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Chapter 17 Heroes (Part 2)

The Quanzhou Canal, twenty miles east of Yongnu County, Yan State, Youzhou, was one of the two canals that Emperor Wu of Wei ordered the famous minister Dong Zhao to be responsible for excavating in order to ensure the supply of food and grass in the northern expedition. Since the founding of this dynasty, the Quanzhou Canal has been disrepaired for many years, and the waterways have become increasingly torturous and congested. Every summer, the waters often overflow the embankment. Year after year, day after day, the people who originally farmed here moved to foreign lands, and all the land within a radius of dozens of miles was abandoned; and the complex terrain of lakes, squash, woodland and grassland on both sides of the river became a paradise for many birds and beasts to live in.

On this day, the Quanzhou Canal was very lively, with shouts and horse hooves roaring like thunder.

"Catch it! Catch it!"

"Cross the west and don't let it go!"

With the order of one person in the center command, thousands of armored knights who were trained in five colors used their fingers as their arms, clouds gathered and stars scattered, and they ran back and forth.

The man who gave the orders wore a purple gold crown, a brocade robe, a white dragon horse under his crotch, a full set of saddles and chariots piled up with gold and jade, shining brightly; looking closely at his face, he was about forty or fifty years old, five long beards fluttering, and his appearance was actually only ordinary, but his eyes were filled with mighty power, with a unique noble spirit coming to his face. The followers who were running around him were all elites with great riding skills, and the horses under his crotch were all good horses and horses. They walked through the woods, the grasslands were like flat ground, and wherever they went, they were like wind and grass swaying, stirring up dust and sand in the sky, which made birds and beasts fly away, and their momentum was terrifying.

A tall pure white reindeer ran out of a sparse woodland surrounded by knights. When they were about to speed up their escape, they crashed into the encirclement of hundreds of knights in front. The reindeer was wandering around and could only jump aimlessly in circles and make a cry of sorrow.

"Hahahaha! Let's see where you are running away now?" The knight in the chic clothing who had just issued the order laughed loudly: "Everyone, let's see how I shoot!"

Amid the laughter, he opened his bow and shot. He heard a loud bang of the bowstring. A ray of silver light broke through the air and hit the reindeer's forehead. The reindeer struggled for a few steps and fell to the ground. It should be noted that the reindeer often collided with their heads and horns when they were in heat, so their skulls were extremely strong. The arrow of the Chinese Knight was accurate and heavy, and it broke through the thick and strong skull of the reindeer and penetrated it straight into the brain.

The Chinese-dressed knight rode a few steps, looked at the reindeer that was lying on the ground, and laughed proudly, "It's not bad, I haven't hunted for a long time, and finally the shooting technique has not been put down."

"The general is naturally good at archery! The general is naturally sharpshooting!" Before the Chinese-style knights finished speaking, hundreds of people had already cheered in unison.

The knight of the server was a person who was used to flattering. He had no sense of humility about this. He waved his whip and shouted: "This is a good thing. Hurry up and kill it, and get blood while it's hot! Let's divide the venison and the like. Remember to leave the antlers for me!"

The entourage responded, and someone pulled out his waist and dismounted and cut off his prey.

Within Youzhou, only the General of the Cavalry, the General of the Hebei Dongyi military commander, the governor of Youzhou's governor, and the governor of Youzhou's governor, and the King of Boling, Wang Jun, the governor of Boling.

Wang Jun was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, the top high-ranking clan of this dynasty. His father, Wang Shen, served as the chief attendant of the Wei Dynasty and was deeply trusted by Cao Mao, the Duke of Gaogui Township. The Duke of Gaogui Township wanted to raise all the people to attack Emperor Wen of this dynasty and conspire with Wang Shen and others, but unexpectedly, after Wang Shen left the palace, he directly reported to Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen then sent the Central Guard Jia Chong to lead the army to intercept him. The warrior Cheng Ji was instigated by Jia Chong and killed the Duke of Gaogui Township. After this incident, like Jia Chong, Wang Shen and others, they were all regarded as the great ministers of the great Jin Dynasty and have become successful since then. Wang Shen eventually died as General of the Cavalry and was appointed as the Minister of Shangshu. After his death, he was posthumously named Duke of Boling County, and was deeply honored.

Wang Jun's mother, Zhao, was born in a poor family. She had an affair with Wang Chen and gave birth to Wang Jun. Both mother and son were not favored by Wang Chen. After Wang Chen's death, Wang Jun was elected by his relatives and inherited the position of Duke of Boling County. In the ninth year of Yuankang, chaos broke out in Luoyang court. Wang Jun received a secret edict from Empress Jia to plot against Prince Minhuai with the Huangmen Sun Wu, and thus was appointed General Ningshuo and governed the military affairs of Youzhou. In the following years, the court was in chaos and thieves rose up. Wang Jun took the people of Youzhou to fight among the kings and protect his own strength. In order to make good use of the Xianbei people as foreign aid, he even married his two daughters to Duan Wuwuchen, the leader of the Duan tribe, and Su Shuyan, another Xianbei hero, and was able to recruit Xianbei people to join the army. As a result, the Youzhou scholar Ma Jingqiang was the best in the world.

Wang Jun's behavior was quickly taken into consideration by the King of Chengdu, who was in charge of the government at that time. The King of Chengdu appointed the Right Sima Heyan as the governor of Youzhou and secretly ordered Heyan to kill Wang Jun. However, Wang Jun worked hard in Youzhou for several years and had a deep foundation that was far beyond Heyan's ability to compare with Heyan. Soon he killed Heyan, led himself to Youzhou, and used his brave general Qi Hong as a vanguard to drive Hu Jin's elite army to go south. The bravery of the Xianbei people far exceeded that of the Jin army. The 20,000 cavalry of Youzhou defeated and captured Yecheng, and it was like a destruction of the dead, forcing King Sima Ying of Chengdu to flee to Chang'an with the emperor.

In this war, Wang Jun's army discipline was extremely poor, and the people were plundered along the way, and Qianshu died in countless deaths. In addition, the Xianbei people also plundered women into the military camps and wanted to betray their bodies. Their shape was terrible. When Wang Jun returned to Jicheng, he ordered those who dared to hold the hiding to behead them. So the Xianbei people drowned all the women into Yishui, and there were as many as 8,000. After the Youzhou army retreated, every family in Hebei was crying. It is said that since the founding of this dynasty, the officials of the court poisoned the people.

The calls of the lowly ant people will naturally not be valued by the court. After the King of Donghai took control of the Luoyang Dynasty, in order to win over the powerful Wang Jun, he was appointed as General of the Cavalry, governor of the military affairs of Dongyi and Hebei, and the governor of Youzhou, and added Yan State to the fiefdom of Duke Boling County.

Such strength, combined with such an official position, can be called the four words "the extreme of the ministers" from any perspective. Anyone thinks that Wang Jun should be satisfied. Wang Jun himself has repeatedly expressed his support to the court and repeatedly swears loyalty to the King of East China Sea. But he also noticed that in recent years, the world has been full of wars, including the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, Qianghu in Liangzhou, Badi in Yizhou... rebellions everywhere have caused the court to be in trouble. The once unshakable Jin Dynasty gradually showed weakness; while Wang Jun's own development in Youzhou was very smooth. From western Liaoxi to Fanyang, he managed it like an iron barrel by him, and the strong tribes of various Xianbei tribes are minions and wings. The rise and fall of strength is so clear that Wang Jun's most hidden place in his heart has vaguely developed an idea that cannot be spoken to others.

Perhaps because his thoughts were too heavy, Wang Jun felt that his liver was very angry and was particularly prone to anger, so he killed several concubines because of trivial matters. He also knew that this was not a way to protect himself for a long time, so he took advantage of his leisure today to go out to hunt and relieve his anxiety.

That's what Wang Jun saw his subordinates happily killing deer and taking blood, and suddenly felt a little bored again, and his thoughts suddenly popped up again. He was unwilling to continue hunting, so he shook his head, whistled and drove his horse, and was about to turn back to Jicheng.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting in the west: "Report to the General, I will report urgently in the north!"

All the officials and assistants in the shogunate of the General of the Cavalry knew that they were traveling far away today and would not disturb ordinary things. What kind of information was reported in the north? Could it be that Wang Jun was slightly surprised, did the dispute between the Tuoba Xianbei Shanyu have already had a result?

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Five thousand and six hundred words a day, maybe it’s my limit? No, I can’t do it anymore, I’m so sleepy, I’m asleep. Good night, everyone.
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