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Lu Zhi stood under the general's platform, looking at the demoralized soldiers in front of him, and he was furious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Yuan Shao lost inexplicably, Zhang Jiao won inexplicably, but the current situation was unfavorable to him was very obvious. After Yuan Shao took away his five thousand iron armor Jing Rui, the remaining 20,000 officers and soldiers seemed to have been sucked out of their backbones, and they drooped their heads one by one, and Lu Zhi trained for a long time, and they didn't know how to listen to a few words.

Lu Zhi is very angry, he has been in charge for a month, and he has already estimated the situation, so he withdrew the army to Guangping to rest, and the biggest task every day is to train the troops and cheer up, but it is obvious that this effect is not very good.

Lu Zhi was very angry and helpless about this, but he couldn't let it go.

After the disbandment, Lu Zhi called Zhang He, Xiahou Yuan, Chun Yuqiong and Wang Kuang to the big tent and ordered very seriously: "The morale of the officers and soldiers is low, and the northern army has become the main force. At the moment, our task is to defend the city and prevent Zhang Jiao from driving straight into Gyeonggi. ”

Xiahou Yuan's body moved, and Yu stopped talking. Lu Zhi paused, "Just say what you have to say, you don't have to hide it." ”

Xiahou Yuan was a little unhappy, he wanted to say that Lu Zhi had never let him say it, but now he said that he would not say it. He coughed lightly, calmed down a little, and bowed down to give a salute to Lu Zhi: "My lord, our army's morale is low, and it is precisely because of the defeat that the most direct way to restore morale is a victory. Defeated Zhang Jiao......"

"Miaocai, don't forget, Zhang Jiao is not only full of morale now, but also has an army of seventy or eighty thousand, how many of us are there? The fourth colonel of the Northern Army has only 4,000 people and 20,000 county soldiers, can they fight a war in the current situation? ”

"My lord, it is precisely because of this that we have to fight a battle." Xiahou Yuan was a little stubborn, straightened up, and his voice became louder. "Everyone knew that we didn't dare to fight, so the morale of our army could not be restored, and Zhang Jiaori became arrogant, and their forwards went to Quang Binh City many times. Yuan had noticed that they were not disciplined and guarded. Yuan thought that he could be taken by surprise and hit him. First, let them be restrained, and secondly, it is good to give the soldiers a little confidence. ”

"Zhang Jiao is not as incompetent as you think." Lu Zhi waved his hand, and asked Xiahou Yuan to sit down. Xiahou Yuan was angry and helpless, in front of everyone, he couldn't argue with Lu Zhi, so he had to sit back depressed. Zhang He, who was sitting with him, patted him on the shoulder and signaled him not to take it too seriously. Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly, shook his head, and refused to speak again.

Lu Zhi saw that the atmosphere was awkward and his mood was even worse, so he had to take care of a few more words like being careful, and then disbanded. The hall was quiet, and Lu Zhi's heart was empty. Xiahou Yuan's expression just now looked in his eyes and hurt in his heart. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He are Liu Xiu's cronies, for a long time, he can be the middle marquis of the Northern Army so safely, and Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He have helped him a lot. But on this expedition, Xiahou Yuan also had the biggest difference with him, which made him very disappointed.

"Sir, Captain Xiahou is also kind, please don't take it to heart." Liu Bei saw that Lu Zhi was in a bad mood and persuaded softly. Lu Zhi smiled bitterly, "I don't mind his words, I'm worried about his way of using soldiers." At present, our army is weak, so we can only focus on defense, reorganize our armies for battle, summon up the courage of our officers and men, and wait for Zhang Jiao to relax, so that we can attack. He didn't care about the situation, he only thought about taking the risk and attacking, it was good to win, but what about defeat? The Northern Army is the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, and it is also our last strength, it is precisely because of the Northern Army that the army has not collapsed, once the Northern Army is defeated, how will it be cleaned up? ”

Liu Bei originally supported Xiahou Yuan, he felt that it was better to take a risk than to stay here, but after hearing Lu Zhi say this, he felt that Lu Zhi was more old and stable, yes, it is gratifying to win, but after all, it is just a small victory, and if it is defeated, it will not be able to clean up, and it is better to be cautious when weighing the benefits and disadvantages.

"It's a pity, it would be nice if the eldest brother was here." Liu Bei sighed softly.

"He can't come." Lu Zhi shook his head, "The matter of Liangzhou has never been solved in one battle or two battles, although he defeated the main force of the Qiang people, but the strength of the Qiang people is still there, and they will come again." Lu Zhi frowned and looked back at Liu Bei: "Xuande, don't you think the Qiang people's tactics this time are a little weird?" ”

Liu Bei was puzzled: "Please sir." ”

"The Qiang people have always been able to fight, and if they can't, they will leave, there is nothing to doubt about this. However, Zhong Dian has an army of 150,000, which is the unprecedented momentum of the Qiang people, and they only fought for one day under Yuzhong City, and the two sides fought after battle, how many casualties could there be? At most, 10,000 people, but why didn't Zhong Dian fight and withdraw directly? If he retreats without defeat, he must have a plan, does he want to lure Deran to chase after him, or knows that Deran's military rations are insufficient, so he wants to avoid his sharp spirit and wait for him to retreat without a fight? ”

Liu Bei touched his chin, carefully recalled the content of the newspaper, and thought for a while: "It seems that there is such a possibility." ”

"In this way, Deran just seized the opportunity in the battle of Taoshui." Lu Zhi clapped his fists and suddenly sighed happily: "Otherwise, this battle will be protracted again, and I don't know when it will be completed." ”

"But now that it's done, the eldest brother still can't come back." Liu Bei said with some frustration: "If he can come back, then Mr. will have made this achievement." ”

Lu Zhi glanced at him, shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "How do I care about meritorious service, I just don't want to watch the people suffer." The book says: There is Xia Dude, and the people are devastated. He said that he wanted peace for the world, but look at what he did. ”

Liu Bei didn't think so, Zhang Jiao wanted to come through a gentle way, but those families squeezed him out, what else could he do? However, he could only hide these words in his heart, but he didn't dare to say them to Lu Zhi, otherwise he would definitely be reprimanded, and Lu Zhi hated these rebellious remarks.

Liu Bei was thinking about how to persuade Lu Zhi, Mao Zong walked in quickly, Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows, lowered his face, and was about to reprimand him for being rude, Mao Zong hurriedly said: "Sir, Deran has sent someone." ”

The anger on Lu Zhi's face disappeared as soon as he saw it, and he asked in surprise, "Who?" Who's coming? ”

Mao Zong stopped in a hurry, and was just about to speak, but remembered Lu Zhi's temper again, and hurriedly arched his hand, and said seriously: "Mr. Hui, Senior Brother Deran has sent some subordinates to support Mr., and the people have arrived outside the city and are waiting for Mr.'s order to enter the city." ”

Lu Zhi was overjoyed, turned around, and grabbed Mao Zong's arm: "How many people?" ”

"Two hundred." Mao Zong was caught by Lu Zhi a little painfully, but he didn't dare to grin his teeth and scream in pain, so he had to endure it. "But they are all Jing Rui, two hundred ironclad Jing cavalry led by Yide, and Wang Zhiwang, the personal guard next to the senior brother."

Lu Zhi couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard that there were only two hundred people at first, and then listened to Mao Zong's explanation, and became a little happy. The Changshui battalion was brought to Bashu by Cao Cāo, and there were only two cavalry from the Yueqi Captain Chun Yuqiong and the Tun Cavalry Captain Zhang He by his side, adding up to less than two thousand people, Zhang Fei has always been in charge of Liu Xiu's personal guard riding, and these two hundred ironclad Jing cavalry are naturally Liu Xiu's personal guard cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is at least equivalent to five hundred ordinary cavalry, which can be regarded as a boost. And Wang Zhi is a master of the Heavenly Master's Dao, Liu Xiu sent him, of course, to protect his safety, which shows Liu Xiu's filial piety to him.

"Quick, Xuande, you go and greet me." Lu Zhi said happily: "Chengming, you go and invite the future, we will give them a pick-up, and by the way, boost their morale." ”

Liu Bei and Mao Zong responded in unison and walked out quickly. Lu Zhi laughed and shook his head: "This shaft, although he doesn't read well, is a good boy with affection and righteousness." ”

Liu Bei left the camp, jumped on his horse, came all the way to the city gate, and opened the door. The soldiers of the city hurriedly shook their wheels and lowered the drawbridge, and the soldiers at the gate of the city lifted down the bolt and opened the gate with a bang, and the gate was wide open, and the two hundred cavalry sat on the back of the horse as straight as the iron halberds in their hands, and lined up neatly, and the horses stood quietly, motionless, as if cast in iron. Zhang Fei wore his armor and guarded a long-bearded Taoist leader with a tall young general.

"Yide!" Liu Bei raised his arms and shouted loudly. Zhang Fei heard his voice, lightly picked up the war horse, greeted him, and said with a smile: "Xuande, don't come to harm?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei who was full of envy, he laughed and patted Zhang Fei's arm hard, "I'll greet the Taoist chief first, lead you into the city to see Mr., and then talk about it." ”

"That's right." Zhang Fei said with a smile. Liu Bei hurriedly walked in front of Wang Zhi and bowed. Although Wang Zhi does not hold an official position by Liu Xiu's side, his identity is detached, and he has been very respectful of him since Liu Xiu himself, and Liu Bei does not dare to slack off. He politely saluted Wang Zhi and said hello, then he looked at the young general and smiled: "Yide, why don't you introduce me to it, who is this?" ”

Zhang Fei said: "This is Taiyuan Hao Zhao Hao Bodao, why did you forget?" ”

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, took a closer look, and laughed loudly: "It turned out to be Bodao, who has grown taller and more powerful, I don't dare to admit it." ”

Hao Zhao smiled: "Hao Zhao has seen adults. ”

"Alas, what an adult, I'm just a Sima next to Mr." Liu Bei waved his hand and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Let's go, please follow me into the city." ”

Zhang Fei bowed and asked Wang Zhi to go first. Wang Zhi was also not polite, lightly urged the war horse, and entered the city together under the leadership of Liu Bei. Zhang Fei and Hao Zhao walked side by side, and the two hundred Jing behind them rode in a row of two, and entered the city. Although there are not many of them, each of them wears a leather jacket made of cowhide on their heads, and the iron armor on their bodies is polished brightly, although it is the height of summer, the red sè battle jacket on their bodies is not messy, the iron halberd in their hands is pointing to the sky, the ring knife at their waists, the bow and arrow behind their backs, and the shield hanging on the saddle, sitting firmly on the back of the horse, not squinting, and not smiling. A line before and after, the left and right horse's head and tail are opposite, and the sound of the horse's hooves is special, although it is not a neat sound, but the weight is consistent, and it sounds pleasant.

Two hundred Jing rode out, and he walked out of the momentum of the iron-blooded hero. The soldiers on the city wall had already seen their might when they lined up outside the city, and they were not too surprised at this time, but those soldiers in the city were greatly shocked when they saw these two hundred silent Jing horses, a group of onlookers in the east and a group in the west, with indescribable envy and a little fear in their eyes, although the two hundred Jing horses walked slowly, but the momentum made people feel that they could turn into battle at any time and become a sharp blade piercing the heart.

"Wow, this is General Wei's cavalry across the northern frontier?"

"But no, didn't you see it, the little general who walked in the front was General Wei's disciple, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. You don't know, don't look at him as powerful, in fact, he is not as simple as a martial artist, he can read and paint, and he is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs like General Wei. ”

"Oh, no wonder, he's so handsome. Hey, the one next to him is not bad, although his face is immature, but he is so tall, he must also be a fierce general. ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen this man. But you have a point, look at the hard bow behind his back, it is estimated that he can't open it without any strength. ”

"No wonder General Wei can defeat Tanshi Huai, you look at how majestic this cavalry is, those cavalry of the Northern Army usually have five or six people, but compared to them, it is simply a pile of straw bales."

"Of course. Or did Tanshi Huai crisscross the grassland for thirty years, and finally die in the hands of General Wei? Have you heard that there are 150,000 Qiang people, and they didn't block General Wei's blow. ”

"It's a pity, there are only 200 people, if 2,000 come, then we are afraid of a bird."

"Two hundred? Hehe, General Wei defeated 150,000 Qiang people, but it only took 3,000 personal guards to defeat a thief like Zhang Jiao, and 200 people were enough. ”

"Zhang Jiao is a thief? I remember the day before yesterday that you said that he was a great sage and a good teacher, and that he had incredible magical powers. ”

"You've got bird feathers in your ears, when did you hear me say that? How dare your mother slander me? ”

"And, stupid!"

Feeling the warm eyes of the spectators on both sides, and hearing the undisguised praise, the knights' waists straightened even more. They passed through the long street in an orderly manner and came to the front of the temple in Guangping County, Zhang Fei raised his hand, and with a soft click, the two hundred war horses stopped in unison, as if they were standing there.

"Dismount!" Zhang Fei turned over and dismounted, and with a "swish" behind him, the knights turned over and dismounted in unison, standing on the side of the horse, holding the reins tightly in their hands. Two hundred people, except for the sound of weapons shaking, they couldn't hear any other abnormal sounds. This beautiful gesture opened the eyes of the people who followed and watched, and the praise was everywhere.

Liu Bei was greedy, and led Zhang Fei and others into the courtyard to meet Lu Zhi, and the two hundred knights, under the leadership of Hao Zhao, stood motionless in the square outside the door. The onlookers gathered more and more, and it didn't take long for Xiahou Yuan and others to arrive one after another, and as soon as they saw this formation, Xiahou Yuan understood. He gave Hao Zhao a thumbs up and smiled slightly.

Hao Zhao returned the salute, except for their four captains, the others could no longer see Hao Zhao and their slightest movement, all they saw was a phalanx with flat corners, they couldn't help but look at it twice, and then secretly swallowed their saliva, and when they saw Lu Zhi again, their emotions were a little strange.

Lu Zhi introduced it to everyone very calmly, and when those generals heard that this was a reinforcement sent by General Wei, and the young general who led the troops was Lu Zhi's disciple Zhang Fei, they hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to this Dao Master." Lu Zhi had just quickly read Liu Xiu's handwritten letter, and knew the significance of his sending Wang Zhi, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said loudly with the little morale of these people who were aroused by the two hundred Jing horses: "This is the Wang Zhi Dao Master of the Heavenly Master Dao, and when Zhang Zhi was practicing in the Heavenly Master Dao, he was still a disciple of the Wang Dao Chief. Now Zhang rebelled against the world's disapproval, betrayed the righteousness of the heavenly master to love the people, and brought disaster to the world, and the heavenly master was extremely indignant about this, so he asked Wang Daochang to clean up the division. The royal road is long and profound, and with him, Zhang Rei's demagogic deception is not worth mentioning. ”

The crowd rejoiced. To be honest, Lu Zhi himself doesn't believe in any Taoism, but ordinary people believe that there are not a few people who believe in these officers, and Zhang Jiao's identity as a great sage and mentor is quite stressful on them, and it is becoming more and more divine, thinking that Zhang Jiao can call the wind and rain, and there are not a few people who scatter beans into soldiers, and before the battle, they panicked in their hearts. At this moment, I heard that Zhang Jiao's division had sent someone to clean up the portal, which was a little more confident than the two hundred Jing horses outside the door.

For a while, the crowd was excited, and they talked about it one after another.

Lu Zhi saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, and then said: "Please go back to the camp and inform every soldier of the news of the arrival of reinforcements, so that they can get ready, we are going to attack immediately. ”

"Whoa." The generals responded with a bang and turned to leave, and the originally packed lobby was empty.

Lu Zhi put Liu Xiu's handwritten letter on the case, the joy just now was gone, and he frowned slightly: "Do you think Yuan Shao was defeated and may have been assassinated?" ”

"Sir is worried about the possibility." Zhang Fei said very euphemistically: "Wang Daochang has been by Mr. for many years, he has excellent swordsmanship, and he has Jing channel method, with his protection, Mr. can sleep peacefully." ”

Lu Zhi pursed his lips: "Is it so easy to assassinate in the army?" He has been fighting for so many years, how can he still believe this? ”

"Be prepared, please don't refuse his kindness."

"Well, that's fine." Lu Zhi smiled, "These two hundred Jing horses are all followers of the Heavenly Master Dao? ”

"Yes." Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Not only do they fight on horseback, but they can also form a magic circle, maybe Mr. thinks so, but isn't Zhang Jiao just creating these bewitching people?" It is useless to explain the truth to those people, only to fight poison with poison. ”

Lu Zhi smiled with satisfaction, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What other instructions did he have that was not written in the letter?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled slightly: "Mr. suggests that Zhang He and Xiahou Yuan can be Mr.'s right-hand men." ”

"Zhang He is calm and available, Xiahou Yuan ...... I'm afraid it's not quite suitable. ”