Yu Lang escorted everyone into the Luoyang City Gate at noon on the third day.

At this time, the five hundred sword and axe men sent by Sima Yan had been waiting here for a long time.

When the samurai saw the prisoner cart coming, he quickly closed it and surrounded it.

"According to the holy decree of His Majesty and the King of Jin, Han Xiu and others intend to rebel against the imperial court, and their crimes should be punished, and they will be immediately identified and beheaded on the street." A samurai held the so-called list text full of Han Xiu and others' crimes in his hand, and said loudly.

As soon as the words fell, a heart-rending cry broke out in the crowd.

Yu Lang, who was sitting in the car in front of him, jumped down as if his butt was on fire, and came to the samurai without thinking about his usual arrogant appearance.

The samurai frowned as he spoke.

"I didn't expect Lord Yu to be so interested?" After thinking for a while, he said, "The villain can't be the master of this matter, so I need to ask Lord Yu to go to King Chitose of Jin to talk about it, but it must be fast, and the villain will not dare to miss the time when this chaotic minister and thief will be on the road." ”

"The general waits, and Lord Ben will go and come back." Yu Lang jumped into the carriage and urged the coachman to move quickly.

Yu Lang naturally didn't dare to say that the person he wanted to stay behind was Han Xiu's wife, but he just said that it was an envoy in the Xiliang Marquis's mansion, and as for Mrs. Han, he had already asked someone to replace him when he was on the road.

Hearing that it was just a mother-in-law, Sima Yan naturally didn't take it to heart, and waved his hand to agree.

Yu Lang was overjoyed.

Mrs. Han, who was smeared with a touch of green on the top of her head by Han Xiu, and the little maid who was close to her body were able to leave a life.

In the evening, dozens of human heads were hung high on the flagpole at the city gate, and Han Xiu's accusation of deliberate rebellion was posted below.

The next day, another decree from Sima Yan was sent to the border of Youzhou.

Qingzhou and Youzhou used to be Yuan Shao's territory, after the battle of Guandu, was ruled by Cao Cao, and later, due to the Cao family's repeated court changes, Sima monopolized power, and the original Taishou here was also replaced by Sima Zhao's henchmen.

Youzhou Taishou's name is Song Tai, this person originally had some relatives with the Sima family, and he made a lot of efforts to Sima Yan's inheritance of the title of King of Jin, and he can be regarded as a very important local high-ranking official of Sima Yan.

Sima Yan's decree was delivered to him.

"The king wants me to raise an army to conquer Fan Xu, the son of Fan Ru, and take over Qingzhou after I succeed." In the Taishou Mansion, Song Tai sat on a chair, looked at the dozen or so samurai standing at the bottom of the steps, and said, "What do the generals think?" ”

The crowd hadn't spoken for a long time.

Everyone knows that there was a grudge between Fan Ru and Song Tai.

Fan Ru has a boy and a girl under his knees, that is to say, Fan Xu also has a younger sister, who is said to be born like a fairy, and is virtuous and virtuous, and is a well-known beauty.

Song Tai has only one son by his side.

A year ago, Song Taituo went to propose marriage, and Fan Ru had already agreed to come down and accepted the dowry, but for some reason, he changed his mind halfway, and beat the person who went to give the dowry, and there was a lot of ridicule of Song Tai in his words.

Song Tai was furious when he heard the report and wanted to raise troops to go, but was dissuaded by everyone.

Later, although Fan Ru knew that he was at a loss, sent someone to send a heavy gift, and gave a seemingly reasonable explanation for the decision at that time, the grievances between the two families were settled.

Song Tae has been thinking about how to earn back the face he lost.

Now, Sima Yan's decree happened to give him a good excuse.

Song Tae looked at everyone.

A samurai surnamed Peng couldn't help but walk out of the crowd.

"The last general heard that Fan Ru had been killed by King Chitose of Jin, on charges of attempting to rebel, and now, no one has taken over the Qingzhou territory. It's just that I haven't heard of Fan Xu, the son of Fan Ru, who wants revenge. If General Song wants to send troops, can he send someone to inquire first, Fan Xu, who is to be investigated, has a strange move, and it is not too late to send troops. ”

"King Chitose Jun of Jin aims for this, if he doesn't raise troops as soon as possible, he may be suspected of resisting the decree."

"The last general also felt that Fan Ru had just died, and Fan Xu was worried, and it was the right time to send troops at this time."

Everyone spoke one after another.

Song Tai listened to everyone's words without saying a word, and when everyone's voices became weaker, he said slowly, "The words of all the generals are reasonable, but the will of the king is irresistible, and the general decided to send a general to go, if he can win, it is naturally the best, if he can't win, he can also find out the truth of Qingzhou, at that time, the general will personally lead people to discuss." ”

"General Song's strategy is wonderful." Everyone agreed.

Song Tai pointed to the general surnamed Peng.

"General Peng is brave and resourceful, and he can take on this responsibility."

General Peng gave up.

"The last will obey."

At that time, the straight-line distance from Qingzhou to Youzhou was more than eight or nine hundred miles, and the road was far from being as smooth as it is now. However, such a time is not too long for Song Tae, and he has enough patience to wait for news.

After one month:

"Report, General Peng went to conquer Fan Xu, I don't want to be intercepted and killed by Fan Xu's men and horses on the road, and the army is broken, and he is now repairing a hundred miles away from Qingzhou, please make a decision." A samurai sent back by General Peng stumbled into the Taishou Mansion and reported to Song Tai.

In fact, Song Tai had already expected such a result.

After listening to the visitor's words, he just smiled slightly.

"Go down and rest, and wait for General Ben to gather all the generals to discuss."

Having said that, he did not call everyone, but secretly wrote a letter to the general surnamed Peng.

Ten days later:

"Report, General Peng raised troops again according to the order, but suffered a fiasco, and now there are less than 2,000 people left around him, and the villain came to ask General Song to send rescue troops." The visitor still looked exhausted.

Song Tae felt that the time was ripe.

Sure enough, when the generals heard that there were less than 2,000 of the 20,000 horses brought by General Peng, they were filled with indignation for a while, and they all wanted to ask for orders to go for reinforcements.

Song Tae also made an angry look.

"The generals do not fight, and General Ben will personally go to the conquest and vow to avenge the dead brothers."

The news quickly spread throughout the army.

Song Tai used this method to achieve his goal of sending troops to victory.

Qingzhou:

At this time, almost all the people and horses belonging to Qingzhou had been mobilized together by Fan Xu. In the two wars, the general surnamed Peng was no longer able to organize an effective attack, which was naturally a very good time for Fan Xu, and he decided to continue to attack, take offense as defense, and strive to protect Qingzhou. Subsequently, he gathered strength to avenge his father.

However, soon, the news that Song Tai personally brought people to him made him give up such a plan.

"Song Tainai is a famous general of Cao Wei, who has followed the previous king on several expeditions and has made many military exploits." A samurai said, "Bringing 50,000 horses this time is very unfavorable to us, according to the opinion of the last general, it is advisable to hold on, not to attack, delay for a long time and not to advance, the morale of his soldiers and horses will inevitably be greatly reduced, and at that time, we will wait for the opportunity to attack, so that we can have the certainty of victory." ”

Fan Xu nodded.

"That's what I mean."

Before the words fell, a spy came to report that Song Tai's men and horses had joined forces with the men and horses of the general surnamed Peng, and camped thirty miles away from the city.

Fan Xu suddenly changed his mind.

"The order goes down, the enemy has just arrived, and it is the time of exhaustion, so take this opportunity to go to the camp tonight."