Chapter 108: The gathering of heroes
On July 28, when Ye Zhao led his troops to Huangfu Song's camp, Huangfu Song had already taken Yangdi. When Yangdi was broken, Bo Cai was killed. Yingyin and Yingyang Yellow Turbans could no longer support him. Before Huangfu Song could divide the two cities, Peng Tuo, who saw that the situation was not good, led the remaining troops to Nanyang.
In the same month, Yuan Shao took advantage of Ye Zhao's remnant force and the secret support of the Yuan family to pacify the entire Chenliu county within seven days, and then rushed to Changshe without stopping.
Because he did not have the intention to seize the merits, Ye Zhao was not going fast all the way, almost like traveling around the mountains and rivers. Not only did he delay Huangfu Song's great defeat, but he also met with Yuan Shao at Changshe before going to Huangfu Song's camp to pay homage to Huangfu Song.
"The last general Ye Zhao, please see the general, congratulations to the general for defeating the genius and regaining Yingchuan in one fell swoop!" In Huangfu Song's camp, Ye Zhao paid respect to Huangfu Song, without any indication that more than a month ago, the young man who seemed harmless in front of him almost pushed Huangfu Song's head with a crossbow arrow to reach military power.
"Ye Zhao, do you know that you are guilty?" Seeing Ye Zhao's face relaxed and freehand painting and talking to Yuan Shao, she was not angry at all because of the robbery. Obviously, Ye Zhao did not get in obediently when he set up a trap for Ye Zhao. Moreover, Ye Zhao's congratulations at this moment made Huangfu Song feel that his old face was hot.
If it weren't for Ye Zhao's record of regaining Runan in less than one month, Huangfu Song would have beaten Yingchuan's more than 100,000 Yellow Turbans, which would have been considered a great victory. But now Ye Zhao said that although his face was sincere, Huangfu Song felt only a strong sarcasm.
Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows. He gave Huangfu Song enough face, but it seemed that General Huangfu wanted to give himself a warning first. Since he was shameless, there was no need to give it to him. Ye Zhao sighed and bowed, "I will know the crime."
Huangfu Song looked at Ye Zhao in surprise, a little uncomfortable. He had seen Zhu Jun who was furious on the side, and Sun Jian looked at Ye Zhao like he met Ye Zhao for the first time.
This was the first time Cao Cao saw Ye Zhao, and he was a little curious. It seemed that the young general in front of him did not look rebellious.
Is this kid a change?
Huangfu Song brows slightly relaxed: "Tell me, what are you guilty?"
"The General should not have broken the Runan Yellow Turban too quickly, overshadowed the general's majesty. He deserves to die." Ye Zhao sighed and said with regret: "But the General was a single person for three generations. The Ye family still needs to inherit the incense in the future. Therefore, please ask the General to atone for the general, at least it should be not too late for the General to spread the branches and leaves for the Ye family to come and ask for guilt."
Zhu Jun and Sun Jian's cheeks twitched violently. Sure enough, Ye Zhao was still Ye Zhao, and he refused to suffer any loss.
Cao Cao almost laughed, Yuan Shao was speechless, but Ye Zhao, who was usually as humble as a gentleman, became thorny as he faced Huangfu Song.
"You..." Huangfu Song's chest was blocked, and he felt like he couldn't breathe. He stared at Ye Zhao and said, "Who asked you to release the 100,000 Yellow Turban prisoners in Runan privately? Do you know what the consequences will be?"
"I don't know that the imperial court has recently implemented an adversarial strategy. You should know that the Yellow Turban Thief will only punish the evildoers. As long as the followers are willing to surrender, they can be given a lighter sentence." Ye Zhao looked at Huangfu Song and said, "I don't think he did something wrong."
After Ye Zhao handed over the adverbial strategy to Cai Yong last month, Cai Yong discussed adverbial strategy with Liu Hong almost every month in the palace. Even Wei Zhongdao died. Although Cai Yong was furious, he did not pay much attention. In the past month, the court has successively issued some relevant laws, such as using work for relief, recruiting refugees to resume construction in counties and counties that have been pacified everywhere, and building some shabby rooms where refugees live. Most importantly, because of the success of Ye Zhao's battle in Runan, and afterwards, Runan did not cause chaos because Ye Zhao let go of 100,000 Yellow Turbans, which slowed down the court's treatment of the Yellow Turbans surrendered troops.
"This is a decree issued by the court later. However, at that time, you privately released the Yellow Turban surrendered troops to disobey the military order!" Huangfu Song said coldly.
"If the general really wants to impose this crime on the Mo General, the Mo General can only admit it." Ye Zhao raised his neck and his expression of a hob, which made Huangfu Song even more disgusted.
"You mean, I shouldn't punish you?" Huangfu Song looked at Ye Zhao and said in a sequel that even if he couldn't kill Ye Zhao today, he would definitely punish him well.
"Of course." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You are a general. If you want to punish the last general, you can only accept it."
"It seems that you are not convinced?" Huangfu Song sneered: "Disobedience, are you still right?"
"The general is so serious." Ye Zhao looked at the generals around him and said with a smile: "How dare the general be dissatisfied? If you want to blame, you can only blame the general for being incompetent. You cannot trap the 150,000 Yellow Turbans in the city with five thousand soldiers and horses, allowing them to break through the defense line of the general. Facing the 100,000 Yellow Turbans who had surrendered and gave up resistance, the general did not lead the 5,000 soldiers to kill them. He could have forced them to rebel and then wiped them out with just a legitimate reason, but for the lives of the 5,000 soldiers, he had no fear of casualties and could only choose the strategy of caring for them and comforting them. It was wrong for the general. He failed to understand the general's true intentions and his crimes were unforgivable!"
"You..." Huangfu Song was furious when he heard this. This was a direct slap in the face, but he couldn't speak. When Ye Zhao said this inversely, it was like he was deliberately forcing the surrendered army to rebel.
"Ye Zhao, don't talk about it again!" Zhu Jun quickly stopped Huangfu Song. If this mess continues today, it will be good for anyone.
Seeing this, Yuan Shao also stepped forward and grabbed Ye Zhao and said, "Xu Ming has not violated the rules and recommended other heroes. This is his younger brother Yuan Shu, who is currently the prefect of Yingchuan."
"I have met Yuan Fujun." Ye Zhao took the opportunity to go downhill and smiled at Yuan Shu.
"Xu Ming may be reasonable, but it would be too unruly to contradict General Huangfu in this way." Yuan Shu nodded arrogantly, without even looking at Ye Zhao. He corrected Miao Hong's famous family. Yuan Shao was a sacred person, and he was a legitimate, and he also looked at the views of the escorts more than Yuan Shao. He was very dissatisfied with Ye Zhao, a good-born person who was born in a good family and was on the edge of aristocratic family, and dared to contradict Huangfu Song, who was the leader of a prominent family. Therefore, he also had a condescending attitude towards Ye Zhao and elders taught his younger generations a lesson.
Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows, but Yuan Shao, who was beside him, secretly pulled him and took Ye Zhao to Cao Cao and said with a smile: "This is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, a cavalry captain, and a person from Chenliu. Meng De is also a young hero. In his early years, Mr. Xu Zijiang of Nanyang commented that he was a capable minister in governing the world. This time, he was able to break the brilliance, and Meng De also took classes under Weng Cai. Calculate that, you two still have some connections."
Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao, six feet tall, slightly dark in his skin, and did not have the majesty of a hero in troubled times, but there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows that was different from ordinary people. Ye Zhao clasped his fists and said, "I have heard of Meng Dexian's reputation for a long time and have been with him for a long time. When I saw him today, I felt very relieved."
"Brother Xiuming is a young talented person, and he can't get enough time to get married. If Brother Xiuming praises him like this, it will make Cao panic." Cao Cao replied with a bow and said with a teasing smile. Although it was a bit like a slap in the openness and joking smile, not only made people unable to exhale, but he couldn't help but feel good about it.
Is this Cao Cao when he was young? Sure enough, the times create heroes, and Xu Zijiang's comments are really correct. If there were no such troubled times, perhaps Cao Cao would have taken another path.
As for Sun Jian, I have known him before, so there is no need to introduce him. Ye Zhao looked at the corner of the tent and smiled and said, "Who are these three majestic people, and their faces are handsome? Why don't Brother Benchu introduce one or two?"
When he entered the tent, he had noticed three people, the leader was seven feet long, the heavenly court was full, and the ears were wide. Although his clothes were a bit shabby, he was also ranked last in the tent, but in terms of physiognomy, this was a blessing.
The two behind him were also eye-catching. One was nine feet tall, with long red faces and long beards. His eyes were sharp. Just a faint sweep gave people an unspeakable pressure. The other was slightly shorter, but stronger, and had a strong appearance. The beards on the lower bones were barbed like steel needles. With a pair of round eyes, the cowardly people didn't even dare to look at him. Such a combination of three people, even if they were at the last seat, was difficult for people to ignore, and even reminded Ye Zhao of a super combination of this era.
"These three are..." Yuan Shao turned his head and looked at the three of them. He was slightly stunned when he saw them. He looked at Cao Cao beside him with awkwardness, but he saw that Cao Cao was also confused. Although he thought these three were good, if Ye Zhao had not mentioned them, he would not have thought that these three were of any particularity.
"Liu Bei is now white. He is recruiting village heroes to fight against the Yellow Turbans in response to the imperial edict of the court. He sat down for Duke Lu to listen to him. Later, he was sent by Duke Lu to assist General Huangfu. He was then transferred back to Jizhou by General Huangfu. Because he was not tolerated by General Dong, he came here again and tried his best to do his best." The leader was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of everyone's gaze. He bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "These two are my brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
"I wonder what positions the three of you are currently in?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.
"Hmph, but three white bodies are just for the sake of Lu Gong's discussion." Yuan Shu said disdainful when he heard that the three of them were white bodies.
Although Guan and Zhang looked bad at Yuan Shu's ridicule, Liu Bei did not have any emotional fluctuations and bowed to Ye Zhao slightly and said, "The three of us have arrived now and have not been assigned military positions yet."
"Don't ask about the origin of a hero." Ye Zhao smiled and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Gaolu said this, it's too arbitrary. Just in time, there are a few deputy generals around him. If the three of them don't dislike me, they can temporarily join me."
When Liu Bei heard this, he remained silent, but stood quietly aside, obviously waiting for Huangfu Song's order.
"What do you think, General?" Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Huangfu Song and said with a smile.
"Follow you!" Huangfu Song snorted coldly and stood up: "Now that you have arrived together, three days later, the army set out to Nanyang. You are ready. Zhang Mancheng is different from the Yellow Turbans in the past. This person was originally a general of the Han army. He turned his back and defected to the Taiping Sect. This person is the one who must kill the court!"
Chapter completed!