Chapter 225
Chapter 225
In the Lingfu of Xianyang City County, Zhong Xiu leaned tiredly on the seat.
In the past few days, the Hanzhong army has been attacking the city uninterruptedly, leaving him physically and mentally emaciated.
Now Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses are not as many as his, and it stands to reason that the offensive and defensive momentum has changed, but Zhang Fei still keeps attacking the city.
For defending the city, Zhong Xiu was not worried at all, but he was worried about
Chang'an!
Chang'an now has no soldiers and no generals, and if Sun Kang loses, then Chang'an is equivalent to losing. Chang'an not only has his family, but also a large amount of grain and grass, not only his army, Xiahou Wei's army, half of the grain and grass also depends on Chang'an.
Zhong Xiu really wanted to lead his army out of the city, robbed Zhang Fei's camp, and then returned to Chang'an. He had already sent many scouts, and learned that Zhang Fei drank all day, whipped soldiers and generals, and killed several military simas. Now the whole barracks are demoralized and very chaotic.
But Zhong Xiu was still a little worried, what if this was Zhang Fei's plan?
Zhong Xiu thought left and right, it was difficult to decide, and before he knew it, it was already dark.
"Tell you lord, there is someone outside the city, I want to see your lord!" "
There is someone outside the city?" Although Zhang Fei did not besiege the city, and occasionally a few merchants entered the city, what
was the matter with him to see him?"Is it a merchant
?" "No!" The next person said with great certainty, "It should be a soldier
!" "Soldier? Let him
in!" "
No!"
Soon, a man dressed in black came to Zhong Xiu's study.
Zhong Xiu looked at it, and sure enough, there was an iron and blood qi on his body.
"Who are you, why do you want to see me?"
the man looked at Zhong Xiu, did not speak, and then looked at the
next person next to him.
Zhong Xiu naturally understood what he meant, waved his hand to the subordinate, and the subordinate immediately went out.
"Sir, I am General Fan Jiang's personal soldier, and I am ordered by the general to send a letter to my lord!" After speaking, he took out a letter from his body and handed it to Zhong Xiu.
Zhong Xiu opened the letter and read it carefully, his brows sometimes locked, sometimes stretched, and the expression on his face was unpredictable.
For a long time, he put the letter down and stared straight at the soldier who delivered the letter.
"Do you know the content of the letter?" asked Zhong Xiu suddenly.
"The villain doesn't know!" "
Bold Fanjiang, dare to deceive this official!" Zhong Xiu's face changed, "Come, push this person out and behead!" Before
Zhong Xiu's words fell, he rushed in two soldiers and set up the messenger.
"Adults spare their lives, this is not the villain's business, the villain is only sending letters, the villain knows nothing, adults spare their lives!" cried the man in black who delivered the letter.
"Since you are Fan Jiang's personal soldier, how can you not know?" "
General Fan only asked the villain to deliver the letter to the adult, and didn't say anything else!
If you dare to hide half a word, you will immediately put Ling Chi to death!" "
Sir, the villain really doesn't know anything!
General Fan just asked the villain to deliver the letter!"
"Then let me ask you, when Fan Jiang asked you to deliver the letter, who else was in the camp tent?"
"There are General Zhang Da, and Li Youwugen, two military simas.
"Li You and Wu Gen are
the two who led the army to attack the city in the past two days
!" "Yes, yes!" "
Did the two army Simas who led the army to attack the city a few days ago be beheaded by Zhang Fei?"
General Zhang had already ordered that if the two of them could not conquer the city tomorrow, they would be the same as the two military commanders in front of them, with their heads hanging high!" "
Oh..." Zhong Xiu nodded secretly, then waved his hand, and the two soldiers went out.
The man in black who delivered the letter almost collapsed to the ground and quickly kowtowed to Zhong Xiu.
"Thank you, thank you, my lord
!" "You go back and tell Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, let them act according to the plan, Lord Ben will cooperate himself, after the matter is completed, it is indispensable to the high-ranking official Houlu!"
No!" The man in black hardly knew how to answer, let out a long breath, and left Zhong Xiu's study trembling.
After the man in black left, Zhong Xiu remained motionless in the study. Fan Jiang said in his letter that he was going to defect to the King of Wei, Zhang Fei was hot-tempered, often whipped the generals, and there were many grievances in the army, he had contacted Zhang Da and the two army Simas, and could directly command 3,000 soldiers, plus their personal soldiers, almost half of the entire Hanzhong army. Tonight, at three o'clock, he started an incident in the camp, killed Zhang Fei, asked Zhong Xiu to cooperate, and sent troops to respond.
Whether this was true or Zhang Fei's scheme, Zhong Xiu was not completely sure in his heart. The content of the letter and what the soldier who sent the letter said basically coincided with the situation and thoughts he had investigated in the past few days.
After a moment, Zhong Xiu finally made up his mind, he knew that now was not the time to be indecisive. There is no strategy of winning on the march, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da want to go against the water, this matter has a seventy percent possibility, which is enough for him. The most important thing is that he can't spend it in this place of Xianyang, maybe Zhang Fei's purpose is to drag himself down, let Guan Yu defeat Sun Kang, and then occupy Chang'an.
So Zhong Xiu immediately ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses, and let the soldiers have a full meal. Before the third was more, he quietly went out of the city from the east gate, detoured more than ten miles, and hid about two or three miles away from Zhang Fei's camp.
Finally, when I arrived at the third change, in the camp, a fire suddenly lit, and at the same time shouted that the killing was shocking.
Zhong Xiu's heart became nervous, but he did not rush to send troops, but carefully listened to the movements in the camp.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, the whole camp was in chaos, shouts of killing and screams were endless, and the smell of blood in the wind could be smelled.
"Fan Jiang Zhang Da really didn't lie to me!" Zhong Xiu was completely convinced at this time, and the movements in the camp were definitely not fake.
"Kill it!" Zhong Xiu ordered immediately.
"Kill!" the five thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and at the same time, each with their swords and guns rushed towards the Hanzhong military camp.
The distance of two or three miles will soon arrive.
Zhong Xiu found that the barracks were already in chaos, and there were some corpses of soldiers lying on the sidelines.
"The one who takes Zhang Fei's head, the bounty is five hundred!" shouted Zhong Xiu.
Five thousand soldiers all killed Zhang Fei's handsome tent.
When he came to the door of the shuai tent, Zhong Xiu found that it was empty, although there were many sparks, but it was not burning the camp tent, but torches, and Zhong Xiu had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Sir, the marshal tent is empty, there is no Zhang Fei!" a soldier ran out of the marshal tent and reported it.
"What, empty?" Zhong Xiu looked around, "It's not good, it's a plan, retreat quickly!" But
at this moment, a shout of killing suddenly came from all directions, and I saw a team of soldiers and horses killed in front, the first general, it was really Zhang Fei.
"Zhong Xiu, you have been surrounded, it is impossible to escape, don't hurry up and dismount and be bound!" shouted Zhang Fei.
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