Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 30 Dead Heart

When the Izumo Castle fleet lifted anchor and pulled out, I happened to cover the grave of Zhang Niujiao with the last shovel of soil.

In front of the tomb, the last 400 or so guards around Zhang Niujiao knelt together, whimpering and sobbing. I planted a tombstone in front of it, and this act seemed to open the floodgates, and the crying around me suddenly rose into a howl.

There were no stonemasons in the army, and the tombstone was made of a single piece of wood, with a simple epitaph carved on the flattened side of the wood.

It reads: "The tomb of Daniel Zhang, a person from Jizhou - Daniel Zhang's real name is Zhang Damu, who fought and died after King Jing of Hanzhong, Liu Bei Liu Xuande of Zhuo County, and still held a sword when he died, and he was a true hero." Liu Bei Liu Xuande buried Zhang Niujiao here and gave him the name Daniel Zhang, and anyone who disturbed his rest in the future will be my Liu Bei's enemy. ”

Looking at the tombstone, I yelled without looking back: "Shut up, a good man bleeds without tears, what does crying and crying like?" Leader Zhang fought to the death, he is a true hero, you are his men, don't disgrace him. Wipe away your tears, puff up your chest, and stand up for me. ”

There was a tumultuous voice behind me, and I looked at the tombstone and shouted in a mournful voice: "All attention, stand upright, and salute the army." ”

With that, I clenched my right hand into a fist and struck my breastplate with a loud bang, and a salute came to my mind. It seems that they are not familiar with this kind of military salute in Izumo Castle. I didn't care about any of this, and shouted, "All attention, salute." At this moment, as I waved my right arm, there was a neat sound of lowering my arm behind me.

Turning around, I looked at these warriors who had been battle-hardened and battle-hardened and dared to fight to the end with a solemn face, and secretly resolved to make them return to me, so that they would go to the soup for me in the future.

I raised my voice sternly and said: "Leader Zhang entrusted you to me before his death, because you are all good men, and I, Liu Bei, am the most important hero in my life, love heroes, and will not live up to Leader Zhang's trust." Although Leader Zhang and I fought to the death, it was a battle between the brave, and no matter who won or lost, both sides died without regrets. I have a heart-to-heart relationship with Leader Zhang, I respect him as a good man, and I also respect you warriors who sacrificed their lives and fought to the death. ”

After saying these words, I breathed a sigh of relief, and in the interval of my words, a big man in the crowd jumped out, his eyes sprayed angry flames, and he roared angrily: "Nonsense, since you respect Leader Zhang as a good man, why do you want to kill him." ”

Looking at this roaring big man, I smiled coldly, waved my hand and signaled the two Guan Zhang who heard the roar in the distance not to act rashly, and then, I said arrogantly at this big man: "You can't understand my battle with Leader Zhang, don't you?" ”

I scanned the crowd with lightning on their faces, most of them having bewildered expressions on their faces. I then said majestically: "That's because Leader Zhang is a hero, so he understands, you are just a horseman, so you don't understand." ”

After scolding him, without waiting for him to reflect, I continued solemnly: "The fight between the husband and the horseman, but for the little thing in front of him, he will be rewarded, the victory and defeat will be remembered, the victory will be happy, the defeat will be grudged, and the revenge will not be forgotten." Heroes fight, for the righteousness, for the people, for the country, as long as they fight with all their might, how can they care about the victory or defeat. I have different ideas from Leader Zhang, but we both want the people to live a good life, Leader Zhang fought for his goal and died, died as he deserved, what regrets did he have when he died. He entrusted you to me before he died, because his ambition was unpaid, and he wanted you to help him continue to struggle and realize his ideals, I took a different path from him, but if I can succeed, I can also make the people's lives better. ”

My eyes were focused again, and I saw many people looking at each other, and their faces were already showing shame.

I slowed down my tone and said respectfully: "Leader Zhang still has a wish, let you verify for him whether my concept is better than his, whether it can be successful." You can't understand the original intention of Leader Zhang, I can forgive him, this is the foresight of a real hero, so I respect him as a good man, and specially set up this tombstone for him. O O Chief, may you go all the way, and may you enjoy peace and tranquility in heaven. The soul returns, the soul returns......"

When they heard this, they wept again and fell to their knees. I walked out into the crowd, pulled them up one by one, patted them on the shoulder, comforted them, and many people could already feel my sincerity.

Walking to the tomb, pointing to the tombstone, I said to everyone with a torch in my eyes: "Liu Bei, I promise a thousand gold, I respect you as a good man, respect your choice, you don't want to follow me, I don't force it." Those who are willing to stay, they will be my guards in the future, willing to walk, I will send the travel fee, you can go to the ends of the earth, of course, I will not stop you from continuing to invest in the yellow scarf, but if we meet in the future, we will not be merciful. Also, if you don't want to go but don't want to fight, it's okay, follow me first, and when I have a territory, I will definitely give you a place to settle down. ”

When some of the Yellow Turban soldiers heard this, they immediately cried and fell to the ground, saying, "Lord, we are willing to die for the Lord!" ”。

But there were also some Yellow Turban soldiers who looked at the fallen Yellow Turban soldiers angrily, still standing proudly around the big man who had just spoken.

The big man looked like he was not afraid of the sky and the earth, and said loudly: "The husband would rather be broken than broken, not for the whole tile, if you want to kill, you have to scrape it." ”

I looked at this confused man with regret, beckoned to the frustrated professor who was watching from a distance, and ordered: "Zizheng, distribute three days' food to these people who are leaving, and allow them to bring their weapons with them, and go with them." ”

The big man stood neither humble nor arrogant, looked at me intently, took the weapons and dry food, gave me their military salute, and led the others away with a high spirit.

That night, after the battlefield was cleaned and the manpower was counted, we lost more than 200 people, 300 wounded, and 371 Daniel Zhang (Zhang Niujiao) attendants who did not want to go. When I had made all the arrangements, I went back to the tent and prepared to rest.

When Tian Feng saw that I had arranged Daniel Zhang's attendants by his side, he objected loudly and worriedly: "Lord Duke, these people are all traitors, extremely vicious, Lord Duke does not kill them, does not send them to the official government, it is already a great grace, how can you keep them around, isn't this a legacy of raising tigers?" ”

As soon as Tian Feng's words came out, the surrounding Daniel Zhang soldiers had an angry expression on their faces. I immediately replied openly and honestly: "In the past, there were 300 strong men in Qi Guotian, and they would rather die than give in, I admired them very much in my heart, and I hated to be born at that time and fight with these 300 strong men." Today, these warriors met us on the battlefield, knowing that they were invincible and still fighting to the death, which made me see the style of the ancients. These people are not afraid of death, and they disdain to do the things of the villain who stabbed him in the back. Fu Hao don't persuade me anymore, I will sleep in the tent today, and these warriors are my guards. ”

Tian Feng wanted to say something, but he looked at my resolute expression, pulled his sleeve, and turned to leave. Okay, it seems that I still know that I understand me. Turning around, I ordered Guan Zhang and Guan Hai to be busy with their own affairs, Guan Hai took the order and left, and Guan and Zhang did not agree not to come tonight until they came to persuade each other again.

At night, I fell asleep without the slightest fear. In this age, people are simple, and if I treat them with my heart, they will not fail me.

In the early morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhang Fei's loud voice woke me up from my dream, alas, what a good day's sleep.

When I got out of the tent, I saw Zhang Fei jumping at the tent, and Guan Yu was standing next to him with a big knife in his hand, smiling at me. As soon as he saw me, Zhang Fei immediately danced and shouted: "Big brother, get up and practice martial arts." I nodded, turned back to get my weapon, and walked out of the tent.

There were also a few guards standing at the door of the tent, armed with rudimentary weapons, trying to stand up straight in front of me. Looking at their red eyes, I thought, they must have stayed up all night. I took off my backhand and put it on one of the guards, and said to them, "I am awake, so rest for a while." ”

Cloaked in my coat, these guards trembled with excitement. After I had commanded them, they bowed to me and prepared to retreat.

I suddenly remembered something, and immediately called out to one of the guards, and asked, "Among you, is there a person named Chu Feiyan?" ”

The guard immediately replied: "General Chu is not leading an army, he is looking for grain and grass everywhere, and he is not with the leader." ”

Oh, I nodded in disappointment, and asked unwillingly, "Where is the poison?" ”

The guard looked at me strangely and said, "General Yu is the one who loudly questioned the lord yesterday, didn't the lord let him go?" ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately became heartbroken, and I just said, how did I let such a big fish go? I regret it, I regret it. In historical records, during the Yellow Turban Uprising, Yu Poison, a Chaoge person (now Qi County, Henan) joined forces with hundreds of thousands of people from the rest of the Yellow Turbans, including Zhang Niujiao from Boling (now Ping'an County, Hebei), and Chu Feiyan, a person from Changshan Zhending, and promoted Zhang Niujiao as the leader.

After Zhang Niujiao's tragic death in battle, the Yellow Turban Army had a dispute over who to choose to take over as leader. Chu Feiyan was smart and decisive, and in order to sit in the position of the leader, he held the gift of filial piety at Zhang Niujiao's funeral. Then he changed his surname to Zhang, and Yu Yao gathered under Zhang Yan's banner from then on, with him as the leader. Since then, Chu Feiyan has been in the world under the name of Zhang Yan.

After that, Zhang Yan united with the Yellow Turban Army in Zhongshan, Zhaojun, Shangdang, Hanoi, Changshan and other places, and rendezvoused in Montenegro (now Hebi Caizhuang and Xia Pang), known as the "Black Mountain Army", and in 20 years, Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi were crisscrossed by the righteous army.

In the second year of the Yellow Turban Uprising, that is, in the second year of Zhongping (185 AD), Zhang Yan and Yu Poison's Montenegrin Army sent 300,000 troops to capture Bohai County. In June of the third year of Zhongping (AD 186), Zhang Yan led 30,000 elite soldiers, 8,000 cavalry and Yuan Shao of Jizhou fought fiercely under the city of Changshan.

From 184 A.D. Yellow Turban "Eight States Uprising" to the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, the pace of the "Montenegrin Army" has never stopped, only from 191 A.D. to 193 two years, the "Montenegrin Army" and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other armies have had dozens of fierce battles, the scale of the battle of hundreds of thousands of people in the era of cold weapons made the battle situation in Montenegro unprecedentedly tragic.

In March of the second year of Chuping (191), Yu Poison led 100,000 "Black Mountain Army" to fight against Cao Cao, fought fiercely for five days and nights, was defeated by Cao's army, and 30,000 Yellow Turban troops were killed; In March of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Yuan Shao sent 80,000 troops to encircle and suppress Montenegro, and fought fiercely for three days, with 20,000 Yuan troops killed and wounded; In June, the two armies fought again, and Yu was killed in the battle of Poison, tens of thousands of rebels were killed, and mountains of carrion corpses even caused a plague......

This Yu Poison is really a warrior who fights to the death. In this battle, I can't catch Zhang Yan, so why did I let go of Yu Poison? What a failure.

The records of the "Black Mountain Army" in historical materials are relatively scattered, and there are descriptions in the official history and miscellaneous novels, but the face of the "Black Mountain Army" is still confused. But one thing is very clear, that is, among the several Yellow Turban armies in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, regardless of size or influence, the "Black Mountain Army" was the most important and powerful force. It's no wonder that Zhang Niujiao knows so much about soldiers, no wonder he has such a high prestige in the Yellow Turban, no wonder I fought so hard in this battle.

Hehe, if Zhang Niujiao also has thousands of well-trained soldiers like us, and a few such fierce generals, it is not certain who will kill the deer? Lucky and lucky, the thought of this made me wipe a cold sweat.

According to records, in the tenth year of Jian'an (205 AD), the Montenegrin army had difficulty replenishing, and was repeatedly defeated by Yuan Shao, and the army was disheartened, Zhang Yan then led more than 10 people to surrender to Cao Cao, so far, the Montenegrin army completely collapsed. Ten years of Jian'an, that is, 20 years from now. In these 20 years, I must prevent Zhang Yan from surrendering to Cao Cao, this more than 100,000 combat power, plus the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army brought by Zang Ba's surrender, is Cao Cao's main force, which laid the foundation for Cao Wei's domination of the Central Plains. As long as I can intercept one of these forces, I will have the strength to fight against Cao Cao.

Well, in this way, it's okay if Yu Yu is gone, at least I have acquaintances in the Montenegrin army. In the future, I won't even give me a glass of water. Not to mention that there are so many of his brothers here. Hahaha, it seems that I will gain if I lose.

Thinking of this, I was in a good mood, looking at the simple weapons of the guards, I advised: "After breakfast today, remember to go to Jian Yong's master book, change all the weapons, I will explain this matter to the Fu military master later, and ask him to give an order to Jian Yong's master book." ”

The guards bowed and commanded. Looking at the departing figures of the guards, Guan Yu looked at me comfortably and said, "Big brother, the frustrated military master said yesterday that you want these loyal and brave people to return to their hearts, and it seems that these people have indeed returned to their hearts. During the night, I got up several times, and when I saw that they were not resting, they repeatedly patrolled in front of the eldest brother's tent, and the true righteous people were also. ”

As soon as Guan Yu said this, my heart was warm and very moved, it was really a deep brotherhood.

I thanked Guan Yu and said, "The second brother is tired. ”

Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly: "I also want to come and see, let the second brother call me at night, who knows that he won't call me when he goes to see the eldest brother." ”

Guan Yu just smiled, but didn't explain. I patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder and said to him with a smile: "The third brother has been fighting fiercely for a day, and who can shout when he falls asleep." Besides, the third brother has this heart, I can't thank you enough, why do you have so many gifts? ”

After delaying for a while, the sky was already bright, and Tian Feng and Jian Yong came together.

Looking at my refreshed appearance, he already understood most of the things in his heart, and asked tentatively, "How?" ”

I smiled as I wished, nodded and replied, "Great." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

I then asked, "Fu Gong, did the soldiers who were sent to Bohai County to beg for food and grass come back yesterday?" ”

He replied sullenly: "They have already returned last night, and I am afraid of disturbing the lord, so I did not ask the lord for instructions." ”

I looked at the frustration and said slowly, "It seems that we haven't begged for grain and grass, otherwise, you would have come to me overnight to ask me how to distribute grain and grass." ”

Frustrated nodded and remained silent. Zhang Fei jumped like thunder and shouted: "This bastard thing, we fought on the battlefield and rescued him from Bohai County, but he didn't give us a grain of food, big brother, wait for me to kill him." ”

Tian Feng Jian Yong's face also showed anger, and everyone present was angry and full of righteous indignation.

I shook my head calmly, and said to Zhang Fei with a straight face: "Third brother, don't mess around, Bohai County has been besieged for days, and the grain and grass in the city have been exhausted, which is understandable. You will stay in the camp and will not be allowed to leave the camp, and your second brother and I will call Zou Jing to Bohai County to see how much food we can get. ”

Turning my head to Fu Zhu, I ordered again: "Fu Gong, you will take care of everything in the camp, Fu Hao and I will go into the city to see the Bohai Taishou, there is no food in the army and we can't move forward, we will rest here for a day, rest for a while, and pull out the camp tomorrow." ”

After Zou Jing arrived, we went to Bohai County together. On the way, I indignantly whispered to Zou Jing to ask why the Taishou of Bohai County was so tough and refused to pay us grain and grass. Zou Jing shook his head worriedly and did not answer, but only hinted in a flash, there is a high-ranking family in Bohai County, and he is strongly opposed to paying us grain and grass, and with the support of this high-ranking family, the Bohai Taishou and the Bohai rich family have united and are ready to drive us away by force.

Oh, we defeated the Yellow Turban County that attacked the Bohai Sea, and now the danger is gone, these people want to drive us away, and they will take revenge, and the reason is just that they don't want to give us food and grass, hmph, I want to meet this stingy to the point of stupidity, who is so stupid?