The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

The old beggar volunteered to be Long Fei's volunteer propagandist.All day, among the common people, he told everyone what he had seen and heard around Long Fei these days, and he even shed tears when he talked about the emotion.The common people were also fascinated by it.Liu Bei described Long Fei as a murderous monster, and now the old beggar compares Long Fei to a fairy in the sky.

"Old beggar, you spoke so well of General Long, why did you follow us back then!" A young man asked with a smile on his face while holding a porridge bowl in one hand.

The old beggar glared at him: "You know what the hell, if I followed you, I would have starved to death. There is a fairy dreaming for me, saying that if I stay in Nanjun, I can enjoy my old age in peace. Look, I listened." According to the gods, don’t you live more and more vigorously now?” As he spoke, the old beggar rolled up his sleeves to let everyone see the flesh on his body.The people laughed, and the atmosphere was extraordinarily joyful.

In five days, Liu Bei released about half of the people, but there was still no news from Changsha.Seeing that the number of people is decreasing day by day, if there is no more news from Changsha, he will really be hit by Zhang Liao, and he will not be cut into pieces.Worrying around in the big tent in a hurry, constantly sending people to inquire about the news.Ma Liang, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Tai Shici and others in the nearby camp did not seem to be in a hurry.Eating the food and grass sent by Long Fei, he did nothing all day long, playing chess and chatting when he was free.Liu Bei was even angrier when he saw it.

The people trapped in the big camp also knew something about the situation on the other side.There seems to be a kind of anticipation. Every night when choosing people to send over, everyone is extremely excited, pushing forward one after another, wishing to pass now.

Jian Yong found Liu Bei: "Master, it has been five days, and there is no news from Changsha?"

Liu Bei shook his head: "I have already sent someone to inquire, Changsha Wei Yan's soldiers and horses are still in the city, and they have no intention of sending troops at all, and I don't know if the military division can persuade Wei Yan!"

Jian Yong took a deep breath and let out a long breath: "My lord, we can't wait any longer. If there is no news within five days, we have nothing to do. Why don't you write a letter to urge the military advisor?"

Liu Bei was so happy, he looked at Jian Yong: "Do you think the military division can listen to me?"

Wei Yanduan sat on the stage, while drinking, while looking at Zhuge Liang below.Zhuge Liang is unsmiling, and his words are very concise.This was Wei Yan's first time seeing Zhuge Liang.As the backbone of Black Ice, he had naturally heard about the future Guardian Zuo, but when he met Zhuge Liang, he felt that this person was not very good.The appearance is not bad, but it gives people a cold feeling.Zhi Ji is not as magical as the rumors say, otherwise he would not be driven away by Long Fei, and now he has to ask himself.

Wei Yan smiled slightly: "Mr. Zhuge, you and I are both of the same kind, so I won't turn the corner. I, Wei Yan, have no skills. I have stayed in the black ice for so many years, and now I have finally managed to show some signs. This time I rescued Liu Bei. It was arranged by the Lord, I have nothing to say, I just want to ask, what should I do after saving Liu Bei?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The Lord has already made arrangements for this matter, so you don't need to worry about it!"

"Oh? Then I don't know how the Lord arranged it?" Wei Yan didn't put Zhuge Liang in his eyes.Changsha is his territory, and I am the master of mine.

Zhuge Liang's eyes pierced Wei Yan like lightning, but Wei Yan didn't back down, and stared straight at Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang said: "Then what are your plans? Do you want to go back and continue to work in your Suzaku Department, or do you want to follow us to serve the great cause of the Lord?"

Wei Yan said with a smile: "What do you say when you go back to the Suzaku Department, what do you say after you?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "I don't know about this, what the lord arranges, we just do what we do."

"Hahaha..." Wei Yan laughed loudly: "Oh! Mr. Zhuge put everything on the master in one sentence. It seems that what I have sacrificed for Hei Bing for so many years is just a small follower. Compared with you There are quite a few people who have the support of the Four Elders of Jingshan! Now I am a little prefect here in Changsha. Although I am not appointed by the court, I still have my own family. I am really reluctant to do it for so many days."

"You want to disobey the Lord's order?" Zhuge Liang looked serious.

Wei Yan shook his head: "I still know the strength of our Hei Bing. I don't have the guts to fight Hei Bing alone, but I also have to think about my future. Look at Chen Dao and Meng Shuo. These were people who were similar to me in the past. , After following Long Fei, he is now a general, with thousands of soldiers and horses under him, following Long Fei around, fighting on the battlefield, as much fun as he wants, but what about me? What did you get in exchange? Even a small eunuch can’t sit still.”

"You also want to join Long Fei?"

Wei Yan shook his head and said with a smile: "I thought about it before, but I don't want to now. If I had defected to Long Fei the first time I saw Long Fei, I would at least be a general by now, but now, Long Fei has a lot of talents under his command. It's just icing on the cake, Long Fei won't use it for me." Wei Yan changed his subject: "How about this, after I save Liu Bei, let Liu Bei also make me a general to lead the army?"

"I can't be the master of this matter! Your matter must be approved by the master!" Zhuge Liang rebuffed Wei Yan.

"Really?" Wei Yan said: "If that's the case, then I have to ask the lord to ask the lord, and wait until I get a clear answer. I still want to be the prefect for a few more days."

"You want to disobey the Lord's order?" Zhuge Liang stood up suddenly, staring at Wei Yan: "Do you know what the consequences will be?"

Wei Yan waved Zhuge Liang to sit down: "Don't worry about Zuo Hufa, am I discussing with Zuo Hufa? I said that I will save Liu Bei, but I just want to know where I will go after saving Liu Bei."

Zhuge Liang rarely got angry, but this time he was really angry. He gritted his teeth and looked at Wei Yan, thought for a while, suppressed his anger, and sat down slowly.Hei Bing's sub-rudder in Jingzhou has moved away, and now he is the biggest leader of Hei Bing in Jingzhou, controlling everything.Wei Yan was originally an arm arranged by Pang Degong for him, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.If Wei Yan changed his mind before the battle, Liu Bei would really be in danger, and he would not be able to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, so he would definitely lose face when he went back.

Zhuge Liang said: "As long as you save Liu Bei, I will take care of the rest, and I will give the bus [note] a satisfactory explanation."

Wei Yan laughed loudly: "That's pretty much the same! With Zuo Hufa's words, I feel at ease. I hope Zuo Hufa doesn't lie to me."

In order not to irritate Liu Bei, Long Fei left the army ten miles away, and only brought a few guards to Zhang Liao's camp.Before arriving at the camp, I saw a large area of ​​tents and dark crowds from a long distance away.Long Fei shook his head and sighed: "This Liu Bei actually threw us such a big burden, but it's not enough if we don't carry it, Liu Bei makes me more and more unhappy!"

Xu Chu said: "Do you want me to bring a few people to arrest Liu Bei tonight, and ask my lord to punish him?"

"Forget it! There is a hostage in Liu Bei's hand, so let's talk about it!"

The riding horse entered Zhang Liao's camp.Zhang Liao waited at the gate of the camp with a group of people to meet him.The old beggar knew Long Fei and his Feng Yu, and recognized them immediately, and then shouted loudly: "Folks, look at the man riding the black horse is General Long!"

The common people rushed to witness it, and immediately surrounded it, kneeling down in front of Long Feima.It made Long Fei feel uncomfortable.Hastily dismounted from the horse, helped the elderly in front of him, looked at the porridge in their hands, and smiled slightly: "Is the old man full?"

The old man's face was full of joy, with tears in his eyes: "The old man has lived for most of his life in vain, but he didn't know the good from the bad. The harmed General Long wanted to make peace with the traitor Liu Bei because of us. This old man has no face to face General Long."

Long Fei hastily tried to persuade him: "My old man, I am also from a poor background. I know what our common people need. Isn't it just three meals a day? Don't worry, everyone, with me, Long Fei, I will never let a villager starve to death or freeze. die!"

"Okay!" The common people roared, and many young juniors shouted loudly that General Long was mighty, and three thousand soldiers followed suit. The whole camp was noisy and powerful.After repeated consolation by Long Fei and the others and the old beggar, the people were sent away.Long Fei heaved a sigh of relief, and sat down on the handsome seat: "This time is more tiring than fighting a battle, and I will punish you if this happens again in the future."

Everyone could see that Long Fei was happy, so they just laughed.Zhang Liao hurriedly came to report: "My lord, after these ** days, we have received 170 people from Liu Bei. Now there are four to five thousand people left in their place. Should we attack now and kill Liu Bei?" captured?"

Long Fei shook his head: "Forget it, since you want to be a good person, then be a good person to the end and save all the people. Besides, ruining my reputation for Liu Bei is a big deal. Liu Bei is shameless, but I don't want to be shameless." laugh.

On the 12th day, Liu Bei was discussing with Jian Yong in the big tent, whether to reduce the number of people sent there and delay the time a little longer.Ma Liang, Sun Qian, and Mi Zhu opened the curtain and walked in without any communication.Liu Bei and the two hurriedly stopped, looking at Ma Liang and the other three, Liu Bei asked, "What are you gentlemen doing here?"

Ma Liang said: "I'm here to tell my lord a good news. There's a letter from Changsha. Tell my lord to lead the troops to retreat towards Baling as soon as possible. Wei Yan will send troops to respond."

Liu Bei was overjoyed and heaved a sigh of relief: "It's finally here. If we don't come again, we won't be able to hold on."

Immediately ordered the whole army to prepare to pack up and retreat towards Baling little by little with the people as hostages.As soon as Liu Bei moved, Long Fei also moved. Long Fei ordered Xian Yufu and Xian Yu Yinzi to arrange manpower to escort the rescued people back to Nanjun. He also ordered Xu Huang to lead [-] cavalry to follow Liu Bei to prevent Liu Bei from playing tricks.

Guo Jia smiled slightly: "My lord, Liu Bei gave us a plan to delay the attack, so why don't we give him a plan of ambush!"

Note: Gongcheng: After Shang Yang's reform, the Qin State rewarded farming and war, and those who made meritorious service were given twentieth-level titles.Public transportation is the eighth class.Hei Bing's official positions are divided according to these twenty nobles.Long Fei mentioned in the previous part is Zuo Shuzhang, which is the tenth rank.