The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms - Vol 10 Chapter 306

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Qi Ji and Qin Yi were shocked.

Zhang Fei’s left and right generals were also surprised.

One person asked, “General, since he has already surrendered, why kill him?”

Zhang Fei’s personal soldiers came up to pull Qi Ji.

Qi Ji struggled and shouted, “Come down and kill him! It’s unfaithful!”

Zhang Fei stopped his personal soldiers and said to Qi Ji, “Do you also have a face to say your faith? I will kill you today without telling the reason. I’m afraid you won’t be convinced. Wasn’t it hurt by you? You were greedy for his wife’s beauty, fabricated accusations, and falsely murdered the master. After the master was murdered by you, his wife refused to obey you, so you took his wife and son to death. Killed them all, can this happen again?”

Hearing this, Qi Ji’s face was ashen, and he didn’t dare to shout grievances and grievances again.

What Zhang Fei said is indeed true, and because the victim was the head of the county, this matter is still widely spread in Western Hubei, and almost all women and children know that Zhang Fei was at a banquet for local gentry in the township. heard of this.

Zhang Fei scolded Qi Ji and said: “You are the guard of the West Hubei, and the chief clerk counts you as a subordinate. It is unjust that you kill his wife because of her beauty; , it is unkind! How can an unkind and unrighteous person live with dignity? How can you say good faith? Even though you have surrendered to me, your sins cannot be forgiven!” The commander said, “Pull it down and chop it!” Do you know why I killed him?”

Among the generals of the army, there were still people who persuaded him, saying: “General, although Qi Ji is not benevolent or righteous, he is a general who has surrendered. The battle, and the killing of prisoners, is ominous, and in my humble opinion, it is better to keep his life temporarily until Bawan County, and it will not be too late to punish him.”

Zhang Fei said sternly: “I am a husband of seven feet, and I should be loyal and righteous in the establishment of the world. Such thieves who are greedy and forget righteousness and inhumane are also foolish to fly, and they are ashamed and set up in the world! It is too late to kill them, so how can they wait for them? Wanxian? And since you already want to kill him, if you want to kill him again, you will have no faith! And this thief is full of grievances in Western Hubei. If I kill him now, I will only win the hearts of the chariots and horses, and I will not be disadvantaged. To fight in the future?”

Following Zhang Fei’s order, the personal soldiers dragged Qi Ji away and killed him with one knife.

As Zhang Fei expected, when the head of Qi Ji was hung on the city gate and seen by the scholars and people inside and outside the county, not only did the scholars and people in and outside the county panic, but they ran to tell them. And Xun Zhen’s attack on Yuan Shu was even more welcome.

To win West Hubei without fighting, to kill Qi Ji is to win the hearts of the people.

Zhang Fei did these two things, which was deeply in line with Xun Zhen’s intention and made Xun Zhen amazed.

I really didn’t expect this. I didn’t expect that “Zhang Yide from Yan” would be able to do such a thing that is not worthy of bravery, but wisely heard.

So after receiving Zhang Fei’s good news, before Yang Feng’s good news came, Xun Zhen went to exhort Zhang Fei and praised him greatly.

…

Sun Ce received two good news in succession, and it was immediately followed by Yang Feng’s good news.

The first good news was that the blocking of the yang and the dancing of the yin had gone down. The second good news is that of Biyang Yike.

The reason why Biyang was finally conquered was because the reinforcements led by Yuan Shu’s son-in-law Huang Yi came to Biyang. However, after Duyang and Wuyin were conquered in succession, and after Sun Ce personally led all the troops to Biyang, Huang Yi, despite his stubborn resistance, was invincible in the end. Then also down.

So far, Yuan Shu’s two lines of defense in the northern part of Wanxian County, except for Bowang County, which still exist, all other counties have been captured by the coalition forces of Xun Zhen and Sun Ce.

On this day, Xun Zhen arrived at the main camp in Bowang County. Two days later, Sun Ce also led his troops to Bowang to join Xun Zhen.

…

The news spread to Wanxian, and the whole city panicked. Zhang Xun and others all came to see Yuan Shu.

Everyone waited in the hall for a long time before Yuan Shu entered through the side door.

Compared with his usual behavior, which was described as honorable or arrogant, Yuan Shu’s pace today was much slower, and his hair and beard, which had always been neatly combed, was also a little messy.

Whether he forgot, or didn’t care, he didn’t dye it black, revealing his original gray color—slow movement, gray beard and hair, maybe at this time, he was more like an old man in his fifties.

Zhang Xun and others bowed down to greet him.

However, when he was saluting, someone quietly raised his eyes, peeped at Yuan Shu, and saw that he seemed to be supporting his body and reluctantly sat on the master seat.

After a moment of silence, Yuan Shu called everyone to stand up.

His voice lost its usual laziness, and it was very hoarse. I don’t know if it was because he didn’t sleep well, or because he was anxious to get angry.

Zhang Xun and the others didn’t dare to make any noise, they all tried their best to tiptoe up and went back to their seats to sit down.

After waiting for a while, Yuan Shu didn’t speak any more.

Everyone knew that Yuan Shu didn’t want to speak.

Zhang Xun no longer waited for Yuan Shu to speak, got up from the table, bowed down to the hall again, and said, “Ming Gong, the Lian Japanese army reported that Liu Hu and Kuaiyue in the south of the county are in a hurry to attack Chaoyang, and Chaoyang may not be protected; Biyang and other counties have fallen one after another, and General Chaqi and General Wei have all reached Bowang, and the last general has heard of it, Guo Si…” After saying this, he paused, and glanced at Yuan Shu’s expression, seeing Yuan Shu’s expressionless face, so he Emboldened, he continued, “Guo Si seems to want to surrender Liu Biao. If Duke Ming, Bowang and Chaoyang counties are lost again, Wan County will be surrounded by the enemy! Compared with the two counties, Bowang is far away from Wan. It’s only a few dozen miles away, and it’s even more important! And those who will attack Bowang are the main force of the two cavalry and general Wei, because in the humble opinion of the last general, the top priority is to immediately help Bowang!”

Yuan Shu naturally got the news about Guo Si’s surrender to Liu Biao. Although he and Li Ye pressed the news down and didn’t tell the generals, so as not to cause greater panic, Zhang Xun and others were The senior generals under Yuan Shu’s account, how could such news be kept from them? In fact, they already knew about it.

After Zhang Xun finished speaking, after waiting for a long time, he heard Yuan Shu’s voice.

Yuan Shu said in a hoarse voice, “To help Bowang?”

Zhang Xun said: “Duke Ming, Bowang is a city, if there is no outside help, how can you be besieged by the two armies of chariots and cavalry and General Wei? And if Bowang is lost again, there will be no barrier to the north of Wanxian! If Liu Biao is surrendered, then it will be at that time, Wanbei will be the chariots and generals, and Wanxi will be Guo Si’s department. When this news spreads to Chaoyang, Chaoyang is bound to be in chaos and it will be difficult to defend. Liu Hu and Kuaiyue can be soldiers. Near Wannan, … Duke Ming, surrounded by all sides, how can Wanxian be defended? Because of the last general’s humble opinion, the last general should guard Wanwu first!

Zhang Xun had asked Yuan Shu twice to lead his troops to help Bo Wang, but each time he was blocked by Li Ye and failed to get Yuan Shu’s approval.

Li Ye was also in the hall at the moment. He heard the words and got up immediately, and he stopped Zhang Xun’s discussion, saying: “Ming Gong! General Zhang is not allowed to discuss this!” He said to Zhang Xun, “General has been twice in a row, so it counts. The last time, it was three times that I asked for assistance to Bowang, and the first two times when you requested, I have already explained to you why you cannot rush to help Bowang, but why did the general ask for it for the third time!”

The reasons for Li Ye’s objections the first two times were the same. They were all worried that if he aided Bowang, he might be sieged by Xunzhen, and he would lose his troops in vain, and the siege of Bowang could not be solved.

Therefore, Li Ye believes that the best defensive strategy at present should be to stick to Wanxian and wait for Yuan Shao’s reinforcements.

Zhang Xun said: “Sima is worried that if he sends aid to Bowang, he will be ambushed by the enemy…”

Li Ye interfaced and said, “That’s right! Bowang is now surrounded by thieves Xun and thieves Sun, and the order to summon Chang Shi Huiwan has been issued for many days, but so far the order has not even spread to Bowang City! Xun This shows how many troops and horses the thieves and grandson thieves have deployed in Bowang! If the general rushes to help, he will be ambushed! Because I think it is better to stick to it than to help!”

Zhang Xun said with anger in his words: “Stand on! But Sima, have you ever thought about it? If Bowang is lost again, and the chariots and other troops enter Wanxian County together, how can we hold on to Wanxian County alone?”

Li Ye has his reasons.

He said: “One is that I have more than 10,000 soldiers in and outside the city, and the other is that I have enough grain to feed these more than ten thousand soldiers.

Two years! With this food, soldiers, and a fortified city, why can’t we hold it? Xun Thief, Sun Thief, and Liu Thief added together, the total number is no more than 40,000 to 50,000 people! If you are surrounded by ten, the enemy is less than five times as much as me, and there is still Duke Ming in the city who is in charge. Isn’t it more than enough to defend the city? ”

Zhang Xun’s anger could not be suppressed, he said angrily: “Sima’s remarks seem reasonable, but did Sima ever expect the morale of the army? If all the counties in Bowang are lost, and only one city remains, then this will affect all the ministries inside and outside our city. How much impact will the morale of the defenders have? If the general’s reinforcements fail to arrive late… Now, it is indeed difficult for the general’s reinforcements to arrive, so how can we defend the city when morale is low? !… Wanxian County is strong, food and soldiers are solid, but the defenders of the city are also people! In the final analysis, defending the city depends on the morale of the military! It’s useless!”

Having said that, Zhang Xun fell to the ground again, begged Yuan Shu, and said, “Ming Gong, at this moment, please stop the government, you must not sit back and watch Bowang fall and fail to help! If Bowang is lost, Wanxian must not be able to. Shou.”

Wanxian County is the county seat of Nanyang, and it is also Yuan Shao’s base camp. After Yuan Shu’s operation for several years, today’s Wan County not only has a strong city wall, but also has two large camps outside the city, echoing the inside of the city, and two large camps outside the city. There are also tall camp walls, and trenches with depths and widths of several zhang are dug outside. It is no longer a camp, but two small cities. Therefore, if the food available for two years is used, the more than ten thousand guards will be divided into guards here. In the three places, as Li Ye said, he is sure to be able to defend the county seat of Wan County, but then again, Zhang Xun said it well, defending the city depends on morale. If morale is extremely low, then food and people will be enough. , No matter how strong the city defense is, the city can’t hold it.

Yuan Shu hesitated.

Where does the current Yuan Shu still have the arrogance when he was so arrogant when he was young and was called “Yuan Changshui, the tough ghost on the road”? Also, where else did he negotiate with Li Ye to enter Chang’an from the west, and take Guanzhong as the king’s capital, so as to become the arrogant and arrogant when he was the emperor?

The rest is just panic.

Especially after hearing that Guo Si had actually surrendered Liu Biao, he felt like he had fallen to the bottom of the valley and felt an unprecedented fear.

If Guo Si is still outside his horns, then at least Yuan Shu will not be “lonely” psychologically. Knowing that there is a relatively powerful army outside for his reinforcements, even if the strong enemy is pressing down, he can still have some confidence; but now Guo Si After Liu Biao was subdued, UU read www.uukanshu.com In other words, he only had Wan County’s defenders left, not to mention that I eliminated the enemy, and the enemy’s strength was enhanced because of this, so he only put the defenders in Wan County. Regarding Zhang Xun’s request to help Bo Wang, Yuan Shu of course preferred Li Ye’s strategy and did not dare to send troops out of Wan.

Sending troops out of Wan will first weaken the defense of Wan County, and secondly, if during the rescue, as Li Ye said, he is caught in an ambush and suffers heavy losses, then what should Wan County do!

However, at Zhang Xun’s firm request, Yuan Shu was moved in the end.

He hesitated for a long time, pondering over and over, and had to admit that what Zhang Xun said was reasonable, so he finally agreed to Zhang Xun’s request.

Yuan Shu said: “Okay! Then as you requested, you can lead your headquarters to help Bowang.”

Zhang Xun was so angry that he bowed down with joy, and replied, “No! The last will obey the order!”

Yuan Shu explained: “It’s you who is on the way to aid Bowang, but you must be careful and watch out for the ambush of Xun thieves. If Bowang is really difficult to defend, you don’t have to fight in waves, just lead your troops back to Wan.”

“Don’t worry, Duke Ming, you will be careful at the end.”

Two days later, Zhang Xun led more than 3,000 troops out of the camp, heading north to help Bowang.

A day later, we arrived at the southern boundary of Bowang County.

The information that the scouts found out one after another.

The generals under Zhang Xun’s tent were all worried, and the chief history of his tent asked him, saying: “General, the two armies of chariots and cavalry, and the generals of Wei have already encircled them. General Wei’s troops besieging the city are about 20,000 people, and my reinforcements are only more than 3,000, how… how can this save Bowang?”

Zhang Xun calmed down, stroked his beard and smiled: “Don’t panic, I dare to ask for help, of course, I have a plan!”