Jinyang City had struggled for more than two months, and even more than two thousand of Lu's soldiers died first.
Zhao Yun once regarded him as a solid stone, a golden soup that could not be broken without destroying more than ten thousand people. In the end, just because of a reward, Cao Jun honestly put his weapons aside, opened the city gate, and took Man Chong and Cao Zhen out. Taken out.
In fact, what Zhao Yun didn't know was that his reward gave Cao Jun the courage to bind Man Chong and Cao Zhen.
Otherwise, they would still feel that they owed Lu Jun a bloody vengeance for the losses suffered during the previous attack, and they would not know where to go.
Seeing the Lu army entering the city, taking over the defense, and the flags on the horse path being replaced by a large banner with the word "Lu", Zhao Yun was still a little unbelievable that it was done so easily. It turned out that the battle could be fought like this.
Until this moment, Zhao Yun finally woke up and understood how much thought Lin Mo had put into him.
From attacking the Taihang Mountains, taking advantage of Zhang Yan, to killing Xiahou Dun in formation, these things were all training for me.
The siege of Jinyang City began. This experience was a complete upgrade. Lin Mo had fully anticipated the general trend. He only needed to tell himself that if he held on for two months, the city would collapse without attack.
But he did not choose to tell himself the answer, but let himself think independently, even if he had to pay a certain amount of sacrifice for it. When he began to hint at asking for help on the grounds of reporting military intelligence, Lin Mo just sent Guo Tu over to monitor As a soldier, he stabilized the military camp and did not allow himself to launch a full-scale attack. Instead, he carefully thought about ways to break the situation.
From the beginning to the end, Yunwen hoped that I could think about the battle situation like a commander-in-chief. If I could look at the overall situation, it would indeed be easy to understand why Jinyang City does not need to be attacked by force.
Now that the city is broken, in addition to feeling Lin Mo's ardent and deep expectations for him, Zhao Yun also feels powerless towards himself.
It turns out that it is so difficult to become a commander in charge.
This road is still very long.
"I heard from the sergeant guarding the city that the Manchu Army killed the white horse to strengthen the army's morale, and led the weak division to defend Jinyang, which made my powerful army look at the city and sigh. I admire the Manchu Army's skill very much.
It is a pity that the Manchu Army was loyal to Cao Cao, but in exchange he refused to save him. Yun Zhen felt sorry for the general, as it seemed that such a treacherous master was not worthy of the general's sacrifice.
My Lord, Lu Fengxian, is a polite and virtuous corporal who treats his subordinates like brothers and sisters. Now he is dominating the northern kingdom. With the leader of the Central Plains looking at the important land of Xuzhou, he will surely be able to put an end to the troubled times. If the Manchu governor is willing to surrender, Yun is willing to guarantee his personality and will advise Marquis Wen to use him seriously! "
After the defense was completed, the first thing Zhao Yun did was to find Man Chong.
He had always known that the city could still be so impregnable after the death of the coach, and that the defenders must be generals with both wisdom and courage. He just didn't expect that Man Chong would not only be brave and resourceful, but also have a passion that even his opponent would admire. .
If such a person is recruited, he will surely become his lieutenant.
He was able to fight to the death in such a desperate situation, just to wait for a chance of survival, but in the end he was an abandoned son. In Zhao Yun's expectation, it was not difficult to recruit him to surrender, as long as he showed enough sincerity. That's it.
After all, like Cao Jun in the city, he had no other choice. Is it possible that he would go back and serve the master who abandoned them?
Who would have thought that the disheveled Man Chong raised his head and snorted coldly, "A loyal minister will not serve two masters, and a martyr woman will not replace her husband. Today's defeat is not because of my incompetence, but because of God's disobedience. I died without resentment. Cao Cao can Abandoning me, the slaves of the third surname will not do it? Haha, hahaha."
Man Chong's laughter was full of contempt and disdain.
Hearing what he said, even Zhao Yun, who had a good temper, couldn't help but clenched his fists and frowned slightly.
But when I thought about it, he had such ability and a bit of a temper, which was normal. After taking a deep breath, he patiently said: "The Manchu army came from Cao's camp. You should listen to Cao Cao's words: Lin Yunwen, the genius of heaven, is one person." It can be used as an army of millions.
On the eve of the war, Yunwen went to Xiaoguan and Peicheng to increase troops, and then led his army north to Youzhou. Cao Cao's army was said to have a cloud of advisers, but no one could guess his intentions, otherwise he would not have transferred 20,000 people from Bingzhou. gone.
Who could have expected that what Yunwen wanted to do from the beginning to the end was to lure Xiahou Dun up the mountain, and then go down and conquer the two Youzhou states in one go.
I won’t mention it in the past, but just for the skills here, does it deserve the title of a genius?
My lord Lu Fengxian is a man of great talent and strategy, and Lin Yunwen is a man of extraordinary talents. Isn't this enough to impress the Manchu Army Governor? "
These words probably resonated with Man Chong to a certain extent.
The cold arrogance in his eyes faded a lot, and he sighed heavily, "Lin Yunwen has us all under his control. Even Fengxiao and Gongda can't beat him. He is really a great talent."
Then, there was a long silence.
Zhao Yun's eyes lit up. It seemed that Yunwen's reputation among the enemy troops was greater than that of Marquis Wen. There was a chance, there was a chance.
However, when Man Chong opened his eyes, he still had that sour mouth and said disdainfully: "I admire Lin Yunwen. General Zhao is a hero of the world, and I also admire it. It's a pity that I am born with hard bones and cannot compare to you." Master, if you want me to surrender to my delusions, it would be better if you give me a knife."
Ah this
Zhao Yun was so angry that he thought there was a turning point, but it turned out to be the rocks in the pit, smelly and hard.
Moreover, it seems that he has a good impression of Lin Mo, but he is full of contempt for Lu Bu.
It seems that those things in the past have become stains on his body. Even if he is now the most powerful prince in the world, these stains are like labels in life and cannot be erased in his lifetime.
Just because of his two insults to Lu Bu, Zhao Yun really had murderous intentions.
Although it was Zhang Xiu's letter that made him firm in his determination to travel from Changshan to Xuzhou, before that, Lu Bu had already written more than a dozen letters. This Chicheng was what Zhao Yun kept in mind.
Later, in terms of martial arts, due to the guidance of Lu Bu, he realized the shortcomings of the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Spear. After several improvements, he had initially experienced a new set of marksmanship that suited him, but he was still slowly refining it. Once you are stable, you can make a name for yourself.
As far as Zhao Yun is concerned, Lu Bu's kindness to him is even greater than that of Lin Mo. How could he let you be so abusive?
However, he thought about Yu Jin, Yan Liang and Wen Chou again, and his love for talents finally made him hold back.
Let's take him back and let Lin Mo think of a way. If even his methods can't subdue Man Chong, it can only prove that it's time for his death.
When Zhao Yun turned around and left, Wen Chou also followed, but Yan Liang tilted his head and stared at Man Chong.
"gone."
"Just come." Yan Liang said to Wen Chou but did not turn around and go out.
After he was sure that Zhao Yun and Wen Chou were gone, Yan Liang sneered with a gloomy face, "You are a common man, how dare you be so crazy after being a prisoner, I can't look down on you people who pretend to be noble, you are obviously blind." You’re with the wrong person, and you still have the nerve to insult Marquis Wen for being weak!”
Just kidding, entering Lu Camp was no longer a matter of a day or two. Lu Bu was very sincere to their brothers and said that they would not be allowed to face the Northern Army. He never spoke once from the beginning to the end.
As for Zhao Yun, he is a being who cannot even defeat himself. Yan Liang is convinced. He is so humble, but you are still so ignorant?
He originally planned to exchange some words with Man Chong to vent his anger, but when he saw Man Chong rolled his eyes with disdain, he didn't even think of refuting him.
Feeling that he was being ignored, Yan Liang was angry and immediately untied the rope that bound Man Chong and dragged him out of the prison.
When he came to the open space outside the prison, he threw Man Chong's sword back to him, "Aren't you unconvinced? Come on, come on. Now I'll give you a chance. If you can stop me from being invincible for thirty years, I respect you." I’ll respectfully see you out of the city, come on!”
As he said that, he rushed towards Man Chong with the golden back sword. If he didn't agree, he opened it wide, stamped his right foot on the ground and jumped up. He turned around in the air and slashed hard with the golden back sword.
"Let's fight, I'm afraid you won't succeed!"
Man Chong was really a tough guy, so he was about to fight back with the knife in hand. Unfortunately, the moment the two swords collided with each other, there was an earth-shattering collision sound. Man Chong felt that the force of the big knife in his hand was like breaking up a mountain and breaking rocks, and it was about to tear his arm apart. It cracked and the weapon fell to the ground.
When he raised his head again, the golden back knife was already placed on his neck. Yan Liang raised his forehead in a joking manner, "I wonder if your head is as tough as your mouth."
"Kill if you want, don't be nagging!"
Haha, it seems that you kid is really not afraid of death. Yan Liang was not as angry as he was at the beginning, but wanted to slowly tease Man Chong. He took Man Chong and threw him back into the prison, and asked someone to prepare it for him. Good wine and good meat.
He must have not eaten enough. I waited until he was full before beating him, and he became convinced.
With this thought, Yan Liang came again the next day and dragged Man Chong out of the prison.
Facts have proved that although Man Chong is not as brave as Yan Liang, he is definitely not unable to catch his moves. This time he was full and drunk, and he could actually withstand thirteen rounds.
"Are you convinced?"
"Not convinced!"
No problem, throw him back into the prison and continue serving wine and meat.
Maybe it was because he suffered internal stress on the first day and his body didn't recover. I waited a few more days this time before beating him.
So, five days later, Yan Liang went to find Man Chong. After learning the previous two lessons, Man Chong didn't hesitate, untied the rope and strode outside.
"bring it on!"
The two fought hard, and I have to say that Man Chong was quite capable of fighting. This time, they fought for twenty-seven rounds before the weapon finally fell to the ground.
After all, he is a man who can help Cao Ren withstand Guan Yu's fierce attack. He is indeed not a soft persimmon.
Of course, this is a foot battle, and neither side may have shown their true strength, but Yan Liang can feel it from his sword skills. This is a master who does not care about life. His moves are all about attack and not defense, which is quite good. Thorny head.
This time, Yan Liang did not leave immediately after throwing him back to the prison. Instead, he sat down to drink and eat meat with him.
"Cao Cao has abandoned you, how can you be so devoted to him? I really can't understand." Yan Liang grabbed a chicken leg and ate it.
Man Chong was not polite, he took a piece of mutton chop and ate it, muttering: "Cao Cao is the one who betrayed me. I can't blame myself for being with the wrong person, but how can Lu Bu be any better? I don't want to work for anyone anymore." ”
Man Chong is not a martial artist. In fact, he comes from a noble family. He has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, knows the great principles of the Spring and Autumn Period, and pays attention to consistency.
In Man Chong's heart, loyalty is more important than life.
However, such loyalty was in exchange for being abandoned. Man Chong doubted his life. Compared with Lu Bu, whose reputation was worse than Cao Cao, he felt that when abandoning him, he would probably be more decisive than Cao Cao.
"Marquis Wen would never be like this. How could my brother and I see the wrong person?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Liang's brows furrowed into a frown, "By saying this, do you think that our brothers are as ill-informed as you?"
I didn’t mean that at all, okay? Man Chong didn’t explain, snorted and glanced to the side corner.
Yan Liang was not as good-tempered as Zhao Yun. He explained several times why Lu Bu was so kind to them. Seeing that Man Chong couldn't listen, he threw the chicken bones in his hand over, cursed "an ordinary man" and left.
But after leaving, Yan Liang felt that Man Chong was quite interesting. At first, he thought he was just a noble and corrupt scholar. After a few beatings, he realized that the sky was high and the sky was high. After talking with each other, he discovered that it turned out that he was abandoned by Cao Cao. Hurt.
That's right, for Cao Cao, he even killed his own mount. As a result, Cao Cao was so cruel, and the feeling of being let down would make people's faith collapse. Yan Liang actually understood this.
Putting aside these things, Man Chong's temper is actually very suitable to his own taste, and he is as generous as himself, which seems to be quite good if he is a Pao Ze sibling.
It's a pity that he doesn't have a good brother like himself, Wen Chou. Otherwise, if he catches him too, he might be able to surrender.
Yan Liang did not go to Man Chong for a long time because he was too busy. Wen Chou was sent by Zhao Yun to take over the Shangdang counties, and Yan Liang was responsible for rectifying Cao Cao's subordinates, which was very time-consuming.
Therefore, when Man Chong was approached for the fourth time, it was already more than twenty days later. Wen Chou received it smoothly, so as soon as he came back, Yan Liang was free again.
"Hey, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll just break two of your bones." Yan Liang twisted his sore neck.
Man Chong rolled his eyes at him and directly raised his knife to attack first.
It seems that Man Chong has adjusted well during this period, and has begun to slowly come out of the shadow of being abandoned. He is playing more and more skillfully, and Yan Liang is playing more and more energetically.
I don’t know how long the fight lasted, but when the golden back knife was placed on Man Chong’s neck again, Yan Liang just wanted to laugh but frowned, “Oops, I forgot to count.”
"thirty-seven."
thirty-seven.
Yan Liang bit his nails. Oh no, this guy actually survived thirty rounds. It was a bit embarrassing.
"Bo Ning, I was born not to beg for help. Today I am begging you to surrender. We will be brothers in the future. I can't guarantee anything else. No matter how difficult it is, I will never abandon any of my brothers. Yan Liang said attentively.
Man Chong was startled when he heard this. He probably didn't expect that Yan Liang would be so interested in him.
To be fair, he also liked Yan Liang quite a lot. In the past, he had looked down on those reckless generals with strong limbs and simple minds, but he saw a pure heart in Yan Liang.
Especially that sentence, no matter how difficult it is, I will never abandon any brother.
This sentence pierced Man Chong's heart. After all, he was abandoned by Cao Cao once. Yan Liang's words made Man Chong's dry heart flow into a fountain.
He sighed, shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm frustrated. Even Cao Cao can abandon me. I don't think Lu Bu can do better than him."
Yan Liang himself was a very impatient person, but when it came to Man Chong, he spent all his energy and refused to surrender with his unscrupulous talk for a full hour.
With a broken heart, it seemed that Yan Liang was unable to pick up the pieces and piece them together.
He gave up completely.
He turned his back to Man Chong and said in a deep voice: "In that case, I believe that even if you leave here, you will not return to Cao Ying or go to other forces.
Letting you go now will hurt your brother. Zhang Xiu is coming soon. After he takes over the defense, we will lead the army north. I will find an opportunity for you on the way. "
"What do you mean by this?" Man Chonghu asked.
Yan Liang turned half of his face and chuckled, "I, Yan Liang, promise a thousand pieces of gold. If you survive thirty years, I will naturally keep my word."
After saying that, he strode away.
Looking at Yan Liang's retreating figure, Man Chong's eyes were still full of doubts.
Yes, the two of them fought so many times and drank and ate meat together. Their personalities really matched each other, and they both had a good impression of each other.
But just like that, Man Chong didn't believe that Yan Liang dared to take the risk and let him go privately. This would be punishable by military law.
But these days, Yan Liang was treating him well. Although he often beat him, he never stopped drinking and eating. He could be regarded as having a good friend before his death.
If there is an afterlife, we might as well fight side by side.
Zhang Xiu came, taking Wei Yue with him.
They were ordered to garrison Bingzhou. No matter what the future military strategy was, Lu Bu felt that it was better for Zhao Yun to be by his side. It would be difficult to find a general who was more comfortable with him than him.
After completing the handover work, Zhao Yun took two thousand soldiers and horses, escorted Man Chong, and prepared to cross the Taihang Mountains to join Lu Lin in Youzhou.
As for Cao Zhen, he was actually killed on the first day. Zhao Yun didn't hesitate at all, because his surname was Cao, and it didn't matter whether he was an adopted son or not.
When crossing the Taihang Mountains, Zhang Yan was very emotional. This place used to be his land, and tens of thousands of kids regarded it as a paradise. Now, there is a feeling that things are different and people are different.
"Marquis Wen once promised you that he would be the governor of a county, which is always better than being the king here." Zhao Yun patted him on the shoulder and consoled him.
"I'm fine. After all, I've been here for more than ten years and I'm a little reluctant to leave." Zhang Yan shrugged.
Although there were only two thousand people on the road, it had to be said that Brother Yun's level of commanding troops was getting higher and higher, and Yan Liang couldn't find any chance to release Man Chong.
Unless he uses the military power in his hands, he will definitely be discovered later.
He is reckless, but not stupid. Of course he knows that there are things that Zhang Liao can do, but he can't, otherwise Wen Chou will be implicated.
What's more, he really likes Man Chong. After all, it's not a life-and-death relationship, and it's not to the point where he can risk everything.
It's just that I feel in my heart that people like him have love and kindness in their hearts. In this world, all people with love and justice are worth saving.
Anyway, if he leaves here, he won't become an enemy. If there is a chance, let him go.
The premise is that you can't get yourself involved.
After descending from Taihang Mountain and entering the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, we have to rest in Wuji.
Before entering the city, someone had placed many wine jars and grains on the post road.
"Mr. Zhang of the Zhen family has met General Zhao. The little grain and grass rights should be used by General Zhao to win the Bingzhou reward for the army. I hope the general will accept it." On the post road, a woman in her forties who still retains her charm bowed and saluted.
Zhen family?
Zhao Yun tilted his head and looked at the people coming. Yunwen didn't want to see them, so why did I end up in this traffic jam?
(End of chapter)
