also fornicating with it, the civil and military officials perform their duties, today seems to be calm, but in fact it is already an undercurrent, Xu Quan lied to report that bandits outside the city were raging and other reasons, so that the military generals under his command ordered hundreds of people to go together, and all the civil and military forces took the order to go, so the city lord only left Xu Quan left and right henchmen.
Xu Quan set up a banquet in the mansion again, and his left and right henchmen came as promised, Xu Quan saw that all the generals were there, and discussed the matter of Pang Yi one by one, Chen Jin said, "Why should the lord worry too much? ”
When Zhang He heard this, he smiled and said, "General Chen is brave and brave, and it is a pity to lose it, Pang Yi is not evil, and he collects money from people, so he will do whatever it takes to avoid disasters for others, and he has won the favor of many rich family owners in the city. ”
Xu Quan knew that this was reasonable, and asked, "You can ask Qingyi to pretend to form an alliance with it and let it be an internal response." ”
When the time is ripe, the lord can lie that Xuancheng is besieged by the four forces and wants to fall, and then pretend to pour out to support Xuancheng, but in fact, a thousand soldiers are fed and lightly ambushed in the city lord's mansion. ”
When Chen Jin heard this, he fell into the clouds and mist, and asked why, Shen Yue replied, "Pang Yi saw that the soldiers in the city were exhausted, and he would definitely decide that the city was empty, and then lead the soldiers under his command to punish the lord. ”
Xu Quanranzhi took the pen and sent the letter to Xuancheng one by one, and sent it to Xuancheng, Taishou Chu Qian saw that the envelope was red, and knew that it was an urgent letter, how could he dare to slack off? Quickly opened the envelope and read it, and when he finished reading, he ordered more than ten generals under his command to flee to Guhecheng, dressed in rags and pretending to be defeated, and fled to Guhecheng, falsely claiming that Xuancheng was besieged and was in danger.
The military general got the order, ordered ten people, dressed in residual armor and filthy clothes, and rushed to Guhe City non-stop, waiting for it to enter the city, spreading rumors, and the people in the city heard that the city was about to fall, panicked, only Pang Yi heard it, overjoyed, and said with a smile, "This is God to help me!"
Xu Quan ordered the army to pour out of the nest, leaving five hundred soldiers to be fed and lightly dressed in the city, waiting for Pang Yi to throw himself into the net, and Pang Yi had this intention, he wanted to order his own sergeants, and punish Xu Quan, but because of the words of one person, that person had a childish face, five feet three inches long, a tiger body and ape arms, a white face and red pupils, a descendant of Chiyou, named Yuanchang.
When Yuanchang heard that the city was besieged, he knew that it was a lie, and admonished Pang Yi and said, "Shen Yue and Zhang He under the command of Xu Quan are resourceful and should not be taken lightly. ”
When Pang Yi heard this, he suddenly woke up, and ordered the sergeants under his command to stop, and temporarily stood still, waiting for a good opportunity, Yuan Chang saw that Pang Yi had accepted his words, and then admonished "You can assist Xu Quan to reinforce Xuancheng as an excuse to go out of the city, and now Xu Quan has wanted to punish you, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time." ”
Pang Yiran said, ordered the sergeants under his command to take off their armor and pretend to go out of the city, if there is any obstruction, ask where they are, and they all say that the warriors of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall will go out of the city to reinforce Xuancheng.
When the sergeant saw Pang Yi leading all the warriors pouring out, he informed Xu Quan, and Chen Jin sighed when he heard it, "The sergeant made a mistake. ”
When Shen Yue heard this, he couldn't help but say, "General Chen's words are wrong, I have long heard that there is a person named Yuanchang in Pang Yi's think tank, who is old and calculating, and knows that the siege of Xuancheng is fraudulent, and after thinking about it, he knows that the lord wants to punish Pang Yi, and sets the speed to make Pang Yi lead all the soldiers to escape from the city. ”
Hearing this, everyone was stunned, waiting for good news, sure enough, just for a while, a sergeant hurried to report that "the last general was ordered to ambush at the exit of the canyon outside the city, and saw a group of men and horses out of the city, I thought it must be a thief Pang Yi, and led the troops to come forward to punish him...... But unexpectedly......"
Xu Quan saw that his face was like earth, and exclaimed, "How?"
The sergeant replied truthfully, "Unexpectedly, after we drove him to the end, we learned that he was a merchant in the city, and we killed more than 100 ordinary people by mistake, and we deserved to die." ”
Yuanchang knew that Shen Yue would make the sergeant lie outside the city, and Pang Yi would definitely be killed when he left the city, that is, he ordered Pang Yi to stand still, waiting for the opportunity to take advantage of it, and sure enough, a rich family heard that the city was besieged and wanted to fall, and it was expected that after the enemy broke the city, he would take advantage of the victory to pursue Guhe City, so he wanted to escape as soon as possible and went out of the city at night, and the sergeant saw that he was quietly out of the city, and he must have expected it to be Pang Yi.
When the sergeant punished the rich family, Pang Yi took advantage of the chaos to go out of the city and escaped, Shen Yue heard it, and for the first time in front of everyone's eyes, he was shocked, and sighed, "I...... Misstepping. ”
Yuan Chang retreated without spending a single soldier, Pang Yi fled out of the city and disappeared, Xu Quan was afraid of killing the common people by mistake and losing the hearts of the people, so he had to lie that the rich family was victimized by bandits, although Chen Jin tried his best to oppose it, it was to no avail, and Shen Yue was in retreat because of the first defeat and stayed at home all day.
Besides, Qin Ran, recently because his father was critically ill and lived in the house, fortunately got good medicine, the illness has been cured a little, Qin Ran wanted to personally come to the door to thank Xu Quan, but Xu Quan refused, if Qin Ran went straight to Xu Quan from his father's words in the past, Xu Quan would not need to make a big move to rescue him, nor did he have to lose his military strength, he was not a sage, and he could not be angry?
When Qin Rin heard that Xu Quan refused to see Qin Ran, he sighed, "Xu Quan is a loyal and righteous person, if he can make friends with him, my Qin family can be saved from the suffering of displacement, and if you can marry him, then a great thing can be done." ”
When Qin Ran heard this, she was displeased, and said, "Xu Quan has accepted a wife, how can I bend down to be a concubine?"
When Qin Rin heard this, he was silent, he was now in his last years, and his heirs fell apart, Qin Ran was a woman in the final analysis, but she could dance and write, but it was difficult to hold power.
Besides, Chen Qi, last year for Xu Quan after giving birth to a son has no news, recently came to the letter, the letter to the effect that recently Rong Ma is thorny, negligent in communication, to the next year when the wheat is ripe to go to Guhecheng, to visit the heir Xu Quan, Xu Quan wrote a letter back, sent someone to Yunling Mountain, only two words in the letter, take care.
Recently, the wind and waves have been calm, Xu Quan often visited Qingyi in person, knowing that he is a person who guards himself, so he is relieved, and he will hand over the matter of eliminating bandits in each city to Qingyitang, Qingyi is overjoyed when he hears it, and he has a good relationship with Xu Quan.
Xu Quan regarded Pang Yi as an enemy, and ordered the soldiers to search for the surrounding areas outside the city day and night, but they all returned in vain, and the city could be peaceful because of the withdrawal of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall.
Speaking of Ji Yan, many forces in the north and east are mainly connected by Zhao Wu, and they want to punish Ji Yan together, Ji Yan saw that the army was pressing, and he was outnumbered, so he gathered together to discuss the plan to break the enemy, and a strategist admonished and said, "The lord can unite the two forces in the southwest and fight against Zhao Wu together." ”
Ji Yanranzhi, wrote several letters, sent people to the same way and sent them everywhere, one of them fell into the hands of Xu Quan, Xu Quan opened the envelope and saw the letter to the effect that Zhao Wu united many forces to take Cangyun City, and then invaded the southwest, we are alone and difficult to resist the enemy, I hope you deign to join me to fight against Zhao Wu, if you win, you can divide the territory of the north and the east.
Sure enough, Xu Quan had been waiting for this for a long time, that is, he and Zhang Da temporarily took care of the government affairs in the city, ordered 50,000 elite soldiers, and led Chen Jin, Shen Yue, Yi Yan, and all the civil and military forces to Cangyun City.
When the Unification Council heard that Xu Quan was on the march, he ordered 50,000 bandits to accompany him, and many forces in Moshiya and the southwest were also called to recruit 600,000 elite soldiers and go to Cangyun City together.
Speaking of Zhao Wu, the lord of many forces in the north and east gathered under his command, gathered 800,000 elite soldiers, plundered along the way, and moved the people to Cangyun City, and had occupied several surrounding cities as their own, so that 100,000 soldiers besieged the city in four ways, Ji Yan climbed the tower to look at it from afar, and the enemy ants gathered, like a stormy wave, and the front and rear servants wanted to kill into the city like ants competing for food.
The defender sergeant also gathered in the city tower, with a bow and arrows, and for a time ten thousand arrows were fired together, enough to cover the sky and the sun, the arrows and stones were like rain, and the shouts of killing were deafening, and for a time the outside of Cangyun City was full of devastation, and millions of corpses were ambushed.
Besides, Xu Quan hurried to Cangyun City, on the way he met Mo Shiya and many forces and armies, and accompanied him, many forces saw that Xu Quan's command had 50,000 bandits in addition to his own elite soldiers, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to sleep and eat, and Xu Quan asked the leader of a bandit to temporarily lead the bandits and become a faction of their own.
Xu Quan has never seen such a huge army so far, 600,000 people are like a tide, everywhere they go is dusty, like a mountain and a sea, the atmosphere of stormy waves, the lords of many forces gather in one place, and they have gathered more than ten times, all kinds of things, chaotic.
Xu Quan caught a glimpse of the two in the chaotic army, it was Wu You and his son Wu Jie, Xu Quan suddenly stepped forward, made a salute, Wu Youwen heard it, and you looked back, and saw Xu Quan wearing black and gold light armor, and the flag could be seen in the army behind him, and the word Xu was written on it, so it can be seen that he has been a monarch, Wu You smiled and said, "Yo, a few years, this year you have also mixed up the name." ”
Xu Quan couldn't help but say, "If you hadn't saved and taught you at the beginning, would you have Xu today?"
Wu Xie saw it, and said meaningfully, "It's a pity ......"
Before he could finish his words, Yi Yan stabbed Wu Xie directly with his sword without thinking, Wu Xie calmly and directly mentioned Yuzhi, Xu Quan hurriedly asked why, Yi Yan gritted his teeth and said, "If I have a blade in my hand, how can I have no bones in the past?"