At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 117
On the battlefield, two generals will fight against each other.

Out of trust in their own commander, the Yellow Turban Army thought that they would be able to kill the officers and generals, but they never thought that this would be the result.

After the shock, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army dropped drastically. They looked at Dian Wei and Xu Chu with expressions of horror on their faces.

On the other hand, the officers and soldiers who were charging forward were all very excited at this time, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Li Gan and Wang Hui, who had high hopes from Peng Tuo, were instantly turned into headless corpses, causing chaos in their area.

He looked at the unstoppable Zhou Qi and the others, and at the situation above the city wall, which was once again at an impasse, he gritted his teeth and said, "Ming Jin withdraws!"

city ​​wall.

Under the guard of Juncheng, Zhao Qian finally boarded the city wall.

Seeing that the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they continued to advance under the leadership of the county lieutenant, forcing back the yellow scarf fighters who killed the top of the wall again, Zhao Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Be careful, sir!"

At this moment, a yellow turban wrestler spotted Zhao Qian and rushed towards him with a knife.

Jun Cheng was shocked when he saw this, and was about to stop Zhao Qian, but he was pushed away without thinking.

I saw Zhao Qian pull out the sword from his waist and shouted sternly: "Although I have read the books of sages and sages, I have also practiced the six arts of a gentleman since I was a child. I will stop the thieves and bandits myself!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Qian actually advanced instead of retreating. He straightened his sword and killed the yellow scarf warrior.

"Clang clang clang!"

Only a few sounds of metal and iron clanging could be heard, and Zhao Qian felt his tiger's mouth go numb, and he almost couldn't hold the saber in his hand.

He knew that he was not as strong as the Yellow Turban Warrior, so he stopped fighting with him immediately, but used his superb swordsmanship to deal with him, but he couldn't match him, he saw the opening and pierced the Yellow Turban Warrior's throat with his sword.

"puff!"

Zhao Qian drew out his saber, and because of his inexperience, his face was covered in blood from the spatter.

He just wiped the blood on his face, raised the sharp sword in his hand, and shouted: "The reinforcements have arrived, the thieves can be defeated overnight, please follow me to kill the enemy!"

The officers and soldiers, the private soldiers and slaves of the major families, saw a scribe in the prefecture who could kill the yellow turban wrestler with a sword, and they were immediately aroused with blood in their hearts, shouting and rushing towards the nearest yellow turban wrestler.

The living space of the Yellow Turban Army in the city was compressed again.

"kill!"

Zhao Qian killed one person and did not stop. He actually picked up a bow that fell on the ground, then bent the bow and shot arrows at the yellow scarf warriors.

"Puff puff!"

Zhao Qian's archery skills were extraordinary and he was sure to hit every shot. He quickly killed three people in succession. This move greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers.

However, after shooting arrows three times in a row, Zhao Qian suddenly felt his arms sore, and some blood flowed from the finger that was holding the string.

Zhao Qian felt the pain coming from his fingers and knew that shooting without a trigger finger would not last long. He immediately dropped the bow and arrow in his hand and continued to kill the Yellow Turban Army with his sword.

It was under the leadership of the county guard Zhao Qian that the yellow scarf warriors with extraordinary fighting ability began to retreat steadily.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

I don't know how long they had been fighting, but Zhao Qian already felt a little exhausted. Suddenly, he heard the sound of ringing gold, and saw the yellow scarf warriors receding like a tide.

Those yellow scarf warriors who had no time to retreat eventually fell into a pool of blood, which was a heavy loss.

Seeing this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but feel refreshed.

He hurriedly came to the top of the city and looked down, and saw a group of officers and soldiers, led by a banner with the word "Zhu", heading towards the direction of the Yellow Turban Army commander.

He couldn't help but said in surprise: "Could it be General You Zhonglang who is leading the troops?"

When Zhao Qian was excited, he prepared to open the city gate, let the soldiers in the city rush out, and attack the officers and soldiers outside the city back and forth, completely defeating the Yellow Turban Army.

However, the county lieutenant appeared in time and advised: "After a long fierce battle, the soldiers are already tired. Although they can barely defend the city, if they are ordered to go out of the city to pursue the Yellow Turban thieves, they may not be able to catch them."

"I think there are not many officers and soldiers outside the city. If we rush out of the city at this time, we will definitely be defeated when the Yellow Turban bandits come back."

After hearing this, Zhao Qian regained his sense a little, then looked at the invincible officers and soldiers outside the city, and murmured to himself: "Who is the commander of these support troops?"

However, after Dian Wei and Xu Chu killed the two Yellow Turban Qu commanders, Zhou Qi led the officers and men under his command to kill in the direction where Peng Tuo was. Assistance to relieve the danger of Zhaoling.

The Yellow Turban Army lost its momentum and retreated steadily.

Peng Tuo looked at Zhou Qi and the others who were getting closer, and listened to the thundering sound of war drums. He couldn't figure out how many officers and soldiers there were, but he was still timid in the end, and began to call for money to withdraw the troops.

The sound of Mingjin sounded, and the Yellow Turban Army who attacked the city retreated like a tide.

Huang Gai persuaded: "The vigor of the bandit army has lost, we just take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill the enemy's head!"

The rest of the people are also gearing up, wanting to make contributions.

Zhou Qi looked at the retreating Yellow Turban Army, then looked at Zhaoling County, where there was no movement, and immediately shook his head and said: "We have made a little contribution by killing the Yellow Turban bandits by surprise."

"However, the bandits are outnumbered, and the Yellow Turban Army's formation is not in disarray. If we still advance lightly at this time, when the main force of the bandit army returns to help, we may be surrounded by the bandit army."

"Pass our military order, stop attacking, approach the city wall of Zhaoling, and avoid encountering the retreating Yellow Turban Army!"

Cheng Pu looked at Zhou Qi's arrangements and couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart: "At the beginning of the battle, all the generals were afraid of the Yellow Turbans. Only County Magistrate Zhou defied everyone's opinions and decided to attack the Yellow Turbans with surprise troops."

"Now that the battle has been quite successful, everyone is gearing up to show off their skills. Only County Magistrate Zhou still has sense and resolutely ordered the troops to withdraw."

"Don't give up lightly when encountering difficulties, and be willing to face difficulties; make achievements without being greedy, and know when enough is enough."

"This person will achieve great things."

Let alone Cheng Pu's secret sigh.

But it was said that Zhou Qi and his 2000 men, after avoiding the retreating Yellow Turban Army, withdrew in the direction of the city wall.

As the saying goes, advance when you hear the drum, retreat when you hear the gold.

Although Zhou Qi and others were not far from the retreating Yellow Turban Army, both sides had a tacit understanding and did not encounter too many troubles.

Standing on the high ground, Peng Tuo, who was commanding, hadn't seen the whole picture of Zhou Qi's soldiers until now. Immediately, he became a little annoyed and said, "There are only more than two thousand officers and soldiers, and they are bluffing to intimidate me."

"Order people to beat the drums and continue to attack the city!"

Seeing that Peng Tuo had been dizzy with anger, he hurriedly persuaded him: "The general will not raise troops out of anger, and the most taboo is to change the order overnight. Since Commander Qu has ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops, if he beats the drums and ordered the soldiers to attack the city at this time, I am afraid that the soldiers will be defeated." Complaints will also affect Qu Shuai's prestige."

"Since we know that there are only more than [-] officers and soldiers as reinforcements, we will rest well tonight and wait until tomorrow to attack the city again."

When Peng Tuo heard this, his anger subsided slightly.

city ​​wall.

Zhao Qian lay panting on top of the battlements, watching the Yellow Turban Army receding like a tide, showing a relieved expression.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes were attracted by the officers and soldiers galloping towards the city wall.

Thinking that this team had saved him and Zhaoling County, Zhao Qian's body, which was already very tired, once again burst out with astonishing strength.

He ordered to the left and right: "Open the city gate and let the friendly troops enter the city!"

But the magistrate hastily persuaded: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, you should first ask the identity of the person who came, and then open the gate of the city before it's too late."

Although Zhao Qian felt it was not necessary.

But after thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to follow Jun Cheng's suggestion.

After Zhou Qi and others came to the city, Zhao Qian shouted loudly to the people below: "Who is coming, and where are the soldiers?"

Zhou Qi got off his horse and cupped his hands to Zhao Qian on the city wall, "My lower officer, Anfeng County Magistrate Zhou Qi, Zhou Ziyi, was enlisted by General You Zhonglang to lead the county soldiers and rebels to go to Yingchuan to destroy the Yellow Turbans."

"In Xihua, a certain Sun Wentai, the commander of the auxiliary army, happened to be fighting with the Yellow Turbans, so he helped them kill the Yellow Turbans and then joined forces."

"I never thought that a certain soldier arrived in Zhaoling County and learned that the county guard was besieged here, so he led the troops to help."

Zhao Qian couldn't help but look happy when he heard this and said, "What's the proof?"

Zhou Qi took out his seal from his bosom, raised it above his head and said: "This is the seal of the lower official. If you don't believe me, you can use a hanging basket to pull it up to the city wall to have a look."

For Zhao Qian's prudent move, Zhou Qi not only didn't feel bad, but rather appreciated it.

War is not a child's play, one must be cautious, Zhao Qian's actions are in compliance with the regulations, so at least he can avoid being scammed by the Yellow Turban Army.

It didn't take long for the seal to be delivered to Zhao Qian.

After Zhao Qian read the seal, he hurriedly ordered: "It is true that the county magistrate of Anfeng is under the city, so hurry up and open the city gate, don't let the friendly army feel cold!"

"Crench!"

"Crench!"

The gate of the city had long been completely blocked by various debris, and the officers and soldiers in the city spent a lot of effort to open the gate.

While Zhou Qi was waiting at the foot of the city, he observed the Zhaoling County city wall, but his heart sank because the city wall was too dilapidated, obviously due to years of disrepair.

It is not realistic to rely on this city wall to block the Yellow Turban Army.

Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Zhou Qi prepared to lead his troops into the city to meet Runan prefect Zhao Qian.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the city, a middle-aged man grabbed his arm.

"You are Zhou Qi and Zhou Ziyi?"

Zhou Qi looked at the blood-stained Runan prefect who had blood stains on his face, and hurriedly said: "Zhou Ziyi of Peiguo, I pay my respects to the envoy."

Regardless of official position, fame or background, Zhao Qian is far above Zhou Qi.

So it was reasonable for him to salute like this.

However, Zhao Qian pulled Zhou Qi and said with a smile: "I have heard that Zhou Ziyi in Peiguo is different, loyal, filial, brave, wise and trustworthy. I thought it was just a false praise, but seeing it today, it really deserves its reputation."

Zhou Qi heard the words, but panicked and said: "Do you know Zhou Qi's name, too?"

Zhao Qian said with a smile: "Yang Fangzheng, Gai Yuangu, and Yuan Zhouyang are three people. Fang Zheng is harsh on people, Yuan Gu has a noble temperament and doesn't easily praise others. Zhou Yang has a high position and power, and his eyes are like torches."

"Zi Yi can be praised by these three people, how can I not know your name?"

Zhou Qi suddenly realized what he said.

Although Yang Qiu has been dead for several years, he still caused a big storm in Luoyang. Before his death, he regretted not listening to Zhou Qi's words, which also made Zhou Qi famous.

As for Gai Xun's praise, it really put Zhou Qi in the eyes of the nobles and made him famous.

Yuan Zhouyang was the former Sikong Yuan Feng, the biological father of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the leader of the Yuan family in Runan. The reason why Zhou Qi was able to serve as the county magistrate of Anfeng was also thanks to Yuan Feng's mediation in the court.

These three people are all celebrities in the world, how many people valued Zhou Qi, even though he stayed in Anfeng County for several years, he was still not forgotten.

Zhou Qi hurriedly said humbly: "It's a mere name, what a shame!"

Zhao Qian said: "If Ziyi had not led the troops to help today, Zhaoling might have been lost. In this way, I would have betrayed the great trust of the imperial court."

Zhou Qi said humbly: "This is not the work of Qi alone."

"In addition to the thousand soldiers led by a certain army, there are also thousands of troops under the command of Zuo Jun Sima Sun Wentai. If it weren't for their help, this certain would not dare to lead troops to attack the Yellow Turban army."

When Cheng Pu and others heard this, they all raised their heads, expecting to be rewarded by Zhao Qian, the prefect of Runan.

Regardless of the fact that they will all be well-known generals of the Eastern Wu in the future, but now they are only part of Sun Jian's command. Even Sun Jian himself has no official establishment, let alone Cheng Pu and others.

Zhao Qian turned around and asked, "Where is Sun Wentai?"

Cheng Pu went forward and bowed his hands and said: "The former fan fought with the Yellow Turban Bandits in Xihua, and the Zuojun Sima was unfortunately injured. Because of the serious injury, it was difficult to keep up with the marching troops, so he stayed behind to recuperate."

"Oh."

Hearing this, Zhao Qian just made a perfunctory sentence, ignored Cheng Pu and the others, and pulled Zhou Qi into the city.

Seeing this, Cheng Pu and the others looked at each other with expressions of displeasure on their faces.

Huang Gai had a bad temper, and when he saw Zhao Qian walking away, he couldn't help but said: "We risked our lives to come to help, but when he heard that Sima was seriously injured and recuperating, he didn't comfort him with gentle words, instead he was so perfunctory, it's really deceiving!"

Cheng Pu and the others also looked unhappy, but considering the difference in identities between the two parties, they could only hide their anger in their hearts.

Zhou Qi also felt that Zhao Qian's attitude was a bit wrong, but now that there were many people with mixed eyes, it was difficult to persuade him.

But it said that Zhao Qian and Zhou Qi had finished washing, and they were eating in the county office.

Zhou Qi hesitated for a while, but still said: "The four under Sun Wentai's command are all extremely brave, their righteousness is as high as the sky, and they took the risk to lead the troops to help, so why don't you speak comforting words to reassure people's hearts?"

Zhao Qian looked at Zhou Qi and asked, "Does Ziyi think that I treat them so differently because of Sun Jian's family background?"

Zhou Qi said hurriedly: "Qi didn't mean this."

Zhao Qian pondered for a long time and suddenly sighed: "Since the Yellow Turban bandits swept across the prefectures and counties, people in the world have been moved, and many people with different aspirations have begun to expand their ambitions."

"What is his status as Sun Jian?"

"Before, I was only a county captain, but I was able to gather a thousand people in such a short period of time, and also recruited minions like Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, and Han Dang. What is your intention?"

It has to be said that Zhao Qian's words can be described as murderous.

The Romance portrays Sun Jian as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but in fact he is a proper careerist. When he sees an opportunity, he desperately climbs up, gets the Jade Seal of Chuanguo but hides it privately, which shows that he has a different ambition.

If it weren't for the current chaos in the world, the imperial court allowed local privately recruited rebels to crusade against the Yellow Turbans, and Sun Jian could be convicted just because he secretly recruited trilogy.

It was precisely after Zhao Qian saw this that he had such an attitude towards Sun Jian's trilogy.

When Zhou Qi heard this, he worshiped in fear: "The lower official also recruited thousands of people in a short period of time. Does it make you think that someone has different ambitions?"

　I'm a little stuck. I haven't had acupuncture in the past two days because of rain, and my shoulder hurts badly. I'll just make this chapter 4000 words long.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)