Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 426

In the misty and rainy south in March, Tong Guan sat in an empty rice store.

He held the candied fruit in one hand and the good news in the other, with a furnace of ambergris in front of him.

Several months of war had exhausted the grain in the city, and the grain merchants naturally began to hoard their goods, and the price of rice was so high that they complained a lot.

The grain merchants were obsessed with getting rich, but they forgot that Privy Tong had never done filial piety.Therefore, Privy Tong didn't mind being a guest of Zhongliang who served the country and the people. He personally brought his own soldiers, went to each house to arrest people, and asked the master to be executed in the street. Sell ​​it to the common people at half price.

Of course, this half price is based on the price after more than a dozen rounds of price increases by grain merchants.

As for the money sold, is Mr. Tong doing Zhongliang this time in vain?Naturally, I fill my pockets and count them as my own hard work.

Looking at another rice store that was sold out, Tong Shumi was filled with emotion: the common people got the living food, and the old man made millions, which is the best of both worlds.

The only thing that is not beautiful is the grain merchants, but who told them to hoard goods?
Didn't you see that after the abandoned city was cut off, the people spit on the corpse one after another and cheered Tong Qingtian?
Thinking of this, Tong Guan narrowed his eyes, took a bite of preserved fruit comfortably, and chewed slowly.

After all, he is also a 66-year-old man. In this era, he can be called a long life.

Although I prefer to show people the image of an iron-blooded warrior, the candied fruit made in Suzhou is really attractive. For an old man, in a damp and rainy day, the lingering sweet fragrance lingering on the tip of his tongue is really a great comfort.

The preserved fruit is sweet.

Make money incense.

The good news is sweet and fragrant.

The good news was sent by the fast horse sent by Xin Xingzong. This guy marched very neatly, and he seemed to have to learn from Lao Cao's routine of throwing off the main force of the Chinese army-Tong Guan's army is still in Suzhou, and he has captured Xiuzhou one after another. The two counties of Jiaxing and Chongde can be described as extremely fast.

Tong Guan was very interested in seeing Xin Xingzong's meritorious service.What is the reason for this?

It turned out that Xin Xingzong's biological father, Xin Shuxian, was a veteran general of the Western Army. He was well-known for both civil and military skills.

Xin Shuxian spent his whole life as a soldier, taking time out from his busy schedule, and gave birth to four great sons, named Xin Xingzong, Xin Qizong, Xin Daozong, Xin Yongzong, and a nephew Xin Yanzong, collectively known as the five tigers of the Xin family.

The five tigers of the Xin family were grown up by Tong Guan, and they were regarded by him as the true direct descendants. If they fought well this time, they would have an excuse to be promoted and reused later.

The judge couldn't help asking, how did this Xin Xingzong play so well?
But it is said that Xin Xingzong took the lead in the account of the Chinese army before and took the vanguard position. The next day, Yang Weizhong, another leader of the Xihe army, led his 2 troops and set off to fight for Xiuzhou.

The prefecture of Xiuzhou is Jiaxing County, the guard's name is Duan Kai, he was originally a rich man in the local area, he was the most kind to others in his life, people gave him the nickname "a body of oil", one is to say that his family is rich and rich, and the other is that he eats a lot of fat. It is said that he is not slippery and has no disadvantages.

Before the rebellion in Front La, the three great kings, Fang Maang, waved their troops to fight all the way. This "greedy man" made a decisive decision and took half of his family property to Fang Maang, saying, "Maitreya came to the world, and the whole world celebrates it. I would like to use my small wealth and power as military resources. Invincible, shining brightly in Kyushu."

Fang Maung was overjoyed - he once heard a story told by the elder Wang Gong and the old Buddha: During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a good man named Lu Su in Jiangdong, and his family was well-off. It happened that Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to raise troops and brought troops to borrow food from him. , Lu Su’s family had two bags of food, and he pointed to one of them: “I’ll give you this bag if you want to borrow it or not.” Su took over and stabilized the situation in Jiangdong 81 states.

Fang Xiang put himself into the story, thought it was a coincidence, didn't he?My elder brother Fang La is like Sun Ce, and my three kings are like the handsome and incomparably beautiful Zhou Lang. This Duan Kai donated half of his family property, isn't it Lu Su?

He also didn't want Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to be unexplained cases of premature death in their prime, and because of his erudition and beauty, he was determined to promote this Lu Su-like "good man", so he wrote to his brother, praising his beauty and doing his best. This person was recommended to guard Xiuzhou.

Duan Kai is a man, he is knowledgeable and practical, but he is not courageous. A few days ago, he heard that Suzhou was captured by the Song army, and his benefactor, the three kings, Fang Meng, was defeated and died. Don't take care of the furniture, come and leave?
It's a pity that I donated all the floating money before donating military funds. What is left now is mostly houses and fields. How to deal with it in a hurry?He hesitated for a while, but unexpectedly, Xin Xingzong was eager to make contributions, and drove his subordinates to rush there. A scout horse from the city galloped to report back. .

Not long after, Xin Xingzong's soldiers approached the city and went out in person, shouting at the city, could it be that Duan Kai really fought with him?Hastily shouted loudly: "No need to attack, no need to attack, I have surrendered."

Immediately after that, Ling opened the gate of the city, held fragrant flowers and candles in person, made people lead sheep and carry wine, nodded and bowed, and came to welcome Xin Xingzong into the city. He said: "The villain is originally a good citizen of the Song Dynasty. His ambition is only because Fang Lana's bandit is powerful, and in order to protect the common people, he has no choice but to surrender, and since then, he has been sleepless every night, washed his face with tears, and looked north all day long, and today he finally hoped for the heavenly soldiers!"

He asked himself that this remark could not be more appropriate, but who knows that Xin Xingzong just hit him with a horsewhip, knocked him to the ground, pointed and scolded: "Incompetent bastard, grandpa doesn't care whether you want to serve the country or treason, why don't you dare to go out of the city and fight?" Grandpa fight? Hmph, you got the credit for dedicating the city, but you ruined the credit for beheading the general!"

After finishing speaking, he spit at him and marched into the city.

The other four of the Xin family's five tigers are also young people in their 30s and s. They are all proud and proud. They are about to show their talents during this southern expedition. A fire broke out, and everyone spat at him when he walked by.

Duan Kai was so frightened that he was stupefied, the other chief general Yang Weizhong couldn't see him, he got off his horse and helped him up, trying to comfort him, and told him to return to guard the place.

According to Duan Kai's original idea, he wanted to inform the officers and soldiers of the detailed military situation in Hangzhou, the methods and foundations of Fang La's important generals, and now seeing Xin Xingzong's attitude, how could he speak up?Just learn from that saw-jawed gourd and give him a muffled fortune.

Xin Xingzong took Jiaxing lightly, without delay, sent troops the next day, and went straight to Chongde County to kill.

Yang Weizhong specially persuaded him to wait for Tong Guan's army to arrive before sending out troops, but Xin Xingzong laughed and said, "Wei Zhong is ridiculous! You don't see the three Wu Songs who led thousands of Qingzhou troops to the famous city repeatedly. At first I thought they had some skills, but now I know that Fang La's army is full of pussy bastards, if you and I don't take the opportunity to make contributions, when will we wait?"

In fact, the two are both the chief generals of the Xihe Army. In terms of titles, Yang Weizhong is higher, but Xin Xingzong is the son of a serious general of the Western Army, and Yang Weizhong's background is much more complicated——

His real name was Kang Jiong. His ancestor was captured in Liao Dynasty during Song Renzong's reign and became a Han son of Liao Kingdom. He left Liao and returned to Song Dynasty when he was 20 years old. He joined the army as a Xifan on Huanqing Road and changed his name to Yang Weizhong. He became a general based on his martial arts and merits, so he didn't want to have an unhappiness with Xin Xingzong, so he had to follow his will and kill Chongde County.

Unexpectedly, when the general of Chongde County heard that the Song army had killed him, he abandoned the city and fled back to Hangzhou. Xin Xingzong went to the city without bloodshed, and became more and more arrogant.

Not to mention how he fought Hangzhou, but Tong Guan nodded repeatedly after reading the victory report: "Xingzong is light and brave to fight, he is worthy of being a general! It's just that there are so many bandits in Hangzhou, we can't let his 2 people become a lone army, come here , I passed on the general order of my commander to send out troops on the same day, and taught the two armies of Hedong and Qinfeng to take Taicang, Jiangyin, Jiading, and Changshu separately. I also urged him to send troops to attack Huzhou and Xuanzhou, lest these two bandits rescue Hangzhou."

As soon as the order was passed, all the three armies moved. At present, the troops were divided into three groups: the main force of the first line was led by Tong Guan, and went south to Hangzhou; , along the way, Wu Song led the Qingzhou Army three times, and went west along Taihu Lake to attack Jinling.

Just talking about the three of Wu Song, in the past few days according to Tong Guan's intentions, he recruited more than 5000 strong and strong men, and all of them were issued Song Army uniforms. Together with the headquarters, there were a total of troops. They left Suzhou and headed west. At sunset, when we arrived at the shore of Taihu Lake, we saw hundreds of boats scrambling on the lake, but it was Lao Cao who got the reward of scouting horses, led his brothers and the soldiers and horses he took away, and came out from Xishan Island to join Wu Song.

When the brothers met, Wu Song and others told Tong Guan's words and deeds one by one, and talked about Tong Guan's various arrangements. After hearing this, Lao Cao looked at General Lu and laughed and said, "Sure enough, Mr. Expected!"

It turned out that since they left Suzhou, they guessed what Tong Guan would do. General Lu said what he wanted to Cao Cao, which was exactly the same as what Tong Guan actually did.Bian Xiang, Shi Jin and others had heard and witnessed it at the time, but now they look at General Lu and they can't help but take a high look.

Then he said to the crowd: "This expedition for my brother, I concealed my name and borrowed Li Dunzi's identity, just for this moment. Now you and other brothers, as well as these soldiers and horses, are going to fight in Huzhou and Xuanzhou with my Erlang, but I I want to single out a few brothers and go with me to Fang La to be spies."

Wu Song, Lu Junyi and others were all shocked: "Brother, why bother to take risks in that wolf and tiger lair?"

Cao Cao proudly smiled and said: "Last year, I was able to deal with a hero like A Guda, and we were able to do things that changed the world in Fusang Island. There was nothing wrong with him. What can he do to me? What's more, I'm in In the dark, he is in the light, so nothing will go wrong."

He pretended to be boastful, wanting to put his brother at ease, but Wu Song kept shaking his head, frowning and said: "There is nothing infallible in this world, why should my brother stand under that dangerous wall? If you want to be a spy, let me go!" Waiting for brothers, isn't there a fine one who can do it?"

Lao Cao knew that he was caring, so he didn't show his elder brother's prestige. After thinking for a while, he still told the truth: "Let me tell you the truth, now that the Jurchens are strong and rising like the sun, the Liao Kingdom It is a centipede, dead but not stiff, and there are Xixia, Tubo, etc. If I want to restore the majesty of the Chinese kingdom, it will take seven or eight years, or two or three years, and I will compete with these foreign races."

He often said these words, and now these brothers have been influenced by him, and their vision has long been extraordinary, and they all nodded in agreement when they heard the words.

Cao Cao continued: "So Fang La's rebellion hurt my power in China, so I had to help the imperial court and put it down quickly. However, Fang La's subordinates have some great talents, but they are far better than those stupid beetles in the court. That's Fang La himself. , I also intend to use it... Therefore, this trip to be a spy, one is to make it lose quickly, and the other is to preserve its vitality and strengthen itself. I can't go by myself."

Wu Song and the others nodded silently, with astonishment in their eyes: Everyone already knew that Cao Cao wanted to defeat Fang La quickly to protect the country, but only now did they realize that it was not enough for Cao Cao to defeat Fang La, and he wanted to swallow the essence of his power in one gulp.This kind of greed and ambition, after careful consideration, is really worthy of the overlord's true qualities.

General Lu was the first to react, and bowed deeply: "My lord's vision is far-reaching and his mind is strong, which is admirable. This is the talent of a true hero! Xiaosheng can follow the tail of a young man, and show his talents in his chest. Fortunately."

The Four Masters of Taihu Lake sighed silently. This smart man who taught himself astray not only signed the contract on his knees, but also learned to lick and roll... Fortunately, these are all good guys, and there is only such a smart guy...

Seeing Wu Yong's face full of high spirits, he came out and bowed to Lao Cao: "Brother Lu's words speak to the heart of my younger brother. If there is no brother, how will the world know Wu Yong after a hundred years?"

Li Kui and Niu Gao tensed up at the same time, they looked at each other: Look!The smart people in the team have all started to speak, if we speak slowly, how can Qingzhou poetry sages and poets have any face?
Niu Gao straightened his chest: "Brother Lu said quite well, and what Angkor said is quite good."

Li Kui hit the snake with a stick: "I, I, I, I are the same, follow my brother to sweep the four directions!"

The two clapped their hands and laughed loudly.

Is it so curly?The four masters of Taihu Lake groaned together, their eyes showing despair.

Cao Cao waved his hand, stopped the other brothers who seemed to be eager to try, and said warmly: "One hero and three gangs, if there are no brothers like you who go through life and death, how can a brother do great things? You say it is lucky to meet a brother, why? Brother, there are brothers like you, isn’t it God’s favor?”

With a few words, all the heroes couldn't help but feel agitated. They only felt that the most proud thing in their lives was being Lao Cao's brother.

General Lu glanced at everyone's thoughts, and couldn't help sighing secretly: He is really the overlord!
Applauding and laughing, he said: "My lord's words are in line with the Dao - the so-called getting more help, more help, and the world obeys."

Cao Cao smiled modestly: "It's not too late to talk about wine when the great things we plan are accomplished. Now the matter in front of me is that I want to order a few brothers who Tong Guan, Liu Yanqing, Fang La and others don't know. , accompany me to be a spy."

When everyone heard this, some of them lost their expressions - not to mention those with official status like Wu Song, but Bian Xiang, Ma Ling and other surrendered generals, but Liu Yanqing had met before.Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Yang Zaixing, and Wu Yong were even more bitter. Although they had no official status, they had stayed in Suzhou with Wu Song and others for ten days before, and many generals of the Western Army recognized them.

Cao Cao pointed and said, "Fan Rui, Tang Bin, Liu Tang, San Ruan, Shi Dalang, Yang Chun, Chen Da, Yu Baosi, and the Four Heroes of Taihu Lake, you 14 people will walk with me once - remember carefully, I After coming from Shuibo Liangshan, under the orders of the elder brother Chao Gai, the heavenly king of Tota, he came to the south of the Yangtze River to help fight the enemy, and on the way, he met the four masters of Taihu Lake.

The Four Masters of Taihu Lake did not expect that the four of them would also be selected, and they were suddenly overjoyed: Mr. Lu is such a smart person, who rolls and licks, but still can't do things with his brother, what is this called?This is called God loves stupid children!

Li Kui shouted: "Brother, why don't you bring Tien Niu with you? Brother Shi Bao, Monk Deng, and I are old acquaintances."

Niu Gao sighed, "You forgot that you showed your face with me when your brother beat Tian Hu?"

Li Kui was speechless, his eyes rolled suddenly, and he said with a smile, "I remember my brother once wore a copper mask, and I'll find someone to make one—brother, fourteen people don't sound good, so put on an iron bull and make a mask." Fifteen, isn't it complete?"

There are different teachings: he was an official and general who conquered Fangla, and he was also an anti-thief army.This trip to Hangzhou is so old, and the pride goes to Jian Lingyun.

　I'm going home late today, so I won't divide it into chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)