The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 684 Chapter 683
683 Secret Work in the City
"It doesn't matter where the letter came from. The important thing is that I intercepted this letter. If I didn't really surrender, how could I risk my life to tell you such an important thing?" Wu class road.

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and felt that what Wu Ban said seemed reasonable, so he asked, "So, are you really planning to surrender to me?"

"If I didn't have that intention, why did I come here?" Wu Ban said.

"I am puzzled by this. Your cousin is now leading tens of thousands of troops outside Luocheng. Instead of helping your cousin, you will betray the old lord and come to submit to me and fight with your cousin. Enemy, no one will easily believe that you really came to surrender if you put such a thing on someone's body!" Zhang Fei said.

Wu Bandao: "What General Zhang said is not wrong. These are indeed things that you should be suspicious of. But I can tell the general clearly that I came to seek refuge with my heart, and my purpose of coming is not to be an enemy of my cousin. , but to save my cousin from danger and prevent him from being harmed by traitors."

Zhang Fei frowned even tighter. He didn't quite understand what Wu Ban said, but he could tell from Wu Ban's eyes that this person didn't seem to be lying.So Zhang Fei asked puzzledly, "How do you say that?"

Wu Ban said: "This is a long story..."

"Long story short!" Zhang Fei said firmly.

So, Wu Ban cleared his throat, and told the whole story in a concise manner.

When Wu Ban's voice fell behind, Zhang Fei squinted at Fazheng, as if asking, "Military Master, is what he said credible?"

Fazheng met Zhang Fei's gaze, and gave Zhang Fei a very firm look, as if saying, "You should be able to believe it."

Zhang Fei turned his head, looked at Wu Ban, and thought about it carefully. Wu Ban not only learned of his overall plan, but also intercepted the message sent by Xi Zuo from the city. If Wu Ban really wanted to help Wu Yi deal with him, So as long as there is a strategy, Zhang Fei's actions tonight will inevitably end in failure, so why bother to risk his life to come here.

Furthermore, the secret letter is obviously missing a corner, and it is very likely that it was torn up by Wu Ban. , as a gift of surrender.And such an important matter, if Wu Banruo really wants to make an enemy of himself, there is no need to say it.

Based on these two points, Zhang Fei has already chosen to believe Wu Ban's words in his heart, and besides, Fazheng also gave a relatively positive answer to Wu Ban's surrender, so there is nothing to worry about.

Zhang Fei took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said to Wu Ban: "General Wu, if you really want to join me, Zhang will be honored!"

After Wu Ban heard Zhang Fei's words, he laughed and said, "I know, you will believe me, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. I thought you would let me catch the spies in the city for you In the future, choose to trust me again!"

Zhang Fei said: "General Wu is a man of love. If it is true what General Wu said just now, then General Wu came to surrender to me, then there is nothing unreasonable. General Wu will not hesitate to risk his life to save my life." My cousin deserves Zhang's respect just because of his friendship with General Wu. General Wu, please be respected by Zhang!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei cupped his hands and was about to bow, but was stopped by Wu Ban, he laughed and said: "General Zhang, this is impossible, even if you want to bow, it should be me..."

Wu Ban bowed respectfully to Zhang Fei, and said plausibly: "My lord, please accept Wu Ban's bow!"

"Hahaha..." Zhang Fei happily helped Wu Ban up, and said, "Okay, today we have added a general to our army. If General Wu persuades your cousin to join my army , then Yizhou will be pacified in just a few days, and General Wu will be a great hero at that time."

Wu Ban said: "I don't dare to be a hero, but I don't want all 36 members of our Wu family to be destroyed by a treacherous villain. General Zhang, as I said just now, since I came to surrender, I must bring The last meeting ceremony, this is the name of the spy in the city, as long as General Zhang catches this person and interrogates him, he will know whether I have lied or not."

Wu Ban stretched out his palm in front of Zhang Fei, then slowly stretched out his palm, and revealed a corner of the paper held in his palm, on which were printed two clear words - "Pang Xi".

When Zhang Fei and Fazheng saw this name at the same time, they were all taken aback. Even in their dreams, neither of them would have imagined that Pang Xi, the prefect of Guanghan, would be the secret agent of collaborating with the enemy.

Didn't Pang Xi already surrender to Zhang Fei, and when he chose to surrender, he was very active and vowed to break with Liu Zhang. His actions made Zhang Fei, Fazheng, Yan Yan, Leng Bao and the others admired Pang Xi very much.

However, when Wu Ban revealed the name on the paper in his hand, Zhang Fei and Fazheng were taken aback, their mouths almost couldn't close their mouths in surprise.

"How could it be him?" Zhang Fei said in disbelief.

Even Fazheng shook his head and said, "It's incredible. This result really surprised me. I never thought that he would do such a thing..."

Zhang Fei said: "No matter what, arrest him first. If it is really confirmed that he did what he did, I will definitely not let him go lightly!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei shouted to the outside of the hall: "Come here!"

Peng Tuo, who had been guarding outside all the time, stepped into the hall with great strides, clasped his fists and asked, "What's your order, my lord?"

"Immediately take people to surround the prefect's mansion, and arrest prefect Pang here, there must be no mistake!" Zhang Fei said.

Peng Tuo said "Here", and didn't ask why. For him, Zhang Fei's words were orders. As for the reason, he didn't want to know, he just obeyed the order.

Peng Li left the hall, gathered five hundred elite subordinates, and led them straight to the eunuch's mansion.

At this moment, Pang Xi, the prefect of Guanghan, was in the study of the prefect's mansion, and he was pacing in the study with a gloomy face, looking preoccupied and restless, as if he had encountered some danger.

Pang Xi's confidant had been sent out for a whole day, and logically, he should have returned by this time, but Pang Xi had waited for more than two hours, but he still hadn't seen his confidant return.Moreover, Pang Xi had a very ominous premonition, he always felt that he was about to be unlucky.

Just when Pang Xi was still worried about getting scared, there was a sudden noise outside the study. Pang Xi was startled, so he opened the door and looked out through the crack of the door, only to see a group of menacing people rushing in from outside. , the leader is Zhang Fei's confidant Peng Tuo, and the housekeeper and servant in the mansion can't stop him at all.

If he really came here for whatever he was worried about, Pang Xi hurriedly closed the door, thinking to himself, Peng Tuo must have come here this time to arrest him, and the matter must have been exposed, so what should we do?

When he was in a hurry, Pang Xi suddenly saw a rear window, and had an idea, and wanted to jump out of the window to escape, but as soon as he came to the window, the door was kicked open, and Peng Tuo led a group of people to appear in front of him. The door of the room.

Seeing that Pang Xi opened the window and wanted to escape, Peng Tuo rushed over and shouted, "Where are you going!"

He stretched out his big hand very fast, like a flash of lightning, his five fingers directly grabbed Pang Xi who was lying on the window and was about to jump out to escape. With a little force, he pulled Pang Xi back and fell heavily to the ground .

"Hey..." Pang Xi screamed, before he had time to react, his chest was firmly pressed by Peng Tuo's knee, and he was almost out of breath.

Peng Tuo didn't use too much strength, but Pang Xi was old and his body was relatively weak, so he couldn't bear Peng Tuo's torment. He pressed his knee firmly on Pang Xi's chest, and "shua" his right hand. With a sound, he pulled out the steel knife tied around his waist, and put it directly on Pang Xi's neck.

Pang Xi was so oppressed by Peng Tuo that he couldn't breathe, his face was flushed from holding back, and with all his strength, he said to Peng Tuo: "I won't run, can you not press me so hard, I can hardly breathe ..."

It was only then that Peng Tuo realized that his force was too much for such a frail person, so he quickly withdrew some of his strength, but his knee was still pressed against Pang Xi's chest.

"Cough cough cough..."

Pang Xi took a deep breath. If it was a little later, he would definitely pass out due to the lack of oxygen in his brain, but when he greedily sucked in the air, he was so violent that he choked himself and let out a series of gasps. Cough.

Peng Tuo didn't talk nonsense, and directly shouted at the soldiers who followed him, "Take him away!"

The soldiers pulled Pang Xi up, followed by Peng Tuo, and brought Pang Xi to the hall of the manor house where Zhang Fei was.

"Kneel down!" Peng Tuo personally brought Pang Xi into the hall, yelled at Pang Xi, and kicked Pang Xi's leg along the way.

Pang Xi staggered and fell to his knees on the ground. In addition, due to Peng Tuo's excessive force and his own inertia, Pang Xi fell to the ground.

"Pang Xi! Are you guilty?" Zhang Fei reprimanded Pang Xi loudly when he saw that Pang Xi was brought over.

Pang Xi's mouth was covered with blood, and half of his front teeth were knocked out. He just raised his head, and he didn't bother to shout, so he kowtowed to Zhang Fei repeatedly: "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, I will never dare For the sake of my sacrificing the city and accepting surrender, my lord, please spare my life..."

"You are begging for mercy like a lord, so you know what crime you committed?" Zhang Fei said.

Pang Xi nodded again and again, and said, "I know, I know. I know the enemy inside and outside, and the seller seeks glory..."

Zhang Fei said: "It seems that you are like a bright mirror in your heart. Tell me, why did you do this? Is there anything I can't do to you?"

Pang Xi shook his head vigorously, and said: "No, no, my lord has nothing to do to me, but I am the lord. As soon as I heard that Liu Zhang sent 1 troops to attack Luocheng, Wu Yi was the vanguard. Zhang Ren is responsible for commanding the army. These two men are powerful figures in the Sichuan army, and their strength is several times that of our army. In addition, the lord let go of an army of more than [-] people. I was afraid for a while, afraid that the city would be broken , I will be implicated, that's why I made this bad plan, I want to get rid of my relationship first, so as not to be killed by others as a traitor..."

When Zhang Fei heard the reason given by Pang Xi, it was really ridiculous. He had learned Pang Xi's double-decker skills and the ability to adapt to the wind.

Fortunately, Pang Xi's letter was intercepted by Wu Ban, and Wu Ban chose to surrender, saving Zhang Fei from the defeat he was about to face. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Pang Taishou, you...you have let the lord down so much. Originally, the lord had high hopes for you, but I didn't expect that you...you...sigh!" Fazheng stopped talking in the middle of his sentence, probably because he was right. Pang Xi was disappointed by what he had done.

"Thanks to Leng Bao, I strongly recommended you. I didn't expect you to be so greedy for life and afraid of death..." Zhang Fei shook his head helplessly, and said, "Fortunately, I discovered it in time, so that you haven't made any serious mistakes, otherwise , I absolutely can’t spare you. It’s really not right for you to do something like this at a critical moment. You prefect, it doesn’t matter.”

"My lord, it's fine if I don't want to be the prefect, but I just ask my lord to save me from death. Even if I am a cow and a horse in the future, I will be grateful." Pang Xi said.

Zhang Fei was really disappointed with Pang Xi to the end. Seeing that Pang Xi, who was kneeling in front of him now, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was completely different from what he had seen before. It seemed that he had really misjudged.

"Now that the war is imminent, if I kill you, it will definitely cause a burst of panic. I will not kill you first, but lock you up first. You should think about it in prison, whether what you did is right or not. Wait." After the war is over, I will punish you again!" Zhang Fei said.

Pang Xi hurriedly bowed: "Thank you for not killing me, my lord..."

Zhang Fei hastily interrupted Pang Xi, saying, "I didn't say I won't kill you, I just said I won't kill you for the time being."

After hearing this, Pang Xi's mental state suddenly turned cold, and he collapsed on the ground, not knowing what to say.

"Peng Tuo!" Zhang Fei glanced at Peng Tuo who was behind Pang Xi.

"The end is here!" Peng Tuo said.

Zhang Fei ordered: "Take Pang Xi down and lock him in the cell. Without my order, no one can visit him."

"Here!"

Peng Tuo walked to Pang Xi's side, and said with a half-smile, "Let's go, Prefect Pang!"

Pang Xi didn't move, as if he didn't hear Peng Tuo's words, he was indifferent.

Seeing this, Peng Tuo directly lifted Pang Xi up, like a chicken, and carried Pang Xi out of the hall.

In the hall, calm was restored once again.

At this time, Zhang Fei walked up to Wu Ban, and respectfully said: "Thank you this time, otherwise, I don't know what will happen..."

Wu Ban said: "My lord, you don't have to be so polite, as long as your lord agrees not to hurt my cousin."

"This is natural. General Wu is also a general. I intend to recruit him, but unfortunately there is no way out. I wonder if you can come for me to persuade General Wu to surrender?" Zhang Fei said.

Wu Ban shook his head and said, "It is impossible to persuade my cousin to surrender. If he could be persuaded to surrender, I would have persuaded him to surrender a long time ago. Why should I come here?"

"Then what should we do?" Zhang Fei asked.

"My lord, don't worry too much. If you want my cousin to submit to the lord, as long as the lord can convince my cousin." Wu Ban said.

Zhang Fei immediately cupped his hands and said, "I also ask General Wu to guide me..."

Wu Bandao: "Actually, there is no other way but to capture my cousin, and if I go to persuade him with good words, maybe my cousin can change his mind."

Zhang Fei said: "Tonight is just an opportunity. I'll gather the army right now. I'll launch a surprise attack tonight. I'll catch Wu Yi by surprise. I'll capture Wu Yi in one battle! When the time comes, General Wu Wu will have to come forward in person to persuade Wu Yi." General Wu Yi has surrendered to my command."

Wu Ban said: "If my lord can really arrest my cousin, I will naturally spare no effort to persuade my cousin to surrender."

Zhang Fei's heart was full of hope, and he said to Fazheng, "Military division, inform the whole army that in the battle tonight, Wu Yi must be captured."

Fazheng nodded and said, "Then I'll go and inform the whole army, but we still need General Wu Ban to help us tonight. After all, we don't know what Wu Yi looks like..."

Wu Ban said: "Please don't worry about this. I will definitely do my best to fight tonight. Besides, I did this to protect my brother. I don't want my brother to be killed by a traitor."

(End of this chapter)