Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 394 Conquering Hanzhong (4)

The next day, Li Song dispatched Pei Yuanqing and Zhang Yun to ambush him, but he taught Yu Jin to challenge them. After several rounds of fighting, Yu Jin pretended to be defeated.

Seeing that the ban was defeated and fleeing, Pang De hurriedly recruited troops to cover up the killing. Li's soldiers all retreated. Pound took Li Song's stockade in one fell swoop.

After the second watch that night, fire suddenly broke out in three routes, and in the middle were Wanyan Zongbi, Xu Chu, Zhang Yun on the left, Yuanqing Pei on the right, and the army and horses of the three routes came to rob the village together.

Pound hastily challenged the battle, but he was no match, so he got on his horse and rushed out, looking at the city and walking away. The soldiers from the three routes behind him chased him.

Pang De led the army back to the city after being defeated. At this time, the secret works had already entered the city. When Pang De left, he found an excuse to leave quietly and went to Yang Song's mansion to have an audience.

"My lord! There is a sergeant outside who wants to see me!" Yang Song's servant reported to Yang Song.

"What big things can a big soldier do, don't see! Disturbing people's dreams at night! It's really hateful!" Yang Song said dissatisfied.

The servant didn't agree immediately, but hesitated to speak. Seeing that the servant didn't do what he wanted, Yang Song couldn't help being annoyed: "You bastard, didn't you hear what I said? Ask for a beating!"

"Master, don't misunderstand! The sergeant said that there are treasures to offer to the master. It is not a small thing to deceive the master. Please check it out." After the servant said, he knelt down on the ground immediately.

"Is there a treasure?" Yang Song regained his energy immediately upon hearing the word "treasure", and scolded with a smile: "You bastard, what are you still kneeling on the ground for? Why don't you invite that soldier into the living room to serve tea."

"Hey! The villain is going now!" After the servant said, he got up, turned around, and went out in one go, without any muddling.

"Come on, change my clothes!" Yang Song shouted out of the house, and two maids came in to change Yang Song's clothes. After Yang Song finished dressing, they went to the living room.

After the ceremony between Li Song and the military academy, Yang Song couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know if you have any treasures to offer to me."

"This is not a place to talk. I don't know if I can change to a clean place and get rid of everyone. My whereabouts cannot be revealed, and the treasure is on me." The military academy said.

Asking him to change to a place where no one was around, Yang Song couldn't help becoming vigilant, even when he heard that there was a treasure, he didn't relax in the slightest, and even wondered if it was here to murder him.

"I was sent by Mr. Tang to discuss something important. If something happens to me, I'm afraid you will be involved." The military academy suddenly whispered in Yang Song's ear.

Yang Song was shocked!Indeed, as the military academy said, he dared not let others know that Li Song's meticulous work was in his house, and if Zhang Lu heard about it, he would lose his head.

"Follow me to the study." After Yang Song finished speaking, he said to the butler beside him, "No one is allowed to come near my study without my order."

"No!" The butler hurriedly replied, watched Yang Song and the military academy leave, and personally arranged for someone to guard outside Yang Song's study, lest anyone approaching the study with disobedience would spoil the master's good deeds, and he would suffer accordingly.

"Okay, there is no one here, so you can tell the purpose of Mr. Tang sending you here." Yang Song led the military academy into the study, opened the secret room, and the two entered the secret room.

The military academy said: "Prime Minister Li Tang has heard about Shengde for a long time, and the special envoy sent me a pair of golden armor as a letter, and a secret letter written by himself."

Yang Song saw that he was indeed here to give away treasures, he couldn't help being overjoyed, read the words in the secret book, and said in detail: "Supervise Tang Gong, but please rest assured, I have a good plan to report to you."

The military academy was overjoyed when they got the letter from Yang Song, and hurriedly took off the golden armor on his body, handed it to Yang Song, got up and left.

Yang Song sent someone back first, then went to see Zhang Lu overnight, and framed Pang De in front of Zhang Lu, saying that he had been bribed by Li Song, so he sold it for a while.

Zhang Lu was furious, and ordered Pang De to come forward. After scolding him, he ordered Pang De to be tied up, and he was about to behead him.

"My lord, I can't kill you! Now that the enemy is in front of me, it's time to employ people! If Ling Ming is killed, who will resist the enemy for the lord, not to mention changing generals just before the battle is a taboo for military strategists! My lord, please think twice!" Yan Pu bitterly admonish.

After some bitter remonstrance from Yan Pu, Zhang Lu gave up on the idea of ​​beheading Pound, saying: "You come to the sun to fight, and if you are invincible, you must be beheaded!"

"No!" Pound clasped his fists in salute, retreating with hatred in his heart.

The next day, when Li Bing attacked the city, Pang De led his troops out. Li Song ordered Xu Chu to fight, "Zhongkang, you go to fight Pang De, you are only allowed to lose but not to win."

"Promise!" Xu Chu took the order to go, rode out of the camp, and fought with Pound for more than ten rounds, then pretended to be defeated and retreated in a hurry, Pound came.

Li Song himself rode his horse on the hillside and shouted, "If Pang Lingming doesn't surrender now, when will he wait?"

Pang De thought: "Take Li Song, it will be worth a thousand generals! It will also clear up my grievances." Then he flew up the hill.

With a cry, the sky collapsed and the earth collapsed, and people and horses fell into the pit; the hooks and ropes on all four walls stepped forward, captured Pang De alive, and escorted him up the slope.

Li Song got off his horse, waved the sergeant back, untied Pound himself, and asked Pound, "Ling Ming, are you willing to surrender and surrender to me?"

Thinking about Zhang Lu's inhumanity, Pang De was willing to bow down, clasped his fists in salute, knelt down on one knee and said, "I will not give up when I meet Duke Ming. I, Pang De, would like to serve like a dog under Duke Ming."

Li Song was overjoyed and said: "Today's dawn is like a tiger with wings!" He helped him on his horse and went back to Dazhai together, deliberately teaching the people in the city to see.

Seeing that Pound and Li Song were returning to the enemy's camp together, someone reported to Zhang Lu that Pound and Li Song were walking together, and Zhang Lu completely believed what Yang Song said was true.

Zhang Lu took Yang Song's hand and said, "Fortunately, there is a loyal man like Qing, so I won't be able to trust Pang De. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'm decapitated. I want to reward you."

"Share the Lord's worries! It's my duty, I don't dare to try to reward you!" Yang Song was overjoyed in his heart, but he was modest and evasive before accepting Zhang Lu's reward reluctantly.

The next day, Li Song erected ladders on three sides and flew cannons to attack. Zhang Lu saw that he was extremely powerful, so he hurriedly discussed with his younger brother Zhang Wei.

"Now, the enemy army is attacking fiercely! I'm afraid the city won't be able to hold on, so what's the second brother's strategy?" Zhang Lu asked.

Zhang Wei said: "Brother, in my opinion, it's better to set fire to all the storehouses and treasuries, and go to Nanshan to guard Bazhong, and give Li Song an empty city."

Yang Song's eyeballs rolled around, and he immediately said: "My lord, the enemy army is powerful, and our army is powerless to stop their attack. It is better to open the door and surrender."

Zhang Lu hesitated for a while, Zhang Wei said: "Just burn it."

Zhang Lu disagreed with Zhang Wei, and said: "I originally intended to submit to the country, but no one conveyed my intention; now I have to escape because of necessity. The storehouses and treasuries belong to the imperial court, so how can they be burned down?"

(End of this chapter)