The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen left Yingyin and went to Yangzhai. It was only a few dozen miles away, but he walked for three days.

This is not because he is slow, but there are constantly young chivalrous men and young men from Yingyin townships and other counties coming to join the army along the way.

Xunzhen is a native of Yingchuan, whose name is Jiuzhen County. First, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the county relied on him for safety. Later, he joined the army Huangfu, went to Jizhou, and made great military exploits. In his early ten years, he was already a 2,000-stone official, and half of Shiyi County. He was about to fight again, and Yuan Shao and others took the lead. Yuan Shao's hometown, Runan, was next to Yingchuan, and the name of the Yuan family in Runan, Even the villagers, women and children of Yingchuan have heard about it, so long before Xun Zhen arrived in Yingchuan, there were already many young chivalrous men and young men who agreed to join him.

It was only after arriving in Yingchuan that Xunzhen did not stop in Yanxian, and when he arrived in Yingyin, and because of Xun Qu's death, he did not see outsiders for days. When Xun Zhen left the county, they all flocked to follow.

Not only the young chivalrous youth and the strong men of the county came to join the army, but also some scholars from the counties of Yingchuan also came.

Most of these scholars were those who had greeted him outside Yan County and Yingyin County. In fact, when they were in Yan County and Yingyin County that day, they wanted to join Xun Zhen's tent, but because Xun Zhen was not there. Yanxian stopped a lot, and when they arrived in Yingyin, they thanked their guests. They had no way to vote, and they could not recommend themselves, so they could only wait until now, and then they came to vote one after another.

As soon as Xun Zhen arrived in Yingchuan, before he could reach Yangzhai, he forced the prefect of Yingchuan away first. As soon as he left Yingyin, he got such a match between the people and scholars. It was because of his high reputation, but among them there were also Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Xin Ai, and others made campaigns and activities for him.

Although Xun Zhen deserves to be mourned, whenever someone comes to vote, he will keep his spirits up and meet them in person, and treat them very well.

Three days later, we arrived in Yangzhai.

At this time, Xun Zhen was surrounded by two or three thousand valiant warriors and more than thirty scholars from various counties.

Honestly speaking, it’s just a matter of literati who came to vote. There are many literati in Yingchuan. Which county doesn’t have a few surnames who have passed down scriptures and laws from the past? Back then, Xun Zhen was in Xixiang, but only in Xixiang there were about a dozen scholars from him. At present, there are only thirty or so scholars who came to vote in the whole county, which is not too many, and none of these scholars who came to vote was a Those who can save their names to future generations are mostly Chinese talents, which are not worth paying too much attention to, but Xun Zhen was quite surprised that there were as many as two or three thousand soldiers in the army in just three days. , He knew that with his fame, there would definitely be people who would join the army after arriving in Yingchuan, but he never thought that there would be so many.

Arriving outside Yangzhai County, Xun Zhen did not enter the city, and led the crowd to the barracks first.

This barracks was built just a few days ago with the help of Le Jin.

Xun Cheng, Xu Zhong, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Jia and others came out to greet him.

When Le Jin heard the news, he also came from the county.

Xun Zhen first asked Le Jin a few words about Yang Zhai's current military and political affairs.

Le Jin replied: "Although the prefect has his seal on his return, all the officials in the mansion, such as Cao Guojun and the superior officer Du You, have been involved in the affairs of the county for a long time. Now they are temporarily in charge of government affairs, and everything is in good order. Now that he has left the county, the soldiers of the county are safe and sound.”

"Prefect Li County, what is the reaction of the county magistrates?"

"The lord is well-known and famous, and all the people in the county are unwilling to accept it. Today, the army is in the country, and the foreign imperialist is against it. The county can't ask for it, and the chief officials have no response."

"I am leading the army to Yangzhai today, can the officials of the county government and the sergeants of the county have a discussion?"

"Everyone rejoiced and said that my county is safe."

Le Jin is shrewd and capable. After years of experience, he is more concise and concise, and can answer the questions that Xun Zhen cares about in just one or two sentences.

Xun Zhen admired his ability and asked, "Where is Kong Yuzhou now?"

"Just as I was going to report to the lord, Chen Guo lent him 2,000 soldiers. He has already left Chenjing. He just received his letter in the morning, saying that he was going to my county and ordered the prefect to greet him."

Kong Ni, a prefect of Yuzhou, was not qualified to let the prefect to greet him, but he took over the position of Huang Wan. Huang Wan left him a ready-made state soldier. He also asked for a lot of men and horses from various prefectures and states, with more than 40,000 people under his command. Although his name was a governor, he was actually no different from a state shepherd, so he called the prefect to go out to greet him.

"Ment the prefect to greet him?"

Le Jin replied, "Kong Yuzhou probably doesn't know about the prefect's return home with a seal, so there is an order."

"How does the county plan to arrange it?"

"There is no prefect in the county, how can I go out to greet you? The county government has discussed it, and there is no consensus. There is no conclusion."

Hearing what Le Jin meant, he didn't want to greet Kong Tiao. One mountain cannot hold two tigers. Xunzhen has already come to Yingchuan, and Kong Nian will come again. The two of them have troops and horses, and they will definitely fight for the first and second place. And one of them is a local native, occupying a favorable land. One is the shepherd of the state, who occupies the name. After this battle, it is difficult to determine who will win or lose. Therefore, Le Jin thought that it might be better to give Kong Yu a disservice.

Xun Zhen thought about it for a while, asked him for his opinion, and said: "Although the prefect has a seal on his return, Kong Yuzhou has this order, and the county must not ignore it. I would like to invite Guo Gongcao to greet him. When I raise troops to ask Dong, I have arrived first, and I know he is coming, so I have to send someone out to greet him..." He looked at the people in the tent, chose Xun Cheng, and said, "Zhong Ren will replace me. Let's meet Guo Jun together." He asked Le Jin, "Wen Qian, what do you think?"

When Xun Zhen's words were only halfway through, Le Jin understood his intention.

Calling Guo Jun to greet him, and Xun Cheng to greet him, seems to be paying homage to Kong Dian, but in fact he is giving Kong Dian a slap in the face: asking Guo Jun to go is to tell Kong Dian that the prefecture is under the control of Xunzhen, and calling Xun Cheng I went there to remind Kong Dian that Xunzhen was a native of Yingchuan, and that the Xun family was the Guan family of this county. In other words, that is to say, even though you Kong Ni is the shepherd of Yuzhou, Yingchuan is my home court, you can't compare.

It's just that this dismounting is much smarter than the dismounting that Le Jin thought of.

Yue Jin's method is too simple and rude, but Xun Zhen's method is a needle hidden in cotton.

Le Jin replied: "Master's method is good, just do it like this, and I will send someone to inform Guo Jun."

"No, you go back to the prefecture in person and discuss with Guo Jun."

Although they were colleagues with Xun Zhen in the past, and because of the activities of Xun Yu and others, Guo Jun, Du You, and Wang Lan tended to favor Xun Zhen between the prefect of Yingchuan and Xun Zhen, and they also agreed between Kong Dian and Xun Zhen. It will be biased towards Xun Zhen, but these people are not currently under Xun Zhen's account, so they can't be "arrogant", and they can't find anyone to send orders. respect for him.

Yue Jin understood what Xun Zhen meant and replied, "No."

Le Jin did not leave immediately, but asked Xun Zhen again: "When the prefect was here, Yangzhai was originally set to be the garrison of Kong Yuzhou, but now the prefect hangs his seal, Yuzhou is coming, lord, this garrison?"

"Since it's already set, there's no need to change it."

Yingchuan is such a big place, it is better to let Kong Nio be in front of him than to have his troops stationed elsewhere. Moreover, even if Xun Zhen didn't want him to be stationed in Yangzhai, Kong Ni, as the prefect of Yuzhou, had more than 40,000 people, and Xun Zhen couldn't force him.

Happy to promise.

After sending Le Jin away, Xun Zhen instructed Xun Cheng: "Go ahead and make some preparations."

Xun Cheng asked, "How many soldiers and horses should I bring to welcome Kong Yuzhou?"

"It doesn't take much, just choose a thousand elite soldiers, and then choose five hundred elite knights from Yulang."

The 1,500-paced cavalry is indeed not many, but since Xun Zhen said two "elite" in a row, the 1,500-paced cavalry selected will definitely be the most "elite" among the many men and horses under Xun Zhen's tent. of.

Soldiers are not many, but fine. There are 1,500 "elite" riders who followed Xun Cheng to meet Kong Dian. As long as Kong Dian is not stupid, if you think about it, you can see Xun Zhen's deep meaning: Although my soldiers and horses are not as many as yours, they can be as good as in combat. You are not necessarily stronger than me.

As Le Jin had expected, Wen Wu was first, Wu Wu was second, Kong Yu and Xun Zhen each had strong soldiers, one in the name and the other in the land, as long as they met, they would definitely sparkle. It is impossible to fight for a priority, not to mention, Xun Zhen has come here this time to ask Yuzhou to borrow food and weapons, and has the intention of plotting Yuzhou, this fight is even more inevitable.

Therefore, although Xun Zhen did not pay much attention to Kong Dian and despised him and did not know the strategy, but before the arrival of Sun Jian's troops, he still paid more attention, using both respect and demonstration, so as not to be attacked by Kong before he and Sun Jian joined forces. You have the upper hand.

Xun Cheng agreed and asked, "When shall I leave?"

"Let's see what the county says, when Guo Jun leaves, you can leave."

"promise."

Xun Cheng also went out of the account and went to prepare.

Xun Zhen asked Xi Zhicai, "Zhicai, has Wentai received a letter from the army recently?"

During the days when Xun Zhen and Xun You were not in the army, Xi Zhicai represented them in military affairs.

He replied, "A letter came yesterday."

"Oh?"

"General Sun said that he had already crossed Jiangxia County and entered Nanyang."

From Nanyang to the north is Yingchuan.

Xun Zhen said, "That's great." After a pause, she asked again, "There was no obstruction on the way, and nothing else happened, right?"

"no."

Hearing this, Xun Zhen felt relieved.

He studied in his previous life, and read that Sun Jian raised an army and went all the way north, killing the prefect of Jingzhou and the prefect of Nanyang successively.

He had long forgotten the names of the two killed people, but now he knows that one is Wang Rui and the other is Zhang Zi. In the original history, sitting idly by and watching these two being killed by Sun Jian would be bad for Sun Jian's reputation, and indirectly not good for Xun Zhen and Sun Jian's alliance. I wrote a letter to him, telling him to restrain his "chivalry" and not kill scholars.

It seems that Sun Jian listened to Xun Zhen's advice and did not take the opportunity to kill Wang Rui in revenge because Wang Ruisu despised him as a warrior. Now that he has arrived in Nanyang, Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, is in the same county as Xun Zhen, and Xun Zhen wrote to him in advance. He sent a letter to the letter, which said: "I and Sun Jian responded to Yuan Bohai's rise of troops. Sun Jian will arrive in your county in a few days. If there is a shortage of food on the way, please help me a little bit." In view of Xun Zhen and Yingyin's respect, Zhang Zi would not have refused to supply Sun Jian with grain as in the past, and Sun Jian would have been much more polite to him.

Seeing that Xi Zhicai seemed to have something to say, Xun Zhen asked, "But there is something else in the Wentai letter?"

"That's right. General Sun mentioned that as soon as he arrived in Nanyang, Yuan Shu, the rear general who was stationed in Luyang, sent someone to see him, asked him where he was going, and invited him to be stationed in Luyang. He said that he would like to go up to the court and to show General Sun."

"How did Wentai answer him?"

"General Sun said in the letter: He told General Yuan's envoy that he had made an agreement with Junhou to join Yingchuan, so General Yuan's kindness can only be accepted by heart."

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Almost all of the allied troops who were seeking Dong were from Yuan Shao's side. Yuan Shu was alone in Luyang, and he was alone, so it's no wonder that he would, as in the original history, put the abacus on Sun Jian's head again. ."

In the original history, Sun Jian joined Yuan Shu, first because Yuan Shu was also a descendant of the Yuan family, and second because he needed someone to supply him with supplies of food and equipment. Yingchuan's food was enough for him to raise his troops, so he naturally would not accept Yuan Shu's enlistment.

Xun Zhen was very at ease with Sun Jian. The two of them had a fateful friendship, and they even talked about marriage. Yuan Shu's promise was useless, so he just listened to it and asked a few questions. , not to mention it.

After discussing military and political affairs in the county, commenting on the people's style in the county, welcoming Kong Yu, and asking about Sun Jian, the next step is to talk about the important reason why Xun Zhen did not enter the county, but went to the barracks first.

Xun Zhen called Zang Hong, the captain of the left department, and Chen Dao, the captain of the right department, and said, "Have the armor and equipment of the Yingchuan arsenal been distributed to you?"

Xun Zhen's divisions, the front, rear, middle, and cavalry divisions are the main force in the field, with a lot of armor and weapons, the left and right divisions and the other divisions led by Liu Bei are second-line preparations. He didn't have any weapons either, so when he asked Le Jin that there was enough armor to arm 5,000 people in Yingchuan Wu's stockpile, he instructed Le Jin and the army to choose the best armor first. The front, rear, middle, and cavalry divisions were added, and the rest were distributed to the left and right divisions and the other divisions led by Liu Bei.

Zang Hong and Chen Dao replied: "My two divisions have each received 2,000 sets of weapons, and they have all been issued. Although they have not yet used the entire division, most of the soldiers are already armed."

"I will find a way to get it for you. There are a few urgent tasks that need to be handed over to the two of you immediately."

"Please show me the general."

"Wentai has arrived in Nanyang, and is about to enter Yingchuan. Uncle is here. Take your troops and rush to Jiaxian immediately, and divide your troops into your father's city to welcome Wentai into the country."

"promise."

"Ziyuan, our army has arrived in Yingchuan, and I don't know what the situation of Suanzao is. You bring your troops to the Changsha immediately, divide your troops into Yanling, and communicate with Suanzao."

"promise."

After answering the promise, Zang Hong asked a little strangely: "Ming Gong, although it is important to welcome General Sun to enter the country and communicate with Suanzao, it seems that there is no need to go with each other?"

In addition to the two or three thousand newly recruited Yingchuan chivalrous warriors, Xun Zhen's subordinates had a total of more than 16,000 people, while Zang Hong and Chen Dao had a total of 5,000 people, and they were divided into 5,000 people at once, just to welcome them. Sun Jianhe communicated with Suanzao, which was a bit strange.

Xun Zhen did not hide the fact that they were all his own people in the tent, and said: "Later general Yuan Shu is stationed in Luyang, although both are allied forces, our county must not be stationed at the border of the county; Kong Yuzhou is approaching, he is the prefect of Yuzhou, and With more than 40,000 people, what will you think about the arrival of our army, you and I can't know now, and we must guard against it."

Zang Hong and Chen Dao understood what Xun Zhen meant.

Luyang is in the northernmost part of Nanyang County, next to Yingchuan County, only 60 miles away from Fucheng County in Yingchuan County, and less than 100 miles away from Jiaxian County in the north of Fucheng County. , but the two of his brothers were at odds, and now Yuan Shu is rejecting Sun Jian again, whether he will do anything to "prosperity", Xun Zhen is not sure, so he must divide the heavy troops in Jiaxian, The father city, named Ying Sun Jian, was actually guarding the county boundary.

Changshe is in the northeast of Yangzhai, the two counties are bordering, and Yanling is in the east of Changshe. These two counties are the two northernmost counties in the east of the county.

Although it is the closest to Suanzao, Xunzhen's division of troops here is mainly to echo Yangzhai and form an antagonism with Yangzhai, so that he can gain a firm foothold before Kong Hao enters the county.

At the same time, Chen Dao was in Jiaxian and Fucheng, and Zang Hong was in Changshe and Yanling.

Although Xun Zhen was well received by the people of Yingchuan County, but the chief officials of the counties were all from other counties and prefectures. What would they think? Xun Zhen is not sure, there are two troops, Chen Dao and Zang Hong, who are divided into the south and east, and Xun Zhen sits guarding Yangzhai, deterring the west and north, so even if there are county magistrates who are inclined to the prefect of this state, it will not be translated. What kind of wind and waves, or dare not turn any wind and waves.

Of course, the two troops, Chen Dao and Zang Hong, are both new soldiers and have little combat power, but they are several thousand strong men, and now they are equipped with armor. Yuan Shu, who is also mostly a new soldier, is not a problem.

As for Kong Yu's approaching, he had more than 40,000 troops under his command, and Xun Zhen divided his troops at this time. Isn't it self-defeating? But it doesn't matter.

As a result, all the elites under Xun Zhen's account were left in Yangzhai by him. Although there were only more than ten thousand people, their fighting power was not necessarily inferior to Kong's more than 40,000 people.

Second, I already knew that Sun Jian's troops entered Nanyang and would soon arrive at Yingchuan. Although they did not kill Wang Rui and Zhang Zi, they were not able to annex their divisions. Sun Jian's troops this time were not as good as in the past. However, according to Sun Jian’s letter when he raised the army earlier, there were also more than 10,000 people. Xun Zhen and his joint troops were more than 20,000 people. In addition, the light chivalrous soldiers from Yingchuan came to cast in waves. If the total number of horses is less, there will be around 30,000, which is not much worse than Kong Yu’s men and horses. Moreover, Sun Jian’s minions are mostly veterans. When the two armies meet, their combat effectiveness will be far superior to Kong Yu’s. Contradictions and conflicts are enough to gain the upper hand.

"What needs to be done now..." Xun Zhen said in her heart, "The only two things are, one is to deploy in advance, to complete the deployment of the whole county before Kong Du enters the county, and to gain a firm foothold, and the other is to arrive at Wentai. In the past, I absolutely must not be disadvantaged in front of Kong Yu." Thinking of this, he said to Zang Hong and Chen Dao, "The two of you will go back to their headquarters, bring some food and grain, and go to the two places tomorrow."

Zang Hong and Chen Dao promised.

After talking about this, and talking about the newly recruited Qing chivalrous warrior, Xun Zhen pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Zhong, "Jun Qing, where are A Deng and Bo Qin?"

Xu Zhong replied, "Everyone is in the department."

Liu Deng and Jiang Qin are now both in Xu Zhong's department, and each is the Marquis of Qu Jun.

Xun Zhen said, "Go and call them two."

Xu Zhong promised to go out of the military tent, went to find Liu Deng and Jiang Qin, and quickly brought them over.

Liu Deng and Jiang Qin were inexplicable, not knowing why Xun Zhen suddenly asked them to come over.

Liu Deng thought to himself, "Could it be that Dong Zhuo has been kidnapped again?"

He resisted his temper, and after bowing to Xun Zhen with Jiang Qin, he jumped up and said loudly, "General, but Dong Zhuo's thief has sent troops to attack again? You don't need the general to go there in person, just give me two soldiers and horses. I can call him back and forth!"

Xun Zhenrao was in a bad mood because of Xun Qu's death. Seeing Liu Deng's belligerent attitude and shouting from the tent, he couldn't help but smile and said, "A-Deng, I won't give you two men and horses. I'll give you a horse, how about it?"

"Ah?" Liu Deng was stunned, puzzled by Xun Zhen's meaning, not knowing how to explain it, and muttered, "There are six divisions in the army, each with a captain, where can there be another one for me? Is the general making fun of me? "

Jiang Qin heard this, but his heart moved, and he said: "Give Liu Deng a team? When I came here, I heard Junqing say that Junhou has recruited thousands of brave men to join the army on the way to Yangzhai, isn't it? "

Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Zang Hong, and Xin Ai were among the six commanders appointed by Xun Zhen in Guangling and one of the Sima Zhong, either originally sitting on top of Jiang Qin, or they were relatives of the Xun Zhen clan, or As a general of Guangling, Jiang Qin had nothing to say about it, but Chen Dao also "earned" a position as a commander of the department. Chen Bao, who did not even follow Xun Zhen out of the county, although he did not have the name of a commander, led the army to sit in Guangling. The county boundary seems to have a role to play, but he, Jiang Qin, didn't even get the Sima of the individual ministries. Department, promoted to captain, he was ecstatic.

He pricked up his ears, and when he heard Xun Zhen said: "I have met thousands of strong men on the way to Yangzhai, all of them are from your hometown, I want to divide it into two parts, and you and Uncle Qin will lead them both. ,...Isn't this just giving you a troop?"

Jiang Qin was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "I will definitely live up to my position as a general."

Liu Deng was reluctant. He said: "If it is such a 'one', the general might as well keep me under Junqing's account as a military waiter."

"But why?"

"The new cast members of this generation don't know the army formation, and no matter how many people they are, they can't bring them into battle. It's better for me to bring this song to the battle."

Liu Deng was violent and did not like to bring new recruits.

Xun Zhen smiled and said to the left and right: "I gave him a team and promoted him to be a captain, but he would instead be a military commander, ... Well, Deng, if you don't want to, I will give this team to someone else. "

What Liu Deng said just now was the truth. Now that he heard that Xun Zhen was going to give this new army to others, he didn't regret it at all. Fu Bai said, "Thank you, General."

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Thinking of it, Xun Zhen ordered Liu Deng to go back, and told him to call Gao Su and Feng Gong.

After a while, Gao Su and Feng Gong arrived.

Xun Zhen immediately handed down the appointment.

Gao Su and Feng Gong, unlike Liu Deng, have no objection and are overjoyed.

Gao Suxing was arrogant and domineering, and often boasted. When he saw Xu Zhong and others in Guangling, they each got the post of a school captain. It was his turn, but he respected Liu Dengyong because he knew that it was far inferior, but he didn't care at all, and he was so excited that he almost danced in front of Xun Zhen.