Chapter Ninety-Eight: Defection

West Garden, Barracks.

Since Ye Zhao returned to Luoyang, he felt that the former mansion had become cold, and in order to make Dong Zhuo feel at ease, he simply moved into the West Garden camp with all the guards, eating and sleeping with the soldiers every day, and practicing soldiers and horses, and living a comfortable life.

Now he doesn't have much to do in Luoyang, Luoyang's interests, what he can get, and what he gets are almost, and now what he is missing is a great righteousness, a righteousness that is enough for him to do anything in the future, so he is waiting, waiting for this righteousness to appear, he believes that this righteousness will not be too far away.

In addition, Ye Zhao also wanted to collect some talents before leaving.

This talent, not only strategists and generals, up to the wise and resourceful, historical generals, down to the dealers and pawns have a skill of the elders, are Ye Zhao's recruitment targets, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang is not only a family everywhere, but also talents from all walks of life, who can make a living in Luoyang, are also considered top, with Ye Zhao's current reputation, it is really effortless to recruit these people, after all, Luoyang is now turbulent, the power is overturned, for these people living at the bottom, Ye Zhao is willing to take them in and protect them, it is a great luck.

"Lord, this thing you made can really make a certain person walk on the ground on a horse?" Dian Wei looked at the war horse that hadn't changed much, but a stirrup was added on both sides, and the cloth pad on the horse's back was changed to something like a bed, he didn't know what this thing had to do with horse war.

"Why don't you try it?" Ye Zhao sat with a craftsman and said with a smile: "I am very relieved of Craftsman Guo's craftsmanship. ”

Dian Wei glanced at Craftsman Guo, who was half-sitting beside Ye Zhao with a restrained face, muttered that I was not at ease, and said in a muffled voice: "Then how to try?" ”

"Simple, Guan Hai, you have played with him!" Ye Zhao gestured to Guan Hai.

"The last general obeys!" Hearing this, Guan Hai stood up excitedly, picked up the big knife, turned over and rode on a war horse that had not installed new objects, and proudly hooked his finger to Dian Wei and said: "Come on, Lao Dian, what kind of ability is it to be good at foot fighting, my generation of men, I should compete on horseback, you come up, I promise not to kill you!" ”

Dian Wei can also ride a horse, but it can only be used for transportation, don't look at him on the ground, but if it is a horse war, Guan Hai, as one of Ye Zhao's fierce generals, can be obedient to Dian Wei's cleaning up within eighty he.

"Lord, won't you make it?" Dian Wei looked at Ye Zhao with a sad face, Guan Hai's arrogance made him secretly hate, but if it was really a horse war, Dian Wei was really not Guan Hai's opponent, take a good step, what kind of horse war to learn?

"There's no harm in trying, and you won't lose!" Ye Zhao gave Dian Wei a 'I'm optimistic about you' look and encouraged.

Dian Wei could only turn over the horse sullenly, and his feet habitually went to the horse's belly, but he just stepped on the two stirrups, and couldn't help but be stunned, and rode the horse two steps, and unexpectedly found that he didn't need to clamp the horse's belly hard, and he could not help but be surprised, this inconspicuous gadget, has such a miraculous effect? A pair of stirrups is almost worth years of hard work, which is really magical.

"Lao Dian, it's a good look!" Guan Hai carried the big knife, his legs were clamped, and he rushed to Dian Wei, the big knife crossed an arc in the air, and calculated that when he rushed in front of Dian Wei, this arc was just able to cut Dian Wei, and he could exert the greatest strength, on the ground he was not as strong as Dian Wei, on the horse, he wanted to enjoy the pleasure of knocking Dian Wei off the horse with his strength.

When Dian Wei came back to his senses, Guan Hai had already rushed to the scene, and hurriedly stacked the two halberds on top of each other.

"Bang~"

In a muffled sound, Dian Wei's buttocks were stuck in the saddle, and he didn't move, but Guan Hai was so shocked by the force of the shock that he almost slipped off the horse's back, if he didn't go all out, the power of the shock alone could shake him away, and he couldn't help but look at Dian Wei in surprise, and said in surprise: "The lord once said, shame and courage, it seems that Lao Dian has been practicing riding hard during this time!" ”

The devil practiced that thing!

Dian Wei felt it in surprise, he knew it in his heart whether he practiced or not, but at this moment, he was sitting on horseback, like a rider who had learned riding skills since he was a child, riding a few steps forward, quite steady, and he couldn't help but feel a little more confident in his heart, raised his head and looked at Guan Hai with a sneer: "Come again, let you see Lao Tzu's ability to do it immediately!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Guan Hai to speak, as soon as he urged the war horse, he uncharacteristically launched a charge first, and when he got closer, in Guan Hai's horrified gaze, he stood up from the horse, and his burly body was like a hill with an indescribable sense of oppression, and a pair of iron halberds slashed down at Guan Hai, and Guan Hai hurriedly raised his knife to parry.

"Bell~"

There was only a muffled sound, Guan Hai's arms were numb, and before he could take the move, his body had been pushed off the horse's back by a huge force, and he looked at Dian Wei who sat back on the horse in a daze, and exclaimed: "How is this possible?" ”

It should be known that in the era when there were no stirrups, the knight had to sit firmly on the horse's back in battle, and at least half of the strength had to clamp the horse's belly with his legs.

"How did you do that?" Guan Hai stepped forward and said, "Come down and let me try!" ”

"Don't think!" Dian Wei said proudly.

Ye Zhao was about to speak, but saw Fang Yue striding over, bowed down and said, "Lord, there is a down-and-out military general outside the camp who has come to defect!" ”

"General?" When Ye Zhao heard this, he nodded and said, "Let him come in, Dian Wei, put the horse away, don't let others see it, Master Guo, this matter is related to the secrets of our army, don't leak it." ”

"Don't worry, my lord." Craftsman Guo hurriedly said.

"Sure enough, there's something wrong with the horse, isn't it!" Guan Hai saw Dian Wei coming down, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, but he couldn't think of it for a while, so he could only ask Dian Weidao.

"I'll know later." Dian Wei smiled proudly, with this thing, on horseback is the same as on the ground, although it is still a little inconvenient, but at least he can give full play to his seventy percent martial arts on the ground, as well as the impact of the war horse, if it is powerful, it is stronger than before, but this tactic still needs to be pondered, after all, this riding battle is different from foot combat after all.

After a while, I saw Fang Yue come in with a man with a face full of vicissitudes, although he looked sturdy, but he didn't look like Dian Wei, Guan Hai and other masters who were very strong at first glance, but those eyes, although they showed a sense of exhaustion, they carried a sense of perseverance, and when they saw Ye Zhao, they only bowed slightly.

These days are not without generals or some down-and-out warriors to vote, but most of them are just ordinary generals or civil servants, not to mention the big use, even if they can be used less, in the army, at most it is just the ability of the military marquis and the team rate, but the person in front of him gave Ye Zhao an unusual feeling.

"Can a strong man be named?" Ye Zhao stood up and smiled.

"Under Xu Rong." Someone bowed down.

"Xu Zhuangshi, listening to the accent, he looks like a person from Youzhou." Ye Zhao said with a smile, he has been in Youzhou for three years, although the local dialect is different, but the taste cannot be wrong.

"Ye Hou has good eyesight." Xu Rong nodded and said, "In Xiangping, Liaodong." ”

"This official has also been an official in Youzhou for several years, Yandi has been a heroic man since ancient times, I look at Xu Zhuangshi, and he is also very human, but I don't know why he came to Luoyang thousands of miles away?" Ye Zhao looked at Xu Rong and asked with a smile.

"Just to show what I have learned in my chest, I have heard the name of Ye Hou for a long time, and I came here today to join me." Xu Rong bowed and said.

"Xu Zhuangshi is very confident." Ye Zhao smiled: "It's just that I don't know what Xu Zhuangshi is capable of?" ”

"I have been familiar with the art of war since I was a child, and I have led the villagers to fight against bandits, and I have never tasted defeat." Xu Rong bowed and said.

"Villagers? Thieves? Guan Hai came up with Dian Wei, and couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "I don't know how many villagers there are, and how many thieves there are?" ”

Xu Rong said: "In the second year of Zhongping, there was a bully Zhao Xiong in Xiangping who revolted in the name of the Yellow Turban Thief, gathered 3,000 people, raided the township, gathered 371 villagers below, first abandoned the township, lured it to disperse, and then broke it one by one, which lasted nine days, annihilated 700 enemies, and beheaded the thief Zhao Xiong, and the rest were scattered. ”

"One against ten, and you're still leading a group of villagers?" Guan Hai raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Rong with a look of disbelief.

"Exactly." Xu Rong's voice was a little hoarse, but there was an instinctive and convincing sense of firmness.

"It's not easy to do that." Ye Zhao looked at Xu Rong and said with a smile: "Looking at the world, being able to do this is enough to be called a famous general, if you really have such ability, it is the luck of this general!" I don't know how Xu Zhuangshi's martial arts are? ”

"Although he has martial arts, Xu rarely fights with others." Xu Rong shook his head and said.

"That's right, try it with me." Guan Hai was a little excited, trying to get back the face he had lost on Dian Wei's side.

"No comparison." Ye Zhao waved his hand: "Xu Zhuangshi has said that he does not focus on martial arts. ”

"If Xu Zhuangshi is willing, you can be under my door first, if you really have the ability, official position, wealth, women, this official will not be stingy, in our army, use the talent." Ye Zhao said with a smile: "As for now, how about entrusting you with the position of a military marquis first, and leading a song of people?" ”

"Xu Rong greets the lord!" Xu Rong didn't talk nonsense, he bowed his head.

Ye Zhao didn't stop him, and waited for him to finish his worship before helping him up and said, "Do you know how to train soldiers?" ”

"I understand a little." Xu Rong nodded.

"Then train that song first, and let the officer see your ability to train soldiers." Ye Zhaodao.

"Whoa!" Xu Rong nodded and didn't say much.

"Fang Yue, divide his soldiers and horses." Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Fang Yuedao.

"Whoa!" Fang Yue agreed, and then took Xu Rong and left straight to select soldiers and horses.

Looking at the back of the two leaving, Ye Zhao groped his chin, Xu Rong's name, he naturally knew that his origin was similar, if this Xu Rong was really as powerful as said in history, he would have picked up a treasure this time.

Just thinking about it, he saw Meng Hu running over with a few embarrassed Cai Mansion generals, and said to Ye Zhao: "Lord, Cai Weng has an accident!" ”