Chapter 380 [Recruiting Zhao Yun]
Wei Yan waved his hand again, and a guard sergeant brought a good white horse, this horse is one zhang long, eight feet high, the whole body is snow-white, and the divine horse is abnormal, which was captured when pacifying the Southern Xiongnu, and there is a brand-new silver helmet and silver armor on the saddle, which Wei Yan bought in Zhending City when he sent someone to find out where Zhao Yun lived.
Zhao Yun looked at the white horse and the shining silver helmet and silver armor, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and then dimmed, and he arched his hand and said: "Wen Changgong is so loving, Yun doesn't know how to repay it?" ”
Wei Yan turned over and got off the black horse, walked quickly to Zhao Yun, and said very frankly: "I know, Zilong, you are worried about General Gongsun and General Xuande now, so although I cherish your talents very much, I don't want to force Zilong, I give these things to you, on the one hand, I want to make a good relationship, and on the other hand, I want to work with Zilong to kill the thief." In addition, apart from Zilong, I can't think of anyone else in the world who is suitable for riding such a good horse and wearing such armor. ”
In fact, there is another person who is suitable for the white horse silver armor, which is Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, but there is no need to be serious here.
Zhao Yun is not only a brave general, but also a wise general, and the idea of fooling other people is very likely to be invalid here, so Wei Yan simply told the truth, this time he came here to make a good relationship and win his favor, as for solicitation, wait until the favorability increases.
Zhao Yun did not refuse, put the silver helmet and silver armor on his body, looking like Fu Fan, very handsome, he turned over on the white horse, carried the bright silver gun, rode the horse and walked a few steps, feeling very satisfied, so he smiled and asked: "Wen Changgong, what is the name of this horse?!" ”
Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "White Dragon Horse! ”
"White Dragon Horse, good name, what a BMW dragon horse! Thank you for the reward! Zhao Yun thanked him, then clamped the belly of the white dragon horse, spread the reins, waved the gentian bright silver spear, and rushed towards the group of bandits.
The bright silver spear is up and down, like dancing pear blossoms, all over the body, like floating snow.
The white dragon horse was like a silver dragon, flying between the bandits.
Wei Yan also clamped the belly of the black horse, spread the reins of the horse, and waved the red blood knife to kill the group of bandits.
The two of them crisscrossed a group of bandits, rushing left and right, as if they were in a no-man's land.
Those vicious thieves who only knew how to bully the poor people were the opponents of this dragon and tiger, and they had no power to parry, and they were all killed by these two people in the blink of an eye.
Zhao Yun hated this group of bandits who destroyed his homeland very much, and every time he made a move, he would definitely use the power of a lion to fight a rabbit, swoop a shot, and stab over, the thief covered his throat, stared wide-eyed, and turned over and fell to the ground.
Wei Yan's methods were even more spicy, riding a black horse like black lightning flashing, wielding a red blood knife that quickly slashed through the necks of those bandits, and the eyes on the flying head widened in horror, looking at the body that had been separated from the other place.
Such a terrifying scene shocked the remaining bandits in a panic and fled in all directions, but they were surrounded by the Guards Regiment and could not escape. In a quarter of an hour, in a quarter of an hour, more than 420 bandits were all killed on the spot.
Zhao Yun arched his hand and smiled: "Wen Changgong, I just counted it, the number of thieves who died under my gun should be one hundred and eighty-four, from this point of view, Yunzhi's martial arts are far inferior to Wen Changgong!" ”
Wei Yanlang laughed loudly: "Zilong, you follow General Gongsun, you have too many defenses, few attacks, and little experience, with such a record, you have far surpassed many famous generals, I believe that you will be able to have greater achievements in martial arts in the future!" ”
Zhao Yun thanked Wei Yan for his praise, and then frowned: "Before this, I had never seen such a thief, but I didn't think that I had just come down the mountain, and I saw this thief invade my homeland, I really don't know where these thieves came from?" ”
Wei Yan pointed at Chang Shan: "Zilong, I think these thieves are not pouring out of the nest, there must be their lair on this Chang Mountain, it is better for us to kill the mountain, find their lair, and annihilate them all in one fell swoop, but this Chang Mountain is hundreds of miles away, and it is very difficult to find their lair." ”
Zhao Yunlang smiled: "Fortunately, I still have a living mouth, just interrogate it!" As he spoke, he rode his horse to the back of the bandit who had fallen under his gun. The bandit was only impaled in the thigh by a bright silver spear, unable to walk, and lying on the ground.
Zhao Yun rested the bright silver spear on the thief's throat and asked sharply, "Where are you from the bandits, where are you entrenched in Changshan now?!" ”
The bandit was stunned by Zhao Yun's marksmanship, and confided in them the situation of the bandits.
They were originally active in a valley in the Taihang Mountains, making a living by plundering passing merchants, for some reason, Zhang Yan, who had always been with them well water and did not violate the river water, suddenly poured out a large army, annihilated their bandits, all the bandits who resisted stubbornly were killed, and the bandits who surrendered were a little stronger into the army, and the rest were sold to the Tuntian Corps of the Wei army, only seven or eight hundred people escaped in a hurry, all the way to the north, temporarily hiding in the Flying Grottoes in Changshan.
After Zhao Yun finished asking, he raised his bright silver spear, ready to stab the bandit to death.
The thief screamed: "Zhao Yun, I told the secret of our cottage, you want to let me go, you can't be untrustworthy!" ”
Zhao Yun smiled coldly and said, "Did I promise not to kill you just now?" ”
The thief was stunned, he remembered that Zhao Yun had just forced him to ask him, and did not exchange terms with him, and when he was stunned, Zhao Yun's bright silver spear had already stabbed him in the throat quickly.
Zhao Yun pulled out the bright silver spear, wiped the blood on the bandit's body, raised his head and smiled at Wei Yan: "You can't be merciful to such bandits and bandits who have a habit of plundering, who have repeatedly taught them, and who think they can be forgiven, otherwise they will only make them more rampant!" ”
Wei Yan deeply admired Zhao Yun's carefulness and decisiveness, and asked with a smile: "I was very worried about Zilong just now, you are soft-hearted and let go of such thieves, I don't want Zilong to be like me, and hate such thieves!" ”
Zhao Yun's face was worried: "In the eight years that I followed Master to practice martial arts, I have traveled around with Master and seen the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party, hey, now the officials harm the people, the thieves also harm the people, and the common people are born in troubled times, not only the risk of poverty, but also the fear of life, so there are many people who are willing to fall, from thieves to cowards, persecuting other ordinary people more ferocious!" I don't know when this big Han world will be truly peaceful! ”
Wei Yan replied: "Zilong, don't worry, I, Wei Yan, will be able to return the people of the Han Dynasty to a prosperous and prosperous world." ”
Zhao Yun couldn't help but say: "Wen Changgong, most of your Wei army is adapted from the Yellow Turban Thief, although there are many righteous acts of robbing corrupt officials and corrupt families, and there are also unrighteous acts of robbing ordinary people and harming the Quartet, they have been wandering for a long time, and they are committed to plundering, that is, they are incorporated into the army to restrain them, and I am afraid that they will not be able to become a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, I don't know how such an army can return the Han people to a prosperous and prosperous era!" ”
Hearing Zhao Yun say this, Dian Wei's face sank, and he yelled loudly: "Zhao Zilong, An dares to say this about my Wei Jun, dare to try my pair of halberds?" ”
Although Zhao Yun is a gentle gentleman, he also has a strong blood, listening to Dian Wei's drinking, his thick eyebrows are furrowed, and he replied loudly: "Why don't you dare!" ”
Wei Yan turned around and reprimanded: "Evil comes, don't make a mistake, Zilong's worry is not superfluous." ”
Dian Wei knew that he was reckless, so he took a few steps back and didn't say a word.
Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Feng saw that the scene was so tense, and hurriedly made a round: "Zilong, Wen Changgong's previous poems of "Artemisia Lixing", "Compassion for Nong" and "Silkworm Woman" are well-known all over the world, and I have read them for my brother, Wen Changgong has benevolence and righteousness in his heart, and he is really the lord of benevolence and righteousness, under the command of such a benevolent and righteous lord who is close to the people and loves the people, no matter how bad the army is, it will become a division of benevolence and righteousness!" ”
Zhao Yun smiled bitterly: "I also heard Wen Changgong's benevolent and righteous poems, so I am willing to fight side by side with Wen Changgong, if Wen Changgong blindly indulges his soldiers to loot places, I'm afraid I won't stand here and say this to Wen Changgong!" I just hope that Wen Changgong can adhere to benevolence and righteousness, and build the Wei army into the soldiers of the great Han as Wen Changgong said. ”
Wei Yan said with a very solemn expression: "Please rest assured, Zilong, at least half a year, at most a year, I will build all the Wei army into a big Han soldier who does not disturb the people, does not harm the people, loves the people, and is close to the people." ”
In the following time, Wei Yan used the previous method of promoting other generals to improve Zhao Yun's favorability.
Zhao Yun's five-dimensional was increased to 97 in force, 96 in command, 86 in intelligence, 82 in politics, 92 in charisma, and 120 in favorability, and then Wei Yan asked the seed artifact elf to cure Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Feng's serious illness, and Zhao Yun's favorability increased to 160 points.
When Zhao Yun's favorability towards Wei Yan increased to 160 points, it exceeded Zhao Yun's 86 loyalty to Gongsun Zhan, and also exceeded Zhao Yun's 150 points of favorability towards Liu Bei (255 was after officially defecting to Liu Bei), when Wei Yan recruited Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun did not explicitly refuse, but he still had concerns, after all, he had not officially resigned from Gongsun Zhan now, and he did not want to bear the reputation of betraying the lord.
Xu Shu came up with an idea of the best of both worlds, Wei Yan repaired a letter, formed an alliance with Gongsun Zhan, and borrowed Zhao Yun from Gongsun Zhan, and he promoted Zhao Yun to the cavalry captain, commanding 5,000 cavalry, and assisting fellow villager Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army against Yuan Shao.
Zhao Yun then recommended Xiahou Lan, who was clearly disciplined, as the military leader, but at that time, he did not explicitly recommend Xiahou Lan, only said that he would recommend one person, Wei Yan pointed at Xiahou Lan, and said with a smile: "Zilong is talking about this Xiahou brother?" ”
Zhao Yun was taken aback and asked, "How does Changgong Wen know?" ”
Wei Yan put on an unfathomable look: "There are only things in the world that I don't want to know, and there is nothing I can't know." ”
Zhao Yun heard that Wei Yan had several secret intelligence organizations in his hands, and Wei Yan came to recruit himself this time, presumably because he had done some investigation on himself and understood it clearly, so he didn't go deeper.
Wei Yan looked at Xiahou Lan, young and old, calm and introverted, and his eyes looked at Wei Yan very calmly.
Wei Yan smiled slightly and said, "Xiahou Junzheng, I don't know your words?" ”
Xiahou Lan said: "The last general will be Zifang." ”
Wei Yan's face became serious: "Zifang, do you think you can correct the military discipline of my Wei army's 100,000 people?" ”
Xiahou Lan pondered for a moment, and replied cautiously: "The last general is young and shallow, he has just joined the Wei army, and his prestige is not enough to correct the military discipline of the 100,000 army, if I am given a thousand people, I can barely be competent." ”
Wei Yan nodded in approval, if Xiahoulan agreed to this errand without hesitation, Wei Yan would definitely be very suspicious, Xiahoulan thought so carefully, he must be confident, then give him a brigade to do an experiment of military discipline adjustment: "Zifang, you first enter my Xuanfu camp for a month, first make a team to join the army, and after a month, I will send you to a brigade to be a military leader." ”
Xia Houlan gladly accepted the order.
Wei Yan looked at Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Feng seriously: "May I ask Brother Zhao's words?" ”
Zhao Feng arched his hand and said: "Wen Changgong, the word tiger is in the following table." ”
Wei Yan smiled and asked: "Why is the eldest brother's character tiger, and the younger brother's character is dragon?" ”
Zhao Feng replied with a smile: "The tiger follows the wind, the dragon follows the cloud, and our brothers' expressions come from here." ”
Wei Yan asked again: "Zihu, I heard that you used to be a small official in the county before, because of your weak health, so you resigned and returned home to recuperate, why don't you go back to Yiyang with Zilong and Zifang with me, and temporarily study in the political college of the university hall for three months, you can go to a county to be a county magistrate first, and then be promoted to county commander and county guard after you have political achievements." ”
Brothers Zhao Yun and Zhao Feng bowed down together and saluted: "Changgong Wen is so loving, it is difficult for my brothers to repay their broken bones." ”
Wei Yan hurriedly helped them up: "You have great talents in governing the army and government, I cherish your talents, and I can't bear you to wander in this village." Hey, by the way, we're going to get ready to go up the mountain to annihilate the remnants of this bandit! ”
Zhao Yun looked at Xia Houlan: "Brother Xian, are you willing to follow your brother up the mountain to destroy the thief?!" ”
Xia Houlan arched his hand and said: "I want to do it!" ”
Zhao Yun said to his brother Zhao Feng again: "Big brother, you will take the villagers to quickly repair the gate and house of this village and clean up this battlefield." ”
Although Zhao Feng was a few years older than Zhao Yun, he was convinced of his younger brother's arrangements and complied with them one by one.
Wei Yan selected a hundred soldiers from the guards who were good at climbing to follow him up the mountain to destroy the thieves, and instructed Dian Wei and Xu Shu to lead the remaining guards to help the villagers of the Zhao family repair the gates and houses.
Zhao Yun nodded secretly, although Wei Yan came for himself, he could also see that his benevolence and righteousness of caring for the people was purely natural, not fake.
Led by Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan, Wei Yan led a hundred guards to follow, along the tree-lined path, turned around and climbed the stone steps, and arrived in front of a large natural grotto at the waist of the cliff of Feishi Peak.
Wei Yan fixed his eyes and saw that this grotto seemed to be a square courtyard, surrounded by walls on three sides, and facing a cliff on one side, which was very dangerous.
There are more than 200 people living in the grotto, from a distance, they are all young and middle-aged men like the thieves who ran to Zhaojia Village to loot, think about it, these bandits are actually unwilling to be restrained by Zhang Yan to run north here, their old and weak women and children in the cottage are probably in the hands of Zhang Yan, I am afraid that they have now been transferred to the Wei army Tuntian Corps.