Overlord!

Chapter 130
Seeing Sun Ce's impassioned spirit, Yu Fan was touched by his words, and said excitedly: "Build your heart for the world, build your life for the people, and bring peace to all generations. Those who do not have the ambition of a hero must never make such words to be handed down!"

"Today's prefectures and counties are in turmoil, and the princes and powerful lords are embracing the masses for their own interests. The virtuous and heroic are watching the world, and there is no one who can help the crisis. And the posture bestowed by God, the hope of the world, how can you not be possessed by heroes? Can you not sweep the Xiaoxiao in all directions?"

The world is full of groups, and the four quarters are small.

Yu Fan really has the potential of a lunatic, and in such a short period of time, all the heroes in the world have been demoted to nothing, but Sun Ce is the real hero.

However, Sun Ce was not humble either. He straightened his chest and looked around. Compared with his own ambitions, the princes of today's world are worthy of their title of "the world's best!"
Yuan Shu in Huainan, the dead bones in the tomb.Cao Cao in Yanzhou slaughtered millions.The generals in Guanzhong are the generation who died unexpectedly.

Among the princes of the world, only Liu Xuande and Yuan Benchu ​​are worthy of Sun Cegao's attention.

So Sun Ce said to Yu Fan in high spirits: "Today's affairs should be shared with you!"

Yu Fan got up immediately, bowed his hands solemnly, and said, "It is my honor to be able to participate in Sun Lang's heroic work, the cause of the eternal world! The scholars in the world, those who truly cherish the ambition of the world, who can refuse Sun Lang's invitation?"

As Yu Fan took office as a meritorious service officer in the general's mansion, the first fire of his new official appointment was on those officials who threatened to resign.

When he arrived in Wu County, he ordered the counties to count the names of the officials who were to be sealed and sealed, and planned to organize countermeasure examinations in each county immediately, and anyone who could read and write could participate.

This immediately panicked the officials who threatened Sun Ce.

They were just putting on a show, but they never thought that they would really give up their positions.

After all, these positions, but they used a lot of connections and wealth to get them.

They immediately criticized the fairness of the exam, as well as possible corruption and fraud.

However, this is the self-righteousness of the so-called elite.These people always think that the scholars and common people in the world are fools.

Their criticism quickly became Jiang Dong's laughing stock.

Fairness and fraud, the premise of this thing is that there must be a fair and fair selection basis.

Now we can talk about whether it is fair and whether it is cheating, that is a great progress!
It's the difference between zero and one.

After all, there was no fairness in the selection and recruitment of officials in the past.It all depends on the mouth of the chief official, and recruits subordinate officials according to his will.

The process is fundamentally different!Or quite the opposite.

In the past, the chief official selected the subordinate official first, and then took countermeasures against him, and even this countermeasure was often a question and answer of a verbal nature.

But now it has become a scientific examination of all people first, and then select the best ones and appoint them as officials.

Comparing the two, it is obvious that the latter needs to consider fairness.Because only the latter can have the basis for the existence of fairness.

In the former, when you talk about fairness, scholars and common people find it funny.

No matter how unfair it is now, it is nothing more than the previous level.

At least he gave many humble scholars and ordinary people a chance to participate.

But most people believe that since Sun Lang set up this kind of scientific examination, he must consider its fairness.After all, Gongcao is responsible for this matter, and it is considered his own job. Gongcao has always been responsible for fair assessment and selection of talents.

Even the imperial examination system was not perfect from the beginning.

But no one will ignore the advanced aspects of a system and abandon it just because it was not the most perfect form at the beginning.

The system set up by Sun Ce actually has many similarities with the imperial examinations.It should be said that it is very similar to the provincial and courtyard examinations of the imperial examination.

The counties report the recruitment of personnel, and then hold scientific examinations at the same time.

The content of the scientific examination is complicated, from mathematics to geography, from astronomy to law, from solar terms to classics and history, from military law to medicine, from Shang Junshu to tax calculation.

There is even a column of policy questions, which mainly raises questions about the current politics, economy, law, military, government affairs, water transportation, salt administration, etc. of Jiangdong, and the candidates answer them.

What stands out is that it is economical and practical.

The biggest feature of this exam is that there is no distinction between scholars and common people. No matter if they are from aristocratic families or descended from poor families, even ordinary people can participate.

This led to a substantial increase in the number of applicants, including a large number of children of the gentry.

In fact, this is not surprising, because the main recruits for this scientific examination are county officials and county officials. People who will take up these positions are originally marginal figures in the family and have no chance to participate in the selection of Xiaolian and other prosecutors.

In the past, it was only possible to wait for others to recruit, but now there is an additional means to apply by yourself. Naturally, there are a large number of candidates, and everyone from old to young must try to participate.

At the same time that Sun Ce was making a big selection of scholars in Jiangdong, the tribute team he sent also arrived at Yangcheng County in Yingchuan County.

Just as Zhang Hong expected, the army marched fast all the way, waiting for the generals to have no courage to decide whether to attack such a large army.

With 4000 members, let alone whether they can win or not, just being good at starting the war is a responsibility that most people can't afford.

It was the bandits who looted, and they made their minds on the tribute team several times.

The soldiers repelled the siege of thousands of scales two or three times.

After going through many obstacles, the tribute team finally arrived at Yingchuan County, Yangcheng County.Going forward is Luoyang Baguan.

The eight passes of Luoyang are the eight passes near the capital, guarding the main roads entering Luoyang in all directions.

The direction of Yangcheng corresponds to Shenyuan Pass, which is located on Songshan Mountain, and it is built on the basis of danger, so you can imagine how dangerous it is.

The generals in Luoyang deployed heavy troops here to guard against Cao Cao.

So the tribute team had to stay temporarily and sent people to Shenyuan Pass to inform the tribute intention.

Waiting for the messenger to return, Chen Wu scolded violently: "What kind of world is this? In the county in the most hinterland of the Han Dynasty, the team paying tribute to the Emperor of Han had to go through only three counties, and the journey was full of difficulties. Now they are all here. The emperor is under his feet, and he sent a messenger, and he has to worry about the safety of the messenger. Liu Duwei, can the Han Dynasty still sit down?"

Liu You also sighed deeply, as Chen Wu said, anyone who walks this way must have doubts about this issue.

This is a tribute team!

The team that paid tribute to the emperor was bitten by all kinds of wolves, tigers and leopards along the way.

The 4000 people arrived in the capital after overcoming numerous obstacles all the way.

Soldiers and civilian husbands in the team, who is not puzzled?
Liu You said: "Nowadays the Han Dynasty is in the world, the prefectures and counties are lingering, and the four directions are turbulent. There is no way for the world to be safe without heroes. I am afraid that the Liu family will not last forever."

Chen Wu scolded: "The world is in such a mess, the emperor should indeed abdicate to let the virtuous!"

Liu You glanced at him, although it was a reckless remark of a warrior, it was not unreasonable.The world is poor and poor, and Tianlu will die forever.

However, as a courtier, it would be arrogant and outrageous to discuss such a matter now.

So Liu You took the initiative to change the topic, saying: "Yangcheng is really related to Jiangdong. When the princes and princes were begging for Dong, it was the place where troops were stationed. When I entered Luoyang, it was here that troops were stationed again."

It was said that it was that year, but in fact it was only a five-year difference.Many veterans in the army even followed Sun Jian personally and fought here.Coming back now is already a revisit.

Chen Wu also heard his subordinates talk about this, and said: "It's really difficult for the prince. The army of the prince has already recovered Luoyang, regained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and defeated countless famous Xiliang generals from Dong Zhuo all the way. At this time, the Yuan brothers were able to take the lead in fighting against each other when they raised righteous soldiers together. Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, sent Zhou Ang to attack Yangcheng."

Liu You looked at Yangcheng, where the mountains and rivers were broken and weeds were overgrown, and sighed: "Since the Yuan brothers fought, the chaos in the world has become more and more intense."

As soon as he finished sighing, the cavalry in the distance rode back hurriedly, and the two turned their heads to look at the same time, it was Gao Cheng, the envoy to Yuanguan.

So hasty, is there something wrong?
Gao Cheng rode his horse and arrived in front of Chen Wu, and immediately said: "Assemble the troops and deal with them carefully. There is a war ahead!"

"Is there a war?" Everyone was surprised, this is at the feet of the emperor.On the banks of the capital, can there still be wars?
Chen Wu immediately asked: "Could it be that the thieves have already attacked the capital and plundered the emperor?"

Gao Cheng looked solemn, and said: "It's not a thief, it seems to be a soldier from Yanzhou."

Cao Cao's troops?
Chen Wu suddenly became cautious, and shouted to his personal guards: "Send the order, the three armies muster!"

The army got the order, and immediately started to form formations from the resting state, each square formation was quickly formed, and densely packed vermilion banners were erected one after another, hunting and flying.

The army is well-dressed and solemn, and anyone can tell at a glance that this is an elite army under the command of a certain prince, and it is definitely not a mob of reckless bandits.

With these two thousand elite cavalry, even if there is Cao Cao's troops ahead, everyone has the confidence to compete with them on the battlefield.

Afterwards, Liu You felt a little more at ease, and asked, "Who are the Yanzhou state soldiers fighting with? What is the size of the soldiers?"

Gao Cheng frowned, and said, "The battlefield is too wide to distinguish. But it doesn't seem like bandits."

Not bandits?

Who else could that be?
It may also be Yuan Shu's troops in Runan.The armies of Yuan and Cao once fought in Runan.

But in the territory of Yangcheng, in front of Yuanyuan Pass, if it is not bandits, then is it the Emperor's Forbidden Army?
Chen Wu said: "No matter what, we must be prepared for hand-to-hand combat. If the Yanzhou state soldiers stationed troops in front of the Yuanyuan Pass, we must attack and break them before we can enter the pass."

Then he turned to lieutenant general Zheng Bao and said, "You lead the army on guard, and I will personally lead the cavalry to investigate the situation."

Liu You was well-informed and said, "I'll go with you and see if I can see what's going on."

Chen Wu nodded, and immediately summoned more than [-] cavalrymen to ride forward.

As Zhengshi Gao Cheng's communication is not smooth, Jiangdong's army is about to open the way by force!

The terrain of Mount Song is high in the west and low in the east, with steep valleys ahead and flat plains behind.

It is actually very disadvantageous to attack towards Shenyuan Pass, but if the Xiliang iron cavalry sends troops from Shenyuan Pass, they will be able to flatten the river and sweep across the Yingchuan area.

So at the beginning when Li Jue, Guo Si and others sent troops, they killed a lot of ghosts and creatures here, and there were few people living there for hundreds of miles.

Chen Wu and the others rode their horses to arrive without alarming anyone at all, and successfully arrived at a hill next to the battlefield, where they were able to overlook the battlefield.

Even Lieutenant Liu You, who is not good at military affairs, quickly saw the situation on the battlefield clearly, and asked, "Lieutenant Chen, it seems that Yanzhou soldiers have fallen behind?"

As Jiang Biao's tiger general, Chen Wu looked at the situation more carefully, and analyzed: "Yanzhou's soldiers are more aggressive and good at fighting, and the enemy troops that have already been attacked by the central army are retreating steadily. It is a pity that its scale is too small, and the two wings have gradually been outflanked. If there is no With unexpected changes, defeat is inevitable."

And the situation on the battlefield was as Chen Wu said, the number of Yanzhou soldiers was too small, only a few thousand, and they couldn't stop the siege of several times the enemy at all.

This is actually the norm on the battlefield. The number of forwards is limited, and the battle is not good.The easiest way to break this situation is to wait for the main reinforcements. If the Yanzhou Army can have thousands of reinforcements and expand their numbers, they will surely be able to win the next battle.

But right now the commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou soldiers obviously has no plans to retreat, he chose a more resolute method.That is to fight against the enemy's middle army, intending to kill the general and capture the flag, and completely defeat the enemy army by one's own strength.

If you succeed in defeating the enemy alone, you will surely gain unparalleled feats.

The fierceness and anxiety of the battle far exceeded Chen Wu and Liu You's expectations.

Although the Yanzhou army was small in number, they were extremely tenacious. Facing the siege of several times the enemy army, they fought to the death on both wings.

The Chinese army was sharp and fierce, and the enemy army on the opposite side collapsed and retreated steadily.

Chen Wu was startled and said: "Could it be that the situation on the battlefield is deliberately deployed by the enemy general? Use weak flanks to attract the enemy's troops to divide up. But the elite main force will move forward bravely and go straight to the enemy general. If the enemy's central army can be defeated, it will be a victory for the enemy." The best way to win more with less."

The knights on the side talked one after another, looking at the current situation, it is really possible for the Yanzhou soldiers to hit a few hits and win a big victory!
Liu You immediately asked: "Can you see who the leader is?"

A knight said: "There is a flag that says Cao Yang, Zhonglang General of Wu."

"Yangwu Zhonglang General Cao? Who is this?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They had never heard of such a number one figure.Could it be that a random general in Cao Ying has such force and strategy?
No wonder Cao Cao, the shepherd of Yanzhou, was able to sweep Yan and Yu, and Lu Bu and Yuan Shu fled.

Liu You thought for a while, and said: "Cao Yanzhou is General Fenwu, and the person who can serve as General Fenwu under his command must be an extraordinary person. Among his family members, Cao Hong is the most distinguished. The commander here The general should be Cao Hong."

"But what is Cao Hong doing here?" Chen Wu was surprised: "Looking at his desperate appearance, he is very anxious to break through the enemy army quickly."

So everyone looked at the Yanzhou Army's opponents. Compared with the Yanzhou Army, this army was much more chaotic, especially the Chinese Army was beaten invincibly.

But just when everyone thought that the war would continue to a stalemate, a well-organized elite suddenly appeared in the retreat of the chaotic army.

Among the broken soldiers all over the mountains and plains, the fortified formation of this army was as dazzling as the light of a sword.

What shocked Chen Wu and others even more was that instead of defending, the opponent's army took the initiative to attack, defeated Cao Hong's central army, and drove straight in.

Cao Hong's troops organized resistance several times, but they were all quickly and violently defeated, and finally returned home in defeat.

This battle was full of twists and turns, from the enemy's dominance, to Cao Hong's overwhelming power, which was about to win, and then took a sharp turn.

Until the last moment, no one can guess the ending.

At this time, a knight shouted in surprise: "This is the master of the king! The army of the emperor! I saw the defenders gathered from the direction of Yuanguan, chasing and killing Yanzhou soldiers."

The Emperor's Forbidden Army? !
Chen Wu and Liu You looked at each other in shock, how could there be such a good general under the Son of Heaven?

Is it true that Hande has not declined?
Chen Wu immediately ordered: "Go and ask who is the commander of this army."

(End of this chapter)