Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 294 Self-righteous
Zhang Ning and others were waiting for news in the mountains. Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers came from the entrance of the valley, with thousands of vehicles and four to five thousand men and horses.

He Man was shocked when he heard the words, and said, "How many people are needed to transport the spirit body of the great virtuous teacher?"

Guan Hai frowned and said: "The spirit body is mixed in the food and grass, probably for cover!"

Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "Even if we use grain trucks as cover, why do we need thousands of vehicles and so many officers and soldiers? I think there is a fraud in it."

He Man said in a deep voice: "Is it true that they are transporting grain and taking the opportunity to send troops to annihilate us?"

Guan Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Do they want Han Fu's son's life?"

He Man carried the iron rod and walked towards the firewood room: "I'm going to kill this bastard right now."

"Wait!" Zhang Ning frowned slightly, and pondered, "Father's body is still in the grain truck, so we can't act rashly."

Guan Hai said: "We only have a dozen or so people, and we are weak. I think they want to exchange hostages before arresting us. We must think of a way to retreat."

Zhang Ning walked back and forth, and suddenly said: "Since this is the case, let's just pretend to be Bairao of the Black Mountain Army, and let the officers and soldiers know that the Black Mountain Army is in the mountains, and they will not dare to act rashly."

Guan Hai nodded with a sneer and said, "This is a good idea. Bai Rao and Zhang Yan are the same breed, so it's better to let him take the blame."

He Man hurriedly asked: "Then how should it be arranged?"

Zhang Ning said: "Take people to Shilipo immediately, and tie a rag banner in the woods around the mountain road. Then we will change the vehicles. You are waving the banner in the mountain. The officers and soldiers don't know the truth, so they will not dare to come up the mountain."

"Obey!" He Man immediately greeted his subordinates, tore off all the clothes in the temple and even the curtains on the main hall, and brought them to the mountain for deployment.

Zhang Ning again instructed Guan Hai: "Exchange the hostages later. Don't offend the officers and soldiers. Let's release the hostages back from the alley to save Han Fu's face."

"I understand!" Guan Hai clasped his fists and said, "But look at me receiving the vehicle, and after verification, you will let him go!"

He Man deployed a suspicious formation at Shilipo and sent a person to send a message to the officers and soldiers, asking them to meet at Cross Slope.

This time the matter was so important that Guo Tu had no choice but to escort the grain into the mountain himself. Just as he was leaving, a message came from the bandit army explaining the agreed place.

Guo Tu heard the words and cursed: "What a thug, we need food for food, so why not add Zhang Jiao's bones? Why are you so aggressive?"

Han Fu's family general Han Chang said: "The thief is capricious, maybe he is afraid that my master will not agree to too many conditions, so he made such a bad plan."

"Hmph, this is a plan to infiltrate Chencang!" Guo Tu shook his head and sneered: "The food they want is fake, but the corpses they want are real. Thirty thousand dendrobium of grain is just a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of bandits, so why waste so much money?" Trying your best?"

Han Chang was puzzled, "Bai Rao and the others were not from the Yellow Turban Army, why did they want Zhang Jiao's bones?"

Guo Tulian mustu smiled and said: "Bai Rao and Yu Du fought against Liu He, and lost many troops. They urgently need to replenish their troops, but now the Taihang forces have already been divided, and they are unable to expand, so they want to attack the Yellow Scarves. Now that the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have reappeared, there are also many Yellow Turban bandits in the Black Mountain Army, they got Zhang Jiao’s bones and buried them generously, and someone will surely come to serve them, so as to strengthen their reputation.”

"So that's how it is!" Han Chang looked at Guo Tu in admiration, cupped his fists and said, "Mr.

Guo Tu sneered proudly and said: "Hey, how can Bai Rao and his like hide this from me?"

Han Changyan said: "Then we..."

"Don't worry about him!" Guo Tu waved his hands and said with a smile, "They purposely divided this matter into two. It seems to be for food, but it is actually to strengthen their power. It is not to deceive us, but to deceive Zhang Yan and other thieves. , I think there will be a battle among the Taihang thieves, wouldn't it be better to let them kill each other?"

Han Chang cupped his fists and said, "Sir, you have a great plan!"

Guo Tu smiled lightly, and ordered all the chariots and horses to be transported to Shilipo, which is still four or five miles away from Hezhang.

Since Bai Rao and Yu Du were together, they sent the food to Shilipo together, and in exchange for Han Fu's eldest son, he could go back to the city directly, avoiding going to Hezhang again.

Half an hour later, Guo Tu led his troops to Shilipo. Looking up, he saw two canyons and a small road leading directly to the mountain. There were many bandits hiding in the mountain.

Seeing the ambush in the mountain, Guo Tu couldn't help but tremble, and immediately sent an order to divide the grain carts into three teams, and the people and horses hid at the foot of the mountain, and put the cart carrying Zhang Jiao's bones at the end to prevent the bandits from raiding.

Seeing the officers and soldiers setting up formations at the foot of the mountain, Guan Hai said in a deep voice, "You old thief Han Fu, you really came prepared. There are five thousand soldiers here, and it looks like they are going to catch us all."

Zhang Ning's eyes were full of evil, and he said: "I don't want Han Fu to be so vicious, and he wants to send troops regardless of his son's life. You go to explain it and see what he says."

Guan Hai took a few people down the mountain and shouted at the mouth of the valley.

Guo Tu also led his troops to the foot of the mountain, but he didn't see the thief bringing Han Fu's son, and it was hard to expose the thief's purpose. He said in a deep voice, "Brave thief, I have already transported all the food, and you still don't follow the agreement?"

Guan Hai sneered and said, "I'm afraid you brought so many people, horses and vehicles not just to save people?"

Guo Tu was startled, frowned and said, "If there are fewer vehicles, how can they be filled?"

"There are so many?" Guan Hai was also stunned, and asked with wide-eyed eyes: "The car is full of what we want?"

"Of course!" Guo Tu said in a deep voice: "If you don't believe me, you can check them one by one, and there is absolutely no adulteration."

"There are so many?" Guan Hai looked at Guo Tu suspiciously.

It's just Zhang Jiao's body, so how could so many vehicles be used? Did they bring all the bones of the Yellow Turban Army from Julu?
No wonder the people from Julu reported that the officers and soldiers transported more than 1000 vehicles from Julu. It seems that Han Fu was somewhat sincere.

When he was satisfied, he heard Guo Tuyan say: "These are enough for you to eat for a month."

"Eat?" Guan Hai was furious when he heard this, pointed at Guo Tu and cursed: "Fart! You old guy, don't bully others too much!"

Guo Tu was taken aback, did this thief have any taboos on eating and drinking?
But thinking of Zhang Jiao's demagoguery and many rules, maybe the Taiping Sect said something else and violated their taboo.

At this time, it is not easy to expose their conspiracy, so I had to say: "The things have been delivered in full, and you will not let them go?"

With so many bones brought in at once, Guan Hai didn't dare to make up his own mind, so he asked Guo Tu to wait for a while before going back to the mountain to answer.

When Zhang Ning heard the news, he frowned and said, "The officers and soldiers deliberately sent so many bones. Could it be that they want to delay deliberately, and send troops to attack when we converge later?"

Guan Hai said: "For the current plan, we have to transport the bones of the great virtuous and good teachers up the mountain first, and wait for the officers and soldiers to retreat before we talk about other vehicles."

"That's the way it is!" Zhang Ning nodded and agreed, "Brother Guan, please make another trip."

Guan Hai led people down the mountain again, they had marked Zhang Jiao's bones long ago, and he had to inspect them himself, so that if the officers and soldiers were cheating, they would be able to tell at a glance.

However, Guo Tu thought that the bandits were worried about adulteration in the food, so they had to retreat temporarily and let the bandits check the vehicles by themselves.

(End of this chapter)