The next day, Song Quan was beheaded in front of many people, and for a while, everyone in Jinyang City was in danger, and they were far less domineering than before.

Because of Song Quan's matter, Song Xian was relieved of his position, but it is worth saying that Lu Bu was indeed promoted because of this, he was originally only the commander of the vanguard legion, and now he has another position, becoming the commander of the newly formed Sili legion, and he can lead a total of 150,000 soldiers before and after.

This is Zhang Chao's way of employing people, Song Xian's younger brother was punished, in order to prevent Lu Bu from thinking too much, this is even more important.

Of course, some people have raised objections to this matter, that is, is Lu Bu's power too heavy, once this person is against him, wouldn't something big happen?

In the face of such doubts, Zhang Chao really ignored it, and still reused Lu Bu, in his words, that is, there is no doubt in employing people, and no suspicions are used.

Not to mention doing this, with the addition of Minchan's family letter, Lu Bu was really moved. In addition to thanking Zhang Chao for his trust, he also sent someone back to Jinyang City to reprimand Song Xian on his behalf, in his words, Song Xian was embarrassed by himself.

At this point, the matter came to an end, except for Song Xian, everyone else was very satisfied.

At the end of March 201, the general's mansion welcomed another unfamiliar guest, that is, the Goryeo general Jin Ming.

Jin Ming can also be regarded as a fierce general, and he can be regarded as a figure in Goryeo. This time he will appear in Jinyang City, just to ask for help.

As I said before, when Zhang Chao wanted to make a move on Sanhan, he investigated the situation in Goryeo.

At that time, Goryeo was in civil strife, the old king died, and a new king needed to be elected. It's just that I didn't expect that after so much time, the civil strife in Goryeo still hasn't ended.

Jin Ming will appear in Jinyang City, what he is doing is to ask for help, his force, that is, the old king's daughter Queen Park Zhenli is now under the joint attack of several forces, the situation is precarious, if there is no foreign aid, no one knows how long it will last.

The appearance of Jin Ming is very important to Zhang Chao in his heart. As a neighbor and a powerful country, it is impossible for him not to pay attention to it, including the civil war that has taken place there, he has been paying close attention, so he naturally knows better the current situation of Empress Jinli.

It was precisely because he knew the situation there that when Jin Ming appeared, Zhang Chao did not go to see him immediately, but arranged for Lu Su, who was in charge of internal affairs, to meet the other party, and he avoided it on the grounds that there was something.

Lu Su conscientiously implemented Zhang Chao's thoughts, and after seeing Jin Ming, he was very polite and thoughtful, but he shook his head when he talked about the increase in troops, and always refused on the grounds that the lord was not there and he couldn't do it.

In this way, the time was only a month, until April, when the ice and snow began to melt, the weather in Goryeo warmed up, and the coalition forces attacking them began to step up their offensive, Zhang Chao felt that the time was ripe, and called Zhao Yun, the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Army who had just been transferred back, to the palace.

Zhao Yun has been training in Luoyang for a while, and with Guo Jia presiding over the overall situation, he can concentrate on training. With his efforts, the Dragon and Tiger Legion was restored, not to mention, and 20,000 cavalry were added, and this time, according to Zhang Chao's request, all 70,000 cavalry were brought back.

In the main hall of the General's Mansion, Zhang Chao let the maid serve tea and then dismissed everyone, and then looked at Zhao Yun with a smile: "How is Zilong, how is Luoyang staying?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine, that's it..." Zhao Yun didn't say the next words, but Zhang Chao did smile and continued: "It's just that there is no fighting, but it's not enjoyable, right?" ”

Seeing Zhang Chao say it, Zhao Yun immediately replied: "Yes, it's just that there is no battle, and I am uncomfortable, I and my Dragon and Tiger Legion have undergone rigorous training, and our combat power has been improved, and the cooperation has become closer, and now I hope to use war to test." ”

"Oh, is Zilong very confident?" Zhang Chao asked with a smile.

"There is faith. To tell the truth, the last time I saw Cao Cao's dragon and tiger riding, I knew that the cavalry in the world is not only strong in the Zhang family, but also stronger than us, so we have carried out strict training, and now if we are riding against the dragon and tiger, I dare not say that we will be able to win, at least we can fight. Zhao Yun stood up as he spoke, almost without patting his chest to reassure.

Zhao Yun was so confident, and Zhang Chao was also very happy, "Very good, Zilong has such confidence, then there is one thing I plan to leave to you to complete." The situation is like this, since the Goryeo Kingdom in our north is currently in civil strife, their rightful heir, Queen Jinli, has sent a general to ask for help, this person has been in Jinyang City for a month, but I have not sent troops for a long time, in order to make their internal friction heavier, so that it is more beneficial to our interests. Not long ago, the members of Tianyan stationed there came with the news, saying that Queen Zhenli couldn't hold it anymore, so now it's time to make a move, I intend to hand over the task to Zilong, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Hearing that there was a task, Zhao Yun was naturally excited, stood up and said, "The Lord Dan has something to do, Zhao Yun naturally has to do his best." ”

"Okay, okay, it's right to do your best, but you also have to divide what kind of situation. Remember, after you go out this time, the power of the military aircraft will be decided by you alone, I will not send you any military divisions to complement you, the battle in a foreign land, you must be careful with a large army. Zhang Chao spoke very seriously.

Hearing Zhang Chao say this, Zhao Yun also felt that the burden on his shoulders was very heavy, and immediately said: "Lord, please rest assured, Yun will not disappoint the lord." ”

"I believe in Zilong. In this way, you can ask your wife about the specific situation, and she may know more about the situation than I do. Oh, by the way, you haven't seen each other in a long time, and it's just three days before the army leaves, so you can get together. Zhang Chao patted Zhao Yun's shoulder as he spoke, and until the other party's face was a little red, then he withdrew his hand and laughed.

Zhang Chao decided to support Queen Zhenli, in order to achieve the purpose of one blow effective, this time by Zhao Yun himself, in addition to the 70,000 cavalry under his command, there are also 30,000 cavalry of the second legion, a total of 100,000 cavalry, as long as the tactics are appropriate, Zhang Chao believes that great things can be achieved there.

After meeting Zhao Yun, Zhang Chao immediately ordered an appointment with General Jin Ming.

Regarding Zhang Chao's prestige, Jin Ming didn't know how many times he had heard it in January, and now that he could finally meet, he was very excited in his heart.

Jin Ming can be said to have seen Zhang Chao with an excited face, when he met at the first time, he was really surprised to see that the other party was only in his thirties, although he had been prepared, he was still shocked by Zhang Chao's youth.

Zhang Chao really didn't take too much into Jin Ming's thoughts, and as soon as the two met, he asked directly, "General Jin, your queen wants to invite me to send troops, but I don't know what price I can pay?" ”

"The price?" Jin Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"yes, it's the price. How? Don't we need to be paid to send troops? Zhang Chao asked rhetorically when he heard this.

"Oh, oh. Our queen said that all the food and grass of your army will be paid by us, and after the deed is completed, we will pay your army a large sum of money and grain as payment. Jin Ming hurriedly said the queen's instructions before the future.

"It's not enough." Zhang Chao shook his head very decisively and said: "If it's just money, isn't it too low to really need our soldiers to pay the price of their lives?" ”

Knowing that Zhang Chao was not satisfied, Jin Ming asked rhetorically, "Then I don't know what else the general needs?" ”

"We need your promise not to collect taxes from our merchants for thirty years, but all trading companies under the banner of Zhang are not allowed to collect taxes no matter what kind of business they operate, and the government must protect their rights and interests and provide them with adequate security protection, if this can be done, I can promise you to send troops, otherwise, even if you promise to give more money, I will not send a single soldier." Zhang Chao said with a very firm attitude.

I didn't expect Zhang Chao to ask for these, which was a bit unexpected by Jin Ming, this was something he hadn't thought about at all. But this is already the case, so he had no choice but to say, "Well, then I will tell the queen about this request, and then wait for his answer." ”

"Of course, you can contact your queen. I will not send a single soldier to your country until I have received an answer from you. Come on, send off guests. Zhang Chao had long expected that the other party would do this, so he quickly shot back.

"Slow!" Hearing that Zhang Chao would wait until he answered before sending troops, Jin Ming was nervous.

Just yesterday, he also saw the messenger sent by the queen, knowing that it was a time of crisis in Goryeo, and he was afraid that he would not be able to survive for long, if Zhang Chao's request was sent back now, and if there was an answer from that side before sending troops, it would be too late.

Once the queen is defeated, at that time, no conditions will be of use. Although Jin Ming does not understand business and does not know what the meaning of not collecting taxes for 30 years represents, as a general, he knows that once the queen has something, they will have everything.

"Slow? How? Could it be that General Kim can call the shots in such a thing? Zhang Chao deliberately stopped, and it was in his expectation that the other party would hesitate. In the same way, it is reasonable that the other party will stop him, after all, the queen of Goryeo will not last long.