The herald explained Liu Bei's order to Jian Yong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info As a courtier, although Jian Yong felt a little awkward about this, he still took the order. He had already let Liu Yan raise Liu Bei as filial piety, and he set off overnight and ran to Guangzong. Sleeping all the way, but in just a few days, he had arrived at the camp of Lu Zhijun outside Guangzong City.

Guangzong was under the rule of Julu County, Jizhou, and was now occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. The Han Zhonglang led Lu Zhi to 50,000 of the Central Army and the 150,000 main force of the Yellow Turban Army Zhang Jiao to confront each other again. Because of the small number of soldiers, Lu Zhi could not directly capture Guangzong City, so he could only set up camp outside the city, monitor Guangzong Zhang Jiao's every move, and wait for an opportunity. This seemingly fruitless move of sitting on a heavy army made Zhang Jiao in Guangzong City honestly restrained.

In the face of Lu Zhi's fierce eyes, Zhang Jiao shrank in Guangzong City and did not dare to make any rash moves. The move of the great virtuous and good division to go north to Jizhou to meet the Yellow Turban Army of the Quartet became a complete bubble at this time, and the battle situation of the Yellow Turban Army in the entire Hebei fell into the dilemma of fighting separately.

It can be said that Lu Zhi's non-war is meritorious. His prudence is of paramount importance to the court at the moment. However, the people in the court couldn't understand this - those eunuchs who were close to the emperor, only knew how to brag internally, and desperately made money in dialogue were really annoyed by Lu Zhi, a general with a resolute personality who didn't know how to change.

Shortly before Jian Yong arrived in Guangzong, Lu Zhi received a letter from a friend in Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, saying that His Majesty the Emperor was going to send eunuchs to inspect the armies to investigate the situation of the war, and that it was very likely that he would come to Guangzong to ask him for a bribe and make preparations as soon as possible.

"Ready?" Lu Zhi sneered.

He has entered middle age, his hair is faintly gray, although he has experienced the world, but his temperament has not been smoothed, but more and more old and strong.

It's not that he doesn't know that his toughness is likely to make those eunuchs unhappy, but he thinks that everything is for the emperor, but he doesn't care about the eunuchs' bad feelings for him. The nobility of the literati made him have a natural contempt for eunuchs, and the reality of the situation in the army made him have no money to give away those blood-sucking yin people.

After seeing the letter from his friend, although he thanked his friend for the reminder, in practical action, he could not make any changes because of this. Rather than thinking about how to deal with the approaching angels, he should think about where he could mobilize some more soldiers and horses to replenish his somewhat weak sergeant.

"Surround 150,000 with 50,000...... I've crossed a single-plank bridge, it's really dangerous! Lu Zhi sighed lightly and frowned tightly.

At this time, a personal soldier quickly walked into the account and reported the news to Lu Zhi: "General, there is a soldier named Jian Yong outside the camp, who claims to be your student and wants to visit you. ”

"Jian Yong? My students? Lu Zhi was slightly stunned.

He had a vague impression of the name, as if he had heard it when and somewhere, but it seemed to be a long time ago, and he was not sure that the person who came must be his student.

Still, he decided to meet the other party. After all, the other party claims to be like this, but he refuses to see it as a teacher, which has a very bad impact on the scholars. As a hobby, Lu Zhi naturally would not do such a thing that ruined his reputation.

"Bring him in." Lu Zhi commanded calmly.

Soon, Jian Yong was brought up. He stood directly in front of Lu Zhi and looked at his teacher without stage fright. Although he was wearing a gray kudzu robe, and there were many traces of dust on it, he looked a little downcast, but his demeanor was still so natural. At that moment, he bowed down and saluted Lu Zhi, and there was a free atmosphere in his face.

"Nice temperament." Looking at this almost impressed face, Lu Zhi nodded with satisfaction in his heart.

He didn't recognize Jian Yong, but as for Jian Yong's current performance, Lu Zhi calculated: "Even if he came to see me under his name, I don't intend to blame him." A young man like him should have some wayward qualifications. ”

I have to say that the first impression people give is very important. It is precisely because Jian Yong has a good impression of Lu Zhi that Lu Zhi plans to give Jian Yong more preferential treatment and let him say more words. In short, it is to give him more opportunities.

At that moment, Lu Zhi invited Jian Yong to sit down, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while. Lu Zhi tentatively asked about Jian Yong's study, and talked about his previous study in Youzhou, and Jian Yong answered this straightforwardly. Lu Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he affirmed that Jian Yong was his student.

"So, what are you here for?" After determining the teacher-student relationship between each other, Lu Zhi directly asked Jian Yong about the purpose of coming here.

He could see that Jian Yong was a somewhat lazy person, so that people would not come all the way from Youzhou if they didn't have to.

So......

"He must have a purpose, maybe it has something to do with Liu Yan, the assassin of Youzhou?" Lu Zhi guessed.

After all, Youzhou is Liu Yan's territory. For Liu Yan, Lu Zhi has no deep friendship, but judging from the few meetings he has, Liu Yan is an ambitious and shady person. For such people, Lu Zhi is a little disgusted.

"I can't say it, I have to persuade him. Even if you want to be an official, you have to go on the right path. Lu Zhi thought so, and he was resourceful enough to think about it in a blink of an eye.

"Actually, I'm here for Xuande's business." Jian Yong said very directly that Lu Zhi was his teacher, and Jian Yong naturally didn't dare to go around in front of him. Whatever Lu Zhi asked, he said. He honestly told Lu Zhi that Liu Bei wanted to make a career and wanted to come to Guangzong to help in the war.

Of course, in order to ensure the success rate of the matter, Jian Yong still had some trade-offs in addition to confessing, for example, he didn't say anything about Liu Yan's plan to raise Liu Bei as filial piety, but said that Liu Bei was now listening to orders under Liu Yan, and he already had thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, Liu Yan did not give Liu Bei any official position, he was still white, and people and horses could be transferred freely.

"Really? Liu Yan is not very authentic. Hearing that Liu Bei had made such a great contribution under Liu Yan but was still only a white body, Lu Zhi couldn't help frowning, he was upset for his disciples.

It's just that in the next moment of indignation, he thought of Liu Bei's wishes and his current needs, and he became slightly excited: "Xuande wants to bring troops over to help me?" That's a good thing! I am short of major generals here, and Xuande came to help me. ”

At that moment, he agreed: "Yes! I'll write an article to Liu Yan and seconded Xuande. ”

"Thank you very much." Jian Yong thanked Lu Zhizuo and bowed his hand.

The two sides agreed so, and Lu Zhi soon sent the text to Liu Yan.

At this time, Liu Bei's will to become "filial piety" had been sent from Luoyang to Liu Yan's hands, and Liu Yan had just celebrated Liu Bei, but he didn't want to receive Lu Zhi's text in a blink of an eye.

"Seconded Liu Bei to Guangzong? How can this be? Liu Yan was annoyed at the moment, and he still wanted to turn Liu Bei's righteous army into his own force.

Right now, he can't wait to leave Liu Bei behind, give him benefits every day, and win him over, how can he be willing to let Liu Bei stay away from his sight. In the face of Lu Zhi's words, he was entangled, but he didn't dare not face up to the matter. After all, now is a critical moment for the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and in order to quell the civil strife, the emperor has given the three lieutenant generals the right to mobilize soldiers and horses from the prefectures and counties to help.

Although the three lieutenant generals prefer to use the central army of the imperial court and don't look down on the soldiers and horses of the state and county, this does not mean that when they need your state and county soldiers to go to the rescue, your state and county can refuse - this is a major matter of disrespect for the order, even if Liu Yan is bold, he does not dare to admit such a disaster. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yan finally gave up, knowing that now was not the time for him to ignore the imperial court.

"I can only admit it!" Frustrated, Liu Yan sent someone to invite Liu Bei and told him such a thing. At this time, Liu Bei had already gotten the relevant information from the returning Jian Yong, and he knew why Liu Yan was looking for him.

In the face of Liu Yan's inquiry, he put on a strange look after getting Li Qin's advice, some of which were reluctant and some eager to try. This made Liu Yan look a little strange: "Why does Xuande have such an expression?" Do you know Lord Lu Zhi? ”

"Lord Lu Zhi is my mentor...... I studied under him for a year. Liu Bei answered Liu Yan's question honestly.

"I see, that's ......" Hearing Liu Bei break the news, Liu Yan was a little stunned in his heart.

He finally understood the reason why Liu Bei showed such an expression: he was reluctant to leave my command, and he was eager to try because he wanted to help the main teacher.

"Xuande is really a loving and righteous person." Liu Yan sighed at this, and then said: "Lord Lu Zhi has already written here, and the matter of seconding you to Guangzong has been decided. No one can change it. I only hope that Xuande will lead his troops to Guangzong, and be sure to make a name for ourselves as Youzhou soldiers. Let the world know that the world's strong soldiers are in Youzhou. ”

"No!" Hearing this, Liu Bei stood up and bowed his hand to Liu Yan with a serious expression, took the token from his hand and took the order.

Liu Bei left in a hurry, looking at the back of Liu Bei leaving, Liu Yan suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He felt that Liu Bei would leave like this, but he would not come back.

"Alas...... That's it, there is no feast in the world. I only hope that Liu Bei will remember me well in the future and take care of me and my children and grandchildren. Liu Yan sighed helplessly and shook his head gently.

Liu Bei got Liu Yan's permission, accepted Lu Zhi's order, and immediately returned to the camp and led the troops to the battle. This time, Liu Beijun traveled from Hejian County through Anping County to Guangzong in Julu County, traveling six or seven hundred miles, and it took ten days of effort. Marching sixty or seventy miles in one day was already considered "divine speed" at that time.

When they arrived at the Han army camp outside Guangzong City, Lu Zhi took over and arranged a place to stay, and Liu Bei and his party could be regarded as joining Lu Zhi's army and accepting Lu Zhi's command.

Next...... It's been another quiet day. Liu Bei thought that Lu Zhi and Zhang Jiao would definitely have a battle to fight in Guangzong, but he didn't want Lu Zhi to be cautious in using his troops, and used weak troops against Zhang Jiao. The two sides formed a sit-in situation in Guangzong, although there was bloodshed between each other every day, but they were all hunted and chased by the scouts, and there was no battle for Liu Bei to appear at all.

After such a dull ten days and half a month, looking at the group of enemies in Guangzong City in front of him and unable to speak, not only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but even Liu Bei himself couldn't sit still.

Finally, Liu Bei quietly found Li Qin and complained to him in a low voice: "Yuanhua, did you say I chose the wrong one...... I thought that I would come here to fight and have merit, but I didn't think that this place was not what I imagined it to be. It's been so many days here, and it's been training all day, and Teacher Lu Zhi hasn't even held a military meeting. Yuanhua, are we going to stay here until the Yellow Turban Rebellion is settled? I'm not reconciled! ”

"Don't be too anxious, my lord, things will definitely take a turn for the better. Now in addition to here, the main forces of the other two Han armies are progressing quite smoothly, and in comparison, Lord Lu Zhi is afraid that he will not be able to sit in Diaoyutai. He will definitely make a move, and the lord just needs to wait in peace. Li Qin smiled and comforted Liu Bei.

At the same time, he told Liu Bei, "Lord Lu Zhi is your teacher after all, and he is also a rich scholar. Lord, you have now become filial piety, and you will have to go through an assessment when you enter Beijing in the future. Why don't you take this opportunity to ask Lord Lu Zhi for more teaching? This will make your future path better. You know, no teacher hates hard-working students. ”

"This ......" was mentioned by Li Qin, Liu Bei was slightly stunned, and then came to his senses: "Well, yes, but I'm going to settle down and study." This is not only for the assessment after filial piety, but also to further get closer to the teacher. Teachers have a lot of connections in their hands, and I can walk better and more steadily by borrowing them. ”

Liu Bei knew very well what he was lacking at the moment. With a purpose, he naturally has the corresponding time to make corrections.

As a result, the people in the camp all found that Liu Bei ran diligently to Lu Zhi's Chinese army tent, and almost every time he brought thick books in and came out with thick books. As for the affairs in his army, he completely left Li Qin, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to be responsible. As the lord and eldest brother of everyone, he believes in the ability and loyalty of the three of them, so he is naturally relieved.

"Is it to please the general by running so diligently?"

"Stupid, didn't you see him carrying a book? He was a disciple of the Shogun, so he must have come and gone to ask the Shogun questions. ”

"He's so old, and he's still studying?"

"Of course, haven't you heard of living and learning to be old!"

……

Related rumors circulated in Lu Zhi's military camp, and Liu Bei's diligent and studious appearance was established in this way.

After that, a few days passed peacefully, and Lu Zhi suddenly sent someone to find Liu Bei and said to him: "The current situation is like this: I contain Zhang Jiao and then here, Zhang Jiao's underground Zhang Bao fought with Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others in Yingchuan. Just now, I received a battle report, saying that Huangfu Song's situation was not very good, and he was besieged by the Yellow Turban Army in the county seat of Changshe. I am afraid that Huangfu Song will be defeated and the Yellow Turban army will lose its containment and go north, so I want you to lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to rush to Changshe to help Huangfu Song. ”

This is counseling, and it is also a command. As a subordinate of the family, Liu Bei was a little surprised when he received this order, but then became excited. At this moment, he seemed to smell the smell of war.

At that moment, Liu Bei took his headquarters soldiers and horses, and Guan, Zhang, Li, Jian and others went to Yingchuan. Liu Beijun's route was from Guangzong to the south, through Guangping County and Yangping County, through Guantao and into Yanzhou, and crossed the Yellow River by the wreck of the ferry in Yanzhou East County. After crossing the river, Liu Beijun marched southwest through Dongjun and Chenliu County, and finally arrived at Changshe in Yingchuan County.

The distance of this march was about 800 miles, but it was farther than going from Zhuoxian to Guangzong, but Liu Beijun only spent six days walking this way. On average, he walked more than 130 miles a day, which was much faster than when he first went south.

Regarding this matter, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt a little incredible. When there were still ten miles away from Changshe, Liu Beijun temporarily stopped marching, and the soldiers rested cross-legged for a while, preparing to rush to the county seat of Changshe as soon as possible after resting for a while.

Liu Beijun had already sent someone to report this matter to the Changshe City as soon as possible. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in Changshe City both knew the news. They were all looking forward to Liu Beijun's arrival, and began preparations in the city to welcome the arrival of friendly troops.

Everything was arranged properly, and seeing that the destination was in front of them, Liu Beijun's high-level leaders had the heart to talk and laugh. After talking about the march along the way, Guan Yu was a little shocked: "How could it be so fast?" Is it really the practice of walking? At the beginning, you insisted on adding marching training to the training of the army, but I thought it was completely unnecessary. But, for now, it seems that you have long thought that there will be today? ”

"There is no god!" Li Qin waved his hand indifferently: "March training is the training that the army should have, some are normal, and it is strange if there is not." ”

"But I walked more than 130 miles a day...... The speed at which you can walk out with your feet is amazing. Zhang Fei added such a sentence in a timely manner.

"What's that? If you have the ability, you can run in the mountains, cross the mountains and mountains, and march 140 miles in seven hours—this is called ability. Li Qin raised his eyebrows and said what he wanted to march.

"Seven hours and a hundred and forty miles? Is this possible? With such high requirements, I am afraid that no army can do it. Liu Bei shook his head in amazement.

"Hey, if I say it, it means I know someone can do it. But after the army had traveled 140 miles of mountain roads in seven hours, it fought a battle with a mighty enemy, and destroyed 8,000 of them. Li Qin recalled leisurely.

"Really? That's godly. Hearing Li Qin say it so surely, Liu Bei also believed it a little, and he sighed again at the moment.

"Haha......" Li Qin just laughed at this.

After resting for two quarters of an hour, the army opened again. Liu Bei made a brief speech, which boosted morale, so that the originally tired soldiers were full of strength again under the high morale, and quickly passed the last ten miles to Changshe, arrived at the city of Changshe, and were introduced into the city by the officials and soldiers in Changshe City.

At that moment, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were overjoyed when they heard the news that Liu Beijun had entered the city. At this time, they were suppressed by the Yellow Turban Army in Changshe City, which was really ruthless. With 30,000 defeated soldiers, they will face the 150,000 Yellow Turban Army with high morale, and they are also very sad. Yes, after accepting Liu Beijun's rescue, they were relieved.

"With Xuande, we are afraid that we will no longer have any worries in this situation." Huangfu Song was overjoyed, and he didn't look down on Liu Bei for being white at all, and even ignored his identity as a lieutenant general, and slapped Liu Bei a little on the back.

In this regard, Liu Bei is somewhat useful. He was immediately full of fighting spirit, and directly suggested that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun hold a military meeting to discuss ways to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.

Then the horde was raised, and the people were gathered together. The momentum was high, and the generals on Liu Beijun's side and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's side were in a low position, showing a sharp contrast in the big tent.

Feeling the difference in momentum between the two sides, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were somewhat embarrassed, but there was nothing they could do...... Who let them achieve another defeat against the Yellow Turbans yesterday? After a fiasco, they really didn't have the momentum to say that they would fight the Yellow Turban Army again.

"Alas......" Huangfu Song sighed, and after greeting for a while as the beginning of this military discussion, he decisively transferred the power of the military discussion to Liu Bei: "Xuande...... If you gather everyone so tightly, you must have a way to break the Yellow Turban Army. Tell me about it. If your plan is good, we will definitely adopt it. Huangfu Song looked at Liu Bei with a smile, but his sudden question was a fierce attack on Liu Bei.

"This ......" Liu Bei was asked. Originally, he proposed to convene a military conference as an impulsive act, but he had just come to Changshe City, and he was not even very clear about the layout of the Yellow Turban Army, so how could he make a good suggestion. For a moment, he was also embarrassed there.

Seeing that his lord was extremely embarrassed, Li Qin sighed helplessly. He walked out from Liu Bei's side, cleared his throat, and opened his mouth calmly: "General Huangfu Song, where is the location of the Yellow Turban Army right now." ”

"In the wasteland on the edge of the river in the east of the city, it is about five miles away from us." Huangfu Song answered Li Qin's question very directly.

"Our army has reported that the wasteland is overgrown with long grass, I don't know if it's true?" Li Qin nodded slightly, and asked again.

"It's true!" Huangfu Song nodded heavily: "In fact, the Yellow Turban Army was frightened by this sultry sky, so they hid in the long grass to take refuge in the heat, and their camp was on the edge of the barren grass beach. ”

"In that case, it's too easy to destroy them." Li Qin confidently came to this conclusion.

"Will the plan be released?" As soon as the words came out, everyone in the big tent looked at Li Qin in surprise.

At this moment, their eyes were shocked, praying, and contemptuous—some of them thought that it was impossible for Li Qin to show a way to break the enemy, and that he was just talking big.

"Humph!" Li Qin's heart was cold, and his face was still light. Under the attention of everyone, he directly said his own method: "The Yellow Turban thieves are not good at the right time and place, and they don't understand military law and tactics. Now that the weather is hot and the grass is dry, they camp in the barren grass in order to escape the heat, thinking that they can get it, but they don't want to kill themselves. You must know that the most ruthless people in the world are just fire and water. The Yellow Turban Army is surrounded by wild grass, why don't we set fire to it. In this way, in just one night, more than 100,000 yellow turban thieves can be wiped out! ”

"Ah...... Is there such a plan? As soon as Li Qin said, everyone couldn't help but change color. After careful consideration, they found that there was nothing wrong with Li Qin's tactics.

"In this way, the Yellow Turban Army is really going to die and have no place to be buried." After everyone figured this out, their eyes suddenly became different when they looked at Li Qin.

They admired Li Qin's wit, and several of the generals who knew how to shoot horses all said good things about Liu Bei and Li Qin. At this moment, they seemed to have forgotten the previous moment, their dissatisfaction with Liu Bei and Li Qin. At this time, they only remembered Li Qin's recommendation and Liu Bei's luck.

Feeling the change in the gaze of these people looking at him, looking at the chrysanthemum that smiled on Liu Bei's face, Li Qin, who seemed to be calm, shook his head secretly in his heart: "Changshe Fire Attack, this is the method that your Emperor Fu Song and Zhu Jun came up with in history." This credit was originally paid by you. But I don't want us to come early now, you haven't thought of this plan yet, so ...... And that's a credit to me – hey, things in the world are a little sooner or later, and this can change a lot. ”

Li Qin thought and smiled secretly in his heart.