Chapter Seventy-Four: The Last Drink in the Guangling Army

"Sun Wentai is really a hero, it's a pity that he failed to convince this person......"

When Sun Jian angrily ordered the killing of those great warriors of the Min tribe, Xu Zhao, who was rescued by the mysterious cloaked man with the Daomen Escape Technique, was standing on the mountainside of Huiji Mountain, looking at the distant Huiji City. Behind him, the mysterious man wrapped himself in a black cloak let out a wry grin.

"Sun Jian ruined your good deeds, and you still respect him so much, it's really strange."

"One thing is one thing." Xu Zhao sighed and said with infinite regret, "If I can say that Sun Jian is right, then it is the luck of the great man." I just don't want to...... A hero like Sun Wentai is so stupid and loyal to the Han! …… What a pity! After that, he looked up at the night sky and muttered, "The son is not filial, and the inheritance left by my father has been decayed by me." ”

The cloaked man laughed a few times and asked in a low voice, "Does Lord Xu Shao plan to give up the name of his honorable father?" ”

Xu Zhao, no, it should be Xu Shao who was silent for a moment. Maybe the world doesn't know, in fact, the real Yangming Emperor Xu Zhao died of illness in Huiji a few years ago, and then it was Xu Zhao's son Xu Shao who appeared in front of the Huiji army and civilians. In order to fulfill his father's long-cherished wish to defeat the old rival of Yangzhou assassin Zang Min, Xu Shao has played the role of his father Xu Zhao for many years. And now, due to the appearance of Shan Fu and Sun Jian, two characters who are not calculated to be, the power left by his father Xu Zhao has almost been exhausted by Xu Shaohua.

"Since Sun Wentai has conquered Huiji, in order to shake our army in Guangling County, he must have spread the news of 'my' death...... When the news reaches Guangling County, our soldiers will definitely be affected, after all, it is a fact that he captured Huiji, and the truth will be known after a little verification, and it cannot be changed...... Let me take this opportunity to 'rest.' Xu Shao closed his eyes and sighed slightly.

"I don't know what Lord Xu Shao's plans will be next?" The cloaked man asked.

Hearing this, Xu Shao glanced at the cloaked man. After thinking about it for a while, he said in a deep voice, "Sun Jian's incident made me understand that the world has not completely lost its heart to the tyrants, and there are still many heroes who are willing to serve the Han Court. Today, there is a Sun Jian who has done a good thing to me, so next time, there will definitely be another Sun Jian who will make me achieve nothing. …… The fact that the grandfather and father have tried their best to shake the foundation of the Han Court is enough to prove that this road is not a shortcut. …… This time, Wu County was in turmoil. Thousands of officials have died because of me, and although I am a little unhappy, I have also vacated many official positions......"

"I see." The cloaked man seemed to understand something, and said with a smile, "Does Lord Xu Shao plan to lie in wait for a while?" Heck, that's a bit of a headache for me......"

"The envoy is a headache, so there is no goal to attract the attention of the Han Court for your sect?" Xu Shao sneered and looked at the cloaked man, and then said to himself, "Wu County is a place where Jiangdong is full of wealthy families, although our army took Wu County before. And it has not damaged the foundation of those wealthy families...... That kind of heritage has to be admired. According to what I see, if you want to win Yangzhou, you must first plan Wu County. I'm going to get a serious identity. Xiang Han Court appointed an official in Wu County......"

Of course, the cloaked man understood that Xu Shao had seen that the army against the Han had been encircled and suppressed, so he was thinking of finding another way to gradually empty the Han Dynasty's control of Wu County by serving as an important lawsuit in Wu County, and finally achieve the goal of firmly holding the entire Wu County and even the entire Yangzhou in his hands.

"I wonder what Lord Xu Shao's plan is?"

Xu Shao thought for a moment and said, "Shang Shulang, Xu Jing, Xu Wenxiu and I have an old relationship. I want to change my name and go to take refuge, and ask him to recommend it to the Han Court on my behalf. …… Well, I have a valuable head worth 3,000 gold in Hanting. Let's call it Xu Gong. (Gong is the original character for the head.) )”

"......" The cloaked man glanced at Xu Shao and was silent.

He knew very well that although Xu Shao seemed to have lost a qiē at the moment, in fact, Xu Shao still had a sharp weapon, that is, the unconditional support of the Min people in the south of Huiji Mountain. Xu Shao, who has the support of the Min mountain people, even if he loses everything today, he will still be able to make a comeback tomorrow, which is the real reason why the cloaked man rescued Xu Shao.

Xu Shao, who has the full support of the Min mountain people, will undoubtedly become a cancer under the huge body of the Han Dynasty, as long as he is alive for a day, the Han Dynasty will not want to sit back and relax. Because of this, the cloaked man was very polite and respectful when he spoke to Xu Shao, which was completely different from the dispensable little chess piece that treated Shen Xing.

"Xu Gongna, it's a good name. …… Then I congratulate Lord Xu Shao, no, I wish Lord Xu Gong a successful time......" The cloaked man laughed, and the whole slowly melted into the mountain like mud, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Xu Shao, no, it should be Xu Gong, he glanced at the place where the cloaked man had disappeared, and then looked up at the starry sky with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he let out a long breath and muttered, "Seek skin with the tiger...... It's not easy! It's good to lose this time......"

……

A few days later, as Xu Gong expected, Sun Jian, who had obviously failed to complete his trip, immediately released the news that 'Emperor Xu Zhao, the head of the thief, Yangming, was dead' after returning to Zhujia Town in triumph, thinking that this was a sign that the bigwigs in the army were planning to take action against the rebels in Hailing, Yandu, Sheyang, Gaoyou and other places.

This is a ploy, but this matter has an immeasurable impact on Zhang Huang and others. This time, they followed Sun Jianqi to attack Huiji, and I really don't know how many people will be angry about this.

Come to think of it, there are Danyang soldiers among them.

It is no exaggeration to say that the situation of the Danyang soldiers in these days is not optimistic, although some time ago they were bound to win the battle, but in the final analysis, it was only because Sun Jian fought hard to kill the rebel generals at the beginning of each battle, so that the rest of the rebels had no intention of fighting. In the final analysis, Sun Jian accounted for at least seven successes in those victories.

However, the arrogant Danyang soldiers did not see it that way, although they also respected Sun Jian's force, but in the bottom of their hearts, they more or less attributed their victory to themselves. Originally, it was nothing, after all, with Sun Jian's generosity, it was impossible to be angry because of the words of a few pawns. But later, Sun Jian's surprise attack on Huiji and his party made the proud Danyang soldiers slapped by the rebels: in the second battle of Ren Wujuntun, nearly 5,000 Danyang soldiers under the command of Taishou Xu Kun failed to conquer the military camp, but were killed by the rebels' acting commander Gong Yu for a while, and the loss reached 500.

Gong Yu is naturally a powerful figure in the rebels, but Danyang is too protective of Xu Kun, a veteran, is not as good as Sun Jian? Of course not, you must know that although Xu Kun is old, his strength is far inferior to Sun Jian. But his years of experience in leading troops in combat are by no means comparable to Sun Jian. It can only be blamed on the Danyang soldiers who proudly seemed to move their eyes to the top of their heads after those victories, even if they were too obedient to Xu Kun's precepts, they turned a blind eye, and arrogantly thought that as long as they were all pressed, the rebels would inevitably be defeated and flee. As a result, it was the Danyang soldiers who were defeated.

Although the loss of more than 500 people is only one-tenth of the 5,000 Danyang soldiers, you must know that the Danyang soldiers have never suffered such losses. Earlier, when Sun Jian was there, the casualty rate was always around the dozens. Five hundred, for Danyang soldiers. It's definitely a rout.

However, this phenomenon is in line with Shan Fu's original sentence: such an arrogant soldier is undefeated, and it is unreasonable!

After this incident, the cautious old man Zang Min saw that his old friend Xu Kun seemed to be unable to take the palace of the five military tun in an instant, so he requisitioned the Guangling army, which had been included in the logistics army at that time, led by the general Yang Qi, to assist Xu Kun, and after a few days of fierce fighting, he finally defeated Gong Yu who was fighting the trapped beast. This time, Gong Yu didn't have to run, and was personally killed by his old opponent General Yang Qi. Another rebel general, Wu Chen, died at the hands of a commander in the Guangling army. The chief was called Ling Cao, and he was later promoted to uncle.

This battle is undoubtedly a turnaround battle for the Guangling Army. After all, the two generals of the rebels died at the hands of the Guangling army before and after in this battle, which made some subtle changes in the army.

What does it mean to raise your eyebrows? It's called raising your eyebrows!

Gong Yu was killed by the Guangling army, and Wu Chen was killed by the Guangling army. The rebel camp gate was conquered by the Guangling army, and the rebel handsome flag was taken down by the Guangling army, as if the Guangling army had taken all the merits in this battle. So much so that what the Danyang soldiers got was only the rout the day before.

Upon learning of this, the black feather crows who returned to Zhujia Town shouted happily in their hearts, especially Li Tong and Chen Zhi, who high-fived and celebrated, and even the slightly older Zang Ba and Tai Shici also showed happy smiles. It can be seen that they really don't have a good impression of those Danyang soldiers who are arrogant and domineering after a few victories.

After returning to Zhujia Town, Zhang Huang and the others first went to meet their direct superior, Chen Qi, and congratulated him. Because the camp gate of Ren Wujuntun was the first to be broken by this general.

In addition to congratulations, Zhang Huang expressed his intention to retire from the army to Chen Qi on behalf of the Black Feather Crows, and asked Chen Qi to report to the top on their behalf.

"There are still tens of thousands of rebels in Hailing, Yandu, Sheyang, and Gaoyou, but you are planning to retire from the army now?"

For Zhang Huang and others' resignation, Chen Qi felt very incredible, you must know that at the moment when Huiji was broken by their side, the rebels in Guangling County were simply given for nothing in Chen Qi's opinion, and he was a fool who knew that chasing the rebels at this time was tantamount to beating the water dogs, but Zhang Huang and the others ignored the unexpectedly meritorious service and planned to leave?

In the face of Chen Qi's kind retention, Zhang Huang explained to him their Black Feather Crow's plan to go to Dongjun, and said that this matter was a top priority in their hearts and could not be delayed.

Hearing this, Chen Qi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll mention this to the adults later." ”

In fact, Zhang Huang and the others can also go to Zang Min to ask for resignation, but because the rebels have not yet been pacified, they are embarrassed to disturb Zang Min.

After talking to Chen Qi, Zhang Huang and the others left to find Wang Zhuo and Han Hu. Because they have decided to leave the Guangling Army, the Black Feather Crows plan to have a good drink with Wang Zhuo and Han Hu to catch up, after all, these two Du Bo are the people they have the best relationship with in the Guangling Army, and this time, it is not sure when they will come back. In this era of inconvenient transportation, there are many close friends who have met in the military and have never had the opportunity to meet again in their lives, and anyone will regret not having a good meal if they can't have a good meal.

Alcohol was forbidden in the Han army, but after a victory, the commander who led the army would give it in the name of celebrating the victory, especially in winter, when this phenomenon became more frequent. It is no wonder that, after all, the winter is cold, and ordinary soldiers cannot drive away the cold with a thin cotton coat. At this time, you need to drink some wine to drive away the cold, Zhang Huang used to think that the army did not drink a drop of alcohol, but it was not until he experienced it personally that he understood that wine is actually one of the necessary materials in the army, because it can drive away the cold and strengthen courage.

Sure enough, when Zhang Huang and others found Wang Zhuo and Han Hu. The old man Zang Min has already issued an order to celebrate the victory in recent days: first, to celebrate the success of Sun Jian's surprise attack on Huiji, and to capture and kill the rebel thief Xu Zhao; The second is to celebrate the fact that the nail of Ren Wujuntun has finally been removed.

It is worth mentioning that the old man Zang Min didn't know what his intention was, and he hyped up the Black Feather Crow people, especially Zhang Huang and Shan Fu. It is said that Ren Wujuntun was able to pacify so quickly thanks to Zhang Huang's night attack on Shenxing, which successfully killed the rebel commander; Saying that Sun Jian will go to the surprise attack is all due to Shan Fu's clever plan.

All in all, the old man Zang Min was holding the black feather crows as high as possible, which made the black feather crows not only a little flustered.

"Isn't it that the old man sees that we are too sharp these days, and plans to 'kill' us?" Li Tong timidly expressed his wild speculation. As a result, he was unanimously blinded and despised by the Black Feather Crow brothers.

"People are assassins, the head of a state, what are you? It's just a pawn, and you still need someone to kill you? ”

"That is. Obviously, the old man is planning to promote his reputation for us...... Xuangao, what do you think? ”

"I think my uncle may be planning to reuse our ......"

"I think so too, after all, the boss killed Shen Xing, and the military advisor came up with a surprise attack for them, these old men of the Zang family may have seen it in their eyes...... It's a pity we had to leave. ”

In addition to Li Tong, Chen Dao, Shan Fu, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici all showed a look of regret. And in fact. Their guess was not wrong, as early as when he learned that Zhang Huang had killed Shen Xing, Zang Min realized that he had underestimated this group of boys, not to mention that Shan Fu later offered a clever plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle. Not to mention that Xu Kun was trying to repay Zhang Huang for saving his life. and unmoved praise for Zhang Huang in the face of Shen Xing's solicitation, and said good things about Zhang Huang in front of Zang Min.

Therefore, the old man Zang Min thought about promoting Zhang Huang to see, and planned to pacify the rebels in Guangling County. Zhang Huang was promoted to general, and after the war, he was appointed as a county adjudicator, that is, the deputy of the county leader.

But there is a problem with promoting Zhang Huang in this way. That is the qualifications, you must know that Zhang Huang has only joined the Guangling Army for about a month, and before that, he had no fame or achievements, and he was rashly promoted to a general, which will inevitably make people blush. Looking at Chen Qi and Xu Kun, they are all from rich families, and they can only be promoted to generals after they have a certain level of seniority in the army, and a little guy like Zhang Huang who has no roots and no basis suddenly serves as a general, Zang Min is also worried that he will not be able to convince the public, so the old man took the initiative to make a name for him this time. And Sun Jian may have also thought of it, given that he had a good impression of Zhang Huang and others, so he didn't care about the fact that half of the merits of the Huiji trip were taken away by Zhang Huang.

But Old Man Zang Min didn't expect that he was thinking about promoting Zhang Huang and others, but Zhang Huang and others had to leave early because of an incident, and they didn't expect that there would be an accident in the army tonight.

"Bell, bell, bell—"

"Your Excellency has an order, because of Sun Jian, Yang Qi, Chen Qi, Zhang Huang, Shan Fu, Ling Cao...... and others made meritorious achievements in the battle a few days ago, and specially rewarded the three armies with wine and meat! …… The adults have orders, because of Sun Jian, Yang Qi, Chen Qi, Zhang Huang, Shan Fu...... and others made meritorious achievements in the battle a few days ago, and specially rewarded the three armies with wine and meat! ”

A group of heralds rode horses and struck gongs, and issued Zang Min's order to the three armies, so that the soldiers of the Guangling army were excited again.

Aside from the fact that Sun Jian is a county magistrate of Fuchun County, he is neither subordinate to the Danyang soldiers nor to the Guangling Army, and the other Yang Qi, Chen Qi, Zhang Huang, Shan Fu, Ling Cao and others who have been nominated and commended are all soldiers of the Guangling Army, which makes the mood of the Guangling Army become hot and excited again after conquering the Ren Wujun Tun.

"Good boy, you've got you! …… If Lu Laohu is still here, he will definitely be proud of you. ”

When Wang Zhuo heard the nominations and commendations of those heralds, he patted Zhang Huang on the shoulder heavily, shook his head and sighed.

Zhang Huang and the others also sighed in their hearts. In their military experience these days, many of them can be called their teachers. For example, Wang Zhuo taught the Black Feather Crows how to get along with their colleagues in the army; Han Hu taught the Black Feather Crows what is called the righteousness of the warriors; Xu Kun taught the Black Feather Crows how to sneak up on the enemy camp without knowing it; Cheng Pu even taught the black feather crows the stunt of spear piercing spirals; As for Sun Jian, although he didn't teach anything orally, he let the young black feather crows see what the peak strength of the great heroes was, and let them have a new concept of the peak strength of the world's heroes. But in any case, Lu Min is the military enlightenment master of the Black Feather Crows, and he has taught the Black Feather Crows a lot of experience hand in hand.

"Uncle Wang, now is the time to celebrate." It may be that seeing that the black feather crows were in a little depressed mood after hearing Wang Zhuo's words, Han Hu reminded Wang Zhuo quietly.

"Yes, yes, I forgot." Wang Zhuo nodded before he reacted, held up a small jar of wine and placed it in the circle where he was sitting with Han Hu and the black feather crows, and said with a smile, "Today, my brother borrowed the wine from the adults, and I should celebrate and see you off!" ”

"That's right! At this time, we just need to drink! Han Hu, a reckless man, couldn't say anything comforting when he thought about it, and he also raised a jar of wine and placed it in front of the black feather crows.

Looking at the small altar the size of a head, even if the black feather crows drank well, they were inevitably a little worried in their hearts. After all, this small jar of wine is just the beginning, and the hillock-like wine jar behind Wang Zhuo and Han Hu undoubtedly reveals a message: these two 'ill-intentioned' Dubos obviously plan to put down Zhang Huang and the others today.

This can be regarded as one of the ways of getting along with martial artists, drinking, drinking spirits, drinking a lot of spirits!

[Drink!] ]

After glancing at each other, the black crows hugged the wine jar one after another, after all, it was really hard to say when they would be able to see the brothers in the army again, if they didn't get drunk together, it was really in vain for this friendship.

If you want to say that life in the army is embarrassing, it is really embarrassing, it is common to have wine and no food, this time it is still the kindness of the old man Zang Min, and he has added some cured meat and pickled vegetables to his subordinates as accompaniments to the wine, otherwise, I am afraid that Zhang Huang and others can only sit and drink water. However, even if there is food, the rules in the army still have to be followed, for example, when the veteran veteran who sits with him has not yet moved his chopsticks, the junior soldier with less seniority can only accompany him to eat and drink.

No, when Wang Zhuo and Han Hu, two veterans with old qualifications, deliberately 'made bad' wine, the black feather crows drank a whole jar of wine before they could move a single chopstick. While Wang Zhuo and Han Hu were laughing, Zhang Huang and the others were so drunk that their heads were already a little dizzy, and even Li Tong's speech was already slurred. As for Shan Fu, he had already begged for mercy and surrendered after drinking half an altar, which caused the laughter of the nearby Guangling soldiers.

"Haha, it's fun! …… Eat food, eat wine! "The righteousness of the martial artists is really understandable, when Zhang Huang and Han Hu were hostile to each other, they never thought that they would one day be able to sit down and eat like this, and the atmosphere was so hot and harmonious.

And after three rounds of drinking, this atmosphere was even more enjoyable, but at this moment, behind Zhang Huang and the others, a discordant voice sounded.

"Boy, are you Zhang Huang?"

“……”

The Guangling soldiers in the circle near Zhang Huang, including Wang Zhuo and Han Hu, all put down the wine in their hands at the same time, and frowned at the Danyang soldiers behind Zhang Huang who were obviously not good. (To be continued......)