Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 139 Wei Yan: This General Yue, you don’t want to either...

Yuezhou is wearing the standard armor of Qi State generals and sitting astride a horse. Looking from a distance, he looks quite heroic and majestic.

But if you look closer, you will find that Yuezhou's face is full of blank expression.

Who knows how much humiliation he experienced that day.

He wanted to die that day, but the Chu general named Wei did not kill him. Instead, he had his hands and feet tied and hung upside down on a branch, head and feet, saying that he wanted to give him a taste of Ji Shifu's methods, and then It's never too late to make a decision.

Yuezhou laughed loudly at that time and said, Even if he was cut into pieces by a thousand swords, Te would never frown.

If he even asks for mercy, he is not a good man of Qi!

But the man named Wei Yan just looked at him with a smile, and then asked his soldiers to cover his face with a smelly and torn silk cloth.

The extremely fishy smell was still vivid in his memory in Yuezhou even after a day or two.

Then, he noticed that the Chu man began to pour water on the rags.

The bad feeling in his heart became more and more intense...

Pieces of silk cloth were folded one after another to cover his face, and cold water droplets flowed down his face.

The gradually increasing sense of suffocation and the shadow of slowly drowning swallowed up his rationality bit by bit and amplified his fear.

This kind of physical and psychological torture is far more terrifying than the so-called sword attack and death with a thousand cuts.

Yuezhou finally understood why Wei Yan just looked at him as if he were a warrior...

The punishments inflicted by the Chu State's Editorial Office make people want to die even if they want to!
So, in the end, Yuezhou gave in.

He surrendered and became the person he said he despised.

He watched helplessly as the Chu army transferred the grain he had worked so hard to transport to the people of Supu County. With the other party's gratitude, he left the county and headed for the next goal.

He even heard with his own ears that the gentry elders in the county dared to tell the Chu army that there was a large military horse farm about two hundred miles north of Supu County, with at least nearly three thousand horses in it.

However, to get there, you have to pass through several villages and towns and cross the Fengshou River.

Then, Yuezhou saw the two Chu generals huddled together and muttered for a while, then turned their malicious eyes towards him.

Yuezhou had a feeling for the first time.

He, a dignified Qi general, might really become a traitor to Da Qi this time...

The next day, his hunch came true.

"General Yue, you don't want to experience yesterday's life being worse than death, right?"

Under the unceremonious threat from the other party, Yuezhou, who looked humiliated, had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree. He would go northward to cover the Chu army and pretend to open the city for them, so that the Chu army could move north smoothly.

Being a traitor for the first time, Yuezhou couldn't let go either physically or psychologically.

But after doing it too much, he simply broke the jar and threw it, and his whole body became completely numb.

Yuezhou dared to bet that none of the generals in Qi State were as skilled as he was in cheating on the city.

……

The two thousand Qi troops just followed the wind and the current, all the way north.

Looking at Fengkou County in the distance, Wei Yan turned his head and showed a smile to Yuezhou.

"Next, there is General Laoyue."

Although he is his own prisoner, if he were not going north during this period, he would not know how much trouble he would have caused, so Wei Yan was willing to betray him to save face.

Fengkou County was chosen because it is the largest county on the south bank of the Fengshou River and the best place to cross the river. The bank is open, the water is gentle, and there are a large number of ships for the Chu army to use.

As long as they capture this place and cross the Fengshou River, the Chu army can go straight to the horse farm as quickly as possible.

Yuezhou smiled bitterly in his heart, but on the surface he said: "General Wei is joking. What the defeated general of Yuezhou is doing now is just to survive. However, along the way, although he deceived several villages, time has passed. For a long time, the news will inevitably be leaked. Please prepare for the worst, general."

Wei Yan glanced at Yuezhou lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, General Yue will do his best. If it really doesn't work, it won't be too late to attack again."

With himself, a ninth-grade master, in charge, he was not afraid of any accidents.

In this ordinary village, the chance of a master appearing is extremely slim.

After hearing Wei Yan's words, Yuezhou breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hands towards Wei Yan and Gao Lan, and led several Wei Yan soldiers pretending to be his personal guards, as well as nearly a thousand "Qi troops", on horseback towards the distance. Rushing to the countryside.

Watching Yuezhou's figure gradually disappear, Gao Lan walked to Wei Yan and whispered:
"Chang Wen, I think Yuezhou may be up to something."

Wei Yan glanced at Gao Lan in surprise and asked:

"How did you know?"

Gao Lan snorted from his nostrils and said:
"I asked the prisoners, and from their mouths, I learned that Yuezhou has an upright and cautious character, and has always been loyal to Qi. The surrender now is just because of your Wen Chang's methods, so he has to compromise. But how could he Watching you and I lead the troops to rob this military horse farm, something will definitely happen. The previous ones are just to paralyze you and me. "

Wei Yan was quite surprised when he heard what Gao Lan said.

You, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, can now analyze intelligence?

And this analysis sounds quite reasonable.

Although he thought so in his heart, Wei Yan was noncommittal on the surface.

"What the general said is just a guess. You and I are prepared and just wait and see what happens."

After that, Wei Yan asked the remaining [-] soldiers under his command to rest in the woods beside the road. He waited for Yuezhou to pretend to open the city gate, then swarmed up and captured Fengkou County.

At the same time, Yuezhou rode a war horse, escorted by his "personal guards", to about fifty steps outside Fengkou County, and shouted loudly to the guard on the wall who was watching him nervously:
"I am the grain transport officer Yuezhou, and I have been ordered by General Xie to transport grain and grass to the front line. Now I am returning and passing through Fengkou County. I just want to let the soldiers enter the city to have a rest. Why do you close the city gate and send me and the general Are your brothers isolated? Let your county magistrate come out and respond!"

Following Yuezhou's words, nearly a thousand soldiers behind him waved their weapons in unison, shouting loudly, "Open the door, open the door quickly."

The iron spearheads and swords reflected a dazzling light under the sunlight, making the soldiers on the city tremble with fear.

Behind the city wall, the county magistrate Xu Xin, who had received the news, looked at the crowd below and felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

Early this morning, he got a report from the magistrate of a neighboring county, saying that in the past few days, the Chu army had pretended to be the Qi army, pretending to open the city gates and plunder the county's grain. Unfortunately, he fell into the trap, so he sent someone specially. Take a shortcut and inform the surrounding villages and counties not to fall into the Chu people's tricks.

Unexpectedly, I received news early in the morning that before noon arrived, the enemy had already arrived at the city.

There are only less than [-] soldiers in their county who are poorly trained. How can they defeat these Chu troops who are like wolves and tigers?
"If I open the door, by the time the other party enters the city, the situation will be over."

"But if I don't open the door, how can Fengkou, a small town with four or five hundred soldiers, be the opponent of these wolves and tigers of the Chu army? If I make the other party unhappy and bloodbath the entire county, then I will be guilty. Big.”

What can be done about the current situation?
After thinking about it, Xu Xin couldn't think of a good way, so she was so worried that she pulled off several beards one after another.

"Sir, are you worried about thieves?"

At this moment, a voice sounded in Xu Xin's ear.

Xu Xin nodded subconsciously, then woke up, quickly turned to look at a young man beside her, and asked urgently:

"Does Lieutenant Xiao have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"

This young man's surname was Xiao and his name was Chengji. He was about 25 or [-] years old. He was eight feet tall, had arms and waist, and a thin face. He was a newly appointed county captain in Fengkou County and was quite brave.

After Xiao Chengji took office, he wiped out all thieves around Fengkou County. Therefore, he gained the trust of the county magistrate Xu Xin and often listened to his opinions on military affairs.

Now, seeing Xu Xin questioning him, Xiao Chengji smiled and said:
"Don't worry, sir. Xiao is from the same hometown as Yuezhou. I have heard of his reputation and know that this person is not a traitorous person seeking glory. There must be reasons for this. Someone has a plan to destroy the Chu army. , to share your worries."

Xu Xin was overjoyed when she heard this and asked hurriedly: "What's the plan?"

He didn't care about Yuezhou's difficulties at all. What he wanted most now was to invite or destroy the Chu army under the city.

Xiao Chengji said: "My plan may cause you great injustice."

"As long as I can send, ah no, kill these Chu troops, it doesn't matter if I suffer a little injustice."

Xu Xin nodded quickly in agreement.

After glancing at his chief officer, Xiao Chengji looked at the soldiers outside the city, then looked toward the woods in the distance, and said, "In that case, please open the city and surrender, and welcome the Chu army into the city?"

"You, what did you say?!"

Hearing what Xiao Chengji said, Xu Xin almost thought she was hearing hallucinations.

Kaesong surrender, what kind of joke is this? !

Xiao Chengji pointed to the woods outside the city and said: "Look, sir, there are no birds flying out of the woods, which means there must be an ambush. There are more than a thousand soldiers under the city alone, and they are defending according to the county, and they cannot resist it. What's more, there are ambushes. They can't fight and defend, and they can't think of any other way except surrendering in Kaicheng. But in my opinion, as long as they welcome the opponent into the county seat, they can make peace quietly. If General Yue gets in touch, there may be a way to deal with these Chu troops. I am a little short-sighted and in a hurry, I can only come up with this method. It depends on whether you dare to take this gamble, sir."

Xu Xin looked at the soldiers on the left and right, and saw that each of them was cowering and their hands and feet were trembling. He knew that these city guards alone could not stop the opponent at all. He thought about it again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Okay, I will make this bet with Lieutenant Xiao County!"

If the city gate is not opened, when the Chu army breaks through the county seat, as the leader of the county, he will undoubtedly die. In this case, it is better to take a gamble as Xiao Chengji said.

"Then the magistrate of Fengkou County said that he was unable to resist the heavenly army and could only open the city gates to welcome the heavenly army into the city. He also said that he hoped that we would not disturb the people?"

In the woods, Wei Yan and Gao Lan, who were resting, heard the news from the soldiers from the front and couldn't help but look at each other.

It was like a punch hitting cotton, making their prepared backhand completely useless.

Wei Yan was not surprised that the other party was able to see through Yuezhou's tricks to deceive the city.

It had been nearly three days since he landed, and there were three or five towns and cities that he had conquered along the way.

No matter how dull the Qi people were, in the past few days, the news that they were pretending to be Qi soldiers to defraud the city had already spread in the surrounding area.

Wei Yan and Gao Lan had already made psychological preparations for this in private. They had their soldiers ambush in the woods outside the city today in preparation for the failure of the city.Unexpectedly, both of them had taken off their pants, and when they were about to get there, the magistrate of Fengkou County suddenly came to them.

"There are capable people in this county." Wei Yan smiled and said to Gao Lan, "This County Magistrate Xu is smart. He knew he couldn't defeat us, so he decisively broke out of the city and surrendered. He was even willing to provide supplies and send us Cross the Fengshou River. Hey, interesting!"

Gao Lan reached out and scratched his head, looking confused.

"If this guy does this, isn't he afraid that the Emperor of Qi will cause trouble for him after you and I leave?"

Wei Yan put his arms around Gao Lan's shoulders and said with a smile: "Old Gao, you don't understand. What do you think the Emperor of Qi will think if you and I really succeed this time? This Dongchang Prefecture is the only one in Dongchang Prefecture. Most of the land was harmed by the Chu army and suffered heavy losses. Although Fengkou County endured hardships, it was well preserved. Under such circumstances, even if it was to set an example, he would not embarrass the county named Xu too much. The order, at most, is just a few edicts and reprimands."

"If it's Magistrate Xu again, if he doesn't surrender now and defends the city, he will die when you and I break the city. Do you think it's more important, your own life, or being reprimanded by the emperor in the future?"

Gao Lan said without thinking:
"Of course your life is important! If your life is gone, then the Emperor of Qi will not be able to reprimand you even if you want to."

At this point, Gao Lan realized something and said seriously to Wei Yan:

"Chief Wen, this guy is just trying to protect himself, so he has to surrender. Although you and I can use force to suppress any dissatisfaction, we must be careful. You said there are capable people in the county. If you see that you are invincible, you may turn to wisdom. Pick."

Wei Yansurong said:
"General Gao reminded me well. You and I are in enemy territory. We should be cautious no matter when and where we are."

"Didn't the man named Xu send an envoy out of the city to negotiate terms with me? Then you and I will listen to what Magistrate Xu wants to say."

With that said, he ordered the guards beside him to let the envoy come over.

Soon, the envoy sent by Xu Xin was searched by the soldiers and after confirming that he did not carry any weapons, he was released and followed a Chu soldier who was leading the way towards the forest.

Entering the woods, Xiao Chengji glanced left and right inadvertently, and he saw that the forest was full of Chu soldiers standing or sitting in armor and holding swords.

After roughly estimating the quantity, Xiao Chengji felt a chill in his heart.

More than a thousand people!
Moreover, he looked full of energy, and the weapons in his hands and the leather armor on his body were well maintained. At first glance, he was the elite of the Chu army.

However, the elite soldiers of the Chu army did not go to fight with Marshal Zhang, but instead came to Dongchang Mansion quietly...

Xiao Chengji felt that he seemed to have vaguely grasped a clue, but because his official position was too low and he had too little information, he was unable to make a judgment.

But the only thing that is certain is that these Chu soldiers definitely came to Dongchang Mansion with a secret mission!

Although Xiao Chengji was frightened, his face showed no emotion. He lowered his head and followed the soldiers leading the way. After taking a few steps, his whole body could not help but tremble, as if he was worried about the road ahead and the Chu army beside him. The soldiers were full of fear.

Wei Yan's personal guard who was leading the way saw this scene inadvertently and smiled secretly in his heart.

I thought that there were generous and heroic people among this group of people, but I didn't expect that this messenger, like the captured general named Men, shouted loudly, and came to the weaklings who were competing with each other.

"General Men" is the private name for Yuezhou by Chu soldiers.

The general also said that there are capable people in this county. Now it seems that the county magistrate can send such a courageous guy, which shows that his general is overly worried.

"Don't be afraid of the envoy. My general said that since your master is willing to surrender, our army will naturally not embarrass the envoy."

The guard smiled and comforted Xiao Chengji.

Noticing the flash of contempt in the other person's eyes, Xiao Chengji sneered in his heart and said:
"It's very good now. Please ask the general to lead the way."

"As for the general, I am just a pawn under my general's command."

The guard said as he led Xiao Chengji to where Wei Yangao Lan was.

The two of them were sitting on a bluestone in an open area in the forest. The weeds around them had been simply cleaned up by the guards, so they looked quite clean.

"Well, that's my general." The guard said to Xiao Chengji.

Xiao Chengji looked up and saw a middle-aged man in his 30s sitting in the main seat.

This man was quite tall, wearing the standard armor of a Qi army general. His face was like a jujube, and his eyes were like bright stars. His whole person exuded an unruly air from the inside out.

This must be the general the soldier was talking about.

Next to the red-faced general, there was a middle-aged general with a square face, who seemed to be the deputy general of this team.

"Is this the county magistrate's envoy?"

Wei Yan looked at the young man led by his guards, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a half-smile.

Upon hearing the other party's question, Xiao Chengji trembled in time, saluted Wei Yan and Gao Lan, and then spoke timidly.

"Xiao Chengji, I have met two generals. I have been ordered by Magistrate Xu to come here to discuss surrender with your army."

Wei Yan looked Xiao Chengji up and down before speaking:
"General Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang, this person next to me is my deputy, Gao Lan. Since your county magistrate is willing to surrender, I don't want to commit more killings. After all, this Dongchang Mansion is my hometown of Dachu, and I have killed many people before." Too much will damage the reputation of our emperor."

Having said this, Wei Yan leaned forward, stared at the other person, and said word by word:
"I hope you and Magistrate Na Xu will not misunderstand. I am just unwilling, not unable. If your conditions cannot satisfy me, then I will have no choice but to let my brothers take care of themselves. In this way, You, the messenger, can understand it after thinking about it, right?"

Facing Wei Yan's aggressive gaze, Xiao Chengji felt a chill in his heart. He quickly lowered his head and said repeatedly with fear on his face:
"The villain understands, the villain understands."

Seeing the other party acting like this, Wei Yan laughed and said, "Now that I understand, let's talk about your conditions."

Xiao Chengji pretended to have his throat rolling a few times, calmed down, and then began to answer according to the sentences he and the county magistrate Xu Xin had planned earlier.

"The villain dare not hide anything from the general. This time the general is approaching the city. The county magistrate is responsible for guarding the land, blocking the city to resist the enemy, and dealing with the general. But he thinks of the war, how can the people in the city be blamed? For the thousands of people in the city , in order to save Fengkou County from the war, the county magistrate is willing to surrender to the general."

Hearing this, Gao Lan looked Xiao Chengji up and down, then sneered and said roughly:

"It sounds like you, a small and broken county town, can stop my Chu army from attacking the city? You surrendered quite quickly. It's a pity that my military exploits can only grow wings and fly!"

"I, I, you..."

Facing Gao Lan's complaints, Xiao Chengji was speechless and froze on the spot, not knowing how to answer for a while.

After all, what the Chu general named Gao said was damn true.

If they really want to fight, they really can't beat each other...

"Okay, Lao Gao, don't embarrass the other party." Wei Yan signaled Gao Lan not to say more with his eyes, and then said warmly, "Xiao Chengji, right? Don't pay attention to him and continue to talk about your conditions."

"Thank you, General Wei."

Xiao Chengji bowed his hand to Wei Yan, calmed down, and then continued: "Master Xu said that the general led his army here, presumably because he wanted to cross the peak of the peak from the mouth of the peak to the north. Therefore, my master is willing to provide you with everything. Boats to help the two generals’ soldiers cross the Fengshou River, and at the same time, we are willing to provide as much food, grass and baggage as we can to show our sincerity.”

When Wei Yan heard the conditions offered by the other party, he looked at each other and nodded without any trace.

It was very different from what the two of them thought just now, including boats crossing the river and sufficient supplies of food and fodder.

acceptable.

"So, what are your conditions?" Wei Yan asked.

Xiao Chengji glanced at Gao Lan timidly, then bowed deeply to the two of them and said:
"The county magistrate has nothing more to ask for than that the general can restrain his subordinates and refrain from killing people in Fengkou County. Of course, if the general agrees and can lead the army to stay outside the county seat and not enter the city, that would be great. As long as the general can agree, my lord promises to immediately mobilize manpower, collect boats, and allow the general's soldiers to cross the river as soon as possible."

Gao Lan on the side spoke again.

"Your county magistrate thinks of us as plague gods. He wants to send us away immediately, right?"

Xiao Chengji looked at Wei Yan with a bitter look on his face.

How should he answer this?
He couldn't say that not only Magistrate Xu, but also himself, wanted to send the Chu army in front of him back to the west right away...

"Lao Gao, stop talking!"

Wei Yan glared at Gao Lan, thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

"Okay, we, the Chu army, are not indiscriminate killers. As long as your county magistrate can provide enough ships and food, we will not enter the city, let alone kill people first."

Here, Wei Yan kept an eye on it.

You won't do it if you actively hurt someone, but you can do passive counterattacks.

Hearing that Wei Yan agreed, Xiao Chengji was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, general, for your promise."

As he spoke, he said with an embarrassed look on his face: "My lord, it's just that if the general just agrees verbally, it won't work. It's better to create a written document, which can also be used as proof. Showing the written letter to the people in the city can also make them feel at ease and concentrate." energy to help the general find ships.”

Hearing this, Wei Yan smiled and said: "This county magistrate is interesting, and he can also think about the people in the city. Anyway, since I have promised, I will not break the promise easily. Since I want to prove it, just write one."

Soon, Wei Yan asked someone to get a pen and paper, write down the corresponding matters on it, and give it to Xiao Chengji to take it back and resume his life.

Before Xiao Chengji left, Wei Yan looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had reached the middle. He knew that no matter how fast he moved, it would be too late to cross the river today, so he said to Xiao Chengji: "Since you and I have agreed on the terms, then go back and tell your family Sir, we need to send the food, clothing, and food we need out of the city immediately, and they must be delivered tonight."

"We also need to collect ships as soon as possible. Early tomorrow morning, our army will cross the Huaihe River. When the time comes, if your master has not done so, it will be a breach of contract. Don't blame me for being ruthless."

After saying that, Wei Yan snorted coldly.

After receiving the signal, the surrounding soldiers raised their swords and guns and started shouting and making noise.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Chengji was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"General, don't worry, general, don't worry. I will definitely bring the general's words when I go back. Tomorrow morning, Mr. Xu will prepare a boat to help the general cross the river. Please don't be angry, general."

Wei Yan and Gao Lan both laughed when they saw the envoy named Xiao Chengji tremblingly walking out of the woods towards the county seat while confessing his crime.

After laughing, Wei Yanfang said with some confusion:

"How can a warrior with a seventh-level cultivation be so timid? I always feel something is strange in my heart. You guys, please go quietly and find out what the envoy named Xiao is doing in Fengkou County? "

At this time, being sent by the county magistrate as an envoy would not be far behind if he were not a close confidant.

Wei Yan always felt that something went smoothly this time, so he thought of sending someone to secretly investigate the identity of the envoy.

(End of this chapter)