Chapter 63: The Crisis of Zhang Jiao

A generation of famous generals fell into such a situation, which made Zhao Yi not only sigh, but also made him understand that the power of eunuchs was so strong at this time, and a little eunuch could erase all a person's exploits with just a few words. The government is really corrupt to a certain level.

Banquet with Lu Zhi and others until midnight, arranged Lu Zhi in the guest room, the next morning, Zhao Yi personally sent Lu Zhi on the road, handed over a letter to the chaser, asked them to help him send to Zhao's house, turned his head to Lu Zhi and said: "The general has written to my father, asking him to help the general in the court, hoping to rescue the adult from the cage." And gave the chaplain some money, and asked them to take more care of Lu Zhi along the way.

This solution is naturally full of promises. Lu Zhi looked at Zhao Yi's eyes flashing, officialdom pays attention to people taking tea and cooling, he was dismissed, and even some of his original cronies stayed away from him, for fear of being implicated, but Zhao Yi was different, and he still treated himself like this at this time. Lu Zhi was very moved: "Bolai's grace, I, Lu Zhi, have written it down, and if I have the opportunity to get out of the cage in the future, I will repay it." ”

Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Liu Bei glanced at Zhao Yi twice, Lu Zhi has been an official in the court for many years, and naturally knows a lot of people. This is equivalent to a promise by Lu Zhi, it seems that if Lu Zhi can clear his name, he will definitely say good things for Zhao Yi when he walks in the court in the future.

Zhao Yi heard Lu Zhi's words but seemed to be very angry: "Where did General Lu say, I saw General Lu's character, so I would take more care of adults, if it was Dong Zhuo in the prisoner car at this time, I, Zhao Yi, would have already given face to the court if I didn't kill him before the emperor did." ”

"Truly Bolai is a man of nature." Lu Zhi smiled. Xie Jie urged at this time, if you don't go on the road now, you will miss the post station at night.

Seeing that the prisoner car escorting Lu Zhi was gradually moving away, Zhao Yi shook his head slightly, and entered the city with Liu Bei, Lu Zhi's future in the capital was uncertain.

Zhang Fei was very angry about what happened to Lu Zhi, if Liu Bei hadn't stopped him yesterday, I'm afraid that the solution he saw today would have turned into a corpse. Lu Zhi's lonely figure gradually drifted away, which made Liu Bei a little disheartened: "Eunuchs are so rampant, can my big man still be saved?" I couldn't help but mutter.

Zhang Fei snorted and stuck the snake spear in his hand on the ground: "This kind of court is not worth selling their lives!" ”

Liu Bei was startled by these words, and hurriedly covered Zhang Fei's mouth, looked around his eyes, and found that no one else was present, so he let go of his hand: "Third brother, how can you say such a big rebellion." This is no different from rebellion, if you let someone with a heart hear it, not to mention that Zhang Fei is a civilian without an official position, even if he is a general with outstanding military achievements, he will definitely be executed by Ling Chi.

Zhao Yi glanced at Zhang Fei, he knew that Zhang Fei was already very disappointed in this court. Fortunately, the two generals, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, are not bad.

Zhao Yi and others left Wei County and continued to march north, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang's troops fled in Jizhou, making the people miserable. Especially in the vicinity of Guangzong, it is even more miserable. Knowing that the official army drove away the Yellow Turban Army, those people who had left their homes returned one after another, and not long after the peaceful days, they were ransacked by the Yellow Turban Army, and the people's lives were even more sad.

At this time, Zhao Yi was marching north, and Zhang Jiao, who was recuperating at this time, was confronting Dong Zhuo's army in Maocheng. Since the Battle of Guangzong, Zhang Jiao has led the remnants of the army to wander and flee in Jizhou, and before he has run to a place, Lu Zhi's army has been chased and killed somewhere. As a result, Zhang Jiao's original 70,000 soldiers are now less than 50,000, and he almost let the official army exterminate himself two days ago.

Zhang Jiao was almost desperate at that time, who would have thought that at that time, Zhang Jiao got a good news that Lu Zhizhi had withdrawn from his position. This made Zhang Jiao overjoyed, on the one hand, he asked the soldiers to investigate the authenticity of the news, and on the other hand, he discussed the breakthrough route with his generals. On the first night when Lu Zhi left and Dong Zhuo took power, Zhang Jiao led his troops to break through.

Although Dong Zhuo's character is not very good, he is also a good hand at marching and fighting, and he has been closely following Zhang Jiao in the past few days, even tighter than Lu Zhi's tendency to catch up.

Zhang Jiao knew that Dong Zhuo had just taken power, and wanted to rely on his own head to help him improve his official position. His lieutenant general looked at the map: "Lord, Dong Zhuo's use of troops is not inferior to Lu Zhi, most of our soldiers are already tired, I am afraid that if we continue to walk, there will be a large-scale defection." ”

This continuous rush was unbearable for the soldiers underground, and even these generals on tall horses felt physically and mentally exhausted.

Zhang Jiao didn't care about the adjutant general's words, but pointed to the map: "At this time, Dong Zhuo's army is displayed here, how can our army act to defeat Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop." ”

The adjutant general swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he heard Zhang Jiao's words, thinking that he had heard the wrong words, but Dong Zhuo was attacking at this time, where did the remnants of his army still have the courage to confront the officers and soldiers, and persuaded Zhang Jiao: "My lord, although the officers and troops have been fighting with us for many days, there are many dead and wounded, but there are still more than 30,000 in the hands of Dong Zhuo of the 50,000 officers and soldiers at this time, and our 150,000 troops against the 50,000 officers and troops on that day ended in a crushing defeat. At this time, how could he defeat Dong Zhuo's 30,000 elite soldiers with 50,000 remnants. The last general suggested that our army should retreat south and round out with the two generals Digong and Rengong. "With 50,000 remnants against Dong Zhuo's 30,000 officers and troops, the possibility of defeat is much greater. The general had a good idea, and when the soldiers of the three parties were combined, they were not afraid of any officers and soldiers.

When Zhang Jiao raised troops in the 36th Generous Yellow Turban Army on the same day, he also wanted to unite the troops and confront the imperial court, but the countermeasures of the imperial court were very good, and many state and county generals resisted desperately, and there were too many talented people like Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian who wanted to take advantage of this troubled era to make contributions, so that although the Yellow Turban Army was numerous, it was always defeated by the official army.

This lieutenant general's method was agreed by many generals, but Zhang Jiao snorted: "50,000 is 20,000 more than 30,000, not that we have no hope of victory, but that we lack confidence in victory." In the battle of Guangzong that day, if it weren't for Zhao Yi's strategy, our army would have been defeated by several times that of the official army. Speaking of the battle of Guangzong, Zhang Jiao was very angry, and the 30,000 elite soldiers under his command were nearly two-thirds of Guangzong's.

"I think you were frightened by Zhao Yi and lost your ambition to fight." Having said that, Zhang Jiao was very happy. When he was pursuing, he didn't meet Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi was resourceful, if he was on the task of encirclement and suppression, Zhang Jiao knew that he would not have a chance to breathe.

At this time, Tanma ran in with a panicked expression, and knew that it was not good news when he saw the corners of his face, so he asked with a gloomy face: "What happened?" ”

"Lord, news has just come from Yingchuan that the two generals of the land and the people have been defeated, and the soldiers have suffered countless losses." Tanma said this in a panicked tone.

"What!?" Zhang Jiao's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous, "A few days ago, the two generals came with news, and they also said that the county seat of Changshe is solid, let me rest assured, how can there be such a big defeat after a few days!" ”

The faces of these lieutenants also changed, and the plan to go to the south was ruined. "Let's get into the details of it soon!"

Tanma told the matter again, only to hear that this matter was related to Zhao Yi, as for how Zhao Yi entered Changshe City, the Yellow Turban Army's Tanma did not find out.

"Zhao Yi's subordinates infiltrated Changshe County in disguise, and the two generals were defenseless, resulting in a big defeat, and the two generals were almost killed by Liu Bei's subordinates. At this time, the two generals came with the remnants of the army. ”

Hearing the news, Zhang Jiao sat down and muttered, "It's Zhao Yi again." ”

"At this time, the two generals are newly defeated, and the army of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will definitely catch up, and the current situation is not optimistic for us." The meaning of the adjutant general's words is to hope that Zhang Jiao can make plans as soon as possible.

Zhang Jiao sighed and stabilized his mood. Looking at the map again, he slammed the bronze lord in his hand to the ground, and walked back and forth two steps: "Tell the soldiers in the battalion about this." ”

"The general must not be like this, if this matter is known to the soldiers, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, how to deal with Dong Zhuo's army at that time." The adjutant general hurriedly dissuaded them, and was chased by the officers and soldiers for several days, and the morale of these soldiers and soldiers had long been weakened. If the soldiers were to be told the news, what little cohesion they had left would suddenly disappear.

"The last general suggested that the news of the defeat and retreat be changed to the good news of victory, so as to boost the morale of the army." A lieutenant general proposed.

This plan is good, several lieutenants have agreed, the army's heart is unstable at the moment, just use this matter to inspire the army's morale, even if Dong Zhuo can't be defeated, he can escape from the official army.

Zhang Jiao shook his head: "Don't say much, generals, just do what I say." ”

The deputy general saw that Zhang Jiao insisted on this, although he had some complaints in his heart, he could only bow down.

As soon as the news of Yingchuan's defeat came to the Yellow Turban Army, it immediately caused an uproar. These Yellow Turban soldiers are all pale, and their own rabble is not the opponent of the imperial army at all.

50,000 people talked about it, and the morale became even lower, and the adjutant general could only shake his head and sigh when he saw this situation, thinking in his heart, what happened to the general, knowing that the morale of the army would be affected by this, and he still had to tell the matter.

Dong Zhuo's department, which was not far from the Yellow Turban Army camp, naturally also received the battle report from Yingchuan, and when he heard the news of Yingchuan's victory, Dong Zhuo was naturally overjoyed, and he was really afraid that Zhang Bao and others would send troops to support.

However, while being happy, it was Zhao Yi who gave Dong Zhuo a little headache, and when he sent the decree before, Dong Zhuo stuffed some silver and asked Zhao Yi specifically. When he learned that the two major forces in the DPRK and China were competing for Zhao Yi, he was very surprised.

Hua Xiong stood aside: "In the battle of Yingchuan, Zhao Yixiao'er actually made a great contribution, general, we have to hurry up." ”

Dong Zhuo glanced at Hua Xiong and nodded, if it weren't for Hua Xiong, Dong Zhuo might have become friends with Zhao Yi. But there is no regret medicine sold in the world.

"Zhao Yi should also come to the north with the army at this time, we must speed up the attack and uproot Zhang Jiao." Hua Xiong shook his fist.