342. Turning the tide and resolving the crisis
In the Tongguan Council Hall, Lu Bu sat back in the handsome chair, the front was empty, and the Taiwan case had been smashed by him, even if it was determined that it was a discordant plan, his mood did not seem to improve because of this.
Because, it is determined that it is a discord plan, which must mean that Cao Cao's secret son appeared around him, Pang Tong said that it was the Zhong family's father and son, which was based on the premise of believing that this was the discord plan, but whether it was only the Zhong family's father and son, no one knew.
But Pang Tong's mood was very good, not because Lu Bu was willing to listen to him, but because he was finally waiting for Cao Cao to make a move.
If you don't go to Xuzhou, you have to put all the power stud in Sizhou, not to mention the difficulty of supply, and it is difficult to retreat even if there is a slight risk.
Cao Cao still resolutely did so, obviously holding a trump card in his hand.
This point has always been recognized by Pang Tong.
Now, the discord plan has surfaced, and there are traces to follow, so we need to seriously dig into what Cao Cao's true intentions are.
After all, the very nature of this discord is strange.
After spending so much effort, he even did not hesitate to let the Yingchuan faction end up just in exchange for the position of the grain and grass camp, and in the end it was just to use it to divide the situation?
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he succeeds, Lu Bu is great that the old department of the more than 30,000 passes in the pass will be destroyed, Chang'an is still Chang'an, and Tongguan is still solid, to no avail.
If this alone was based on this, it would be absolutely impossible for Cao Cao to take such a big risk to come here, so this must be just a reason.
If you want to destroy all the soldiers and horses in Tongguan City in one fell swoop, you can only burn the grain and grass, which Pang Tong has always been convinced.
Following this line of thought, Pang Tong substituted himself and began to calculate in reverse.
Zhang Yan was stationed with 10,000 people, elite soldiers and horses, Cao Cao wanted to burn it, not to mention pouring out of the nest, but he had to use 20,000 people, and all the fierce generals were sent out, so many people, and they had to cross the Yellow River twice, unless all the scouts of the Lu army died, otherwise they would definitely not be able to hide it.
Therefore, his purpose is to weaken the defense of the grain and grass battalion, so that he can hope to succeed.
The problem is that there doesn't seem to be any connection between this discord and the weakening of the battalion's defenses.
Thinking of this, it seems that he has fallen into a dead end, and Pang Tong is a little puzzled by Cao Cao's true intentions.
But at the same time, he also knew that Cao Cao's first hand came out, and the second and third hands would definitely follow, and it had to be fast, otherwise it might be too late for him to complete the layout.
"Shi Yuan, if you are really sure that this is Cao Cao's divisive plan, I think it is better to plan it and pretend to have a big battle in the Guannei, so that Meng Qi and Ling Ming can escape to the ice city with some elite remnants."
Seeing that Pang Tong didn't have any reaction for a long time, Lu Bu himself devised it, "When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, as long as Meng Qi and them open the gate of the ice city, we will rush in again in one go, and we won't unload Cao Cao into eight pieces?" ”
After saying that, he stood up excitedly, and his eyes shone brightly.
Pang Tong, whose train of thought was interrupted, came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Cao Cao is so shrewd, even if he lets Ma Chao go, there must be soldiers and horses to monitor him, and I can't judge what conspiracy is hidden behind Cao Cao's divisive plan, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”
Pang Tong's heart wanted to laugh.
People are sincerely obedient to you, you are still guarding against them, and now you are fighting against them, and you let Cao Cao not guard against them, is this possible?
"Can't you?"
The light in Lu Bu's eyes dimmed, sat down again, and muttered: "Then isn't this grain and grass camp going to be exposed under Cao Cao's nose and move the camp, but now that the snow is falling, if you move the camp, you can only go to Huayin to requisition the people." ”
"Why do we want to requisition people, we have enough of our own people?" Hearing the requisition of the people, Pang Tong instinctively became vigilant.
"That's hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, how can Zhang Yan have 10,000 people, is it possible that you let me use the soldiers and horses in the pass?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically.
"Can't you?"
"Of course not, there are more than 30,000 people in the old department of Guanzhong, and enough people must be left in the city, in case they make any changes, I am afraid that they will not be able to control them if there are fewer people!"
In the end, this letter still planted the seeds of doubt in Lu Bu's heart, and after a while, he added: "Of course, Zhong Yu and I will also transfer him back, and I will not let him continue to stay in the grain and grass camp." ”
"Wen Hou, why do you feel that you believe in the Zhong family more than the Ma family?" Pang Tong really couldn't understand this.
"It's not that I want to believe them, but the Zhong family has different intentions, at most it is to ventilate the news, as long as Zhong Yu is transferred, this matter will be settled, and if they are really involved in it after the fact, I will clean it up."
Then, Lu Bu said in an aggravated tone: "But if the Ma family has different intentions, do you know how many of them there are, how can this misfortune be unanimous?" ”
Hearing this, Pang Tong looked at Lu Bu in a daze, his eyes were filled with helplessness at first, Cao Cao clearly wanted to plant a seed of doubt in everyone's hearts, why couldn't Wen Hou see through it.
According to his character, he must still confront the Ma family, at least he will be tempted, when the time comes, it will not be a storm in the city sooner or later, and the final situation is that the generals of the Lu army are guarding the old department of Guanzhong, and the people's hearts are not aligned, do you still need to fight this battle?
Suddenly, Pang Tong's eyes suddenly gathered, and the whole person trembled like an electric shock, repeating the thought just now, the generals of the Lu army are wary of the old department of Guanzhong, and the hearts of the people are not aligned...... Yes, here's the problem, this is the effect that Cao Cao wants, he doesn't want us to move the camp, nor does he want us to have civil strife, he just wants to make our hearts unaligned!
Then his eyes sparkled, revealing a blank expression.
"What's that look on your face?" Lu Bu frowned.
"Under . I know what Cao Cao wants to do, amazing, why didn't I think of it, this hand is so good! He, he, he, he. He's calculating us all, wonderful, wonderful, this discordant trick is so good! Pang Tong danced excitedly like a child, and showed Lu Bu everything.
Before Lu Bu could ask, Pang Tong suddenly quieted down again, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, and he said to himself: "It's not right, even if this is the case, there must always be a sergeant to carry it out, how can his people cross the river, there are scouts around the ice city to monitor day and night, and a small force may not be able to find out, but to complete this task, no matter how two or three thousand people are needed."
Two or three thousand people can't escape the scouts. ”
Pang Tong paced back and forth, took out the wine gourd on his waist with his right hand and poured a big sip, and kept muttering: "No, no, this won't work, how is he going to send the soldiers and horses over."
"No, you are, do you want me to bring you a shaman to exorcise evil spirits?" Lu Bunne asked.
"Wen Hou spent some days in Guanzhong in the early years, do you know that there are other roads besides this Tongguan Road that can enter the Sizhou boundary?"
Pang Tong stopped nervously again and looked directly at Lu Bu, "In the next refers to from Jingzhou or Yizhou." ”
Lu Bu was stunned by this unrelated question, and was in a trance for a moment before replying: "The Meridian Valley Road can enter Sizhou from Hanzhong, and the exit is downstream of Bashui; Wuguan Road crossed Luo Ke to Weinan.
Why, do you suspect that there is Cao Jun there? It's impossible, not to mention that these two roads are rugged and difficult, it's really just what they eat, and they can't even meet Cao Cao. ”
Hearing this, Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, nodded heavily, and said: "Wuguan Dao, it's right, it's right, it's here, it won't be wrong, this is Cao Cao's confidence to abandon Xuzhou and go straight to Sizhou, he wants to do something to our grain and grass!"
It's really calculating, it's so good."
"Be clear, don't say anything that doesn't make sense." Therefore, Lin Mo can play in front of Lu Bu, but Pang Tong may not be able to play.
Of course, he also understood this truth, but because he was too excited and forgot to do it, he immediately pulled Lu Bu to the sand table on the side to tell his speculation.
With the sandbox presentation, the whole plan will be much easier to understand.
Lu Bu's expression also changed subtly.
At first it was suspicious, then surprised, and finally it turned into shock, and it was a speechless gritted teeth, and the Adam's apple was turning to the naked eye.
"Wen Hou, this is the only possibility, there will be no second way, in this way, at least it can show that the Ma family is loyal to Wen Hou, isn't it?" Pang Tong asked earnestly.
"In the past, these two places were stared at by sergeants, and they were also closed, but Sizhou has just arrived, I am anxious to stabilize the interior, and I want to drive away the remnants of Guanzhong who are unwilling to surrender, and I also want to send away the white wave thieves, I really forgot about this place."
Lu Bu didn't answer Pang Tong directly, and began to mumble to himself, "Indeed, only Zhong Xuan, a bastard, can say all this in the past if he does Cao Cao's internal response, and only he has the ability to supply grain and grass here."
Okay, it's a good job, even if Cao Cao loses in the end, he can push these things away, after all, there is no direct evidence left from beginning to end, he thinks I don't dare to touch him. ”
Previously, Lu Bu couldn't listen to Pang Tong's words, except for his absurd behavior of going to Xuzhou and not throwing himself into an unreliable image, the most important thing is that he seems to have been on the defensive, so he didn't say a few reliable strategies to break the enemy.
But this time it was different, he did speculate on Cao Cao's plan, and this was not a conjecture, it was the only possible direction under Cao Jun's unreasonable actions.
As the derivator, Pang Tong was actually very surprised, because he felt that this was a bit of a tailor-made plan for him.
The core of this plan is that you have to use a discordant strategy, but you can't let Lu Bu really do anything to the Ma family, and this alone is extremely difficult.
After all, with his temper, he would definitely take action, so Cao Cao thought that he could stop Lu Bu but couldn't deduce his plan.
If it weren't for the fact that Lu Bu, who was looking at the suspicious Lu Bu just now, finally realized the bad consequences brought about by this discordant plan, he really wouldn't have gone to a deeper level.
It's really half a beat slow, and it's too late.
Pang Tong didn't dare to imagine that if he was defeated again, Feng Xiao's golden signboard would probably become an antonym, and others would put him alongside Zhao Kuo in the future.
It's scary to think about.
"So, shouldn't I go to confront Ma Teng now?" Lu Bu finally reacted and realized that it was time for him to take action.
"Wen Hou Mingjian." Lu Bu's words proved that he had completely believed in himself, and Pang Tong was of course very happy in his heart.
Lu Bu threw off his cloak and strode out.
Walked to the door and stopped, turned back in Pang Tong's inexplicable gaze, and bowed to him, "Mr. Dacai, if you don't break it, this time our army's grain and grass will be destroyed, and if you want to retreat to Chang'an, it is estimated that Zhong Xuan's old horseman will also close the city gate, and in the end, tens of thousands of troops will be eaten away by Cao Jun step by step on the field."
Sir's merits, I will write it down. ”
"Wen Hou is serious!"
These words made Pang Tong's heart warm as if a warm sun had risen, he was Lu Bu, and the powerful Lu Bu also showed the posture of a corporal of Lixian to himself, and immediately replied: "I will not disappoint the high hopes of Wen Hou." ”
Lu Bu smiled at the corner of his mouth and patted him on the shoulder, "Sir, rest, I already know what to do later." ”
Until Lu Bu left, Pang Tong still couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and bowed to his back again.
At this moment, Pang Tong's heart was infinitely satisfied.
This is not only because Lu Bu's actions just now made him finally firmly believe that he can gain a firm foothold in Lu Ying in the future with today's achievements, but also because he has penetrated the sense of accomplishment brought by a good show under such an exquisite design of the other party.
Bashi is very good.
"According to the time, it should be soon, should I ask some more people to help?" After Pang Tong muttered, he immediately turned around and leaned down to pick up the pen inkstones and bamboo slips scattered on the ground, and wrote hard.
Of course, he is not qualified to surprise Lu Bu, as a minister, he must always remember his identity, so of course, this is to give Lu Bu a purpose.
Pang Tong is a little arrogant, but he still understands this rule.
Sun Ce circled around Yang'an Mountain several times, and lost his way in the depths of this primitive mountain.
The dry food they carried with them had long been eaten, and the war horses could not come up to this mountain, so they did not even have the opportunity to kill the horses to satisfy their hunger.
There are not many people who simply survive, including Sun Ce, there are only a dozen people, so relying on a body of martial arts, they can barely survive by hunting or something.
It's inevitable to feel down, as if every big battle will have important people leave your side.
The belief that sustains him alive is revenge.
However, if it is according to the historical Jiangdong Sun family, Sun Ce has no chance to turn around.
Jiang Biao's twelve tiger ministers, Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, and Pan Zhang were killed in battle, Chen Wu and Dong Xi were captured, Gan Ning and Xu Sheng returned to Lu Lin, and there were only three left: Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Ding Feng.
Among the four major governors, Zhou Yu was killed in battle, Lu Meng was captured, Lu Su returned to Lu, and only one Lu Xun was left who had not yet left the mountain.
It's just that Sun Ce, who has borne tens of thousands of lives, feels that they are watching him from the sky all the time, and they can't do anything to disappoint them.
Even if it was so difficult, he insisted on finding his way back.
Finally, he went down the mountain, at this time, there were only eight people with him, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Ding Feng and five school captains, and when he went up the mountain, there were fourteen people, and five of them had died of high fever due to wound infection.
Therefore, after going down the mountain, several people were a little crying with joy and the feeling of the rest of their lives.
Finally came down, finally out of the threat range of Lu Lin.
Of course, there is still a section of the road back to Jiangdong, but as long as you continue to the south is the Yangtze River, you can generally find a civilian ferry, and you can naturally go home.
At this time, everyone looked at each other, and there was an indescribable complexity in their eyes.
Come to think of it, I'm glad I survived again.
It's just that before they had time to get out of the valley, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of them, not many, but also seven or eight hundred.
From the malice in the other party's eyes, it is not difficult to guess that these people are definitely not here to welcome them.
If it were on weekdays, they would not be afraid, the people who survived were all excellent martial arts, and with these hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers, they couldn't stop them.
But when is it now, even Sun Ce's mount, the Wind Horse, has been lost, and only the Overlord Gun in his hand is there, so how good can the others be.
Coupled with the days of running for their lives, they no longer have any strength to resist.
The eight people subconsciously moved closer to Sun Ce, condensing into a group and looking at the group of people in front of them.
Suddenly they gave way to a passage, and at the end of the passage a burly man rode slowly on horseback.
The eyes of the Koto Nine dimmed at the speed of light.
It's Huang Zu.
It is Huang Zu who never dies with Jiangdong.
He's blocking us here, it's really damn damn me.
Huang Zu walked up before and after, and he was not in a hurry to make a move, but just stared at them coldly, and didn't even say a word.
In fact, when the Jingzhou army appeared, there were still people who were lucky, maybe it was Liu Bei's people.
However, the person who came was Huang Zu, so it can only be said that God does not allow it.
"Sun Ce, you are dead, and the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't save you, I said!" This evil breath, Huang Zu has been holding back for too long, too long.
For countless sleepless nights, he could see his wife and children crying when they came to him.
It is true that Huang Zu killed Sun Jian, but it was a war, and you Sun Ce didn't even let go of the old and weak women and children, and you still have the face to call the little overlord of Jiangdong.
He fantasized about Sun Ce's countless ways to die, but he was not in a hurry when it really came to this moment.
He just wanted to enjoy the happiness of Sun Ce's death in panic.
"Koto's son!" Sun Ce's body was tattered and his hair was messy, but his eyes were extremely firm.
"In!"
"Prepare to kill!"
"Whoa!"
Nine people, but they exude the domineering spirit of tens of millions of people.
Huang Zu chuckled, pulled out the sword at his waist and pushed it forward, and the sergeant behind him raised the spear in his hand.
At the moment of the touch, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from behind.
Turning his head, there were not many people coming from the other party, only more than 30 riders, but the word 'Liu' also lit up.
It's Liu Bei, and the son Liu Qi.
He was also followed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
In addition, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan did not come, and even Huo Jun did not come.
(End of chapter)