The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The matter of prostitution has a long history, it is deeply ingrained in the people, and it can be found everywhere in the empire. So even though he hates it deeply, he can't control it now, and he can't control it either.

Back in the army, Xu Zhong and other commanders had set up a prototype of the camp. The first one to be built was naturally the central army. Xun Zhen did not go directly to the central army, but first went around the camp and checked it out. After looking at the progress and details of the camp construction, he instructed Xu Zhong and others, saying: "Although our unit will not stay in the local area for a long time, the camp area must be built carefully, and things should not be perfunctory. The trenches outside should be dug wider and deeper. The fence should be built higher and stronger, and the watchtower and other things should also be built." Xu Zhong respectfully answered the order. ——It is often the details that determine the success or failure of a march. There are few generals with superior ingenuity. Most of the leading generals and schools are actually talents of the middle class. When fighting for the front, in many cases, the competition is not about wisdom and bravery, but to see who made the mistake. So Xun Zhen was very attentive to the details. Not only did he pay attention to himself, but he taught the generals under his command to pay attention as well.

After inspecting the construction of the camp, Xun Zhen, Xun You, Xi Zhicai and others returned to the Chinese Army. Just sitting down in the tent, Xun You suddenly remembered something, got up and walked to the entrance of the tent, looking at the big river in the northwest with his hands behind him, and said, "On the other side of the river is Dongwuyang, right?"

Xun Zhen replied, "Not bad."

Xun You nodded, returned to the seat, sat down, and said with a smile, "There is a gentleman in Dongwuyang County, Zhenzhi, have you heard of it?"

Xun Zhen asked, "What did you say?"

Xun You smiled and said, "This person's surname is Chen Minggong, and his courtesy name is Gongtai. He is rarely connected with famous people in the world. He is famous in the prefectures and prefectures, and he is also famous in China." He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then smiled, "About Four or five years ago, he came to my county, and he also came to Gaoyang to pay respects to our family's parents, you at that time..., you didn't seem to be in the county at that time, but I happened to meet him and had a relationship with him."

"Chen Gong?" Whether it was a previous life or this life, Xun Zhen had heard of this person's name. He didn't talk about the previous life, but only talked about this life. He heard Xun Qu talk about it, saying that Chen Gong was a famous scholar in Dongjun, with an upright temperament and quite famous in Yanzhou.

Xi Zhicai said: "I have heard of this person's name, I heard that he was wise in his youth, and he did a lot of clever things when he was young. Because of the well-known county, he later traveled to Yingchuan, Nanyang, Luoyang and other places, and he was with famous people all over the world. When they intersected, they became known as Dongzhou County, and they were even heard in the sea."

As he spoke, he glanced outside the tent, the twilight was deep outside the tent, the soldiers were building the camp with boards, and the sound of labor could be heard endlessly. The gentleman passed by from a distance, and the fragrance of rice drifted into the tent, but it was the cook of the Central Army who had already cooked the meal. Dong'e is about ten miles away from the Yellow River. Although it is not close, it is not far. Sitting in the tent, the air is moist. Xi Zhicai retracted his gaze and said: "Dongwuyang is different from Dong'e, it was captured by the Yellow Turbans long ago, and any city that is attacked by the Yellow Turbans will be burned and looted. It’s more common to see a family that was poisoned, the head of Qian was murdered, and his clothes were torn, and I don’t know if this Chen Gong escaped this disaster?”

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "He must have escaped this disaster."

Dongjun belongs to Yanzhou and Yingchuan belongs to Yuzhou. Although the two counties are not far apart, they belong to two prefectures. Since entering Yanzhou, Xun Zhen obviously felt that the title "children of the Xun family" was not as easy to use as it was in Yingchuan and Runan. The Han people value their homeland and have a strong sense of locality, which is manifested in politics as "regarding the county as a country" and "regarding the county as a ruler". "Regional groups", marrying each other, supporting each other, and at the same time fighting for fame and winning, they often have trouble with other "regional groups", and they never tire of it. Not to mention the two different states of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, they are the two adjacent counties of Yingchuan and Runan. When faced with eunuchs, the celebrities of the two counties were united, but they were also "internally". Controversy" is plentiful. Many years later, Kong Rong had a dispute with Chen Qun on behalf of the scholars of Runan. Kong Rong also wrote a special essay "On the Pros and Cons of Ru Ying", praising the scholars of Runan and belittling the scholars of Yingchuan. Kong Rong also argued with Xun Yue, Xun Qi and other members of the Xun clan on topics such as corporal punishment, saints and filial piety. Kong Rongzhuan was embarrassed by the scholars of Yingchuan, and there was a reason for him to oppose Cao Yang. However, it can also be seen from this that there was indeed competition and a certain degree of exclusion among scholars in different regions. Therefore, it is not surprising that the names of Xun's children are not as easy to use in Yanzhou as in Yingchuan and Runan. For example, when Xun Zhen met Cheng Li today, he would have to replace Cheng Li with a scholar of Yingchuan, and he must be very enthusiastic towards Xun Zhen, and although Cheng Li was also very polite and respectful to Xun Zhen, he was just as polite as Xun Zhen. It always feels a little alienated. Because of this, although he heard Xun You mention Chen Gong's name at this time, and knew that Chen Gong was a resourceful person, he didn't have many ripples in his heart. When he remembered that Cheng Li was Cheng Yu, he also had a bit of solicitation. heart, but at this time, there is no such thought at all.

The soldiers outside the tent came in and said, "Dong'ering sent people to bring some wine and meat, saying that they belonged to Lao Jun."

Although Cheng Li couldn't be recruited, and he didn't have the heart to recruit Chen Gong, but when he arrived at the expensive land, he had to be courteous, so as not to be misunderstood and arrogant, so Xun Zhen immediately stood up and said to Xun You and Xi Zhicai: "I'll go out to greet you." The person who brought the wine and meat out of the tent was the chief clerk of Dong'e County. Xun Zhen asked him to help Dong'ering and Cheng Lidai to express his gratitude and accepted the wine and meat.

They stayed outside Dong'e County for three days, during which Cheng Li came again and sat down with Xun Zhen, Xun You, and Xi Zhicai for a while.

Xun Zhen asked Dongwuyang and other counties on the other side of the Yellow River, and Cheng Li said: "The main force of the Yellow Turban thieves in my county is all in Puyang and Baima. Within the eight counties, the number of thieves in each county is as large as a thousand, and the few are only three or four hundred. Wood, there is no need for General Huangfu to send troops, Sima alone is enough to recover all these counties."

When all the people under Xun Zhen heard this, they all showed joy.

There are eight counties on the other side of the Yellow River. If these eight counties can be recovered, it will be a military exploit. There are fifteen cities in Dongjun, and eight counties are equivalent to half a county. If this military merit is placed on one person, even if he has no background in the court, it can be enough to replace him with a black ribbon and copper seal belt. On the heads of the people, plus the military achievements of the people in the past, after the war, it is enough to be awarded officials and titles.

Unfortunately, reality is not always as good as imagined.

Three days later, seeing the return of Xin Ai's group, who had sent the captives and Bu Ji's head to Baima, brought back a general order from Huangfu Song, which made Liu Deng, Dian Wei, Jiang Qin, and Jiang Hu greatly dissatisfied. Huangfu Song ordered Xunzhen to return the 5,000-paced cavalry that he had lent him before, and ordered Xunzhen to be placed under the command of a captain of the Fifth Academy of the Northern Army. After the captain arrived, he would cross the Yellow River westward and attack Dongwu Yang and Yangping took Fagan, and at the same time, Huangfu Song also dispatched two other generals to cross the river separately to capture the remaining counties.

Liu Deng took the lead and led Jiang Qin, Jiang Hu, Gao Jia, Gao Bing, Da Xiao Su and others to the tent to find Xun Zhen, and the first sentence said: "Xun Jun, General Huangfu is clearly trying to rob Xun Zhen! Bu Ji was defeated by us, why let the captain of the Northern Army and those two what to cross the river to take credit? Didn't Cheng Li say it? There are no thieves in the other counties! Enough to recover them all! General Huangfu is unfair!"

Jiang Qin knelt down behind Liu Deng, glanced at Xun Zhen's expression, and seeing that Xun Zhen was calm, he secretly smashed Gao Jia who was kneeling beside him. Gao Jia raised his head and shouted: "Old Liu is right! Xun Jun, General Huangfu is obviously partial! Since I have been in Yingchuan from General Huangfu, in all the fierce battles, which one was not the vanguard? The formation of Bocai! Xihua attacked Peng Tuo and Liu Pi, and it was Liu Pi's camp that we entered first! Dongjun attacked Buji, it was Weixiang that we attacked first, and it was our **** battle on the white horse. After trapping nearly 10,000 thieves, General Huangfu can easily recover Puyang. When Puyang is attacked, it is Xunjun, you take the initiative to invite Ying, chase Buji non-stop, travel more than 100 miles day and night, fight Cangting, and kill Bu in one fell swoop. Myself! While I was waiting to die, what were the captains of the Northern Army and the two generals doing? Why didn't General Huangfu send them to fight? After finally capturing and killing Bu Ji, General Huangfu sent those generals to attack? Isn’t this obviously trying to steal our merit! I’m not convinced!”

Jiang Hu and Gao Bing shouted, "I'm not convinced either!"

Brothers Su Ze and Su Zheng were relatively stable, they didn't follow Jiang Hu and the Gao brothers to shout, but they were all unconvinced.

Xun Zhen looked at them one by one, but no one paid any attention to them. Instead, he named Jiang Qin and said, "Uncle Qin, are you not convinced?" Xun Zhen knew all of these old friends under her command very well, and was very familiar with their temperaments. Liu Deng is straight and can’t hide his words. Brothers Gao Jia and Gao Bing and Jiang Hu are short-tempered. Although Su Ze and Su Zheng are more stable in nature, their prestige is not outstanding among Xixiang and Yingyin. There were only two people who were entangled with so many Xun Zhen's old friends and old ministries, Xu Zhong and Jiang Qin. Xu Zhong definitely wouldn't do this, so Jiang Qin could only do it. So, Xun Zhen didn't ask anyone, just asked Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin bowed his head to the ground and said, "Xun-Jun, it's not that I don't accept it, I just can't bear to see the credit for my brother's desperate efforts to be taken away by others."

"Then according to you, what should I do?"

Jiang Qin quietly raised his head and glanced at Xun Zhen. Seeing his face sinking like water, he couldn't tell his anger or anger, so he took courage and said, "In my humble opinion, it's better to take advantage of the fact that the captain of the Northern Army is still there. When we arrive, let's cross the river first and lay down Dongwuyang and Yangping counties first.

Xun Zhen turned to look at Xun You and Xi Zhicai, and said with a smile, "Gongda, Zhicai, you say, how much hatred would it take to kill me?"

Jiang Qin and the others were at a loss, but they also heard that Xun Zhen's words were not good words. Jiang Qin asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Xun Zhen suddenly got up, turned pale, and said, "Military law: Those who do not obey the order will be executed. General Huangfu has already issued the order, but you wait for me to disobey the order, Jiang Boqin, don't you want to put me to death?"

Jiang Qin was terrified and startled, and kowtowed endlessly, repeatedly shouting: "Xun-Jun, the villain definitely doesn't mean this, the villain definitely doesn't mean this!"

Liu Deng, Jiang Hu, Gao Jia, Gao Bing, Su Ze, Su Zheng and others also kowtowed in panic, expressing that they did not mean this.

"If you don't have this intention, why do you push me to violate the military order?"

"Little man wait..."

"I know that you are not resentful of losing your military exploits, but you must know that the greatest thing in military expeditions is not military exploits, but military orders. Today, when you wait for me to violate the general's order, you will not talk about the consequences, but only say that if I take the lead in violating General Huangfu's military order , what will happen to you in the future?"

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng and others were puzzled by what Xun Zhen meant.

Xi Zhicai explained on behalf of Xun Zhen, and scolded the case: "Today you are waiting for Sima to violate the military order of General Huangfu. If Sima follows it, then in the future, can your followers also force you to wait for disobeying the military order of Sima?"

The most taboo thing for a general to lead an army is that his followers do not obey orders. Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, etc. had also been leading the army for a while. After hearing Xi Zhicai's words and understanding what Xun Zhen meant, they became even more frightened than before. Don't dare to disobey Sima's military orders! If anyone in the group dares to harass the villains who violate Sima's military orders, the villains will be executed and their heads will be presented to Sima."

"Then according to your approach, should I also behead you and send your head to General Huangfu?"

Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, etc. had long since lost the dissatisfaction they had when they first entered the account, and they were all terrified. Xun Zhen has two characteristics in governing the army. Usually, he treats soldiers with kindness and loves soldiers like sons, but when he is strict, he is ruthless. Xun Zhen looked at them for a long time, and said, "Nian Er, wait for this is the first offense, so I will temporarily leave Er Wang's head and not take it. If there is a next time, I will definitely kill you!"

"Thank you Sima Kaien!"

"The death penalty is exempt, but the living crime cannot escape. Ziyuan and Shuye, according to the military law, how should they be dealt with?"

Li Bo and Xuan Kang are now in charge of military law, and they are also serving as Xun Zhen's clerk. Li Bo replied respectfully: "According to the law, you should be executed, but as Sima Shicai said, if you think about their first offense, the punishment of whipping can be changed."

"I'm about to cross the river to attack, this whipping sentence will be sent first, and you will personally monitor the execution after the war!"

Li Bono.

"Go down!"

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, and others knelt down on the ground, walked backwards out of the tent, stepped out of the tent, and looked at each other, sweat on their foreheads, but Xun Zhen was frightened into a cold sweat. I heard Xun Zhen say from the tent, "Ziyuan, send someone to invite Jun Qing, A Bao, Dian Wei, Shu Zhi, and He Yi. I will have dinner with them tonight." Among the people present, only Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, Dian Wei, Chen Dao, and He Yi did not come today. Obviously, Xun Zhen invited them to dinner in the evening as a compliment.

Liu Deng was deeply regretful, glared at Jiang Qin, and said, "I won't listen to you next time!" He got up from the ground and turned to leave.

Jiang Qin gave a wry smile and said in his heart, "Hey, I just want to take back the credit that belongs to us, but why did I forget what Xun Jun said in the Xixiang Bieyuan?" , Jiang Qin and other young heroes and disciples once said: "If you don't violate my law, then if you can build a career in the future, Paul and others will be rich; if you violate my law, don't blame me for being ruthless."

In the tent, listening to Liu Deng, Jiang Qin and others leaving one after another, Xun Zhen shook her head and said, "These arrogant soldiers will cause me trouble if they don't clean up for three days. Chang, now even the generals of General Huangfu dare to try to violate them!" Having said that, Xun Zhen is actually quite satisfied with this, and it is of course wrong to violate the generals' orders of Huangfu Song, and he must be severely reprimanded, but it can be seen from this. , Jiang Qin, Liu Deng and the others did not have much sense of belonging to the Han soldiers, in other words, they thought from the bottom of their hearts that they were Xun Zhen's private soldiers, otherwise, they would never come He encouraged Xun Zhen to disobey Huangfu Song.

As for Huangfu Song's move of sending people to "grab the merit", Xun Zhen was not dissatisfied with this. First, Huangfu Song supported him very much, and asked him to act as the Sima of the other divisions as a military Sima. He led an army to fight alone. This is the power of Sima of other divisions. Xun Zhen is a man of kindness. , the kindness of support and kindness to Huangfu Song~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He will remember it in his heart; secondly, he also understands Huangfu Song, Huangfu Song's generals gather, these generals have their own background, and it is time to give them some credit also give.

After waiting for two days, the captain of the Northern Army, who was sent by Huangfu Song to command Xun Zhen's department, arrived. He only brought five hundred Sanhe knights with him, and Xun Zhen handed over the five thousand cavalry that Huangfu Song had lent him to this captain, and respectfully brought the headquarters under his command.

This school know Xun Zhen has made great military achievements since the expedition, but he does not regard him as an ordinary military Sima, and he is quite relied upon and used as a lieutenant. The whole army left Dong'a, crossed the river and headed west, attacking Dongwuyang first. The captain also knew that Huangfu Song gave him this errand, but he actually gave him the credit, because Huangfu Song also sent two other groups of people, so in order to win the credit, he did not stop in Dongwuyang. Xun Zhen went with the army, and since then he has no time to visit Chen Gong. Dongwuyang and Yangping were very close, only a few miles away. The Yellow Turban soldiers in Yangping fled and hid in the fields. The captain did not have time to destroy the fleeing Yellow Turban soldiers. After staying behind, continue to move forward, thirty or forty miles to the northwest is Fagan County.

In Fagan, like Yangping, the Yellow Turban soldiers in the city fled after hearing the wind. When the Han soldiers arrived, there was no enemy in the city. In order to grab the merits, the school captain did not enter the city. He simply talked with the elders and scholars in the city who were welcoming the Han soldiers, and then he led his army around the city. The people in the county supported the old and the young, and the spectators were like a block, watching the mighty march of the Han soldiers, and many people knelt down and bowed to the roadside in awe.

An eleven or twelve-year-old boy in the crowd saw Xun Zhen wearing armor and a sword, stepping on the snow under his crotch, and being surrounded by a group of tigers and wolves. "That's what a hero should be!"