139 to prevent future troubles
Hao Meng gathered a crowd to rebel, bringing all the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, just in time to change the guard tonight, conduct a night patrol, and led the crowd to surround the Taishou Mansion.
Taishou Mansion is still some way away from the barracks, even if it is noisy here, there is no sound on the barracks. What's more, Hao Meng has already led troops to surround the Taishou Mansion and killed all the people in the mansion, so the news cannot be leaked.
However, after all calculations, Hao Meng's Jihua still made a mistake, that is, Zhang Yan.
At this time, Zhang Yan and Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse together, rushed to the barracks non-stop, galloped all the way, and soon arrived at the barracks.
Here in the barracks, because of last night's celebration banquet, the soldiers were all drunk and staggered, so they simply fell asleep outside.
Seeing this, Lu Bu hurriedly said to Zhang Yan: "Gao Shun doesn't drink, and quickly rushes into the camp!" ”
Zhang Yan didn't know where the trapped camp was, so Lu Bu showed Zhang Yan the way, and the two of them shuttled through the crowd and soon arrived at Gao Shun's trapped camp.
In the trapped camp, not only Gao Shun does not drink, but the officers and soldiers in the battalion also do not drink, after all, drinking and mistaking things, Gao Shun is strict in governing the army, and the military order is like a mountain, so the celebration of the trapped camp is also different from other armies.
"Where is Gao Shun!" As soon as Lu Bu arrived in the trapping camp, he exerted all his strength and shouted loudly.
It's a pity that his voice is still a little small, so Zhang Yan shouted instead of Lu Bu: "Where is Gao Shun!" ”
Gao Shun slept, always sleeping in clothes, did not untie his armor, did not unload his blade, as soon as he heard someone shouting outside, he immediately jumped off the bed and ran directly out of the camp tent, and saw Lu Bu and Zhang Yan riding on the same horse, and there was a trace of panic on the faces of both of them.
"Lord, what's going on?" Gao Shun hurriedly walked over and asked with his fists clenched.
"Hao Meng rebelled, quickly lead the troops to quell the rebellion!" Lu Bu said to Gao Shun.
"Whoa!" Gao Shun didn't ask the reason, answered, and immediately roared into the barracks, and gathered the entire trapped camp, although there were only hundreds of people, but they were all elite.
Gao Shun left ten soldiers to protect Lu Bu, and he rushed towards the Taishou Mansion with the rest of the men.
Seeing this, Zhang Yan hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "Brother Fengxian, my soldiers and horses are stationed at the West Gate and the East Gate, so I will go and mobilize soldiers and horses to help you quell the rebellion!" ”
Lu Bu said: "There is Lao Zhang Anton, this red rabbit horse is fast, I will lend it to you to ride for the time being, and when the rebellion is quelled, it will be returned to me!" ”
"Thank you!"
Zhang Yan put down Lu Bu, pulled the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head, and arched his hand at Lu Bu on the horse's back, and left.
Tai Shi Ci and Niu Jin were stationed at the west gate, Xu Chu and Xu Sheng were stationed at the east gate, since the Xuzhou soldiers entered Dingtao City, they only lived in the barracks for one night, but because the two armies were unfamiliar, if they were mixed in a barracks, there would inevitably be incidents.
Therefore, Zhang Yan proposed to divide the soldiers and horses into two and garrison them at the east gate and the west gate respectively, one to help Lu Bu's army defend the city, and the other to reduce contradictions.
Zhang Yan rode a red rabbit horse and headed towards the west gate, which was the closest to the military camp, so it was Zhang Yan's preferred destination.
Although Tai Shici and Niu Jin were also among today's celebration banquets, they didn't drink too much wine because of Zhang Yan's explanation, at least they remained sober.
When Zhang Yan arrived, he immediately gathered Tai Shi Ci and Niu Jin around him, told Hao Meng about the rebellion, and left Niu Jin to guard the city gate, and he took Tai Shi Ci to help Gao Shun put down the rebellion.
At the same time, he sent people to the east gate, and asked Xu Chu to lead the cavalry to move quickly to the north gate to prevent Cao Cao's army from sneaking up, and asked Xu Sheng to guard the east gate.
Zhang Yan took Tai Shici and other five hundred cavalry, and was about to gallop to the Taishou Mansion, when he suddenly stopped, Zhang Yan thought that Gao Shun's camp would definitely be able to quell Hao Meng's rebellion, so he didn't want to add to the chaos, so he changed his route to the south and went to the south gate defended by Lu Bu's army.
The one who defended the south gate was Song Xian, the general under Lu Bu's tent, but because Song Xian was drunk last night, he was not at the south gate, and Sima Xian, a subordinate of Song Xian, was in charge of defending it for the time being.
Zhang Yan came with Tai Shici and other cavalry, but he was startled by the military Sima, and when he learned that the person who came was Zhang Yan, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The last general will visit Zhang Andong, I don't know what is the important matter of visiting late at night?" Jun Sima came over very politely to salute.
Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "Has anyone ever passed through this gate tonight?" ”
Jun Sima replied truthfully: "An hour ago, the military advisor escorted the Duchess out of the city overnight......"
"What do you say? Strategist? Do you mean Chen Gong? When Zhang Yan heard this, he immediately became nervous and hurriedly asked.
The military Sima nodded hurriedly.
"Suffered!" Zhang Yan's heart was shocked, the doubts in his heart before, as well as all kinds of strange things, were suddenly answered at this moment, presumably it must be Chen Gong's plan.
"Open the gates!" Zhang Yan roared angrily.
Jun Sima did not dare to disobey, and immediately opened the city gate, and Zhang Yan and Tai Shici led five hundred cavalry, and chased them out.
Chen Gong was Lu Bu's most trusted military advisor, how could Chen Gong openly rebel against Lu Bu? Could it be that Chen Gong was forced by Hao Meng? Or did Chen Gong conspire with Hao Meng to rebel?
But no matter what, what is their intention when they kidnap Diao Chan?
No matter what the matter is, Zhang Yan has to catch up and find out what is going on, who else is the conspirator, and whether this matter has anything to do with Cao Cao, it is unknown.
Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others were all cavalry, reflecting the bright moonlight, they chased all the way along the rut marks left on the official road, and chased for more than half an hour in a row, and then they caught up with the captured Diao Chan.
More than 30 soldiers were all riding war horses, but there were still two carriages in the ranks, one carriage was pulling Diao Chan, and the other carriage was pulling gold, silver and jewelry.
And Chen Gong sat in a carriage with gold, silver and jewelry.
Zhang Yan and Tai Shici immediately divided their troops into two ways, outflanked them in a roundabout way, and soon surrounded these people.
The more than 30 cavalrymen, when they saw Zhang Yan and the others, were all nervous, and immediately drew their blades and rushed forward.
But these cavalrymen were no match for Zhang Yan, Tai Shici and others, and were quickly killed. Surrounded by a large army, the coachmen in two carriages were forced to surrender.
At this time, Chen Gong walked out of one of the carriages, and when he saw Zhang Yan, he said with a panicked face: "You guys finally caught up, otherwise, I will be kidnapped by Hao Meng!" ”
Zhang Yan was not interested in Chen Gong, he directly glanced at the carriage where Diao Chan was, and saw that Diao Chan was safe and sound in the carriage and was sleeping, so he relieved himself.
He rode his horse to Chen Gong's side and said to Chen Gong: "Chen Junshi, I don't know something, what happened in the Taishou Mansion tonight, but it came from your strategy?" ”
Chen Gong said with an unchanged face: "I was also forced to be helpless, Hao Meng put the knife on my neck, I was really powerless, so I was forced to give advice for it." Now that Zhang Andong has chased here, it means that Hao Meng's rebellion has been put down, right? I don't know how my father-in-law dealt with Hao Meng? ”
"Ling Chi!" Zhang Yan said.
"This traitor, he deserves it, Ling Chi has cheapened him."
"Chen Junshi, I'm curious, why did Hao Meng rebel, and why did he kidnap Mrs. Diao Chan?" Zhang Yan asked.
Chen Gong said: "Hao Meng has been secretly communicating with Yuan Shu's messenger, Yuan Shu covets the beauty of Diao Chan, and threatens that if Hao Meng can send Diao Chan to Huainan, he will appoint Hao Meng as the assassin of Yuzhou." Hao Meng stabbed his hand in the north during the battle last time, and Lu Bu ignored him, which made him angry, and he was determined to give it a go, and took risks, so he rebelled. However, Hao Meng thought that it would be too difficult to give it to a Diao Chan, and he was afraid that Lu Bu would find out about him, so he decided to remove Lu Bu together, cut off Lu Bu's head, and dedicate it to Yuan Shu. ”
"I see. Chen Junshi knew Hao Meng's affairs very clearly, and he must have known that Hao Meng was going to rebel early on, right? weishenme, didn't Junshi Chen tell General Lu earlier? ”
Chen Gong said: "Hao Meng threatened my family's life, and I was helpless...... However, I have also hinted to the lord many times, but unfortunately the lord has not understood it, and it is no wonder that I am blamed! ”
"In that case, let's go back to Dingtao together."
Zhang Yan drove the army and continued to drive two carriages towards Dingtao City.
At this time, it was almost dawn, Zhang Yan walked and walked, but an evil idea appeared in his mind.
The reason why Lu Bu was able to rise was precisely because of the assistance of a resourceful person like Chen Gong, and Chen Gong was also unswerving in following Lu Bu's thoughts, if Chen Gong was let go back, he would eliminate Cao Cao one day, Chen Gong would encourage Lu Bu to be his enemy after all, and Chen Gong would also be a big trouble at that time.
If Chen Gong can be eliminated from this, it will be equivalent to cutting off Lu Bu's right-hand man. Tonight, Chen Gong's strategy for Hao Meng was enough for him to drink a pot, and if he was an enemy in the future, he would be a more difficult person to deal with.
Zhang Yan's heart revealed a hint of murderous intent, he glanced back at the two carriages behind him, and remembered that Diao Chan was still in one of the carriages, if he killed Chen Gong, Diao Chan would not have to be sent back to Lu Bu, as long as Diao Chan was hidden, then Diao Chan would become his woman.
Greed, selfishness, and evil haunted Zhang Yan's entire mind at this time......
Gradually, after some inner struggle, Zhang Yan made a decision to kill Chen Gong to prevent future troubles, and at the same time take Diao Chan for himself.
Zhang Yan thought so and was ready to do so. He suddenly stopped the army, summoned Tai Shi Ci, and after giving an order, Tai Shi Ci received the order.
When Chen Gong saw Zhang Yan stop, he lifted the curtain and asked, "Zhang Andong, why did you stop?" ”
Zhang Yan said: "Master Chen, I suddenly remembered a very important thing......
"What's the matter?" Chen Gong asked blankly.
"I'm thinking, after I kill you, I'll tell Lu Bu that you and Hao Meng conspired to rebel, how do you say Lu Bu will react?"
Chen Gong's face was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "You want to kill me?" ”
"Exactly!" Zhang Yan replied categorically.
Chen Gong looked around, surrounded by Zhang Yan's personal entourage, even if Zhang Yan killed him, Lu Bu would not suspect Zhang Yan, but would mistakenly think that this was him and Hao Meng's conspiration to rebel as Zhang Yan said!
He sneered and said, "Now there are all your people around, and this is a wilderness, if you want to kill, just kill it." If I, Chen Gongtai, frowned, I wouldn't be surnamed Chen! ”