Chapter 229: Enterprising Jiaozhou
On the martial arts arena, with the passage of time, the fighting speed of the two people is getting faster and faster, and in the end, ordinary people can no longer see the figures of the two except for the silver in the sky, and even as strong as Gan Ning, they can only barely see the two silver lights belonging to different masters from the strength that covers the entire fighting range.
"Haha, happy, happy!" In the fierce confrontation again and again, the two finally took a few steps back under a strong collision with each other, Lu An firmly held the Qingyu Phoenix Spear in his hand, and said with a long smile. It is worthy of Changshan Zhao Zilong, who left a mythical record in later generations, except for the battle with Lu Bu back then, no battle can make him feel so enthusiastic.
"Your Excellency is also the strongest person Yun has ever seen in his life!" On the opposite side of Lu An, Zhao Yun had a strong shock in his heart, he debuted late, he had not participated in the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, he had never seen Lu Bu's invincible posture, and he had not been able to witness the peerless scene of the world's heroes gathering together, but Zhao Yun believed that the spear in his hand would not be weaker than the top heroes in the world, so far, he had never met anyone who could suppress him in martial arts, even the Guan Zhang brothers who lived in Gongsun Zhan's place were no exception, but today, But in this Jiangdong Recruitment Hall, he really encountered an opponent who could suppress him, although the opponent only had a slight upper hand, but judging from the performance just now, it was indeed half a step higher than him.
"It's been a long time since I've had such a fun duel with someone, Zhao Yun, after Lu Bu back then, you are the first person who makes me feel so excited, so next, the duel will escalate!" Feeling the crazy surging battle intent in his body, Lu An said with a hint of fanaticism on his face. Now, his original intention of wanting to have a showdown with Zhao Yun has been achieved, but since the battle has reached this point, he wants to really fight the winner.
"Yun will also use all his strength to fight against Your Excellency!" Although Zhao Yun still looked so calm, it could be seen from his high-spirited eyes that the fanaticism in his heart was definitely not inferior to Lu An.
Lu An didn't speak again, but raised the Qingyu Phoenix Spear in his hand, and a huge silver spear light and shadow suddenly appeared on it, and Dao Dao lightning roared and intertwined on it, although there was no movement yet, but it had already shown that almost suffocating oppressive force.
"Come on!" Zhao Yun took a deep breath, and with the same spear, a huge silver thunderbolt light gun came out.
"Kill!" Seeing that Zhao Yun also cast the Thunderbolt Gun, Lu An showed a faint smile on his face, and then roared violently, shooting out like a cheetah.
"Let's fight!" At this moment, the two of them had already exerted their full strength, and Zhao Yun also left all his previous thoughts behind to meet the biggest challenge in his life.
"Bang bang!"
The thunderbolt gun is the highest skill in the gun martial arts, and every move brings out the momentum of wind and thunder, and the two of them show it together, and the power is stronger than before. The energy sprayed out by the two sides almost surrounded the entire martial arts arena, and there were even traces of thunder and lightning arcs and air waves that swept across the ground from time to time, smashing out small pits one after another.
"So-and-so, so-and-so should stay away!" Seeing a residual energy explode around him, Chen Wu also swallowed his saliva and stepped back from the boss, this level of battle, even with his martial arts, he didn't dare to get too close, and he was about to vomit blood just because of that power.
"Humph!" Seeing Chen Wu's actions beside him, Gan Ning snorted lightly, but once again put all his attention on the battlefield.
"Dragon Roaring Nine Skies!" The fierce confrontation again and again finally raised the strong burning feeling in Lu An's heart to the peak, and after having the characteristics of bravery, the triggering of the special move has also increased a lot, feeling the power in his body that has been raised to the apex at this moment, Lu An played his strongest move, and the spear brought out countless roaring waves of dragon roaring qi rolled out.
"Silver Dragon Counterattack!" And Zhao Yun was not to be outdone, and also showed a vivid silver dragon from the spear and rushed out.
With the crazy collision of the two silver dragons, almost all the surrounding green bricks were swept away by the silver dragon's energy, and the roar of the Dao dragon kept resounding in the sky.
"Bang bang bang!" After a few breaths of earth-shattering confrontation, the two silver dragon energies finally came to an end, and after each let out the last dragon roar, it completely exploded. And Lu An and Zhao Yun were also forced to staggered by this wave of qi, and each took a few steps back.
"You're good!" The air waves and dust and smoke dissipated, and Lu An looked at Zhao Yun opposite, his face full of appreciation. Originally, he thought that he was now invincible except for Lu Bu, but now that he thinks about it, he is a little arrogant, this Zhao Yun is actually so strong, so Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others must have also improved a lot, plus Cao Cao's Dian Wei Xu Chu and others, this world is still a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger after all!
"I'm ashamed, after all, I lost half of Your Excellency!" Zhao Yun arched his hand, with a little admiration. In that final nirvana duel, he was forced to retreat five steps, while the other party only took three steps back, although it was only a slight gap, but defeat is defeat.
Lu An smiled slightly, and did not deny this fact, although the gap between him and Zhao Yun in this battle is not big, but this is only a foot battle, if it is a horse battle, with Feiyun, a perverted spirit beast, he is sure to suppress Zhao Yun, unless the other party can have a mount like Feiyun, but this seems to be a little unlikely, and the heavenly spirit beast is not a cabbage.
"Since you came to vote for me Jiangdong, I wonder if you are willing to be qualified for the position of cavalry captain in Jiangdong?" After thinking about it in his mind, Lu An really threw an olive branch to Zhao Yun that was in line with the other party's identity.
"What? The lord is inevitably too much, "Hearing that Lu An threw out such an important position, before Zhao Yun could answer, Gan Ning and Chen Wu shouted in surprise.
Although the position of captain is worse than that of generals such as Ying Yang, it is just an ordinary captain, if the word cavalry is added in front, it is completely two concepts, there are more than 10,000 cavalry under Lu An, and it is accumulated little by little through the war horses transported by the Zhen family, and letting people serve as this cavalry captain is actually throwing all the cavalry under his hands to the other party, although this kind of power seems to be one level lower than the position of a general like Ganning Zhou Tai, But in terms of real power, it is no worse than a general.
"My lord? Who are you? Zhao Yun was also shocked, and after hearing Gan Ning's exclamation, he remembered something, and asked in surprise.
"I'm Lu An, Zilong, I'm glad you came to Jiangdong!" Lu An smiled at him and spoke.
"Meet Ming Gong!" Zhao Yun finally realized at this moment, it turned out that the other party was the famous Lord of Jiangdong, no wonder he had such martial arts, since his identity had been revealed, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
"No need to be polite, if you have no objections, you will serve as the cavalry captain of my Jiangdong in the future, and the more than 10,000 cavalry under my command will be under your control on weekdays!" Lu An hurriedly helped the other party up, and said very kindly.
"Lord, this is a little too much, although this General Zhao's martial arts are very outstanding, but how did he come for the first time, if he can't convince the public," Zhao Yun didn't answer, Gan Ning couldn't help jumping out after all, although he didn't say what he said later, but everyone naturally knew what he meant.
"You're not going to let me down, are you?" Lu An didn't answer, turned his head to look at Zhao Yun again, and asked expectantly.
"The cloud must live up to the trust of the Ming Gong!" Looking at Lu An's eyes full of anticipation, Zhao Yun looked solemn and nodded firmly. Jun treats me as a countryman, I will repay him as a countryman, he was so reused when he first arrived, it is false to say that he is not moved, but he Changshan Zhao Zilong never only repaid with his mouth, but spoke with his own ability.
"Okay, if you can get a hero like Zilong to vote, today is really an auspicious day, I'll let someone go to a banquet for you to catch the wind, and let you get to know your colleagues!" Lu An was overjoyed to get such a divine general, and immediately asked people to prepare a banquet, ready to bring the relationship between the two closer.
"Hey!" Gan Ning and Chen Wu on the side glanced at each other and sighed helplessly. This guy in front of him has really ascended to the sky in one step, and he can control the most elite cavalry under the command of the lord as soon as he comes, which is an unprecedented honor in the entire Jiangdong.
Time flies, the white horses pass by, the spring breeze blows, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered summer.
"Kill!" In the large school field of Nanjing County, a cavalry training is being carried out at the moment, a young military general is riding a white horse, with the cavalry under his command to launch a charge against the scarecrow on the opposite side, under the command of this young man, these cavalry are not only full of spirit, but also cooperate just right, anyone is also a well-trained cavalry.
"What does Bonghyo think?" In the stands above the school field, Lu An, Guo Jia, Ganning, Lu Su and other important ministers were all present, looking at the training below, Lu An had a look of satisfaction on his face, and asked Guo Jiadao.
"Talent!" Guo Jia narrowed his eyes, and replied with a rare positive color. He has always been frivolous on weekdays, but once he gets serious, he is absolutely reliable, and he gives the best evaluation of the performance of the general below.
"What do you think?" Lu An asked the others around him again.
"Be a good general!"
"Good horsemanship, good martial arts!"
The people on the side were also full of praise, and even Gan Ning, who had always been arrogant, showed an expression of admiration at this moment, obviously thinking that the other party's performance was perfect.
"Zilong, come up!" Seeing that everyone was admiring him, Lu An smiled slightly, and asked Zhao Yun to call over.
"Lord!" Zhao Yun quickly rushed over and made a compilation.
"You were able to train these cavalrymen in a matter of months, and you really didn't disappoint me!" Lu An smiled at him and said gently. The reason why he directly asked Zhao Yun to be a cavalry captain before was also thoughtful, Zhao Yun had been a cavalry captain in Gongsun Chan before, and Gongsun Chan's white horse Yicong was a well-known cavalry elite in the world, so it was appropriate for him to manage the cavalry, and obviously Zhao Yun did not disappoint him, and he could train these cavalry to a higher level of combat power in just a few months.
"These cavalry themselves are elite soldiers, and the last general will not dare to take credit!" Zhao Yun said humbly.
"Don't be too modest, your performance in the past few months has been seen by everyone, and it has also confirmed your own ability, so I have an important task to give you here!" Lu Andao. When Zhao Yun first came, he directly asked the other party to manage all the cavalry was actually questioned by many people, but with Zhao Yun's outstanding performance, those doubts slowly subsided, and at this time, Lu An decided to push Zhao Yun forward again, and brought the role of this god general-level character to the limit.
"Please also ask the lord to command!" Zhao Yun arched his hand.
"We Jiangdong have been cultivating for several years, except for a year ago to attack the puppet emperor Yuan Shu, there has been no major military affairs, now although we do not say that the country is strong and the people are rich, but now we have accumulated some materials, now the situation in the Central Plains is a little weird, we are not good to interfere for the time being, but we can't sit like this." Lu An looked up at the sky, and then slowly said to Zhao Yun: "So, I decided to recover Jiaozhou, and you are the one who decides what do you think?" ”
Lu An is obviously not a person who is content with the status quo, the Central Plains now belongs to the collision between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, he is not good at interfering in, but it does not mean that he does not want to expand the territory, although Jiaozhou is a little poor now, but it is also a piece of meat, and the strength of Jiaozhou is weak, there is only one scholar there as the overlord of the soil, and it is just right for Zhao Yun to go to gild and brush his military exploits.
"The last general will definitely capture Jiaozhou for the Lord!" Zhao Yun responded with excitement on his face. Everyone knows the situation in Jiaozhou, it is not a hard nut to bite, but it is one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, if it can be recovered, this is a great military achievement, for Zhao Yun, who is in dire need of military exploits to prove himself, this is obviously a pretty good errand.
"Okay, then I will first crown you as General Yingyang, lead 45,000 foot soldiers, 5,000 cavalry, a total of 50,000 horses to go out to Jiaozhou, and be sure to recover the entire territory of Jiaozhou!" Lu An thought for a moment, and then said.
"Yes!" Zhao Yun said respectfully.
"Lu Su, would you like to make a trip to Jiaozhou as an overseer?" Zhao Yunxin has not taken refuge for a few months, and it is obviously not appropriate to let him attack alone, Lu An thought about it and planned to set up an overseer to go over together, in addition to playing some supervisory roles, he can also be a military advisor or something.
"Do as your lord commands!" Lu Su is a very talkative gentleman, he never complains about any errands, but looks happy, from this point of view, he is much better than Guo someone.
"Very well, in that case, then go down and prepare for some time!" Lu An smiled slightly, then got up and left with everyone.
"The lord wants to capture Jiaozhou, is it a plan for a long time, or is it a temporary idea?" When leaving, Guo Jia followed Lu An's way and asked.
"Ever since Zhao Yun came over, did Feng Xiao feel that something was wrong?" Lu An asked casually. The expedition is a major event, naturally it is not a matter decided by a thought, in fact, Lu An thought about it for a while, and then felt that there was no problem before making the plan, anyway, 50,000 soldiers will not have much impact on him who now has more than 200,000 troops.
"That's not it, although Jiaozhou is poor, it is a state land, and it is naturally good to be able to take it, but what Jia is thinking about is that this Zhao Zilong seems that the lord is really serious about it, and this is obviously trying to create an opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions!" Guo Jia said half-jokingly.
Lu An didn't answer, just patted Guo Jia on the shoulder. There will always be some preference in a person's life, whether it is the people or the princes, under the influence of later generations, Lu An does have some preference for Zhao Yun, so he will give this opportunity to brush up on his military exploits to the other party, but in Lu An's opinion, this is not a big deal, just as he also values Guo Jia the most among the strategists, since the two of them are talented, it doesn't matter if they are a little favored, as long as they grasp the degree so that they don't lose their balance.
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Although Lu An gave an order, it was obvious that fighting a war was not a child's play, and it was a remote area like Jiaozhou, and the preparation of all kinds of grain and grass was a very cumbersome matter, which took nearly half a month to be fully prepared, and not long after Lu An sent Zhao Yun, Cao Cao, who was in the Central Plains, sent a letter to Lu An.
"Cao Cao, this guy is really too active!" After reading the letter carefully, Lu An couldn't help but read a sentence. In these years, he is not the only one who is aggressive, and Cao Cao is also a very aggressive guy.
"Lord, I don't know what Cao Mengde's letter is?" Everyone in the audience asked.
"Nothing else, it's just that he's going to fight with Lu Bu, and he wants to invite me to fight Lu Bu together!" Lu An threw the letter on the table and said casually.
"This, I'm afraid that this time their war will affect the general trend of the Central Plains!" Everyone in the audience talked about it, obviously knowing what the outcome of the Central Plains would be after this battle.
"What does the lord decide?" After discussing for a while, everyone looked at Lu An and asked about his plans.
"What does it matter to me that they beat them, Cao Cao originally wanted to test whether I would make trouble for him!" has been in a high position for so many years, Lu An is naturally very clear about political matters, this Cao Cao nominally wants to invite himself to attack Lu Bu together, in fact, he wants to probe his own style, afraid that he will go in to stir up the situation, after all, now that he occupies Huainan, he has the right to speak in the Central Plains, and he believes that he can affect the war between them no matter which side he falls towards.