Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 586
"General, something is wrong!" Han Qiong was in a daze when he saw a general rushing into the account and said loudly: "Then Huang Zhong suddenly brought soldiers and horses outside the camp, claiming to see the general."

"Understood." Han Qiong got up slowly, sighed and said: "You wait to guard the camp, I will go out to meet him alone."

"General, if that Huang Zhong is against you..." a general worried.

"Then you all surrender." Han Qiong said a little tiredly. Once the army was defeated, even if he returned to Yuan Shao's side, it would be useless. Thinking about Zhang He's situation, he might be accused of collaborating with the enemy.

Moreover, Guangzong fell, his own army was wiped out by Gao Shun, Chu Nan's siege of Li Yang and Chaoge was completed, and the Jizhou Army's north-south contact was completely cut off, and they could not return. In fact, the ending was already doomed.

He asked his personal guards to wear armor for himself, straddled his horse, and rode the horse out of the gate, but saw the Black Mountain Army led by Huang Zhong in the distance, and only Huang Zhong was waiting in front of the camp. Under the night, Huang Zhong saw He looks energetic, just like himself ten years ago.

"Old general, Mr. Huang is being polite!" Huang Zhong clasped his fists at Han Qiong and said, "Judging from the general's expression, he should know what happened."

"Good means, I don't want this old man to fight for his whole life, but suffer such a big defeat at the end." Han Qiong sighed and said with a lonely face.

"It's not the general's fault that the battle has been fought to this day." Huang Zhong looked at the veteran who was older than himself, and said with emotion: "Old general, you and I have lived all our lives. There are some things that we should be able to see through. Today I won't say whether Yuan Shao is the master of the Ming Dynasty, or how good my lord is, but in terms of the current situation, the general has done his best, and the one who killed Yuan Shao is not my lord, let alone my subordinate, but God's will, since the fate is so, The general trend has been achieved, the veteran has done his best, and now Yuan Shao's general trend is over, why do you go against the trend with this crippled body?"

Han Qiong looked at Huang Zhong, shook his head and smiled and said, "This old man has come to this point, and I don't want anything else, but I want to leave a good reputation, so that future generations will not be able to lift their heads up."

"This is wrong!" Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. The general has done his duty as a minister, why should he pay for it with his life? My lord and Yuan Shaozhi Controversy, in the final analysis, is just a dispute between princes, not for national righteousness, and the loyalty of generals is really foolish loyalty!"

"Furthermore, under my lord's command, the generals who have surrendered are like the princes across the river, which one has a bad reputation?" Huang Zhong said seriously, "Does the general have children and grandchildren? Does the general only want to be loyal to Yuan Shao, but he doesn't want to see his children and grandchildren get married? "

At Han Qiong's age, not to mention sons, grandsons already have sons. Although the Han family is not a big family, they are also a family of generals in Jizhou. It is a lie to say that they don't want to enjoy family happiness for a few days. The more he pursues a full house of children and grandchildren.

Han Qiong was silent.

"The general should also live for himself. My lord has always been kind to the generals. The general should know this. Besides, the general should know about Yuan Shao and Zhang He. Even if he sends the general back, Yuan Shao can really treat the general well. Accountability for the defeat? If the family is implicated because of this, why bother the general?"

"Don't say it anymore." Han Qiong sighed, looked at Huang Zhong and said, "The last general is willing to surrender! But there is one request!"

"General, please speak!" Huang Zhongsu said.

"First, if there is a decisive battle with Duke Yuan, I am sorry that the veteran will not be able to take action against Duke Yuan; second, the veteran hopes that after this battle, the blood of Duke Yuan can be preserved and not cut off." Han Qiongsu said.

"The first is easy to say. My lord will never force others to make things difficult. As for the second, I'm sorry I can't make the decision. How about the general follow me back to Yecheng and ask the lord face to face?" Huang Zhong said seriously.

"Okay!" Seeing that Huang Zhong didn't directly agree, Han Qiong was relieved. If he directly took care of everything, Han Qiong would not be able to trust him.

At the moment, Han Qiong asked the camp to open the door to surrender. Since the battle has been fought, Han Qiong’s troops have been defeated all the way, and their morale is not high. In addition, now that Yecheng has been destroyed, people are in panic. Now that Han Qiong chooses to surrender, most people feel relieved The feeling of breath.

After incorporating the surrendered army, Huang Zhong sent someone to inform Gao Shun that Gao Shun would take over Guantao. Han Qiong had surrendered. Gao Shun's next task was to block the north-south connection of Jizhou, and Huang Zhong took Han Qiong and the surrendered army back. Yecheng returned to Chunan.

Yecheng, the General's Mansion.

After Huang Zhong came back, it was already the third day after Han Qiong surrendered.

"Don't worry, old general, I'm not a bloodthirsty person. If this battle hadn't been for Mr. Yuan's aggressiveness, there wouldn't be today's battle. The eldest son Yuan Tan and I are still close friends. Not to mention, even if we miss the old relationship, we will never fight." I won't do anything to him, even if Yuan Gong is willing to surrender, I will never kill him!"

With Yuan Shao's pride, most likely he would not surrender.

Han Qiong sighed secretly, bowed to Chu Nan and said, "So, the last general will thank the lord on behalf of Duke Yuan."

"The old general doesn't need to be too polite." After being bowed by the other party, Chu Nan stood up and helped him up, "I have something, I want to ask the old general for help."

"My lord, please tell me." Han Qiong clasped his fists and said.

"Zhang He Zhang Junyi, I heard that he learned how to use a gun with the old general?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.

"Well, the old man is quite old. Most of the generals in the army have been on-demand. Junyi is very talented. He has learned from the veteran for three years, but his marksmanship is a family tradition. The veteran only ordered him to let him go less. Some detours." Han Qiong nodded, as the oldest general in the Jizhou Army, his official position may not be the highest, but most generals have to call him a teacher.

"A handsome talent, I love him very much, but it's a pity that after leaving Yuan Shao, he has lived in seclusion and has nothing to do, can the old general recommend it for you? Whether he succeeds or not, the old general will be credited." Chu Nan laughed.

After winning Han Qiong, he was not in a hurry to attack Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, but first took the benefits he could get now.

"How dare you be greedy for such trivial matters." Han Qiong said quickly.

"It may be a small matter to the general, but to me, it is a big general." Chu Nan stood up and said with a smile, "This is a big matter!"

"Okay, I don't know when the lord will be free, but I will take the lord to find Junyi." Han Qiong clasped his fists and said.

"I'm free now, please let the old general lead the way!" Chu Nan laughed.

so urgent?
Han Qiong sighed at Chu Nan's attitude towards talents, and immediately took Chu Nan and Huang Zhong out of Yecheng, walked eastward for about [-] miles, and found a villa.

"This is Junyi's home in Yecheng. His ancestral home is Hejian. After he joined Yuan Gong, he brought his family to Yecheng and bought a property here." Han Qiong explained to Chu Nan as he walked.

This can be regarded as the Zhang family's clan being locked up. Chu Nan nodded in understanding, and followed Han Qiong all the way to a mansion.

"Teacher isn't fighting on the front line, why are you here..." Zhang He was pleasantly surprised to see Han Qiong, but his expression changed when he saw Huang Zhong.

"The old man was defeated, and now he has joined the lord." Han Qiong sighed, looked at Zhang Xi and said helplessly.

"The teacher is here to capture me?" Zhang Yun took a step back and said shyly.

"Not at all." Chu Nan said with a smile, "I'm just here to visit General Zhang, no offense intended, if General Zhang doesn't want to see me, I'll leave right away, and I won't bother you!"

"This is..." Zhang He looked at Chu Nan. He was obviously the youngest of the three, but he gave Zhang He the feeling that he was the one who made the decision among the three. Although he was young, he was imposing, even with a gentle smile. However, there is always a sense of oppression in Gu Panjian, which makes people dare not look directly at it.

"Chu Nan, the general should have heard about it." Chu Nan laughed.

"Chu... Lingjun?" Zhang Yun's eyes were fixed.

"I've been walking all the way, my mouth is dry, the general doesn't want me to wait in, can you give me a bowl of water?" Chu Nan asked with a smile.

"Please, sir!" Zhang He moved away sideways with complicated eyes, made a gesture of invitation, welcomed the three of them into the house, and ordered the servants to serve drinks.

"Thank you!" Chu Nan looked at the surrounding environment and said with a smile: "I have also heard about the general, do you have any plans in the future?"

Zhang Yun's eyes were a bit complicated. He didn't expect to see Chu Nan for the first time in such a friendly atmosphere. He shook his head when he heard the words, looked at Chu Nan and said, "There is something I want to ask Ling Jun at the end."

"A matter of rumors?" Chu Nan laughed.

Zhang He nodded: "But what did you do?"

"Well, I ordered people to take a walk." Chu Nan nodded: "As an opponent, is there something wrong with doing this?"

Seeing Chu Nan admit it so frankly, Zhang Yun didn't know what to say, and said for a long time, "Ling Jun is a hero in the world, how could he do such a conspiracy?"

"First of all, I am not a hero. I have already told many people. Secondly, this is a war. At that time, Yuan Shao and I were enemies, and the general was the only remaining general around Yuan Shao. I tried to drive a wedge between the ruler and his ministers. What is wrong with that? ?This strategy is considered common among any princes. Under my rule, there are still many rumors about my father-in-law’s power and falsehood. They should be written by Yuan Shao. If it is malicious, these rumors are even more vicious. "Chunan looked at Zhang Yun and said.

Fighting with etiquette, and even notifying the other party before the battle, is the rule of the nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period, don't say anything noble or mean, war has never been noble, the war itself will always bring pain and misfortune, so It is unreasonable to ask the enemy to abide by propriety, righteousness and shame on the battlefield.

If Chu Nan followed the so-called rules and manners of a gentleman in everything he did, it would have been impossible for him to grow from a mere merchant to the current state where he has the power to overwhelm the world.

"If Yuan Shao believes in you, the general doesn't have to care about these rumors at all, but if he doesn't believe you, the result is the same whether there are these rumors or not. It's just that these rumors give him an excuse." Chu Nan looked at Zhang Yun and sighed: "You I'm a person with blood on my hands, the general wouldn't be so naive, would he?"

Zhang He nodded bitterly, he understood the truth, but it was still a little uncomfortable to be said so bluntly by Chu Nan.

"The general is white now, and Yuan Shao personally drove you out, so I came to the south today to sincerely invite the general to join me. Don't worry, the general will not attack Yuan Shao. I can guarantee this. I don't know what the general intends. How?" Chu Nan looked at Zhang He and smiled.

What else could it be?

If it was just Han Qiong who came to persuade him, Zhang Yun might not agree, even if the relationship between the two parties is good, but Chu Nan came to the door to invite him personally. In Chu Nan's current capacity, it is already enough sincerity to invite him. If Zhang He really has no intention of official career That's all, but Zhang He is still young, so he is naturally unwilling to live in seclusion in the mountains all his life. Chu Nan expressed his sincerity, and Zhang He is now white again, so naturally he has no reason to refuse.

"Willing to serve the Lord!" After a moment of silence, Zhang He saluted Chu Nan.

Chu Nan smiled. With Han Qiong and Zhang Yun who have great influence in the Jizhou army, although they can't deal with Yuan Shao, they can deal with Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan. It can be broken!

(End of this chapter)