The messenger continued,"
"General, Lord Yang also told me to tell you that he is waiting for you in Li City and has prepared good wine. This time, he wants to take revenge for you getting him drunk last time. You can't play tricks and must drink it seriously.”
I laughed and pointed at the messenger.
"Okay, okay. Go back and report to General Yang immediately. Tell him that I will arrive tomorrow. This time, I will definitely drink with him until we are drunk. Hu Ju, reward him with ten taels of silver."
Hu Ju mumbled as he took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the messenger. The messenger beamed as he received the silver and bowed to me.
"Thank you, General. I'll report to Lord Yang immediately.”
After saying that, he took a few steps back, then turned around and quickly walked in front of his horse. He mounted the horse, whipped it, and galloped south. However, he didn't notice that I was watching his every move. The smug smile at the corner of his eyes and the relieved look on his face when he mounted the horse did not escape my eyes.
After the messenger left, I raised my hand and asked Hu Ju to bring my brothers, Wang Ping, and Hao Zhao over. Zhang Bao asked me,
"Third brother, what's the matter?"
"Yang Fu and the others have captured Xiahou Yuan again. He wants to treat me to a drink in Li City.”
"Third brother, stop joking. Are you lying? When did you drink? Please drink it like Old Zhang!"
Jiang Wei also interrupted.
"Buy you a drink? It was very strange! Did you hear wrongly?"
"I'm not deaf. How could I have misheard? Hu Ju was right beside him, and he could prove it.”
"That's right. That person said that General Yang wanted to invite Young Master to drink in Li City and that he must drink like a northwestern man.”
Guan Xing was also stunned, but he thought for a moment and said,
"Third brother, there must be something strange here.”
Zhang Bao and Jiang Wei also agreed with Guan Xing. I nodded and said to everyone,
"I'm also very curious. Yang Fu's secret code was originally correct, but he clearly knew that I didn't drink at all in the past, yet he asked the messenger to specifically say so. There must be something wrong here. It seems that he was forced to send out that secret signal, and he was afraid that we would be at a disadvantage, so he deliberately left a flaw.”
Hao Zhao's eyes flashed. He was the first to agree with my opinion.
"I agree with Young Master. It seems that something is wrong with Li City. It has probably been occupied by the Cao army that left first. They want to lure us out and win.”
"I think so too. What do you think?”
Jiang Wei and the other three brothers agreed with Hao Zhao. Jiang Wei suggested that they beat the Cao army at their own game. Zhang Bao was even clamoring for him to act dumb and enter the city to capture the Cao army.
I saw that everyone had the same opinion, so I arranged for everyone to make preparations separately. I was afraid that Meng would sacrifice his soldiers to protect his chariot. Moreover, there was obviously no way back to Cao Cao's control in the south. I kept thinking about the possible escape route. There was only one place in the north, and that was Jieting. It was a very famous place in history. My Master Zhuge once sent Ma Su and Wang Ping to guard there to resist the Cao army. In the end, Ma Su disobeyed the order and caused the Cao army to break through this place. My Master, who had been cautious all his life, took the risk to deceive the Cao army with an empty city strategy. Then, he hurriedly escaped. I can't let him escape from there. I've found a group of Tai Hu Battalion cavalry and told them to return to Ji City to inform uncle to come here to receive the captives. I've also sent people to ambush them at the street pavilion. If those people really leave from there, we'll just wait for them to be captured.
After cleaning up the battlefield, it was getting late. "Since there's an ambush in Li City, they probably won't retreat until we arrive. Let them wait for now. We've been running for a day and a night, and we've fought three battles in a row. We're too tired. We might as well stay here for the night and rest early. We'll continue our journey tomorrow.
The big tent had been erected, the meal had been eaten, and it was time to sleep. Arrange for the guards on duty. I was also preparing to rest, so I called Hu Ju over and said,
"Hu Ju, bring over your subordinates who surrendered to us. I have something to say.”
Hu Ju shouted for someone to come in. The leader of Celigu's personal guards came in. It turned out that this guy was called Goutu. His parents had died, and it was Celigu's father who fed him. He grew up with Celigu, so he was loyal to Celigu. He was also a general under the horse. Coincidentally, he was also more than nine feet tall and had great strength like Hu Ju. His martial arts skills were not bad either. In terms of close combat, he was slightly inferior to Hu Ju. However, with a good bow, he could shoot anywhere within 300 steps. If he didn't care about accuracy, he could barely shoot close to 500 steps with two bows. However, he could only shoot a few arrows in a row. When I saw him come in, I said to them,
"Hu Ju is resting tonight. Just let Ju Tu bring his original brothers to keep watch for me.”
Hu Ju couldn't take it anymore.
" Young Master, how can that be? They…"
I waved my hand and stopped Hu Ju from saying anything.
"Stop, don't say anymore. If you suspect someone, don't use him. If you use someone, don't trust him. Since they followed me, I naturally believed them. You should rest tonight. Let them take turns on night duty."
Hu Ju saw that I was serious and knew that he couldn't change my mind, so he said fiercely to Ju Tu,
"Protect Young Master well. If Young Master loses a single hair tomorrow morning, I will hold you responsible.”
Ju Tu cupped his fists.
"Ju Tu thanks Young Master for his trust on behalf of all the brothers. Commander Hu, please rest assured. If Young Master loses a single hair tomorrow morning, you can pull my head off and kick it like a ball.”
After hearing what he said, Hu Ju bade me farewell and left. After all, he had not recovered from his injuries and was exhausted from fighting so many battles. Ju Tu saw that Hu Ju had left and asked me to rest. He also went out to arrange for guards to guard my tent. I lay down, exhausted. However, even though I said that on the surface, I wasn't really at ease. I put on my plate armor and placed my scimitar beside my hand. I fell asleep in a daze and woke up a few times in the middle. I could hear the footsteps outside.
It was finally dawn. I jumped up and quickly put on my clothes. I walked outside the tent and saw Ju Tu at the entrance. When he saw me coming out, he quickly ordered someone to prepare something for me to wash up. I could see that his eyes were red. It seemed that he had not slept all night. I feel a little ashamed to see him so loyal. I asked him,
"Ju Tu, did you not sleep all night? Aren't you sleepy?"
Ju Tu smiled.
"It's a lie that I'm not sleepy. However, for the safety of Young Master, I can still keep an eye on him.”
I tiptoed and patted his shoulder.
"Follow me well, I won't mistreat my brothers.”
Ju Tu grinned.
At this moment, Hu Ju also came over. I saw that his eyes were red and his eyes were dark. I knew that he had not slept the whole night. I did not expose him and let him prepare. After eating something, we set off for Li City. After one night, I knew the loyalty of Goutu and his men, so I arranged for them to find some of their comrades who were willing to join us. I asked them to not have any bad deeds, and I promised them that if they joined our army, I would treat them like the Tai Tiger Battalion. Goutu was so happy that his mouth almost reached his ears, and he quickly picked 700 to 800 men. I ordered them to be given weapons and arranged for the original members of the Tai Tiger Battalion to be their leaders. They broke up their original formation and reorganized into nearly a thousand troops. Wang Ping was left behind to lead a small team to watch over the remaining captives and wait for his uncle to come and receive the captives. I brought the rest of the people and set off for Li City.
Li City is still 200 miles away from here. It will take a fast horse more than six hours to arrive. After we got on the horse, we walked for almost six hours. After crossing the Qishan Mountain, we can already see Li City in the distance. I asked everyone to get off the horse to rest, eat something, check their weapons, and prepare to enter the battle at any time. We brothers have already warned our soldiers that there might be Cao Cao's army ahead, so they are mentally prepared. After resting, we slowly walked towards Li City.
About 200 feet away from the city gate, I saw Li City clearly. Li City wasn't big and was much worse than Ji City. The city wall was less than twenty feet high, and there was not even a moat. The city gate is still closed, but I know that the barbican is inside. Jiang Wei has been here before, so he naturally knows about it. There was also a big flag on the top of the city wall of Li City. When the wind blew, it fluttered and a big "Jiang" could be seen embroidered on it. It seemed that this was the territory of Yang Fu's cousin, Jiang Xu. Of course, Jiang Xu was also the leader of the Jiang Wei clan. It was not wrong to say that this was the base of the Jiang Wei clan. However, there were not many people on the city wall, and it was unusually quiet. I gestured for Hu Ju to arrange for someone to call the door. A cavalryman rode his horse to the city gate and shouted a few words to the top of the city wall. The city gate creaked open. My brothers and I gestured. We smiled knowingly and urged our horses to lead our horses straight to the city gate.
Once we reached the city gates, Jiang Wei and I stopped. When the gates were completely opened, we suddenly raised our hands and killed the people who opened the gates. Hu Ju suddenly whistled, and the soldiers of the Tai Hu Battalion who were still outside the city gates scattered. They threw our bewitching gray bags at the city walls, then threw out flying claws and began to climb up the ropes. Immediately, the city walls were filled with shouts and shouts. From the city gate, I can see that many of my soldiers have already occupied the two sides of the barbican. Guan Xing and Hao Zhao's banners have already appeared on the city walls. Zhang Bao and I rushed towards the inner city gate with Hu Ju. Just as we reached the city gate, we heard someone shouting,
"Stop. If you keep going forward, I'll kill them.”
Jiang Wei and I stopped our horses. We looked closely and saw an old lady, Yang Fu, a 30-year-old man, and a little girl pushing out from the city wall. Behind them was an axeman with a shining knife at their necks. I know the little girl. She's my uncle's cousin. She hasn't given us a name yet. We've always called her Sister Ma. Jiang Wei whispered to me that the man was Jiang Xu and the old lady was Jiang Xu's mother. Someone behind these people shouted,
"You've fallen into our Mister Meng's trap. Today, you'll die together with these stubborn fellows!”
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