Chapter 73

Chapter 73: The imperial court withdraws the commander in chief

"The teacher said in the letter that Guangzong City has been besieged for a long time, and the 70,000 yellow scarf thieves in the city will soon run out of food. I invite you and me to work together to destroy the thieves."

In the Sheriff's Mansion, Liu Bei handed the letter to Liu Ye. Liu Ye took it over, glanced at it, and put it gently on the case.

"Alright, I have been resting in Pingyuan Country for a long time, and I have nothing to do all day long. I have long heard that General Lu Lang is a master of Confucian classics, and I can't wait to meet him as soon as possible."

While Liu Ye was speaking, Guan Hai stepped in from outside the residence.

"This statement is very true. The Marquis and Liu Sima quickly order to send troops. My bones will loosen in the past few days."

Guan Hai, with a square scarf wrapped around his head and armor on his body, stood at the foot of the steps, standing proudly.

Liu Ye stepped forward and patted Guan Hai on the shoulder: "Zi Fu, how is your injury?"

Guan Hai chuckled: "Don't worry, the Marquis, one counts as ten, and it's no problem to kill the general and capture the flag."

Liu Bei and Liu Ye put the seriously wounded soldiers in the city to recuperate, and left gold, silver and food for the people who took care of them, so that they could come back to find the army after they recovered. Xiaoxing stayed overnight along the way, and soon left the boundary of Qingzhou and entered Jizhou.

After receiving Liu Bei's reply, Lu Zhi's confidence increased greatly. He still built a fortress high and prepared his army for war. As long as the second Liu came, he would immediately encircle Guangzong City.

However, on this day, in the commander-in-chief's camp, which has always been ordered like a mountain, there was a commotion and chaos, as if a yellow scarf bandit had rushed in to make trouble.

Zheng Tong's expression was burning, and he yelled loudly.

"General Lu Lang is mature and prudent. He led us to win consecutive battles and beat Zhang Liang to retreat to Guangzong City with 70,000 people. If he leaves, why should we fight?"

"That's right! Zuo Feng is a traitor, he must have slandered the emperor, that's why Lu Lang will resign, and the ten permanent servants are really a disaster, hmph!"

"General Lu Lang, you can't leave. The hearts of the three armies are tied to General Lang alone. Once General Lang leaves, the situation will be over!"

All the generals under his command were veteran generals who had accompanied Lu Zhi in the Northern Army for a long time, so they all yelled and shouted, making the camp like a mess.

However, Lu Zhi, who was dressed all over, remained silent, with his hands on the hilt of his sword, and his brows were heavy.

"alright."

Lu Zhi raised his hand lightly, as if with a weight of a thousand pounds, all the generals in the camp became silent for a moment, dozens of eyes all swished at Lu Zhi, and the judgment was cut off.

Lu Zhi sighed softly, supported the iron helmet with both hands, and slowly took it off, revealing his gray hair.

"Hey, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. What's more, it is just resignation and dismissal. I hope that the princes will obey the new commander's order and fix Hebei as soon as possible even after a certain person leaves. I am very relieved."

After finishing speaking, Lu Zhi untied his cloak, put the sword at his waist on the case, and walked out slowly.

There were already chariots and horses sent by the imperial court waiting outside. When Lu Zhi came out, a group of dozens of people nodded and saluted Lu Zhi, and then escorted Lu Zhi into the car.

The wheels rolled away and disappeared for a moment. Zheng Tong couldn't stand it anymore, and he punched hard on the table. The blue veins on his forehead protruded, his blood rushed up, and his face turned crimson purple. .

"The imperial court is confused, and the emperor is deceived! There is no reason to change generals in front of the battle? With the morale of the army shaken, how can the officers and soldiers fight against 70,000 yellow scarf thieves? Everything is over, everything is over!"

Although the rest of the generals were not as indignant as Zheng Tong, they were equally upset, and the morale of the Han army was shaken for a while. Unfortunately, Zhang Liang didn't know that if he took advantage of this opportunity to attack aggressively, the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers might be defeated in one battle.

And the second Liu came out of Pingyuan City, all the way west, and took the lead in crossing the border of Pingyuan Country and entering Qinghe County, and set foot in Jizhou. More than 1,300 people passed through Xiajin, Qinghe City, and arrived at Qinghe.

Qinghe, a river from north to south, just flows through the junction of Qinghe County, Anping Country, Julu County and Wei County. On both sides of the Qinghe River.

Liu Ye reined in his horse and stood still, looking at the bridge, his mind was full of thoughts and thoughts.

boundary bridge.

More than ten years later, a famous war will break out here. Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and three princes, and Gongsun Zan, the general of the white horse, will fight here for the hegemony of Hebei. hand.

But at this time, the Jieqiao was far from being as famous as it was later, it was just a bridge on both sides of the Qinghe River.

"Haha, what is Yuqing thinking? After crossing Jieqiao, it only takes a few tens of miles to reach Guangzong City."

Zhang Fei rode a horse and stood side by side with Liu Ye, waking Liu Ye up from the ups and downs of his thoughts.

Liu Ye smiled: "It's nothing, third brother, let's go."

Zhang Fei's temperament is like a fire, and he is unwilling to walk slowly behind the infantry, so he often leaves the infantry to Liu Bei and Guan Yu, while he follows Liu Ye, leading the cavalry as the vanguard.

Three hundred cavalrymen stepped across the boundary bridge all the way, and the smoke and dust suddenly rose. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Yu Jin led the infantry to follow behind. It didn't take long for more than a thousand people to cross the boundary bridge and head towards Guangzong.

Seeing that it was only ten miles away, the outline of a city loomed in front of it, but this was not Guangzong City, but Wei County, and it could reach Guangzong City directly to the north. Liu Bei couldn't help but smile: I don't know what the teacher looks like.

At this time, a sentry sent the horse flying over, rushed to Liu Ye, got off the horse and knelt down.

"Marquis Jun, there is a group of dozens of people escorting the prison cart ahead, it seems to be the imperial army."

Zhang Fei and Liu Ye looked at each other.

Forbidden Army? The forbidden army has always been only in Luoyang City, and they go out to convey the order of the emperor. Now that the forbidden army is escorting the prison cart, who are they going to escort back to Luoyang City?

Guangzong City is close at hand, and the imperial army escorts the prison cart.

A subtle message seemed to appear in front of his eyes, Liu Ye and Zhang Fei didn't say much, and immediately galloped out, followed by three hundred cavalry, and Liu Bei saw Liu Ye and Zhang Fei's impatience, so he led the cavalry away , Immediately urged more than a thousand infantry to speed up the march, and followed closely behind the three hundred cavalry pawns.

Liu Ye and Zhang Fei galloped for a while, only to see dozens of imperial guards escorting a prison wagon. Although the man in the wagon was wearing plain clothes and had gray hair, his complexion was as usual, as if he was not in the prison wagon, but walking on flat ground, contented.

Liu Ye and the two of them didn't recognize Lu Zhi either, but Zhang Fei had a straightforward personality, so he galloped out without thinking too much, pointing the spear in his hand at the general of the imperial army.

"Hi! Let me ask you, who is in this prison car?"

A knight of the imperial army was furious: "You black man, how dare you come to rob the imperial court?"

Zhang Fei ignored him, but shouted at the prison car: "The old man, you are the Minister of the court, what is Bei Zhonglang doing with Lu Zi?"

Lu Zhi sighed: "Strong man, so-and-so is Lu Zhi, but he is not a general of Beizhong."

Zhang Fei was furious, Lu Zhi was his elder brother's teacher, if he dared to tie Lu Zhi, wouldn't that be the same as kidnapping Zhang Fei's mentor?