The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 36

As soon as Sun Ce came in, Sun Ce pointed to the letters on the table and shouted: "Look, this Yuan Xi is really a deceitful person. If I, Sun Ce, don't kill him, it will be hard to get rid of it." The hatred in my heart." Sun Ce jumped here, thinking that Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao would definitely agree, but they didn't respond at all, and they didn't even read the letter.He wondered, but looking back, he wanted to get angry with Zhang Zhao and feel embarrassed with Zhou Yu.Before he could yell out, Zhang Zhao said first, "Report to my lord, something happened." Sun Ce said nonsense, don't I know something happened?What did you call you here for? "

But what Zhang Zhao said next made him a little unsteady; "Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County, rebelled." Sun Ce was taken aback; "Who? In his heart, Xu Gong has always been a timid and stable person.

With an angry expression on Zhou Yu's face, he nodded, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Zhou Yu; "Please read, my lord." I don't believe that there are people in the world who are even worse than Yuan Xi.As a result, when he opened the letter and read it, he was immediately dumbfounded, and was so angry that he almost had a stroke.Sun Ce screamed angrily, his eyes staring like two eggs.I saw the letter read: "Cao Gongtai Enterprise, Xu Gong will pay more respects if you are not talented. Under Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun, has always been loyal to the emperor, patriotic, dedicated, and has never done anything wrong in his life. Gauze lamp, thrift and thrift are not good for women, and most people in Wu County regard me as a role model. Gong also has another biggest advantage, that is, he is jealous of evil, and he has never been with cunning, despicable people, bloodthirsty and murderous people in his life. But recently, under the pressure of the situation, I have to rely on the demon king Sun Ce. I find it hard to bear the various actions of Ce. This man is brave and good at fighting, bloodthirsty, cruel and violent, just like Xiang Yu back then. May I ask if the imperial court cares about it? Isn’t it a disaster for such a person to be exiled abroad? I think that the imperial court should show his favor on the surface and call him into the capital to put him under house arrest, so that this person cannot be detained in foreign vassals.”

Sun Ce's angry face turned green after watching this, and he couldn't even swear.Zhou Yu said, "My lord, calm down, this matter cannot be made public now, otherwise, if Xu Gong finds out, he will surely rebel while the army is stationed in Danyang. Everyone's wives and children are in Wu County—at that time—" Sun Ce turned pale with shock. "Then what do you say, I can't let me just forget it." Zhang Zhao opened his mouth, did not dare to speak, glanced at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu smiled bitterly; "From the current situation - the second son It has already fallen into the hands of Yuan Xi, and it is impossible for us to attack Hefei by throwing our hands at the mouse. We have to withdraw from Hefei, return to Wujun, send people to discuss matters with Xu Gong, and then kill them." Sun Ce sighed; "But Zhongmou can't No help." Zhou Yu said strangely; "We are withdrawing from here, the Lord can do whatever he can, just say that he is giving Yuan Xi a favor in exchange for the Second Young Master and Zhou Tai, and he will definitely send the Second Young Master back." Sun Ce pointed The letter on the table reads; "Gongjin, you'd better read this letter before you talk about it." Zhou Yu took the letter from the table and just read two lines, his face changed, and he gritted his teeth and cursed; "Yuan Xi this You bastard——" Zhang Zhao looked at Zhou Yu, who had always been refined, and was furious. He thought that this Yuan Xi was really talented. I don't know what he wrote in the letter. He made the two big men of Soochow so angry, so he moved over. Look.After reading it, he smacked his lips and said, "I can't imagine that the Yuan family, whose family members of the fourth generation and third masters are all over the world, has such a rascal in the market."

After Zhou Yu finished reading, he said sharply: "Master, Yuan Xi is really hateful, I think—we should agree—" Sun Ce was reluctant, and said in a trembling voice; "Gong Jin—is there no other way?" Zhou Yu I thought unless you don't want your brother's life.But Zhou Yu is an outsider after all, and he still understands the common sense of being close to each other. He thought for a while and said, "In Yu's opinion, this is the only way to do it now, but don't be angry, my lord. After we get rid of Xu Gong, we will deal with Yuan later." It's not too late for the scoundrel, Xi."

Sun Ce sighed, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and greeted Yuan Xi and Xu Gong's ancestors one by one. Of course, Xu Gong was greeted more, because in his heart, the most unforgivable thing was the traitor.In the end, Sun Ce obediently agreed to all my conditions.However, he discounted the pearl necklace and only promised ten pearl necklaces.The issue of ceding Danyang County is also impossible, and the reply is more euphemistic; "Reconsider." The 100 million shi army rations can only give 60 shi, and it has been repeatedly emphasized that this has already been settled in Jiangdong Kuaiji, Danyang, Wujun, Yuzhang, The five counties of Luling provided all their strength [Dear friends, let me explain here, originally there were six counties, but due to my intervention, Sun Ce failed to invade Hefei, so it was impossible to defeat Liu Xun to seize Lujiang County]

In fact, my wild asking price is also to give Sun Ce a chance to bargain.In order to express to Sun Ce the arrogance of our army's mastery of the initiative and let him know his passive situation, Guo Jia did not agree, but thought of a compromise method-the military rations can be less, or less, and the pearl necklace It's even more irrelevant, but Sun Ce must go to the table to play Cao Cao, counting Cao Cao's coercion of the emperor to order the princes, named Han Xiangshi as a national traitor, and announced a break with Cao Cao.Guo Jia tried hard to stay up all night, and had already drafted the memorial for him.

Sun Ce was so angry, but there was nothing he could do. Who would let the brother be in someone else's hands? The watch was on the table. On the same day, according to the memorial written by Guo Jia, he copied it intact and sent it to Xuchang to participate in the performance of the big man. Prime Minister Cao Cao.It will take some time for the memorial to come and go. In the past few days, I have sent people to urge Sun Ce to cash in the military rations and 15 taels of military subsidies.As for the matter of ceding Danyang County, from the very beginning, my son did not report any hope, but just wanted to bring it up to anger this idiot.Sun Ce only promised to cash in half first, and the rest will be paid when his younger brother Sun Quan returns safe and sound.Guo Jia and I can discuss it, anyway, the initiative is in our hands, and there is not much food and grass now, so let's get the 30 shi army food first.Sun Ce was worried about Sun Quan's safety, and was afraid that Xu Gong would rebel behind him. He didn't even frown. In just one day, he was ready and transported from Danyang County to Hefei City—and asked me to send Sun Quan back, I thought to myself No, the kidnapping is not like this. Sun Ce is not a fool. After receiving the hostages, he will never give me the rest of the food. He must think of a surefire way——

I was thinking about it when suddenly a sergeant barged in; "My lord—there is news from Shouchun—"

The fields and mountains in winter look particularly empty.The northwest wind blows wantonly in the mountains and plains of Yangzhou.Although Yangzhou straddles the big river, half of it belongs to the northern inland climate, and the year-round changes are the same as Qingzhou and Xuzhou.The strong north wind like a sharp knife is howling above the mountain valley entrance and the wide and quiet official road.The north wind solidified the earth's surface into iron stone, cracked the exposed rocks, and cracked Zhang Liao's lips at the same time.Each of Zhang Liao's soldiers seemed to have a pipe in their mouths, whistling white smoke.Although the Yanzhou Corps hung the gold-lettered signboard of the Central Army, had food and drink without worrying about first-class equipment, and the soldiers did not lack winter clothes, they still shrank from the cold.Infantry is better, they will automatically generate some heat during long-distance raids.The armor of the cavalry is heavy, and they generate less heat when they move. When they passed through a mountain pass, the weather was not good, and it snowed. A thin layer of ice had formed on his face, and his beard and hair were white, like winter melons covered with frost.

Zhang Liao couldn't help but touch the brown armor made of fine steel, he felt a chill, the biting cold almost froze his brain.The ground is covered with white snow, which is drier and harder.The north wind came again to cheer, rolled up the snow on the ground, and flew in the void, and the sky and the earth suddenly became white chaos.

Zhang Liao's horse's hoof stepped on the ground and there was a sound of metal clashing, and an ominous premonition swept over his body instantly. This was a very strange and inexplicable feeling. He felt that the scenery in front of him was bleak for no reason at all.I thought that since I followed Cao Cao, Lu Bu's shadow always appeared in my dreams from time to time. Every time I saw him appearing in the center of the dream, I would feel very sad and helpless.Seeing a few lone pagoda trees on the roadside being broken by the north wind and falling to the ground under the alternating attack of severe cold and snow, this lonely and vicissitudes of life The feeling is even stronger.

"Song Xianwei and Xu Xu escorted the grain and grass, and Liao was a little worried. Could you ask Wen Qian to come and meet him?" Zhang Liao said to Le Jin who was beside him.Since the prime minister had instructed that this battle must be fought quickly, Zhang Liao adopted the strategy of marching in a hurry. For two days and two nights, people did not take off their armor and rushed on their way desperately. This caused a problem-the movement of food, grass and supplies was slow, and they would inevitably fall behind.Xun Yu already knew this, so——

Le Jin was so unhappy, thinking that the prime minister knew that I was at odds with this person, and even appointed me as his deputy, didn't he intend to punish me.Sending me to escort the grain and grass is obviously because I'm afraid I will steal his head?Damn it, Lu Bu's subordinates can have any good stuff, all of them are black-hearted, or I will go to escort the food and grass province to watch you worry.

Le Jin agreed coldly; "How dare the general and the last general refuse to obey, just go." Zhang Liao felt angry when he heard that, isn't it just because of his poor background, why is he so angry all day long.However, he is very rich, and he is a person who can't express his emotions or anger, so he immediately smiled; "Wen Qian is willing to go, Liao Wuyou also."

Le Jin sneered, turned his horse's head smartly, and led two thousand troops from his own headquarters to a place eighty miles away from the army to escort food and grass.Le Jin felt much better when he left Zhang Liao. Although Wen Qian was narrow-minded, inhumane, extreme, and mean-spirited, there was one thing that was true, and that was marching and fighting.With him around, even if you encounter the most powerful bandits, you won't be afraid.As for Shouchun, he was not worried at all, because before he left, he had gone through the topographic map of Shouchun area with the prime minister's governor Shi and Dahan Sili Captain Zhong Yao. The road he is taking now , is carefully selected.This road bypasses the Jiujiang official road and goes straight from Yicheng to Beishan, a hundred miles away from Shouchun City.After careful observation and careful analysis, although this road is a bit farther than the official road, and the road is rugged, with many mountains and dense forests, there is absolutely no fork in the road, and it is most conducive to the urgent march to escort food and grass.While thinking about it, Zhang Liao was proud of himself, and at the same time, he was thinking in his heart how to make a quick decision, and captured Shouchun City in lightning to start the battle of the white horse for the prime minister to eliminate his worries.Suddenly a sergeant flew over on a panicked flying horse and shouted: "General Qi, something is wrong." Zhang Liao closed his horse's eyes and stared, rubbing the sword at his waist, and reprimanded loudly; "Bold, why are you panicking? Military spirit." He wanted to kill the spy.

The spy turned pale with fright, turned off his horse, knelt down in the snow and tremblingly said, "General, please spare me, my subordinates really have one hundred thousand urgent military reports." Zhang Liao didn't want to kill him, but blamed him for being too loud, which affected the morale of the army, and wanted to scare Threatening to scare chickens and monkeys, in the future, others will know what to do, so don't yell.He said sharply; "Talk." The spies lowered their voice; "General, the Taishan bandits Zangba captured Xiapi City, and our food road was cut off by--." The voice was low, as if muttering to himself.Zhang Liao seemed to hear what he said about Taishan Xiapi, but he didn't hear the rest, and shouted, "You don't have any fucking food, so you can't speak louder." The spy sighed in his heart. It's okay to be unreasonable. Just now I thought my voice was too loud, but now I think it's too small.When I have time, I will definitely find a few senior spies, learn from them, and find a way to control the sound just right, so as to save myself from being scolded.Thinking of this, I bravely raised my voice by a decibel; "General Qi, the Tibetan Ba ​​has captured Xiapi City and cut off our food road—"

"Ah, why didn't you say something about such an urgent military situation earlier—damn—" He pulled out his sword suddenly, the tip of the sword flickered, and the spy's neck was bleeding violently, and he fell into the snow.When I was dying, I was still thinking, what will I say in my next life, I will be a general, and I will not be a spy if I am killed.

Zhang Liao came over to join the army and said, "It's better to go back to the army and destroy the Tibetan tyrant first, otherwise the army will have no food and will surely collapse without fighting." Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "In that case, he will fall into the trap of the Tibetan tyrant. I know this person best. He used to work with me under Lv Bu's tent, but because he was angry with Cao's death Tao Qian, he vowed not to surrender and fled to Mount Tai. This man is treacherous and considerate. He knows that the prime minister and Yuan Shao will soon have a decisive battle. , so he wants to hold me back. Liao dares to assert that if I wait to return to the army, he will definitely withdraw. Stop me and prevent me from entering Shouchun, which has achieved the purpose of disrupting the prime minister's army. This plan can only deceive others, but it cannot deceive Zhang Liao. Order the entire army to speed up and arrive at Shouchun City within two hours. I want to fight quickly." Han Hao said in amazement; "General, the supply road has been cut off, and the remaining food in the army can be used for at most three days, how to fight."

Zhang Liao laughed, "How did you join the army? Haven't you ever heard of knowing yourself, knowing your enemy, and winning every battle? Our army has three days of food left, which is much more than Shouchun Yuan's army. I guess these people can't last even one day. Cangba wanted to use the method of 'Pengyue Rao Chu', but I was not fooled. I wanted to learn from Chu Bawang and give him a 'destroy all boats and put all his eggs in one basket'.

Le Jin led 2000 troops from the headquarters through a dense pine forest, covered with snow everywhere, the pine branches creaked under the pressure.In the silence of the pine forest, only the sound of kicking horseshoes and the chaotic footsteps of infantry can be heard.Le Jin didn't care. At the end of the pine forest, there were two towering mountains. There was only a narrow passage between the two mountains that could allow at most one grain truck to pass.He frowned, drove the horse over, sat on the horse, looked up at the sky from the crack of the mountain, and could only see a glimmer of gloomy sky.

Regardless of him, there would be no enemy ambushing here anyway, didn't Zhang Liao say that there would be no fork in this road at all.The large group of people lined up in a line, and every three people walked forward side by side. After walking for nearly three sticks of incense, Le Jin passed the Taniguchi first.His eyes suddenly opened up, and he saw the open land he had just walked through.The messy snow field trampled by the soldiers just now has returned to a white blanket makeup at this moment.It stretched out infinitely before his eyes.Le Jin pushed forward, trying to let the team behind him pass.There were more and more soldiers behind him, and when half of the soldiers passed through the valley, suddenly—the withered grass mixed with the white snow on the roadside was lifted in an instant, and rows of sharp knives and guns appeared.A rush of horseshoes rushed over like a whirlwind.Soldiers in typical Jizhou military uniforms blocked Taniguchi like a flood.A handsome young general with a silver spear and silver armor riding a white horse rushed to him like lightning——Zhao Yun.

(End of this chapter)