I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 452

Of course, that's what I said, but it's not so easy to run a thousand-mile raid.

First of all, there must be generals who are good at fighting in frontier counties, and the other is to choose soldiers who have a certain foundation and are qualified for this task.

Then after these soldiers are stroked, people with night blindness should also be screened out.

Due to the lack of food in the ancients, the body lacked more nutrients, so many people had various problems all over their bodies.

And night blindness is an important one.

Therefore, if you want to implement raid tactics, if you don't have enough soldiers, it is impossible to achieve a suitable general.

Of course, Liu Jian's current conditions are very suitable and can be implemented.

Now Liu Jian has many generals, ironware and horses. His soldiers include Youzhou people and Wuhuan people who have just surrendered. In the future, there will even be Xianbei people who surrendered to the Han Dynasty.

It can be regarded as everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!
Time waits for no one, Liu Jian ordered Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong, two fierce generals who had fought fiercely with the Wuhuan people and foreign countries for a long time in the frontier fortress, to be screened among the armies!
Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong also knew that time was running out. Relying on their understanding of the soldiers of the three armies, they quickly selected a group of elite soldiers from among them!
These elite soldiers are the most capable and strongest soldiers in the Youzhou Army.

At the same time, Liu Jian also equipped these soldiers with the most powerful horses in the north, the most sophisticated weapons, and the strongest armor!
Of course, these war horses are also equipped with Takahashi saddles and horseshoes made by Hebei Manufacturing Bureau.

Later, surrounded by a group of soldiers, Liu Jian personally commanded the army, and led the four major generals Zhang, Huang, Yan, and Wen to attack day and night, heading straight for Luoyang City.

He wants to break the exclusive myth that Dong Zhuo monopolizes "three hundred miles day and night".

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It's winter, Luoyang's side has already started to snow, and the bustling market on weekdays has also become deserted at this moment.

Most people don't go out anymore in this cold winter day. Those who have accumulated enough food in autumn will stay at home to keep warm in the winter, but those who unfortunately don't have enough food will face the most severe time of the year.

If they are lucky, they may survive this winter, otherwise they can only sacrifice their entire lives to the white winter snow.

Lu Zhi stood in the east of Luoyang City, looking at the white horizon in the distance.

On the snow-white horizon covered by frost and snow, a row of black spots have appeared at this moment, so densely packed that it is hard to see clearly.

The new wind is blowing, and the land is vast.

A snowflake fell from the sky and landed on Lu Zhi's face, turning into ice.

Lu Zhi tightened the hilt of the long sword around his waist, and the cold texture came from his fingertips, making him clear.

At the end of the wilderness, the black line is creeping bigger and bigger, and the outline of the opponent is gradually clear.

finally coming?

Lu Zhi's face was calm, he looked up at the sky, looked at the patches of snow, and muttered silently: "In the whole world, there is only one person who can march thousands of miles, at such a distance..."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi instructed the attendant next to him: "Open the city gate and lower the suspension bridge."

Next to Lu Zhi stood a young man, who was very surprised when he heard Lu Zhi's words.

"Your Majesty, although he came in a surprise attack, although there are few soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, the city is strong and the food and fodder are sufficient, so it is not impossible to defend."

The young man who spoke was Zhang Ji from Gaoling, Feng Yi.

Zhang was born in a humble and wealthy family, and he was well-mannered. In the past few years, he served as a minor official in Fengyi County. Later, he was promoted many times and was promoted by the county as Xiaolian.

However, the year Zhang was promoted to Xiaolian coincided with Dong Zhuo moving his capital to Chang'an, so he never entered the Lang's office, but just lived at home.

After Lu Zhi became the prefect of Luoyang, he conquered Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji is a noble man, if someone else conscripted him, he might not come, but faced with the conquest of Lu Zhi, a well-known Confucian in China, Zhang Ji did not refuse.

He is a smart man who knows that in this chaotic world, if he wants to be successful, he also needs to increase his reputation. Although Lu Zhi is not someone who can make him a success, but with Lu Zhi's reputation, if he can do a few things under his feathers, his reputation will definitely increase greatly.

When you have an excellent reputation, you don't have to worry about not having a good future.

In this era, it is very common for younger scholars to be sold for a price.

After hearing Zhang Ji's words, Lu Zhi sighed lightly and said, "He? Who is that?"

Zhang Ji pointed to the Xiliang soldier who was walking on the snow in the distance with some doubts, and said in a deep voice: "He is Dong Zhuo, a generation of few scholars in Liangzhou..."

"Although he is from Liangzhou, he is also the prime minister of the current dynasty, holding the emperor's imperial edict, and now he came from the capital. If I seal the door and block it from the outside...how can I say that?"

Zhang Ji sighed lightly, he knew what Lu Zhi said was right.

For a person like Lu Zhi who was loyal to the royal family of the Han Dynasty and didn't want to separate one side to become a warlord, he really couldn't close the door and defend himself.

After all, Dong Zhuo represents the imperial court.

People from the imperial court came to Luoyang, if Lu Zhi did not receive them, he would become a rebel against the imperial court and the Han Dynasty.

From Lu Zhi's point of view, he absolutely cannot do this.

From Zhang Ji's point of view, he didn't want Lu Zhi to do this either.

After all, this young man came to earn his reputation under Lu Zhi's command.

"Your Majesty, even if that is the case, but he just put up the flag of the Prime Minister and did not notify him in advance. Now that his soldiers and horses have suddenly arrived, he has violated the imperial court's regulations. As the prefect of one party, it is also his duty to communicate with him before welcoming him. A certain person is willing to be an envoy to represent the Prime Minister to the Prime Minister."

Lu Zhi stroked his beard, thought about Zhang Ji's words carefully, and secretly thought that it made sense.

After all, Lu is the head of this Luoyang family, and he is guarding here under the order of the emperor. Your court didn't even say hello in advance, and sent troops when they said they would come... I don't know if you are soldiers of the court or rebels?It is indeed reasonable to send someone to ask for clarification.

Although Lu Zhi was a loyal minister, he was not foolishly loyal.

On the premise of not violating loyalty and righteousness, there are some things that Lu Zhi is not afraid of offending others!

"Since that's the case, then Lao Derong will take a quick trip!"

"Here!"

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After receiving Lu Zhi's order, Zhang immediately led two attendants and flew out of Luoyang City on a flying horse.

The Xiliang army saw three fast riders holding envoy flags coming from the opposite side, and the front army stopped immediately.

When the front army rested their horses, the rear army could immediately follow the frequency of the front army and stand still.

"Who is coming!"

The soldiers at the front of the Xiliang Army shouted loudly at Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji and the other three rested their horses about ten arrows away from the Xiliang cavalry.

The guards around Zhang Ji shouted: "Long Shi Luoyang, under the order of Lord Lu, pay homage to Xiangguo!"

The news quickly spread to Fan Chou, and Fan Chou came to the end of the cavalry team and asked Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo is over sixty years old, but now he is wearing heavy armor, a sharp sword at the waist, a lion pocket on his head, and a black armor and red robe. He still looks majestic and has the appearance of a general.

But he was old after all, and he led the cavalry from Chang'an to Liu Jian's camp day and night, and then temporarily diverted to Luoyang on the way.

In the past two days, Dong Zhuo kept feeling in his heart that he was really no better than before.

It's just that he is old, but the foundation has no heirs to entrust to him, which really makes Dong Zhuo feel very sad.

Old Xiangguo adjusted his mind and said, "Let Luo Yang Changshi come to see this old man!"

Not long after, Zhang Ji, led by a group of Xiliang Army soldiers, came to Dong Zhuo.

"The last official, Zhang Ji, pays homage to Xiangguo!"

Dong Zhuo said with a straight face, "This old man has galloped thousands of miles here, Lu Ziqian can't open the city to meet this old man, instead he confines the Luoyang city gate and sends you here again, intending to rebel?"

Facing Dong Zhuo's stern questioning, Zhang showed no fear, but said calmly: "Why did Xiangguo say that? Duke Lu was ordered by the emperor to sit in Luoyang and become a barrier for the court."

"The land of Luoyang is the first barrier to the east of Chang'an, and it is also a place where rich and wealthy merchants from all over the world gather! Such an important place, if the country wants to send troops to garrison or cross the road, there must be written instructions from Shang Shutai! Is this appropriate?"

Dong Zhuo leaned his body forward.

He narrowed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "The old man's soldiers and horses are here, do we need to give written instructions from the court?"

Zhang Jilang said: "Naturally!"

"Hmph, courting death!"

Fan Chou at the side pulled out the sword from his waist and put it on Zhang Ji's neck.

Zhang Ji looked at Dong Zhuo without any fear: "If it's what Xiangguo wants, then the officials would like to ask Xiangguo, Xiangguo led troops to Luoyang today, I will not respect the court's procedure, and open the city wantonly to invite Xiangguo's soldiers and horses to enter the city. In the future, Xiangguo's generals will lead troops. Can I open the city?"

"The captain under Xiangguo's command is here, can't I open the city?"

"Once this precedent is set, in the future, as long as someone in the name of Prime Minister brings troops, will we all need to open the city?"

"If Xiangguo thinks it is appropriate to act like this, then the official will return to Luoyang and ask Lu Gong to go out of the city to plead guilty to Xiangguo!"

"Then the last official should slay himself in front of Xiangguo's war horse!"

Fan Chou gritted his teeth at the side and said, "You still dare to speak wild words? You want to die!"

After all, he was about to raise his knife and slash and kill.

"Wait!" Dong Zhuo slowly raised his hand to block Fan Chou's move.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo looked at Fan Chou below with a smile, and said loudly, "He's a madman, but he's also a real talent, I like it!"

"You are right, this time, the old man acted arbitrarily, but the matter was urgent, so the old man had to do so!"

"The old man asks you to go back and apologize to Duke Lu, and tell him that this is not an example! This old man will definitely put an end to this kind of thing in the future, how about it?"

Zhang Ji bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "Don't dare to do it, I will go back and ask Duke Lu to open the city gate."

Lu Zhi originally wanted to open the city gate, but with Zhang watching, opening the city gate like this might prove to be true in the future. Now that Dong Zhuo has admitted his mistake to his face and promised not to be an exception, even if Lu Zhi let Dong Zhuo enter Luoyang, he would not be considered negligent of his duty.

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "Zhang Changshi is loyal and courageous... In the future, you will return to Chang'an with the old man. The old man will entrust you with a heavy responsibility, but it is better than you being the head of a district in Luoyang. How about it?"

Given Zhang Ji's lofty status, he naturally dismissed Dong Zhuo's solicitation.

"Mr. Lu has a kindness to Zhang, and he can't bear to abandon him. Please forgive me."

Dong Zhuo was an old man, so he could see that Zhang Ji made it clear that he was using this remark to perfuse himself.

His face was extremely displeased.

Fan Chou on the side said: "Zhuzi, Xiangguo recruited you with kindness and wanted to promote you, but you don't know how to praise you. I don't know who is the real hero in this world!"

Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes and asked, "Dare to ask the general, how is Xiangguo so heroic?"

"Hmph, let's see, my family, Xiangguo, traveled from Chang'an to Luoyang in less than four days. With this method of warfare alone, no one in the world can match it?"

After Zhang heard the words, he couldn't help but fell silent.

Traveling to a place of thousands of miles in four days is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Dong Zhuo stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "This old man's horses run all over the world. For decades, no one has stopped this old man. This day and night galloping method, no one can do it except this old man!"

"It's Liu Deran. Based on his current position, when he gets the news that he wants to come to Luoyang, it will take two days at the earliest before he arrives, understand?"

"Hahahahaha~~ When it comes to the speed of using troops, who in the world can compare to this old man?"

Just as Dong Zhuo was laughing wildly, he suddenly heard the earth-shattering sound of feet trampling horses in the distance.

Then, I heard a roar coming from not far away from time to time:

"Please, Prime Minister, rest your horse!"

"Please, Prime Minister, rest your horse!"

"..."

Dong Zhuo's maniacal laughter stopped abruptly.

(End of this chapter)