(14) Zhang Wenyuan slashed the rebel generals, and Lü Fengxian took charge of the state
On the plain, Lu Bu suddenly let out a loud shout like a thunderclap in the hearts of every rebel officer and soldier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Seeing that Lu Bu had blocked the way out, Song Xian was completely panicked, but Wei Xu raised his spear and shouted: "Brothers, go back, and only by entering Jinyang can you have a way to live!" Brothers, come after me! As he spoke, he took the lead in urging the war horse to rush in the direction of Zhang Liao and kill him.
Thousands of rebels with the desire to survive followed the two main generals shouted and rushed towards Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao picked up the Yellow Dragon Hook and Sickle with a murderous face and slashed head-on towards Wei Xu's face door, Wei Xu's reaction was a little slow, Zhang Liao's blade had just set up the spear had arrived, and he was about to be cut under the horse, Song Xian arrived in time to stand up and hit Zhang Liao's chest, Zhang Liao then withdrew the hook and sickle to clamp Kaishan Yue. Seeing this, Wei Xu hurriedly seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the spear shook and went straight to Zhang Liao's side.
Lu Bu knew Zhang Liao's ability, Song Xian and Wei Xu alone couldn't hurt him at all, so he was not in a hurry to come forward to help, and when he saw Ding Yuan's bloody head next to Song Xian's saddle, Lu Bu understood in his heart that these two people must be killed by Zhang Liao himself, so that Zhang Liao could get over the hurdle in his heart, because Zhang Liao told him more than once how Ding Yuan rescued him in the chaos back then. So Lu Bu kept rushing back and forth in the chaotic army, until the more than 1,000 rebel troops killed completely lost their sense of fighting, threw the weapons in their hands on the ground, and no longer resisted and were voluntarily bound.
The battle between Zhang Liao and the two rebel generals continued, and behind him, more than 1,000 elite cavalry led by Cao Xing converged with the trap camp led by Gao Shun and rushed over from the direction of Jinyang.
Seeing that he had no chance of winning, Song Xian shouted loudly, stopped the battle between the two sides, jumped off the horse and Lu Bu hugged his fists and said: "General Lu, the two of us gathered a crowd to mutiny, and I knew that there was no way out to kill Lord Ding Yuan, but the soldiers under my command are innocent, they have been fighting with me at the border for many years, and they are all elite soldiers who are one in a hundred, and the two of us are willing to exchange two lives for more than a thousand lives!" With that, the two bowed down in front of Lu Bu. Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao, saw him nodding, then turned to the two and said, "Don't worry, this matter is on me." Song Xian and Wei Xu gratefully kowtowed to Lu Bu three times, each picked up his weapon and said to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan, if a hero doesn't fight on a horse, he doesn't show his real kung fu immediately, can he dare to dismount and fight?" When Zhang Liao heard this, he took off his armor, tore off a piece of cloth from the white robe lined with it, and wrapped it around his head. Then he picked up the hook and sickle and jumped off the horse.
"Yikes! Tyre! With an angry shout, the life-and-death battle of the three began, in the last battle of their lives, Song Xian and Wei Xu both unreservedly used their housekeeping skills, Kaishan Yue and the spear closely cooperated with each other from the left and the right to launch a flank attack on Zhang Liao from both ribs. As the saying goes, a rabbit bites when he is in a hurry, even if Zhang Liao's martial arts are outstanding, in the face of the crazy offensive of the two battlefield generals, he was a little unable to parry for a while, and he was forced to retreat again and again.
Seeing that Zhang Liao was a little struggling, Gao Shun whispered to Lu Bu: "General, I'm going to help Wenyuan?" Lu Bu waved his hand: "Don't, this is a hurdle in Wen Yuan's heart, we have to let him pass it by himself." By the way, what about the two gentlemen and Cheng Lian? When Gao Shun heard this, he hugged his fists and replied: "General Hui, the two gentlemen went to Shangdang County and Xihe County in the defense areas of Song Xian and Wei Xu to pacify the people and eliminate the remnants of the enemy, and Cheng Lian took a thousand city defense troops in Jinyang to capture and stabilize the situation in the city. When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that with these two great sages of the world planning a strategy for him, he could save a lot of effort in the future.
Zhang Liao and the two have been fighting for a long time, after all, their own skills are superior, and the stick wounds on Song Xian and Wei Xu have not fully recovered, after the three of them fought for forty rounds, Zhang Liao saw the opportunity to turn sideways to avoid the attack of the two, and swept the two of them with a horizontal hook and sickle, Song Xian reacted quickly and dodged the attack with a volley, Wei Xu was caught off guard by Zhang Liao and cut off his legs, screamed and lost his weapon and fell to the ground, Zhang Liao stepped forward and raised his hand to cut off Wei Xu's head with a knife and hung it on his waist.
"Brother Wei Xu!" Song Xian roared angrily, stood up and went straight to Zhang Liao's heart. Zhang Liao felt a gust of wind behind him, and quickly turned around and lifted the hook and sickle with one hand to block the Kaishan Yue stabbed by Song Xian, but he didn't expect that Song Xian's blow was too strong and actually knocked the hook and sickle out of Zhang Liao's hand. Zhang Liao took a step forward and grabbed Kaishanyue, with a brute force, he pulled Song Xian in front of him, ran to Song Xian's face door with his free right hand, and hit him hard, Song Xian spit out a mouthful of blood and staggered back a few steps, and then let go of his hands, and Kaishanyue was snatched away by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao raised the mountain and hit Song Xian heavily on the back, Song Xian spit out a mouthful of blood again, fell to the ground and convulsed violently.
Zhang Liao dropped the Kaishan Yue, walked to the side and picked up the hook and sickle and came to Song Xian with an expressionless face, Song Xian breathed a long sigh of relief and slowly closed his eyes: "Wenyuan, do it." The hook sickle slowly fell, swept past Song Xiandao's throat, and drew a graceful arc, and Song Xian fell to the ground and never moved again.
"My lord, the last general has avenged you!" Zhang Liao dropped the hook and sickle, held Ding Yuan's head, raised his head and cried, "My lord, your great kindness, Wen Yuan can only repay it in the next life!" For a while, the war horses on the plain neighed and wailed all over the field, and everyone followed Zhang Liao's example and wrapped a white cloth around their heads, and marched towards Jinyang City with tears streaming down their faces.
In the early morning of the next day, Xun You and Chen Gong rushed back from Shangdang County and Xihe County, in view of the death of Ding Yuan and the lack of a leader in the state time, the two proposed that the general Lu Bu of Fenwei temporarily take over the power of the state assassination, and at the same time, the civil and military officials of the state jointly handed a note to Luoyang to explain the cause of the matter, and requested that Lü Bu be appointed as the assassin of the state. At the same time, on the grounds of preventing the Xiongnu from moving south, he requested an expansion of 20,000 troops.
In the Chongde Palace, after listening to the recital handed over by Lu Bu, the Spirit Emperor couldn't help but ponder. It stands to reason that Lu Bu is his future son-in-law, and there is no problem in being an assassin, but if he is allowed to expand his army by 20,000, then the entire state will have 50,000 horses, so that Lu Bu will hold 50,000 male soldiers, which is ......
Seeing that Emperor Ling was suspicious, He Jin, a general who had a sharp increase in his favor for Lu Bu since Lu Bu killed the eunuch on the street, immediately left the class and played: "Your Majesty, General Fenwei has just played a clever trick to make the Xiongnu and Xianbei fight, once they wake up, they will inevitably retaliate against Bingzhou, and General Fenwei's move is to take precautions!" After speaking, Lu Zhi, Yuan Kui, Yang Biao, Cai Yong and others played one after another: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”
"Your Majesty, the old slave also thinks that this is a good idea!" Zhang Rang, who was bent on winning over Lu Bu, was not to be outdone. Although Lu Bu killed his own people, he accepted his own bribes after all, which shows that the two sides do not have a common language at all, and Zhang Rang plans to use Lu Bu to help him control the government first, and then settle accounts with him. Seeing that the opinions of the two major factions were so unanimous, Emperor Ling didn't think much about it anymore, after all, Lu Bu was his son-in-law, and even his son-in-law didn't trust him, who else could he trust? The clapper immediately agreed: "Quasi-play!" ”
A few days later, the imperial court's envoy came to Bingzhou, in addition to bringing Lu Bu the appointment of the history of Bingzhou, the general He Jin entrusted a three-pronged purple gold crown and a delicate lion belt, and Zhang Rang sent 10,000 taels of silver. Holding the edict of appointment, although Lu Bu was silent on the surface, he was excited in his heart, because after he came to the Three Kingdoms, he finally had a base of his own.
After sending Qin Cha away, Lu Bu immediately summoned all the civil and military generals to gather in the Assassin's Mansion to discuss the matter.
"Wen Yuan, Gao Shun, this general will appoint the two of you as cavalry captains, to assist this general to command and merge the state army, when this general is not there, in case of an accident, you two have full authority to deal with it!" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are all famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, and assisting him in taking care of the military horses of a state is to make the best use of it. The two stepped forward to thank him and said, "General Xie trusts, and the last general will live up to the general's trust." ”
"Cheng Lian and Cao Xing, I will appoint you two captains, Cheng Lian will be stationed in Jiuyuan City, and Cao Xing will be responsible for garrisoning Yulin Pass, and they will be horns for each other to defend the northern frontier of the state." At this moment, Lu Bu planned to disrupt the previous defensive deployment of each county fighting its own battle, "The generals will listen to the order, and I have a total of nine counties under the jurisdiction of the state, and now I am going to break the previous division of defense areas and replan. As he spoke, Xun You brought a map of Bingzhou, and Lu Bu pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Shangdang County, Xihe County and Yanmen County are divided into the No. 1 defense area, with Xihe County as the center, and Zhang Liao, the cavalry commander, will lead an army of 30,000 troops to station; Yunzhong County, Dingxiang County and Shuofang County were divided into the No. 2 defense area, with Dingxiang County as the center, and 30,000 troops led by Gao Shun, the cavalry commander, were stationed. Shang County, Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County are divided into the No. 3 defense area, and they will personally bring 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, and the three defense areas will assist each other and move the whole body. ”
Zhang Liao and others were impressed by Lu Bu's unique military thinking, Lu Bu was right, in the past, all parts of the prefecture were used as defense areas, and the forces were dispersed, not to mention, once any military general had bad intentions to make trouble, other places could not be effectively controlled. However, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun thought for a while, and said to Lu Bu one after another: "General, according to this plan, I must have 100,000 fresh troops in the state, but at present, the entire city defense army is only 60,000!" ”
When Lu Bu heard this, he smiled slightly, and said to everyone with the holy decree: "Your Majesty has promised to expand the army by 50,000, so that I will count the city defense army with a total of 110,000, and the city defense army will be determined to reduce the establishment of the city defense army, and each county will only be equipped with 1,000 city defense troops to be responsible for maintaining law and order, and carefully select 90,000 soldiers in the whole territory of Bingzhou, and make them into divine weapons that can win all battles through strict training!" Speaking of this, Lu Bu pointed to a dozen large boxes placed in the courtyard, and said to everyone: "This is all rewarded to me by His Majesty or bribed by the ten permanent servants, a total of 6,000 taels of gold, 70,000 taels of silver, all used for the construction of the state, Gongda, divide this batch of money into three, one for the expansion of the army, one for the pacification of the displaced people, and the rest for Gao Shun." When Gao Shun heard this, he couldn't help but pause, and hurriedly asked, "General, why did you hand it over to the last general?" ”
"It's not for you, it's for you!" Lu Bu smiled and said, "In Zhongmu, the general promised you to do his best to help you form an ironclad elite army, didn't you say that your method of training troops is quite expensive and food-consuming?" I'll give you all the money and replenish your trap camp to 1,000, but I will remember your promise to let the trap camp out of the division within three months! If you can't complete the task by then, don't blame Ben for spanking you! In the laughter of the generals, Gao Shun said to Lu Bu gratefully: "General Xie trusts, and the last general will definitely live up to the general's trust!" ”
Next, Lü Bu appointed Xun You as the governor of the army and the state army and horses, and coordinated the internal affairs of the state, and appointed Chen Gong as the school minister, responsible for supervising the military generals in various places, and assisting Gao Shun in training the camp. The two were ordered to retreat, and Lü Bu ordered Zhang Liao and Xun You to take full responsibility for recruiting soldiers and horses, and all reform measures were implemented immediately after the reorganization of 90,000 soldiers and horses was completed.
After a busy afternoon, he finally determined the general policy for the next stage of development of the state, Lu Bu sat on the chair and sighed while sipping tea: "No, there are still too few talents under him, and I have to find a way to recruit some more capable people to work for me." But when he thought that the current time was four years of Guangping, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel worried: most of the talented people in the history of the Three Kingdoms rose up in the Yellow Turban Rebellion two years later, and now these people are either learning art (Zhao Yun), or they are displaced everywhere (Guan Yu), and some are even minors (Ma Chao)! Despite this, Lu Bu still plans to take advantage of the current free time to go out to look for talents, otherwise once the reorganization of the Bingzhou Army is completed, all the major policies will be implemented, and he will not be able to leave even if he wants to, after all, this big family is waiting for his own ideas!
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Bu was dancing with Fang Tian's painting halberd in the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion, and he saw the guards running over in a hurry: "Report to the general, there is a kid who is making trouble in the recruiting office, this kid has some means, General Zhang Liao has been fighting with him for almost seventy rounds and has not yet decided the winner, you go and take a look!" ”
Lu Bu's eyes lit up: I really want to come to something! This person can compete with Zhang Liao, and he must not be an idle person. I didn't bother to tidy up my clothes, so I ran out in a white pajamas.
At the recruiting office in front of the Assassin's Mansion, the conscription banner that was originally standing tall on the side was broken at the waist, and Lu Bu saw that Zhang Liao was holding a yellow dragon hook and sickle and fighting with a young man holding a pole and stick. I saw that the young man was handsome, his face was slightly yellow, although he was not handsome, but there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, which was always spurting out, and it was obvious that this person was by no means an idle person. Seeing that the two tigers were bound to be injured when they fought each other, Lu Bu hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" Hearing this, the two stepped aside.
Lu Bu patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and asked, "Wen Yuan, what's going on?" Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "Back to the general, the appropriate general Cao Xing saw that this person was extraordinary, and he talked well, so he let this person show his martial arts in public, who would have thought that this person would interrupt the conscription banner with a stick, and also beat General Cao who came forward to stop him to be seriously injured, and the last general was worried that this person was here to deliberately pick quarrels and provoke trouble, so he wanted to take him down, I never thought that this person has a lot of martial arts, and the two of us fought for almost 90 rounds and did not distinguish the winner. ”
Lu Bu inquired about Cao Xing's injury, and when he saw that there was no major problem, he hugged his fists at the young man and said: "Lu Bu, the general who stabbed Shi Fenwei in Xia Bingzhou, dare to ask the hero's surname?" Why did you hurt my subordinates? When the man heard about Lu Bu's name, he couldn't help but drop his rod, and bowed his head and said, "Xu Huang, a native of Yang, Hedong, is known as Gongming, and he will meet General Lu." Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was Xu Huang, the general who forced Guan Yu to evacuate Fancheng, Lu Bu couldn't help muttering in his heart: Xu Huang should be a small official in Hedong County at this time, how could he come to Bingzhou?
didn't have time to think about it, Lu Bu picked up Xu Huang and asked with a happy face: "Gongming, Gongming, I have been looking forward to you for a long time." I heard that you are far away in Hedong County, why did you come here? Xu Huang hugged his fists and said: "Back to the general, the last general was originally a small official in Hedong County, because he was not angry with the eunuchs to loot the people's wealth and abandoned the official to run away, and accidentally bumped into the general when he passed through Luoyang and killed the eunuch on the street, the last general admired the general's righteous deeds, and originally planned to go to the military camp of the state to serve the general, but he never thought that the general would lead the troops to withdraw and merge the state, and the general chased all the way. General, do you know the last general? ”
Lu Bu patted Xu Huang on the shoulder, casually said a few things about Xu Huang's early deeds in Baidu Encyclopedia, and then explained that he heard it from the mouths of the people. Zhang Liao and others admired Xu Huang's loyalty and bravery, and they no longer blamed him for hurting Cao Xing. Lu Bu saw that Xu Huang was brave, and he could break the thick flagpole with a single wooden stick, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pulled Xu Huang into the Assassin's Mansion and went straight to the back hall, Zhang Liao and others also continued to recruit troops, and everything was calm.
"Komeito, come on!" Lu Bu threw Wuli Kunyi's mountain-opening axe to Xu Huang.
Xu Huang stretched out his right hand, and easily lifted the 73-pound mountain axe, looking at the carefully carved patterns on the axe blade, Xu Huang couldn't help but admire: "It's really a good weapon." As he spoke, he danced in the back hall. Lu Bu clapped his hands and applauded and said: "This is the opening axe of the Xiongnu prince Wuli Kunyi, weighing 73 catties, and it is extremely sharp enough to split mountains and break stones. I saw that Gongming was brave and extraordinary, and this opening axe was given to Gongming! ”
Thinking that he had recruited a fierce general before he left the state, Lu Bu couldn't help but be full of hope for his road to visit Xianxian!