Chapter 228: Zhang Jiao, Zhou Yu is here!
"Young master-I can finally leave this ghost place, I didn't feel that there was much breath here when I was in Luoyang before, but this time I came back and found that I suddenly seemed to be out of place here! Could it be that I have grown up and thought too much? Zhou An rode on the horse and said a little melancholy.
What Zhou Yu wanted during his trip to Luoyang was fame, a label of loyalty to the country, and if he wanted to have a strategist and a fierce general in this era, he had to have a good reputation. The current Zhou Yu transferred 5,000 elite soldiers from He Jin, but this time He Jin did not fool Zhou Yu, and what was allocated to him was the real Han Yulin Army. Every soldier used the best weapons, and they were all about twenty-five to thirty-five years old, He Jin and Zhang Rang took advantage of Zhou Yu's east wind to hit the children of the scholar clan fiercely this time, and they also made a lot of money. Now the two of them looked at Zhou Yu as if they were looking at their own people, He Jin gave Zhou Yu 2,000 war horses with a big stroke, and Zhang Rang directly allocated 100,000 taels of silver, 100,000 stones, grain and grass to Zhou Yu, as well as all military supplies, and for a time Zhou Yu's Pingkou army became the richest army in the Han Dynasty. In fact, Zhou Yu also wanted to give his army a resounding name, but he was appointed by Liu Hong as the general of Pingkou, so his army naturally became the Pingkou army.
"Zhou An-it's not just your young master, I deeply feel the same way, it's too depressing to stay in this Luoyang City! It's only a few days since I entered Beijing, but this trouble has come one after another, and I'm tired young master! Alas, Zibu, why haven't you spoken since you left Luoyang City? When Zhou Yu and Zhou An were chatting, Zhang Zhao was generally quietly not knowing what he was thinking?
The original plan was to let Zhang Zhao return to Yangzhou, Yangzhou is now in ruins and is very short of manpower, but Zhou Yu changed his mind and said that the only generals he could use were Dian Wei and Zhou An, and there was a lack of one to sort out military affairs, plus Zhang Zhao needed to pass through the territory of the Yellow Turban Army on the way back to Yangzhou, and once there was any mistake, it would be too late to regret it! Yu Ruyi once again became famous in Luoyang City, and it was no longer suitable to stay in Luoyang, Zhou Yu decided to take Yu Ruyi to Jizhou together, and also prepared a carriage for Zhang Zhao and Yu Ruyi, but Yu Ruyi obeyed Zhou Yu's arrangement to change out of women's clothes and put on a leather armor as Zhou Yu's personal soldiers. In this way, there will be no irresponsible opinions, and at this time, women will attract criticism when they follow the march to fight.
"My lord-I received a battle report just now, Zhang Jiao, the demon Dao of Guangzong County, Jizhou, has been trapped in the city for several days, but His Majesty has listened to the rumors that he wants to arrest Beizhong Lang and ask Lu Zhi for his crimes. Seeing that he was about to take down the head of the thief, such a thing happened! Zhang Zhao was a little heartbroken when he spoke, he had heard of Lu Zhi's name, he had served as the Taishou of Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, just in time for the barbarian rebellion, he decisively sent troops to annihilate the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop and took down the bandit leader, and later due to physical reasons and the disaster of the party was implicated and forced to resign. This time, Lu Zhi was also worshiped by Liu Hong as the general of Beizhonglang, and ordered the general of Wuhuan Zhonglang to serve as his deputy, and led the soldiers of the five schools of the Northern Army to Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army.
Because Lu Zhi is relatively upright, he will not be happy to make a big come, even if he wins consecutive battles in Jizhou, forcing Zhang Jiao to lead the army to retreat to Guangzong County and defend the city. Ordinary people will definitely report this news to the imperial court and wait for the imperial court to commend them, but Lu Zhi has never written such a war report to the imperial court. Lu Zhi led his army to surround the county seat of Guangzong, digging trenches to make siege equipment, and preparing to attack the city. At this time, Liu Hong sent Xiaohuangmen Zuo Feng to inspect Lu Zhi's army, and some people persuaded Lu Zhi to bribe Zuo Feng, Lu Zhi was also a dead brain, and he didn't agree to do this at all, feeling that he had done his best for the big man, and a little eunuch was not worth scolding him by himself. Other people can make a lot of money when they go to various places, but Zuo Feng didn't get any benefits, and he didn't say anything on the surface, but the teeth he hated in his heart were itching. That is, after Zuo Feng returned to Luoyang, he slandered Liu Hongjin and said: "Although the slave does not know how to march and arrange, he can also see that the small county town of Guangzong is easy to break, but General Lu Zhi does not move, does he want to wait for God to kill Zhang Jiao?" ”
As soon as this sentence was spoken, Liu Hong was furious, and immediately issued an edict to remove Lu Zhi from his position, and escorted him back to Luoyang in a prison car, where he was put into the prison to await trial and conviction. Luoyang's wind and grass made Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Xiliang, clear, and he immediately bribed the ten permanent servants to lead the troops to battle, as the saying goes, there are people in the court who are good officials, and the money is in place, and the court worships Dong Zhuo as the general of Dongzhonglang, and replaces Lu Zhi in Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army.
"Oh? Is this a matter of many meetings? How come I haven't heard? "Zhou Yu actually knew that Lu Zhi would not stay in Jizhou for a long time, and would rather offend the gentleman than provoke the villain, and the eunuch is a villain among the villains, but Lu Zhi is a capable person, but his EQ is too low.
"That is, the first two days of your entry into Beijing, but your movements are relatively large, and these in Jizhou are not important. When we went out of the city today, news was sent from the city that it was Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Xiliang, who went to Jizhou to take over Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Xiliang and rarely active in the Central Plains. As long as the thieves are besieged, they are like turtles in an urn, as long as the grain and grass are exhausted, they will inevitably destroy themselves, why do they need to do this? I feel that Zhang Zhao looked a little sad when he spoke, after all, they are still the people of the Han Dynasty.
"Zibu—I had long expected Lord Lu Zhilu to do this! He is upright by nature and does not know how to flatter, presumably he offended the eunuch sent by His Majesty, so he will suffer this catastrophe! However, Lord Lu Zhilu has been an official for many years, and there are many relatives and friends, and there will be no problem, as long as he returns to Luoyang, someone will definitely rescue him. As for the Dong Zhuo you mentioned, I have heard of it, there is a Feixiong army under his command that is extremely brave in battle, and all of them are cavalry, coming and going like the wind! He has strategists Li Ru and Jia Xu under his account, and generals such as Hua Xiong, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Niu Fu, Li Su, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong and others. "Zhou Yu is not very clear about Dong Zhuo's fortune, but he is like a few treasures for his subordinate generals and strategists, and it is recorded in history that Dong Zhuo is a brutal and ferocious reckless man, but Zhou Yu thinks that Dong Zhuo can mix into the position of Xiliang Thorn History, and when he was alive, Xiliang was unusually stable, what Ma Teng, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu and others were all obedient and did not dare to move, until the eighteenth road princes raised troops to fight against Dong, Xiliang was a pure land. It can be seen how strong Dong Zhuo's ability to control Xiliang is, but this person has a shortcoming that he is easy to rejoice and get carried away, and his contempt for Zhang Jiao is also one of the reasons for Dong Zhuo's fiasco.
"Lord-you are really not simple, I have just collected Dong Zhuo's information and resume, this person is very powerful and courageous in Xiliang, and the foreign tribes who fight dare not invade Xiliang, can be regarded as a person with outstanding talents. But the purpose of our trip this time? It is true that he is the history of the Xiliang Thorn, you are also the history of the Yangzhou Thorn, plus there is a Jizhou Thorn History in Jizhou, why does it make me feel a little messy. Zhang Zhao actually didn't understand Zhou Yu's intentions, if Lu Zhi hadn't been deposed, he Zhou Yu would have been able to be regarded as a support army, but now the situation is different, Lu Zhi has been dismissed, and he Zhou Yu is completely capable of competing for the position of the northern lieutenant general, otherwise he will have to be under Dong Zhuo's command if he goes to Jizhou.
"It's useless to fight over who is the manager now? The key is who can turn the tide, and Dong Zhuo will not bring his advisers to Jizhou this time, but will only bring a few of his generals, even the elite Flying Bear Army will not bring it. This person's plot is not small, and he will not lose his strength casually, he Dong Zhuo will be the coach if he wants to be the boss, anyway, my official rank is there, and he can't command me, and he can't stop me if I want to make a move! However, my ultimate goal is to capture Zhang Jiao alive and bring him back to Yangzhou secretly, which will be of great use to me in the future. What His Majesty wants is not to open the horns, but to destroy the Yellow Turban thieves. Zhou Yu directly said the purpose, he didn't plan to directly intervene in the battle of Jizhou, just don't let the Han army lose too badly at the critical moment, Zhang Jiao, the old way, must be captured alive, his crossing of the fan has always made his heart hang in the air, whether there is such a thing or not, it is necessary to understand! Zuo Ci, the cheap master Shenlong, can't see the head and the end, and the figure can't be caught - he can only find a good catch!
"This—that's what I'm talking about!" Zhang Zhao only couldn't think of refuting Zhou Yu's words, he felt that it made sense, but there was something wrong, but he really couldn't think of it.