"Ziqian, what happened, you asked me to wait in such a hurry?" Zhu Jun asked Lu Zhi angrily.
Everyone pricked up their ears when they heard Zhu Jun's words. After all, it must not be a small matter for Lu Zhi to call them all over in the middle of the night.
Lu Zhi looked around and found that people had almost arrived, so he immediately said, "Let the two of you talk about the original road."
Lu Zhi, however, did not directly answer Zhu Jun's question, but instead passed it to the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
"Everyone, news has just come from my Yuan family that the thief Zhang Jue passed away from illness in Puyang a few days ago." Yuan Shu came out first and said without even paying attention to Yuan Shao who was standing aside.
Yuan Shao stopped taking steps forward, his face turned green and dark, but he didn't say anything in front of outsiders.
Everyone was startled when they heard it, with a hint of disbelief. Although they knew that Lu Zhi had called them all over in the middle of the night, something big must have happened, but they really didn't expect to hear such exciting news as soon as they arrived.
Li Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this. These Yuan brothers saved him a lot of trouble.
As for Zhang Jiao's death, Li Xiang naturally got the news earlier than the Yuan brothers, given the existence of a floating house.
However, although Li Xiang had received the news, Li Xiang was still struggling with how to convey the news to Lu Zhi and others without leaving any trace.
It is naturally impossible for Li Xiang to tell such important news directly. If this were the case, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly telling others that he has an intelligence organization in private?
If the existence of the Floating Water House is known to future enemies such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian in advance, these people will definitely take more precautions in the future. On the contrary, if the existence of the Floating Water House is hidden, when dealing with these guys in the future, they will definitely be able to beat them. Caught off guard.
Moreover, the Han Dynasty has not yet completely come to an end. If the Han Dynasty knows that Li Xiang has established a quite powerful intelligence agency, then how will the Han Dynasty view Li Xiang? I am afraid that the Han Dynasty will definitely He might be suspicious of Li Xiang, or even start to deal with him.
Li Xiang is not ready to fall out with the Han Dynasty yet. Obscene development is what Li Xiang wants to do now.
However, the Yuan family, which has four generations and three fathers, should not be underestimated. Even though Li Xiang has spent a lot of effort on the floating house over the years, Li Xiang did not receive the news much earlier than the Yuan brothers.
"Is this true?" Zhu Jun on the side finally reacted to the shocking news, but still asked again in disbelief.
"Of course it's true. That Zhang Jiao thief did die of illness a few days ago. Moreover, there is news that the Yellow Turban Army outside the city seems to be retreating." This time, Yuan Shao was a step faster and immediately reacted to Yuan Shu's reaction. He answered directly before coming over.
"Huh." Everyone took a deep breath. It seems that Zhang Jiao is really dead. Once Zhang Jiao dies, a chain reaction will occur, and I am afraid that the offensive and defensive momentum between the Han and the Yellow Turban will be reversed in the future.
As for the retreat of the Yellow Turban Army outside the city, no one was surprised. The Yellow Turban Army was mobilized by religious organizations and had a strong religious overtone. As a great sage and mentor, it is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Jiao is one of these Yellow Turbans. The spiritual pillar of believers.
Believers who have spiritual support are very scary, but Zhang Jue will succeed and fail. Now that Zhang Jue has died suddenly, the blow to the Yellow Turban Army is definitely not as big as usual. The Yellow Turban Army has lost their spiritual support. , morale and combat effectiveness will definitely drop significantly.
Therefore, it would be abnormal if the Yellow Turban Army did not retreat at this time. In other words, the Yellow Turban Army had to retreat at this time and did not dare not to retreat.
"Ziqian, now that the Yellow Turban Army has become so unchanging, it should be time for us to fight back." As expected, it was Huangfu Song, a famous man in the late Han Dynasty, who hit the point in one sentence.
And this was the purpose of Lu Zhi calling everyone together at night.
"General, if we want to pursue, Cao Cao is willing to be the vanguard." Upon hearing Huangfu Song's words, Cao Cao was the first to react and immediately asked for orders.
"General, Sun Jian please be the vanguard."
"Dong Zhuo..."
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The reaction of others was not slow, and they immediately asked for help.
At this time, Cao Cao was not the traitor in troubled times in the future. In his early years, Cao Cao preferred to be a hero of the Han Dynasty. When he died, he engraved on his tombstone, "The tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty in the West". This is already
This is Cao Cao's biggest wish. Therefore, at this time, Cao Cao wanted to destroy the Yellow Turbans more out of loyalty.
Of course, in addition to Cao Cao, there are also people like Dong Zhuo who are more motivated by their own interests. At this time, the Yellow Turbans are just a bunch of naked achievements in the eyes of people like Dong Zhuo. Moreover, in this way, there are not many opportunities to beat up the drowned dog.
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Li Xiang has no interest in pursuit. Although Li Xiang is young, he still holds the position of Zhonglang General and is one of the highest-ranking people in Chenliu City. Naturally, he will not seize the position of vanguard. Jun
See, the two lieutenants, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, are also staying safely behind.
Moreover, Li Xiang does not believe that with Chi You here, the Yellow Turbans can really be manipulated by others as everyone thinks. Although the Yellow Turbans may have a serious drop in morale and combat power at this time, they will not completely lose the battle.
Power.
If the pursuing Han army was careless and was tricked by Chi You, although it would not be a huge defeat, the losses would definitely not be small.
Of course, in this large tent, besides Li Xiang, there was one person who did not come forward to ask for orders, and this person was Liu Bei.
In fact, Liu Bei was helpless at this time. If Li Xiang was simply not interested in chasing, then Liu Bei was powerless.
Liu Bei is just a leader of the rebels now. Without Lu Zhi, he is not qualified to live with everyone. Moreover, Liu Bei's hundreds of rebels have been beaten to death in successive battles.
At this time, Liu Bei was just a polished commander.
Although if Liu Bei is really asked to pursue, Lu Zhi will definitely provide Liu Bei with all his soldiers. But if Liu Bei is not his own, Liu Bei may not be able to command like an arm. And at this critical moment, the consequences of such a big mistake are also huge.
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Although Liu Bei was also jealous of this credit, he really couldn't get it.
"Mengde, this time you will be the commander-in-chief, and Wentai will be the deputy-general. We will lead an army of 30,000 people and set off immediately. We will arrive soon," Lu Zhi said thoughtfully.
In the end, Lu Zhi finally chose Cao Cao and Sun Jian. Of these two, one was resourceful and the other was good at fighting. Lu Zhi was still very relieved about this combination.