Chapter 686: When the Thought of Surrendering to Han Came to Mind, I Suddenly Felt that the World Was Wide Open

When I thought of surrendering to the Han Dynasty, I suddenly felt that the world was wide.

Now, Deng Yang, the county magistrate of Beiwu County, Shangyong County, and one of the three dogs in Taichung in history, probably felt this way.

At this moment, he still remembered what he said to Ma Hu, the merchant leader sent by Jingzhou, when he "thought of surrendering to the Han Dynasty".

——『In fact, in addition to exposing you, there is another way, and I may be able to reap greater benefits! 』

——『That is, I will set up a trap to lure Cao Xiu here, and use his life, Shangyong County, and this batch of grain that arrived as scheduled to exchange for the glory of Deng Yang's second half of his life! 』

In addition to this deafening sentence.

Deng Yang's subsequent words made Ma Hu, the merchant leader, feel like he was hallucinating.

——『You don't need to be surprised or afraid. It is true that I, Deng Yang, am greedy for money, but I also know current affairs. Times have changed. I used to be sure that Wei would win! If I pledge my loyalty to Wei, I can get a prosperous life in the second half of my life, but now... Wei? Haha... The emperor is lost, Cao Cao is defeated... Han has Guan Lin and Guan Yunqi, young men who can create miracles again and again! 』

——『What can Cao Cao, who is now this age, compare with Han? Among Cao Cao's sons, is there anyone who can match Guan Lin? Haha... Hahahaha... Now the emperor is in the hands of the Guan family father and son. Instead of believing that Cao Cao will turn the tables, I might as well believe that another "Emperor Guangwu" will be born! 』

And just after these words, Cao Xiu died, dead and thorough-

Similarly, even if these words have been spoken for a long time.

But the changes in the situation made Deng Yang have an extremely real feeling:

—— It was right to surrender to Han!

Especially... after the merchant Ma Hu left, a man who coordinated the overall situation and was extremely wise was sent from Jingzhou.

It was under his plan that after Deng Yang silently killed Cao Xiu, he held a banquet in the name of Cao Xiu and successfully captured Shangyong Prefect Shen Dan and Fangling Prefect Kuai Qi.

Then, he successfully seized control of the three counties of Shangyong.

In this way, Shangyong, a military fortress with dense water networks, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and almost isolated from wars in various places, was easily captured without bloodshed!

However... the most terrifying thing is not these.

Under the overall coordination of that man, the entire operation to control the three counties of Shangyong was completely leaked.

Even Deng Yang, who had already surrendered to the Han Dynasty, admired this point. When he looked at the man again, his eyes were full of admiration, from the bottom of his heart.

As for the man who was full of wisdom, meticulous in his wisdom, and strategizing, it was Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi!

It was because of him that Deng Yang felt that the talents of the Han Dynasty were more than just Guan Lin and Guan Yunqi.

His sudden inspiration to join the Han Dynasty now seemed to be of increasing value——

Just as he was daydreaming...

"Mr. Xu..."

Deng Yang, who was originally standing on this hillside, looking at the three counties of Shangyong and daydreaming, saw Xu Shu riding a donkey slowly approaching.

He hurried to meet him, and when he reached Xu Shu's side, he bowed respectfully from the bottom of his heart.

"Hello, Mr. Xu——"

"Xuan Mao, although you have abandoned the dark and joined the light, you have helped the Han Dynasty to obtain the three counties of Shangyong and seized this important military fortress. You are a meritorious official of our Han Dynasty. You don't have to be so polite every time you see me..."

Xu Shu slowly turned over from the donkey, helped Deng Yang up, and patted his back gently, as if to praise and appreciate him.

In Xu Shu's opinion, Deng Yang was very perceptive. Everyone knew that the situation was turbulent and the situation in Han and Wei had reversed, but he dared to take the step of abandoning the dark and joining the light, and even dared to kill Cao Xiu, a general of the Cao Wei clan, to show his loyalty. He was such a young talent, which was rare.

"Mr. Xu, you are too kind. This is what the younger generation should do..."

Speaking of this, Deng Yang led Xu Shu to the hillside.

Xu Shu asked, "What are you looking at here?"

Deng Yang pointed to the narrow path between the water network and the mountain road and replied, "The Wei army only knew to go north of the Han River, through Tongguan and Wuguan to Luoyang, but they didn't know... the narrow roads in Shangyong and Fangling could also allow the Han army to march straight to Hanzhong. They were both cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. This time... Mr. Yunqi and Mr. Xu were more clever!"

Speaking of this, Deng Yang paused for a moment, and then sighed deeply: "I have heard that General Guan is good at attacking people from thousands of miles away. I am waiting here just to see the style of General Guan and the Guan family army marching quickly, and to admire the style of General Guan. I think... I can also imagine the appearance of General Guan attacking people from thousands of miles away on the top of Hanzhong City!"

When Deng Yang said this, he couldn't help but look at the sky, and fell into a deep fantasy... fascinated -

But Xu Shu poured a basin of cold water on him as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What a pity..."

"Ah..." Deng Yang was stunned, "Mr. Xu, what's a pity?"

"Aren't you waiting for General Guan and the Guan family army?"

"Yes!"

"I can't wait!"

Xu Shu's words once again made Deng Yang fall into indescribable astonishment, "Why...why can't I wait?"

"General Guan and the Guan family army have passed Shangyong and Fangling..."

"Impossible! This is the only way from Xiangyang to Hanzhong. I...I stay here every day, unless...unless General Guan and the Guan family army fly, otherwise...no..."

In the end, Deng Yang still didn't pronounce the word "Ze" for "otherwise" in the following sentence, because...his attention suddenly focused on the word "fly", as if, as if, as if... he realized an important fact:

——Guan Jiajun can fly!

Indeed, Shangyong and Fangling have already won them all, which provides the conditions for the legendary flying ball to take off.

Hanzhong Pingdi is a flat plain, which also has the conditions for "landing".

hiss--

So... Deng Yang turned around and met Xu Shu's eyes tremblingly, but he hesitated and couldn't speak for a long time.

Xu Shu consoled him: "I won't see you this time, but there will be a chance in the future..."

When he said this, Xu Shu said nothing and just stood with his hands behind his hands...feeling the strong wind here.

The southeast wind was blowing, and it was also the southeast wind. It reminded Xu Shu a little bit of the wind, the boat, the fire... and the Huarong Road in the Battle of Chibi -

For a moment, he not only murmured: "Southeast wind, so good, so good——"

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"General Jiang, General Cao Zhang's 20,000 troops have been delivered -"

"General Jiang, General Cao Zhen's 10,000 soldiers have also been delivered. This is the soldier talisman——"

As Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang's close personal guards personally handed over the military talisman of thirty thousand soldiers to Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei showed the humility and self-cultivation of a junior as always.

Even in the face of two personal guards, he still solemnly surrendered, "Thank you, two eldest brothers. Please tell the two eldest brothers to tell General Zhang and General Zhen that Jiang Wei will live up to his trust and capture Mengjin Pass. Luoyang City!”

The two guards did not expect Jiang Wei to be so polite, so they could only return the favor.

"If there is nothing else important, we will leave first and say goodbye——"

"Farewell——"

Following this sonorous voice, Jiang Wei sent the two of them to the door, and they walked away.

It wasn't until they disappeared from Jiang Wei's eyes that Jiang Wei turned around and returned to his account. He picked up the military talisman of thirty thousand soldiers placed on the table and raised it to his head. He first looked up at the military talisman, and then looked at it again. Lowering the soldier talisman, the solemn look in his eyes when he looked up turned into a look of contempt when he looked down.

"Tap-ta-"

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from behind the curtain in the tent, it was Jiang Yan.

At this time, Jiang Yan was wearing the clothes of a personal guard because he wanted to hide his identity, but his steps were as powerful as ever.

"father…"

Before Jiang Wei could speak, Jiang Juan took the lead and said: "Thirty thousand, including our 30,000 people in Tianshui, there are 60,000 soldiers... But it's not enough -"

As Jiang Wei said, Jiang Wei recruited 30,000 troops in Tianshui, Cao Zhen had 20,000 troops, and Cao Zhang had 50,000 defeated troops. Now, Cao Zhen has given Jiang Wei 10,000 troops, and Cao Zhang has given them to Jiang Wei. Twenty thousand, so calculated, the number of soldiers and horses Jiang Wei has far exceeds the number of Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen.

It’s sixty thousand versus forty thousand…

But, it’s not enough——

Of course, none of this is important to Jiang Wei. What is important is that he can still be with his father, and they can still fight side by side as before.

This is enough…

enough!

enough--

For a moment, Jiang Wei couldn't help but recall that night. He thought he was interrogating the prisoner, but he suddenly saw his father.

He especially remembered that the moment he saw his father, the forbearance, grief, sadness, hesitation, helplessness, and confusion that he had felt for many days were instantly released.

He hugged his father at once. He was holding back as always, but he was sobbing. As always, he could not stop the tears from his eyes, and they fell straight to the ground with "pat, pat".

He especially remembered that his father patted his back with his rough palm and comforted him.

"Boyo, don't cry. Isn't this good for me? We meet again!"

To Jiang Wei, his father's words seemed like a world away, or in other words, like a falling blue spring.

That night, they talked for a long time, from how their father Jiang Juan was rescued, to how he was healed from Guanmenguan, to Guan Lin's courtesy, to the invincible weapons and weapons of the Han army, to where... the Han army occupied territory, thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him, and everyone celebrated together. The smiles on every citizen's face when they got married in the city, of course... and most importantly, Guan Lin's empathy for the soldiers on the border.

Everything Jiang Juan felt, everything he saw and heard was narrated to his son that night.

That night, the glare of hatred and hegemony in Jiang Wei's eyes completely disappeared, replaced by light. After that night, there was light in Jiang Wei's eyes.

It seemed like he had regained more than just his father this night...

What's more... I also see the hope of saving these thousands of Li Shu who are in disaster——

That night, Jiang Juan and Jiang Wei decided on a method to "seize military power."

"Let's move urgently tomorrow. We can attack Mengjinguan Pass at 10:00pm. If the plan goes well, Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang will definitely increase their troops for me when we finally attack Luoyang. Then we can take action -"

Jiang Wei's voice was low, but his tone was very firm.

Jiang Juan nodded slightly and told Jiang Wei, "You still have to be careful, especially tomorrow's game. In order to be more realistic, the Han army will not be too merciful this time and will use some large-scale ordnance."

"Don't worry, I've already prepared for this..." Jiang Wei smiled, "Since my father has brought the order of the Han army's ordnance, the boy has prepared it in advance, which is enough to impress Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen..."

"Okay..." Jiang Jiong patted Jiang Wei's back again, "You have had your own ideas since you were young. I am always at ease when you do things. Just be careful. Since it is a play, both sides should save as many people as possible-"

Hearing this, Jiang Wei bowed solemnly.

"Yes-"

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-The setting sun on the battlefield is as red as blood.

The next day, at dusk...

"Dongdongdong-"

The drums sounded like thunder, and the Wei army, with great momentum, pursued the victory and launched a general attack on Mengjin Pass.

"Sha-"

"Capture the city pass-"

"Ladder, climb the ladder-"

Different from the eight-door golden lock formation set up by Jiang Wei's 30,000 Tianshui troops before, now, the 60,000 troops all obeyed Jiang Wei's orders and were led by him, rushing towards Mengjin Pass.

Countless Wei soldiers rushed to the city like a tide, and hundreds of ladders had been set up, and shouts and screams were intertwined.

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“Fight, fight, fight——”

The soldiers under Fu Shiren on the tower were also blood-thirsty, and let out long howls. They had already lost Xiaopingjin Pass. This Mengjin Pass was already the last barrier on the west line of Luoyang City. If it was lost again, it would be more than just a shame!

The emperor and the four princes of Guan were both in Luoyang City. There was no way out in this battle!

The city was already in a state of panic, and most of the people were in chaos... and this also added more reality to this offensive and defensive battle.

“General... the eight-ox crossbow is ready and can be fired——”

A deputy general reminded Fu Shiren.

It seemed that Fu Shiren also had a face full of anxiety.

Regardless of whether it was an act or not, even if he and Jiang Wei fought with real swords and guns, he might not be Jiang Wei’s opponent.

It was like an exam. Jiang Wei could get 100 points because the test paper was only 100 points.

But Fu Shiren, even if Guan Lin's weapons and inventions, and Guan Lin's advice to him, he can only get 99 points at most!

The difference between the two of them has never been one point, but a gap!

"General..."

Seeing that Fu Shiren did not respond, the deputy general raised his voice, "The Eight Ox Crossbow is ready and can be fired, General, shall we fire it?"

This voice woke Fu Shiren from his daze.

But the first thing he did after waking up was, with a "bang", Fu Shiren punched the deputy general on the forehead, "Who told you to fire the Eight Ox Crossbow? Didn't I say that you should fire the Jue Zhang Crossbow first, and then the Eight Ox Crossbow, the order... you remember it for me, follow the order——"

Uh...

The deputy general was stunned, he didn't know why... At this time, he still had to pay attention to the order.

But seeing Fu Shiren's expression, he didn't dare to disobey and quickly responded.

"Yes...Yes..."

"Draw the crossbow, draw the string, draw the string——"

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"Wonderful" (End of this chapter)