Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 123 Zhang Ren Surrenders
Sima Yi's thoughts changed so quickly that he forgot to answer for a while.

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why, Zhongda's question is difficult to answer?"

Sima Yi sighed again, bowed his head and said, "I know."

"Oh, what is his identity?"

"Liu Zhang's general."

"what?"

Everyone at the scene changed color, Guo Tu was surprised and said, "Zhong Da, you said that Zhang Ren is Liu Zhang's general?"

"Not bad." Sima Yi didn't explain too much.

"Why is he here?"

After asking, Guo Tu knew it was useless to ask, and hurriedly added: "How many people did Zhang Ren bring to support Cao Jun?"

"Ten thousand people." After thinking for a while, Sima Yi said again: "On the day the city was destroyed, the guards at Hangu Pass were under his command."

"Zhong Da is really courageous."

Yuan Xi sighed in admiration, looked around the crowd, and said calmly, "How many of the [-] Bashu soldiers are left? There have been so many people for so long, yet you have no news at all. I am very disappointed."

Yuan Xi was very angry, it wasn't that he suddenly saw the familiar name Zhang Ren today, these people didn't know how long they had been pretending.

When the time comes to fight with Liu Zhang, these people suddenly backstab, not sure what will happen.

Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong and others pleaded guilty in a hurry.

When Hangu Pass was broken, most of them were in charge of everything.

"If this matter is not punished, it is not enough to convince the public. If you fine the two of you for one year, do you have any opinions?"

Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong breathed a sigh of relief, and they naturally had no objection to such a light punishment.

"This time it's a warning, I don't want to see it a second time."

Yuan Xi looked at everyone present, "I can usually turn a blind eye to many things, but in official affairs, if anyone neglects his duty and doesn't take it seriously, then he will go as far as he can."

Everyone dared not speak out.

Yuan Xi behaved in the world, he was always friendly, and he always got along with others.

It was beyond their expectation to be so grand this time.

It also made them vigilant.

The hall was full of solemnity, Sima Yi lowered his head, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.

Yuan Xi's face paled, and he said in a gentle voice: "Zhong Da, it's all thanks to you this time, otherwise there will be these traitors here, and sooner or later something big will happen, this matter should be rewarded."

Sima Yi hastily declined.

After Sima Yi left, Yuan Xi said to Chunyu Qiong: "Give me the reward I just gave. I will ask someone to send it to Sima Yi later."

Chunyu Qiong hurriedly remembered it.

Guo Tu hated Zhang Ren very much, and immediately wanted to lead the army to arrest Zhang Ren.

"This matter is no small matter. If you are not careful, it will cause turmoil. Just ask someone to call Zhang Ren. Don't disclose the news."

In order to ensure safety, Yuan Xi asked Xu Chu to personally protect Guo Tu.

When Zhang Ren returned to his mansion, the more he thought about it, the more something went wrong.

I always feel that there is some conspiracy waiting for me.

"If nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses want to inquire, how can they avoid it?"

Zhang Ren was in a bad mood, but at this time he had no way to solve the predicament.

We can only wait for the opportunity to go to the front line.

"General, Guo Tu is here."

Fuchu's personal guard hurried in, "Bringing a lot of people."

Zhang Ren was taken aback, "How many people?"

"Twenty people."

Zhang Ren tried his best to calm down, and now he can only take one step at a time.

Open the bow without turning back the arrow.

"Mr. Guo."

Seeing Guo Tu from a distance, Zhang Ren squeezed out a smile and went up to him with a flattering smile.

Guo Tu glanced around and saw that Zhang Ren was alone, his serious expression eased, "General Zhang, my lord, please go over."

Zhang Ren said in a daze, "I saw you just now, why see you again?"

"I don't know," Guo Tu said casually, "After Sima Zhongda came out, the lord asked me to find you again."

Zhang Renxin immediately raised his throat.

"please."

Guo Tu held back his anger and said with a smile.

"okay."

Zhang Ren felt apprehensive, but at this moment he had no choice but to calm down, and simply stopped thinking about it and acted accordingly.

Seeing Zhang Ren again, Yuan Xi looked at Zhang Ren again.

Zhang Ren looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and said as naturally as possible: "The last general pays his respects to the great general. I don't know why the great general asked the young general to come here?"

Yuan Xi suddenly laughed, "Zhang Ren, are you convicted?"

Zhang Ren's tense heartstrings slammed as if they were broken.

He took a deep breath, forced a smile and said, "The last general doesn't know what the general wants."

"Bastard!"

Guo Tu couldn't help scolding: "Good Zhang Ren, you are obviously Liu Zhang's subordinate, but you dare to impersonate Cao Jun, I didn't see it, you are so brave!"

Zhang Ren closed his eyes, then slowly opened them, and his slightly wretched demeanor suddenly changed.

He snorted, raised his head high and said: "Since I recognized it, I admit it. After all, what do you want to do with it, if someone frowns, he is not a good man!"

Yuan Xi didn't expect him to change so quickly, which is a bit similar to Zhang Ren in his impression.

"Zhang Ren, I don't care who you were before, I just ask you, are you willing to surrender to me?"

Zhang Yiren was stunned, and looked at Yuan Xi, who held up his teacup to drink tea, with a calm expression on his face.

Guo Tu opened his mouth and didn't dare to say more, Yuan Xi's actions made him puzzled.

"Liu Zhang lives in a corner, how can he resist the general trend of the world?" Yuan Xi persuaded, "You surrender me, and I will protect your clan from worries and prosperity for generations to come."

Everyone present was in different minds.

Most of them came here by surrender, but at this moment, they didn't see that Zhang Ren had any ability to make Yuan Xi value him so much.

Zhang Renqi said: "Although I, Zhang Ren, am conceited, I have lived in Bashu for a long time. Why does the general value me so much?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Without it, I want to use my ears."

Zhang Ren laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "My lord treats me well. You are about to fight with my lord. Although this is incompetent, he is not a shameless person. You should kill me."

Yuan Xi took a step closer and said: "You surrender to me, when I catch Liu Zhang, for your sake, I might let him live."

Zhang Ren frowned and said, "Are you so confident that you can invade Bashu?"

Yuan Xi didn't explain, just looked at Zhang Ren.

In the hall, there was silence.

Zhang Ren looked directly at Yuan Xi, and suddenly said: "Accept me one more request, and I will surrender."

Just as Chunyu Qiong was about to reprimand him, Yuan Xi gave him a wink.

"You all go down first."

Yuan Xi waved to everyone.

Zhang Ren looked at the people walking out one after another, and said curiously, "Do you know what I'm going to say?"

"Nine out of ten it's about Sima Yi."

Yuan Xi pointed to the table beside him and told him to sit down.

Zhang Renyi slapped his hands and shouted: "The general is indeed unparalleled in wisdom, much more powerful than that old thief Sima."

"You have a grudge against him?"

Zhang Ren went to the side and sat down on his knees, casually said: "It wasn't really an enmity before, but this time I have a big enmity with him!"

"Oh, where does hatred come from?"

Zhang Ren picked up the pastry, stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered: "I exposed my identity this time, did Sima Yi tell the general you?"

"good."

Zhang Ren snorted coldly, and cursed: "Shameless old thief, I have to go out and ask him, please don't betray me, he actually confessed me."

Looking at Yuan Xi suddenly, "General, should I kill this kind of person?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It should be killed!"

Zhang Ren widened his eyes and said: "That's not enough. I lead the army thousands of miles away to support Cao Jun. He is good. He won't give me a chance. Before Hangu Pass is broken, I told him not to go. He insisted on sneak attack."

Zhang Ren picked up the jug and took a sip, "You say this kind of incompetent, shameless, and unfaithful person, how can I not want to kill him?"

"If so, kill him!"

Zhang Ren was dumbfounded. Although he said it boldly, he didn't expect Yuan Xi to agree at all.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi has been responding to him.

He said cautiously: "The general agreed?"

Yuan Xi said calmly: "You can kill him, but you must give everyone a convincing reason."

"reason?"

Zhang Ren's brain turned sharply, "What if I framed him?"

"That's your skill. Everyone is convinced, and I promise not to pursue it."

Zhang Ren narrowed his eyes, "The general doesn't seem to think much of Sima Yi."

Yuan Xi's tone was not happy: "Before surrendering to me, no one is important, including you."

Zhang Ren blushed, knowing that Yuan Xi was reminding him, so don't go too far.

Zhang Ren is impatient, but not stupid.

He knew that he didn't know what was good or bad for what he said today, and he was afraid that he really had to explain it here.

Moreover, Yuan Xi's regard for him also moved Zhang Ren very much.

What is Yuan Xi's identity?
What is Liu Zhang's identity?
But Liu Zhang treated him far less than Yuan Xi.

Zhang Ren got up, walked to the table, bowed and said: "The final general is willing to serve the Lord."

"OK!"

Yuan Xi was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile, "I have gained another general!"

Old Zhang Ren blushed slightly, and said in a low voice, "My lord, a certain ability is average, so I can't bear such a famous name."

Yuan Xi also got up, and walked slowly to Zhang Ren, "I always know people with my eyes, if you say you have the style of a general, you can't be wrong."

"Thank you, my lord, for your attention."

Zhang Ren also felt that he was quite capable, but in Bashu, he couldn't use it.

This time, he was repeatedly suppressed by Sima Yi.

Really aggrieved.

"Your subordinates, if you don't want to stay, let them go." Yuan Xi patted Zhang Ren on the shoulder, "I, Yuan Jun, don't need a generation of snakes and rats at both ends. For your sake, I will give them one." chance to leave."

"This matter is up to you to decide."

When Zhang Ren returned to the mansion, he still didn't come back to his senses. It wasn't until the guards in the mansion called him a few words that he shook his head and woke up, "Damn, it's like a dream."

Zhang Ren chuckled, being valued by a person of supreme status, this feeling is very subtle.

Zhang Ren enjoyed this feeling very much.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Ren said, "Go and call everyone here."

The guard said furtively: "It's daytime, I'm afraid."

"What nonsense, call them all."

"only"

At this time, in Yuan Xi's study.

Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Guo Tu, and Chun Yuqiong, among the five great advisers, except for Pang Tong who was in Hanzhong, the remaining four were all there.

"You all know Zhang Ren's identity." Yuan Xi glanced at the four of them, "Let's talk about it. With Zhang Ren here, is there any shortcut to capture Bashu?"

Jia Xu and Cheng Yu looked at each other, and Cheng Yu asked, "My lord, can you trust me?"

"Since I use him, I should trust him."

"If the news is blocked, using him to earn Liu Jun would be a good idea," Cheng Yu said a little unconfidently, "I just don't know if Zhang Ren is willing or not."

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said: "You know me, to avoid embarrassment, I will not let the surrendered person attack his old master."

It was this step that Cheng Yu was worried about. Seeing what Yuan Xi said, he shut his mouth and stopped talking.

Seeing that the four of them stopped talking, Yuan Xi said, "After a while, I will go back to Yecheng, and I will take this piece with me as well."

After a pause, he continued: "Most of Zhang Ren's subordinates are from Bashu. I plan to let them go back, but I don't know how many people will leave."

The four counselors were all deep in thought, pondering the meaning of Yuan Xi's words.

Yuan Xi picked up the tea and took a sip.

After an unknown amount of time, Jia Xu's brows moved slightly, and then fell into silence again.

Yuan Xi smiled and asked, "Mr. Wen He, have you thought of a solution?"

Jia Xu said: "Although Zhang Ren can't use it directly, his subordinates can use it."

Yuan Xi's eyes lit up, "How to use it?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said softly: "Knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to winning a hundred battles. I'm not very familiar with Hanzhong forces, but I heard that Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, had a bad relationship with Liu Zhang. In the first year of Xingping, when Liu Yan died, his son Liu Zhang Dai Li. Liu Zhang once killed Zhang Lu's mother and his family on the grounds that Zhang Lu did not obey his orders. He also sent his general Pang Xi and others to attack Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu broke them many times."

Yuan Xi nodded secretly when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that when Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong, Zhang Lu seemed to be planning to surrender.

Jia Xu went on to say: "Although Zhang Lu is nominally under the jurisdiction of Liu Zhang, the two have long been at odds with each other. This time, Zhang Lu has united the front with Liu Zhang."

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Think about it, my lord, how could this Liu Zhang really cooperate with Zhang Lu? That Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong for many years, and he doesn't know Liu Zhang's heart?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Take advantage of this and break their alliance."

At this time, Cheng Yu added: "Mr. Cao once worshiped Zhang Lu as the general of Zhenyi Zhonglang and the prefect of Hanning County. Zhang Lu and Mr. Cao are quite close. Before Cao Pi entered the customs, he was assisted by Zhang Lu. After that, Zhang Lu Lu and Liu Zhang put aside their previous grievances, fearing that Cao's power might become involved."

Yuan Xi suddenly realized.

Cheng Yu's explanation can be regarded as completely unraveling the reason why Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang cooperated.

Chunyuqiong was confused for a long time, and asked after hearing the words: "How to break their alliance?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said: "My lord has already mentioned something to me, and this piece of Ren Hehe is the key!"

Yuan Xi laughed out loud, full of admiration.

Chunyuqiong's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly said: "The last general is Yulu, I hope the lord can give me a point or two."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "Wen He has already made up his mind, why ask me? Ask him."

Jia Xu didn't even dare to speak, it wasn't because Yuan Xi urged him to say it, he wasn't going to say it at all.

But in the end, Jia Xu still couldn't help the urging of the crowd.

Yuan Xi was also very curious, wanting to know if Jia Xu had the same thoughts as himself.

Jia Xu stroked his short beard, coughed lightly and said, "That old man will show his shame."

Jia Xu's wisdom is obvious to all, and he has long been famous all over the world. Among the people present, who dare to underestimate him?

All eyes are on Jia Xu now.

(End of this chapter)