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Chapter 270 I, Zhuge Jiang Gan, am still omnipotent
Chapter 270 I, Zhuge Jiang Gan, am still omnipotent
In fact, Pei Yuan was not afraid that his time in the Bazhou Army would be exposed to the world.
Because many things are judged by actions rather than intentions.
No matter how they speculated about what Pei Yuan had done, even if they used the most vicious thinking and imagined him as the mastermind behind the Bazhou Army, it did not have much impact on Pei Yuan.
Because the final result of the whole incident was that Pei Yuan lured the Bazhou army to retreat at Xiaohekou, and allowed Lu Ting and Bai Yu, who had ambushed in advance, to achieve a turning point and a great victory.
As for this result, both the eunuch Lu from the official army and the leaders of the Bazhou army had basically the same characterization on both sides, that is, Pei Yuan had betrayed the Bazhou army.
As for whether the Bazhou army would "bow their heads under the eaves" and seek some kind of compromise with Pei Yuan, that is another matter.
But no matter what, it is very convincing to reason back from the results to what has happened.
As for why Pei Yuan was trying to hide the truth and wouldn't let Chen Hutou speak out, it was entirely because Gu Dayong was implicated and suffered a particularly bad loss.
Even more broadly speaking, Lu Ting, the eunuch who suddenly appeared as the commander of military affairs, might not be a good thing for Xiao Jing, who coveted the seal of the Imperial Household Department.
Pei Yuan is about to return to Beijing for development.
No matter how much trouble he had caused outside, he had no roots in the capital.
Even with Captain Han's ability, he could not act arbitrarily in the base of the Zhenxie Thousand Households Office when faced with the complicated religious forces in Nanjing that were in collusion with each other from top to bottom.
How can Pei Yuan, who has a weaker foundation and more superficial strength, gain a foothold in the more complex city of Beijing?
Therefore, even if Pei Yuan did not expect too much from Gu Dayong, he at least hoped that the two sides could get along in a peaceful and mutually beneficial manner.
Well, things have already happened, so there’s no need to hurt Eunuch Gu too much.
Pei Yuan pretended to be annoyed and waved his hand, "Let's not talk about him anymore. We need to negotiate with Mantianxing as soon as possible."
Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong came back to their senses.
Indeed, everything else is fine, the most important thing is to stop the war as soon as possible.
Mantianxing wanted to overwhelm this side with a war of attrition. If Pei Yuan hadn't interrupted their attack rhythm and taken the opportunity to throw corpses to scare them, the defense line of the front camp might have been broken directly due to exhaustion.
The two men said, "Negotiation is the best, negotiation is the best. If it can be resolved smoothly, even if we have to pretend to be friendly with the thieves temporarily, it can still be a temporary solution."
Pei Yuan deliberately hesitated after hearing this, "Then, who will go to negotiate with those Bazhou bandits?"
Both of them were silent and looked at Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan sighed, "Well, it's just a way to delay time, so let me take care of this matter."
Pei Yuan didn't want to give them more opportunities to contact Chen Hutou, so he said to Cheng Leixiang, "Why should we be polite to this bandit leader? Hang him in a prominent place in the camp."
When Chen Hutou heard this, he fluttered his feet again quickly.
How could a hero like him leave himself to be a laughing stock?
Cheng Leixiang didn't care about all this and directly ordered people to carry Chen Hu's head. When they arrived at the front camp, he set up a rack on the lookout tower and hung Chen Hu's head on it.
The front camp was relatively stable. "Mantianxing" was still adjusting the bandits and had not launched a second fierce attack.
Pei Yuan calculated the time and thought that those who attacked the rear camp should have delivered the message, so he waited patiently on the watchtower.
After a while, they saw a large group of bandits running towards them from the direction of the rear camp.
Then, the person suspected to be "Mantianxing" gathered a lot of people, and came over angrily to demand an explanation.
The "Starry Sky" was still far away, but it was already shouting and yelling.
Pei Yuan guessed that it was not something good, so he didn't listen carefully.
However, when the baby's breath really came to the front, it calmed down instead.
One of them was inside the village, and the other was outside.
The two sides were a little far apart.
A fast-running bandit came over and shouted, "Our leader asks you, what are your conditions?"
Pei Yuan saw Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong also came to watch the negotiation between the two sides. He took into account the demands of Xiao and Gu and deliberately said, "As long as we can leave safely and reach Dongchang Prefecture safely, we will release them. How about that?"
Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong were both delighted when they heard this.
Pei Yuan is not a stubborn person.
However, the bandit who sent the message came back soon and refused bluntly, "No."
It was only then that Pei Yuan seemed to have just noticed Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong.
He looked at Gu Dayong and said, "Eunuch Gu, the thieves' minds are hard to predict. How about I give them a try?"
Gu Dayong asked in confusion, "How do we try?"
Pei Yuan did not answer, but continued to shout at the bandit who was sending the message, "If we leave Eunuch Gu behind, will the others be able to survive?"
After hearing this, Gu Dayong felt dizzy and almost fainted from anger.
However, Xiao Yan's eyes were shining, and he wished that the thief would agree right away.
After a while, the bandit who was delivering the message came back and said bluntly, "No!"
After hearing the bandit's reply, Xiao Yan's face changed drastically, but Gu Dayong felt subtly relieved.
——Even if there really is trouble, we can just drag these two bastards along as scapegoats.
Pei Yuan was not surprised by this result.
If it was before, I could still use Gu Dayong to exchange for a settlement, but now...
The hatred value of me in those people's hearts is at least several hundred times that of Gu Dayong.
If what I just said was that I would stay...
Then maybe "Starry Sky" would agree.
Pei Yuan asked Xiao and Gu, "How is it?"
Both of them gnashed their teeth and said, "Then let's just fight to the death. No one will have an easy life."
Pei Yuan confirmed the two men's ideas and immediately said to the bandits who had been summoned.
"Go tell Mantianxing that if he continues to persist, we will kill the 'big tiger' and fight him to the death right now."
"If he is willing to hold off for a day and preserve their brotherhood, I swear here that I will never threaten this man's life again."
After the messenger went there, there was no reply from "Mantianxing" for a long time.
Pei Yuan looked carefully at the "sky full of stars" and saw that he was also looking at this side.
The two looked at each other in silence for a moment. In the end, "Mantianxing" was afraid to take the risk and left with his people in dismay.
Pei Yuan was almost completely defeated by their scheme before, so he couldn't underestimate the wisdom of these two people.
He only withdrew the combat troops from Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie, while the auxiliary troops were still bluffing on the wall of the village.
The battle lasted only half a day, but it was extremely brutal.
Many soldiers from Xuzhou suffered casualties. Only a hundred people were left in Chen Toutie's team. Cheng Leixiang's team joined the battle late and had only two hundred people left.
Only a dozen Xuzhou cavalry were able to escape back with Pei Yuan.
The auxiliary troops suffered the least losses, with only very few casualties.
The number of casualties on the bandits' side was several times higher. Seven or eight hundred people were killed in close combat in the camp alone. If you add the number of people who died in the battle for the wall and in the duel with archers, the number would be doubled. The officers and soldiers of Xuzhou Guard inflicted several times more casualties on the bandits, but only three-fifths of the soldiers of Xuzhou Guard were left who could fight, and the overall loss of the bandits was less than one-tenth.
This result is almost the same as losing a battle.
Pei Yuan didn't have much to say, so he told the soldiers to have lunch as soon as possible and have a good rest.
Some of the captured young and strong men were driven out to help clean up the battlefield.
This time, Xiao Baopi was kind-hearted and gave some food to the young and strong people who came out to work.
Pei Yuan released a young and strong man and asked the bandits to come and carry away the body.
"Mantianxing" had a huge advantage in military strength and was not worried about any problems. He directly summoned a team of 300 people to collect the bodies outside the camp.
When Pei Yuan came back from his meal, he saw that the bandits had already started cutting down trees and setting up a camp, which happened to be located in the lowland that Pei Yuan had chosen.
Pei Yuan tried to look at Xiao Yan who came with him calmly and said, "How is it?"
Seeing this, Xiao Yan secretly thought that Pei Yuan was indeed quite capable and was not just a name for nothing. However, man's plans are not as good as God's plans. Whether a plan can be effective or not still depends on whether God cooperates.
Pei Yuan's heart was already about 70% settled, so he simply didn't look at it any more and returned to his tent to rest.
The battlefield was very quiet throughout the afternoon.
Pei Yuan had some guesses about this.
First of all, the battle in the morning was too brutal, with too many casualties, which led to a sharp drop in the morale of the bandits.
Especially when the government troops threw out the bodies of the bandits, the bandits who could not see the situation clearly suddenly woke up and realized the fierceness of the battle in the village.
As a result, this led to a large-scale rout of the bandits.
"Mantianxing" was trying to boost morale before, but before the morale was boosted, he heard the tragic news that another big leader of the rebels was captured alive by the enemy!
This made the previously defeated soldiers become frightened birds, and their morale dropped again.
The second question is also derived from the first question.
The "big tiger" has been caught. If "Mantianxing" follows his uncompromising approach, the "big tiger" will most likely not come back.
"Mantianxing" must gather the remaining members of "Big Tiger" as soon as possible to avoid being used by Pei Yuan.
In order to enforce the law, some small leaders must be included.
Now that the offensive has been thwarted, "Mantianxing" must also consider the subsequent impact of a prolonged war.
At the very least, consider camping tonight.
The battle had gotten to this point, and "Mantianxing" could no longer calmly lead the team back to yesterday's camping place.
After today's fierce battle, as long as they move here, those government troops will surely flee at all costs.
The newly established camp must at least block the government troops’ retreat route.
"Mantianxing" looked around and picked out two places. One of them could block the government army's retreat, but unfortunately it was next to a hill and the large pine forest was easily attacked by fire.
The other place is not far in front of the government army camp. The terrain is open and flat, and any movement of the government army can be seen at a glance.
This is it!
Just place a battalion of a thousand men on the hill.
At night, Pei Yuan, who had rested and regained his energy, went to the observation deck to take a look again.
I saw a large simple camp had been set up in front of me, with sparks everywhere, and the bandits were wolfing down their dinner.
Pei Yuan was about to leave the observation deck when he heard a humming sound.
Looking up, I saw Chen Hutou, who was hanging there, struggling hard to make some noise.
Pei Yuan didn't want to hear what he said. Seeing that only Cheng Leixiang was around, he smiled and said to Chen Hutou, "Don't worry, I, Zhuge Jianggan, will keep my word. After I eliminate these bandits in front of me, I will send you back intact."
Chen Hutou, hanging on the pillar, hummed twice, as if mocking Pei Yuan's words.
Pei Yuan was aroused by Chen Hutou's stubbornness.
He asked, "Do you feel that you have won the game, so you are so disdainful of what I said?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Hutou gave Pei Yuan a contemptuous look.
Pei Yuan smiled.
He looked around Chen Hutou twice and said, "Well, based on your attitude, you really won't die this time. I will convince you."
After saying this, Pei Yuanyou urged, "After this matter is over, you should go to Huguang to look for the Sixth Master and the Seventh Master. Oh, yes, and Qi Yanming."
"When you see them, don't forget to tell them."
"Take me, Zhuge Jiang Gan..." Pei Yuan paused, "I am still omnipotent."
After Pei Yuan said this, he didn't pay attention to the reaction of Chen Hutou hanging on the wooden stake, and left with Cheng Leixiang.
Pei Yuan had just returned to his camp and rested for a while when Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong found the meeting tent.
As soon as the three of them met, Xiao Yan took the initiative to remind them, "Captain, it's night."
Pei Yuan looked calm, calming everyone down and said, "Don't worry, this matter should be done until late at night. I have asked someone to build an altar for Taoist Zhiwei, and he will be able to perform a spell to pray for rain later."
Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong were both a little uneasy.
During the day today, Pei Yuan had already found out the attitudes of those bandits.
If Pei Yuan's plan fails tonight, everyone will die.
Seeing that the two men were still fidgeting, Pei Yuan had to change the subject and ask them, "How are the camp's preparations for cold and rain?"
Xiao Yan replied, "These were already taken into consideration when the camp was built, and I just made them pay extra attention to it."
Pei Yuan remembered something and gave an additional reminder, "Oh, right. Have someone cover the wells in the camp and build fences around them. It might be dirty after tonight's rain."
After hearing this, Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong couldn't help but make bold guesses.
Could it be that Pei Yuan had provoked some dirty creature?
Pei Yuan was being guarded by these two guys and was a little restless to sit still in the camp.
He stood up and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go see Taoist Zhiwei."
Pei Yuan walked out of the tent and saw Song Chunniang not far away, so he waved to her.
When Song Chunniang came over, he asked directly, "Where are the people?"
Song Chunniang knew who Pei Yuan was talking about, and answered, "He has been tied up and someone is watching him. He can't run away."
Pei Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Tonight's matter still depends on Zhiwei Daoren's help. After all, some things really need to be done professionally to be more convincing.
Now Buddhism is flourishing in the capital, and Taoism is also ready to make a move. Pei Yuan, the deputy commander of the evil-suppressing sect, is in charge of matters related to Buddhism and Taoism.
It is possible that the Taoist's trip to the capital was also for fame and fortune.
Once tonight's big event is accomplished, Xiao Yan and Gu Dayong will be there as witnesses.
Pei Yuan could then put one hand powerfully into the quagmire of the capital city.
(End of this chapter)
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