After freshening up, Zu Zhao came to the council hall and invited all the generals to come and discuss the matter of aiding Huangfu Song. Zhang Yuan is still guarding the border, because the northern barbarian tribe always wants to invade Liaodong, so they have to take precautions, they either want to attack the city and plunder the land, or take advantage of this autumn harvest to grab some food and kill some border people and flee, there is no way to take them. It's just that there are troops guarding the border, and they will rush over and grab things many times.

And Zhang Yu and Zu Ping also came to the county capital at this moment to gather, before they were responsible for training the army, Zu Zhao had asked them to come back to the army earlier, ready to help Huangfu Song. But as for who to send, Zu Zhao was also a little hesitant in his heart, after all, it was a battlefield, no one could say what would happen, these were his right-hand men, if something happened, it would be really a tragedy.

"General, let me go. After returning to the general, I haven't made any contributions, and this time I have the opportunity, so naturally it is my time to go. As he spoke, a man walked out, and everyone saw that this person was Zhao Meng, who had returned from Zhao Ci before.

"No, I'll have to go this time." One of them immediately came out to fight, and it turned out to be Zhao Qi.

Zhang foresaw that two people he didn't know much about were fighting like this, and his heart was immediately unhappy, and he came out and said: "General, I think I am the most suitable candidate, I have been training the army, this regular army has not participated in any formal wars, it is time to take them to the battlefield to see, I trained them, naturally I took them with me." ”

Zhao Meng was not happy when he heard this, and retorted: "General Zhang said this, does he mean that we have no troops to lead it?" ”

Zhang Pre glanced at Zhao Meng coldly and said, "I didn't say that, but the army I brought out naturally had to be commanded by me to go to the battlefield." And General Zhao, you have only fought before, you should take a rest, and you shouldn't be in such a hurry to attack. ”

"Don't you know that you were born in sorrow and died in peace? Now is the time for me to contribute. General Zhang, don't forget, there are still many troops waiting to be trained in the rear, since General Zhang and the training army are in progress, then they should stay and continue to train the army, as for leading the troops to attack, naturally leave it to me. Zhao Meng said.

Zhang Yu immediately said: "General Zhao's words are wrong, I should lead the troops to attack, and you should stay to help train the army." ”

Several people argued, and they were driven by a blushing face and a thick neck to go out to compete. Zu Zhao saw that he was unhappy in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Stop it for me." What are you doing here? I came to you to discuss, not to quarrel, what I need is a united army, an army that sees each other as brothers and sisters, but look at yourselves, like what you say, you actually want to go out to compete for merit, the sword is eyeless, the fists and feet are ruthless, if anyone accidentally hurts whom, what time. Shut up for me, whoever is arguing will be dealt with by military law. ”

Zu Zhao was angry, and everyone stopped, and stood obediently no longer arguing, but his face was very unconvinced, and he felt that he should lead his troops to attack. Zu Zhao glanced at them and asked the military commander, "What do you think of the military advisor, who do you think is the most suitable to go on the expedition?" ”

Su De smiled leisurely, slowly got up and said: "I think that this time the thief army is strong, and the available army of Lord Huangfu of Jizhou is less than 10,000 people, and the army we can dispatch is naturally less than 10,000 people, which means that after arriving at the battlefield, it is more than 10,000 troops facing 40,000 or 50,000 enemy troops. I heard that General Zhang Yuan, who guarded the border passes, was brave and strategic, and he could take the enemy's head when he advanced, and he could report the safety of the army when he retreated. I think General Zhang Yuan is the best candidate, so why not recruit him back. ”

Zu Zhao said: "What the military said is very true, I will recruit Zhang Yuan to come back and send someone to accept the border affairs." ”

Su De smiled slightly, and said faintly: "But the border matter is also very important, General Zhang Yuan has fallen back, and those who go there to guard must be brave and resourceful." Instead of going in the opposite direction like this, it is better to choose one here. But I see that the generals were very uncalm before, you are all brave and wise people, not ordinary reckless people, but you can't control your temper. I know that you don't want to fight for merit, you just want to do your best, but in the eyes of the enemy, this is a merit, which is easy to fall for the enemy's strategy, so I think I still have to find General Zhang Yuan. ”

Several generals listened to Su De's words, although they had something to refute him in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say for a while, Su De had already said that they were also brave and resourceful, but they couldn't control their temper, and looking at their previous performance, they were indeed a little impatient, and what he Su De said was right.

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Military, do you think it is suitable for me to go?" ”

Everyone saw that it was the cold-faced silver gun Chen Youzhi who spoke, he had not spoken before, but he was ignored by everyone, and now when he saw him talking, they all looked at him in a daze, and then looked at Su De, wanting to see what Su De said.

Su De said: "If you are willing to go, it is naturally the best." Unexpectedly, he actually agreed in one bite, and when everyone was surprised, Su De continued: "However, this time the dispatch of troops is a big matter, and it is related to the prestige of Liaodong, if this battle is fought well, it will be a deterrent to those who want to invade Liaodong, if it fails, the matter will be serious." ”

Chen Youzhi said: "I am willing to make a military order, and I will definitely assist Lord Huangfu to destroy the chaotic party." ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then make a military order." Su De said, let people get a military order, and let Chen Youzhi set up a military order.

Since it was determined that Chen Youzhi was the commander of the troops this time, then he had to find the vanguard deputy general, and several people couldn't help but argue. In the end, due to the dispute, everyone drew lots to decide who would go and who would stay. As a result, Zhao Meng and Zu Ping won the lot, and Zhang reserved to guard the county government, while continuing to look for Ma Jun'; Ma Yuan, Han Ye, Zhao Qi and others were responsible for training the army.

In the autumn of 186, Chen Youzhi was the commander of the army, and Zhao Meng and Zu Ping were the deputy generals, leading an army of 12,000 people to Yizhou to help Huangfu Song quell the chaos. After Chen Youzhi and Huangfu Song joined forces, they immediately organized a counteroffensive, and captured the enemy's checkpoint camp 12 in a row, and Chen Youzhi also single-handedly killed two enemy vanguard generals, for which the army's heart was shocked, and the soldiers were high-spirited and bravely rushed to kill.

In two and a half months, the thieves were defeated on all fronts and retreated to the border fortress of Jizhou, but there were still more than 20,000 troops, and Huangfu Song's army became an even position. In another half month, Chen Youzhi led his troops around and burned the enemy's grain and grass, but the enemy was short of grain and grass and withdrew from Jizhou. Huangfu Song and his son commanded the army to pursue, and a month later, the rebels were completely annihilated in Xiaye, announcing the suppression of the rebellion.

In recognition of Huangfu Song's merits, the imperial court specially named him the general of the chariot and cavalry, and named the Marquis of Huaili. Huangfu Song was grateful to Zu Zhao for sending reinforcements, and reported the exploits of Chen Youzhi and others under Zu Zhao in the imperial court, and everyone was rewarded. After quelling the rebellion, Chen Youzhi returned to Liaodong with a large army, because of their outstanding military achievements, and the county guard of Liaoxi County has not done anything, the imperial court issued an edict that Liaoxi County should be under the jurisdiction of Zuzhao. Zu Zhao was overjoyed and sent Chen Youzhi to serve in Liaoxi to take charge of Liaoxi County, so far, Zu Zhao's power was further expanded, and he brought various production and construction to Liaoxi.

Due to the rebellion of foreign tribes and rebel armies in the surrounding area from time to time, Zu Zhao took advantage of this to expand his army on a large scale. In order to calm the surrounding environment, the imperial court also authorized Jozhao to send troops to Silla.

In the early spring of 187, Zu Zhao personally led an army of 10,000 to Silla, with Zhao Meng and Zhang Yuan as the vanguards, first entered the Silla border, waited for the arrival of the army, and escorted Jeon Zhiyu into the Silla border.

Before entering Silla, Zu Zhao specially ordered that this time he came to help Jeon Zhiyu regain the throne, establish a full-line trade cooperation between Silla and Liaodong, drive out other forces, and return the people of Silla to a pure land.

The army obeyed orders, obeyed orders, and did not dare to make mistakes. Only then did Zu Zhao lead a large army into Silla. At first, there were some troops who resisted, but they could not resist the attack of the vanguard troops at all and retreated, but when they arrived at the capital of Silla, Jo Zhao encountered something that he did not expect.