When Wei Tong saw the enemy camp beginning to mobilize, he immediately realized that the identities of the three of them had been revealed. While marveling at Zhang Fei's shrewdness, he also whispered to Song Ya and Song Xin.
I saw him slap his whip on the rear of the war horse. The horse neighed and jumped to the gate of the camp in a few steps. When Wei Tong saw that someone was blocking the door, he pulled out the short spear held down by his horse, raised his hand and threw it out, accurately stabbing down an enemy corps commander.
Song Ya followed closely beside him, pulled out his sword and slashed left and right, killing two more soldiers who were blocking him.
Song Xin was protected by them in the middle, and followed them on horseback. An enemy soldier saw that Song Xin was a young man. He shouted for someone and stabbed him with a long halberd.
However, Song Xin reacted quickly. He lowered his body and turned sideways to avoid the stabbing halberd. He unsheathed the sword in his hand and slashed across it. The speed of the war horse was accompanied by a sharp sword, which cut off half of the soldier's head with his helmet on.
The sword given by Wei Tong, even if it is not filled with spiritual power, is still extremely sharp, like mud without iron!
This strike of the sword actually temporarily frightened the soldiers who wanted to stop him at the gate of the camp. Unexpectedly, this humble boy turned out to be the scariest person.
They stopped one after another and watched Wei Tong, Song Ya, and Song Xin running out of the gate and around the antlers. They did not dare to come up to stop them, but just watched them go away.
Zhang Fei came out with his helmet on and saw that Song Xin and the others had gone away, and he was so angry that his eyes were filled with smoke. I don’t know which soldier will be in trouble tonight.
"Chase! These people must be the enemy's secret envoys." Zhang Fei ordered. After giving the order, Zhang Fei and dozens of his soldiers galloped out, chasing Song Xin and the others. At the same time, a warning horn was blown in the camp, and the sound spread for miles.
On Jiangling City in the distance, many torches were lit up, and many people stretched their heads to check.
I saw three people and three horses galloping to the city. Wei Tong shouted: "I am the prime minister's special envoy. Open the door quickly and let me in."
Under the light of the torch at the top of the city, a team leader shouted: "I don't know your name, so I dare not open the door."
Wei Tong shouted: "Wei Ziming, the captain of Yingyang, open the door quickly so as not to miss the prime minister's important event." Since Cao Ren did not know about Wei Tong's promotion, Wei Tong still called himself by his old official title.
"Brother Ziming, is this you?" Suddenly a general on the top of the city poked his head and asked.
Wei Tong was anxious and shouted loudly: "General Zixiao, it is Wei Tong, open the city gate quickly, there are pursuers behind us!"
"Open the door quickly and release the suspension bridge." The man on the top of the city ordered.
The suspension bridge was lowered, and the city gate creaked open a gap as wide as two people. The three men flew into the city on horseback, and then the suspension bridge was raised.
Zhang Fei led his army to the city, but could only stop by the moat. Then Cao Ren ordered random arrows to be shot down. Zhang Fei raised his whip and swatted away a few flying arrows, stared angrily at the top of the city, clamped the horse's belly, turned and left.
"Huh, we finally came in." Song Xin and the others dismounted and lay down on the ground tiredly, breathing heavily. This night was thrilling. Song Xin also killed someone in desperation, and his hands are still shaking slightly. If it were a little later, all three of them would probably be captured alive by Zhang Fei.
It happened that Cao Ren was patrolling the city at this time, and he hurriedly came to see the movement, otherwise the team would most likely not dare to open the door to let them in.
"Why is this Zhang Fei smarter than I know? He figured it out in an instant!" Song Xin was still surprised that the Zhang Fei in this world was not at all the reckless character he knew.
He had been influenced by novels and novels in the past, and he had already transformed the ancients into facial expressions in his heart.
Today is a lesson. From now on, we must abandon the preconceived ideas of the past. In any era, most people who can make history books are the best among people. The only difference is that the stage is different, but the reason why they can stay in history is because they can maximize their abilities on their own stage.
At this time, Cao Ren quickly ran down from the city, picked up Wei Tong and spun him around, laughing, "People say that Wei Ziming has the courage of an overlord. I think this rumor underestimates Brother Wei."
"Zixiao, don't be ridiculous, I almost can't make it through tonight." Wei Tong chuckled. He was tired. This was also the first time Song Xin saw Wei Tong so tired.
"Come on, come to my house and entertain me with good wine. Who are these two?" Cao Ren asked.
"This is Song Ya, my life and death brother. This is Song Xin. Although he is young, his skills are not weak. General, don't underestimate him."
"Okay, okay, okay, young hero, come, come, let's go to the mansion to have dinner together." Cao Ren happily shouted three times. Invite them to the house for dinner.
Several people followed Cao Ren into the mansion. Cao Ren had already ordered people to prepare wine and meat. After sitting down, Song Xin began to look at Cao Ren carefully. He was wearing a dark red shirt, more than seven feet tall, with a square face, fair skin, and a half-foot beard under his chin. His eyes were not big, but he was quite energetic.
He has a thick girth and strong limbs. Generals who fight all year round often drink strong alcohol, which makes them bulky.
When Cao Ren saw Song Xin looking at him, he also looked at Song Xin, "I think this little brother looks extraordinary. He dares to follow Brother Ziming into the enemy camp. I wonder where this little brother is from?"
"Back to the general, Song Xin is from Juancheng, Yanzhou."
"It turns out he is from the Prime Minister's old land."
Cao Ren laughed heartily. When Song Xin saw that Cao Ren was so affectionate to him and didn't despise him at all because of his background, Song Xin had a better impression of him and relaxed his nervous mood.
"It seems that this person is not difficult to get along with."
Sometimes it is ironic that it is not difficult to get along with big people, but it is more difficult to get along with people of lower status or no status.
Recalling the past when I first entered the workplace, I encountered some junior leaders who were flattering to others and made things difficult for young people. This type of people, without exception, all do it to show off their high status. Unknown to everyone, it is because of their low self-esteem that they create a self-deceptive illusion for themselves.
Such people's achievements will always be limited and they will always rely on others.
When Wei Tong saw that the greetings were almost over, he took out the prime minister's secret letter.
"General, this time the Prime Minister has a secret message for the General. Please take a look at it."
Cao Ren took the letter and checked the paint first. Seeing that it was not damaged, he opened it and read it.
"The Prime Minister comforts Ren not to blame himself for what happened in Yiling. Food, grass, ordnance, and reinforcements are also being dispatched. I am ordered to continue to hold Zhou Yu here, not to fight with him for the time being, and to buy time for dispatch of the army in the direction of Xiangyang. In addition, I have been Arrange for Le Wenhe, Man Boning, and Wen Zhongye to set up a defense line to ensure that our food routes are open. What good news, good news!"
Cao Ren was worried at first. This was a battle that was bound to result in a loser or no win. After guarding for this period of time, not only did they not make any achievements, they also lost Yiling a while ago, leaving the gate to the west of Jiangling wide open.
When he went to rescue him, he fell into Zhou Yu's trap and lost a lot of troops. At present, there are no troops to replenish immediately, and I can't sleep at night worrying about this matter.
After the Battle of Yiling, Cao Ren no longer looked down upon Zhou Yu. He has realized that facing a coach with both wisdom and courage like Zhou Yu, he must cope with it with all his strength. Seeing Cao Cao's letter now, Cao Ren felt greatly reassured.
"Brother Ziming, to be honest, I am still struggling to support myself here. The Prime Minister first handed me 10,000 soldiers, and including my own troops, it is only 16,000. Zhou Yu has gathered 30,000 elite soldiers this time. Including Liu Bei's reinforcements, they are twice as large as our army. Cao Ren may have paid a heavy trust to the prime minister. I don't know how long Jiangling can be defended, so I am upset."
Wei Tong was speechless after hearing this. The situation now is extremely unfavorable. If you are trapped in a lonely city, you can only wait for death, but if you go out to fight, you are afraid that the city will be empty and someone will take over the city.
"General, although it is difficult for our army to win this battle, according to what Tong has seen, with the current situation, it is difficult for the Soochow Army to defeat Jiangling quickly. Our army can replace big battles with small battles, accumulate big victories with small victories, and retreat when strong , attack when weak. You can take the initiative to harass Wu's army, destroy his corridors, and consume his military strength."
Just as he was talking, the sound of footsteps came from outside, "Wei Ziming is here, I must have a drink with you tonight."
A general who was nearly eight feet tall, wearing heavy armor, and with a broad waist came in. Song Xin was startled by his voice. His footsteps thumped on the wooden floor. Listening to his tone again, he thought it was this person who was related to Wei Tong seems to have a grudge.
The man looked at Wei Tong, walked quickly to him, sat down, grabbed Wei Tong's wine glass with his big hand and drank it all in one gulp. Wei Tong looked at him and just smiled.
"General Niu, you lost to me in a sword fight. If you don't accept it, why don't you come and grab Wei's wine glass?" Wei Tong still had a smile on his face.
"Bah, that was because Lao Niu didn't eat enough last time and was exhausted. In the future, when Jiangling is relieved of the siege, Lao Niu will definitely compete with you again."
Wei Tong stood up and laughed, Niu Jin also stood up, and they hugged each other. Holding each other's arms is a courtesy among rangers when calling them brothers.
"It turns out he's a good friend of Brother Wei. It scared me." Song Xin muttered. Song Ya whispered in Song Xin's ear: "This General Niu was also a ranger when he was young."
"You Wei Ziming are so brave, you dare to pass through Zhang Yide's camp. I, Lao Niu, know that I am no match for Zhang Yide. That guy is going to get angry tonight, and Lao Niu feels happy when he thinks of being able to fly into a rage. very."
"Niu Jin, go and sit in your seat. What does it look like sitting in front of Ziming?" Cao Ren smiled bitterly.
"Hey, good brother, I haven't seen you for many years. I miss you so much that I forgot my etiquette. I apologize for my sins."
After saying that, Niu Jin stood up and saluted Cao Ren and Wei Tong, and Wei Tong also returned the greetings.
When everyone was seated, Wei Tong suddenly remembered that he had intercepted a letter from Wu Jun. He took it out and said: "General, tonight I also intercepted a letter from the courier in Zhou Yu's camp. Please take a look, General." After saying this, he handed the letter with both hands.
It's not for nothing that Wei Tongjun has many close friends. He is courteous and considerate when discussing official matters, and he is approachable when brothers fight in private.
Everyone who interacts with him feels like a spring breeze. Cao Ren and other generals knew Wei Tong when he first entered Cao's camp. They admired his chivalrous spirit and his excellent swordsmanship, so they became friends. He was not looked down upon because of his origins and his former status as a ranger.
Cao Ren opened the letter and was surprised when he saw its contents.
