Chapter 150 Entering Jingnan (9)
Especially in recent times, Guan Yu stayed behind Jiang Xia because Liu Qi became the boss of the hand, and he needed to make a decision on everything.
It involves many government affairs issues, which is not Director Guan Yu's strength, which makes him feel a little overwhelmed and he really wants to recruit a counselor of his own.
After Liu Bei sent the official document to issue the order to recruit talents from Lingling, Guan Yu also began to recommend talents in Jiangxia, and Yi Ji immediately discovered Ma Liang.
After Yiji recommended Ma Liang to Guan Yu, Ma Liang's performance made him very satisfied and he had already regarded him as his candidate for his counselor.
Therefore, Guan Yu changed his arrogant attitude and treated Ma Liang very politely.
Guan Yu decided to learn from his elder brother Liu Bei and treat Ma Liang as a teacher. No matter how busy he is in his work, he has to take some time every day to come to listen to Ma Liang’s talk.
Every time he talked with Ma Liang, Guan Yu felt that it would be helpful to him. He finally realized the feeling of his elder brother Liu Bei!
Guan Yu secretly made up his mind to find a way to keep Ma Liang by his side and make him his adviser.
Ma Liangzheng said with a flash of elegance, but he didn't know what Guan Yu was thinking, but when he saw that he suddenly lost his mind and turned a deaf ear to what he said, he didn't know what was going on, so he had to stop talking.
Guan Yu immediately came to his senses, but Ma Liang sneezes for no reason. He thought Ma Liang was feeling uncomfortable and did not dare to disturb him too much, so he quickly said goodbye.
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Zhang Fei led his troops to fight this time, but he issued a military order. Three thousand troops and horses attacked the city with more than 10,000 troops guarding it. It was quite difficult, and a hard attack would definitely not work!
Zhang Fei was eager to make contributions, and he was still thinking of taking down Wuling before Zhao Yun. He took some 3,000 troops and horses from his headquarters and threw himself into Wuling County at night.
Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, heard Zhang Fei's troops coming, summoned all officials to discuss military information and discuss ways to deal with Zhang Fei.
Because Zhang Fei was the best in the three armies, he had been in Jingzhou for many years and was known to all the generals and schools in Wuling for a long time, and he did not want to fight with Zhang Fei, so as not to lose his life in vain.
Originally, they were a little afraid of Zhang Fei, but the prefect Jin Xuan set the tone of war as soon as they came up. Although they were afraid of fighting, they did not dare to surrender. Therefore, they unanimously advocated defending the city and not fighting with Zhang Fei, and waited for the opportunity to attack in the thunder and defeat Zhang Fei.
As the prefect of a county, Jin Xuan said that he was both civil and military, but his martial arts were of average skill and did not dare to face the brave Zhang Fei. He ordered Wuling to engage in Gong Zhi, to assemble some elite soldiers and equipment, and to prepare to defend the city.
Gong Zhi was a local native of Wuling County. He was very talented. Because of his family's decline, he acted as a minor official in Wuling, was a clean and upright official, and had a good reputation, but he was never valued.
But the year before yesterday, Gong Zhi suddenly came to work and was directly appointed by Liu Biao to engage in Wuling County.
This kind of direct appointment of the governor is second only to the prefect in terms of rank. Therefore, the prefect Jin Xuan also has to give him three points of face.
Gong Zhi seemed a little dissatisfied with the fact that Jin Xuan strongly advocated the fight against Liu Bei's army, so he stood up and said:
"Liu Xuande was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his benevolence and righteousness were spread throughout the world; in addition, Zhang Yide was extremely brave and brave, so he could not meet the enemy, so it would be better to be surrendered to the superiors."
Cao Cao is now the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and the assistant of Emperor Xian of Han, did not usurp the throne. It is reasonable to be regarded as orthodox by Jin Xuan. Therefore, after receiving Cao Cao's manifesto, he immediately surrendered.
He accepted Cao Cao's appointment for less than a month, and he refused to resist and surrendered to Liu Bei again without stopping. He definitely could not do it. Therefore, no matter what, he had to defend the city for a few days before talking about it.
Although Gong Zhi was only a employed person, his status was not low. He was appointed by Liu Biao when he was alive and had the right to supervise Jin Xuan.
Gong Zhi is fair in his work and is not greedy for money. He has a high prestige in Wuling County. Jin Xuan is a little selfish. He is often forced by Gong Zhi to change his mind, which makes him very unhappy!
Jin Xuan was determined to find an opportunity to clean up Gong Zhi, but Gong Zhi did his job very well, which made him unable to find any problems and could only keep his thoughts in his heart.
This time, seeing Gong Zhi surrender, he was against him again. Now it was time for war, and he had the right to make arbitrary arbitrary on the spot. He could no longer bear it and said furiously:
"Gong is engaged, are you trying to act as an insider for the thieves?"
After saying this, Gong Zhi did not give him a chance to defend himself. He directly ordered the warrior to slash him, wanting to cut the mess quickly and take the opportunity to get rid of this thorn in his eyes.
Although Gong Zhi had only been in Wuling for more than two years and was not greedy, he still turned a blind eye to the small fuss of other officials and focused on doing his own things well.
Therefore, although he acted alternatively, he did not offend his colleagues. Instead, he often helped solve their needs and got along well with everyone. The officials and generals present came to plead for him and said to Jin Xuan:
"The war is imminent, and the family will be killed first, which will be unfavorable for Yu Jun."
When Jin Xuan saw that the officials were all facing Gong Zhi, he felt even more afraid, but he could not go against the will of the public. He had to give up Gong Zhi and personally deployed the city defense.
Zhang Fei led his army to a place twenty miles away from the city in the evening. Zhang Fei ordered camping and resting, and first let the soldiers accumulate energy. He and Ma Su went to check the city defense in person.
The two of them came in makeup, but were not discovered by Jin Xuan's spies. They walked around the city and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Wuling city walls were made of large stones, high and thick, and it was very difficult to attack!
Back at the military camp, Zhang Fei immediately asked Ma Su for advice on breaking the city.
Ma Su dared to ask Zhang Fei to lead three thousand troops to attack Wuling, so he naturally had a plan!
But Liu Bei came to judge Jingnan with a dignified and upright army, and needed courtesy first and then soldiers. Ma Su could not let Zhang Fei lead his troops to attack, so he said to Zhang Fei:
"General Zhang does not need to rush to fight. He will drive the army under the city tomorrow, let the prefect Jin Xuan come out to answer, and let him express his attitude and refuse to surrender, and then take the strategy of breaking the city!"
Zhang Fei thought it was true, if Jin Xuan knew the current affairs and surrendered without fighting, there was no need to use weapons and go back to the military tent to rest.
Early the next morning, Zhang Fei led three thousand troops to the open area outside the north gate of Wuling County, and set up a formation, full of murderous intent.
The Wuling city gate was closed, and dozens of officials were pointing fingers and pointing at the top of the city, as if they were watching the formation.
Zhang Fei immediately walked forward several feet, shouted at the top of the city:
"I am Zhang Fei, the vanguard under Uncle Liu, and led my troops to pacify Wuling. The prefect Jin Xuan came out to answer, and he could quickly open the city gate to welcome the army into the city!"
When Jin Xuan saw Zhang Fei asking for his answer, he didn't want to lose his power. He walked forward a few steps and said to Zhang Fei: "Since Liu Jingzhou's death, Wuling County has surrendered to Prime Minister Cao. Where did the traitors come from that dare to invade my territory?"
Zhang Fei was talking quickly, and was most impatient with the fight. When he heard Jin Xuan called himself a traitor, he couldn't help but be furious and shouted immediately:
"If you don't surrender, you'll fight! Jin Xuan dares to fight to the death with me?"
Jin Xuan naturally didn't have the courage to fight Zhang Fei alone, so he asked the general:
"Who dares to go out and fight Zhang Fei?"
All the generals looked at each other, fearing Zhang Fei's courage, and no one dared to move forward.
The atmosphere on the court was a little nervous, Jin Xuan's eyes swept over the crowd, and it seemed that he was going to call the generals himself to play.
But wherever Jin Xuan glanced, the generals there lowered their heads to avoid his gaze. There was only a young general who was less than twenty years old. Not only did they not avoid his gaze, but they also looked eager to try.
Chapter completed!