Three Kingdoms King of the North

Although Ma Teng, Han Sui and others were good at fighting, it was a pity that they were only generals and not counselors. Therefore, when they withdrew, they could not do some fake moves to deceive people like those famous military advisers and counselors.Instead, after dawn, they pulled out of the camp step by step.

Since the retreat was divided into three groups, Ma Chao led Cheng Yin, Liang Xing, Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others, and went ahead with [-] soldiers and horses as well as food and grass; Han Sui led the second group of soldiers and horses to set off in the afternoon; The soldiers and horses they led had to wait for Ma Chao and Han Sui to go far away before leaving the camp.

The soldiers on the top of the city found that the Xiliang army outside the city was pulling out their camp, and hurriedly came to report to Li Jue: "General Qi, the Xiliang army outside the city is pulling out their camp, and they seem to have plans to withdraw their troops."

Hearing the soldier's report, Li Jue, Guo Si and others rushed to the west gate and stood on the gate tower looking down.After seeing Xiliang soldiers and horses pulling out of their camp in the distance, they were slowly heading towards the distance.Seeing this scene, Li Jue turned his head and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Ruo is really good at predicting things. He said that Ma Teng and Han Sui were going to pull out the camp and retreat, and now they are really starting to retreat. Come here, set up troops and horses, and prepare to go out of the city to pursue !"

"Wait a minute, general!" Seeing that Li Jue, Guo Si and others were about to go out of the city to pursue them now, Jia Xu hurriedly dissuaded him, "Today, only [-]% of Xiliang's soldiers have left the camp. We’re afraid we’ll suffer a lot.”

"In your opinion, what should we do?" Li Jue asked.

Jia Xu looked outside the city for a long time, and said, "General Zhiran, don't be impatient. The Xiliang army outside the city is still wary of us, so we can't act rashly for now. But if they withdraw after the second wave of troops, The rest of the soldiers are unavoidably panic-stricken, and we will get twice the result with half the effort if we attack at that time."

"That's right, that's right." Guo Si agreed with Jia Xu's statement: "When the Xiliang soldiers want to return, they will have no intention of fighting. As long as our troops attack, they will be defeated at the touch of a finger."

At noon, Jia Xu saw Han Sui leading his troops away from the tower, while the rest of the soldiers in the camp were a little restless. They were all looking west, as if they were waiting for themselves to leave the camp and retreat.Seeing this situation, Jia Xu immediately said to Li Jue: "General Zhiran, the time is ripe, you can open the door and hunt down."

"But," Li Jue pointed to the camp in the distance, and said to Jia Xu, "Thirty percent of their soldiers have not left. If we attack now, we will definitely fall into a melee."

"General Zhiran, please rest assured," Jia Xu said confidently, "Although there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp, they have no intention of fighting because of their hearts. As long as our army attacks, they will surely collapse without fighting."

"Okay, since I told you so, the general will lead the attack." Li Jue said, called Guo Bang, and left the tower to order troops out of the city.

Chapter 265 The Ambush at the Banquet

Li Bie glanced at Fan Chou's back, then looked at Han Sui and others in the distance for a while, raised his hand to attract a confidant, and said to him, "Hurry back to Chang'an quickly, and tell my uncle about Fan Chou."

When the confidant heard Li Bie finished speaking, he nodded vigorously and said, "Understood, Major General, I will definitely bring your words to General Li!"

After Li Jue, Guo Si and others withdrew their troops and returned to the city, they returned to the meeting hall.Jia Xu, who was waiting here, saw the two men coming back, hurriedly went up to meet them, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two generals, you have defeated the Xiliang Army!"

Li Jue, who had suffered under Ma Chao, waved his hand at Jia Xu, and said with some disappointment, "Stop talking, Ma Teng is about to be captured, but his son suddenly appeared and killed us." One was caught off guard." Having said that, he looked around and asked, "Has Fan Chou not come back yet?"

"No." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Fan Chou hasn't returned yet!"

"Where is Uncle and Nephew Zhang Ji?" Li Jue asked again.

"Uncle and nephew Zhang Ji are currently patrolling the city," Jia Xu replied, "I'm afraid it will take half an hour to come back."

In the evening of that day, Li Bie's confidants came to Li Jue's mansion, and explained the matter of Fan Cong's release of Han Sui with embellishment.Knowing that Fan Chou had let Han Sui go without authorization, Li Jue threw the wine bottle in his hand to the ground and cursed viciously, "Fan Chou, you are too deceitful. I won't kill you, I swear not to be human!"

After losing his temper, he ordered his soldiers: "Come on, please invite Mr. Guo Banghe here!"

Guo Bang's mansion was only a few streets away, and Guo Bang came in a hurry in less than two sticks of incense.Seeing Li Jue's angry look, he quickly asked with concern: "Zhiran, what happened, why are you so angry?"

"Mr. Fan Chou," Li Jue became furious when he thought of Fan Chou, "The general ordered him to intercept Han Sui, but he was fine. Han Yue said something nice to him, and he ordered the soldiers to move out of the way." , let Han go back to Xiliang."

Knowing that Li Jue called him here because Fan Chou let Han Sui go without authorization, Guo Si couldn't help but gasp.He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Zhiran, I wonder if you plan to deal with it like this?"

"Now Fan Chou's army is still eighty miles away from Chang'an City." Li Jue said viciously, "This general plans to raise troops overnight to attack him."

"No, the general must not!" Jia Xu, who came over after hearing the news, just heard that Li Jue was going to send troops to fight against Fan Chou, and hurriedly dissuaded him, saying: "Nowadays, people's hearts are not peaceful, and frequent fighting is very inconvenient; if you don't Set up a banquet, invite Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to celebrate their meritorious service, and capture and chop Chou without any effort."

"Zhiran, Mr. He's plan is very clever." After hearing Jia Xu's plan, Guo Si quickly said to Li Jue, "Why don't we follow this plan and get rid of Fan Chou?"

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll follow Mr. He's plan." Li Jue said to Guo Si and Jia Xu, "Tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the camp outside the city, and then I will lay ambush outside the tent with knives and axes. Listen to me throwing a cup as a sign, and then rush in and chop Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others into meat paste."

"There is nothing wrong with killing Fan Chou." Guo Si disagreed with Li Jue's plan to kill Zhang Ji and Fan Chou at the same time. He said euphemistically, "In my opinion, we should only kill Fan Chou."

"Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are brothers and sisters. How can we just watch us kill Fan Chou?" Seeing that Guo Si opposed his proposal, Li Jue immediately expressed his worries: "If the two of them join forces, we will fight for you." Enemies. At that time, it will be more difficult than reaching the sky to get rid of them."

"General, if Fan Chou is killed at the banquet, Zhang Ji will naturally lose his nerve and dare not fight against the general." Jia Xu thought that Ma Teng and Han Sui would kill two generals in succession as soon as they retreated. As a result, the morale of the army was unstable, so he said euphemistically: "The general will comfort you with kind words, and he will definitely bow his head and obey orders."

Seeing that Guo Si and Jia Xu were unwilling to kill Zhang Ji, Li Jue did not insist, but began to discuss how to kill Fan Chou at the banquet.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Jue sent someone to deliver a letter to Fan Chou, saying that he was in the camp outside the city, welcoming the victorious soldiers and horses.After Fan Chou received the letter, he didn't suspect him, so he went happily.

Seeing his cronies returning with the messenger, Li Bie asked quietly, "Have you ever brought my words to my uncle?"

"Major General, please rest assured, the general has already arranged everything properly." The confidant quickly replied, "Fan Chou is doomed to return to Chang'an this time."

Hearing what the messenger said, Li Bie understood that his uncle would definitely take this opportunity to kill Fan Cong, so he felt more at ease.He looked at Fan Chou's back, and said to his confidant: "When Fan Chou dies, and then kill all those who disobey me in the army, this army should be renamed Li."

Fan Cong led dozens of cavalry to the outside of Ma Teng's abandoned camp. Seeing that it was Fan Cong who had come, the soldiers who guarded the gate hurriedly opened the gate and respectfully invited him in.

After Fan Chou entered the camp, he saw a military marquis he knew, and stopped him and asked, "Have you ever met General Zhang Ji?"

The Marquis nodded vigorously, and replied: "Returning to General Fan, General Zhang has arrived at the big tent half an hour ago, and he is talking with General Li and General Guo."

Knowing that Zhang Ji had already arrived, Fan Chou couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He hurriedly urged his horse to get off in front of the big tent, threw the reins of the horse to a soldier who came up, and strode towards the tent.

There were only Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji in the tent. Fan Chou bowed his hands to the three of them as he walked, and said, "Fan has a long journey, and he came a step late. Please forgive me!"

"General Fan is here!" Seeing Fan Chou walk into the tent, Guo Si winked at Li Jue, then said with a smile on his face, "We've been waiting for you for a long time, hurry up and take a seat."

Although Li and Guo have made up their minds long ago to get rid of Fan Chou, they can't just do it just by doing it, and they have to do some preventive work.Guo Si waited for Fan Chou to sit down, and said with a smile, "General Fan, sit down for a while, and I'll order someone to serve you food." Then, he walked to the door and shouted loudly to the outside, "Come on, come on!" Food and drink!"

A confidant walked up to Guo Bang's side and said in a low voice, "General, he only brought 36 people with him." The "he" in the confidant's mouth naturally refers to Fan Chou.

After Guo Si heard this, he nodded slightly, and then said in a low voice: "Leave none, kill them all!"

After hearing this, the confidant quickly agreed: "This subordinate takes orders." Then he turned and left.

Guo Bang turned back into the tent, and said to Fan Chou with a big smile on his face, "General Fan, please be safe and don't be impatient. The food and wine prepared for you will be served immediately." As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier brought a plate, The wine and dishes were brought in and placed one by one on the table in front of Fan Chou.

Li Bie glanced at Fan Chou's back, then looked at Han Sui and others in the distance for a while, raised his hand to attract a confidant, and said to him, "Hurry back to Chang'an quickly, and tell my uncle about Fan Chou."

When the confidant heard Li Bie finished speaking, he nodded vigorously and said, "Understood, Major General, I will definitely bring your words to General Li!"

After Li Jue, Guo Si and others withdrew their troops and returned to the city, they returned to the meeting hall.Jia Xu, who was waiting here, saw the two men coming back, hurriedly went up to meet them, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two generals, you have defeated the Xiliang Army!"

Li Jue, who had suffered under Ma Chao, waved his hand at Jia Xu, and said with some disappointment, "Stop talking, Ma Teng is about to be captured, but his son suddenly appeared and killed us." One was caught off guard." Having said that, he looked around and asked, "Has Fan Chou not come back yet?"

"No." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Fan Chou hasn't returned yet!"

"Where is Uncle and Nephew Zhang Ji?" Li Jue asked again.

"Uncle and nephew Zhang Ji are currently patrolling the city," Jia Xu replied, "I'm afraid it will take half an hour to come back."

In the evening of that day, Li Bie's confidants came to Li Jue's mansion, and explained the matter of Fan Cong's release of Han Sui with embellishment.Knowing that Fan Chou had let Han Sui go without authorization, Li Jue threw the wine bottle in his hand to the ground and cursed viciously, "Fan Chou, you are too deceitful. I won't kill you, I swear not to be human!"

After losing his temper, he ordered his soldiers: "Come on, please invite Mr. Guo Banghe here!"

Guo Bang's mansion was only a few streets away, and Guo Bang came in a hurry in less than two sticks of incense.Seeing Li Jue's angry look, he quickly asked with concern: "Zhiran, what happened, why are you so angry?"

"Mr. Fan Chou," Li Jue became furious when he thought of Fan Chou, "The general ordered him to intercept Han Sui, but he was fine. Han Yue said something nice to him, and he ordered the soldiers to move out of the way." , let Han go back to Xiliang."

Knowing that Li Jue called him here because Fan Chou let Han Sui go without authorization, Guo Si couldn't help but gasp.He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Zhiran, I wonder if you plan to deal with it like this?"