Chapter 5 The sudden change in the situation Chapter 45
He Feng smiled and said, "Brother Gaolu, you have taken advantage of others and of course you have to help them do things. I really didn't expect that you will make a fortune this trip to Jizhou."
Yuan Shu laughed and said, "You should take a closer look. This money is not what I asked for from them, but they wanted. Wang Fen gave me the money, why don't I want it? It's just a little bit of a mess, anyway, we all have to do it."
"He Sima wrote to us and asked us to listen to Xu You's arrangements." He Feng said, "Look at Zhou Jinglai, did he bring news from Xu You?"
"Absolutely." Yuan Shu nodded, "In the past so many days, the matter of Xiangyu Mountain Camp should have been resolved."
Zhou Jing looked very tired, his fat round face was filled with nervousness. As soon as he sat down, he immediately said to Yuan Shu: "Sir, Li Hong and his subordinate Yan Liang had an affair with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief, and he might have to make a mistake."
"Li Hong and Yan Liang have an affair with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief? Li Hong's plot is ill-intentioned?" Yuan Shu asked in confusion, "Does your lord have conclusive evidence?"
"Of course there is." Zhou Jing then talked endlessly, and then said, "Your Majesty is about to set off to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. At this time, you must not make mistakes, otherwise everyone will lose their heads."
Yuan Shu and He Feng exchanged a knowing look, smiling without saying a word.
Zhou Jing continued: "The governor's meaning is to hope that the master can capture and kill Li Hong within three days and kill all the Black Panthers to ensure the safety of His Majesty."
"Where is Yan Liang in Xiangyu Mountain Camp?" He Feng asked, "There are two thousand black panthers in the camp, and they are very strong. Can you deal with it?"
"Killing those barbarians is not a matter of being able to capture them." Zhou Jing curled his lips disdainfully and looked at Yuan Shu and said, "As long as the master can capture Li Hong, this merit will naturally belong to the lieutenant."
Yuan Shu was hesitant and hummed there, haha, and didn't say anything for a long time.
"The last time the lieutenant helped, and the lieutenant was very grateful. I brought all the things I promised to the lieutenant." Zhou Jing said, "If this time is successful, the lieutenant will definitely gain both fame and fortune."
Yuan Shu was refreshed and smiled happily, "Thank you, Lord Governor on my behalf. Since Li Hong had a bad plan and wanted to harm Your Majesty, he was a person who was unforgivable. We not only wanted to arrest him, but also arrest him immediately. I think this way, Changshuiying had just entered the city and was not familiar with the place. Many things must be helped by Xindu Mansion, Lord Zhou..."
"Sir, please rest assured. We have done everything in Xindu. We will wait for the lieutenant to order." Zhou Jing replied hurriedly, "It's better not to go too late, so as not to leak the matter and be counterattacked by Li Hong."
Yuan Shu smiled and said, "He has such a few people, but it's not enough for us to kill. Why are you nervous?"
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Li Hong arrived at Xindu, the county seat of Anping Kingdom in the afternoon. Yuan Shu, the captain of Changshui, and Tian Feng ordered a group of government officials to go out to greet him.
Xindu made Tian Feng in his thirties, medium figure, wide forehead, high nose bridge, long beard, and bright eyes. Although his appearance is not handsome, he has the elegance and stability of a Confucian scholar.
After the two sides met and exchanged greetings, Tian Feng invited Li Hong to lead his army into the city. Li Hong smiled and shook his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness. My subordinates are almost all foreign soldiers. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I'd better station outside the city."
Yuan Shu, who was standing next to him, suddenly smiled and his heart jumped violently. He hurriedly mocked his face with his hands to hide the panic in his heart. Did Li Hong discover something? He asked me to take 500 people into the city to arrange a resting place. Was it intentional? Why didn't he enter the city?
Yuan Shu quickly glanced at the five soldiers of Changshui Camp with the corners of his eyes. They stood with Li Hong's subordinates, talking and laughing, but they did not see anything abnormal. Yuan Shu's nervous mood calmed a little, and he immediately bowed to Li Hong and smiled, "Didn't you say you want to enter the city in the morning? Why did you change your mind? The weather was cold these two days and the wind outside the city was strong, so let's go to the city."
"I suddenly received a message from Hejian Kingdom, saying that Your Majesty's temporary palace has not been built yet." Li Hong's face darkened and he said loudly, "Tomorrow morning, we will go directly to Hejian Kingdom, and don't stop on the road." He paused for a moment, looked at Tian Feng, and said coldly, "If this matter is true, then Jizhou Prefecture, from Wang Fen to Jianshi, wait for death."
Yuan Shu suddenly realized and felt relieved. He quickly smiled and said, "The news you received may not be accurate, so you don't need to be angry. I think it's better to go to the city. Lord Tian from Xindu invites you warmly, so we can't wipe out the face of our master too much."
Li Hong shook his head and said firmly: "I won't go to the city anymore. Thank you Lord Tian for your kindness, even if I am rude."
Tian Feng bowed calmly and smiled: "Sir, the matter in Hejian Kingdom must be a misinformation."
Li Hong looked at him in surprise and asked, "What is the real evidence of Lord Tian?"
"That's right." Tian Feng smiled and said, "Sir, go to the city to rest first, and then the subordinate will report the details to the Sir."
Li Hong stared at Tian Feng for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, go to the city."
Yuan Shu was overjoyed and let out a long sigh of relief, but then he was choked up by Li Hong's next words.
"Order all the troops to camp outside the city." Li Hong turned around and shouted to the messenger, then he turned to face Yuan Shu and asked with a smile, "Brother Gaolu's Changshui Camp is also camping outside the city. Anyway, I will leave tomorrow morning. There is no need to go back and forth between the city and outside the city, and waste time. What do you think?"
Li Hong said everything, how could Yuan Shu be able to object in front of everyone? He cursed in his stomach, but smiled on his face, and kept saying polite words: "Master, Master, Master."
Li Hong smiled and said, "Then thank you Brother Gaolu." He then said to the group of subordinates standing beside him, "Zifeng, you will camp outside the city with your brothers. Zilong, bring Yibaiyi to the city with me."
"A few gurus from Changshui Camp, are you going to the city to rest?" Li Hong pointed to several soldiers from Changshui Camp and asked Yuan Shu with a smile.
Yuan Shu was obviously caught off guard by Li Hong's temporary plan, and he hesitated for a moment.
He served as the Changshui Camp Captain for a short time, that is, after the cavalry of Changshui Camp returned from Xiliang, he rarely went to the military camp. He could even count the number of times he had entered the Changshui Camp camp. He did not know anyone except that he was familiar with the five soldiers of Changshui Camp. To put it bluntly, he had no prestige in the minds of the soldiers of Changshui Camp.
The captains of the five major camps of the Northern Army have always been attracting attention from the court because of their outstanding military duties. The people who serve as captains are like a lantern, and have to change several times a year. Therefore, the soldiers only know the Sima of the Army who commanded the army. As for the captains of the army, the soldiers regard them as air, but they cannot see or touch them.
This time, Changshui Camp was designated by the emperor to go to Jizhou with Li Hong. Many people in the court believed that this was the emperor's intentional arrangement. The reason was very simple. The soldiers of Changshui Camp had been fighting in Xiliang for the past two years. Of course, the soldiers in the army knew who Li Hong was. The Wuhuan soldiers and the Xiongnu soldiers had only conviction and worship Li Hong and had no intention of having any other intentions. Li Hong's prestige among the soldiers was unattainable. Speaking of which, the Changshui Camp was commanded by Yuan Shu, but once something happened, as long as Li Hong raised his gun and shouted, the soldiers would all follow Li Hong. At that time, who knew Yuan Shu?
It was because of this that General He Jin was worried about He Feng and temporarily let him enter the Changshui Camp. He always wanted Yuan Shu to have a group of his confidants. In the Changshui Camp, the army Sima was all Hu, and it was difficult for Han people to gain a foothold, so He Feng, the army Sima, was actually a idle position. He brought a hundred guards brought from the general's mansion to serve as personal guards for Yuan Shu.
Recently, the soldiers of Changshuiying and Heibao Yicong got along very well. After all, everyone is Hu, and their speech customs are the same, and they are far away from their hometown. Of course they are intimate. Originally, this was a good thing, but after Yuan Shu received He Yong's letter, it became a bad thing, so Yuan Shu has had a headache these days and could not think of a good idea.
Now, it has become a fact that the soldiers of Changshui Camp cannot enter the city. If a few more soldiers led by the troops were brought to the city, wouldn’t Changshui Camp be Li Hong’s possession? Yuan Shu frowned and felt very regretful that he had heard Li Hong’s words in the morning and ran to Xindu City first. If he knew that the army was stationed outside the city, he would have to bring at least one thousand people into the city first. Although Li Hong ordered his subordinates to bring only one hundred people into the city just now, his itinerary has changed. It would be much more difficult to kill him in a hurry.
Yuan Shu looked at the smile on Li Hong's face and felt a sense of silence. He was a pampered clan, who had never been to the battlefield or killed anyone with his own hands. He was just showing off his power in Luoyang. If he really wanted him to kill a world-famous battlefield hero, it would be a lie to say that he was not guilty in his heart.
He forced a smirk at Li Hong. The army outside the city had to keep people in command no matter what. If things got big, they had to use a large army. Otherwise, Black Panther Yicong was very likely to rebel after Li Hong's death. Three of the five Simali were Wuwan people, and two were Huns. Liuwuwan people definitely couldn't do it. Li Hong came from the northern border, and Black Panther Yicong also had many Wuwan people, and if they wanted to keep them, they could only keep the Huns.
"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Liu and Lord Lu, you two stay in the camp." Yuan Shu pointed at Liu Ming and Lu Xian and said, "What do you think of the two?"
Liu Ming was in his twenties, nine feet tall, strong and strong, with a square face and a pair of powerful eyes standing there, just like a hill; Lu Xian was a little older than him, tall and heroic, but his figure was a little thin and his skin was darker. The two bowed to take the order.
Li Hong smiled and shook his head and joked, "Brother Gaolu, you are very partial."
Yuan Shu smiled and said, "If sir, the matter will be resolved if he ordered them to go to the city."
Li Hong laughed and said, "That won't work. Military orders are like mountains, how can they change it?"
He then said to Li Wei: "Zhongyuan, if I have not come back at Zishi, you can take charge of the camp and let Zifeng enter the city to pick me up."
"Brother Gaolu, Lord Tian, let's go, let's go into the city."
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Yan Liang looked at Xu You coldly and gave a thumbs up.
"Okay, you still have the courage to come to the military camp, okay." He slapped the table a few times and shouted loudly: "Come here, drag it out, chop it up, give the head to Wang Fen, hurry!"
Xu You was shocked and shook his hand repeatedly, "Stop your anger, sir, sir, I came here to send money and food, how can you kill me?"
Wen Chou, who was sitting aside, smiled and said, "Of course you can kill me. If I kill you, I don't believe that Wang Fen dares not to send money and food."
Several guards rushed up and grabbed Xu You and dragged him out. Xu You became anxious and shouted loudly: "Sir, I really gave me money and food."
"Where is the thing?" Yan Liang asked with his eyes glaring, "Where is the thing?"
Wen Chou waved at the guards and signaled them to let Xu You go.
"The money and grain are all in the warehouse, and I want to take it yourself." Xu You said angrily, "We don't have a carriage, and we don't have anyone."
"Where are the carriages? Where are the people? Are all the people in the city dead?" Wen Chou asked with a smile, "Mr. Xu, aren't you looking for us to be happy?"
"No one is no one." Xu You tilted his head and shouted, "I'm here to say to you and I want to take it yourself." Then he pointed at Yan Liang and said, "In addition, I want to tell you that Lord Wang has written a letter to impeach you, so you can wait to go to prison."
Yan Liang ignored him and ordered the guard to drag him down and lock him up, "If you lied to me, I'll cook you and feed you to the dog."
He immediately asked Shohu to bring people to the city to get grain. Shohu and five hundred soldiers ran to the grain warehouse, but were told that Yan Liang needed to come in person to deliver grain. Shohu had no choice but to send people back to the camp to notify Yan Liang.
After hearing the news, Yan Liang sneered: "This Wang Fen, trying every means to lure me to kill me, it's too much."
"Don't go for the time being." Wen Chou smiled, "When you go, he will definitely not give it to you. His purpose is nothing more than to force you to open a warehouse and get grain privately, and then he will kill you with justifiable reputation. Wang Fen, he treats us as idiots. We won't go."
"Hmph, of course I won't go." Yan Liang said, "I don't believe it. He dares to starve these Yellow Turban soldiers to death. The longer this matter took, the more hated the soldiers hated him. I want to see how he ended up."
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Yuan Shu accompanied Li Hong into the government office. After chatting for a while, Yuan Shu found an excuse and hurried back to the inn. He Feng and Zhou Jing had been waiting in the house for a long time.
"Have you received my news?" Yuan Shu asked as he entered the door, "Is there any plan?"
"Li Hong was leaving the city to return to the camp before his junior hour. It was only four hours away now, and time was too hasty." Zhou Jing said, "If we want to kill him, we have to find a way and make preparations temporarily. This is too dangerous."
"No one of the methods you set in the past can be used now?" Yuan Shu asked.
Zhou Jing nodded and said, "No one is used." He looked at the two of them and said cautiously, "I suspect that Li Hong has heard some wind. What does it mean to leave Changshui Camp outside the city?"
"He said he had left long ago, so he stationed the army outside the city." Yuan Shu said, "I left two Huns in the camp and there would be no accident. But if I don't kill him tonight, there would be no good chance. When Li Hong arrived in Hejian Kingdom, the news of Yan Liang and the others being killed would definitely reach his ears. By that time, the price would be too high. In my opinion, if you want to kill him, you should be in the capital of Xinye tonight."
Zhou Jing remained silent and concentrated.
He Feng walked to Yuan Shu and lowered his voice and said, "In the letter, Lord He repeatedly told us that we must kill Li Hong. He said that this was related to the rise and fall of the world. Lord He said so seriously, is it because they had something to hide from us?"
"Who?" Yuan Shu asked alertly, "General?"
"Wang Fen wants us to kill Li Hong, and He Yong also wants us to kill Li Hong. Everyone wants to kill Li Hong, but do you know why he wants to kill him?" He Feng said, "I think there must be something here. It's not just to see him feel uncomfortable, right?"
Yuan Shu thought for a while, leaned into He Feng's ear and said, "Anyway, everyone wants him to die, so just kill him. What do you want to do if you want to do if you want to kill him? If you kill him, we can not only get Wang Fen's money, but also get the appreciation of the general, and get promoted and make money. There are so many benefits, why not do it? What do you want to do if you want to do if you want to do it?"
He Feng glanced at Yuan Shu suspiciously and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you lie to me?"
"How could I lie to you?" Yuan Shu said with a smile, "I am just a captain, you are just a small army Sima. What can we know? Listen to He Yong's party member, there will be no mistakes."
"What do you think about this method?" Zhou Jing suddenly looked up and said, "In the middle of the night, we attacked Li Hong at the city gate."
"We still have four hours to prepare for the middle of the night. Although it was a little too hasty, we could barely deal with it. The five hundred people in the hands of the master, plus the five hundred people in the capital, there are now a total of one thousand people in the city, while Li Hong only has one hundred people. We have an absolute advantage in terms of strength." The short and fat Zhou Jing frowned and explained slowly.
"Where is the Black Panther outside the city?" Yuan Shu asked, "When is it more appropriate to do it?"
"Zi Shi. Zi Shi soldiers were basically asleep and just in time to take action." Zhou Jing said, "The key is time. We have too little time to prepare. It would be great if the time is more time."
"What are you waiting for?" Yuan Shu urged, "Go and discuss with Tian Feng. Zhuyan, immediately take my order to the camp and order Liu Ming and Lu Xian to quietly prepare for attacking Black Panther Yicong."
"You must send someone to see near the city gate?" Zhou Jing reminded, "All ways out must be blocked."
"I'll send someone to the city gate to check the terrain immediately." Yuan Shu said with a smile, "You guys are all busy. I'll go to the government office to chat with Li Hong."
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Li Hong asked Tian Feng with a smile: "Mr. Tian, you just said that the matter in Hejian Kingdom was a misinformation. Do you have any evidence?"
Tian Feng nodded and said, "Can you follow the official to the study to discuss in detail?"
"Okay." Li Hong smiled, "Do you want all my servants to retreat?"
"Then there is no need." Tian Feng smiled, "Just just stand outside the house."
Li Hong walked into Tian Feng's study and saw Song Wen standing in the room to greet him at a glance.
"Brother Changfeng." Li Hong shouted in surprise, "So you are hiding here."
"Do you know that you are in danger?" Song Wen bowed and said.
"It's okay, I don't feel any danger." Li Hong said with a smile, "Thank you Brother Changfeng for your concern."
Song Wen and Tian Feng looked at each other. "Sir, don't believe us." Tian Feng smiled, "I'll show you two things."
Tian Feng took two volumes of books from the desk and handed them to Li Hong. These were two letters, letters written by Shen Pei and Ju Su to Li Hong.
Li Hong looked up at Tian Feng and asked happily: "It turns out that the reply from both adults has been sent to Lord Tian. I am wondering these days why the two adults have not replied for a long time? Did they forget me, Li Hong?"
"How could you forget sir?" Tian Feng smiled, "You read the letter first, and then let's talk in detail."
Shen Pei and Ju Su both exposed some of Wang Fen's illegal behavior in their letters. The two at the same time suspected that Wang Fen and Xiang Kai were going to engage in any conspiracy in Jizhou.
"Does sir trust us now?" Tian Feng asked when he saw Li Hong put down the book.
Li Hong bowed and smiled and said, "This matter is of great importance, I cannot be careless. Since Lord Shen and Lord Ju both highly recommend you and have a close relationship with you, of course I should trust you." He immediately asked Song Wen, "Changfeng, what do you mean when you said I was in danger?"
"Wang Fen and Yuan Shu are going to kill you in Xin." Song Wen said, "Now there are only one thousand Black Panther Yi Sen to accompany you. Your strength is weak and the situation is very dangerous."
"Wang Fen sent Zhou Jing with a heavy gift to buy me before the New Year." Tian Feng continued, "Zhou Jing and I are old friends, so it is hard to refute his face. In addition, I also want to know what Wang Fen wants to do, so I accepted this heavy gift. Three days ago, Zhou Jing suddenly came to me from Yecheng and said that your subordinate Yan Liang had an affair with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief and was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of His Majesty's return to his hometown to worship his ancestors and robbed the emperor. He also brought out some evidence, saying that you and the traitor in the court were the mastermind of this matter. Zhou Jing told me that Wang Fen asked me to mobilize the soldiers of the county and state in Xindu, cooperate with Yuan Shu's Changshui Camp, and hunt the Lord and the Black Panther."
"They all have detailed plans and are ready to kill you at the banquet tomorrow night." Song Wen smiled bitterly, "Everything is ready, just waiting for you to enter the city."
Li Hong bowed again with great gratitude and repeatedly thanked: "Why did Lord Tian tell me such a secret matter? Did you see something?"
"Yes." Tian Feng said, "It's the matter of Hejian Kingdom. Although Wang Fen tried his best to cover up this matter, I still heard the wind. I sent people to see it several times, but the result was the same. Wang Fen did not repair the ancestral temple except for buying some wood and stones on the scene, so he would not mention the temporary palace. What did Wang Fen want to do?" He waved his hand angrily, "Wang Fen wants to rebel and kill you, just to cover up their crimes."
"Although the adults temporarily changed their itinerary and disrupted their arrangements, I think they will definitely kill you tonight, so..."
Before Tian Feng could finish his words, Pang De suddenly shouted outside the house: "Sir, Lord Tian's Lord Bo has urgent matters to ask for a visit."
When Tian Feng heard this, he hurriedly said to Li Hong "accused him" and then hurried out of the study. Not long after, Tian Feng trotted all the way back.
"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Li Hong saw his panting and smiled and joked, "Did Yuan Shu bring people in?"
Tian Feng said nervously: "Sir, they are taking action at the city gate tonight."
Li Hong smiled slightly, calmly, as if he knew it in advance, and asked without surprise: "Does Lord Tian have a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Tian Feng looked at him in surprise and said, "No. Now, no matter inside and outside the city, the adults are at an extreme disadvantage. There is no other way except to escape."
Li Hong shook his head and smiled and said, "I won't leave."
Chapter completed!