Lu Yi ordered everyone to go directly to inspect the military camp without taking any rest.
Lu Su, on the other hand, led Xu Sheng, Ling Cao and Zhou Tai, gathered 600 dead men, climbed up the mountain, and went straight to the east of Xutai City.
A group of people stood on the top of a mountain, overlooking the Xuetai City below.
Lu Su pointed to the steep cliff at his feet and said to Xu Sheng, Ling Cao and Zhou Tai, "Just go down from here."
"It's extremely steep here. Every step you take is a risk of falling."
Without saying a word, Xu Sheng took off the ancient ingot knife from his waist and tied it to his back.
He also pulled dozens of weeds from the ground, mixed them with soil and stuffed them into his mouth. He mumbled to the dead soldiers, "Follow me! This way, even if you fall off the cliff, there will be no sound."
"Everyone, we are all dead soldiers."
"Even if I die, I can't let my companions be exposed to the desperate situation!"
Seeing this, all the dead soldiers tore the weeds from the ground, mixed them with soil, and stuffed them into their mouths.
Xu Sheng nodded to Lu Su and climbed down the cliff first.
The dead men followed closely behind.
Lu Su sighed as he watched Xu Sheng and others go down.
Although a little cruel.
However, there are so many brave people in Jiangdong.
Lu Su's face turned serious.
He believes that Jiangdong will be able to dominate the world under the leadership of his lord!
While Lu Su was watching Xu Sheng and his dead soldiers climbing down the mountain to the east of Wutai City, Dongyang County, Lu Yi and Cheng Pu and others finished inspecting the military camp and returned to the government office in the city to rest.
On both sides of the street, people watched Lu Yi and others entering the government office, and they were talking a lot.
"I saw them going to the military camp, and there was a roar from the military camp."
"In just these two days, there will definitely be a fight!"
"Do you think we should evacuate here?"
"It's too late! Besides, didn't Lord Lu say that the gate to the south of Dongyang County is always open. As long as we want to leave, we can leave at any time."
"I believe Mr. Lu."
"Although Mr. Lu is young, his family is a wealthy one. In the early years when he was at the polder, he also trained a group of heroes, defeated bandits many times, and protected our stability."
While the people were talking about it, a strong man wearing a bamboo hat walked into the monastery carrying several deer legs.
After greeting the officials of Yeshe, the strong man directly entered one of the rooms.
In the room, at the window, a tall and straight young man with a handsome face was looking at the street outside in a daze, his hands behind his back.
The strong man took off his bamboo hat, threw it to the ground, then put the deer meat in the corner and said, "Zilong, I just came back from hunting outside the city, and I happened to see the new master of Jiangdong coming back from inspecting the military camp."
"From time to time, there were loud roars in the military camp."
"The people are talking that Jiangdong and Xuzhou are going to fight in the next two days."
The young man turned his head.
His name is Zhao Yun, courtesy name Zilong, a native of Changshan Zhending, and a heroic hero of Changshan County.
His master is called Tong Yuan, who was once a great captain of the Han Dynasty.
Because of his extreme disappointment in the imperial court's buying and selling of official positions, Tong Yuan retired and returned to his hometown. He traveled around the country and took on three apprentices in three places.
The first apprentice was from Wuwei and his surname was Zhang Mingxiu.
The second apprentice was from Shu County, and his surname was Zhang Mingren.
The third apprentice was from Changshan, also known as Zhao Yun.
Tong Yuan taught Zhao Yun all the marksmanship he had learned in his life, and then died suddenly at Zhao Yun's home.
When Tong Yuan lived in Changshan County, he often helped the poor local people.
They even often led local young men to fight against bandits.
For a time, the people of Changshan lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Because of this, after Tong Yuan's death, the people of Changshan transferred all their respect for Tong Yuan to Zhao Yun.
After Yuan Shao forced Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, to hand over Jizhou, various states and counties in Jizhou rushed to surrender.
Only Zhao Yun thought that although Yuan Shao was the fourth generation and the third prince, his ambitions were clearly revealed.
The former general He Jin was killed. If he hadn't led Dong Zhuo to the capital to serve the king, the world would not have been in chaos.
For this reason, Zhao Yun recruited local warriors in Changshan County, left Yuan Shao, and took refuge with Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.
At that time, Gongsun Zan was under the command of Liu Yu, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he was also a hero in fighting against the barbarians.
Zhao Yun originally thought he would meet the Ming Lord.
Who knew that Gongsun Zan would soon become self-willed and kill Liu Yu.
When his brother died of illness, Zhao Yun found an excuse and returned to Changshan County alone.
In the following years, although he stayed at home, he kept observing the situation in the world and looking for the enlightened master.
After passing through Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun figured out what kind of Ming Lord he wanted——
That is, benevolent and willing to listen to other people's opinions.
In the first year of Jian'an, King Cao Cao Qin succeeded and took the emperor hostage to Xuchang.
Zhao Yun and his friend Xia Houlan, the strong man in the room, discussed it, and in the end both parties thought that the time had come to come out again.
However, the two had differences in their choice of Mingzhu.
Zhao Yun's target is temporarily locked on Liu Bei, who is said to have become Xuzhou Mu.
Both he and Liu Bei had stayed under Gongsun Zan's account and had a good relationship.
Liu Bei was a virtuous corporal and had a chivalrous heart.
Now that he heard that he had become a state shepherd and had the ability to dominate, Zhao Yun wanted to join him.
Xia Houlan's target was Cao Cao.
Xia Houlan believed that Cao Cao had taken the emperor to command the princes, had a long-term vision, defeated Yuan Shu repeatedly, and even drove back the Xiongnu. Although he was still weak now, he would become a great weapon in the future.
In the end, the two discussed and decided that Xia Houlan would accompany Zhao Yun to Xuzhou first, and then he would defect to Xudu.
Neither of them expected that when they settled down with their families and rushed to Xuzhou, they found that Xuzhou belonged to Lu Bu!
And Liu Bei was driven to Xiaopei by Lu Bu!
Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan rushed to Xiaopei again.
On the way, they met Lu Bu and Yuan Shu fighting, and had to stay for a while in Xiapi, Xuzhou.
When Lu Bu finally defeated Yuan Shu, when Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan were about to go to Xiaopei, they discovered that Lu Bu was attacking Xiaopei again.
Zhao Yun also wanted to support Liu Bei.
But he didn't expect that Liu Bei would abandon his family and disappear under Lu Bu's attack.
Zhao Yun instantly lost his target.
Moreover, Xia Houlan believed that now that Liu Bei had lost his foundation and wanted to make a comeback, it was completely a fool's errand. If Zhao Yun defected to him again, it would be better to be loyal to Cao Cao.
Zhao Yun hated Cao Cao who massacred Xuzhou.
Cao Cao was not the benevolent and righteous king he thought he was.
Just when Xiapi was at a loss, he accidentally learned the information that Sun Ce, the overlord of Jiangdong, had died unexpectedly and a new leader had ascended the throne.
After the new lord came to the throne, he immediately led his army northward and occupied Lujiang County.
Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to lead an army to attack Shu County, the general of Lu.
On the occasion of such a war, the new master of Jiangdong actually opened the gates of Shu County and let all the families and people in Shu County leave.
Under normal circumstances, in such a critical moment, no one would open the city gates and let the people leave.
On the contrary, the people will be ordered to stay in the city to help defend the city!
This is where benevolence and righteousness lies.
Xia Houlan suggested that Zhao Yunnan go to Guangling County to have a look.
Because, after the new owner of Jiangdong took over, Guangling County had a new person in charge.
Whether the new Lord of Jiangdong is really a benevolent and righteous Lord can be seen through the attitude of the new ruler of Guangling County towards the people of Guangling County.
Therefore, the two of them moved to Guangling County.
During their stay in Guangling County, they learned about the new person in charge of Guangling County——
Guangling Cheng Lu Su's attitude was very good.
The people of Guangling County live and work in peace and contentment.
Moreover, the soldiers did no harm to the common people.
They even learned that Lu Su himself was a hero from Xuzhou, who had rescued many orphans without fathers and mothers, and even trained them into chivalrous and righteous heroes, leading them to defeat mountain bandits several times.
It's exactly the same as the master did before his death.
Zhao Yun immediately decided to recommend himself to Lu Su, and saw Lu Su leading his army to Dongyang County to prepare for war with Xuzhou.
Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan rushed to Dongyang County again.
Not for anything else, just to have the opportunity to help Lu Su.
Unexpectedly, soon, they saw Lu Yi leading the Jiangdong army arriving.
Zhao Yun suppressed his impulse this time.
Lu Yi's youth made him doubt the other party's benevolence and ability.
Therefore, he and Xiahoulan stayed in Yeshe.
He wanted to see if such a young new master of Jiangdong was really qualified to be his benevolent and righteous king!
At this moment, seeing Xia Houlan come back and provide such information, Zhao Yun smiled and said: "This is a good thing. Once the war starts, we will know the true ability of the new Lord of Jiangdong and whether he is qualified to become the Ming Lord."
Xia Houlan asked: "What if he is not qualified? Do you want to go to Xudu with me?"
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "I said that I will not take refuge in Cao Cao, a butcher like him. If the new master of Jiangdong cannot do it, I will go to Jingzhou to have a look. I heard that the people in Jingzhou live and work in peace and contentment, and scholars from all over the world rush to study one after another. I also want to Look, what kind of person is this Liu Biao."
(End of chapter)
