—181 A.D.——

On the outskirts of Wuwei City, the camp where the "trapped camp" is located.

Zhang Liao was silently observing the battalion and the soldiers who were exercising on the side of the platform.

Since the battalion was only temporarily used in the original garrison, and many places were still being expanded and renovated, it seemed to be intimidating on the whole, but the murderous aura that rose to the sky well concealed this.

These black-armored warriors were tall, strong, and confident, either maneuvering, patrolling, and occasionally leaving the camp after receiving the order.

The trapped camp suffered nearly fifty percent of the losses in the pacification of the Liangzhou Rebellion, but the number of dead was about less than one percent, and if you want to say the reason, although there is the use of talisman water to treat it in time, it is also related to the fact that their armor is too thick to kill with one blow.

Since "the dead" came back from time to time, General Gao Shun finally defined "battle damage" as "a complete set of armor weapons that cannot be used because they are damaged or lost".

Zhang Liao was thirteen years old at the time, his eyes were sharp, his face was cold, and his stature had surpassed that of an ordinary teenager, comparable to a slightly thin adult, but Gao Shun would not be mixed up, and until he was sure that Zhang Liao was indeed of the age of crowning, he was only allowed to participate in training, and he was never allowed to go into battle.

Zhang Liao was also very helpless about this, if he wasn't given the opportunity to go into battle to kill Hu Ren, wouldn't it be better to stay at home?

After all, the reason why he was here to watch the battle was not because the instructors took care of him because of his young age, but because he was too "out of the crowd" during training, and if he continued to practice with him, those ordinary soldiers would die of shame.

Zhang Liao was born in the Zhang family in Bingzhou, a long-standing family that has practiced martial arts for many generations, and the family motto of this family is simple and rude "Kill Hu!" Kill the Huns! When the relationship between Hu and Han is tense, local officials often invite people from this family to come out, but when they need to ease the relationship, they have to try their best to appease them and ask them not to cut down Hu people when they see them casually.

Everyone in Bingzhou knows that the Zhang family hates the Hu people, but they don't know the specific reason, only when their ancestors have been robbed and killed by the Huns, this guess is not bad, but it is not accurate enough, because this "Zhang family" was originally not surnamed Zhang.

In the first year of Yuanguang of the former Han Dynasty (134 years ago), the Xiongnu once again entered the Kou in a big way, the official army was defeated, and the retreat was one after another, so that many cities and counties fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, burning, killing and looting.

At that time, there was a wealthy merchant named Nie Yi in Yanmen Mayi, who pretended to surrender to save his goods after another defeat of the Han army, and volunteered to find out the truth of the Han army, but in fact, he secretly contacted the commander of the Han army, trying to introduce the Xiongnu army into the Han army to ambush and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The plan was originally very smooth, but because the Huns swept another county town before stepping into the ambush circle, a real surrenderer in the county saw Nie Yi's plan and took the initiative to betray the report, resulting in the failure of the ambush plan, the Han army saw the defeat, had to take the initiative to attack, but did not step into the ambush of the Huns easily withdrew, afterwards, the Nie family was almost killed by the Huns, the remnants of the bloodline fled to Bingzhou, changed the surname to Zhang, and silently lurked in order to take revenge on the traitor and the Huns.

Since then, it has been passed down to the present, nearly 300 years, whether the ancestor of the Zhang family successfully retaliated against the "traitor" Zhang Liao is unknown, but the lingering hatred for the Huns in the family, he still inherited.

A few years ago, when Dong Zhuo was fighting with Tan Shihuai, he inadvertently saw that Zhang Liao was not only not afraid of the battlefield, but also tried to mend the knife to the undead Huns.

However, because of his age and size, when Dong Zhuo led the army to fight against the rebels, Zhang Liao had no chance to go to the battlefield at all, and could only listen to the braggings of the veterans who had not died after being assaulted by the "mountain horsemen" from a distance of one or two miles in the barracks.

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"General, I want to kill the Hu people......" Zhang Liao looked at the big tent of the Chinese army in the distance and muttered to himself.

"Oh? Why? There was a question.

"'His heart will not be of my kind...... Wait a minute? Who are you? Zhang Liao was halfway through his answer before he remembered that he had never heard that voice.

When he looked over, he saw that there was a handsome young man beside him, with a silver helmet and silver armor, and a bright silver gun in his hand, looking at him quite eagerly.

Well, this look Zhang Liao is very familiar - when he finally saw the eyes of his companion, he impulsively left with Dong Zhuo that day, but found that in addition to the veteran who has accumulated years here, he is a veteran of a hundred battles, and there is no one who is similar to him, as for his peers, don't even think about it, if he saw a teenager of the same age in the camp, he would probably have this attitude.

In addition, since he was able to appear in the heavily guarded camp without causing a sentinel warning, it must be a young hero who was "picked up" by a general, right?

"I'm Changshan Zhao Zilong-" "Stay, you don't have to say so much, just tell me, you can find which general you are looking for, by the way, my name is Zhang Liao." Zhang Liao interrupted what the boy seemed to be about to introduce himself.

"Oh...... I want to find General Lu Bu. The boy replied stunned.

Oh, it is normal to be picked up by General Lu Fengxian, it is said that Guan Hai and General Zhang Ke were all picked up by him, and now they are all famous.

"Don't think about it, General Lu Bu has been out early and returned late recently, and it seems that he is going to give someone a dismount, and he shouldn't have time to pay attention to you - if you are not crowned, you are not considered an adult, you are not allowed to go to the battlefield, and it is useless to find someone to be accommodating." Zhang Liao said as if complaining.

"Hmm." The young man who seemed to be called Zhao Zilong replied thoughtfully.

"You just asked me why I wanted to kill Hu Ren? I thought about it, Changshan should be located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, far away from the border of the Han Dynasty? Zhang Liao saw Zhao Zilong nodding before continuing: "The Central Plains is known as the land where soldiers must fight, and there have been many wars since the Xia and Zhou dynasties, but no matter what kind of war they have, they will also treat the people of the occupied land well, because those populations are the capital for them to develop their own forces, but those Hu people are different. ”

"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different?" Zhao Zilong repeated the slang that Zhang Liao had just mentioned.

"How is it a 'different' method, I won't say much, I will only mention one point, and the name of the Xiongnu to the people of the Han family is-" Zhang Liao looked at Zhao Zilong and said in a deep voice: "'Two-legged sheep'." ”

Squeak - the bright silver spear that the young man was carrying loosely suddenly lit up with a layer of red light, and then slowly dissipated.

Sure enough, it was picked up by General Lu Bu, and even "Wushuang" was so similar, Zhang Liao nodded secretly.

"However, it can't be generalized...... the young man seemed to be a little lacking in confidence: "Southern Huns...... Shunqiang ...... Baiyue ......"

"As you said, Lord Dong Zhuo's treatment of 'Shunqiang' is no different from that of the people of Liangzhou, but betrayal? Oh, is there still a traitor? Zhang Liao gestured to the northwest.

"Hmm...... Li Ru, who raided the house, and Jia Xu, who destroyed the door, I have heard of the names of these two. Zhao Zilong replied with a somewhat strange expression: "This is Dong Zhuo...... Is it an adult's strategy to rule the world? ”

"That's right," Zhang Liao responded: "[Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!] 】”

"Uh...... Isn't that what the former General Hanhuo said about going sick? Zhao Zilong didn't seem to know what to say for a while.

"You have to read more, this sentence is what General Chen Tang said," Zhang Liao said: "When he was the 'protector of the Western Regions', he hated the invasion of the Hu people. ”

"I'm not very familiar with modern history," Zhao Yun said: "I'm still reading "Spring and Autumn", and I haven't dabbled in "Historical Records" yet. ”

"Oh! I'm also reading "Spring and Autumn", and we can exchange notes in the future. Zhang Liao was very happy when he heard this.

"Okay...... If you have the chance. Zhao Zilong said helplessly.

"However, today's imperial court is a little weak, this time the Liangzhou Qiang people rebelled into Chang'an, only to hurry to counterattack, and because the state and Youzhou are too far away from Luoyang, they have encountered the Hu people several times, and can only rely on the local defenders to parry hard, but as long as Lord Dong Zhuo becomes a captain and Lord Lu Bu becomes a general, such small things can be easily solved." Zhang Liao said with conviction.

"Captain? General? Zhao Zhilong's eyes widened: "What are they aiming for?" ”

"I guess," Zhang Liao smiled, "The Qiang rebellion has been quelled, and instead of disarming and returning to the field, Lord Dong Zhuo has focused on training and expanding the army, which may only be to continue to attack the Hu people who are invading other border state capitals?" ”

Click, Click, Leap, Leap - Zhao Zilong was about to say something, but he saw a team of "trapped camps" in black armor running neatly outside the camp, and the leader was a single knife with a single knife on his waist, tall and strong, but his expression seemed to be a little ...... The honest general hurriedly turned over and jumped off the Dianjiang platform and hid in the shadows on the side.

"It's so smart," Zhang Liao also turned over and jumped down to dodge: "If it is discovered by General Zhang Ke, it will be a little troublesome." ”

Zhang Ke ...... Your own family? Zhao Zilong asked softly.

"Hey, if you want to say that, I'm still a family member with the 'Great Sage and Good Teacher'." Zhang Liao laughed, as for the ancient allusion of the Zhang family's original surname Nie, there is no need to mention it to new friends.

"Hehe......" Zhao Zilong smiled slightly embarrassed.

"You have a little rest here! Sort out the armor and weapons! Third Town! Come with me! After the team arrived at the barracks, General Zhang Ke's loud voice came over.

"What! I don't need to rest! There seemed to be a bias in the camp to persuade him to rest, but Zhang Ke immediately refused noisily: "Before giving the 'Zhao Yun' who is going to arrive today a dismount, I must not be cowardly!" ”

"Your own family?" Zhang Liao returned Fang Cai's original words to Zhao Zilong.

"Hey, it's Zhao Yun who he's waiting for, what's the matter with me Zhao Zilong?" Zhao Zilong said in a strange tone.

"Well, seeing that you are about the same age as me, you must have no words, and it is impossible to name Zhao Yun Zilong." Zhang Liao nodded.

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