160. Chapter 160
Tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops, under Chen Xu's orders, roared and killed the officers and soldiers.
When the officers and men saw that their main generals were defeated and retreated, they already had the intention of retreating. Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army has not yet been killed, and the officers and soldiers have begun to rout.
In the face of Zhao Yun and Dian Wei's joint attack, Lu Bu no longer had the same vigor as before. He didn't care about gathering his soldiers, so he could only flee desperately on his horse.
The Yellow Turban Army pursued and killed more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and Lu Bu only led a few hundred soldiers to escape miserably.
After the battle, Cheng Yu came to Chen Xu, shook his head and said: "But I don't want to have such a tiger general in the state, but unfortunately I couldn't catch him and let him stay under the main account to serve." β
Chen Xu smiled and said, "Since ancient times, ministers choose kings, and kings also choose ministers. Although Lu Bu was brave, he did not have the qualities to match his talents. What is the use of such a character? β
When everyone heard what Chen Xu said, they were all shocked.
At this time, Lu Bu was not yet famous, and he did not have any notoriety. Everyone couldn't understand why their own lord seemed to be a little prejudiced against this person.
Due to the influence of history, Chen Xu did not have a good impression of Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was promoted by Ding Yuan to the end of the micro, and Ding Yuan treated him very well. Later, for the sake of a BMW and a high-ranking official, Lu Bu actually killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo.
If he just abandoned Ding Yuan and went to Dong Zhuo alone, although everyone would say that he was unreasonable, they would not dislike him.
After all, people go to high places, and water flows to low places. At that time, following Dong Zhuo was far more promising than following Ding Yuan.
But a thousand should not, never be, Lu Bu should not kill Ding Yuan, who has always treated him well.
Not only that, after he defected to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo treated him very well, and even became a father and son with him to entrap Lu Bu.
But Lu Bu had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maidservant in the front, and killed his father-in-law in the back. How is it different from an animal to act in this way?
The so-called Wang Yun used the beauty trick to separate Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu with Diao Chan, which is not mentioned at all in the official history. Even Diao Chan is a fictional character.
Just for his own selfish desires, he repeatedly killed the officials who treated him very well, and the difference in Lu Bu's morality can be seen.
Although Chen Xu likes to gather the world's famous generals, he only admires those who are talented and have noble morals.
For Lu Bu, although Chen Xu admires his bravery, he also knows that this person is by no means a person who has lived below others for a long time.
If you want to be able to subdue him, if you don't get it right, you will be burned.
Ignoring the stunned crowd, Chen Xu led everyone and began to rush to the cottage.
However, it was said that Lu Bu took hundreds of officers and soldiers to throw away their armor and desperately flee to Jinyang, and suddenly heard the people in front of him shouting horses and neighing, and the flag covered the sun, and everyone was shocked.
Some officers and soldiers shouted loudly: "Could it be that there is an ambush of the Yellow Turban Army here?" β
Lu Bu's golden crown of hair had long been knocked off by Dian Wei, although he was disheveled and his armor was tattered, his body was also full of heroism.
He was calm, and suddenly saw the word 'Ding' written on the flag in the distance, and his heart was a little complicated.
However, he said that in Jinyang City, after Lu Bu led the troops away, Ding Yuan always felt a little uneasy, and then urged the soldiers of the nearby counties to quickly come to gather.
He led nearly 10,000 horses, looking at the embarrassed Lu Bu, with mixed feelings in his heart.
After learning the details of the battle, Ding Yuan was also shocked in his heart.
How can he not know Lu Bu's bravery? He didn't expect that there were two fierce generals in the Yellow Turban Army, who could win or lose with Lu Bu.
"The thief is powerful!"
Ding Yuan sighed, did not blame Lu Bu, nor did he mention the matter of the military order. He just comforted Lu Budao: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and when you lead troops in the future, you should take this as a warning." β
After that, he sent scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the Yellow Turbans. After Chen Xu and the others all entered the mountain, he led his troops to Yanmen County slowly.
In the second year of Zhongping, the Xiqiang War continued.
Chu Yan and Zhang Niujiao, who entered Taishan County, recruited the displaced people, and the momentum became more and more powerful. When the two led their troops to attack Fenggao, the capital of Taishan County, Zhang Niujiao was killed by an arrow.
Before Zhang Niujiao died, Chu Yan recognized Zhang Niujiao as his father-in-law and changed his name to Zhang Yan. After Zhang Niujiao died, Zhang Yan naturally became the leader of the entire Taishan thieves.
Zhang Yanxiao gathered hundreds of thousands of people, broke through the notice, and killed the Taishou of Taishan County to avenge Zhang Niujiao. For a while, the entire Han was shaken.
The imperial court put too much energy on the Xiqiang War, and had no spare strength to quell the Taishan Rebellion.
In the end, someone suggested to Emperor Han Ling that the Taishan thief be recruited, and Emperor Han Ling allowed it.
After the angel arrived at the Dazhai of Mount Tai, he read out the will of the imperial court and worshiped Zhang Yan as the general of the peace.
Although Zhang Yan nominally surrendered to the Han family, he was afraid of being settled by the imperial court, so he was unwilling to disband the Taishan army, and still entrenched in the area of Taishan.
The Han family had no choice but to appoint Zhang Yan to lead the affairs of the valleys of Yanzhou, responsible for the recruitment of bandits and rogues in other mountains.
This child's playful Zhao'an once again caused an uproar in the entire empire.
After that, the imperial court continued to send angels to recruit bandits and rogues in various mountains. For a time, all the thieves of the entire Han Dynasty turned into officials of the imperial court.
When Chen Xu learned the news, he was shocked. He did not expect that the inertia of history would be so great.
In his opinion, after the Yellow Turban Army occupies Mount Tai, Chu Yan, the commander of the Montenegrin Army in history, will no longer attack Liao Tao, Zhang Niujiao will not die in battle, and Chu Yan will not change his name to Zhang Yan.
But the history is so similar, even in this time and space, Chu Yan still changed her name to Zhang Yan and still accepted the court's recruitment.
"Is history really that hard to change?"
Chen Xu thought silently, and there was actually a trace of panic in his heart. If history cannot be changed, what is the point of everything he has worked for?
"No, at least I killed Huangfu Song and brought Cheng Yu, Tian Feng, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei under the account. The history of this era has been changed by me! β
Chen Xu clenched his fists and shouted in his heart.
This turmoil in Zhao'an did not sweep to Xufu Mountain. The difference between the Yellow Turban Army and other thieves was also reflected at this time.
The Yellow Turban Army started under the banner of overthrowing the Han Dynasty, and those bandits and rogues who were recruited were ordinary people who robbed their homes.
Even if the bandits and rogues committed the greatest evil deeds, the court can pardon them. Only those who raise a rebellion like the Yellow Turban Army, the current imperial court will not take the initiative to recruit peace.
Not only Chen Xu, but even some other Yellow Turban troops who were defeated by officers and soldiers and wandered around the country did not get the court's recruitment.
No matter how turbulent the outside world is, the Yellow Turban Army is still very peaceful and stable in the village.
However, in the outside world, corrupt officials are still rampant, natural and man-made disasters are continuous, and the people are struggling to make a living.
It has been three years since Zhongping, and in the past year, Chen Xu has been recruiting displaced people and expanding the cottage.
Not only that, many people who couldn't survive in the county near Xufu Mountain also dragged their families to join the Yellow Turban Army.
Especially in Yanmen County, the cities that were once attacked by the Yellow Turban Army had a large number of people coming to defect.
Until now, the Yellow Turban Army's Dazhai has expanded to ten, and the number of people under its rule has exceeded 300,000.
Wutai Mountain in Yanmen County, Niuyin Mountain in Changshan Country, and Hengshan Mountain in the north have all been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.
If each of the ten villages sends a commander, it also needs ten people. At this time, Chen Xu felt that there was a shortage of talents under him.
Chen Jing, Chen Qing, Wang Yan, Li Guo, Yang Feng, Bai Rao, Liu Pi, and Gong Du have all been sent out by Chen Xu to take charge of Yizhai affairs.
Since life has settled down, Chen Jing and Chen Qing have also married. The people of Chenjia Village, who were secretly arranged by Chen Jing to go to Wuyang and hide in the Chen family in East Wuyang, were also taken over.
Not only these generals of the Yellow Turban Army, but also many Yellow Turban soldiers who have not yet married, Chen Xu also arranged for them to get married as soon as possible.
The soldiers are even more grateful to Dade for such a subtle care for their father-in-law. Many of them came from poor backgrounds, and it was still a question whether they could marry a daughter-in-law.
But now in the Dazhai of the Yellow Turban Army, as long as it is a Yellow Turban soldier who has made meritorious contributions, Chen Xu will do his best to let them start a family.
There is no need for family planning now, as in later generations. Chen Xu, who is familiar with history, knows very well what kind of decline the population of China will fall to after nearly a hundred years of war.
Maybe if the current Yellow Turban soldiers create one more child, they will retain a little more vitality for this nation.
Unfolding the letter in his hand and looking at the greetings given to him by Chen Gong, a trace of joy flashed in Chen Xu's heart.
Chen Gong is his clan uncle, if Chen Xuri really achieves something, it will be easy to recruit him.
In history, Chen Gong led Lu Bu into Yanzhou because of Cao Cao's killing of Bian Rang. After that, he wholeheartedly assisted Lu Bu, but he was not allowed to reuse it, and ended up dying in Baimenlou.
Later, someone commented on Chen Gong: "The wisdom of Chen Gong is also enough to rival Cao, but the cloth cannot be used, and it has not reached the magic of the gods." β
is such a top strategist, but he is not the master, and he is full of talent and has nothing to show.
In this life, since Chen Xu is Chen Gong's distant nephew, he is absolutely unwilling to look at Chen Gong and live like in history. Therefore, Chen Xu has always kept correspondence with Chen Gong.
"It's a pity that my uncle never gave me any advice to the Yellow Turban Army, and every time I corresponded, he just talked to me about some trivial matters."
"But fortunately, he is still willing to reply to the letter, but unlike Qiao Gong, who has refused to reply to a letter until now."
Thinking of this, Chen Xu felt a trace of gloom in his heart.
In the past year, he has written several letters to Qiao Mao and Qiao Yu. But these letters have always been like a stone in the sea, and there is no response.
If it weren't for Qiao Yu's take-in, if it weren't for Qiao Xuan's careful teaching, there would be no Chen Xu today. For the kindness of the Qiao family, Chen Xu has never forgotten.
But after all, he now has the identity of a thief, and it is reasonable that Qiao Mao's father and son did not reply to him.
Until now, Chen Xu still can't forget Qiao Yu's generosity, and he can't forget that in the face of the bandits, since this handsome young man dared to pick up a bow and arrow, he shot several people one after another.
"In the past, we had a heart-to-heart relationship, but now we are strangers."
Putting away Chen Gong's letter, Chen Xu sighed secretly in his heart.