Zhang Ning thought for a while and said: "Liu Xin has four generals under his command. Zhang He wields a spear. Zhao Yun is a young man who also wields a spear. Dian Wei wields a pair of large iron halberds. There is another general, General Xu Huang, who is a great general.
Axes. No one can wield a broadsword." After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't Xu Huang, otherwise the feud would have been even greater.
Guan Hai said: "First at the entrance of the village, two generals who wielded spears fought with me. They must be Zhang He and Zhao Yun. Could it be that the one wielding swords was Liu Xin himself?"
Zhang Ning smiled and said: "How could it be Liu Xin? The big man you mentioned is dark and fierce, while Liu Xin is fair-faced and handsome. Dad, I really can't figure out who this person is."
Zhang Jiao looked at his daughter thoughtfully and said, "Okay, you all step back and I'll think about it again."
What he is most worried about now is whether anyone will fall into Liu Xin's hands alive. Also, if so many people died at once, will Liu Xin find out the details of these people and then follow the clues to find his head. And this
By that time, Liu Xin was already interrogating the survivors.
Liu Xin also stayed on top of the city until dawn, and then saw the team returning from Gaoyang. Surprisingly, Dian Wei also appeared in the team, and there was a black-faced man with him.
It turned out that when Dian Wei returned from Chenliu, he encountered heavy fog and lost his way. He mistakenly went to Qiaojun. In a mountain village, he met this big man and his men blocking the way. They disagreed with each other and started fighting.
After more than two hundred rounds, there was no winner. Dian Wei was so angry that he simply set up camp outside the village and fought with the big man every day. For more than ten days in a row, he couldn't decide the winner.
Dian Wei saw that it was getting late and the Spring Festival was approaching, and he was afraid of Liu Xin's reproach, so he did not want to continue fighting with him. Unexpectedly, the big man had a plan and cut off his retreat. Dian Wei became anxious and attacked the big man.
He shouted: "That man, please get out of the way quickly. I've missed your grandpa's important event. You can't afford the punishment."
The big man sneered: "As long as you can defeat this knife in my hand, you can go wherever you want."
Dian Wei said: "You and I have been fighting for more than ten days, and we still can't decide the winner. Why don't we change the way we play."
The big man asked: "What's the way to play?"
"Drink! Whoever gets drunk first will lose." Dian Wei was in a hurry to get back to Hejian, and he thought he had a lot of alcohol, so he proposed this method.
Unexpectedly, the big man laughed loudly after hearing this: "Compared with me in drinking? You are asking for death."
The big man ordered people to bring dozens of jars of wine from the village, and the two men competed in front of the battle. The two drank from noon to dusk, and were both very drunk. The men were afraid that the two of them would be wrong, so they rushed forward one after another.
They went there and actually started fighting. Without this big man, the villagers were no match for the elite Flying Tiger Guard soldiers brought by Dian Wei. They were all beaten away with a punch and kick. The big man was still drunk and became a prisoner.
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The next morning, Dian Wei and the big man gradually sobered up from their drinks. When the big man saw that he was tied up with a rope, he shouted anxiously: "You're such a fool!"
Dian Wei also angrily said to the soldiers around him: "Let him go quickly, and I will compete with him again."
A soldier advised: "General Dian, we finally caught this thief, don't fight anymore. We have been out for many days, and you will be blamed if we don't go back."
The big man said angrily: "Who do you think is the thief! I think you are the thief!"
Another soldier said: "Of course we are officers and soldiers, can't you see the military uniforms we are wearing?"
The big man shook his head like a rattle: "I don't believe it. The officers and soldiers ran away when they saw the thief, and the thief ran away when they saw me. How could you be officers and soldiers?"
Dian Wei untied him and said: "Since you are not a thief, I will let you go. We are really officers and soldiers. I am Dian Wei, the commander of the personal guard under Lord Liu, the governor of Hejian. If you don't believe it, go to Hejian
Just ask and you will know. I really have to rush back to Hejian now, and I can't compete with you anymore."
The big man loosened his bonds and said to Dian Wei: "If you don't want to compete, then I won't compete. I am from this village. My name is Xu Chu. If you don't believe me, go to the village and ask if anyone doesn't know me."
At this moment, there was a noise outside, and an old man broke in and cried: "Please let me go, I will give you whatever you want."
Xu Chu looked at the man and shouted: "Dad, why are you here? I'm fine. Isn't this good?"
When old man Xu saw that Xu Chu was fine, he stopped crying and started to kneel down towards Dian Wei. Dian Wei hurriedly supported him and said, "Oh, old man, you must not do this. If my adults find out, they will think that I am bullying him."
Common people."
Xu Chu shook his head repeatedly and said: "Is there an army in this world that doesn't bully the common people? I don't believe it!"
A soldier said angrily: "Why not? We never bully the people! We thought you were thieves, so we started fighting with you yesterday. Otherwise, we would not fight you."
When Old Man Xu heard this, he asked, "I wonder if you still accept people?"
Dian Wei laughed and said, "Old man, you seem a bit older. Haha, haha."
Old man Xu blushed and said, "It's not me, it's my son. You see he is strong and has good martial arts skills. I wonder if your family is willing to accept him."
Dian Wei said happily: "That's great! With him, I can finally drink to my heart's content!"
Xu Chu pouted and said, "Dad, I don't want to be a soldier. I want to take care of you at home."
Old man Xu scolded: "Why are you so worthless! Look at this general, he is about the same age as you and is already a commander. And where can you find an army that doesn't bully the people! If you don't go, I'll break your legs."
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Dian Wei said disapprovingly: "What's so difficult about this? Uncle, you can just go with us."
Everyone stayed in the village for a few more days. Old man Xu sold his belongings, packed up his belongings, and set off on the road with the team. Dian Wei and Xu Chu also competed in martial arts along the way, but they mostly competed with each other in drinking at night.
They went to bed late at night and woke up late in the morning, so the speed of their march was naturally much slower. By the time they arrived in Gaoyang County, it was already dark. They missed the time and could not enter the city, so they had to stay in the wild. Some soldiers got up in the middle of the night.
, saw the beacon fire burning, and reported to Dian Wei. Dian Wei had caught the opportunity to go into battle, and if he was willing to let it go, he ordered his troops and rushed over. Xu Chu and Dian Wei got along well all the way, and Dian Wei let him go
Xu Chu went to deal with the leader of the horse thieves, so that he could make a great contribution and then join Liu Xin. Xu Chu did not disappoint, and injured Guan Hai in three or five rounds.
When Liu Xin heard that the dark-faced man in front of her was Xu Chu, she was overjoyed. She held his hand and said, "Okay, okay, it turns out you are Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang. From now on, you and Dian Wei will be the commanders of the Feihu Guard."
Xu Chu asked in confusion: "Zhongkang is the name my father just gave me. How did you know that?"
When Liu Xin heard this, she was so upset that Xu Chu had just performed the crowning ceremony. In ancient times, people were crowned when they were twenty. During the crowning ceremony, the elders or close relatives would give a word to indicate that they had reached adulthood. Dianwei did not have a cousin at that time, so he was
Liu Xin gave him the word "Ele" because in Liu Xin's memory, Cao Cao once called Dian Wei "the ancient evil". Liu Xin thought quickly: "Well, that's it. I had another dream a few days ago.
When I met the golden-armored god, he told me that a strong man named Xu, named Chu Zhongkang, would come to help me. I didn't quite believe it, but I didn't expect you to come today."
Last time, Liu Xin relied on the words of the golden-armored god to say that there was a severe drought, but so far it has indeed not rained a drop. Today, the golden-armored god again mentioned that there was Xu Zhongkang, and the word "Zhongkang" happened to be old man Xu
I just got it for Xu Chu. Everyone here couldn't help but feel awe of Liu Xin. This gentleman really has a god to help him! Ju Shou and Tian Feng looked at each other and nodded secretly. They have always had great ambitions and want to achieve success.
It was a great undertaking, so I had made up my mind to assist Liu Xin with all my heart.
Liu Xin looked at everyone's admiring eyes and felt a little embarrassed. She was about to change the subject when she heard Zhao Yun stand up and ask: "Sir, Xu Chu has become the commander, what should I do?"
Liu Xin then remembered that Zhao Yun was also the commander of the Flying Tiger Guard. After thinking about it, he said: "Zhao Yun, you are one year older this year. I am going to put some burdens on you, and you can become a Sima in the army."
In fact, after Xu Huang was injured, Zhao Yun has been managing military affairs on his behalf, and he has done an impressive job. Moreover, he has always wanted to be a general in the army, and now he finally got his wish.
When Liu Xin learned what had happened, the first thing he did was to find out the casualties of the soldiers. The two hundred cavalrymen brought by Zhang He suffered the heaviest casualties, with 35 people killed and 42 seriously injured, 11 of whom may die for life.
Crippled, the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered, so it was not bad to have such a result. The flying tiger soldiers led by Zhao Yun also injured more than thirty people, but they were not serious. And the fifty cavalry led by Dian Wei were on the way.
The defeated troops of Shang Guan Hai were simply massacred one-sidedly, with no casualties. Treating the wounded and caring for their families were naturally done by Tian Feng and Ju Shou, so Liu Xin did not need to worry about it.
In this battle, more than 500 "horse thieves" were beheaded and more than 300 people were captured. Liu Xin could not help but interrogate the prisoners. Because he was thoughtful, he interrogated them alone. After only asking one person a sentence, he
He understood everything, because the prisoner told him that the leader's name was Guan Hai. This confirmed his guess that these people were not horse thieves at all, but people from Taiping Road.
Knowing the truth of the matter, Liu Xin became embarrassed. Logically speaking, if such a thing happened, he should report it to the court as soon as possible. But from the bottom of his heart, he had no objection to the peasant uprising. Although he dropped out of school early, he had suffered from it since childhood.
The education was still deeply ingrained in his mind, and the peasant uprising was just an extreme manifestation of the ruled class's resistance to the ruling class. Moreover, he never believed that he had the ability to prevent the Yellow Turban Uprising from happening. All he wanted to do was to protect Hejian from being affected.
Just let yourself live a stable life for a few years.
Therefore, Liu Xin only asked one question and did not ask any more. He also made a decision that puzzled everyone and released all these prisoners. The reason was that these people were also poor people. I believe that after this time
, they will change their minds and be good people. In fact, Liu Xin wanted to reveal to Zhang Jiao a meaning by releasing the prisoners: forget this matter this time, and hope that everyone will not violate the river in the future and go their own way.
Zhang Jiao was waiting anxiously, but everything remained calm. After a few days, all the captured Taiping Taoists were released. According to their account, Liu Xin only asked one question - the leader of the team.
Who is it? I didn’t ask anything else, and then let them all go.
What does Liu Xin want to do? Zhang Jiao fell into deep thought.