Chapter 6: Sun Zhong
Zhang Cheng doesn't know much about this Sun Zhong, but he knows that he is a commander of the Yellow Turban Army, equivalent to a general, and this Sun Zhong is really a good hand when he marches and fights on weekdays, otherwise, Zhang Jiao would not have been able to hand over such a critical place as the South City Gate to him.
Zhang Cheng also respects this Qu Shuai very much, but this time, Zhang Cheng's image of Sun Zhong has completely changed.
"What's going on?" Sun Zhong asked as soon as he came, his face was very ugly.
"Qu Shuai, just now the enemy attacked, it was Zhang Shichang who led us to repel the enemy army, and Zhang Shichang also killed an enemy general"
"Yes, if it wasn't for Zhang Shichang just now, we would have been destroyed."
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Everyone said it again, and Sun Zhong's face began to become more and more ugly, and his eyes were full of anger.
"Qu Shuai, this time it's all the credit of Zhang Shichang"
Sun Zhong reacted at this time, and then his face returned to normal, and then said: "Zhang Cheng, this time it's thanks to you, otherwise, I don't know how to explain to General Tiangong, don't worry, I will definitely go to you to ask for credit."
"Thank you Qu Shuai" Zhang Cheng saluted, but his heart was tight, because he had ruined Sun Zhong's good deeds, Sun Zhong would definitely not let him go so easily.
"Strengthen vigilance at night," Sun Zhong explained, and then led people towards Zhang Jiao's mansion.
What happened at the South City Gate at this moment had already reached Zhang Jiao's ears, and Zhang Jiao was furious.
"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Zhang Jiao was furious, and the Qu Shuai below didn't dare to speak.
"What about Sun Zhong? Let him come to me."
"General Sun has gone to the city"
On the side of Zhang Jiao, there are Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, both of whom are his own brothers, one left and one right, separated on both sides, and it was Zhang Bao who just spoke.
Zhang Jiao was about to scold, but saw Sun Zhong trotting in.
"Sun Zhong greets General Tiangong" Sun Zhong knelt on the ground, his head almost hit the ground, and he didn't dare to look at Zhang Jiao's eyes.
"Tell me what's going on?" Zhang Jiao snorted coldly.
"Returning to General Tiangong, today's official army is attacking the city very fiercely, and the last general is uneasy, so he is looking for his subordinates to discuss matters, who knows that at this juncture, the official army will come to sneak attack"
"Enough" Zhang Jiao was furious, and then shouted: "You said that you are looking for subordinates to discuss matters, why doesn't the city head even keep an uncle?" If it weren't for Zhang Cheng, we would all be prisoners of the official army today."
"The last general will be guilty" Sun Zhong didn't dare to raise his head in fright.
"Guilty?" Zhang Jiao sneered, then looked at Zhang Bao and said, "Second brother, what do you say this Sun Zhong should do?" ”
When Zhang Bao heard this, his face suddenly changed, he and Sun Zhong were very close on weekdays, but this time Sun Zhong made a mistake, his eldest brother was the first to ask him what he meant, could it be that he noticed something?
"Sun Zhong left his post without permission, and he should be beaten with a hundred military sticks and removed from the position of Qu Shuai"
Sun Zhong was dumbfounded at this time, in fact, it was not only Sun Zhong, several Qu Shuai on the side were all surprised, you must know that this Sun Zhong has a high prestige in the army, and he usually walks very close to Zhang Bao, but he didn't expect Zhang Bao to stab Sun Zhong at this time.
Zhang Liang's eyes on the side suddenly flashed with a gleam, and then said: "Our army has always had clear rewards and punishments, and this south gate is the lifeblood of our army, even if General Sun left his post without permission, why did it take so long for you to arrive after the start of the war?" Doesn't General Sun explain? ”
Zhang Liang knew very well in his heart that his eldest brother would not live long, and there would definitely be someone between himself and Zhang Bao who would become the new commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and Sun Zhong was Zhang Bao's minion, just now Zhang Bao had obviously sold Sun Zhong, but it was also a last resort, Sun Zhong belonged to the elders of the Yellow Turban Army, and he worked hard, and it was not so easy to bring him down, so he added another fire.
"This" Sun Zhong was aggrieved to death, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only secretly hand Zhang Bao a color.
Zhang Bao just didn't see it.
All this fell into Zhang Jiao's eyes, he snorted coldly, and then said: "Pull it down first, hit a hundred military sticks, and then go to prison"
"No"
When Sun Zhong heard this, he knew that he was finished, his eyes were a little hollow, and he let the two Yellow Turban soldiers escort him outside, and finally cast a look at Zhang Bao for help.
"The south gate is the lifeblood of our army, which of you wants to guard it?"
As soon as Zhang Jiao asked, several people on the side didn't dare to speak, and even Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao closed their mouths with interest, because they knew very well in their hearts that Zhang Jiao was a temptation, and once anyone moved first, they would definitely become the target of public criticism at that time.
"Why, no one wants to share the worries of General Ben?" Zhang Jiao asked again.
"Big brother, I think that Zhang Cheng reacted very quickly this time, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid the south gate would be breached this time, why don't you let him guard the south gate?"
Zhang Bao's heart was pounding, now he has lost Zhang Jiao's trust, and although this Zhang Cheng is unremarkable, but Zhang Jiao chatted with him for a few hours yesterday, obviously Zhang Jiao is very optimistic about him, and more importantly, this Zhang Cheng is not Zhang Liang's lineage.
In this way, he can not only win room for himself to turn around, but also will not let Zhang Liang become bigger than Zhang Cheng, who has no connections here, and he is a general of the Digong, and his power is second only to Zhang Jiao, so it is really easy to clean up Zhang Cheng.
"No, this Zhang Cheng is just a small chief, he has no experience in leading the army at all, I don't feel at ease when I hand over the south gate to him" Zhang Liang immediately spoke.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Jiao looked at the other Qu Shuai.
"The last general is willing to guard the south gate"
At this time, a Qu Shuai stood up, he was eight feet tall, not like other Qu Shuai, he didn't look strong, but there was a killing aura in his eyes.
"If Chu Yan goes, I'm relieved" Zhang Jiao nodded, and then changed his words and said: "Zhang Cheng has indeed made a miraculous achievement this time, how about making him a deputy?" ”
This Chu Yannai is now the leading general of the Yellow Turban Army, comparable to Sun Zhong, and more importantly, he does not belong to Zhang Liang or Zhang Bao, but is a centrist, let him go, and everyone will not object.
When the appointment reached Zhang Cheng's ears, Zhang Cheng was really a little unbelievable, he didn't expect that he would be promoted from a chief to the deputy commander this time, this is the Yellow Turban Army, there are few talented people, and the equipment is backward. The management is backward, there are few literate people, Zhang Cheng is mixed here, and he is really like a fish in water.
But Zhang Cheng couldn't be happy, because it was a matter of time before the Yellow Turban Army was finished, and if he got the title of a Yellow Turban Army general, it would probably be difficult to gain a foothold in the troubled times in the future.
However, Zhang Cheng also knows that he can't change anything now, he can only take one step at a time.
"Qu Shuai, General Chu Yan is here, let you go to the meeting" Hua Yu came to report.