Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 537 Crouching Tiger Mountain

Chapter 538:Crouching Tiger Mountain

In the 27th year of Qianyuan, on August 21st, Pengcheng County, ten miles outside the city of Steroids, a group of people dressed as caravans pushed a large number of goods slowly forward. Down to rest.

"General Xiang, I don't know how far we are from Crouching Tiger Mountain?" This team was the five hundred elites led by Xiang Quan and Guan Ling. Under the cover of Yongping Guard, they passed Zhao Jun. The defense line, after more than ten days of advancing, finally came to the territory of Pengcheng County.

In the past ten days, all fronts in the Central Plains have also been fighting in full swing. First, in the direction of Guangling, Deng Jun's sudden attack caught Zhao Jun off guard. In the end, Zhao Jun was forced to withdraw from Guangling and retreat to Yuguo. Deng Jun also took the opportunity Move the line of defense forward to make Guangling City out of danger.

On the other hand, Kou Fei's army in Xiapi County continued to attack the Jinwu Guard in Dongcheng, but under the full defense of the Jinwu Guard, they returned without success.

As for Chen Liu, Yue Fei and Li Rubing, the two famous generals in the world, are very cautious and have been in a state of confrontation. Apart from a few innocuous trials, no large-scale war has erupted for the time being.

"General Guan, there is Steroid Hill City in front of you. After passing Steroid Hill, you can walk to Crouching Tiger Mountain in two days." As a native of Chu, Xiang Quan is very familiar with the terrain of Pengcheng County, and it is precisely because of Xiang Quan's Leading the way, they can avoid Zhao Jun's spies and arrive at Steroid Hill smoothly.

Guan Ling nodded, and then said: "In this case, let's rest here for a while, and then continue on our way to avoid long nights and dreams. We won't go to the city to spend the night, and we will just drive all night."

Now that they have entered the territory of Zhao State, every step forward is full of dangers. In order to get to Crouching Tiger Mountain as soon as possible, Guan Ling proposed not to go to the city to spend the night, but to rush directly to Crouching Tiger Mountain overnight.

Xiang Quan also agreed with Guan Ling's proposal. Every time they entered the city to replenish supplies, they had to be very careful, for fear of arousing Zhao Jun's suspicion.

"Okay, just listen to General Guan." Xiang Quan nodded and said.

After resting for about half an hour, they set off again, passed Steroid Hill, and after walking for two days, they finally arrived at the foot of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

Looking at Crouching Tiger Mountain in front of him, Xiang Quan said to Guan Ling: "General Guan, this is Crouching Tiger Mountain, but according to the people here, ever since Li Fang and Dong Ning occupied Crouching Tiger Mountain, it has been It has become a forbidden place, ordinary people have no way to go up the mountain, we have hundreds of people here, in order not to cause misunderstanding, I plan to go up the mountain alone, General Guan just wait here for my news."

Guan Ling thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay, but for the safety of General Xiang, I'll let ten elite soldiers accompany General Xiang up the mountain. If something happens, the general can protect himself. "

Xiang Quan did not refuse to close the bell, and picked out ten strong soldiers to go up the mountain, and Guan Ling took the rest of them to rest where they were, waiting for news.

Before reaching the mountainside, a group of minions rushed out and surrounded Xiang Quan and others. The leader came out and said, "Who are you? What's the matter with you coming to Crouching Tiger Mountain?" The people in Crouching Tiger Mountain already knew about it, but they didn't wear Zhao Jun's clothes and didn't try to go up the mountain, so they didn't launch an attack.

Xiang Quan said calmly: "Hurry up and tell Li Fang and Dong Ning that Xiang Quan is visiting. This is a token, and you will understand when you hand it to Li Fang and Dong Ning." After finishing speaking, Xiang Quan took out a token Handed it to the leader.

I took the token and saw a big word written on it, glanced at Xiang Quan, and said, "You guys wait here!" After finishing speaking, he turned and went up the mountain, and ordered to stay behind before leaving. Hey, look closely at Xiang Quan and the others, if there is a sign of trouble, they will do it immediately.

When I came to the cottage, Li Fang, Dong Ning and a literati were drinking, I walked in, cupped my hands and said, "General Li, General Dong, and Fan Junshi, there is a man named Xiang Quan at the foot of the mountain who wants to see you." Two generals, this is a token, he said that the two generals will understand after meeting." After finishing speaking, he handed Xiang Quan's token to Li Fang.

When Li Fang and Dong Ning heard this, they were stunned. Xiang Quan was their old boss, but after the fall of Chu, they had no contact with each other. Now they suddenly appeared, which is really suspicious, but Li Fang still He took the token, looked it over carefully in his hand, and after confirming it, he said to Dong Ning and Fan Junshi: "It's really General Xiang's token."

Dong Ning and Fan Junshi looked at each other, and then said to Xiao Luo: "Let them come up."

"Here!" Xiao Luo responded and left.

After the minions left, Li Fang said to Dong Ning and Fan Junshi: "Didn't General Xiang follow the third prince to submit to Deng? Why did he appear in Crouching Tiger Mountain?"

Dong Ning shook his head, but he didn't know.

Fan Junshi said: "No matter what the purpose of General Xiang's visit is, but since it is an old friend's visit and there is no malice, we can't refuse the door. As for the purpose of General Xiang, it will be clear after seeing General Xiang. Are you clear?"

Li Fang and Dong Ning nodded and waited patiently.

A quarter of an hour later, the former minion brought Xiang Quan to the cottage. Li Fang, Dong Ning, and Fan Junshi were very excited to see Xiang Quan, and they immediately went up to salute and said, "General Xiang, it's really you!" !"

Xiang Quan was also very happy. After greeting Li Fang and Dong Ning, he looked at Fan Junshi in surprise and said, "Brother Fan, I didn't expect to see you here."

Fan Junshi nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Xiang, don't come here!" Fan Junshi saw that Fan Yang was the younger brother of Fan Ting, the former Prime Minister of Chu State, and the son of Fan Can, the first civil servant of Chu State.

After several people were seated, Fan Yang said: "I escaped from Pengcheng after my brother accompanied the king to die for his country. Later, I met General Li and General Dong and came to Crouching Tiger Mountain together. I stayed here for several years. "

"That's right, the general doesn't know. It was Fan Junshi's suggestion that we come to Crouching Tiger Mountain. It is thanks to Fan Junshi that we have been able to escape Zhao Jun's encirclement and suppression many times these years. If there is no Fan Junshi, I'm afraid we would have gone to see the king long ago. Already." Dong Ning also said aside.

"Let's not talk about that, by the way, didn't General Xiang go to Deng Guo with the third prince? How did he come to Crouching Tiger Mountain?" Fan Yang asked Xiang Quan.

"Alas..." Xiang Quan sighed and said, "It's a long story. Back then, I was entrusted by Fan Xiang to escort a group of old and weak women and children to Guangling. The prince defected to the Kingdom of Deng in Guangling County. Fortunately, the King of Deng was also a believer. After accepting us, he settled us in Wancheng. We have lived a good life in the past few years. As for why I came here, it was actually accepted by King Deng. entrusted."

"What's going on here?" This made several people very puzzled.

Xiang Quan said: "I believe you also know that Deng and Zhao are now fighting in the Central Plains."

Several people nodded and said: "There has been a lot of trouble in the past few years. We don't know if we don't know. It was Deng Zhao who fought fiercely in the Central Plains. A large number of Zhao Guo's elites came to Pengcheng. Our life has become sad, but this It’s been a while since Kou Fei led his troops south, so we’ve had a better time.”

"Since you all know it well, then I won't beat around the bush. Now that Deng Jun is suppressed by Zhao Jun in Guangling, the situation has not been resolved, so I want me to persuade a few people to surrender to Deng Guo, and to make trouble behind Zhao Jun and disturb Zhao Jun. to help Deng Jun win the battle of the Central Plains." Seeing that several people were clear about the situation, Xiang Quan did not hide anything.

"This..." Li Fang and the others hesitated. Although they didn't want to submit to Zhao and chose Luocao, it didn't mean they wanted to submit to Deng. If an ordinary envoy from Deng came here, they could rush Go out, but Xiang Quan is here now.

"General Xiang, the reason why we came to Crouching Tiger Mountain after Pengcheng was destroyed was that we didn't want to submit to Zhao, but surrendering to Deng was not what we thought. We must know that the reason why Chu was destroyed by Zhao back then was that Deng The country is also an accomplice." Dong Ning said hesitantly.

"Alas..." Xiang Quan also knew that things would not be so simple, so he said: "I also know what Deng Guo did, and I understand the dissatisfaction in your hearts, but in all fairness, Deng Guo has done his best to our Great Chu. If there was no protection from Deng Guo, we would have been wiped out by Zhao Guo long ago, and after the third prince and I went to Wancheng, Deng Guo did not treat us badly. More importantly, the general situation in the world has basically stabilized now. The country is still alive, and nothing can be done. In the future, the world will belong to either the Zhao country or the Deng country, and you can't stay in Crouching Tiger Mountain forever, you have to find a way out for yourself."

Xiang Quan's words silenced several people. Yes, the general trend of the world is already very clear. This world belongs to either Zhao Guo or Deng Guo, but they prefer Deng Guo to Zhao Guo's aspirations for the world.

Li Fang and Dong Ning didn't have any ideas, so they looked at Fan Yang subconsciously. Fan Yang was their military adviser. At this time, Fan Yang's opinion was very important.

Fan Yang thought for a while, and then said to Xiang Quan: "General Xiang, I don't know how Deng Guo plans to arrange us after we surrender to Deng Guo?"

As soon as Xiang Quan heard this, he knew there was something going on, and he said quickly: "I left Wancheng because Cui Hao, the secretary of the Deng Kingdom, said that if a few of you can submit to Deng Guo and help Deng Jun open the situation in the Central Plains, After returning to Wancheng in the future, some of you can enter Deng Guo's officialdom, and if you really don't want to be an official, you can also do some small business, Deng Guo will never embarrass you."

Fan Yang and the others looked at each other, and then asked hesitantly, "General Xiang, is it credible?"

Xiang Quan nodded, and said: "I dare not say anything else, but Deng Guo still has the most basic credit. To be honest, there is another General Deng Jun besides me who came to Crouching Tiger Mountain this time. He is the general of Deng Guoyongpingwei and the nephew of Guan Yu, the great general of Yongpingwei.

"In that case, then please ask General Xiang to invite this General Guan to come up." Hearing that there was a General Deng Jun at the foot of the mountain, the few people dared not neglect immediately, and hurriedly asked Xiang Quan to invite Guan Ling to come up.

After Guan Ling came to the cottage, she reaffirmed Deng Guo's guarantee, and gained the trust of Li Fang, Dong Ning, and Fan Ting. After weighing it, they also agreed to surrender to Deng Guo, and fully assisted Xiang Quan and Guan Ling's actions.

(End of this chapter)