Chapter 52: Sun Jian Presents a Knife
Cai Yong is loyal to the Han family, otherwise when Emperor Ling is making absurd things, he can pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore it, instead of giving advice and being convicted, he knows that Emperor Ling is mediocre, but still advises, precisely because he has a loyal heart! After learning that Liu Zhang was a member of the Han clan and responded to the text to discuss Dong, he immediately respected Liu Zhang, and immediately expressed his willingness to follow.
It's a pity that Liu Zhang didn't meet the talented and beautiful Cai Wenji, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism, and after Confucianism was transformed by Dong Zhongshu, the status of women took a sharp turn for the worse, and the defense of men and women was very serious. Now, hundreds of years later, women, especially those from large families, are deeply locked in the backyard boudoir by Confucian dogma. It's not like in the novel at all, you can meet peerless beauties and ladies wherever you go out, and then stage a hero to save the beauty, and the beauty suddenly cries and shouts to marry a hero!
On the third day, a group of people carried tens of thousands of loads of grain and grass (Xun Yu bought part of the grain and grass for him, and the people, mules and horses who pulled the grain and grass were all from the Xun Chamber of Commerce) returned to the barracks.
Suozao County has become a huge barracks at this moment, and it is completely impossible for the small county town to be stationed in various ways to fight against Dong's army, but fortunately, the terrain of this county is flat, and the barracks can be set up everywhere. Liu Zhang, who had just stepped into the sour jujube, saw the military camp located among the fields, and in order to avoid misunderstanding, Liu Zhang first sent dozens of horsemen to contact, and the army rested in place.
Two or three hours later, Liu Zhang's cavalry returned, and they returned with a cavalry of about 50 people, the first one reported to his home, it turned out to be Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong, who claimed that Yuan Shao was very happy to learn of Liu Zhang's arrival, and should have personally greeted him, but at this time, there were more than ten princes of the sour jujube participants, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and all kinds of affairs emerged in an endless stream, Yuan Shao really couldn't get out, so he ordered him to come to greet him.
Liu Zhang looked at this man with a handsome face and a bad reputation in later generations, and he was never able to equate him with a reckless man.
With the guidance of Chun Yuqiong, everyone went straight to the temporary residence of the princes of all walks of life in the west ten miles of Suozao County.
Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Sun Jian, Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Wang Kuang and others went out of the camp to greet them.
Liu Zhang greeted them one by one with a later life ceremony, and his words were humble, which won the favor of everyone. And he himself is a big Han room, and his status is noble (he is not the only one in the Dong coalition army who is a big Han room, and Liu Dai, who was the assassin of Yanzhou at the time, is also one of them.) Liu Zhang told him about the genealogy and knew that he was the same generation as Liu Zhang's father, Liu Zhang should have met as a nephew, and Liu Bei, the guy whose identity was doubtful about the identity of the imperial family, had not yet arrived), and everyone respected him very much, and chose a place with an excellent location for Liu Zhang's army.
After Liu Zhang asked Xu Huang and others to lead the army to camp, he led Xun's uncle and nephew, Dian Wei and Xu Chu into the camp of Shuai.
Through conversations, Liu Zhang had a general understanding of the situation of the coalition army, and the princes who arrived at this time were Qixiang Hou Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao (30,000 soldiers and horses), Later General Yuan Shu (24,000 soldiers and horses), Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao (20,000 soldiers and horses), Cao Cao, Xiaocai Captain (9,000 soldiers and horses), Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu (30,000 soldiers and horses), Yanzhou Thorn Liu Dai (20,000 soldiers and horses), Changsha Taishou Wucheng Hou Sun Jian (8,000 soldiers and horses), Beihai Taishou Kong Rong (15,000 soldiers and horses), Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian (20,000 soldiers and horses), Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling (10,000 soldiers and horses), Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang (17,000 soldiers and horses), Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao (10,000 soldiers and horses), Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi (13,000 soldiers and horses), Jibei Xiang Bao Xin (15,000 soldiers and horses), Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao (11,000 soldiers and horses), Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang (10,000 soldiers and horses), in addition to Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zan and it is impossible to cross Dong Zhuo's territory to come to the alliance of Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng, the army of Dong has arrived, oh, no, there is one more way - Liu Zhang (5,000 soldiers and horses).
After Liu Zhang learned the details of the princes from all walks of life, his body couldn't help but drop a little lower, he thought that there were already a lot of five thousand people, but he was afraid of comparison in everything, and he knew that he was the weakest person in this comparison, and there was no one! Moreover, the Yizhou soldiers lacked training, and they were far from the elite enemies of the Central Plains who had experienced rebellions such as the Yellow Turbans.
After leaving the camp, Sun Jian took Liu Zhang's hand and went to his camp, and on the same day, Sun Jian held a banquet with the camp to thank Liu Zhang for his gift of grain.
Liu Zhang looked at this straightforward man, but he was thinking about Zhang Zhi's murder in his heart, and secretly thought in his heart: "This Sun Jian really has the demeanor of a hero in later martial arts novels, if there is kindness, he will repay it, and if he has grievances, he will repay it!" If you are not absolutely sure that you will be defeated in one fell swoop, it is best not to offend! ”
Yuan Shao had to set up a banquet for Liu Zhang in the evening, so they were very self-disciplined, and the drinking was only superficial. When Liu Zhang learned that Sun Jian's grain and grass were still insufficient, and Yuan Shao and others were unwilling to transfer relief, Liu Zhang immediately asked people to send a thousand loads. Sun Jian, who was very happy, felt that it was rude to come and go, but he didn't have anything worth selling, so he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and actually untied the ancient ingot knife he used and gave it to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang excused himself: "At this time, my Han is in danger, and I need a hero like Wentai Gong to turn the tide, Wentai Gong is brave and powerful, this knife is abnormally sharp, blowing hair and breaking hair, and it is just a plaything to hold it down, but Wentai Gong is like a tiger with wings, and I also ask Wen Taigong to take back his life and save the Han family!" ”
Sun Jian said that he could help the Han with a weapon immediately, but Liu Zhang's kindness could not be repaid, if Liu Zhang didn't want it, he would inevitably be ashamed, and he would have no face to meet him.
Liu Zhang saw that Sun Jian's intention to give the knife had been decided, so he had to accept it respectfully, and everyone was happy.
Liu Zhang pulled out the ancient ingot knife, only to feel a chill in his heart, and praised: "Good knife!" Only then did I look at it carefully, and saw that the blade of the knife was about four feet long and about two inches wide, and there were simple patterns all over the body, and the blade seemed to have faint traces of blood.
Sun Jian said: "I used to hold this knife and kill four enemy generals, no less than 100 soldiers!" Now I will give Ji Yu a gift, and I hope that Ji Yu will take care of it, don't make it dusty! ”
Liu Zhang Zhengse said: "Wentai Gong, but please rest assured, this knife has made a lot of meritorious contributions for my Han Dynasty, and he will be treated well in the future, and he will not fall into the name of Wentai Gong!" ”
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