"Those who are in love with each other but are separated from each other will be orphaned; those who are loyal and slanderous will perish." [Su Shu Zunyi Chapter 5]
Baibo barrier.
Several simple courtyards have been hastily built on the platform. In the largest courtyard where Bai Boqu Shuai Hu Cai is located, two rows of moth thieves holding knives, armor, and their heads wrapped in yellow scarves stand with their chests raised on both sides of the avenue in the courtyard.
In the middle of the yard, there was a large pot that two people hugged. A raging fire was burning at the bottom of the pot, and the water in the pot was boiling, with bubbles constantly rising.
Firewood smoke, water vapor, and heat waves mixed together, making this deserted courtyard extremely sultry, and the people inside had no idea that it was already the beginning of autumn when the weather was getting colder.
Qing Niujiao looked at the pretentious and pretentious scene in front of him, and smiled coldly in his heart. He straightened his clothes in time, walked straight around the boiling cauldron, and walked calmly into the hall.
He knew that the set in front of him was just a punishment used by Mrs. Guo to punish those with evil intentions. It was later followed by Hu Cai and others and became a must-have rule in every meeting. It was not really aimed at him.
Therefore, Qing Niujiao is very confident and not afraid at all. When they meet, they greet each other like old friends reunited: "It's been a long time since we last met! We haven't seen each other for more than two years, but you are still so powerful and brave. I really admire you."
Qing Niujiao said enthusiastically, while taking a sneak peek at everyone sitting in the hall. Except for Hu Cai, Han Xian and other Qu commanders who already had heavy troops when Mrs. Guo was here, there were few people in the hall.
There are a few familiar faces and a few new faces.
"Where is Li Le?" Qing Niujiao still smiled and asked, "Although Brother Li is in Yicheng and the journey is far away, it has been so long. Huangfu Song has already reached the bottom of the mountain. Why hasn't he come yet?"
When Qing Niujiao came, he first went to Jiangyi and then went directly north to Baibo Valley. He originally wanted to ask Li Le, who was stationed near Yicheng, to go with him. However, from Yicheng to Baibo Valley, he had to go west to Jiangyi first, and then he could
Turn back and head north.
In order not to waste time, Qing Niujiao chose to go straight north to look for Hu Cai, and then used Hu Cai's prestige and the yellow scarf in his hand to "Zhonghuang Taiyi", calling everyone to gather at Bai Bo.
Unexpectedly, because of this, Li Le died on the way with his troops.
Qing Niujiao didn't know the details, but he still had a confident smile on his face. However, he talked to himself for a long time, and the reaction of everyone present was very indifferent. No one was willing to take up his words.
He realized something was wrong.
Hu Cai, a tall and thick man with a dark face, suddenly said sternly: "Li Le is dead!"
Qingniujiao suppressed his smile and his face darkened a bit: "How did you die?"
Hu Cai rushed to the person standing at the bottom and waved his hand: "Go and ask him!"
That person was Zhang Fan. He disguised himself as the leader of Li Le's men and sneaked into Baibo Valley with his men pretending to be deserters. Since the thieves wanted to blame Qingniujiao for Li Le's death, Zhang Fan was taken to
in court for testimony.
Zhang Fan made up a lie to hide it from Hu Cai and others. He thought that was all, but unexpectedly he heard that Hu Cai was going to invite a person to question him face to face. That person had something that Zhang Fan had been thinking about and resented for a long time.
Name, green horn!
It is this evil way of assassination that makes Zhang Fan spend his whole life as a Jinwu Tiqi who looks glamorous on the surface but has no hope of promotion.
Seeing the green horn looking towards him, Zhang Fan suppressed the urge in his heart to grab the green horn and beat him up. He lowered his head and said, "The young man's name is Nie Fan, and he is under the command of General Li."
Qing Niujiao could roughly guess that Li Le might have encountered an enemy force and suffered a tragic accident, but there was one thing he couldn't figure out: "Li Le didn't ask to surrender?"
Zhang Fan said: "No, General Li has been fighting with a sword."
He originally thought that this sentence could praise Li Le, make everyone admire Li Le's heroism, and thus give him some convenience as a false "confidant".
But who would have thought that both Hu Cai and Qing Niujiao would sneer at what he said. They had all fought together, so they didn’t know each other’s personalities? Li Le was not such a person at all. He might have been killed when he tried to escape.
Killed, or shot in the dark, it couldn't be as glorious as Zhang Fan said.
Qing Niujiao thought that Zhang Fan's words were just to put a dent in the face of his 'old master' Li Le, so he ignored him. He looked back at Hu Cai with a puzzled expression on his face: "It was already agreed at the beginning, Huangfu Songyi
Come, we only need to put up a little resistance, and then go down the mountain and surrender. Whether on the road or in Chang'an, we have opportunities to take advantage of and make great achievements together, so why bother to fight to the death?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Fan was horrified. What did you mean by taking advantage of the opportunity? Could it be that they had already planned to surrender and used this to plot evil?
"To put it nicely, Huangfu Song captured and killed one hundred thousand of my Yellow Turban followers. Even if he sent an envoy, I still wouldn't trust him." Hu Cai said with an angry smile: "Besides, he has no intention of persuading him to surrender. It's obvious.
They want to use our heads as military honors."
Qu Shuai Han Xian, who was sitting next to Hu Cai, spoke in a normal tone, but his meaning was very straightforward: "Sir, he repeatedly said that Dong Cheng would lead the troops in this battle, and Dong Cheng had you and Yang Feng on his side.
, I can still maintain the army after my brothers surrender. From now on, even if I follow you... cough, it's not impossible."
Han Xian stopped talking in time and did not reveal all their internal plots. He turned to say: "Right now, Dong Cheng has not led the troops, and Huangfu Song captured and killed the surrendered troops in the front, and beheaded Li Le in the back. This is definitely not a good behavior.
Whether it is war or peace, I have to make new plans."
"What are you planning to do with him?" Hu Cai said quickly, "We have to fight him! When we defeated Niu Fu, Dong Cheng and other generals in a row, Dong Zhuo was worried all day long. It was just Huangfu Song.
An old horse, no matter how majestic it was when he was young, may not be able to run well now! We have just taken care of him this time, let’s see if the court dares to send more troops!”
Hu Cai was extremely proud and complacent. Qing Niujiao was speechless at the side. He didn't know how to respond. He couldn't say a word for a long time.
"As for you, this clumsy trick caused our army to misjudge the situation and put us in danger." Hu Cai looked at Qingniujiao coldly and said, "How do you think you should apologize?"
Qing Niujiao's original plan was to fight a casual battle, and then use the power of persuading Fan Chou to surrender, proposing to accept the surrender of the Baibo Army. After that, even if the 780,000 Baibo Army was disbanded, at least 10,000 to 20,000 elite troops would be left with the army to return.
, then they would launch an attack at night, and they could easily get rid of the few elites in the imperial court.
Then Qingniujiao could completely abandon Dong Cheng and others, lead Hu Cai and others south from Hedong, and break into the empty hinterland of Guanzhong. At that time, the imperial court only had more than ten thousand southern troops and Dong Cheng's old troops left, which was simply difficult to resist. They could lead the army to attack
Chang'an finally established its own country.
At this time, even if there were many mistakes and accidents in Qingniujiao's calculations, Qingniujiao still felt that there was still hope, as long as he could convince the people in front of him: "Do you really want to stick to the small land and raise your troops to resist? There is no food and grass inside, and there is no food outside.
Without reinforcements, Huangfu Song is not a loser like Dong Cheng. As long as he gives an order, my Yellow Turban foundation will be destroyed!"
"Huang Tian has been dead for a long time!" Hu Cai's eyes were split, and he suddenly stood up and slapped the case, saying: "What about the disciples of the great virtuous master? Don't scare me with that piece of yellow silk. Apart from Chief Guo and Zhang Yan, who else can do it?"
I will take you seriously!"
"If you don't listen to me, then you are just waiting for your own destruction." Qing Niujiao's face was very ugly. He turned around and walked towards the door: "It seems that the pot in the yard was prepared for me. In this case, I
If you have nothing to say, please have a wok of soup."
"Hey, hey, hey." Han Xian stood up immediately, grabbed the green ox by its horns, turned around and said to Hu Cai: "Why are you doing this! We are all friends by fate, what can't we say properly? This
Things haven’t gotten out of hand yet.”
Han Xian pulled Qing Niujiao back to the seat and said: "We didn't say we wouldn't surrender, but Brother Hu was right. Huangfu Song has a reputation for killing prisoners, so we must be on guard. We have to fight first.
Firstly, we don’t want him to underestimate us, and secondly, if we win, we can surrender based on our strength.”
The two men were holding guns and clubs, bluffing and threatening, leaving Qingniujiao speechless. He could only sigh heavily and said: "Okay! It's up to you!"