When he learned that the Han army had set up camp in Yunmeng Mountain again, Guan Hai repeated his old tricks and personally led his army to attack the camp.
It's just that Zhang Xian's troops are no better than Liu Deran. The location for building the camp is extremely exquisite. The mountain camp is not only surrounded by mountains on three sides, but also divided into two. Guan Hai can only attack one side from the front, and it is impossible to climb over the mountain.
No progress.
The same is true for Yang Feng and his party on the South Road. Guan Yu personally took charge of the Pishan camp. Guan Yu's bravery was not only thunderous among the Xiongnu and Baibo, but also had the reputation of "Guan Hu" even among the Yellow Turbans. When he was cutting the camp, he saw the camp
With the ink-colored "Guan" flag floating on the battlefield, almost everyone was timid to fight. Even if there were only four thousand sergeants in the camp, as long as Guan Yu's iconic green robe appeared in front of the formation, no one could hold out for three or four rounds, let alone
No more bad camp.
Time passed by, and the situation in the two cities became more and more critical day by day. Guan Hai knew that he could not wait any longer. If the camp failed, he would not be able to force the Han army to withdraw to relieve the siege. Then he could only change his strategy and divide the north and south routes.
They joined forces and fought a decisive battle with the Han army under the city. But once the decisive battle happened, it was like stepping on a rope between cliffs, leaving leaves falling in the sea, with only a slim chance of survival, so Guan Haisheng hesitated and did not dare to make a decision easily.
On this day, Teng Dan, who was in charge of Cao Cao in Guan Hai's mansion, suddenly suggested a plan: "Ming Gong, since the battle is unfavorable, why don't we find another way?" Guan Hai didn't know why, so he asked: "In the battlefield, military combat is the most important thing.
Do you have any clever ideas? I hope you, sir, can teach me."
Teng Dan pointed to the south and smiled: "Don't you hear the story of Wu Zixu killing King Liao of Wu?"
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Ping of Chu was so mediocre that Prince Jian was framed and imprisoned. The whole family of the great sage Wu Zixu was implicated and killed. Only Wu Zixu fled to Wu. The sadness in his heart was like the jade in Lantian, which became better with time.
The hair was deep. Therefore, Wu Zixu participated in the political affairs of Wu State and wanted to use the hands of Wu State to destroy Chu and take revenge.
But King Liao of Wu knew this very well, and no matter how much Wu Zixu tried to persuade him, he was indifferent. Wu Zixu thought to himself: "The King of Wu accepted me when I was desperate. It is hard to repay such life-saving grace, but the revenge of my father and brother is also hard to repay."
As high as Mount Wu, if you don't repay in this life, you will be sorry for the souls under the Nine Springs. No matter what, you can only be a bad person once and apologize to the King of Wu in the next life!"
So Wu Zixu secretly contacted King Wu's brother, Prince Guang, and recommended Zhuanzhu to him as an assassin. He also asked the master swordsmith Ou Yezi to make a fish intestine sword that was only half a foot short but extremely sharp. When Prince Guang invited King Wu to a banquet, he
During the banquet at home, Zhuan Zhu hid the fish intestine sword in the belly of the fish, then dressed up as a man with a head and presented the fish.
When he came to King Wu Liao, Zhuan Zhu suddenly attacked. He took out his dagger like lightning and cut Wu King Liao's neck with his hand. King Wu's guards rushed over like flying clouds and stabbed Zhuan Zhu to death with a long sword. But at this time, Young Master Guang also
He released the ambush warriors and killed all the guards. After this, Gongzi Guang got what he wanted and established himself as the king, known as King Helu of Wu in history. Helu therefore deeply missed Wu Zixu's great kindness and appointed Wu Zixu as his prime minister.
, and finally made him take revenge, destroy the country and burn the capital, open the coffin and whip the corpse.
Guan Hai was very moved after hearing this. After pondering for a moment, he had some new doubts. He said: "Helu was able to kill his colleagues because they were brothers and the King of Wu was not well prepared. And our army and
The puppet dynasty is Qiu Yu, how can we see Liu Xuande? Even if we can see that Liu Xuande is the general of the puppet dynasty, he must always have guards to take care of him when he comes in and out. How can there be such a warrior who can succeed in assassination?"
When Teng Dan made this suggestion, he was obviously very confident. He clapped his hands and asked his subordinates to lead a person in. He pointed at the person and said, "As long as we let him carry out the assassination, he will succeed immediately and never miss a chance!" p>
Hearing such firm remarks, Guan Hai was surprised and couldn't help but take a closer look at the man's appearance, but he was quickly disappointed. The man was in his thirties, had a short beard and a red cap, wore Confucian clothes and cloth shoes, and looked ordinary.
He was dressed as an official. Although his face was well-proportioned, it could not be said to be handsome. Moreover, in front of Guan Hai, his fingers were trembling slightly, and he was obviously a little scared. But his face was red, probably because he was excited.
Guan Hai smiled at Teng Dan and said: "When Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, Qin Wuyang's demeanor was just like this. How dare you count on him?" In his words, he was planning to reject this plan.
But Teng Dan did not lose any composure and replied with a smile: "That's because Ming Gong is in a high position and has a lot of prestige, but he is not familiar with him! But if the person in front of him is Liu Xuande, it will be different."<
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Speaking of this, Teng Dan did not show off and introduced to Guan Hai: "This Kong Zhen is Liu Xuande's old subordinate! When Liu Bei was appointed as the captain of Dongping, he was the chief of Jikuting Pavilion in Dongpinglu County, and together with Liu Bei
It's quite congenial. The Dongping Army's training camp is located under his pavilion!"
When Guan Hai heard this, he said "Oh", then looked back at Kong Zhen, his eyes immediately changed, he asked: "What position do you hold in the army now?" Kong Zhen lowered his head and replied slowly: "This is the Great Sima, I'm here.
There are only a hundred stone officials in the army, and they are usually responsible for transporting grain."
Guan Hai didn't want his position to be so low, and suddenly didn't know what to say, so he asked Teng Dan: "How did you find him?"
Teng Dan said: "I have had an idea about this for a long time. I have always wanted to find an old Dongping soldier in the army. It is an unexpected joy to find him!"
"Since he is close to Liu Bei, can he really be trusted?"
"Kong Zhen is a filial son. The reason why he joined our army was forced by the puppet government, and his parents are also members of the church! He stayed in Puyang before. Years ago, he was transferred to Linzi to serve because of his strict work. Who is it?
It is expected that both my parents were killed by the puppet dynasty. Although I once made an alliance with Liu Bei, my hatred towards the puppet dynasty is as deep as the sea and I will never repeat it. That’s why I boldly proposed this proposal to Duke Ming." When he said these words.
, Guan Hai looked over again and saw Kong Zhen clenching her fists, with fire almost coming out of her eyes.
At this point, Teng Dan finally revealed his plan. He planned to let Kong Zhen lead a hundred people and more than a dozen carts of food and drink to the military camp in the name of the people of Dongping. Then he asked to see Liu Bei in the name of an old friend of Dongping.
Liu Bei must have no doubt that he has it. At that time, he can let Kong Zhen offer poisoned wine in public. If Liu Bei doesn't drink it, he can also hide Kong Zhen's dagger blade and kill him with a single blow like Zhuan Zhu!
After Teng Dan finished speaking, the camp was silent for a while. Only Guan Hai was pacing back and forth. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this plan was brilliant. When he spoke to Teng Dan again, he held Teng Dan's hand tightly and said to him: "Zihe
, then I will leave this matter entirely to you! Once it is completed, I am willing to appoint you as the commander of the Sili School!" Then he said to Kong Zhen: "Kong Jun, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the two counties will be handed over to you.
It's in your hands."
Kong Zhen finally stood firm. He nodded slightly to Guan Hai and whispered: "How dare you disobey me."
After leaving the camp gate, the sun shone on Kong Zhen's body, and his demeanor improved a little. Teng Dan said to him: "You go to rest today, you will have nothing to do in the past few days, wait until I make arrangements."
I'll let you know later." After saying that, he leaned over again and whispered to him: "If you have any unfulfilled wishes, you can do it now. If you are short of money and people, I will try my best to arrange it.
."
After Kong Zhen heard what he said, he shook his head numbly and said, "I have no other requirements. I only hope that after I die, Duke Teng can keep his promise and take good care of my wife and children for me." Teng Dan looked dead when he saw him.
Zhi, so I had to bow to him and go arrange other things first.
The autumn wind was bleak, the leaves were falling like rain, and the late autumn sun slowly moved westward. When it was time for training, most of the soldiers walked out of the camp. Kong Zhen stood by the road alone. After they had all finished walking, he slowly walked back
Camp. Since being valued by Teng Dan, Kong Zhen and the generals generally had separate sleeping tents. The silent atmosphere was suffocating, but it also made people sensitive. Kong Zhen just lay on the couch thinking with thousands of thoughts.
The past.
He pulled out his sword and looked at it again and again. Suddenly he wanted to say something, only to find that there was no one around him. So he walked out of the barracks and wanted to find someone to talk to. But as he walked, Kong Zhen suddenly felt that he was alone again.
It was quite good, so I stood by the roadside and counted the broken and scattered fallen leaves on the ground.
Suddenly, he discovered a little bit of green in the dusk. It turned out to be a clump of dark green yarrow. He had passed by here frequently before, but had never noticed it. Seeing them now, Kong Zhen thought: In ancient times, yarrow was
It is used for divination. At this time, I suddenly saw something. I am afraid it was a warning from God!
So he picked fifty yarrow roots and performed divination according to the "Book of Changes". In the end, the divination was from the top to the bottom, and it was a divination. He couldn't figure it out, so he went to ask Teng Dan, but Teng Dan was very surprised after hearing it.
Happy, he explained: "Li is the fire, Dui is the Ze, the fire is on the Ze, this is a host and a guest! If it is explained according to the common saying, it means that if you go, you must die. And there are many explanations of this hexagram in "Yi"
To tie the knot without blame also means good luck when it rains. It means that if you go there, you will definitely succeed!"
After hearing this, Kong Zhen smiled slightly and said, "If this is really the case, I will give Duke Teng an explanation."
After another two days, Teng Dan finally gathered more than a hundred Dongping believers who were not worried. As he said before, he prepared sixteen carts of food and pots of pulp and entrusted them to them. Kong Zhen looked over and said,
The carts were all pulled by plowing oxen. Everyone except himself wore short brown cloth clothes, and their faces were covered with the weather and frost that comes from working in the fields for a long time.
Because the matter was so important that it was not suitable for making a big fuss, Guan Hai did not send anyone to see him off and left Teng Dan with full authority to handle the matter. Teng Dan sent them to a place about ten miles east of Fucheng, Dongping, and said to them: "We just want to see them off."
Now that we can get it here, the rest depends on you."
Then, Teng Dan had a few words in a low voice with a white-haired old man. The old man took out a wine bottle from the car. The wine bottle was ordinary, neither old nor new, and was a commonly used style in Yanzhou. p>
Teng Dan handed it to Kong Zhen and whispered to him: "This is poisonous wine. If you have the chance, you can poison a few more people. But if the time is not good and you cannot take it, there is still something under the wine pot."
There is a secret compartment with a short knife hidden inside, which can be hidden from the guards. You can take it out soon after you set off. This knife blows hair and breaks hair. It is extremely sharp. It can definitely kill Liu Bei with one strike!"
Kong Zhen took the wine flask, opened the secret compartment and examined it for a moment, then closed it again, nodded to Teng Dan and said, "I understand."