Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 184 Rats in Hanzhong
As sent by Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, Yuan Yue, the commander-in-chief of Quren, went south from Micang Road from Hanzhong to attack Brazil County. After arriving in Brazil County, he never got anything from Gao Pei, the general of Anton Zhonglang who was guarding Brazil County. The good thing was that Gao Pei almost killed him in a sudden attack led by his troops.

Therefore, since Yuan Yuan went south to Brazil County, he had a deep resentment in his chest that he could not vent, making him happy all the time and thinking about revenge against Gao Peiyi and Er.

Now Yuan Yue was happy. Relying on Pu Hu's plan, they pretended to be business travelers, and Pu An, a local who often came to Baiqu Market to trade, was a familiar face and confused the soldiers guarding Baiqu Market. , deceived the city gate of Baiqu Market.

In the eyes of Pu Hu and Yuan Yue, the Baiqu Market with the city gate wide open looked like a young girl who had taken off all her clothes. They led their men to do evil, burn, kill and rape in this market. He relieved the resentment accumulated in his chest during this period of time.

Yuan Yue commanded his men to break down doors everywhere to rob the property of the merchants living in the city. At the same time, he did not forget to ask Pu Hu next to him about his doubts: "Brother Pu, you said that some time ago, that arrogant Gao Pei He chased us so closely, following our tracks and sticking close to us, that we almost fell into his hands. In the past few days, Gao Pei has disappeared, and he no longer follows our tracks to kill us, but He suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to Hanchang, what is the reason for this?... Could it be that his wife is about to give birth, or his mother is about to get married."

Regarding the sudden withdrawal of troops by Gao Pei, who had been chasing the two men, Yuan Yue asked Pu Hu. At the same time, he, who was straightforward by nature, had had enough of Gao Pei's insults during this period, and made two malicious guesses. A possible result, and successfully made him laugh, and burst into laughter for a while.

Pu Hu was deep in thought. When he heard Yuan Yue joking, he did not join in the chatting and laughing. He shook his head with his expression still silent and rejected Yuan Yue's joking guess: "When the general went on an expedition, if he suddenly withdrew his troops, it must be domestic." Something went wrong, so there would be such an operation that is not in line with the law of war... According to someone, Gao Pei suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to Hanchang. There should be something wrong with Chengdu, and Gao Pei would ignore it and leave you and me. , lead the troops back to Hanchang."

"What's wrong in Chengdu? What's wrong?" Yuan Yue asked.

Pu Hu frowned and explained impatiently: "How do I know? I haven't placed spies in Chengdu to detect every move in Chengdu. Anyway, there must be something wrong in Chengdu, or there is something behind Brazil County." Compared with external troubles, dealing with internal troubles is more urgent."

"Oh." Yuan Yue responded to Pu Hu's answer carelessly. He did not think too much about what happened in Chengdu or Brazil County. It was not important to him. What was important was that he lost Gao Pei's life. Constraint, he and Pu Hu can use their hands and feet to prevent their hands and feet from being tied up like when Gao Pei was staring at them earlier. They need to deal with Gao Pei as the first priority.

After conquering the Baiqu Market and deciding the overall situation, Yuan Yue sighed to Pu Hu: "Now that the Baiqu Market has been captured, it is not without merit to go south to attack Brazil County this time. When the time comes, the treasures from the market will be carried there." When the goods return to Nanzheng and meet the master, they can also say something and promote the martial prowess of our people, so that the Han'er generals under the master know that in terms of martial prowess, we the people are better."

Pu Hu coughed lightly. He was attacked by Gao Pei in front and was shot in the chest by a cavalryman. Although there were no wounds due to the armor given by Zhang Lu, his chest was somewhat impacted and he felt a little uncomfortable. , no longer as energetic as usual: "Well, if we hadn't won the Baiqu Market, we wouldn't have the face to go back to Nanzheng to meet our master."

"Hiss." Yuan Yue seemed to have thought of something. He said in a low mood: "Brother Pu, you said that we are wearing white clothes and pretending to be businessmen. Will we be laughed at if we tell it? Although Hanzhong and Shu are at odds, but There are still business trips. If we pretend to be business travelers to seize the Baiqu Market, I'm afraid that Hanzhong and Shu will no longer even have business trips. Both sides will suspect that the businessmen who come and go are spies and will take over the city. "

Facing Yuan Yue's somewhat embarrassed mentality, Pu Hu didn't take it seriously. He mentioned the Art of War: "The Art of War says that soldiers have deceitful ways. Marching and fighting are not upright in the first place. You shoot me and I kill you." This method is just sneaking around, and there is nothing wrong with it. As long as you can win, pretending to be a business traveler is nothing... a war? How you win is not important, what is important is winning."

After talking about the general theory, Pu Hu talked about the practical problem: "If I didn't pretend to be a businessman and attacked Baiqu Market with real swords and guns, it would be so cold today that my fingers would be too frozen to bend. It may be difficult to hold a knife. We went south lightly armed and without any siege equipment, so we could only attack the city with ants. Although Baiqu Market is not well-armed, we are afraid that we will not lose hundreds of men. This Baiqu Market They can't even take it off... how can it be like now, tricking the city gate into opening and killing people in easily? It's not much better than climbing the ladder with the cold wind blowing to attack the city."

Yuan Yue's downcast expression softened slightly, but he asked a new question: "Brother Pu, you said that Baiqu Market is neither a city nor a military town, but a slightly larger market. A place where merchants come and go and trade... If it's a battlefield, killing a few soldiers is okay, it counts as military merit, but you can capture Baiqu Market, wield swords and guns at merchants, it seems not very honorable to tell it, and spread it to Hanzhong , others may say that we bully the weak and fear the strong, and dare not attack the city with real swords and guns, but instead slaughter the merchants like weak chickens."

"Brother Yuan, you are quite like a scholar. You attack cities and lands without harming women and children. You only want to kill the armored enemies. But you must not forget where we come from. We are people, and we are what Han'er said. The barbarians are barbarians. We, as barbarians, are killing all the merchants." Pu Hu turned his head and looked at Yuan Yue for a few times, looking a little surprised.

Then Yuan Yue sneered, looked at Erlang who was burning, killing and looting in front of him and said: "Can the ears of merchants in Baiqu Market and the ears of armored soldiers be different? Aren't they both ears? In Baiqu Market Comparing the property in the city with the property in Chijun Town, aren’t they all captured by us?”

"If we cut off the ears of these merchants and bring them back to Nanzheng and place them in front of Master, why would Master have the leisure to send people south to verify whether these people are soldiers? It's not up to us, we just need to If we say that these people are the ears of soldiers, then they are the ears of soldiers, and with their shining military achievements, they can get rewards from the master."

"As for the treasures in the Baiqu Market? We went south from Micang Road, and our men worked very hard. Besides, we didn't gain anything during this period. Now that we have captured the Baiqu Market, we can use this The wealth in Baiqu Market comforts the sons and gentlemen under my command. Otherwise, the sons and gentlemen following us will only have hard work and no harvest, and they will complain sooner or later... Of course, we still need to pay some to the master, otherwise we will harvest so many ears. , but there is no loot, which is a bit unsightly... I have thought about it, we will divide [-]% of the treasures from Baiqu Market with our subordinates, and pay [-]% to Gongcao Yanpu, as our gains."

Pu Hu, who had made a plan, complained to Yuan Yue: "Brother Yuan, if you are unwilling to attack Baiqu Market, why didn't I say a few words when I was planning it? If you say these words to me now, what kind of high tone will you use afterwards?" ah."

Yuan Yue scratched the back of his head and said unkindly: "I didn't think of this before. Now that I have won the Baiqu Market, I have thought of these issues."

"Fool." Pu Hu pointed at Yuan Yue and cursed, shaking his head, his face full of helplessness towards Yuan Yue.

More than ten days later.

A document delivered to Chengdu from Brazil County passed through the hands of Bing Cao and Peng Yi and was delivered to Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang, who was sitting at the top of the conference hall of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, read the document passed by Gao Pei in his hand. Gao Pei said in the document that when he and De Zhonglang conspired against Zhao Wei, he received an order from the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. He led his troops back to the defense, planning to attack Zhao Wei together with the Prefectural Mufu to prevent Zhao Wei from causing trouble.

But therefore, Gao Pei did not keep an eye on Pu Hu and Yuan Yue who were sent south by Zhang Lu as before. He just ordered the counties to guard. However, after a thousand days of guarding against thieves, the trap was finally found.Pu Hu and Yuan Yue pretended to be business travelers and attacked the Baiqu Market in Brazil County. They killed a large number of business travelers who went to the Baiqu Market to trade, burned the Baiqu Market to ashes, and robbed all the goods. Wealth.

After reading the document in his hand, Liu Zhang gritted his teeth and slapped the document directly on the table, and cursed: "You are really a rat in the Han Dynasty."

Damn it, Liu Zhang felt very unsatisfied. He did not expect that in the first year of Xingping, he would see something similar to the operation of Jiangdong rats crossing the river in white. This shows that people's hearts are not ancient and the world is declining.

Merchants, as a person who communicates and sells goods, have never been involved in fighting on the battlefield. Everyone will be more tolerant and will not shout at the merchants, but Zhang Lu sent Pu Hu and Yuan Yue south. But he didn't care about martial ethics and went to attack the Baiqu Market where merchants gathered, and even pretended to be a business traveler to trick him into opening the gate of the Baiqu Market. This operation was extremely despicable.

'Pu Hu, Yuan Yue. Liu Zhang kept these two names in his mind. As one of them on the must-kill list, he thought that when he captured Hanzhong next year, he would kill these two thieves to comfort the souls of the merchants in Baiqu Market. .

"Ming Gong, the rice thieves believe in the ghost way, are ignorant of the classics, and have no sense of shame. Now they are pretending to be businessmen and deceived the gate of Baiqu Market. It can be seen that the people of the ghost way are despicable and extremely shameless." The proud Peng Yi echoed Liu Zhang, and then as a member of the army, he gave corresponding opinions on the despicable operations of Pu Hu and Yuan Yue.

"Nowadays, rice thieves do not respect martial ethics, so an official letter needs to be sent to the direction of Baishui Pass to warn Yang Huai, the general who is guarding Baishui Pass, to be careful of business travelers coming from Hanzhong and not to let Zhang Lu's disciples and grandsons mix among them. Entered Baishui Pass."

Liu Zhang nodded obediently. Baishui Pass, as the northern gate of Chengdu, could not be missed. He told Peng Yi: "Yongnian, please write an official letter and send it to Baishui Pass. At the same time, send an official letter to Baishui Pass. Send an official letter to Brazil County and ask Meng Biao, the governor of Brazil County, to express his condolences to the families of the merchants who died in Baiqu Market, and to allocate property from the treasury to compensate the families of these merchants."

"No." Peng Yi responded.

"By the way, how is it outside the city?" Liu Zhang asked about the situation outside the city. During this period, the army that conquered Nanzhong returned to Chengdu one after another. With the army coming and going, there were many things that needed to be dealt with, such as the camp where the soldiers lived. Arrange and store the required food, grass and baggage, etc.

Peng Yi responded respectfully: "To report to Duke Ming, the garrison camp outside the city, under the joint leadership of Huang Zhubo and General Wu Zhonglang, has smoothly settled the army returning from the southern expedition. There were only a few minor disturbances, and there were no major problems. "

"Well, the rewards for the victory of the army will be distributed in due course. The time is approaching. It is not good to delay it any longer. We should let the soldiers have a good year." Liu Zhang then ordered, and then he told Peng Yi in detail: "Yongnian , you and Zhang Su go outside the city to watch the rewards being distributed, and don’t let the officers withhold the rewards. If there are any problems, report them to me."

"No." Peng Yi took the order and resigned at Liu Zhang's signal.

As a shepherd in Yizhou, Liu Zhang's daily work was very intensive, which was less than his free time. No, after sending Peng Yi away, he was just about to get up and relax his muscles when he saw his bodyguard Wu Ban. He stepped forward to report that Kuai Liang, the envoy from Jingzhou, came to see him as promised. Now Kuai Liang had just entered the side room to wait for Liu Zhang's summons.

Facing Kuai Liang, the envoy from Jingzhou, Liu Zhang naturally gave up the idea of ​​relaxing. He thought for a moment and told Wu Ban to lead Kuai Liang to the pavilion in the backyard. He planned to drink and enjoy the snow with Kuai Liang, and then By the way, we will discuss the alliance between Yizhou and Jingzhou.

Wu Ban took the order and left. He came to the side room, told Kuai Liang about Liu Zhang's plan, and then led the way for Kuai Liang.

'Drinking and enjoying the snow are so elegant. Kuai Liang commented on Liu Zhang's plan. At the same time, he thought about Liu Zhang, the Yizhou Shepherd. It seemed that Liu Zhang had walked away from the grief of losing his brother. After all, it had been more than [-] days since Liu Hao died. , Secondly, if Liu Zhang was still indulging in the grief of losing his brother, he would not be summoned and would not come to the governor's house.

As Kuai Liang walked, he was thinking about what to say when talking to Liu Zhang. At the same time, he was a little agitated, thinking that he would finally have the opportunity to meet the man who suddenly became the pastor of Yizhou after Liu Yan's death. Liu Zhang’s face.

Kuai Liang was a little curious, wondering what kind of person Liu Zhang was. After all, since Liu Zhang took office at the beginning of this year, Liu Zhang first quelled the rebellion instigated by Liu He from Jingzhou in Bajun, and then went south to conquer the Soyi people in Nanzhong. It was to pacify the rebellion of Zhao Wei, the general of De Zhonglang.Each one of these events proves that Liu Yizhou is a generalist in both civil and military affairs and can be called a hero.

Secondly, it is said by the common people in Yizhou that Liu Yizhou loves the virtuous and treats the virtuous and corporal. He does not determine his superiority or inferiority based on his origin, but appoints his talents regardless of origin, such as Huang Quan, the chief blogger, Peng Yi, who joined the army, and a large number of generals in the army. Gan Ning, Shen Mi, Lou Fa, etc. are all proven proof.

In addition, Liu Yizhou was even more rare in his benevolence and magnanimity. During the wars between Bajun and Nanzhong, many rebellious officials and traitors still received official and semi-official posts after they had turned their backs, and the wealthy families who rebelled were rarely punished. According to the criminal laws of the Yi clan, Liu Yizhou would tolerate anyone who could not be killed.

'Emperor Gao. '

After thinking about this, Liu Zhang's actions and character made a figure appear in the mind of Jingzhou envoy Kuai Liang.

(End of this chapter)