Chapter Seventy-One: Staying in Anyi
Three days later, the army was launched, and Dong Zhuo personally saw off the army. The 110,000 army left Guanzhong, looked eastward, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived at Anyi, the seat of Hedong County, in less than a month, and the army was stationed outside the city of Anyi.
After the army set up camp, Zhang Xiu and Li Dao took their cronies to the cattle auxiliary tent to discuss matters, and after sitting down, Zhang Xiu saw a few generals with more fresh faces, Li Dao seemed to see Zhang Xiu's doubts, so he said: "These two people are my newly promoted generals Yang Qi and Yang Wei." (Thanks to the book creator for recommending the general)
Niu Fu next to him explained: "The original generals Li Meng and Wang Fang have made great contributions to this and have served under the lord. ”
Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Zhiran." ”
Li Wei nodded a little proudly and did not speak.
After waiting for a while, after the generals of all the departments arrived, Niu Fu said: "The scout returns, the Baibo Yellow Turban is Guo Taiwei, and there are still Yang Feng, Li Le, Han Xian, and Hu Cai, among which Guo Tai led Yang Feng, Li Le, and Hu Cai into Kou Hedong, and Han Xian entered Kou Taiyuan, and we have to face about more than 100,000 Baibo Yellow Turbans." ”
After a pause, Niu Fu said again: "Although there are many Baibo Yellow Turban Divisions, their combat power is not strong, and if they fight head-on, they will not be our army's opponents." However, according to the county governors of Hedong County, Baibo and Yellow Turbans are extremely cunning, usually hiding only in the deep mountains, and only attacking when they want to plunder the counties. And most of our army is cavalry, but the white wave and yellow scarves hidden in the mountains are not conducive to the clearance, what are your good strategies? ”
General Niu Fu explained the current situation very clearly, and Li Dao was the first to speak: "General Niu, the last general has a strategy, or he can destroy the thief." ”
Niu Fu said: "Brother Zhiran, please speak." ”
Li Wei said: "Our army abandons riding as a step, and it is not advisable to go into the deep mountains to destroy the enemy, so we can only lure the white waves and yellow turbans to attack, and our army will gather and annihilate them in the open land of the plains." ”
Zhang Xiu heard it, but said: "Although what Brother Zhiran said is reasonable, General Niu once said that Baibo and Yellow Turban are cunning, and he knows that my army is coming, so how can he easily go out of the mountain." ”
After hearing this, Li Wei snorted and sneered: "I didn't expect that our spear king also had a cowardly time. ”
Zhang Xiu had long heard that Dong Zhuo's henchmen were dissatisfied with him, but he didn't care about them because he didn't have much contact with them on weekdays, and Dong Zhuo was usually there, so naturally there would be no such discordant voices. It's just that Zhang Xiu didn't expect that Li Dao would show such a look when he first arrived in Hedong.
Zhang Xiu also snorted, arched his hand to Niu Fu and said: "General Niu, this is the words of embroidery, as for how to decide, it depends on General Niu." ”
Niu Fu smiled and said: "What Bo Yuan and Zhi Ran said is reasonable, but since Zhi Ran proposed this method, I think I must have a plan in my heart, and I am afraid that the Baibo Yellow Turban will take advantage of the time when our army is cleared to bypass our army from the mountains and invade the rest of the counties in Hedong, so it is necessary for one person to lead the troops to garrison Anyi as a countermeasure, if the Baibo Yellow Turban attacks other places, then immediately send troops to rescue it." ”
Zhang Xiu and Li Dao said at the same time: "What the general said is very true. It's just that Zhang Xiu looked at Niu Fu and Li Dao, but they sneered again and again. Niu Fu didn't care, so he said: "Since Zhiran proposed a strategy to destroy the thief, this general and Zhiran led the army to Huo County to suppress the Baibo Yellow Turban, and Bo Yuan led the headquarters to stay in Anyi. ”
Zhang Xiu and Li Dao agreed at the same time, so the military discussion ended hastily. When Zhang Xiu left the Niu Fu tent, he said secretly: "Mr. Jia really expects things like a god, but how can the white wave and yellow scarf be so easy to destroy." ”
On the second day, Niu Fu and Li Dao led the army to Huo County, while Zhang Xiu stayed in Anyi. It is said that Dong Zhuo was the Taishou of Hedong back then, and Hedong County also became Dong Zhuo's lair, but later due to Dong Zhuo's rapid expansion of power in the land of Sanfu and conspiracy with Li Ru, he moved the foundation to Chang'an the year before. Despite this, after all, Hedong is Dong Zhuo's long-standing nest, and Dong Zhuo's influence here is still very large, just like Hedong Juncheng in Anyi, which is one of Dong Zhuo's subordinates left in Hedong.
This county also knew that Zhang Xiu was a powerful general under Dong Zhuo, so he naturally tried his best to tie up, but when he knew that Zhang Xiu would lead the army to settle in Anyi, he was a little surprised in his heart. This surprise is that there is an opportunity to tie up with Zhang Xiu, and secondly, he naturally knows Zhang Xiu's prestige, and with him stationed in Anyi, Baibo and Yellow Turbans naturally dare not come to attack, and his net worth and life are well protected.
As soon as Niu Fu and Li Dao's army left, this county Cheng found Zhang Xiu, and found a set of courtyards in Anyi City to give to Zhang Xiu, so that Zhang Xiu usually lived in the courtyard. Although Zhang Xiu is a new officialdom, he is naturally not unfamiliar with these things, and he is not polite to the county Cheng, so he directly asked for the courtyard, and the county Cheng saw that Zhang Xiu should go down, so he left happily.
In the afternoon, Zhang Xiu arranged the affairs of the army, let Hu Zhen stay in the army, and he went to the new courtyard in Anyi City with Zhang Ji, Jia Xu, Hu Che'er and several personal guards.
Zhang Xiu and a few people entered the city, naturally they would not be dressed as generals, he and Zhang Ji were both wearing robes and long swords at their waists, neither of them was a person with a fierce face, especially Zhang Xiu, after wearing a robe, there was an elegant taste in it. And Zhang Ji put on a robe, although it covered up the aura of a martial artist, but Zhang Ji had been weathered for a long time, but he was like a cold scholar. And the most famous temperament is naturally Jia Xu, just looking at the appearance of thin and thin, I am afraid that no one would have thought that he was called a poisoner in history. As for Hu Che'er, he was really ugly and vicious, but Zhang Xiu didn't dare to let him put on a robe, so he asked Hu Che'er to put on a coarse linen coat, and led a few guards to pretend to be a few guards.
A few people first went to see the courtyard, and now the entire courtyard is still very exquisite, and in order to please Zhang Xiu, the county Cheng arranged a lot of beautiful maids. After seeing Zhang Xiu in the other courtyard, he wanted to wander around in Anyi City, so he only led Hu Che'er out alone, leaving Zhang Ji and Jia Xu in the other courtyard, Zhang Ji didn't care, only told Zhang Xiu to come back early, and he went to arrange a guest room for Jia Xu.
Since Zhang Ji was arranged under Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji is Zhang Xiu's uncle in personal relations, but when there is official discussion, Zhang Ji regards himself as Zhang Xiu's subordinate and has no dissatisfaction. Zhang Xiu felt that Zhang Ji's greatest wish was to have a future, and when he had a future, Zhang Ji was willing to help Zhang Xiu, which made Zhang Xiu very moved, after all, the elders in ancient China were respected, and there were not many enlightened elders like Zhang Ji, so this also made Zhang Xiu keep reminding himself that he must not let Zhang Ji die early, but let him enjoy his old age in peace.