"Use merit to make up for mistakes, mistakes will be completed; use righteousness to change evil, forget evil and make it right." [Yun Ji Qi Zhuan·Volume 93]
"You have the intention to be the Great Patriarch, but I have no intention of fulfilling the destiny of King Xiang." Zhang Lu sneered and said the first sentence of the night. He reached out and picked up the wine cup on the table, but did not drink.
Luo Yao felt awe-inspiring, with chills all over his body. He looked around unnaturally. There were light curtains hanging around the main hall, and the lights inside illuminated no one. Then he steeled himself and said: "Master, now the imperial court is facing a formidable enemy.
, it’s time for everyone to fight against the enemy, we must not cause chaos first.”
"I have already made a plan in my mind on how to deal with the enemy." Zhang Lu said. Seeing that Luo Yao still looked suspicious, he said as if to confess: "My son and mother are both in the capital, Zhang Ren, that boy
Now that I don’t know whether I am alive or dead, I am afraid that I have been executed by the imperial court. I, Zhang Lu, have committed a serious crime, and the imperial court will definitely not let us go easily. There is no way out at this time, so we should work together."
After hearing this, Luo Yao's expression suddenly softened a lot, and then he said with a smile: "That's the truth."
Now that the imperial court has broken through many important passes, the road is unstoppable. There is no reason for the officials below to insist on resisting when Yizhou has no owner, not to mention that the opponent is an official and an army of the imperial court who hold the title of righteousness.
Liu Mao and Mrs. Lu alone may not be able to control the situation in the capital. They are in danger only in a matter of seconds. Regarding the battle for Yizhou, the outcome has been decided. Naturally, Luo Yao does not want to continue to resist. What he plans to do is
Before the news of Yindu surrendering to the imperial court came, let your side become the first to surrender. In order to surrender without a fight, the imperial court would definitely set an example for them.
But the premise of all this is that he needs someone to bear all the sins for him, and more importantly, he needs to be the presiding officer of an army's surrender to obtain greater benefits. Now that he has arranged everything, he contacted
After Wang Dang killed Zhang Lu, he sent a message to the city, calling for surrender.
It's still unclear who will host this banquet tonight.
Luo Yao laughed softly, did not sit down, and slowly walked towards Zhang Lu, followed closely by Wang Dang, who had followed Luo Yao all the way southward: "I wonder what the master has in mind? Speaking of which, I also have a plan..."
"Be careful!" Zhang Xu, the youngest brother of Zhang Lu, suddenly shouted from the side. The voice broke the silence. He jumped up decisively, drew his sword and blocked the gap between Luo Yao and Zhang Lu. He struck down with the sword and shot from the beam.
A little cold light came down.
Above the beams, there were two or three assassins in strange costumes hidden at some point. The color of their clothes was exactly the same as the color of the beams. If you weren't paying attention, you wouldn't even notice the presence of these two people. Zhang Lu looked at it because
The three assassins, who were exposed by shooting arrows with crossbows, immediately exclaimed: "Mannifa!"
The Burmese Hidden Method is a method that Luo Yao once taught the refugees how to hide in the mountains to prevent the government from pursuing them. It sounds mysterious and mysterious, but in fact it is just a way of disguising. He has already arranged assassins, and it is not just Wang who is the only one. And Zhang
Lu Que seemed to have missed the point that Luo Yao was good at hiding the secret method. He got up from the table in a panic, and the calm and calm aura he had deliberately made disappeared.
Luo Yao waved his sleeves and said, "Zhang Lu has violated Huang Tian's faith and is not worthy of leading his followers. He will be killed immediately!"
After saying that, several assassins jumped down from the beams, as if rising from the ground. Li Shu, Jiang He and others screamed strangely, and were so frightened that they rolled onto the couch next to them. And those assassins also
Without looking at these people, he drew his dagger and killed Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu hurriedly stepped back, knocking over the screen behind him, and slammed the forgotten wine baron in his hand to the ground: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
Luo Yao wanted to say that he had hidden many assassins in the courtyard, and just relying on a few guards around Zhang Lu would not help at all. Unexpectedly, he just showed a proud smile, and the sound of neat footsteps suddenly came to his ears.
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"Armed soldiers?" Luo Yao's face turned pale. He knew that these were Zhang Lu's last elite troops. They were usually placed on top of the city to defend against enemies. Why were they transferred to his side tonight?
The sound of drawing a sword was heard endlessly, and there was a commotion outside the mansion. Zhang Gui was fighting against three assassins alone in the mansion. Zhang Gui was tall and thin, but his swordsmanship was amazing. The assassins had not been able to kill him for a while.
After taking it down, Luo Yao became a little anxious and even ordered: "Wang Dang!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of movement behind him. It turned out that the battle outside the mansion was coming to an end. A group of Zhang Lu's elite ghost soldiers rushed in one after another, forming a half circle and killing them. Luo Yao only
He felt that those eyes seemed to be filled with greenery, and his face turned pale. He knew that he was careless and underestimated his enemy, and that he and Zhang Lu were plotting against each other.
Luo Yao thought that Zhang Lu would still be so gullible, but he suddenly changed his temper. At this moment, he felt that he was stupid enough to send himself into the tiger's mouth. Luo Yao waved his hands tremblingly, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of someone lying down and pretending to be dead.
Li Shu, Jiang He and others suddenly screamed, jumped suddenly, abandoned Wang Dang and ran away without thinking. Before they could run a few steps, they bumped into a pillar and were all covered with blood.
He collapsed, holding his head and fell to the ground, curling up like a scalded shrimp.
Immediately afterwards, the group of fierce-looking ghost soldiers broke in, killed the assassin while drinking, and surrounded the brave and desperate Wang Dang in the middle, hacking him to death in a short while. Luo Yao did not dare to open his eyes and held on for dear life.
He pulled the wrapping around his head to cover his eyes, as if he was afraid that the long knife would fall and see his own blood splattered with his own eyes.
Someone picked him up with all his strength, tore off the wrapping cloth, and knelt down in front of Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu had just recovered from his shock. At this moment, he glanced at Zhang Gui, who was seriously injured, kicked the table away, and asked: "Tell me, who else is conspiring with you?"
Luo Yao received a punch on his face and looked at Zhang Lu with a bruised nose and swollen face. At this time, he was defeated and said with a panic: "Master! Master, please spare my life! I think I am a disciple of Taoism."
superior……"
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me." Zhang Lu looked at the anxious Li Shu, and Jiang He said, "You have no chance to speak."
"Master..." Li Shu forced out a smile and seemed to want to speak.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lu's expression changed and he said decisively: "Tie all three of them and behead them in public tomorrow. The casket will be thrown into the army outside the city to show our army's good intentions!"
"Master! We are all loyal!" Li Shu was so frightened that his face turned pale. He secretly reported to Zhang Lu at first, hoping to make a crime and meritorious service, but Zhang Lu wanted to kill him when he crossed the river and demolished the bridge.
Zhang Lu smiled cruelly, waved his sleeves impatiently, and then dragged the three people down.
Li Xiu, a native of Nanyang, was trembling all over and could barely sit upright. He was confused at the moment and vaguely understood Zhang Lu's plan to keep him. Before he could speak, Zhang Lu pointed at him and said: "I am a good person." I know that you are on good terms with Li Fu, and now that Li Fu is in the imperial army, you will leave the city on my behalf tomorrow."
Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said yes.
Seeing the trembling expressions of the group of people in front of him, Zhang Lu felt deeply the joy of killing decisively, but it was a pity that after tonight, this feeling would never happen again.
Yan Pu and Cheng Ji were chatting. Not long after, they suddenly heard the sound of killings in the mansion in front of them, followed by a rebellion in a camp somewhere in the city. Fortunately, Zhang Lu found out the details in advance and made timely arrangements. This rebellion, which had few participants and seemed like child's play in Yan Pu's eyes, was quickly suppressed.
Outside the city, Xu Huang heard the commotion in the city, and he also made some moves, vaguely intending to take the opportunity to attack the city. Seeing this, Zhang Lu knew that he would not be able to survive tomorrow, so he had to kill Luo Yao and others now, and asked Li Xiu and Yan Pu to come forward and fight with them. Cheng Ji went out to the city together.
Xu Huang didn't know Luo Yao and the others and didn't care. He glanced at the head briefly and said to Cheng Ji, "Does Zhang Lu really want to surrender?"
Cheng Ji cupped his hands and said: "The situation is like this. Zhang Lu is neither a martyr nor a martyr. From a glance, his actions are sincere and should not be a scam. If the general doesn't believe it, you might as well try again." he?"
After saying that, he handed over the decision-making power to Xu Huang. Xu Huang thought for a while, called for Li Xiu who was waiting outside, and said: "I heard that there is a jade seal next to Zhang Lu, which is a token of five buckets of rice. If Zhang Lu sincerely surrenders, this seal should be presented to him."
Li Xiu looked troubled, but he couldn't bargain, so he had to retreat to the city and tell Zhang Lu the truth. Zhang Lu was also hesitant. This square jade seal was a token passed down from his grandfather. Originally, he was thinking, where can I wait? One day when the situation was favorable, he sent someone to bury the jade seal in someone else's field. When the person accidentally dug it out, the jade seal would become the basis for him to claim the throne.
It’s just that until now…
Zhang Lu reluctantly touched the jade seal on his waist, then under Yan Pu's gaze, he untied it and handed it to Li Xiu.
Xu Huang got the token and learned from Cheng Ji that the seven Yi kings in the city had long wanted to surrender, so he no longer had any worries and made a decisive decision. He sent his subordinate Zhao Yun to lead his troops to seize the gate of Chongguo City and take over Chongguo County from the guard Yang Bo. On the other side, people were sent to collect the weapons of the defenders in the city and set aside a place to guard them. After all this was done, Xu Huang led the army and moved into the city.
After his kind words appeased Zhang Lu, Yan Pu and others, Xu Huang met with Du Yi and other seven Yi kings. He knew the art of dividing and defeating them one by one. He treated Zhang Lu without any pretense. To these barbarian kings who had complicated forces in Bajun, he said in a friendly manner: "The name of the primary school outside the hall is 'He Ping'?"
Du Yi, the Marquis of Yiyi, was overjoyed and immediately called him in. Xu Huang looked at He Ping up and down, nodded slightly and said, "As expected, it is as Jun Cheng said, it is a rare piece of beautiful wood and uncut jade! You How old is it?”
"Fifteen." He Pingping said without changing his expression.
Xu Huang was taken aback and said in disbelief: "You have such a figure at the age of fifteen?"
He Ping is not strong, but he is very tall. Du Yi said: "I have always been tall, but at his age, I am not the tallest."
Xu Huang didn't know what he heard, and the smile on his face faded a lot. He said calmly: "I heard that your original surname was Wang, but you changed your surname to He because you were entrusted to your adoptive mother's family. But in the world, how can a son follow his mother?
What’s the point of your surname? I think you should change your surname back and join me as a private soldier. I’ll send you out when you’re older.”
The elite of the infantry battalion was noticed by everyone. He Ping was able to fall into Xu Huang's favor, which was unexpected by everyone. Even Du Yi himself only thought that Xu Huang would only treat He Ping in order to win over others.
Incorporated into the general army.
Now He Ping doesn't know how he got such luck. Even he himself is a little surprised. It's not that he is unwilling to return to his father's surname, but he just wants to return in a glorious way for various reasons. Now Xu Huang, Cheng Ji
In front of him, he immediately promised: "Thank you, General, for your love!"
Xu Huang glanced at Wang Ping who looked grateful, and thought to himself, he is obviously the son of the Han family, but if he is raised in a foreigner's home, will he become a human being?
After finishing these trivial matters, Zhao Yunfu invited him to see him again. The first thing he said when they met was: "Zhao Wei has led a large army to Deyang. Jiangzhou must be empty of defenses and rarely defended. And the country where we are located is different from Jiangzhou."
The states are located at the beginning and end of the same river. You only need to go down the river, pass through Anhan and Dianjiang, and then you can reach Jiangzhou directly. If Jiangzhou is lost, Zhao Wei's army will be confused, and Pei Gong's army will be able to defeat the enemy."
Xu Huang looked at Zhao Yun with a smile. He had always admired this young and talented junior. Now that he heard what he said was consistent with what he thought, he couldn't help but ask: "We have just accepted Zhang Lu's surrender army now. If something happens along the way, what will happen to him?"
What can I do?"
Zhao Yun said sternly: "We can send an army southward in advance. The key to this battle is speed. As long as we carry the momentum of the current, Jiangzhou will not be difficult to overcome."
"Good." Although Pei Mao and others did not have any follow-up plans after surrendering Zhang Lu, Xu Huang was not a rigid person. Opportunities on the battlefield were fickle, so there was no need to ask for orders all the time. Moreover, Xu Huang had the emperor's trust behind him.
, Pei Mao has always respected him, so there is no need to wait and ask for orders in this battle: "Since you have the intention to invite generals, then you will be the vanguard in this battle. You will mobilize five thousand soldiers and horses, of which two thousand will be surrendered again."
Choose from among the people. I will be behind you to urge the army to slow down and hold the line for you."
This is a rare opportunity to stand alone. Zhao Yun said happily: "Thank you, General!"
Having said that, he went down to take care of his troops, and Xu Huang also began to write a military report and sent a horse to rush to Pei Mao's army to report the news. Although he had made his own decision, he still wanted to inform the commander of all the details here.
When Pei Mao received the victory report in front of the army, the main force he led was also preparing to enter the capital. On horseback, Pei Mao pointed to the military report and said to Xun You: "Zhang Lu is not a good person, but he has a lot of talent."
What a good counselor."
Xun You did not read the contents of the military newspaper, but listened to Pei Mao briefly recount the story of Zhang Lu's surrender under Yan Pu's plan.
It's just a pardon for his sins, but now that the sin has been put on Luo Yao, he has to give another reward."
"This is something that the princes of the imperial court should worry about. We only need to report the matter." General Pei Mao held the report in his hand and said to Xun You: "Now that Deyang has been lost, Gaishun is stationed in Guanghan County, and Zhao
Wei is facing off from afar. I think we need to find an opportunity to fight quickly."
Xun You said without thinking: "Chongguo County is located on the upper reaches of the river, and you can go down the river directly to Jiangzhou. You might as well let Xu Huang lead his troops south and seize the important town in the rear. If Jiangzhou is lost, it will be like pulling out the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, and Zhao Wei's anger will be vented."
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Pei Mao suddenly laughed as if teasing him, and handed over the military report in his hand: "Xu Gongming and Gongda, you want to go together!"