Meiyang City, Prefect’s Mansion
The reception banquet was very sumptuous, and Zhang Wen had obviously put a lot of thought into it, but there was no wine because he was always on the warpath.
Even so, everyone was enjoying themselves, after all, they usually don’t have such good food!
Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Zhang Wen wanted to take this opportunity to ask Liu Zhang for advice on how to defeat the enemy.
"General Hou, is the food still to your appetite?"
Liu Zhang was very satisfied and thanked Zhang Wen.
"Thank you Zhang Cheqi for your hospitality. Liu Zhang has been sleeping in the open air these days, but he hasn't been able to eat such delicious food for a long time!"
"Hahaha, as long as the general likes it!"
Zhang Wen was also very happy at first, but gradually he put away the smile on his face and began to sigh.
"Why..."
"Why is Zhang Cheqi like this?"
Liu Zhang knew what Zhang Wen was thinking and asked questions directly.
"The general is unaware that since the defeat of Huangfu Song, the Xiliang rebels have become arrogant! I have been entrusted by your majesty with three military auxiliaries, but at present I have no good strategy to defeat the enemy, so I am sad day and night!"
Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Wen with a sad face and kept laughing in his heart.
He is indeed a nerd, and his work is not fun at all!
Don't you just want to ask yourself if you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?
Just say no, you don’t have to beat around the bush!
"Zhang Cheqi, the enemy's force is strong, so we need to deal with it carefully! Huangfu Song just wanted to defeat the enemy, so he fell into the enemy's trick and suffered heavy losses!"
Liu Zhang bowed his hand to Zhang Wen and only responded in official terms.
Zhang Wen was obviously very dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's answer and kept shaking his head and sighing.
"Hey! Your Majesty has given me high hopes for me, so how can I do nothing here?"
Seeing that Zhang Wen was still testing, Liu Zhang could only continue to play Tai Chi with him.
"Zhang Cheqi doesn't need to be too anxious. Even if we hold on here and stop the enemy here, it will be a great achievement!"
Zhang Wen frowned even more tightly. He didn't know whether Liu Zhang really didn't understand what he meant or was pretending not to know, so he could only clarify his words.
"The empress general is extremely resourceful and has put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion. I think he must have taught me something from Zhang! I hope you will give me some advice!"
This picture of Wen is really boring. I even tried to evade it politely, but I'm still struggling with it!
Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Wen helplessly and kept complaining in his heart.
"Master Zhang is overly complimentary. Liu Zhang has no plan to defeat the enemy at the moment. Everything needs to be discussed in the long run!"
"Hey, that's the only way it can be."
Zhang Wen nodded disappointedly, and the hope he had pinned on Liu Zhang was shattered.
"Zhang Cheqi, the later general has no good strategy, but the last general has something to say!"
These words immediately caught Zhang Wen's attention. He quickly looked up and saw that it was Dong Zhuo who he hated.
"What's General Dong's plan?"
Although Zhang Wen didn't like Dong Zhuo, he didn't mind listening to his advice.
"There is no good strategy except to press forward with the entire army and fight to the death with the rebels as soon as possible!"
Dong Zhuo looked at Zhang Wen expressionlessly and spoke his thoughts loudly.
Dong Zhuo knew that Zhang Wen had a bad impression of him and was too lazy to kowtow to him. In fact, he also had great disdain for scribes like Zhang Wen.
Zhang Wen snorted coldly, as if he had heard the funniest joke.
"Isn't General Dong teasing me? The whole army is pressing down? Do you want me to follow in Huangfu Song's footsteps?"
Dong Zhuo didn't care at all about Zhang Wen's cold tone and remained very calm.
"Zhang Cheqi, Dong did not mean this! I was born in Liangzhou and know the Liangzhou Qianghu very well!"
"Beigong Boyu is the leader of the Qiang and Hu, and his prestige is very high! But many Qiang people have a wait-and-see attitude towards starting a rebellion, and they are still very afraid of the imperial court."
"But this time Beigong Boyu defeated the army, and the commander of the army was the very famous Huangfu Song! This greatly boosted the morale of the Qiang people! Therefore, there must be an endless stream of Qiang people joining the rebellion. The longer it takes, the more likely I The more enemies you will face, the more enemies you will face!”
After Dong Zhuo finished speaking, he didn't care about Zhang Wen's reaction and sat back directly.
Dong Zhuo's attitude was very arrogant and he didn't take Zhang Wen seriously at all.
Zhang Wen was originally a docile person, but at this moment, Dong Zhuo was so angry that his eyes filled with anger.
"General Dong, you are too rude!"
Sun Jian, who joined the army, slammed the table, stood up and glared at Dong Zhuo.
"Humph, who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like this!"
Dong Zhuo noticed that Sun Jian was just joining the army, and his tone was full of disdain.
Liu Zhang had long stayed out of the matter, sitting aside and drinking tea. He also wanted to see how Zhang Wen would end up.
Zhang Wen was already upset because of Liu Zhang's perfunctory behavior, and the quarrel between Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian made him even more troubled.
"Now that we are facing a formidable enemy, you are still thinking about internal strife! What a shame! Sit down!"
Zhang Wen's handling of the matter simply made Liu Zhang's jaw drop. He really felt sorry for Liu Hong for giving him the right to take a holiday!
Sun Jian fell out with Dong Zhuo because of you. It would be better if you don't turn against Sun Jian and let Dong Zhuo step down!
No wonder Dong Zhuo doesn't take you seriously! It's so cowardly!
Dong Zhuo listened to Zhang Wen's words and sat down directly, leaving Sun Jian looking at Zhang Wen with a puzzled expression.
"Wen Tai, sit down!"
Zhang Wen asked Sun Jian to sit down again and waved to him.
"General Hou, what do you think?"
Liu Zhang did not expect Zhang Wen to throw the problem to him again, but he also felt that he needed to have a head-on collision with the Xiliang army to see if he could find any flaws.
"Qi Zhang Chaqi, I think we can try to have direct contact with the Xiliang Army to see if there are any flaws in the Xiliang Army."
Zhang Wen nodded, but was still thinking. He did not agree directly because of Liu Zhang's consent.
Zhang Wen was afraid that he might be defeated like Huangfu Song and be escorted back to Beijing!
"Report!"
At this moment, the ordering soldier outside the door ran in.
"Report, Xiliang rebel Bian Zhang has sent a letter of challenge!"
"read!"
The ordering soldier opened the letter of war and read aloud,
"When I met General Zhang Wen, he heard that he was just trying to gain fame and reputation, so he only wanted to buy an official position and become a noble! But please, please reorganize your troops and prepare for a showdown outside the city tomorrow! If you are timid and don't dare to fight, I will go straight to Chang'an!"
when!
Zhang Wen slammed the table, pointed at the messenger and cursed.
"Bianzhang traitor, you have bullied me too much! He has lived in Han Dynasty for a long time, but he did not think about serving the country but rebelled! Now he dares to slander me!"
"You bullied me too much, bullied me too much!"
"General, forgive me, general, forgive me!"
The messenger was so frightened that he knelt down and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.
The messenger's heart was filled with regret, why could he be so upright in what he did? Zhang Wen just read it! I also kept sending greetings to ancestor Zhang Wen in my heart.
"Okay, let's get down!"
Zhang Wen would definitely not vent his anger on his soldiers, so he impatiently asked him to leave quickly, and then looked at everyone.
"The traitor Bian Zhang is so deceitful that he doesn't take us seriously at all! I have made up my mind. Tomorrow the whole army will go out and fight him to the death!"
