The people around Zhang Ji are all secretly plotting sharp blades at the moment, wanting to find an opportunity to assassinate Dong Huang and Dong Min after entering the account.

But Zhang Ji now took a closer look and found that there were already many guards in the other party's tent, and there were warriors like Lu Bu, how could his subordinates succeed in assassination?

Seeing Lu Bu standing in front of Dong Min and Dong Huang in high spirits, looking at himself with a sneer, Zhang Ji's face turned red, helpless and helpless.

I saw him take a deep breath and said, "Lu Bu, kill if you want to, I fell into your hands today, and there is nothing to say!" It's just a matter of becoming a king and losing a villain, although Zhang is unwilling today, he is helpless. ”

Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are quite heroic, okay!" In this case, then I will fulfill you, and when I take your life with my own hands, I will leave you a whole corpse, which can be regarded as the whole friendship of our colleagues over the years. ”

Say it, and saw Lu Bu pull out the sword at his waist and walk towards Zhang Ji.

At this time, I saw Zhang Liao suddenly shout.

"Be the first and be slow!"

Lu Bu had already raised his sword in mid-air, and it stopped in an instant.

He subconsciously looked at Zhang Liao behind him, with a puzzled look on his face.

But seeing Zhang Liao striding in front of Zhang Ji, he looked around at the people behind Zhang Ji, and thought about it slightly.

I heard him immediately say: "Hu Zhen is a rebellious person, and if he wants to seize Chang'an this time, he will inevitably fail!" General Zhang is a general under Dong Gong, and has been highly used by Dong Gong over the years. ”

"Now, Dong Gong has been named Taifu."

"We should obey the will of Dong Gong, return to the imperial court, make contributions to the imperial court, and seal the wife and son, so as to live up to this ability and ambition!"

"General Zhang is a reasonable person, I don't think I don't even understand this truth, right?"

Compared with Lu Bu's aggressiveness, Zhang Liao's words are obviously more affinity, and Zhang Ji feels more comfortable listening to them.

I saw that Zhang Ji's complexion gradually eased, although he was still a little nervous, but at least he didn't see death as if he was just now.

"Wen Yuan's words, I also know that it is not a wise move to betray the court at this time, but Hu Zhen and I have a friendship with colleagues, and we have been friends for many years, and we don't know what kind of person Liu Deran is...... How did this person treat Li Dao and Guo Yan in the first place? If we surrender and he will hold us accountable for our previous sins, what will we do? ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "General Zhang, you are wrong!" The prime minister is indeed a benevolent and righteous man, and he will never practice deceit in dealing with his subordinates. ”

"At the beginning, Li Dao and Guo Yan were killed, one was that the two were too guilty of persecuting the people, and the other was to use Li Dao and Guo Yan to eradicate Wang Yun and other enemies in the court."

"Now, the court has been decided, there is no enemy, and we will follow Dong Gong to return to the court, which is the time to make contributions to the court! For Prime Minister Liu Cheng, if we were to be killed after we were obedient, wouldn't it greatly damage his prestige and prestige? ”

"Such an unwise thing, the prime minister will definitely not do it."

"Besides, if you are according to General Zhang's thoughts, you are also dead now, and you are also dead if you submit to the imperial court...... But now you are certain to die, and after returning to the imperial court, there is still a few places to live, why don't you give yourself and your own family a chance to survive? ”

"Liao heard that although Li Dao is dead, the members of his family are currently under the protection of the prime minister in Liangzhou."

Although this speculation is a bit bad, Zhang believes that there must be a deal between the prime minister and Li Dao...... Although Li Dao is now dead, the prime minister still fulfills his promise and treats Li Dao's family very well. ”

"It can be seen that although the prime minister is the lord of the world, he is a man of faith."

"If General Zhang can learn his way back, help the prime minister to quell the rebellion, and help the prime minister to collect the Xiliang army of all departments, I think the outcome of the Zhang family in the future will not be as good as Li Wei's family, right?"

"This is just a superficial view of Liao, as for whether it should be or not, it all depends on General Zhang's words."

Lu Bu frowned when he heard Zhang Liao say this.

He seemed to have made up his mind to kill Zhang Ji from the beginning, but now that Zhang Liao said this in front of everyone, it made Lu Bu a little embarrassed.

At this time, Dong Min stood up and said, "General Zhang, we can be regarded as old acquaintances!" Over the years, you and I have followed my brother's side, what kind of person General Zhang is, others don't know, Dong is the most clear! If General Zhang is willing to submit and help the prime minister to achieve great success, I will definitely make it clear to the prime minister in the future to guarantee General Zhang's actions today, and I will never make General Zhang make any mistakes. ”

Dong Huang also stood up and said, "I am also willing to vouch for General Zhang." ”

Everyone was willing to stand up and vouch for Zhang Ji, but Lu Bu was silent beside him.

Zhang Ji's mood was greatly affected, he looked back and forth at everyone present, and finally sighed, arched his hand and said: "Your colleagues treat Zhang Mou's kindness, which is really ashamed of Zhang!" I have made a big mistake, I am willing to make up for my mistakes, and when I go back to count the troops and horses, I will meet with the generals, and we will go to Hewu together, take Yang Ding first, and then attack Hu Zhen who disturbs Chang'an...... How is it? “

Zhang Liao nodded with great satisfaction and said, "General Zhang is a man of his word, we believe in General Zhang!" ”

After that, Zhang Liao looked at the others: "You all have no opinions, right?" ”

At this time, what else can you say?

immediately let Zhang Jiji go.

To be honest, just let Zhang Ji go, everyone's hearts are really a little out of the picture.

But Zhang Liao is not idle after all, he is also the second person in the Bingzhou army except for Lu Bu, and his soldiers and horses are not under the command of Lu Bu, and he has strong autonomy.

Therefore, Zhang Liao has a lot of weight in speaking among these people.

Moreover, Zhang Liao is also very good at using troops, which everyone present knows, and even Lu Bu thinks that he is inferior to Zhang Liao in terms of commanding troops.

Dong Min is Dong Zhuo's younger brother after all, even if Zhang Liao's ability is strong, it is not a big deal to ask Zhang Liao directly as Dong Min.

He spoke.

"Wen Yuan, didn't we all discuss it in advance, if Zhang Ji came here to kill him on the spot? Why did you ask him to surrender when it came to the end? ”

Zhang Liao said: "Although Zhang Ji is the opposite, but he is our colleague after all, if we can recruit him, it will also be beneficial to the great cause of the imperial court, at least it can make many of our colleagues in the Xiliang Army not have to kill each other." ”

"Besides, I saw Zhang Ji coming today, and his nephew Zhang Xiu didn't come with him."

"According to my understanding of Zhang Jijun, in Zhang Jijun, in addition to Zhang Ji himself, Zhang Xiu also has the ability to lead the whole army, if Zhang Ji dies, Zhang Xiu will be determined to oppose us, and when the time comes, he will lead a large army to fight with us, which will inevitably cause us some damage."

"Today, if Zhang Xiu comes with Zhang Ji today, I will not stop a few people from killing them...... But since Zhang Ji didn't arrive, it is not the best choice for us to kill Zhang Ji. ”

When Dong Min, Dong Huang and others heard this, they suddenly realized.

They were very appreciative of Zhang Liao's ability to adapt to the situation.

However, looking at Zhang Liao, who was unanimously praised and praised by everyone, Lu Bu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

I don't know when Zhang Liao seems to have begun to surpass him in some aspects.

Not in every aspect, of course, but some.

But even so, it made Lu Bu feel a little depressed.

It's not that Lu Bu is too cautious...... But the state army has always been respected by the strong! The reason why Lu Bu has been able to command the Bingzhou army so smoothly over the years is because his ability in all aspects is unmatched among the people in Bingzhou.

Even Zhang Liao, in all aspects, was originally a few points worse than him.

But Zhang Liao is young after all, and now he has grown to a new height, and he can almost be on par with Lu Bu.

I heard Zhang Liao continue: "If Zhang Ji understands people, after going through this time, he will definitely pack up his troops and horses and come to join us, but if he is still obsessed, he will not attack easily, after all, there is such a big thing just now, and he also understands in his heart that the court must be prepared, thinking that he should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, and dare not act rashly,"

"This is also to buy time for the prime minister's side, and after the prime minister destroys the other Xiliang army garrisons, Zhang Ji's lone army will not be enough to worry about."

"And we don't need the state army and the two generals' soldiers to confront them head-on, so we can protect most of our soldiers from damage."

Zhang Liao's analysis was thorough and reasonable, which made everyone present admire.

Then he saw Zhang Liao turn to Lu Bu and arch his hand at him: "Liao Shicai was in a hurry, so he made a decision on the spot, and asked the general to forgive him." ”

In fact, Zhang Liao has always been relatively autonomous under Lu Bu, and he has not acted arbitrarily once or twice, and Lu Bu has nothing to do with him.

However, since he is willing to apologize to Lu Bu, it means that he still gives Lu Bu some face.

Seeing Lu Bu smiled, he said: "Wen Yuan has quick wisdom and can make the best decision at the right time, this is already a great luck for me, so why should I confess?" ”

Let's say it, I saw that Lu Bu was still laughing, looking like he didn't care.

Zhang Liao doesn't care.

……

After Zhang Ji returned to his army, he immediately found his nephew Zhang Xiu, and sent people to deliver letters to Lu Bu, Dong Huang and others, and made an appointment with them to lead troops to attack Yiwu and attack the rear of Yang Ding of the Western Liang Army.

It seems that Zhang Ji is still very knowledgeable about current affairs and knows who to help at critical moments.

Yang Ding made a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect Zhang Ji to defect to Liu Jian, and attack his rear!

He was leading his troops to plunder in the Hewu, and was suddenly attacked, and he could not effectively meet the battle for a while, and was defeated by Zhang Ji, Lu Bu, Dong Huang and others in a hurry.

Yang Ding's own ability was originally inferior to these people, but now he was suddenly attacked and disturbed, and he couldn't respond.

All he could do was to let his soldiers fight on their own, while he himself was looking for an opportunity to flee in a hurry, eager to fight his way out of the encirclement.

But it's a pity that Zhang Ji, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao had already calculated that Yang Ding was going to escape, and they divided their troops and patrolled around Hewu, waiting for him to escape.

And Lu Bu happened to bump into Yang Ding.

After seeing Yang Ding, Lu Bu didn't say a word, and directly brandished Fang Tian's halberd and rode up, stabbing Yang Ding under the horse with a halberd.

After killing Yang Ding, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Dong Huang and others immediately began to recruit Yang Ding's Xiliang army.

Many of Yang Ding's subordinates have submitted to Dong Huang, after all, the person represented by Dong Huang is Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo is still the most prestigious existence in the Xiliang Army after all.

Although there were still some recalcitrant ones among them, the remaining recalcitrant ones were not difficult for Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others to deal with, and they were all defeated in an instant.

After Yang Ding died, Lu Bu and Dong Huang marched in the direction of Chang'an together with Zhang Ji.

And Dong Min was guarding these Xiliang rebels who had just been recruited in the rear.

……

Yang Ding's sneak attack on Yiwu failed, and several other soldiers and horses of the Xiliang Army are also not progressing smoothly at present.

Li Meng and Wang Fang went to the south and the north respectively to block the two camps arranged by Liu Jian in Chang'an.

But the soldiers of these two large battalions have long been ambushed on the road where the Xiliang army came to sneak attack.

To the south are Zhang He, Yan Liang, and Gao Lan.

To the north are Xu Rong, Wen Chou, and Gongsun Zhan.

Just looking at the configuration of these two generals, it is enough to crush Li Meng and Wang Fang, the generals of the Western Liang Army.

After all, among the generals of the Xiliang Army, the most capable people are Hu Zhen, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others.

Fan Chou died in battle in the past, and now Zhang Ji has defected again, Li Dao and Guo Yan were killed by Liu Jian, and the remaining generals, although they are also battle-hardened warriors, are still much different from the elite generals under Liu Jian.

At this moment, the soldiers and horses of the north and south are fighting fiercely on the avenue.

"Up! It's all for me to go up, but it's just a small Hebei army, how can you not win a quick battle? ”

"Order the left and right divisions to lead the cavalry to raid from two directions, and they must break away from their military formation!"

Li Meng seemed to be crazy, and gave orders to his lieutenants and other subordinates.

But he faced Zhang He, Yan Liang, and Gao Lan, who had followed Liu Jian for many years and were proficient in battle formations.

Gao Ran held the town, commanded the soldiers to stabilize their positions, and sent strong crossbowmen and archers to hold the position on the left and right.

Even though the cavalry of the Xiliang Army will cover up from the side, the strong crossbows in Hebei are not given in vain.

Every time the cavalry tried to cut through their position, Gao Ran would order the crossbow battalion to rain arrows and kill, causing the cavalry to retreat without a fight.

The Xiliang cavalry made three consecutive cover-up kills, but they were all repulsed by Hebei's strong crossbows.

The reason why Hebei's strong crossbow is so powerful is, on the one hand, it is indeed that the soldiers in Hebei are good at archery.

On the other hand, it is also Hebei's arms manufacturing industry...... In particular, the crossbow has made rapid progress.

After years of research by Hebei craftsmen, the repeating crossbows produced in Hebei have been able to reach the level of one crossbow and five consecutive shots.

Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, the Hebei Army did the best in the construction of the ancient military industrial system.

Li Meng became extremely anxious.

His constant urging made his subordinates' offensive more and more fierce.

But at this time, Li Meng forgot that he was trying to block the Hebei army from supporting Chang'an......

But now unconsciously, he was led by the nose by the Hebei army, attacking and defending in a different position, and now it has become a defensive trend of the Hebei army.

This is the ability of Hebei General Zhang He!

Zhang He has followed Liu Jian for many years, and Zhang He himself has been present in almost every battle.

He was experienced in a hundred battles, and in the face of the attack of the Xiliang army, he made careful arrangements and plans.

Among them, inducing Li Meng to turn defense into offense and desperately march to his own side was one of Zhang He's battle plans.

He played unusually calmly. Not arrogant or impatient.

On the Chang'an side, Zhang He was not worried.

The prime minister has already made careful arrangements, and he doesn't need to worry about it much.

What he has to do now is to fight Li Meng with a calm mentality, and just wait for Li Meng to show his flaws, and he can win with one blow.

Most of the generals under Liu Jian have a characteristic, that is, after years of tempering, they all understand that they must have a stable mentality on the battlefield, and they must guard against arrogance and rashness in everything.

Although the equipment of the Xiliang Army is inferior to that of the Hebei Army, in terms of combat experience, the Xiliang Army is almost equal to the Hebei Army, and even higher than the Hebei Army in some aspects, so the two sides can be regarded as evenly matched.

But the generals of Hebei believed that they would definitely defeat the Xilang Army, because the generals of Hebei, including Liu Jian himself, unanimously felt that most of the generals of the Xiliang Army were not in a good mood.

In the event of an emergency, they will act like crazy.

When dealing with the situation on the battlefield, they did not have a steady mentality, and in this regard, the Hebei generals did a better job.

Even Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others, who were hot-tempered in the past, have made great progress, and their psychological quality has become very good.

Gao Ran is responsible for holding the position in the town and not letting the Xiliang army have an opportunity to take advantage of it, Zhang He is looking at the overall situation and stabilizing the army's heart, and the general Yan Liang is leading the cavalry team around the periphery of the army formation to fight with the Xiliang army, and he is not in a hurry to launch a fierce offensive against the Xiliang army, but to find the flaws of the other party and strike a thunderous blow at the critical moment!

The three of them worked together seamlessly.

(End of chapter)