I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 497 Zhou Yu Advises Huang Zhong

"We came here to suppress a rebellion. Now that Guangling is in chaos, how can we pretend to be ignorant?"

"And Ziyi was originally sent to Guangling to guard it. Now Guangling is in chaos, and we cannot just sit back and watch."

Duan Wei looked at Huang Zhong who was talking and felt a little nervous. Although ever since Huang Zhong personally led the vanguard last time, Duan Wei felt that Huang Zhong was a reckless man and his usual steady appearance was just an act. He was not surprised no matter what Huang Zhong did.

But now, looking at Huang Zhong, he couldn't help but doubt in his heart - was he trying to forge the imperial edict?

In order to put down the rebellion as soon as possible?

Isn't it necessary?

Ever since his elder brother Duan Xing died due to being involved in a political struggle, Duan Wei has always followed a strategy for being an official - keeping a low profile.

In everything, try not to cause trouble and just do your job well.

For this, it doesn't matter even if I have to sacrifice some of my future.

Even so, he relied on his talents to step by step rise to the position of Xiyuan Captain.

Duan Wei had made up his mind that if Huang Zhong wanted to send troops to Guangling County, he would definitely not respond.

Huang Zhong was still talking: "As far as I know, the pirates in Guangling are robbing the people in Xuezhou. If we wait here for the imperial edict and the army to rush to Guangling, I don't know how many people will suddenly suffer misfortune."

"This general intends to mobilize some troops and send them to Guangling to quell the rebellion!"

really!

After hearing this, Duan Wei confirmed that his premonition was true.

But before he could object, he saw another person stand up.

"No!"

Duan Wei looked at Taishi Ci who was speaking.

"Guangling was originally under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, and is not targeted for suppression this time. However, I have the responsibility to guard Guangling, and the imperial edict did not specify where I should go. It would be best for me to lead my troops and continue to suppress the rebellion in Guangling!"

"Zi Yi! No!" Huang Zhong shouted.

Duan Wei also felt that Taishi Ci was somewhat inappropriate. Although his reputation was indeed good enough, the original reason for him to stay in Jiujiang County was gone.

However, Taishi Ci's army had only 800 people, and they suffered some losses during the battle.

If it is a peacetime war, the county soldiers can be used to assist, but right now there are many rebels in Guangling responding to Xuezhou.

And, most importantly... Duan Wei looked at Taishi Ci's injured right arm...

He knew very well that Taishi Ci was skilled in archery and horse riding, but most of these skills were temporarily useless because of his injured arm.

Moreover, Taishi Ci was not a general as good at commanding troops as he was, but was better at leading troops into battle.

Is such an injured commander really suitable to be sent to Guangling?

Looking at the persistent Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci.

Duan Wei suddenly sighed deeply: "Jiujiang, Danyang, and Guangling are adjacent to each other. It is possible that the thieves are fleeing between the three counties. When we are chasing the thieves, we can't let them go just because they crossed the border!"

This is an easy idea to come up with, but also a bad one.

If we can cross the border in the name of pursuing a thief today, will we just define a thief tomorrow?

Duan Wei's intention in proposing this bad idea was very clear. He was willing to share honor and disgrace with Huang Zhong and others.

"Haha, Zhongming, I knew you were very courageous and not just an ordinary person!"

Hearing Lü Bu's almost iconic laughter, Duan Wei sighed again. Why did he suddenly get so excited just now? "Okay, in that case, prepare the troops immediately and go to Danyang and Guangling to quell the rebellion!" Huang Zhong finally said.

After this small military meeting, Huang Zhong received a report and immediately ordered someone to bring Zhou Yu to meet him.

After Zhou Yu paid his respects, Huang Zhong found that Zhou Yu looked very elegant and did not look like the practical man that Zhou Zhong described in his letter.

But the people were already there, and their conversation was normal. He still owed Zhou Zhong a favor, so after a little hesitation, Huang Zhong emphasized: "Gongjin, right? The army is different from other places, and we are about to march and fight. If you can't stand the hardship in the army, don't force yourself to hold on."

Zhou Yu immediately bowed and replied: "Don't worry, General. I once followed my teacher all over Yangzhou. I am not afraid of hardship."

Huang Zhong nodded and said, "That's great. You can do some clerical work by my side for now."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu immediately followed Huang Zhong's advice and prepared to get down to work.

But in Huang Zhong's view, Zhou Yu was just a young man from a wealthy family who was brought in by Zhou Zhong to gild his reputation. He was also a newcomer, so he did not assign any clerical work to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu didn't care and took it easy.

After a day, Zhou Yu suddenly found Huang Zhong.

"General, are you planning to send troops to Guangling to quell the rebellion?"

Huang Zhong was stunned. He didn't remember including this content in the document he assigned to Zhou Yu?
Moreover, according to what Duan Wei said, the matter of chasing the bandits into Guangling was considered a secret, and ordinary soldiers had no idea about it.

Huang Zhong asked, "Where did you hear that?"

Zhou Yu said: "It's not hearsay, it's just speculation."

Seeing Huang Zhong suddenly become aggressive, Zhou Yu explained: "It's not hard to guess - the general did not let all the soldiers waiting to set off to the surrounding lakes to get used to the feeling of riding a boat."

Huang Zhong then asked, "What does Gongjin want to say? Do you want to stop me, or are you afraid?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "I just want to persuade the general. Now that the imperial edict has not arrived, it is wrong for the general to do this."

Huang Zhong was somewhat impatient when he heard this. He questioned, "Is it right to allow the people of Guangling County to suffer misfortune when we have troops that can suppress the rebellion?"

"If you have such thoughts, you really shouldn't stay here, so as not to cause trouble for yourself in the future."

Zhou Yu said, "General, why do you look down on me? If I wanted to leave, why did I come to you? There is a better solution to this problem, but you just didn't use it."

"Oh? Tell me more about it."

Zhou Yu immediately replied: "General, you only need to write a letter to apologize first."

Huang Zhong originally thought that Zhou Yu had some real insights, but when he heard this, he said impatiently: "I am only concerned about the people, what crime have I committed? When we march into Guangling to quell the rebellion, at most we will be impeached by some unreasonable people. The emperor understands the hearts of us soldiers and will not blame us."

The emperor’s trust in him was the reason why Huang Zhong dared to do this.

In the past, whenever the emperor entered the West Garden, Huang Zhong would accompany him. His son Huang Xu's illness was cured by the emperor, who specially sent Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing to work together.

Therefore, Huang Zhong regarded the emperor's words such as "put the people first" as a golden rule and put them into practice.

He also believed that the emperor would understand his original intention and would never let him down.

Although Zhou Yu was somewhat confused as to why Huang Zhong was so confident in the emperor's trust, he still asked, "The general has a clear conscience, but what about others?"

"And since the general also knows that this action will lead to impeachment, why is he unwilling to resolve the hidden danger of this matter early and insist on keeping it?"

"The one who created the figurines has no descendants?"

"Is the general afraid that the emperor will blame him for this?"

(End of this chapter)