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

Chapter 260: Zhou Qi joins the family

"boom!"

When Yan Yan heard what Zhao Wei said, he became furious and started to protest.

He drew his sword in his hand and shouted sharply: "Zhao Wei, do you want to rebel?"

Zhao Wei was afraid of Yan Yan's bravery and took a few steps back, saying: "Zhou Qi is not my king, and I am not Zhou Qi's minister. Where did he come from?"

Yan Yan's face was gloomy and he cursed: "I originally thought that you raised an army to rebel against Liu Zhang because you had the people of Yizhou in mind, but now it seems that you are just an ambitious person seeking fame and reputation."

"Do you know how much war and suffering Yizhou will suffer if we rebel like this?"

Zhao Wei said in a deep voice: "If Zhou Qi really trusts me, he will not personally lead the army to Yizhou."

"He didn't believe that I was there first, so I supported my own troops to protect myself. What's wrong?"

Yan Yan was furious, and immediately rushed towards Zhao Wei with his sword, hoping to capture the thief and capture the king first, and kill him first.

Zhao Wei was already on guard, and hurriedly threw the cup as a signal, and then suddenly retreated towards the door.

The cup fell to the ground, and Zhao Wei shouted sternly: "Where is the knife and ax hand? Take Yan Yan down quickly. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

It would be great if he could be said to surrender his Yan Yan and follow him to do great things together.

Otherwise, Zhao Wei would not care about the friendship with the same county, and planned to kill Yan Yan directly, collect all his troops, and then divide his troops into two groups to attack Chengdu and Bajun.

In Zhao Wei's view, if Yan Yan dies and Bajun's soldiers and horses are recruited by him, it will be easy to capture Bajun.

"Crash!"

As soon as Zhao Wei finished speaking, hundreds of swordsmen and axemen rushed in, all filled with murderous intent.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Wei suddenly became more courageous, pointed at Yan Yan and shouted: "If you are willing to surrender, my previous promise is still valid, otherwise Zhang Ren will be your end!"

Even though Yan Yan bravely defeated the three armies, he still felt desperate when he saw the swordsmen and axemen surrounding him.

He stared at Zhao Wei and shouted in a deep voice: "Where is Xu Yuanzhi?"

Yan Yan couldn't help but have doubts at this time.

According to Yan Yan's understanding of Xu Shu, if Zhao Wei had evil intentions, Xu Shu would not have discovered it.

It was precisely because he knew that Xu Shu was in Zhao Wei's army that Yan Yan boldly took hundreds of soldiers with him and dared to come to Guangdu County for the banquet.

Now that things have reached this stage, Xu Shu still hasn't shown up, which is unusual.

When Zhao Wei heard this, a smile appeared on his face and he said: "I know Yuan Zhi's talent very well, and I want to worship him as a military advisor to help me command Yizhou."

"However, he misses his old master and is unwilling to surrender, so he has been temporarily imprisoned by me."

"As long as I occupy the entire territory of Yizhou, I can go there in person to persuade Xu Yuanzhi to surrender."

When Yan Yan heard this, her heart sank to the bottom of her heart.

Xu Shu can be said to be Yan Yan's last hope, but now that Xu Shu has been imprisoned in advance, today may really become a dead end.

Looking at the swordsmen and axemen who surrounded him and stared at him, Yan Yan remembered the great general's regard for him, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and clenching the sword in his hand.

He planned to persuade Zhao Wei again.

If he insists on rebelling, then Yan Yan can only fight to the death and become the second Zhang Ren.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan immediately said in a deep voice: "Now the general is sitting in Jing and Yangzhou, and the people of Bajun are also attached to him. He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, thousands of generals, and countless advisers."

"Although Yizhou is dangerous and rich, there are Zhang and Lu in the north who separatize Hanzhong, and Bajun in the east is attached to Jingzhou. Many barbarians in the south are also difficult to control. There are still [-] Dongzhou troops in Chengdu waiting for danger."

"The general is rebelling at this time. Even if he can run rampant for a while, when the general leads his troops into Yizhou, he will be defeated sooner or later."

"At that time, your Excellency will not only let Yizhou suffer from the war, but also your head will be missing, and the whole family will be implicated. Why bother?"

"If the general can stop here, he will still be a great hero, and he will be granted the title of general, and he will be given the title of wife and son. Wouldn't it be worse than being defeated and killed, and the Manchus were wiped out?"

When Zhao Wei heard this, he laughed out loud and said: "Liu Zhang is weak and has lost all courage. If our troops approach Chengdu, he will definitely open the city and surrender. If there are [-] Dongzhou troops in the city, what should we fear?"

"If the general is willing to surrender, the troops of Bajun and Guanghan will fall into my hands without bloodshed."

"Even if the general does not surrender, I can kill the general's head and gather all the general's men, and then quickly occupy Guanghan County and Ba County, and prevent the Jingzhou army from Yizhou."

"As for the barbarians in Nanzhong, most of them have contacts with the eight major families in Nanzhong. I have good relations with many of the eight major families. If I promise high officials and generous salaries, Nanzhong can be settled."

"Now I have a lot of troops and great power. Who can kill me? Who dares to kill me!"

Having said this, Zhao Wei opened his arms with a look of arrogance on his face.

"You are a treasonous traitor. If I dare to kill you, I will accept my life!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Wei finished speaking, he heard a loud shout in his ears.

But Chen Shi suddenly drew his sword in his hand, pierced Zhao Wei's heart with it, then pulled out the blood-stained sword and kicked Zhao Wei to the ground with a look of shock on his face.

"Why, why!"

Zhao Wei covered his heart, which was constantly gushing blood, with confusion and disbelief in his eyes.

This sudden change also stunned the other rebel generals. Many of them drew their swords in panic and looked at the people around them with caution.

"Zhao Wei intends to rebel. I am going to kill him on the order of the general. If you don't put down your weapons, surrender quickly!"

When many rebel generals saw this, some were hesitant and afraid, while others were die-hard loyalists to Zhao Wei.

I saw Gong Yang stepping forward with his sword, pointing at Chen Shi and scolding: "You and General Zhao are from the same hometown. The general treats you as his confidant, but you killed your master and surrendered to the enemy. You are worse than a pig or a dog!"

Zhao Min was also furious and shouted at the swordsmen and axemen: "Chen Shi killed General Zhao, why don't you kill him quickly to avenge the general?"

However, what is shocking is that none of the hundreds of swordsmen who rushed into the house acted rashly, but all focused their eyes on Chen Shi.

Chen Shi sneered several times, stepped forward and beheaded Zhao Wei, then pointed at Gong Yang and Zhao Min and shouted: "Since you are so loyal, then follow Zhao Wei to hell!"

After saying this, Chen Shi suddenly waved his hand and hit the long sword.

Upon seeing this, the swordsman immediately rushed forward and chopped Gong Yang and Zhao Min into meat paste.

When the generals Li Jing, Wang Dan and Meng Biao saw this, they all turned pale and trembled with fear.

Chen Shi shouted: "Are you willing to surrender?"

The three of them hurriedly threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "We were deceived and coerced by Zhao Wei before, but in our hearts we are actually facing the general and are unwilling to rebel."

After speaking, the three of them cried bitterly and all accused Zhao Wei of being ambitious and crazy. He ignored the life and death of the people of Yizhou and insisted on establishing his own territory.Such a change made Yan Yan's face shocked, and he had no idea why a dead end suddenly became like this.

"Since the leader of the thief has been executed, you all have a heart to repent, and it has not caused a big mistake, so there is no need to worry too much."

"With the kindness of the general, I will not hold you accountable for today's crimes."

At this moment, a clear voice came from outside the door, and Xu Shu, wearing a green shirt, slowly walked in.

"Yuan Zhi, weren't you imprisoned by Zhao Wei?"

It wasn't until Xu Shu appeared that Yan Yan truly breathed a sigh of relief, his face full of surprise.

Xu Shu stepped forward, bowed deeply to Yan Yan, and said apologetically: "I will explain this to the envoy later. The most important thing now is to appease the military morale and eliminate the impact of Zhao Wei's death as soon as possible!"

Yan Yan suddenly woke up.

In this way, Xu Shu, Yan Yan, Chen Shi, as well as the surrendered Li Jing, Wang Dan, and Meng Biao, took the heads of Zhao Wei, Gong Yang, and Zhao Min, and first killed all Zhao Wei's confidants by surprise, and then Gradually took control of the army.

Xu Shu was still worried and asked Yan Yan to send a message to Huo Jun, ordering him to command [-] troops from Ba County to come to Guangdu and bring Wu Yi with him, so as to scare Xiao Xiao.

It wasn't until he completely took control of the army that Xu Shu explained the cause and effect to Yan Yan.

It turned out that Chen Shi had secretly taken refuge with Xu Shu.

When Xu Shu received the secret order from the general to test Zhao Wei, he began to discuss countermeasures with Chen Shi, and finally let Chen Shi use words to seduce Zhao Wei.

If Zhao Wei truly adheres to him, relying on Zhao Wei's merits, it will be a matter of course to become a marquis and a general.

In this way, Zhao Wei will be the first person under the general, other than Xi Zhicai and his son, to be granted a title of marquis.

In fact.

If Xi Zhicai had not died of illness and Zhou Qi had missed his old friendship and his past military achievements, I am afraid that no one would have been granted the title of marquis under the rule of Jingzhou to this day.

However, Zhao Wei's contribution was so great that it would be unjustifiable if he was not granted the title of Marquis.

It's a pity that Zhao Wei didn't stand the test and turned out to be really ambitious and intended to rebel.

In this case, Xu Shu took advantage of Chen Shi's relationship with Zhao Wei from the same county, and Chen Shi tried his best to persuade Zhao Wei to become independent, so he became Zhao Wei's confidant.

Even the swordsman ambushing outside this time was personally selected by Chen Shi.

In Zhao Wei's view, anyone could betray him, but Chen Shi would not, so he trusted the other party so much.

Unexpectedly, Xu Shu not only contacted Chen Shi's family because they were from the same county, but also secretly won over Chen Shi, and finally dug this huge hole for Zhao Wei.

From the moment Zhao Wei chose to rebel and stand on his own feet, his life entered a countdown.

As for keeping Yan Yan in the dark, according to Xu Shu's explanation, things were done in secret and words were used to reveal the failure. He was worried that if too many people knew, the news would be leaked, so he didn't tell the other party.

Although Yan Yan agreed with this statement, she still felt cold in her heart.

The general was suspicious of heroes like Zhao Wei, and even asked Xu Shu to turn his hands to make clouds and rain.

Yan Yan had no doubt that if he had chosen to surrender without knowing it because of Zhao Wei's persuasion, he would have turned into a headless corpse today.

The killing spree arranged by Xu Shu seemed to be just to test Zhao Wei, so why not test Yan Yan?
Apart from being frightened, Yan Yan also felt mixed emotions.

Worrying, of course, is because it is difficult to understand the thoughts of the general. From now on, he will serve as an official and should not have any unreasonable thoughts.

Otherwise, there is no telling what day he will be killed.

I am happy, naturally because I am not with the wrong person.

Although the general's move frightened people, it also showed his majestic attitude, and great things can be accomplished in the future.

Only this kind of monarch can make great achievements in troubled times.

If it were Liu Zhang, he would not even be able to restrain the Dongzhou people, and he would only be worthy of becoming a puppet in the hands of others.

It was not until Huo Jun and Wu Yi led their troops to Guangdu that Xu Shu and Yan Yan were completely relieved.

Xu Shu let Wu Yi regain control of the [-] Dongzhou Army, but asked Huo Jun and Yan Yan's generals to command the rest of the troops, and then stationed the troops in Guangdu County, quietly waiting for the arrival of the general.

On this day, a scout suddenly came to report that General Yan had commanded [-] troops and horses and arrived in Chengdu from Guanghan County. He asked Yan Yan, Xu Shu, Wu Yi, Huo Jun and others to lead their troops to meet him.

Ten miles from the east gate of Chengdu, Liu Zhang led Yizhou civil and military officials and brought Yizhou's household registration documents to personally greet the general Zhou Qi.

"Tap Tap!"

It was almost noon, and there was a lot of dust in front of us, and the flags were covering the sky and the sun.

Liu Zhang and Yizhou Civil and Military looked up, only to see an invisible army with bright armor, holding gleaming weapons in their hands, walking in neat steps towards the direction where they and others were.

At the front, under the sunlight, the big flag with the word "Zhou" fluttered in the wind and made a hunting sound.

The army is getting closer.

Wang Shang pointed to the man riding on the horse, and whispered to Liu Zhang beside him: "Your Majesty, the man wearing the golden helmet and armor, riding the maroon red rabbit horse, is the general himself."

Liu Zhang looked at the brightly armored and mighty Jingzhou soldiers and horses from a distance. He couldn't help but feel uneasy and worried about his future fate.

When Zhou Qi approached and restrained his soldiers and horses from marching, Liu Zhang hurriedly led his subordinates to hold the household registration documents of Yizhou counties in both hands. He knelt down on the ground and shouted: "The guilty minister Liu Zhang has offended the king." , to resist the heavenly soldiers, and please forgive me, General."

"I am now leading Yizhou civil and military forces and bringing household registration documents from all counties and counties in Yizhou to ask for surrender!"

At this time, Liu Zhang did not have the demeanor of the leader of a state, and he only felt uneasy in his heart.

Unlike the humiliation he imagined, he saw Zhou Qi dismounting from his horse, stepping forward to help Liu Zhang up personally, holding his arm and saying, "Ji Yu is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He inherited his father's business, and there was nothing wrong with occupying Yizhou. "

"However, in today's world, where heroes are separatist and traitors are everywhere, Ji Yu's generous character is a disaster rather than a blessing for the people under his rule. Sooner or later, Yizhou will be coveted by others."

"Gu was highly regarded by the late emperor and was entrusted with important responsibilities before his death. He had the ambition to help the country."

"Although I couldn't bear to seize Ji Yu's foundation, I also knew that the unification of the world was the general trend, and I couldn't bear to see the territory of the Han Dynasty being torn apart. That's why I rashly led the troops here. Please don't blame Ji Yu."

Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "The land of the world is inhabited by virtuous people. Since the general has received the imperial edict from the late emperor and has the ambition to help the country, as a member of the Han Dynasty, I should abdicate the throne and make way for talents to help the general!"

Liu Zhang did not expect that Zhou Qi would actually say such heartfelt words, and the anxiety in his heart also subsided a lot.

After Zhou Qi entered Chengdu, he first appeased Liu Zhang's family and ordered Liu Zhang to still wear General Zhenwei's seal ribbon, indicating that he was the Marquis of Fengyang County. He and his youngest son were moved to the Public Security Bureau, while the eldest son stayed with Zhou Qi as an official.

Although Fengyang was under the rule of Jiaozhou, Liu Zhang only had the name of county marquis, but he was still granted the title of marquis, and it could be passed down from generation to generation.

For such a surrendering monarch, Zhou Qi did not treat him badly.

　There are typos in the title, and the author can't change it. I'm sorry.
　　
　
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