The Collection of The End

——AD 181——

On the outskirts of Wuwei City, the camp where the "trapped camp" is located.

Zhang Liao was silently observing the camp and the soldiers who were performing drills at the general ordering platform.

Since the camp was only temporarily using the original garrison camp, and many places were still being expanded and renovated, making it appear not to be a deterrent overall, but the murderous aura soaring into the sky covered this up well.

These black-armored warriors are tall and strong, with sinister faces and full of confidence. They are either practicing or patrolling. Occasionally, some troops leave the camp and disappear after receiving orders.

The trapped camp suffered nearly 50% losses when quelling the Liangzhou Rebellion, but only less than 10% of the dead were killed. If we want to say the reason, although they used talisman water to treat them in time, it also had to do with the fact that their armor was really thick. , related to being unable to kill with one hit.

Since the "killed" came back from time to time, General Gao Shun had no choice but to finally define "battle damage" as the number of "a complete set of armor and weapons that cannot be used due to damage or loss."

Zhang Liao was thirteen years old at the time, with sharp eyes and a cold appearance. He was already taller than an ordinary teenager and comparable to a slightly thinner adult. However, Gao Shun would not be fooled. Before making sure that Zhang Liao was indeed old enough to be crowned, He is only allowed to participate in training and will never be allowed to go into battle.

Zhang Liao was also very helpless about this. If he was not given the opportunity to go into battle to kill the barbarians, wouldn't it be better to stay at home?

After all, the reason why he is here to watch the battle is not because the instructor takes care of him because of his young age, but because he is too "standing out from the crowd" during training. If he continues to be allowed to practice together, those ordinary soldiers will die of shame.

Zhang Liao was born in the Zhang family of Bingzhou, a long-standing family that has practiced martial arts for many generations. The family motto of this family is simple and crude: "Kill the Hu! Kill the Xiongnu!" When the relationship between Hu and Han was tense, local officials would often invite members of this family to serve as officials. , but when you need to ease the relationship, you have to try your best to appease them and ask them not to kill the barbarians casually when they see them.

Everyone in Bingzhou knew that the Zhang family hated the Huns, but they didn't know the specific reason. They just assumed that their ancestors had been plundered and killed by the Huns. This guess was good, but not accurate enough, because the "Zhang family" was not originally named Zhang.

In the first year of Yuanguang of the former Han Dynasty (134 BC), the Huns once again invaded in large numbers. The officers and soldiers were defeated and retreated steadily. Many cities, counties and counties fell into the hands of the Huns, who burned, killed, and looted.

At that time, there was a wealthy businessman named Nie Yi in Mayi, Yanmen. After the Han army suffered another defeat, he pretended to surrender in order to preserve his property and volunteered to find out the Han army's true identity. The Xiongnu army led the Han army into an ambush and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

The plan was originally very smooth, but because the Xiongnu successfully wiped out another county before entering the ambush, a real surrenderer in the county saw Nie Yi's plan and took the initiative to betray the report. As a result, the ambush plan failed, and the Han army saw something wrong. Defeated, they had to take the initiative to attack, but the Xiongnu who did not step into the ambush easily evacuated. Afterwards, the Nie family was almost wiped out by the Xiongnu. The remaining members of the Nie family fled to Bingzhou, changed their surname to Zhang, and lurked silently in order to take revenge on the traitor and the Xiongnu. .

It has been nearly three hundred years since it was passed down to the present. It is not known whether the ancestor of the Zhang family succeeded in taking revenge on the "traitor" Zhang Liao, but he still inherited the lingering hatred of the Huns in the family.

A few years ago, when Dong Zhuo was fighting Tan Shihuai, he accidentally saw Zhang Liao's behavior of not only not being afraid of the battlefield, but also trying to kill the surviving Xiongnu. After admiring it, he found the Zhang family, and after a brief discussion, he took him with him. Cultivate people around you - after all, Dong Zhuo had just defeated the Xiongnu army at that time and was quite popular on the Han border. If you followed him, you might have more opportunities to kill the Hu people.

However, because of his age and size, when Dong Zhuo led his army to fight against the Qiang rebels, Zhang Liao had no chance to go to the battlefield. He could only listen to the veterans in the military camp who were still alive after being attacked by "mountain riders" from a mile or two away. Bragging, now you are of sufficient stature,

But General Gao Shun wants to verify his actual age again. Doesn't he have to wait another three years?

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"General, I want to kill the barbarians..." Zhang Liao muttered to himself as he looked at the Chinese army tent in the distance.

"Oh? Why?" A question came from beside him.

"'Those who are not of my race will have their hearts'...wait? Who are you?" Zhang Liao was halfway through his answer when he remembered that he had never heard that voice before.

He turned his head and looked around, only to see a handsome young man standing next to him. He had a silver helmet and silver armor, and a bright silver gun in his hand. He was looking at him eagerly.

Well, this look was very familiar to Zhang Liao - finally seeing the look in his companion's eyes, he impulsively followed Dong Zhuo that day, only to find that in addition to long-term generals, there were veterans of hundreds of battles, and there was no one in a million who looked like him. People of his own age don't even think about it. If he had seen a young man of his own age in the camp, he would probably have the same attitude.

In addition, since he can appear in the heavily guarded camp without triggering a warning from the sentry, he must be a young hero "picked up" by some general, right?

"I am Changshan Zhao Zilong -" "Hold on, you don't have to say so much, just tell me which general you are looking for. By the way, my name is Zhang Liao." Zhang Liao interrupted the young man who seemed to want to say something. self-introduction.

"Oh...I want to find General Lu Bu." The young man responded blankly.

Oh, it was normal to be picked up by General Lu Fengxian. It is said that General Guan Hai and General Zhang Ke were picked up by him, and they are all famous now.

"Don't think about it. General Lu Bu has been going out early and coming back late recently. It seems that he wants to give someone a blow. He shouldn't have time to pay attention to you. If you are not crowned, you will not be considered an adult. You will not be allowed to go to the battlefield. It is useless to ask for accommodation." Zhang Liao seemed to complain. Said generally.

"Hmm." The young man who seemed to be named Zhao Zilong responded thoughtfully.

"You just asked me why I wanted to kill the barbarians? I thought about it. Changshan should be located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, far away from the border of the Han Dynasty?" Zhang Liao saw Zhao Zilong nodding and continued: "The Central Plains is known as a battleground for military strategists. Since the Xia and Zhou Dynasties, There are many wars, but no matter how they fight, they will treat the people in the occupied areas well, because those populations are the capital for them to develop their own power, but those barbarians are different."

"If you are not from my race, your heart must be different?" Zhao Zilong repeated the slang that Zhang Liao just mentioned.

"What a 'different' method, I won't go into details. I will just mention one point. The name the Xiongnu in Bingzhou called the Han people was -" Zhang Liao looked at Zhao Zilong and said in a deep voice: "'Two-legged sheep'."

Squeak——The bright silver gun that the young man was holding loosely suddenly lit up with a layer of red light, and then slowly dissipated.

Sure enough, it was picked up by General Lu Bu. Even the "Wushuang" was so similar. Zhang Liao nodded secretly.

"However, we cannot generalize..." The young man seemed to have some lack of confidence: "Southern Xiongnu...Shun Qiang...Baiyue..."

"As you said, Lord Dong Zhuo treats the 'Shun Qiang' no differently than the people of Liangzhou, but rebels against the Qiang? Oh, are there still rebel Qiang now?" Zhang Liao gestured to the northwest.

"Well... Li Ru, who confiscated the family, and Jia Xu, who destroyed the family, I have heard of these two names." Zhao Zilong responded with a strange expression: "Is this Dong Zhuo... your master's strategy for governing the world?"

"That's right," Zhang Liao responded: "[Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is!]"

"Uh... wasn't that what the former Han Dynasty General Huo Qubing said?" Zhao Zilong looked as if he didn't know what to say.

"You should read more, this is what General Chen Tang said," Zhang Liao said: "When he was appointed as the 'Protector of the Western Regions', he hated the invasion of the Hu people."

"I'm not very familiar with modern history," Zhao Yun said, "I'm still reading "Spring and Autumn" and haven't dabbled in "Historical Records" yet."

"Oh! I am also reading "Spring and Autumn". We can exchange notes in the future." Zhang Liao was very happy when he heard this.

"Okay... if there is a chance." Zhao Zilong said helplessly.

"However, the current imperial court is a bit weak. This time the Qiang people in Liangzhou rebelled and invaded Chang'an, so they rushed to counterattack. Bingzhou and Youzhou were too far away from Luoyang and encountered barbarian invaders several times. They could only rely on the local defenders to resist them. However, as long as Lord Dong Zhuo becomes a Taiwei and Lord Lu Bu becomes a general, such trivial matters can be easily solved." Zhang Liao said confidently.

"Lieutenant? General?" Zhao Zhilong's eyes widened: "Is this what they are aiming for?"

"I guessed it," Zhang Liao smiled: "The Qiang rebellion has been put down. Instead of disbanding his troops and returning to his fields, Lord Dong Zhuo has focused on training and expanding his army. Is it possible that he can only continue to attack the Hu people who are invading other border states?"

Click, click, cross, cross, cross—Zhao Zilong was about to say something when he saw a "trapped" team in black helmets and black armor running neatly outside the camp. The leader was a tall and strong man with a single sword on his waist. , but his expression seemed a bit... honest. The general quickly turned over and jumped off the general platform, hiding in the shadows aside.

"How smart." Zhang Liao also turned over and jumped to hide, "If General Zhang Ke finds out, it will be a bit troublesome."

"Zhang Ke...your family?" Zhao Zilong asked softly.

"Hey, if you say that, the 'Great Master' and I are still the same family." Zhang Liao teased. As for the ancient allusion of the Zhang family's original surname Nie, there is no need to mention it to new friends.

"Haha..." Zhao Zilong smiled slightly awkwardly.

"You guys take a break here! Pack up your armor and weapons! Third town! Follow me!" After the team arrived at the barracks, General Zhang Ke's loud voice came over.

"What! I don't need to rest!" Some generals in the camp seemed to be persuading him to rest, but Zhang Ke immediately shouted and refused: "I must not give up before giving a blow to the 'Zhao Yun' who is coming today!"

"Your family?" Zhang Liao returned the original words to Zhao Zilong.

"Hey, he is waiting for Zhao Yun, what does it have to do with me, Zhao Zilong?" Zhao Zilong said in a strange tone.

"Well, I see that you are about the same age as me, so you must have no character. It is impossible to be named Zhao Yun and Zilong." Zhang Liao nodded.

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