Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 966 Strategies

  The morning in Chang'an today is still calm.

  As the birds above the treetops sang in the morning against the rising sun, Zhong Shao sat in the hall in formal attire, with lowered eyebrows and a serious face.

In life, good news is often like a black cat sheriff, who pulls out a gun at every turn, type four big characters "see you next time", and then disappears forever, while bad news is like a gourd baby, the boss comes , and the second child, the third child, and the fourth child...

   Well, that's about it anyway.

  Except for European Emirates.

Although Zhong Shao's face is quite white, white and round, with a very attractive appearance, but he still can't get rid of the fate of the gourd baby, um, the fate of bad news, not long after he got the critical news of Meiyang, I also received news about the defeat of Huangfusong in the east of Xinfeng City, and this is not counted. The officials sent by Zhong Shao to the surrounding counties to raise money and food for soldiers again encountered a lot of obstacles and delays in the open and in the dark. …

Because Li Jue and Ma Teng led the troops to the east, the counties to the east of Chang'an were basically under the control of Li Jue and others. After the news that Zhong Shao and others took control of the court reached these areas, for example Like Xinfeng, Yinban and other county towns, they sent people to secretly report the movements of Li Jue and others to Chang'an.

  At this time, Zhong Shaofang felt a little terrified.

what to do?

  Xia Mou in the west is defending Wugong County. Although there are reports of the defeat of the Xiliang camp, Meiyang on the flank is worrying.

  After thinking about it all night, Zhong Shao, who hadn't slept all night, finally came up with some solutions, and asked Liu Fan to be invited.

  Liu Fan also came very quickly. After all, Chang'an City is quite big and small, not to mention that some things are even more worrying now, so naturally they are very concerned.

   "I've seen Mr. Zhong." Liu Fan looked at Zhong Shao, saw his calm expression, and felt a little settled in his heart.

   "Please sit down." Zhong Shao nodded and said, and then ordered his servants to prepare tea. After chatting for a while, he entered the topic.

   "Mr. Zhong, how about ordering Xia Tingwei to lead the troops back to Beijing..." Liu Fan suggested after being silent for a while.

  In fact, what Liu Fan wanted to say was to order Fei Qian to come back from Sucheng to assist him. After all, it only takes three or four days for Kuaima to go from Sucheng to Chang'an, which is completely in time.

  But after all, you can’t say it directly. If you really do this, it’s almost tantamount to slapping Zhong Shao in the face. After all, it was Zhong Shao who decided before that he could not give Fei Qian the important task...

Zhong Shao's eyelids fluttered, he paused for a moment, shook his head and said: "You must first defeat the enemy in the west of the city before you can return to the east... Under Li Bandit, there are many cavalry. If Xia Tingwei returns to the army, Li Bandit and the army Han Fan and other thieves gathered together..."

The current situation is that most of Xiliang's cavalry are in the east of Chang'an, while most of Xiliang's soldiers in the west are infantry. It is okay to separate them now. Once Xiliang's cavalry and infantry unite, then It's not as simple as one plus one equals two.

   "..." Liu Fan looked at Zhong Shao, but didn't say anything further.

  Chong Shao said decisively: "Although Bandit Li has cavalry, it is not good for the city. Therefore, he only needs to defeat the two bandits Han and Fan, and his troops will be defeated!"

   "The seed...does he have a plan?"

  Chong Shao nodded, and then said: "A certain person wants to appear on the table, and the Han thief Xin Fenghou also..."

   "Wonderful..." Liu Fan understood immediately. He first praised him, and then said, "...but this is a straightforward plan, and Fan Fan may not be easy to believe..."

  Chong Shao smiled slightly, stared at Liu Fan, and said: "...My nephew said it is true, this plan needs to be successful, and I still need my nephew's help..."

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   Meiyang City is already in a mess.

After Fan Chou attacked the city, he didn't have any nature to manage and appease the people. He carried the little girl who was brought up by his subordinates to the government office, and of course the Xiliang soldiers under him were like It was like a wild horse that had let go of the rein, scattered everywhere, looting everywhere in Meiyang City.

Although Han Sui felt that something was wrong, but seeing the situation, not to mention seeing Fan Chou's soldiers eating and playing so happily that they would die, it was unreasonable for him to restrict his men, so he just waved his hand and let him go. go...

  So the people in Meiyang are basically completely abolished.

  Not to mention the city of Meiyang, but no matter how small the county is, there are still two big households. Fan Chou stayed in the Meiyang government office, and Han Sui didn't bother to stay with this guy, so he went to the city and found a big family and stayed there.

  The big family’s surname is Luo, and it seems that he also served as the commander-in-chief of that county before, so he is also called Lord Luo Ling. As for the name...

  Han Sui didn't bother to ask, and didn't even bother to remember what this person looked like.

  Like Fan Chou, Han Sui looked down upon him to some extent. He used force for everything. How is that different from the Qianghu people?

If you want to eat something, just say it, and the Luo family will naturally send it up. If you want to play something, just throw a look in the past, and the old Luo with a wrinkled face and a smile like a chrysanthemum, of course, also rushed to deliver it to him. in front of you.

   A group of warriors who only know how to use knives to rob, how can they know the beauty of what they are doing now?

Moreover, in order to keep his own food, Lao Luotou sold some of the relatively large households in the surrounding area who had relatively more savings. quite a few...

   Therefore, when Han Sui faced Lao Luotou, he smiled more and more cordially, and under the flattery of Lao Luotou, he spent two comfortable days.

  However, the happy time is always short, and Han Sui's leisurely life was soon broken.

"hehe…"

  Han Sui tossed the seal and ribbon of Marquis Xinfeng that he had delivered to him. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still couldn't hide the lack of joy in his heart.

   Now I am also Lord Hou!

  Liehou!

   I skipped Guanneihou in one fell swoop, and went directly to Liehou...

  The Han family now has a Marquis! Han Sui really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, but he managed to control his excitement so as not to be too excited.

   "General Fan is here!"

   Outside the courtyard came the sound of his soldiers notifying him, but before he could make any response, Fan Chou had strode in from the outside.

The faint smile on Han Sui's face was suppressed immediately, and then bloomed again. He gently placed the seal ribbon in his hand on the table, and then greeted him: "Ah, General Fan, why are you here today?" Did you come to Brother Yu?"

Fan Chou let out a hey, and then walked into the hall, saw the seal on the table at a glance, grinned at the corner of his mouth, grabbed the gold seal with his hand, threw it up and down twice, and said: " Ha! It’s still true! I didn’t expect General Han to become Lord Marquis... Will I call you Lord Han from now on?”

"Haha, you're welcome, guest..." Han Sui couldn't help subconsciously responding when he heard the three words "Han Houye", and immediately seeing Fan Chou's face, he put away the smile that just climbed up the corner of his mouth, and said solemnly , "...what is the Hou Ye not the Hou Ye, a mere lieutenant, so-and-so doesn't pay attention at all... and he is called a certain general..."

   "Oh?" Fan Chou squinted at Han Sui, half-believing, then threw the golden seal of Marquis Xinfengting in his hand on the table with a bang, and then walked around and sat down.

Han Sui's eyes followed the newly released, still glamorous golden seal of Marquis Xinfengting rolling on the table, watching the golden seal smashed on the table, as if the corners were knocked a little bit, The corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily, then he turned his eyes away.

   "I heard that the imperial court is planning to make General Fan a marquis, maybe the angel is on his way..." Han Sui laughed, and then sat down with Fan Chou.

"Huh!" Fan Chou said dismissively, "Cut... I killed so many high officials in the court, and I still give him the title of Marquis? Why, the more you kill, the higher the title? What if the little emperor is killed?" , I will be the emperor?!"

   "..." Han Sui was speechless.

  Fan Chou rolled his eyelids, and said with a half-smile, "Why, Master Han, do you want to go to the capital to take up the post? If you need my younger brother to prepare some Cheng Yi, just ask for it, and my younger brother will help Master Han!"

  Han Sui's cheek twitched, and he said with a smile: "How can this be! This is clearly a trick of the people of Chang'an, how could someone be fooled!"

   "Oh?!" Fan Chou sat upright, looked Han Sui up and down, and said, "What do you say?"

"To be honest, Brother Yu couldn't see it at first... After all, he is a prince, isn't he? How many people want it but can't get it. Brother Yu was naturally confused for a while, but..." Han Sui twirled his beard slightly and paused After a while, the eyeballs turned slightly left and right a few times, and then said, "...This is a plan to alienate and slow down the army. How can I hide it from someone?"

"...Divorce," Han Sui said with a serious face, "...Naturally, it is to alienate the feelings between you and my brother. If you are suspicious, you will inevitably have a little discord during the march, so naturally give it up." The martial arts army on the side can take advantage of this opportunity...Think about it, if you and I really fell out over such a so-called false name, wouldn't those guys in Chang'an be so happy?"

  Fan Chou smacked his mouth twice, tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded, and said: "Brother Han said, it seems to be the truth..."

"...That's right... Brother, think again, where is Xinfeng? It's in the east of Chang'an, far away from here!" Han Sui slapped his hands and continued, "In this way, those guys in Chang'an don't mean anything. Is it very clear? If a certain heart is moved and he really goes to Xinfeng to be some kind of Marquis, then wouldn't he have to be separated from my brother, and once you and I are separated, the force of the army will definitely decrease a lot. In this way, You and I can only end up in the end of being defeated one by one! Brother! You know, if you and I work together, we will win, and if we divide, we will lose! Don’t fall into the tricks of the Chang’an people!"

  Fan Chou heard this, suddenly realized, slapped the table with a "bang", and said angrily: "These gutless guys only know how to play tricks!"

  Han Sui nodded with a smile.

   "By the way, brother Han just said that there is a delay..." Fan Chou looked at Han Sui, leaning forward slightly, and said.

"Ah? Oh..." Han Sui nodded, "...Yeah, there is still a plan to slow down the army... Brother, look, if you and I are here, we will be haggling over this empty name, or let someone feel a little slack , delayed the timing of the march, and then gave the people of Chang'an a chance to breathe, let them raise more troops to surround you and me, so..."

  The more Han Sui talked, the more solemn his face became.

  Fan Chou stood up abruptly, turned around twice, and suddenly turned around and said, "Brother Han can see clearly! Maybe the people from Chang'an are attacking Brother Li, so this trick is used to delay you and me!"

  Han Sui was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then nodded, and said solemnly: "...It is indeed possible..."

   "You can send troops! March into Chang'an!" Fan Chou jumped up when he heard the words, "Brother Han, what do you mean?"

  You have finished talking, what do you mean by asking me again?

  Although Han Sui thought so in his heart, he still nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

"Okay!" Fan Chou responded, turned around and walked out, shouting as he walked, "Come on! Play the trumpet and tell those bastards, no matter what the **** are doing, I will get ready in an hour! Send troops to Chang'an!"

Han Sui watched Fan Chou leave, stood silently for a while, then took the golden seal of Marquis Xinfengting and rubbed it in his hand, wiped the scratched place with his thumb, and then slowly took it away In the sac, and then hung on the side of his belt...

   "Come here." Han Sui ordered lightly, "Send the order, pack up the food, grass and equipment, and prepare to leave."

   A soldier outside the hall answered loudly, turned around and went out to deliver the order

  Han Sui walked slowly outside the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and when he saw the old Luo head beside him, he smiled slightly and waved to him.

  Old Luo walked over with a nod and bowed his head, his wrinkled face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile: "General, ah, Lord Hou, I don't know what to order, but the little old man will do it for Lord Hou right away!"

  Han Sui laughed and said, "I said, old Luo, well, I have been nagging you for the past two days, and it has caused you a lot of trouble..."

   "Master Hou is polite, please be polite..." Lao Luo smiled, "...It is our Luo family's honor that Master Hou can come to the house, as long as Master Hou is happy, happy is fine..."

"Hmm... happy, happy, I'm a bit reluctant to leave..." Han Sui twisted his neck and made a rattling sound, then he didn't look at Lao Luo again, and walked forward slowly, saying as he walked, "You're welcome, you're welcome, I am a person who knows how to repay kindness and revenge, otherwise, wouldn't I become a villain? How about this, I have been honored by the emperor and named Xinfengtinghou, but I am also short of manpower Isn't it? So, Lao Luo and your family, just follow me, to be honest, give me a chance to thank you, right?"

The chrysanthemums all over Lao Luo's face immediately scattered, his eyes widened and he hesitated and said: "...Ah! Lord Hou... Lord Hou is kind, the little old man understands, understands...but the homeland is hard to leave, the little old man is here Mei Yang is also used to it here..."

  Han Sui stopped, turned around slowly, looked at Lao Luo and said, "Oh?! Is Mr. Luo Ling unwilling to go with someone?"

The old Luo fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Master Hou! For the sake of the little old man's hard work these past few days, let the little old man stay here. It's really hard to leave the homeland...Hou Ye ..."

"It's hard to leave the homeland... yes, it's hard to leave the homeland..." Han Sui sighed slightly, then nodded and said, "... Well, a certain person is also a person who left the homeland, so I can understand it. Since Mr. Luo Ling doesn't want to, then ...Let's stay here and be with the others..."

"Ah! Thank you, Lord Hou! Thank you, Lord Hou!" Lao Luo didn't hear clearly the pronoun that Han Sui muttered after "others", but he was overjoyed when he heard that he could stay here. After a few strokes, when I looked up again, I realized that Han Sui had gone far.

   "Huh..." Lao Luo took a long breath, just about to stand up, but suddenly found a lot of Xiliang soldiers outside the yard...

   "You...what are you going to do?" Old Luo shouted loudly, "This...here is...this is the residence of General Han, Lord Han! What are you going to do?"

   "General Han is here?" A dozen soldiers from Xiliang laughed, "Then who did we meet just now? Can General Han still be a double? Hahaha..."

   "Okay!" A long-looking Xiliang soldier shouted, "Move faster! If you miss the time, the whip will not recognize anyone!"

"You! You..." Lao Luo was still waiting to stop him, but was kicked to the ground by a Xiliang soldier in the chest, and then he was kicked **** the head, and smashed onto the bluestone on the ground. Amid the sound of bone cracking, blood flowed from the head immediately, less air was being taken in and more air was coming out.

  Blood flowed down from the top of his head along the wrinkles on Lao Luo's face. It seemed that every wrinkle was soaked in blood, and his eyes turned blood red. Lao Luo tried his best to raise his head, trembling, and weakly wanted to get up again, but he couldn't turn over. In the end, he could only slump on the ground, and only heard waves of laughter from Xiliang soldiers in the yard. , mixed with the angry shouts and screams of the familiar family members...

   "Oh my God..." Lao Luo raised his head and stared at the blood-red sky, spit out a few blood bubbles, "Oh my god, open your eyes..."

  (end of this chapter)