I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 671 Zhang Liao, a rare talent!
  The people around Zhang Ji were secretly plotting to assassinate Dong Huang and Dong Min after entering the account.

But Zhang Ji looked carefully now and found that there were many guards in the opponent's tent, and there were warriors like Lu Bu. How could his men succeed in the assassination?

Seeing Lu Bu standing in high spirits in front of Dong Min and Dong Huang, looking at him with a sneer on his face, Zhang Ji's face turned red, feeling helpless and helpless.

I saw him take a deep breath and said: "Lu Bu, if you want to kill, just kill me. I fell into your hands today, and there is nothing to say! I am just a king and a loser. Although Mr. Zhang is unwilling to do so today, , but there is nothing we can do.”

Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are quite brave, okay! In that case, I will help you. I will take your life myself and leave you a whole body, which can be regarded as a complete corpse." The friendship we have had as colleagues over the years.”

Speaking of which, Lu Bu pulled out the sword from his waist and walked towards Zhang Ji.

At this moment, Zhang Liao suddenly shouted.

"Please wait a moment!"

Lu Bu's sword, which had been raised in the air, suddenly stopped.

He subconsciously looked at Zhang Liao behind him, with a look of confusion on his face.

But he saw Zhang Liao striding up to Zhang Ji. He looked around at the people behind Zhang Ji and thought for a moment.

I heard him say immediately: "Hu Zhen is a rebellious person. His attempt to seize Chang'an this time is bound to fail! General Zhang is a general under Dong Gong and has been favored by Dong Gong over the years."

"Now, Duke Dong has been granted the title of Grand Tutor."

"We should obey Duke Dong's wishes, submit to the imperial court, make contributions to the imperial court, and have a wife and son, so that we can live up to our talents and ambitions!"

"General Zhang is a sensible person, don't you think he doesn't even understand this?"

Compared with Lu Bu's aggressiveness just now, Zhang Liao's words were obviously more approachable, and Zhang Ji felt more comfortable in his ears.

I saw that Zhang Ji's expression gradually softened. Although he was still a little nervous, at least he didn't look at death as he did just now.

"Wen Yuanzhi said that I also know that betraying the imperial court at this time is not a wise move, but Hu Zhen and I have a friendship and have known each other for many years. Moreover, we don't know what kind of person Liu Deran is... How did people treat Li Jue and Guo Si in the first place? If we surrender, and he investigates us for our previous crimes in the future, what will we do?"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "General Zhang, you are wrong about this! The prime minister is indeed a benevolent and righteous person. He will never use deceitful tactics when dealing with his generals."

"The original execution of Li Jue and Guo Si was, firstly, because they were guilty of persecuting the people too much, and secondly, it was also to use Li Jue and Guo Si to eradicate Wang Yun and other enemies in the DPRK."

"Now that the imperial court has been established and there are no enemies, it is time for us to follow Duke Dong and submit to the imperial court. This is the time to make contributions to the imperial court! For Prime Minister Liu, wouldn't it be a big deal if he killed us after we surrendered? Damage his prestige and reputation?"

"The Prime Minister will definitely not do such an unwise thing."

"Besides, if it is what General Zhang thinks, you will die now, and you will die if you surrender to the imperial court... But you are bound to die now. After surrendering to the imperial court, there is still some room for survival. Why not benefit yourself and your family? Where is a chance of survival?”

"Liao heard that although Li Jue is dead, his family members are currently under the protection of the prime minister in Liangzhou."

"Although it is a bit bad to speculate like this, Zhang believes that there must be a deal between the Prime Minister and Li Jue... Although Li Jue is dead now, the Prime Minister still fulfills his promise and treats Li Jue's family very well."

"It can be seen that although the Prime Minister is a hero in this world, he is also a man of faith."

"If General Zhang can find his way back, help the Prime Minister put down the rebellion, and help the Prime Minister gather the Xiliang armies, I guess the future outcome of the Zhang family will not be inferior to that of Li Jue's family, right?"

"This is just Liao's simple opinion. As for whether we should respond or not, it all depends on General Zhang's words."

Lu Bu frowned when he heard what Zhang Liao said.

He seemed to have made up his mind to kill Zhang Ji from the beginning, but now that Zhang Liao said this in front of everyone, it made it difficult for Lu Bu to do it.

At this moment, Dong Min stood up and said: "General Zhang, we are old acquaintances! You and I have been following my brother for these years. What kind of person is General Zhang? Others don't know, but Dong is the most It’s clear! If General Zhang is willing to surrender and help the Prime Minister achieve great success, I will definitely report it to the Prime Minister in the future and guarantee General Zhang’s actions today, and there will be no mistakes made by General Zhang.”

Dong Huang also stood up and said, "I am also willing to vouch for General Zhang."

Everyone was willing to stand up and vouch for Zhang Ji, but Lu Bu remained silent beside him.

Zhang Ji's mood was greatly affected. He looked back and forth at everyone present, and finally sighed, cupped his hands and said: "The kindness that all my colleagues have shown to Zhang really makes Zhang ashamed! I made a big mistake. I am willing to I will make amends for my deeds, and when I go back, I will reorganize my troops and meet up with the generals. Let’s go to Yiwu together, capture Yang Ding first, and then attack Hu Zhen who is harassing Chang’an... How about that?”

Zhang Liao nodded with satisfaction and said: "General Zhang is a man of his word. We believe in General Zhang!"

After saying that, Zhang Liao looked at the others: "You all have no objections, right?"

At this point, what can anyone say?

Zhang Jiji was immediately let go.

To be honest, everyone felt a little unreasonable to just let Zhang Ji go.

But Zhang Liao is not idle after all. He is also the second-largest figure in the Bingzhou Army after Lu Bu, and his troops are not under the control of Lu Bu, so he has strong autonomy.

Therefore, Zhang Liao's words have great weight among these people.

Moreover, Zhang Liao was also very good at using troops. Everyone present knew this. Even Lu Bu thought he was inferior to Zhang Liao in terms of commanding troops.

After all, Dong Min is Dong Zhuo's younger brother. No matter how powerful Zhang Liao is, it is not a big deal to ask Zhang Liao directly as Dong Min.

He spoke immediately.

"Wen Yuan, didn't we all agree in advance that Zhang Jiruo would come here and kill him on the spot? Why did you ask him to surrender when things came to a head?"

Zhang Liao said: "Although Zhang Ji has rebelled, he is our colleague after all. If we can recruit him, it will be good for the great cause of the imperial court. At least it will prevent many of our colleagues in the Xiliang Army from killing each other."

"Besides, I saw Zhang Ji coming today, but his nephew Zhang Xiu did not come with him."

"According to my understanding of Zhang Ji's army, in addition to Zhang Ji himself, Zhang Xiu also has the ability to lead the entire army. If Zhang Ji dies, Zhang Xiu will definitely fight against us. When the time comes, he will lead an army to fight us. It will definitely cause some damage to us.”

"Today, if Zhang Xiu comes with Zhang Ji today, I will not stop them from killing them... But since Zhang Ji has not arrived, then for us, killing Zhang Ji is not the best choice."

When Dong Min, Dong Huang and others heard this, they suddenly realized.

They greatly appreciated Zhang Liao's ability to adapt to circumstances.

However, seeing Zhang Liao being praised and praised unanimously by everyone, Lu Bu felt somewhat uncomfortable.

I don't know since when, Zhang Liao seemed to start to surpass him in some aspects.

Not in every aspect, of course, but in some aspects.

But even so, Lu Bu felt a little melancholy.

It's not that Lu Bu is too narrow-minded... but that the Bingzhou Army has always respected the strong! The reason why Lu Bu has been able to command the Bingzhou army so smoothly in recent years is because his abilities in all aspects are unparalleled among the people in Bingzhou.

Even Zhang Liao was a few points behind him in all aspects.

But Zhang Liao is young after all. Now he has grown to a new level and is almost on par with Lu Bu.

Just listen to Zhang Liao continue to say: "If Zhang Ji understands people, after what happened, he will definitely pack up his troops and come to join us when he goes back. But if he still insists on it, he will not attack easily again. After all, just now When such a big thing happened, he knew in his heart that the court must be prepared, so he probably sat back and watched, not daring to act rashly."

"This will buy time for the Prime Minister. After the Prime Minister eliminates the other Xiliang army garrisons, Zhang Ji's lone army will not be worth mentioning."

"And we don't need the soldiers and horses of our Bingzhou Army and the two generals to confront them head-on. This can protect most of our soldiers from damage."

Zhang Liao's analysis was thorough and sensible, which greatly impressed everyone present. Then Zhang Liao turned to Lu Bu, raised his hands to him and said, "Liao Shicai was in a hurry, so he made a last-minute decision on his own initiative. Please forgive me, general."

In fact, Zhang Liao has always had a relatively high level of autonomy under Lu Bu. He does not act arbitrarily once or twice, and Lu Bu has nothing to do with him.

However, since he is willing to apologize to Lu Bu, it means that he still gives Lu Bu some face.

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Wen Yuan is quick-witted and can make the best decision when the opportunity arises. This is already a great blessing for us, so why do we need to accuse him?"

Just say it, Lu Bu was still laughing, as if he didn't care.

Zhang Liao didn't care anymore.

……

After Zhang Ji returned to his army, he immediately found his nephew Zhang Xiu, and sent people to deliver messages to Lu Bu, Dong Huang and others, and made an appointment with them to lead troops to attack Xiwu directly to attack the Xiliang army Yang Ding. rear.

It seems that Zhang Ji is very knowledgeable about current affairs and knows who to help at critical moments.

Yang Ding had calculated everything, but he didn't expect that Zhang Ji would actually switch sides, side with Liu Jian, and even attack his rear!
  He was leading his troops to plunder Xiwu when he was suddenly attacked. He was unable to effectively fight for a while, and was defeated hastily by Zhang Ji, Lu Bu, Dong Huang and others.

Yang Ding's own ability was not as good as these people, but now he was suddenly harassed and couldn't cope with it.

All he could do was to let his soldiers fight on their own, while he himself looked for opportunities to flee hastily, eager to break out of the encirclement.

But it is a pity that Zhang Ji, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao were sure that Yang Ding was going to escape. They divided their troops and patrolled around Xiwu, waiting for him to escape.

And Lu Bu happened to bump into Yang Ding.

After meeting Yang Ding, Lu Bu didn't say anything, he just waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and rode up on the horse, and stabbed Yang Ding under the horse with one halberd.

After killing Yang Ding, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Dong Huang and others immediately began to recruit and surrender the Xiliang army under Yang Ding.

Many of Yang Ding's men surrendered to Dong Huang. After all, Dong Huang represented Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo still had the highest prestige among the Xiliang army.

Although there were still some stubborn resisters among them, the remaining stubborn resisters were not difficult for Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others to deal with, and they were all defeated in an instant.

After Yang Ding died, Lu Bu, Dong Huang and Zhang Ji headed towards Chang'an.

Dong Min was guarding the newly surrendered Xiliang rebels from the rear.

……

Yang Ding's sneak attack on Xiwu failed, and the other troops of the Xiliang Army are also not making good progress.

Li Meng and Wang Fang went to the south and north to block the two camps arranged by Liu Jian in Chang'an.

However, the soldiers of these two camps had already ambushed the Xiliang army on the way to attack.

To the south are Zhang He, Yan Liang and Gao Lan respectively.

To the north are Xu Rong, Wen Chou and Gongsun Zan.

Just looking at the configuration of these two generals is enough to crush the generals of the Xiliang Army such as Li Meng and Wang Fang.

After all, among the generals of the Xiliang Army, the most capable ones were Hu Zhen, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others.

Fan Chou died in battle in the past, but now Zhang Ji has defected again. Li Jue and Guo Bang were both killed by Liu Jian. Although the remaining generals are also battle-hardened warriors, they are no match for Liu Jian's elite generals. Compared to, there is still a lot of difference.

At this moment, soldiers and horses from the north and the south were fighting fiercely on the avenue.

"Go up! Come on, you guys, it's just the Hebei Army. How can you defeat them so quickly?"

"Instruct the left and right to lead the cavalry to attack from two directions. We must break away from their formation!"

Li Meng seemed to be crazy and gave orders to his captains and other commanders.

But he faced Zhang He, Yan Liang, and Gao Lan, who had followed Liu Jian for many years and were proficient in battle formations.

Gao Lan stood firm in the town, commanded his soldiers to stabilize their position, and sent crossbowmen and archers to guard the left and right sides.

Even though the Xiliang Army's cavalry would cover them from the side, Hebei's powerful crossbows were not in vain.

Every time the cavalry wanted to cut through their formation, Gao Lan would order the strong crossbow battalion to shoot with arrows, causing the cavalry to retreat without a fight.

The Xiliang cavalry carried out three consecutive cover-up attacks, but were driven back by Hebei's powerful crossbows.

The reason why Hebei's strong crossbows are so powerful is that Hebei's soldiers are good at archery.

On the other hand, Hebei's weapons manufacturing industry...especially the continuous crossbows are making rapid progress.

After years of research by Hebei craftsmen, the repeating crossbows produced in Hebei have been able to shoot five consecutive shots per crossbow.

Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, the Hebei Army did the best in building the ancient military industrial system.

Li Meng became extremely anxious.

His constant urging made his men's offensive become more and more fierce.
  But at this time, Li Meng forgot that his purpose was to prevent the Hebei Army from supporting Chang'an...

But now, unknowingly, he was led by the Hebei Army to attack and defend in different positions. Now, it has become the Hebei Army's defensive trend.

This is what Hebei general Zhang He is capable of!
  Zhang He has followed Liu Jian for many years, and Zhang He himself is present in almost every battle.

He has experienced hundreds of battles and has rich experience. Facing the attack of the Xiliang army, he made careful deployments and plans.

Among them, one of Zhang He's battle plans was to induce Li Meng to switch from defense to offense and desperately attack his own side.

He played extremely calmly. Neither arrogant nor impetuous.

Over in Chang'an, Zhang He was not worried.

The Prime Minister has already made careful arrangements, so there is no need for him to worry too much.

What he has to do now is to fight against Li Meng with a calm mind. As long as Li Meng shows his flaws, he can win with one blow.

Most of Liu Jian's generals have one characteristic, that is, after years of training, they all understand that their mentality must be stable on the battlefield, and they must guard against arrogance and impetuosity in everything.

Although the equipment of the Xiliang Army is not as good as that of the Hebei Army, in terms of combat experience, the Xiliang Army is almost on par with the Hebei Army, and even higher than the Hebei Army in some aspects. Therefore, the two sides can be considered evenly matched.

But the generals in Hebei believed that they would definitely defeat the Xiliang Army, because the generals in Hebei, including Liu Jian himself, all felt that most of the generals in the Xiliang Army had a bad mentality.

Once they encounter an emergency, they will act crazy.

They did not have a stable mentality when dealing with the situation on the battlefield. In this regard, the Hebei generals did better.

Even Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others who used to have hot tempers have made great progress and their psychological quality has become very good.

Gao Lan was responsible for holding on to the position in the town and preventing the Xiliang army from taking advantage of it. Zhang He was responsible for keeping an overall view of the situation and stabilizing the morale of the army, while General Yan Liang led the cavalry team around the perimeter of the army formation and fought with the Xiliang army. In the fight, he was not in a hurry to launch a fierce offensive against the Xiliang army, but looked for the opponent's weaknesses and struck a thunderous blow at the critical moment!
  The three people worked together flawlessly.

(End of this chapter)