The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

w came out of the two dragons, and the three looked different. [] If Xun Zhen lost something, Xun You looked as usual, and Xi Zhicai sneered. Xun Zhen led the horse to the foot of the ancient locust tree, looked up at the dense canopy and lush green leaves, and recalled the scene of visiting Xu Shao just now.

Xu's Runan family has a deep and wide house. After the doorman informed them, the three of them were introduced into the front courtyard. Xu Shao was chatting with a few friends and welcomed them into the hall.

Xu Shao was about thirty-four or five years old. He had an upside-down tendril. His appearance could not be called handsome, but he was full of poetry and I read a lot. Although it can't be called aloof, it is by no means approachable. He had been to Yingchuan, paid homage to the elders of the Xun clan, and shared some old stories with Xun Zhen and Xun You.

Xun Zhen led the troops from Huangfu Song to level the yellow turban, and after the battle to Pingyu, he saw Huangfu Song, and then came to see him again. He was in such a hurry. Needless to say, he must have come for "name seeking". There are more scholars like this, and this is clear to the chest, because he did not wait for Xun Zhen to open his mouth, he took the initiative to smile: "I have heard your name for a long time. Cao Ye, the county soldier, attacked the Yingchuan yellow turban. His reputation is far and wide, and he is heard in the prefecture. He is like a king, and he is the valley of barren years." After speaking, he smiled and said to Xun You, "You are young and clever, and you are thirteen years old. Knowing a traitor, I will help your clan father to pacify the thieves. Just now I heard your clan father say that the battle of Yingchuan depends a lot on your strategy, and in the future, you will be the gan of the country, Mo Xie, and a great weapon in the world.” Commenting on Xun Zhen, Uncle and nephew Xun You glanced at Xi Zhicai, but didn't have a single comment.

Thinking of the scene when he was talking to Xu Shao in the hall just now, Xun Zhen stroked the ancient locust tree, the shade under the tree was cool, he muttered to himself, "The valley of barren years." Valley, food; barren years, disasters year. In a year of good harvest, food is nothing and is commonplace, but in a year of famine, food is extremely precious. Xu Shao's meaning is very clear: people like you are not unusual in the Taiping era, you are just an ordinary scholar, but in a war-torn year, you are like a valley of barren years, you are a rare scholar.

Now is the "year of war", comparing Xun Zhen to the valley of barren years, this evaluation is not low, but Xun Zhen is still dissatisfied. Xu Shao's comment on Cao as "a traitor of Qingping, a hero of troubled times" is much higher than the evaluation given to Xun Zhen in every respect.

Xun Zhen said in his heart: "Since I entered office, I have been conscientious and conscientious, walking on thin ice, doing my best, trying to be generous and merciful, loving the people with Confucianism, killing the lawless with Legalism, being humble and respectful, and befriending scholars. Heart-to-heart, befriending the rangers, the yellow scarf rises in chaos, taking the lead in the army, drinking blood on the front, facing dangers and dangers, in every battle, worrying about everything, fearing that something will be lost, so I won several consecutive battles and became famous in the prefectures. These qualifications in the past may be able to get a higher evaluation, but unexpectedly only got the four words 'Valley of Desolate Years'."

Compared with the words "Valley of Desolate Years" and "Heroes in Troubled Times", it is obviously a big difference. The word "hero" appeared very frequently in the Han and Han Dynasties. Han people like to call themselves "heroes", and people who evaluate outstanding talents like to be called "heroes". However, Xun Zhen didn't catch the word "hero". comment. He sighed and said in his heart, "How difficult it is to seek fame in the world."

In fact, when I think about it, Xu Shao's evaluation to him is realistic.

Although he is a bit famous now, most of the things he did before were confined to Yingchuan County. Yingchuan County is only one of more than a hundred counties and states in the world, and Xun Zhen's previous highest position was only the postal governor of the north, the county soldier Cao Ye, and there were many officials who chased and killed unscrupulous officials and fought against the Yellow Turbans. It's doing a good job, but it can't be said to be born out of nowhere and stand out from the crowd. Compared with Cao, who was a lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang at the age of 20, the uncle of Xiaohuangmen Jianshuo was killed, causing a sensation in the whole country, and Xunzhen was indeed worse. Xu Shao's evaluation did not satisfy him, but at the same time, it also made him wake up, no longer "self-proclaimed achievements", and realized his true weight in the eyes of scholars. Xun Zhen stroked Gu Huai with her hand, looked at the long street from a distance, and whispered, "The road is long and long." Turning to Gu Xun You and Xi Zhicai, they laughed, "Xu Zi will have the ability to discern people, but he Saying nothing to Zhicai is nothing more than that. Zhicai, if I am the valley of the barren years, you are the water of barren years, without water, the valley will not live."

Xu Shao only commented on Xun Zhen and Xun You, but did not comment on Xi Zhicai.

At that time, Xun Zhen had no way to ask questions, so she secretly guessed that there were only two reasons. First, Xi Zhi was a cold scholar, and he had no reputation before, and Xu Shao had never heard of this person. . Xu Shao, "a good human relationship, has a lot of appreciation", he has never heard of his prejudice against Han Shi, so comparing these two possible reasons, the most likely one is the former. After all, compared to the sons of the famous noble family, the cold scholars have the disadvantage. Famous gentry control the world's public opinion. Their children are close to water towers, and they are all famous, and they have no white friends. Naturally, it is easy to become famous. Many children of famous gentry became famous at a young age. Take the Xun clan as an example. , Xun You, Xun Yue are all like this, but Han Shi does not have this condition. Even if his talent is very outstanding, it is difficult and difficult to become famous. In short, it's "social circles" because of it.

Xi Zhi is an arrogant and arrogant person. He visited Xu Shao together with Xun Zhen and Xun You, but he was not evaluated by himself. It is impossible to say that he is not resentful. He didn't even bother to show his resentment. After listening to Xun Zhen's words, he knew that Xun Zhen was well-intentioned, but he didn't answer, looked up at the ancient locust tree, sneered twice, and asked Xun Zhen, "Zhenzhi, Do you still want to go to Xu Jing's house? I won't go, you all go." Xu Shao was so excited that he had achieved attainments, and he didn't get a single word of comment, so he refused to go to Xu Jing's house to ask for his own humiliation.

Xun Zhen glanced at Xun You. Xun You is famous as a young man, but he is not as eager for fame as Xi Zhicai, because he is happy with Xu Shao's comment that "in the future, you will be the gan of the country, Mo Xie, and the great weapon of the world", but it is not overjoyed. It can be said that this comment is correct. It was in line with his psychological expectations, so he was not as lost as Xun Zhen, nor as angry and shy as Xi Zhicai, in contrast, only he looked as usual.

Seeing Xi Zhicai's resentment and anger, Xun You smiled and said, "I heard that Xu Zijiang and Xu Wenxiu are not on good terms. We have just come out of Xu Zijiang's house, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter Xu Wenxiu's house." Xu Jing, written by Wenxiu. Xu Shao is Xu Jing's younger brother, but the two are not in harmony. According to the current ethics and morality, brothers are respectful and respectful, but his two younger brothers are not friendly. Hearing Xun You mention this, Xi Zhicai's mouth murmured twice, as if he wanted to make two bad comments about this, but he swallowed the words in the end, looked back at the inner door of Erlongli, and turned around again. After sneering a few times, he asked Xun Zhen and said, "Zhenzhi, are you going to Xu Jing's house or to the camp?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "What Gongda said is very true. The Xu brothers are not in harmony. Now that they have seen Xu Zijiang, Xu Wenxiu may not be there."

Xi Zhicai got on the horse first, whipped the whip and urged him, and Chuan Chen went first.

Xun Zhen and Xun You looked at each other, Xun Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Let's go too!" He got on the horse and chased after Xi Zhicai. Xun You smiled and said, "Zhicai is so annoyed. Zhenzhi, go back to the camp and invite him to a bar." She originally came to visit Xu Shao happily, but this result happened unexpectedly. Xun Zhenyu immediately looked back at Erlongli, the ancient locust trees inside and outside were vigorous and straight, and he said to himself, "Brother Xu is famous for his moon review, and I don't know how many scholars have come to the door to ask for a name for themselves. , and I don’t know how many of these scholars returned disappointed, and returned with hatred.” That night, Xun Zhen made an exception and placed wine in the camp, and Xi Zhicai drank it until he was very drunk.

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In the next few days, people from all walks of life sent by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun came back. Six days later, Sun Jian and his troops arrived.

Sun Jian chased Peng Zhisishan and got on Peng's tail. In two battles a day, he defeated Peng twice. Peng's thousands of men, Ma Xing, fled. In the end, only a hundred cavalry were left to protect him and flee in a hurry.

Sun Jian attacked with light cavalry, and led Zu Mao, Han Dang and other ten cavalry to chase him for twenty li at night, and caught up with him near Zhanghuatai, the relic of King Ling of Chu on the south bank of the vortex. Hundreds of enemies, **** battles, shouting and shouting, killing all their subordinates. With nowhere to go, Peng rode his horse down the river and tried to cross it by force. Han Dang pulled a bow on the bank and shot his mount. He fell into the water. He was killed, blood stained his arms, and he returned with his head.

Crossing the vortex from Zhanghuatai, and not far northeast, is Pei Guo, who finally killed Peng before he escaped from Runan.

Xun Zhen went out of the county to greet him, smiled and said to him: "The old site of Zhanghuatai is where Zhengzhuang Gong's martial arts hall is located. Zhengzhuang Gong is brave and wise, and he is the best of all the princes. Killing Peng will bring peace to the entire county of Runan, and the merits will not be given to the ancestors."

Sun Jian laughed complacently.

Sun Jian's army was the last Han army to return. After more than a month of fierce battles, more than 100,000 Runan Yellow Turbans were killed, captured, or scattered, and many Qu Shuai were either beheaded or surrendered. So far, Runan County has recovered, and no one has been established in the county. of the Yellow Turbans.

Even if the results are achieved, tens of thousands of beheaded, tens of thousands of prisoners, and various materials seized are piled up like mountains.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun wrote good news and sent them to the court, waiting for the court's order, while they started to deal with the prisoners. After the two battles of Yingchuan and Runan, the Han soldiers suffered considerable losses. After discussion, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun decided not to kill the prisoners. Transfer it to Zhao Qian, who will arrange it.

The damage caused by the Runan Yellow Turbans to Runan is far greater than the damage caused by the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans to Yingchuan. Because the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans did not lay down Yangzhai, they were resisted by Xunzhen, so they only caused damage to several counties in the south of Yingchuan County. However, the Runan Yellow Turbans took down almost the entire county of Runan. After they were taken down, they were burned, killed and looted. Then the Han soldiers entered, and fierce battles continued, causing a large number of people to die in the chaos or flee to it. In the land, even the county government is now ten rooms and six empty, and other counties can be imagined. The war has delayed the cultivation of c souls. Although it is now April, it is too late to replant food, but in other places, such as repairing city walls, repairing county temples, etc., it also requires a lot of manpower. With this batch of Captive, relieved Zhao Qian a lot of pressure, he gladly accepted.

Xun Zhen's army originally had 1,200 people, more than 300 casualties, and 900 people left. After accepting He Yi, he selected 200 people from the captives of the Yellow Turban Army and led He Yi. Two hundred people were not enough to make up for his losses. For the next battle, Huangfu Song allocated two thousand prisoners to be prepared by him. There were only 900 people in his headquarters and 2,000 prisoners, far more than his headquarters. In order to compile these two thousand people, he racked his brains and finally adopted Xun You's advice, selected 300 of them, and randomly compiled them into the headquarters. , the remaining 1,700 people and the 200 people under He Yi's subordinates, a total of 1,900 people, were compiled into two parts, one part was 900 people, led by He Yi, and the other thousand people, by Xu Under the leadership of Zhong and Liu Deng, they selected some martial and brave cronies from the headquarters to serve as middle and low-level officers, including Yuan Pan and other followers of Taiping Dao in Fanyangting who defected to him~www.wuxiamtl.com~ As for Xu Zhong and Liu Deng Yuanyuan Chen Dao and Dian Wei, who were under the command of Zhangzhang and trapped warriors, were replaced. In these few battles in Runan, Dian Wei and Chen Dao have made great contributions and can be hired.

After reorganization, Xun Zhen's group expanded from 1,200 people earlier to more than 3,110 people. Fu Xie, Sun Jian and other divisions also expanded. Sun Jian's division had more than 1,000 people earlier, but now it has expanded to more than 3,000 people. Of course, not all of the Han army's trilogy have been expanded. Huangfu Song was allocated to their prisoners according to their merits.

In mid-April, the reorganization of the entire army was completed. Before entering Yingchuan, there were more than 40,000 Han troops, and there are nearly 50,000. Overall, the scale has not been expanded, and it is still similar to the original number. ——This is also Huangfu Song's caution. After the war, the Han soldiers suffered a total of more than 6,000 casualties, and their combat power was damaged. It is impossible to replenish them, but they cannot replenish too much. If they replenish too much, they may cause suspicion in the DPRK and China. Since ancient times, leading troops into battle has been a shortcut to gain fame and fortune, but there are many people who have been convicted because of their great military exploits. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were considered to be the clear-cut party members, and they had to prevent the eunuchs from plotting against each other at all times.

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