After more than ten days of marching, Wen Yuan and Jizhou's 30,000 troops finally arrived at the border of jujube.
Jujube belongs to Chenliu County in Yanzhou, close to Sili, and five hundred miles to the west is Luoyang. Although Yanzhou was also a large state in the Han Dynasty with a population of millions, it was slightly inferior to Jizhou. County guards from all over the country recruited soldiers and brave people to engage in farming.
The labor force is even smaller. Since entering Yanzhou, bandits have been causing chaos everywhere. Along the way, the countryside has been deserted and corpses are everywhere. It is thought that this year has been extremely difficult. It is like this in troubled times, and human lives are like grass.
Moreover, Yanzhou was the site of the Four Battles. It took Cao Mengde ten years to really make Yanzhou his foundation! In the past ten years, Yanzhou was constantly in war, and the people were displaced. More than a million people died of hunger and cold in the war!
As soon as they entered the county boundary, hundreds of cavalry came to meet the army. The leader was a big man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a rough face, and he was covered with clothes and carried a big sword. He looked very brave.
The big man immediately shouted: "Where are the soldiers and horses coming from?"
A man from the front army rode out and said proudly: "This is the vanguard general Qu Yi under the command of Jizhou Mu. I will give you my name!"
The big man's face was filled with joy, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "It turns out that the Han ambassador has arrived. He is Cao Hong, a subordinate of Cao Cao of Pei State. Please wait a moment, and I will inform my lord that he is coming to greet you!" After that, he left a few riders behind.
Lead the way, hit the horse and go away.
After a while, I saw dust rising in the distance, and a large army came towards them. In front of the army, several flags were erected, and letters were written to "Cao", "Liu", "Zhang", "Kong", "Qiao", etc.
Leading dozens of cavalry toward the front of the army, Han Fu hurriedly led Wen Yuan and all the civil and military personnel to come out to greet them. Before the two sides could gather together, someone on the opposite side laughed loudly:
“Why is Korean Festival coming so late?”
Han Fu was a respected person, and he lived in a prosperous land in Jizhou, with a lot of money and food. He could be called by his first name, so the person who came must have a good background. Wen Yuan looked carefully and saw that the leader was in his forties, tall and tall.
He is seven feet tall, has a square face, a short beard, a thick lower jaw, a wide body and a fat body. You can tell from a glance that he lives in a pampered life. As you expected, it must be Liu Dai.
Sure enough, Han Fu came up to him with a smile and said, "Brother Gongshan, how are you? Brother Gongxu may not have seen you for a long time, but he is still so thin!" Then he greeted another middle-aged man who looked elegant and comely.
Liu Dai, Liu Gongshan, was from Mouping, Donglai. He was the governor of Yanzhou at that time, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, the son of Liu Yu, and the brother of Liu Yao.
Kong Wan, courtesy name Gongxu, was born in Chenliu, and was the governor of Yuzhou.
Including Han Fu, these three people are each in charge of a state, and they are all high-ranking feudal officials. The rest of them can only wait for the two to pay homage before coming forward to pay their respects.
However, Wen Yuan's attention was not on these people. After all, although they were famous for a while, they were all mediocre and incompetent. Han Fu was greedy for fame and foolishly gave up Jizhou to Yuan Shao. In the end, he was afraid that Yuan Shao would kill him and committed suicide in the hut. Liu Dai was reckless and incompetent.
In 192, millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans entered Yanzhou. Liu Dai refused to listen to the advice of his subordinates and died in the battle. As for Kong Ni, it was even more tragic. He was killed by Li Jue and would not survive this year.
Wen Yuan paid attention to Cao Cao, but he saw that he was seven feet tall, with slender eyes and long beard, a dark build, and an average appearance. He didn't seem to be outstanding, but his eyes revealed incomparable confidence and shrewdness.
It was him, the most controversial hero in the world during the late Han Dynasty. Wen Yuan had heard countless comments about him in his previous life. When he saw him today, he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
According to the development of history, eight years later, Zhang Liao will be surrendered by this fat black man in Xiapi, and he will fight for Cao Wei for the rest of his life. Now that Wen Yuan's soul has traveled through and possessed Zhang Liao's body in this life, where will he go?
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Wen Yuan's mind was a little disturbed and his mind was in a trance. He really couldn't choose how to take the future.
Perhaps going with the flow and following the original development of history is the best destination for Wen Yuan. Although he died of illness in the army at the age of fifty-four, it was not considered premature at the time. But even though Wen Yuan had Zhang Liao's body, he still had Zhang Liao's body.
It was not Zhang Liao. He was not sure whether he would have a better life if he followed Zhang Liao's footsteps. Not to mention Wen Yuan, he was not sure whether he had the courage to defeat Sun Quan's 100,000 men with 800 warriors in Xiaoyaojin.
He has fought hundreds of battles in his life, and any mistake could cost him his life!
What's more, Wen Yuan didn't want to succumb to follow Lu Bu. Unless it was a matter of life and death, he was already used to freedom from his previous life, and he didn't want to worship anyone casually. Committing himself to Han Fu was just a temporary measure. At this point, even if Cao Cao himself
Recruiting is not an option, not to mention that from the moment Wenyuan established its foothold in Hebei and did not return to Luoyang, the wings of butterflies began to flap. Wenyuan himself was not sure how the general trend of the world would change in the future.
But there is one thing Wenyuanying is very sure about. No matter what happens in the future, the goal I want to strive for in this life is determined by me. How can I be manipulated by others?
Wen Yuan felt that he was thinking too much and couldn't help but shook his head.
At this time, the three of them had finished the ceremony, and Han Fu also met the other heroes who had raised troops under the leadership of Liu Dai.
Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, Cao Cao, the commander of Yuandian Military Academy, Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, etc.
After the introduction, Liu Dai was about to lead the heroes back to the camp to serve Han Fu with wine. Suddenly a flying horse came to report: "The troops led by Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, have passed the county border! They have reached thirty miles east of the city!"
Kong Min said overjoyed: "Since Yuan Benchu is here, then a big deal has been accomplished!" The rest of the people also said yes, and everyone shouted to go to greet him, but Han Fu looked unhesitating.
In the end, Liu Dai saw through Han Fu's thoughts and said to Cao Cao and others: "Meng Zhuo (Zhang Miao), Yunjie (Bao Xin), Meng De, you and Benchu have known each other since childhood. You can quickly welcome Benchu."
Come, I will take Wen Jie back to the camp and wait there. Jizhou soldiers also need to camp and rest."
Cao Cao and the other three people respectfully said: "I obey!" and then led a group of Qingqi Pegasus towards the east.
Liu Dai and Kong Min led Han Fu and his entourage straight to the camp for a banquet, while the Jizhou army and horses were led by generals from various ministries and set up camp nearby.
Those who can accompany such a high-level banquet are naturally Han Fu's confidants. Wu has Pan Feng, Qu Yi, Wen has Xun Chen, Xin Ping, and Wen Yuan have just joined Wen Yuan's staff, so naturally they are not qualified yet, so although they really want to see it.
When he saw his main rival in the future, Yuan Shao, he had no choice but to lead three thousand soldiers to find a place to camp on his own.
For several days in a row, the heroes had a drinking party. Wen Yuan, who had no chance to participate, stepped up his training in the camp to familiarize the soldiers with the essentials of the array. Fortunately, with the guidance of more than a thousand veterans, these recruits learned quickly, but the sticks remained the same.
Quite a few.
In the past few days, several more princes from far away have arrived with their troops, including the governor of Nanyang, the later general Yuan Shu, the governor of Changsha, Sun Jian, the Marquis of Wucheng, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peiping, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, and Wenyuan's former
My colleague is Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang. At this point, the eighteen princes have eliminated Ma Teng, and the rest have gathered in Suanzao.
(I really can’t bear to disrespect history so much. At this time, Ma Teng was attracted by Dong Zhuo and never joined the alliance.)
It is worth mentioning that Sun Jian responded to the call to crusade against Dong Zhuo. Before he reached Suanzao, he did two major things. First, he sent troops to Jingzhou and forced to death Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou who also raised troops to attack Dong. When he arrived in Nanyang, he killed and announced that
Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, raised an army.
Before Dong Zhuo could fight against him, he had already killed two of Jingzhou's top officials with heavy troops.
Wen Yuan and Zhang Yang did not mention the meeting, but they said that all the seventeen princes were stationed in Suanzao, with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, stretching for more than 200 miles. On this day, cattle and horses were slaughtered, and the princes gathered together to discuss the strategy of advancing the army.
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Wen Yuan was finally lucky enough to attend the meeting, but he could only stand outside the Chinese army's tent and listen attentively to what the heroes inside the tent said.