The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 217

The Di people were poor and lived in hardship. When the Han Dynasty was strong, they were oppressed and exploited, and they did not live a good life.They worked hard for Zhang Lu just to fill their stomachs.Dou Mao would not talk about conditions in a roundabout way, but asked: "Master Zhang, give us 5 taels of silver and ten carts of silk horses. How much can you give?"

Yu Jin was overjoyed: "Double offer." Dou Mao's eyes lit up, and the revenge of killing his brother was thrown out of the sky: "Really?" Yu Jin said: "In addition, I will give you one hundred thousand hu grains. But you have to replace me Recruit the Di people from Yinping." Dou Mao smiled, and then lowered his face: "You Han people are the most cunning and have no credibility. I can't believe it. Last time Zhang Lu said to give me ten beauties, but the result was delayed again and again. , haven’t given it yet?”

Yu Jin said: "What do you need, you will believe me."

"Unless you and I become brothers, brothers will not deceive brothers."

"Okay, okay, Yu Jin is willing to become brothers of the opposite sex with the king."

There was no 10 taels of silver in the imperial army, so he ordered Zhang Kai to take his letter and go with the prime minister for ten days, and the forward army continued to advance to Yinping.Yinping is also an area controlled by Di people.There are three to fifty thousand Di soldiers stationed here.Dou Mao's general Kundu was stationed.When Dou Mao arrived at the city, he did not try to persuade him to surrender, but ordered Yu Jin to set up camp on the spot.Yu Jin knew what he was thinking, so he paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other.Zhang Kai hurried back in four days, saying that the brigade had passed Wudu. The 10 taels of silver have already been brought, but there is no cloth and silk. The prime minister wanted to use a thousand taels of gold as compensation.

Yu Jin pretended to be angry: "How can that be done? It was agreed to be twenty carts of silk. Why don't you have any? I don't want gold—" Dou Mao's eyes were straightened, as if he had been scalded by boiling water, and he jumped up straight from the mat. Jumping outside the tent, he saw the silver light flashing on several large carts, the golden light scattered, gold mountains and silver mountains, and he shouted at his general: "Go, go, let Kundu open the city and surrender, who told him to surrender?" Close the city gate, eat too much, right? I will clean him up in a while." Turning his head, he smiled and said to Jin: "Gold is also acceptable——"

Yu Jin said in his heart, you bastard, your eyes open when you see money.

Yu Jin Zhang Yun took Yinping without bloodshed, and subdued tens of thousands of Di soldiers by the way.Yu Jin wanted to take it with him as cannon fodder. Zhang Xi thought for a while and said, "Di people see Qian's eyes open and capricious, so they can't be regarded as confidantes. If you give him 10 taels today, he will listen to you. In case Zhang Lu gives him money that day 20 taels, wouldn’t it be too bad for him to rebel in the nest.”

Yu Jin said: "It's better to keep Dou Mao in the army as a hostage." Zhang He said: "This is not a long-term solution, it is best to divide the troops and garrison them." Yu Jin discussed with Dou Mao and wanted to keep some soldiers and garrison Yinping.Dou Mao was looking at the piles of gold and silver on the couch with eyes wide open and smirking! Damn, he had never gotten so many benefits from Zhang Lu.

Yu Jin explained the purpose of his visit, but Dou Mao didn't know whether he heard it or not, so he repeatedly agreed: "You and I are brothers, you can make up my mind for me, we have a deep friendship, and this king can trust you." Yu Jin thought, you should still be with Yin Zi The affection is deeper.Zhang He left [-] troops to garrison Yinping.However, the [-] soldiers and horses from Kundu were transferred out of Yinping.

For the sake of money, Dou Mao volunteered to attack Yangping Pass with the army, which saved a lot of tongues.In fact, Dou Mao has his own ideas - I still have to make meritorious service and try to get more money.

After passing Yinping, the road became smoother, and after seven days of rapid marching, they arrived at Lueyang, the last barrier outside Yangping Pass.The city of Lueyang is only ten miles in radius, but it happens to block the only way to pass through, and it is impossible to go around it.The defender of the city was General Zhang Lu's Biebu Sima Jiqian.Zhang Lu transferred all the main force to deal with Liu Zhang, leaving only 5000 troops in Ji'an.Speaking of which, [-] troops are enough to guard such a small city.However, Yuan Jun's vanguard troops were [-] to [-], and the water around the city was impenetrable. Ji Yan immediately beat a drum in his heart, and he might not be able to hold it!He went home worried and discussed with his wife.After listening to my beloved wife, without further ado, a slap in the face flashed past; "Useless things, such a simple reason is still worth thinking about. Prime Minister Yuan, he was entrusted with the imperial decree to seek thieves. Zhang Lu is a grasshopper after autumn. It’s been a few days. If you want to help Zhang Lu, you are going against the imperial court, and you are a traitor who everyone can punish. At that time, our family will also be implicated.” Ji Ying stomped his feet and said: “Madam’s lesson is that, I want to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and I will never join forces with Zhang Lu's rebels." He said impassionedly like a patriot, but he was actually frightened by Yuan Jun's aura and dared not fight.

Ji Rong unconditionally surrendered on the fourth day of the siege, without even sending a letter to Zhang Lu asking for help.Zhang Lu only knew that Yuan Jun had passed Yinping and was negotiating peace with Liu Zhang, hoping to rush back to resist the enemy.Liu Zhang didn't want to say anything, and he lost his temper and was so stubborn that he would die.It doesn't matter if you talk about breaking the sky, buddy, I'm going to punish you today! !

Zhang Lu wrote a letter to Liu Zhang himself, and his words were sincere, scolding himself for being useless and worse than a beast.Liu Zhang read the two lines, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he sneered slightly: "Why did you go so early, and begging me now, it's abominable." He threw the letter on the ground and walked away.Leave Zhang Lu envoy aside.

Zhang Lu had no choice but to let Su Gu stick to Yangping Pass, and sent Yang Ren and Chang Qi to rush back to Nanzheng immediately to rectify the troops.He also ordered Yang Song to send a letter to Yuan Xi, the prime minister who suffered a thousand knives.Asked him to raise troops for no reason.

When I saw Yang Song, I was startled. This person was completely different from what I had imagined.I thought treacherous ministers were all rogue-eyed, with erratic eyes and cold smiles.Yang Song is just the opposite.Five big and three thick, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dark face, thin lips, and pointed nose.Very loyal and honest, more like a general than a counselor.In short, it is impossible to connect the character of Angzang in front of him with the word treacherous.

"Prime Minister, Yang Song, the next official, kowtows to see you." You can't judge people by their appearance, and Yang Song showed timidity when he opened his mouth.A shameless act of flattering and tempting the Lord.The eyes are full of the look of a dog wagging its tail in favor of its owner.

"Master Yang, please get up quickly." I quickly helped him up.Yang Song is not only a philistine, but also proficient in official circles. He is best at flattery, flattery, framing Zhongliang, and counting money.Seeing me being so polite to him, the first thought in my mind was that I am going to get rich.

"What is the purpose of Mr. Yang's visit this time?" I held up the teacup and offered tea to Yang Song on the left.Yang Song straightened his hat, smiled and said, "It's just for delivery. It's a letter from General Zhang, the prefect of Hanning, to the prime minister." I waved my hand: "Zhang Lu has been demoted to a commoner, not a prefect." Yang Song said: "Yes, yes, Yes, I heard that the prime minister has taken the post of prefect, congratulations." I persuaded Chacha earnestly, and said with a smile: "Where does the prime minister have time to be a prefect, what the prime minister means is to choose a local minister in Hanzhong who has both ability and political integrity. A good official who can benefit the people should be appointed." Yang Song's throat was rumbling, and he didn't know what to say for a while.I sneered in my heart: "If you say that the talents in Hanzhong are actually withering, there is only one in the truth's mind-haha, it is you, Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang has an excellent reputation as an official, and he is resourceful. In the future, the rebels will be eliminated. The position of prefect is none other than an adult.”

Yang Song's teacup was placed on the low table with a bang, and he stood up with the help of the short table, and walked forward with his head down, kowtowed on the ground with the piety of worshiping his ancestors: "Thank you for the promotion, the prime minister, Yang Song must remember Prime Minister Ende, my family will enshrine the prime minister's longevity tablet. The prime minister is with heaven and earth—" This flattery is really unique.Yang Song is really unusual.

I clapped my hands twice.Three soldiers with trays came in suddenly outside the handsome tent.Kneel on the ground with the tray held above your head.I smiled and went over to uncover the red cloth on the tray.There are precious and rare things such as gems, agates and jadeites.There is also horseshoe gold and plum blossom gold.All worth a fortune.

"Master Yang, please accept these things with a smile. It's just a little wish from the truth, and it's mainly to reward your lord, who has been loyal to the country in Hanzhong for these years."

"Be loyal, Song must be loyal, Prime Minister rest assured. It's just Prime Minister, how dare Song accept such a heavy reward." Speaking insincerely, his eyes kept looking at Jinyin, the light in his eyes was greedy and joyful.

"No other meaning, just ask the adults to help me get rid of a person." I said calmly.

Yang Song raised his head and said: "As long as it is within his ability, it is his duty." I laughed a few times, and said word by word: "Zhang—Liao—"

When Yang Song came out of the tent of the Chinese Army, he suddenly remembered one thing. Damn it, the letter from Zhang Lu to me hadn't been delivered yet.He took the letter out of his pocket and wanted to turn it back.After thinking about it, I stretched out my hands and tore it into pieces, throwing it into the autumn wind.Anyway, Yuan Xi must get rid of him, the result is the same whether he sends the letter or not.

After Yang Song went back, he made a fuss about Zhang Lu and praised Yuan Jun's power to the sky; Stretching to Yangping Pass. The entire Qinling Mountains are filled with Yuan soldiers. The Xiegu almost collapsed because of this. Song really has never seen such a strong army. Some people say that the Qin army is strong. Compared with Yuan soldiers today, they are nothing more than cannon fodder. Their queue Tens of 300 people are neatly aligned. Even ordinary soldiers are wearing black light armor outside the Great Wall. The cavalry are all riding sweaty horses outside the Great Wall. The speed is more than ten times that of the Hanzhong cavalry. Bows and arrows—" Zhang Lu covered his chest with his right hand, his face was pale , waved his left hand, signaling him not to continue.I'm going to have angina.

"Did Yuan Xi say why this unknown teacher came out to fight without declaring it?"

"Yuan Xi said it. He said it was the emperor's intention, and it had nothing to do with him. The main reason was that Liu Zhang asked Zhang Su to send a memorial, saying that the lord had framed the Han clan. of."

"Fart, who doesn't know that the emperor can't be the master. He doesn't want to go west, and the emperor dares to force him to fail. This bastard. And Liu Zhang, what kind of big Han clan is he, an idiot. Yuan Xi will kill me, and the next one will be When it's his turn, I'll see how long he can be proud. This idiot." Zhang Lu said: "Send an order to let Yang Ang, Yang Bai and Liu Zhang confront each other. I will go to Nanzheng to deal with Yuan Xi myself." He lowered his head and waved his hands to signal Yang Song go out.Yang Song comforted him for a while, then left.

Ji Rong surrendered without a fight, and Zhang Yun successfully passed Lueyang in Yujin and approached Yangping Pass in the northwest of Nanzheng.I ordered Zhang He to be imprisoned and take a rest for a day to attack the city immediately before Zhang Lu came back.

Lueyang fell, and Yuan Jun appeared at Yangping Pass like a heavenly soldier.When the news came, Zhang Lu's army, which was organizing a retreat, caused a great disturbance.

Zhang Lu yelled at Yang Song angrily: "Arrest the whole family of that jerk and chop them up, no, cut them into pieces! A son of a bitch, it's not a thing."

Yang Song said: "His family members are in Lueyang and not in Nanzheng, otherwise he would not dare to surrender." Zhang Lu punched the table, making the teacups on the table jump up: "Are Su Gu's family members in Nanzheng?" ?” Yang Song laughed in his heart: “No, Su Gu’s family members are at Yangping Pass.”

Zhang Lu only felt a gust of cold air rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head like an arrow, and half of his body went numb immediately: "Quickly, tell Su Gu to send his family to Nanzheng, and order General Zhang Wei to rush to Yangping Pass. Be sure to hurry. "Once bitten by a snake and ten years afraid of well ropes, Zhang Lu was afraid of Su Gu and surrendered without a fight like Ji Yan.

Ji Ying was appointed by Yu Jin as a vanguard and led his men to attack Yangping Pass.The relationship between Ji Ying and Su Gu has always been good.There are still some that can't be erased, sorry.Zhang Yun enlightened him: "You are a loyal minister, who are you afraid of? It is Su Gu who should be ashamed. This guy helped Zhang Lu rebel, and he committed a serious crime of punishing the nine clans." Ji Ying cheered himself up, and said in his heart, yes, Lao Tzu is a teacher of justice and has followed the imperial edict.It's fair to say, who am I afraid of?

Su Gu was originally very angry at Ji Yan's shameless defection to the enemy, but now seeing that he still had the face to come and shout, his anger grew from his heart to his gallbladder.Lying on the top of the wall and cursing: "You are a spineless thing that is greedy for life and afraid of death, you still have the face to come to see me, get out of here."

Hearing his harsh scolding, Ji Yan also got angry and said: "Old Su, who are you scolding? You don't know that you are stupid. Who is Zhang Lu? He is a traitor. The prime minister ordered him to attack him. You and Zhang Lu When Lu is together, you are fighting against the imperial court. Are you still obsessed with it? I am here to save you, so surrender now."

"Fart, Yuan Xi is the national traitor. Who doesn't know that he is a treacherous minister who coerces the emperor to make the princes. You are clearly greedy for life and afraid of death. Don't say that you betray your master and ask for glory, but also drag others into the water, don't even think about it." Su Gu blushed, With blue veins exposed, he roared towards the bottom.

As soon as Ji Yan heard it, he turned the page; "It's hard to say, you are so stubborn, I have nothing to say. Come out if you have the ability, and we will fight to the death."

Su Gu snorted coldly.Take horses to Xiaguan, point out [-] soldiers and horses, open and close the door and kill them out.

Ji Ying and Su Gu both know their martial arts well, but between brothers, a fight is bound to be a fight.But Ji Ying had just surrendered, so he had to show something.In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Su Gu also had to pretend to stick to the city.So without hesitation go down to meet.Ji Yan finally persuaded: "Brother Su, you surrender, Zhang Lu's troops are simply impossible to compete with Yuan Cheng, and he will be captured alive sooner or later. The infamy of a thief."

Su Gu rolled his eyes and remained silent. His legs slammed on the horse's belly, and the horse neighed and sprang out. The black horse turned into black light.Su Gu's long stick raised, rolled out sideways, and hit Ji Rong's waist.Ji Qu sideways raised Fang Tian's painted halberd, and said angrily, "I persuaded you kindly, but you hurt me instead. Don't regret it." The two horses circled around each other, and Ji Qu kicked Su Gu sideways. On the horse's head, Fang Tian drew a halberd twig with his hands and poked Su Gu's eyeballs.Su Gu held the horse rein in his left hand, and raised his long stick in his right hand to push aside the painting halberd. He said with a look of disdain: "You are despicable, what kind of brother are you?" "Your grandma's, I will be your mortal enemy from now on. Let's see how capable you are." With all his strength, he unfolded his long stick and made a series of ten moves.

Zhang He could see clearly from behind, knowing that it would be difficult for Ji Rong to win, so he made a test on the first day of today.Come face to face with him tomorrow.Look at the sunset on the west mountain, the evening clouds hang low.It will be dark.Order Mingjin to withdraw troops.Su Gu and Ji Yan fought hard again, and both sides took a step back.Glaring, he retreated in the opposite direction.

Zhang He returned to the barracks and said to Yu Jin who was organizing the construction of the camp: "Su Gu's martial arts are mediocre, and he will definitely be captured alive tomorrow." Yu Jin looked at the high mountains around him at dusk. People are dazzled and startled.He sighed: "No wonder, everyone said that the mountains and rivers in Hanzhong and Shuzhong are magnificent and strange, and the roads are difficult and difficult. The original words are true. The terrain of Yangping Pass is even more dangerous. It is best for Su Gu to fight. If you want to attack it, it will be harder than ascending to the sky."

Zhang He said sincerely: "That's right, I have also fought for half my life, and I have never seen such a steep pass and forest.

Yu Jin said confidently: "We have to cross the difficult crossing. Hanzhong is the key battle for the prime minister's unification plan, and we must win it no matter what. Otherwise, the following battles will be difficult to fight." Zhang He suddenly frowned and said: "This camp , It seems that the next step is not very suitable. There are scattered hills in front of here, which is the easiest way for the enemy to hide. Even if our army builds archery towers and watchtowers, they cannot see the scene behind the hills. On the left is the curved Five or six winding mountain roads lead to nowhere, and they are easy for Hanzhong soldiers who are familiar with the terrain to use, don’t they—”

Yu Jin smiled wryly and said: "I also know that this is a desperate place where the enemy can come and our army cannot go, but I have already seen it in a radius of twenty miles. This mountain open space is the most suitable. The rest are not two cliffs. The road is narrow, similar to the gourd mouth. Such a place is a dead place, and the army will never come out if it enters. There are also dense forests, gurgling water canals, overgrown weeds that are easy to be attacked by fire. In short, there is no good place to camp. .”

Zhang He frowned and said, "No, you must enter Yangping Pass as soon as possible, otherwise, you may be robbed at any time."

"Report, two generals, Prime Minister Flying Pigeon's letter has arrived."

Zhang He took out the letter from the pigeon, after reading it, he smacked his lips and said, "My lord is really good at predicting things—" Yu Jin took it over and looked at it, and it said, "Be careful not to rob the camp, the army will arrive in the future."

Zhang He said: "Our army is exhausted from marching, and we have to guard against camp robbery tonight. In this way, the two of us will sleep alternately. Each of us will have two hours, which can not only nourish our energy, but also improve our defense and morale."

The night in the mountains is very cold, and the mountain wind brings chills from all sides. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the thick dew has already pressed a thin layer of frost on the tent.The night in the mountains is very quiet, only the sound of the flowing stream, the faint singing of cicadas and frogs can be heard in the distance, and the sweet snoring from the camp from time to time.The night in the mountains is dark and transparent, and the thin mist floats below your knees, making you feel like you have fallen into a fairyland.Take a breath and feel the chill of Lu.Zhang Xi felt refreshed, and his shaky head came alive again.Dots of stars are all over the sky, like the eyes of countless gods watching the earth.God, which side do you bless?
A small stream half-surrounds the camp, and it looks like it is about to dry up, and the sound of rushing water seems to declare its tenacity of life.In sharp contrast, there are more than [-] charcoal fires burning and steaming in the barracks, which take away the haze and fear in the soldiers' hearts.Twenty or so streams of smoke rose straight up into the dark void, like smoke from a farmhouse.

Comfortable, quiet and harmonious.The neat sound of boots hitting the ground outside the handsome tent did not disturb all of this.What the mountain wind brings is not bitter cold, it just conveys the bleakness to people.Let those soldiers know that killing is everywhere.Life is as fragile as fallen leaves falling in the autumn wind, even less than those few yellow and dry leaves.Soldiers, take this opportunity to take a few more breaths of fresh air from the world.Tomorrow maybe—

Hooves?Yes, hooves?The tragic sound of hooves was slight, but it still existed.It was conveyed from a certain road in the middle of the mountain.It was vaguely accompanied by the clang of weapons being unsheathed.The moon got behind the mountain, and it seemed to be scared, trying to avoid something.The dark sky grew even darker.With his many years of marching experience and sensitivity, Zhang He felt the tremor of the ground.He barely had time to rush out of the dormitory, grabbed the horn beside him, and blew it. "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" the sound of the horn spread throughout Yuan Bing's barracks.All the soldiers woke up from their sweet dreams.Zhang Yun's twenty soldiers outside the dormitory grabbed the drum sticks of the war drum, rounded their arms, and beat them hard. "Dong dong dong dong" is dense and killing.

Yu Jin rushed out of the commander's tent, only to see shadows of people behind more than a dozen hills.They advance in row after row in the form of skirmishers——

"Damn it, someone robbed the camp and met the enemy."

The moment Zhang He blew the horn, all the [-] crossbowmen lined up around the camp were in place.The two rowers on the four archery towers in front of the camp and the twenty launchers at the main entrance are also ready.Spearmen are already gearing up in the clearing.Thousands of straight young poplar trees seem to stand in a large camp.

"Kill—" Hurricane after the army that hijacked the camp was discovered.

What greeted them was a relentless and neat rain of arrows.No panic at all.It's like an exercise on the battlefield.On the contrary, Su Gu's army seemed to be intercepted.They scattered and fled in all directions, one by one running away like rats scurrying across the road in the dark.

After more than a dozen rounds of launching the stone machine, the position of the gate was given up.Yu Jin Zhang Yun straddled his horses to hold the army on his left and right sides, and with an order, the gate of the village opened.Yu Jin rushed out of the camp first, "Kill——"

Su Gu's army ran wild, and countless people were squeezed out of the ditch - Su Gu returned in a big defeat, with a loss of more than [-] troops.Return to Yangping Pass at dawn.How did he know that even more unlucky things were waiting for him!

(End of this chapter)