Acknowledging the Lord is a matter of great importance to people. Without a strong enough reason, or a deep enough faith, the scholars will not easily recognize a lord. In the words of the day, that is

"In today's world, not only the lord chooses the minister, but the minister also chooses the lord!"

Just like Dian Wei, Zang Ba, Yu Ban, Le Jin, and Han Dang, which one was not in the hands of Zhang Qiang, who was first firmly suppressed by Zhang Qiang, and then got the "huge" benefits, and then slowly changed his words to call Zhang Qiang the main man?

Judging from the background of these times, it is natural for Zhao Yun to be shocked. In other words, if Zhao Yun is not shocked, then he will not become Zhao Yun.

After a short shock, Zhao Yun's mind suddenly remembered another question.

-- In today's world, there are only a handful of "10,000 enemies." This arrogance is just one of Zhang Jiao's more than a dozen nephews, who can actually subdue a fierce general who has the ability to "ten thousand enemies" under his command?

-- If it weren't for the fact that there were too many "10,000 enemies" under Zhang Jiao, this arrogance would have been something outstanding!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun had already automatically raised his arrogant evaluation by one level in his heart.

However, for Zhao Yun, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, this wave after wave of impact had already messed up his brain. In this way, Zhao Yun, who had never seen anything in the world, suddenly had a feeling of helplessness.

This feeling is very bad for Zhao Yun. In the current situation, Zhao Yun didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, at this time, there is no need for Zhao Yun to come out.

With Zhao Yun's distraction, during this time, a group of militia rushed out from the Zhao Clan's Dock Fort in front. This group of militiamen, numbering about 100 people, although they were extremely short of armor and weapons, used a large number of sickles and axes to replenish their numbers.

However, judging from the expressions, these militias, which are not in good shape and do not have a large number, can be described in two words:

- Dare to fight!

Dare to fight, for some thieves or defeated soldiers who are not strong, it is one of the most annoying attributes. This means that they cannot rely on intimidation to reap the rewards.

Even a large army, when encountering such a daring opponent, will hesitate to consider whether it is worth plundering a small amount of property with the lives of its own soldiers.

Of course, if you want a group of people to dare to fight, it is not a simple matter for the ordinary militia. This requires a strong local ethos, a cohesive presence among the residents, and a strong leader.

Now, the leaders of these militias, riding their horses and spears, stopped thirty paces from the arrogance.

The militia leader was obviously a steady man. He observed the uninvited guest in front of him and immediately frowned.

――Where did these sturdy yellow turbans come from?

However, the responsibility was on his shoulders, and the chief had to stiffen his neck, bow at his horse, and ask in a loud voice:

"Where did your army come from? Foolish brother, foolish sister and clumsy Jing, I don't know where I offended your army, Zhao Feng is here to plead! ”

――What part of you are from? What are I doing when I catch my loved ones?

Because of Zhao Yun's performance just now, the generals of the Tianping Army were shocked, and these guys, who were reckless on weekdays, were extremely polite when facing Zhao Yun's brother. Le Jin, who was facing Zhao Feng, also gave a salute on the horse and agreed loudly:

"Brother Zhao doesn't need to be suspicious. We are the Tianping Army under the command of the 'General Tiangong', and my lord is here to visit you! ”

After saying this, Le Jin glanced back at Zhang Qiang.

In order to show his kindness, Zhang Qi ordered his subordinates to get out of the way so that Zhao Yun and the two girls could return to their camp. This move made the militia on the opposite side obviously relieved. Many militia weapons such as axes, sickles, and dung forks were hung down.

However, such a move made Zhao Feng more and more suspicious.

To tell the truth, this dock fort built by the Zhao family with exhaustion of family wealth has been beaten several times in the past half a year1.

Not to mention property, even the most precious grain in the troubled world was forced to "give" nearly 100 stones. Otherwise, with Zhao Feng's status in the dock fort, why did his wife and sister need to come out to pick persimmons in person, so that they could be dried and used as food to satisfy hunger?

However, Zhao Feng believed that there was nothing in his family that was worth thinking about in particular, and he was not particularly flustered in his heart. After Zhang Mad met him, Zhao Feng said directly to Zhang Mad :

"Originally, when you came to the door, you should have invited you into the house to drink a sip of hot soup. However, the dwelling is really simple, and I am afraid of staining the shoes of distinguished guests, so I have to ask you to pay a salute outside! ”

This sentence reflects the attitude of the Zhao clan towards the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that it is not very friendly. Zhang Mad suspected that if his own strength was relatively poor, maybe Zhao Feng would have brought someone to kill him.

In the face of this kind of loyal supporters of the Han family, Zhang Qiang didn't even have many opportunities to speak. Moreover, after Zhao Feng clearly embodied the intention of vigilance, there were a lot of words, and it was not suitable for him to say it again.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Yan's intention to recruit Zhao Yun emerged, Zhao Feng decisively made an excuse to end the conversation. Of course, as a ritual to ease the relationship between the two sides, Zhao Feng ordered that five sheep and twenty wheats be taken out of the dock fort as an apology.

Such a gift cannot be said to be light at a time when grain prices are high and it is difficult for money to buy grain smoothly. However, with a net worth of more than 70,000 gold, will he take these things into his eyes?

Zhao Feng's alienated attitude not only disappointed Zhang Qiang, but also made his subordinates feel angry. If it weren't for the insolence and secret restraint, I was afraid that the generals of the Tianping Army under his command would have risen out and destroyed this Zhao Clan's Dock Fort!

Such an ending is actually not unexpected.

You must know that among the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, most of them have their own families.

Unlike Lejin, Dian Wei and others, they don't have much to worry about in this world, and they can do whatever they want. But as long as there is a family drag, just trying to win over himself does not play a big role.

If the force you represent can't bring benefits to his entire family, it's basically impossible to recruit this person.

As the arrogant Yellow Turban Army, it is naturally hostile to those big families. Just like the two of them in the past, Zhang Qi and Chen Deng, although they talked about each other, they were quite compatible. However, from the beginning to the end, he never asked Chen Deng if he was willing to join the Tianping Army to help him.

On the contrary, as soon as he had the opportunity, Zhang Qiang sold Chen Deng for a good price.

Similarly, Chen Deng's design is arrogant, and he is not merciless.

This has nothing to do with the personal conduct of both parties, but the so-called "different ways and do not conspire with each other".

With the current momentum of the Yellow Turban Army and the current identity of the arrogant, it can only recruit some low-status scholars and pawns, such as Yu Ban, Lejin, and Han Dang; or criminals who were wanted by the Han family because they broke the law, such as Dian Wei, Zang Ba, and Guan Yu.

Similar to Zhao Yun's less powerful power, it has almost reached the upper limit of the talents that Zhang Yun is qualified to recruit.

Although Zhang Qiang thinks about these truths clearly in his heart. But the result of the failure of the first solicitation still made Zhang Qi a little frustrated. He reluctantly cheered up and gave Zhao Yun the gift he had prepared for the first meeting.

However, except for a wild goose 2 that represents the exchange between scholars, the rest of the gifts were politely returned by Zhao Feng. Looking at his politeness of rejecting people thousands of miles away, there is quite a posture that he hopes that he will never come again after being arrogant.

In the end, a group of people came vigorously and returned dejected. After Dian Wei, who stayed in the Chinese army, heard about this, he laughed at Zang Ba a few words. As a result, Zang Ba was not a good temper, the two were talking, and they didn't know how to get involved with the original grudges, so they actually started to fight again.

In the back, Zhang Qiang had to come forward, and one person hit twenty military sticks.

After dealing with the trivial matters in the army, he crashed into his handsome tent headlong, only to find that there were people waiting inside.

ps: 1 Playing the autumn wind, which means "drawing it because of the abundance of people", which is similar to the meaning of "ripping bamboo bars". This is not a good phrase in Chinese. Let's use it.

2Confucius once paid a visit to Lao Tzu, held a wild goose in both hands and gave it to Lao Tzu, and greeted Lao Tzu. Later, when scholars exchanged visits, they used to send geese to each other as a ritual.