Chapter VII: Borrowing Troops
"Liu Biao? I see! Looking at the genuine letter of appointment in front of him, Yuan Yao was thoughtful.
Liu Biao was actually a pawn released by Dong Zhuo to fight against the allies? This was indeed beyond Yuan Yao's expectations.
Under the influence of later film and television dramas, Yuan Yao always thought that Dong Zhuo was just a brutal mentally handicapped person, and after occupying Luoyang, he was useless except for indulgence and arrogance.
Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo did not sit idly by in the face of the crusade of the allies, not only took the initiative to lead the army to fight against the allies, but also knew that he would use the righteousness of the Son of Heaven to disintegrate the power of the allies.
"Lord, Liu Biao's appointment as the assassin of Jingzhou is tantamount to cutting off Yuan Shu's back road, and once Liu Biao gains a firm foothold in Jingzhou, our foundation Nanyang will be completely isolated." He Shen's face was serious, and his words were full of worry.
"He Zhizhai really hit the nail on the head, and his subordinates also think that this news is very important to our army, and the lord can immediately explain this matter to Yuan Gong!"
"Although Liu Biao is a relative of the Han family, his foundation in Jingzhou is shallow, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in a short period of time.
Liu Ji not only deeply agreed with He Shen's opinion, but also wanted to take the opportunity to attack Liu Biao and completely stabilize the rear.
"Okay, I'll let my father know right away." After receiving the guidance of He Shen and Liu Ji, Yuan Yao naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led a few people towards Yuan Shu's room.
When I went to the house, Yuan Shu was already gone.
"Where's my father?" Catching a patrolman, Yuan Yao immediately asked.
"Yu Gongzi, Sun Jian captured Luoyang half a day ago, and the general hurriedly led the men and horses out!" When the patrol saw Yuan Yao, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied.
"So who is in charge of Bishui Pass now?" When Liu Ji heard that Sun Jian had captured Luoyang, he was stunned at first, and then asked the patrolman.
"Hui Gongzi, the current guard guarding Bishui Pass is Sima Zhang Xun of the other department."
The patrol guards recognized Yuan Yao, but they didn't know Liu Ji, and when they saw Liu Ji asking, they were a little confused, and when they saw Yuan Yao's face, they didn't look unhappy, and immediately answered truthfully.
Glancing at Liu Ji and seeing him nodding, Yuan Yao turned his head to the patrol guard and ordered, "Take me to him." ”
After this period of adaptation, Yuan Yao also had a certain understanding of the main generals under Yuan Shu, and this Zhang Xun was one of the generals that Yuan Shu relied on very much.
Having said that, among the current generals and strategists of Yuan Shu, except for Ji Ling, Yuan Yao has never heard of it, which shows that these people are not famous in history.
So the more he understood, the more cold Yuan Yao became.
"Sun Jian's guy is really powerful, he actually captured Luoyang City first, and Gongzi is also here for this matter?"
As soon as Yuan Yao came to Zhang Xun's mansion, he saw Zhang Xun greet him with a smile on his face.
"General Zhang, please look at this!" Yuan Yao didn't ramble, and directly put Huang Zhong's appointment letter in front of Zhang Xun.
"What is this?" Zhang Xun saw Huang Zhong's appointment letter and looked puzzled.
"Dong Zhuo pushed Liu Biao out to serve as the assassin of Jingzhou, which is equivalent to inserting a nail before we collapsed, I wanted to tell my father about this, but who knew that my father led the army to Luoyang!"
Yuan Yao was not hypocritical, and put forward the views of Liu Ji and the others to Zhang Xun.
"That son came to find the lower official, but what's the matter?" Zhang Xun's face did not change in the slightest, and he asked casually according to Yuan Yao's meaning.
"Borrow soldiers!" Liu Ji, who was standing aside, indifferently spit out two words.
"It's... I'm afraid not. Zhang Xun glanced at Liu Ji with a smile before he sighed and shook his head.
"Why?" Yuan Yao saw that Zhang Xun didn't buy it, and his face was a little dissatisfied.
"Childe doesn't know, at present, there are less than 5,000 defenders in Bishui Pass, and it is still difficult to defend the pass, where are there any soldiers and horses to lend?"
"Besides, Bishui Pass is the retreat of the lord, once the precautions are neglected here, the lord will be in danger, it's not that I don't want to borrow soldiers, there are really no soldiers to borrow!"
What Zhang Xun said was also the truth, and he was not optimistic about Yuan Yao, a ridiculous son, behind his back, how dare he hand over the military power to Yuan Yao.
"In this case, Gongzi can only go directly to Luoyang to meet Yuan Gong, so that Yuan Gong can be on guard." Seeing that Zhang Xun was unwilling to borrow troops, Liu Ji smiled faintly and was not annoyed.
"It's okay, this matter is imminent, I'll be on the road immediately!" Yuan Yao saw Liu Ji winking at him, although he didn't know what he was doing, he also cooperated a lot.
"Childe, never!" Seeing that Yuan Yao actually planned to go to Yuan Shu immediately, Zhang Xun was shocked.
"Why not?" Yuan Yao turned his head suspiciously.
"This place is two hundred miles away from Luoyang, and now the homeless people are fleeing in all directions, and bandits are rampant, and there are only a few people in Gongzi's entourage, how can he easily get into danger?"
"It's better to wait in Guanzhong for a while, the lord will definitely return victorious, and then Liu Biao will just jump off the beam clown, and the lord will naturally deal with him!"
Zhang Xun was not optimistic about Yuan Yao's borrowing troops to deal with Liu Biao, thinking that Yuan Yao was a swinger, and sending troops to Liu Biao would not do anything.
Now I was shocked to see that Yuan Yao wanted to go to Luoyang alone to join in the fun.
At this time, it was not a peaceful and prosperous era, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang stragglers, scouts, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, the men and horses of the princes from all walks of life, and the refugees who fled everywhere, how complicated and complicated the situation was.
Seeing Yuan Yao behaving like this, Zhang Xun naturally tried his best to dissuade him.
"No, this matter cannot be delayed, I must inform my father of this matter as soon as possible!" After Yuan Yao got Liu Ji's secret instruction, he naturally couldn't give up halfway.
In view of his absolute trust in Liu Ji, Yuan Yao naturally resolutely could not let go.
"Hey, you kid still stinks!"
"Someone, give me orders! Let Chang Nu lead a thousand soldiers to escort Gongzi to Luoyang! ”
Although Zhang Xun admitted death, he was still quite concerned about Yuan Yao, and after a long sigh, he gave the order in a solemn tone.
"Thank you, General Zhang!" Yuan Yao looked at Zhang Xun with some complications in his heart.
Although Zhang Xun felt that he was not worth being used, his heart for self-preservation was real, and Yuan Yao sighed a lot for a while.
"Chang Nu, no matter what you encounter along the way, you must obey the orders of the son, if the eldest son has three long and two short, I will definitely ask you!" Looking at Yuan Yao, who was weak, Zhang Xun gave a death order to Chang Nu!
"Subordinates receive orders! If Childe has any damage, I'll definitely bring it up! "Chang Nu is not very old, but he has a heroic spirit.
"General Zhang, rest assured, this trip will be fine." Yuan Yao arched his hand at Zhang Xun and led the crowd away.
"That's it, people will always grow up, as the eldest son of the lord, how can he always be so idle?" Watching Yuan Yao and his party drift away, Zhang Xun had both worry and a hint of expectation in his eyes.
"Newspaper—"
"General Qiyu, after Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, he led the army to carry the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials to Chang'an, Cao Cao ignored the dissuasion of other princes and privately led troops to pursue!"
"Hehe, this Cao Cao is so bold!" With a chuckle of two moments, Zhang Xun waved his hand to let the herald go down.