In a large tent in the military camp, Pan Yu was secretly discussing with four generals. These four generals were all generals who escaped from Licheng County with him and were Pan Yu's confidants. Pan Yu currently has four thousand soldiers under his command.
They were all the defeated troops of Licheng County who had gathered together.
"If my lord continues to be so decadent, not only will Qi be completely destroyed, but we will also die without a burial place. Everyone, why don't we persuade our lord to completely hand over military power and decision-making power to the crown prince!"
This idea has been lingering in Pan Yu's mind for a long time. He didn't dare to say it before, but now they have lost consecutive battles and are completely defeated. They are almost at the end of their rope. Pan Yu has already risked his life. There is nothing he dares not say or do.
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All the generals understood what he meant. The so-called persuasion was military remonstrance. One general worriedly said: "I'm just afraid that the prince will not want to fall out with his father!"
Pan Yu waved her hand, "Don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of harming the lord. I just want the lord to completely delegate his power. He can be a grandpa, watch movies, drink, play with women, and do whatever he wants."
What, no one said anything about him? It’s just that the fate of Qi State will be handed over to the Crown Prince, and Qi State cannot afford to delay."
Pan Yu's words won unanimous approval from everyone, "The general is right. Since the lord doesn't want to take care of it, then please ask him to completely delegate his power. This will be beneficial to him and everyone."
At this time, a general whispered: "I'm afraid General Wu won't agree."
Pan Yu was silent for a moment. Wu Xiaoqian was indeed a big problem. Wu Xiaoqian was a very sinister person and was a die-hard confidant of King Qi. More importantly, he held 10,000 troops. If he didn't agree, this matter would be really serious.
Not easy to handle.
"I will go and persuade him!"
As soon as Pan Yu finished speaking, a scream suddenly came from outside. Everyone looked at each other and stood up. Pan Yu pulled out his sword. At this time, a close soldier stumbled in. "General, outside... we are surrounded outside.
.....”
Before he finished speaking, he fell to the ground and died on the spot. His back was pierced by a spear.
Pan Yu was shocked? Who is outside?
At this time, someone outside shouted loudly: "Fire the arrow!"
Pan Yu knew something was wrong, so he turned over and threw himself on the ground. He only heard the sound of a crossbow machine. A dense rain of crossbow arrows shot into the tent. The four generals were unable to dodge, and they all screamed when they were hit by arrows. Each of them was hit at least several times.
Ten arrows turned into four hedgehogs.
Then the tent was cut open, and dozens of soldiers rushed in? Pan Yu just wanted to get up, but was pressed to the throat by more than a dozen spears...
Outside the big tent, Wu Xiaoqian, who had a horse face, had a sneer on his face. He had never been able to find a chance to kill Pan Yu's generals at once. He didn't expect them to get together. It would be a pity not to seize this opportunity.
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At this time, several soldiers escorted Pan Yu, who was tied up. Wu Xiaoqian stepped forward and said with a sinister smile: "I know what you want to do, you want to kill Li Na and support the heir apparent, but I want to tell you, you don't have this
Opportunity."
"Woo-wu-" Pan Yu's mouth was blocked and he could not speak, but his eyes seemed to be bursting with fire.
Wu Xiaoqian shook his head, "For the sake of our many years of working together, I will let you be a sensible person!"
He whispered in Pan Yu's ear: "Do you think Li Na and his son still have hope? Guo Song will not spare him, and Zhu Si will not spare him, so what should we do? We don't have any capital, who will value it?
Us? General Pan, four thousand soldiers is a little too few for you, why not help me, I have 14,000 troops in my hands, Zhu Si will at least make me a prince, prince or something like that!"
Only then did Pan Yu understand that Wu Xiaoqian was going to betray his lord, but what about the prince?
"Do you want to know where the prince is?"
Wu Xiaoqian's eyes were as cold as poisonous snakes, and he smiled slyly: "The prince had a falling out with Liu Hao three days ago, and went south to Yunzhou with more than a dozen followers, but he has not reached Xuchang County yet. Where has he been?
,don’t you understand yet?”
Pan Yu's eyes widened suddenly, and Wu Xiaoqian nodded, "Since you already understand, let's go on the road with him!"
After saying that, he stabbed Pan Yu's heart with a knife. The fearful look in Pan Yu's eyes gradually dissipated, his head drooped, and he died.
Wu Xiaoqian took out the dagger, wiped the blood on it with a rag, and said coldly: "You are not a gentleman if you have a small amount of money, and you are not a husband if you are not poisonous. You chose to be foolish and loyal, so don't blame me for being ruthless!"
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On the night when Wu Xiaoqian took action to kill Pan Yu, he sent his confidant General Wang Wei to lead two thousand soldiers to surround a theater club. The soldiers rushed in and killed all the people in the theater club, including Li Na's twenty-something
Li Na, a private soldier, was caught by Wang Wei from under an altar table, tied up, put a black bag over his head, and put into a carriage.
Pan Yu only wanted to remonstrate with troops and let the crown prince ascend to the throne, but Wu Xiaoqian was more ruthless and directly launched a mutiny and arrested Li Na.
Three days ago, Wu Xiaoqian accidentally intercepted the Flying Eagle message sent by Liu Hao from Jeju to Li Na. He learned that the crown prince had a conflict with Liu Hao and went south with more than a dozen of his men. Wu Xiaoqian saw an opportunity.
He immediately sent a thousand soldiers to ambush Li Shigu and his party on the official road fifty miles away in the north of Xuchang County, shot Li Shigu to death and obtained his head.
Wu Xiaoqian waited for another two days and received an urgent report. Pan Yu was secretly discussing with his generals. Wu Xiaoqian made a decisive decision and led his army to kill Pan Yu and his generals in one fell swoop, and took Pan Yu's army into his arms.
A series of ruthless operations brought Wu Xiaoqian's army to 14,000 men. He immediately sent his confidants to Luoyang to find the Prime Minister Liu Feng.
Wu Xiaoqian's next step was to capture Liu Hao's army. Liu Hao's army was not easy to capture. For several days, Wu Xiaoqian was thinking hard about countermeasures. That morning, a soldier reported outside the account: "Report to the general, Jeju is coming."
The letter from Lai Ying is a letter sent by Liu Hao to King Qi!"
Wu Xiaoqian perked up and immediately said: "Give me the letter quickly!"
The soldiers came in and presented the eagle letter to Wu Xiaoqian. Wu Xiaoqian opened the letter and read it carefully. In the letter, Liu Hao told in a humble tone why he wanted to abandon Jeju and lead his army south. "It is unwise to attack an enemy when you know it is invincible!"
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Wu Xiaoqian had a thought in his mind, and a bold idea formed in his mind. As long as Liu Hao was transferred from the army, he would take advantage of Liu Hao's unpreparedness and devour the army in one go.
Wu Xiaoqian immediately wrote a letter in Li Na's tone, and sent his confidants to Jeju with the gold medal of King Qi pretending to be Li Na's envoy.
Wu Xiaoqian then ordered his trusted general Wang Wei to lead four thousand troops to guard Xuchang County, while he himself quietly left with ten thousand troops and detoured northward.
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Liu Hao led an army of 10,000 people to leave Dong'e County and go south. This time, he did not travel with light troops, but with heavy baggage. Yingzha gave up, but he still took the tents with him, as well as 7,000 shi of grain and nearly 1,000 pigs.
Sheep and five hundred carts loaded with supplies and food slowly followed the army southward, covering more than forty miles in one day.
In the afternoon of the next day, the army crossed Yunshui and officially entered the boundary of Yunzhou. At this moment, the soldiers from the front came flying in with two envoys from the King of Qi. The leading envoy bowed to Liu Hao and showed the gold medal of the King of Qi.
"See General Liu, we are here to deliver the order of His Highness the King of Qi."
The envoy presented a military order to Liu Hao. Liu Hao read the order and secretly smiled bitterly. As he expected, the King of Qi severely criticized him for abandoning Jeju without permission and ordered him to station his army on the south bank of Yun River to defend against the Jin army.
Go south.
At the end of the letter, King Qi ordered him to rush to Xuchang County immediately to discuss important matters with him.
Liu Hao frowned and asked, "What important matter does the prince want to discuss with me?"
The envoy thought for a while and said: "General Pan Yu and everyone are trying to persuade the prince to completely hand over the military power to the crown prince. The prince is undecided. I estimate that the prince wants to discuss the matter with the general."
Liu Hao nodded. He had been persuading King Qi to hand over power to his heir for a long time. Pan Yu had mentioned it to him many times. In fact, he had this attitude before.
But during this food incident, the scholarly spirit shown by the Crown Prince made Liu Hao suddenly realize that the Crown Prince was not suitable to lead everyone in times of crisis, and would instead lead to the Qi army sinking further. Pan Yu and others obviously did not understand the Crown Prince's nature.
'No! We can't let the prince hand over power to the crown prince!'
Thinking of this, Liu Hao suddenly became anxious. He handed over the army to his deputy general Fei Lin and ordered him to station the army on the south bank of Yunshui River. Liu Hao led dozens of cavalry and followed the envoy towards Xuchang County.
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Juye Ze is located in Yunzhou, accounting for almost 30% of the area of the whole state. Juye Ze is the later Liangshan Water Park. However, the area of Juye Ze also increased and decreased in history. In the Tang Dynasty, the area was relatively small.
big.
Xuchang County is located on the east bank of Juye Ze, about 120 miles away from Liu Hao's camp. The official road was built along the shore of Juye Ze. Dozens of people rushed along the official road and rested for three days in the middle of the night.
After an hour, we continued to rush eastward. At dawn, we were still sixty miles away from Xuchang County.
At this time, a soldier pointed to the water and shouted: "General, there is a warship over there!"