Chapter 146 Hussar General, will you send a daughter-in-law?
In October of the first year of Jian'an.
More than a year has passed since Qu Yi united with Xian Yufu and Liu Yu's son Liu He and others defeated Gongsun Zan and surrounded Gongsun Zan's army in Yijing.
For more than a year, Qu Yi and others attacked countless times but failed.
Later, Qu Yi ordered people to build siege fortifications in an attempt to surround Gongsun Zan.
Unexpectedly, the inner city of Yijing was not only well-defended, but also had enough food to feed the soldiers and their families in the city for ten years. On the contrary, Qu Yi and others were about to run out of food.
One hundred thousand soldiers had to eat horse chews, and the amount of food and grass they consumed every day was an astronomical figure, not to mention that they had delayed it for more than a year.
No matter how wealthy Yuan Shao's Jizhou was, it could not afford such heavy consumption for a long time.
In addition, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu and annexed Xuzhou. Yuan Shao felt the pressure from the south. He could no longer spend a lot of manpower, energy and financial resources on Gongsun Zan, so Yuan Shao wrote a letter urging Qu Yi to either fight or withdraw his troops first.
Wait until the next day to defeat Gongsun Zan.
But relying on his outstanding achievements, Qu Yi ignored Yuan Shao's urging and continued to besiege Yi Jing at his own pace. Because in Qu Yi's view, now he is competing with Gongsun Zan for endurance. Who can't hold on to the other first?
I really lost completely.
Yuan Shao is a man who has a very good reputation. Qu Yi's ignorance undoubtedly caused Yuan Shao to be slapped in the face, and it was done in public.
In addition, Qu Yi was a surrendered general who surrendered from Han Fu, so Yuan Shao couldn't help but be suspicious of Qu Yi.
As a result, Jizhou began to gradually reduce the supply of food and grass to the Quyi Allied Army, causing the morale of the soldiers of the Quyi Allied Army to become increasingly low.
Gongsun Zan is undoubtedly a famous general who has experienced hundreds of battles. After he keenly discovered that the Quyi army was short of horses, food and grass, and had low morale, he took the opportunity to lead all his troops out, defeated the Quyi coalition forces, recaptured the outer city of Yijing, and beheaded more than 20,000 people!
Yuan Shao was furious when he learned of Qu Yi's defeat, and personally led his army to Yijing to prepare for a showdown with Gongsun Zan in person.
On the way to Yijing, he ordered people to capture Qu Yi, and had him killed on the pretext that Qu Yi had disobeyed the general's orders and had disloyal intentions!
On Gongsun Zan's side, after recapturing the outer city of Yijing, the siege of Yijing was slightly relieved. But just after he defeated a Qu Yi, he attracted a stronger Yuan Shao...
So Gongsun Zan immediately wrote a letter and sent his son Gongsun Xu to personally deliver the letter to the Montenegrin army, asking them to send troops to support him.
Although the Black Mountain Army suffered heavy losses in previous defeats, Zhang Yan still had a lot of fighting power that he could use. He also understood the principle of losing one's lips and teeth, and knew that he would be the next one to be attacked after Gongsun Zan defeated Yuan Shao.
Therefore, Zhang Yan, the Montenegrin Army, responded to Gongsun Zan's request, raised 100,000 Montenegrin troops, and went to Yijing with Gongsun Xu in three groups to support Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan was overjoyed when he heard the news about the arrival of reinforcements, so he wrote to his son again, intending to attack Yuan Shao from both inside and outside, and to give Yuan Shao a heads-up.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zan's letter was intercepted by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao also used this as a trick and ordered people to lure Gongsun Zan out of the city under the guise of Zhang Yan's reinforcements. Then he almost wiped out Gongsun Zan's main army, leaving Gongsun Zan in ruins.
After Gongsun Zan escaped back to Yijing by chance, he stayed at home and drank and had fun every day. It seemed that he had completely given up on struggling.
At this time, it was already the end of the first year of Jian'an, and it was time to watch the old age.
The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, and the sound of gongs and drums welcomes the new year.
Huang Zhong and his wife took Huang Xu and Huang Wudie together to start the general cleaning early.
However, although the Hussar General's Mansion is not too big, it is definitely not small. Huang Zhong's family only cleans a few occupied rooms, such as the rooms of Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Tai Shici.
Later, Guo Jia's family also joined in, and the entire Cavalry General's Mansion became lively in an instant.
Huang Xu's body has not fully recovered, but it has returned to about 70% of its normal level. Now, except for being thinner and having occasional coughs, he can already move freely.
While Huang Zhong and Huang were cleaning the dust on the wall, they occasionally looked back at the three brothers and sisters who were sometimes working seriously and sometimes playing around. Their wrinkled faces couldn't help but smile.
Happy smile.
Where are the three of them? Because Guo Jia's son Guo Yi is also cleaning the house with Huang Xu and Huang Wudie in a decent manner.
In this huge mansion, only Huang Zhong, Guo Jia and his wife have children.
Guo Jia's wife sometimes took Guo Yi to visit the Huang family on weekdays. Everyone became familiar with each other during these visits, so Huang Xu and Huang Wudie had a little follower behind them.
Guo Jia and his wife are tidying up their own room. They will also clean Lu Yan's room and Lu Yan's study later.
Lu Yan, Zhao Yun, and Xia Houlan did not participate in the New Year's Eve cleaning activities. They had already arrived at the cavalry barracks and were visiting the cavalry soldiers in the barracks.
After completing the final training in the afternoon, most of these soldiers will temporarily leave the military camp and return home to reunite with their relatives.
Basically, the soldiers who had family members moved their families to Chenliu; those who didn't have family members had to stay in the military camp. After all, they had a place to return to after wandering outside enough.
The New Year is coming soon, so Lu Yan will naturally not forget his brothers, and of course the Beiwei Army and other ordinary soldiers. However, the cavalry camp is the first stop of their operation.
Following Lu Yan and others, there were many civilians who volunteered to help.
With their help, cartloads of wine, food, food, and cartloads of huge boxes were all pulled into the cavalry barracks.
Lu Yan held the wine jar and stood on the cart, with one foot on the cart and the other on the big box. He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, although the military camp is your home, it is not your home."
It’s a kennel! The general is kind enough to take you in for the time being this year, but you don’t want to stay here forever!”
There was a burst of low laughter among the soldiers, and they knew that Lu Yan's words were actually just a joke.
Sure enough, Lu Yan took a sip of wine and then continued: "There are so many refugees coming into Chenliu every year. You can suggest which girl you like. If they are willing, then marry her quickly. My wife and children will be warm on the kang."
Doesn’t it smell good?”
"Hahaha!"
"Of course we also want a mother-in-law!"
"We don't have much face. I'm afraid it won't be easy to find it myself. Why don't you, General, send it directly?"
"..."
Lu Yan's words made the crowd completely lively, but the level of commotion among these people far exceeded Lu Yan's imagination.
"Send a daughter-in-law directly? I haven't dared to think of such a good thing, but you guys can think of it!" Lu Yan cursed in his heart, but said: "This is not impossible, but if the wife is given to the hand,
If I'm not welcomed by you, are you willing to bear the consequences?"
"Forget it, I think with my handsome face and strong body, it will be easy to find a wife. If I look ugly, then I will suffer a big loss!"
"Tieniu, you are so ridiculous! How can you have anything to do with being handsome with a face like yours?"
"You are strong enough, but every time you go to the battlefield, the three swords on your head are more powerful and not durable enough!"
"Hey! What a thief! Do you dare to say that your grandfather is not durable enough? Then do you dare to fight with me for 300 rounds?"
"..."
When Lu Yan saw the commotion underneath, he didn't try to stop it. He just kicked open the lid of the big box at his feet!
"Clang!" With a sound, the box opened, revealing yellow and orange copper coins inside!
The entire camp instantly became silent, and you could hear a pin drop!
"Daughter-in-law, I won't pay you any money now. Let's pay you money first!!!"