Chapter 220 Cut off one of his ears (to make up for what was missing in yesterday’s earthquake)
"Liu Zhang is scared. With my general here, the Sichuan bandits have been defeated one after another. Liu Zhang is here to negotiate peace..."
Li Yan and the other Jingzhou generals looked angrily at the chubby general. His name was Zhang De, and he was the cousin of Liu Biao's sister's son, Zhang Yun, the deputy commander of the Jingzhou navy.
Zhang De originally came to Gu Xiangyang to mobilize troops on the orders of Cai Mao, but just when the Sichuan army destroyed the corridor, Zhang De did not dare to go back alone, so he became the leader in Gu Xiangyang.
Zhang De basically did nothing else except eating and drinking every day in ancient Xiangyang. He didn't sleep with his daughters, he didn't give random orders, he didn't care about military affairs, and he didn't interfere in military affairs. Every time Xu Shu waited for the Jingzhou generals to discuss matters, he would just eat aside. The Jingzhou generals simply
I feel that Zhang Detai gave birth to him just for food.
Zhang De had two problems. First, he was afraid of death. Originally, the Sichuan army had not laid siege to the city. He could still return to Xiangyang with a few fast horses. However, Zhang De was afraid of meeting Sichuan army scouts and would not go back even if he was beaten to death. Second, because of his good service, he did not want to go back.
He handled military affairs, but every time he won a battle and defeated the Sichuan army, he was the most elated and had to preach to the soldiers.
Xu Shu and other generals were worried about dealing with the fierce attack of the Sichuan army. When they heard that Liu Zhang had sent an envoy to negotiate peace, Zhang De actually claimed that he was the one who took the credit. The generals were very angry, but Xu Shu did not express his position and took advantage of him.
There is no way.
Xu Shu's face was expressionless. He was used to Zhang De's ugly appearance. He didn't pay attention to this kind of wine bag and rice bag. Xu Shu tapped his index finger on the edge of the sand table and slowly said to the soldiers: "Call the Sichuan Army envoy to come in."
Xu Shu would not believe that someone like Liu Zhang would come to negotiate peace at this time.
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"Your Excellency, Yang Zishang, I have seen Military Advisor Xu." The Sichuan Army envoy was an old man with a gray beard. He looked about fifty years old and was slovenly. His hands and feet were tied up like Li Yan. His face was red and his back was a little hunched.
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"Yang Zishang? I've never heard of Liu Zhang's subordinates like this?" Li Yan looked at Yang Zishang up and down, wondering.
"Haha, this is Li Yan and Li Sima. I am not a minister of the Sichuan Army. I used to do carpentry work in the countryside of Baichuan. Now I am a carpenter in the Sichuan Army, responsible for making smooth wheels for catapults." Yang Zishang laughed happily.
typical.
"Hahaha." Jingzhou generals laughed.
"Hahahahaha." Yang Zishang laughed loudly, even more exaggeratedly than the generals in Jingzhou. One person's laughter covered the entire lobby, his mouth opened wide, and his beard and hair trembled.
"Liu Zhang has no one under his command, so he sent a carpenter as an envoy." Zhang De finished eating the barbecue, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, walked over with a bump in his stomach, and looked at Yang Zishang with disdain. "Oops.
Old man, why are you laughing?"
"A group of people are standing on their own graves and laughing. Isn't this ridiculous?" After Yang Zishang finished speaking, he laughed again. He punched the big red pillar next to him with his laughing fist, looking at the Jingzhou generals in the hall as if they were nothing.
"What did you say?" A group of Jingzhou military generals stepped forward angrily, thinking that they were all Jingzhou generals, and now they were humiliated by a carpenter sent by the Sichuan army. How could they not be angry? Xu Shu stopped the generals and glanced at Yang Zishangdao
: "Messenger, why did Liu Zhang ask you to come? Are you here to negotiate peace?"
Seeing that this carpenter's face remained unchanged in the lobby where Jingzhou generals gathered, and he was talking and laughing freely, you knew that he was definitely not an ordinary carpenter. Xu Shu did not mean to look down upon him, nor did he have that intention.
"Talk about peace? What a joke." Yang Zishang said contemptuously: "Now our Sichuan army is at its peak, your Jingzhou army is at the end of its powerful crossbows, and Xiangyang is a small town with a snap of its fingers. Liu Biao secretly communicated with Cao Cao and betrayed the clan. My lord is the emperor's uncle.
How can you make peace with the rebellious ministers and traitors when you take it as your duty to help the great Han? Yang Zishang is here specifically to persuade you to surrender and save the lives of all the princes."
"The old man is talking arrogantly and doesn't want to live anymore." A Jingzhou general stepped out.
Li Yan sneered and said: "Mr. Yang, I'm afraid you've exaggerated. These days, when the Sichuan Army attacked the city, our Jingzhou soldiers resisted bravely. The Sichuan Army attacked fiercely, but they didn't take advantage of it for half a day. Yesterday, we saw you burying thousands of corpses."
Corpse, I’m afraid it’s you who are at the end of your rope, right?”
"My surname is Yang Zi, not Yang." Yang Zishang said slowly and calmly.
Li Yan's face suddenly turned red with anger. He only thought that Zishang was the name of Yang Zishang, but he didn't expect that these grassroots people with weird surnames and he was considered a well-educated person would actually make such a mistake.
Speechless to answer.
Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and calmly said to Yang Zishang: "Mr. Yang Zi, why did Liu Zhang ask you to persuade him to surrender? According to Xu Shu, the Sichuan Army is probably more miserable than my Jingzhou Army. I don't know how long your food can last."
Today, the scorching sun is shining in the sky, and the soldiers are not accustomed to the climate and are suffering. I think you should return to Yizhou as early as possible to avoid losing innocent lives."
"That's it, go back to Yizhou as soon as possible." After hearing Xu Shu's words, the generals were greatly relieved.
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. The withered bones in the tomb are still stern in appearance." Yang Zishang shook his head one after another, looked at the Jingzhou generals, pointed at them one by one and said: "Look at each of you, Xu Shu, you don't distinguish between right and wrong, and you don't know what is inside or outside.
It is pitiful to work for a tiger, to submit to the fate of a traitor, to fall into a devil's cave but to enjoy it like a meal.
Li Yan is conceited about his talent and succumbs to his position. He is unwilling but cowardly and decisive. It is a pity.
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Han Song, who was poor and unrepentant, lived in seclusion in Lixi Mountain. He was a scholar, but he was forced to work by Liu Biao. He humiliated and obeyed orders, refused to accept his advice, and still did not wake up, which is hateful.
And you..."
Yang Zishang walked up to Zhang De who was sitting on the steps and glanced at the barbecue plate in the corner: "There is still a drop of oil on the nose."
Yang Zishang scolded Jingzhou Wenwu one by one, returned to the center of the hall and said loudly: "A group of pitiful, deplorable and hateful people who don't know they are about to die. I, Yang Zishang, have come to save your lives. You should bow down and bow down."
You thank me, but you use strong words to make excuses. As soon as my army arrives, you will all be buried with Liu Biao."
"Presumptuous." Zhang De wiped the oil from his nose, jumped up from the ground, and said angrily to Yang Zishang: "How dare you speak rudely to this general? Come here, drag him out and chop him down."
"Absolutely not possible." Xu Shu shouted hurriedly.
Zhang De walked up to Xu Shu and asked softly: "Is this old guy right? We are really going to die?" Zhang De has the advantage of not being ashamed to ask.
Xu Shu pondered and said: "This man's words are empty, meaningless, and he is just threatening." Xu Shu knew that Liu Zhang would not come to ask for peace, but Xu Shu really couldn't imagine why Liu Zhang came to persuade him to surrender.
"Then it's okay, hahaha." Zhang De laughed loudly, turned to Yang Zishang and said: "Yangzi, if you imitate Yangzi and kneel down to beg me, I will spare your life. Otherwise, I can only let you go."
Your brain is out."
"Hahaha." The generals laughed, feeling good about Zhang De for the first time.
At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Reporting to the military advisor, General Zhang, the Sichuan army built a dam on the upper reaches of the Han River, cutting off the water in the moat, and the water volume of the river in the city was also greatly reduced."
"Ah?" The generals were shocked and looked at each other. Zhang De suddenly became nervous and said anxiously to Xu Shu: "Sir, the Sichuan army is going to flood the city. Please think of a way. Think of a way." Zhang De
His anxious face was pinched in one place.
Xu Shu sighed inwardly, and Li Yan on the side said stiffly to Zhang De: "Don't worry, General Zhang. Sir, you have anticipated the Sichuan Army's move. The water channels in the city have been dredged, and the reservoirs and sidewalks have been opened. The Sichuan Army's move will
Just be generous and laugh, and nothing will happen."
Li Yan only hated that someone like Zhang De, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, could be his boss. Although Yang Zishang, a carpenter, did not seem to be the material of a lobbyist, Li Yan couldn't wait to follow Yang Zishang.
"Is everything going to be okay?" Zhang De didn't believe Li Yan and stared at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu nodded helplessly.
"Really?" Zhang De was still unsure.
Xu Shu looked at Zhang Deyuan's shiny face and wished he could stab him with a sword. He suppressed the impatience in his heart and said calmly: "Really."
"Haha." Zhang De was happy again. When he came to ancient Xiangyang, Cai Mao asked him to pick on Xu Shu, but Cai secretly told him to listen more to Xu Shu and not to interfere with the defense of the city. Zhang De has always been good at accepting people.
Yan, now he picks Xu Shu's thorns, records them secretly, and listens to Xu Shu's words.
Since Xu Shu said it was okay, then it must be okay.
Zhang De suddenly became bolder and said arrogantly to the sergeants on both sides: "Why are you still standing there? Are my general's words useless? Drag this sheep out and chop off the head of the hanging city for three days."
"No, General Zhang." Xu Shu shouted.
Zhang De turned around and said: "Sir, didn't you say that the Sichuan army is nothing to worry about? In that case, what's the use of keeping this arrogant person? It's better to kill him to frighten the Sichuan army. Does Xu Shu have sympathy for the Sichuan thieves?"
Xu Shu frowned, and his intuition told him that Liu Zhang and Fazheng would not have known about the flood control methods in ancient Xiangyang, so they would not have used such a poor strategy. However, he could not imagine what the Sichuan army had planned. He could only say: "The two armies are fighting, and they will not be killed."
Come, General, think twice."
"That's it..." Zhang De was a little embarrassed, his round head tilted, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "Then cut off one of Yang Zishang's ears..."
Just when Xu Shu was about to speak, Zhang De said coldly: "Sir, if you tell me not to kill the envoy, I will not kill him. If you try to persuade me again, but you can't make sense, you will be suspected of collaborating with the enemy."
Xu Shu shook his head, and finally had nothing to say. He walked to the sand table to see the military situation of the two armies. Li Yan followed him, glanced at the arrogant Zhang De, and said to Xu Shu: "Zhang De is so rude.
No sir, Gu Xiangyang has been lost long ago, and why is he so arrogant and domineering?"
Xu Shu sighed: "Stop talking, it's more important to think about how to fight against the Sichuan army. Although this virtue is lazy and greedy for life, at least it won't cause trouble so let him go."
Li Yan snorted, opened his eyebrows and said to Xu Shu: "Sir, the Sichuan army finally came up with a water attack. It seems that the Sichuan army has nothing to do with the city these days. Liu Zhang and Fazheng have nothing to do. As long as they attack by water, they
There is only one chance, and with Mr. here, this chance is almost zero. It seems that we are going to win."
"I hope so." Xu Shu said three words, but there was deep sadness on his face. (To be continued.