The first half of Zhang Liao's life could actually be considered a life of displacement.
When he was born, Tan Shihuai, a hero of the Xianbei tribe, was born. Under his rule, the Hu people outside the Great Wall became extremely powerful. Yanmen County, where Zhang Liao was located, was often killed, plundered and plundered by the Hu people.
In the sixth year of Xiping, the soldiers and civilians of Yanmen County and some Huns jointly attacked Tanshihuai, but they were defeated and returned.
It was precisely because of this battle that Zhang Liao's family suffered heavy casualties. The underage Zhang Liao had to struggle alone to survive in the frequent frontier wars. Because of his bravery and good fighting skills, he was appointed as a magistrate of Yanmen County by Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou.
In the fifth year of Zhongping, Zhang Yi was defeated and killed while resisting the Hu people's attack. Zhang Liao was summoned by Ding Yuan, who succeeded Bingzhou as governor, and ordered him to lead troops to the capital to accept the leadership of General He Jin.
Rui was the top general among the generals and favored by He Jin. He sent Zhang Liao to Hebei to recruit troops. However, as soon as Zhang Liao left the capital, He Jin was killed by the eunuch.
When Zhang Liao returned to the capital and prepared to return to He Jin, the power in the court was again controlled by Dong Zhuo. Zhang Liao and other subordinates of He Jin surrendered to Dong Zhuo. As a result.
Dong Zhuo died again.
From a metaphysical point of view, Zhang Liao is indeed a bit of a "master". After all, in the original history, Lu Bu, whom he later took refuge with, did not end well.
It wasn't until he met Cao Cao that Zhang Liao finally escaped from the cycle of changing masters, seemingly because this black dwarf was too tough.
Precisely because of his previous experience, Zhang Liao could be said to be accustomed to changing his family.
Compared with Lu Bu, whose army is declining, today's Wang Zheng is naturally more in line with the standard of a "Ming Lord". Whether it is for glory, wealth or to realize his ambition, Zhang Liao actually does not want to recruit Wang Zheng for his true intentions.
Rejection can even mean that you don't get what you want.
After all, he thought that he had done all he could to Lu Bu, and he had been trying to persuade Lu Bu tactfully. Since Lu Bu was unwilling to listen, Wang Zheng was destined to become his "lord".
The reason why he is still hesitant now is because Wang Zheng seems to want him to draw a clear line with Lu Bu first. This is the key to Zhang Liao's hesitation.
But can you still refuse now?
Zhang Liao looked around and couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.
On such an occasion where there were many people talking, Wang Zheng treated him so politely, and it will soon spread. Moreover, among the Bingzhou generals behind him, there are also direct descendants of Lu Bu. Wang Zheng was so deliberate and unabashed in front of them, I am afraid it is also because
Cut off his escape route!
Among the generals under Lü Bu's command, Zhang Liao was indeed second to none in terms of ability, and Lü Bu regarded him as a person of great importance. However, using him highly was one thing, but being close to him was another.
In terms of trust alone, Zhang Liao knew that his family was not as good as Gao Shun. Since Song Xian and Wei Xu defected one after another, Lu Bu's suspicion became more and more serious. He rejected Wang Zheng today and returned to Wu the next day.
County, wouldn’t these Bingzhou generals report this matter to Lu Bu secretly?
Then what would Lu Bu think of Zhang Liao after learning about this?
Thinking of this, Zhang Liao looked at Wang Zheng with complicated eyes, filled with emotion in his heart.
It would be fine to say that this Wang Yukou was far superior to ordinary people in terms of military strategy and prowess. After all, both Wen Hou Lu Bu and Zhang Liao had shown extraordinary qualities when they were young.
But to be able to have such a profound city and such sophisticated calculations at such a young age is really incomprehensible. Compared with martial arts and military strategy, these things actually make Zhang Liao feel more terrifying!
It was precisely because he thought of this and weighed it repeatedly that Zhang Liao finally made a decision.
The result of rejection may not make Lu Bu feel relieved, but it will definitely lead to an enmity with Wang Zheng. In this case, how can Zhang Liao take into account the so-called fellow countrymen and the so-called affection?
"The state pastor is so kind that the general will not dare to refuse."
Zhang Liao simply took the third glass of wine, changed his name directly, bowed slightly to Wang Zheng, and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng was overjoyed. Since the banquet, whether it was rewarding the heroes or subduing Zhang Liao, there was some intrigue in it. However, although the planning process was laborious, the results were really satisfying.
"good!"
Wang Zheng walked over to the seat, grabbed Zhang Liao's hand, and said with a smile: "Although this is only the second time that I and the general have met today, we can boldly declare: Wenyuan, you are by no means a thing in the pool, and you will definitely be powerful in China in the future.
go down in history!"
"Let's go back to the chairman's office with this general. Let's drink with our arms, how wonderful it is!"
Of course he dared to speak boldly. Zhang Liao was the only person in Cao Wei's camp who would be selected as one of the seventy-two generals of the Martial Arts Temple in the future. In fact, Wang Zheng's recruitment today was just a whim, not a deliberate move. It would be useless to say that he was certain.
It's just that with his current power, he is very confident. Even if Zhang Liao refuses today, Wang Zheng doesn't mind. Originally, he just wanted to express his feelings first, and then find a way to force Zhang Liao to stay in Shouchun, and slowly work hard.
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I never expected that Zhang Liao would be mastered so easily. This is a real accident, a real surprise!
Of course, Wang Zheng, who was pulling Zhang Liao towards the chairman, kept scanning the hanging system screen, but never saw the expected prompt to join the team. However, he couldn't help but smacked his mouth, still feeling that it was not perfect and had some flaws.
As for whether such blatant poaching would arouse Lu Bu's dissatisfaction, Wang Zheng no longer cared at this time.
As Guo Jia said, Lu Fengxian has long since lost his courage. So what if he is poaching? Does he still dare to fall out with me?
How can a tiger that has had its teeth bared show its teeth at me?
Since the other party was willing to endure humiliation and bear the burden before, I am afraid that this time he will still pinch his nose and suffer the dumb loss.
Besides, he is looking for Zhang Liao now, not Gao Shun.
At this time, Zhang Liao's platform was too small and he had not shown many talents as a general. In Lu Bu's eyes, Gao Shun, who was not trapped in the camp, was probably more important. If he was poaching Gao Shun now, he would really be a good general.
Lu Bu was forced into a desperate situation.
Wang Zheng invited Zhang Liao and moved to the main seat. While pouring wine, he continued to play good cards, hoping that there would be a popular "when the head is hot, the head will be bowed", and the dust would completely settle.
After just a few drinks, I heard a loud noise under the table.
The two of them raised their eyes to look, and saw that some of the Bingzhou generals who were attending the banquet suddenly changed their expressions, and shouted and wanted to leave the table with the others. Several Shouchun civil servants sitting next to them could not hold back and raised their eyes.
Look at the host.
Wang Zheng smiled slightly, pretending not to see him, and continued to exchange cups with Zhang Liao with a smile on his face. Although Zhang Liao had drunk a lot at this time, he was still clear-headed, but felt quite embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Zhou Mu, why don't you do it at the end?"
Will you come forward and say a few words to them? "
"Zhou Mu and Marquis Wen are now considered to be related by marriage. It would be really unsettling if the two parties turned against each other because of the late general."
"I invited Wen Yuan to drink because he recognizes heroes and values them. Marquis Wen is also a hero, so how can he be surprised?"
In Wang Zheng's view, although anyone with a discerning eye could see that what he was doing was poaching, but he saw through it without telling it, and there was no problem on the surface, so he had no worries and still smiled and said: "If Marquis Wen is serious about it,
If you get angry, you prove that you are not a hero. If so, why should you worry about it?"
The meaning of these words is very clear. He actually values Zhang Liao more than Lu Bu, and as long as he can get Zhang Liao's congeniality, he will not hesitate to do so even if it makes Lu Bu angry.
Zhang Liao looked at Wang Zheng blankly. This Wang Yukou was not only a city strategist, but he also had a face that was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people of his age. He was really powerful.
How terrible and terrifying!
At this time, there was another sound of footsteps coming from below. The two of them followed the sound and saw that it was Huang Zhong coming with wine.
Naturally, everyone in the hall had mixed feelings about Wang Zheng attaching so much importance to Zhang Liao. The civil servants were better off, but the generals were either envious or jealous. Unruly generals like Gan Ning and Wei Yan were dissatisfied.
I didn't dare to do it, but it was inevitable to be dissatisfied. At this time, I was already a little unhappy, and I drank to myself.
Huang Zhong was different. On the one hand, Wang Zheng treated him with great courtesy. On the other hand, after all his age and calm nature, he had blind trust in Wang Zheng. He only felt that his wise and powerful lord thought so highly of Zhang Liao, even if
Although he had never heard of the other party's reputation, he believed that this person must be a hero.
Since he was a hero, Huang Zhong walked up to the main seat with the intention of making a good relationship. He first saluted Wang Zhengwei, then smiled boldly at Zhang Liao and said loudly: "Brother Zhang is from Bingzhou?"
Huang Zhong had never heard of Zhang Liao's name, but Zhang Liao knew Huang Zhong's bravery and did not dare to neglect him. He quickly stood up and handed over his hands, "Exactly."
"Since I am a man from Bingzhou, I must have killed a lot of wild dogs. When I meet you, it is so late that I meet you, so I will be surprised!"
After saying that, Huang Zhong pushed away the cup handed by the maid, asked someone to replace it with a big bowl, took the wine jar with his own hands, filled it up, grabbed Zhang Liao and wanted to fight with him.
Zhang Liao couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to forget about his colleagues in Bingzhou and Lu Bu, let go of his arms, cheered up, and started shouting and drinking with Huang Zhong.
Wang Zheng looked at it with a smile for a while. Soon after, a personal guard came and came closer. He whispered in his ear: "Zhao Meng, the envoy of Bingzhou, led others out of the main hall to the palace gate and asked to leave. May I ask, general?
Released?"
Wang Zheng glanced at him and said calmly: "Except for Lu Qiling and Zhang Liao, everyone else can stay and do what they want."
"promise!"
Hearing this, the guard nodded slightly, turned around and was about to take a step. Wang Zheng thought for a while and called him back, "These people should go back to the embassy first and let the courtesy officers in the embassy take care of them, and try to retain as many as possible."
They should not go back and complain for a few days with grievances."
"Let Wang Xiong prepare some gifts and ask these people to deliver them to Lu Bu on my behalf."
A tiger with its teeth pulled out is still a tiger after all. Although Wang Zheng showed that he didn't care much about Lu Bu at this time in front of Zhang Liao, on the one hand, he was confident and the situation was indeed stronger than others, but there was also a deliberate show of indifference.
This was intended to impress Zhang Liao.
If it really comes to fruition, this kind of thing is a bit disgraceful and even unjust, not to mention that the main sufferer is still Lu Bu. Wang Zheng doesn't want to go too far. If he really wants to anger the other party, Lu Bu alone has nothing to fear, but if the other party really goes to vote for other princes.
, it’s still troublesome after all.
Send some gifts to express comfort, and then bribe the envoys to try to reduce the possible favor. Even if it has little effect, it is at least better than nothing.
"promise."
The soldiers responded to the order and came out.
The departure of a group of guests did not attract many people's attention. As Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao drank repeatedly, other generals were also inspired. Amid the commotion, the atmosphere at the banquet became more and more lively.
Wang Zheng held the wine glass, took a few sips, and turned his eyes to the seat on the right.
Compared with the complacency of the generals, most of the civil servants remained calm and restrained, although they also had a lot of troubles.
After all, many people had tasted this banquet by now.
It was called a celebration, and it was said to be a blessing for Xu Fang and the envoys. But through Wang Zheng's various behaviors, Lu Ji and others could see that although this banquet was not a Hongmen Banquet, it was by no means as simple as Wang Zheng said.
Whether it was Wang Zheng's opening toast, his toasts to Ni Heng and Zhang Liao, or the order of the toasts with the ministers, they all seemed to have a different meaning.
Perhaps the straightforward military commanders cannot see the mystery in this, but the civil servants like to figure out the superior's intentions. In addition, most of the court are newly attached Shouchun old ministers. They watch indifferently, but they have already seen a lot of strange things.
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Perhaps the distinction between civil and military forces is not clear enough. To be more precise, in comparison, the Xuzhou army seemed more casual and lively, while the seats of the Yangzhou old ministers were much quieter. Although there were some people playing guessing games, most of them were absent-minded.
When Wang Zheng looked at them, he saw Gu Yong leaving the table and approaching Shen Shu. He didn't know what he was saying. Shen Shu nodded slightly, but said nothing.
To the left of the two of them, Zhao Ning held up a cup and was silent, not knowing what he was thinking. Lu Ji seemed the most normal, smiling all the time, as if his attention was focused on singing and dancing in the hall, and on the two of them.
First of all, Li Ren had already run to the military generals' table opposite, mingling with Wei Yan and others and making a noisy drinking order. There were also a dozen other Shouchun local officials, all with different expressions.
However, they have one thing in common, that is, their eyes and sights will slip to the right intentionally or unintentionally from time to time, constantly wandering between Guo Jia and Mi Heng.
"Everyone, why are you so quiet?"
Wang Zheng stood up, raised his wine glass, looked at the ministers, and said with a smile: "I have something to say beforehand. If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't get home. If you don't drink to the fullest, it will be regarded as disobedience and disobedience."
As he said that, his eyes fell on Lu Ji, "Gongji, how was the singing and dancing today?"
"You must be used to seeing those old friends of Mr. Yuan, but a few of them are my beauties from Huaiyin, Xuzhou. Have they ever surprised you?"
Hearing Wang Zheng's roll call, Lu Ji stood up and said respectfully: "My lord is magnanimous, magnanimous and generous. Huaiyin is the hometown of Concubine Yu. The woman is famous all over the world for her skill in dancing. How can she be compared to ordinary singers?"
"When I saw it today, it was beyond words. I can say that it was a feast for the eyes and an eye-opener!"