Chapter 42: Another Celebrity
Dozens of horsemen outside Xu Wu City galloped towards Xu Wu County, and Jiang Chen, Tang Zheng and Gongsun Zan stood at the city gate. Hearing that Sun Jian was coming today, Jiang Chen, Tang Zheng and Gongsun Zan and their entourage waited at the city gate early in the morning to wait for Sun Jian's arrival, and it was almost noon when Sun Jian and his party arrived.
Jiang Chen stepped forward and saluted the person who was in the first place and said: "Presumably this is Sun Sima, the lower official Xu Wuxian ordered Jiang Chen to thank Sun Sima for leading the army to rescue Xu Wu on behalf of Xu Wu's people." Sun Sima, please enter the city. "Where did Lord Jiang speak, in Xia Wu County, Sun Jian was ordered by the Holy Lord to lead troops to support Xu Wu, but he was still one step too late to let Zhang Chun and the others run away. On the way here, I received news that Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju had withdrawn their troops, but I was worried that there would be fraud and came to take a look, but I didn't expect the enemy to have withdrawn. Sun Jian said to Jiang Chen in return. Tang Zheng looked at Sun Jian on the side, he was really extraordinary, his words were reasonable, he was humble, and he gave people a feeling like a spring breeze. "Sun Sima has been grateful for coming to Xia Guan without hesitation, as for Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju and the like, let him escape for the time being, and then there will be a chance, I will introduce the two next to me for Sun Sima, if it weren't for their assistance, Xu Wu would have been lost long ago." Then Jiang Chen pointed to Gongsun Chan and said to Sun Jian: "This is Gongsun Chan, the commander of the cavalry. Sun Jian bent down and clenched his fists at Gongsun Zan and said, "Xiaguan Sun Jian has seen the captain of the cavalry. Gongsun Chan smiled and said: "Don't call me a captain or a captain, I am a cousin, how old are you, you can call me Brother Bogui, you can call me Brother Gongsun, what do you think." "Since the lieutenant can afford to be below, he will dare to call Brother Bogui, and Brother Bogui can directly call me the table character Wentai." Sun Jian said to Gongsun Zhan, who nodded in agreement with Sun Jian's statement.
Then Jiang Chen pointed at Tang Zheng and said to Sun Jian: "Don't look at this young man, Xu Wu's defense was arranged by him, and he also led the troops to Xu Wu for the first time, and Xu Wu's ability to defend him is indispensable." His name is Tang Zheng, who is only eighteen years old this year, and he has just been named the captain of the right Beiping agricultural capital by the saint. Sun Jian bent down and clenched his fists and said to Tang Zheng: "The subordinate Sun Jian has seen Tang Duwei, and Tang Duwei has an unlimited future after becoming an official at a young age." Tang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to help Sun Jian and then said: "Sun Sima, why is this, how can the kid afford Sun Sima's great gift, the kid has made some small contributions, and was named the captain of the agricultural capital by the saint, all by luck, you are all Tang Zheng's predecessors, and you can get to the current position step by step by relying on your own true skills, and it is a great honor to work with all the seniors. Sun Jian was about to say something, at this time Gongsun Zhan laughed on the side and said: "Hahaha, Wentai, don't argue with him, that kid is very modest, but what he said is also the truth, your Wentai can come to this point is indeed based on your own true skills, okay, you two don't be so modest with each other, why don't you pay attention to Tang Zheng's age snack loss Brother Sun, what about Wentai's idiot Tang Zheng took advantage of it and called Brother Tang, what do you think?" Tang Zheng felt that it was a pity that Gongsun Zhan didn't go to run a school, and he had to fight with someone in later generations to accept students everywhere, and others accepted students everywhere and he worshiped his brothers everywhere.
Although he complained about Gongsun Zan in his heart, Tang Zheng still said: "Since Brother Gongsun has said so, then the kid will take the liberty of calling Brother Sun Sima Sun." "Where, where, it's climbing high, please don't be surprised by Brother Tang." Sun Jian shook his hand again and again, he was very curious about this young man who was already in charge of the Nongdu Lieutenant, he knew that there was no Taishou in Youbeiping now, and the Duwei was in charge of the soldiers and horses of the first county as the deputy of the Taishou, but he had only heard of the cavalry lieutenant and the accompanying lieutenant Rong but he had not heard of the nong lieutenant, and he didn't know what kind of official position this was. Jiang Chen glanced at Sun Jian and knew the doubts in his heart, so he opened his mouth to solve his doubts: "Sun Sima must be wondering what Tang Gongzi, the captain of the agricultural capital, means." Sun Jian looked at Jiang Chen and said to him, he didn't want to ask directly, and now after Jiang Chen said this, he would take advantage of the situation. Sun Sima should know that I, Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun, Guo Yuanjun and Youbeiping Taishou Liu Wei and Liu Fujun were killed by the Yellow Turban. Sun Jian nodded and said that he knew, but he didn't understand what these had to do with Tang Zheng's official position. Then Jiang Chen said: "It was Tang Gongzi who led the troops to wipe out the Yellow Turban Deng Mao and others in Youbeiping to avenge Liu Fujun, and now the imperial court sees that there is no Taishou in Youbeiping, so he let the Tang brothers take the position of the captain to act as the Taishou, and his Nongdu Lieutenant is actually in charge of the agricultural affairs and military affairs of Youbeiping, so there is such a Nongdu Lieutenant coming out." "Okay, everyone, don't stand here and block the people's entry and exit, let's go, let's go into the city together." At this time, Gongsun Chan said. After Gongsun Chan said this, the group began to walk towards the city.
As soon as he arrived at the county Yajiangchen, he said to Sun Jian: "Sun Sima, I have asked people to prepare thin wine for Sima to catch the wind, and I hope Sima will not be surprised by the poor food." "What did Lord Jiang say, he didn't help much, but he still bothered Lord Jiang, and he was disturbed." "Hahaha, don't talk about anything else, it's rare for Wentai to come once, and today we won't get drunk or return. By the way, Brother Tang, did you still have that kind of wine from the barracks last time? Smell and ask, you know that it is a rare wine, today the Wentai is here, don't you come out to entertain it? Gongsun Zhan first said to everyone with a smile, and then asked Tang Zheng about the kind of wine he smelled last time. Once Gongsun Chan went to Tang Zheng's military camp to find Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng happened to be in the wounded barracks, Gongsun Chan smelled the smell of alcohol when he saw Tang Zheng in the wounded barracks, and immediately said that Tang Zheng had such a good wine, and he didn't take it out to taste it, but Tang Zheng had no choice but to send two bottles of the failed product after refining alcohol to Gongsun Zhan, who knows where Gongsun Chan often asked Tang Zheng for wine from now on. Tang Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Gongsun, that is alcohol, which is used to disinfect wounded soldiers. "Then don't care, take out some of the kind you gave me last time, and everyone can see the fine wine brewed by Brother Tang." "Oh, Brother Tang still knows how to make wine?" Sun Jian said curiously to Tang Zheng. "Brother Sun, where do I know how to make any wine, it's just to take the wine made by others and process it." "Alright, go get your wine, I can't wait." Gongsun Chan said. Tang Zheng couldn't help it, and now Sun Jian also looked at Tang Zheng expectantly, Tang Zheng had to ask people to go back to the barracks and get a few bottles. It didn't take long for the person who took the wine to come back, and Gongsun Chan took the wine and asked the person who poured the wine to go down and do it himself.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Tang Zheng asked Sun Jian: "Brother Sun, didn't you follow Zhonglang to exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Runan?" How can it come from nothing? "As soon as the Yellow Turban in Wancheng was pacified, I received an order from the imperial court to let me lead the troops to Xu Wu. On the way, I heard that Youzhou Thorn Shi was killed by the Yellow Turban of Guangyang, so I led my troops to Guangyang County, but I heard that the Yellow Turban Thief had been driven to Wuzhong by the Tang brothers before I arrived in Guangyang, so I led my troops to Wuzhong, and when I arrived at Wuzhong, I knew that the Yellow Turban Thief had been exterminated by the Tang brothers, so I rushed to Xu Wuwu from Wuzhong. I've heard a lot of Brother Tang's name along the way," Sun Jian said with a smile. Hearing this, Tang Zheng was confused, they just thought that the Yellow Turban might collude with Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju at the beginning, and they were not sure that Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju would definitely invade Youbeiping, and they didn't expect that the imperial court would send a large army to support Xu Wu in advance, thinking of this, Tang Zheng looked at Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen also noticed Tang Zheng's gaze, he seemed to know what Tang Zheng was thinking, so he spoke: "I'm not afraid that when Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun come to attack, the imperial court will not have time to send troops, So I reported to the imperial court that it was determined that Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun would raise hundreds of thousands of troops to attack. Tang Zheng, Gongsun Zhan and Sun Jian looked at Jiang Chen together, they usually couldn't see it, they couldn't imagine that this guy was still so bold at the critical moment, fortunately Qiu Liju and Zhang Chunzhen came this time, otherwise Jiang Chen would have been big. Several people looked at each other and laughed, this matter was considered to be over, and no one planned to report Jiang Chen's crime of bullying the monarch to the imperial court. Everyone continued to drink until the afternoon, Tang Zheng didn't know how he returned to the camp, and when he returned to his familiar place, Tang Zheng fell asleep on the bed.
Early the next morning, Sun Jian said goodbye to Tang Zheng, Gongsun Zan and Jiang Chen and walked towards his garrison's camp. Sun Jian repeatedly thanked Jiang Chen and Tang Zheng for their kindness, saying that he was ordered to come to support Xu Wu, although he was late and didn't help much, but Xu Wu's war had been settled, so he would lead the army back to Luoyang to return to the Holy Lord. Tang Zheng and Jiang Chen didn't stay in Qiang, and kept sending Sun Jian out of the city, and the two turned around and went back separately.
When Tang Zheng returned to the camp tent, he saw that Gongsun Chan was already waiting in the camp tent, Tang Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and said to Gongsun Zhan: "Let Brother Gongsun wait for a long time, it's the younger brother, don't you forgive Brother Gongsun." "It's okay, I just arrived, I heard that you and Jiang Chen went to see off Sun Jian, so I'm waiting for you here." "I don't know what happened to Brother Gongsun looking for his younger brother?" Tang Zheng asked. "It's not a big deal, now that Xu Wu's war has been settled, I don't know what Brother Tang's arrangements are?" "Brother Gongsun means that he is also preparing to withdraw the army?" "Well, if Brother Tang is fine, I am also ready to withdraw and return." "Well, in that case, we might as well go and say goodbye to Lord Jiang together." Gongsun Chan nodded and walked towards the county government with Tang Zheng.