I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 7 The Dilemma of Lu Bu and Zhang Yang
When Su Yao and Wang Ling set out to kill monsters, there was a small Han army camp hidden in the woods on the west bank of Fenhe River in Qi County.

"Zhang Zhizhi, Chief Lu is back." Soldier Mu Shun came to report.

"Oh? It's so fast. Fengxian is indeed my unparalleled warrior in Bingzhou."

Zhang Yang, who was looking sad after the case, rarely managed a smile.

"Here, Commander Lu came back alone. My subordinates saw that he looked unkind, so I'm afraid."

"what?"

There was no need for the soldier to say anything else. Lu Bulu and Lu Feng had already strode open the tent door curtain. When he saw Zhang Yang, he didn't say anything. He took off his helmet, picked up the wine bottle on the table and put it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang waved his hand and asked Mu Shun to retreat with the soldiers. He then filled Lu Bu's glass before asking.

"My dear brother, is this trip not going well?"

Victory and defeat are a matter of military strategists. Bingzhou has been in chaos recently and has been defeated one after another. Even if it is as powerful as Lu Bu, it is normal to be defeated occasionally. We are all colleagues who defend Bingzhou. In times of crisis, we should look after each other and work together.

After drinking two bottles of wine, Lu Bu felt much relieved and said
"Uncle Zhi, don't worry, those boys are all sneaking behind, nothing happened."

“Oh, that’s good, that’s good”

"But that group of Hu Qi was a bit tricky. They had a ruthless corner and there were many people. I killed two of them and retreated first when I saw that the situation was not right."

"what?"

Zhang Yang's face was as dark as water, he paused and asked:

"What about the Wang family in Qi County?"

"." Lu Bu was silent.

"Fengxian is confused!"

Zhang Yang patted his leg:

"No matter how many people die, they are all blind and merciless, but is this the same thing for the Wang family in Taiyuan?
He is the local county magistrate, and his family has children all over the place. No matter who is the governor or the county guard, they must give their family some face.

Now you are watching their village being plundered without leaving any troops. You may not know how much damage they have suffered. If you come back and wait for the new governor to take office, the Wang family will become a general, and all your previous great achievements will be wiped out. You may even find a new governor. It's not impossible to use you as a scapegoat to quell the Wang family's grievances. "

"Uncle Zhi, you are bluffing me."

Lu Bu leaned against the table and took a sip of wine.

"Outsiders only know the Taiyuan Wang family, but none of us know that the Qixian Wang family and the Jinyang Wang family are not the same family at all. Moreover, since the prince's division had a falling out with the prefect Wang Qiu more than ten years ago, the Qixian Wang family and the The Wang family in Jinyang are strangers to each other.

Now that the Wang family in Qixian County is suffering, even if the Wang family in Jinyang doesn't want to have fun, it is impossible to get ahead. Otherwise, why would the prefect sit behind closed doors with his two thousand garrison and sit back and watch Zhou County be robbed? "

Zhang Yang raised his head and looked at Lu Bu with a slightly surprised look.

I didn’t expect that this colleague who drinks and kills all day long will still use his brains, and he does have some insights into the current situation, but it’s a pity that he only has one point and cannot be more:
"Could it be that Fengxian believes that Prince Wang Yun's master will never rise again?"

"."

Lu Bu stopped talking now. He had no way to understand the situation in the court. He only knew that Wang Yun had offended the eunuch and something had happened. Now he did not even dare to return home. The Wang family in Qixian County had obviously lost its backer. "Brother, I have been fortunate enough to work with Wang Zishi for a period of time. He is a rare good official for us, and he is also a gentleman. The most important thing is that he has won the favor of many high-ranking officials in the court. If he is looked down upon because of his temporary frustration, Offending him is not a good thing."

"No, can you still blame me?"

If Lu Bu didn't want to kill Hu, he wouldn't have gone. Wouldn't it be better to lie down in the camp and sleep like his scared soldiers?

"But what can I do? You know the situation best. I only have so much money. Even if I kill those dozen brothers, I may not be able to save the village. What will Uncle Zhi say about me then?" "

"Are these barbarians so strong?"

Zhang Yang absolutely recognized Lu Bu's martial arts. Even three of him could not defeat one Lu Bu.

Now seeing that the barbarian actually made Lu Bu angry with a livid face, he quickly comforted him.

"Don't get excited first. Brother, I'm analyzing the situation for you. I thought about it just now. Indeed, there are things I didn't do well."

Lu Bu was right about what he said. Zhang Yang did know the current situation best.

Even though the two were colleagues, Zhang Yang was much older than Lu Bu in terms of seniority and official position at this time.

Compared with Lu Bu, who held the post of military commander with a rank of 200 shi, he was a warrior in the governor's office. Although he only had a rank of 300 shi, he had the real power to assist the governor in handling the entire Bingzhou military affairs. .

Now that the governor is in trouble and Bingzhou has no owner, except for those powerful eunuchs who cannot command him, he is the de facto military commander of Bingzhou.

So what is the situation now?

In a word, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
——Their camp is out of soldiers!
There were great differences in the local military system between the Later Han Dynasty and the Former Han Dynasty.

After the resurgence of Guangwu in the past, in order to prevent local separatism and rebellion, the central military power was strengthened, and all standing military forces of local governments and prefectures were dismissed. The military attaches commanding the local armies were also abolished, and only a small number of local militia and security guards were retained. , except for those in the northern area, most of them have to wait for the fate of the heavenly soldiers in the center of the imperial court.

Therefore, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the imperial court was instantly in an embarrassing situation without any troops. Emperor Liu Hong, who had always been actively suppressing local powerful forces, was forced to delegate power to the local governments and allow the governor and state pastoralists to recruit troops to suppress the bandits on their own. This gave them room to show off their skills.

Like Lu Bu, he was once a member of the local garrison in Wuyuan (today's Inner Mongolia). Later, in order to deal with the riots of the Yellow Turban remnant party-Black Mountain Army bandits that spread to the east of Bingzhou, he was temporarily recruited from the north by the former governor. He stood out and was appointed as the commander of the new army.

As the saying goes, pressing down the gourd will lift up the ladle, but what about them?

It was really tragic. The gourd of rebellion of the Montenegrin Army had not yet been pressed. The rebellion of the Southern Huns who had slaughtered various tribes at the end of last year raised another level.

At this time, Meng Hanen had been settling in Xihe County on the left side of the Xiongnu. At the beginning of the year, he directly killed the prefect of Xihe County and plundered all directions. Then he threatened Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang Taiyuan and other border counties.

In order to prevent random spread, they were transferred from the east to the west non-stop. They never thought that before they could regain the lost land in Xihe, in February another group of Yellow Turban remnants named Bai Bo gathered 100,000 people and occupied the place.

Maybe this is called hemorrhagic collapse.

At this point, Xihe County became the first county to be completely occupied, and the situation in Bingzhou began to spiral out of control.

Soon, after three months, the governor Zhang Yi, perhaps unable to bear the days of being trapped in the Taiyuan headquarters every day, or perhaps unable to bear the endless plundering and provocations of the Huns, unexpectedly launched a wave of aggression and ignored The generals persuaded them to insist on attacking the waves.

Sure enough, they fell into the trap of the Hu people. It turned out that at some point, this group of cheap Hus who slaughtered various tribes not only raised elites with tens of thousands of men, but also recruited almost the entire herdsmen.

This fierce battle between the two sides on the plains finally ended with the disastrous defeat of the Bingzhou Army. Zhang Yi not only lost his life, but also almost wiped out the last bit of wealth they had saved in Bingzhou. Now after a few days, they just Less than 200 defeated troops with low morale were gathered, and the situation was so desperate that it made people breathless.

(End of this chapter)