"General, Xu Bowen is here in person!"

A lieutenant walked quickly in front of the recruit, his expression excited and expectant, almost unable to suppress the expectation of survival in his heart.

"It's not just Xu Junhou, but also the deputy generals of the Bingzhou Army who were young sons back then."

"They have already surrendered to Jizhou! These days, there is enough food and grass, and the armament is excellent! You also saw that the armor worn by the Jizhou soldiers was thick and warm, and they were not afraid of the cold! ”

"Where have we seen this!? Xu Zhen came to see us, and he definitely wanted to recruit us! ”

"Don't you think it's ridiculous? Yuan Xi, the second son to whom I am loyal, hid in the city tower at the beginning, and didn't care about our life or death at all! There is no intention of coming to the rescue! ”

"At that time, if troops were sent to rescue him immediately, it would be absolutely impossible for Xu Zhen to surround the main road! Although his troops are elite and the surprise attack is shocking, it is only a few thousand! ”

"General! See us! Otherwise, these brothers will starve to death! ”

"Yes, Yuan Xi doesn't care, we can't care!"

"If no one cares about it, what will happen to these brothers? How do I talk to their parents? ”

Six or seven lieutenant generals, all of whom are henchmen around them, have been with each other for many years, and at this time, they are scrambling to admonish, for fear that they will be loyal to the Yuan family.

refused to go to see Xu Zhen.

This is the only chance to live.

Xu Zhen is still willing to talk, if he refuses, he doesn't even need to fight again, he just needs to surround the main road, and in another three days, after all the war horses are killed and eaten, these tens of thousands of people will inevitably starve to death.

"So it seems that all of you are thinking the same."

"You want me to go and discuss with Xu Zhen to let the brothers join and surrender Jizhou, right?"

You know, of course, you don't need an answer to ask this sentence.

He just wanted to confirm it again, and the eyes of everyone in front of him were staring at him quite hotly, and the heart of the trick was also relaxed in an instant.

No longer stubborn, if he is stubborn, it is likely that all these brothers will die of hunger and cold, he took a deep breath and said with a deep wry smile: "Okay, in this case, I will go and meet Xu Zhen." ”

"If he wants to surrender, maybe I can find a way out for your brothers."

"Thank you, General!! Thank you, General! ”

"Thank you, General, then please go and see Xu Junhou!"

"General, even if you want us to charge into battle, I'm willing!"

"Please ask for surrender! Brothers are starving to death! ”

These words made Zhao Zhao's heart tense again, and he was depressed.

Looking at the sergeant brothers in the simple barracks of the mountain col, bitterness spread in their mouths, and they even felt sour when they swallowed their saliva.

Following the Yuan clan over the years is like climbing a mountain that never knows where the peak is, trying your best, exhausted, but too late to stop and enjoy the scenery along the way.

For so many years, he has been trembling and trembling, walking on thin ice, training soldiers and horses day and night, conscientiously recruiting sergeants, and taking the lead in battle.

But he is still just a young player with a bad reputation.

The army is only a few thousand, but today it bears the lives of tens of thousands.

At the intersection of the mountain, on the gravel path, Xu Zhen stood somewhere and waited, while Huang Zhong and other archers in the army were all drawing their bows and arrows in the dark.

Xu Zhen was dressed in a black robe, his long hair was flying, he was wearing cotton armor, his hair was tied into a ponytail behind him, and the general's helmet was placed on his side on his chest, waiting to be drawn closer.

In contrast, the lead looks gray-headed, his face is mottled and scarred, and his skin has been cut by the wind and snow, and he looks quite decadent.

Heavy snow covers the mountain, gravel collapses, and the foot of the mountain is craggy and protruding, and the two face each other on the rugged mountain road.

Zhao bowed deeply, and there have been many battles to this day, and none of the soldiers and horses of the Yuan clan have won against Xu Zhen, to be honest, there is indeed some fear in the heart of Standing in front of him.

"I've seen, Xu Junhou, Xu Junhou's divine soldiers descended from the sky, so that we were caught off guard, this battle was not unjustly lost, and now in this deep mountain and old forest, my soldiers and horses are difficult to move, and I can't move an inch."

"There is a shortage of food, and there is no help, and the second son is afraid that he will not dare to come to the rescue at all."

Xu Zhen nodded and said calmly: "When he heard the news, he had already chosen to retreat to Yuyang City Tower, and expelled the people, and looted a large amount of grain. ”

"He wants to hold on until the beginning of next spring."

"However, after the beginning of spring, Gao Ran will not come." Xu Zhen said categorically.

Zhao nodded thoughtfully, "I know that at this moment, Shanggu and Daijun have been taken by Cao Ren, and if Gao Ran wants to come in and rescue, he must at least break two counties in a row." ”

"What's more, Guo Tu and the second son have a grudge themselves, and he will not sacrifice his life to save him in such a situation."

"Youzhou is bound to lose."

Xu Zhen listened to his tone, and seemed to have some nostalgia, as if he wanted to review the entire battle situation with Xu Zhen, but he didn't want to talk too much about it now.

At the moment, he said: "I am here, specifically to recruit your tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, if you care about their lives and still remember their families, then order surrender." ”

"With this armament, I will capture Yuyang County for me, if you can go down, the families of these soldiers can still be saved, otherwise you go to look outside Yuyang City now, there are dead bodies piled up everywhere, maybe there are their families."

"General!"

At this moment, a Qu Junhou who was waiting in the distance came over and hugged his fist, he and Zhao Zhao were old acquaintances, and they had seen it when they were under Yuan Shao.

"Chen, did you also join Jizhou?"

He remembered that this Chen Ju was a group of people who were quite loyal in the camp at the beginning, and at that time, because of Yuan Shao's policy of benefiting the people, he immediately saved many people who were displaced by the war.

Let them have enough to eat, so this Chen Lu and his soldiers and horses entered the barracks because of their gratitude, and such people should be more persistent than those of them who came to defect.

"General, Jizhou under the rule of the prince, the people can live better, my mother is now in her fifties, but she can still enjoy her old age, the family has more food than at the beginning, and the county appointments are all local people with both ability and political integrity, and all the soldiers are grateful for the virtue of the Son of Heaven, and there is the wind of prosperity of the Han Dynasty."

"Why should the general resist again?"

"You don't have to call me General!"

Qian Zhao immediately raised his hand and stopped the words of the person in front of him, "I'm not a general, at most a school official, but now I am just a general of the defeated army, and I am not brave enough." ”

"Junhou, the villain is not a stubborn person, now the situation is not down, involving tens of thousands of people to freeze to death in the mountain col, now I have killed horses in the mountains to satisfy hunger, it is naturally impossible not to surrender, but if these soldiers and horses are allowed to attack Yuyang County, the villain asks himself if he has this ability."

"Hmm," Xu Zhen didn't know if he could do it, and responded softly, speaking of which, he already understood that he also wanted to come to Chengcheng, and he didn't need to be persuaded in itself.

They are also thinking of surrendering in order to save the tens of thousands of brothers trapped in the col.

However, after the atmosphere was a little awkward, Xu Zhen still added, "When they see countless dead bodies outside Yuyang City, maybe something will change." ”

Among those people, many of them should be the families of these soldiers who fought abroad, or people who know each other well.

It can be said that Yuan Xi did not dare to deal with it in a hurry, and he was even more unwilling to fight against the water, and the matter of hiding directly in the city would anger many people.

"What the prince said is reasonable," he also felt quite reasonable, and nodded slightly, "It's just that it won't come down in the next place." ”

Kneeling on one knee, clasping his fists and saluting, he sighed as if he was tired to the twilight of his life, and his eyes had lost all his brilliance, and then said: "I have been pursuing fame for many years, I have never fled from fear on the battlefield, I have been born and died in dozens of battles, and I have made a lot of achievements. ”

"Now, I just want to be able to farm and cultivate the land for the ordinary people, if the prince doesn't allow it, please kill the people below and collect tens of thousands of people in the mountains."

The tone of the lead was very sincere, and it could be seen that he was indeed desperate, or that he was desperate for his life.

Looking down at the grabby of the gravel ground below, there were indeed tears in his eyes at this moment, and his nose was quite sour.

Since the age of fifteen, due to the difficulties of the world and the injustices in various places, the eunuchs have gradually taken control of the government, and the party has expelled many party members to return to the mountains.

Since then, the sale of official beards began to rise gradually, and at first Emperor Ling had not yet blatantly marked the price to sell.

But in the next few years, it may also be in order to collect the money into the treasury instead of going into the pockets of the eunuchs, so they began to sell their officials directly year by year, and the people everywhere suffered greatly, and they were robbed of the people's fat and ointment every year.

Recruit others and others, and begin to re-do the things of chivalry, protect the peace of the people, and gather heroes behind him.

At that time, the person who took the lead was Liu Bei.

From the beginning of the unknown, to the gathering of heroes, the local fame has risen, and it is favored by many officials of 2,000 stones, please be a guest.

Just as he was about to make a name for himself, he had to reuse it, and a group of brothers were about to break away from the white body, Liu Bei's mother passed away.

The Han Dynasty who ruled the country with filial piety, such things could not be ignored, Liu Bei dispersed his troops and went back to guard filial piety.

So they had nowhere to go, and they blamed Liu Bei for a long time, but then they felt deeply guilty.

That's his mother.

So he didn't say anything, he came to Jizhou, and then Jizhou changed Yuan Shao, and he worked harder.

Because Yuan Shao's protégé is all over the world, I don't know how many heroes and military generals he has under his command, so he is a celebrity.

Only by working hard can he be promoted and appointed, but he is working harder and harder, doing things in a down-to-earth manner, and working hard.

On the contrary, I watched others be promoted one by one, those with related backgrounds, and those who were mentioned by others, slowly became Qu Junhou, Captain, and Captain.

even became a partial general and a general, and when he went to the army to lead the troops, he was already a little cold at that time, and he was very anxious.

At the time of this year's crisis, he would have had the opportunity to escape, or, when he was the official crossing, he could have fled south with Liu Bei again.

They all chose to stay.

I didn't expect this to be the result.

It is said that the people of the Shi clan do not take the people as human lives, but only think that they are usable pawns, and the Yuan clan is the best among them.

It wasn't until today that he really saw it clearly, Yuan Xi really didn't take their lives seriously, and when he came to save them, it would never be like this.

Xu Zhen's face turned pale, and he stretched out his hand to help him up, and the back looked calm, and said condescendingly: "It's a pity, when Liu Bei left Xu Du, he specially told me where the lead was, so that if I win in the future, I will definitely protect your life." ”

"I also plan that if you are attached, I will allow you to lead the troops, give you merits, and repay Liu Bei's favor."

"Huh? Does the prince know Abei? ”

Puller's eyes suddenly lit up, his face trembled, and he said something...... Someone owes a favor?!

"The prince and Ah Bei, there are still human contacts!?"

Xu Zhen nodded behind his back, did not smile, and nodded sincerely: "The first concubine I accepted was the matchmaker that Liu Bei brought for me, and the favor has not been repaid, and I still think that my brother can help me with this favor." ”

"However, Ah Bei and I haven't seen each other for many years, and he hasn't seen me once when he came to Jizhou, why did he ask in advance."

Because I coaxed you.

Xu Zhen replied subconsciously in his heart.

However, the expression on his face still did not change, but his eyes narrowed, and he said, "Maybe he has never forgotten." ”

"This ......"

In the eyes of Zhaozhao, there was suddenly a little more hope, he still remembered me, remembered the friendship back then?

Ah Bei also dotted Xu Junhou for me, using his favor? In this way, with the temperament of this prince and the style of repaying kindness, he will definitely support me, and naturally it will not be the same as under the Yuan family.

Moreover, he is affectionate and righteous and will not leave his sergeant.

No, he won't lose the battle at all, and I can't live up to Abei's kindness.

"Ah Bei never forgot me, I thought that he would not see me to blame me for leaving him back then, after all, at that time...... Xianhe never left. ”

"Always follow Ah Bei's side, in comparison, he looks like a ruthless and unrighteous person chasing fame and fortune."

The corners of Xu Zhen's mouth twitched slightly, "I will prepare the general for you, you continue to lead these 40,000 soldiers and horses, as for the merit, the only way to do it is to capture Yuyang County." ”

"The last general will definitely live up to the expectations of the prince and the prince," he beckoned and hugged his fist, and at this moment there was a lot more high-spirited on his face, which made Xu Zhen's eyes suddenly narrow.

Also a wonderful person.

"Then these soldiers ...... horses"

"Please also ask the prince to make it clear, take them to the outside of Yuyang City to have a look, how can there be no anger in their hearts? Even if it is not his own relatives, how can it not be a pain in his heart to see so many dead bodies falling to the ground? Yuan Xi had been advised early on in the morning to be diligent in government and love the people, and not only to care about the military. ”

"He did not listen to this, but knew that the poor people were rich and the army was rich, and he took the people as slaves, and let the people die for him, how could such a person be invincible?"

Xu Zhen leaned back, stood slightly straight, took a deep breath and stood in awe.

His Bai Ding background is not pure, because he has not yet had a desire for Wenda and power, so he was unexpectedly recommended by Xi Zhicai, and slowly became famous in troubled times, and won Cao Cao's favor.

The power is getting more and more important, and there are a bunch of warriors and virtuous ministers, so there is no way, and I can't experience the peace of mind.

Change is too fast.

Zhao Zhao seemed to understand that Xu Zhen was stunned, and immediately restrained his excitement, and said bitterly: "Junhou, I have lost my posture under it, but my achievements have become famous, and I have been suffering for a long time, and Junhou should know." ”

Xu Zhen shook his head, "I really don't know, I did Gongcao in the second year, and I did it in the third year...... Haven't experienced it. ”

Lead: "......"

(End of chapter)