Huang Gai's words made the hearts of everyone in Hanzhong a little clear.

To be honest, in a sense, the generals in Shu did not like Sun Ce.

Yuan Yi is now at the helm of Yizhou, but it does not mean that what he has done as a helmsman, these families must obey unconditionally.

For example, let Sun Ce lead the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong.

You must know that now these generals in Shu are also from Yizhou's native Haoyou, they have been powerful in Yizhou for many years, and their power and strength are not much better than those of Jingzhou's Wang family.

If Yuan Yi wants to take charge of Yizhou smoothly, he must reach a certain degree of cooperation with them.

Or to be able to satisfy the interests of these tyrants.

If you can't satisfy their interests, what is the use of what you are? Shu Zhonghao right doesn't need to find a father who doesn't give benefits!

Sun Ce's military power in Hanzhong, in a sense, did not meet the needs of these Yizhou Haoyou.

If it weren't for Yan Yan and Zhang Ren to suppress them, I am afraid that most of the Yizhou generals would have been in trouble a long time ago.

But it is precisely because of this that the contradiction between the generals of Yizhou and the generals of the Sun family army can be used to make Huang Gai's fraudulent surrender plan be implemented smoothly!

But the premise is that figures like Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Wang Lei and others must temporarily reach a consensus with Sun Ce and others.

At least, these representatives of the heroic right class in Shu must temporarily share the same hatred with the Sun family's army.

Yan Yan and others, although they are all representatives of the Haoyouwu people in Shuzhong, are completely contrary to Sun Ce and others in terms of fundamental interests, but in the case of life and death in Yizhou, they still chose to temporarily abandon their previous suspicions and cooperate with them for a try.

With this premise, Sun Ce, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and others temporarily reached an agreement to jointly fight against foreign enemies.

……

Weishui can be described as the mother river of Guanzhong.

Weishui not only provides water for the county towns along its borders, but it also extends into many tributaries that irrigate the entire Guanzhong Plain.

Outside Chang'an City alone, there are three tributaries of Weishui flowing through it.

Those three tributaries will become the main water intake places inside and outside Chang'an City during the agricultural period.

In wartime, those three tributaries would be the three natural lines of defense to the west of Chang'an, but now Weishui has become the guiding support for the imperial army to march into Hanzhong.

Weishui divides the flow of oblique water to the south of Yixian, straight like the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, and then turns to Baoshui, and then crosses the mountains and mountains along Baoshui, and goes straight to Yangpingguan.

Relying on Baoshui to go south to Nanzheng, the grain and grass on this road can also rely on the oblique water to transport part of the water, so that it can also save part of the people's labor.

Therefore, Liu Jian quickly arrived at Yangping Pass.

The Yizhou army in Yangping had a look of fear on their faces after seeing a large number of majestic northern troops appear on the horizon.

And as the Han army continued to approach, everyone was even more shocked when they saw the big picture of the word "Liu".

Liu Jian rode on his big green horse, looking at the majestic pass from afar in high spirits.

Yangpingguan!

This majestic pass, Liu Jian saw it for the first time.

To the north is the Qinling Mountains, and to the south are Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain.

Perhaps because of the distance, Liu Jian could not see the whole picture of Yangpingguan at the first time.

But just a glimpse of the leopard in the tube was enough to make Liu Jian's heart rise up with admiration for the landform of Yangpingguan.

Such a majestic terrain, such a majestic and precipitous pass......

No wonder it is said that it is 100,000 horses, but Yangping Pass!

Sure enough, it's steep and abnormal!

Subsequently, Liu Jian asked the army to start camping outside Yangping Pass.

The three armies were following the camp, and an unexpected news suddenly reached Liu Jian's ears.

"There is an envoy from Yangping Pass?"

Liu Jian looked at the guards who came to report with some confusion, puzzled.

When the soldiers pressed the border, what did the other party send envoys to do?

After pondering for a while, Liu Jian immediately said:

"Do you know who the messenger is?"

In the face of Liu Jian's inquiry, the guard replied with a hand of 1510: "According to the messenger captured by the scout, he was sent by Huang Gai. ”

This reply deepened the surprise in Liu Jian's heart.

But at the same time, interest rose in his heart.

From the information found before, it can be seen that all the soldiers and generals in Yangping Pass, including Hanzhong County, are led by Sun Ce.

If Sun Ce sent an envoy to come, then the envoy would bring official news in the name of the other party's lord.

But now that the envoy was sent by Huang Gai, things are interesting.

If it is inferred according to common sense, Huang Gai should have contacted him behind Sun Ce's back.

Thinking of this, Liu Jian immediately ordered someone to bring Huang Gai's envoy over, and at the same time ordered some important generals to be summoned.

Liu Jian rubbed his hands lightly and asked the envoy, "Huang Gongfu sent you here, why did you do so?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "My Huang Gong is in awe of the prime minister's divine might, and has admired the court for a long time. ”

Hearing Huang Gai's envoy say this, not only the generals around him began to whisper, but even Liu Jian's face showed a little strangeness.

When he was young, when everyone quieted down, he heard Liu Jian ask him: "Huang Gongfu, he is a fierce general under Sun Jian, and now he has Sun Bofu to be reused, and he will fight in the north and south, how can he be submissive to me?" ”

The messenger said: "General Huang's treatment of General Sun was originally sincere, and he was willing to follow him with life and death, but now after General Sun arrived in Hanzhong, in order to envelop the generals in Shuzhong, he was unfair and biased!" Even the grain and straw are all unfairly distributed, and the pawn of Yizhou gets more grain, but his own brother has less grain! ”

"I heard that the prime minister's army is approaching Hanzhong a few days ago, and in order to be able to resist the prime minister's army, Sun Bofu deliberately set up five battalions in Hanzhong, and set up five governors to assist him in garrisoning, but the people used are all generals in Shu!"

"In fact, General Huang is not a person who covets his position, but if he wants to reuse the generals in Shu and win the hearts of the people, he also has to look at the ability of the other party, but among the people set up by General Sun, there are many people who do not match the truth, General Huang is resentful, and he admonishes him, but he is rejected by Sun Lang and repels General Huang!"

"That's right, seven days ago, there was a conflict between the Jiangdong soldiers and the soldiers of the Shu army, General Huang has always been like a son in the army, so he went to solve it in person, how can the generals of Shu be too proud and never put General Huang in their eyes, no one on either side wants to let it, it actually turned into a conflict, and one of Liu Xuan's descendants was killed by mistake in the brawl!"

“……”

The messenger chattered a lot next, and Liu Jian finally understood it.

Liu Bi's subordinates died, Liu Bi himself asked Sun Ce to explain, Sun Ce in order to appease the anger of the generals in Yizhou, but also in order to make himself stable in Hanzhong, deeply blamed Huang Gai, and executed the officers of the Sun Army who killed people, Huang Gai was not angry with Sun Ce's theory, and let Sun Ce not come to the stage in public, Sun Ce was furious, and beat Huang Gai with fifty military sticks, and the skin of his beating was opened, and the sorghum has been fruited.

Listening to the messenger's grief and inexplicably say a lot there, Liu Jian showed an expression of understanding.

Among his generals, some nodded in agreement, while others disagreed.

Others did not speak.

For example, Xun You, Jia Xu and others.

When he was young, Fang listened to Liu Jian say slowly:

"Huang Gongfu wants to submit to me because of this?"

The messenger said: "General Huang has followed General Sun Lao for many years, he shouldn't have acted like this, how can Sun Lang be too biased, short-sighted, and treat the former generals lightly, which makes people's hearts cold, and the prime minister is powerful, the army is strong, and it is inevitable to dominate the world. ”

After Huang Gai's envoy said the above words, he secretly observed Liu Jian's expression.

These words were said after carefully thinking with Huang Gai before he left.

He didn't know how much Liu Jian could believe these words.

Under the observation of the envoy, he found that after listening to his words, Liu Jian did not have any obvious suspicious or thoughtful look on his face.

All he saw was noncommittal.

It's calm, and you can't see the slightest ripple.

Liu Jian's calmness made Huang Gai's envoy feel as if there was a murderous motive haunting him.

This person is really bottomless.

Just when the messenger hesitated in his heart, he suddenly heard Liu Jian say:

"Huang Gai wants to fall, why should he descend?"

"You know, there is no shortage of him under my command, and if he comes in vain, I don't need someone like him."

This makes sense.

Liu Jian's subordinates are like clouds, and there is really no shortage of this one.

But he saw that the messenger hurriedly said: "The prime minister is rich all over the world and has a prestigious reputation, how can ordinary people enter the eyes of the prime minister?" ”

"Huang Gong came to vote this time, if he didn't have a suitable career, he would be embarrassed to waste his time under the prime minister!"

When Liu Jian heard this, he smiled with satisfaction: "How to make a contribution?" ”

"Back to the Prime Minister's words, last year Nanyang battle, Yuan Shao was defeated into Nanjun, the general trend of the world has been decided, after Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to Shun, the Liangzhou Hundred Years Rebellion was pacified by the Prime Minister in one fell swoop, this year's Huainan battle, Cao Cao was defeated by Guan Yunchang, Zhao Yunbing entered Xiangfan, and there was no one under Yuan Shao who could compete with him......"

"Today, the prime minister came to Hanzhong with the king of the world, the people in Shu were panicked, and they all knew that the mandate of heaven had returned to the prime minister, and now in Yangping Pass, many people are interested in surrendering, but it is just an obstacle to Sun Ce's arrogance, and he does not dare to surrender, and now General Huang is willing to be in the city, recruiting people who are willing to surrender to the prime minister for the prime minister, choose a good day, and lead the troops to come to serve, one will go to Sun Ce's wings, the second will increase the army to the prime minister, and the third will disturb the morale in the Yangping Pass, I don't know what the prime minister wants?"

Hearing this, Liu Jian nodded and said, "It's really okay." ”

Beside Liu Jian, he sneered: "Do you know that it's not a fraud, it's a bitter trick?" ”

When the messenger heard this, he said: "Huang Gong is sincere, please don't be suspicious!" ”

Liu Jian laughed: "Since I started the army, I have been invincible all over the world, no one feels like competing with me, just a yellow cover, even if I surrender, what can I do?" ”

After that, he pointed to the messenger: "Go back and tell Huang Gongfu that if he is truly obedient, I will make him prosperous and rich, and his life will be worry-free!" ”

"If he has any luck in mind, don't blame me for breaking the pass and slaughtering him in the future!"

"Yes, yes, Prime Minister Enwei, it's really like thunder!"

Liu Jian laughed, and then asked the messenger, "Who is your surname?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, the last official is Sima Lumeng in the Huang Gongying!"

"Oh...... I see, the two of you are together, no wonder the public is willing to surrender, it is really providential. ”

Lu Meng didn't hear the deep meaning of Liu Jian's words, and he couldn't hear it either.

"The prime minister praised it falsely."

"Go back as soon as possible and tell Huang Gongfu, I will wait for his good news."

After Lü Meng left, Liu Jian continued to let the three armies set up camp.

Among the surrounding Han generals, several people had puzzled looks on their faces.

But in front of Liu Jian, these people did not express their different views in public.

When he was young, the Han generals led by Zhang Fei entered Liu Jian's handsome tent.

After sitting down, Liu Jian asked slowly, "Are you here for Huang Gai's surrender?" ”

Zhang Fei, whose identity in the army was only below Liu Jian, came out and said to Liu Jian:

"Brother, what the envoy said is logical, and it may be used, but you can't be credulous suddenly."

"It's easy to be strange when things happen, and you need to plan carefully."

Zhang Fei now has a very high prestige and outstanding resourcefulness, which can be described as both civil and military.

His words carry a lot of weight.

And after Zhang Fei finished speaking, some people on the side reported different opinions:

Zhao Rui said: "The last official thinks that Huang Gai suddenly asks for surrender is reasonable, now the Yizhou army and the Sun army are not in harmony, our army is very powerful, Huang Gai wants to lead the crowd to invite the prime minister, and it is reasonable to ask for a future." ”

Compared with Zhang Fei, Zhao Rui obviously felt that Huang Gai's surrender was logical.

After all, there are a lot of good birds who choose trees to perch on these days.

Liu Jian heard this, and then immediately looked at Ma Chao on the side.

In this campaign, many handsome figures were also sent among the generals of Liangzhou.

For example, Ma Teng's eldest son, Ma Chao, followed Zhang Fei to Liu Jian this time.

In addition, there is Pang De, the general under Ma Teng in the past.

In addition, there is Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing, these famous generals in Liangzhou, who all fought with the army this time.

For these people, Liu Jian did not pay any attention to them, on the contrary, he treated them very well.

After meeting these people, Liu Jian told them that no matter what their original identities were, as long as they could serve the court well and make contributions in the future, the court would definitely give them well-deserved treatment.

Liu Jian's enthusiasm and assurance made these Liangzhou generals who surrendered full of confidence.

And in today's controversy over Huang Gai's surrender.

Liu Jian is also willing to give the generals in Liangzhou a chance to express their opinions.

The first person is Ma Chao.

Liu Jian asked: "Meng Qi is the eldest son of Shou Chenggong, who has been fighting outside the Saiwai all the year round, although he is young, he is also knowledgeable. ”

"What do you think about Huang Gai's surrender?"

Ma Chao said: "The last general thinks that Huang Gai is just an unknown general, although he has been fought by Sun Jian for a long time, his reputation has not reached much high. ”

"Especially in these years, following Sun Bofu has always been a north-south expedition to eat and sleep, and he has not gotten any good home, nor has he been given the opportunity to play."

"If it were someone else, I am afraid that I would have been unwilling to stay under Sun Ce's command for a long time."

"The last general thinks that it is human nature for Huang Gai to want to surrender and make contributions under the prime minister."

"Besides, the last general really can't think of him as a fraud."

"How can he defeat our army?"

"The danger of Yangping Pass is obvious to all."

"As long as they guard the pass, our army may not be able to make any major breakthrough for them for a while."

"Why bother to come here to cheat?"

"Please think again."

(End of chapter)