When they saw Qu Shuai fall out, Tian Jun and Ren Yun both went crazy.
Especially Tian Jun, he immediately jumped off the saddle, but his legs were short. When he arrived, Ren Yun, Xi Shen and others had already lifted Zhang Chong. He wanted to see where Zhang Chong was injured.
But because his legs were short, he could only look up at Zhang Chong's back worriedly.
Just as everyone was carrying Zhang Chong back to the camp, they heard a voice:
"Stop being so stubborn. If you try too hard, something will really happen."
Everyone was overjoyed. Qu Kui spoke and motioned to everyone to put him down. Then Zhang Chong relaxed on the ground for a moment, then stood up with the help of his companions, and then stopped here and walked there.
Everyone saw that Zhang Chong was really fine, so they heaved a sigh of relief. They were really scared. What if something happened to Zhang Chong, what would they, the Taishan Shi Jiajun, do?
This time it was not just them who were afraid, Zhang Chong himself was also afraid. How many generals and heroes had lost their horses and were devastated on the battlefield. He, Zhang Chong, did not want to die before leaving the army and make his relatives burst into tears.
This also made Zhang Chong feel once again that this world is materialistic. If a horse can't run, it just can't run. No matter how many spiritual things you talk about, it's useless. If you force it to run again, it will stumble and lose it.
It's your own life.
In this way, everyone no longer rode horses, but led the horses and returned to the tent again.
At this moment, the generals were chatting happily, and behind them were their guardsmen holding boxes, which mostly contained the heads of the enemy generals they wanted to die.
All the generals were enthusiastically boasting about their achievements, but only Dian Wei sat silently on the horse. On the one hand, this was his nature, and on the other hand, he had just joined Zhang Chongzhang and was not very familiar with his old general Yuan Cong.
In fact, this congregation will be chatting with each other in full swing, but a few circles can be vaguely discerned.
The first wave is the Yuan followers who started from Zhang Chong, such as Ding Sheng, Li Damu, and Chen Huan. They are all from this circle. Secondly, there are the early generals such as Cai Que, Guo Zu, etc., and finally there are the seven generals who finally joined the group, like Dong Dong.
Fang, Zhao Chong, Guo Song, Guo Mo, etc. Even these seven surrendered generals can be vaguely distinguished.
It can be seen that as Zhang Chong's strength further expanded, the heroes under his command inevitably began to be ranked according to their relative distance and time of joining.
This is not entirely a bad thing. The most important thing in the military is seniority, so that soldiers can be used like arms and fingers. Of course, all of this must be controlled within a reasonable range.
At this moment, Zhang Chong walked in, followed by three cavalry generals: Tian Jun, Xi Shen, and Ren Yun. He seemed to be fine, and he did not intend to tell the generals that he had just made a mistake and almost became the last person to die on the battlefield.
The generals stood up immediately, bulging their bellies as if they were being inspected.
Zhang Chong walked by and took a look around. Very good. Everyone survived another battle. Wait, why is there one person missing?
Zhang Chong frowned and asked the generals:
"Why haven't you seen Meng Ju? Where are the others?"
When the generals didn't speak, Zhang Chong's heart skipped a beat, wouldn't he?
Just when Zhang Chong thought he was about to lose a general, Ding Sheng, who knew the inside story, stood up hesitantly.
"Back to the canal, Meng Ju went to chase the mountain soldiers in the north of Po. He saw that it was this group of soldiers who ambushed Fei Jun before. So as soon as they were defeated, Meng Ju took Fei Jun and carried the flag.
After the chase, he said he wanted to avenge his dead brothers."
Zhang Chong frowned and looked to the south worriedly. He was worried and asked Ding Sheng to lead a group of soldiers to respond.
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Under the cover of night, with the cries of crows, Sun Kang and Sun Guan fled to their deaths.
They ran away in this hilly area for who knows how long. When they circled back to a crooked neck forest again, they knew they were lost.
At this time, there are only twelve people who still follow Sun Kang and Sun Guan. These twelve people are the hometown children of the two Sun brothers. Naturally, they share life and death together and will never leave.
Sun Kang walked to a big stone and asked everyone to sit down and rest. He said to everyone:
"We can't run like this anymore. It's dark and we can't see the road clearly. Running with our heads covered like this consumes too much energy. We will deal with them here all night today. Brother, you and I will each lead six people to keep watch."
Sun Guan was also out of breath. After listening to his brother's words, he immediately led six people to guard him for half the night, hoping to let Sun Kang rest more.
Sun Kang didn't say much, and he took his six brothers and fell asleep in the grass.
Suddenly, a sudden rustle woke up Sun Kang. He looked around anxiously, trying to find Sun Guan, but suddenly his body froze.
Under the moonlight, he saw a man sitting on a stone not far away, looking at him with red eyes. He recognized this man as the only scout who escaped from the last ambush.
He was busy searching for Sun Guan's whereabouts. Suddenly, his eyes were bloody and his teeth were bared. His brother, who he loved so much, had his head trampled under the feet of the scout, with anger still on his withered face.
Sun Kang yelled, drew his sword and jumped towards him, but three bunches of crossbow arrows were immediately shot from behind the stone, and they all nailed him.
Lying on the ground, Sun Kang screamed feebly. He hated himself and hated himself for letting this person escape. Thinking of his younger brother Sun Guan, Sun Kang was in pain. At this time, screams came from nearby. He knew that it was his companions who were there.
Being slaughtered.
He looked at a pair of straw sandals leaning towards him, tried hard to turn his head and wanted to say something, and then looked at a white exercise, and then turned black when it hurt.
The Sun brothers were originally ordered by the princes. One was to be the prefect of the Two Thousand Stones, and the other was to be the Marquis of Ludu Pavilion. Especially Sun Guan would be used by Cao Cao in the future. He worked hard and won the title of Marquis Yinzi from a grass bandit.
His position is also a person of good luck. However, today they both died in Wumingling Mountain in Central South Shandong, and everything was for naught.
When Zhang Chong ordered Ding Sheng to send troops to meet Meng Ju, he sat on his horse and looked at the many high-spirited warriors below, sighing in his heart:
"I have been working hard for more than two years and have finally prepared this warrior group. Great achievements are expected."
At this moment, seeing the generals looking at him eagerly, he ordered:
"Accelerate the sweep of the battlefield, and each general will count his first quarter merit and the number of prisoners. We will be here in a moment, fighting against the three armies, and giving rewards according to merit.
General sentiment:
"Here!"
At this moment, the strong voice of the guard came from outside the big tent:
"Sima Ju, the commander-in-chief of the Qu State of Qi, is leading his colleagues outside."
Zhang Chong was overjoyed and said hurriedly:
"Please."
Feeling that it was not appropriate, he immediately came down and took the generals out of the camp to greet him in person.
At this moment, Sima Ju was wearing yellow clothes and a yellow belt, leading a group of Qi Taiping Road backbones to stand outside the camp. He was watching the people from Mount Tai who were busy setting up camp there.
Even when it gets dark, the people on the Taishan side are still cutting down trees and setting up camp. There is still a circle of people digging trenches over there, and a few people over there are tying up their horses and performing their duties.
A person from the Taiping Road of Qi State looked at this scene and disapproved:
"That Zhang Qushuai can really torment his brothers. We just went through a big battle and couldn't rest. We just dug a camp and set up a stronghold here. It's all dark. What's the point of using up our energy? Anyway, we will pull out the army tomorrow. We can deal with it for one night." Come on."
This person's words made everyone nod in agreement.
Even though Sima Ju didn't say anything, he felt that what his subordinates said was reasonable. Just to maintain Zhang Chong's dignity as the commander of Fang Qu, he still scolded:
"This is something that no one can comment on, so why don't you keep silent?"
Sima Ju also had prestige, and all the Taiping Taoist generals could only keep silent.
At this time, Zhang Chong and his generals came out of the tent to greet Taoist Taoist Taoist friends from Qi State. No one saw him, but laughter was already heard.
Seeing Zhang Chong and his generals greeting him in person, the faces of the Taiping Taoists in Qi State relaxed.
In fact, they were not talking about setting up a camp just now. They just saw Zhang Chong arrogantly leaving them outside the camp, so they just criticized Sang and Huai.
Zhang Chong now changed into light clothes. As soon as he walked up to Sima Ju, he bowed to him. Then before Sima Ju could react, Zhang Chong took his arm and invited him to enter the tent.
Along the way, Zhang Chong continued to express his gratitude to Sima Ju and the others for their contribution to the Taiping Dao of Qi State. He kept saying that they had made great contributions to the Taiping Dao of Qi State in this battle.
The believers behind Sima Ju were so praised that their backs straightened up even more, and the smiles on their faces did not stop all the way to the tent.
On the contrary, Sima Ju is more honest. He knows very well that apart from joining the battlefield, he has actually done nothing else. It is not as important as Zhang Chong said. He is just promoting him.
Since Huahua Jianyu was praised by everyone, he also praised Zhang Chong:
"Zhang Qushuai, I have always heard from my comrades that you, Mount Tai, are the best at fighting. When I saw you today, I realized that you are ten times more powerful than the rumors say. You must teach everyone the art of war. As for why I, Taiping Dao of Qi State, take the credit. To be supremely great is a fallacy, and it only makes a small contribution."
Sima Ju was humble here, and Zhang Chong was about to praise him again. Suddenly a man came out over there, with a pair of triangular eyes, a black wrinkle on his nose, and a slightly hunched waist. When he saw him coming up, he said:
"Uncle, what you said is wrong. How can our country of Qi's peace be a small contribution? I think this Qushuai is right. We have made the greatest contribution. I even think it is too small. Without us, the peace of the country of Qi should not be possible. Dao pretended to be a Shanliao and infiltrated into the group of Langya thieves, but finally struck back at the critical moment. I'm afraid we can't win this battle."
As soon as he said this, all the generals behind Zhang Chong looked at him angrily. He is such a deceitful person, and he dares to covet the merits of heaven. He is really a coward.
The corner of Zhang Chong's mouth twitched. Looking at this man, he thought to himself which mallet this was. Didn't you see that Sima Ju and I have achieved mutual success here?
After hearing this, Sima Ju's expression changed. He scolded the person behind him and apologized to Zhang Chong:
"I'm sorry, this is my late brother's son. I kept him by my side, but he developed a rebellious character. I'll take care of everyone on my late brother's behalf."
After all, Sima Ju was a man of one side, and his words naturally had weight. Hearing this, Zhang Chong's generals' expressions brightened slightly, but the atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as before.
In order to relieve the embarrassment, Sima Ju asked Zhang Chong for advice as if he had just remembered:
"Zhang Qu, I saw soldiers setting up camp in a deep trench outside your camp. Does Zhang Qu want to stay here permanently?"
Zhang Chong said with a smile:
"Sima Daqu is really kidding. How can we support soldiers hundreds of miles away in the remote and remote Taishan Mountains? Just feeding a hundred miles of food would cost five times as much food. How can we afford it?"
Seeing that Sima Ju was still confused, Zhang Chong smiled and said:
"Actually, our stronghold is here to be stationed tonight. According to our military regulations, every time an army is established, a stronghold must be built. When the stronghold is finally built, the general will have to personally inspect it. The stronghold cannot be rested until the stronghold is strong. What we are guarding against is that the soldiers will be lucky for a while. , thinking that in just one night, no enemy will attack. Who knows, many great victories have turned into great defeats due to luck. Therefore, I would rather work harder with all the soldiers than lose everyone's lives due to luck. ."
Sima Ju was thoughtful, but his nephew behind him did not give Zhang Chong this face. He said bluntly:
"Zhang Qu, please stop trying to reason with everyone. We are not from your Taishan side, and it is not your turn to teach us. On the contrary, the capture of this battle should be handed over to us."
Good guy, it turns out we are here to ask for military supplies.