The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 167 Chapter 167
When Liu Yao suddenly heard Zhang Yan asking about this matter, he was taken aback. Several days had passed. At this time, Zhang Yan asked him face to face, but he didn't know how to answer.

In the past few days, Liu Yao has also thought carefully. For this reason, he also called Xue Li to discuss countermeasures together.

As a result, Xue Li suggested that Liu Yao agree to Zhang Yan's marriage proposal, thinking that Tai Shici was Zhang Yan's confidant and beloved general, and that Tai Shici was brave and good at fighting, and he was quite handsome in appearance. It was an indirect marriage with Zhang Yan.For future development, there will be great benefits.

Liu Yao thought over and over again, but he still couldn't make up his mind and was hesitating all the time.

"Naturally, I will not refuse the matter Zhang Shijun mentioned. It's just that it's an eventful time, and Sun Ce is still eyeing it. It's not suitable to get married at this time. It's better to wait until Sun Ce is driven away, and then choose an auspicious day for my daughter and Tai Shici Make a marriage contract, how about it?" If Liu Yao didn't answer, he couldn't justify it, so he said casually.

Zhang Yan knew that this was Liu Yao's expedient measure, so he didn't force him, lest it backfired.He nodded, and then said: "Then according to Liu Shijun's words, we will mention this matter after Sun Ce is driven away."

"Mr. Zhang, the training of the army this time is really troublesome for you, but, can this training method really strengthen the physical fitness of the soldiers?" Liu Yao deliberately avoided the topic, so as not to be too obvious Awkward.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Don't worry Liu Shijun, as long as they do what I say every day, within half a month, they will definitely be strengthened."

"Mr. Zhang said that the training will last for half a month?" Liu Yao asked.

Zhang Yan asked back: "Well, if you don't have half a month, then this training camp will be in vain. Why, could it be that Liu Shijun has other plans?"

Liu Yao said: "Although Sun Ce has retreated, he has occupied Shicheng, Danyang and other places, and has continued to recruit troops recently. I am worried that if we wait another half a month, Sun Ce's army will have many more. Why don't we take advantage of our two armies? advantage, take the initiative to attack, and with Zhang Shijun's bravery, he will definitely be able to drive Sun Ce away."

Zhang Yandao: "Don't worry, Liu Shijun. I have already made arrangements. Just drive Sun Ce away, and he will kill him again in the future. Why don't you wait for a while, when the army has achieved a little success in training, then gather superior forces and kill Sun Ce?" Encircle and annihilate Sun Ce in one fell swoop, so as not to leave a disaster behind."

Hearing what Zhang Yan said, Liu Yao knew that Zhang Yan had no intention of sending troops, so he simply stopped asking and let nature take its course.He just wanted to drive Sun Ce away, but Zhang Yan's goal was to kill Sun Ce, which was far more far-reaching than he thought.

Later, Liu Yao left with an excuse, while Zhang Yan continued to wait at the gate of the city, and asked people to prepare the rewards, and distributed the rewards to the first hundred people who ran back.

According to estimates, even for soldiers with the best physical fitness, it takes less than half an hour to run back and forth first.However, the soldiers under Liu Yao's tent were far beyond his expectations.

When the fourth stick of incense had just finished burning, Zhang Yan saw Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others running back quickly.

Zhang Yan didn't expect Zhang Ying and Chen Heng to run so fast, running like the wind, and they were running towards the gate of the city.

Soon, Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others ran to the gate of the city out of breath. Zhang Yan immediately stood up from his seat, and said excitedly, "I never expected that you could run so fast..."

Zhang Yan had someone count the number of soldiers who came back with Zhang Ying and Chen Heng. There were no more, no less, exactly 100 soldiers. Isn't this a coincidence?
However, since Zhang Yan made a promise to them, he must fulfill this promise, so he said to Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others: "You are the first one hundred people to arrive, go and receive the reward!"

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers, the reward for this competition was [-] yuan per person, which was approved by Liu Yao.

Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others all burst into laughter with joy, clasped their fists at Zhang Yan and said, "Thank you Zhang Shijun!"

One hundred people, after receiving their rewards, Zhang Yan walked up to Zhang Ying's side with a happy face, reached out and patted Zhang Ying's back, and was about to praise them.

However, after he took this shot, he discovered something. He immediately took off the baggage carried on Zhang Ying's back, opened it, and found that there were some straws inside!
In this competition, Zhang Yan asked the soldiers to carry heavy objects weighing [-] jin, but did not check them one by one. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, as the commanders-in-chief of the army, blatantly faked it!

Carrying these straws, there is no burden at all, no wonder they ran back so quickly!
The joy on Zhang Yan's face disappeared immediately, replaced by a look of anger. He threw the burden on the ground fiercely, and took off the burdens of other people one after another. Everything is straw.

"Come here! Take Zhang Ying and Chen Heng down and behead them on the spot!" Zhang Yan sternly said.

After Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and the others were also surprised when they heard Zhang Yan's order. They are government servants in the city, how dare they behead Zhang Ying and Chen Heng?
Seeing that everyone was indifferent, Zhang Yan said angrily: "What are you still doing there? If you don't do anything again, you will be guilty of the same crime as Zhang Ying and Chen Heng!"

The yamen servants did not dare to disobey, and were about to take down Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and others, when Zhang Ying shouted loudly: "I see who dares to touch me?"

The yamen servants were afraid of Zhang Ying and did not dare to approach him. Zhang Ying hurriedly said to Zhang Yan: "Mr. Zhang, what crime have I committed? Do you want to kill me?"

"You cheat like this, it's the crime of deceiving the army! According to military regulations, you should be beheaded to show the public!" Zhang Yan said.

"What kind of bullshit military rules, the rules are made by people, we can implement them or not!" Zhang Ying said with a strong attitude.

Seeing this, Chen Heng hurriedly stood up, cupped his fists respectfully to Zhang Yan and said: "Mr. Zhang, this time we are wrong. We shouldn't cheat, but Mr. Zhang, please read that we are the first offender, and we are also lieutenant generals. For the sake of love, please forgive us this time, and next time, we will never dare to do this again!"

Zhang Yandao: "It is precisely because you are all lieutenant generals that you have to be severely punished! If it is an ordinary soldier who steals, rapes and plays tricks, it will be fine to beat him a few times. But as the commander of the army, you have committed such evil deeds, it is not fair If the lower beams are crooked, if they are not severely punished, the whole army will be effective in the future, and it will inevitably breed unhealthy trends!"

Zhang Ying retorted: "You are not our lord, why should we obey your orders? Even if we want to kill, we need our lord to speak!"

Zhang Yan didn't want to waste too much time on them, and asked in a cold voice: "Let me ask you again, are you going to catch them and accept the punishment, or wait for me to do it?"

Zhang Ying said resolutely: "We are not your soldiers, nor your generals. Why should we listen to you? Even if we have to accept punishment, the mistakes we made are not worthy of death..."

Before Zhang Ying finished speaking, Zhang Yan drew out the long sword he carried with him with a "shua", and slashed at Zhang Ying's neck. With the knife in his hand, a human head rolled to the ground. , blood spurted out from the cavity, splashing the people around.

Zhang Yan held a bloody long sword, glared at the tiger's eyes, glared at Chen Heng and the others, and shouted sharply: "Zhang Ying committed the crime of bullying the army first, and the crime of building the army later. I will behead him according to the crime." , who dares to disobey me, will end up like Zhang Ying!"

When Chen Heng saw that Zhang Ying was beheaded by Zhang Yan with a single sword, he was terrified immediately, but he thought that even if he accepted the punishment honestly, he would be dead in the end, so he might as well stand up and resist, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.But he knew that Zhang Yan was powerful, and he was no match for him, so he ran away, planning to enter the city to find Liu Yao as an asylum!
"Where to escape!" How could Zhang Yan fail to see Chen Heng's heart, shouted, threw the long sword in his hand, and directly inserted it into his heart from the back.

Chen Heng screamed and fell into a pool of blood.

As soon as Zhang Ying and Chen Heng died, the rest of the generals fell to their knees in fear, begging Zhang Yan for mercy, putting all the responsibility on Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, and disregarding their relationship with Zhang Ying and Chen Heng. , claiming to be forced by it.

There is no proof of death, Zhang Yan has already killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, if they are executed again, it may backfire.Therefore, Zhang Yan ordered the 98 people to go to the yamen servants to receive a meal, and it was over.

Later, Zhang Yan sent someone to inform Liu Yao, saying that he had killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng for his crimes.
It was a pity for Liu Yao to hear that Zhang Yan had killed Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, and to some extent resented Zhang Yan's arbitrariness.But since the matter had already happened, it was too late for Liu Yao to say anything. It was unwise to offend Zhang Yan for the sake of Zhang Ying and Chen Heng.

Therefore, Liu Yao once again issued an order to kill Zhang Ying and Chen Heng in the name of an official document. What Zhang Ying and Chen Heng did deserved their crimes, and he warned the whole army as a warning.

And the marathon race was cancelled.From this matter, Zhang Yan decided that these Yangzhou soldiers must be supervised to prevent them from stealing and cheating, so he asked the blacksmith to make two iron balls of the same weight, distribute them to the soldiers separately, and then conduct training.

Liu Yao's soldiers became even more worried because of this, for fear that they would violate military regulations.

After the death of Zhang Ying and Chen Heng, the soldiers in Yangzhou became much more honest. No one dared to obey Zhang Yan's order and formally start their fair training.

Moling City is still actively training here, while Chen Deng and Tai Shici arrived in Jing County and She County successively, and successfully persuaded Zu Lang, the leader of the bandits in Jing County, and Jiao Ji, the leader of the bandits in She County.

At the same time, Chen Deng and Tai Shici also got the news about Yan Baihu's alliance with Zu Lang and Jiao Ji. In addition, Tai Shici stabbed Yan Baihu last time, so Yan Baihu held a grudge against him, so he gave up the idea of ​​persuading Yan Baihu .

Therefore, Chen Deng made an appointment with Zu Lang and Jiao. As long as they could drive Sun Ce away, Zhang Yan would invite them to be the prefects so that they would not be stigmatized as bandits.

Zu Lang and Jiao Ji each led their troops to Danyang, where Sun Ce was located, and continued to harass Sun Ce according to Chen Deng's instructions.

A few days later, Chen Deng and Tai Shici returned to Moling, and reported their achievements to Zhang Yan, and told Zhang Yan that Zu Lang and Jiao had led the army and set out, and everything was going according to plan.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he immediately stepped up his training, preparing to fight Sun Ce to the death in a few days!

(End of this chapter)