The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 668
In the prefect's mansion in Luocheng, after Leng Bao was taken to the guest room by Pang Xi's housekeeper, Pang Xi's housekeeper left, while Leng Bao lit a candle and sat quietly in the room, as if waiting for something the arrival of people.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and Leng Bao hurriedly asked, "Who?"

"It's me!" A familiar voice came in from outside the door, and Leng Bao was overjoyed when he heard it.

Leng Bao hurriedly got up to open the door. After the door opened, two familiar figures appeared in front of Leng Bao. One was Zhang Fei and the other was Peng Tuo. Both of them were dressed in Qiang clothes and dressed as Leng Bao's men.

Leng Bao hastily brought Zhang Fei and Peng Tuo into the room, and when she closed the door, she poked her head out and looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention, she closed the door with peace of mind.

"My lord, what should we do next?" Leng Bao turned around and said to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei said: "We have already entered the city. The next thing we need to do is to try to control the gate leading to the city, so that Yan Yan can lead the army into the city, and then cooperate with us."

Leng Bao said: "My lord, I still want to try to persuade Pang Xi to surrender. If Pang Xi agrees to surrender, then we don't need to use weapons anymore."

Zhang Fei sneered and said, "Captain Leng, you are still too naive. Don't you see it? Although Pang Xi is the prefect of Guanghan, the army in Luocheng is not under his command, but Under the direction of two other men..."

"You mean Gao Pei and Yang Huai?" Leng Bao asked.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "When I entered the city today, I have been observing secretly. I noticed that Gao Pei and Yang Huai have always been dissatisfied with Pang Xi, and even looked at Pang Xi with hatred in their eyes. Later, I also noticed that the army in the city didn't buy into Pang Xi's account at all, but only listened to Gao Pei and Yang Huai's orders. This shows that Pang Xi, the prefect, doesn't have much power, at least he has absolutely no military power in his hands. So, even if you persuade Pang Xi to surrender, he has no military power in his hands, and the troops in the city don’t obey his orders at all, so it’s still inevitable that they will meet each other. Moreover, I also noticed a detail, when Gao Pei and Yang Huai Er The moment people saw Liu Xun appearing, their faces were full of astonishment, and the behavior of the two people was also a little weird, which may have a lot to do with Liu Xun being besieged..."

Leng Bao was surprised and said: "How is this possible? Gao Pei and Yang Huai are both Liu Zhang's confidantes, and Liu Xun is Liu Zhang's eldest son. How could they harm Liu Xun?"

Zhang Fei said: "Think about it carefully, Liu Xun came to Luocheng to visit relatives, how could Gao Pei and Yang Huai not know about such an important matter? Later Liu Xun went to Baishuiguan, Gao Pei and Yang Huai did not send anyone Guards, what's even more coincidental is that Zhang Lu's army killed Liu Xun as soon as he arrived at Baishui Pass, are these really just coincidences?"

Leng Bao said: "My lord, are you saying that someone will deliberately set a trap to murder Liu Xun?"

Zhang Fei said: "This is just my guess. I don't know what happened. But I always feel that Gao Pei and Yang Huai have problems, so I have to take precautions against them. Leng Dudu, How many soldiers and horses are there in Luocheng?"

"There are 9000 horse troops and 2 infantry, a total of [-] people. Gao Pei and Yang Huai are the left and right governors respectively, each commanding [-] troops. Luocheng is the only way to Chengdu, so Liu Zhang Take this as an important military town to defend Chengdu. If there is trouble in Chengdu, Luocheng will send troops to rescue. If Luocheng is in danger, Chengdu will come out to rescue. They are like horns." Leng Bao replied.

Peng Tuo suddenly interjected: "This is a terrible situation. If Gao Pei and Yang Huai really have evil intentions towards Liu Xun, they will definitely attack tonight to make up for their mistakes when they see that Liu Xun is not dead. Although we They have already entered the city, but there are only 1000 people, while Gao Pei and Yang Huai have 2 people, the difference in strength is too big, we may not be able to defeat them."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Peng Tuo, even though that is the case, things are not calculated in this way. If Gao Pei and Yang Huai really have malicious intentions towards Liu Xun, although they can command 2 people, among the 2 people They may not all be their confidantes, and the person they want to kill is Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun. If it is not a confidant, no one would be willing to do this. Moreover, Gao Pei and Yang Huai absolutely dare not be above board If someone came to kill Liu Xun, they would definitely send someone secretly to pretend to be a bandit and kill Liu Xun in the dark. Therefore, what we have to do now is to protect Liu Xun and even Pang Xi's family as much as possible, first let Gao Pei, Yang Huai's plan fails."

As soon as Zhang Fei's voice fell, there was a rush of footsteps outside Leng Bao's door, and everyone held their breath and dared not speak out.

The rush of footsteps soon came to Leng Bao's door and stopped here, followed by a knock on the door, accompanied by a human voice: "Brother Leng Xian, are you resting?"

When Leng Bao heard this voice, he realized that it belonged to Pang Xi. He was a few years younger than Pang Xi, and Pang Xi should also call him a good brother, but this was the first time between the two of them.

In the room, neither Zhang Fei nor Peng Tuo spoke, while Leng Bao looked at Zhang Fei and asked softly, "Master, it's Pang Xi, what should we do now?"

Zhang Fei said: "I'm visiting late at night, and I'm here in person. There must be something important. Peng Tuo and I hide behind the screen first. You just go to open the door, ask why, and play by ear."

Leng Bao nodded, Zhang Fei took Peng Tuo and hid behind the screen, only then did Leng Bao open the door.

The moment the door was opened, Leng Bao saw Pang Xi's panicked expression, frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Prefect Pang, what's wrong with you?"

Without saying a word, Pang Xi squeezed into Leng Bao's room directly, then grabbed Leng Bao's hand, and hurriedly said: "Brother Leng Xian, you must save me this time..."

As he was talking, Pang Xi wanted to kneel down, but Leng Bao was baffled, so he hurriedly supported Pang Xi and asked, "Prefect Pang, what are you doing, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

Pang Xi said with tears in his voice: "Brother Leng Xian, in the huge city of Luo, the only person I can trust right now is you. I just received a secret report that Gao Pei and Yang Huai have secretly assembled an army, When preparing for tonight, I will bloodbath the prefect's mansion, and kill me, the eldest son, and even you..."

"What did you say? Aren't Gao Pei and Yang Huai the lord's confidantes, how could they do this?" Leng Bao said.

Pang Xidao: "Brother Leng Xian, you don't know that Gao Pei and Yang Huai have actually joined forces with Zhang Ren. They planned to murder the eldest son. After the incident was leaked, they wanted to make up for their mistakes, so Gao Pei and Yang Huai summoned people. I want to fight here. Although I am the prefect of Guanghan, because of Zhang Ren's interference, he arranged Gao Pei and Yang Huai by my side and divided my military power. If Gao Pei and Yang Huai really want to kill In my case, I definitely don't have the power to fight back."

Leng Bao said: "Prefect Pang, is this news reliable?"

Pang Xidao: "Of course it's reliable. These news came from the people I planted around Gao Pei and Yang Huai. Don't look at me on the surface, but in fact, every day is like a year. That's why I had to arrange eyeliner between Gao Pei and Yang Huai." Yang Huai's side, lest I lose my life and don't know what happened..."

Leng Bao asked: "Prefect Pang, I still don't understand why Gao Pei and Yang Huai wanted to kill you, and why Zhang Ren wanted to kill the eldest son?"

Pang Xidao: "I think you know better than anyone else what kind of person Zhang Ren is. This person has a great desire for power, the eldest son is quite talented and learned, and he is my son-in-law. Naturally, he is closer to me, but I am not. A native of Yizhou, he became the object of Zhang Ren's exclusion. The lord has only two sons at present, one is the eldest son Liu Xun, and the other is the second son Liu Chan. Liu Chan is only eight years old and easy to control Zhang Ren wants to wait until the lord is a hundred years later, and he can still control the power of Yizhou. As the saying goes, once the emperor dies, the eldest son will inherit the position, then the power in Zhang Ren's hands will definitely be weakened. He might even be demoted. That's why Zhang Ren thought of killing the eldest son and using the second son as his puppet."

Leng Bao said: "So, aren't we in danger now?"

"Yeah, that's why I came here in a hurry to find you, brother, didn't you bring a thousand soldiers with you when you entered the city? When Pei and Yang Huai bring people to kill them, they will be attacked suddenly. They must be caught off guard. At that time, they will take the opportunity to kill Gao Pei and Yang Huai, and then take the eldest son to meet the lord and expose Zhang Ren in person. If the lord knows about it, he will definitely punish Zhang Ren severely."

Leng Bao said: "My soldiers and horses are all arranged in the barracks, and the troops in the city are under the control of Gao Pei and Yang Huai. If you want to transfer the soldiers and horses here, they will definitely be noticed..."

Pang Xi asked: "Then what should we do? Then we can't just sit and wait for death, right? This time Gao Pei and Yang Huai mobilized 200 elites to deal with us..."

Leng Bao didn't pay attention for a while, she frowned tightly, but she was helpless, and the room fell into a sudden silence.

Zhang Fei, who had been hiding behind the screen, completely heard the conversation between Leng Bao and Pang Xi, and Pang Xi's words also confirmed his previous guess. He secretly looked out, but seeing Leng Bao, he had no idea. Without thinking about it, he walked out from behind the screen and said loudly: "In this case, it is better for us to act first, gather all the soldiers and horses, kill Gao Pei and Yang Huai, and then announce their crimes. The army has no leader. It will come naturally."

(End of this chapter)