Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 27 Meeting with Lu Zhi
Gongsun Xu brought 1 people to Zhang Fei's garrison camp and immediately found Zhang Fei. At this time, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were guarding the camp and did not dare to go out. After seeing Gongsun Xu coming, he was very pleasantly surprised. Gongsun Xu let Dian Wei Staying outside the tent, after making sure that no one will know the news, he asked: "Thanks for your hard work, Yide, have you ordered anything?"

"I have counted everything. There are more than 30 boxes of gold, about 30 taels, about 90 boxes of silver, about [-] taels, and [-] boxes of other treasures. I have been guarding them until the lord comes to solve them." Zhang Fei Very excitedly replied.It turned out that Zhang Fei discovered this secret stronghold after chasing some defeated Yellow Turban soldiers for nearly a hundred miles. This is the gold and silver treasures obtained by the Yellow Turban Army through various means over the years. It was used up a lot, but there was still so much left. Bo Cai sent someone to wait for Zhang Jiao to get it, but he didn't want to be discovered by Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei killed everyone who knew Afterwards, the Yellow Turban soldiers stayed and garrisoned and sent someone to report to Gongsun Xu.

After waiting for so many days, Gongsun Xu finally arrived. Gongsun Xu held Zhang Fei's shoulders tightly and said, "Good brother, you are really my lucky star. If great things happen in the future, you must be the number one hero. Put everything together." Load them into carriages, and we will go to Youzhou after we meet with the main force." Zhang Fei led the order to go down and busy for three hours, and then the army of about 6000 people set off to chase the main force.

In Youzhou, Tian Feng immediately organized [-] civilians to help Gongsun Xu escort the Yellow Turban captives after receiving the letter from Gongsun Xu, and counted the land and reclaimed wasteland. After Rong discussed, Xu Rong immediately led [-] light cavalry and [-] cattle and horses to Youzhou.After the three parties met in Youzhou, Xu Rong was overjoyed.

Back then, I was just a small soldier. Although I was capable, I was not valued by others. When I was thinking about going far away, I met Gongsun Xu and was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Gongsun Xu. Now Xu Rong himself is a general guarding one side. His two sons, Xu Ming and Xu Liang, are also lieutenant colonels. Although they were not recognized by the court, under Xu Rong's hands, they are in charge of most of Gongsun Xu's troops, nearly 20.

This was something Xu Rong had never dared to think about before. Seeing Gongsun Xu approaching from a distance, Xu Rong urged the horse to step forward, then jumped off the horse and knelt on the ground and shouted: "See the lord for the humble position."

Gongsun Xu has also seen Xu Rong for a long time. For this general who helped him support his foundation, Gongsun Xu not only valued him, but was more grateful, capable, and absolutely loyal. This is the talent that Gongsun Xu needed most when he started from scratch. .

Gongsun Xu got off his horse, stepped forward to help Xu Rong up and said, "Yaoguang doesn't have to be like this, you have worked hard all these years." Yaoguang is Xu Rong's word, and Xu Rong was moved to tears when he heard Gongsun Xu's words. There is no need for too much praise or hypocritical boasting, as long as this "hard work" comes from the heart, Xu Rong feels that it is the luckiest thing for him to meet Gongsun Xu in his life.

Gongsun Xu didn't give Xu Rong a chance to continue to be moved. He held Xu Rong's hand and pointed at the Yellow Turban captives and said, "In this Yellow Turban Rebellion, I have brought nearly 70 people to Youzhou, including no less than 30 young and strong. You select 20 young men from among them, and promise to reward them heavily, and bring them to Sanhan. I want you to settle in Sanhan within a year, and move most of the Yellow Turban captives to Sanhan in the future.

I will report to the imperial court that Sanhan invaded my big man and then apply for conquest of Sanhan. At that time, we will conquer places other than Sanhan together. Remember, as long as we conquer it, it will be ours. The world is very big, and we will have more in the future Go further afield, now just lay the groundwork, everything is up to you. "

Xu Rong knelt down and said, "I would like to share the Lord's worries." Gongsun Xu nodded in satisfaction, and then went to discuss the specific details with Xu Rong.

Four days later, Xu Rong took nearly 20 people to Sanhan. Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and Liao Hua, the leader of the five thousand yellow scarves that Zhao Yun took a long time to capture, followed Xu Rong to Sanhan. Xu Rong knew that Gongsun Xu wanted him to train these 20 people into elite soldiers.

Of course, there are at most [-] who can become elite soldiers, and the rest may only be reduced to heavy soldiers. However, what Gongsun Xu wants are Han sergeants, so that Xu Rong can stabilize the three Koreas.

Seeing Xu Rong's large army go away, Gongsun Xu sighed in his heart: "I never imagined that I would have such strength when I was less than 17 years old. I just need to wait for the world to be chaotic and great things will happen."

Gongsun Xu did not delay too much, and re-trained the soldiers and horses. The battle on the grassland was still going on, but it was a contest between cavalry, so the other [-] troops from Gao Shun's training office fell into the camp and the [-] relatives sent by Gongsun Xu to protect Gongsun Zan The soldiers were transferred back by Gongsun Zan, and now the trapped camp is full of [-] soldiers, all of whom are heavy infantry equipped with swords, giant shields, hands, crossbows, axes, and other weapons that are specially customized.

There are three thousand soldiers and guards, all cavalry, with longbows on their backs and iron armor on their backs, long spears in their hands, and sabers designed by Gongsun Xu on their waists.

Zhao Yun has three thousand white horses under him, equipped with light cavalry, two bows, one long and one short, wearing leather armor, holding a spear in his hand, and a saber hanging on his waist.

Zhang Fei had [-] heavy cavalry under his command. The horses and warriors were all carrying heavy armor, holding iron spears, and carrying big ring knives on their backs.

Guan Yu had 2000 infantry soldiers, including 1000 sword and shield soldiers, [-] spearmen, [-] archers, and [-] elite infantry to supplement the losses of other infantry. They are all very skilled in use. These infantry are all equipped by the Han army, but they are more sophisticated.In addition, there are [-] heavy soldiers, a total of [-] people.

After the Yellow Turban prisoners were settled, Gongsun Xu led [-] soldiers to the battlefield where Lu Zhi was.This time, Gongsun Xu made up his mind to defeat Zhang Jiao and end the Yellow Turban Rebellion as soon as possible, so as to save time to manage the rear.

After six days of marching, Gongsun Xu led the army to the camp ten miles away from Lu Zhi's army. Gongsun Xu sent someone to report that he had come to help Lu Zhi defeat Zhang Jiao.

When Gongsun Xu was thinking about how to break Zhang Jiao's main force, the messenger soldier came back, followed by a cavalryman, who looked very familiar, and before Gongsun Xu could recognize him, the man got off his horse and saluted, "The last general, the general, Ann!" General Dong."

Gongsun Xu got off his horse and knelt down in front of the other party as soon as he heard the other party's words, and said: "Uncle, how could he do such a great gift, isn't he trying to ruin the child."

It turns out that this person is Gongsun Zan’s sworn brother Liu Bei. These years, Liu Bei has been at home to take care of his sick mother, but he would visit Gongsun Zan’s house from time to time. Generally speaking, Gongsun Xu was also raised by Liu Bei. Liu Bei is now in his 30s. He has no children at the age of [-], and has always regarded Gongsun Xu as his own son.

Gongsun Xu also regarded Liu Bei as an uncle from the heart.After helping Liu Bei, the two talked to each other. It turned out that the Yellow Turban was in chaos, and Liu Bei deeply felt that a good man should contribute to the country. Just as his mentor Lu Zhi was fighting against Zhang Jiao in the north, Liu Bei called some good brothers to join the army. Now Liu Bei served as a lieutenant in Lu Zhi's army.

Although Lu Zhi resisted Zhang Jiao's army in the north, there was no progress. The court was already dissatisfied. It happened that the court sent Zuo Feng to inspect, but Lu Zhi didn't give gifts, which caused some accidents. Zhang Jiao, Lu Zhi scolded eunuchs for being incompetent in military affairs.

Zuo Feng and Lu Zhi are now in the big tent of the Chinese Army. Zuo Feng even threatened that Lu Zhi was weak in resisting the Yellow Turban, and the imperial court would dismiss Lu Zhi for investigation. The soldiers said that Gongsun Xu led the reinforcements to arrive, so Liu Bei immediately followed the messenger soldiers to Gongsun Xu's army, hoping that Gongsun Xu could solve this matter.

Gongsun Xu heaved a sigh of relief when he knew what was going on. After so many days of fast marching, he finally arrived before Lu Zhi was dismissed.Without saying a word, Gongsun Xu immediately rushed to Lu Zhi's army with a few generals and dozens of soldiers following Liu Bei.

Since Gongsun Xu is now General An Dong, and Liu Bei is an acquaintance, Gongsun Xu arrived outside Lu Zhi's big tent smoothly. Before entering the big tent, Gongsun Xu heard a quarrel.

Gongsun Xu recognized the voices of Zuo Feng and his mentor Lu Zhi. In order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, Gongsun Xu shouted loudly outside the tent: "Gongsun Xu, General An Dong of the Han Dynasty, begs to see General Beizhong Lang."

After talking about Gongsun Xu, he walked in directly. Zuo Feng didn't say anything when he saw Gongsun Xu coming. Lu Zhi was also very happy to see his most proud disciple coming. Please forgive me for being late."

Lu Zhi helped Gongsun Xu up and said, "It's just in time, my master and apprentice defeated Zhang Jiao together, it's just that some people who are an eyesore affect my mood, hum." "

Zuo Feng was about to get angry when he heard this. Gongsun Xu hurriedly said: "General, calm down, the low-ranking army has not been settled yet. I will go and settle the soldiers first, and then I will discuss the military situation with the general."

After finishing speaking, he winked at Zuo Feng. Zuo Feng knew that Gongsun Xu had something to say, so he left angrily. Gongsun Xu ran out of the big tent, grabbed Zuo Feng and asked, "Why is this, father-in-law? We have only been around for more than ten days. I didn’t see why so many accidents happened. Could it be that my father felt that I was not filial enough?”

Zuo Feng looked left and right to make sure that no one else could hear them, and immediately replied: "The Yuan family wanted to control the military and attack He Jin's forces, so they came up with this strategy of two tigers fighting each other. He Jin's My confidant Dong Zhuo has already been named Dong Zhonglang and is about to come to the ladder. Mr. Lu Zhi, it’s not because his father and I don’t help, but because Mr. Lu Zhi doesn’t understand the situation, he thinks I’m waiting to frame him. There are many eyeliners in the army. I gave him a hint, but Lord Lu Zhi didn't understand."

As soon as Gongsun Xu heard this, he understood what was going on. It turned out to be the case, and now Dong Zhuo was coming, but Gongsun Xu knew that Dong Zhuo was based in Xiliang, so he would not work hard here. Li Ru should have seen that coming this time is not good, so there is no conflict with Dong Zhuo on his side, the key is that the Yuan family is making trouble.

After knowing everything, Gongsun Xu asked again: "I also hope that the father-in-law will tell you the way to rescue."

Zuo Feng said in a low voice: "Find a way to defeat Zhang Jiao within two days, and let my father help you to ask for credit, otherwise, someone will continue to frame your master."

After finishing speaking, Zuo Feng pretended to be very angry and cursed: "You can't teach a child, hum." Then he walked away, and Gongsun Xu also pretended to be angry and took people to resettle his army.

It was already evening after the sergeants were settled, and Gongsun Xu brought Gao Shun and Guan Yu to Lu Zhi's big tent. Lu Zhi had just finished eating, and when he saw Gongsun Xu coming, he let him in. After Gongsun Xu came in, he said without talking nonsense: I don’t want my teacher to suffer unjust injustice, so tomorrow I will attack Jizhou City for my teacher, so that Your Majesty can see the faces of those people in the court.”

Lu Zhi was also very moved when he heard this, and then he said: "Although I am leading the army outside, I still know about the affairs of the court. I wanted to capture Jizhou City as soon as possible, but the city wall of Jizhou is so high that Zhang Jiao faction Zhang Niujiao led a main force of [-] to garrison, and Zhang Jiao led a large army to garrison at the Foreign Office.

I know your filial piety as a teacher, but most of you are cavalry, and there are only more than [-] infantry. It is very difficult to capture Jizhou City. Tomorrow I will send you to Nanyang to suppress the rebellion. Don't get involved in the troubled waters of Jizhou. "

Gongsun Xu knew that Lu Zhi was afraid that he would be involved in the open and secret struggles in the court, and he didn't want to let himself be ruined by those selfish aristocratic families at such a young age, so he wanted to send him away.

But Gongsun Xu made up his mind, so he knelt down and cried, "My mentor is being framed by others, how can I stand by and watch, my general Gao Shun is good at attacking cities and villages, and tomorrow I will go to Jizhou City as my mentor."

Lu Zhi insisted that Gongsun Xu didn't want to leave him alone, so he immediately sighed and said, "You child, you won't give up until you get hit with blood. Forget it, I will lead an army of 7 people to attack the city tomorrow. I only give you one day, if you can't capture Jizhou City tomorrow, you can go."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gongsun Xu to answer, he waved his hand to make Gongsun Xu retreat.Gongsun Xu asked Gao Shun after leaving the big tent, "You have visited Jizhou City during the day, so you can be sure."

Gao Shun said expressionlessly: "With the assistance of General Zhonglang's [-] troops to attack the city, I will definitely be able to reach the top of the city if I fall into the camp, and I will not disappoint the Lord."

Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "Taking Jizhou City will be your first achievement."

After returning to the tent, Gongsun Xu summoned Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Gao Shun, Zhang Jai and other generals to discuss the details of the siege tomorrow. Originally, the attack on the city was a matter for infantry, but Gongsun Xu asked the cavalry to also participate, although there was no cavalry attack before. The battle example in the city, but it doesn't mean that Gongsun Xu can't do it.

Gongsun Xu's mind flashed through the history of Chen Qingzhi and his [-] white-robed cavalry who took down dozens of cities. It is not impossible for cavalry to attack the city. The key depends on how to use it. After the experience of the cavalry attacking the city was told, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others showed surprise. Finally, Gongsun Xu ordered that all the white horses and Yicong under Zhao Yun's men were all white robes and armors, known as the White Robe Army.

All his personal guards wear red robes and red armor, and Zhang Fei's cavalry are all black robes and black armor. The reason why Gongsun Xu did this is to let the people of the world have an "image hint" to his absolute. They will have a strong impression of the three-color armor of their own army, and even if they suffer losses, as long as the newly replenished soldiers still wear the same color armor, they will still give psychological hints to the enemy.

This is the reason why Chen Qingzhi required all 7000 of his subordinates to wear white robes in history.As for Gao Shun's trapping camp itself, it is a unique piece of equipment that can be distinguished without using colors. Guan Yu's infantry does not need to be like this, otherwise it will not be able to set off the power of the three-color armor.

After Gongsun Xu explained the cavalry siege and absolute armor, what Zhao Yun and others admired for Gongsun Xu's military talent was his five-body cast, which further strengthened their determination to capture Jizhou City tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)