HLnovel Chapter 155: Zhao Zilong of Changshan, Becomes Famous in One Battle
Chapter 155: Zhao Zilong of Changshan, Becomes Famous in One Battle
Chapter 155: Zhao Zilong of Changshan, Becomes Famous in One Battle
Chen State, Chen County.
After another "big battle" with Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo stood on the top of the city wall, watching Yuan Shu's army slowly retreating, and his expression was not very good.
Niu Fu stood aside and said uneasily: "Father, Zhang Miao of Chenliu rebelled together with Yuan Shu, how should we deal with it?"
If Zhang Miao attacked from behind, they would be attacked from both sides.
Niu Fu was very short, and Dong Zhuo was tall, so in comparison, Dong Zhuo looked like a giant.
Dong Zhuo looked a little unhappy and said, "I heard that Yuan Shu has already captured Xiapi and Guangling and occupied half of Xuzhou?"
Hua Xiong, Guo Si and others looked at each other, feeling as if a huge stone had dropped from their hearts, and dared not speak.
Once Yuan Shu occupied Xuzhou, Yu, Yang and Xu were connected and his power increased greatly. They could not resist with only 30,000 soldiers and horses!
Jia Xu came up from behind and handed over a letter, saying, "Mr. Dong, Zhang Miao did not come to Yuzhou, but went to Luoyang instead."
Everyone was stunned instead of surprised, and turned to look at Jia Xu.
Dong Zhuo took the letter, read it, and asked puzzledly: "Is the news accurate?"
Jia Xu asked, "Whether it is true or not, will Lord Dong rush to Luoyang for help, or will he keep his troops in place?"
Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "What does Wenhe mean?"
Jia Xu said: "Keep your troops still."
Dong Zhuo frowned, with hesitation on his old face.
If they did not move when Luoyang was in trouble, it would be a grave sin. If they went to reinforce Luoyang, Yuan Shu would not only follow them, but also seize the opportunity to capture the State of Chen, which would be enough to leave them with no way to retreat.
In just a split second, Dong Zhuo burst into laughter and said, "Zhang Miao's threat to Luoyang is a lie, but his attempt to lure me out of the city is real! Wenhe, write a memorial to the court on my behalf, explaining the seriousness of this matter."
Jia Xu responded, took a step closer, and whispered, "Mr. Dong, has Yuan Shu still not replied?"
Dong Zhuo's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he said, "Yuan Shu the brat killed two of my envoys. I will never let him go!"
Jia Xu's expression changed slightly. He looked towards the direction of Yuan Shu's camp and shook his head secretly.
Yuan Shu is not a man who can accomplish great things.
Yuan Shu's camp.
Yuan Shu was sitting on the chariot. Seeing that Dong Zhuo was still hiding in the city and refused to come out, he suppressed his anger and cursed: "Damn old thief!"
Yuan Huan stood beside the chariot and raised his hand and said, "My lord, there is good news."
Yuan Shu was particularly fond of Yuan Huan now. Upon hearing this, his expression changed and he said with a full smile, "What good news do you have, Mr. Yao?"
Yuan Huan glanced at Xu You, Tian Feng and others beside him and said, "The Chen family of Nanyang has escorted 50,000 dan of grain to Runan."
Yuan Shu listened, gripped his sword tightly, and laughed, "This is really good news!"
The 50,000 shi of grain was good news, but the most important thing was the Chen family’s surrender.
Yuan Huan could hardly hide the pride in his eyes, and raised his hand and said, "My lord, in addition to these, many noble families in Xu, Ji, Qing, Yan, and Yang have responded and are on their way here, vowing to help you with your great cause!"
Yuan Shu was very excited and asked, "Who are they?"
Yuan Huan paused, and then said quickly: "Most of them are from noble families implicated by the Party Imprisonment, and some are knights-errant and famous people wanted by the court and other places."
Yuan Shu could tell that it was not just the entire noble families who came to surrender, but some of them were people who had nowhere else to go.
"Good!" Even so, Yuan Shu was excited and said, "Yao Qing, you must welcome him in person. Don't be negligent. I will personally meet him after I defeat the old villain Dong Zhuo!"
Seeing Yuan Huan stealing his limelight, Xu You shook his head and said, "My lord, half of Xuzhou has been taken. We should seize the opportunity to pursue and take Xuzhou. With Xuzhou in hand, we will no longer have to worry about young men and money and food!"
Yuan Shu nodded heavily, looked towards the direction of Chen County, snorted coldly, and said, "Dong the old thief thought I couldn't do anything to him unless he left the city. Pass on my order to attack the city in three days!"
Xu You, Yuan Huan and others opened their mouths to speak, but nothing came out of their mouths.
A small part of their army was borrowed from Yangzhou, and most of them were recruited temporarily. Compared with Dong Zhuo's elite troops from Xiliang, it was hard for them to even fight in the field, so wasn't attacking the city tantamount to sending themselves to die in vain?
But Yuan Shu was obviously in high spirits, and no one dared to dissuade him.
Tian Feng stood aside, looking indifferent, but worried in his heart.
If Yuan Shu takes Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou will be under his control!
The Han Dynasty is in danger!
……
the next day.
Cao Cao led his troops from Shanyang County and headed straight for Chenliu.
While riding his horse, he looked at Guo Jia who had been silent all the time and laughed out loud: "Feng Xiao, you have been silent all this time, do you have any good ideas?"
Guo Jia took a sip of wine and said, "Chenliu has Jizhou to the north, Chen State to the south, Sili to the west, and the general to the east. Rebellion is just a desperate struggle. There is no need for any clever strategy. A special force is enough to quell it."
Xiahou Dun on the side looked at the two of them with a strange expression.
Cao Cao is full of vigor and vitality, very different from his gloomy self in the past; Guo Jia was calm and composed before, but now he is unhappy and taciturn.
It's as if these two people were switched.
Cao Cao naturally noticed it, and leaned over to ask, "Why is Fengxiao so depressed?"
Guo Jia glanced at the wine pot in his hand and felt that the sweet and smooth wine in the past was now even worse than tea. He shook his head and said, "I don't understand. The court should not have acted like this in response to Yuan Shu's rebellion."
Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "It turns out that Fengxiao also has his miscalculations."
Guo Jia didn't say anything. He had miscalculated twice in total.
One was that the court did not seem to have any intention of appointing Cao Cao as governor of Yanzhou. The second was that he judged that the court would pacify Yuan Shu with lightning speed, but he never thought that after two months, Yuan Shu was not only not eliminated, but also allowed to capture half of Xuzhou and become more powerful.
Cao Cao saw that Guo Jia still had no smile on his face, so he put away his smile, and with a gleam in his narrow eyes, he said, "Feng Xiao, I'm going to be promoted."
Guo Jia was stunned and said, "Promotion? Promotion to what?" He and Cao Cao almost slept in the same bed, how could he not know about the promotion?
Cao Cao said, "Let's talk about the promotion first. Do you believe in Fengxiao?"
Guo Jia frowned, thought about it carefully, and said: "With the general's current status, Yanzhou has no place, and other provinces are not suitable either. Should we conquer Dong Zhuo?"
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No."
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao's extremely confident profile, with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "Are you going back to the capital? No, Yanzhou cannot do without you now."
Cao Cao smiled more and more, and said, "Fengxiao, let's make a bet. Within a month, there will be an imperial edict!"
Guo Jia couldn't think of what rank Cao Cao would be promoted to. He forced a smile and asked, "What is the general betting on?"
"If I lose, I will give you ten jars of fine wine. If I win, I will ask you to stop drinking for a month." Cao Cao said.
Guo Jia looked towards Luoyang, his expression relaxed, and said: "That must be Luoyang's good wine!"
"It's a deal!" Cao Cao laughed.
In fact, he couldn't give any specific reasons, but he just had a strong premonition in his heart that he was about to be promoted and might achieve great things!
Guo Jia did not say anything else. What he was very curious about now was what the emperor was planning.
At the same time, Yingchuan County, Xu County.
Xu County is located at the junction of Sili, Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and has a very special geographical location.
A few dozen miles outside Xu County, Wen Chou and Zhang Miao rode their horses and slowly headed towards Xu County.
Wen Chou was a head taller than Zhang Miao, and his horse was half a head taller as well, so he turned his head and looked down at Zhang Miao, saying, "Don't worry, Grand Administrator Zhang. My master has said that I will be the Grand Administrator of Yingchuan for the time being. When we capture Luoyang and establish the throne, we will ask you to be the Governor of Yanzhou."
Zhang Miao had a long beard, round facial corners, and small eyes. At first glance, he looked like a peaceful old man.
Zhang Miao remained calm, staring straight ahead and asked, "Are we really going to Luoyang?"
Wen Chou looked relaxed and said, "We are just trying to scare the little emperor in Luoyang City and ask him to transfer Xu Rong from Huanyuan Pass, Gongsun Zan from Yangcheng, and Dong Zhuo from Chen State back. Then Yuzhou will be ours."
Zhang Miao sat on his horse, without any emotion, staring straight ahead, and said, "I am going to Xia Pi."
Wen Chou knew what he meant, and said with a smile, "I will report this to my lord. However, Governor Zhang, you still need to make some achievements."
"Dong Zhuo?" Zhang Miao asked without moving his head.
Wen Chou was somewhat afraid to underestimate Zhang Miao, whose words always hit the nail on the head, so he simply said, "That's right. My lord, please ask Governor Zhang to attack Dong Zhuo from both sides."
"Okay." Zhang Miao responded without any hesitation.
Wen Chou glanced at him and couldn't help feeling a little suspicious.
"Report to the Lieutenant General, a group of soldiers appeared twenty miles ahead and blocked the way!" Suddenly, a scout came running and shouted.
Wen Chou looked up, not panicking at all, and said, "Besides Gongsun Zan who is hiding in Yangcheng, is there any more soldiers in Yingchuan? How many are there?"
The scout came up to him, jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee and said, "General, they are from Xu County. At present, there are about 3,000 people."
"Xu County?" Wen Chou became more and more confused, and then he snorted coldly, saying: "Is he Gongsun Zan's man? A man with a false reputation! Today, I will take his head to present to the lord! Order the whole army to speed up the march!"
Zhang Miao didn't care. They had nearly 12,000 people, so there was no need to worry about a mere 3,000 people.
Wen Chou took the lead and headed straight for Xu County.
An hour later, Wen Chou, sitting on his horse, saw the opposing army from afar. They were in a four-character formation, and at a glance, there were at least eight thousand people. In front of the formation was a young man on a white horse and silver armor, holding a spear, facing the enemy from a distance.
"Haha, does Gongsun Zan have no one left? He actually sent such a brat to fight."
Wen Chou laughed loudly and slowly moved forward with a small number of soldiers and horses.
Zhao Yun also did not bring many people, less than 500 men, and he and Wen Chou approached.
Wen Chou held a large spear in his hand, pointed it at Zhao Yun, and shouted, "Who are you? You are the nameless ghost who will not die under my spear!"
Zhao Yun rode his horse, swung his spear above his head, and shouted, "Traitor, you will die under the spear of Zhao Zilong of Changshan!"
Wen Chou sneered and rode forward on his horse.
"mighty!"
The soldiers behind both sides waved their weapons and shouted in unison to cheer for their generals.
The horse galloped, the sound of its hooves was like drums, and in the blink of an eye the two men appeared in front of them.
"Give me your life!" Wen Chou roared, holding the spear in both hands and slashing at Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun put his feet on the stirrups, bent his waist to avoid the spear, and stabbed Wen Chou with the spear as fast as lightning.
Wen Chou opened his eyes wide, and had no time to dodge, watching the gun tip pierce his throat.
"Die!" Zhao Yun exerted force, pierced Wen Chou's throat, and knocked him off his horse.
The hundreds of people behind Wen Chou were shocked. They never thought that their brave General Wen, who had defeated Hua Xiong and made him flee in panic, was not a match for the young man in front of them!
After a brief panic, the five hundred men quickly turned their horses around and fled in panic.
"The thief general is dead, kill him!"
Zhao Yun picked up Wen Chou's body with his spear, beat his horse with all his might, and shouted loudly.
"kill!"
The morale of the imperial guards behind Zhao Yun was high and they quickly caught up.
People not far away thought that Wen Chou would easily defeat the young man in silver armor, but they never expected him to be defeated so quickly!
"withdraw!"
Zhang Miao turned around and ran without saying a word.
How could Zhao Yun let him go? He led his army to chase after him.
Zhang Miao's army had no fighting spirit and fled in disarray, resulting in a one-sided massacre.
Zhao Yun chased the enemy all the way from outside Xu County and almost reached Changping. It was not until Yuan Shu's reinforcements arrived that he was able to withdraw his troops.
Along the way, he gathered a lot of Zhang Miao's troops, and expanded them to a total of 13,000 people.
Zhao Yun returned to his camp and stationed in Xu County, awaiting orders from the Grand Marshal's Mansion.
Zhao Yun didn't know that Wen Chou was famous for defeating Hua Xiong. He never expected that he would be killed by him in one blow. In just one day, the news spread around Yingchuan.
"Your Majesty, General Zhao has become famous in this battle!"
In the imperial palace, inside the palace garden, Xun You said behind Liu Bian.
Liu Bian was walking in front, in a particularly good mood. He went straight to the small pavilion and sat down, saying with a smile: "Zhao Zilong of Changshan is not just a name for nothing! Everyone, sit down."
Huangfu Song, Xun You, and Zhong Yao thanked him and sat down. Zhong Yao, with his usual solemn expression, said, "Your Majesty, General Zhao killed the rebel general Wen Chou with one blow, which will surely boost the morale of the army. We will station troops in Xu County and form a line with Gongsun Zan and Dong Zhuo. With Jingzhou Governor Wang Rui behind us, we can defeat Yuan Shu and other traitors in no time!"
Liu Bian poured the tea calmly, and heard Zhong Yao's tentative intention. He raised his eyelids and looked at Huangfu Song and Xun You.
The two men did not avoid, but looked directly at Liu Bian, trying to see something from his expression.
Liu Bian smiled and asked, "What are you three doing?"
Xun You took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, since the rebellion of the traitor Yuan Shu, people in the northern states have been unsettled and rebellions have been going on one after another. The Black Mountain Army, the Yellow Turbans in Qing, Ji, Xu, and Yan have risen up with the wind, and the rebel force exceeds one million. We must quickly destroy Yuan Shu to stabilize people's hearts."
Liu Bian drank his tea and knew in his heart that the three people in front of him were all smart people. He had repeatedly suppressed the court's strategy of conquering Yuan Shu and sent Dong Zhuo to stir up trouble, which had already aroused their suspicion.
"But, they probably can't guess my purpose, right?"
Liu Bian remained calm and nodded, saying, "That makes sense. What do the three ministers mean?"
Xun You and Zhong Yao were both a little nervous, but they still bit the bullet, raised their hands and said in unison: "Your Majesty, we two ask for a strict order to Dong Zhuo. If he fails to achieve any results in the next three days, he will be punished for treason. Order Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun to join forces to assist Dong Zhuo from the flank. Order Wang Rui to send troops to attack Runan County. Order Cao Cao to send troops to Xuzhou to recapture Xiapi, Guangling and other places!"
Liu Bian raised his eyebrows. He spoke such a long sentence so neatly, obviously he had rehearsed it before.
"What does Huangfu Qing's family think?" Liu Bian looked at Huangfu Song as usual.
Huangfu Song bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, and there is little money and food left. We should fight a quick battle and make a quick decision."
Upon hearing this, Liu Bian narrowed his eyes, slowly leaned back, and his gaze moved around the faces of the three people.
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