Chapter 309: Killing the Thief and Punishing the Heart
In the Liu Feng army camp outside the city, all the generals were fully equipped and the soldiers were ready for action. They did not look like they had come all the way to camp and rest.
Liu Feng had already arranged specific actions yesterday.
"Is it almost time?"
Pan Zhang was a little anxious, spinning around in the tent, and the armor on his body made the sound of blades clashing.
Xu Sheng consoled him: "Wen Gui, don't be anxious. With Zhong Kang and Gang Yi by your side, everything will be safe."
Pan Zhang still couldn't calm down: "Wen Xiang, what should I do? Don't worry, that bastard Zuo Rong has a criminal record. Isn't it because of his negligence that Governor Zhao was given... bah bah bah!"
In the middle of the sentence, Pan Zhang said something. He hurriedly started pouting, and finally gave himself a hard slap.
"Calling you nonsense."
Xu Sheng and others were not surprised. Pan Zhang had such a personality, which surprised newcomers such as Zhuge Liang, Xu Ding and Jia Kui.
After Pan Zhang finished fanning himself, he sat aside and became sulky.
"If you ask me, the young master shouldn't take the risk, just show the chariot and horse, and kill the two thieves directly."
As Pan Zhang spoke, he was surprised. It came to Liu Feng's head, but only his personality could say such words. Everyone also knew that he was loyal and loyal. He was the first confidant who followed Liu Feng, and he was promoted by Liu Feng. War general, no matter how much he said, Liu Feng would not argue with him.
There are many such people in history, such as Fan Kuai to Henkel.
Zhuge Liang explained at this time: "General Pan, there is something hidden in this."
Although Zuo Rong and Xue Li are scum, they are currently united with the court to fight against Sun Ce.
If Liu Feng attacks and kills them first, then the entire Jiangdong will doubt themselves and even push some intermediate forces to Sun Ce's side.
As a result, the subsequent pacification of Sun Ce will undoubtedly increase a lot of difficulty, which will in vain add a lot of casualties, consumption and time.
But if you leave these two people alone and treat them as friendly forces, Liu Feng knows with his butt that there will be no good results.
It would be fine if they jumped in front of the formation and counterattacked. If they plotted against their close scribes and generals, it would be too late to regret it.
Moreover, Liu Feng's current layout seems dangerous, but in fact it is as stable as Mount Tai.
There were Xu Chu, Zhao Fan and 800 armored soldiers inside to protect him, and there was a large army approaching the city outside. Regardless of his calculations, Zuo Rong could not hurt Liu Feng even if he tried his best.
To put it bluntly, those eight hundred armored soldiers alone were enough to kill the county government where Zuo Rong was located.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, Pan Zhang hummed a few times and calmed down.
Pan Zhang's character is quite complicated. He has the rebelliousness of a warrior, but he is also very observant. He is reckless and frivolous, but at his core he has the slickness and cunning of a low-level person.
The reason why Pan Zhang in history was brought up like that was entirely due to the connivance of Sun Quan.
Pan Zhang has always been a knife that weighed on the heads of other small army leaders, and the handle of the knife has always been in Sun Quan's hand.
He was quarreling with Xu Sheng because he had a good relationship with Xu Sheng and the other party would not care about him at all.
But Zhuge Liang was different. He was born in the Zhuge family of Langya and was a fellow villager with Xu Sheng. Pan Zhang knew how much Xu Sheng respected the Zhuge family. In addition, Liu Feng took Zhuge Liang with him every day and often gave him advice. No matter how stupid Pan Zhang was, he understood how much Liu Feng valued Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, he was determined not to conflict with Zhuge Liang.
Soon, when the appointed time arrived, the generals immediately took action and performed their duties.
Pan Zhang, Xu Ding and Jia Bin were responsible for seizing the city gate.
Pan Zhang was hiding in the middle of the team and commanding, Xu Ding was at the head of the team, and Jia Bin was hiding with his cavalry. Once activated, he would immediately gallop to reinforce the city gate.
Xu Sheng stayed in the camp and commanded the overall situation, while Fan Neng took the order to suppress the six thousand Xue Li tribe outside the city.
Soon, the gate of Liu Fengjun's camp opened, and a team of chariots and horses came out, heading towards the city gate.
Zuo Rong Buqu was very confused. After discussing it, he sent several people to check.
Xu Ding went to meet those people. After the two sides met, Xu Ding explained: "The carriage is filled with valuables and silk, which are gifts from General Zhengnan to Mr. Zee."
< br>When the few Buqu heard this, they looked at each other and could only take the news back.
A group of people at the city gate discussed it and finally decided to check it out.
Xu Ding was quite easy to talk to, and he immediately agreed to the other party’s request for inspection.
Xu Ding's cheerfulness and approval also made the other party relax their vigilance.
Later, Liu Fengjun actually asked them to inspect it. As the cover was lifted, the money, cloth, and various treasures and food inside were revealed.
When Zuo Rong Buqu checked the seventh car, Liu Fengjun started to boo.
"You people are so unreasonable, do you really plan to pass the test one by one? Are you humiliating our general? Zhengnan kindly gave your father-in-law a gift, but he didn't mean to humiliate you. If you don’t want it, then we won’t give it away.”
Niu Erlang shouted loudly among the soldiers. This man was the first recipient of the Li Mu Xuan Jin when Liu Feng founded the army. .
Later, because of his bravery in battle and repeated meritorious deeds, he received several iron and bronze medals. He was promoted to captain of fifty men and was given a name by Pan Zhang, changing his name to Niu Mang.
This time he was also arranged to give a speech. In addition, he had great respect for Liu Feng and Pan Zhang, and he was emotional. Naturally, he was full of resentment.
Under his influence, the surrounding soldiers were already quite dissatisfied, and the crowd suddenly became excited and began to shout and curse.
However, Liu Fengjun's soldiers were all accustomed to strict military discipline, so these soldiers only yelled and cursed, but no one stepped forward to take action.
The face of Sima who was guarding the gate changed again and again. Thinking of the murderous intent in Zuo Rong's eyes just now, he did not dare to add any more trouble to Zuo Rong, otherwise he might have to spend the night at the top of the city with his head.
So, the Sima directly ordered: "There is no need to interrogate, let the brothers of the Southern Conquest Army enter the city."
Zuorong's tribe was a little hesitant at first, and the city gate Sima gave another order, so Everyone dispersed and opened a road, so Xu Ding led the carriage and horses to continue moving forward.
A total of thirty carts of money and grain, and more than a hundred soldiers with their retinue, approached the city defense.
Among the thirty carts, the first ten carts are full of money and treasures, while the last twenty carts contain hidden soldiers and crossbowmen.
There are knights waiting in the distance, just waiting to be activated.
Without the inspection, the speed of the convoy entering the city increased rapidly.
Pan Zhang walked up to the city gate Sima, pretending to be dissatisfied and complained: "You generals are ignorant, this is thirty carts full of goods, you can't even share the profit." Less?"
The city gate Sima was holding his breath. Hearing Pan Zhang say this, he smiled bitterly: "Fuck you, the general is only generous when it comes to Buddhist affairs. How can we benefit from other things? "
The city gate Sima was only complaining, but he didn't notice that Pan Zhang had quietly approached him.
Just when he felt someone approaching and raised his head to check the situation, Pan Zhang suddenly came up to him, pinched the opponent's neck with one hand, and then drew a knife with his right hand, cutting the city gate like a melon or vegetables. Sima's four guards were all chopped down.
"Disarm without killing!"
Pan Zhang roared loudly, waking up the soldiers of Zuo Rong at the gate of the city.
When these soldiers were about to resist, they saw the cloth on the upper level of the cart being lifted, and rows of archers holding crossbows and soldiers wearing iron armor stood up from below.
"Disarm and not kill!"
A group of soldiers who conquered the south shouted, and their bows and crossbows were aimed at Zuo Rongbuqu at various places in the city gate.
No wonder the ruts on these carts are so deep, and there are so many soldiers hidden in the carts.
The soldiers who originally guarded the cart formed teams and poured into the city cave, then fought their way up the city wall and completely occupied the city gate.
The rumble of horse hooves was heard in the distance. A group of cavalry troops quickly rushed to the front of the city, passed through the city gate, and headed into the city, followed by a large number of soldiers.
At the same time, a group of men and horses emerged from the camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army and headed towards the camp of Xue Li's tribe. It was Fan Neng who had received the order to control Xue Li's tribe.
When the cavalry troops rushed all the way to the outside of the county government office, the eight hundred soldiers inside the county government office immediately mobilized. Four hundred people were divided to seize the gate of the county government office, while the other four hundred people went towards the hall where Liu Feng was.
The noise outside also aroused doubts and anxiety among everyone in the hall.
Ze Rong opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
Unexpectedly, Liu Feng stood up directly, kicked over the table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "I have heard about the Ruhongmen Banquet for a long time, and I have also trapped and killed the prefect of Guangling. It seems that today he wants to kill me and Duke Xue." "
When Xue Li heard this, he was shocked and angry, and angrily yelled at Ze Rong: "We have good intentions to cooperate with you, but you actually harbor evil intentions and want to kill us?" Ze Rong's face? Finally, he showed a panicked look and hurriedly explained: "I never meant this. All external matters are not arranged by me. Please give me some time, and I will give you an explanation."
After Zuo Rong finished speaking, Xue Li was still a little moved. After all, his anger came from fear, fearing that Zuo Rong was really going to annex him.
But Liu Feng is different. He is the mastermind behind all this. How can he give Zuo Rong a chance to explain.
I heard Liu Feng sneer and say: "Ze Rong, you have a good idea. If you leave now, I'm afraid the only ones who come back will be swordsmen."
Liu Feng shouted loudly. : "Where is Zhongkang!"
"The general is here!"
Xu Chu came out of the queue, cupped his hands towards Liu Feng, and then ordered Zhao Fan: "Fortitude, you stay here to protect the lord."
After saying that, Xu Chu actually stepped over the delicacies in the hall, He forced himself towards Zuo Rong.
Ze Rong also has eight soldiers behind him, all of whom he carefully selected.
He has done many evil things in his life, and there are countless people who want to take his life, so he naturally pays special attention to his own safety.
Seeing Xu Chu pressing forward, Zuo Rong quickly retreated and said with cold eyes: "Go! Kill him!"
The eight soldiers immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Xu Chu.
Xu Chu sneered at the corner of his mouth. Facing the eight people, he stepped forward without retreating. His pace accelerated sharply, and the two soldiers directly opposite had frightened looks in their eyes.
Xu Chu jumped directly into the opponent's arms, reached out and pinched the opponent's throat and pinched hard. Only two crisp sounds were heard. The two soldiers' bodies immediately went limp, and their throat bones were shattered.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Chu threw the two soldiers out and hit the four people behind them, rolling like gourds all over the ground.
And Xu Chu slowly picked up the long knives that the two soldiers had dropped on the ground and threw them out. With two knives, he nailed the last two soldiers to the ground.
In just two breaths, half of the opponent's eight soldiers were wiped out, and the remaining four were still struggling on the ground trying to get up.
But he saw Xu Chu step forward, step out with his iron boot, hit a soldier in the cheek, and directly kicked his head into a knot.
It was only then that the last three soldiers struggled to get up and looked at their companions lying on the ground, their eyes filled with disbelief.
But Xu Chu was still the same Xu Chu, walking towards them step by step.
"Block! Block him for me!"
Zuo Rong's eyes were full of fear and despair, and he shouted and turned around to escape.
As soon as Zhao Fan saw it, he wanted to step forward to stop him.
Liu Feng raised his hand to stop him: "Fortitude, listen to Zhong Kang's words!"
Seeing Zuo Rong about to run, Xu Chu's movements were still calm and full of energy. confidence.
The remaining three soldiers shouted in despair and rushed towards Xu Chu.
The man in front struck Xu Chu face to face with a sharp long sword.
Xu Chu smiled calmly, shrank his body, tilted his head, used his shoulder armor to meet the blade, exerted force from the side, and instantly deflected the sharp long knife, and then slashed with his left hand, hitting the opponent's neck. , and then snatched the sword from the soldier's hand.
Two brilliant sword lights flashed past, and the last two soldiers fell to the ground.
At this time, Zuo Rong could only run out a few steps.
The long knife in Xu Chu's hand came out and hit Zuo Rong's right leg. The latter screamed and fell to the ground.
This scene takes less than ten breaths from start to finish.
The name of the tiger idiot is well deserved!
Not to mention Xue Li and Zuo Rong, even Zhao Fan was stunned.
Zhao Fan claimed to be extraordinary in martial arts, but he was depressed without Bole Mingzhu.
But today I saw Xu Chu’s bravery, and I realized that there is heaven outside the world, and there are people outside the world.
Liu Feng glanced at Zhao Fan. He was very optimistic about this young man's talent, but don't be discouraged by Xu Chu.
Fortunately, Zhao Fan not only did not feel depressed, but instead had a strong fighting spirit. He used to sit in a well and watch the sky, but now he knows the heroes in the world, how can he not work hard and work hard?
Xu Chu stepped forward, pulled Zuo Rong back, who was limping and still trying to crawl away, and threw him in front of Liu Feng.
Ze Rong looked frightened, but forced himself to look at Liu Feng: "I entertained you kindly, but you committed crimes and hurt people. What a young general Zhengnan, what a son of a hussar general! ”
“Would you kindly entertain me? ”
Liu Feng looked surprised and replied seriously: "I kindly gave you the opportunity to serve the imperial court, but you, a beast, don't want to serve the emperor, and you actually set a trap to harm me."
" You!?”
Ze Rong panicked, his face twisted with fear, and then he begged bitterly: “Zheng Nan, I have never meant to harm you, please spare my life. I am willing to donate all my money, silk and food, just to save my life!"
Xue Li on the side was stunned, not understanding what the scene before him meant.
"Spare you? Who will spare the innocent people who were harmed by you?"
Liu Feng suddenly lost interest, waved his hand towards Xu Chu and said: "Zhong Kang, pull them down."
"Yes!"
Xu Chu responded in a muffled voice, Then he leaned over and took hold of Zuo Rong's hair, who was kowtowing to Liu Feng, begging for mercy, and then walked towards Xue Li opposite.
Xue Li watched Xu Chu approaching in a daze, while several guards behind him knelt down and worshiped on the ground, not even daring to look at Xu Chu.
Xu Chu directly kicked Xue Li, who was looking confused, and followed the same pattern, dragging the two of them down the hall with one hand in each hand.
Although Xu Chu didn't express it on the surface, he was angered by Zuo Rong in his heart.
Although Liu Feng's answer made him very happy, it did not mean that Zuo Rong would end well.
"Zhengnan, Zhengnan! I am not in Zuo Rong's group! Please ask for Zhengnan Mingjian!"
Xue Li also screamed, he still feels that he is He was implicated by Zuo Rong and wanted to explain to Liu Feng.
As soon as Xu Chu pulled the two people out of the hall, they ran into a group of soldiers.
When these soldiers saw Xu Chu, they immediately knelt down and bowed down.
It turned out that the eight hundred soldiers who had been brought into the city had entered the back hall and killed all the Zuo Rong tribe along the way.
Xu Chu threw out the two offal in his hand, and at the same time ordered: "Zei Rong colluded with Xue Li, resisted the imperial court, and disobeyed the emperor. He went crazy and set up an ambush in an attempt to murder the general. My lord has an order, The two thieves will be beheaded and their heads will be sent to Xuzhou as a warning to others!"
"Here!"
All the soldiers responded in unison.
After Liu Fengjun entered the city, there were still some stubborn resisters, but leaders such as Zuo Rong had already been dealt a blow. In addition, Liu Fengjun's cavalry and soldiers cooperated tacitly. The cavalry was responsible for cutting off communication, while the armored soldiers were responsible for storming the stronghold.
A little resistance would not lead to anything, especially after catching Zuo Rong to persuade them to surrender, the city of Jurong quickly settled down.
As for the Six Thousand Steps outside Xue Li's court, they were even more trembling, with no will to fight at all.
Xu Sheng's army then entered the city, sealed off the treasury, confiscated Zuo Rong's troops and weapons, and then rushed them all to the camp outside the city for custody.
Ze Rong gathered more than 30,000 people, all of whom were young men and women. Once these people were organized into households, they would be 10,000 households, which was already the size of a county.
Coupled with Xue Li's more than 20,000 people, Liu Feng captured a population of two counties at once.
It just so happens that Jiangbei is repairing water conservancy and expanding the army. It is a time when a large number of young people are needed. These people can be sent to Jiangbei to either be incorporated into households, or incorporated into the army, or organized into Zhuangli, and participate in Repair project.
There is always a place for them to show their value, instead of worshiping Buddhism all day, not doing production, and robbing the people of Jiangdong for their own use.
After Jurong City was pacified and Zuo Rong’s tribe was dispersed and disrupted, Zuo Rong and Xue Li were immediately beheaded, and their heads were sent to Guangling after being made with lime.
Poor Zuo Rong couldn't close his eyes until he died. He really wanted to entertain Liu Feng and get a reward of two thousand stones, but he didn't know why Liu Feng hated him so much and insisted on killing him. To death.
As for Xue Li, he was even more of a clown. He thought until his death that Liu Feng had misunderstood him. He really did not collude with Zuo Rong and wanted to explain clearly to Liu Feng.
(End of this chapter)