Song Jiang and Wu Yong didn't know the news that Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu secretly surrendered to Cao, but Zhang Xiu was not sure of Song Jiang's intention to suddenly lead his troops to Dai County.

Hearing that Song Jiang and Han Baohu suddenly led 30,000 people to the city of Daixian, Zhang Xiu hurriedly summoned his master Tong Yuan, his friend Jia Xu, and his henchman Hu Che'er to discuss countermeasures.

Ran Min's martial arts made Zhang Xiu feel scared from the bottom of his heart, and at this moment, the full favor who came to lobby on behalf of Cao Cao has not yet left, in case Ran Min catches the evidence, the consequences are unimaginable, which makes Zhang Xiu's brows tightened, as if he is facing a great enemy.

"Wenhe, you said that Song Jiang and Han Baohu suddenly arrived with a large army, did the news that we and others intend to return to Cao Gong leaked, and King Ran sent him to ask the two of them to ask for the guilt?" Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu worriedly, "If that's the case, we will take the opportunity to kill Man Chong, give him a death without proof, and don't admit it to death!" ”

Jia Xu stroked his goatee lightly, and his face was calm and calm: "General Zhang is panicking, I don't think things are so simple." First, King Ran Tianwang is currently at war with the Xiongnu, and the war is tight, and with his character, he will never abandon the Hu people to crusade against you and me first. Second, even if King Ran knew that we intended to return to Duke Cao, how could he send Song Jiang to lead his troops to crusade? Don't you want the old nest in Zhuo County? ”

After a pause, he continued to analyze: "And according to the scout's report, there are tens of thousands of people following behind these 30,000 horses, where is this what it looks like to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt?" In my opinion, there are only two possibilities, one is that Ran Tianwang plans to lead his troops south to defect to the Luoyang court; The second possibility is that Song Jiang abducted Ran Tianwang's men and horses, preparing to surrender south. ”

After listening to Jia Xu's analysis, Zhang Xiufang felt at ease: "Since this is the case." Let's take a look at why Song Jiang and Wu Yongsuo came? Anyway, the two of them had already entered the city, and it was time to open the skylight and say something. ”

Tong Yuan, who was in his fifties, stroked his beard and sighed: "Alas...... Ran Min is a man, but he doesn't know how to be rigid and easy to break. It is really not a wise move to use some Yellow Turban remnants and rabble bandits to fight against the Xiongnu and Xianbei coalition forces. The two of you have rebelled from the Western Han Dynasty, and you have no choice but to surrender to Cao, so you don't have to feel sorry in your heart. Even if Ran Min is here, don't be afraid, just argue with reason. After all, everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be strong! ”

Zhang Xiu thanked Tong Yuanzuo: "Thank you for your teachings!" ”

"Huh...... As a teacher, there are only two disciples, you and Zhang Ren, and now Zhang Ren doesn't know where he is, so he naturally wants to share your worries and solve problems for you. Tong Yuan stroked his beard. He looks like a teacher.

While he was talking, the guard guarding the door came to report: "General Qiqi Zhang, Lord Song Jiang, Mr. Wu Yong, and General Han Baohu have come to visit, and they are waiting outside the door of the mansion at this moment." ”

Tong Yuan got up and instructed Zhang Xiu: "General Hu Che'er and I retreat to the back." If Song Jiang and Wu have bad intentions. So they threw the cup as a trumpet, and the two of us came out with our troops and captured them. ”

Zhang Xiu gave up his hand and took the order: "Although the master is relieved, the apprentice will act according to Mr. Wenhe's eyes!" ”

At that moment, Tong Yuan and Hu Che'er quietly retreated to the backyard, secretly gathered a hundred and ten knife and axe men, and only waited for Zhang Xiu's order to rush out and arrest Song Jiang, Han Baohu and others. And Zhang Xiu went out with Jia Xu to greet Song Jiang and others.

"Huh...... Brother Gongming and General Tiger Capture came from afar, and if they missed the distance, they hope to forgive their sins! Zhang Xiu let Song Jiang and his entourage into the mansion with a smile on her face, and instructed the maid to serve tea.

After a few small talks. Song Jiang got straight to the point and made his intentions clear: "General Zhang." To tell the truth, we led our troops to Dai County suddenly, not for anything else, but to prepare to lead the army to Luoyang to defect to the imperial court. ”

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and their hearts were as expected, but they were silent on the surface, and asked pretending to be surprised: "What?" Brother Gongming actually planned to lead his troops to defect to Liu Xie, how could King Ran Tian agree? ”

"Alas......" Song Jiang suddenly hid his face and cried, "I really don't hide it from General Zhang and Mr. Wenhe, King Ran Tianwang died in Zhuolu two days ago." ”

Zhang Xiu was really taken aback this time: "What? The Heavenly King died in battle? ”

Song Jiang wiped his tears and said to Wu Yong: "Jialiang, you escaped from the Zhulu camp, you tell General Zhang and Mr. Wenhe about the battle that night." ”

Wu Yong coughed, shook the feather fan, and said with a sad face: "On the eve of the big day, Murong Ke and Tuo Lei each led 30,000 cavalry to attack left and right, and our army was caught off guard. In order to protect the retreat of the army, the Heavenly King personally made a palace, and we were lucky enough to break through, but the Heavenly King died under the chain of horses of the Xianbei people......"

"Woohoo lament, woe the king, woe the king!" Listening to Wu Yong's words, Jia Xu couldn't help but pause and look sad.

Zhang Xiu didn't believe in Song Jiang and Wu Yong's words, but when he saw Jia Xu behaving like this, he had no choice but to lament: "It's a pity that the king of heaven, the king of heaven, he died like this, he is really a jealous hero!" ”

Song Jiang took the opportunity to express his intentions: "Alas...... The death of the King of Heaven is sad, but now is not the time to mourn. The Hu people are menacing, Cao Cao is eyeing the tiger, and we have no way to live in the north. General Capture Tiger and I plan to lead our troops south, cross the Yellow River to Luoyang and join the imperial court, how about asking General Zhang to accompany us? ”

Before Zhang Xiu could speak, Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Many soldiers in Dai County are loyal believers of the Heavenly King, if you want to take them south to defect, you must let them know the news of the Heavenly King's death in battle." He also asked Lord Song, Mr. Wu, and General Capture Tiger to go to the barracks and relay the news of the death of the Heavenly King to the soldiers, so that they could understand that if they did not find a backer, there would be no way to live. ”

"It's easy to do, just leave it to me and Gary." Song Jiang was overjoyed and readily agreed.

At that moment, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu led the way, and Song Jiang and Han Baohu followed closely behind, riding their horses and whipping straight to the barracks. Zhang Xiu ordered to summon 17,000 soldiers in the city to listen to Song Jiang's speech.

Song Jiang ascended the high platform, recounted the news of Ran Min's death in battle with a sad face, and finally wiped his tears and said: "Brothers, the Heavenly King who guards us has died under the hooves of the Hu people, and no one will protect us from now on. There is no place for us in the north, and we must find a new way to live! ”

Hearing that Ran Min was killed in battle, the 17,000 soldiers in Dai County were in an uproar, some beat their chests and feet, some cried, and some clenched their fists and shouted, "Avenge the King of Heaven!" ”

Song Jiang was about to throw out the remarks of going to Luoyang to defect to the imperial court, but Jia Xu took over the conversation and said loudly: "What Lord Song Gongming said is reasonable, the king of heaven died in battle, and we have lost the leader, and we can no longer fight against the murderous Hu people, so we can only find another backer to have a way to live......

"Yes, what Mr. Wenhe said is very true!" I didn't expect to persuade Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu so easily, Wu was happy in his heart, shaking the feather fan and echoing, "We have to find another way." ”

Jia Xu didn't care about Wu Yong, and continued: "Duke Cao now sits on most of the land in Yan, Henan, Hebei, and the four prefectures, and his command will be thousands of people, with 400,000 armor, and his strength is second only to the Eastern Han Dynasty. And Cao Gong is eclectic, many generals under his command are from the cold family, we will return to Cao Gong, I believe that under the leadership of Cao Gong, we will be able to avenge the king of heaven and drive away Hu Lu! ”

"Hey...... Hey, Mr. Wenhe, Mr. Wenhe, didn't you say that you were going to go to the Luoyang Imperial Court? Song Jiang suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly reached out to pull Jia Xu.

Wu Yong secretly screamed in his heart: ", I was tricked by this old fox Jia Xu!" I see that he and Zhang Xiu have clearly planned to defect to Cao Cao, but they don't want to bear the reputation of a traitor, but at this moment they borrow flowers to offer Buddha. used our lies to deceive the soldiers of Daixian County, and carried all the black cauldron on us......"

Although Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu had been plotting to submit to Cao Cao, they were afraid that Ran Min's prestige would be too great, and these soldiers refused to follow him. Through the situation of gossip, the rumors were released, and the opinions of the soldiers were tested, and the decision to surrender to Cao Cao was not officially announced for a long time.

This made Zhang Xiu frown all the time, and he didn't know how to persuade the soldiers of Dai County to follow him to Cao Cao? Unexpectedly, Song Jiang and Wu Yong came to give themselves a wedding dress today, and easily solved this problem.

Moreover, these two guys also took the initiative to carry the black pot for themselves, and in the future, no matter whether Ran Min is dead or alive, they can put the blame on Song Jiang and Wu Yong. It was they who said that Ran Min died in battle, and he lost his lord, so he chose to defect to Cao Cao in desperation.

"Song Gongming is really timely and rainy!" Zhang Xiu was silent on the surface, but secretly she was overjoyed, and praised Song Jiang from the bottom of her heart.

Jia Xu glared at Song Jiang angrily and scolded sharply: "Who said that we are going to go to the Luoyang Imperial Court?" Most of the soldiers under the Heavenly King are from the Yellow Turban, and every time the court wants to get rid of them, you let us surrender to the Western Han Dynasty, don't you plan to send us to death? ”

"If we don't go to Luoyang, we are willing to follow Cao Gong, only by following Cao Gong can we continue to garrison the border fortress, continue to fight Hu Gou, and avenge the Heavenly King!"

The 17,000 soldiers were enthusiastic and expressed their approval of Jia Xu's words, showing great resistance to the Luoyang court.

Wu Yong knew that he had fallen into Jia Xu's trap, and hurriedly and quietly tugged at Song Jiang's shirt: "Brother Gongming, everyone has their own ambitions and can't be forced, since General Zhang and Mr. Wenhe don't plan to go to Luoyang, let's not be reluctant, just part ways!" Let's take the men and horses outside the city to continue south, let General Zhang and Mr. Wenhe defect to Cao Gong, the road is facing the sky, and each goes to one side. ”

"Wait!" Jia Xu shouted, "The soldiers outside the city are all brothers of the Heavenly King, how can General Zhang and I watch them follow you to Luoyang to die?" ”

Song Jiang was angry and anxious: "Jia Xu, you don't want to push people too much, what do you want to do?" ”

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth curled slightly, and he shouted loudly to the soldiers in the camp: "Brothers, we are traitors in the eyes of the imperial court. You see if the soldiers outside the city have their own relatives, old people, and fellow villagers, and go to the top of the city to beckon them to stay and return to Cao Gong, and don't follow Song Jiang and Wu Yong south to die. ”

Song Jiang almost vomited three liters of blood, and scolded: "Jia Wenhe, you traitor, you are simply too deceitful!" ”

Song Jiang wanted to pull Wu Yong and Han Baohu away as he spoke, but was surrounded by Hu Che'er and Tong Yuan with troops: "A few Hughes are in such a hurry, so I have a colleague and let General Zhang set up a banquet for you to see you off." Let other soldiers reminisce about the old feelings, as the so-called people have their own ambitions and cannot be forced, do you want to force the 30,000 soldiers outside the city to follow you south to die? (To be continued......)