The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 155 Chapter 155
155 Worship to Lu Bu
Diao Chan shook her head, pressed her face tightly against Zhang Yan's broad chest, put one arm around Zhang Yan's waist, and said slowly: "What the lord wants, the concubine has already been given to the lord, but the lord Those who promised to the concubine, it seems that they haven't done it yet..."

Zhang Yan thought for a while and asked, "You mean, go to Dingtao to worship Lu Bu?"

Diao Chan said: "Anyway, Lu Bu used to be my husband. Now that he is dead, how can I not go to worship him? Since I have promised to be your concubine, I will not regret it. Now, the concubine will always be by your side forever, and from now on, I will only serve you alone."

Zhang Yan rubbed his sleepy eyes. Although he was very sleepy, he had already promised Diao Chan, so he couldn't break his promise to Diao Chan.So, he forced himself to be calm, sat up slowly, and said to Diao Chan, "Undress me!"

Diao Chan got out of bed, put on her clothes first, saw Zhang Yan staring at her intently, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"I didn't hold the lamp last night, and I didn't see what your body looks like. I saw you today, and I didn't expect your figure to be so good..."

Diao Chan just smiled and didn't say anything. After quickly putting on her clothes, she came to wait on Zhang Yan and dress Zhang Yan.

After the two of them got dressed, Zhang Yan and Diao Chan ate some more breakfast, and asked people to arrange a carriage, and called Tai Shici over, picked out fifty elite riders, accompanied them as guards, and then headed towards Dingtao together .

This time, Zhang Yan did not ride a horse, but sat in a carriage with Diao Chan.On the way, Zhang Yan saw that Diao Chan was depressed and frowning all the time, so he took the initiative to tell a few jokes to Diao Chan, which made Diao Chan laugh and relieved the dull atmosphere in the car.

After that, the two chatted together, talking and laughing, which made Tai Shici, who was guarding outside the carriage, a little envious.

In the evening, the group finally arrived in Dingtao. Under the leadership of Tai Shici, they came to Lu Bu's tomb to worship.

Lu Bu's funeral was handled according to the rank of Marquis, but due to the tight time for burial at that time, the tomb was not built too big, but it was slightly larger than others.

In addition, beside Lu Bu's tomb, there are two more tombs, one of which belongs to Chen Gong and the other belongs to Diao Chan.

Diao Chan was veiled, got off the carriage, and came to Lu Bu's grave with Zhang Yan.

"Who are the people buried in those two graves?" Diao Chan asked, pointing to the grave next to Lu Bu.

"The farthest one is Chen Gong's tomb, and the one next to Lu Bu's is yours." Zhang Yan said.

When she heard this, Diao Chan felt a bit of sadness in her heart. She was clearly still alive, but she already had a grave. Being dead may also be a kind of helpless sadness.

"Can I stay here alone for a while?" Diao Chan asked softly.

Zhang Yan nodded, turned and walked to the side, and said as he walked: "It's getting dark, don't stay too long, this place is very close to Dingtao, I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble."

Diao Chan understood what Zhang Yan meant by saying this. Now that Gao Shun is the prefect of Jiyin, and Dingtao is the county seat of Jiyin County, if Gao Shun finds them, he will come over soon. When someone was already dead, Zhang Yan couldn't bear it.

Zhang Yan left, far away from Tai Shici and others, Diao Chan began to worship Lv Bu, and said some words of remembrance in front of Lv Bu's grave in a soft voice.

"My lord, it's going to be dark soon. This place is very close to Dingtao City. Shall we spend the night in Dingtao City?" Tai Shici asked Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said, "Go back to Changyi the same way, and don't enter Dingtao City, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Tai Shici said "Oh", without saying anything else, turned his head to look at Diao Chan, and said slowly: "It would be great if I could have a beautiful woman like her..."

After hearing this, Zhang Yan quickly asked, "Ziyi, have you ever married a wife?"

Tai Shici shook his head, and replied: "I've been homeless and my family is very poor. How could anyone marry me?"

Zhang Yandao: "Now that you have made many military exploits under my account, I have been unable to think of how to reward you. Since you are not yet married, how about I be a matchmaker for you, find a beautiful woman for you, and marry you?"

"Is this true?" Tai Shi Ci asked excitedly after hearing this.

"It's hard to chase after a gentleman's words, not to mention that I always say what I say, how can there be falsehood?"

"That's great, but I want beautiful women. If they are not beautiful, I don't want them!" Tai Shici said to Zhang Yan with a straightforward personality, straightforward and cheerful, without any scruples.

Zhang Yan laughed and said, "Don't worry, your marriage is on my shoulders."

Tai Shici was very happy, and thanked Zhang Yan again.

Zhang Yan also took this matter to heart, there are many bachelors in his tent, not only Tai Shici, but even Yu Jin, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng and others are all bachelors.After all, they were all born in the army and lived a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife. What's more, it is a troubled time, with constant wars, and they can't even take care of themselves. How can they have time to marry a wife and have children?

However, a man is a lower-body animal. Even if there is no time, it is very important to marry a wife and have children.As the saying goes, there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is having no offspring.Zhang Yan should also think about these generals under him. After returning to Pengcheng, he planned to find more women from good families, and then let Tai Shici, Yu Jin, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng and others have a collective wedding.

At this time, Diao Chan walked up to Zhang Yan after paying homage to Lu Bu, and said to Zhang Yan, "Let's go!"

Zhang Yan noticed that Diao Chan's eyes were red, the eye circles were moist, and there were some tears in the corners of the eyes.It seems that Diao Chan should have just cried.

He didn't say anything, after all Diao Chan had been with Lu Bu for so long, there must be some affection between the two of them.However, there is no need for him to compete with a dead man to be jealous.

Therefore, Zhang Yan said kindly to Taishi: "Go back to Changyi the same way!"

"Here!" Tai Shici responded, and immediately summoned his followers, waited for Diao Chan and Zhang Yan to get into the carriage, and then slowly followed the way they came, and began to return to Changyi.

The group of people had just left, and Gao rushed over from Dingtao City with more than a hundred people on the other side. He was relieved to see these people worshiping Lu Bu.

Then, Gao Shun also paid homage to Lu Bu, and then led his troops back to the city.

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After Zhang Yan returned to Changyi, he rested for another day, then led his troops to leave, and returned to Pengcheng with Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Chen Gui, Zhang Hong and others.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan told Bao Xun to take good care of Yanzhou. If he lacked money and food, just ask, and he would spare no effort to transport it from Xuzhou.

Seeing Zhang Yan's trust in him, Bao Xun was also very moved. What his father Bao Xin failed to do back then, he has done now, and he still wants to do better.

On the way back to Pengcheng, because Diao Chan was with her, she was not lonely.And in the past few days with Diao Chan, the relationship between the two has also sublimated a little.

At first, Diao Chan didn't have a good impression of Zhang Yan, but after a few days of in-depth understanding, she found that Diao Chan was very different from other people. An approachable, amiable feeling.With Zhang Yan, Diao Chan felt very relaxed, and gradually seemed to like this feeling. Every day, she lay in Zhang Yan's arms like a bird, talking and laughing with Zhang Yan, listening to Zhang Yan Tell her a story.

When he arrived in Pengcheng, Zhang Yan did not bring Diao Chan into the mansion, but arranged Diao Chan in a courtyard in the south of the city.Regarding the matter of taking a concubine, Zhang Yan hasn't discussed it with his first wife, Mi Zhen, so bringing Diao Chan back home rashly will definitely cause unnecessary trouble.

Diao Chan has no complaints about Zhang Yan's arrangement, after all, she has been working as a concubine for others, so she is already used to all this.

After Zhang Yan settled Diao Chan, he returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion, and then called Chen Qun, Chen Gui, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao and others to discuss the reconstruction of Yanzhou after the war.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Yan returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion, Chen Qun and Zhang Zhao came over together. Both of them looked nervous. When they saw Zhang Yan, they immediately saluted and said, "See you, my lord!"

Zhang Yandao: "Excuse me. The two adults look so hurried, is something wrong?"

Chen Qun hurriedly said: "My lord, Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, led an army to attack Qiao County. The school lieutenant Wang Bo led an army to resist, but was ambushed by Guo Gong, and Wang Bo was also beheaded by him. The remnants were defeated and returned to Qiao County. Brother Xu Ding recruits volunteers to guard Qiao County together with our army..."

Zhang Zhao interjected: "Not only that, Chen Deng led Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead three thousand troops across the river to Qu'a to help Liu Yao fight against Sun Ce, but Sun Ce was assisted by Zhou Yu, and successively conquered Niuzhu, Shicheng, In the three places of Danyang, after Chen Deng arrived, he joined forces with Liu Yao to fight against the enemy, but they were unstoppable and retreated steadily. He is currently stationed in Moling and confronted with Sun Ce. Chen Deng also sent back a letter for my lord's attention."

After speaking, Zhang Zhao immediately took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan took the letter written by Chen Deng from Zhang Zhao and read it hastily.

But see Chen Deng wrote in the letter: "Ming Gong sees the words as if you have met, Deng, it has been more than half a month since he was ordered by Ming Gong to go south to assist Liu Yao. Now I will report what I saw and heard in Jiangdong in the past half month. To tell you the truth, after seeing it, Duke Ming, please make a decision as soon as possible. Although Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, has the ability to govern the local area, he has no skill in commanding troops and generals. Yuan Shu's general Sun Ce is brave and good at fighting. Zhou Yu, Lu Fan, Sun Ce Jing, Zhu Zhi and others advised him, and Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He and others were his minions. Since crossing the river, they have won successive victories and gained a great reputation. He kept recruiting troops and buying horses, his strength greatly increased, and he had the potential to sweep Jiangdong. Liu Yao couldn't use people, so that the talents in the three counties of Danyang, Kuaiji, and Wu all thought of a master. If Sun Ce defeated Liu Yao, he would pacify the rest of the country Everywhere, once Jiangdong is occupied, it will be difficult to compete with it, and it will become a serious problem for our army. Deng believes that Xuzhou is the place of the Four Wars. There are no natural dangers and passes to defend. We can only attack everywhere and support the war with war. , is the best policy. Jiangdong is a land of outstanding people, rather than allowing Sun Ce to occupy it, it is better for Minggong to take it himself. At this time Liu Yao is in distress, Minggong can lead the army across the river in the name of reinforcements, and after repelling Sun Ce, he can join Swallow Liu Yao. If the Duke of Ming wins Jiangdong, with the people of Wu and Yue, as well as the lands of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou, he will be able to win the Central Plains and compete for the hegemony in the world. His words are heartfelt, and I hope that the Duke of Ming will decide as soon as possible !"

After reading this letter, Zhang Yan's mood was surging, and he admired Chen Deng's strategic vision very much.

Seeing Zhang Yan's expression after reading the letter, Zhang Zhao asked curiously, "My lord, what does the letter say? Do you want my lord to send rescuers?"

(End of this chapter)