Chapter Ninety-Eight: Li Tong Surrenders
When the times are in danger, the world is chaotic and loyal and good. -------Southern dynasties. Bao Zhao "Generations from the North Gate of Thistle"
It is said that Chen Long and several major masterminds decided on the plan to send troops to Hengyang in the military meeting, which became the first strategic step of the first expansion of the Lingling Qinglong Army. Hengyang's geographical location and transportation are very important, pinching the throats of Guiyang, Lingling, and Changsha, plus Changsha Youxian guarded by Huang Zhong, Zhao Fan's Guiyang defenders are almost in a situation where there is nowhere to escape. And Hengyang is now almost in a vacuum, and it is a good time to take the city.
Chen Long arranged for Zu Lang to protect Huang Xutong and return to Changsha Youxian, and agreed to set fire to Huang Zhong's troops at night seven days later, and defeated Su Dai's besieging troops in one fell swoop. Huang Gai led Zhou Budo and Xi Zhicai to make a battle plan, and Chen Long then asked about Jiang Wan's monitoring of Xu You.
Long Chen knew that Xu Yu was resourceful, and he was most afraid that he would plant an agent in Lingling. Jiang Wan went to Yang Huai to ask about Xu You's disembarkation situation, and Chen Long met with Li Tong brought by Gan Ning. Li Tong is neither humble nor arrogant, and his answers are fluent, and there is no flaw in his words. It's a pity that Chen Long has a light brain in his brain, and he has already listed Li Tong's situation in detail, but I don't know if Li Tong in front of him and Li Tong in history are the same person.
Seeing Li Tong's gaze firm, Chen Long suddenly spit out two words according to the introduction in the light brain information: "Wenda." ”
Chen Long's voice was not loud, but Li Tong sounded like a thunder in his ears, and looked at Chen Long in horror and said, "How does the lord know my words?" ”
Chen Long's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "I not only know your words, but also know that your nickname is Trillion." ”
Li Tong's eyebrows froze, cold sweat oozed from his hairline, his right hand hung down by his side, and he subconsciously touched his waist.
Gan Ning next to him saw that something was wrong, his hand was also on the side of the dagger at his waist, the muscles of his arms were tense, and the situation was about to erupt.
Seeing that Li Tong was nervous, Chen Long knew that he had touched his vital point, and continued with a smile: "I not only know your name and nickname, but also know that you participated in Cao Cao's troops in Runan, and this time you came to me with Xu You and Xu Ziyuan, leaving you to be an undercover agent." ”
A sentence was like a boulder stirring up a thousand waves, and before the words fell, Li Tong's serrated dagger was already in his hand, and his body suddenly retreated out of the hall, and suddenly felt the murderous aura of the dagger behind him, and he hurriedly turned around and waved the dagger sideways, and Gan Ning's dagger collided heavily in the air.
There was a loud explosion in the air, Li Tong couldn't resist Gan Ning's huge strength, his body fell down heavily, raised his dagger and waved a piece of light and shadow, protecting the upper plate, just blocking Gan Ning's follow-up attack, and there was a continuous metal impact sound between the two.
Chen Long stood steadily, watched from the side, and saw that Li Tong's martial arts were flexible and flexible, not according to routines, except that his strength was inferior, and his skills were not under Gan Ning. Gan Ning is stout, like a tiger, the moves are all powerful and heavy, the dagger is not far from the key point of Li Tong's chest, abdomen and throat, but Li Tong's dagger is a move, and he can always knock off Gan Ning's dagger between the moments, or pluck or pick, or smash or top, and the breath seems to be longer and lasting than Gan Ning.
The more Chen Long looked at it, the more he loved talents, and he also found out in his brain that Li Tong was chivalrous, did not abolish the public for personal reasons, and after worshipping as the governor of Yang'an, he won the hearts of the people. In the battle of Guandu, he was not tempted by profits, and went bankrupt to save the people, and saved the people of Yang'an in the war. sighed slightly in his heart, Li Tong was a good general, but it was a pity that he met Cao Cao, who was also thirsty for talent.
Gan Ning couldn't win for a long time, shouted, rose up with might, handed the dagger to his left hand, ignoring the cold light of Li Tong's dagger, domineering bullying himself, the dagger in his left hand was shaking, and his right hand became a claw, using a set of grappling techniques taught to him by Chen Long, buckled to Li Tong's right wrist holding the dagger. Li Tong was going to knock off Gan Ning's left hand dagger, but suddenly found that his right wrist was shrouded by strong wind, and he was caught off guard, seeing that his wrist was about to be held by Gan Ning, Li Tong had to retreat sharply, this time he lost the opportunity, Gan Ning followed him like a shadow, and the left dagger and right claw attacked wildly, Li Tong simply took advantage of the retreat, and his body hit Chen Long hard, but it was the drunkard who did not intend to drink, and launched an active attack on Chen Long, intending to take down Chen Long in one fell swoop and regain the disadvantage.
Gan Ning suddenly stopped, no longer pursuing, with a smile on his face, watching Li Tong throw himself into Long Chen's arms like a butterfly. The big mouth cracked, and a sneer began: "Look for death." ”
Li Tong is indeed looking for death, he has never seen Chen Long's martial arts, so it is no wonder that it is easy to give up. Chen Long smiled and shouted, "Good come!" "Don't pull out the dagger, empty-handed to use a set of later generations empty-handed into the white blade of boxing, Bao Bao Li Tong has never seen, greatly increase the speed of the shot, Li Tong held the dagger seems to have become a burden, but became the target of Chen Long's attack, not to mention stabbing the dagger at Chen Long's vital point, even the dagger can't hold the capital at all, just like a rich man desperately protecting the wallet that is about to be snatched away, playing with life changes to make the dagger in his hand not be snatched away by Chen Long. Li Tong was horrified in his heart, he knew that there was a sky outside the sky, and there were people outside the world, and he accidentally brushed Chen Long's tiger whiskers, and today I am afraid that it will be more than auspicious.
Li Tong saw that Chen Long was calm and relaxed, and the more he fought, the more discouraged he became, and finally threw the dagger on the ground as soon as he let go, panting and said: "General Chen, I have done my best, and I am not your opponent." If you want to kill or chop, you can dispose of it. As he spoke, he raised his hands high, and Gan Ning came over and cut his hands behind his back, untied the silk around his waist, and tied him firmly.
Chen Long stared at Li Tong's eyes, and Li Tong couldn't help but feel good when he saw that Chen Long was tall and handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were righteous and awe-inspiring. He spent many days in Lingling, seeing with his own eyes many poor and destitute displaced people, physically and mentally exhausted, dragging their families and families, coming from war-torn places for thousands of miles, getting barren land here, borrowing cattle from the government, getting subsidies, living and working in peace and contentment, and living an ordinary life again.
Seeing that Li Tong's head was gradually lowered, Chen Long came over and untied the silk that bound Li Tong with his own hands, re-tied it around his waist and said, "You can go." ”
Li Tong's body shook violently, and Gan Ning next to him snorted, seeing that Chen Long's face was calm, he didn't dare to speak. Li Tong said in disbelief: "Long Chen...... General, you ...... Just let me go? ”
Chen Long's face was like a water: "Well, that's it." I know that you are very good to the people, and you are not a traitor, so you can call me Wenlong in the future. When you return to Luoyang, if Xu You can spare your life, let's see you on the battlefield. ”
Li Tong trembled all over, held back the tears that were about to take over the frame, turned his head and slowly walked towards the hall door at a very slow speed. The sun was shining outside the hall door, but Li Tong felt as if he was walking towards boundless darkness.
The low threshold at the entrance of the hall, Li Tong actually felt powerless to step out. Finally rubbed out of the living room, there were only two stone stairs at the door, Li Tong didn't pay attention, stepped on the air, stumbled one by one, and fell in the courtyard. The pain came from the body that hit the ground, Li Tong suddenly woke up in his mind, gritted his teeth and turned back, and saw Chen Long standing in front of the door of the hall behind him, watching himself leave, looking up from the ground, his tall figure with extraordinary self-confidence, like a god descending from the earth, majestic, unstoppable.
Li Tong gritted his teeth, turned around, and knelt down at the foot of the steps in front of Chen Long, and roared in a dumb voice: "Li Tong is stupid, thank you for the general's grace not to kill." There is no retribution in this life, if General Meng does not give up, I, Li Tong, am also willing to be loyal to the general and never give up. ”
When Chen Long saw Li Tong surrender, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Li Tongdao: "Wenda, please get up quickly." Since they are willing to surrender, they will be like-minded comrades-in-arms in the future, and they will work for the welfare of the people. ”
Li Tong burst into tears, stood up and thanked him: "General, Li Tong's wife and children are still in Luoyang, and his subordinates have a request, can you ask the lord to arrange for them to come over." ”
Long Chen smiled and said, "You still call me a general?" Li Tong came to his senses, bowed deeply again, and shouted loudly: "Lord! Subordinate Li Tong, willing to serve the work of dogs and horses! ”
Long Chen smiled and nodded: "Since you are with me, your wife is also my relative." After that, he thought about it slightly: "Today's events, only you, me and Senior Commander Gan know, you continue to be the captain of your special forces detachment, and nothing has happened on the surface." Pick up your wife's small affairs, and you don't have to be busy for a while. ”
Li Tong thought about it, and hurriedly nodded in agreement. Chen Long asked, "How did Xu You and you pass on the information?" ”
Li Tongyu said: "Xu You will send a merchant ship every month to trade goods at the Xiangshui wharf. I only need to eat at the Hongyun Restaurant by the dock when the merchant ship arrives, and naturally someone will come to connect. ”
Chen Long said: "So, how many times have you passed on information?" ”
Li Tong hurriedly said: "The information handed over by his subordinates is still a superficial basic situation in the political and civil aspects of Lingling, and it has not yet involved military secrets. They already know about my joining the special forces, but I haven't mentioned the training of the special forces. ”
Chen Long put his mind at ease, and just as Jiang Wan hurried back, he saw Gan Ning and Li Tong on his side, and whispered to Chen Long: "Gang Leader Yang said that the number of people who got off the boat together is also four. Chen Long was slightly surprised, and said in his heart that Xu You was really cunning, and actually let Li Tong get off the boat separately.
Chen Long said to Jiang Wan: "Xu Yu is this person, he is resourceful, and he must pay more attention in the future." After that, Li Tong has been channeling again: "However, Li Tong has surrendered, and he will be his own person in the future." ”
Jiang Wan understood, and said happily: "The lord is clever." It turned out that he had noticed that Li Tong was a spy left by Xu You. Chen Long said: "Li Tong's identity is temporarily top secret. How to use Li Tong's identity in the future, let's make plans. Jiang Wan and the others all agreed.
After Gan Ning and Li Tong left, it was already afternoon, Jiang Wan went to deal with some government affairs, and Chen Long took Zhou Cang and others to the courtyard near the left side of the city lord's mansion to find Zhang Ning. Seeing that Zhang Ning was directing Li Shu to settle the courtyard, he came to her and said, "Mei Niang, are you done?" ”
Zhang Ning smiled sweetly and said, "It's okay." Li Changshi will arrange it for me. Is there something wrong with Wenlong? ”
Long Chen smiled: "Mei Niang, I know that you are resourceful and have combat experience, so I thought of handing over the spy department to you." But I don't want you to work too hard, and if you don't want to drive anymore, just tell me about it. ”
Zhang Ning felt Chen Long's painstaking feelings, and said affectionately: "Don't forget, I also want to avenge the second uncle, the third uncle and Brother Ma." I am not afraid of hardship. ”
Chen Long felt the pain of his beloved wife and muttered: "When he sweeps the world one day, the great revenge will naturally be avenged." By the way, if nothing happens, let's go to my father-in-law's grave in the afternoon to pay respects. ”
Zhang Ning grabbed Chen Long's thick arm, pillowed his head slightly on Chen Long's shoulder, and called Wenlong, the corners of his eyes were already red. Chen Long ordered Zhou Cang to prepare carriages and horses, prepare to burn paper lamps and candles, lead dozens of personal soldiers, and went out of the city to a small village by the Xiangshui in the west of the city.
Xiaozhuang is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful, Zhang Ning looked at the beautiful scenery and muttered: "It is not in vain that my father can be buried here." Tears have fallen as he spoke.
Set off along the Houzhuang Gate, walk to a platform surrounded by pines and cypresses by the river, Zhou Cang and others guard under the stage, Chen Long pulls Zhang Ning, ascends the platform, only to see a lonely grave, surrounded by stones, the middle soil slope is high and towering, and a stone tablet in front of the grave is engraved: "The tomb of Zhang Gong Shuntian." ”
Zhang Ning pulled Chen Long to his knees, remembering that his father had been riding horses all his life, driving for his ideals, and finally died of illness in a foreign country, and couldn't help crying. He muttered in his cry: "Father, my daughter and son-in-law have come to see you." Although the stele is not your real name, I only hope that you can go with the sky. Quanxia knows, bless me and Wenlong safely, and avenge the second uncle, the third uncle and Brother Ma. When Wenlong dominates the world, I should engrave your name for you and pass it on through the ages. ”
Chen Long lit the burning paper, and in an instant, the flame ignited, the paper ashes fluttered in the wind, and the green smoke rose in a curling curl, reaching up to the sky, breaking the life of a generation of anti-king, great sage and good teacher, and Tiangong general Zhang Jiao.