In Xuchang City, Ran Min put Zhang Yu into anxiety, since they were attached to the Great Jin Dynasty, they did not get the preferential treatment they deserved, but were harassed everywhere, he could really feel that the Great Jin Dynasty did not trust them, and deliberately weakened their strength by deducting military rations and salaries.

The Great Jin Dynasty did this, firstly, because it did not trust these generals and was unwilling to pay too much money and resources to support these armies that might rebel at any time, and secondly, because there were too many forces that took refuge in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the burden of the Great Jin Dynasty was very heavy, and there were not too many resources to support all the troops, so it was inevitable to withhold, and in this way, it naturally caused the dissatisfaction and anger of Zhang Yu and other surrendered generals, and they were ready to rebel against the Great Jin Dynasty at any time and find another way.

"General, General Zhou is here to visit." Just when Zhang Yu was anxious, the news of his friend Zhou Cheng's visit came.

"Oh, General Zhou is here, please." Zhang Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to invite.

"No need to invite, General Zhang is unharmed!" Zhou Cheng walked into Zhang Yu's Chinese army tent and greeted him politely.

Zhang Yu smiled, stepped forward enthusiastically to hold Zhou Cheng's hands, and said loudly: "General Zhang is here, and he won't say hello in advance, and my brother should go out to greet him in advance!" ”

"Eh, you and my brother are still polite, don't be so cliché." Zhou Cheng seemed to be very indifferent, paused, saw Zhang Yu frowning slightly, and asked softly: "General Zhang seems to have something on his mind!" ”

Zhang Yu sighed, looked at Zhou Cheng, and said, "Originally, my Great Wei Kingdom was short of food, and the soldiers were hungry all day long. I had no choice but to surrender to Jin, but I didn't expect that the dignified Jin court would also deduct our army's food and salary, didn't this force me to wait for the dismissal of soldiers? ”

Zhou Cheng naturally received the same treatment, patted Zhang Yu's shoulder, and said: "We can only stand on our own if we have a large army, if the army is all dismissed, then we will be nothing, and a group of small thieves can take our heads." ”

"What General Zhou said is yes! At present, the army is short of food, and the imperial court is pushing back. Withholding military rations. Shall I wait for ......?" Zhang Yu stopped halfway through his speech.

Zhou Cheng looked at the surroundings of the big tent vigilantly, attached it to Zhang Yu's ear, and whispered: "Since the court is unkind. You can't blame me for being unfaithful and unjust. Now is the right moment. I don't know if General Zhang is willing to join forces with me, as long as the two of us join forces, we will definitely succeed. ”

"What a chance. I would like to hear about it. Zhang Yu hurriedly asked.

Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and said softly: "Our scouts have already found out clearly, the Great Wei State has already submitted a vassal to the Jin court, and asked Ranming, the king of Pengcheng, to be a hostage and hand over the jade seal of the country to the health city. ”

Zhang Yu was shocked when he heard this, looked at Zhou Cheng, and said softly: "You mean to attack halfway, seize the jade seal of the country and kidnap the king of Pengcheng." ”

Zhou Cheng nodded and said in a low voice: "That's right, as long as we obtain the heirloom jade seal, this world will be owned by you and me sooner or later, why not take a gamble?" ”

When Zhou Cheng said this, Zhang Yu suddenly felt a little moved, thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, since there is no way out, it is better to gamble, if you win, you may be able to get the world, and if you lose, you will die." ”

"Okay, since General Zhang has made up his mind, let's arrange it now." Zhou Cheng said and took out a topographic map of Yanyu Erzhou from his arms and showed it in front of Zhang Yu.

"General Zhou, tell me quickly, what the situation is." Seeing that Zhou Cheng had already spread out the map, Zhang Yu hurriedly asked.

Zhou Cheng pointed to the direction of Chenliu County on the map, and said softly: "General Zhang, look, this is the Fengqiu City of Chenliu County, according to the scouts of our department, the Wei delegation has arrived here, and it is estimated that they will continue to march south after a day's rest." ”

After speaking, Zhou Cheng slid his hand south to the open space between Yongqiu and Xiangyi City, and then said: "This is the valley south of Yongqiu City, and it is also the only way for the Wei delegation to pass through, it is estimated that in three days at most, the Wei delegation will arrive here, if our army sets up an ambush here, it will definitely be able to catch them by surprise and capture the jade seal of the country in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Yu nodded when he heard this, stared at him and asked, "I don't know how many people and horses there are in the Wei State mission, and how many men and horses our army should dispatch." ”

"The Wei delegation is less than a hundred, but the Jin general Hua'an sent three thousand troops to escort the Wei delegation forward." Zhou Cheng said.

"Three thousand troops, this General Hua actually sent three thousand men and horses to guard the Wei delegation, it seems that he had a premonition that someone would attack the idea of passing on the jade seal of the country on the way!" Zhang Yu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng nodded, and said softly: "Hua'an did think that the road would not be smooth, so he sent three thousand men and horses to be responsible for escorting, but how can only three thousand people and horses ensure the safety of the jade seal of the country?" You and I each led an army of 10,000 to fight, and set up ambushes on the left and right, so we would definitely be able to catch them off guard. ”

"Hmph, it's just 3,000 people, why do you need to make such a big move, you and I can each lead 5,000 light horses, and you can intercept the jade seal of the country." Zhang Yu said confidently.

Zhou Cheng nodded and said softly: "Okay, then you and I will each lead five thousand light horsemen to fight, and we will set off early tomorrow morning to set up an ambush in the valley south of Yongqiu." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Zhang Yu said loudly.

Seeing that Zhang Yu had completely agreed to join forces with him, Zhou Cheng was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "General Zhang stays, I will go back to gather troops and horses, and I will set off on time early tomorrow morning." ”

"Someone, send General Zhou." Zhang Yu didn't keep it, and motioned to the small school outside the tent to send Zhou Cheng away.

Zhou Cheng happily left Zhang Yu's Chinese army tent, and rode out of Xuchang City, went to his station, and began to prepare soldiers and horses.

After Zhou Cheng left, Zhang Yu fell into contemplation again, he naturally understood the meaning of the jade seal of the country, so he readily agreed to Zhou Cheng, willing to intercept the jade seal of the country with him, but there is only one jade seal, if he got the jade seal of the country as he wished, how can he and Zhou Cheng share a jade seal,

There can only be one sun in the sky, and similarly, there can only be one king on the earth, a mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, Zhang Yu is naturally very clear, he knows that at this moment and Zhou Cheng are rare good brothers, but in the process of competing for the world in the future, it may not be the case, since ancient times, there are countless examples of good brothers against the purpose, when Chu overlord Xiang Yu was because of a moment of softness, did not kill Liu Bang, and finally led to the end of Wujiang self-killing, now, Zhou Cheng and himself conspired to pass on the jade seal of the country, and Liu Bang, What is the difference between Xiang Yu's conspiracy and the Qin State.

After thinking about it again, Zhang Yu came up with a poisonous plan, that is, after jointly intercepting the jade seal of the country, he killed Zhou Cheng and destroyed his mouth.

For this reason, Zhang Yu immediately ordered to gather 20,000 soldiers and horses around Xuchang City, leaving 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xuchang, and the other 15,000 soldiers and horses all went to the direction of Yongqiu, of course, Zhang Yu himself would only lead 5,000 light cavalry and converge with the 5,000 light cavalry under Zhou Cheng, and the other 10,000 troops under his command would delay the departure for half a day, and finally camp in the south valley of Yongqiu City, five miles away from Zhang Yu's 5,000 light cavalry, in order to be ready to be ordered to kill at any time.

At the same time that Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng were plotting to intercept the jade seal of the country, in Dingtao City, Ran Min and Wei Tong and Le Hong also discussed the interception of the jade seal of the country.

After Wei Tong and Le Hong discussed, they decided to lead their main army of 10,000 and run in the direction of Yongqiu City, and the ambush location they chose was actually the same as the one chosen by Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng.

Of course, in addition to these four former generals of Ran Min, Yao Xiang, the leader of the Qiang tribe, also led 30,000 elite soldiers under his command to set off from Changyi.

However, Yao Xiang was obviously more clever than the four Ran Min generals, and he did not choose any ambush location, but instead sent a large number of spies to explore the path of the Wei mission to find some subtle clues.

Yao Xiang always had a hunch, he felt that he would definitely not be the only one who wanted to seize the jade seal of the country, so he only needed to pay attention to the movements on the road of the Wei envoy at all times, once he found that there was an abnormal assembly of the army on this road, he could mobilize the army, and Huang Que was behind.

Yao Xiang's wishful thinking was very loud, but behind his yellow finch, there was still an eagle eyeing him, and that was Pu Hong.

Pu Hong sent a large number of spies to closely monitor the every move of Yao Xiang's army, and let the army under his command go as usual, so as not to arouse Yao Xiang's suspicion, so that Yao Xiang could relax his vigilance and go boldly to snatch the jade seal of the country.

Of course, if this group of praying mantises, yellow finches and eagles find out that the heirloom jade seal they have grabbed with all their might is a fake, I don't know how they will feel, at least, they should be mad with anger!

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhang Yu led 5,000 light cavalry to join up with the 5,000 light cavalry under Zhou Cheng's command as promised, and accelerated to the direction of the valley south of Yongqiu City.

In Dingtao City, Wei Tong and Le Hong have also gathered their own 10,000 main forces, and are ready to set off, in the afternoon, Wei Tong and Le Hong led 20,000 troops, rushing towards Yongqiu City.

After Wei Tong and Le Hong led the main army and left Dingtao City, the scouts sent by Yao Xiang sent this important news back to the Changyi camp as soon as possible.

When Yao Xiang heard the news, he immediately guessed that Wei Tong and Le Hong must have gone to snatch the jade seal of the country, otherwise, these two would definitely not lead the main army to leave Dingtao City.

Since Wei Tong and Le Hong have already begun to act, Yao Xiang will naturally not sit still, however, Yao Xiang has always been worried about Pu Hong stationed in Rencheng, after all, the strength of the soldiers and horses under Pu Hong's command is strong, once Pu Hong makes a move, he and the 30,000 elite army under his command will be in danger. (To be continued......)