Chapter 581 Old Friend From Xuzhou

"Shan County has been conquered, You Chu deserves the first merit!"

In the county government of Shan County, Zhang Fei was at the top, and his tone was unquestionable.

So You Chu, who was standing behind his sworn brother Zhang Ji, was flattered.

Feeling the envious eyes gathered on him, You Chu was a little confused:

I deserve the first merit? What did I do?

While floating in the air, the experience after arriving in Shan County today was immediately recalled.

The situation in Shan County at that time was sorted out quite clearly by his sworn brother Zhang Ji.

General Zhang Fei wanted to break the city quickly, so there were only three ways:

Either Cao's army came out, or the insider seized the gate, or the well stone cart could be completed in half a day.

The latter two were obviously impossible, so General Zhang Fei's plan was very clear, and he had to find a way to lure Cao's army out.

That was why Zhang Ji saw Zhang Fei saying that he wanted to break the city quickly, but at the same time he asked the military craftsmen to build military equipment that would take more than three to five days to complete. After thinking about it, he understood the intention.

And if they want Cao's army to come out, what they lack is a person who can add fuel to the flames.

When You Chu heard this, he stood up immediately.

Adding fuel to the flames is nothing more than using eloquence to make the Shan County garrison understand the danger of his situation, so that the other party will abandon the city and launch a night attack to destroy military equipment and kill military craftsmen.

How difficult is this? He, You Chu, was tested on policy essays in the imperial examination, and he was good at eloquence, which was really professional!

The rest of the things were very simple.

Outside the Shan County city, there were exciting words pointing out the victory and defeat, exaggerating the victory, showing off the chaos and the benefits of military equipment, please do it yourself.

And Zhang Ji lit torches in the military camp at sunset, led more than a thousand people and divided them into two groups, one group was loudly clamoring in the military camp to act like arrogant soldiers, and the other group was led by him to pretend to have a feast in front of Shan County by using water instead of wine.

At this point, the garrison of Shan County still had doubts, but after smelling a faint aroma of wine on the city wall, this trace of doubt was gone.

The carefully planned night attack encountered Zhang Fei who was waiting for the opportunity, and Shan County changed hands.

The smell of wine that the guard smelled was also You Chu's idea. He asked the military doctor for the liquor and poured it on his clothes, and then placed it in the upwind of Shan County.

This liquor is distilled liquor, or because the soldiers disliked the original name as too complicated, they simply named it simply and roughly based on its characteristics.

The aroma of the wine is strong and lasting. Even if most of the aroma of the wine is blown away by the night wind, just a little bit of it needs to be blown into Shan County City to complete the last link of the plan to break the city.

When You Chu recalled it, he felt that his brother's conspiracy with General Zhang Fei and the capture of the city depended on General Zhang Fei's bravery, but... this was the first serious military achievement of his old You family!

That's why You Chu couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth anymore, and he wished he could go back to sleep and brag to his father in his dreams.

Zhang Fei gave You Chu a military achievement with one word, and then turned to the four generals with their hands tied in front of him. He had no interest in the chief general named Feng Kai. It was said that he was a guard general with Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and other generals during the Battle of Chibi, but Zhang Fei thought for a long time and could not think of what achievements and reputation this person had.

So he simply chose the simplest approach:

"Don't untie him, just send a rider to send him to the lord."

Feng Kai wanted to say something, but Fan Jiang and Zhang Da didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and immediately dragged him out and looked like someone was going to see him off.

Looking at the remaining three generals, Zhang Fei said in a light tone:

"Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, I didn't expect that you and I would meet again in this situation."

These three were originally strong generals under Lu Bu. When Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, he had been friends with Liu Bei for a while, and Zhang Fei also knew these two people at that time.

Later, Lu Bu changed his ways and was eventually trapped in Xiapi and died in Baimen Tower.

These three generals conspired to rebel in Xiapi, tied up Lü Bu, Chen Gong, and Gao Shun, and surrendered to Cao Cao to beg for life. At that time, Zhang Fei thought he would never see these three villains again, but he did not expect to see them again here.

Wei Xu's tears immediately fell, and he said with tears streaming down his face:

"Master Zhang! General Zhang! Please spare the life of our old friend in Xuzhou!"

Hou Cheng and Song Xian also kowtowed repeatedly:

"When we were in Xuzhou, I knew that Master Zhang was a powerful person. Later, we became enemies because of Lu Bu's frivolity and cunning. Master San must make a clear judgment!"

"Master San, Master San, it was also us who persuaded Feng Kai to leave the city. We dare not take credit for it. We only ask for a chance to listen to the instructions in Master San's tent!"

Zhang Ji was disgusted in his heart, but when he turned his head, he saw that General Zhang Fei had changed his face and pulled the three people up one by one and said:

"Who in the world doesn't know that Lu Bu is fickle?"

Then his face became embarrassed:

"As for joining my tent, you three also know that my two brothers are both righteous and act for you three..."

There was no need to make it too clear, so Wei Xu wiped the tears from his face and smiled Said:

"In this case, I hope that Third Master will give me a horse for our past friendship. We will resign when we go east and will never hinder Third Master in the army!"

Zhang Fei nodded carelessly, his face changed again, and he said slowly:

"This is easy, but I heard that the three of you will be rewarded if you surrender to Cao Gong..."

"I have a box of gold hidden in the city, and I would like to present it to Third Master!"

"Third Master, there is another magical horse in my other courtyard in the city, which was the mount of Lu Bu in the past!"

"I also have a beautiful concubine hidden, which is suitable for Third Master..."

So Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Then this matter is settled!"

As the things mentioned by the three people were delivered one by one, Zhang Fei also ordered people to lead out three horses under the nervous eyes of the three people. After Wei Xu and the other two repeatedly promised that what happened tonight would not be made public, they rode away on horseback like flying on the spot.

After leaving Shan County far away, the three people who survived the disaster could not help but chat with each other:

"I thought Zhang Fei was an upright person, but I didn't expect..."

"Well, Liu Bei looked powerful in Xuzhou, but he actually had nothing. How could he not be upright? What about now?"

"As the saying goes, we can share adversity but not wealth..."

"That's right, just like when we left Bingzhou together..."

The person who said this seemed to know that he had made a mistake, so he stopped talking immediately, and then simply skipped the topic and changed the subject:

"Where should we go now? Since we have lost the battle, we will probably be held accountable and punished by military law."

"What defeat?" Wei Xu said coldly. Laughing:

"Feng Kai refused to listen to the advice and insisted on leaving the city, which led to his defeat and death. What does it have to do with us?"

"The three of us fought bloody battles to break through, just to send Zhang Fei's military intelligence to the commander of Yique Pass, remembering the prime minister's old favor!"

Song Xian was relieved, but then he was troubled again:

"This is a good idea! But the three of us are not injured, so it seems..."

"We will find a sharp stone to pretend to be each other later, this is easy!"

So the three people who were originally depressed suddenly became excited.

In Shan County, Zhang Ji stood behind Zhang Fei and watched the three generals walk away, and asked softly:

"General, do you also want to use these three people to conquer Yique Pass?"

Zhang Fei did not answer, and the cunning look on his face just now disappeared, leaving only a trace of melancholy that evoked memories and sighed softly:

"Gao Shun and Chen Gong are all true heroes."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the things left by Wei Xu and the other three.

"Send this golden box and this woman to the rear for your brother to decide."

Zhang Fei waved his hand to signal Fan Jiang and Zhang Da to hurry up. Such a headache is best thrown to the military advisor and brother!

"As for this warhorse... Zhong Yun! From now on, this is your mount!"

Zhang Fei looked indifferent. Hou Cheng's claim that this was Lu Bu's mount was all nonsense. It was just an ordinary Youbing horse.

Compared to his Qinghai Cong, it was far inferior.

You Chu was surprised and looked forward to the next Eastern Expedition.