Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 614 Zhang Liao's Decision

Zhang Sui picked out a pony for each of his children at the ranch.

The next day, Sima Yi took five assassins, Wang Yue and Shi A to bid farewell to Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui rewarded each of the five assassins with a mansion in the west of Yecheng, and promised Sima Yi, Wang Yue and Shi A each a weapon made of thousand-refined steel.

Among them, Sima Yi even promised him the opportunity to participate in the future battle against Wuhuan in the three counties.

Sima Yi then led Wang Yue, Shi A and five assassins southward.

Hailing Port in Guangling when Sima Yi and others went south.

Zhang Liao, the commander of Guangling, was training with his eight hundred soldiers.

Guangling now has three thousand naval forces and three thousand elite troops from Danyang.

Zhang Liao selected 800 cavalrymen from the 3,000 elite Danyang soldiers and trained them personally as his own personal soldiers.

The others are divided into three shifts.

A group of people working in the fields.

A training class.

One squad of defense.

Rotate every month.

Just as Zhang Liao was training his personal soldiers, a figure in armor came running over.

Xu Dan.

He was a former cavalry commander under Tao Qian and a colleague of Zang Ba.

Before Tao Qian died, he asked Xu Dan to lead 3,000 elite soldiers from Danyang to assist Liu Bei.

However, after Tao Qian's death, Xu Dan did not choose to follow Tao Qian's orders. He believed that Liu Bei was not qualified to command his 3,000 elite Danyang troops.

At that time, Liu Bei was under attack from Yuan Shu in Guangling. Therefore, he could only adopt a conciliatory strategy. He let Zhang Fei and Chen Deng be responsible for guarding Xia Pi, while trying to find a way to capture Xu Dan and 3,000 elite Danyang troops. Liu Bei took some other Xuzhou troops to fight against Yuan Shu.

However, no one expected that Xu Dan would join forces with Cao Bao, a former subordinate of Tao Qian, to welcome Lu Bu to Xuzhou.

After Lu Bu was killed, Xu Dan followed Zhang Sui and made two great achievements.

Once, he cooperated with Zhang Sui in a night attack on Cao Cao at Bai Ma.

Once, on the way to Xiling City in Jiangxia, he cooperated with Zhang Sui to defeat Sun Ce's army.

Now Xu Dan is the General of the Central Army and the Deputy Commandant of Guangling, assisting Zhang Liao.

Xu Dan shouted to Zhang Liao from a distance: "Wenyuan, a report from Yecheng, written by the lord himself!"

Zhang Liao hurriedly stopped training and walked up to him.

Xu Dan handed a bamboo tube to Zhang Liao and said with a smile, "The Mi family sent a letter via carrier pigeon, which was quite fast. It arrived in half a month."

"This pigeon message is really fast."

"If this had happened in the past, it would have taken at least a month to get here."

Zhang Liao was in no mood to comment on the pigeon message.

There was only one thing on his mind:

Zhang Liao took the bamboo tube, opened the bottle cap, and pulled out a piece of cloth from it.

Xu Dan quickly leaned his head over.

Looking at the contents of the cloth, Xu Dan frowned and said, "My Lord, this is a bit unreasonable."

"Jiangdong's attack this time is very aggressive, and there are rumors that there are 100,000 troops."

"We only have 6,000 troops here."

"Six thousand versus one hundred thousand, how do you fight?"

"Do you really think we are the overlords of the world?"

Zhang Liao looked back and forth, repeated the contents on the cloth three times, and was so angry that he threw the cloth to the ground.

Xu Dan also sighed.

Just about to complain.

But Zhang Liao picked up the cloth strip again, squatted on the ground, held the cloth strip with both hands, supported his knees, and read the contents on the cloth strip again.

Xu Dan asked: "What do you mean, Wenyuan?"

Zhang Liao read it several times before carefully folding the cloth strip and stuffing it back into the bamboo tube. He closed the lid and said unhappily, "What else can I say? I'll just do it."

"The young master made it very clear in the letter."

"The reason why we were assigned to stay in Guangling was to save manpower."

"Young Master trusted us so much, but now, we regret it."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for the young master to use us in the future."

"The others probably look down on us, too."

Xu Dan hung his head.

This is true.

Zhang Liao raised his head, looked at Xu Dan and said, "If Jiangdong attacks, you will be in charge of the command, and I will lead 800 personal soldiers as the vanguard."

"If I die in battle, please tell the young master that I, Zhang Liao, want to start a new life and live up to Lord Ding and him." "I don't ask the young master to remember my military achievements, I just hope that after I die, he can have my bones brought back to Yanmen for burial."

After saying this, he walked back to the eight hundred personal soldiers and continued training.

Xu Dan looked at Zhang Liao's back and sighed.

have to.

All we have to do is give it a try!

There is nothing you can do if you die.

If it succeeds——

Xu Dan shook his head.

We can only pray for success.

at the same time.

Lujiang Wankou Port.

Dozens of generals were standing at the gate of the military camp.

The leader was Gan Ning, Su Fei and others.

Gan Ning, as the deputy commander of Lujiang, and Zhang Xun, the commander of Lujiang, each led a group of naval forces to garrison the two major ports of Lujiang.

The Lujiang Commandery commander was stationed at Ruxu Port.

Gan Ning, as the deputy commander, was stationed at Wankou Port.

Today he was waiting at the door with his generals because he received intelligence from Shouchun a few days ago: Yangzhou Governor Zhao Yun was going to bring Shouchun Order Zhuge Liang to patrol the area.

Afterwards, the Shouchun magistrate was to take a ship from the Wankou Port to the east and then enter Jingzhou from the Xiakou Port to visit his relatives.

The group didn't have to wait long before they saw dozens of riders galloping from the north.

Gan Ning hurriedly led his generals to meet them.

The bell on his waist made a crisp sound as he strode.

Dozens of riders soon came to him.

The two leaders were Zhao Yun, the governor of Yangzhou, and Zhuge Liang, the magistrate of Shouchun.

When the two sides met, Gan Ning smiled and said, "Governor, Mr. Zhuge, I have already arranged your camp. Take a day's rest first. After breakfast tomorrow morning, I will take you to inspect the nearby fortifications."

"I, Gan Ning, will do my job, so you can rest assured."

"Even if there's a fly coming over from Jiangdong, I can see it."

Zhao Yun looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Mr. Zhuge, what do you say?"

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan in his hand, gently waving it as he smiled and said, "The time is just right, at dusk, it is easiest to see if the defense is weak or not. Besides, I am not very tired. I am not that vulnerable after such a short distance."

Zhao Yun said to Gan Ning, "Then let's not rest yet. Show us the fortifications first."

"The Lord sent an urgent letter from Yecheng, saying that Jiangdong intends to seek revenge from Guangling, and Sun Quan has reconciled with Zhou Yu on the other side."

"The enemy may adopt a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west."

"They pretended to attack Guangling, but in fact their army was plotting against us in Lujiang."

"Be extremely careful."

Seeing this, Gan Ning scratched his head and said, "Okay, then I will personally take you on a boat to check the surrounding defenses."

His eyes fell on the feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand. Gan Ning reached out and took it away, curiously asking, "It's a very nice feather fan. But, it's so cold, why is Mr. Zhuge still fanning himself?"

Zhao Yun said, "This was the feather fan that the lord personally made for Mr. Zhuge using pheasant feathers in July when the weather was extremely hot."

"Firstly, it is for Mr. Zhuge to use to fan himself and cool off."

"Secondly, the lord said that Mr. Zhuge is still too young and shows his joy too easily."

"Every time Mr. Zhuge couldn't help but beam with joy, he would use this feather fan to cover his face."

"In this way, others will not see Mr. Zhuge's expression, which will add a sense of mystery to Mr. Zhuge."

"Mr. Zhuge is young, but he is extremely intelligent."

"Many people will not believe him because of this."

"With this feather fan, the sense of mystery is increased, which will increase the credibility."

"You know what, this feather fan is really useful."

"Although Mr. Zhuge is now the magistrate of Shouchun, every time he gives advice, he shields his face with a feather fan. None of the officials under him dare to underestimate him."

Zhuge Liang chuckled.

He had never thought about this before, but it turned out that this feather fan really had some magical uses.

It was also because of this feather fan that Zhuge Liang deeply felt the talent of Zhang Sui, the ruler of Hebei.

Every aspect has been considered clearly.

A monarch with subjects of this magnitude is absolutely unique among the princes in this chaotic era.

Therefore, after staying in Shouchun for more than half a year, he officially decided to stay in Hebei.

This trip back to Jingzhou and Xiangyang was for two reasons: firstly, to pick up his third brother; secondly, there had been some changes in Jingzhou recently, and he had to go to Xiangyang to meet the military advisor Li Ru, so that he could be ready to respond to changes in Jiangdong and Jingzhou at any time.

(End of this chapter)