Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 895
"Hezhou Mu Luyu, I met General Zhang!"

They are both two thousand stones, and there is no superior-subordinate relationship between Lu Yu and Zhang Liao. However, Zhang Liao still has a title, and he was made a marquis due to the war. Therefore, after learning that the Southern Army had arrived, Lu Yu hurriedly took many local officials to Greetings, this is a small county on the border between Hezhou and Bingzhou, called Ming County. The general of the Southern Army and the shepherd of Yizhou arrived here in a short while, which made all the officials here worry about it and dare not neglect it.

Zhang Liao did not bring people into the county seat, but instead stationed outside the county seat. The accompanying military commander, undertook the task of building the tent very well. The so-called military commander, unlike the former temple commander, was in charge of building military fortifications. Although these people don't understand why Zhang Liao didn't take his soldiers to rest in the city, they are still doing their duty.

When Lu Yu arrived here, he was also a little surprised, and said to the left and right: "General Zhang is stationed in an area less than three miles away from the county seat, thousands of miles away from the enemy, but he can still build fortifications with such care, so that the soldiers will not be allowed to attack." Be cautious and vigilant, those long-known generals in ancient times probably looked like General Zhang."

After entering the tent and seeing Zhang Liao in the main tent, Lu Yu hastily paid respects to him.

Zhang Liao was also very polite to him, got up to return the salute, smiled and asked him to sit down, Lu Yu sat aside, looked at the many generals under his command, saw the young man sitting at the door, trembled all over, and was even more polite to Zhang Liao There are many, and he said with a smile: "I, Hezhou, have been infested by bandits all the time. When I learned that the general is coming, everyone in Hezhou is very happy. How much food, grass, luggage does the general need? Just tell me, I will get it all together!"

Zhang Liao smiled, the son of this aristocratic family can talk, obviously the temple ordered him to provide supplies for the southern army, but what he said was voluntary, but Zhang Liao also liked dealing with such intelligent people, he stood up , Said: "I want to discuss the matter of luggage with the state herdsman, and you should go back and have a good rest. After three days, the army will start!"

The generals left one after another, only Lu Yu and Zhang Liao were left in the camp.

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Yu on the side, and said seriously: "Mr. Lu, we don't need Hezhou to bear the burden for this expedition. I won't bother you." Said: "The other side of the temple, I have to trouble General Zhang to write a letter to tell me in person, otherwise, if someone has a heart to falsely accuse me of this, then I will no longer be able to help the general go out."

"It's natural."

"Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"Your Excellency, please go to Yangcheng in person and prepare to accept the captives. In addition, provide me with twenty strong guides!"

"Please!"

Lu Yu left quickly without asking any questions. However, shortly after he left, Hezhou still sent more than 200 sheep for the soldiers to eat. Livestock, but this time, Zhang Liao directly ordered the slaughter of the livestock, and they had to eat them well for three days before heading outside the Great Wall.

Everyone was overjoyed, even Hu'er was like this, sitting among the soldiers, holding the leg of lamb, gorging on the prince's face, and gobbling it up. After three days like this, Zhang Liao ordered the expedition. The county seat was driving towards the outside of the frontier. After stepping out of the frontier, Hu'er finally saw some unusual scenery.

On the endless prairie, under the leadership of many guides, the Southern Army began their raid. Along the way, they did it very covertly, bypassing many pastoral areas. Sometimes, if they encountered herdsmen who were grazing, The scouts would also quickly attack and capture them. Hu'er was very confused along the way. He didn't know what Zhang Liao was avoiding. According to the strength of the Han army, shouldn't he push them all the way?

After traveling such a long distance, it was the first time that Hu'er felt the pain of marching.

And at this time, Zhang Liao would call him over from time to time to inquire about the situation of the army rations. On this day, the army was stationed on a high slope, and Hu'er had no idea what this place was. After entering the grassland, he He had already lost his sense of direction, and after sunset, the weather was extremely cold, and Zhang Liao didn't allow everyone to light a fire, and everyone could only eat dried meat, and couldn't bear the cold.

Hu'er was wearing thick clothes, but he could still feel the biting chill, and would shiver from time to time.

"How's the food going?"

"It's enough to feed the army for another [-] days, but it's a pity that we can't light the fire. Just eating meat and fruits consumes a lot. After marching for many days, the soldiers couldn't warm up with hot water." Hu'er said tremblingly, Zhang Liao He nodded, thought for a moment, and then said: "It seems that Hezhou is still needed for help. It is best to let the people of Hezhou deliver some more food and grass...to build camps and forts along the road."

"If you want to conquer the area beyond the Great Wall, you need to constantly erode and use the city to expand the territory of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, it is meaningless to go out to conquer, and it will probably use millions of people. Ha ha, but, those fools in the temple, and What about the busy farming season, if people without clothes come here to build a city, it will harm them, and many people will starve to death." Zhang Liao said disdainfully.

"In this way, Your Highness, I trouble you to revise the book and write it to the Son of Heaven, so that those idiots in the temple will shut up. Our Southern Army conquered and suffered here. Are the lives of those common people more important than ours? If you write the book, the temple will The people here dare not dissuade like this anymore."

Hu'er was taken aback for a moment, he hesitated, and asked: "Will the damage be great? How many people will be used?"

"If the corvee is conscripted, the people in Hezhou, Xinzhou, and Ningzhou will probably be mobilized. It will probably use millions of people to build cities outside the Great Wall and transport grain and grass. Don't worry, Your Highness. In the past, Qin conquered Isn’t it only mobilizing millions of people in various places, how many people are in the Han Dynasty now, even if a few million people die, so what?” Zhang Liao asked rhetorically.

Hu'er frowned and was silent for a moment, before he asked angrily: "How can the general kill millions of people because of his military exploits?"

Zhang Liao said innocently: "This didn't start with me. As early as 20 years ago, when the temple was conquering Guishuang, the then coach Dong Taiwei conscripted the Liangzhou corvee for the sake of a smooth war. Millions of young men were in charge Transport food and grass, even coordinate operations, build fortifications, raise animals and make food, so as to win the battle of Guishuang!"

"What about the people in Liangzhou?"

"A lot of people died. It is said that Xiaokang's 20 years of achievements were ruined. However, who cares about those? As long as we can continue to conquer, the emperor will be happy, and we can also take credit for it."

Hu'er gritted his teeth, "I won't help you with your books!" He said angrily, turned around and left, and when he left, Zhang Liao smiled wryly, what the emperor entrusted to him was indeed not It's a good job. However, from General Duan to now, the soldiers of the Great Han Dynasty have shed blood outside the Great Wall, and the prosperity that has just been guarded cannot be destroyed by a warlike emperor. Thinking about it this way, this is what I should do.

Angrily returned to the camp, Jiang Wei and Lu Meng saw the prince was so angry, they hurried forward to ask, Hu Er told them Zhang Liao's words, when Lu Meng heard it, he was stunned, and then he was furious, shouting : "Good guy, Zhang Liao has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he often teaches me how to be a human being. It turns out that he is so unbearable, shame on the Southern Army!"

Jiang Wei is not as reckless as he is. General Zhang is not like this kind of person. He treats his soldiers very gently on weekdays. When he is marching, he is not willing to step on the people's farmland. Can a general be able to say such words?With a flash of inspiration, Jiang Wei understood why Zhang Liao said such words, and he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you can't blame General Zhang for this matter."

Hu'er was taken aback, looked at him, and asked back: "Could it be that Boyue also agrees with his idea?"

Jiang Wei shook his head hastily, and said: "General Zhang didn't think so, he did", Jiang Wei suddenly stopped and didn't continue, Hu'er was still puzzled, and asked: "Then what did you think? ", Jiang Wei looked at His Highness in front of him, if he told His Highness General Zhang's true thoughts, would he destroy General Zhang's persuasion?

"Your Highness, since ancient times, most of the generals have been like this. General Zhang cannot be blamed for this."

"What kind of broken rules is this? Zhang Liao also said that it was only in Qin Dynasty. Is the northern and southern armies of my big man the same as Qin Neng? The northern and southern armies don't do farming, they practice every day. They are standing troops. Qin Nai served as a soldier in wartime and worked in agriculture on weekdays, so millions of people were required to serve in the wartime, our Northern and Southern armies of the Great Han Dynasty have always been supported by the emperor, what kind of thing is it that we need the people to help us in wars!"

"Qin is for extermination and corvée! These generals, hmph, I am also angry!"

Afterwards, Zhang Liao never mentioned these things to Hu'er again. After marching for more than 20 days, the southern army became more and more cautious, and the marching speed slowed down. According to reports from scouts, they finally saw the other party's king's tent. The first battle after the expedition was finally about to break out. Hu'er was extremely excited, holding a spear, and under the guard of two personal attendants, he prostrated himself on the grass, waiting for Zhang Liao's order.

The crowd hid on the grass for a whole day like this. Under Zhang Liao's arrangement, they finally completed the siege of the Wang Tent at night. It was said that the Wang Tent was actually a tribe with [-] to [-] people. Claiming that he is the great-grandson of Tan Shi Huai, he is the most powerful in this area, merchants often trade with them, and the guides know them very well.

At night, with the roar of war drums, the Southern Army rushed out.

The remnants of Xianbei ran out of the yurt in a hurry and saw the cavalry charging towards them. Before they could take out their weapons, they were beheaded by the cavalry. Everyone rushed to the king's tent. Here, they finally encountered some decent resistance, saying He was the bandit chief who was the great-grandson of Tan Shihuai, holding a strong bow, and when he walked out of the yurt cursing, he was stunned. He looked at the cavalry in the distance and looked at their flags.

Gradually opened his mouth wide.

The Southern Army of the fucking Han Dynasty? ?

The thief chief was very straightforward, dropped the longbow in his hand, and knelt on the ground.

"We are willing to surrender!!!"

(End of this chapter)