The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 143

Gao Gan received the letter and opened it for a look. The meaning of the letter, let him win over some people like Hedong Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yan.The high-ranking officer thought to himself, isn't this a fool's dream? My cousin is really messing around. The people mentioned in the letter are all Sizhou generals. Why did they rebel?I tried to write a few letters reluctantly, but I guess it would be impossible to succeed.Gao Gan then ordered the master book to write two letters. First, he praised the two of them, and then he promised the four of them to surrender with high officials and generous salary, titles and lands.

Gao Gan's worries are not unreasonable. At this moment, Yuan is weak and Cao Cao is strong.If Zhang Sheng hadn't been an idiot, he wouldn't have surrendered to Hebei.That would be so stupid.

He didn't know what Zhang Sheng was thinking.

Zhang Sheng held a letter from a high-ranking official in his hand, and walked around the room in a long robe.He is of medium build, with a strong mouth, a thin neck, a big head, and small eyes. He started to lose his hair when he was in his forties, and his hair, which was barely pulled up, exposed his white scalp.His depression may have a lot to do with this appearance.

Zhang Sheng's face was livid, and his facial muscles were convulsed due to excessive tension.He stared at the word 'Zhong Yao' written in Gao Gan's heart, and his teeth rattled.

For more than a year, Zhang Sheng hated him to death. In his consciousness, Zhong Yao, the captain of Sili, the head of Sizhou, was the evil star of his life. Things are always making trouble for him, and they don't like him anyway.

He robbed a few civilian girls to have fun, and he also intervened, and copied the homes of a few rich businessmen, and he also asked, is there such a fucking man who manipulates people like this?
The most irritating thing is that last year, he took a fancy to a daughter of a wealthy businessman in Hedong who was more than 20 years younger than himself. Concubine's.He gave a lot of dowry gifts, ten taels of silver, which was the most he ever gave. In the past, the thirty concubines he got were all paid by the woman's family.He felt that he was very worthy of this young lady.If it weren't for seeing her so tender and ready to cry, I wouldn't be so merciful.After grabbing it back and finishing playing, if you are happy or drunk, maybe you will give it to the brothers below.What's the matter, woman, there are plenty of them.The woman's parents probably felt that the dowry was very generous, and that General Zhang was well-known and the most reasonable, so they readily agreed to the marriage.God knows, the rich businessman cried to his daughter; "For the sake of our family's lives, you should just follow. Dad really has no choice."

In this way, the marriage was settled, but things took a long time, and the gods didn't do what they wanted, and Zhong Yao came out halfway and messed up the matter.If it was any other woman, Zhang Sheng would be fine, but this young lady, with a pair of seductive eyes and a sweet talk, made Zhang Sheng sleepless all night. Live in vain.Compared with this one, those who rode before are worthy of being called women.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Zhong Yao, and no one reported General Zhang Sheng's illegal activities to him at all. He heard from his younger brother Zhong Jin.How did Zhong Jin know? He heard from Li Tong that a distant cousin of Li Tong was a family friend with a wealthy businessman in Hedong. Find a good wife, my niece is fierce and ugly, she is really not worthy of the mighty General Zhang.

When Li Tong saw this letter, he was in a dilemma. Although he was highly regarded by the prime minister, as a Yamen general, he was considered a figure among the generals in Xuchang, but he couldn't manage the affairs of Sizhou, he was not a local important person.

If it is an old comrade in arms, like Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, and Lu Qian, he can write a letter to persuade him, relying on his own face, to resolve it, but this Zhang Sheng, who has just surrendered, is not very familiar with him network.If you write a letter rashly, you must be exchanging shallow words and deep words, and there will be conflicts, what can you do about it.That day, Zhong Jin, the attendant of the Huangmen, happened to invite him to drink. This boy turned his eyes to his heart, and during the dinner, he mentioned to Zhong Jin: "I have a niece from afar, she is twenty-eight years old, she is young and beautiful, and she is beautiful. , a well-known beauty in Hedong County, I heard that your lord has just lost his wife, why don't I introduce you to continue the strings." Li Tong thought well, since Zhong Yao is Zhang Sheng's immediate boss, Zhang Sheng will definitely give him In terms of face, secondly, Zhong Jin is a Confucian general, and his character and temperament are a thousand or hundreds of times better than those of Zhang Sheng.As long as Zhong Jin is the first to marry the young lady, forgive him for being a general and dare not say anything.How did he know that if people get used to kneeling and surrendering, they will become addicted.

Zhong Jin didn't know the inside story, he obeyed Li Tong's arrangement, and chose a day to marry the young lady. This move was also congratulated by Cao Cao in person, and he was very moved when he was honored and favored. A catastrophe.

When Zhang Sheng heard the news, he questioned the wealthy businessman and his wife furiously. In order to save his life, the wealthy businessman had no choice but to say that it was snatched by Zhong Jin. When Zhang Sheng heard about Zhong Jin, he knew that it was the servant of Huangmen, Zhong Yao's younger brother. He took a deep breath and didn't speak, but his heart was cruel, and he vowed to take revenge.But he didn't want to surrender at this time, because there was really no one to vote for, only Liu Biao was left, but Liu Biao was not promising, and it was estimated that the rabbit's tail would not grow.If you want to get revenge, it is best to get promoted and bring down the Zhong brothers politically.

So he gathered a large number of troops on the front line of Bingzhou, ambitious to be a high-ranking cadre and make meritorious service. When the report reached Zhong Yao's ears, he was scolded head-on and face-to-face, and Zhong Yao firmly opposed it.So Zhang Sheng thought that Zhong Yao was afraid of his meritorious deeds and made things difficult on purpose, so he hated him even more in his heart, and just wanted to take his skin to make a quilt cover.

Zhang Sheng went to Zhong Yao to comment, and tried his best to tell how loyal he was to the country, and hoped that Zhong Yao would allow him to go out.Zhong Yao kept shaking his head, "No, no, absolutely not. Are you overfed? How can you provoke a fight at this time? Our army is short of food and cannot use soldiers."

It’s hard to talk about it, but Zhang Sheng became angry when he heard it, and he quarreled with Zhong Yao without saying a few words. He even raised his fist on the fire and threw it at Zhong Yao. Get rid of Captain Sili! !He is really a brave general.

Cao Jun's military discipline is strict, and he will not allow murder and beating of Shangguan. What's more, he is still a surrendered general and has not been fully trusted.Fortunately, Zhong Yao is an upright Confucian scholar, magnanimous, educated without discrimination, and thinks that he is very brave, brave and good at fighting, and can be rescued. After many reports to his superiors, it is considered that Zhang Sheng's position is preserved and he is allowed to continue. Garrison in Hedong.But Zhang Sheng didn't know Zhong Yao's painstaking efforts. He felt that this was a trick of the Zhong brothers to buy people's hearts. He gave a sweet date with a slap. The old man is not rare, the hatred of taking his wife can't just forget it like this, you just wait for me, I will never end with you.

Zhang Sheng, Zhang Yan in Hanoi, and Wei Gu in the county were all subordinates of high officials in the past, and they were from Bingzhou.The three have known each other since they were young, and they grew up together bare buttocks rubbing mud together. When they worked together for the Yuan family, they drank blood wine and worshiped their masters. The relationship is like that of a mother, which is naturally extraordinary.It's a bit like Liu Guanzhang and Zhang Sanjie.Zhang Sheng is the eldest brother, so after Guandu was defeated, they surrendered together.This time, the three discussed together and planned——

Cao Cao was suspicious and jealous. Naturally, he didn't dare to entrust these three surrendered generals with heavy responsibilities. He had observed for a period of time and saw with his own eyes that these three old generals of the Yuan family killed each other on the battlefield. My former brothers swung their swords like cutting wheat in the field, sweeping a large area, and every time they took the lead and acted enthusiastically against the enemy, it should not be a false surrender.Given that the three of them were familiar with the geography of Bingzhou, they were placed at the forefront of dealing with high-ranking officials. They had hoped that they would be able to bring a few brothers over.

The grievances and resentments between the Yuan family and the Cao family, or the struggle between the imperial court and local forces seemed too profound for Zhang Sheng. Zhang Sheng was a rough man, and he could barely write his name.The level of education is not much different from that of Wei Xiaobao.He doesn't care about court affairs, who is the teacher of justice?I only know one thing in my heart, whoever gives me food, high-ranking officials and generous salary, I will follow whoever.I just want a woman and gold, nothing else.The ignorant and greedy human nature often makes people narrow-minded and prone to extremes.

Zhang Sheng thought that Liehou Zhongyou, Lieutenant of Sili School Captain Chang'an, this high-ranking old dog, was sorry for him. He deliberately made things difficult for him and punished him. He was already his enemy. What should I do in this situation?Of course, he should use external force to kill him and avenge his wife.Nothing to say.

Zhang Yan and Wei Gu's thoughts are even simpler. Since they have drank blood wine and married Jinlan and are brothers who have died, then the enemy of the elder brother should be the enemy of everyone, and it is true that Zhong Yao's men can't get it. What good is it, the poor brothers are going to beg for food, it's not as good as being at ease under Yuan Shao, forget it, I won't serve you anymore, I won't take care of you anymore.Change master!
The three of them reached a consensus long ago to find an opportunity to kill Zhong Yao and use the land in the east of the river, and change generals with the Yuan family.Let's do it together.Coincidentally, after I said this just now, I mentioned Zhong Yao's order to mobilize troops and asked them to intercept Bingzhou General Guo Yuan. I’m here, why did I go so early, we don’t have a share in good things, I’m the first to be the first in the war, don’t go, don’t go.”

Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Zhang Sheng said angrily, "Damn it, it's not that easy to use our brothers as cannon fodder. We can't even excuse our illnesses. Let's see what he can do."

A few hours later, at night, Wei Gu came over: "Brothers, big happy event, great happy event." Zhang Shengxin said, I'm about to die of anger, and happy event, do you have a problem?

Wei Gu sat down and drank the water and said, "Brother, today Zhong Yao gave me an order to feign surrender to Guo Yuan and lead him across the Fen River. Don't you think it's a good thing?"

Zhang Sheng understood what he meant as soon as he heard it: "Who are you, whether you are false or true?" Wei Gu laughed and said, "That's right, he asked us to write the letter of surrender. When the time comes, we will surrender, and we will surrender falsely." , it’s not all on our brothers.”

Zhang Yan felt inappropriate: "Surrender so easily, it seems that there is no lure." Wei Gu said: "It doesn't matter, let's talk about it according to the situation, and ask the high-ranking officials what conditions they will give us."

After a day, the conditions for high-ranking cadres came, and Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yan were appointed partial generals, both of whom were Marquis of Guannei, with a reward of [-].This condition is high enough, Zhang Sheng is hesitating with the letter right now.He wasn't hesitant to surrender or not, but he was hesitant about how to cut off Zhong Yao's head and give Guo Yuan a generous gift.Dude, I still don't know that Guo Yuan is Zhong Yao's nephew. You know, no matter what, he won't go back.

Zhang Yan came up and said: "Your side is more troublesome, Wei Zhong is always in the way. Wei Gu is fine, Fan Xian and him are of the same heart, and the prefect Wang Yi has long been rebellious, but it is just vacillating. Hong It is more convenient for me to go to the farmers, and all the military and political power is in my hands."

Zhang Sheng said: "At this moment, Wei Gu has let Guo Yuan come over. The army is marching towards Jiangcheng. We must make a decisive decision. In this way, we will kill Wei Zhong first. Two days later, when Guo Yuan arrives in Jiangcheng, we will attack together. After pretending to besiege Guo Yuan, lure Ma Teng and Ma Chao out of the city, behead them in front of the gate, then occupy Jiangcheng and kill Jia Kui. You have to guard Hongnong when you go back. A county of Hongnong is enough to make you a marquis. "Everything is well arranged, and in order to keep the secrets, they don't reply to the high-ranking cadres. They just wait for the completion of the work so that they can receive wealth.After Zhang Yan left, Zhang Sheng thought about it. It is impossible to kill Zhong Yao. It is not difficult to clean up Wei Zhong, the prefect. It's time to kill him.

Wei Zhong was recuperating in Yangping Pavilion at that time. He was suffering from dysentery and was almost unable to get up.He also knew that Guo Yuan went deep into Sizhou, and suddenly received a letter from Zhang Sheng, saying that Master Zhong Yao ordered him to send troops out of Mianchi, and wanted to invite the prefect to discuss the military situation.Wei Zhong didn't suspect him, so he rushed over from a hundred miles away overnight.He only brought two hundred soldiers, and Zhang Sheng cut off his head when he arrived in Mianchi.All 200 of his subordinates were dead, and there was no one alive. The news was tightly sealed and no one knew about it.

Guo Yuan's army had already entered the pipeline leading to Jiangcheng. When they passed through Yangcheng, Wei Gu and Fan Xian went out of the city to greet them, saying that they sincerely surrendered, and Guo Yuan's last worry was gone. How do you know that you are lucky, lucky, lucky.

The official road is seventy miles away from Jiangcheng, and there are criss-cross roads on both sides of the road. The traffic is very good and extends in all directions.For marching and fighting, such a clearing is not very good, and it may be ambushed at any time.

After Zhang Sheng killed Wei Zhong, he led his troops out of Mianchi to lie in ambush on the official road.Zhong Yao's letter said that Zhang Yan, Zhang Sheng, and Ma Chao sent troops to strangle Guo Yuan at the same time under the banner of "Wolf Smoke", drove him back to Fenhe, and ordered Wei Gu to cut off his return. Undoubtedly, there was a traitor, and the battle turned around.

From far away, Guo Yuan could see the smoke from the two forked roads billowing into the sky, like a big boat plowing the waves, rolling wildly on the flat surface of the waves.

The situation was not good, Guo Yuan immediately ordered the front army to stop and ordered to prepare for battle.At this time, the spies in front caught a spy and sent it to Guo Yuan. "General, we have caught a spy."

Guo Yuan was overjoyed, and was about to ask the spy why when the smoke was boiling, the spy broke free from the arms of the two spies, knelt down and said anxiously: "General, my general Zhang Sheng, ordered the younger one to come and surrender. I am willing to fight with the general." Let's kill Ma Teng together and seize the land in the east of the river."

Guo Yuan was stunned for a moment, thinking, Zhang Sheng has eaten too much, please surrender, and treat me like an idiot.It must be a trick to lure the enemy, and ordered the spies to be pulled out and beheaded.The spy shouted for injustice: "General Guo will regret it if he kills me. General Zhang has already made arrangements, and the smoke will attract Ma Chao. At that time, he will surprise Ma Chao's army with cavalry. If Ma Chao's army is in chaos, you will be killed." can win big.”

Guo Yuan thought to himself, I don't know if it's true or not, Zhang Sheng came out of there, crying and shouting to surrender as soon as he came up, it's so strange.

Deng Sheng said: "My lord, regardless of whether Zhang Sheng really surrendered or pretended to surrender, it is indeed a bit early for him to set off the beacon at this moment, which is equivalent to exposing himself to us. There is no such ambush."

Guo Yuan thought about it too, if Zhang Sheng wanted to beat him, he would have already stepped into someone's trap by now, and he would send some spies over here, sick

The sound of horseshoes shook the mountain, and they charged from the opposite side of the official road, which was the direction of Jiangcheng.It was Ma Chao who came to kill him.Guo Yuan shouted loudly: "Meet the enemy, meet the enemy." He led his troops to meet Ma Chao, Ma Teng and Ma Dai Pound and killed them.

Zhang Sheng's team was still hidden in the dense forest deep in the forked road. He calmly watched the two mighty armies facing each other, about to collide with each other.Suddenly shouted: "Kill." Tens of thousands of galloping horses rushed out. As for who to kill, and who to kill in that direction, the soldiers under him already knew it well.

It was agreed to be after the ambush, and Ma Chao was very surprised that the smoke was billowing but there was no fighting.His first reaction was that Zhang Sheng and Zhang Yan were two slippery heads who refused to fight hard, but wanted to take the lead.As soon as Zha came into contact with Guo Yuanjun, he heard a thunderous sound of horseshoes.Zhang Shengjun is coming at full speed, just come here.I thought to myself, Guo Yuan is doomed this time, and the second immortal can't save you.But I didn't expect——

(End of this chapter)