The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms - Vol 10 Chapter 296

The ranger who came to report to Wenpin said it again, saying: “Lieutenant, the villain, when they were on patrol, they met a man who was neither male nor female. Seeing that he was strange and suspicious, he took him down, but he didn’t expect it. He claimed to have escaped from Yuan Shu and had an important military report.”

“Neither male nor female?”

The Ranger said, “Yes, Captain.”

“Let’s **** him to see him.”

The ranger agreed to go out for a while, and led Eunuch Zhao back to the tent.

Without waiting for the ranger’s orders, Eunuch Zhao deftly fell to the ground.

Wen Ping put down a piece of military affairs he was looking at, raised his head, and asked Eunuch Zhao to get up and looked up and down, and saw that his behavior was a little bit tangled, thinking that his voice was quite sharp when he met him, Wen Ping was Xun Zhen’s tent. The beloved general, who had followed Xun Zhen to meet Liu Xie, had seen the **** in the palace, but he already knew that this **** Zhao should be a eunuch, so he asked him, “Are you a eunuch?”

This is a very rude question, and it can be called an insult.

How dare **** Zhao be angry? He smiled and said: “Yes, if you return to the general, the villain is a eunuch.”

“What is your name?”

Zhao Eunuch replied, “The villain’s name is Zhao Yue.”

“You said you came from Yuan Shu, and you have urgent military information to report to me?”

The **** Zhao said: “Yes, dare to tell the general, the villain’s family is in Nanyang, and he was originally employed in the palace to serve the sage. When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, the villain fled back to Nanyang, but not long after he returned home, he was arrested by Yuan Shu’s conspiracy master Li Ye. Dedicating the villain to Yuan Shu, the villain had no choice but to commit himself as a thief and become Yuan Shu’s servant.” He said, pulling up his sleeve, exposing his left arm, pointing to it, and saying, “Then Yuan Shu Cruel and violent, the villain is often insulted and beaten by him. It is really unbearable. I have long wanted to belong to the charioteer, but I have never had the opportunity. I finally heard that the charioteer was entrusted with the order, and the king of Xing came to challenge Yuan Shu, so the villain made it up. It was a lie that fooled Yuan Shu into believing it, and took the opportunity to escape.”

Wen Ping looked at his arm, and there was indeed a bruise on it, but Wen Ping didn’t know that Yu Qing was not actually typed by Yuan Shu, but that the **** named Zhao Yue ran away yesterday and went down by himself. Cruelly pinched out.

Wen Pin was impatient to hear what he said, and asked, “What is the military situation you want to report to me?”

Zhao Yue heard Wen Pin’s frustration, and did not dare to express her long-standing admiration for Xun Zhen, so she replied, “Yuan Shu sent his chief Yang Hong to lead 2,000 troops to aid Luyang. We have arrived at Luyang County. I don’t know if the general knows about this?”

“Besides this, what else?”

Zhao Yue said, “In addition, Yuan Shu sent his son-in-law Huang Yi (yi) to lead more than 2,000 troops to aid Wuyin and block Yang.”

“I already know the two thieves you mentioned. Is there anything else?”

Eunuch Zhao hesitated for a moment, and said: “If you return to the general, the villain does have another more important military situation, … No, the more important thief information to report, but this thief request, the villain can only report Ride the car.”

Wen Pin laughed and said with a beard, “Are you trying to use this as an excuse to ask to see a chariot?”

“How dare the villain have such thoughts! It’s just that this thief is really important, so the villain can only report it to the rider.”

Wen Ping saw that this **** had nothing to say about the military situation. Tomorrow morning, he was going to launch an offensive against Luyang County. There were still some battle preparations that had not been completed. He ordered the wandering rider and said, “Send him to see the rider.”

Xun Zhen’s main force is now at the Kunyang county boundary in Yingchuan County, a day’s journey away from the Civil Service Department. Following the order of the Civil Service, the Ranger led a few soldiers, and then escorted Zhao Yue away from Luyang and headed north. Go to Kunyang.

The next day, after passing through three checkpoints and encountering four or five teams of patrolling soldiers, they arrived outside the camp where Xun Zhen and the main force under his command were stationed.

Zhao Yue looked into the distance, and saw a vast military camp, located on the open field, with four camp gates. At this time, two troops were coming out from the east gate and west gate of the camp. I don’t know what they were doing. go.

On the northwest side of the camp, there were hundreds of cavalrymen galloping in a clearing. Although they were still far apart, the sky was full of dust, and the neighing of war horses could be vaguely heard—these hundreds. Riding may be doing daily drills.

When he arrived at the top of the camp, he saw a tall camp wall outside the camp, with flags and flags fluttering on the camp wall, and there were fierce fights.

Along the official road, I gradually walked to the vicinity of the big camp, got off the official road, followed the newly built road in front of the camp, and arrived at the west gate of the camp.

The troop that spent the battalion had just left, and the Yuanmen had not yet closed, so the ranger who escorted Zhao Yuelai went forward, presented the military letter of employment, and told the Yuan gatekeeper about sending Zhao Yuelai to see Xun Zhen.

After all, eunuchs are rare, especially after being killed by Yuan Shu and others, the existing eunuchs are even rarer, and they are a rare thing. The gatekeeper of Yuan heard that the person who came to see Xun Zhen was actually a eunuch, and he couldn’t help being curious, so he came over in person. look at each other.

Seeing Zhao Yue, he took a closer look and noticed that there were faint beards on Zhao Yue’s lips. He was very surprised. He pointed to Zhao Yue’s thin beard and said, “Why do you have a beard? … Did you not cut it clean? ”

The current castration surgery is not very mature. It is true that sometimes there are eunuchs who have not cut them cleanly and thus grow beards. In fact, there are also those who return to Yang, such as the famous Luanba mentioned above. However, although the beard on his lips is sparse and only a few, it can be said to be the dignity of Zhao Yue’s last man. He usually loves a few beards to death, but now he seems to be seeing something like this by the gatekeeper. Asked like a rare thing, he couldn’t help feeling self-esteem and humiliation, but he never dared to get angry, and he still had a smile on his face, hunched over and said: “Yes, the villain Zhao Yue, if there is an emergency military situation, you need to report to the car. Ride, and also ask the general to report.”

If only Zhao Yue came alone, I’m afraid he wouldn’t even be able to see the camp, and he would have been captured by the soldiers outside, but now that there is a civilian recruit, the gatekeeper is willing to inform Xun Zhen on his behalf. , so he ordered one of his officers to report to Xun Zhen. – He himself has the responsibility of guarding the gate and cannot leave easily.

Zhao Yue and others were waiting outside the camp.

After waiting for a long time, the military officer who entered the camp to report came back and said to the gatekeeper, “The **** is summoned by the chariot.”

The gatekeeper of Yuan let Zhao Yue and the rangers into the camp, and told the officer to lead them to Xun Zhen.

Entering the camp, there is a straight road in front of you. This road is very wide, enough for more than ten horses to walk side by side. Going along the road, past a ditch, and after a field, rows of gray tents began to appear on both sides of the road.

No one was seen outside the tent, but there was a voice inside the tent. Needless to say, all those who spoke were soldiers under Xun Zhen’s command. It was in accordance with the order of Xun Zhen’s army, and the soldiers were not allowed to leave the tent without authorization. More than 10,000 people, or even tens of thousands of people, are stationed in a large camp. If there are no strict restrictions and soldiers are allowed to run around, then this will not be a military camp, but will be more lively and complicated than the market.

Going forward along the quiet avenue, not too far, there are paths leading to both sides on both sides. There are two such paths at intervals, and there are tents on both sides of the path. But through the avenues and paths, the camp was divided into different quarters.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they reached the middle of the camp, and another straight avenue passed through, forming a cross on the road they were walking on. These two avenues are the two main roads in the camp.

Whether it is a main road or a small road, there are drainage ditches along the road; rows of trees have been transplanted on the sides of the two main roads.

From the time they entered the camp to the moment they arrived here, Zhao Yue and the others met several teams of patrolling soldiers. Fortunately, with the officer at the Yuanmen, Zhao Yue and the others were not captured and could continue to pass.

When they got here, the officer at the Yuanmen led them to the right, and after walking another distance, an open space that could accommodate hundreds of people appeared in front of them. In the middle of this open space, there is a large scorpion with the words “Fake Festival Yue, General of Chariots and Cavalry”. There is a large tent behind the big rabble, with about a hundred soldiers guarding the tent. This big account is Xun Zhen’s agenda.

Xun Zhen was currently discussing matters in the tent with Guo Jia and the others. Zhao Yue and others waited outside the tent for a long time. Finally, the military official who had entered the tent and notified him came out and called Zhao Yue into the tent. The remaining few were left outside the tent.

Zhao Yue entered the tent. This tent is a hundred sub tents, covering a very wide area. It can accommodate more than one hundred people. Of course, there are not so many people in the tent. After Zhao Yue entered the tent, he did not dare to look up, only a rough feeling. There should be more than ten people in the account.

Zhao Yuefang entered the tent door, did not dare to take a step forward, and immediately bowed down to the ground, and said loudly, “Little man Zhao Yue pays respects to the general of the chariot and cavalry.”

A gentle voice seemed to come from far away: “Get up.”

Zhao Yue got up.

The voice said again: “You come and talk.”

Zhao Yue bent over, lowered her head, looked at the ground, took a few steps forward and stopped. The four or five guards outside the tent following him closely followed him, all of them holding their sabers and staring at him, but this was to prevent him from stabbing.

The gentle voice sounded again: “You said that there is an important military situation to report to me? What military situation?”

Zhao Yue knew that the owner of this gentle voice must be Xun Zhen, and he wanted to look up at Xun Zhen, but he didn’t have the guts, so he still lowered his head and replied respectfully: “Qi Ming Gong, little one. People do have important military information, and dare to report to Ming Gong. This military situation is that Yuan Shu has sent his chief Shi Yang Hong to lead two thousand reinforcements to Luyang County, and sent his cavalry son-in-law Huang Yi to lead two thousand troops to help Duyang and Wu. Yin, I intend to stubbornly resist Master Wang!” He told Xun Zhen what he had said to Wen Pin again.

“I already know what you said. Didn’t you say that there are other important military information to report to me?”

Zhao Yue really did, he said: “Yes, yes, the villain does have other important military intelligence!” He had seen and heard Yuan Shu twice summoned the Chinese martial arts of his residence to discuss how to deal with Xun Zhenzhi’s attack. Including Yang Hong and Li Ye’s different suggestions, and Shu Shao being killed by Yuan Shu, etc., they all reported to Xun Zhen one by one.

After he finished speaking, he fell to the ground again and said, “Duke Ming led the king’s division to attack, Yuan Shu is now hesitant and fearful, and the hearts of the Chinese and military officials in his house and the generals of the three armies are already in chaos! If you have no previous teacher, you can attack him, and you will definitely be able to capture or capture Yuan Shu! The villain is here, and I wish Ming Gong’s flag to be victorious and to be successful.”

One of the people in the tent asked, “Since you know so much about Yuan Shu’s situation, it seems that you are deeply favored by Yuan Shu. Why did you betray Yuan Shu, and how did you escape from Yuan Shu?”

Zhao Yue replied respectfully, “Mr. Dare, the villain was forced to serve Yuan Shu! In fact, the villain has long since returned and surrendered to the chariot!” Followed, how did he escape from Yuan Shu? He didn’t dare to mix any falsehoods, he just beautified his own resourcefulness and courage, and talked to this person, Xun Zhen and others in detail.

Xun Zhen smiled and said, “I didn’t expect you to be so clever.”

Zhao Yue said repeatedly, “How dare you be a humble man, how dare you praise Ming Gong.” He was very humble.

The situation that Zhao Yue reported at the two military conferences convened by Yuan Shu was indeed an important military situation, which not only allowed Xun Zhen to understand the countermeasures set by Yuan Shu, but also let Xun Zhen know. , Yuan Shu’s account was already in chaos, because Xun Zhen was still quite satisfied with what Zhao Yue had offered, and after asking him if he had nothing else to say, he ordered, “Take him down to rest.”

When the guards took Zhao Yue out, a person in the tent said with a smile: “Duke Ming, according to what this **** said, it seems that Yuan Shu is now a traitor. Even this **** has seen that he will definitely He was destroyed, and he abandoned him and fled. Duke Ming, the counties in the north of Nanyang, Luyang is the most important town, in Jiayu’s opinion, can we increase the offensive against Luyang? As long as Luyang, Yexian, Ji (Chou) County and other peripheral counties in the northern part of Nanyang bordering our Yingchuan River are quickly conquered, then the morale of Yuan Shu’s troops has been lowered, that is, it will definitely cause a greater blow, and maybe it will be able to take advantage of the situation in one fell swoop. Xiawan County!”

The person who spoke was the one who asked Zhao Yue how to escape just now, and it was Guo Jia.

Xun Zhen agreed with Guo Jia’s opinion and said: “Fengxiao, what you said is very true. If you can seize the opportunity that Yuan Shu’s people are already uneasy, and quickly conquer Lu Yang, it will definitely cause damage to the morale of Yuan Shu’s troops. The bigger the blow, the easier it will be to attack Wan County.”

Wan County is the county seat of Nanyang. Although the county seat was severely damaged during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Yuan Shu has been occupying Wan County for four or five years since he arrived in Nanyang. The city defense has been repaired by him long ago, and it can even be said to be stronger than before. Therefore, the highlight of the battle against Nanyang is to conquer Wan County.

During the military meeting before the war, Xun Zhen and others expected to fight the battle in Nanyang for one to three months. Zhen and others are not sure when they will be able to capture Wanxian County. If it goes well, it may be captured in a month, but if it is not smooth, it may take two or three months to capture Wanxian County. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Xun Zhen pondered for a while, then passed the order to go, and ordered Yu Jin to come and see her.

Not long after, Yu Jin arrived wearing armor.

Xun Zhen explained to him what Zhao Yue had said, and then said: “Wen Ze, the army under Yuan Shu’s tent is now uncertain. I will give you two thousand soldiers and horses, and you will help Zhongye.”

However, it was Xun Zhen who kept his promise and really released Yu Jin. This time, he used him to help Wenpin and beat Luyang together.

This is Yu Jin’s first expedition. He is in high spirits and full of desire to fight. He suppresses his joy and loudly accepts the order, saying, “The general will do his best to assist Captain Wen and conquer Luyang County as soon as possible!”

Xun Zhen exhorted: “This is your first time leading an army to fight, you are not as experienced as Zhongye, and Zhongye is a native of Nanyang, and is familiar with the terrain and people of Nanyang, because you have arrived in Luyang, and after joining forces with him, you can’t just because you have been in Nanyang. As a close official of mine, I am self-righteous, disagree with him, and listen to his opinions more.”

Yu Jin replied, “Yes! Duke Ming can rest assured.”

On the same day, Yu Jin led two thousand troops out of the main camp and rushed to Luyang.

A day later, he arrived at the border of Luyang County and met up with Wenpin.

After the two joined forces, there were 4,000 troops. Yesterday, Wenpin had launched an attack on Luyang County, but yesterday’s attack was only a tentative offensive, testing the weakness of Luyang City’s defense. The next day, the two began a formal siege of Lu Yang.

But the defending general in the city, Yang Hong has a plan, and Ji Ling can be called brave.

On this day, the soldiers were returned to the camp, Wenpin and Yu Jin got together to discuss the next method of attacking the city.