Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 150
Similar things can be seen everywhere. The streets are already full of corpses. Zhang Liao can't bear to see such a tragic situation. Nearly two thousand soldiers were killed or injured in just one sneak attack. My lord wants them to go to Jingzhou. How many people were going to be killed or injured in Jingzhou, at this moment he actually wanted to disobey Han Yang's order.

On the corridors of the upper city, teams of soldiers galloped to carry loads of hay and firewood to the top of the city, as well as flammable materials such as sulfur. In less than half an hour, thousands of loads of firewood were covered. Covered the entire Nanchengtou.

At this time, Ji Ling came to Zhang Liao's side. The tragedy of the battlefield made him unaware of Zhang Liao's abnormality. He said, "It's time to go. I asked the soldiers to arrange hay and sulfur at the south gate. The soldiers are arranged."

"After we leave, they will launch rockets into the city to cover our evacuation."

Zhang Liao withdrew from his thoughts, followed Ji Ling's suggestion, and ordered all soldiers to evacuate from the south gate.

Cao Xiu had just arrived at the battlefield, and happened to see the Xiliang army retreating, how could he get what he wanted.

He immediately summoned the surviving soldiers on the street and chased them in the direction of escape.

After Zhang Liao's army had all left the south gate, the soldiers hiding outside the city gate opened their bows and set arrows, and ignited the grain and grass on the gate. The fire was so bright that it blocked Cao Xiu's way forward. Cao Xiu was so angry that his teeth were itching , but can only give up.

At this time, Liu Xie inconspicuously broke into his sight, Cao Xiu glanced at him, and asked fiercely: "I don't know where you want to go riding a horse at this late hour, Your Majesty?"

"I just heard that there was an attack in the city, and I got flustered for a while, so I rode my horse and went to look for the general. I didn't expect to find that the general was not there when I arrived at the general's mansion. I asked the soldiers in the lower city, and I knew that the general was here. I have already dealt with those sneak attacks. So come here."

After Cao Xiu heard this, he was a little puzzled, but he didn't show it on his face, and said: "Thank you for your trouble, but now that the danger of surprise attack is over, please return to the palace, and I will send troops to guard it strictly to protect your safety. "

Seeing Cao Xiu's appearance, Liu Xie knew that the chance was gone, and smiled on his face, and said, "With a loyal minister like you by my side, I am very at ease. I will return to the palace immediately, and I will leave everything here to you. gone."

"According to the order."

After Liu Xie left, Cao Xiu ordered: "Send dozens of soldiers to deal with the corpses on the ground, throw them directly into the fire and burn them, and clean them up. Don't frighten the people in the city. The rest will follow me back to the house."

When he arrived at the mansion, Cao Xiu asked everyone in the mansion, but they all said that no one had seen Liu Xie come.

He slapped the table violently: "You bastard Liu Xie, it's in vain that Fei Cheng treats you so well, I didn't expect you to still want to escape."

The master at the side had some doubts: "General, do you really think that the sneak attack just now was directed by Liu Zhang?"

"At first, I also had some doubts. I thought it was Han Yang who couldn't attack during the day, so he chose to come to sneak attack at night. But what Liu Xie did just now made me dispel this concern. The soldiers who sneaked must have seen him. He said something, otherwise he wouldn’t be in the dark, and he will ride out on his own if he has nothing to do.”

"In that case, Liu Zhang also covets Liu Xie's status as the emperor?"

"It seems to be the case, master, without further delay, you should immediately write down the situation here and what I just said verbatim, send it to Luoyang as quickly as possible, and bring it to the lord in person."

"As ordered."

Han Yang never dreamed that the simple survival idea of ​​Liu Xie, whom he had abandoned, would inadvertently help him.

But in Yizhou territory, Liu Zhang and Xun Yu didn't know about the sneak attack. At this time, Xun Yu had already arrived at Liu Zhang's mansion and was entertained by Liu Zhang.Back to half a day ago, when Xun Yu had just arrived at the border of Yizhou, the border guards passed the letter to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was puzzled, but the etiquette could not be broken, so he quickly asked the soldiers along the way to take Xun Yu to the mansion.

When Xun Yu arrived at Liu Zhang's residence, he didn't exchange greetings with Liu Zhang, but went straight to the point and said that Prime Minister Cao needed his help now.

Seeing that Xun Yu was so happy, Liu Zhang hesitated. What happened on the northern battlefield was not a secret. Cao Cao was having a very difficult time now. He was restrained by Yuan Shao's army in the front, Han Yang was constantly harassing him in the west, and Sun Ce was watching him in the south. Liu Zhang also wanted to join in for a share of the pie. Unexpectedly, before he made a move, Cao Cao sent someone to come to negotiate peace. It seemed that he could get some benefits without any effort.

After figuring it out, Liu Zhang asked clearly what Xun Yu wanted for this trip.

Xun Yu directly told him all Cao Cao's words, and promised that if Liu Zhang agreed, Cao Cao would invite him to send troops to the Hanzhong area.

Liu Zhang didn't believe it after hearing this. Cao Cao is a sinister and cunning man with many tricks. If he agrees, he might say that he will send troops together. If a knife is stabbed in the back, he will be the one walking on the cliff.

Xun Yu saw his worries, and immediately said directly: "General Liu, don't panic. If you don't believe me, you can detain me first. I think you know the role I have for the prime minister. With me in your hands, the prime minister will definitely not Breaking my promise, how about you release me after Hanzhong is captured?"

After Liu Zhang finished listening, the worries on his face disappeared immediately. "Okay, I didn't expect Master Xun Yu to understand the righteousness so well, but I, the general in Yizhou, are a bit stingy, and I have to trouble you to stay here for a few more days."

"But sir, don't worry, I will do what I promised, and I will definitely not treat you badly here. I will serve you with good wine and good food every day, and I will definitely make you fat and fat."

"I don't care about good wine and food, I just want to know when the general will send troops."

"It's getting late today, how about this, tomorrow morning, I will let Zhang Ren take the soldier talisman to go to the barracks to mobilize elite soldiers, attack Jingzhou, and dispel Sun Ce's arrogance."

"Thank you very much then."

Unexpectedly, the news of the attack on Luoyang City also reached Liu Zhang's ears the next morning. He was a little puzzled, and immediately asked, "Are you sure those flags bear my banner?"

"That's right, my lord. Moreover, some people said that they heard someone report the name of the lord in the city. It seems that this is obviously an attempt to frame the lord."

Liu Zhang panicked when he heard that, yesterday he just promised Xun Yu that he would send troops to Jingzhou early this morning, who would have thought that such a thing would happen.

Now that Xun Yu is still in the residence, if he finds out about this matter, how should he face him? Liu Zhang is caught in a dilemma for a while.

(End of this chapter)