Chapter 6 Return of Zhang Liao

Hearing the news that Zhang Liao had thrown himself into the camp with his arms bound, Cao Cao was so happy that he jumped up from the bed, and immediately threw Du Shi aside.Although he loves beauties, he misses the country even more, so he hurriedly asked Guo Jia to send Mrs. Du to leave quickly, rearranged his clothes and raised his account overnight. As soon as Mrs. Du's carriage left, all the lights in the Chinese Army camp were lit up like daylight, Yu Jin, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Lu Qian, Lu Zhao and other generals in helmets and armor came to cheer.Cao Cao sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army, and Zhang Liao, the accusation general, came to see him immediately.

Not long after, I saw all the soldiers pushing a big man. This man had a scorched yellow face, a wide forehead, a wide mouth, big ears facing his arms, and his chin was sticking out like a shovel. The curly beard is scattered all over the chest, which is indeed a good-looking talent.I saw him with a mournful face and staggering steps, with his hands tied behind his back, he came to stand in the middle of the tent without kneeling. "Kneel down!" Yu Jin shouted first. "You don't need to be difficult..." Cao Cao liked it in his heart, and waved his hands, "Is the person here Zhang Wenyuan who used to work in Bingzhou?"

"It's the criminal general." Zhang Liao's voice was as majestic as Hong Zhong. "Let me ask you, who tied you up?" "The sin will be a rebellion against the court, and he will be tied up." "Who advised you to plead guilty?" "No one persuades, sin brings itself." Cao Cao was delighted upon hearing this: "In that case, the sergeant will quickly untie him!" "No need!" Zhang Liao suddenly raised his head, "I implore Mr. Ming to behead someone quickly!" "Ah?!" Cao Cao was stunned, "The general came here, how can I kill this old man?"

Zhang Liao sighed and said, "The last general is not defecting, but willing to subdue the law. A certain person is under Lu Bu's command. The lord is dead and cannot assist Duke Baoming. You beheaded the first rank at one order, and we are both clean!" What he said stunned the generals of the whole battalion, there are really people who want to die in this world.Cao Cao stared at him for a long time, then tentatively asked in a low voice, "Zhang Wenyuan, do you know who Lu Bu is?" Zhang Liao blurted out: "I have no ambitions, no good plans, capricious and rebellious court."

"You have a clear mind!" Cao Cao nodded, "Since you know that Lu Bu has no talent or virtue, why do you want to be buried for him?" "Being loyal to your ministers and making friends is righteous." "Wrong, wrong, wrong..." Cao Cao patiently explained, "Lü Bu is ruthless and ungrateful, killing his benefactor and his foster father, what kind of loyalty do you have with him?" "Duke Ming's words are wrong!" Zhang Liao shook his head, poking his neck. "Lv Bu is not kind to others, but he is kind to the general. He has fought side by side together for ten years, and the general is willing to die for him!"

"Don't you hear that a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve?" Zhang Liao sneered: "Hmph! Those are all nonsense words made up by unscrupulous people!" The crowd will be very displeased when this statement comes out. Yuan Shao.With Zhang Liao's words, they were all accused of being dishonest, and they all gritted their teeth.Li Dian shouted loudly: "My lord, don't kill this fellow!" His uncle Li Jin was wounded to death by Zhang Liao's knife, and the enemy was extremely jealous when they met. Cao Cao knew the joint, and despite Li Dian's yelling, he just stared straight at Zhang Liao's rebellious face, and after a while he managed to force a smile: "Do you really have to die?"

Zhang Liao lamented, "I'm just a grassroots citizen of Bingzhou, barely working under Ding Yuan's tent. If Lu Bu hadn't been promoted and reused, how could I have been promoted to the battlefield and become the Prime Minister of Lu..." Li Dian took a step and interrupted sharply: "What a thief! Your Prime Minister of the Lu Kingdom was appointed by rebellion, and Bi Chen of Yanzhou has already taken up that position. Hurry up and obey the law!" His words were actually unreasonable, not now. Zhang Liao refused to subdue the law, but Cao Cao couldn't bear to kill him.

Cao Cao knew that Li Dian was a big enemy, so he didn't care about him interjecting casually, but just waved his hand to signal him to back off.Zhang Liao went on to say: "After the defeat of Pengcheng, the last general asked Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others to send troops in the East China Sea, but he was late and went to Pi and was besieged. It was because our few soldiers could not break through the siege, so we dispersed. The troops harassed the company battalion. Today Xiapi fell, and the heads of Lu Bu and Gao Shun..." I couldn't help sobbing, "The heads are hanging on the high poles, and the general will be disheartened. I have come to the camp to die. Go with my brothers..."

"The man in Bingzhou is so fierce, he really is a man who dies for his confidant!" Cao Cao was so emotional that he couldn't bear to kill him even more. He glanced at the generals present and imagined that their love for him was as deep as Zhang Liao's for Lu Bu. The Cao Ying generals who seem to be in a group are actually not monolithic, and there are many private conflicts!Cao Cao's army was originally in Yanzhou, so the two generals Yu Jin and Le Jin were the first to succeed, and later recruited Zhu Ling, Xu Huang, Lu Zhao, Feng Kai and other surrendered people, as well as Xiahou brothers, Cao brothers, Bian Bing and other close relatives, The three factions are turbulent but undercurrents are surging.Especially Yu Jin, who is the noble of Tinghou, is the number one general in Cao Ying, and he has Cao Cao's trust even more than Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan. Naturally, he doesn't want anyone to come in to compete with him.Therefore, when Cao Cao was hesitating, Li Dian had a family feud, needless to say, and Yu Jin and other Yanzhou people also secretly shouted to kill.

Seeing that Cao Cao could not make up his mind for a long time, Zhang Liao said again: "I have said what should be said, please send an order to perform the operation as soon as possible!" Cao Cao didn't argue, and changed the subject instead: "Wen Yuan, look up at me, we are old friends, have you forgotten?" "Huh?" Zhang Liao was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look around with the help of the light, "You are..." Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled: "A full ten years ago, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan's soldiers entered Luoyang, and the Bingzhou Department and the Liangzhou Department divided up the city's defenses. The five Bingzhou miscellaneous soldiers under your command ransacked their homes and looted houses. It happened that the captain of Dianjun rode by on horseback and killed them on the spot. One person. Later..."

Zhang Liao remembered: "Later, I slaughtered the remaining four people, gave the head to the official with my own hands, and threatened him with a gun at the door of his house...you are..." "That's right!" Cao Cao rested his beard in his hands, "I am the former captain of the Dian Army!" Zhang Liao smiled ashamedly: "It will be less than twenty at the end of the day, so I don't know how to be reckless." "I don't think it's reckless at all. The old man has been fighting for ten years and still can't forget that incident. The general was a hero back then. He killed the lawless to obey the law, and he saved the face of the Bingzhou Department by poking his gun. It is really loyal. The best of both worlds." Cao Cao looked fascinated, "At that time, I intended to make friends with the general, but the world was adversity and the battlefield, until today we have to meet again!" "You're flattering me." Zhang Liao lowered his head. "General Zhang just gave this old man some face and surrendered to my account. Wouldn't it be a good thing to follow Master Wang to make contributions and achieve heroic aspirations?" Cao Cao almost begged for Zhang Liao's surrender when he said this. Zhang Liao was a man with a solid heart, and he threw himself into Cao Ying with the determination to die. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing. Hearing Cao Cao's soft words, even his hard-hearted heart was moved.But he was loyal to Lu Bu after all, and he was afraid of being named a second minister, so he was in a dilemma and couldn't make a decision.Seeing Cao Cao pampering him like this, Yu Jin became angry a long time ago, and said in a loud voice: "Northwestern thief, I really don't know how to flatter you. Cao Gong asked you. I would like to say a happy word!" Yu Jin saw that Zhang Liao was stubborn and deliberately provoked him with harsh words. This was to force him to his death on purpose!Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao was not in a hurry, so Xu Huang on the side quit first: "Yu Wenze, which one are you scolding?" "Brother Gongming, I didn't mention you." Yu Jin quickly explained. "You can't talk about anyone!" Xu Huang said unrelentingly, "There is a saying that 'Kandong is a prime minister, and Kansai is a general'. Which one of us Northwest men is a coward? You can just say it casually, and I will tell you if you say this later. Desperate!" Lu Zhao was easygoing, so he hurried to persuade: "Forget it, forget it, let's not say a few words." Seeing their actions, Cao Cao couldn't laugh or cry, and was about to continue questioning Zhang Liao, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent, and some guards kept shouting: "Don't break into the tent! Don't break into the tent!" Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Chu confronting a general. Pull the neck into the tent.This man is nine feet tall, his face is like a jujube, his eyebrows are crouching like silkworms, his eyes are red and phoenix, and he has five long beards—it is Guan Yunchang. "Let go!" Cao Cao scolded, "What's going on?" Xu Chu snorted angrily, "Guan Yu is under Liu Shijun's command. He broke into the Chinese army camp for no reason. Are there any rules?" Guan Yu's phoenix eyes clasped his fists and saluted slightly: "The final general heard that Wen Yuan came here, and I have a few words to say, so I asked Cao Gong to forgive me for a while because of Meng Lang." "Yun Chang, but it's okay to say, Zhongkang will withdraw." Obviously Guan Yu was wrong, and Cao Cao deliberately took sides. "Xie Minggong!" Guan Yu gave another salute, looked around at the generals in the tent, and said solemnly, "I heard brother Gongming's words outside, all of us Northwest men are strong and strong, this is not false at all! " After saying that, he drew out the sword around his waist and cut the rope on Zhang Liao's wrist. "Bold!" Li Dian was furious immediately, and he went up to grab the sword. He was no match for Guan Yu, so he was pushed back a bit.Yu Jin, Le Jin, and Lu Qian all panicked and drew their swords, wanting to fight Guan Yu with their lives.When Xu Huang and Zhu Ling saw something bad, they quickly moved their fellows to protect Guan and Zhang. In the middle of the big tent, a cold light flashed and the sword shadow was dense. Cao Cao patted the handsome case: "Is there any dignity? Let me put it down!" There was a loud crash, and everyone threw the guy away.But Guan Yu was stubborn and insisted on cutting Zhang Liao's rope before putting down his military blade.Cao Cao's stern gaze swept across the generals, and he was both angry and funny-these generals are all fierce people, with limbs and no brains, and they are prone to trouble, but after all, how can anyone who is not a fierce person charge forward and kill people? What about blinking?Don't be angry, don't be angry... Guan Yu was also from Hedong County. Although he was under Liu Bei's tent, Xiaopei had been in constant contact with Zhang Liao for several years, and he admired his loyalty and praised his bravery.He has always regarded himself as Liu Bei's subordinate, and would not easily kneel in front of Cao Cao, but today he took the initiative to kneel down, put his long beard on his wrist, clasped his fists and said, "Zhang Wenyuan is a man of righteousness, Guan is willing to save his life, please Duke Ming took him in." Turning his head to Zhang Liao, he said, "Wen Yuan, the life of a hero is so short, wouldn't it be worthless to die in anger? Listen to Brother Yu's advice, surrender!" "Yun Chang, why are you doing this..." Zhang Liao couldn't help shaking his head. Guan Yu and Zhang Liao are two generals that Cao Cao can't get rid of in his mind all the time, but they just don't let him succeed easily.The red-faced one only obeys Liu Bei and not himself, and the yellow-faced one would rather die than surrender. It is much more difficult to tame a fierce general than to conquer a beauty!When dealing with women, he can still be a bully, but he can't be tough with this group of people.He got up and bypassed Shuai's case, and walked closer: "Heroes cherish heroes, heroes cherish heroes, is Wen Yuan still determined not to surrender? You are known for your loyalty, are you only friends with Lu Bu and Gao Shun? Yun Chang is not you My friend, is this old man unbearable to be your friend?" Talking about the word "friend", Zhang Liao's heart really came alive. He said in a low voice, "Being a friend is beneficial to being tired by friends. The left side is also a friend, and the right side is also a sense of loyalty. It's a difficult situation for Zhang Mou!" Cao Cao saw that he was finally relieved, and said with a smile: "I don't deny that Lu Bu is kind and righteous to you, but I am still the third prince in the court! Great righteousness and small things are all there, so it is not difficult for Wen Yuan to choose? And Hou Cheng, Song Song Xian and Cheng Lian are in the camp. If you are willing to surrender, I will hand over them and all the troops under your command to you! You are all from the same township of Bingzhou..." Zhang Liao gritted his teeth: "Forget it! If a scholar dies for his confidant, it's not difficult to ask me to surrender. There is one more thing to ask." Yu Jin and the others all stared at him, feeling even more dissatisfied in their hearts - it would be great if you were allowed to surrender. For the sake of face, he dared to raise conditions. Cao Cao was not in a hurry or annoyed: "But it doesn't matter." "Zang Ba, Brother Sun Kang, Wu Dun and others who ruled the coast are also my friends. Can the last general lobby them to surrender?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up - what he wished for!Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Wu Dun, Yin Li, and Chang Ba are the small leaders who ruled the Qingxu coastal area.If Zhang Liao can recruit them to surrender, Xuzhou will be completely surrendered to the imperial court, and he can return home without any worries, and he will be more at ease when dealing with Yuan Shao in the future.Cao Cao knew it was cheap, but deliberately pretended to be hesitant, twisted his beard and paused for a while before saying, "This... alas! For your sake, Zang Ba and others are allowed to surrender." Li Dian has been competing with Zhang Liao, and stopped him: "No! Zang Ba and others are bandits who harm the people, how can they be tolerated by the court?" "Huh!" Zhang Liao retorted, "What harm the people and bandits? Zang Xuangao was born as a jailer in Taishan County. The world was in chaos and exiled in the East China Sea. He fought against the Yellow Turban bandits bravely. He was appointed by the imperial court. The Sun brothers and others Although he was born as a bandit, he only kills corrupt officials and bullies and never bullies the poor. According to me, being a bandit is much cleaner than those corrupt officials!" Li Dian wanted to speak again, but Cao Cao raised his hand to stop him: "Wen Yuan is right, as long as he is a hero, he will not refuse anyone who comes!" Zhang Liao was heartfeltly moved: "Duke Cao Shengming, the remaining hundreds of soldiers and horses are all in the east of Xiapi, and the last general will go back and pass orders to tell them to put down their weapons and come and surrender... Please give me another ten days!" "Ten days?!" "Yes, I will persuade Zang Ba and others to surrender here for ten days." Li Dian interjected again: "The war in Hanoi is very important, how can I wait for you for ten days!" "Shut up!" Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore, "Are you ignorant of the rules or are you making trouble on purpose? Thanks to your study for so many years, can't you tell which one is the most hated by the country and the family!" Rebuked, the always gentle and elegant man stomped his feet in anger, threw off his shirt, and walked away without even showing respect, crying to the sky: "The great enemy of my Li family..." Cao Cao didn't care about him, and promised first: "Okay, I will wait for you here for ten days." "Thank you Duke Cao for your kindness!" Zhang Liao bowed to the ground. Cao Cao stretched out his hand to help each other, but he didn't even pull it three times: "What are you doing, I will arrange a place for you to stay, go to bed early, and do something tomorrow if you have anything to do." Zhang Liao straightened up and said, "It's not too late, I'll do it right away!" Seeing his firm gaze, Cao Cao thought it was his intention, so he said, "That's fine, then you can rest assured, come back and tell me whether it will be successful or not in ten days." Zhang Liao laughed bitterly: "If I can't persuade Zang Ba and the others within ten days, I will have no face to come back to see you. I will find a barren hill and end my life. I hope things will come true. Take care, Mr. Ming!" went. Cao Cao stared at his back, feeling dazed for a while, and murmured: "This is a true righteous man! Gong Ming, Yun Chang, you go and see him off." Xu Huang and Guan Yu took the order to go. Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, stood there for a while, and called Lu Qian with his hands: "Zi Ke, you and Man Chengsu have made good friends, comfort him for me, the world is not peaceful because of it." Personal enmity and missed important matters. Then send a message to Bian Bing and ask him to choose some of the best armor and weapons from the spoils of Xiapi and give them to Mancheng." "No." Lu Qian was not very happy in his heart, but he still obeyed the order. "It's getting late, you all go back to rest." Cao Cao lowered his head and returned to Shuai's desk. He had forgotten the tenderness he had with Lady Du, and hoped that Zhang Liao would come back smoothly. All the generals resigned silently, Yu Jin's footsteps were heavy and his heart was uneasy--Zhang Liao was so favored before he entered the Cao camp, and he was sent to send his troops, and he was allowed to bring his friends to surrender, how could he pay back in the future?He must be the one who will compete with me for the position of Cao Ying's first general in the future!