Chapter 256 Lu Zhi's Visit
"Why do you have to deceive yourself? Although the Yellow Turban Army began to resist under the oppression of the imperial court, what they did was not as good as beasts. The land they passed by was like locusts, burning, killing and looting, which is better than that of other races. Do you think such an uprising can be supported by the people?" Li Zhongzheng He said to Yang Feng.
When Yang Feng heard this, his eyes suddenly dimmed. He didn't know that he had told Zhang Jiao hundreds of times about this matter of digging his own grave, but Zhang Jiao didn't accept it. What can he do? He was just a scholar with his mouth.
Unexpectedly, he really lost the support of the people as he imagined. Such an uprising or rebellion was doomed to perish.
As the saying goes, the people are the most precious, the society is the second, and the king is the light.
The king is the boat; the common man is the water. The water carries the boat, and the water overturns the boat. If you think of danger with this, you will be in danger?
The people are the backbone of the country. Without the support of the people, it is a delusion to support the huge ancient country.
He agreed with Li Zhong's words, but the feeling in his heart could not be expressed in words. Therefore, the whole account basically had no sound except for Dian Wei's gasp.
"Well, sir, let's go down and have a rest first. What do you think?" Li Zhong said to Yang Feng.
Yang Feng nodded. He is in a mess now. It is indeed what he needs to find a place to calm down. He arched his hand to Li Zhong and followed Dian Wei to make a big deal.
Li Zhong lay on the couch and rested.
"Adult"
A Han army scout came to Lu Zhi and shouted.
"What's the matter," Lu Zhi asked.
Now the battlefield has been cleaned, and the remaining Han troops have gathered in place to wait for news from the scouts. They can also take this opportunity to give the army a rest.
"Your Excellency, the battlefield in the north has ended, and 100,000 troops of yellow scarf thieves have been annihilated by the former general army of Youzhou. The specific situation is still unknown," the scout said to Lu Zhi.
"What", Lu Zhi stood up and looked at the scout, which shocked him as if he heard Zhang Rang's death. The 50,000 old, weak and sick yellow scarf army took him a lot of effort to annihilate them. How could Li Zhong destroy 100,000 troops in less than half a day? How could this not shock him? That's the elite soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army. In terms of combat quality alone, it is no less than the main force of the Han army in his hand, but the weapons and armor are slightly worse, that is, 100,000 pigs can't be caught in half a day.
At this moment, Lu Zhi set off a huge wave in his heart, and he was secretly glad that there was a trace of sadness.
Where's Zhang Jiao? Can the Youzhou army catch Zhang Jiao?" Lu Zhi quickly asked.
The scout shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, this subordinate is not clear yet."
Lu Zhi nodded and meditated for a moment and said to Zong Yuan beside him, "I'll take my guards to the Youzhou military camp. You sit here." After saying that, he didn't give Zong Yuan a chance to refuse, so he took more than 100 guards to gallop north on war horses.
"The army was ordered to return to Guangping," Zong Yuan said to the messenger soldiers after seeing Lu Zhi leave.
"Yes, General."
Nearly 30,000 troops went to Guangping with more than 20,000 yellow scarf soldiers under the leadership of Zongyuan.
The sky is like a piece of drawing paper, letting the magical brush of sunset sprinkle on it at will. The sunset slowly disappeared from the horizon, and the surrounding light was slowly replaced by darkness. The sun shining on the earth seemed to be tired, the sky and the earth gradually disappeared from any noise, and everything gradually returned to tranquility.
And Li Zhong, who had rested for two hours, was also woken up by Xu Chu.
"Lord, there is an old man named Lu Zhi outside who wants to see the lord," Xu Chuweng said to Li Zhong angrily.
Li Zhong was a little surprised. According to reason, he should also visit Lu Zhi's camp. You should know that Lu Zhi is really a highly respected person in this era, and he is also a famous general respected by Li Zhong.
Under the service of Xu Chu, Li Zhong put on his coat and walked out with Xu Chu.
At this moment, Lu Zhi is drinking tea in a big tent next to Li Zhong's tent. It has been half an hour since he arrived here, but Xu Chu did not let Lu Zhi see Li Zhong. You know that Li Zhong is sleeping now. Finally, Guo Jia went to ask Xu Chu to wake up Li Zhong, otherwise Xu Chu would probably let Lu Zhi wait until midnight.
The breeze is blowing. It's May now. From spring to summer, the weather is gradually getting warmer.
"Later Li Zhong has met the adult." Li Zhong came to the big tent and saw an old man sitting in the big tent drinking tea. Guo Jia was chatting with the old man and chatting quite well.
At first sight, Lu Zhi also stood up, because he saw Xu Chu standing behind Li Zhong, and Xu Chu was Li Zhong's personal guard, so Li Zhong's identity was ready to come out.
"Former General", Lu Zhi held his fist.
"Your excellency, please sit down," Li Zhong said respectfully to Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi nodded.
"Lord", Guo Jia beside him also saluted Li Zhong. Li Zhong smiled at him and then came to the main seat and sat down.
"I don't know what's important for adults to come to our army?" Li Zhong asked.
Lu Zhi was looking at Li Zhong. He had such achievements at a young age. He was really unusual, modest, polite, approachable, and his eyes were very divine. Lu Zhi also secretly praised Li Zhong's extraordinary.
Lu Zhi's current official position is a general, and Li Zhong is a former general, several levels larger than Lu Zhi, but he does not put on airs at all. For such an old man, regardless of his official position, his morality and knowledge also deserve Li Zhong's respect.
Lu Zhi smiled and said, "I'm disturbing the general's rest."
"Your Excellency is polite. If you have something to do, as long as you can do it, you will never refuse," Li Zhong said with a smile and bowed slightly.
Lu Zhi couldn't help nodding when he saw this.
"I came to congratulate the general on his complete victory and his immortal achievements for my man. I believe that your majesty will reward the general, so I would like to congratulate him," Lu Zhi said to Li Zhong.
Li Zhong shook his head secretly. He never believed that Lu Zhi was here to congratulate him. The so-called heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of preventing others is indispensable. There is always no harm in being careful.
"Thank you, my lord. This is what the soldiers fought with flesh and blood, and it has little to do with Zhong," Li Zhong said.
Guo Jia, who was beside him, smiled when he saw Li Zhong's answer and said nothing more, while Xu Chu behind Li Zhong looked at Li Zhong with admiration and gratitude. He knew that the military achievements were the basis for their promotion, and now Li Zhong has pushed all the credit to them. This made Xu Chu admire Li Zhong's mind very much.
Lu Zhi was also slightly stunned. You know, it's not a joke to annihilate 100,000 elite rebels. With this achievement, maybe Li Zhong will have a greater promotion, which makes him a little envious. The so-called soldiers who don't want to be a general are not good soldiers. Although Lu Zhi has much interest in official positions, such as If he can be sealed, he will definitely not refuse.
"The general really loves the army like a son," Lu Zhi said, without hesitation.
Li Zhong smiled and didn't say anything. He just looked at Lu Zhi. He knew that he would say what he wanted.
"I don't know if the general captured Zhang Jiao?" Lu Zhi asked.
Li Zhong turned his head and looked at Guo Jia. He went to rest early, so he didn't know.
"My lord, there is no news of Zhang Jiao yet. Zhang Jiao has escaped before, but General Deng Zhan of our army has led his troops to chase Zhang Jiao. I believe there will be good news soon."
Lu Zhi nodded, with a trace of disappointment in his eyes. If Zhang Jiao is captured or killed, the remaining yellow scarf army will definitely be vulnerable. Sooner or later, it will collapse. At that time, it will be defeated one by one, and I believe that the rebellion will soon be able to quell.
"General, I..." Lu Zhi just opened his mouth, and suddenly an iron guard soldier entered the tent.
"Lord, General Deng Zhan is back," the iron guard soldier said to Li Zhong.
"Oh, call General Deng Zhan in quickly." It's really Cao Cao.
"Yes, Lord," the iron guard answered and retreated.
After a while, a dusty general walked into the tent.
"The last general has met the lord"