When talking about the topic of bandits in Mount Tai, Wang Zheng couldn't help but feel moved in his heart and looked at Xu Fang: "Have you ever seen them before you returned to Pengcheng?"
Speaking of which, after agreeing to surrender to Yu Jin, Wang Zheng directly led his troops to Yangzhou, and later learned the result from letters.
However, there are only a few words in the letter, so it is impossible for Wang Zheng to know too much. He still knows nothing about the process, or even Chang Xi's temperament and abilities.
This is not a big deal.
Although he knew nothing about Chang Xi, a giant bandit, Wang Zheng knew how to ban him. Since joining the Heavenly Army, Yu Wenze's character traits are actually somewhat contradictory. On the one hand, he is prudent and stable, but on the other hand, he is cautious.
Because he is eager to achieve great results, he will occasionally take risks.
As for the matter of recruiting Chang Xi to surrender, the key point is that it was Yu Jin's initiative and even took charge of it himself!
From Wang Zheng's point of view, if this is the case, this means that, firstly, Yu Jin has a certain degree of confidence in recruiting Chang Xi to surrender, otherwise he would not be so active and would take over everything.
Secondly, Chang Xi was definitely not an incompetent person. If the addition of his people and even his troops could not enhance the strength of Wang Zheng's group, then it would not be considered a great achievement.
Why did Yu Jin need to ask for this job? To recommend Chang Xi?
Of course, when a stranger was involved in other important decisions for his family, when planning, even if he was determined, Wang Zheng still wanted to understand it first.
When most people want to understand a person, they usually first look at the side and then the front.
"When Major Yu brought this man back to Kaiyang, two banquets were held, and General Mo happened to be present." Xu Fang was so smart that he knew immediately what Wang Zheng was really asking: "This man has a bold personality and is a man.
A little..."
"Huh?" Wang Zheng Gu Pan asked, "How?"
"Mr. You are the same kind of person." Xu Fang pondered for a while, as if he was considering his words, and then he came up with this sentence.
Wang Zheng was startled, then he stopped laughing, pointed at Xu Fang, and sighed helplessly: "You..."
He understood why Xu Fang had to consider it.
No matter what, Chang Xi can now be regarded as a minister in the same palace as Xu Fang. With Xu Fang's cautious character, even if he and Wang Zheng were the only two people in the hall at this time, he did not want to slander his colleagues behind their backs, so he did this
He told Wang Zheng tactfully, "This is also a person who relies on his talents and is arrogant."
"Well, if you are talented, it doesn't hurt to be a little arrogant." Wang Zheng thought for a while and said with a smile: "I asked myself, in terms of the capacity to accommodate people, it is quite commendable."
"There are differences." Xu Fang thought for a while and added: "It is more appropriate to be self-respecting."
In other words, you think too highly of yourself, but you are not as greedy as Ni Heng?
"That's very good." Thinking of Mi Heng's virtue of looking at people through his nostrils, he looked at Xu Fang and Wang Zheng held his forehead, looking like he couldn't bear it: "People like Mi Heng are the best in our team.
I hope there won’t be a second one.”
"It's okay for me to be the general. What if one day this guy's mouth is so arrogant that the others are completely unable to step down? It will be difficult to do."
"Indeed." Xu Fang agreed and nodded repeatedly.
The two looked at each other again, couldn't help laughing at the same time, and burst out laughing.
The laughter was high and low, like the roar of tigers and dragons, coming out of the house, blending into the gloomy night, echoing in the silent Pengcheng, and connected with the lights in the mansion, showing the lonely moon and cold stars in the sky.
When the laughter subsided, Xu Fang's expression became serious and he suggested: "Chang Xi is indeed capable and has many soldiers and horses under his command. The general was just in Yangzhou that day. Now that he is back, I met him early and he shows that he values him.
You can also convince this person as soon as possible."
"I originally thought about sending a letter to the ban tomorrow and asking Wu Sheng to bring this person to Pengcheng to meet me." Wang Zheng nodded and said, "But after talking to you, I just thought about it..."
"This person took the initiative to lead the troops and horses to surrender, and indirectly helped us. He was able to capture Mount Tai with less effort. He can be considered a meritorious person."
"He is also a proud person. Since he is like this, he should show respect."
"This is our first meeting. It's not appropriate for him to come all the way to see you."
"The general wants to return to Kaiyang in person?" Xu Fang was startled and said, "What about Lu Bu..."
"With you and Zhang Zhao working together, what can Lu Bu do with a few people?" Wang Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "It won't be a problem."
The two chatted for a while, and the focus was nothing more than how to deal with it if Lu Bu provoked a war. After setting the tone of being the main defender, Xu Fang said goodbye and left as it was getting late. Wang Zheng got up and stretched his body to stretch his muscles.
, amidst the crackling sounds of bones, he walked to the window edge.
Open the window, the cool breeze blows in your face, bringing you a refreshing feeling.
After admiring the night scenery for a while, Wang Zheng sighed lightly. He rushed back to Pengcheng under the starry night for several days. His buttocks were not yet hot from sitting, and he would set off again tomorrow.
When I read history books in my previous life, I only saw those emperors, generals, and ministers who held power and appeared beautiful on the surface. Now I realize that no matter great men or mortals, high or low, most of their lives were actually trivial and hard work.
It's just that the former can pile up countless trivial things and toil into a great moment.
And this great moment can be engraved in history, so that everyone knows about this moment and him.
With such emotion, Wang Zheng was about to walk out of the study and along the corridor to return to the master bedroom. Suddenly he heard light footsteps coming from outside, as if someone was carefully stepping on the steps and approaching slowly.
, did not stop until in front of the door.
Immediately, the man carefully pushed them aside, revealing a moving face as bright as morning dew and as graceful as an epiphyllum.
It was Bu Wan'er.
She was holding a plate of cups in her hand, as if she was going to come in and serve tea to Wang Zheng, but unexpectedly she happened to bump into Wang Zheng who was walking out at this moment.
Within a short distance, their eyes met, Bu Wan's jade-like white cheeks suddenly turned red, she let out a soft cry, and lowered her head as if she could not control herself, and was unable to advance or retreat for a moment.
Just after talking about the war of iron and blood, Wang Zheng suddenly saw such a scene, which made Wang Zheng's eyes light up, and his heart suddenly became hot.
Is this trivial or great?
While walking on the veranda with Bu Wan'er in his arms, Wang Zheng suddenly had such a doubt in his mind.
...
Xuzhou, Xiapi County, Huailing City.
Above the city, the land was covered with black clouds.
Under the city gate, thousands of troops surrounded and blocked the city.
"Guan Sima, what does the state pastor's letter say?"
As soon as they stepped onto the city wall, several officers quickly came forward, surrounded a date-faced general, and started shouting.
"Brother ordered me to abandon the city." At this time, Guan Yu's face no longer had the arrogance of the past. Instead, his expression was gloomy, as if dripping water. He looked around for a while, and then slowly said this sentence like gritting his teeth.
.
"What?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and there was a sudden uproar.
"We have been victorious in battles these days." A subordinate couldn't help but shouted: "I wonder how many heads of these southern barbarians have been beheaded, why do you want us to abandon the city?"
"Yes." Another one also shouted: "As for Sima, there are tens of thousands of enemies, and the Yangzhou army is doubled, and our Huailing is also impregnable, with no possibility of falling, so why should we defeat ourselves without a fight?"
No wonder the crowd is excited.
Looking at the overall situation, it is true that Yuan Shu has the upper hand in the battle between Liu and Yuan at this time.
Not long ago, with the help of Wang Zhengxiang, Yan Xiang's troops attacked the three cities of Tangyi, Yuguo and Guangling, and then drove straight into it. In just half a month, Guangling County had been completely lost, and Liu Bei's small territory was once again conquered.
Significantly reduced.
Grain disaster
Later, taking advantage of the great victory, Yan Xiang divided his troops into two groups. One group was guarding Guangling City, while the other group was led by Yuan Yin with 4,000 troops. Three days ago, he directly broke through the mountains at the border between Xiapi and Guangling armies.
City, and then two groups attacked together to join Qiao Rui, who was mainly attacking Xiapi County.
As a result, the Yuan army currently approaching Huailing City has nearly 20,000 troops!
But even with such a powerful military front, under the pressure of the army, it still did not shake the military spirit, people's hearts, and even morale in the city at this time!
The reason is precisely because the generals of Huailing City are Liu Bei's sworn brothers, the Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty who will be powerful in China in the future, the martial sages Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang.
Since the garrison of Huailing, Guan Yu has been invincible.
First, the fighting generals in front of the formation killed Yuan Shu's general Zhao Xun with his sword, which directly caused the Yuan army's troops who captured Pi for the first time to collapse, and the soldiers fled in all directions.
Later, when it was Qiao Rui who led the army, Guan Yu was also as powerful as a rainbow. He attacked more with less and used the weak against the strong. He also won seven out of seven battles. Every time he attacked, he looked at him from all directions, and it was like he was in the midst of thousands of troops.
When Yuan Jun was beaten, he ran away with his head in his arms, and countless generals died under his Qinglong Yanyue Sword.
At its most exaggerated, Yuan Jun's camp retreated directly from Huailing City for hundreds of miles!
It can be said that at this time, the people in the city, the soldiers, and even the generals had almost unanimous opinions on Brother Guan.
Guan Sima is truly a god!
"Not only must we take the initiative to abandon the city, we must also fake defeat first." Guan Yu took the initiative and said at this time: "Yuan Shucai is powerful, and Yuan Jun has many soldiers and generals. After all, a small victory is useless. If we want to completely eliminate military disasters, let Yuan Shu
Retreat..."
These words seemed to explain to everyone, and also seemed to explain to himself. Guan Yu seemed to have finally figured it out: "A great victory is necessary!"
"If you want a great victory, you need to lure the enemy deep." After saying this, Guan Yu paused, looked down at Yuan Jun below the city from the crenellations of the city wall, and snorted heavily: "Huailing is not far enough from Jiujiang County!"
Guan Sima has already agreed?
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Most of them were locals. Even if they felt that Guan Yu's words made sense rationally, they found it difficult to accept them emotionally.
Not long after Liu Bei was appointed as the new governor of the state, his prestige was not enough. If he relied solely on his orders, the generals in Huailing City might not obey them. However, Guan Yu was different.
After these days, everyone has already become convinced of him.
"If we abandon the city..." At this time, a general muttered: "Once Yuan Jun takes the city, will he treat the folks in the city..."
"The elder brother only said that he should find a suitable opportunity in the near future to fake defeat first, and then abandon the city, but he didn't say to do it immediately!" Guan Yu glanced at the other party: "You can just move your family out of the city first."
He could tell right away what kind of bullshit folks they were. They were only worried about their wives, children, and families.
"Although it is a false defeat..." Another person carefully looked at Guan Yu's face and said, "But the thief doesn't know at this time. If he publicizes it in a big way, it will damage Sima Hu's power after all!"
Hearing this, Guan Yu's face darkened again.
This is also what makes him unhappy!
Who are Yuan Jiujiu's men? Who is this Qiao Rui? She is probably not as famous as his two daughters!
Is he worthy of letting Guan Yu fake defeat?
Looking back at Yuan Jun, Guan Yu looked up at the sky, feeling the cool wind blowing through his armor. He was silent for a long time, took a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "If you can bear this momentary humiliation, I can help you establish a good career for your eldest brother."
Help, hey..."
"This deal is quite cost-effective!"
"However, even a momentary humiliation cannot be in vain for Guan Yu!"
Guan Yu looked around at everyone, his eyes slowly narrowed, and as the murderous intention in his heart grew inch by inch, suddenly, everyone felt that the temperature around them was also dropping rapidly, as if they had returned from midsummer to the dead of winter in an instant.
"Qiao Rui, Yuan Yin..." Guan Yu was condescending, pointing to the general flags fluttering in the wind below the city, one after another: "There is also Yan Xiang!"
"Just wait and see."
As he was speaking, war drums were beating and footsteps were heard in the Yuan Army camp outside the city. Thousands of men and horses, stepping on the hard ground, holding various siege equipment, and shouting came up like a tide.
, carrying out an unknown number of sieges today.
No one moved at all, and Guan Yu's expression did not change, and he continued to speak one word at a time:
"Let's see how I kill him!"
...
Xuzhou, Pengchengguo, Wuxian.
County government lobby.
"Are you sure it's that guy?"
At this time, Lu Bu was dressed in regular clothes, sitting lazily on the main seat, playing with a toy in his hand, and asked casually.
On the left and right, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others were sitting upright.
"Although I have never seen this son." A middle-aged man said respectfully: "But judging from his age, he is able to command so many soldiers and horses, and he is also an elite tiger and wolf warrior.
In this country of Pengcheng, apart from Wang Zheng, the leader of thieves, there should be no other person."
"Old Qian." Zhang Liao on the side interrupted and asked: "You just said, where did Miss He meet this strange tribe?"
"It should be..." The middle-aged man named Qian thought for a moment and said, "We are approaching Lu County, Pengcheng."
"Luxian County?" Upon hearing this, Lu Bu snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you run so far?"
"This girl is used to being arrogant and ignorant. Why do you want to fool around with her?"
"It's a villain who has lost his sense of proportion." Seeing the unhappy look on his lord's face, the middle-aged man remained silent and quickly bowed his head, wanting to apologize.
"If it is there, the possibility is not small." Chen Gong, who had been silent from the beginning with a thoughtful expression on his face, spoke for the first time: "Your Majesty, when we came west, didn't Pengcheng guard Xu Fang tell Wang Zheng
Have you gone to Yangzhou to meet Yuan Shu?"
"I also heard that when the armies of Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were fighting a few days ago, the troops in Xiapi were unfavorable, but Guangling was advancing with great success, and its commander was a young general."
"At first, I thought it was the little overlord Sun Ce who was leading the army, but now it has always been Wang Zheng."
"Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were fighting. Why did Wang Zheng come to help?" Gao Shun on the side asked puzzledly: "If he had already taken action, why did he give up halfway when the outcome was still uncertain?"
"Liu Bei is a hero. Even if he is not as powerful as Yuan Shu at this time, his threat is still far higher." Chen Gong narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "This Zhuzi helped Yuan Shu and wanted to drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou. He is obviously very discerning. He can see this.
Already."
"As for why you gave up halfway and turned back in a hurry..." Zhang Liao also laughed loudly at this time, raised his hand slightly towards Lu Bu, and interjected: "It must be because our general came to Xuzhou."
Makes sense!
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in approval.
"It's a good thing that this son is so afraid of the prince." Chen Gong also said with a smile: "Since the real master is back, the prince, why don't you write a letter and invite him to get together."
Before Lu Bu could answer, Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said, "Sir, this man is considered to be in a high position now, how can he step into the tiger's den personally?"
"What tiger's den?" Chen Gong shook his head: "This Wuxian County is under his rule."
"Is there any reason why the ruler of the country would not want to be in the country?"
"If this guy excuses himself and refuses, on the one hand it will be a sign of weakness, and it will be a loss of energy. On the other hand, we can take the opportunity to turn against the guest."
"If he doesn't want to come to Wuxian, it's okay..." At this point, Chen Gongchang laughed and stroked the thin beard under his lips, his face full of confidence and calmness:
"The palace is willing to serve as an envoy to Pengcheng!"