Chapter 54: Endgame

In the future, Cao Wei's Liangzhou Assassin History, General Zhengdong, a very popular minister, and Meng Gongwei, who was comparable to the Three Dukes, fell on the Heishui River. He fell to the ground, exhausted, but still with a smile on his face.

Did he think back to when he was young, when he traveled with Kong Ming? Or is it reused after throwing himself into Cao Cao?

Why? Why do you know that Mr. is in Chang'an, and the situation of Yongliang is already unbearable, and you still have to go to great lengths to fight with me? If you throw yourself into the city, will your fame be under Cao Wei? You are only engaged in the history of assassination, not assassination, if you leave early and return to Tongguan, who can blame you? Why do you want to carry this burden of 10,000 catties alone and lead the soldiers of Yongliang to fight against me? Why is it that you refuse to surrender to me when you have already lost the game? Why do you want to kill yourself in this way?

Looking at Meng Jian's smiling face, I thought of the pressure and shock he had given me over the past few days. I don't know why, I think of the gentleman who came out of Qishan and starfell five zhang yuan in history. Knowing that he can't do it, he exhausts his mental strength to do it, just for a belief and a trust he once had, even if he dies, he will never give up.

And my father and I are the same. I don't want to be a do-nothing, so I will seize every opportunity to fight with all my might!

Put together! Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we must do it with 100% effort!

"Use the best coffin to bury it and send it back to Chang'an, and ask the military advisor to send it back to his hometown on his behalf." I said slowly, "This person's ambition is really a model for my generation!" ”

looked around at everyone, but found that Jiang Wei was missing, and it seemed that he had never shown up. There is no greater merit than the Savior, who does not come to save me, but what does he do? I asked Guan Ping, "Why didn't Boyo come?" ”

Guan Ping said: "Jiang Wei said that the overall situation has been decided, and he led the army to chase after Su Ze. ”

I nodded, it was much more important than coming to see me. Jiang Wei can put aside personal emotions and fame and fortune, focus on the overall situation, and indeed have the talent of a general in terms of attracting troops.

The battle of Quail City ended with a complete victory for our army. Eight thousand enemies were killed, six thousand were captured, and more than 10,000 were routed. The enemy general Meng Jian committed suicide, Yan Yan was killed in battle, Cheng Gongying was captured, Cui Liang was beheaded by Wei Yanzhen, Tianshui Taishou Ma Zun was killed in battle, Guangwei Taishou Wang Yun surrendered, Yang Fu's younger brother Nan'an Taishou Yang Ling fled, his subordinate Han De led the army to surrender, and Longxi Taishou You Chu surrendered. Hao Zhao was defeated and retreated to Zhiyang, now surrounded by Ma Dai. Jincheng Taishou Su fled to Hudi, was led by Jiang Wei for hundreds of miles, and was designed to be captured. At this point, Yongzhou is all owned by me. After more than three years of hard work by my father and my two generations, he sacrificed Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and half of Jingzhou (Guan Yu's attack on Xiangyang attracted Cao's troops and kept Chang'an), exhausted the grain and grass that Zhang Lu had accumulated in Hanzhong for many years, and finally occupied the land of Longxing of Gaozu.

In this battle, the general Huang Zhong was killed, Zhou Cang was killed, more than half of the Bai'er elite soldiers were damaged, the eight formations were disabled, and I was almost captured.

In this battle, General Zuo Ma Chao made great contributions, Guan Ping and Wei Yan each made great contributions, and Jiang Wei, who led an army alone for the first time, lived up to the name of the young tiger and performed extremely well. The Eight Array Diagram also became famous in Xiliang because of this battle.

In this battle, when Huang Zhong was dead and there was no general by his side, I personally commanded the city for the first time, defended the city for five days, and successfully dragged Meng Jian's main force to death under the quail city, creating conditions for victory. I have a new understanding of myself, even if Zhuge Qiao and the others are not around, I can do a lot of things, and I don't do it too badly.

On June 20, I led my army into Jincheng. This is the most prosperous city in Yongliang Erzhou at present, between Qiangrong, the west controls the river Huang, the north chokes the Shuo side, the mountains are surrounded by mountains, according to the river is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the throat of the Hexi corridor, Longyou An'e, often here. Because the city was built to get gold, it was called the Golden City. The gain of this city, but most of the credit is due to the Longxi Taishou You Chu.

At first, it was this You Chu who blocked Ma Chao's way. When all the cities fell, he sent a letter to Ma Chao, to the effect of: "Don't attack me, I won't attack you, you can't attack me, as long as you can defeat Hao Zhao, I will give you Longxi, otherwise, you can't stand here, where should you go back." ”

Ma Chao actually believed in this You Chu, and focused on fighting offensive and defensive battles with Hao Zhao, and finally relied on internal response to defeat Hao Zhao. You Chu really did not break his promise, and returned to the city. Then he helped Ma Chao to take Jincheng with lightning speed, and helped us settle Yongliang. This You Chu, who acts so strangely and can be valued by Ma Mengqi, who is it?

When he saw You Chu, he was taken aback, he didn't look like a county guard at all. He didn't wear a hat and his clothes were untidy, and while he was in the account, he was still scratching the itch on his back with his hands. Seeing that I was not polite, he sat on the couch with his legs spread wide.

He was not very old, he seemed to be less than thirty, not tall, but very handsome, two long eyebrows flew into the sideburns, but those eyes always contained a kind of arrogant light, as if no one was in his eyes. Looks like this is a madman. I looked him up and down. He also didn't flinch, staring me up and down.

I smiled, recited You Chu's personal information, and said: "You Chu, the word Zhongyun, was the Pu Han Order at the beginning, Cao Cao Dingguanzhong, let you be the Hanxing Taishou." Later, it was transferred to Longxi. He is generous, he has been guarded by all positions, and he is governed by kindness, and it is not good to torture and kill. ”

You Chu pouted, he naturally knew that I had already checked his information, and said arrogantly: "Liu Chan, nicknamed Adou, the name of the fake father, stole Hanzhong, and then followed Guan Yu, Kou Xiangyang and other places, returned defeated, led the army west to attack Yongzhou, and was trapped in the small city of Quail, not You Chu surrendered, and his people have been captured by Meng Jian. He was not tall, but his voice was so loud that it shook the tent.

Hearing him spoil me like this, I was angry in my heart, but I didn't show it on my face, and asked: "You are too guarded, communicate with the enemy, do not fight, do not defend, and look at the wind like grass on the wall, but what did a righteous man do?" ”

You Chu squinted at me: "I don't care what he does or doesn't do, the people under my rule will not be affected by the war, and I don't care what kind of mess as his reputation." ”

The first time I met this kind of scoundrel-like character, I don't know how to be polite, I don't care about reputation, but he is a good official who is both civil and military, and he is respected by the people under his rule, but he is so unreasonable to resist and disobey the control, I don't know what to say for a while, so I laughed out loud: "Okay, good, as long as you can treat the people well, I don't care about your reputation and reputation, even if Cao Jun comes, you come and you come over, I will still use you as this guard!" ”

You Chu didn't seem to expect me to say such a thing. He sat up straight and said solemnly: "On behalf of the people of Longxi, I thank His Royal Highness the prince. ”

"What do you thank me?"

"Thank you for keeping me such a good official for them!"

I almost fainted, this person, do you know that there is a word for self-humility in the world? But forget it, I'm very happy that he can lower me, no matter what, this You Chu is a hundred times stronger than Cui Liang, Ma Zun and the like; Even if it can't compare to Su Ze, it's probably not much worse, but since Su Ze was captured, when he saw me, he didn't say anything except scolding, and he refused to say anything, and when I thought of him, I had a headache.

"Zhong Yun," I called him, "do you have any way to get Su Ze to surrender to me?" ”

You Chu shook his head violently: "That kind of person stands up with loyalty and filial piety, how can he be so easy to descend?" In Jincheng, his popularity is much stronger than mine, you have to be careful, maybe something will happen to him if he is locked up. ”

He was right, although I had been pacifying the people since I entered Jincheng, and opened Su Ze's big warehouse, and put grain in the city, and the soldiers did not enter the city, and they were stationed outside the city with me, so as not to disturb the people, but the "matter" still came.

On the night of the 22nd, a fire was set in the camp, and some people actually planned to take advantage of the chaos to save Su Ze and go out. Fortunately, the battalion was well deployed and was not captured.

On the morning of the 23rd, fifty heads of wealthy families from the gentry and wealthy families of Jincheng came to see me, put pressure on me, and begged me to release Su Ze.

On the morning of the 24th, more than 7,000 people asked for Su Ze's life outside the gate.

So, I went to see Su Ze again.

This man was locked up in the camp, and for several days there was no water and rice, and he tried to die on a hunger strike. I ordered the soldier to take the horse's milk and force it into his mouth to save his life. At this time, when he saw me enter the account, he immediately spat at me: "Liu Adou, a traitorous thief." ”

At this time, the Cao and Liu families called each other thieves, and he only took my family as a rebel.

After his baptism these days, I feel that my mentality is much stronger than before, and I will not be angry because of a little humiliation. smiled slightly at the moment and wiped the phlegm on his face: "My father and son begged the thief with clothes and belts, begged all the people to be in fire and water, ate Han Lu, accepted the Han Jue, did not think of serving the country, but helped the Cao thief, and now he has been captured, how can he say anything?" ”

Su Ze hated: "Er and his son claim to be the relatives of the Han family, but they do not obey the Son of Heaven, cut the land and claim the king, harm the same clan, take away Liu Jingsheng's inheritance, and steal Liu Jiyu's land. Although I am reckless, I am greatly favored by the king of Wei, and Anken surrenders to the thief! Now it falls into your hands, and there is death, let alone words. After that, he scolded again.

I listened to him scold for a while, and when he breathed his breath, Fang said slowly: "Come on, prepare 200 crossbow machines, and shoot to death all the people who pleaded for Su Ze in front of the gate." ”

Su Ze was shocked and scolded: "Little thief, you have no heart and liver, you read poetry and books in vain, if you do this, aren't you afraid of retribution?" ”

I smiled and said, "Old thief, you scolded your son for being so unreasonable, what kind of poetry and books did you read?" You don't help the Han family, but help the rebels, which poetry book do you read? Back then, Cao Mengde avenged his father and killed tens of thousands of living beings in Xuzhou. I am angry on behalf of my father, and I don't have to kill so much, in this way, you scold me, I kill a person who saves your love on your behalf, you continue to scold, I will count you! ”

Su Ze opened his mouth, at a loss, and said hatefully: "What tricks do you have, how can you hurt innocent people when you come to me?" ”

I said, "How can they be innocent when they help you?" Even if you are innocent, if you don't surrender to me, I am full of anger and have nowhere to vent, so I naturally want to kill people. I tell you, you hate me, you don't surrender to me, you can, but those people are blocked, if you don't let them disperse, I will kill them, and if you don't obey in the future, you want to kill yourself, or scold my father, I will kill them too! I do what I say! ”

Su gasped with anger and closed his eyes to ignore me.

I shouted: "Come on, please ask Su Taishou to Xingyuan, and say that Su Taishou has returned to the Han Dynasty and returned to Jincheng Taishou, let them disperse." If Su Taishou doesn't help you, he will shoot all those people to death with a crossbow machine! ”

The guard agreed, and then took Su Ze and walked out.

Su Ze hated endlessly: "I can deceive the people, but don't expect me to be a thief, I am too guarded by Jincheng, I will definitely kill you!" ”

I smiled: "This son of the world will not leave this place for a while, so this Jincheng is too guarded, I can still serve for you for some time." As for trying to kill me, you can't do it above the battle array, let alone at this time. ”