Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2429 Take Chen Cang lightly and look forward to the clearance

Chapter 2425: Taking Chencang lightly, looking forward to Sanguan

Seeing Ban Chao standing up, Li Jing showed surprise, and after thinking for a while, he persuaded: "Ban Chao, this mission has certain dangers, if Li Shimin loses his mind, you may not be able to come back.

As the new champion of science and literature, you don't need to take this risk, you should go to someone else. "

Li Jing's dispatch of envoys to declare war was originally just for show, to make up for the lack of morality, so he planned to send any corporal commander there, but he didn't expect Ban Chao to ask for his order.

Just as Li Jing said, this mission is risky. Ban Chao, as the champion of the new discipline, has a bright future, it is not worthwhile to take this risk, so he does not want to send Ban Chao.

But Ban Chao said righteously: "If everyone cherishes their lives, how can I be in Daqin today? As early as the moment he entered Qin Dynasty, Ban Chao had put life and death aside."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at Ban Chao with eyes full of admiration, but Yang Hu couldn't help but rolled his eyes, obviously extremely disdainful of Ban Chao's words.

Yang Hu and Ban Chao participated in the scientific examination in the same year, but failed to enter the top three because of partial subjects, so he was very dissatisfied with Ban Chao, who came from a poor family but won the top prize.

It is a very common phenomenon in Daqin that children from aristocratic families look down on children from poor families. There are many people who dissatisfy Ban Chao, and Yang Hu is just one of them.

After Yang Hu became an official, he happened to be assigned to Yongzhou with Ban Chao, so he started to compete with Ban Chao, but in the end he was always inferior to Ban Chao in terms of political achievements.

It's not that Yang Hu is inferior to Ban Chao, their political attributes are both 96 points, and the level of governance between the two is not much different.

However, the county where Banchao is located is a complete and large county, and many counties in the county where Yangku is located are in the hands of the Tang Dynasty. This is the main reason why Yangku has always been inferior to Banchao in terms of political performance.

Although Yang Hu failed to surpass Ban Chao in terms of political achievements, he has changed a lot towards Ban Chao through more than a year of contact. As the No.

Although Yang Hu and Ban Chao are not friends yet, they are competitors who know each other best.

In Yang Hu's eyes, Ban Chao is indeed very decent. Although he can sacrifice his life for righteousness, he is also a person who cherishes his life and will never take risks easily.

For him to say such righteous words and risk his life to send Li Tang as an envoy, it is definitely not that he is not afraid of death, but that he is fully sure that he will come back alive.

The person who loves you the most is often your opponent, and there is some truth to this saying.

Yang Hu's guess was right. Ban Chao knew the danger of this trip, but he still dared to take the risk because he was very sure that he would come back alive.

As long as Gongsun Xuanyuan can win Sanguan, the entire Tang army in Guanzhong will be surrounded by the Qin army.

Under such circumstances, if Li Shimin dared to kill him, the envoy of Qin, he would have blocked Li Tang's last retreat. After all, it is an iron rule for the two armies not to kill the envoy.

With Li Xiuning, the imperial concubine, even if Li Tang eventually perishes, he will receive courtesy and even reuse after he surrenders to Qin.

But once Ban Chao was killed, Tang civil and military officials could still surrender, but the way for the Li family to surrender was blocked, and Daqin would never accept Li's surrender again.

Even if Li Shimin doesn't think about himself, he will definitely think about the Li family. After all, the Li family is not his own.

Therefore, even if Li Shimin really loses his mind, Li Tang's senior management will stop Li Shimin.

The generals present, including Li Jing, didn't realize this, so they looked at Ban Chao with admiration in their eyes.

On the other hand, Wu Qi and Baili Xi obviously guessed what Ban Chao was thinking, and couldn't help but admire Ban Chao's boldness and carefulness.

"It's not easy to be the No. [-] scholar. In the future, Daqin will definitely have his seat." Wu Qi thought to himself.

Li Jing was caught in a tangle. He didn't want Ban Chao to go, but after some contemplation, he still guessed Ban Chao's intentions, so he didn't continue to object, and agreed to let Ban Chao be the envoy to Chang'an.

"Be careful all the way. After you come back, I will present your Majesty with the title and promote you to the prefect." Li Jing clasped his fists and said.

Ban Chao was startled, then said happily, "Thank you Dudu."

Ban Chao and Yang Hu's performance in the past year was better than some prefects in Hebei, but they still failed to be promoted to prefect. That's because Bismarck with 102 in politics and Liu Luoguo with 99 in politics had better performances.

The introversion in Yongzhou's political arena is too serious. Even Ban Chao and Yang Hu can't get ahead in Yongzhou, let alone those who are not as good as them.

Guanzhong must be taken this time.

Wu Qi, Bailixi and others thought of this in their hearts.

After Gongsun Xuanyuan and other generals took the order to leave, they immediately went to the Lantian camp to transfer troops, but after the order was delivered, they did not go to Chencang with [-] cavalry, but went south to Chang'an with great fanfare.

Gongsun Xuanyuan's purpose this time was to surprise the Sanguan Pass. Logically speaking, his whereabouts should be hidden, but the Guanzhong Plain is so small, and it is impossible to hide the movements of the [-] cavalry troops from the Tang Army's spies, even if they are marching at night.

Therefore, Gongsun Xuanyuan simply stopped pretending, and went directly to Chang'an with great fanfare, but did not go to war directly, but just showed off at the border to mislead the Tang army. This action was another demonstration.

"Qin Jun is here, Qin Jun is here again."

The Daqin iron cavalry moved its front foot, and before it entered the Jingzhaoyin territory, it was discovered by Tang Jun's spies, and immediately reported it to the military camps along the way, as well as Chang'an.

Tang Jun in the barracks along the way did not dare to train in the camp after receiving the news, and retreated into the camp very skillfully, watching Qin Jun show off his power outside the camp, anyway, Qin Jun would retreat by himself after demonstrating , they are all used to it.

According to statistics, since Li Jing took office as the governor of Yongzhou, he has launched nearly two hundred demonstrations and provocations against the Tang army, an average of more than a dozen times a month.

There were so many demonstrations this time, Tang Jun was already used to it, and subconsciously thought that Qin Jun was here to demonstrate this time, not to start a war.

But this time the wolf really came.

After some demonstrations, Qin Jun's iron cavalry retreated skillfully. Obviously, not only Tang Jun, but even Qin Jun were used to such actions.

Li Zuoche looked at the departing cavalry of the Qin army, his eyes were full of anger and worry. When will this miserable day end?

"Report to Chang'an immediately, the Qin army has retreated."

"promise."

Qin Jun regarded Guanzhong as his back garden, and the iron cavalry came and left whenever he wanted, and every demonstration of Qin Jun was a blow to Tang Jun's morale.

Therefore, Li Zuoche hoped that Chang'an would pay attention to the demonstrations of the Qin army, and that his diplomatic attitude towards Qin could be a little tougher, but every time he reported, he only received a reply of 'business as usual'.

This time is no exception.

"Ugh."

Looking at the reply letter from Chang'an in his hand, Li Zuoche's face was full of disappointment, and his heart was full of confusion about the future.

Where should Tang go?
After the Qin army left, everything in the Tang army in the barracks remained the same, the training that should be trained, the patrol that should be patrolled, as if the Qin army had never been here.

All this was seen by Qin Jun's spies and reported to Gongsun Xuanyuan.

"General, Li Tang really didn't pay much attention to it, he just thought we were still demonstrating this time." Pei Yuanqing said excitedly.

It's good not to pay attention, the more insensitive Tang Jun is, the smoother their actions will be.

Gongsun Xuanyuan glanced at the sun that was about to set, and ordered: "Let's go, and we must arrive at Chencang within two days."

"promise."

Under the cover of the moonlight, [-] cavalry galloped towards Chen Cang at full speed.

At the same time, in Chencang County, the county government office.

A group of people got together and seemed to be planning something.

Ma Ping, the county magistrate, paced back and forth, muttering anxiously: "Why hasn't General Li Cunjin come back yet? Could it be that Li Siben saw through it?"

As soon as the words were finished, Li Cunjin strode in, and his subordinates brought a tightly bound and gagged general, who was Li Siben, the guard of Chen Cang.

When the county magistrate saw Li Cun coming in, he was overjoyed and hurried up to greet him, and said with a smile, "General Li Cunjin, this county magistrate knows that you will succeed."

Li Cunjin said: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my mission. I captured Siben while he was drunk. Now in Chencang City, no one can stop us."

"Woooooooo..."

Hearing this, Li Siben struggled fiercely.

It never occurred to him that his good brother Li Cunjin would drug him, and he was caught straight away when he neglected to take precautions.

After Li Cunjin saw Li Siben's appearance, he stepped forward to take off the cloth ball on his mouth, but Li Siben cursed: "Li Cunjin, what do you want to do?"

"What are you doing? Of course, opening the city gates to welcome the Qin army into the city." Li Cunjin sneered.

"what?"

Li Siben suddenly turned pale with shock, and said angrily: "Li Cunjin, are you crazy, you dare to betray Datang and the Li family?

Have you forgotten who gave you everything you owned first?
If the Li family hadn't adopted you and taught you martial arts, you would have starved to death on the streets of Longxi long ago. "

"Humph."

Li Cunjin snorted coldly, and said: "The reason why the Li family took me in and taught me martial arts is because I have good aptitude and want me to work for the Li family, otherwise how could they be so kind?
I have served the Li family as a cow and a horse for 20 years, isn't it enough to repay the kindness?Do you have to be a dog to the Li family until death? "

"Bastard, you ungrateful thing, even so, you can't betray Tang to Qin at this juncture." Li Siben said angrily.

"Who said I betrayed Tang and voted for Qin? I betrayed Tang and voted for Princess Xiuning.

If it wasn't for the princess, I, Li Cunjin, would have died long ago.

The princess treated me with kindness, and made great contributions to Tang Guo, but how did Li Shimin treat his own sister? "

Hearing Li Cunjin's words, Li Siben was stunned. He never thought that Li Cunjin's rebellion was because of Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning's influence in Li Tang was second only to Tang Gong Li Shimin, but he was treated harshly by Li Shimin, which also made many people in Tang country pack up for him.

It's just that Li Si didn't expect that Li Cunjin would betray Tang because of this.

"Cunjin, regarding the matter of Princess Xiuning, the lord did not behave honestly, but Princess Xiuning also made mistakes first, if you betray Li because of this..."

Li Si originally wanted to persuade Li Cunjin to turn around, but before he finished speaking, Li Cunjin blocked his mouth.

"Just wait and see. When Qin Jun wins Guanzhong, we may still be colleagues."

After finishing speaking, Li Cunjin stopped talking, turned his head and left, Li Siben was tied up by him, and there was no one to host the barracks, so he needed to stabilize it.

At noon the next day, the iron cavalry led by Gongsun Xuanyuan arrived outside Chencang City ahead of schedule.

After a night of purging, Li Cunjin had imprisoned all of Li Siben's confidants and replaced them with his own people. Chen Cangcheng was completely under his control.

Seeing that the Qin army had arrived outside the city ahead of time, Li Cunjin did not make any resistance, and directly opened the city to welcome Gongsun Xuanyuan in, and surrendered to the Qin army.

"General Li Cunjin, you led your troops to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, which saved our army a lot of trouble." Gongsun Xuanyuan said with a smile.

"General Gongsun, there has been no Li Cunjin since then, and the last general is already planning to change his real name back to Sun Zhongjin."

"Oh? Why is this?"

"My real name is Sun Zhongjin. I changed my name to Li Cunjin only because the members of the Li family hated Li Cunxiao. They wanted to disgust General Li Cunxiao, but General Li Cunxiao didn't feel disgusted. Instead, our brothers became a joke."

After hearing Li Cunjin, no, it was Sun Zhongjin's words, Gongsun Xuanyuan suddenly realized.

He said why there are so many Li Tang, and the generals named 'Li Cun X' were not their real names, but they were forcibly changed to disgust Li Cunxiao.

I have to say that for Li Cunxiao, this kind of behavior is really disgusting, but it should be Li Cunjin and others who are more uncomfortable.

It's fine if the name is changed forcibly, and it's only one letter away from the name of the world's number one fierce general. It's inevitable that people will compare it, but the result is self-inflicted humiliation.

"Now that I have voted for Qin, I naturally want to change my real name back." Sun Zhongjin said with a sad face.

After Gongsun Xuanyuan comforted him, he began to ask about the situation in Chencang City. Sun Zhongjin replied: "In Chencang City, there are 50 defenders, [-] stones of grain and grass, [-] catapults, [-] crossbows, and [-] arrows." branch……"

"There are so many grains, grass and ordnance in a small city of Chencang, but now they all belong to my Daqin." Yu Wencheng laughed.

"The order is passed on. After a short rest, the army will continue to go to Sanguan."

After saying that, Gongsun Xuanyuan looked at Sun Zhongjin and said, "General Sun, you still need your strength to take Sanguan."

"Please give orders, the general, the last general is duty-bound."

"it is good."

Because Sun Zhongjin directly surrendered the city, after Xuanyuan took the strong city of Chencang, not only did he not lose a single soldier, but he also had an additional [-] surrendered troops, and his strength increased instead of decreasing.

Regarding Chencang's [-] soldiers, most of them are definitely not available for the time being.

However, Sun Zhongjin's thousand soldiers and horses in the headquarters can still be trusted.

Gongsun Xuanyuan was going to let Sun Zhongjin pretend to be a successful or defeated army, while he led the army to chase after him, so as to deceive the city gate of Sanguan, so as to break into the city and break Sanguan in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)