Chapter 77
When Zhang Fei and his friends were about to set off, Gongsun Zan in Youbeiping received the news that Liu Bin sent Zhang Fei with an army of 10,000 to wipe out the group of horse thieves he pretended to be. Gongsun Zan frowned and said to Guan Jing who had already returned: "I didn't expect that Liu Bin would react so quickly. And he directly sent Zhang Fei, a powerful general, to the war. It seems that our plan failed this time."
Guan Jing smiled disapprovingly and said, "My lord, our plan cannot be said to be a failure. First of all, Liu Bin still doesn't know that those people are making our people pretend, otherwise Liu Bin would definitely send someone to attack us. Also, we have successfully provoked the conflict between Liu Bin and Wu Heng people. Now it is rumored that Liu Bin sent someone to kill their envoys. The reason why Liu Bin knew that Hill was so quickly might be that he had any sources of information or that they had special contact information. We don't have to worry about this at all. Let him go. Let us recall people now and let Zhang Fei take people to the grassland to randomly eliminate horse thieves. This way, it would be embarrassing for Liu Bin."
After hearing this, Gongsun Zan couldn't help but nodded and said, "The scholars' words were reasonable, and our goal was achieved. Now it is indeed time to retreat. This time we have made great gains. Following their rewards, we can replenish another 20,000 troops. Let Zhang Fei lead his 10,000 people to slowly eliminate the horse thieves. When the power of this general becomes, I will let Liu Bin taste that kind of taste. Now I'd better bear it first and let Liu Bin eat a stolen first. Haha."
Guan Jing also laughed with him, but his smile seemed to be full of ridicule, and I don’t know who he was laughing at.
But after two days, Gongsun Zan and the others were too proud. He sent back to recall those who pretended to be horse thieves, but he said that those people could not be found. Their station was gone. After Gongsun Zan heard the news, Yue said in disbelief: "What? Is there missing? Two thousand people just disappeared? Have you seen carefully?" After speaking, Gongsun Zan was a little angry. The spy quickly said, "General, how dare the villain lie to you. It's indeed gone. There was no trace of the scene, and there was no tent or something. Except for a trace of someone stationed, everything else disappeared."
Gongsun Zan frowned, reclaimed and asked the spies to go down, and then said to Guan Jing: "Shiqi, do you think it was Zhang Fei and the others who led the people to defeat them?" Guan Jing also frowned and said: "It shouldn't be. According to what the spy said, there were no traces of fighting on the scene. If it were Zhang Fei who led the people, it would be impossible for him to have no trace. Moreover, those two thousand people are our elites, and it is impossible for anyone to run out. Besides, we only received the news that Zhang Fei went out to fight yesterday. Why did he
Maybe they rushed to the grassland so quickly and found their base? They shouldn't be so quick. The most important thing is that if Zhang Fei and the others really succeeded, they should have started to promote it, and we should have received news. But now they have not promoted this matter, which means they have not started to act. According to the spies' scene, it seems that they have moved their base. Maybe they have also noticed that Liu Bin sent someone to fight to wipe them out, so they have transferred it."
Gongsun Zan frowned and suddenly said, "Shiqi, do you think it will make them unable to bear the temptation of money and want to betray this general? You must know that those robberies can support a 10,000 army and provide for half a year. Moreover, those who are good at fighting, but the news seems not so well-informed. We just knew about Liu Bin's actions, how could they know so quickly?" Guan Jing was shocked and said quickly, "Master, probably not. Those generals are loyal to you, how could they betray you? Maybe they feel that they have been there for too long and are easy to expose their targets, so they are transferred. Master, if we send someone to investigate, maybe we will find out any discoveries, and how can we deal with it for a few days, they may contact us."
Gongsun Zan was a little dissatisfied with Guan Jing's words. In his opinion, although Guan Jing was extremely intelligent, he had no experience in leading troops to fight, and he still didn't know much about the personality of his subordinates. None of them was a jealous person. Without great temptation, they were indeed loyal to themselves, but when there was really temptation, they would betray themselves without hesitation. However, he didn't want to believe that his subordinates betrayed him, nor did he want to embarrass Guan Jing, so he said, "Okay. Let's do as Shi Qi wants. Let's wait a few more days to see."
Then Gongsun Zan sent many spies to investigate the whereabouts of his two thousand soldiers everywhere, but there was no news. Gongsun Zan's face became increasingly ugly. In his opinion, the two thousand soldiers could no longer stand the temptation of money, and ran away with the spoils, betrayed himself. What is the truth? He may never know. The fact is that when Zhang Fei and the others were driving in the middle, Zhang Fei saw that the ground was so chaotic and unhappy, so he asked someone to clean up, and then they set out. Zhang Fei's actions were no big deal for them. And the reason why he did not publicize the victory of the battle was that he felt that
It was not a battle at all, and there was nothing to show off after winning it. Moreover, they had to continue to wipe out the horse thieves, and there was no need to publicize it to the outside world. However, his disapproval made Gongsun Zan and others rack their brains and think a lot, and they didn't understand why the two thousand people disappeared and disappeared mysteriously. It was not until Gongsun Zan's men tortured the captives of the two thousand people in Liu Bin's army that they knew what these people were going to be. However, at that time, Gongsun Zan had completely fallen out with Liu Bin, and the whole world was in chaos. Gongsun Zan was at the end of his journey, and he was powerless to know the truth. He could only scold Liu Bin for a few words.
When Gongsun Zan and the others were taking action, Zang Ba and the five thousand people had already arrived on the grassland and began their own actions. Because Liu Bin had specifically told him not to attack the Wuheng tribe for the time being, they walked west for a while and began to attack the Xianbei tribe. Although the Xianbei people were defeated by Liu Bin during the last attack on Youzhou, they lost more than 100,000 troops, which is the biggest loss in recent years. However, the Xianbei people were good at Shi Kui's morale reached its peak, and there were millions of people who controlled the strings. Although the Xianbei Shanyu had been a bit of a prodigal family in recent years, the lean camel was larger than a horse. The Xianbei was still the overlord on the grassland, and even the Huns did not dare to confront each other head-on.
If these Tibetans attacked the Xianbei under the banner, they would definitely lose what kind of food to eat. However, due to the last failure in Youzhou, the current Xianbei has weakened its prestige as the Shanyu, and he killed some tribe leaders, which made the Xianbei fall into a state of fragmentation. Moreover, there are many horse thieves on the grassland, and people on the grassland have become accustomed to it, so Zangba and the others are still relatively safe and will not attract the attention of the Xianbei army. In this way, they can also act defensively.
Chapter completed!