After the Spring Festival, dozens of horsemen and guards surrounded by three eunuchs left Jinling City against the cold north wind, crossed the Yangtze River and galloped towards Huainan.
Two days later, this group of people arrived at the Han army camp in Song County, led by Dong He, the chief eunuch in the Qianyang Palace, second only to Zheng He, and he personally came to read the edict, there must be something extremely important to announce.
Although Zhuge Liang, Han Shizhong and others did not know Dong He, they had also heard of his name.
It is said that the king of Hades is good, the little ghost is difficult, Zhuge Liang and others are not afraid of eunuchs, but they don't want to offend the eunuchs, so they hurriedly sent someone to greet them into the tent, and bowed their hands and said: "I don't know what is important when Gonggong Dong travels thousands of miles and comes to Song County."
Since Liu argued that the capital of Jinling, the harem and eunuchs were strictly prevented from interfering in politics, so although the identity of Dong He was one of the few eunuchs, he did not dare to put on a show in front of Zhuge Liang, the general of the corps who was in charge of the army, and hurriedly bowed and returned the salute: "Our family was ordered to come to General Xue Rengui to issue a holy decree, I don't know where now."
"Oh, it turned out to be about General Xue's holy decree," Zhuge Liang bowed slightly, "Xue Zhenbei received forty military sticks a few days ago, and he is lying in bed in the barracks at the moment, I am afraid that my father-in-law has moved." ” Dong He arched his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, what our family does is errands, General Lao Zhuge sent someone to lead the way, and I will pass the decree to General Xue." ” Zhuge Liang ordered Ma Dai to lead the way and lead Dong He to Xue Rengui's barracks to give an order.
"The holy decree has arrived, Xue Rengui has received the decree" came to Xue Rengui's barracks, Dong He did not push the door, and directly spread out the holy decree and shouted in a sharp voice.
Fifty military sticks are nothing to Xue Rengui, who has a tough physique, but the days of being a traitor are too difficult, not to mention that he has to pretend to be blackface and be poked in the back by someone in the back, Xue Rengui feels aggrieved when he thinks about it, he recruited whoever provoked whom, and he had such an unlucky errand "Minister Xue Rengui took the order" Xue Li hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, dragging one leg, pretending to be seriously injured.
Dong He didn't look at Xue Rengui's face either, after all, this was an envoy who offended people, and recited the holy decree expressionlessly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Although Xue Rengui, the general of Zhenbei, has repeatedly made great contributions, he is also deeply favored by the imperial court, and he does not want to serve the imperial court, but is proud of his achievements."
Because of Xue Gang's death, he was so angry that he complained and drank too much, delayed state affairs, led to the robbery of grain and grass, and the loss of soldiers and generals, so it was decided to demote the position of general of Zhenbei to the general of Weibei, and the marquis of Qixiang was reduced to the marquis of Duting, and Keri left the camp of Song County and went to Xuchang to take over the position of the general of the ban. ” "Chancellor's Thanksgiving" Although he knew that all this was Zhuge Liang's plan, Xue Rengui still let out a strange laugh, showing anger and sadness.
Knowing that Xue Rengui was demoted from the general of Zhenbei to the general of Weibei, and the township marquis was also reduced to the pavilion marquis, the soldiers of the entire Song County battalion all felt sorry for Xue Rengui, and acquaintances came to see him off, including Wen Ji, Wen Qin, father and son, and also followed to Xue Rengui's camp.
Xue Rengui packed his bags with a pale face, and said to the generals: "You don't have to send it, Xue has learned what it means to cook a rabbit and a dead dog today, and the bird is hidden from the bow, I hope you don't make mistakes in the future, and my Xue Rengui's fate today is a lesson for you." ” A young military general with a height of eight feet and five inches, a delicate face, and a strong physique stood up and retorted: "Uncle, the little nephew thinks that what you said is biased.
The second brother beat the prince first, kicked Cao Guiren later, and then blamed Ding Shan, collided with the saint, and committed the crime of great rebellion.
Uncle should not be angry about this, because of his private abolition, delayed the military, lost 200,000 stone of grain, not to mention, and also cost the lives of General Song Qian and thousands of soldiers, and now in exchange for such a fate, it is also self-inflicted.
I also hope that my uncle will learn a lesson in the future, and think about it, and there will be a comeback in the future."
Everyone looked at it together, and the person who spoke was Xue Li's cousin Xue Kui, who originally thought that he would fight for his uncle, but he didn't expect to sneer at Xue Rengui's complaints, but it was very unexpected.
Xue Rengui was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Bastard, even you dare to stand up and ridicule your uncle" Xue Kui's face was righteous and awe-inspiring: "Although my nephew's words are ugly, he is just talking about things, and I just hope that my uncle will not continue to be confused." ” Xue Rengui shook his head and scolded: "Sure enough, when you gain power, thousands of people will support you, and when you lose power, thousands of people will step on it, even your nephew is so powerful, and you can't wait in this army." ” Xue Rengui immediately ordered Liu Yinhuan, who had been in the army for several days, to pack his bags, take his daughter Xue Jinlian and his young son Xue Song into the carriage, and rode the red rabbit horse with his own injuries.
Knowing that Xue Rengui was out of the camp, Zhuge Liang hurriedly brought Han Shizhong, Chen Gong, Liang Hongyu, Ma Dai, Jiang Wei, Zhu Huan, as well as Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun, who had just come to the camp to report a few days ago, came to see him off, but found that Xue Rengui and his party had already left.
Zhuge Liang sighed: "Alas, General Xue is a tiger general in the world, and his merits are only a handful, but because he was implicated by his wife and children, he ended up in such a bleak end, which is really embarrassing."
Han Shizhong also felt sorry for Xue Rengui: "Although Shizhong is dissatisfied with General Xue's recent actions, he still admires his martial arts and military command ability.
I also hope that General Xue will not give up on himself, and after arriving in Xuchang, he will review his mistakes, and he will definitely be able to make a comeback one day. ” Zhuge Liang said with emotion: "General Xue was shocked last year, which made Cao Bing frightened, and now General Xue has left the camp, almost losing an arm of our army, it is sad to think about it."
Xue Kui, Zhang Xun, and Nan Jiyun hugged their fists together and saluted: "Although our ability is not as good as General Xue, we are willing to go to the soup for the Han Dynasty, although the horse leather shroud, we will not give up."
Zhuge Liang patted several people on the shoulder: "Of course, of course, the ruler is short and the inch is long, although your martial arts and abilities are slightly inferior to General Xue, you also have your own strengths."
It's an honor to have your effect."
In the dead of night, Wen Ji got up quietly again, wrote Xue Rengui's degraded and disrespectful words in the letter, pretended to go to the toilet, and quietly handed the letter to his fellow villagers, and asked him to wait for the opportunity to go out of the camp and send it to Cao Cao.
Although the New Year has passed, the weather is still cold, and the two armies have not yet reached the time of war, and the identity of this envoy is Wen Ji's personal soldier, so he easily left the Han army camp, hurried to Qian County, and handed Wen Ji's letter to Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao finished reading it, he laughed loudly at his subordinate Wenwu: "Haha, I thought it was impossible to plot against Xue Lishi, but I didn't expect that now the hope is getting bigger and bigger."
Jia Xu, Fan Zeng, Sima Sui Tho and other strategists also deeply agreed with Cao Cao's views, first Xue Rengui's wife and children died one after another, and then Xue Rengui complained and refused to escort grain and grass.
Then he was dealt with by the young Zhuge Liang with military law, and he was beaten with forty military sticks in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.
And now, the situation is becoming more and more favorable to Cao Wei, it seems that there is a providence in the dark that is forcing Xue Rengui to defect against the Han, a holy decree demotes Xue Rengui by three levels, and is also cut from the township marquis to the pavilion marquis.
Guo Jia took a step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, since Xue Rengui has been transferred out of the Song County camp, it is a godsend for our army, and the minister is willing to go to Xuchang to persuade Xue Rengui to rebel against Han and surrender to Wei. ” Cao Cao frowned and said: "Although Xue Li is becoming more and more likely to betray the Han, but Feng Xiao is my Great Wei important minister, how can I easily get into danger, and I can choose another person who can speak well to go to Xuchang to lobby Xue Li."
Guo Jia was full of ambition, patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Guo Jia has studied in Xuchang for many years, and knows the terrain of the streets and alleys well, as long as I dress up a little, I am not allowed to come and go freely."
Second, the current chief general of Xuchang is Yu Wenze, and Jia and him can be regarded as having a relationship, this time he went to Xuchang to rebel against him, let him and Xue Li rebel against Han and Wei, and give Liu Wei a fatal blow. ” Hearing Guo Jia mention Yu Ban, Cao Cao felt sorry and indignant: "I treat the ban as a brother, and I treat Zixiao, Yuan Rang, and Miaocai almost equally, and he is also the earliest minister of the dragon, he should have died calmly, but he didn't expect to be greedy for life and afraid of death, and surrendered to Yue Fei, which really made me feel cold."
"The ants are still greedy for life, Your Majesty will turn a blind eye" Guo Jia showed a wry smile and advised softly, "More importantly, we urgently need Yu Ban's help now, so Your Majesty will repair the letter to stabilize Yu Ban, so that Wei Chen can see the opportunity to act."
If there is Yu Ban's help, it will be more effective to plot against Xue Li. ” Cao Cao bowed his head and said: "Feng Xiao is also right, if Yu Ban can persuade Xue Li to surrender, I can not blame the past."
I will repair a letter to Yu Ban, persuade him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and help our army to counter Xue Li, so that the merit can be overcome. ” Cao Cao picked up the pen and grinded, the pen walked the dragon and snake, and soon wrote a letter to Yu Ban in a free way, and before handing it to Guo Jia, he was worried: "I am still worried that Feng Xiao will go to Xuchang in person to make extraneous branches, so it is better to choose another person who can speak well."
Guo Jia confidently stepped forward to receive the letter, and swore a packed ticket: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, your majesty Huzi can rest assured, in addition to the two reasons that Jia Shicai said, the minister personally went out to lobby Xue Li, and he can also show respect for him and increase the chance of persuading Xue Li to rebel against the Han, so this risk is worth taking."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed: "A good one who doesn't enter the tiger's den to get a tiger, Guo Fengxiao is so courageous, if you can successfully rebel against Xue Li, I will definitely teach Xue Li to be a townsman, and Xue Li alone is better than thousands of troops." t1706231537: