The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

"General Gongsun is wrong." Liu Zhaoqing said with a smile.

"These are not gifts we offer to the Hu people, but spoils we captured from the Wuhuan."

"What?" Gongsun Zan looked at Zhao Yun, whom he had met several times before, and Liu Zhaoqing, whom he had never met but had heard of.

She immediately discovered that the armor on the two men was indeed damaged and there was congealed blood on their faces.

After being surprised, Gongsun Zan also took the initiative to offer to help Liu Zhaoqing escort the prisoners and spoils.

Gongsun Zan had been riding his horse beside Liu Zhaoqing for less than half an hour when he saw the thirty-odd cavalrymen in Liu Zhaoqing's team. After a moment's silence, he could not help but ask, "Marquis Changping must have suffered heavy losses in this battle. He only has these few cavalrymen left..."

After saying this, he probably felt that he shouldn't expose someone's scars at this time, so Gongsun Zan comforted him, "But fortunately, the harvest is enough. Even if 10,000 people are killed or injured, these spoils are enough to satisfy Lord Bo'an. Lord Bo'an is not a selfish person. Don't worry, Marquis Changping. Lord Bo'an should subsidize you with a lot of money and troops to recover some of your losses."

"Ten thousand casualties?" Liu Zhaoqing tilted his head to look at the young female general with a noticeable strand of white hair.

Liu Zhaoqing smiled and said, "General Gongsun seems to have misunderstood. I just came to Changping, and Lord Bo'an's soldiers are stationed at the Great Wall and the border. There are no ten thousand men for me. They are just my own forty Yellow Turban cavalrymen."

"That's right. Lord Bo'an has never paid much attention to the training of troops. Wait? What? Forty Yellow Turban cavalrymen? Four, forty?" Gongsun Zan came back to his senses and asked repeatedly. His shocked look surprised Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao on the side.

Afterwards, Liu Zhaoqing told Gongsun Zan about his experience of marching a thousand miles, defeating 50,000 Wuhuan with only 40 cavalrymen, killing 3,000 enemies, capturing more than 10,000 young Hu people, 50,000 cattle and sheep, 5,000 war horses, and countless treasures.

Even though Liu Zhaoqing omitted many details in this series of stories, Gongsun Zan and his Baima Yicong were still stunned for a long time after listening to them.

"Marquis Changping, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?" Gongsun Zan smiled awkwardly and asked Liu Zhaoqing.

It’s not that she doesn’t believe it, but if this is true, then Liu Zhaoqing is no longer an ordinary person. He is simply the reincarnation of Marquis Guanjun, and the Han Dynasty will directly produce a new god of war.

Chapter 185 Zhao Qing Zhao Qing, My Lucky Star3.5K

Gongsun Zan's disbelief was subconscious, and it cannot be said that she was narrow-minded.

As a native of Liaoxi who was born into a local aristocratic family, although he was neither a legitimate son nor the son of a noble lady, Gongsun Zan received a good education since childhood. He knew the history of the Former Qin and the current Han Dynasty and understood common sense.

Forty cavalrymen defeated fifty thousand barbarians... anyone would react in the same way if they heard this.

So she subconsciously felt that such an achievement would be impossible, because even the champion marquis could not achieve this level.

Although the era of Guanjun Hou was not as legendary as it is today, the reputation of Liu Zhaoqing before that Gongsun Zan heard most about was that he was "good at poetry and prose" and that he had done a heroic deed of killing eunuchs in Luoyang, and it seemed that he also knew some martial arts.

Does such a person have the talent to lead troops in battle?

"General Gongsun is joking again. How could I treat you as a three-year-old child? What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Zilong." Liu Zhaoqing said with a smile.

Gongsun Zan looked at Zhao Yun who was standing beside him. Zhao Yun nodded and said, "My lord, you are telling the truth."

Even though they had only met a few times, Gongsun Zan knew that Zhao Yun was extremely powerful and a very honest person. Her words basically confirmed that what Liu Zhaoqing said was true.

"This..." Gongsun Zan opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say, so he could only look back at Liu Zhaoqing's "results".

Her eight hundred cavalrymen might not be able to control the endless army, but Liu Zhaoqing had managed to bring all these results here with only less than forty cavalrymen.

And it can be seen from the spoils that what Liu Zhaoqing said is true.

After all, the young and middle-aged Wuhuan captives who were very suitable for serving as labor, and the at least four or five thousand grassland war horses, could not be found in the Han area of ​​Youzhou, and Liu Zhaoqing could only "take" them from the northern border.

"Outsiders all sigh that the White Horse Volunteers around me are unparalleled in bravery. Now it seems that the 'Yellow Turban Cavalry' of Marquis Changping are much braver than my Volunteers." After staying there for a long time, Gongsun Zan sighed sincerely.

"Haha, General Gongsun is overstating it, but this is all thanks to my Wenyuan's training." Liu Zhaoqing praised Zhang Liao without hesitation, "If it weren't for her training, I wouldn't dare to make such a decision."

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhaoqing looked at Gongsun Zan, who was nearly 1.8 meters tall. Meeting her in this place also made him very confused: "By the way, how did General Gongsun get here?"

Gongsun Zan did not hide it and said that his sentinel saw dark clouds in the direction of Wuhuan Mountain in the north in the early morning. After reporting this to Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan keenly realized that something big might have happened to Wuhuan.

Because she was not sure whether this was a good or bad thing, she took a dozen white horse volunteers and eight hundred elite cavalry and prepared to go north to investigate.

With the mobility of cavalry, they can evacuate in time even if the worst happens.

Just as Gongsun Zan had not been out of Liaoxi County for long, he happened to meet Liu Zhaoqing who had returned.

At first, she saw them from a distance and thought that Liu Zhaoqing and his group were the Wuhuan army. When they got closer, she thought that they were the "gift-giving team" of Duke Bo'an. Now she realized: this was the triumphant team of Marquis Changping.

Later, Liu Zhaoqing also said that he came here because Di Di issued a warning that the army of the Wuhuan royal court was suspected of chasing them, so he went straight south and quickly left the Wuhuan territory.

This shocked Gongsun Zan again. Ferocious beasts like Di Di were rare in the northern frontier. He did not expect that Liu Zhaoqing could actually tame it. What was even more incredible was that there was someone in his team who could communicate with such a ferocious beast.

Then, Gongsun Zan, who had extensive experience in fighting the Hu people, also helped analyze the current situation.

"The DiDi beast has extremely sensitive hearing." Gongsun Zan tilted his head to look at the phantom that was patrolling on the hillside beside the team. "If that's what it said, then it's almost certain that the Wuhuan King's army has already known about the Changping Marquis's attack."

"In this case, I must also be prepared to prevent the Wuhuan from getting angry and heading south to plunder the land." Gongsun Zan said after thinking for a moment.

"Liaoxi and Liaodong are different from other places in Youzhou that are blocked by the Great Wall. They rely on our soldiers to patrol and drive away the invading enemies all year round. Natural disasters and beast disasters are also much weaker than other counties, so they have not lost a lot of land like Yangping, Yuyang and Beiping."

"I can probably only take you here. If the Wuhuan royal court's army marches south, I must go back immediately to organize troops and see if there is a chance to outflank or guerrilla warfare against the Hu bandits and take a piece of the fat meat."

"Thank you for your help, General Gongsun." Liu Zhaoqing nodded and bowed, "With General Gongsun in Youzhou, the people can live in peace."

Gongsun Zan shook his head, smiled and said modestly: "How can I be as brave as the Marquis of Changping? I am just a small captain. It is only because of my family background and the fact that the governor of Liaoxi is my cousin that I can lead thousands of troops and have the confidence to fight against the Wuhuan."

"If I were just an ordinary captain who could only command a few dozen people, with Lord Bo'an's conservative strategy, even if the Wuhuan came to the city, I would have no choice but to retreat behind the city gate..."

After Gongsun Zan finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it. My ideas are different from Lord Bo'an's, but we both want the well-being of Youzhou."

"The great victory of Marquis Changping has fulfilled my dream. If there is a chance in the future, Zan must invite Marquis Changping to his home, set up a banquet, cook cattle and sheep, and let him listen attentively. Please tell me the details of this battle." Gongsun Zan smiled at Liu Zhaoqing.

"Zhaoqing will definitely not be absent then." Liu Zhaoqing bowed and smiled.

"it is good!"

Gongsun Zan also bowed and said, "Then we'll say goodbye here. We'll talk more in detail later when we have the chance."

After saying this, Gongsun Zan summoned the cavalry and returned to Liaoxi, apparently to prepare for war.

However, Liu Zhaoqing felt that Wang Ting’s army would not pursue them, not only because Gongsun Zan had been fighting with the Wuhuan for many years and was an "outlier" in Liu Yu's camp.

And also because Liu Zhaoqing knew that Wuhuan seemed to be preparing some kind of offering to the "Holy Spirit".

After their great victory, if the Wuhuan royal court was not stupid, they would definitely first investigate what kind of person Liu Zhaoqing was and would definitely not dare to attack rashly.

This is also the reason why Liu Zhaoqing was in a hurry to leave and even gave up on destroying the Wuhuan's manpower.

The success of the forty cavalrymen's attack was due to Liu Zhaoqing's Yali evil mask, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao's transformation, and there was a lot of luck involved.

If it weren't for Lu Xi's contempt, Zhang Liao's sudden transformation, and the collective chaos of the Wuhuan soldiers at that time, with no tactics except the human sea, the result would probably be very different from what it is now.

Liu Zhaoqing had no such idea of ​​fighting against Wang Ting's army after being exhausted.

He had already gotten what he needed, so he should run away now.

Then, just as he expected, when Liu Zhaoqing led his troops into Yuyang County, Zhen Mi came over riding on Yoyo and reported that she did not see any trace of Wang Tingjun.

On the contrary, Liu Zhaoqing encountered more than one misunderstanding, as some people mistook him for a member of the Wuhuan army.

When he entered Yuyang County, many county soldiers mistook him for an invading Wuhuan. Sharp and piercing alarm horns were sounded everywhere. The problem was not resolved until Liu Zhaoqing sent someone to give advance notice. He also asked the shocked magistrate of one of the counties for three pieces of yellow cloth.

Two characters "Liu" and a "Yellow Turban" were written on it, and then three cavalrymen carried it, which greatly reduced unnecessary misunderstandings.

In this way, when it was almost evening, Liu Zhaoqing finally passed through Yuyang County and arrived at Yangping County, and also saw the capital of Youzhou, Jicheng.

At this moment, in the governor's mansion in Jicheng, Liu Yu was sitting on a chair with a sad face, and he had no intention of even looking at the food on the table next to him.

Like the food, the tea in his hand had already gone cold.

Liu Yu stood up a little frantically and began to pace back and forth, muttering: "Why is there still no news about Zhao Qing? Could something have happened?..."

"Lord Bo'an, the Marquis of Changping has only been in the north for a little over a day." Tian Chou on the side reminded at this time.

"It's Lord Boan who is too anxious."

Yes, he was too anxious, and Liu Yu certainly knew it.

"Alas." Flipping his sleeves, Liu Yu said helplessly: "Perhaps, I have done something wrong again..."

"Where did Lord Bo'an say this?"

"He'er was abducted by the Hu people. This season is the time when the Hu people are preparing to sacrifice to the Holy Spirit. Now think about it... He'er has Han blood, so he must have been captured to do that. It is already... impossible for him to survive."

Liu Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "But as a father, I still have a little fantasy. When I heard that Zhao Qing didn't need my troops, I was overjoyed. Since my losses were not high, I let Zhao Qing go and take the risk to find my son."

"But now that I think about it, Zhao Qing was the great talent that the late emperor had hoped for, and he was personally crowned the Marquis of Changping by the late emperor. If he died while searching for my son, then... I would also be a sinner."

Tian Chou was also very helpless after hearing this. He sighed and said, "Lord Bo'an's loyalty is higher than the sky, but it was Zhao Qing who took the initiative to go north to pursue Master Liu He. Lord Bo'an should know him well. Judging from his actions in Luoyang, he will never do anything that he is not sure of."

"So... Lord Bo'an should be patient. Maybe in two days, he will be able to return safely, and may even... find news about Master Liu He." Tian Chou comforted him, but he did not have much confidence, especially the last sentence, which he himself felt was a bit too fake.

Liu Yu naturally knew the danger of Liu Zhaoqing's trip, so he was so anxious and regretted his decision. But at this moment, a hurried sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside.

"Report!!!"

Following a long shout from outside the door, a soldier ran to the guest hall where Liu Yu was, knelt on one knee with a plop and said, "Report to the lord!"

"Why are you so urgent? Are the Hu people invading?" Tian Chou asked hurriedly.

The soldier quickly shook his head, suppressing his excitement: "It's not a Hu person, it's! It's the Marquis of Changping!"

"Zhao Qing?" Liu Yu was surprised and took two steps forward: "Any news about Zhao Qing?"

After nodding, the soldier knelt on the ground, clasped his hands and said in ecstasy: "Reporting to the lord, just now, the light cavalry of Changping Hou came to report in advance that last night Changping Hou found the Wuhuan settlement in Wuhuan Mountain, the holy land of Wuhuan, and led forty Yellow Turban cavalry to defeat the 50,000-man Wuhuan army, killing 3,000 enemies and capturing nearly 10,000 prisoners. He returned with a great victory!"

"What? What did you say?!" Liu Yu was stunned for a moment and immediately asked again.

"Marquis Changping has returned with a great victory!" the soldiers said excitedly.

"And Young Master Liu He also returned with Marquis Changping!"

Liu Yu stood there in a daze, and even Tian Chou beside him was stunned.

At this time, Xian Yu Fu also happened to come to Liu Yu for something: "Lord Bo'an, I think the city defense should be strengthened... Hey? Lord Bo'an, and Zitai, why don't you move?"

"Hmm? And you, kid, I've seen you before. Aren't you the one guarding the city gate? Why are you here?"

In response to this, Tian Chou came to his senses and quickly repeated what the soldiers had just said to General Xianyu Fu.

Xian Yufu laughed after hearing this: "Zitai, do you think I was born from a cow? Would you believe this?"

As he was laughing, his smile froze because he saw excitement in Liu Yu's eyes.

"Could it be... true?" He paused and confirmed with Tian Chou.

"We don't have the energy to deceive the general at this moment." Tian Chou nodded.

Before Xianyu Fu could come to his senses, Liu Yu flicked his sleeves and walked out the door at a speed they had never seen before, as if he was going to pick up Liu Zhaoqing outside the city gate in person.

He walked quickly while laughing happily, unable to restrain his joy: "Zhao Qing Zhao Qing, my lucky star!!"

Chapter 186 A Great Gift 4K

Tian Chou and Xian Yu Fu had never seen Liu Yu so happy before. Even more than a month ago, when news came from Luoyang that the late emperor was going to reorganize the government, Liu Yu just clapped his hands and cheered.

How can it compare to the way he is now, with his beard trembling with excitement and calling out "lucky star"?

But whether it was Tian Chou or Xian Yu Fu, both of them could understand why Liu Yu had such an expression.

Although Liu Yu had previously shown a resolute look similar to "killing one's own relatives for the greater good", in fact, as he said, he was still a man of flesh and blood, and would feel sad for his own flesh and blood.

What's more, Liu He's death was also related to Liu Yu's own negligence and his blind confidence in the Hu people.

That's why when Liu Zhaoqing asked for help without any effort on his part, Liu Yu excitedly agreed immediately.

Tian Chou had just seen what happened later: Liu Yu regretted it after he calmed down, because because of his decision, he might not only lose his legitimate son, but also have a high probability of losing the name of Liu Zhaoqing who had just arrived.

In Tian Chou's eyes, this was one of Liu Yu's few shortcomings. His decision-making was not firm enough, which often led to misses or big mistakes.

This character also influenced the development of Liu Yu's power.

Hebei has many outstanding people, but Youzhou is different.

There were not many outstanding people in Youzhou, and because Liu Yu had no ambition to dominate and his character was only suitable for being an extremely benevolent ruler, there were not many talented people willing to travel to this bitter and cold place to join him.

Although Liu Yu was determined to defend himself, he was not blind. He could see the turbulent future and understood that even if he wanted to hold on to Youzhou, it would not be enough to rely solely on the talents around him.

After much difficulty, Liu Zhaoqing came. If word got out that he died while saving Liu Yu's son who was abducted by the Hu people and most likely already dead, it would be a big blow to Liu Yu's reputation among the great men of the world.

Not to mention that he even didn't give Liu Zhaoqing any troops because of some selfish motives.

Liu Yu was worried that his precious cavalry would be given away in vain, and because of Tian Chou and his advisers' words, he was also worried that giving Liu Zhaoqing elite cavalry would allow him to become more powerful.

Looking back now, Liu Yu felt that he should not have had these selfish thoughts. Liu Zhaoqing was a kind-hearted person, so how could he doubt her loyalty to the Han people and even hide her selfish thoughts when she was trying to save her son?

These were the reasons why Liu Yu couldn't sleep all night and why he kept showing regret.

He was worried that his wrong decision would lead to disaster, a price that Liu Yu might not be able to bear.

But what he never expected was that with the report from the gatekeeper, all the worries and regrets disappeared in an instant.