Chapter 9 Conquer Cao's 30,000 elite soldiers
The messenger worked non-stop and sent the reply letter from Guan Suo back to the front line overnight.
Guan Yu, Guan Ping and others read the letter together.
Zhou Cang only listened and didn't read, because he couldn't read......
In his letter, Guan Suo succinctly wrote three things:
First, show your attitude, 30,000 soldiers, can not be discarded.
Second, there is no need to worry about food, I have a way to supply it, but it is not convenient to elaborate on it in the letter. Rest assured, father, I can't joke about such a big thing.
Third, as long as the soldiers are strong, the sick and disabled will be returned to the Cao family, and the words on the face will be tattooed: Kuang Fu Han Family, kill Cao thief.
Guan Yu stroked his long hair and laughed.
Liao Hua read it to Zhou Cang, and they also laughed.
Guan Yu looked at Guan Ping: "The third kid said that he could solve the problem of military rations, but I always feel unreliable about this matter......
Guan Ping said: "Father doesn't know, the third brother has learned strange arts......"
Guan Yu's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "My old son has such ability? It's really a face for his father! ”
Strange arts, in the eyes of many people in this world, are the skills that the best people will have, such as the Sun Liu Alliance, thanks to the Zhuge Military Division's Seven Star Altar Sacrifice Wind, Zhou Lang Chibi was able to establish immortal feats.
Of course, some people say that Zhuge Liang only calculated in advance that there must be a southeast gale, so he deliberately discarded his head, pretending to be a god and a ghost, and shocked Dongwu in the name of fake magic, so that they would throw a mouse into a trap and dare not annex the lord.
But no matter what, Zhuge Liang got down the Seven Stars Altar, and the wind came.
Fan Ling stepped forward and admonished: "Junhou, no matter whether the little boy has this magical power or not, since these 30,000 soldiers cannot be killed or released, then they must be sent back to Nanjun first." ”
Chen Feng interjected: "Of course it's good that the little boy can solve the food problem, even if it can't be solved, then let's slowly collect grain from the people." ”
Zhan Yan also had this idea, and admonished Guan Yu: "Before the defeat of Cao Thief Hanzhong, he moved away 100,000 people and emptied Hanzhong, and it will not be able to recover for twenty years. Today's 30,000 elite soldiers, the prince will definitely accept them! ”
The plan is set.
Guan Yu sent Fan Ling to lead the army to detain the surrendered soldiers who had been disarmed and collected weapons, and together with Yu Ban, they were escorted to Nanjun.
Yu Ban was afraid of death, and surrendered when he was caught.
At that time, Guan Yu arrogantly asked him: "Since you know that I, Guan Yu, am here, how dare you come to send him to death!" ”
Yu Ban knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The young general didn't dare to come, but the prime minister had to urge!" Ask General Guan to spare his life! ”
After Guan Yu laughed, he said with contempt: "You have been ruling the world for many years, and today you have lowered my Guan Yu, don't be ashamed!" ”
The heads of the three families of Cao, Sun and Liu are all good at recruiting and surrendering rebellions, and they do not show a drop of water, which not only does not hurt the face of the captives, but also gives the other party enough steps.
Even Zhang Fei, a reckless man who respects the scholars and doctors, but often whips the soldiers, also has a righteous act of relieving the stern face.
But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are completely opposite, he is extremely fond of nurses, but he also despises scholars and families extremely much.
Therefore, most of the soldiers respected him as their father, while most of the scholars regarded him as a hater.
After Yu Ban surrendered, Guan Yu never looked at him directly, let alone gave him an official position, making him an arm, but escorted him to Nanjun Prison.
Yu Ban not only can't continue to be a general, but also has to become a public display material, on this day, his heart is extremely desolate.
Fan Ling escorted the prisoners back to Jingzhou, and Ma Liang and other powerful officials had to participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony of this scale as usual, and even Mi Fang, an idle person, came on crutches.
I have a little bit of a leg injury and I haven't healed yet.
The more than 30,000 captives had been stripped of thousands of sick and disabled, and there were still more than 30,000 left, and they were all dejected, walking through the wind-blown fields.
This is the army hoarding field of Nanjun, which is used to supply the army rations.
The insufficient part was collected from the people.
Guan Yu is upright, loves the people like a son, and never takes a grain of food from the people whenever it is enough.
The people of Jingzhou almost put a tablet of immortality for him, three pillars of incense in the morning and evening.
If the family is poorer, they buy a portrait of Guan Yu and hang it in the middle, worship sincerely in the morning and evening, and ask Master Guan to bless the people with good weather.
The roadside stalls are even more die-hard fans of Guan Yu: "I don't deceive!" There is no shortage of catties and short two! Learn from the style of our old man! Come and buy it! ”
Guan Yu is a person whose strengths and weaknesses are particularly obvious.
Arrogance is real.
It is also true that a promise is a thousand gold, benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and being the master for the people.
Along the way, almost all the people and all industries that Cao Jun met were proud of Master Guan and were all vying to recognize him as their ancestors.
Even two young men said when they bowed on the side of the road: "We must be as righteous as Master Guan!" ”
Yu Ban sighed: "Guan Yu cherishes the people so much, but he insults the scholars like this!" Alas, how did I fall to this step in the field! ”
He looked up at the Jingzhou defenders who greeted him in front of him, and their soldiers were all proud in front of the captives.
Fan Ling saluted loudly: "See General Ma!" The captives have been taken to the base! General Ma, please, count! ”
Others tied their hands with ropes, and Yu was given a higher salary and wore a flail.
Ma Liang bowed his hand and saluted back: "The prince is mighty!" The generals will die! General Fan, hard work! ”
Mi Fang stood on the side and did not speak.
Guan Suo rode a horse and followed Ma Liang's side, and said in a low voice: "Shi Ke can not be humiliated, uncle, please give an order to give Yu Ban the flail." ”
Ma Liang nodded and whispered, "Let's go together again." ”
Ma Liang dismounted and said to Fan Ling: "General Fan, please open the flail for General Yu Ban." ”
During the escort, the messenger had already reported the matter in advance, and Yu Ban had already surrendered.
Now that it has been surrendered, it should no longer be treated as a prisoner, even if it is not reused.
Fan Ling dismounted and said, "Obey!" ”
The flail was opened, Yu Ban was at a loss, General Guan didn't understand Corporal Lixian, why his subordinates ......
Ma Liang said gently: "General Yu, I am frightened. ”
Yu Ban turned his head sideways and said in shame: "The captured person is still a light death!" Don't dare to be so courteous to General Ma! ”
"That's a big deal." Since Guan Yu treated Yu Ban like that, it was inconvenient for Ma Liang to directly say that he would come to serve in the army at this moment, so he could only say: "General Yu will rest in the pavilion first." ”
The meaning is obvious, we don't treat you as a prisoner, but treat you as a guest.
In this way, the pawns blew up the nest instead.
"The general has a good place to go, don't worry about food and shelter, what should we do!"
"Do we only deserve to starve?"
"Is General Guan going to put us in prison? I'm afraid there isn't such a big prison in Jingzhou! ”
……
The panic spread in the hearts of the soldiers, and the two of them were even more angry, and they expressed more people's worries:
"Look at the grain in this field, at most there is enough food for your own family, what should we do with our 30,000 mouths?"
"Yes, Guan Yu doesn't want to kill us collectively!"
As soon as the two words came out, the pawns collapsed!
Some squatted on the ground and wept bitterly, while others made a fuss and howled.
Fan Ling hurriedly sent troops to surround them, and the archers were on standby, and if anyone dared to mutiny, they were shot on the spot.
A strong soldier with a wounded forehead sneered: "The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?" Come on! Kill! The king of Hanzhong killed the great name, and it will soon be spread all over the world, hahaha! ”
The scene spiraled out of control again.
The cry of the pawn shook the sky.
Ma Liang and the others were helpless, so they could only patiently explain: "The King of Hanzhong and General Guan are both people who love the people like sons, and they will not hurt you!" ”
"What's the use of you just shitting! What about grain? ”
There was a lot of noise in the crowd, and no one believed Ma Liang's words.
Ma Liang was so sad that he didn't know how to deal with the aftermath, and suddenly a knight's figure flashed in front of him.
I saw Guan Suo immediately step forward, raise his right hand, and signal everyone to stop.
The soldiers looked at him with wide eyes, and their expressions were resentful, despair, and sad......
Guan Suo said in front of Yu Ban and waiting for the enemy to surrender to the soldiers, Mi Fang, a potential thief like Mi Fang, Pan Jun, who hated Guan Yu's arrogance, and people who were not on good terms with him, and all the Jingzhou soldiers present: "Uncles, brothers, I am Guan Suo, the third son of General Guan. ”
No one spoke.
Guan Suo then made a fierce announcement: "In the early years, I was in the rivers and lakes, met strangers, and taught a little Taoism. ”
Pan Jun and the others all pricked up their ears and listened.
"Brother Bing surrendered to my father, and now you are all thinking, Jingzhou suddenly has more than 30,000 soldiers, is there enough food to eat? Right? ”
Everyone's eyes were fixed on him, looking at him like a savior.
"Let me tell you that there is not enough grain to be harvested in the field at present!" Guan Suo said loudly.
"You're refreshing." When Yu Ban said this, his mind was extremely complicated.
"However, the lack of virtue that hurts the heavens and harms the reason by killing the pawns and slaughtering the city at every turn, that is what Cao thieves like to do! The king of Hanzhong walked the world with benevolence and righteousness, and ...... "Guan Suo will never let go of the good opportunity to scold Cao Cao."
"Don't just say nice things, don't you have enough food, do you want us to starve?"
"Yes, we're new here, and you won't starve your own people."
"There is no food, what is the use of breaking the sky!"
……
Guan Suo didn't interrupt them, let them talk.
Seeing that Guan Suo was so calm, they seemed to have the calmness of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing his face, but they didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.
"There is not enough food in the field, so how about I double it for everyone!"
As soon as the words came out, the reinforcement charm was thrown out.
Ten thousand golden lights flashed in the field, and everyone was stunned!
The grain in the fields is increasing at a rate that is visible to the naked eye!
New ears of grain grow from the original crop, and the grain yield triples in an instant!
Countless soldiers felt dazzled.
Ma Liang blinked desperately, for fear that it was an illusion.
Mi Fang looked at Guan Suo in shock, and sat down on the ground in shock, throwing her cane aside, and she never dared to have a different heart in her life.
Mi Fang kept saying in her heart: "His father is amazing, he is even more powerful!" ”
Fan Ling was so shocked that the horsewhip fell to the ground.
"Brothers, Guan Yu's third son, didn't lie!" Guan Suo's tone was flat, without any arrogance.
Invisible pretending is the highest level.
The soldiers were calm for a while.
Suddenly, they kowtowed to Guan Suo.
"I'm waiting for the general to surrender!"
Yu Ban also knelt down, he was already completely stunned. Originally, with his status and experience, he would not easily make a fuss about some trivial things. But today's incident shocked him too much!
Yu Ban couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "Zuo Ci Old Immortal, let your Taoist skills be strong, then you have to call grandpa when you see Guan Suo...... Alas, there are such masters under the king of Hanzhong, who can compete with him......"
Guan Suo couldn't hold back his laughter, personally helped Yu Ban up, and said to the others: "We have a fate to get together, this is God's arrangement!" Now that we are a family, of course the food is eaten together, and what is yours and mine! ”
"Lao Tzu is a hero!"
"The third son is a good means! I'm convinced! ”
"I'm willing to serve the King of Hanzhong!"
"The little boy is really a god, we sincerely surrender, and we dare not have different hearts!"
……
Guan Suo originally wanted to give a direct order and let Fan Ling's people untie the ropes of these captives.
But this matter had to be ordered by Maleonn.
He had no experience in military and political affairs before, and even Guan Yu's son was difficult to convince the public, and he couldn't be in a prominent position as soon as he came up, so he could only walk in Jingzhou as Ma Liang's deputy.
He glanced at Ma Liang, and Ma Liang saw that the atmosphere had been set off by Guan Suo, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot: "General Fan, untie their ropes!" ”
Pan Jun's heart was more like a turbid wave rolling, with mixed feelings, secretly feeling sorry for Guan Yu, and happy for him: "General Guan! You have a first-class personality and a peerless talent! But you're so proud! I don't know how many people I have to offend all day long! People like you are always accustomed to using force to defeat all setbacks, but if one day you encounter a big setback that cannot be solved by force, it is a fateful situation! ”
He looked at Guan Suo's back fixedly, and sighed in his heart: "General Guan! It would be good if you had one percent of your son's humility! That's it, if you don't change, I will assist your son in the future, anyway, you will retire one day. ”