Chapter 127: Hongmen Banquet
Xie Zhangwei's public identity is the shopkeeper of Xie Kee's grocery store, running an inconspicuous small grocery store located at the end of the street, humble and low-key, with no sense of existence in Jiangyou Guanzhong.
However, it was such an inconspicuous little person, but he was secretly taken to the study of the chief officer of Jiangyou Pass, Shopkeeper Xie took off the hat he was wearing on his head, his obscene back straightened up in an instant, and his gloomy gaze suddenly became sharp, and he said in a very cold voice: "General Ma, haven't I confessed, there is nothing special, don't come to disturb me?" ”
As if he had changed someone, Ma Miao humbly said: "Your Excellency, of course I remember, but there is an incident in the city today, this matter is quite tricky, if it is not handled properly, it will endanger the great cause of Shu." ”
Xie shopkeeper also has a secret identity, the Wei State infiltrated the Shu State of the army Sima, codenamed "White Bird", his duty is to plot against Ma Miao and act for the Wei army to control Jiangyou Pass. Ma Miao was dissatisfied with the Shu Han court and greedy for life and afraid of death, such a person is undoubtedly the easiest object to pull into the water, Bai Que almost did not spend much effort, he had already persuaded Ma Miao to surrender, until the Wei army came to the city, Ma Miao opened the city and offered the pass.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Bai Que was not ready to contact Ma Miao again during this time, but who knew that Ma Miao actually took the initiative to come to him, Bai Que knew that Ma Miao was a very timid person, and he was by no means a person who could achieve great things, and when he said this, his expression eased, and said, "What is so tricky?" ”
Ma Miao said: "Lieutenant Liu Yin seems to have sensed that our Great Wei army is very likely to march from the Yinping Trail, so he led nearly 1,000 people from his private army to Jiangyou, and is resting in the pavilion at this moment. This person appeared unexpectedly, and I was afraid that he would cause a big deal, so he specially summoned the envoy to discuss. ”
Bai Que frowned, this situation is really urgent, Deng Ai's smuggling of Yinping Xiaodao, even their insiders have just knew, how did this lieutenant Liu Yin get this news, according to their departure time, even earlier than Deng Ai's start time, could it be that this Liu Yin has the ability to predict the future? Or is it just a coincidence?
In any case, this danger must be nipped in the bud, and there is absolutely no way that the plan to oppose Jiangyou will fail in the slightest.
Ma Miao had a hint of ruthlessness on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "Why don't you take advantage of their unpreparedness, burn down the post house tonight, burn them to death, and prevent future troubles!" ”
Bai Que shook his head and said: "No, even if the post house is on fire, it may not be able to burn them all to death, once the matter is revealed, there is no possibility of turning back, they are nearly a thousand private soldiers and horses, in terms of combat power, a thousand soldiers and horses under your command may not be their opponents, not to mention, assassinate a lieutenant Youcheng, how many officers and soldiers in the city are willing to follow you?" ”
Ma Miao lowered his head a little ashamedly, what Bai Que said was the truth, the defenders of Jiangyou Pass were all children of Shu, and most of their parents were in Shu, except for some die-hard henchmen, once a rebellion occurred, how many people would follow him It is really unknown.
In their plan, when the Wei army approached the city, Ma Miao suddenly announced his surrender, and at the same time opened the city gate to welcome the Wei army into the city. Therefore, this matter must be kept absolutely confidential, so that it is possible to make the plan successful, and once it is leaked, the consequences are unimaginable.
"How should I deal with this matter?" Ma Miao asked cautiously.
Bai Que pondered for a moment and said, "Are they going to leave Jiangyou Pass tomorrow?" ”
"That's not so fast, tomorrow I will prepare a banquet for him to catch the wind, and it is estimated that it will take three or two days to leave Jiangyou."
Bai Que's eyes lit up, and he said: "Isn't that a godsend, going to the banquet tomorrow, presumably Liu Yin only brings some henchmen to escort, you just need to ambush some swords and axes in the corridor, smash the cup as a number, and kill Liu Yin in one fell swoop." ”
"The envoy's intention is to prepare a Hongmen banquet for him?" Ma Miao is also enlightened.
Bai Que smiled and said, "Why not? As long as Liu Yin dies, his dragons will be leaderless, and they will collapse without a fight. In less than ten days, Deng Zhengxi's army will arrive at Jiangyou City, and the imperial court will get the news, even if you want to hold you accountable, it will be beyond the reach of the whip. ”
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In the early morning of the next day, not long after Liu Yin got up, Ma Miao had already sent officials from the garrison to the post house to welcome him to the banquet.
"General Ma is too polite, when I first arrived in your place, I was very uneasy to let General Ma spend so much. There are other important things to do today, so the banquet will be waived, and I will come to the door to thank you another day. Liu Yin was already annoyed by socializing, not to mention that there were a lot of things waiting for him, and he was really too lazy to go.
The official seemed to be a little anxious, and said: "How can this be done, General Ma personally instructed, be sure to invite Lord Youcheng to come with a face, General Ma also said that he should ask Lord Youcheng about the defense plan of Jiangyou Pass during the banquet." ”
Liu Yin thought for a while and said, "Okay, if you go back to General Yuma, you will say that you will go to the banquet on time." ”
The official left satisfied, Zhang Le laughed and said: "Big brother, this Ma Miao seems to have some tricks to slap the horse's whiskers, he will bend to welcome you as soon as you arrive in Jiangyou, this guy can become a Jiangyou guard probably depends on this ability." ”
Zhao Zhuo was a little worried, and said: "Big brother, I think that Ma Miao's heart is not right, as the saying goes, there is no good banquet, there will be no good meeting, and the eldest brother has no choice." ”
Zhang Le said disapprerovingly: "Brother Zhuo is too worried, this Ma Miao is just a guard general with a very different captain, and the identity of the eldest brother is not only 108,000 miles, does he still have the intention of plotting against him?" Don't talk about it, this is also the city of the Han Dynasty, Ma Miao may not dare to touch a hair of the eldest brother if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, unless he is tired and crooked. ”
Liu Yin smiled slightly, a greedy and incompetent person like Ma Miao, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, thinks that he will not do anything out of the ordinary, not to mention that he has no stake in him, if he guards the Jiangyou Pass, Ma Miao will more or less share a little credit, Liu Yin really didn't think he had any reason to harm himself.
But even so, Liu Yin still brought a few personal guards, left Zhang Le to lead the army in the post house, and went to the banquet with Zhao Zhuo.
The time of the banquet was set at noon, seeing that the sun was in the middle, Liu Yin and Zhao Zhuo were ready to stop and lead the guards to step onto the war horses, but as soon as they came out of the gate of the post house, someone suddenly said on the side: "Lord Youcheng, please stay!" ”