The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Jia County.

Early in the morning, someone called to open the county temple, and ran in with a stumble. The man who lived in the official temple was the commander of the Yellow Turban Army Qu Shuai, whose surname was Cai.

The man who rushed in outside the temple pushed away the two guards who were trying to stop him, rushed to the backyard, and shouted, "General, it's not good, it's not good!"

Last night, two loyal subordinates brought a beautiful woman to this handsome Cai Qu. The spring night was worth a thousand dollars. He hadn't woken up yet. ?"

"Someone fled from Xiangcheng County and said that the Xun thief was attacking the city!"

Cai Qushuai was startled, his face changed greatly, he grabbed the window lattice, and leaned out: "Xun thief is attacking Xiangcheng?"

"Yes!"

"Reliable news?"

"I know the person who reported the letter. It's a young man who stayed in Xiangcheng. He said..."

"Say what?"

"Last night someone started a fire in the county. Xun thief ambushed outside the county and took the opportunity to attack the city!"

"Is the city broken?"

"The city wasn't broken when he came, so I don't know now."

"Quick, bring him to see me!"

Cai Qushuai couldn't care about the beauty on the bed anymore, so he called the guards in the courtyard in a chorus of voices and let them dress and wear armor. Soon, he was neatly dressed and went out to the courtyard. Not long after, the man who had come to report the letter brought in Xiaoshuai, who had escaped from Jiaxian County.

Cai Qushuai looked intently, this little handsome was disheveled, covered in dust, and wore a tattered leather armor. The armor was full of knife marks and small holes left by arrows. It was also the little handsome who was lucky to have suffered so many knives, The arrow was unscathed. As soon as Xiaoshuai entered the courtyard, he threw himself on the ground, knelt down and shouted, "General, general, please send troops to save my Xiangcheng! The thief Xun sent people to sneak into my Xiangcheng county last night, and set fires everywhere in the county. The thieves took the opportunity to ambush and attack my city."

"Is the city lost?"

"As soon as the Xun thief started to attack the city, the villain was sent by my family, Qu Shuai, to ask for help. At that time, the city was not lost."

"Before the master led the main force south to cross the Rushui River, he especially instructed me and the commander of your family, and asked me to help each other and form a tie-breaker to stop the Xun thief from going south! Just as the master left, the Xun thief really Going south! He attacked your Xiangcheng County, so of course I'm going to rescue." Cai Qushuai was a man of loyalty, and immediately ordered his servants to summon the officers from the headquarters to prepare to go out of the city to rescue Xiangcheng County. Not long after the guards went out, the officers under his command hadn't arrived yet. Another man came running from outside the county temple, rolled off his horse outside the door, and shouted, "It's not good, it's not good!" Enter the temple.

Cai Qushuai was in the courtyard asking for the details of the boy who asked for help. When he saw the man calling in and broke in, he said angrily, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Look at you, how embarrassed you are!"

"It's not good, it's not good!"

"What's the matter? Say it!"

"The Xun thief has captured Xiangcheng County!"

Cai Qushuai suspected that he had heard something wrong, and was stunned for a while. He grabbed the man with his hands, and said angrily: "I just received Xiangcheng for help, why did he take down the county in a blink of an eye?"

The young marshal who came to ask for help from Xiangcheng County was also shocked and said: "When I left the city, the city was still in my hands! After I left the city, I kept on going. I just arrived in Jia County, and it only took more than two hours before and after, how could it be possible? Is the city lost?"

"A group of cavalry soldiers came from outside the county and said they escaped from Xiangcheng. They said that at the third watch last night, someone set fire to the county..."

In less than a while, three people have been heard saying, "At the third watch last night, someone set a fire." Cai Qushuai interrupted him impatiently, and said anxiously, "I already know this! The point: how did the county town get lost?"

"I heard the robbers say: Xun thief saw the fire in the county, and he sent his troops to attack it from outside the county. The thief who set the fire opened the north gate and let him enter the city. They followed, and in less than two quarters of an hour, they captured the North City..."

"There are 5,000 soldiers in Xiangcheng County, all of them are strong and strong. Even if the Xun thief captured Beicheng, they are not powerless to fight! How could they lose the city in just two hours?"

"The troop said: As soon as the Xun thief entered the city, he sent people to climb the heights and shouted, 'The northern governor is here', causing chaos in the county. Many guards in the county did not stay in the camp, but were scattered in various li In Zhongzhu, after hearing that Xun's thief had entered the city, the thieves/people in every li responded and killed and wounded the guards who lived in them. Because of this, a strong counterattack could not be organized, and the city fell. "

"Where is the Xiangcheng defender?"

"I heard that they died in chaos."

Cai Qushuai was shocked and angry. He rubbed his hands around the courtyard, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ordered: "The order goes on: Let all our soldiers who live in the li come back to the camp! Those who do not obey the order will be executed!" Many guards in Chengxian did not live in the camp, and many guards in Jiaxian lived in residential houses in the county.

At this time, officers gradually arrived, and they all panicked when they heard the news of the fall of Xiangcheng County.

The little commander who fled from Xiangcheng County to report a letter for help collapsed to the ground and cried aloud: "My Aweng and Axiong are both in Xiangcheng! My Aweng and Axiong are both in Xiangcheng! The city has collapsed. , Aweng, brother!" Many Yellow Turban soldiers were "slave thieves" from the whole family, and this little handsome's family was one of them.

Cai Qushuai was upset and ordered, "Pull him out!" A guard took the order and dragged the man out.

Some of the officers who came said tremblingly: "Xun thief has gone south? Xiangcheng County has fallen? General, what should we do?"

"What should I do? I called Er to wait for..."

Cai Qushuai called them to rescue Xiangcheng County, and now that Xiangcheng County has fallen, there is no meaning for rescue, he opened his mouth, waved his hand, and said sullenly: "I called you to wait for the city to be closed. The door! No one is allowed to enter or exit without my order. Besides, send more horses and cavalry to investigate in Xiangcheng!"

"promise!"

The officers took the order and dispersed.

The officers who came first went out, and the officers who came later came from outside the yamen. They met on both sides, some came out, some came in, and it was a mess.

The morning light was clean and the courtyard trees were green. It was a beautiful and quiet morning, but now it was all ruined by the news that "Xun thieves captured Xiangcheng"! Cai Qushuai looked back at the backyard. There was a beautiful woman lying on the bed in the backyard. According to the two loyal servants who sent this beauty, this beauty is not an ordinary beauty, but the Zang family. daughter-in-law. The Zang family belonged to the Jiaxian Guan family, and their ancestors had a man named Zang Gong who was a hero of ZTE and one of the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai". Until now, their family still has a hereditary marquis! Although the family of the Zang family who attacked the marquis was not in Jiaxian, the Zang family in Jiaxian got wind of it long before the Yellow Turbans attacked the city, and most of them hid in the villages in the villages outside the county. The beauty is not necessarily the direct line of the Zang family, but she was also snatched from the Zang family!

If it wasn't for this thief, Xun Zhen, he would still be sleeping with the beauty in his arms! Cai Qushuai was upset, turned his head angrily, and ordered a few words. The officers later became quiet, and he ordered: "Xun thief has conquered Xiangcheng County, and it is very likely that they will come to attack Jia County! Etc. Get your spirits up and follow me to the camp! Nai Gong will send troops to the city to prevent Xun thieves from attacking!"

He led the officers out.

The second person who came to report the letter just now, that is, "Xiangcheng County has fallen" said: "General, the group of soldiers who escaped from Xiangcheng County are still outside the county! How to arrange them?" Cai Qushuai was irritated At that time, where can we take care of this collapse? He walked straight to the outside of the county temple and said without looking back, "Take it to the camp and find a place for them to stay!"

"Nuo!" The man got the order and went to settle the fallen soldiers who had escaped from Xiangcheng County.

Cai Qushuai left the yamen, and the attendant brought his mount.

He got on his horse and hurried along the road with a group of officers and guards to the camp. The military camp was located in the west of the city. It was originally a few alleys, but it was requisitioned and turned into a camp area not long ago.

Cai Qushuai brought everyone to the camp, raised the tent and summoned the entire battalion.

It was not long before dawn, and many soldiers who were staying outside had not yet returned. After waiting for a long time, four or five hundred people sparsely landed in the open space in front of the tent. Cai Qushuai was already upset. Seeing this situation, he immediately became furious and scolded the officers in the tent.

He was scolding, listening to someone in the county far away outside the camp shouting. He said angrily: "In the early morning, what's the noise?"

"I heard that the sound came from the east of the county, where the surnames Zang and Cho live together in the middle of the county."

The man was hesitant to reply, and he only said half of what he said, but Cai Qushuai already understood what he meant.

Where did the beauty lying on the bed in the backyard of the county temple come from? From Zang's house. Like the Zang clan, the Cho clan is the crown clan of the county, and its ancestor is also one of the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai". These two surnames are the most wealthy in Jiaxian County. After the Yellow Turbans captured Jiaxian County, they went to the two families for much trouble. Needless to say, this must be another Yellow Turban soldier who went to loot these two families.

Cai Qushuai said angrily: "I was waiting for them in the camp, but they looted and made trouble in the east of the county? Go, you go and see, pass my order, and tell them to return to the camp immediately."

The man who answered said, "No!" He raised his sword and went out.

Not long after the man left, the soldiers outside the tent started to make noise again.

Cai Qushuai became more and more annoyed and shouted, "Why is there so much noise outside the tent?"

One person rushed in and shouted, "The county is on fire!"

"what?"

Cai Qushuai stood up suddenly, ran to the tent gate in three or two steps, lifted the tent, looked towards the east of the county, and saw that there were several strands of black smoke rising into the air, and bursts of noise came from the place where the black smoke rose. Due to the short distance, the sound has become very small after reaching here, and I can't tell what it is shouting, but it can be concluded that the county must be in chaos at this time.

An unsolicited word came to Cai Qushuai's mind silently: "At the third watch last night, someone set fire to the county."

He had heard this sentence three times this morning. He thought to himself: "There was a fire in the east of the county for no reason, could it be? Could it be?"

The officers in the tent crowded behind him, raised their toes and looked to the east of the county, seeing the rising black smoke, there was an uproar. Someone and Cai Qushuai thought about it together and exclaimed, "Could it be that Xun Thief is here?"

Cai Qushuai was suspicious when a group of people outside the camp ran in, throwing away their armor and armor. Before the people arrived at the tent, they shouted: "General, the Xun thief has captured the city! The Xun thief has captured the city!"

Cai Qushuai was stunned and paled: "Has the thief Xun captured the city?"

"We have entered the East Gate!"

"How did you get in?"

"Someone responds!"

"Who should answer?"

"It's that rout!"

"Which one collapsed?"

"It was the dozen or so cavalry who claimed to have escaped from Xiangcheng County. It turned out that they were not defeated soldiers, but thief cavalry under Xun Thief! The leader named Xin Ai, and there were two others, one named Su Ze and the other named Su Ze. Self-named Su Zheng, the three of them are brave and hard to stand! The prancing horse named Xin Ai swung his sword and slashed more than ten of my guards in a row, the one named Su Ze drew a bow and shot arrows, and he shot evenly, and the one named Su Zheng was with him The two of them later led Yu Qi to take advantage of the situation to attack, and our city gate fell."

The soldier who reported the news said a lot, but when Cai Qushuai heard only three words in his ears: "more than ten cavalry", he immediately became emboldened and drew his sword and shouted: "There are only more than ten cavalry? There are five thousand in my county. Jingzun, you want to take over our county with only a dozen or so cavalry? Everyone, kill me! Master's order: For a thief's head, you will be rewarded 500 yuan!"

"No, no, no..." The soldier who answered just now waved his hands repeatedly and hurriedly stopped, probably because he was excited, he couldn't speak well. Cai Qushuai thought that he was afraid of death and did not dare to fight with him. He raised his sword and angered, and said angrily, "No?" After questioning, he realized that this person looked familiar. After a moment's thought, he remembered that this person was the one who went to the temple before. The soldier who sent him a letter saying that "Xiangcheng County has fallen, and a group of fallen soldiers came from outside the county". The soldier said "no" for a few times, and finally managed to hold back the words, and stammered: "No, no, it's not just a dozen or so cavalry!"

"How much is that?"

"After the dozen or so cavalry took over the east gate, dozens of cavalry came from the fields!"

"That's only dozens of rides!"

"Smoke and dust spread from miles away, and countless people and horses came to kill!"

Cai Qushuai was dumbfounded and stopped talking there. The officers behind him shouted, "It must be the Xun thief himself! General, the city gate has been trapped, and the city cannot be defended. Let's run for our lives quickly!"

The last time the Yellow Turbans were defeated outside Yangzhai City, 100,000 soldiers were defeated like a mountain. At that time, deserters were all over the mountains and fields at night. mental shadow. As soon as I heard that the city gate had fallen, the smoke and dust outside the city filled the air, and it seemed that Xun Zhen personally led the main force to come. Everyone in the tent was frightened and fearful. Commander Cai Qu let out a long sigh and said, "Hateful! Hateful!" He listened, the county became more and more chaotic, and the "thief soldiers" should have entered the city.

He shouted: "That's it, that's it!" He strode out of the tent, got on his mount, surrounded by the guards, officers and the soldiers in front of the tent who had been in a mess. run.

When he left the camp, he did not forget to glance in the direction of the county temple, quite regretful: "Unfortunately, I can't bring that beauty with me!"

…

When the news of the capture of Jiaxian came, Xun Zhen was a guest at Li Xuan's house.

Cheng Yan took off his shoes outside the hall, walked in lightly, walked behind him, and said softly: "Xin Ai and the Su family brothers sent a good news, saying that Jia County was recovered, more than 2,000 thieves were captured, and Killing thieves and defending the city is the handsome one." He looked back in amazement and glanced at Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan knew what he meant by this glance, and he doubted whether the good news was accurate, and said in his heart, "When I first received this good news, I also doubted it!" He nodded lightly, indicating that the good news was absolutely accurate.

Xun Zhen gave an "oh" and said, "I see."

Cheng Yan exited the hall.

Li Xuan, who was sitting opposite Xun Zhen, asked, "What's wrong? But there is an emergency military situation?"

Xun Zhen calmed down, picked up the tea bowl on the table, sighed, and said with a smile, "Yu Lang of Xin Jia has conquered Jia County, killed the thief Qu Shuai, and captured more than 2,000 thieves."

Li Xuan was dumbfounded: "Ah? Xin Ai captured Jia County?"

"Yes."

"I was by my side when Xun Jun sent him to Jiaxian this morning. Remember that he only brought fifty cavalry?"

"good."

"Fifty cavalry took Jiaxian? I heard that there are 5,000 thieves in Jiaxian!"

Xun Zhen also thought it was incredible, but in front of Li Xuan, he didn't want to show his dazed doubts, sipped his tea lightly, and smiled lightly: "Yu Lang is brave, the Su brothers are also warriors, and the horses they brought are also all He is a brave man in my army, even though he has only fifty cavalry, he has five thousand thieves and soldiers!"

Li Xuan still felt incredible, and said repeatedly: "Unbelievable, incredible!"

…

Back to last night:

At the third watch last night, after Chen Bao, Liu Deng, and Yuan Pan led the crowd to kill Huang Niu Jiao and the Yellow Turban soldiers in the house, they set fire to the house and clamored to kill them to the North City Gate, throwing torches along the way. When they arrived at the north gate, the guards were unprepared, and they were immediately scattered. They opened the gate and lowered the suspension bridge over the moat.

Xun Zhen got the news from Chen Bao, and had already ambushed ten miles outside the county. When she saw the fire in the city, she heard the news that the city gates were opened and the suspension bridge was lowered. He wore heavy armor, held a spear, took the lead, fought bravely, and rushed through the moat first. Wen Pin followed behind him with the soldiers of this song, and Le Jin, Xu Zhong, and Jiang Qin led the soldiers of the song all vying for the first place.

After entering the city, Xun Zhen sent people to attack and kill, and at the same time made people climb up and shout: "So the northern governor is here!" After hearing this, the Li family and other big clans in the county gathered in response and killed the "thief soldiers". In this way, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the internal and external forces should be exerted. The city that entered the third shift changed hands in less than the county seat of the fifth shift. Calculating the results: a total of more than 2,000 enemy soldiers were killed, more than 2,000 were captured, and only a few hundred people escaped.

Because the city was newly acquired, there might still be "remaining thieves" of the Yellow Turbans in the county. Xun Zhen worried that if the Yellow Turban army in Jia County came to the rescue after hearing the news, things might change, so he sent Xin Ai, Su Ze, Su Zheng and others to ride through the night. Rushing to the outside of Jiaxian, one is to monitor the movements of the guards in Jiaxian, and the other is that if Jiaxian does indeed send troops to help, they are cavalry, so they can harass them along the way and give the county more time to prepare.

But they never expected that Xin Ai, Su Ze, and Su Zheng took only fifty cavalry to take Jiaxian, and won more than 2,000!

If it is understandable that they captured Jiaxian, maybe they used some tactic? But this "captured more than 2,000" is difficult to understand.

Fifty cavalry captures more than 2,000, which is equivalent to one cavalry capture forty. Fighting on the battlefield is not a game. After a battle, if a person can capture the first level, it is all meritorious. Going up, there is no more, and it is a rare warrior in the army to be able to capture the eighth level at one time. Fan Kuai of the former Han Dynasty was known as a brave general, and looking at his previous military exploits, the most he killed was only the 23rd level of the enemy, and the most captured was only the eighth level of the enemy, and 44 prisoners were captured, a total of five. More than ten people. As brave as Fan Kuai, let alone Xin Ai, Su Ze, Su Zheng and others? Xun Zhen admitted that Xin Ai, Su Ze, and Su Ze were indeed brave generals, but no matter how brave they were, Xun Zhen didn't think they could compare to Fan Kuai.

With this question in mind, he had no intention of telling Li Xuanduo again, drinking the warm soup in the bowl slowly, saying that he needed to arrange for someone to take over Jiaxian County and leave.

Li's family is well-known in the county. Although the Yellow Turban soldiers are "rebels", they are respected by their loyal and filial family members. Therefore, after breaking Xiangcheng County, there is basically no embarrassment for the Li family, and the Li family can be preserved. It's just that the Yellow Turban soldiers didn't embarrass them, but they didn't appreciate it. They were loyal and filial nobles, so last night when they heard Xun Zhen's arrival, they immediately responded and gave the Yellow Turbans a heavy blow.

…

After entering the city, in order not to disturb the people, Xun Zhen chose the camp at the bottom of the city, and did not allow the soldiers to enter the city randomly.

Leaving the Li family, on the way to the camp, he asked Cheng Yan and said, "How did Yulang and the Su brothers conquer Jiaxian? Is there a detailed military report?" Cheng Yan said, "Yes." come over.

Xun Zhen opened it to watch it, and after reading it, she understood the ins and outs and the detailed process, and solved the doubts in her heart.

…

turn out to be:

Kefujia County was just a "beautiful accident".

Xin Ai and the Su brothers only had fifty cavalry and five thousand Jiaxian defenders. No matter how brave they were, they would not think that they could conquer Jiaxian with only fifty cavalry. Therefore, when they arrived in Jiaxian, they only wanted to "use the cavalry." I planned to scare the guards in Jiaxian County," but unexpectedly unexpected variables appeared after the operation began, and the fright turned into a siege, and it really succeeded.

After they arrived outside the Jiaxian city by Xunzhen's order, they looked at it from a distance and found that the city's defenses were lax. Xin Aiyin had the idea to scare the defenders.

He said to the Su family brothers: "Master Xun ordered us to monitor the thieves in Jiaxian County and said that if they rescued Xiangcheng, we would try to harass them on the road. In my opinion, it is better to harass them now, rather than waiting for them to leave the city. All of a sudden! It's better to harass them so they don't dare to leave the city! In this way, wouldn't it be better to fulfill the military order?"

The victory in Xiangcheng County was easy last night, which encouraged everyone's courage, and the Su brothers immediately agreed.

Together, the three decided to use Xunzhen's plan of taking Xiangcheng last night, first using a few people to seize a city gate in Zhujia County, and then attacking with the rest of the cavalry. Xin Ai said, "We are all knights. We come and go like the wind. After rushing into the city, we hack and slash and then exit. As long as we are fast enough, the thieves will definitely be too late to react." Su Ze and Su Zheng agreed. They also knew few people, and in order to gain momentum, they decided not to participate in the siege of a dozen or so horses. They tied branches to the tails of these horses and dragged them back and forth far outside the city, pretending to be an army coming.

After the discussion was settled, the yellow turban Xiaoshuai who came from Xiangcheng County to ask for help just arrived, and they avoided to the field.

Xin Ai said: "This thief's armor is covered with knife marks and arrow eyes, and he looks in a panic. He must have come from Xiangcheng County to report the news! Just wait for him to enter, and later we will pretend to be defeated soldiers and deceive us to the city!" After waiting for the little handsome to enter the city, after waiting for a while, Xin Ai and the Su brothers chose seven or eight horses to go to the city, pretending to be the second wave to deliver the letter, and deceived into the county. Entering the county, when the time is right, they will kill the enemy and seize the door. The thirty or forty cavalry left outside the city in advance, in addition to more than ten cavalry dragging branches in the distance, the other twenty or thirty cavalry rushed out from the field and joined them, leaving only Su Zheng and a few people to defend the city. At the door, Xin Ai and Su rushed into the county with the rest of the cavalry, galloping on the street, shouting loudly, "Jun Xun is here!"

After killing more than a dozen Yellow Turban soldiers they encountered on the street, Xin Ai and Su Ze saw that they had already entered the city. They were afraid that they would be cut off by the Yellow Turbans and would be left in the city, so they decided to turn back.

But it never occurred to them that, just when they decided to turn back and were about to leave the city, there would suddenly be killings in several li in the east of the county. The guests responded, and soon after, Cho also got up and responded. There were about a hundred people from the Zang and Cho clans together, and several other big names in the county also responded. Chaos in the county.

But even up to this point, the Yellow Turbans were still numerous. Xin Ai and Su Ze only brought more than 30 horses into the city, and there were only 200 people in Zang and Chuan, and most of them were old and weak. If the Yellow Turban Army left behind Jiaxian, Cai Qushuai could seize the opportunity and fight back with all his strength, then Xin Ai, Su Ze and others would definitely be difficult to capture Jiaxian. However, it is a pity that Cai Qushuai of the Yellow Turban Army was influenced by his subordinates at this time and made a wrong decision. He thought that Xun Zhen personally led the main force to kill, and he obeyed the advice of his subordinates and abandoned the city and fled. .

When he escaped, the yellow turban soldiers in the county were headless. Xin Ai, the Su brothers and the other big names in the county joined forces. After chasing and beheading many people along the way, he finally caught up with the handsome Cai Qu and slaughtered him.

…

Immediately after reading the detailed military report, Xun Zhen was overwhelmed with surprise and said to Cheng Yan, "The Yulang and Su brothers are really brave!" Then he continued, "Fuck, luck!"

When he arrived at the camp, he immediately summoned Le Jin and Gao Su, and ordered, "Yulang and the Su brothers have conquered Jiaxian County. You two take your men to Jiaxian County to take over the city defense!"

Le Jin and Gao Su looked at each other in astonishment. Gao Su asked, "Xin Ai and the Su brothers captured Jia County?"

"Of course." Xun Zhen nodded, and briefly told them how Xin Ai and the Su brothers went down to Jiaxian County.

Gao Su and Le Jin were stunned.

Gao Su's eyes widened, and she was shocked, surprised, admired, and praised. All kinds of emotions were mixed together and could not be expressed. She cursed and spat on the ground fiercely, saying, "I thought I was brave enough. Now, compared to Xin and Su..." He stretched out his right hand, pinched his little finger with his thumb, and showed Xun Zhen the pinched little finger, "I am this one!"

After sending the two of them away, Xun Zhen smiled and said to Xuan Kang and Li Bo, who were kneeling by the side of the tent, "I have to trouble the two of you to write a good news and send it to the prefecture!"

The last good news of "recovering Xiangcheng County" has just been sent away, and another good news of "recovering Jiaxian" is about to be written.

Li Bo had just listened to how Xin Ai and the Su brothers conquered Jiaxian County. He knelt down in front of the case and laughed, "Xin Yulang and the Su brothers are really bold! I was shocked when I heard their story of taking the city. I'm in a cold sweat, and I haven't gone down yet!"

Xun Zhen laughed.

Crossed the Yingshui River last night and headed south, taking two cities overnight. This feat, even he himself did not dare to think of it beforehand. He instructed Cheng Yan, who was standing outside: "Please come to Zhicai and Gongda!"

Xi Zhicai and Xun You are setting up city defenses on the city. Soon, the two of them came.

Xun You said, "I heard Ayan say that Yulang has conquered Jiaxian?"

Xun Zhen repeated the story of how Xin Ai and the Su brothers were brought down to Jiaxian County.

Xi Zhicai said with a startled laugh: "To capture a city with fifty cavalry, kill the thief Qu Shuai, and capture more than 2,000 thieves and soldiers, this is something very human beings can do!"

Xun You also praised it, and he praised two sentences, and he said sternly: "This is really what people can do, but the way of battle formation should be just right, such a strange and dangerous way is just a fluke, and can't be normal. Zhenzhi, When Yulang and the Su brothers come back, you have to warn them face to face."

Xun Zhen nodded yes.

After a while of admiration, Xun Zhen returned to the original story and said: "Now Jia County has been conquered, and there are no more large groups of thieves north of Rushui. It was reported that Bo Cai and He Man led tens of thousands of people to cross the Rushui south. I went in the direction of Fucheng. If you want to come, Bo is the one who wants to attack Fucheng first. Now my department will restore Xiangcheng first, then Jia, Zhicai and Gongda. Do you think our department should go south to Rushui to help father? city?"

Xi Zhicai said: "We first crossed the Yingshui River last night, and then marched for thirty or forty li to Xiangcheng. We fought fiercely for two hours. Although we won a great victory and cheered up the spirit of the new soldiers, the soldiers were also very tired. When setting up the city defense on the city, I saw many soldiers sleeping with their soldiers on the stack. In this case, it is not good to fight again. It is better to rest and rest!"

Xun You also said: "That's right. My army is a new army. It is difficult for the new army to get angry and easy to vent, but it can't be vented. Now my troops are exhausted and the waves are in the tens of thousands, and it is not easy to win if we go south. If you lose, you will be frustrated. Be careful."

He thought about it for a while, and then said: "My department has rebuilt two counties in a row. There are many soldiers and soldiers who have meritorious deeds. The Art of War says: If the reward is not overdue, the reward must be distributed as soon as possible. In my opinion, there is no need to In a hurry to go south, wait for the meritorious soldiers to be rewarded, and then take a rest for two days before discussing it."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Why is the government so strict? The government ordered us to save the five counties in Runan, and now Bocai is about to attack our father's city. If we sit back and ignore it, we will probably summon the government's wrath!

Xi Zhicai didn't care, and said, "We crossed the river last night, and now the two counties are restored. Zhenzhi, we have done our best! We fight for victory, not defeat. As Gongda said, even if we go south now, I will It's hard to win even if you wait! Why don't you let the soldiers rest for two days, and watch the movement of the thieves and soldiers, and then discuss the matter of going south."

Xun Zhen didn't want to go south right away. He earned these two thousand people through hard work, and of course he didn't want to fight, so he pushed the boat with the current and said, "Since you both think so, then let's do it!" Ziyuan, have you written the good news for the mansion?"

"It's written."

"Add a sentence at the back, saying that our troops have been using troops for days, and the soldiers are tired and cannot go south immediately. After a few days of repairs, they will cross the Rushui south and attack the thieves with all their strength!"

"promise."

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1. "The Zang family belongs to the Jiaxian Guan family, and their ancestors have a man named Zang Gong who is a hero of Zhongxing and one of the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai". Until now, their family has hereditary marquis!"

In the fifteenth year of Jianwu's reign (39 years), Zanggong was "decorated as the Marquis of Langling". After his death, "the son of the letter is the heir. The letter is dead, the son is the son of Zhen. Hou".

Xun Zhen's grandfather and Xun Yu's grandfather, Xun Shu, was the prime minister of Langling during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. The two Han Dynasties were based on the county system, the kingdom was equivalent to the county, the Hou kingdom was equivalent to the county, and the "Hou Xiang" was also the county magistrate. Speaking of which, the Xun clan and the Zang clan also have some origins.