Chapter Twenty-Three: The Strangest Partner

Dong Zhuojun's battle of Jizhou, from the beginning of the first month of the sixth year of the first year of the first peace plan and put into action, until the elimination of Liu Beijun, after more than two months, successively eliminated Yuan Shaojun and Liu Beijun's main force, and Cao Cao's army drove out of Jizhou, the war was basically calmed down, Dong Zhuojun victoriously occupied Jizhou's richest Yecheng and Wei County and other places, the remaining cities have no strength to compete with Dong Zhuojun, and it is only a matter of time before they fall into the hands of Dong Zhuojun.

Although the results were brilliant, but Dong Zhuo's army can only be regarded as a tragic victory, Kang Peng just arrived in Yecheng, immediately counted the losses of his own army, and couldn't help but drip blood in his heart, the first batch of Pang De's troops into Jizhou 10,000 iron cavalry lost six out of ten, and thousands of soldiers lost their combat effectiveness forever due to injuries; The second batch of Jia Xu, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun's troops in Sichuan suffered even more miserable losses, nearly half of the 80,000 troops were lost, and more than 5,000 soldiers were disabled due to injuries, and these soldiers were all veterans who had been tempered by thousands of tempers, and Dong Zhuojun spent a huge amount of money to train elite soldiers, and they were all young and strong soldiers who were in the year of fighting, and these precious losses could not be calculated at all. In addition, there are also Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and Song Xian and other generals who died in battle, as well as Dong Chongjun who died all of them, which is also a pain in Kang Peng's heart, although this army will only steal tricks and have almost no combat effectiveness, but they have repeatedly made miraculous achievements in the past few years, and they do not need Dong Zhuojun to allocate a money and food to be self-sufficient, and they are the most respected and loyal to Kang Peng's Dong Chongyan line, and the two sacrificed deputy generals Ai Jin and Ma Zhuang, and they are the beloved sons of the two major business owners who closely rely on Dong Zhuojun, and they usually rely on them in many places. Kang Peng was really a little shameless to go to see Dong Chong, Ai Quan, Ma Zhan and others.

Kang Peng threw the list of army losses on a few times, the hard black beard was panting heavily, and Jia Xu in the hall was pale, got up and knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "King, our army's losses are so heavy, all because of Jia Xu's improper command, and he has mistakenly hit Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang's treacherous schemes, resulting in many losses among our soldiers. ”

"King, we are powerless to kill the enemy, and we are also guilty, please punish the king." In addition to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Pang De, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others will leave the table together and kowtow to Kang Peng to apologize, Dong Chong remembered all the dead Dong Erjun, and couldn't help crying loudly, and Ma Zhong was even more kowtowing and bleeding, this time the intelligence in the battle of Jizhou made mistakes one after another, Ma Zhong could not escape the blame, Ma Zhong choked and said: "King, the villain is a capital crime, the villain is a capital crime." ”

"Ugh......." Kang Peng sighed, stepped forward to help Jia Xu from the table, and beckoned to the generals: "Get up, you have all worked hard, this time the army has suffered heavy losses, it is not your responsibility, but that the enemy is too cunning, far stronger than our previous opponents, how can I blame you?" Speaking of this, Kang Peng sighed again, "When it comes to responsibility, although Lone only participated in the Battle of Jizhou in the end, Lone made a serious mistake in formulating tactics, and Lone's responsibility is the greatest." ”

Kang Peng's words were not just modest words, after Kang Peng's reflection, Kang Peng summed up various mistakes in this battle, the biggest of which was Kang Peng's serious mistake in tactical command, which led to the various units fighting separately and seriously weakened Dong Zhuojun's combat effectiveness. Several Dong Zhuojun troops that entered Jizhou successively, Zhang Liao marched into Youzhou according to Kang Peng's order, Jia Xu could not directly command, and even Jia Xu did not know the date of Zhang Liao's march, resulting in Zhang Liao's army being unable to rescue or assist the main force, and Kang Peng's army who came later also lost contact with Jia Xu's troops, and they could not act in unison, allowing Cao Cao's army to escape calmly and failing to eliminate the main force of Cao Cao's army. The second major mistake was made by Kang Peng and Jia Xu - too scattered forces, so that all the troops of Dong Zhuo's army could not form a superior force against the Cao-Liu coalition army, especially when the main force of Dong Zhuo's army returned to Yecheng, the main force of Dong Zhuo's army of 80,000 was actually divided into three teams, Jia Xu, Lu Bu's first team, Li Dao, Guo Yan's first team and Zhao Yun's first team, and the strength of each team was not enough to resist the Cao-Liu coalition army, which was the main reason for Dong Zhuojun's heavy casualties. In ancient times, when only fast horses and carrier pigeons could communicate, too much division of troops was the biggest taboo of soldiers, and even the military genius Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo because of too much division of troops, not to mention the mediocre Kang Peng, Dong Zhuojun was able to not wipe out the whole army in this case, and successfully occupied Jizhou, Kang Peng was already out of luck.

"Okay, let's pass the past." Kang Peng clapped his hands and said: "Invite the heavens, you can all live to meet Lone, it is already the greatest blessing of Lone, the sacrificed soldiers can be compensated and supplemented, but no matter who you sacrifice, for Lone, even if you regret it ten thousand times, you can't save your life, it's good to live, it's good to live." ”

Kang Peng's words of buying people's hearts made Dong Zhuojun's generals grateful and swore allegiance to Kang Peng, Kang Peng asked Jia Xu to report the latest situation in Jiyou and Youzhou, Jia Xu cleared his throat and said: "Since the south bank of Weishui completely annihilated Liu Bei's army for three days, our army's stationing in various cities has progressed very smoothly, and all parts of the cities have looked down on the wind, and no one has dared to resist until now; It's just that there is no result in the search for Liu Beijun's generals, our army has searched the Weishui coast several times, and has never found any trace of Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi and others, it can be concluded that they either died in the chaos of the army, or successfully escaped from the water from the search of our army and have left Jizhou. ”

"They're definitely alive, and they feel that way." Kang Peng always had a hunch in his heart that Zhuge Liang was not so easy to be eliminated, otherwise he would not be called Zhuge Liang. Kang Peng nodded and said: "Send a small force to continue the search, and then issue a reward to the people, no matter who brings Zhuge Liang's head, Gu can reward him with a city in Jizhou." ”

Kang Peng's words made Dong Zhuojun's generals a lot, and just one Zhuge Liang could make Dong Boss willing to exchange a city, and this Zhuge Liang's head was too valuable. Only Dong Chong shouted: "In addition to my eldest brother's reward, plus my bounty, whoever brings Zhuge Liang's head, I will give him half of my property and reward him with ten beauties!" Seeing that Brother Dong hated Zhuge Liang to the point, Jia Xu had to agree with a wry smile.

Kang Peng glanced at Dong Chong with satisfaction and asked, "Second brother, I heard that you and Tian Feng are getting along very well, why don't you bring him to see the eldest brother?" Dong Chong scratched his head and replied honestly: "Big brother, in fact, I want to invite Mr. Yuan Hao to see you, but Mr. Yuan Hao refused to come, and said that he swore that he did not want to see you." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Kang Peng was surprised, got up and smiled: "Mr. Yuan Hao's misunderstanding of Gu is not a day or two, so let's do it, Wenhe and Zilong, you will do your job and appease the people; Feng Xian, you and Ling Ming go down to recuperate their wounds; Second brother, you and your eldest brother will go to his house, and Lone will personally invite Mr. Yuan Hao. As for Yuan Shao's generals and captives, they will be punished another day. ”

Soon, Kang Peng sat on a big golden chariot with eight yellow horses, and rushed to Tian Feng's house to invite Tian Feng with a princely car, in order to show respect for Tian Feng, along the way, Kang Peng's honor car did not know how much attention of the people of Yecheng attracted, when I heard that Kang Peng was personally going to invite Tian Feng, who was deeply loved by the people of Yecheng, the people of Yecheng were at peace, since Kang Peng was so polite to Tian Feng, he naturally would not be like Yuan Shao to the people of Yecheng to expropriate tyranny, and Kang Peng's goal of stabilizing the people's hearts was successfully achieved.

Tian Feng's house is in a dilapidated and narrow alley in Yecheng, Kang Peng's royal car can not drive in, Kang Peng stopped the soldiers trying to tear down the wall, and walked into the alley with Dong Chong, but when he arrived at the gate of Tian Feng's house, the gate of Tian Feng's house was closed and bolted from the inside. With Kang Peng's consent, Dong Chong stepped forward and knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Yuan Hao, Mr. Yuan Hao, I am Dong Chong, please open the door, my eldest brother has come to see you in person." ”

After a long time, Tian Feng's voice came from the courtyard, "Tell your eldest brother, I, Tian Feng, hate him to the core, and I'd rather die than see him, let alone talk to him, and if I want to see my face, I sent someone to cut off my head and send it to him." ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao, you misunderstood my eldest brother." Dong Chong was anxious and said loudly: "My eldest brother, like Mr. Yuan Hao, is for the sake of the country and the people, and wants to let the people of the Han Dynasty live a peaceful life. ”

"I don't care if he Dong Zhuo thinks about the people or not." Tian Feng said sharply in the courtyard: "I only know that Dong Zhuo seized Jizhou with despicable and shameless tactics, in a word, I, Tian Feng, would rather not meet him than die, let alone give him his life, you tell him to go back, if you want Tian Feng's head, you can come and get it at any time." ”

Tian Feng was so stubborn, Dong Chong had no choice but to turn his eyes for help to Kang Peng, Kang Peng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and said loudly: "Mr. Yuan Hao, Lone is Dong Zhuo, King Kang, since Mr. does not want to see Lone, then Lone is not reluctant." I just want to say a few words to Mr. Yuan Hao, the two states of Hebei and Youzhou have been war-torn and the people have been displaced, it is the time when all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, Mr. Yuan Hao, you have a full stomach and are deeply loved by the people, Mr. Yuan Hao can't bear to let your talent be buried in the wilderness? Don't want to come out and do something practical for the country, the people and the people of Jizhou? Mr. Yuan Hao, think about it again, and Isola will leave first. ”

Kang Peng whispered a few words in Dong Chong's ear, and walked out of the alley, Dong Chong suddenly realized, after Kang Peng's car left, Dong Chong immediately shouted to Tian Fengyuan: "Mr. Yuan Hao, my eldest brother has left, you can open the door, Dong Chong has something to say to you, don't worry, I don't ask you to go and work for my eldest brother." ”

After another moment, the door of Tian Feng's house finally opened, Tian Feng leaned on the door with his pestle stick, and said coldly: "If you have anything to say, don't mention your eldest brother to me." ”

Dong Chong bowed deeply to Tian Feng and said respectfully: "Mr. Yuan Hao, Dong Chong is not talented, stealing a high position, but Dong Chongwen can't settle the country, he can't set the country, he feels powerless, and he dares to ask Mr. Yuan Hao to be Dong Chong's staff, give advice to Dong Chong, and assist Dong Chong in governing the place. After Dong Chong finished speaking, Tian Feng kept a straight face and didn't speak, Dong Chong secretly complained in his heart about the bad idea of the fake big brother, with Tian Feng's talent and ability, if he surrendered to the big brother, he could at least get a deputy military division and a marquis, how could he deign to be a small staff?

When Dong Chong was almost desperate, suddenly, Tian Feng gave up his staff and bowed deeply to Dong Chong, "Tian Feng is incompetent, thanks to the second general's refusal, he will be annoyed by the second general in the future, and if he is insufficient, he still hopes that the second general Haihan." ”

Dong Chong's jaw almost fell to the ground, and after a while, he applauded and shouted: "Great, Mr. Yuan Hao agreed, Mr. Yuan Hao agreed!" As a result, the strangest pair of partners in the history of the Three Kingdoms was formed, when the general only knew how to repeat the words of the staff every day and acted according to the will of the staff, and the staff lived in seclusion every day, just sitting at home or in the tent, listening to the general's report and then giving instructions, or letting the general be the microphone, the main is not like the master, and the guest is not like the guest, but the cooperation is quite tacit, which is not mentioned later.

That night, Kang Peng met with Yuan Shaojun's prisoners and generals and generals in the house, and the first person to bring up was Yuan Tan, Kang Peng spoke to the princes for the first time, let Yuan Tan inherit the title of first-class Rongguo duke, and personally married his granddaughter Li Ruhua to Yuan Tan as his wife, and was crowned as the Jizhou Assassin History, although the Jizhou Assassin History must not be able to go to the post immediately, but Yuan Tan, who had already been psychologically prepared, still happily thanked him: "Thank you to the king, thank you to the king, the last general will definitely swear allegiance to the king." ”

"Still called King Lone?" Kang Peng smiled, Yuan Tan slapped his head and changed his words: "Thank you grandfather, thank you grandfather, grandson-in-law will swear allegiance to grandfather." Yuan Tan's words provoked Dong Zhuojun who was present to laugh wildly, and took turns to congratulate Yuan Tan with bad intentions, Kang Peng held back his laughter, looked at the handsome Yuan Tan and said: "Virtuous grandson-in-law, Gu Ke warns you first, Ruhua is Gu's most beloved granddaughter, you have to treat her well, if you are a little neglectful, don't blame Gu for being ruthless." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Yuan Tan nodded and said, his respectful appearance provoked Dong Zhuojun to laugh wildly. Yuan Tan didn't panic, when he saw the appearance of his fiancée, he was shocked for a long time and finally bowed his head to marry Li Ru's only daughter as his wife, although Miss Li did not allow Yuan Tan to take a concubine for life, and forcibly changed a son's surname to Li to inherit the Li family's incense, Yuan Tan did not disobey at all, and actually mixed up with a good death.

When Yuan Shao's strategists were extracted, they were still outside the house, and Kang Peng heard a shout, "The trial will not be lowered, the trial will not be lowered, and the trial will be killed." Kang Peng frowned, and met a well-known die-hard minister, this kind of person is Kang Peng's biggest headache, killing people and losing people's hearts, even if it is destined to become a scourge, it is difficult to kill or not to kill. Sure enough, the whole body of the bound judge entered the hall and still shouted, and behind Chen Lin, Fu Zhu, Xin Ping and Xin Bi and others hung their heads, and were pressed down by Dong Zhuojun and knelt in front of Kang Peng without saying a word, as for Feng Ji and Guo Tu and others, they had already died in the chaos and were buried by Dong Zhuojun. Only Xu You, who was captured alive, Kang Peng despised him very much, and he didn't plan to appoint him if he was thrown into prison.

"The trial will not be lowered! The trial will not be lowered! The judge struggled and shouted, Kang Peng said sharply: "Your lord Yuan Shao is not benevolent, he is tyrannical to the people, he refuses to use your loyalty, he blocks the way of words, he loves the people like a son, and he follows his words like a stream, why don't you surrender to loneliness?" ”

"Loyal ministers don't serve the two masters, don't talk much, and kill the trial quickly." The judge didn't blink his eyelids, immediately agreed, and struggled to hit the blade in the hand of the axeman, but was held down by Dong Zhuojun's soldiers and couldn't move, Kang Peng was helpless, so he had to ask again: "It's easy for you to die, but your family is still in the city, so you don't want to think about them?" ”

"Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs?" The judge shouted: "The king, please kill the match, and then judge the whole family, so as to judge and match all loyalty." ”

The clay man still has a three-point temperament, Kang Peng repeatedly persuaded him to surrender, but the trial was not to surrender, Kang Peng finally said helplessly: "Okay, Lone will not kill your whole family, give you a whole corpse, and let you be buried in the ancestral grave, you should be satisfied, right?" "The trial was overjoyed, kowtowed and thanked him.

"Who else wants to go with the judges? Now it's okay to walk together. Kang Peng angrily asked Frustrated Professor, Xin Ping and others, who knew that Frustrated Professor didn't say a word, got up and walked out, and then the two brothers, Xin Ping and Xin Bi, were also going out to be punished, Kang Peng hurriedly left his seat and personally grabbed them, and said with crocodile tears: "A few gentlemen, why is Lone so virtuous, can't be assisted by a few gentlemen?" ”

Fu Zhu and Xin Bi were silent, only Xin Ping bowed deeply to Kang Peng, and said loudly: "The king, I heard that the lord and the noble ministers were honored, the lord was worried about the humiliation, and the prince Yuan Gong was served for a long time, and An Neng carried it, please ask the king Xu to obey the righteousness." After speaking, Xin Ping broke free of Kang Peng's hand, and strode out of the hall with Frustration to be punished, only Xin Bi was held by Kang Peng, Kang Peng wept and said: "Sir, you die easily, but your beloved daughter Xin Xianying is now six years old, can you bear to let her lose her father at a young age?" ”

At the mention of his beloved daughter's name, Xin Bi's body was shocked, and he finally knelt down slowly, kowtowed, and said, "King, Xin Bi is willing to surrender." Kang Peng cried with joy, not only glad that he finally left an excellent civil official, but also saddened his unlucky luck, Xin Xianying, a beautiful woman at the end of the Three Kingdoms, is only six years old now, and he can't wait for her to become an adult......