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

Chapter 123 The Butterfly Effect, the Counselor's Death

in the county government.

Looking at the information sent by the scouts, Zhao Qian couldn't help laughing out loud.

He raised the letter in his hand, and said: "Zi Yi is really as good as a knife, and Peng Tuo, the leader of the Yellow Scarf in Runan, was so angry that he died!"

When everyone heard the words, they all showed surprise.

Zhao Qian continued: "Not only that, Huangjin Qu Commander Gong Du was at odds with Huang Shao, so they each led their troops to withdraw. The two brothers He Yi and He Man had no choice but to lead their troops to retreat."

"The Runan Yellow Turban is gone!"

The county magistrate said hurriedly: "Since Peng Tuo is dead and the Yellow Turban bandits have fallen apart, this is the best time to regain the entire territory of Runan."

"In my opinion, we should take advantage of the victory to attack, first destroy Xihua, and then wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits throughout Runan."

The county lieutenant and the others also nodded in agreement, obviously feeling that the Yellow Turban Army's doom was over, and they were all gearing up to make contributions.

Even Sun Jian, who had not recovered from his injuries, couldn't help but feel a little eager to try at this time.

In the battle of Runan, Zhou Qi can be said to be shining brightly.

Although he, the commander in chief of the army, has achieved great success and fame, compared with him, the rest of the people seem a bit overshadowed.

So did Sun Jian.

Looking at the excited crowd, Zhou Qi's eyes moved slightly, and he didn't pour cold water on everyone, but remained silent.

After the excitement, Zhao Qian set his sights on Zhou Qi.

"Ziyi is willing to make another contribution and wipe out the remaining Yellow Turbans in Runan for me?"

Zhou Qi bowed and said: "Thanks to the envoy's great love, Qi should try his best to help."

"However, I was recruited by General You Zhonglang. On the way, I encountered yellow turban bandits besieging Zhaoling, so I violated the military order and temporarily helped the envoy."

"Runan Yellow Turban is no longer a climate, so that you can gradually wipe it out."

"However, the Yellow Turban bandits in Yingchuan are rampant. The officers and soldiers are besieged in the Changsha and cannot make meritorious deeds. Zhou Qi can't just sit idly by."

"Someone wants to lead troops to Changsha to help General You Zhonglang."

"I have failed to live up to the envoy's esteem, and I hope that the envoy will not blame me!"

Hearing the words, Zhao Qian stepped forward to hold Zhou Qi's hand, and sighed: "The overall situation in Runan has been settled, but Ziyi is not greedy for merit. Instead, he wants to go to Yingchuan where the battle is difficult, which shows his loyalty and patriotism."

"Lead your troops away now, and I will pacify the Runan Yellow Turban myself."

"I also want to write a letter to the court to show Ziyi's merits."

Zhou Qi bowed again, and said: "I will never forget Shijun's love!"

Hearing this, Zhao Qian smiled and stroked his beard, but secretly sighed in his heart: "It's such a pity that such an outstanding person as Zhou Ziyi has become a disciple of the Yuan family."

He intends to bring Zhou Qi under his command, but it's not easy to poach Yuan's corner, so he can only sigh secretly.

After Zhou Qi thanked Zhao Qian, he came to Sun Jian's side and asked, "I want to go to Changshe. I wonder if Brother Wentai will stay in Runan for the time being, or follow me to Yingchuan."

Before Sun Jian could answer, he saw Cheng Pu and the others cast their gazes over in unison, their eyes full of anticipation.

The so-called general is the courage of soldiers.

Zhou Qi was courageous and resourceful, and Cheng Pu and others felt very happy following the battle. They all wanted Sun Jian to follow Zhou Qi to Yingchuan and continue to make contributions.

Sun Jian looked at the expressions of the four people, but his heart sank slightly.

He came here to gain military exploits, but unfortunately, he was seriously injured by the thieves' tricks, and he has not recovered until now.

During this period, Zhou Qi led Cheng Pu and others to defeat the strong with the weak repeatedly, killing all directions.

On the other hand, Sun Jian has always recuperated in the county seat, and his credit is not as good as the four generals under his command.

Those in high positions are most afraid of the weak master and the strong minister.

If Cheng Pu and others continue to make contributions, their official positions may be higher than Sun Jian's in the future. How can he have the face to recruit more people to follow?
And looking at the appearance of the four of them, Zhou Qi is also highly respected.

If they continue to follow Zhou Qi to Yingchuan, they might be poached at some point.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian was determined to stay in Runan, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qian said at this time: "Since Ziyi is determined to leave, he must leave some family property for me, the prefect of Runan."

"Although Peng Tuo is dead and the Yellow Turbans are scattered, there are still not a few Yellow Turban bandits in Runan."

"Whether it is Sun Wentai's brave strategy or his rebel army, they are all of great use to me, so let's stay in Runan for now."

"Besides, Sun Wentai's injuries are still unhealed, so it's inconvenient for a long-distance march, isn't it?"

Seeing Zhao Qian save himself from the siege, Sun Jian hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness, so I will stay in Runan for now."

Seeing this, Zhou Qi just smiled and didn't say much.

After he bid farewell to everyone, he led his soldiers and horses and headed straight for Changsha.

On the way, Zhou Qi couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "If Sun Jian follows me to Yingchuan, he may still have a chance to make contributions."

"This time he chooses to stay in Runan, not only will he no longer have the possibility of making contributions, I am afraid that even Cheng Pu and others will eventually be recruited by Zhao Qian."

He knew that Zhao Qian was wary of Sun Jian.

This time Zhao Qian took the initiative to keep Sun Jian. In addition to really needing the other party's subordinates, he probably also wanted to suppress the other party.

After shaking his head, Zhou Qi no longer thought about anything else.

Although Sun Jian was famous in the original history, he had no backing and foundation and could not be compared with the current Zhou Qi.

There is no need for Zhou Qi to care too much about Sun Jian.

But before Zhou Qi left, he still had one thought about Zhao Qian, that is, he didn't tell him that there was an expert in the Yellow Turban Army in Xihua County.

At the beginning, Sun Jian almost fell into the sand in Xihua, and Zhou Qi could also feel the opponent's difficulty.

When he was drinking with Huang Shao before, he had asked about information about the Xihua defender in a roundabout way.

What makes Zhou Qi feel strange is that even Huang Shao, the Chinese commander-in-chief, does not know the true identity of General Xihua.

He just knows.

The other party has always lived in seclusion, so Peng Tuo highly valued him, even when he came out occasionally to meet everyone, he would cover his face.

Zhou Qi was puzzled, but secretly guessed that the identity of the other party was not simple, and it was very likely that he came from a wealthy family.

It’s no wonder Zhou Qi made such a guess.

The ultimate beneficiaries of this Yellow Turban Uprising are the aristocratic families. If it is said that these people are not behind it, no one will believe it.

There are many aristocratic families in Runan, but they did not suffer a devastating blow in the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Such a strange thing cannot guarantee that it will not arouse suspicion.

In addition, that person lives in seclusion and does not show his true face to others, which is also full of doubts.

Zhou Qi didn't remind Zhao Qian that besides not wanting to offend the family behind the Yellow Turban Uprising, he also wanted to see what the other party wanted to do.

But he didn't know that after the news of Peng Tuo's death reached Xihua, the mysterious Xihua guard disappeared.

He didn't know that in the original history, without Zhou Qi's appearance, Peng Tuo had already defeated Zhao Qian in Zhaoling County, and defeated the entire army of officers and soldiers in Runan.

Even so, Peng Tuo did not go to Yingchuan and Bo Cai's division joined forces to defeat the Yingchuan officers and soldiers, and then attacked Luoyang.

The reason why Peng Tuo behaved so strangely was because he was influenced by that mysterious man.

The mysterious people and the forces behind them could allow the Yellow Turban Army to rampage in the early stage, but they did not allow the situation to get out of control.

These things, along with Peng Tuo's death and the disappearance of the mysterious man, were covered up in the long river of history.

Long Club.

Both Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were besieged here by Bo Cai.

In this Yellow Turban uprising, apart from Zhang Jiao in Jizhou, Bocai was the most powerful and had the most Yellow Turbans under his command.

The Yellow Turbans were so powerful, coupled with Zhu Jun's defeat in the first battle, the officers and soldiers were terrified, which led to the Yellow Turbans' arrogance.

With the strength of the officers and soldiers, it is no problem to defend the Changsha, but they are always besieged by the Yellow Turban Army. Huangfusong and Zhu Jun also feel angry.

The morale of the officers and soldiers is also getting lower day by day.

The two were besieged, the capital was shaken, and the emperor urgently ordered Cao Cao to lead five thousand troops to rush to the Changshe.

In Changshe City.

Huangfusong summoned the generals and said: "The officers and soldiers are afraid of fighting, and the bandit army is so powerful that they are invincible."

"After the heavy rain, the weather became hotter and hotter. Bocai didn't know the art of war, so he set up camp based on grass. Now there is a strong wind, and I want to attack the enemy with fire. What do you think?"

After hearing this, all the generals felt that this plan was feasible.

Huangfu Song then ordered the generals to prepare fire starters in advance and prepare to burn the Bocai camp tonight.

Inside the Yellow Turban Barracks.

Bo Cai looked at the battle report in his hand, his expression becoming increasingly ugly.

He called his trusted general Du Yuan and asked in a low voice: "Has that gentleman done anything unusual recently?"

Du Yuan hurriedly said: "Sir, there is no abnormality."

Bocai walked out of the tent, seeing the sudden strong wind, a stern light flashed in his eyes.

He returned to the tent and told Du Yuan: "Send someone to leave the camp secretly, don't leak the news, and don't let that person know."

Du Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he asked, "Shuai Qu is Mr. Doubt?"

Bo Cai squeezed the letter in his hand, and said coldly: "The behavior of this person before is indeed somewhat suspicious."

"He used the hot weather as an excuse to persuade me to build a camp based on grass. Since the soldiers under his command really couldn't bear the heat, I could only follow his words."

Having said that, Bocai tremblingly raised the letter in his hand.

He said dryly: "But he didn't tell me how to deal with the officers and soldiers if they use the tactics of attacking with fire."

"I don't believe that Mr. Yi has the wisdom to fail to take this into consideration."

Du Yuan took the letter, and after reading the contents, he couldn't help shouting: "Peng Shuai was set on fire by Anfeng County Magistrate Zhou Qi with 500 people to kill most of the soldiers and horses, and he was utterly outraged by a letter from the other party. died."

"Gong Du and Huang Shao were fighting among themselves, and the Runan Yellow Turban broke up in a frenzy."

"How could this be?"

"How could this be!"

Bocai is indeed a mighty soldier. He didn't expect to be attacked by fire because he was worried that his soldiers would be tortured by the hot weather.

In fact.

Bocai first defeated Zhu Jun, and then surrounded Huangfusong, causing the officers and soldiers to panic, their morale was low, and they dared not go out to fight.

After winning consecutive battles, Bo Cai became a little proud and complacent, and did not take the officers and soldiers into consideration.

He didn't think that the officers and soldiers had the courage to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.

But with the bloody lesson learned by Peng Tuo, Bo Cai had to be extremely cautious.

He quickly thought of the mysterious gentleman who once urged him to form a camp based on grass to protect his soldiers from the summer heat, and he immediately became suspicious.

Bo Cai looked at his Du Yuan and said in a deep voice: "Do you know why I want to break camp secretly?"

Du Yuan nodded with some fear.

There was a cold light in Bo Cai's eyes, and he said: "It's windy today, if the officers and soldiers want to attack with fire, they will definitely do something tonight."

"I led the soldiers under my command to ambush at night and wiped out the officers and soldiers who attacked at night."

"Let Pei Yuanshao lead the yellow turban warriors to pretend to be officers and soldiers to go to the city, and they will definitely take down the Changshe in one fell swoop."

Having said that, Bo Cai looked at the direction of the gentleman's tent, and said in a low voice, "If the man has not left the tent until the officers and soldiers set fire to it, you will take him away."

"If he evacuates early, he must have evil intentions. You know what to do."

Having said that, Bocai's face showed a stern look, and he swiped his palm in the air, making a gesture of wiping his neck.

Du Yuan understood and took the order to leave.

In the camp, a scribe who was not tall and a little fat suddenly felt a little palpitation.

"Why do I have a bad feeling?"

This scribe was the one who secretly helped Bo Cai, and Bo Cai was the only one in the Yellow Turban Army who knew his true identity.

He paced back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back and said to himself: "It's windy today. When the officers and soldiers see the Yellow Turban Army forming camp on grass, they will definitely use fire attack tactics."

"I stay in the camp, fearing for my life, I should leave immediately."

"As long as this is done, you don't need to be a mere official in the county anymore!"

Thinking of this, the scribes thought of a way out.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt a figure shaking outside. He became suspicious and walked out of the tent to check.

"what?"

A strange color flashed in the scribe's eyes.

He turned around and looked at the yellow-turban warrior guarding the door, and asked, "People are coming and going in the camp, what's the matter?"

The yellow turban wrestler replied respectfully: "It's just a normal transfer, isn't it like this these days."

Hearing this, the scribe still had some doubts in his heart.

He rolled his eyes and said, "I have something to see Qu Shuai."

The yellow turban wrestler laughed dryly and said: "Commander Qu is busy with military affairs, I'm afraid he won't have time to meet with you sir."

The scribe's heart sank, and the ominous feeling became stronger.

Forcibly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, he smiled and said, "It's too stuffy in the tent, I want to go out for a walk."

The yellow turban wrestler heard this, with a smile on his face, but he still refused: "Commander Qu has ordered that Mr. has a special status, and it is inconvenient to expose it to others, so please continue to stay in the tent."

Seeing the other party's half-smiling expression, the scribe's heart has completely sunk to the bottom.

He turned around and returned to the tent, thinking to himself: "I should have not shown any flaws, why is the attitude of the yellow turban warrior guarding the gate a bit wrong?"

At this time, Du Yuan, who was hiding outside the camp, showed his head and gestured to the yellow scarf warrior.

The other party understood, and shouted to the scribes in the camp: "Don't blame, sir, it's really Commander Qu who has ordered it long ago, and I dare not disobey the military order."

"If you really feel stuffy, I will take you out to get some fresh air after all the soldiers go back to the camp to rest at night."

"I don't know what sir thinks?"

The worried scribe in the room raised his brows slightly when he heard what the Yellow Turban Lishi said, and said inwardly, "Could it be that I'm thinking too much?"

The words of the Yellow Turban Lishi can be said to be in the hands of this person.

Why did he want to leave the camp? Wasn't it because he was worried that the officers and soldiers would attack the camp at night and he would be implicated.

If you can go out for a drive at night, you can take the opportunity to avoid the disaster.

Thinking of this, the person immediately said: "In that case, let's go out at night."

Du Yuan heard the scribe's words, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.

"Tonight, give him one last chance."

"I just hope that you won't disappoint Qu Shuai!"

It was night, and there was a strong wind.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led an army and brought fire starters, preparing to burn the Yellow Turban camp.

However, Pei Yuanshao led three thousand yellow scarf fighters early and put on the clothes of officers and soldiers.

He saw with his own eyes Huangfusong and others moving towards the direction of the Yellow Turban camp, but he did not reveal his whereabouts, but went straight to Changshe.

As for Bo Cai himself, he led the elite Yellow Turban Army and quietly ambush not far from the camp, waiting quietly.

Inside the camp.

The scribe walked out of the tent, and said to the yellow-turban Lishi at the door, "It's getting late, I'm going to go outside the camp to cool off."

The Yellow Turban Lishi hurriedly said, "Let me accompany you, sir."

The scribe didn't say no, but secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The two of them walked outside, during which the scribe secretly looked at the camp, but frowned slightly.

"Why is the camp so quiet tonight?"

The Yellow Turban Lishi said with a smile: "It was very hot the past few days. The brothers didn't have a good rest and were physically and mentally exhausted. Tonight, a strong wind finally blew up, and it was much cooler. I must have gone to bed early."

Although the scribe felt that something was wrong, he also felt that what the Yellow Turban Lishi said was not unreasonable, so he continued to walk outside.

The two left the camp.

Feeling the gust of wind blowing towards his face, the scribe turned his head to look in the direction of the Yellow Turban barracks, and couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth.

After the two left the camp, the scribe suddenly said, "Oh, my stomach hurts, maybe I ate something bad at night."

"Just wait here, I'll come as soon as I go."

After speaking, the scribe didn't wait for the consent of the Yellow Turban Lishi, so he clutched his stomach and went into the nearby woods.

He turned around and saw that the yellow scarf warrior had not caught up with him, so he was completely relieved and ran straight towards the other direction of the woods without stopping at all.

"Sir, where are you going?"

Just when he was about to run out of the woods, a voice frightened him so much that his liver was about to tear apart.

He hurriedly looked up, but saw Du Yuan who was coming with more than a dozen yellow scarf wrestlers, holding their knives.

The scribe was horrified in his heart, but he still forced his composure on his face and said: "I went to the woods to use the toilet and went in the wrong direction."

"But I don't know why Qu Shuai is here?"

Du Yuan raised his knife and approached the scribe step by step, and said in a cold tone: "I've already given you a chance, but unfortunately, just as Qu Shuai guessed, you really have evil intentions."

The scribe was shocked and already somewhat lost his bearings.

He forced himself to calm down and said: "I am loyal to Marshal Bo, why would he say this?"

"Die!"

Du Yuan did not continue to talk nonsense, and directly slashed at the scribe with his sword.

The scribe turned pale in shock, and shouted: "Let me see Shuai Qu, I have something very important to tell, which concerns the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers!"

Now, in order to save his life, he even planned to inform Bocai about the officers and soldiers' preparation for a night attack.

"puff!"

However, Du Yuan's saber did not weaken, and directly chopped off his head.

This counselor who had a good reputation in history died early under Zhou Qi's butterfly effect.

Du Yuan stepped forward and mentioned the head of the scribe, and said coldly: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it underground!"

　Guess who he is.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)