Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 241 Succession
Hanzhong County, Baoxie Road, Baozhong City.

In the early morning, the sound of military horns inside and outside the city burst into the house.

Zhao Yun woke up from his drowsiness, looked out the window, propped himself up with his right hand, coughed heavily, and shouted: "Come on!"

Dressed in armor, Zhao Guang hurriedly opened the door and entered, helped Zhao Yun up, and asked, "What's the matter, father?"

With Zhao Guang's help, Zhao Yun sat upright, coughed lightly, and said, "What's going on outside?"

Zhao Guang looked hesitant and said, "It's General Chen and his elder brother who assembled the soldiers and practiced the sound of soldiers and horses."

Zhao Yun's face darkened, and he said in dissatisfaction: "It is obvious that the Wei army is attacking the city outside. Why do you say that our army is training soldiers and horses? Don't you pretend that your father is so deaf that you can't tell the sound of the drums?"

Hearing this, Zhao Guang hesitated for a while, and said, "Feiguang lied to my father. Yesterday, my father fell off the horse. The doctor said that my father is weak and needs to rest. Don't work too hard. I hope my father will know."

Ten days ago, Zhang Yun led his army to take the Bao ramp, arrived at Baozhong City, and attacked for several days.After Zhao Yun heard about it, he led an army from Lecheng to rescue Baozhongcheng.Yesterday was hot, Zhang He attacked the city, Zhao Yunqiang was unwell, led Qingqi out of the outer city, and returned to the city after victory, because of the heat, he lost his strength and fell off his horse.

Zhao Yun slammed him out of bed a few times, and scolded: "How can you miss the state affairs because of illness, you are ignorant! Zhang He is a famous general in the Wei Kingdom, and you are so despised. If Zhang He is allowed to break the city and drive straight into Hanzhong, it will be a blessing for the father." How about going to see the country and the prime minister?"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun coughed heavily for a long time, took the water that Zhao Guangduan brought, and drank it to feel better.

Zhao Guang took the empty bowl, looked at his father, and said in a low voice: "Father, don't worry. Elder brother takes over from father to command the cavalry. General Chen is guarding the city wall. The Wei army can't attack. Please rest in peace."

Zhao Yun stood up supporting Zhao Guang's shoulders, and said, "Your elder brother has little military experience and doesn't know the timing of the cavalry, how can he take over my position?"

He patted Zhao Guang on the shoulder, and said in a heavy tone: "You and your brother are filial, and you know your father well. But how can private matters be misled by important national affairs."

Zhao Guang shook his head, and said stubbornly: "What my father said, my brother knows. For cavalry, my brother will adopt what my father's subordinates say, and at the same time, I will act cautiously. I am entrusted by my brother, I must let my father rest today. When you are in better health, you can go into battle again in armor."

Zhao Yun straightened his face slightly, and said angrily: "This is a national matter, not a family matter. There are fathers and sons in the army! A man is a man of food. He should die in battle and return with his body wrapped in horse leather. How can he miss a national important matter because of his health. "

"You act with such emotion, how can you take on the great responsibility of the country and fight in battle!" Zhao Yun criticized.

"Father..." Zhao Guang shouted a little aggrieved.

Zhao Yun stared at Zhao Guang with both eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Execute the military order and put on armor for this general."

Looking at Zhao Yun's burning eyes, Zhao Guang couldn't help being timid, and he clapped his hands and said, "No!"

Zhao Yun stopped talking, looked at his youngest son's back, shook his head, and lamented that his youngest son was still young, and he was brave if he was brave, unlike his eldest son who was organized and could only be a brave general.

After a while, Zhao Guang walked in holding a long lance, followed by his own guards holding armor.

Zhao Yun directly opened his arms, motioning for everyone to put on armor for him.

The personal guards surrounded Zhao Yun, first put on a Shu brocade silk outer robe for Zhao Yun, then put on Zhao Yun's ring armor (Note ①) as the inner armor, then put Zhao Yun on the fish scale armor, tied the arm guards, and put on the armor skirt. Leather straps fastened.In the end, the personal guards presented a pocket scorpion, Zhao Yun took it and put it under his arm.

Zhao Guang handed over the long lance, Zhao Yun lightly shook his left hand, the two-foot-long long lance trembled as if alive, the lance blade cut through the air, making a 'buzzing' sound.

Zhao Yun braced himself, stepped out of the room with tiger strides, and headed straight for the city wall.

"General Tiger Might!"

"General Wuwei!"

"General Wuwei!"

Along the way, the soldiers of the Han army saw Zhao Yun approaching in a majestic manner, and they could not help but cheer up and shouted in unison.

Seeing Zhao Yun walking up the city wall, Chen Shi clasped his hands in salute, and said, "The last general pays his respects to General Wei!"

Zhao Yun waved his hand and said calmly: "It doesn't have to be like this before the battle. How is the current situation?"

Chen Shi pointed to the east wall and said, "Wei's army mainly attacked the east gate and pretended to attack the north, but our army stopped them. Just now Zhao Zuojian (Zhao Tong) led his cavalry out of the city from the east gate to harass the Wei army. General Wei can take a look."

"Can!"

The East Gate was the main battlefield, and Zhao Yun's eldest son, Zhao Tong, was also fighting outside the city. Zhao Yun was moved and said along the way.

Zhao Yun and Chen's group went to the east gate tower. The soldiers of the Han army on the city wall suppressed the soldiers of the Wei army on the ladder, preventing the Wei army from climbing up the city wall.

Standing on the high wall of the east gate, Zhao Yun looked around and saw a cavalry pawn charging around the Wei army's infantry formation, invincible.

Zhao Tong, who was in the formation, seemed to feel Zhao Yun's gaze, and the spear in his hand became more powerful, piercing through the chests of Wei soldiers.

Then Zhao Tong heard the sound of horseshoes, looked to the north, and saw the cavalry of the Wei army coming to support him, he exhaled foul breath, turned the horse's head, and shouted: "Turn south, turn back to the city."

"promise!"

Zhao Tong held the reins, kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and led the Han cavalry to rush to the Wei army's infantry on the edge, and came out through the formation.

The Wei army could not stop the column of Han cavalry from rushing out, and the infantry were instantly picked up by the carbine in the hands of the sharp warriors in the column.

Zhao Tong took the lead, swinging his horse lance, which was more than one foot long, and smashed it violently. The leading Wei army infantry raised their guns to block.

In the next moment, Zhao Tong's heavy lance turned around, from smashing to stabbing, and the lance stabbed at the pawn with a whining sound.Under the blessing of the horse's sprint, the lance blade collided with the armor, the flames splashed, the solid armor suddenly cracked, and the lance blade pierced into the breastbone.

Zhao Tong drew his spear with his backhand, blazed a path of blood, and galloped out of the battle, followed by hundreds of Han cavalry, billowing smoke and dust.

Wei Qi, who was late, looked at Zhao Tong and others who had gone away, very annoyed.

The south gate was wide open, and Zhao led the cavalry slowly into the city. The blood-stained armor on the Han cavalry was extremely conspicuous under the sunlight.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The soldiers of the Han army on the city wall at the south gate beat the ground with their spears and shouted.

Hearing the cheers of Han soldiers around him, Zhao Tong was so excited that his blood was boiling. The cheers that belonged to his father in the past finally belonged to me now!
"I am Zhao Tong of Changshan, so is Zhao Boji!"

With firm eyes, Zhao Tong raised his spear and shouted.Its razor-sharp blade glistened in the scorching sun.

"Changshan Zhao Boji Wansheng!"

"Changshan Zhao Boji Wansheng!"

Hearing this, the surrounding Han soldiers cheered more enthusiastically and shouted.

After about half a sound, Zhao Yun walked down the city wall and greeted him.

Seeing this, Zhao Tong got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Father, you will live up to my father's expectations!"

Zhao Yun was full of excitement, helped Zhao Tong up, and said, "There is no need to be polite, I am strong today."

Zhao Tong got up, supported Zhao Yun to go forward, and said gratefully: "My father taught me so earnestly, and I will never dare to forget it. It's just that I am stupid, and I am always afraid of insulting my father's prestige in the army."

Zhao Yun looked relieved, patted Zhao Tong's hand, and said: "In the past, Boji was very organized, but he lacked the courage to go forward and acted indecisively. Today, he is in a state of affairs, and he can see everything for his father. He attacks fiercely, and turns to Ru Feng, the essence of cavalry has one or two mastery. But don't be proud, you still need to work hard."

"It's all due to the kindness of my father's teaching, and I still need my father to be in my ear, to remind and teach me frequently, so that I can live up to the Zhao family's lintel in Changshan." Zhao Tong said.

"Haha! Good! Good!" Zhao Yun responded repeatedly with a smile from ear to ear.
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① Ring lock armor, also known as chain armor, "Book of Jin. Lu Guangzai Ji": "The armor is like a ring lock, and it cannot be penetrated."

(End of this chapter)