The soldiers are reckless, and the generals are empty. -----Tang Dynasty. Li Bai "South of the Battle City"

said that Chen Long and Liu Bei, a cucumber boiled wine and talked about heroes, but it seemed to arouse Guan Yu's favor for Chen Long. Liu Bei was very generous on the surface, and said goodbye to Chen Longyi, but he did not mention the matter of accompanying the army. Chen Long heard the song and knew the meaning of elegance, and understood that Liu Bei was already wary of himself, so he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, how can the so-called one mountain accommodate two tigers?

That night, Chen Long rushed to the imperial army and horse camp, and a large number of nominal subordinates surrounded Chen Long, and the sound of flattery was everywhere. Chen Long was anxious to see Zhang Ning, and it was not good to bombard his subordinates directly, so he had to pretend to be a calm greeting, but in fact, the ground he stomped on was about to crack, and he couldn't wait to fly to Zhang Ning's side quickly.

Finally, everyone dispersed, and Chen Long stepped into his camp with a few arrows, and his own soldiers guarded the surrounding groups. Seeing Zhang Ning covering the sheet at a glance, he hurriedly hugged it and comforted: "The third uncle is unwilling to cooperate with me, the military horse has always been called the Yellow Turban Thief, and the army lacks common ideals and concepts, so it is difficult to support it alone." People can't be resurrected after death, but it's a pity that the second uncle died. ”

Zhang Ning cried again and couldn't say a word. Chen Long comforted him in every possible way, and Zhang Ning finally fell asleep in tears. Chen Long covered his beloved wife with a sheet, pulled out of the camp, only to see that after the rain passed and the sky was clear, the sky was full of stars, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath of fresh air, and suddenly saw a meteor flying by, and silently prayed in his heart: "Father-in-law is in the spirit of the sky, and he should protect Zhang Ning's life and safety." ”

The next morning, drizzling, Chen Long gathered a few of his subordinates and asked them to set off as a whole army. Before leaving, Chen Long did his homework, made the departure ceremony vigorous and lively, and also pulled Zuo Feng to the stage to take the oath together, and immediately wrote a recital, saying that Chen Long was not afraid of hard work, did not wait for the food and grass to be ready, and immediately set off to suppress the bandits, showing his loyalty to the emperor, and directly reported to the court without mentioning it.

In the city of Guangzong, there has long been a mourning. If Lu Chang hadn't arrived in the city in advance to cheer everyone on, he would have dispersed in a hurry. When Chen Long's army arrived, it barely resisted for two days, and in the early morning of the third day, a white flag had been hoisted high, sending the fake Zhang Jiao's corpse to Chen Long.

Chen Long did not wait for the generals to take a closer look, and ordered the corpse to be faked and loaded with an iron cage to show the public. The remaining 5,000 Yellow Turban troops fled and scattered, and only surrendered less than 1,000 troops, but they were described by Zuo Feng's recital as a great victory of tens of thousands. All the generals are tacit, who will think that the credit is too great?

After Guangzong's play, Chen Long ordered the army to be stationed in place, led by the partial general, only with Zuo Feng's 1,000 guards and his own personal soldiers, carrying the head of the fake Zhang Jiao, blowing and blowing all the way, grinding and grinding, the generals who defended the city along the road went out of the city to congratulate and not mention, and the banquet continued for a while, but made a bunch of wine and meat friends loyal to the imperial court. On the wine table, there are many Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin and the like, but they have to fight with the later Dong Alliance.

I walked for more than half a month before I arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass. The good news has already been sent to the emperor, the emperor saw that Chen Long fought an unprecedented victory, wiped out all the main forces of the Jizhou Yellow Turban, Long Yan Dayue, and asked Jian Shuo to personally go to the Tiger Prison Pass to meet the victorious army, in recognition of Chen Long's merits. Jian Shuo held Chen Long's hand, and when he saw Chen Long's smug face, he suddenly said softly: "Wenlong's victory is a happy event. But when your relatives are in power, you still have to be careful of their hidden arrows. ”

It turned out that He Jin wanted to take the opportunity to kill all the eunuchs, which had long been an open secret between relatives and eunuchs, but He Jin's mother Wu Yangjun and He Jin's sister Queen He did not agree, which made He Jin hesitate and did not dare to start. Jian Shuo reminded Long Chen that he was paying attention to his relatives' secret arrows, which were actually out of good intentions.

What Jian Shuo didn't know was that He Jin still had illusions about Chen Long, hoping that Chen Long would become his helper. Therefore, the trip to Lingling is precisely to listen to Chen Long's reality and deliberately win over Chen Long's measures. If it is found that there is no deep relationship between Chen Long and the eunuchs, He Jin will naturally use means to coerce and lure Chen Long into his own pocket.

Late at night, in the big tent, there were only two people, Chen Long and Zhou Budo. Chen Long frowned slightly, and said to Zhou Budoubt: "Yuan Zhi, how do you say that you can get out of the whirlpool of eunuchs and relatives and stay out of the matter?" ”

Zhou Budo also frowned this time, and he didn't have a quick reaction at all. After a long time, he said slowly: "This time I really want to be low-key, it's not good at all." It's better to let them fight and lose. ”

Chen Long saw Zhou Budo's rare frown, knowing that this matter was very difficult to handle. Zhou Budo continued: "You took Zhang Jiao's head back to Luoyang this time, I'm afraid that the eunuch group and the foreign relatives group are waiting for you to show your loyalty." If one side does not receive your confession, you will be included in the opponent's camp, and it will be the priority to be eliminated, after all, defeating you, a saint-faced celebrity, is definitely an example. ”

Chen Long had a headache when he heard this, and for the first time wondered if Guo Jia's strategy for himself was a bit of a rush for quick success. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then you can only show loyalty on both sides?" ”

Zhou Budo smiled when he heard this, and said: "Both sides show loyalty, I'm afraid it can only be blinded for a while." If the incident is not confidential and the news is revealed, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the sun the next day. ”

Chen Long also smiled bitterly, scratched his head and said, "It's not okay not to show loyalty, and it may be worse if you show loyalty." Since you definitely can't please it, why don't you pretend to be sick and go back to Lingling? ”

Zhou Budo saw Chen Long scratching his head, and subconsciously felt that his scalp was itchy, so he raised his hand and scratched his head: "Then don't you want the reward of the imperial court?" Anyone with a discerning eye will see that you are trying to avoid the fight between your relatives and eunuchs, and you want to not offend both sides. But if you don't offend, you will be offended, and in the future, you will be above the court, and you will be guaranteed to have no position as the lord. ”

Both of them fell into an embarrassing silence for a while, Zhang Ning just opened the curtain to enter the account, and the guards did not dare to stop it. Zhang Ning saw at a glance that the two men were all there with sad faces, without any husbands, and couldn't help but smile for the first time and said, "Why is a general and a prodigy all like this?" ”

Chen Long hurriedly hugged his beloved wife and asked her to sit down, knowing that she was resourceful, he said the analysis with Zhou Budo just now, and silenced the beautiful Zhang Ning.

Chen Long thought to himself, as the saying goes, three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang. It seems that the three of us are not even as good as the stinkers, and we laughed out loud at the thought of this.

Zhang Ning's mood was obviously much better, and when he saw that Chen Long suddenly sneered, he raised his hand and patted Chen Long and said, "It's not serious, but what good idea do you have?" ”

Chen Long didn't have any good ideas, and was about to say that we would see the move, and I was afraid that he would prevaricate with his words, when he suddenly saw Zhang Ning frowning and listening, and settled down to listen carefully, and sure enough, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and he arrived outside the tent in a moment.

Chen Long heard that it was two healthy horses, Zhou Budo had already gone out of the tent to check, and was overjoyed at a glance, a tall, thin and handsome person in the torch light, with long hair in a shawl, a table of talents, and a suave manner, who was it not Guo Jia?

The other person was Zu Lang, apparently protecting Guo Jia. It turned out that Guo Jia heard that Chen Long had won a great victory and returned to the court, and his clever plan was sold, so he was full of ambition and had immediately left for Lingling with Chen Qun. Suddenly feeling uneasy, after thinking about it carefully, he had already expected that Long Chen would encounter the problem of who to be loyal to after entering Luoyang. The two traveled in the starry night, asking about the route of the victorious army, and searched for it all the way. Fortunately, Chen Long walked very slowly, and finally found Chen Long's tent in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Chen Long was overjoyed, took Guo Jia into the account, and saw that his demeanor was the same as before, but his face was full of dust. Chen Long smiled and said, "Fengxiao, you are here, you must have a clever plan to teach me." Come on. ”

Zhou Budo wanted to repeat the discussion of the few people just now, but Chen Long didn't mention it at all, and only asked Guo Jia about his plan, understanding that Guo Jia had expected Chen Long's current predicament, and this time he came to offer a plan, so he stopped talking, and several people looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia saw that everyone was looking at him blankly, and he was not polite, sat down and said, "Lord, let's have a pot of wine to quench your thirst first." Oops, I'm dying of thirst. Everyone's glasses were shattered, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Chen Long angrily raised his hand and gave Guo Jia a brain, and hurriedly asked someone to bring Guo Jia wine, and then told Zu Lang to rest first. Zu Lang refused to leave, and arched his hand: "Lord, I have already sent Guo Junshi, and there is no competent person to protect Master Chen, so I have to go back." Chen Long was moved: "Brother, you have worked hard, it is rare for you to be thoughtful." So, you come in and have a glass of wine together, and I'll have someone prepare some side dishes, eat and then leave. As he spoke, he pulled Zu Lang in.

Where had Zu Lang seen such a courteous corporal, and he was moved to tears. When he entered the tent, he saw Zhang Ning at a glance, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Mastermother!" ”

Chen Long smiled and said, "Fengxiao, look at how polite Zulang is, he is much better than you as a military advisor." Guo Jiajun's face turned red, and he hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Good host!" ”

Zhang Ning put out the shelf of the main mother, nodded slightly and said hard work. When the wine and food came up, Guo Jia said while drinking: "The eunuch group and the foreign relatives group, now the power of the two sides is not balanced, the foreign relatives are strong and the eunuchs are weak, does the lord agree?" ”

Chen Long thought and said, "So to speak. But eunuchs are more favored and more protected by the emperor. The emperor regards Zhang Rang as his father and Zhao Zhong as his mother, how could he watch his relatives kill his parents? Therefore, the eunuchs seem to have more advantage when they control the emperor. ”

Guo Jiadao: "So there are two key figures here, who can influence the emperor and influence the decisions of the eunuchs; It can also influence He Jin and influence the decisions of his relatives. ”

Chen Long followed the train of thought and said, "Are you talking about Queen He and Wuyangjun?" ”

Guo Jia praised and said, "Lord Mingjian." After the lord arrives in Luoyang, as long as you find a way to hide under the wings of Wuyang Jun and Queen He, naturally no one will dare to touch you anymore and gain precious time. ”

Chen Long smiled and said, "He Miao? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "I have shown loyalty to Wuyangjun and Empress He, the eunuch group and the foreign relatives group will suffer from gains and losses, and they can't grasp the true heart of the lord for a while. On the one hand, Wuyangjun and Zhang Rang have a very close relationship, on the other hand, Wuyangjun is He Jin's mother, and Queen He is He Jin's sister, so they treat He Jin well. ”

Chen Long had already laughed: "Thanks to Feng Xiao who came late at night to guide the maze, then I bought time, what should I do?" ”

Zhou Budo also laughed and said: "Naturally, as soon as he got the title of the emperor's Jingzhou assassin, he smeared oil on the soles of his feet and went to Jingzhou to take office, hahaha!" ”