Chapter 363 Jia Xu's Test
"Jia Xu, Nanyang, I will take Zhang Lei, Shouchun, please surrender! You also ask His Highness the King of Shu to go down to the city to discuss!" Jia Xu stood under the city and shouted loudly at Liu Mang's army on the city wall. Such a scholar's voice was very loud in this dark night, which was very surprising.
"Please descend? Down the city wall?" Jia Xu's voice directly detonated the people above Shouchun. Originally, the sudden long-distance attack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under Shouchun would have already made Shouchun's civil and military officials very embarrassed and angry. If they were rushed into the city, it would be another melee.
Now it is revealed that Zhang Xiu is dead, and even Jia Xu requests to surrender! These are not problems. The most critical problem is that he actually wants Liu Mang, the lord of Yangzhou, to go to the city wall to discuss? Are you here to surrender or to persuade him to surrender?
"Hmph! Jia Wenhe, if you are asking for surrender, just tie your hands and kneel down on Shouchun. We will put down the hanging basket and pull you up and then talk slowly!" Xu Shu next to him directly refuted Jia Xu's request and said coldly. Still want to go down to the city to discuss? Liu Mang is the king of Shu, and his status is so noble, how could he get down to the city wall? If there is a fraud in it, they will take Liu Mang, then what can this guy do?
"Your Highness the King of Shu really doesn't want to go down the city wall to discuss with Jia Xu!" Jia Xu continued to ask.
"That's it! Jia Wenhe, you advocated that Xiu's close visit would not allow me to be received by the King of Shu. You, a strategist, came to ask for surrender again. How could you get the confidence? What qualifications do you have to let my Lord discuss with you in person!" The scholars from Yangzhou next to him were also angrily scolding Jia Xu under the city.
"Mr. Wenhe, this... this!" Looking at the anger of Shouchun's civil and military officials on the city wall, the two generals of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under the city were also a little panicked. They came here this time and really invited surrender. Seeing Jia Xu's appearance as if he was an old man, he was really afraid of messing up the matter.
"It's okay! The two generals looked at him. His Highness the King of Shu will definitely meet us." Jia Xu said lightly.
He came this time because Zhang Xiu died and was about to find another master, but Liu Mang was not necessarily the inevitable candidate for Jia Xu. Jia Xu liked three people in total, one of them was Cao Cao from Yanzhou. Cao Cao was about to pacify Hebei and had four continents of Hebei. It can be said that he was the largest prince in the world. It is safest to follow Cao Cao, but Jia Xu also had concerns. The child around him, who was less than five years old, was a concern. The Zhang Xiu Zhang family had deep hatred with Lao Cao. Zhang Xiu killed Lao Cao's favorite eldest son. Zhang Xiu killed Lao Cao's favorite son.
, and the beloved general Dian Wei, his nephew Cao Anmin, and even almost killed Cao Pi. In this way, Cao might use him, Jia Xu, but he would not let go of the only bloodline left by Zhang Xiu. Although Jia Xu did not follow Zhang Xiu, he had always had some feelings for him over the years. Another concern was that Cao Cao now has many civil and military officials. Although he is very talented, he may not be able to play a role in the Cao Cao group. After all, Cao Cao's important positions have been occupied, just like Liu Ye, although he is talented, he cannot be played.
The second person is Sun Ce from Jiangdong. If surrendering to Lao Cao is just a icing on the cake, then surrendering to Sun Ce will be a timely help, because Sun Ce from Jiangdong is too short of war horses and heavy armored cavalry. The only Yuzhou cavalry formed by Lu Bu's army was destroyed. That is the foundation of Sun Ce in Jiangdong for many years. It can be said that if Jia Xu brought these more than 5,000 Western Liang cavalry, he would definitely be named the guest of honor by Sun Ce.
But if you want to go to Jiangdong, you need to cross the Yangtze River. If you don’t have anyone to contact you, it will be difficult to do it.
The last person is Liu Mang, the king of Shu in Yangzhou. The joining of the Western Liang cavalry can neither be regarded as a timely help. After all, the Liu Mang army also belongs to the Lu Bu army. The Lu Bu army already has the world's largest armored cavalry, Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and the white horse Congyi that Zhao Yun is about to form, so the demand for cavalry is not as high as that of Sun Ce's army, but it cannot be regarded as icing on the cake, because the Lu Bu's army's strength is still too small, and the main force in Yangzhou Liu Mang is only about 15,000 people. This is just adding Hao Shao's troops.
There is Zhao Yun's cavalry! This is why, Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's army entered Yangzhou, and Liu Mang could only avoid war but not fight. The entire Lu Bu army plus Lujiang was only a little more than 60,000 people. If this was just a second-rate prince, like Zhang Xiu, it doesn't matter. As long as the troops are enough to shock the little ones, he is waiting for the price and has no ambitions. However, Lu Bu's army is different. Jia Xu was paying attention to Lu Bu's army when he was in Nanyang. From their occupation of Lujiang and then taking Yangzhou, he was completely trying to expand.
Zhang, if you want to fight for the world in this chaotic world, how could you dare to surrender to others? Sixty thousand troops look at a lot, but in fact, there are very few fighting for the world, which is not enough. Sun Ce from Jiangdong has 70,000 naval troops. If you want to recruit, you can have hundreds of thousands. Don’t you see, Sun Ce attacked Wancheng and the 100,000 soldiers and horses conquered by the geniuses in Jiangdong. The battle of Yuan Shao and Guandu had 300,000 troops. Although Lao Cao fought hard, he also won the victory. Now he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hand. Once pacified, he will be pacified.
It is not impossible to restore Yuan Shao's 300,000 troops in Hebei. Even Liu Biao, a city-guarding dog in Jingzhou, had 70,000 naval troops stationed in Jiangxia and Jiangdong to compete, not to mention Xiangyang. At least, 50,000 or 60,000 troops were gathered. On the original trajectory, Jingzhou surrendered Cao Cao under the plan of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, but gave Cao Cao 300,000 naval troops! It is really not enough to fight for dominance of the world. With the addition of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, Liu Mang has three heavy armored cavalry in his hand. Who would dislike the elite troops?
Jia Xu was also watching in Yangzhou. It was also a test. Although Jia Xu had a good impression of Liu Mang, if Liu Mang lost, if Liu Mang lost, and if Liu Bei won, then Jia Xu might join Liu Bei's army, or Cao's army. The life and death of Liu Mang's army had nothing to do with him. But if Liu Mang won, then Jia Xu really had to consider Liu Mang in Yangzhou. Liu Bei no longer thought about it. He was also crippled in the battle of Yangzhou. Hu Cheer didn't understand, but Jia Xu could see that Liu Bei was no longer possible in the battle of hegemony in the Central Plains, and Yangzhou could not be taken down, let alone Liu Mang's army's revenge. Once Cao recovered, Liu Bei had only two choices. Either he was destroyed or surrendered. Jia Xu would not do it with such a prospective person!
Now that Liu Mang has won the battle in Yangzhou, it can be said that he has completed Jia Xu's first test, and now it is Jia Xu's second test. See if this Shu King Liu Mang is famous or a person with real courage. If Liu Mang is unwilling to come down, Jia Xu will only give Liu Mang two incense sticks. If Liu Mang doesn't come down, then Jia Xu will turn around and leave with more than 5,000 Western Liang cavalry and surrender to Cao Cao. With Jia Xu's personality, Zhang Lei will die! As long as he is Jia Xu, it's okay. Jia Xu will really do this. How could he, a talented person, not knowing that Liu Mang might have sent troops out from the other two gates to circumvent him, so he did not set up a camp in order to leave immediately. When the two incense sticks were inflated, this was the ultimate of Jia Xu.
And if Liu Mang gets down the city wall, then what if he or Jia Xu surrenders him? This is not only a test of Liu Mang's courage, but also a big gift from him. That is reputation, a reputation that can truly become famous all over the world.
What is Jia Xu's hand? It's the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and even Zhang Xiu's youngest son Zhang Lei, and the master of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu is an enemy of the Lu Bu army. Lu Bu's beloved general Zhang Fan died in Zhang Xiu's hands. Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was almost wiped out, almost completely wiped out. The three alliances almost destroyed Lu Bu's army. Such a revenge that destroyed people's foundation is really difficult to resolve.
Once Jia Xu surrendered with Zhang Lei, the reputation that brought to Liu Mang would be famous all over the world. Even such hatred can be put down and the children of his enemies can accept the children of his enemies. How big is that? That is tolerant, even enemies can tolerate them. Then other talented people! It must be tolerant. This is a chaotic era, with the collapse of etiquette and music, but people attach great importance to fame. Just like Liu Bei's false benevolence and righteousness, there is a group of brainwashed loyal people following Liu Bei. Otherwise, how could a person selling straw sandals achieve such success? He failed so many times, even Yuan Shu, the descendant of the three ministers of the fourth generation, was destroyed after only one failure, but Liu Bei relied on his reputation of benevolence and righteousness like Immortal Xiaoqiang. Lao Cao arrested Liu Bei and did not kill Liu Bei because he was afraid of killing Liu Bei to arouse public anger.
If you choose this way, you can not only subdue Jia Xu and accept 5,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry, but also become famous all over the world. If you don’t go down the city wall, then Jia Xu will turn around and leave to add a help to Cao Cao, making it a stumbling block in the future battle for hegemony.
This multiple-choice question was left by Jia Xu for Liu Mang on the city wall. The two incense sticks are not long or short, and the two fates depend on how Liu Mang chose.
"Master, be careful of fraud!" Xu Shu next to him persuaded with great thought.
"Yes! Lord, what should I do if I surrender outside this city!" Liu Ye was also comforting Liu Mang. Both of them believed Jia Xu because Jia Xu's reputation was too ugly, and why did you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination in Liu Mang? Do you have the qualifications!
"Hmm?" Liu Mang frowned. He didn't know what to do. He didn't have to cheat. He calculated that the city management army and the black chess army had already arrived at the ambush site, and the Bingzhou wolf cavalry was also in the city. Even if he was caught, Jia Xu would not be able to leave.
"He is indeed Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe!" Just as Liu Mang was staggering, a familiar voice came from behind.
"Mr. Wen, lord!" A group of civil and military men on the city wall saluted to Lu Bu.
"My father-in-law!" Liu Mang also stepped forward to help Lu Bu stand beside him. This action made Xu Shu frown a little, but he didn't say anything.
"This person is indeed Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe!" Others may not know Jia Xu, but Lu Bu has no reason to know him. When Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe were still alive, Lu Bu had seen this person. He established the Shangshu Order for Dong Zhuo and was ranked among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, but this person rarely spoke. Dong Zhuo did not ask him, Jia Xu would not answer. After a long time, he was naturally forgotten.
Later, Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo at the instigation of Wang Yun, and Jia Xu disappeared without a trace. Originally, the two of them had no intersection, but Wang Yun's order to kill the traitor forced Jia Xu to the limelight. The name of Jia Xu was above the order to protect himself. Jia Xu really fought back, persuaded Li Jue and Guo Si to command the troops again to counterattack Chang'an. At that time, Li Jue and Guo Si had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and most of them were elite Xiliang. Because Dong Zhuo's death, they were gathered by the two, and Chang'an only
Thousands of garrison troops, and Lu Bu's subordinates. If Guo Si and Li Jue attacked the city, even Sun Wu would be difficult to defend even if Sun Wu was alive, and Lu Bu would be unable to escape due to family problems. However, Jia Xu is worthy of being an old man. In order not to offend Lu Bu completely, he sent a letter to Lu Bu before the two attacked Chang'an. At that time, Lu Bu and Wang Yun also had a conflict. Lu Bu could not destroy himself for Wang Yun, so he left with the opportunity. This allowed Lu Bu to escape from Chang'an as soon as possible and avoid being besieged by Li Jue and Guo Si.
It is because of this that Lu Bu has a deep impression of Jia Xu. Although the sky is dark now, Lu Bu can see the scene below with the light of the torch. Jia Xu's face appears in Lu Bu's eyes.
"That father-in-law, Zhang Xiu's death?!" If Jia Xu is true, then what Jia Xu said later should be true.
"I don't know whether Zhang Xiu died or not, but I know that I did not kill Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu could not die because of me." After listening to Chen Gong's plan, Lu Bu still held back at Zhang Xiu. Lu Bu was still confident in his martial arts. Although he had countless scars on Zhang Xiu's body, there was no fatal injury at all. With Zhang Xiu's ability, he could only rest for more than ten days before he could heal.
But now that Zhang Xiu is dead, it makes people think too much.
Before Lu Bu could explain clearly, Xu Shu's scream came from over there, "Lord, what are you doing?" Liu Mang's figure had disappeared on the city wall!
Chapter completed!