Ji Han Liu Zhang

In the low and awkward prison, after a continuous autumn rain last night, many places were penetrated by rainwater, and the soaked ground was tight and wet. In addition, there were no beds in the prison, so all the prisoners had to sit on the wet ground. of hardship.

But even in such a situation, Wenpin still maintained his dignified appearance, and there was no embarrassment on his face. He just knelt down on a straw mat peacefully, with his eyelids half drooped, as if he was concentrating with his eyes closed. .

"How could General Cai Zhonglang act like this? Abandoning me is tantamount to disregarding me. Brother, you went to rescue him despite arrows and fire in vain. It is completely unloyal... Fortunately, he is from a famous family and is the commander of an army." Wenpin Wen San, a relative of his clan, started to yell and curse.

Wen Sanbu couldn't help but be angry here. Cai Mao fell into the Shangyong Shen family's trick to lure the enemy and urged the army to enter the long and narrow mountain road. He was attacked with fire by the Shen family and almost died on the spot. His brother Wenpin led the The former army returned to the rescue, not avoiding arrows and rolling wood, and forcefully rescued Cai Hao. At the same time, because Cai Hao's horse was hit by an arrow, he gave up his seated horse to Cai Hao.

Wenpin originally wanted to let Cai Mao restrain the chaotic soldiers as the commander of the army. He relied on more men and horses than the Shen family. Although he was suddenly attacked, as long as Cai Mao was willing to step forward and show the momentum of taking the lead, he would definitely be able to cheer up. Frightened soldiers.

But what Wenpin didn't expect was that after Cai Mao accepted his horse, he galloped away with Zhang Yun. As Cai Mao fled, the panicked Jingzhou soldiers immediately fled in all directions, and it was difficult to restrain them. Soldiers with a fighting spirit can no longer handle the situation.

'Eh. ' Thinking of Wen San's words, Wen Pin couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. The situation at that time was beyond control because Cai Mao, the commander, fled. As a captain, he had little prestige. It was really difficult for him to do anything, so he had to lead a few The bodyguards fled with him to avoid death on the spot.

Unfortunately, they escaped from the path and fell into a trap dug by Shen. Several of them were put down to the ground and detained by Shen, and are now being held in this low and damp prison to suffer.

Wenpin listened to Wen San's endless abuse of Cai Hao. Although he was somewhat disdainful of Cai Hao's behavior, no matter how much he scolded Cai Hao now, it was useless. An ambush defeat meant that Jingzhou's annexation of Xicheng, Shangyong's opportunity was snuffed out. Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were now hiding in Fangling, waiting for reinforcements to be transferred from Xiangyang before they could continue their attack on Xicheng and Shangyong.

"Wen San, don't waste your time, take a rest."

Wen San's face was not angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, aren't you angry at all?"

Wenpin shook his head. His eyes wandered and he looked at the small window in the prison. The small window was only half a foot square. It rarely shed a ray of warm sunlight into the prison, so that the prison would not be dark. Wu Guang: "In the current situation, what can we do if we are angry, what can we do if we are indignant, we are all prisoners, and it doesn't matter what kind of emotions we have... It is better to sit back and rest, close your eyes, rest your mind, and replenish your energy."

After saying this, Wenpin stretched out his hand to grab the dust floating in the ray of sunshine. However, due to the wind caused by his movements, the dust was pushed out by him like ripples of lake water. It was somewhat interesting and solved his problem. The boredom of being in prison.

"Eh." Wen San sighed. Just as Wen Pin said, it was useless for him to lose his temper now. It would only increase his troubles in vain. He picked up a handful of reed poles and put them under his buttocks. He leaned against the wall and studied. Looking at Wenpin's expression in front of him, he closed his eyes and rested.

But Wen San's body and tongue stopped moving, and he was still angry in his heart. He cursed Cai Hao and Zhang Yun in his heart, cursed Cai Hao and Zhang Yun with vicious words, and even used the witchcraft most commonly used by Chu people. He used this technique to curse Cai Hao and Zhang Yun extremely viciously.

"It's time to eat!"

At this time, the jailer came to the prison on time and served food to Wenpin and Wensan. However, the food for prisoners was always not good. For example, the jailer here only gave Wenpin and Wensan a bowl of rice, and there were no other dishes. Just eat.

Moreover, the quality of the bowl of rice served by the jailer was extremely poor. It was a trivial matter that the shell had not been taken off, and there were a lot of small stones mixed in. One disadvantage was that there was a crunching sound in the teeth, which made the teeth hurt from chewing.

When Wen San saw the bowl of rice, he was so angry that he shouted to the jailer: "You are just feeding chickens. How can you fill Naigong's stomach with such a small bowl of rice?"

Having said that, Wen San, who was hungry, still picked up the rice and put it up to his chin. After all, no matter how small the bowl of rice was, it could still fill his stomach. But when the bowl of rice was nearly full, Wen San started to This bowl of rice smelled rancid.

Wen San yelled again: "Zhuzi, how long has this bowl of rice been sitting there? It's so bad for your mother. Is this food for people to eat?"

Wen San, who was extremely angry, rushed to the prison entrance, held the prison pillars with both hands and said, "Nai Gong wants to eat beef, please bring it to Nai Gong quickly."

"Exactly." Wen San's vulgar words did not arouse the anger of the jailer. Instead, they made the jailer laugh. The jailer sneered: "Beef, beef is also worthy of being eaten by prisoners like you. How many times can I not eat beef all year round?" What is it that you haven’t tasted yet?”

The jailer pointed at Wen San's nose and cursed: "You still think you are the head of the village, and you still want to eat beef. Do you want to eat beef? It's good to have this bowl of rice. It's a little rancid, but it's still edible." No, if you keep barking at me, you won’t eat the next meal. Nai Gong will see if you can still bark with such energy after being hungry for two or three days."

Wen San touched his nose, his face flushed red, and the cold light in his eyes almost cut the jailer in front of him into pieces. He was about to shout a word or two more forcefully, but he didn't want to starve to death. The thought of bowing your head.

But at this moment, Wenpin spoke up: "Wensan, take a seat and eat."

Wenpin's tone was calm and indifferent, without much power, but it instantly stopped Wensan's anger, making Wensan lower his head and turn around to pick up the rice and start eating.

When the jailer saw Wen San lowering his head and starting to eat, he smiled happily: "Is this right? Why bother with your own stomach? You two are still alive and have food to eat. You are lucky. …”

At this time, another jailer asked casually: "Why are these two Chu soldiers wasting three or four bowls of rice every day?"

The previous jailer raised his eyebrows and replied as he walked: "These two people, one is the captain and the other is the village chief. They can be regarded as people with status. Naturally, these people with status cannot be like those with ordinary status. Just like the soldiers, they were all killed with one blow... The two of them can be sold for a good price, just wait, Jingzhou will spend money to redeem them sooner or later."

Wenpin turned a deaf ear to the jailer's words. He just quietly ate the millet, chewing slowly and gently biting the millet. When he felt any obstruction, he moved his mouth and tongue to remove the rice. Spit out the pebbles in the rice. As the jailer said, this bowl of rice was a bit rancid, but it was still edible and could fill up the stomach a little, so that one would not be hungry.

After eating, Wenpin continued to close his eyes and rest his mind. If there was less food, he would need to reduce unnecessary activities, otherwise he would easily get hungry, and hunger is not a good feeling.
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Xiangyang, Prefecture Mufu.

"Cai Mao is incompetent and Zhang Yun is incompetent. How could I send these two guys as generals to conquer Xicheng and Shangyong?" Liu Biao was furious. His face twitched with anger, and the twitching of his face made him tremble his beard, which looked like hair. The majestic and majestic spirit exudes.

At this time, Liu Biao was angry. Although he was old and his energy and blood had declined, as the shepherd of a state, he held the power of life and death in the state. momentum.

Liu Xian, the other driver who came to report the news, regretted that he should not have come in person to report the news from Cai Mao, which made Liu Biao furious and might even bring his anger to him. But at this time, he wanted to escape. There is no escape.

It's just that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun really deserved to be scolded. Liu Xian looked helpless. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun commanded more than ten thousand soldiers from Jingzhou to seize Xicheng and Shangyong. This matter was a matter of course. After all, the wealthy family owned Shangyong. The Shen family was just a small wealthy clan, with three to four thousand soldiers under their command, which could stand up to five or six thousand men. Their military strength was far inferior to that of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's men.

However, under such an advantageous situation, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun failed to capture the Shen family. Instead, they were ambushed by the Shen family. They lost their troops and generals, and sent back documents to Xiangyang to request reinforcements.

How shameless is this!

Liu Xian waited for Liu Biao, who was at the head, to regain his breath a little. He bit the bullet and handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, it's not General Cai Zhonglang who is incompetent. It's really the Shen family who is too cunning... And this time, it was not General Cai Zhonglang who fell into the ambush. Cai Zhonglang's fault was clearly stated in the document. It was Wenpin, the captain of his command, who took advantage of the opportunity and got into an ambush by the Shen family. He led troops to rescue Wenpin, but the situation was unfavorable and he had to lead his troops back. Therefore, The unfavorable outcome of this encounter was really Wen Ping's fault, not General Cai Zhonglang's fault, General Cai Zhonglang did his best."

"Where is Wenpin?" Liu Biao raised his eyebrows, ready to pour his anger on Wenpin.

Liu Xian responded: "We don't know the news about Duwei Wenpin yet. He was either killed by the Shen family or captured by the Shen family. We will not know until General Cai Zhonglang confirms it."

Liu Biao said bitterly: "It would be best for him to die in battle."

Liu Xian stopped answering and just shook his head slightly. Although Cai Mao put the blame for the ambush on Wenpin in the document, Liu Xian smelled a different smell. According to his opinion of Cai Mao's character, He didn't quite believe what Cai Mao said in the document, so he roughly inferred based on his own knowledge.

It should be that Cai Mao fell into Shen's trick of luring the enemy, greedy for merit and rushed into an ambush, losing troops and generals in one pass. In order to shirk the blame, he added the reason for the ambush to Wenpin, a man who did not know whether to live or die. Perhaps this is the battle of superiority. the truth.

Although Liu Xian thought so, he did not tell Liu Biao that the war in Shangyong was like a fog. It would be difficult to see the truth clearly without going to clear the fog himself. He was just guessing. Secondly, Cai Mao's sister was deeply loved by Liu Biao, and Zhang Yun was Liu Biao's nephew. Cai and Zhang had a very close relationship with Liu Biao.

Even though Liu Biao was yelling at Cai Hao and Zhang Yun now, after a day or two, Liu Biao's attitude towards Cai Hao and Zhang Yun became harmonious and close again. Normal words could not easily shake the status of Cai Hao and Zhang Yun in Liu Biao's heart.

Liu Xian, who thought he knew Liu Biao somewhat, thought about it and gave up the idea of ​​redressing Wenpin's injustice. At this time, he could only suffer Wenpin. Besides, Wenpin didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and dead people don't care about reputation.

Liu Biao, who was still angry, felt that Wenpin's death was not enough to vent his hatred, so he told Liu Xian: "Wenpin's mourning has humiliated the country. It is an unpardonable crime. You go and detain his family and wait for them to be punished." ."

Liu Xian looked embarrassed. He thought about using Wenpin's death in battle to persuade Liu Biao to stop blaming Wenpin's family. But when he glanced at Liu Biao's face, he saw that Liu Biao's anger was clearly visible, so he planned to follow up. Let Liu Biao be in a better mood before giving advice. After all, Liu Biao is angry now, so advice may not be effective.

"Promise." Liu Xian handed over his promise.

Liu Biao, who had vented his anger a little, calmed down and asked Liu Xian: "In your opinion, how should we deal with the current situation?"

"General Cai Zhonglang is no more than a small loser, and General Cai Zhonglang has learned a lesson from the experience. He will not take risks and use troops safely... Therefore, as General Cai Zhonglang said, send additional reinforcements to Fangling to regroup. Send troops to Shangyong again to attack the Shen family." Liu Xian spoke for Cai Mao, but he felt helpless in his heart. He believed that these words were not what he wanted to say, but what Liu Biao wanted to hear.

Liu Xian, who was a guest, had been getting along with Liu Biao for a long time, and knew that Liu Biao's intention in asking questions was to let others give a step forward so that Liu Biao could send reinforcements to Fangling to assist Cai Hao and Zhang Yun.

Liu Biao couldn't help but nodded. Liu Xian's words were very close to his heart. He even showed a smile: "Just as Biejia said, send an additional 4,000 troops to Fangling. In addition, send someone to tell Cai Hao Zhang Yun, if you can't take Xicheng and Shangyong Land anymore, you can stay in Fangling and don't have to come back."

Liu Xian nodded in agreement, but he complained in his heart: "Are you willing? Will Mrs. Cai agree..."

At this time, Kuai Yue came to the door with a document and an anxious expression, attracting the attention of Liu Biao and Liu Xian.

"Alien?" Liu Biao shouted. Seeing Kuai Yue's expression looking a little anxious, he suddenly felt something was not good.

Kuai Yue handed the document in his hand to the attendant and asked the attendant to pass it to Liu Biao for reading. He briefly described the content of the document: "Your Majesty, please report back in detail. Liu Yizhou crossed the Mianshui River south and advanced along the mountain road. Now the army has arrived. At Dingjun Mountain, Zhang Lu is expected to be defeated, and I'm afraid Hanzhong will be owned by Liu Yizhou within the month."

"Ah." Liu Mian looked surprised. He had thought that Zhang Lu would last for a year and a half after staying in Hanzhong for a long time. With the four fortresses in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu could last for a year and a half. However, in less than two or three months, Zhang Lu About to be defeated? (End of chapter)