Zhu Nao

In the Henan military camp, Tian Chou was discussing countermeasures with his staff again.

As the situation is getting worse day by day, the miscellaneous troops are becoming more and more disobedient to orders, and there are a large number of deserters every day, and those who stay behind have their own ghosts.During this period of time, they tried many methods to control the situation, but none of them worked.

A staff member suggested: "Mr. Tian, ​​why don't we go back to Changge first, reorganize our troops and horses, and then continue our attack."

There was silence in the room.In fact, they all know that if they choose to retreat now, the last trace of courage and confidence of the soldiers - if there is any left now - will be completely wiped out.Instead of attacking after reorganizing their troops, it is better to say that after they retreat to ease the crisis, they will consider what to do next.

But now there is no better way.

Finally, Tian Chou sighed and said, "Order the battalions to prepare to retreat."

Not long after, all the staff members retreated, and only Tian Chou was left in the house.

Tian Chou was standing in front of the sand table in a daze when his own soldiers walked in.

"Mr. Tian," the soldier said in a low voice, "Wu Wei has come to see Mr. Tian again."

Tian Chou frowned.He opened his mouth, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.After opening his lips several times, he finally said, "I don't see him."

The soldier seemed to be infected by him, and also looked hesitant, wanting to persuade but not daring to persuade.After a while, the soldier said: "Yes, Mr. Tian..."

The two sighed secretly, and the soldier withdrew.

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Two hours later, Yunzhou Army Commander Li Bu stood outside the barracks, pacing back and forth anxiously.He didn't know how long he waited, but no one came out. He couldn't help but grabbed the guard guarding the barracks and asked, "Have you informed General Tian?"

The guard said impatiently: "I have already gone in to report, you just wait."

Li Bu said anxiously: "You are not fooling me, are you? I have been waiting for a long time, why is General Tian still not coming out?"

The guard was annoyed and funny: "General Tian is busy with military affairs, are you always on call?"

Li Bu said angrily: "I told you I have something urgent! It's an urgent matter of burning your ass! Did you guys not report the truth, or was General Tian deliberately ignoring me? Damn, you bastards, don't you care about me at all? Li?!"

The guards almost rolled their eyes to the sky.

Among the officers of the miscellaneous armies, Li Bu was the most difficult to deal with.He obviously has no skills, but he is thick-skinned enough to pester Tian Chou to give him special favors over and over again.He also asked Tian Chou to distribute the most food to his army, and asked Tian Chou to help him add officials to ranks. Tian Chou refused, so he fanned the flames in the army, which caused a lot of trouble.

Today Tian Chou just conveyed the order to the battalions to withdraw the troops. He didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, and came here to make trouble again, saying that someone in his camp had mutinied.Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is something strange in it.His own army, how can he not balance it?What a mutiny, most likely he instigated it!

The guards only thought that Li Bu was trying to make trouble for himself again, but in fact they were only half right.The so-called army mutiny was indeed planned by Li Bu himself, but his purpose this time was not to blackmail Tian Chou, but—he wanted to assassinate Tian Chou!

Li Bu, the commander of the Yunzhou Army, has always been a guy who has no profit and can't afford it early. When he came to participate in the Battle of Henan, he just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.As a result, the battle became more and more hopeless. He found that the hope of Liang Guo's victory was very slim, so without saying a word, he immediately sent someone to contact the Shu people secretly, hoping to abandon the dark and turn to the bright as soon as possible before the victory was decided, so as to be the first Occupy a good position - after all, if the battle continues, more and more people from all walks of life participating in the war will want to join the Shu army.At that time, it will be difficult for him to negotiate the price!

He originally thought that he "woke up" early, and the people of Shu would regard him as a guest of honor.But the result of the matter made him puzzled - the Shu people actually rejected his surrender, and did not negotiate any conditions with him at all!

He was dumbfounded at the moment. After thinking about it, he thought that the Shu army didn't trust him, and they refused to accept him because they were afraid that he would feign surrender.Just when he was thinking about how to negotiate a good price for himself, he suddenly received an order from Tian Chou to withdraw his troops.

Now he was in a hurry, he was afraid that if he retreated, he would be driven back to Yunzhou.At that time, he will have to be the commander of the Yunzhou Army who his father doesn't love and his mother doesn't love. How can life go on without Chen Guo providing them with food and grass?

As soon as he was in a hurry, he thought of a desperate step-he wanted to assassinate Tian Chou!

He didn't know that the Shu army rejected his surrender because he didn't want to take over his mess. He thought it was because he failed to gain the trust of the Shu army.He believes that as long as he can get Tian Chou's head as a certificate of honor, he will be famous all over the world, and the people of Shu will definitely look at him with admiration!

So he fabricated a news about the mutiny of a lieutenant soldier, intending to trick Tian Chou out and then do it!

Outside the barracks, Li Bu became louder and louder.The guards of the first battalion hated him so much that they wished they could arrest him and put him in prison.However, this Li Bu also knew that he was annoying, no matter where he went, he would bring a large group of guards with him, the battle was bigger than Tian Chou, and his identity made people dare not act rashly for a while.

It didn't take long before I heard an angry scolding sound: "Who dares to make trouble in the barracks?!"

Everyone quickly silenced, and when they looked back, it was Tian Chou who finally came out.

When Li Bu saw Tian Chou, he immediately beamed with joy.He took a few steps forward and said, "General Tian, ​​I..."

Before he finished speaking, Tian Chou suddenly stepped forward and kicked him on the chest without warning!

Tian Chou kicked so hard that Li Bu was caught off guard, and immediately fell on his back!Before he could struggle to get up, a foot stepped on his chest hard, and then, a sword with a cold light was placed on his neck!

Tian Chou's complexion was as frosty, and he said coldly: "You are lawless, picking quarrels and provoking troubles time and time again, disturbing the morale of the army! Do you know what crime you should be guilty of?!"

As soon as Li Bu moved, he felt a sharp pain on his neck, which almost made him wet his pants.It was obvious that he was here to assassinate Tian Chou, so why did Tian Chou put a knife on his neck?Could it be that Tian Chou knew his plan? !

In fact, Li Bu had a guilty conscience, and Tian Chou really didn't expect him to have such thoughts.It's just that Tian Chou was in a bad mood at first, and Li Bu was pushing forward and making more noise, which made him intolerable.

Tian Chou said coldly: "Come here! Bind him to me!"

Immediately, several guards rushed up to tie up Li Bu. Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards brought by Li Bu immediately drew their knives and put on an attacking posture.When Tian Chou's subordinates saw it, they also quickly showed their weapons.The situation instantly became tense.

Tian Chou looked contemptuously at the shrimp soldiers and crab generals brought by Li Bu who couldn't even hold their knives steadily.He had no intention of backing down at all, he let go of his foot on Li Bu's chest, and said coldly, "Put him down!"

Whether it was the troops brought by Li Bu or Li Bu himself, he didn't pay attention to them.To be honest, these people have no real skills at all except for being stubborn.He didn't want to see Li Bu's annoying face, turned around and was about to go back to the camp, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from behind: "Mr. Tian, ​​be careful!"

Suddenly his back felt cold, and he used the fastest reaction speed to rush forward, but he was still a step too late—a burning pain came from his back!

The next moment, he heard Li Bu shout like crazy: "I'll kill you!!"

No one expected that Li Bu would attack suddenly, let alone that he would hide a dagger in his sleeve. Before Tian Chou's soldiers had time to hold down Li Bu, he jumped up like lightning and stabbed Tian Chou in the back!

Fortunately, the soldiers were well-trained. When Li Bu caught up and was about to make a second knife, several people rushed forward, snatched his weapon, and pushed him to the ground!

Li Bu struggled, turned his head and roared behind him: "Come on! Why are you hesitating?!"

Although the subordinates brought by Li Bu had already received his instruction, but it happened so suddenly that they didn't react.At this time, Tian Chou's soldiers rushed up to arrest their accomplices. When they saw the opponent's aggressiveness and their boss had been detained, they dropped their weapons one after another, turned around and ran away!

Li Bu was dumbfounded.

At this time, Tian Chou had been helped up by everyone.Although he was stabbed by Li Bu, fortunately Li Bu didn't hit a vital point in his panic, only injured his flesh.He watched the battle, and then connected all the things today, and he suddenly understood in his heart.

Enduring the pain, he limped forward, looked down at Li Bu, and asked incredulously, "The Shu people bought you to assassinate me?!"

Li Bu still wanted to struggle, but was firmly held down by his own soldiers. Only then did he realize that he was in danger, his face turned pale, and he wanted to explain, but he couldn't say anything.

Tian Chou muttered and repeated again: "They asked you to assassinate me..."

Assassinating the enemy's general is itself one of the commonly used methods on the battlefield. It is by no means the first time Tian Chou has experienced this, but there is an inexplicable sense of disappointment in his heart.

Even though he knew the disappointment was unwarranted, he was surprised that he should be disappointed by it.

When the two sides were in a stalemate, a voice suddenly came from not far away: "Brother Tian, ​​you are wronged!"

Everyone followed the prestige, and it was actually Wu Wei who rushed over here.

Wu Wei was sent by Zhu Nao to come to Tian Chou. Today, Tian Chou rejected him again. He thought to himself that he failed in the mission again and again, so he had no face to go back, so he stayed outside the barracks and refused to leave, hoping to wait until Tian Chou came out. Forced to meet and talk.But Tian Chou's soldiers who were in charge of guarding him saw that Tian Chou neither saw him nor killed him, and couldn't figure out Tian Chou's mind, so they didn't take him away by force.Only then did Wu Wei, who was guarding outside the barracks, happen to see the scene just now.

Wu Wei ran forward in three steps and two steps, and swore to the sky: "Brother Tian, ​​this Commander Li sent people to the Shu army camp to surrender a few days ago, expressing his willingness to lead his troops back. I would like to make it difficult for you, so I immediately ordered someone to reject his surrender. What happened today was definitely not ordered by the Emperor of Shu, Brother Tian must learn from it!"

Li Bu was dumbfounded, Tian Chou was silent.

Wu Wei's words were half true and half false, of course Tian Chou could tell.The Shu people refused to accept Li Bu, not because of their own face, but because Li Bu and his motley crew were useless, and accepting them would be a disaster.However, the assassination was not ordered by the Shu people. After a little thought, he believed it.

Now that he was defeated, there was no need for the people of Shu to take his life.Whether he is dead or alive does not make any difference to the Shu people.

Li Bu didn't expect that he would go all out in such a way, that the people of Shu would not accept his favor, and immediately cursed: "You bastards..." Before he finished speaking, Tian Chou's soldiers slammed into the back of his neck The last hit knocked him out.

Wu Wei sneered and said, "Brother Tian, ​​do you have time now? I wonder if we can sit down and talk?"

Tian Chou remained silent.

Wu Wei was more or less frightened, fearing that Tian Chou would be cut off if he said something wrong.However, after a while, he heard Tian Chou sigh, and ordered in a low voice to the surrounding Qin soldiers: "Defend the barracks, and don't allow anyone to come near. No one is allowed to spread the news today."

The direct descendants brought out by Tian Chou are all his confidantes, and everyone immediately said: "Yes, Mr. Tian!" After saying that, they lifted Li Bu down, and everyone returned to their original positions, as if nothing had happened.

Tian Chou said: "Brother Wu, come and sit in the camp for a while. We'll talk after I've dealt with the wound." The place where he was stabbed by Li Bu is still bleeding.

Wu Wei hurriedly said: "Brother Tian, ​​go quickly, don't delay the injury."

Tian Chou stopped talking, and waved his hands to signal his subordinates to bring Wu Wei in first, while he waited for the arrival of the military doctor.

After Wu Wei was taken away, Tian Chou closed his eyes with a wry smile on his face.He has been fighting for more than ten years, and has never fought such a embarrassing battle.He didn't blame Tao Bei for throwing such a mess to him and causing him to fall into such a situation.It's just the calm thinking during this period of time that allowed him to put aside the years of friendship with Tao Bei as a monarch and minister, and gradually see the situation in the world more clearly.

——The situation of the Liang State is over, and Zhu Nao, Emperor Shu, is what people want.

The disappointment at the moment when he was assassinated by Li Walking made him completely understand his heart: he had already regarded joining the Shu army as his retreat.Now that such thoughts have been moved, it is impossible to kill them.And his hesitation was nothing more than delaying time and bringing more people to be buried with him.Why bother?

Let's stop there.

After many days of entanglement, I finally made up my mind at this moment.And his chaotic heart gradually became clear.