Zhang Yang, a native of Yunzhong in Bingzhou, has followed Ding Yuan for many years, is deeply used, and is only thirty years old, and is already a general.

At the beginning of the year, under the order of He Jin, Ding Yuan led troops into Beijing, and Zhang Yang had advice, how could Ding Yuan be a loyal and righteous person, and he was dedicated to repaying He Jin's kindness, and led the troops to go without hesitation.

As soon as Ding Yuan left, Zhang Yang also got a new errand and was ordered to join the party, recruit troops, and eliminate bandits.

It is also worthy of Ding Yuan's subordinates, except for Lu Bu, the general who is the most capable of commanding the army, who has only been in the party for a few months, not only pacified the mountain bandits in various counties, but also raised thousands of elite soldiers. Even the white wave thieves who claim to be 100,000 do not dare to easily join the party to rob.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, just after the bandits were cleared up, and before they had the energy to govern the party, new changes came. First He Jin died, then Ding Yuan died, and finally even the Queen Mother died. It's just a matter of the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven didn't die, and he didn't get there, so he was deposed in just a few months.

Of course, in the event of a major event in the DPRK and China, Zhang Yang is a general who is not ranked in the ranks, it doesn't matter much, and he can't change anything, even if he wants to avenge Ding Yuan, he doesn't have the strength.

Strength, it's not really nothing, a month ago, the people who stayed in the river retreated into the party, and in the recruitment of soldiers, there were more than 20,000 people who could be mobilized, but this soldier and horse, he Zhang Yang couldn't deploy it.

It is said that as the leading general of the party at the beginning, he could not mobilize the soldiers and horses, and Zhang Yang was also helpless, at first only for the stability of the party, not to let the Hanoi dispute happen again, and did not control the military power too much. It's a pity that he underestimated Xu Liang's ambitions, but for more than a month, except for the people in the headquarters, the recruits are not under his control, and now he regrets it a little too late.

Especially at the moment of the great enemy, Zhang Yang didn't dare to imagine that Jiang Qi, who Ding Yuan didn't dare to provoke easily, personally led the troops here, and Xu Liang, who had a low level of skill, could parry.

"General, the spies sent back the news that Qi County, Zhongdu, Wu County, Jiexiu, and Zishi in Taiyuan County were taken over by the Jiang family's army, and no one in the defenders resisted, and the people welcomed them. The county lieutenant of Jingling wanted to defend it, but he was beheaded by his subordinates and sacrificed the city. Pingtao and Daling are also in danger, I am afraid that it will not be a month, and the eldest son of Taiyuan County ...... "The head of the city, looking at the young man who is constantly carrying stones and rolling wood, Mu Shun, the guard of the city gate, said with some impatience.

"What the hearts of people want! Although Jiang Qi has been in hiding for many years, his reputation has long been outside, and in recent years, Xihe has been under the governance of his subordinates, and everyone has been yearning for it. If it weren't for General Ding's deployment of checkpoints in the early years, maybe the people of my party would have run out......" A few days ago, he was forced to recruit young Zhuang by Xu Liang's order, feeling the hateful eyes of the people, Zhang Yang already had a plan in his heart, and now he has to sigh when he listens to the battle report.

"Then general, can we win this battle??" From the general to the soldiers, when Jiang Qi was mentioned, there was a lot of mourning, and Mu Shun couldn't help but say.

"Are you scared??" Now the morale is not high Zhang Yang knew it in his heart, but when his confidants asked such words, he couldn't help but withdraw his gaze and turned around.

"Afraid?? The general laughed, but he was a reckless man in the market, if it weren't for the general's support, how could there be today, the general's order, Mu Shun is willing to be the vanguard!! As a soldier who killed on the battlefield, he was most afraid of being seen as a cowardly person, and when he saw Zhang Yang's face change, Mu Shun immediately regained his momentum.

"Haha!! Okay, Er Zhiyong, General Ben knows that you have followed me to fight everywhere over the years, and every time you fight first, how can you be a person who is afraid of death, just a joke. It's just that this is not what it used to be, now we are not facing rogues and mountain bandits, although Jiang Qi is inferior to us in terms of age, but since the sixteenth battle of the Yellow Turban, he has not tasted a defeat, and it is really intolerable to win this battle. "The loyalty of his subordinates is the luck of the general, Zhang Yang is very comforted, but the worry in his heart has not been reduced at all.

"What should the general do, the spies will find out, Jiang Qi has led more than 8,000 troops this time, and Gu Yuan is only more than 2,000 people, if you want to hold it, I'm afraid it will be difficult, General Yang sends a letter asking for help every day, but Lord Xu ignores it, what should I do??" Jiang Qi's name, Mu Shun naturally heard of it, when the common idol of the Han warriors was still white, he thought about joining the Jiang family's army, but Jiang Qi did not recruit troops on a large scale at that time, and he didn't think that today he would become a hostile.

"Actually, you can't blame Lord Xu entirely, the current situation is unclear, and reinforcements need to be sent, but it can't be easy. You also said, Gu Yuan is no more than 2,000 people, it is a strange place, since Jiang Qi led the troops, every battle is mostly won with less, and Guangzong, who was unable to defeat tens of thousands of troops for several months, was broken by him in one battle, why was it blocked by a small county town? Eight thousand elite soldiers, that is, attacking the eldest son, we may not be able to defend against it? "When it comes to Yang Chou's request for help, how can Zhang Yang not be troubled, but he is not a reckless man, how can he not be puzzled.

"The general is saying that Jiang Qi is waiting for our reinforcements if he does not move?" Mu Shun is not a stupid person, listening to Zhang Yang's analysis, and then said.

"My party is mostly mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if I am Jiang Qi, I can solve the main force of the enemy army in the field, naturally I will not be stupid enough to attack the city. It's just that if that's the case, Jiang Qi is thinking too much, our Lord Xu, although there are more than 20,000 soldiers, it seems that he doesn't plan to go out of the eldest son city, if he wants to fight in the field, I'm afraid some of them will wait...... "I have thought about many possibilities, and what Mu Shun said about robbing and killing reinforcements is the most reasonable, but I don't think it's that simple."

"When it comes to Xu Liang, the general doesn't understand, why did you hand over the military power to him. At the beginning, General Ding was just a word, and the general only took a team of us to join the Shangdang to recruit troops and suppress bandits, and along the way, the brothers worked hard to gather thousands of people to quell the Shangdang rebellion, but they didn't think about it, but they were cheaper than Xu Liang...... "The battle meets a strong enemy, which is unpredictable, but when it comes to the available soldiers in the city, Mu Shun can't help complaining."

"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Xu was originally the lord of the history, and now he is too guarded, you and I are both generals, how can you talk about Shangguan in vain, at the moment the enemy is current, this remark can shake the heart of the army!!" How could Zhang Yang not know what Mu Shun said, but as a general, what he could say and what he couldn't, he knew very well, and immediately stopped it.

"General, despite this, doesn't the general know that now in the eldest son city, the people are full of complaints, and in recent times, Xu Taishou has been exploiting constantly, and those who dare to resist are all imprisoned, I heard that the dungeon is now overcrowded. Does the general think that such a person can avenge General Ding...... "Don't vomit or be unhappy, since you said it, Mu Shun, who was born in a martial artist, is also a straight intestine, and he immediately couldn't stop saying what he had always wanted to say."

"Hey...... Okay, what you said, Yang doesn't know, but at the moment of the great enemy, our army must be consistent from top to bottom, Xu Taishou is inappropriate, but it is all a war, and I will persuade you when this battle is over. Even the confidants have so many complaints in their hearts, how can the rest be imagined, but Zhang Yang still reassured.

"Okay, I won't say much about the humble, anyway, we follow the general in life and death, and no matter what, we all obey the general's orders. By the way, general, I heard that as soon as the city gate was opened today, there were envoys with a large number of carriages out of the house, did Xu Taishou already send an envoy to find Jiang Qi? Following Zhang Yang for a long time, his character is clear, and it is not easy to say it again, but he asked again.

"This matter will be known, and it is also very strange, if the envoy is sent to make peace with Jiang Qi, Taishou should speak to me, but there is no warning at this time. Just now, I was going to send spies to follow, maybe there should be news tomorrow......" I thought that Mu Shun didn't know about the envoy going out of the city, but he didn't think about it, but now Zhang Yang didn't defend himself, and looked into the distance from the battlements of the wall. Just like the vague and continuous mountain beams in the distance, the suspicion in his heart at this moment is also vague.

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However, compared to Zhang Yang's confusion and Mu Shun's loss, after being trapped for several days and sending reinforcements far away, Gu Yuan's Yang Chou was desperate. At the moment of life and death, he decided to find a way to survive for himself.

"You're Yang Chou??" In the big tent of the Chinese army, generally looking at the Chinese book in his hand, Jiang Qi said without raising his head.

"Humble, Pengcheng Yang Chou greets the prince ......" Hearing the inquiry, Yang Chou, who was bound, did not dare to raise his head, but lowered his body to worship.

"As a leading general, do you know what you're doing today? If you surrender without a fight, you are suspected of desertion, do you know that Benhou can be executed immediately according to military law!! "Born as a martial artist, he usually says to his subordinates, horse leather shroud, but I want to have an attitude towards the wagging tail beggar, as soon as I saw the state of a child, I immediately threw out the thing in my hand.

"Spare your life! Spare your life! Ugly didn't dare to defend himself, so he asked the prince to listen to Ugly's words...... "Jiang Qi's anger, thunder, originally had a careful mind, but he could feel the murderous aura permeating the left and right, and Yang Chou immediately fell to his knees.

"What do you have to say! Greedy for life and afraid of death, vainly for my Han general, come! Dragged out and chopped!! It's a pity that Yang Chou thought wrongly, begging for mercy couldn't move Jiang Qi's heart at all, how did he know that it was still stimulating.

"The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life!!" Jiang Qi gave an order, don't dare to disobey, at the moment Jiang Qi hummed left and right, Dian Wei and Jiang Cheng responded, just like catching a chicken, dragging up Yang Chou, who was obviously much shorter.

Fortunately, Yang Chou's life should not be extinguished today, and as soon as he was dragged up, he heard someone stop him: "Lord, our army has a tradition of not killing prisoners, let alone demoting generals." Please listen to the reason for General Yang Chou's initiative to surrender......"

"Hmm...... Okay, today's look at Xun Sima's face, Ben Hou will give you a chance to explain, let him go...... "One singing and one harmony can't get off the horse, Jiang Qi immediately went down the donkey road."

"Xie Junhou, Xie Junhou......" was dragged by two men with big shoulders and round waists, and Yang Chou, who had no power to resist at all, felt death for the first time.

"Ugly doesn't dare to deceive the prince, this time I came to surrender not because I was greedy for life and afraid of death. The prince may not know that Gu Yuan was ravaged by the rogues earlier, and the ugly was ordered to defend it, and fought fiercely several times, each battle must be the first, and the injuries on the body can prove the loyalty of the ugly. And today, he is bound by himself, not because he is afraid of death, but because he abandons the darkness and turns to the light. ”

"Abandon the darkness and turn to the light?? You're really going to buckle your hat!! Tell me how to abandon the darkness and turn to the light?? "I have experienced a lot of things, Jiang Qi now sees people far better than before, he has long seen that he is sleek, listened to his justification, and immediately smiled.

"Ugly dare to ask the general, but the Han army??" Seeing Jiang Qi smiling, Yang Chou's heart was relieved and said boldly.

"Bold! His Majesty earlier conferred the title of captain of my lord's guard and the lord of the marquis, and my lord is the shepherd of the Son of Heaven, and he is a loyal minister and good general of the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers under his command are naturally the army of my Han Dynasty!! For Yang Chouzhi's question, there is no need for Jiang Qi to speak, Xun You has already reprimanded.

"Yes! Just like Mr. Xun said, the prince is the general of my Han army, and the ugly is the same as the Han general, and now the state is full of rogues, the prince and the marquis order the soldiers to quell the chaos, and the ugly army to vote, they are all Han soldiers and horses, and the ugly defection, how can you be greedy for life and afraid of death? ? The excuse had already been thought of when he came, and at this moment, following Xun Yu's words, Yang Chou immediately said the reason why Jiang Qi could not refute it.

"Hahaha! The Han army joined the Han army, yes, you and I are both Han soldiers and horses, and there is nothing to say about defecting to the enemy, greedy for life and afraid of death. General Yang, you're such an interesting person. So how do you say that you abandon the darkness and turn it into the light? Could it be that there is some rebellion in Shangdang County? "The same army, the excuse is very good, Jiang Qi really can't refuse, so he immediately asked with a smile.

"Just as the prince said, the Shangdang is indeed rebellious, and the prince can know that now the Shangdang county guard is not sent by the imperial court, and his person Xu Liang is not just a soldier and a horse Peng Ding Yuan's subordinates. On the same day, after General Ding was killed by Lu Bu, Xu Liang deceived General Zhang Yang into taking the opportunity to seize power under the pretense of revenge, and called himself Taishou. But since he became the Taishou, Xu Liang has not done a good thing, bullying men and women, killing innocents indiscriminately, and exploiting the people. Now that the prince is here with the king, how dare the ugly help the ...... abuse"

"Xu Liang?? I have heard that in the early years, Qi was sent by His Majesty to guard the state and was bullied by Xu Liang when he went to Jinyang to receive grain and grass. I didn't think that I would become a fine person in a small business, but I dared to call myself too guarded and exploit the people. As a general of the Han Dynasty, Qi naturally can't watch the people suffer, he just wanted to pass by the party, but he didn't want to encounter this incident, Qi should save the people from fire and water, and get rid of this evil official!! Someone came to give an order, and at the invitation of General Yang Chou, the army was drawn and entered the valley far away......"

Although everyone knows that Jiang Qi came to the party for sightseeing, there is an excuse, which is a good thing, and Yang Chou told it, a righteous and bright reason to get rid of traitors blurted out.