Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 562

The first half of Zhang Liao's life can actually be considered a homeless one.

When he was born, Tan Shihuai, a hero of the Xianbei tribe, was born, and the Hu people outside the Great Wall became extremely powerful under his rule. Yanmen County, where Zhang Liao was located, was often killed, looted and looted by the Hu people.

In the sixth year of Xiping, the army and civilians of Yanmen County and some Huns jointly counterattacked Tanshihuai, but they were defeated and returned.

It was also because of this battle that Zhang Liao's family suffered heavy casualties. The underage Zhang Liao had to struggle to survive the frequent frontier wars alone. Because of his bravery and skill in fighting, Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, was appointed as the magistrate of Yanmen County.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, Zhang Yi was defeated and killed while defending against the Hu people's attack. Zhang Liao was summoned by Ding Yuan, the successor of Bingzhou Governor, to serve as an officer. Rui was the crown of the generals, and was favored by He Jin, so he sent Zhang Liao to Hebei to recruit soldiers. As a result, Zhang Liao had just left the capital when He Jin was killed by the eunuch.

When Zhang Liao returned to the capital to return to He Jin, at this time the power in the court was controlled by Dong Zhuo again, and Zhang Liao joined Dong Zhuo together with He Jin's other subordinates.
Dong Zhuo died again.

From a metaphysical point of view, Zhang Liao's truth is a bit "restraining the master". After all, in the original history, Lu Bu, who he later took refuge in, did not end well.

It wasn't until he met Cao Cao that Zhang Liao finally escaped the life of changing masters because the black dwarf's life was too hard.

It is also because of his previous experience that Zhang Liao is accustomed to changing his family.

Compared with Lu Bu, whose army is in decline, today's Wangzheng is naturally more in line with the standard of a "Mingzhu". Whether it is for glory and wealth, or to realize his ambitions, Zhang Liao is actually not interested in Wangzheng's solicitation from the heart. Repulsion, or even wishing for everything.

After all, he thought he had done his best to Lv Bu, and he had been persuading Lv Bu tactfully. Since Lv Bu was unwilling to obey, Wang Zheng was destined to become his "lord".

The reason why he is still hesitating now is because Wang Zheng seems to want him to draw a clear line with Lu Bu first, which is the key to Zhang Liao's hesitation.

But is it still possible to refuse now?
Looking around, Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing wryly to himself.

In such a crowded occasion, Wang Zheng's courteous treatment to him will soon spread, and the Bingzhou generals behind him also have Lu Bu's direct descendants. Wang Zheng is so deliberate and unabashed in front of them. Cut off his retreat!
Among the generals under Lu Bu's command, Zhang Liao is indeed second to none in terms of ability, and Lu Bu can be considered to be quite valuable to him, but it is one thing to be useful, but another to be close.

In terms of trust alone, Zhang Liao knew that his family was not as good as Gao Shun, and since Song Xian and Wei Xu defected successively, Lu Bu became more and more suspicious. County, wouldn't these Bingzhou generals report this to Lu Bu secretly?

Then what would Lu Bu think of Zhang Liao after learning about this?

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao looked at Wang Zheng with complicated eyes, full of emotion in his heart.

It would be fine to say that this Wang Yukou is far superior to ordinary people in terms of military strategy and martial arts. After all, both Marquis Wen Lu Bu and Zhang Liao also showed an extraordinary side when they were young.

But it is really incomprehensible to have such a deep city and such an exquisite calculation at the age of weak crown. Compared with martial arts and military strategy, these are actually more terrifying to Zhang Liao!
It was precisely because of this thought, after careful consideration, Zhang Liao finally made a decision.

The result of refusal may not make Lu Bu feel relieved, but it will definitely turn against Wang Zheng. In this case, how can Zhang Liao care about the so-called fellow countrymen and the so-called sympathy?
"The state shepherd is kind, and the general dare not refuse."

Zhang Liao simply took the third glass of wine, changed his name directly, bowed slightly to Wang Zheng, and immediately drank it down again.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng was overjoyed. Since the banquet started, no matter whether he rewarded the heroes or subdued Zhang Liao, there was some intrigue in it.

"it is good!"

Wang Zheng walked over to the seat, grabbed Zhang Liao's hand, and said with a smile, "Although this general and the general are only meeting for the second time today, I can boldly assert: Wen Yuan, you are definitely not someone in the pool, and you will surely shock China in the future. go down in history!"

"Let's go, and I will go back to the chairman, let's drink our arms together again, it's not too pleasant!"

Of course he dared to say that Zhang Liao was the only one of the 72 generals selected in the Cao Wei camp in the future. In fact, Wang Zheng's recruitment today was a whim, not a deliberate one.

It's just that with his current power, he is full of confidence. Even if Zhang Liao refused today, Wang Zheng didn't mind. Originally, he just wanted to show his heart first, and then try to force Zhang Liao to stay in Shouchun later. .

Never expected that Zhang Liao would be the owner so easily. This was a real surprise, a real surprise!

Of course, Wang Zheng, who was pulling Zhang Liao towards the chairman, kept scanning the hanging system frame, but he still didn't see the expected prompt to join the team, but he couldn't help but slapped his mouth, still felt that it was not perfect, and there was some fly in the ointment.

As for whether such blatant poaching would arouse Lu Bu's dissatisfaction, the Wang Zheng at this time didn't care anymore.

Just like what Guo Jia said, the current Lu Fengxian has long since lost his courage, so what if he cheats on the wall, how dare he turn his face against Lao Tzu?

How can a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out show its teeth to me?
Since the other party was willing to endure humiliation before, then this time, I am afraid they will still hold their noses and suffer from this dumb loss.

Besides, he is now digging Zhang Liao, not Gao Shun.

At this time, Zhang Liao had not shown much talent as a general due to the small platform. In Lu Bu's eyes, Gao Shun, who was not in the camp, was probably more important. Lu Bu was cornered.

Wang Zheng invited Zhang Liao, turned to the main seat, and kept pouring wine, while constantly playing cards, hoping to see the popular "when the head is hot, the head is bowed", so that the dust will completely settle.

After drinking a few cups, I heard the commotion under the table.

The two raised their eyes to look, but they saw that some of the generals of Bingzhou who were going to the banquet changed color suddenly, and wanted to take other people to leave the banquet. Look at the chief seat.

Wang Zheng smiled slightly, pretending not to see him, and continued to exchange glasses with Zhang Liao with a smile all over his face. Although Zhang Liao had already drunk a lot, he was still clear-headed, and felt rather embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "Zhou Mu, it's not as good as Mo." Will come forward, go and have a few words with them?"

"Zhou Mu and Marquis Wen are considered in-laws now, if it is because of the reason of the last general that the two parties turn against each other, it is really uneasy."

"I was going to invite Wen Yuan to drink because I know heroes and respect heroes. Marquis Wen is also a hero, so why would you be offended?"

From Wang Zheng's point of view, although anyone with a discerning eye could see that what he did was poaching people's corners, but he saw it through and didn't say it. There was no problem on the surface. If you get angry, it proves that you are not a hero, so why worry about it?"

The meaning of these words is very clear, he actually values ​​Zhang Liao more than Lu Bu, and as long as he can get Zhang Liao's support, even if it will cause Lu Bu to get angry, he will not hesitate.

Zhang Liao looked at Wang Zheng in a daze, this Wang Yukou was not only a strategist of the city, but even his face was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people of the same age, really amazing.
It's terrible!

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps coming from below, the two followed the prestige and saw that it was Huang Zhong who came with wine.

For Wang Zheng to attach so much importance to Zhang Liao, everyone in the hall is naturally in a complicated mood. The civil servants are better, and the generals are either envious or jealous. Rebellious generals like Gan Ning and Wei Yan are dissatisfied with themselves. I dare not have it, but it is inevitable to be dissatisfied. At this time, I was already a little unhappy, and drank the wine in self-concern.

Huang Zhong was different. On the one hand, Wang Zheng treated him with great courtesy. On the other hand, after all, his age was so calm, and he had blind trust in Wang Zheng. Having never heard of the other party's reputation, he also believed that this person must be a hero.

Since he was a hero, Huang Zhong walked to the main seat with a good heart in mind, first saluted Wang Zhengwei, then smiled boldly at Zhang Liao, and said loudly: "Brother Zhang is from Bingzhou?"

Huang Zhong had never heard of Zhang Liao's name, but Zhang Liao knew Huang Zhong's bravery, so he didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly stood up and cupped his hands, "Exactly."

"Since you are a man from Bingzhou, you must have killed many Hugou. When I meet you, I hate seeing you too late. I will understand you!"

As he spoke, Huang Zhong pushed away the cups handed over by the maid, asked someone to replace it with a big bowl, held the wine jar with himself, filled it up, and grabbed Zhang Liao to fight him.

Zhang Liao had no choice but to put aside those Bingzhou colleagues and Lu Bu, let go of his arms, raised his spirits, and started talking with Huang Zhong.

Wang Zheng watched for a while with a smile on his face, and soon after, a personal guard came, turned to him, and whispered in his ear: "The envoy of Bingzhou, Zhao Meng, has left the main hall and arrived at the gate of the palace with others, and asked to leave. Let go?"

Wang Zheng glanced at him and said calmly, "Except for Lu Qiling and Zhang Liao, everyone else can go and stay as they please."

"promise!"

Hearing this, the guard nodded slightly, turned his head and was about to step up, Wang Zheng thought for a while, and called him again, "These people should go back to the embassy first, order the etiquette officer in the embassy to take care of them, and try to keep as many people as possible." They don't want to go back with resentment to complain for a few days."

"Go and ask Wang Xiong to prepare some gifts, and let these people pass them on to Lu Bu on behalf of Ben."

A tiger with its teeth pulled out is still a tiger after all. Although Wang Zheng showed in front of Zhang Liao that he didn't care much about Lu Bu at this time, on the one hand, he was certainly confident and the situation was stronger than others, but there was no reason to show that he didn't care. In order to impress Zhang Liao's meaning.

If we really want to implement it, such things are somewhat disgraceful after all, even unreasonable, not to mention that the sufferer is Lu Bu, and Wang Zheng doesn't want to go too far. If he really wants to anger the other party, Lu Bu alone is nothing to be afraid of, but if the other party really votes for other princes , after all, it is still troublesome.

Send some gifts to express consolation, and then bribe those envoys to minimize the possible tribute. Even if the effect is not great, at least it is better than nothing.

"promise."

The soldier came out as ordered.

The departure of a group of guests did not attract many people's attention. As Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao drank together, other generals were also mobilized, and the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more lively amidst the uproar.

Holding the wine glass, Wang Zheng took two sips and turned his eyes to the seat on the right.

Compared with the self-satisfaction of the military generals, although the civil servants were also mixed, most of them remained calm and restrained.

After all, many people have tasted this banquet by now.

It was called Qinggong, and it was said to be a welcome event for Xu Fangbu and the envoys, but through Wang Zheng's various behaviors, Lu Ji and others could see that although this banquet was not a grand feast, it was by no means as simple as Wang Zheng said.

Whether it is the toast at the opening of Wangzheng, the toast to Mi Heng and Zhang Liao, including the order of the toast with the officials, it seems to have a different meaning.

Maybe the straightforward military generals can't see the mystery, but civil servants like to figure out what they want, and most of them are newly attached Shouchun and old officials on the field. place.

Perhaps the difference between civil and military is not obvious enough. To be more precise, in comparison, the Xuzhou army seems more casual and lively, while the seats of Yangzhou old ministers are much quieter. Although there are some people who are guessing, most of them are absent-minded.

When Wang Zheng looked at them, he saw Gu Yong approaching Shen Shu from the table, not knowing what to say, Shen Shu nodded slightly, but said nothing.

On the left side of the two of them, Zhao Ning held a cup and murmured silently, not knowing what he was thinking, but Lu Ji seemed the most normal, smiling all the time, as if he was focusing on singing and dancing in the hall, and under the two of them First of all, Li Ren had already run to the military commander's seat on the opposite side, mingling with Wei Yan and the others, making a noise and ordering wine. There were also dozens of other local officials in Shouchun, all of whom had different expressions.

However, they have one thing in common, that is, their eyes and gaze will slip to the right from time to time intentionally or unintentionally, wandering between Guo Jia and Mi Heng.

"Everyone, why are you so quiet?"

Wang Zheng stood up, raised his wine glass, looked at the ministers, and said with a smile: "This general has something to say beforehand. If you don't drink to your heart's content, you will be disobedient."

After saying that, the tiger's eyes fell on Lu Ji, "Gong Ji, how is the singing and dancing today?"

"You must be used to the old people of Mr. Yuan, but some of them are beauties from Huaiyin in Xuzhou. Has it ever made you feel refreshed?"

Hearing Wang Zheng's roll call, Lu Ji hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "My lord is magnanimous, magnanimous and generous. Huaiyin is the hometown of Concubine Yu. Women are famous all over the world for being good at dancing. How can they be compared with ordinary singers?"

"When I saw you today, there is really no need to say anything. This minister can be said to be a feast for the eyes and an eye-opener!"

(End of this chapter)