The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

[This is an update from yesterday. I wanted to write more, but I didn't delete too much, so let's start with more than two thousand words. 】

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"Lieutenant, Huang Yan defected."

Xun Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said, "How did you know?"

"The lieutenant knew that I was from Huangyuling, and some villagers avoided going to the mountains to avoid rent and tax. Yesterday, at home, I heard from a young man in the village that there was a new group of bandits in the mountains.

"Or the same name?"

"I thought the same way at first, but after inquiring, no matter in appearance or height, this thief's head is no different from Huang Beard."

"The 'town boy' you mentioned has seen this thief's head named Huang Beard?"

"Yes, he has a clan brother now in the mountains. He was originally the leader of a group of thieves. Not long ago, he joined this thief leader named Huang Beard. He will go to the mountains to find his brother a few days ago. He has seen Huang beard."

Chen Wu explained in detail: His hometown, Huangyuling, is a mountainous area, where life is difficult, and the villagers are aggressive. In the past, people who could not bear the heavy tax pressure and simply fled into the mountains. In today's troubled times, more people have fled into the mountains. This "rural youth" ”’s clan brother is one of them. Although he was a bandit, the boy’s clan brother usually takes good care of the clan people. The mountain was covered by heavy snow a few days ago. Looking for him, he found that he had taken refuge with a bandit leader named Huang Beard.

Xun Zhen led the army to destroy Huang Beard. This young man in the village had also heard about it, so after learning that the leader of the bandits newly recruited by his clan brother was named Huang Beard, he secretly took a look at it. After returning to the village, he went to Chen Wu to report the matter.

After Chen Wu finished talking about what happened, he asked Xun Zhen, "Lieutenant, when Huang Beard was sent to the mountain to recruit his former troops, I remember that he did not go alone, except that he took a few of his cronies, the lieutenant. I also sent two capable righteous followers, I wonder if there is news about these two righteous followers recently?"

There has really been no news from these two righteous congresses for several days, and the last time they sent news was ten days ago.

Combining the words of the young man in the village and these two righteousnesses that have not been sent for ten days, it is almost certain that Huang Beard's betrayal is 90%, Xun Zhen's heart sank, and he said: "These two Righteous Cong is afraid that there will be more bad luck than good luck."

It doesn't matter if Huang Yan betrays or not. Xun Zhen thought about this issue when he sent him to recruit his old clique. Most of his old clique were annihilated or surrendered, and not many fled to the mountains. Even if he defected, he would not It will cause too much trouble, but it is a pity for those two capable and righteous followers.

Chen Wu was filled with indignation and said: "The yellow thief is a remnant of the Yellow Turbans. The lieutenant is not killed when he is defeated, and he is used as an official in the government. It is not bad to treat him well. Not only does he not know his favor, but he also rebels against the lieutenant. It is really unbearable! I would like to bring five hundred elite soldiers into the mountain to capture this traitor for the lieutenant, and pit this scorpion!"

Speaking of which, this was the first time someone had betrayed Xun Zhen, but Xun Zhen did not get angry about it, he smiled and said, "The sky is going to rain, and the wind is going to roll the tree, if he wants to betray, let him betray! It takes a little effort to capture him again in the future. What's the anger?"

Today is Zhengdan, but Chen Wu came out of the house immediately after learning the news, and rushed to Handan to report the news. A piece of loyalty that is more important than personal is worthy of recognition. Xun Zhen praised him a few words, so that the guards outside the house Dian Wei took a plate of silk and silk, gave it to him, and instructed: "I won't keep you for the Zhengdan festival. You will have some food in the house later, and then go home after you have rested. , If there is more news about Huangbeard, you don't have to come in person, just send a guest to deliver the letter to me."

"promise."

Dian Wei led Chen Wu out for dinner, and Xun Zhen summoned Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and Liu Bei, told them about the incident, and asked for their opinions. After discussion, Xi Zhicai and others have the same judgment as Xun Zhen on the consequences of this matter. They all believe that even if Huang Bear betrays, it will not bring big trouble, but even so, they still have to send someone to sneak into the mountains to inquire. Fan.

Xun Zhen handed over the matter to Xun You.

Zhengdan is the beginning of the year, it can be said to be the most important festival of the year. On this day, not only should we pay tribute to the emperor and officials, but also to congratulate teachers, old generals, clansmen, fathers and brothers, fathers and friends, according to the custom. Friends, relatives, and elders of the township party.

Xun Zhen was in Zhao County and was not in his hometown. His father, brother, relatives and friends, and the elders of the township party did not need to pay respects. However, as the "second-in-command" of Zhao County, he needed to pay tribute to the elders and celebrities in Zhao County to raise his reputation.

From the second day of the first lunar month onwards, he sent people to each county with the name "Congratulations on Zhengdan" written on them, and delivered them to the celebrities and senior citizens in each county, while he personally went to congratulate the gentry and villagers in Handan County. The old man also took time to go to the camp once a day to deepen his relationship with the righteous servants and the new soldiers.

Although it was hard work, the results were very good.

Some local nobility and elders had slandered him because of the previous grain collection, but they didn't care about him, but in the past few days of Zhengdan, they either sent people to send famous thorns, or visited the door in person to congratulate him. To be honest, he was so humble and restrained. It is extremely rare that the chief officials of the lowly corporal are very rare, and the slander of these gentry and elders against him has been dissipated, and the counties and counties are full of praise. Everyone wants face, and face is self-esteem to a certain extent, and Han people are especially self-esteem. Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, officials who were arrested and imprisoned and committed suicide because they did not want to be humiliated were all over the place, ranking first in all dynasties, which shows the strong self-esteem of the Han people. Xun Zhen condescended to condescend, and personally congratulated the people under his rule to congratulate Zhengdan, giving the local gentry and the elderly enough face, making them feel deeply respected by Xun Zhen, how could they be dissatisfied?

Zhengdan took a three-day rest, and in the afternoon of the third day of the first day, officials from other counties came back, Chen Wu, Cen Rong, Cheng Jia and others came from home one after another.

Chen Wu brought a new piece of news about Huang Beard: it was different from what Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and Liu Bei speculated. , plus his old ministries, now he has gathered four or five hundred people.

The first battle against Huangbeard was difficult, but the reason was that Xunzhen had no experience in mountain warfare. If it were placed on the plain, Xunzhen would have defeated Huangbeard within half a day, so to be honest, Xunzhen was not too fond of Huangbeard. I valued him, but I didn't expect him to be very famous in the mountains now. Many thieves took the initiative to defect to the attachment. They laughed in surprise and said, "You said that Huang Qian is very famous in the mountains?"

"That's right. Huang Beard has a reputation for bravery in the Yellow Turban Army. Although he was defeated by the lieutenant last time, he was defeated and not killed. Some members of the army also broke through and escaped. Compared with Zuo Xu, he is much stronger. When he returned to the mountains, he was mistaken by an outsider who did not know the inside story that he had escaped from the lieutenant's camp, so his name spread far and wide, and many small groups of thieves were famous for their investment.

Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Liu Bei, Handan Rong, Xuan Kang and others were also present~www.wuxiaspot.com~ looked at each other in dismay.

Liu Bei couldn't help but burst into laughter, and said to Xun Zhen, "Congratulations to the lieutenant, congratulations to the lieutenant."

"Zhengdan has passed, why did Xuande congratulate me suddenly?"

"Huangbeard was a defeated general under the lieutenant, but just because he didn't die in the battle, he was regarded as 'brave' by many bandits, and they even defected to depend on them, which shows the strength of the lieutenant's voice and the fear of the bandits for the lieutenant. It's easy to attack thieves in the future!"

Liu Bei was right. Huang Beard was considered "courageous" by many bandits just because he was not beheaded by Xun Zhen. It was not difficult to attack, but Xun Zhen never cared about these small bandits, and now he only paid attention to one person, Wang Dang.

Two days later, Xun You sent a scout who had been sent to the mountains to inquire about the situation and returned with specific news of Huang Beard's rebellion.

But it turned out: Huang Beard didn't take the initiative to betray. After he got to the mountain, he really worked very hard to recruit his old clan for Xun Zhen at first, but some of his old clan did not want to surrender, so he robbed him and forced him to defect to Xun Zhen. Zhen, saying that he was Yun Yun who escaped from the **** battle in Xun Zhen's camp, is also a rumor spread by his old ministries who were unwilling to surrender.

Liu Bei said: "So, this yellow beard still has some merits." He pondered for a moment, and then said, "Nevertheless, he cannot be allowed to grow bigger again. He has hundreds of desperate thieves under his command. Like, given time, maybe he will really be able to regain his momentum." He has just won a good reputation through Xingxian County, and when he is in a time of active excitement these days, he immediately asked for an order and said, "I wish to enter the mountain, Please fight this thief for the lieutenant!" (To be continued)