Chapter 44: A Captain Named Zhang Liao
The rain stopped.
The sky is still cloudy.
In a dense forest five miles away from Yuan Tan's convoy, a thousand infantrymen were hidden.
Under the vicissitudes of the big tree, there stood a young general with a handsome appearance, a strong physique, and a height of more than eight feet.
Beside him, stands a nine-foot-long sharp crescent halberd, named Oblique Moon Wind and Thunder Halberd.
The young general's eyes were originally full of heroism, but now he looked into the distance with confusion.
His name is Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao: Zi Wenyuan, a native of Mayi, Yanmen (now Shuozhou City, Shanxi), a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, and one of the five good generals.
He has fought thousands of battles in his life and made countless achievements.
Among them, in the battle of Hefei, he led 800 warriors to attack the 100,000 army of Wu State, and rushed to the commander-in-chief of Wu Wang Sun Quan. The Soochow army was invincible, defeated and frightened.
After this battle, Zhang Liao shocked Jiangdong.
When Zhang Liao came, all the children in Jiangdong stopped crying, which has become an allusion that has been passed down through the ages.
But at this moment, Zhang Liao didn't know that he would become a famous general in the world.
He's struggling mentally right now.
As an imperial recruiting officer, Chengxiang Dong sent him to recruit soldiers. He has never met Dong Zhuo, but only received orders.
Unexpectedly, after returning, such drastic changes took place in Luoyang.
If it is said that the previous eighteen princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo was just a struggle between the princes.
How about robbing the imperial capital and killing the people?
Dong Zhuo turned out to be such a person.
Zhang Liao is considering whether to return to the fragmented imperial court controlled by traitors, or what to do...
And it looks like he has nowhere else to go.
"General!"
A fine horse came treading mud.
Seisaku on horseback turned over,
He went straight in front of him, saluted and said: "General Qi, my subordinate was lurking by the side of the road and saw a group of soldiers from the Xiliang Army. At first, I didn't pay attention. After hearing their conversation, my subordinate was shocked."
"Tell me the specific details." Zhang Liao was aroused by these words.
Xizuo hastily said: "That team of Xiliang army escorted the Yuan family of the fourth generation and third prince, as well as Cai Yong's father and daughter."
If it was an ordinary official, Tan Ma would not know who it was. But four generations and three princes, and Cai Yong, a great writer, are too famous.
After Zhang Liao heard these words, he thought that it must be a rebel army, and they even hijacked Cai Yong, the scholar teacher whom he admired very much, and the four generations, three princes and other famous families in the world.
Although he hasn't made a decision about the previous considerations, he can't just ignore death.
"Give me an order, follow me to intercept this rebel army, and save the Cai family and the Yuan family!"
In a quarter of an hour.
The two teams met.
"Who dares to block our way!" Wang Zhao shouted sharply as he rode forward.
Zhang Liao carefully looked at the team in front of him, there were young and old, the uniforms were scattered, there was no formation, and some soldiers had no weapons.
He hated the undisciplined army the most, and said with a sullen face: "I am Zhang Liao, the recruiting captain of the Taiwei Office. Why did you hijack the Yuan family and the Cai family?"
Wang Zhao's face changed, it seemed that the general in front of him knew a lot of things, and hurriedly said: "This is the prime minister's order."
Zhang Liao raised the Slanting Moon Wind and Thunder Halberd in his hand, and his troops stepped forward slowly in a circle. Although they were also newly recruited soldiers, they had experienced tempering along the way.
"No matter whose order it is, you must obey me now."
Zhang Liao said coldly.
"You are Zhang Liao!"
Yuan Tan was quite shocked, he did not expect to meet a peerless famous general here.
Obviously, Zhang Liao's status at this moment is still very low.
Yuan Tan rode his horse to the front and looked at it carefully. Zhang Liao: Strength 93, Intelligence 79, faction Dong Zhuo, loyalty 55.
"Who are you?" Zhang Liao asked coldly.
With such low loyalty, Yuan Tan can think of some reasons.
Why you stop yourself can also be analyzed.
This is his chance.
So he planned to reveal his identity, cupped his fists and saluted, and said: "General Zhang, you have misunderstood, I am not Dong Zhuo's soldier. My son Yuan Tan and Yuan Xiansi."
When Zhang Liao heard this, although he was always calm, he was inevitably taken aback, "What! You are the eldest son of the Yuan family?"
"Yes, I sneaked into Luoyang this time to save my Yuan family and Cai family." Yuan Tan said seriously.
At this time, Yuan Feng, Yuan Kai, and Cai Yong showed up together.
Yuan Feng stroked his beard and said, "General, from what you said just now, you should have come to save my Yuan family. I am Yuan Feng, and I am very grateful. This is my eldest grandson Yuan Tan. If he hadn't come to Luoyang Help me, my Yuan family has been massacred by the national traitor Dong Zhuoman."
Cai Yong sighed, and said: "Looking at the general's behavior, he is a loyal person. We need to draw a clear line with the country's thieves as soon as possible, and walk on the right path."
For Zhang Liao, the amount of information came very quickly. Fortunately, he is a talented general with both wisdom and courage.
But he was turbulent, and the camp was also turbulent, and his loyalty dropped to 45.
This was beneficial to Yuan Tan, so regardless of the possible danger, he rode his horse to Zhang Liao's side.
"General Zhang, look, that is Luoyang, which is raging with fire. Even the heavy rain just now cannot extinguish the fire in the whole city."
Following his words, Zhang Liao looked at the city in the distance with thick smoke billowing with Mars.
The largest city in the world has obviously been destroyed.
Zhang Liao's camp became more turbulent, and his loyalty dropped to 30. Judging by his expression, his heart was completely cold.
But Yuan Tan's heart was burning hot, and he pointed to the distance, "General Zhang, have you seen those looming figures? Those are the displaced people."
"The situation of the people who escaped is better. Those people who were escorted by Dong Zhuo to Chang'an are suffering unspeakably at the moment. Just ten miles out of the city, more than 10,000 people have died..."
"Dong Zhuo acquiesces in the violent soldiers killing the common people, so what kind of women..."
Yuan Tanji tried his best to speak ill of Dong Zhuo, but he couldn't say that he was speaking ill, after all, it was a fact.
He said so many bad things that it is unimaginable, and looking at it with the 'wisdom eye', Zhang Liao's camp is gone.
Hey~, my heart is beaming with joy.
Obviously, Zhang Liao's heart was frozen, and he had already made a decision regarding the previous thinking. But his eyes became more and more confused, like a fallen leaf, but it has no roots to return to.
He closed his eyes deeply, and when he opened them again, he steered his horse aside.
And signaled the people to get out of the way.
The intention speaks for itself.
Elder Yuan Feng breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and returned to the carriage. Given their status, to be honest, they didn't think much of Zhang Liao, a little captain.
Wang Zhao and the others are waiting for orders.
But will Yuan Tan leave?
Now subduing Zhang Liao is the most important thing.
Why didn't Zhang Liao take the initiative to surrender?
Maybe it's mentally messy because of just losing camp.
But there are other reasons too.
Yuan Tan looked towards his own dream and the distance.
If you want to stand out in this troubled world and become a king admired and followed by all, you have to do great things that shake the world and weep ghosts and gods.
In this way, the heroes of the world will know that he is worth following, and will take the initiative to serve him.
Looking at Zhang Liao and his thousand followers, Yuan Tan had a bold idea in his heart.