Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 73 After the beginning of spring, soldiers sent to Huai Ru to meet heroes!

As the day passed, Xu Zhen almost stayed in the barracks, practicing day and night with Dian Wei to forge weapons.

In addition to the stirrups, the craftsmen were ordered to cast a halberd over four meters long, and a two-handed single halberd with a hook on the head of the halberd, which is actually similar to Fang Tian's painting of halberds.

In addition, there are short bows and arrows for leopard riders to practice.

It took ten days just to prepare the armaments.

Patrolling the camp day and night, improving military discipline, and sending tiger and leopard cavalry into the territory of Yuzhou to inquire about the military situation, gradually formed the habit of not stopping day and night.

Every day when the shift is changed, Xu Zhen will go to the martial arts field to personally lead the sergeants to practice military martial arts with Dian Wei in order to improve their physical strength and boost the morale of the army.

At noon, I will study armaments with Pu Feng and other confidant craftsmen, waiting for the arrival of spring.

And Xi Zhicai and Guo Fengxiao.

That day he drank wildly for six hours, after which Guo Jia rested for three days.

Xi Zhicai rested for ten days, during which time he often came to discuss important matters with a slightly drunken look.

In this way, the New Year is over.

Xu Zhen arrived at Chenliu immediately, just as the ice and snow melted, and the road was no longer muddy and difficult to walk, so he immediately led the army with Cao Chun, and gradually put down the bandits according to the previous investigation.

Pointing directly at Runan, take the lead in solving the remaining soldiers and horses left by Yuan Shu.

Among the yellow turban thieves back then, Gepi Yellow Turban occupied it, and then disappeared as a thief. The first place to start was Runan. Yuan Shu's remaining thieves were not recruited, and they might have already become thieves here.

Moreover, if Xu Zhen remembers correctly, there is a fierce man comparable to Dian Wei in Runan area.

……

another place.

People's homes in Dayang County, Hedong.

The Son of Heaven lives here.

Living up to this point made him fearful, and he often trembled when he thought about it along the way.

Because in the middle of this year, Li and Guo started the inner capital, Li Jue's subordinate Yang Feng conspired to assassinate Li Jue, but leaked it, so he fled with his troops, which made Li Jue gradually decline.

So the emperor knew that Chang'an could not stay for a long time, discussed with the ministers, and after many pleadings, let him return to the east.

After Guo and Li made peace, Li Jue withdrew from Chang'an.

Afterwards, Guo Si led the army by the side, Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and others guarded, Zhang Ji came to the rescue, sent food, grass and supplies, so that all the officials and soldiers could be full, and then Li Jue was forced to escape, leading the officials to escape from Chang'an. The journey back to the east.

After arriving at Baling.

Emperor Xian worshiped Zhang Ji as Hussar General and returned to Shaanxi to garrison. At this time, an old counselor who once assisted Niu Fu and was later relied on by Li Jue and Guo Si, quietly disappeared from everyone's sight and followed Zhang Ji...

Prior to this, most of the generals and princes in Chang'an had his figure in their plans, but no one could really think of his role.

This man had already won the position of hussar for Zhang Ji, and made great contributions to the emperor. He was highly valued by Zhang Ji, and even entrusted his nephew to him.

He was promoted to Guo Si as the general of chariots, Yang Ding as the rear general, Yang Feng as the general of Xingyi, and Dong Cheng, Niu Fu's former subordinate, as the general of Anji.

Guo Si and others escorted Emperor Xian together. Guo Si wanted Emperor Xian to go to Gaoling. The ministers all thought that he should go to Hongnong, so they held a meeting to discuss, but still could not make a decision.

Since then, the major generals have continued to fight and intrigue with each other. In August, Guo Bang regretted it and wanted to coerce the emperor to return to the west, but it was too late. The conspiracy was exposed by Yang Feng and others, so he could only escape.

At this time, Li Jue and Guo Si regretted letting the emperor go, and they believed someone's nonsense.

In December, the two sides fought at Hongnong Dongjian.Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and others were defeated, and hundreds of officials and soldiers were killed or injured.They all left the women's family and luggage, and all the artifacts, deeds, policies, laws, books, and books of the royal family were all lost.

Afterwards, he fled to Dayang County and settled down, and set off tomorrow to follow Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, and set his capital in Anyi.

Only in this way can he really escape from the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si, and he no longer needs to be afraid of tigers and wolves chasing him.

But the general around him, the emperor still felt that no one could be trusted.

"I feel like an artifact, chasing and controlling for the general, wanting a name..."

Under the candlelight, although the 16-year-old Xiandi has just lost his childishness, he is already old.

He hunched over and couldn't stand upright, only feeling his shoulders were extremely heavy.

"At this age, there are people in the world who are worse than me."

Emperor Liu Xie sighed deeply, at this time a person came in from outside the door, it was Zhang Yangye, he came in alone, his figure was powerful and could almost block the light.

It made Liu Xie tremble in his heart.

"Son of heaven, let's go all night, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"Ai Qing," Liu Xie asked hastily, "I sent a letter earlier, and I asked Che Qi to come and greet her. Is there any reply now?"

The chariot he was talking about was Yuan Shao, the chariot general who was sealed by the emperor's edict.

That is to say, Jizhou Mu, who is currently in Jizhou, who is fighting Gongsun Zan, the edict may not be so easy to deliver.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yang changed his name patiently, his tone gradually slowed down, and said: "The emperor and the supreme, if there is a request, how can we not help, Yuan Cheqi will come naturally, but he is already involved in war, Just stabilize the situation."

"Your Majesty set off overnight and arrived in Anyi first to reassure the princes, and then come to greet him later."

"Furthermore, His Majesty must first arrive at the old capital of Luoyang before he can order people to repair the old palace, so as to restore the glory of the Han Dynasty in the future."

Liu Xie was slightly stunned, but he thought it made sense, once he arrived at the old capital of Luoyang, he could let the generals garrison the surrounding area, and then gradually find a stable body.

"Except for Yuan Shao, do you still want to issue an edict to invite other princes to welcome you?"

Liu Xie asked immediately, but Zhang Yang remained silent and only bowed his head to ask.

So Liu Xie didn't dare to ask any more questions, and Yuan Shao didn't come to greet him at the first time, in fact, Liu Xie could probably guess why in his heart.

But apart from Yuan Shao, he remembered that the princes abroad, Cao Cao's reputation had risen within a year, what would happen if he came?
……

In spring, when the snow melts.

In a certain small town in Runan, there are many village braves gathered in it.

The city gate and the city wall are not very high, but fortunately there is a high slope so that the bandits outside cannot be bullied.

At this moment, the bandits surrounded the city tightly.

There are several ways out of the city, and there are bandits ambushing soldiers in the distance. Once the people in the city come out, they will be intercepted and killed.

So they gathered in the city to resist Gepi Yellow Turban.

This remnant of the Yellow Turban has long been a mob of bandits, who have been lingering in Runan for many years. Back then, Yuan Shu's soldiers did not dare to do anything wrong here.

Fortunately for the people in the city and the courage of the village, although these bandits were brutal, they did not have siege equipment, and the Xu family hero, who shocked Huairu, was in the city.

Invisibly deterred these thieves, making them afraid to attack.

Besieged for a winter day, at this time spring will come again to attack.

The purpose is to conquer the city and get the oxen in hand so that they can have a place to live in the future and cultivate the land for food, otherwise it will be difficult to continue.

Several thieves leaders looked at the city vigilantly.

There was no movement in the city.

"Xu Chu won't lie to us, will he?"

One of them said in a deep voice.

"Probably not. He is also a local hero, a man who promises a lot of money. He said that he would exchange cattle for food, so he will definitely come."

"There is no food in the city. After one winter day, it is almost gone. He gathered thousands of people to resist us and protect tens of thousands of people. There is absolutely not enough food."

"Take the cattle and leave, don't fight Xu Chu to the death!"

"That's right, wait a little longer, if not, then attack and scare me."

These thieves had discussed earlier that as long as they took the cattle, they would leave immediately and would not stay any longer. Anyway, they could go to live in another city and use the seeds they got to cultivate the land for a year.

It is better to get food for the winter next year.

These methods are still the thoughts of the deserters who joined later. If they were originally bandits, they would only know to continue to rob the people, but they also understand that it is definitely not a good way to keep robbing.

It will only make the people in the territory more united and resist the bandits. The most important thing is to have Xu Chu as the backbone.

They also tried to fight, but every time Xu Chu fought, he could defeat them. If it weren't for the fact that he had only a small number of people and lack of military equipment, they might have been wiped out already.

Therefore, now these thieves' leaders only have to farm cattle, and turn to other places to find other ways.

During the discussion, the gate of the city was opened wide, and a physically strong man walked out, with long hair tied behind his head, a thick beard, and a cold and serious face.

The shoulders are extremely magnificent, which gives people a sense of stalwart at first glance. After striding out, he ordered people to send the cattle out of the city, and stood on the high slope by himself, waiting in silence.

This person is Xu Chu, whose name is Zhongkang.

He should be the leader of all his peers in the city behind him, the elders dare not show any disrespect except his elder brother Xu Ding.

He just stood alone at the city gate, like an insurmountable mountain, which could even make some thieves below hold their breath.

This kind of momentum is the result of killing people.

In the city, a brave man from the village brought the cattle to the city. The leader of the thieves looked around and sent people to push the grain and grass up. There were ten carts of grain and grass, about three hundred shi of rice, and sent them into the city.

In exchange for ten cattle.

After the thief put down the rice grain, he secretly took a look at Xu Chu who was not far away in front of the city gate.

Turn around quickly and leave.

At the same time, Chengnei Xiangyong, also tens of meters away, let go of the cattle's leash, patted and whispered farewell, with a rather reluctant expression on his face.

For farmers' families, the status of cattle is very high, it is the source of income for the family, and some families even have to raise cattle to repay their hard work in spring plowing.

Therefore, if you send it to the thieves, of course you will not give up.

Seeing those Xiangyongs leave, the thieves felt a little more at ease. From this point of view, Xu Zhongkang was not in trouble, so he sent dozens of people to collect them.

They just moved here.

Dian Wei who was standing on the high slope suddenly smiled lightly.

Then a whistle sounded from inside the city, and several villagers let go of their voices and yelled loudly.

I don't know what the yelling sound was, but when the cattle heard it, they immediately rioted.

Momo let out a few dull howls, and then ran back.

"Not good! I've been fooled!"

The Gebei thieves turned pale with fright, and those who led them rushed forward immediately, wanting to catch up.

But the running cattle returned to the mountain very quickly, as if they were missing their family members, struggling to go up the mountain, these farming cattle that live together day and night can actually understand some spirituality.

It simply made it too late for the horses to chase.

And at this time, many brave men suddenly appeared on the city, and a large number of strong men with blades or sticks poured out of the city gate, and even the common people with hoes were behind them.

The thieves were angry, and they moved forward as a whole to prepare to press on, and their swords were tense for a while.

At this time, there happened to be an old farming ox, which seemed to be a little weak halfway up the slope, and gradually tilted, as if about to fall, Xu Chulong strode forward.

He just grabbed the cattle by the tail with one hand.

The next moment, a shocking scene appeared.

He actually pulled the ox up and dragged it. The ox howled in pain, but soon Xu Chu switched to the leash and turned it around.

After a while, Xu Chu carried the leash over his shoulders and clapped his muscles all over. Although his arms were not as sharp as Dian Wei's, his arms were bigger than ordinary people, and his strength was incomprehensible.

The cattle were dragged for a few steps, brought back to their senses, followed by Xu Chu's strength, quickly ran up the high slope, and then returned to the city.

This time, the thief didn't dare to take an inch, and there was an uproar in stunned amazement!Everyone was shocked by Xu Chu's strength, he was able to drag the cattle forward!

"Is there really such a fierce person in the world?!"

"Too bad, now we don't even have cattle!"

"Given hundreds of stones of food for nothing, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back!!"

"Xu Chu!! You cunning villain!"

"Hahaha!!"

Xu Chu laughed loudly on the high slope, as if he was relieved. He threw off the ripped inner and outer skirts, exposing his chest and body hair. He opened his hands and said mockingly, "You are all thieves, so what if I cheat you!"

"If you get this food, you can keep it for another seven days!"

"Under my promise, there is absolutely no one who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If you are brave, come and attack!!"

Xu Chu started the battle loudly, and at the same time, someone behind him handed a heavy gun. Xu Chu held it with one hand, stood on the ground, straightened his back and shouted angrily, "Come!!"

The thieves below looked at each other in blank dismay, the anger in their hearts continued to ignite, but was extinguished by Xu Chu.

Looking at it from a distance, he wished someone would take Xu Chu's head immediately, so that the brothers could rush to the city to slaughter the city and loot it, and grab it to vent their anger!

"Fight him!"

"We won't be angry!"

"Kill it!!"

After shouting for a while, they didn't know at all that in the distant forest at this moment, several people were hiding in the forest, and they could see this scene from afar.

Xu Zhen's soldiers and horses are still far away, but he, Dian Wei and Cao Chun have reached here with great boldness.

But these Gepi yellow scarves, they have already been investigating for many days, and they have already received news of the siege today, so they came to see it.

Yuzhou thieves, this group of Gebei thieves has been entrenched for a long time, and if they are defeated, the rest can be subdued as soon as possible.

Xu Zhen said with a smile at the moment: "Awei, can you climb the slope by dragging the ox's tail?"

Dian Wei grinned, and immediately snorted coldly, "Hey, I can pull both ends."

"That kid can at least pull both ends."

Dian Wei added another sentence.

"real or fake?"

Xu Zhen squinted at him.

I found Dian Wei's expression very appreciative.

"Look carefully at his arms, and you are looking at mine." Dian Wei squinted his eyes. Although he couldn't see the details, he could roughly see the outline. "This kind of thick arms is actually no worse than mine."

"It's because I have done a lot of rough work, but that man should be practicing swords day and night, and his legs are strong, and he may also practice equestrianism from time to time."

"Well," Xu Zhen nodded approvingly. As expected of you, you are a good judge.

But remembering that he had just won against Dian Wei a month ago, he leaned back slightly and smiled and said, "What's the point of pulling the cows backwards? Isn't it just as long as you have hands?"

Dian Wei curled his lips and refused to argue with Xu Zhen, after all, he knew he wanted to tease him as soon as he opened his mouth.

But unexpectedly, Cao Chun on the left didn't say a word, and took half a step away from Xu Zhen.

I don't have hands, all right.

Why did you accidentally hurt me!
"Son and brother, order the troops to be dispatched. Today, this gang of Gepi yellow scarves will be wiped out!"

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