Chapter Seventy-Nine: Zhang Fei's Envy
"Look, how handsome these two people are on white horses!" A twenty-eight girl in the crowd couldn't help but speak.
"Yes, Xiaofang, it's really handsome, what? Didn't you move your spring heart? Another girl with a matchmaker mole on her face asked herself, and at first glance she had the potential to be a matchmaker.
"What, don't talk nonsense about you two little girls, don't you know, the burly young man in white clothes at the front is Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, I heard that he is still a talent, this time he led troops to deal with traitors, but he is not the object of your ridicule." An uncle who looked much older finally couldn't help but speak out when he heard such a discussion.
Before Zhang Chao came in the future, Cao Cao, who had arrived here first, began to build momentum for him.
Of course, this is not how kind Cao Apu is, he also wants to elevate Zhang Chao, so that he can improve himself, to put it bluntly, it is just for his own good.
Judging from the current discussions, the momentum really worked, and at least as soon as he appeared, he won a lot of goodwill, of course, there is also a reason for his appearance.
Zhao Yun was only one step behind Zhang Chao on horseback, and when he saw that someone was comparing himself with the lord, he couldn't help but be cautious and worried. Zhang Chao had a confident smile on his face, and after noticing that Zhao Yun's face had turned a little pale behind him, he said: "Zilong, don't think too much, just put on the momentum of our Zhang Jiajun." ”
As soon as Zhang Chao said this, Zhao Yun's nervousness disappeared. With such a big-minded lord, what is there to worry about, he immediately became even more strutting.
As soon as the two white-clothed passed, behind them were eight iron guards and twenty brocade guards led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu on horses.
This team of only 30 people in number is so strong that it is not inferior to anyone at all, and it attracts a lot of eyeballs. This is all because their clothing is different from that of ordinary sergeants, it is completely black and some silver armor, and the black helmet that looks a little scary, and unlike the previous Zhang family light cavalry, those cavalry have purple feathers on their heads, but they are indeed white swan feathers on the heads of the brocade guards, and black eagle feathers are inserted on the heads of the iron guards.
As soon as these people appeared, they naturally attracted bursts of applause, and their appearance at least enhanced Zhang Jiajun's momentum in terms of image.
After the Iron Guard, there are ordinary Chen Liucheng defenders. These soldiers were naturally ordinary black soldiers, with only one armor that seemed to be a horse clip, but because each of them carried a package on their backs, the sharp eyes could be seen from the exposed corner, which was a heavy blanket. With this, it can be regarded as well-equipped.
Three thousand city guards followed Zhang's army and began to enter through the city gate one after another, because its team was large enough, it was also spectacular.
Liu Bei and the three of them were mixed in the crowd, watching Zhang Chao lead troops into the city. The voice of the third brother Zhang Fei naturally came out, "What a Zhang Zhiyuan, he is really fucking rich, the cavalry in front is better equipped, but the three thousand ordinary infantry in the back actually have blankets around them, which is really envious of others." ”
"What the third brother said is good, if our soldiers also have blankets on them, they won't be suffering from the cold every day." Zhang Fei's side was Guan Yu with a worried face, and it was obvious that he was also a little touched.
Originally, he wanted to see if Zhang Chaoqi could recruit Liu Da'er, but he didn't expect it to be such a result, and he actually made his second and third brothers envious of Zhang Chaojun's equipment, which was really not what he wanted.
"Well, second brother and third brother, I've seen this excitement, let's go back to the barracks first." Liu Bei, who didn't want to talk too much about military supplies, found an excuse and pulled his two younger brothers out of the crowd one by one.
As for how to appear in front of the world, Zhang Chao has also thought carefully. He even discussed with Jia Xu and Li Ru, who were disguised as ordinary soldiers in the army.
Both of them believe that this is Zhang Jiajun's first appearance outside, so naturally he should appear in the most grand way, only in this way can he make a prestige, and at the same time, the benefits can also make some people who beat his mind forget about it.
In fact, with Zhang Jiajun's current strength, he will not be afraid of anyone, and the probability of losing is extremely low. If it weren't for Zhang Chao's deliberate accumulation of strength, these two people really wanted to let the main force of Zhang's army hidden in the Bingzhou area also appear together.
For the suggestions of the two senior strategists, Zhang Chao will naturally listen. But when it comes to showing all his strength to the world, he will never agree.
Maybe with the real strength of the Zhang family army now, it can fight against any prince, or even two, but what if the strength is too strong and arouses everyone's hostility? If these people are afraid because of their performance, will they unite against themselves first? It's like the coalition forces dealing with Dong Zhuo at that time.
If that's the case, Zhang Chao will become the target of everyone, and it will be really dangerous. This is definitely not the result he thought.
After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Chao still decided that it was enough to appear in the world with 500 Zhangjia light horses, and I believe that this can also play its due role.
This is the scene of entering the city today. Not to mention anything else, at least Liu Da'er's idea of trying to recruit him has decreased a lot.
In the county guard of Hongnong County, the coalition army has set up the general camp here.
To say that there was originally a county guard here, just because Dong Zhuo had passed by here when he withdrew from Luoyang to Chang'an, and the steward here fled at that time, and the young emperor who was supposed to manage here, that is, the king of the Hongjia, was also poisoned by Li Ru, so that when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others arrived, this place was unmanaged.
In the council hall of the county guard's mansion, Yuan Shao was in the first seat, and beside him were Cao Cao, who was wearing a suit of armor, and Sun Jian, who was heroic.
The three of them sat there, and a wooden table was placed in front of them, on which were some food and a strong aroma of heroic drunkenness.
"This Zhang Chao can brew such good wine as hero drunk, he is obviously a smart person, and he should be much better than his brother. By the way, did he enter the city today? Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the first seat, looked at the good wine placed in front of the table, and asked casually intentionally or unintentionally.
Yuan Shao seemed to say it unintentionally, but his eyes were indeed looking at Cao Cao, obviously this question was waiting for him to answer.
Yuan Shao is a person with great length and appearance, majestic steps, heroic heroes, and outstanding martial arts.
Can break the corporal, and the more will return to it. The fourth generation occupies the third public position, and there are many old officials. A native of Ruyang, Runan, the grandson of Situ Yuan An, and the son of Yuan Feng. The name Shao, the word is original.
Of course, a person can't be all advantages, Yuan Shao also has his own shortcomings, the most important are two. One is that some people are pretentious, and it is difficult for others to really enter his eyes. The second is indecisiveness and lack of firmness in decision-making.
Cao Cao, who has known Yuan Shao since he was a child and has gone through a lot of ups and downs together, knows this person very well. It is not an exaggeration to say that Cao Cao, who knew what to pull as soon as this person raised his buttocks, heard this small suspicion from these words.
After all, Zhang Chao is an ally that Cao Cao has worked hard to pull in, and he should know best about his situation. This will arouse Yuan Shao's suspicions, which is naturally normal.
Yuan Shao stared at Cao Cao, Cao Apu had already had an idea, and said with a look of not too much concern: "It should be." Hey, I wanted to ask Zhang Miao to send troops, but he fell ill, and his younger brother, Zhang Zhiyuan, knew what I wanted, so he took the initiative to ask for it and said that he hoped to contribute to the country. I really can't shirk it, so I agreed, what's the matter, Brother Benchu won't blame me. ”
Cao Cao kicked the question back to Yuan Shao, he wanted to see how this ambitious Fa Xiao could answer.
Asked by this, Yuan Shao's face immediately became displeased. He also knows Cao Cao very well, and knows that this person is using the topic to play for himself. If he said that Zhang Chao was wrong, wouldn't it be tantamount to opposing the alliance? If this is the case, then this trip to the alliance will be defeated without a fight, and once such a thing spreads, it will be very detrimental to his prestige.
Therefore, although I didn't like Zhang Chao's arrival in my heart, I still had to say beautiful words, "Where did Meng De say, how could I not blame you." Isn't it too late for me to rejoice if there is one more person and more strength. ”
Yuan Shao's words were just said here, and Sun Jian, who was sitting on the side and was silent, was already the first to stand up. "Even if it's welcome, then we should go to the city gate to show our solemnity, not to play some kind of tongue here."
Sun Jian, more than eight feet long, has an extraordinary appearance, heroic and martial, powerful and thick arms, and an upright and open-minded temperament. I don't like to talk too much, but I will do everything when I have a decision.
Just now, Sun Jian was very unhappy because he was called to this county guard. Knowing that today was the day when his ally Zhang Chao entered the city, he originally wanted to bring his generals to greet him as a sign of grandeur and goodwill. But Yuan Shao had to summon him here in the name of discussing military affairs, so he had no choice but to obey.
It's just that after coming here, all he said was some nonsense, which caused him to be unhappy. Now when he talked about Zhang Chao's entry into the city, he was the first to stand up and said that he would go out to greet him.
Sun Jian was together, and Yuan Shao's face was even more ugly. But he also knew that this person was a tiger general, and he was quite powerful, if the relationship was overturned now, it would be unfavorable to him, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "Wentai, why bother, let's go together." ”
"Yes, let's go together." Cao Cao also got up slowly.
Cao Cao knew Sun Jian's personality for a long time, and he also knew that Yuan Shao called Zhang Chao to discuss military affairs when he entered the city, just to give Zhang Zhiyuan a dismount, which meant to tell him that if he didn't like it, no one would pay attention to who you were. If you want to be respected, you have to listen to yourself.