Chapter 067 Rangcheng Hongmen Banquet
Zhang Zi and his group stopped and waited at a secret place ten miles away in Rangcheng. Long before he arrived, his scout arrived first and inquire inside and outside Rangcheng.
Most of the hour later, his scouts came to report to him one after another. Across the radius of ten miles outside Rangcheng City, there were no traces of other brigade soldiers except the two hundred soldiers brought by Sun Jian. The ruined houses and tiles in the city were carefully investigated one by one, and no trace of anyone was found.
"I'm sure there is nothing strange about every room in the abandoned city?" Zhang Zi asked worriedly. The abandoned city of Rangcheng is too easy to hide soldiers.
A general replied confidently: "You have reported to the prefect and the men who have searched carefully. Not only has they confirmed that no one has come to the city for at least a year and a half."
"What about the wall on the top of the city? Don't be neglected."
"Please rest assured, the prefect has searched all the city walls and the city walls before we entered the city!"
Zhang Zi then felt relieved and nodded, "Then your scouts are now scattered, and the main road within ten miles of this circumference will be on the verge of the road. Once you find a large number of troops attacking the periphery, you will immediately notify me."
After the hundred scouts dispersed to guard the surroundings again, Zhang Zi led a large number of soldiers and personal soldiers to the newly built small camp.
Except for the temporary tents, the rest were open spaces in that camp. Sun Jian's two hundred soldiers stood on the open space outside the tent. Among those tents were hidden soldiers, and no matter how many people were hidden, they could not hide.
Sun Jian personally welcomed Zhang Zi in front of the camp gate. This was the first time the two met, and it was inevitable that they would be polite. Although Zhang Zi could feel the oppression brought to him by Sun Jian's domineering aura, he still didn't notice any hostility or murderous intent.
Zhang Ziling his two hundred soldiers also stood opposite Sun Jian outside the tent, and then followed Sun Jian into the tent. Five or six personal guards followed him closely.
Sun Jian didn't care about this either. When he entered the big tent, Zhang Zi found that there were no Sun Jian's guards in the tent. Fang felt that he was too cautious and smiled embarrassedly at Sun Jian.
After the two sat down on the felt, some servants brought fruit and tea soup and waited for the official start of the meal. Zhang Zixiang and Sun Jian became familiar with each other as soon as possible, constantly looking for topics to get involved with Sun Jian. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian spoke to Zhang Zi in unison, and seemed to not take him seriously.
In fact, Sun Jian is waiting for someone anxiously in his heart, which is Feng Yu, the man behind Zhuyang. If Feng Yu does not come today, then his plan is only half successful.
At this time, I heard a singing outside: "Horse from Zhuyang County, General Fenwei is here!" Sun Jian was overjoyed and said to himself: [The entire Nanyang is already in my hands]. Zhang Zi, who was already uncomfortable next to him, was also very happy. Because he felt that Feng Yu was coming, he was safer and would not be so embarrassed.
Only a hundred personal scouts who followed Feng Yu into the camp, and Xu Rong also came with him. Similarly, his soldiers were stationed in the camp's hollowed-out ground, standing on the same side as Zhang Zi's soldiers. At this time, the open spaces were occupied in this small camp.
Zhang Zi and Sun Jian came out to welcome Feng Yu one by one. After the three of them sat down, Sun Jian clapped his hands, and the servants began to serve wine and food, and the singers took the bill to sing and danced to cheer them up.
When the banquet began, Feng Yu changed the cups and chopsticks into his own silver cups and silver chopsticks. Zhang Zi used a hidden silver needle to test the poison one by one.
After three rounds of drinking, Sun Jian still didn't say much, and even toasts and glasses are rare. Unless Feng Yu or Zhang Zi toast him on his own initiative, he would just drink and eat food on his own. Feng Yu and Zhang Zi said a lot, and he kept toasting and glasses on his own.
Feng Yu suddenly said loudly to Sun Jian who was drinking alone: "Didn't the prefect Sun summon us to come and discuss Dong's plan together? Why did he only see banquets, singing and dancing at this time, but not discussing this matter?"
Sun Jian showed a strange smile on his face, and he put down the wine glass and said slowly: "I want to wait until Junhou and Prefect Zhang have enough food and drink before talking about this, because I don't want you to be a starving ghost on the road to the underworld!"
After hearing this, Zhang Jie's face turned pale. He trembled with his lips and said, "Teacher Sun...Sun Jian, what do you mean by saying this... It's simply rude!"
Feng Yu next to him was still eating and drinking in a calm manner. He chewed and swallowed a piece of deer jelly, and then asked, "Oh, Grandpa Sun said this, I would like to hear it carefully." After that, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine.
Sun Jian was surprised by Feng Yu's calmness. He clapped his hands and came in from outside the tent. He said to Zhang Zi and Feng Yu: "When I am in charge of Nanyang and the government affairs in Zhuyang. However, now, when I am inquiring about the rebel army, the roads are not built and the food and grass are not available. What is this crime?"
After a sudden change, Zhang Zi was stunned, but Feng Yu was still drinking and eating. Before they could respond, Sun Jian said, "This is to stop the righteous army and make the thief punish the crime from time to time, so he should be executed!"
At this time, Feng Yu suddenly asked the official loudly: "Who are you?" neither Sun Jian nor the official expected that Feng Yu would ask such an inconsistency question at this time. Under the oppression of Feng Yu's momentum, the official responded unconsciously: "I am the chief clerk of Changsha..."
Before he could finish his word, a white light flashed by, and the head of the chief clerk of Changsha had already landed on the ground. Feng Yu had already jumped in front of him, and blood flowed from the sword he held.
"You, a chief clerk of Changsha, asks about the affairs of other county and blames the prefect of other county and General Fenwei. This is because he commits the crime of rebellion by his superiors and should be killed!" After Feng Yu said that, the chief clerk's headless body fell across the ground like a wooden stake.
Only then did Sun Jian realize that Feng Yu had exceeded his expectations, but after all, he was mentally prepared for Feng Yu's reaction, and was not as stunned as Zhang Zi and was at a loss. Sun Jian drew out his sword and first protected him.
At this time, Zhang Zi realized, tremblingly pointed at Sun Jian and said, "Take this thief!" Without him, the few personal guards behind him had already drawn their swords and were now rushing towards Sun Jian.
Sun Jian laughed wildly, and a sword pierced the chest of the front man, then quickly retreated, and the man suddenly disappeared from the big tent. It turned out that this curtain had been cracked in advance, and the man could exit from the big tent with just a drill.
Almost at the same time, Feng Yu grabbed Zhang Zi's arm with one hand, and cut the curtain with his sword with the other hand, pulling Zhang Zi out of the tent. In front of the big tent, the soldiers on both sides of the two sides had discovered the changes in the tent, and were roaring, roaring and confronting each other.
Sun Jian's army was prepared for a long time. After confirming that Sun Jian had withdrawn safely, more than 50 crossbowmen, under the command of Cheng Pu, shot arrows into the tent. Several Zhang Zi's personal guards who were about to withdraw from the main entrance of the tent were shot into hedgehogs by arrows and screamed and fell to the ground.
After a few breaths, Sun Jian, Feng Yu and Zhang Zi had each appeared in their own military formations. The soldiers on both sides were already at a slight strife. They just waited for their respective lords to launch a killing battle.
A sound arrow soared into the sky, and the roar echoed in the night sky for a long time. Sun Jian laughed wildly and said, "Feng Yu, you are really a hero, you are not surprised when things change. I also knew that you brought more than a hundred people here today, but unfortunately it was useless. Since I set up this game, I would not let you escape."
Chapter completed!