Chapter 42: Jiangxia Huangzu
Zhou Tai's "a certain drop" made Chen Lin happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhou Tai, Zhou Cang followed closely, lest Zhou Tai make a fraud and hurt people. Although Zhou Tai is willing to surrender, he is not called Lord Chen Lin, but only called to be an adult: "My lord, Tai has a reluctant request, Tai's subordinates have followed Tai for many years, Tai can't bear to abandon each other, and I hope that the adults will take them in." Chen Lin didn't follow, and even said: "It is precisely this intention, Youping has great talents, and there are no military merits in the new army, so he is a military candidate for the time being, and his subordinates are still the commanders of Youping, and Youping will not let a certain disappointment." Zhou Tai originally just wanted his five hundred subordinates to have a way out, so as not to cut off their way of life, and it was not bad to enlist in the army, but he didn't want Chen Lin to let Zhou Tai still lead hundreds of people alone, so trusting, Zhou Tai was moved in his heart, and a group of five hundred people knelt down and called Chen Lin's grace.
Because of Zhou Tai's delay, Chen Lin's cavalry couldn't help but slow down, but Chen Lin didn't like it at all in his heart at this time, on the contrary, with the help of a capable person like Zhou Tai, Chen Lin simply ordered to camp for the night, while setting up a banquet for Zhou Tai. So the simple military tent was full of people, Chen Zelin'an, Huang Yan, Zhou Cang, and Chen Lin introduced them to Zhou Tai one by one, and they all knew that Zhou Tai was fighting Chen Zelin An alone, and the two still did not fall behind, and everyone also admired Zhou Tai. And when Zhou Tai heard Zhou Cang, he still remembered Zhou Cang's big knife vividly, and even called Chen Lin's subordinates a lot of capable people in his heart, but fortunately he surrendered during the day, otherwise he didn't know how much he would have to suffer.
At dawn on the second day, the scouts came to report that Zhao Ci and Jingzhou soldiers were facing each other less than 50 miles to the south, with more than 20,000 men and horses on both sides. Chen Lin then ordered the wolf to ride first, and Zhou Tai's department followed closely, Chen Lin led the wolf to ride away, and Huang Yan asked on the horse: "Young Master, just let Zhou Junhou command the troops alone, and his people will not be long in coming, but I am afraid of ......" Huang Yan was worried that Zhou Tai would repeat it, or simply lead the troops to escape.
Chen Lin smiled: "If you don't suspect that you don't need to be suspicious, if you are not loyal to me, it is better to let him leave as soon as possible, so as not to make a big mistake in the future. After Chen Lin finished speaking, he just hit his horse and ran forward. Zhou Tai's department behind him was really as Chen Lin and the two said, Zhou Tai saw that Chen Lin let himself march behind like this, and did not send anyone to oversee the army, obviously trusting himself, Zhou Tai nodded fiercely in the direction where Chen Lin went, and his heart was moved. The brothers beside him surrounded him and asked, "Brother Zhou, you really became a soldier and didn't go back to the river?" Zhou Tai smiled and grinned: "Yes, I will be an upright officer and soldier in the future, and I will no longer have to hide in Tibet. ”
Zhou Tai ordered to move forward, and there were still people in the team talking, discussing everything, some were worried that they would not be left behind in the future, and some people muttered that it was a pity for Zhao Ciying's hundreds of steel knives and so on. Zhou Tai looked at the scattered in his team, and remembered the silent advance and retreat of Chen Lin's wolf ride, Zhou Tai knew that he could not be like this in the future, so he shouted: "There are military regulations in the army, no secret words are allowed, in the future, I will be an official, not a hero on the river, I must have an appearance, but I am not allowed to lose my old Zhou's name." The roaring birds were silent, silently advancing.
At this time, in order to cooperate with Zhou Tai's infantry behind him, Chen Lin learned that the confrontation between Zhao Ci and Jingzhou soldiers was ahead, so he no longer marched in a hurry. The fifty-mile journey was supposed to be half a day, but Chen Lin grinded to sunset, and there were still ten miles away from the place the scout said, when a team of scouts rushed over: "Young Master, the front is chaotic, and it is suspected that the Jingzhou people have broken through the anti-thief camp." Chen Lin was shocked, he couldn't imagine that the Jingzhou soldiers were so brave, originally Chen Lin still wanted to wait for Zhou Tai to come up and attack together, but now things have changed and Chen Lin can't afford to delay, so he ordered loudly: "The wolf rider attacks left and right, and captures the thief." Chen Ze and Lin An rushed forward with five hundred on the left and on the right, and Chen Lin didn't know what the situation was ahead.
Not long after, Chen Lin also led eighty cavalry guards to run, and sure enough, he saw that there were routs everywhere, running wildly, and there were many Jingzhou soldiers with high morale who were also chasing and killing thieves everywhere. When they met Chen Lin and others, whether they were anti-thieves or Jingzhou soldiers, they all avoided from afar, the anti-thieves were afraid of Chen Lin's Han banner, but the Jingzhou soldiers were afraid that the cavalry would rush and kill themselves. Seeing this situation, Chen Lin knew that the overall situation had been decided, and it was estimated that there was nothing to do with him, so he shouted to the Jingzhou soldiers not far away: "This official is the Taishou of Hanzhong, I don't know where Lord Assassin Shi is?" ”
When the Jingzhou soldiers saw Chen Lin asking, they didn't dare not answer: "Lord Assassin Shi is in the south, in the anti-thief camp." So Chen Lin went straight to the south, asking questions all the way, and finally saw a place that looked like a big camp, and saw the Han flag fluttering in it, and knew that it was here. Chen Lin hurriedly stepped forward to enter the camp, but unexpectedly, the arrival of the eighty cavalry guards caused a burst of tension in the camp, and he hurriedly surrounded the camp gate to prevent Chen Lin from entering the camp. Rushed out of a small colonel: "Who is coming?" ”
Seeing this, Chen Lin secretly praised Jingzhou Thorn Shi for being cautious in using soldiers, so he revealed his identity, and after a while, he walked out of a person, who had a white beard and a heroic body, an iron bow on his back, and a long knife in his hand, which was very majestic. Seeing the small colonel of the camp gate, he whispered a few words, probably to understand the situation, and said loudly to Chen Lin: "The last general, the new Jiangxia Commander Huang Zu Huang Gongyi, meet Lord Taishou, I don't know if the Lord can have a document to verify his identity, and the last general's duty is to hope that the Lord will forgive his sins." Huang Zu said that he was neither humble nor arrogant, which made people respectful, so Chen Lin ordered someone to send the token, that Huang Zu checked it repeatedly, and then gestured to Chen Lin: "Lord Chen, the last general is offended, please." So he ordered the school to let him go, and Chen Lin was able to enter the camp.
Chen Lin admired this, and asked Huang Zu again: "I don't know if Lord Assassin Shi is here?" After hearing this, Huang Zu said: "Lord Assassin Shi has gone south to Wuling, Wuling County barbarians have rebelled, Lord Assassin Shi has gone south to deal with it, and the last general will act as the agent for the affairs here." "It turned out that two days ago, Wuling County in the south of Jingzhou sent first aid, the barbarians rebelled, and they wanted to attack the county seat. After this Huang Zu led the troops, he did not move for two days, paralyzing Zhao Ci and thinking that the Jingzhou soldiers were timid, and today Huang Zu suddenly launched a fierce attack, and broke Zhao Ci's camp in a battle. Huang Zu was about to go out of the camp to chase and kill, when he met Chen Lin.
Chen Lin heard that the assassin was not there, and saw that Huang Zu wanted to hunt down Zhao Ci, so he felt that there was no need to stay in the camp, so Chen Lin said: "Huang Duwei, this is a good time to pursue the anti-thief, if you and I each chase and kill Zhao Ci's thief, don't stop chatting here." Huang Zu couldn't wait, if it weren't for Chen Lin's official status, I was afraid that Huang Zu would have driven people out a long time ago, what a great credit Zhao Ci's head was, so Chen Lin and the others turned around and left the camp. Huang Zuguan didn't care about Chen Lin, he rushed out with only three hundred soldiers and horses, and disappeared into the wilderness.
Chen Lin led the eighty cavalry guards just aimlessly wandering in the field, and when he met the officers and soldiers and the anti-thieves, he helped him, and he also killed a lot of anti-thieves in half an hour, and the drums in the Huangzu camp still sounded for a long time, signaling the Jingzhou soldiers to continue to chase and kill. Suddenly, Chen Lin ran behind him, it was a wolf rider, and the man saw Chen Lin and hurriedly dismounted: "Senior Young Master, our army is facing up with the Jingzhou soldiers, and the Second Young Master wants me to wait for the eldest young master." ”
Chen Lin was shocked when he heard this, how did the Hanzhong soldiers get involved with the Jingzhou soldiers, so he hurriedly asked the wolf rider to lead the way, and asked what the situation was. It turned out that this matter had to start with Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai's subordinates were all foot soldiers, but they were in a hurry behind him, and they were not slow Chen Lin much, and they also happened to meet the fleeing rebels. Zhou Tai was naturally killed, but it happened that Zhou Tai met Zhao Ci, and the two who were still allies faced each other a few days ago, and Zhao Ci was cut down by Zhou Tai. Just when Zhou Tai was about to make a great contribution and cut off Zhao Ci's head, Huang Zu came, Huang Zu shouted that it was a pity, and the credit of Nuo Da became someone else's. Huang Zu then asked Zhou Tai who he was, and Zhou Tai answered, but Huang Zu knew that Zhou Tai was Zhou Jiu's life, the famous **. So Huang Zu's subordinates and cronies instigated Huang Zu to snatch the head in Zhou Tai's hands, and Huang Zu also felt that he couldn't let a ** get the first credit, so he arrogantly asked Zhou Tai for Zhao Ci's head. Zhou Tai was so angry that he naturally didn't give it, so he confronted each other like this, Huang Zu shouted ** rebellion, and Zhou Tai's department was besieged for a while. The wolf rider found out again, so he naturally came up to help Zhou Tai, so the two sides confronted each other like this.
Chen Lin rushed over, just hoping that there would be no big mess. From a distance, Chen Lin saw that there were about thousands of people piling up in front of him, one side was Chen Lin's Hanzhong wolf cavalry and Zhou Tai's department, and on the other side there were about 3,000 Jingzhou soldiers. I only heard Huang Zu shouting: "**, quickly hand over the body of Zhao Ci's thief." Over there, Zhou Tai sneered, but Chen Ze shouted: "Huang Duwei, Zhou Junhou is my Hanzhong general, Zhao Ci thief was killed by Zhou Junhou, Huang Duwei has to grab merit, and it will not be possible to attack and kill his colleagues." ”
As soon as Chen Lin heard what Chen Ze said, he nodded secretly, Chen Ze said it very well, it seems that Chen Ze, who has never said much, is also a rational person. Chen Lin happened to appear at this time, knowing that he couldn't let Huang Zu lose face, and he didn't want to grudge with Huang Zu, so he shouted loudly: "Stop, stop." The two sides looked in the direction of Chen Lin together, and the Hanzhong army was suddenly full of morale, but Huang Zu's heart was dark. At this time, a person from Huang Zu's army ran out and secretly said something to Huang Zu, and Huang Zu was immediately overjoyed. Huang Zu ignored Chen Lin and shouted at Zhou Tai: "Damn, kill Nanyang Qin Taishou, and don't surrender quickly." ”
Chen Lin was shocked, and he didn't expect that Zhou Tai's killing of Qin Jie would let Huang Zu know. Zhou Tai over there was also panicked when he heard it, he had just taken refuge in Chen Lin and had a good background, but at this time, there were twists and turns, and he saw Chen Lin's face full of bitterness. Zhou Tai felt Chen Lin's grace of not killing, so he said to Chen Lin: "Lord Chen, the last general will bear it with all his might, and he will never affect the adult." "I'm going to step forward. Chen Lin shouted: "Nonsense, what did you do before, you said that you are not to blame in the past, you are now my Hanzhong military candidate, how can you not listen to a certain order and go back." Chen Lin drank Zhou Tai, but Zhou Tai was even more moved, Chen Lin made it clear that he wanted to keep Zhou Tai, and he didn't know how much the price was, how could he not move Zhou Tai.
Chen Lin drank Zhou Tai, and then shouted to Huang Zu: "Huang Duwei, killing Qin Taishou is Zhao Ci's anti-thief, and Huang Duwei beheaded Zhao Ci's anti-thief, it must also be a great achievement, this official must go to the book to testify for Du Wei, I don't know what Huang Duwei wants?" As soon as Chen Lin said, Zhou Tai's eyes blurred behind him, Chen Lin wanted to exchange Zhou Tai's innocence for killing Zhao Ci. Not only Zhou Tai was surprised, but Huang Zu also didn't expect Chen Lin to come here, Huang Zu thought that Chen Lin was also too shou in Hanzhong, and his official position was higher than his own, so there was no need to offend Chen Lin to death, anyway, his purpose was Zhao Ci's head. So Huang Zu also laughed and shouted:
"This battle is also thanks to Chen Taishou's help."