Chapter 457 Storm and State (End)

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Zhao Yunjiu was in Youzhou and knew how much profit he could make if these things were transported to the outside of the Saiwai. And the horses, furs, medicinal herbs, jade, etc., transported into the Central Plains, changed hands to double the profits, and countless people rushed to ask for them.

There are also prohibitions on what can be sold, what can not be sold, what can only be sold in a small amount, and what can be sold in large quantities. However, these smugglers only care about their own selfish interests and ignore the laws and regulations of the imperial court. But I don't know how much pressure and loss their behavior has brought to the soldiers guarding the border. It can be said that the smugglers grew up by stepping on the bloody corpses of the soldiers in the border states, and every cent of their profits carried the blood of the soldiers in the border states. Smugglers have natural sins. So Fan Yong's death is not a pity.

Jinyang is the county of Taiyuan County, and it is also a large city with a number of states, and the battle has not stopped for days, and Zhao Yun has garrisoned here to rest. At the same time, he sent a letter to Lu Bu and Zhang Yan to inform him of the battle situation, and invited Zhang Yan to meet in Jinyang.

Zhang Yan was at the foot of Taihang Mountain, and he had to report that Zhao Yun had broken through Jinyang City, and he was overjoyed. Said left and right: "I have heard that Zhao Zilong has a white horse and a silver gun, a mighty Youyan, such a good man, I have been in love for a long time, and now he has written to invite me, and I want to see him." So he left a mountain road in the town, but he led the elite all the way to Jinyang.

When he arrived at the boundary of Jinyang City, Zhao Yun heard that Zhang Yan had led the army to arrive, and he hurriedly led people to greet him. One is an up-and-coming brave general, and the other is a thief who runs through the Taihang. The two of them are fellow villagers in Changshan. The meeting was naturally a little more lively.

Zhao Yun has a loyal personality and treats people sincerely and warmly. Zhang Yan saw Zhao Yun like this, but she was relieved in her heart. He started a rebellion, and led his troops to be thieves for many years, for fear that the generals under Liu Bei would look down on his background. I saw Zhao Yun today, but I was completely relieved, and then I thought, the general can even be regarded as a confidant, let alone me?

The two armies converged and settled around Jinyang. Zhang Yan left all the old and weak women and children in the rear this time, and he was all elite, with 50,000 strong, Zhao Yun saw this army, and his eyes were tight, but Zhang Yan's department had not yet been reorganized and awarded the flag, but it was not good for him to open his mouth to ask Zhang Yan for someone. However, with the addition of this new force, Zhao Yun has completely ignored the small Shangdang County. Now what he thinks is, after the three armies are united, can they attack Sili and flank Yuan Shao with the lord?

After laying Jinyang, further south, it is a horse Pingchuan. After resting enough, Zhao Yun and Zhang Ping led their troops south, and followed Fenshui to Yuci, Daling, Qixian and other places, and fought until Jiexiu. Then under the Bingtun boundary mountain, waiting for Lu Bu to return.

Before long, Lu Bu arrived, joined Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan, and the troops gathered in Mian. At this time, Guo Yuan and Zhao were scattered, and Gao Ganyuan was in Jizhou. When the counties of Shangdang heard that the Qingzhou army was coming, they were terrified, and they all looked forward to the wind.

Yuan Shang's time to merge the state was still short, and he did not have prestige, so he couldn't control it for a while. Then he received his cronies and military officials to lead the soldiers and horses to guard the pot pass. He also sent people into Jizhou to report to Yuan Shao.

Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Zhang Yan surrounded Huguan to the death, and the rotation of men and horses attacked endlessly day and night, and Yuan Shang had no general around him to command, relying on the steepness of the city, he still couldn't resist after all. Twenty days later, the city had already been breached before the reinforcements had arrived. Yuan Shang was guarded by his cronies, abandoned the city and fled, and the soldiers and horses of Huguan saw that the main general disappeared, and the army was scattered, except for some who fled, the rest were all surrendered.

So far, the five counties of Yanmen, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe and Shangjun are all flat. The book was sent to Qingzhou, and the city was full of carnivals. It is above the court, and it is also jubilant. Yang Biao and others were listed in the same line with His Royal Highness, and congratulated the Son of Heaven together: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, and the state has been turbulent for many years, and after this battle, it will return to the imperial court." ”

The Son of Heaven is also smiling, and he is holding banquets and rewards.

Here Liu Bei received a report from Zhao Yun and others, but there was no mood swing, he sent a lineup like Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao, and Zhang Yan to assist, if he couldn't deal with a little Yuan Shang, it would really be a hell of a thing. The pacification of the state has long been expected by him. It's just that the report says that Lü Bu persuaded the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu to lead his troops to fight with him, which surprised him a little. He originally wanted to wait for the end of the war, so that he would free up his hands to completely sort out the annexation of the state and put the Hu people in order. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu was crooked, but he did it for him in advance.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei smiled. Heart, Lu Bu is not the Lu Bu in history who is now the miserable Lu Bu in history, and his ability to do things is still very strong. I thought of Lu Bu's merger state background again. So he expressed Lü Bu as the assassin of the state, ordered Zhang Liao to make the Xiongnu Zhonglang general, and sent a letter to the imperial court, saying that the five counties of the state were all decided, and he was ready to let Lü Bu and Zhang Liao stay in the state and prepare to recover the northern counties, and also asked the court to elect the five counties as soon as possible, so that after taking office, the place would be appeased, cultivation would be encouraged, and the logistics preparations for the army of Lü and Zhang would be prepared.

Liu Bei also gave countless treasures, silk, grain and other materials to the Southern Xiongnu, and told him to call the kitchen spring, his department guarded the meritorious service, and ordered him to send the children of meritorious nobles to Qingzhou to study in the academy. Hu Chuquan was overjoyed to believe that he had seen the world in the Central Plains with his brother Yu Fuluo. Compared with the flower world in the Central Plains, the bird life in the West River is really bitter. Even if he is Shan Yuzun, he is afraid that he is not as chic as the super-rich in the Central Plains. The wind in the state is cold and hard, the water in the state is bitter and astringent, and the women of the tribe are fierce and black...... Well, just in an instant, Hu Chuquan thought of a lot.

When Lu Bu and Zhang Liao learned of the appointment, they were overjoyed. Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as a night walk in brocade. They fought all their lives, and although Lu Bu had the name of Wen Hou, he was wandering everywhere. Zhang Liao is even more miserable, he hasn't had a good life since he followed Lu Bu. Now that the time is running, one has risen to the top of the assassin history, and the other has become a famous and powerful minister. While consolidating an important step for their future path, they are still officials in their hometown. Then what's not to be satisfied with.

Therefore, when they received a letter from Liu Bei, ordering the two to make preparations, reorganize their troops and horses, and prepare to recover the four northern counties at any time, the two did not hesitate to take the order. Lu Bu is even more anxious, he is a native of Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County, as the new assassin of Bingzhou, his hometown is occupied by thieves, and there is no way to go home to show off when he wants, so how can he do it?

Lu Bu, who was short-tempered, pulled Zhang Liao and said goodbye to Zhao Yun in a hurry. Only Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan were left in Shangdang, waiting for the arrival of the magistrates appointed by the imperial court while taking care of the aftermath of military affairs.

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