Overlord!

Chapter 240 Wen Pin takes Changsha

Kuai Yue became famous in later generations because Cao Cao said, "I don't like Jingzhou, but I like Kuai Yidu".

The reason why Cao Cao is so happy is that Kuai Yue is almost a replica of Jia Xu. He is completely similar to Jia Xu in terms of personality and intelligence, but his life is not as rough as Jia Xu's, so he has never made any wise plans that harm the country and the people. .

However, it was precisely because he assisted Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, that his reputation was not as good as that of Jia Xu.

Later generations praised Liu Biaodan for riding into Jingzhou and then taking over the eight counties of Jingxiang. It seemed like such a great feat.

But how could Liu Biao have such talent?If there is such a talented person, he will not sit in Jingxiang and be unable to expand an inch of land.

In fact, Liu Biao's ability to control the eight counties of Jing and Xiang was entirely due to Kuai Yue.From the planning to the execution of the subordinates, the lobbyists were all provided by Kuai Yue!

That is to say, at that time, there were edicts and seals from the Han Dynasty conferring the title of governor of Jingzhou. Anyone who found Kuai Yue could take over Jingzhou.

Liu Biao did the same thing. After riding into Yicheng alone, he asked Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang to conspire with Jingzhou.

Liu Biao asked: "The sect's traitors are very strong, but they don't follow them. Yuan Shu is responsible for this, and disaster has come! I want to recruit troops, but I'm afraid they won't gather them. What's the strategy?"

Kuai Liang's advice is: "If the people don't follow you, your benevolence is insufficient; if you follow them but don't govern, your righteousness is insufficient."

"If the people follow the path of benevolence and righteousness, the people will return like water flowing downwards. Why bother to ask for troops and strategies if they don't follow them?"

That is to cultivate benevolence and righteousness and serve those who are far away.This is a common saying of Confucius about cultivating literary virtues to serve those far away.It is suitable for powerful princes, but it may not be suitable for Liu Biao who rides into Jingzhou alone.

So Liu Biao consulted Kuai Yue, and Kuai Yue said: "To bring peace, one must first be benevolent and righteous, and to control chaos, one must be political."

"It's not about having too many soldiers, it's about gaining people. Yuan Shu is brave and invincible, Su Dai and Bei Yu are both warriors, so there's nothing to worry about. There are many traitors and commanders in the clan who are greedy and violent, and they are in trouble for their subordinates."

This analysis can be said to be a sharp analysis of the enemy's hidden dangers and shortcomings, and it is Liu Biao's heart.Kuai Yue then said that I have some talented people with reputation and cultivation. If I send them to the clan thieves to show their benefit, the clan traitor leader will definitely come with his followers.

"Then let the king punish his unrighteousness and use him to care for him. If the people of a state have a happy heart and hear that the king is virtuous, they will definitely come to him. The soldiers will gather together and attach themselves to Jiangling in the south and Xiangyang in the north. It depends on whether the eight counties of Jingzhou can send a message. Although Yuan Shu and others are here, they can't do anything."

Liu Biao was kind to him, so he asked Kuai Yue to send people to lure the clan traitors, and all 55 of them were killed.After attacking the troops, he might be able to teach the troops immediately. Liu Biao then became powerful in Jingxiang, and the situation turned prosperous.

Only the Jiangxia thieves Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng supported Xiangyang, and Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue and Pang Ji to persuade them to surrender, and Jiangnan was peaceful.

It is precisely because of Kuai Yue's great achievements that he almost single-handedly helped Liu Biao pacify the clan traitors, form an army, persuade the remaining traitors to surrender, and pacify the entire Jingzhou, so Cao Cao was not happy about Jingzhou, but happy about it. Kuai Yiduye's emotion.

But what is more similar between Kuai Yue and Jia Xu is that they both belong to the Mingzhe and self-protection faction.In other words, it is the Cao Cao faction.

Both of them saw the situation clearly and knew that Cao Cao would dominate the world by taking advantage of the emperor to control the princes, so they both advocated surrender to Cao Cao.

Advocating surrender is obviously related to Kuai Yue's own and clan interests. Once the war spreads to Jingzhou, the first people to suffer will be the big clans like them.

Now Liu Biao is at the end of his rope. He can only use Nanjun and one county to resist the entire Jiangbiao attack. If he resists to the end, he will definitely become a fan.

He is different from Cai Mao. Cai Mao is too deeply bound to Liu Biao, while he, Kuai Yue, is just a representative of the Jingzhou clan.

Whoever occupies Jingzhou will serve under him.

Therefore, after being sent to Sun Ce's army, Kuai Yue immediately bowed respectfully and expressed his surrender.

Sun Ce sat behind the desk and looked at the leader of Jingzhou. He sighed and said with emotion: "Kuai Yidu, why are you so wise this time? Why didn't you surrender earlier and ended up behind the younger generation? So that's why you are like this. End!"

Falling behind the younger generation?
Kuai Yue was secretly surprised and didn't understand what was going on. He could only say: "Liu Sikong defeated Jingxiang. His soldiers and horses are strong and he is the enemy of the general. Doesn't it mean that his destiny has been fulfilled? The more he has to ask for his orders, knowing that his destiny has been fulfilled. , beyond the reach of man.”

"Destiny has come true?" Sun Ce couldn't help but smile, threw a copy of the document in front of Kuai Yue, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "What you said makes sense. Look at the current situation in Jingzhou."

Kuai Yue suppressed his inner surprise and immediately opened the letter in front of him. The letter was written on silk, which showed that the identity of the letter writer must be noble.

After reading it, Kuai Yue was completely shocked. The letter was actually written by Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan!
As a member of Liu Biao's clan, Liu Pan killed his relatives out of righteousness, accusing Liu Biao of harboring treacherous intentions when thinking of himself as a clan member. Yisheji is extremely ignorant and arrogant, and his crimes cannot be punished.

He looked graceful in Jingchu, sitting back and observing the changes of the times. He thought that the Emperor of the West could regulate the situation, so he resorted to militancy, and all the scholars in Jingzhou were in danger.However, those who avoid chaos in Jingzhou are all heroes in the country. They do not know their duties, and their home country is in danger and they have no help.In the land of Quanchu, those who cannot succeed may not be for this reason.

Liu Pan then handed over his arms and asked for surrender. Although he had captured thousands of people, he wanted to lead them back to Jiangdong. He wrote this letter to express his sincere request.

Liu Pan surrendered!
Kuai Yue never expected that before the Jingzhou nobles started to rebel, Liu Biao's nephew would rebel first!

Liu Biao has been waiting in Jiangling for Liu Pan to recruit soldiers in Wuling and disrupt the Jiangdong grain route.

Unexpectedly, Jiangling was not captured, but Liu Pan surrendered first.

Seeing the shock on Kuai Yue's face, Sun Ce said: "This is the general situation in Jingzhou. People's hearts are in line and everyone agrees."

Kuai Yue's heart was in turmoil. Perhaps people's hearts were ten times and a hundred times worse than what Kuai Yue thought!
The building is about to collapse, and everyone has given up their integrity in order to find a way out.

Sun Ce continued: "The Wuling barbarians rebelled and gathered people to plunder the counties. Zhang Xian led the soldiers of the three counties to attack Wuling. Liu Pan was trapped in a tight siege. If he did not want to be killed by the heroes in the city or die in the rebellion, he could only Come down one way."

"I hope that Ru Kuai Yidu can see the situation clearly and persuade Wenpin to surrender as soon as possible. I hope that the four counties in Jingnan will be in peace as soon as possible."

"Cai Mao's head was taken away with you. Back then, you rode alone and said you would surrender to Xiangyang. I hope that today you can repeat the grand deed of that year."

Kuai Yue was sent away from the Jiangdong camp with only two followers and Cai Mao's head.

The Jiangdong soldiers did not even supervise where he went.

And Kuai Yue was also wandering and had nowhere to go.

If he doesn't go to Xiaoling now, where can he go?
At that time, he vigorously formulated a strategy for Liu Biao and gave guidance to the country. He said that the troops should be gathered and attached, and Jiangling should be occupied in the south and Xiangyang should be guarded in the north.

But now all the eight counties of Jingxiang have rebelled.

Liu Biao defended Jiangling, which had become a desperate situation.

Even if he, Kuai Yue, returns to Jiangling, he is just waiting to die.

More importantly, his hometown, Xiangyang, might have surrendered to Jiangdong at this time.

Wu is being surrendered everywhere, maybe this is really destiny.

Kuai Yue had no choice but to recognize the situation, and took two followers to approach Xiaoling.

Kuai Yue was a famous scholar in Jingzhou. The city guard recognized him and immediately welcomed him into the city with great joy.

Someone immediately asked with concern: "Why did Duke Kuai come? Could it be that the reinforcements have arrived and repelled the Jiangdong dog bandits?"

"Kuai Gong has arrived, but the Yi Dao army is already close at hand?" "Kuai Gong, does Liu Mu have a reward for us and other soldiers?"

It can be seen that Kuai Yue kept his head down and remained silent, and the excited soldiers gradually fell into silence.

Kuai Yue's voice was low: "Yidao has been lost, Wuling has surrendered, and Xiaoling... there are no reinforcements."

Some of the soldiers immediately lost their voices, some cried bitterly, and some cursed.

"Then we are bound to die?"

"Since there are no reinforcements, what are you doing here?"

"Surrender the dog, you must have surrendered to the Jiangdong dog thieves and come to act as lobbyists!"

Kuai Yue's face was deep and unmoved, and he continued: "I came to Xiaoling to find a way for you to survive! After Jingzhou's tyranny fell, we should know where our destiny lies."

When Kuai Yue finished speaking, Wenpin finally arrived. Hearing Kuai Yue's words, he immediately asked in shock: "Has Kuai Gong's fruit fallen to Jiangdong?"

Kuai Yue nodded, and asked his entourage to open the wooden box containing Cai Mao's head, and said: "The Yi Road has been broken, and Cai Mao has given the head. Wuling has also surrendered to Jiangdong, and Zhongye is already a lone brigade. Surrender, and lead the troops at this time. It is not too late to surrender to General Sun."

Wenpin was not furious. The situation in Jingzhou was like this, and he had already seen the outcome.

But he said sadly: "I am unable to assist Liu Jingzhou to serve the country. I am unable to defend Hanchuan and protect the territory. I have no choice but to end up like this. I am so sad and ashamed. How can I surrender?"

Kuai Yue was also ashamed and powerless, so he turned to ask: "I have the same ambition as you, and I also want to defend Hanchuan and protect the territory. However, the demise of Liu Jingzhou's hegemony is a foregone conclusion. General Sun's talent for martial arts is his destiny." If you don’t surrender, what other plans do you have?”

Wenpin clenched his fists, his ambition aroused. After a long time, he finally sighed helplessly and said: "There is really nothing we can do. Wu Hou is good at using soldiers and is invincible. He has many civil and military men under his command. It is really difficult to defeat him."

Wenpin did not try to repel the [-] Jiangdong army outside the city.

But Sun Ce is not Sun Quan!The elite troops under his command are brave and good at fighting.Wenpin wanted to use the strategy of controlling danger and attacking surprise, defeating the enemy's sharpness and calming the morale of the army; but in the battle in the wild, Wenpin directly encountered a head-on attack from Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Zhu Huan, Zhou Tai and others.

These soldiers of Jingyang in Jiangxia were no match for Jiangdong's elite divisions when facing the enemy in the wild, and suffered heavy losses.

Wen Pin wanted to adopt a strategy of doubting the enemy's strength and concealing his secrets to confuse the enemy so as to weaken his fighting spirit.In front of Jia Xu, Liu Ye and others, it is really difficult to take effect.

Therefore, Wenpin could only defend the city and was attacked by Jiangdong's army for nearly [-] days.

There are only two scenarios for Jiangdong's army to retreat. One is that Jiangling in the north sends a large number of troops to help. For example, like Cao Wei, tens of thousands of troops arrive.

Second, there was chaos in the rear areas east of the Yangtze River, with rebellions and bandits plundering counties.

But now, it's completely counterproductive!

There were no reinforcements in Jiangling, but reinforcements from Jiangdong arrived one after another.

There is no rebellion in Jiangdong, but rebels and Jingman are everywhere in Jingzhou!
As the fierce battle continued, Jiangdong stormed the city with ten times the force, and sooner or later he would be able to defeat the defenders.

The situation is clear at a glance, so Kuai Yue said: "Zhongye, surrender the city. Even if I don't consider it for you, it is still for the livelihood of the more than a thousand soldiers in the city. It is meaningless to defend the city and die in vain."

"When you surrender to the city, you will be rewarded especially by the inner marquis, which is more than just the governor of a county in Jingnan. What worries do you have again?"

The advice of Lu Meng and Xu Huang finally bore fruit at this moment.

It can be said that the whole Jingzhou was listening. Sun Ce generously rewarded the Yi Dao surrender, which greatly encouraged all the guards in Jingzhou.

At least Wenpin doesn't have to worry about being killed after surrendering, and instead his status will be more respected.

With the title of Marquis of Guannei, he can be appointed as the governor of Changsha, Lingling, or Guiyang, and the rewards can be described as generous.

It is also in line with his ambition to be employed in Jingxiang and guard his hometown.

So the next day, Wenpin led his troops out, entered the Jiangdong military camp and surrendered.

Sun Ce was overjoyed. He came out of the camp, surrounded by banners, and personally helped Wenpin up. He smiled and said, "I have one general, Wen Zhongye, and I can defeat thousands of armies!"

Wenpin looked ashamed and said: "Pin has always been willing to guard Hanchuan, protect the territory, and establish Jingzhou to serve the country. However, Jingzhou has been destroyed, and the people are in ruins. I have no choice but to do this. I am really sad and shameless. It’s such a generous compliment to be a general.”

Sun Ce always liked to smile, and when he heard Wenpin's words, he smiled even more, and said: "Why do you think so little of yourself? Your wish to defend Hanchuan and preserve the land is so great. I just want to do it because of your ability. The territory of Anjing Prefecture."

"I want to use you as a general to fight against the rebels, lead the governor of Changsha, and grant the title of marquis in the pass. Are you willing to help me secure the country of Changsha?"

Wenpin and Kuai Yue both stiffened in shock, and looked up at Sun Ce in disbelief.

Wenpin asked in disbelief: "General...you want me to lead the army into Changsha?"

Sun Ce smiled and nodded. The main forces of the three counties in Jingnan are all in Wuling County!
With Wenpin's surrender and Chiling's surrender, the road not only opened up to Wuling, but also ran through the entire Jingnan.

As long as Sun Ce's army goes south, it can cut off the retreat of the main forces of the three counties of Jingnan.

Then Wenpin could take advantage of the weakness of the three counties, and with the support of Huan Jie and Liu Ba, march directly into Changsha and control Zhang Xian.

The prestige and military morale of the three counties in Jingnan are all tied to Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian was captured by Liu Biao's general Wenpin, which must have shocked the whole Jingnan.

Then Sun Ce only needs to send a general such as Lu Meng, Zhang Fei or Zhao Yun to lead his troops to Jingnan to receive the troops of Liu Pan and Zhang Xian.

The situation in Jingzhou has always been determined by Nanjun and Jiangxia, so Jingnan can be conquered in one go.

So Sun Ce calmly smiled and said to Wenpin: "Is it possible for Zhongye to achieve this great cause and protect the territory? Since Jingnan is peaceful, Wuling Man can be determined by his command."

Sun Ce had no doubts about appointing him, a subordinated general, to take on this important task.

Wenpin is not the kind of person who repeats himself. Moreover, under the general trend, Wenpin will recognize the situation clearly.

With his surrender, Jiangling has become desperate. If he rebels and goes back at this time, wouldn't he be in a desperate situation?

At this moment, Wenpin was completely shocked by the magnanimity and magnanimity of Wu Hou. He surrendered and sat in Changsha, a large county. With his martial talent, he was indeed a hero who could bring peace to the world.

He immediately handed over his hand and said solemnly: "If you hire me, you will die to your death, and you will live up to the general's trust."

(End of this chapter)