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To the west of Gwangyang-gun is Upper Valley County and Dai County, and after Upper Valley County, to the west of Dai County is the boundary of the state.

The destination of Liu Yu's trip was Yanmen County of the Department of Thorn History in Bingzhou. Because Liu Yu sent people to Yanmen County when he was in Jixian County, he found out that Zhang Liao happened to be serving as a county official in Mayi County, Yanmen County, his hometown, at this time. And Liu Yu is here to recruit Zhang Liao for his own use.

In order to be in a hurry, Liu Yu and Dian Wei traveled day and night, and it took less than a month to come to Mayi County.

After questioning the people in the county, Zhang Liao's home was found. Liu Yu and Dian Wei did not see Zhang Liao, but they met Zhang Liao's eldest brother Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan is Xiuyuan, and he is twenty-three years old this year.

learned from Zhang Fan's mouth that Zhang Liao had gone on a business trip before and had not come back at this time. Knowing that Liu Yu was the son of Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, and the incoming Liaodong Taishou, Zhang Fan treated Liu Yu very respectfully, and arranged for Liu Yu and Dian Wei to live and wait for Zhang Liao to return.

Liu Yu stayed at Zhang Liao's house for about five days before Zhang Liao came back from outside. During this period, Liu Yu learned from Zhang Fan that Zhang Liao was originally a descendant of Nie Yi, and his family changed his surname to Zhang in order to avoid resentment.

Nie Yi was a native of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty and the initiator of the famous "Ma Yi Strategy".

In 140 BC (the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty), after Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, ascended the throne, he decided to abolish the humiliating policy of "peace and proximity" and instead carried out military strikes against the Xiongnu. To this end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made active arrangements and arrangements: appointed Li Guang and other famous generals to lead troops to guard the border county fortresses, recruited soldiers to consolidate the border defense, and at the same time took measures to encourage horse breeding.

In the sixth lunar month of 133 BC (the second year of Yuanguang), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent 300,000 elite soldiers to order the general Han Anguo, the general of the cavalry, Li Guang, and the general of the light chariot, Gongsun He, to lead the main army to ambush in the valley near Mayi. Wang Hui, the general of Tun, and Li Xi, the general of Caiguan, led more than 30,000 people out of Dai County, preparing to attack the Xiongnu's baggage from the flank and cut off their retreat, annihilating the main force of the Xiongnu in one fell swoop. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sent the merchant Nie Yi to the Xiongnu to lure the enemy.

Nie Yi went out of the fortress to do business in the name of seeing the Xiongnu military minister Shan Yu. Nie Yi deceived the military minister Shan Yu and said that he had hundreds of men under his command, who could kill the order of Mayi County, surrender the city, and all the livestock and property could go to the Xiongnu, but the Xiongnu must send a large army to meet them in case of Han soldiers. The military ministers coveted the property of Mayi City, personally led an army of 100,000 into Wuzhou, and sent envoys to enter Mayi with Nie Yi first, and then marched after killing the order of Mayi County. Nie Yi then returned to Mayi to conspire with the county commander, killed a prisoner, cut off his head and hung it above the city gate, disguised as the head of the county commander, and deceived the Xiongnu envoys.

Just when the Xiongnu Shan Yu was about to enter the ambush circle of the Han Dynasty, the pavilion captain guarding the beacon tower revealed the Han army's encirclement plan to the Xiongnu Shan Yu, causing the Xiongnu army to retreat before reaching the encirclement.

As a result, the Xiongnu sent troops to invade the border of the Han Dynasty in retaliation for the siege of Mayi.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty failed to ambush the Xiongnu due to the siege of Mayi, and imprisoned Wang Hui, who was plotting to lure the enemy, and Wang Hui committed suicide. Since then, the Western Han Dynasty began to engage in large-scale warfare with the Xiongnu.

Although the "Siege of Mayi" was unsuccessful, it enabled the Han Dynasty to end the humiliating "harmony" policy pursued since the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, and also opened the prelude to the large-scale war between the Han and Hungary. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to fight against the Huns, sent Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to conquer, relieved the threat of the Xiongnu, and ensured the economic and cultural development of the north.

And Nie Yi knew that he had offended the Xiongnu family, lost his credit in the Han family, and even caused a monstrous disaster, destroying the peace between the Han and the Huns, and it was difficult for the Nie family to live in the Mayi area for a long time. The descendants of this family may not know which generation, and it may even be that Nie Yi himself has begun to change his surname to "Zhang".

Passed down to the current generation, there is a brave and resourceful general Zhang Liao of the Cao Wei generation, and the words are far away. It's just that the Nie family, which was originally "Yanmen Ma Yihao", was no longer a local tyrant by the end of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Liao's generation was no longer engaged in business.

Zhang Liao is 20 years old this year, born 8 feet 2 inches, heroic and extraordinary, because of his outstanding force, he was a county official when he was a teenager, and now he is serving as a county lieutenant in this Mayi County. The county lieutenant is under the county magistrate or county magistrate, and is the same as the county magistrate, and is in charge of public security and theft. Generally, there are two people in large counties and one person in small counties. After Liu Bei quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was once appointed as the county lieutenant of Anxi.

When Zhang Fan led Zhang Liao to Liu Yu, looking at the heroic Zhang Liao in front of him, Liu Yu was excited. Is this Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, the first of the five good generals of Cao Wei in history?

In history, Zhang Liao was subordinate to Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu. After the Battle of Xiapi, he returned to Cao Cao. Since then, he has been on the expedition with Cao Cao and has made great achievements. With Guan Yu to solve the White Horse Siege, descend to Changfeng in the East China Sea, attack Yuan Shang in Yecheng, lead the vanguard to kill Wuhuan Shan Yu Yudun in the White Wolf Mountain, and pacify Liaodong Liu Yi, Huainan Meicheng, Chen Lan, etc.

After the Battle of Wet Beard, Cao Cao appointed Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin to guard Hefei. Zhang Liao repelled Sun Wu's attack many times, the famous battle of Xiaoyaojin, but also with 7,000 people to break the 100,000 army, almost captured Sun Quan alive, after this battle, Zhang Liao Wei shook Jiangdong, became famous, became one of the famous generals respected in the past dynasties, "Zhang Liao stopped crying" has also become a legendary story circulated among the people.

Looking at the lord in front of him who could shock Xiaoyaojin and defeat Sun Quan, Liu Yu's intention to recruit was even better. At this time, Zhang Liao was not recruited by Ding Yuan, and stayed in this small Mayi County as a county lieutenant.

Although Zhang Liao is not as good as Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other first-class generals, he is not too weak, Liu Yu will never let go of such a talent.

Although Zhang Liao is still very young at the moment, he has not experienced any wars, and he has no experience in leading troops, but Liu Yu knows that as long as people like Zhang Liao are given opportunities and time, they will definitely grow up quickly.

At that moment, Liu Yu directly explained his intention and said to Zhang Liao: "Liu Yu is too guarded in Xialiaodong, and I have come to pay a visit." ”

Zhang Liao hurriedly bowed down and said: "Liao Xi is the lieutenant of Mayi County, how dare Lord Lao Fujun go in person, and harm Liu Fujun to stay in a humble room like Liao, it is really Liao's sin, and I hope that the prince of Fufu will forgive the sin." "The people of the Han Dynasty called the magistrate of the county, Tai Shouzun, the prince of the government.

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Your Excellency is dignified and brave, and it is really a bit condescending to be only a county lieutenant." ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "It's not a secret, Liao lost his father when he was a child, grew up with his brother, his family is poor, and he can be a county lieutenant to support his family. Zhang Liao didn't expect Liu Yu to come up and praise him like this, the other party is a county guard, he is just a small county lieutenant, this official position is far from the same, how does the other party know about it? Zhang Liao was a little puzzled, did Liu Yu want to recruit himself?

Zhang Liao was right, Liu Yu just wanted to recruit him, but Liu Yu didn't expect Zhang Liao, who was famous in later generations, to say such a non-retaliatory word at this time, and said at the moment: "Didn't Wen Yuan plan for his future?" With Wenyuan's ability and talent, I think it will never be tolerated by this small Mayi County, Mayi is not a place to live for a long time, Wenyuan has a great future, and he needs to plan early. ”

Seeing that Liu Yu did not speak with pride and contempt for himself, Zhang Liao also felt a lot more cordial, at least Liu Yu did not have such a big style and such a big shelf as the county order of this county, and Zhang Liao was full of good feelings towards Liu Yu at this point.

Zhang Liao was confused for a while, he didn't think about this problem, but he was born poor, he had a body of force but nowhere to use it, pondering Liu Yu's words, Zhang Liao didn't know what Liu Yu meant in his words, and said: "Liao knows that his ability is still shallow, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility. ”

Liu Yu took Zhang Liao's hand and said: "Wenyuan, don't be too arrogant, Wenyuan's martial arts are strong, rare in the world, not to mention the position of a county lieutenant, even if the official worships the general in the future, it is not impossible." ”

Zhang Liao's eyes lit up, as a military general, who didn't want to be appreciated, who didn't want to be able to lead the world's soldiers and horses, and said at the moment: "Liu Fujun is too much to promote me, even if Liao has the heart to serve the country, there is no way." ”

Liu Yu was waiting for Zhang Liao's words, and said with a smile: "This matter is easy to hear, if Wen Yuan has this heart, the post of lieutenant of Liaodong County will be handed over to Wen Yuan." I also hope that Wen Yuan will not refuse, and can help me. ”

Although Zhang Liao had this intention, when Liu Yu really recruited him, Zhang Liao hesitated, did he promise him or not? Should I trust him?