Chapter 100: Hit it off
Hyun is a very old place name, a city in the Spring and Autumn Period, named because it was built on the west bank of Hyunshui. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
During the Warring States period, it was also known as Changping. The famous battle of Qin and Zhao Changping took place here, and after the war, Bai Qikeng killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Zhao State.
From Tianjing Pass to the north, you must first pass through Gaodu County, and then continue to the north for seventy miles along the Hyunshui River, and you will arrive at Hyunshi County.
Although the amount of land they occupy cannot be compared with the wealthy families in other counties, because the ancestor Chen Gu once served as the Taishou of the Five Plains and the monk of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, he left the family with the prestige of being good at martial arts, so he has a high prestige in the Shangdang.
The head of the Chen family is named Chen Shi, the grandson of Chen Gui, who is about forty years old and has never been an official.
In the middle of the night before yesterday, the younger brother Chen Tao sent back to deliver the letter reported to Chen Shi that Wei Qi and Zhang Fan were passing by Tianjing Pass, and that the Tiance Army Flying Cavalry Battalion appeared at Tianjing Pass. Chen Shi attached great importance to this matter, and immediately sent his henchmen to Tianjing Pass to inquire about the news after dawn, and at the same time, Chen Shi also strictly ordered the young and strong people in the clan not to pick quarrels and provoke trouble outside, and all returned to the farm and Wubao, waiting for orders.
At the beginning, when Zhang Yang was recruiting troops from the party, the Chen family maintained a neutral attitude, neither supporting nor preventing it. Later, Zhang Yang asked Liang Zhi for military rations, but Liang Zhi not only refused to give it, but also wanted to force Zhang Yang away, but it didn't take long for bandits to come out in the Shangdang territory, and the wealthy families in various counties were repeatedly plundered.
At that time, Chen Shi saw that the identity of the bandits who flocked to the counties was suspicious, but he did not say anything about it, but asked the people in the clan who managed the farms everywhere to prepare a batch of grain, and when the bandits came, they took the initiative to take out the food, and as a result, the Chen family was safe and sound, and no one was injured.
At that time, there was no Tiance Army, and Zhang Yang only led 4,000 lonely troops to stay in Shangdang.
Later, the original Bingzhou Army suddenly changed its banner and became the Tiance Army, and the main general was also changed from Ding Yuan to Ding Yuan's subordinate Lu Bu. Zhang Yang defected to Lu Bu with 4,000 men and horses, and his identity rose all the way, first as the commander of a battalion, and now as the Taishou of Taiyuan County, the largest county in the Shangdang!
The blind can see that Zhang Yang stepped on the blood and bones of the Sun family in Taiyuan, and behind him there were four thousand wolf-like Tiance troops.
Since Liang Zhi, the Taishou of the Shangdang, knew that Zhang Yang had served as the Taiyuan Taishou, he was often awakened by nightmares at night, and he proposed his resignation to Ding Yuan, the state pastor, but Ding Yuan did not agree and asked him to continue to stay in office. Liang Zhi did not dare to disobey Ding Yuan's intentions, for fear that he would become the second Sun She.
The Chen family also regretted that they didn't take advantage of Zhang Yang's time when he was in the party, and walked around and got close to Zhang Yang more, otherwise, maybe there would be a chance to find a way out for the Chen family.
Now, the Tiance Army has appeared in Tianjing Pass, this is the only chance for the Chen family, if they don't seize it, the hope of the Chen family's rise will really be slim.
Chen Shi is a person who makes decisions on the spot, and since he has decided to hug the thighs of the Tiance Army, he no longer has other concerns. Chen Shi took the children of the clan, holding the wine mash and food in his hands, and walked thirty miles south, waiting for the arrival of the Tiance army by the side of the road.
When Zhang Liao received the news from the front of Tanma, he suddenly smiled. He found that the two brothers, Chen Shi and Chen Tao, were more knowledgeable than Yang Feng, and it seemed that there were many long-term people in the famous family. Since Chen Shi put on a posture of going out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, the intention of wanting to take refuge in the Tiance Army was already very obvious, which made Zhang Liao save a lot of heart.
Zhang Liao led his troops on a march of twenty miles north, and then ordered his troops to stop marching, and lead all the horses to the beach of the Hunshui River to wash them, and the soldiers also had their clothes and faces cleaned in the river.
After sorting out the appearance of the army, Zhang Liao asked the five hundred cavalry to form a long serpentine formation, raise the banner of the Tiance army, and march forward.
Half an hour later, Chen Shi, who was guarding the roadside, saw the banner of the Tiance Army.
Although there were only five hundred horsemen on the way, it gave Chen Shi the feeling that it was majestic and neat, and inviolable. When Chen Shi saw them, he suddenly remembered the situation when his grandfather Chen Gu was in Wuyuan.
At that time, the left part of the Southern Xiongnu, which had been annexed, did not obey the rule of the Han Dynasty and gathered people to make trouble. Chen Gui believed that the reason for this chaotic situation was that the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu had no way to deal with the emperor, and without the consent of the imperial court, Chen Gui urged and ordered the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu to commit suicide and apologize, so as to calm the chaos within the Xiongnu!
As a result, Shan Yuzhen of the Southern Xiongnu committed suicide......
The reason why Chen Gu was able to be so strong against the fierce Southern Huns was because there was an inviolable and powerful Han army standing behind him!
Now, Chen Shi vaguely saw the shadow of the original army from the approaching cavalry.
"Chen Shi and his clansmen welcome General Zhang of the Tiance Army to the Hyun clan!"
"Patriarch Chen is very polite!"
The two sides met, and after some greetings, they walked towards the Chen family's manor together.
In Chen's manor, the lights were bright and the voices were boiling, all of them were busy welcoming the arrival of the Tiance Army.
Zhang Liao was not polite to the Chen family, let all the soldiers and horses enter the village, and calmly accepted the service and care of the Chen family. Based on Zhang Liao's observation of the inside and outside of the Chen family's manor, the Chen family had no defense against the Tiance Army at all, and the Chen family definitely did not have the courage to do something like a hidden knife and axe.
Although the Tiance Army has not yet completely occupied the annexed state, it can be seen from Lu Bu's equally iron-blooded and tough methods both externally and internally that no matter who it is, as long as it provokes the Tiance Army, it will definitely be the end of the family being ruined.
The guests and hosts are seated, and the banquet begins. On the side of the main family, Chen Shi and the elders of the two clans attended, and on the guest side, Wei Qi, Zhang Fan and Zhang Liao attended.
Because both parties intended to show favor to each other, the atmosphere of the banquet was relaxed and harmonious. Chen Shi recounted his childhood life experience with his grandfather Chen Gui in Wuyuan, Wei Qi recounted the feat of the Tiance Army in organizing military and civilian tuntian near Lishi in Xihe, and Zhang Liao recounted the process of leading his army in Yong'an to intercept the Xiongnu fleeing from the north to the south.
Towards the end of the banquet, Chen Shiping withdrew from the people in the hall, and then said with a solemn face: "The Chen family admires General Tiance's ambition to protect the territory and the people, and wants to follow General Tiance's tail wing, protect the territory, defend the people, live and die with the Tiance army, and ask General Zhang to complete it." ”
Wei Qi and Zhang Fan were silent, and turned their eyes to Zhang Liao. They couldn't agree to this on behalf of Lu Bu.
Zhang Liao said: "The Chen family is sincere, and the general already knows it, but this matter is very important and has a far-reaching impact, and Liao does not dare to make decisions without permission!" The head of the Chen family can go to Lishi with the general and show his heart to Admiral Tiance. Yi Liao speculates that as long as the Chen family does not regard the land manor as too important, Admiral Tiance will definitely give you a satisfactory result. ”
Chen Shi was not disappointed in Zhang Liao's answer, because Zhang Liao's answer was very sincere, and there was neither irresponsible over-the-top nor perfunctory. As Zhang Liao said, the Tiance Army has never received the entire family before, especially the prestigious family, once it accepts the Chen family, it is equivalent to a beginning, and it will have a great impact on the situation of the party and even the state in the future, and it is far-reaching.
"Thank you General Zhang for the point, tomorrow I will go to Lishi with the army and meet Admiral Tiance!"