Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Zhang Yan felt very sad. Why did she always encounter such bad things?

I, Chu Feiyan, have been active in the martial arts world for so many years. I was once a well-known figure, and it would not be an exaggeration to even say that I was a overlord. Why have I been so unlucky in the past two years?

Seeing that the government troops were coming towards them in an overwhelming manner, with their numbers about twice as many as his own, and the crazy Xiliang soldiers vowed to take his and Guo Tai's lives, he couldn't even fight and retreat in this situation.

But I couldn't bear to let him abandon so many brothers and escape alone.

At this time, Mrs. Guo next to her shouted, "Fuck him!" and then turned her horse and ran back.

Zhang Yan, who was still hesitating, gritted his teeth and turned around to run for his life.

"Gentlemen, we will defeat the bandits today, kill them!" The government troops had already arrived. Zhu Jun threw away his horsewhip, pulled out a ring-handled sword, raised it into the air, and shouted loudly.

"Kill!" The officers and soldiers rushed over like a tsunami.

"To catch a thief, we must first catch the leader. I will go to capture Zhang Yan!" Fang Yue waved the spear in his hand and rushed towards Zhang Yan.

"Leave Mrs. Guo to me!" Hao Meng rushed towards Mrs. Guo.

The government troops were already approaching them. Zhang Yan and Guo Tai were the first to flee. The Xiliang army saw no hope of revenge and had no desire to fight again, so they almost collapsed at the first blow.

The Black Mountain bandits and the Xiliang Army fled in all directions, and the government troops chased them like a flock of sheep.

The government troops had been blocked in Huai County for dozens of days and were almost going crazy. Seeing such a good opportunity to kill the bandits, no one was willing to let it go, and they fought bravely and rushed to the front.

Those running all over the mountains and plains are their military merits. Anyone who doesn’t seize such a great opportunity is a fool!

Zhang Yan and Guo Tai were caught up in the fleeing army. Although they were riding horses, they could not run at all.

Guo Tai was in even worse condition. He had galloped all the way from Yewang City to Huai County. He was exhausted and had almost no time to rest before he started to kill Xu Rong and fight against the Xiliang soldiers. At this moment, he could clearly feel his horse trembling all over.

Zhu Jun had been staring at the two bandit leaders, Zhang Yan and Guo Tai, with hatred gritting his teeth. When he saw that the two were about to escape, he immediately asked the messenger beside him to point the flag in the direction of their escape: "Anyone can give up, but you can't let these two bandit leaders escape! Concentrate all your efforts, and whoever captures Zhang Yan and Guo Tai will be rewarded with ten thousand gold coins!"

"A reward of 10,000 gold will be offered to anyone who captures Zhang Yan and Guo Tai!"

"A reward of 10,000 gold will be offered to anyone who captures Zhang Yan and Guo Tai!"

When the bounty order was issued, morale was high, and all the soldiers shouted the reward of 10,000 gold coins and rushed in the direction indicated by the flag.

thump!
Guo Tai was galloping when his horse suddenly stumbled and threw him off the horse. He rolled several times on the ground. He was already exhausted and fell so hard that his eyes rolled back and he almost passed out.

However, before he could catch his breath, countless panicked feet stepped on him.

The Baibo bandits have been destroyed, and the place is full of Black Mountain bandits. They don't care about Guo Tai's life or death. Besides, escaping is the most important thing now, and many people fell to the ground. Many people didn't care that the person under their feet was Guo Tai, the once powerful rebel commander.

Mr. Guo wanted to struggle to get up, but before he could straighten his back, countless feet stepped on him.

He only felt a blackness in front of his eyes, knowing that he might end his life here, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Once upon a time, hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, full of heroic spirit, and even vowed to capture Luoyang and dethrone the dog emperor. But now, he is about to be crushed like mud.

"Haha, the military merits of that old thief Guo Tai are mine, no one can snatch them from me!" Hao Meng laughed and galloped over on his horse.

He had been staring at Guo Tai, and when he saw him fall off his horse, he suddenly became excited, urged his horse forward, leaned sideways, swung his knife and chopped off Guo Tai's head, then grabbed his hair, raised it high, and shouted loudly: "The bandit leader Guo Tai is dead, why don't you surrender quickly!"

But the thieves were still running for their lives, completely ignoring Hao Meng's shouts.

Hao Meng wondered, is the tactic of capturing the leader first not working anymore?

Little did he know that this place was full of Black Mountain bandits, and the White Wave bandits had become history. How could killing Guo Tai make the Black Mountain bandits lay down their weapons and surrender?

Hao Meng was furious and hung Guo Tai's head on the saddle. He continued to charge, following closely behind Fang Yue and chasing Zhang Yan. "I just don't believe that chopping off Zhang Yan's head won't scare you rebels?"

Fang Yue brandished his steel spear like a dragon fighting the waves. Every time the cold light flashed, it brought out a stream of blood. The Black Mountain bandits who were blocking his horse were stabbed to the ground one after another by him.

However, these disorderly fleeing soldiers also slowed down his pace in catching up with Zhang Yan.

Seeing that the distance between him and Zhang Yan was getting bigger and bigger, Fang Yue became anxious, so he hung up his gun, drew his bow and arrow, and shot for a full moon.

But then there was a whoosh sound and a crossbow arrow flew past and headed straight towards Zhang Yan.

Fang Yue glanced and saw Hao Meng holding a crossbow. He thought, wow, Hao Meng has already chopped off Guo Tai's head, does he still want to snatch Zhang Yan from me?
Without caring about anything else, Fang Yue released the bowstring, and the arrow shot towards Zhang Yan's back like a meteor or lightning.

Zhang Yan was running for his life when he suddenly heard the whistling of golden wind behind him. His long battle instinct made him sense that something was wrong, so he quickly turned around and struck out with the spear in his hand.

He accurately knocked a crossbow arrow away, but before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, another long arrow flew towards him immediately. It was too late to block it, and he could only dodge sideways as much as possible.

Poof! An arrow hit the shoulder socket.

Zhang Yan was already in a half-leaning posture, and was in a panic. Moreover, they did not have a high saddle and stirrups for support. The huge inertia of the arrow immediately shot Zhang Yan off his horse.

Fortunately, the arrow was not fatal. Zhang Yan got up and quickly mounted his horse with the help of his subordinates.

However, Fang Yue arrived in just a moment's delay.

"Stop him!" Zhang Yan shouted loudly.

Immediately, a young general came to meet Fang Yue.

However, Hao Meng also caught up, bypassed the two people who were fighting, knocked down several Black Mountain bandits in succession, and went straight for Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight back with the spear in one hand.

After only a few rounds of fighting, there was a scream from the side, and the little Qu Shuai was stabbed to the ground by Fang Yue.

"Hao Meng, Yan Zei is mine, don't steal my credit!" Fang Yue shouted, and rushed over with his gun. "Haha, do you still need to divide the credit between you and me on the battlefield? Whoever gets it first gets it. I fought Yan Zei first, so that's my credit!" Hao Meng laughed while attacking.

If Guo Tai and Zhang Yan both died in his hands in today's battle, then his contribution would be huge. It would not only be a matter of reward, but also of promotion in rank. How could he get such an opportunity for promotion normally?

"Okay, since you want to snatch it, let's see who can get it!" Fang Yue was furious. He responded with his mouth, but his hands did not slow down at all. He shook the tip of the gun and stabbed towards Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was almost laughing out of anger. Do you two think you can take advantage of me?

However, when he looked around, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He saw that the Black Mountain brothers were no longer around, and several small generals who wanted to come to the rescue had been killed on the spot, while the government troops were swarming over him.

His fighting power is only slightly stronger than Fang Yue's. Now he can only control the weapon with one hand, and his fighting power is greatly reduced. Moreover, he has to face the joint attack of Fang Yue and Hao Meng at the same time. After a few rounds, he is overwhelmed and full of loopholes.

puff!
He was not paying attention and was stabbed in the left rib by Fang Yue, while Hao Meng's sword hit the horse's leg at this time.

Zhang Yan fell to the ground with his horse.

He looked up, and wherever he looked, he saw Fang Yue's steel gun flashing with a cold light, getting closer and closer to his head!

"Leave him alive!" A loud shout suddenly rang out.

That was Zhu Jun's voice.

The tip of Fang Yue's gun was just against Zhang Yan's throat, and Hao Meng's sword almost hit the tip of his nose.

"Yan thief, you have no regard for the court's grace, you have been evil, you have repeatedly rebelled and become a thief, now that you are about to die, what else do you have to say?"

Zhu Jun stepped forward and sneered, "I will show you a way out. If you tell me the location of the Black Mountain bandits' lair and order them to surrender, I will ask His Majesty for mercy. If His Majesty is merciful, he may spare your life. Otherwise, hehe... this day next year will be your death day!"

Previously, Zhang Yan had accepted the court's amnesty and was appointed an official. However, when he saw the court's corruption and incompetence and the chaos in the world, he rebelled again and fled to Heishan to become a bandit.

Zhang Yan's mouth was bleeding. He knew that the situation was hopeless and that he would have no chance of survival after this defeat. Instead, he became more calm and sneered, saying, "Hehe, officials are good at confusing right and wrong. Why do we become thieves? Aren't we forced to do so by you dog officials? Besides, we only bring disaster to one side, while the unjust court officials bring disaster to the whole world. The court is the biggest den of thieves in the world!"

"Shut up! You still dare to quibble when death is imminent!" Zhu Jun shouted, "How many innocent lives have the Black Mountain bandits killed in the past few years! How many innocent families have they destroyed? Don't you know? What's even more abominable is that you killed the Queen Mother, a crime that is unforgivable! Since you still don't repent when death is imminent, you can only wait for the death penalty to be imposed on you!"

“Hahahaha… hypocritical!” Zhang Yan laughed loudly and said, “Empress Dowager Dong was not killed by our Black Mountain brothers, but by the officers and soldiers who were responsible for escorting her. Hahahaha, the dog emperor killed his own mother! This is the court you are so foolishly loyal to, hahahaha…”

Zhu Jun was shocked, Fang Yue and Hao Meng beside him were also shocked, and the three of them looked at each other.

"What nonsense!" Fang Yue shouted.

"Hahahaha, you officials have read so many books that you can't even tell right from wrong!" Zhang Yan looked crazy, and suddenly his head jerked upwards, and his throat was pierced by Fang Yue's steel gun.

Zhang Yan died with a mocking smile on his face before he died, without a trace of remorse.

"This villain is so stubborn that he would rather die than surrender. Even when he is about to die, he is still slandering Your Majesty and the court!" Hao Meng said, his voice trembling a little. "What should we do now?"

"Cut off the head of Yan thief, and go to the thief camp to order them to surrender!" Zhu Jun ordered, "Don't let anyone know what Yan thief said just now, or you will be punished by military law!"

"Yes, sir!" Fang Yue and Hao Meng agreed in unison, cut off Zhang Yan's head, and went to the Black Mountain bandit camp to solicit surrender.

Zhang Yan and Guo Tai were all dead, and the Black Mountain bandits became a headless bird, a group of scattered sand, and it was hard to say whether they had any fighting power. Most of them surrendered, and a small number fled into the mountains.

The next day, Liu Biao, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and other generals arrived with reinforcements. When they saw that the siege of Huai County had been lifted, they were all impressed by Zhu Jun's military tactics.

Let's go into the mountains together to wipe out the remaining Black Mountain bandits.

The Black Mountain Bandits have been entrenched for many years, with deep roots and many scattered strongholds in the mountains. Fortunately, there were enough prisoners captured this time, some of them were led by people, and no one was in charge, so the cleanup went smoothly.

Inside the hall of Huai County, Zhu Jun hesitated for a moment, put down his brush, tore up the half-written memorial on the table, and lit it in the candlelight.

After thinking it over again, I decided not to write Zhang Yan’s last words before his death in the victory report.

The Queen Mother was killed by the Black Mountain bandits. The court had already concluded that they had issued a manifesto to fight the bandits. Your Majesty personally led the army to Hanoi to fight the bandits. Zhang Yan said that it was the officers and soldiers who killed the Queen Mother. Most of them had sinister intentions and were deliberately trying to instigate and discredit Your Majesty. It would be inappropriate to write about this in the victory report.

He then wrote another one, giving a detailed description of the battle situation in Huai County and Yewang City, and attached a list of meritorious soldiers, and sent it to the Luoyang Palace by express horse.

……

At this time, Liu Ming had just finished a welcoming banquet for Grand Justice Gai Xun.

Gai Xun was ordered to return to the capital Luoyang today. Liu Ming held a banquet to welcome him and celebrate the great victory in Hedong.

After the banquet, Liu Ming summoned Gai Xun to the palace and listened to a detailed report on the war situation in Hedong.

Although war reports were frequently sent to the palace before, they were limited in length and could not go into too much detail. Liu Ming wanted to hear the details.

The Grand Chancellor of Justice Wang Yun and the Palace Guard Guo Jia accompanied him.

"I will gradually let you all return to your positions." Liu Ming said with a wry smile, "Now that wars are raging everywhere, there is a lack of talented generals in the court who can take on important tasks. The chief and deputy grand marshals are both leading troops in battles outside. This is their job, but the Grand Tutor is guarding the northern border, the Grand Justice is suppressing the rebellion in Hedong, and the Grand Minister of Works is suppressing bandits in Hanoi. These are all helpless moves!"

"I heard that Your Majesty is personally recruiting talents, establishing schools, and preparing for the imperial examinations in the Grand Chancellor's Office." Gai Xun said, "These are all strategies for Your Majesty to select good talents. I believe that as talents from all walks of life grow up and serve the country, the Han Dynasty will surely regain its prosperity. People of insight in the world will remember Your Majesty's wisdom and bravery."

Liu Ming nodded. Although influenced by etiquette, an upright man like Gai Xun could not avoid flattering him, but at least from his words, it can be seen that he still has expectations for His Majesty's efforts in selecting talents.

As a time traveler who has been through it all, Liu Ming clearly knows that there are still a large number of talented people scattered in the mountains and fields. He also knows that if a country wants to prosper, it cannot do without talents in all aspects.

Therefore, the officials he envisioned to recruit were not just Confucian scholars who served in the court, but also talents in military, cultural, craftsmanship, agriculture, water conservancy and other fields. As long as you have a skill that is better than ordinary people in a certain field, the country will use you and give you the opportunity to show your skills.

For such a large country, if it stabilizes, the population will multiply rapidly. As long as they are given good education and guidance, and a stage is built for them to display their talents, I believe that generations of talented people will emerge one after another.

Since we have come here to travel through time, we should leave something for this space and give a boost to the development of this era.

"I just received a report from Zhang Lu of Hanzhong." Liu Ming continued, "This fellow found some specious excuses and was unwilling to follow orders to attack Liu Yan of Yizhou. Now the court has no one, no soldiers, and no money, so it is difficult to send troops to fight. I wonder if you have any good ideas?" (End of this chapter)