Chapter 148 Lu Zhi leads the army to the northern expedition
In the Wei County County Governor's Office, a general who was nearly fifty years old sat upright on the lobby with a blue face, scolding the county officials who were kneeling down on the ground in anger. "You foolish people, the prefect has been killed for many days, but they can't find out who is going to attack!"
"Teacher calms down. Now that things are over, you can turn the tide!" A deputy general in his thirties persuaded the general in the hall.
The two people who spoke were Lu Zhi and Deputy General Secretary Lu Zhi who led the army north across the Yellow River to Jizhou to suppress the rebellion.
"Take the fugitive who had followed Han Fu and Liang Gang to the hall a few days ago!" Lu Zhi shouted majesticly.
Soon, a dozen fleeing soldiers were taken into the lobby with fear.
"There is no need to be afraid of everyone in the hall. As long as you report in detail what you saw the day before yesterday, I will save you and others' lives!" Lu Zhi was not so fierce to treat ordinary soldiers, and said in a drizzle of vernal equinox.
The fleeing soldiers saw that the general in the hall spoke kindly and had a righteous face, not like a person who spoke nonsense, so they were no longer nervous and explained in detail the incident of being killed in Anyang a few days ago.
"According to what you said, there are not many Yellow Turban Moth Thiefs surrounding you?" Lu Zhi began to interrogate carefully.
"I dare not hide it. The little one saw the horse-riding moth thieves besieging the county magistrate from afar. The number was only about five hundred, and there would never be many!"
"What are the characteristics of the moth thief when he takes action?" Lu Zhi asked again
"Everyone is brave and fearless, extremely fierce and has great martial arts!" A county soldier, remembering what happened that day, answered with trembling all over.
"Especially the red-faced leader who led the team, a big sword waving and the wind and sand were rising everywhere, slaughtering the brothers who blocked the road. Even if they were injured by arrows, they still came to the crowd desperately!" another county soldier added.
"Oh, how do you see clearly the red-faced man's appearance?" Lu Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't help but think of the "Five Tigers" who were famous in Shangdang.
"That red-faced man is about twenty-five or six years old, nine feet tall, with a pair of sleeping silkworms thick eyebrows, which is quite majestic!" another county soldier said.
"As long as I expected, how could Zhao Guochang sit and watch others dig his ancestral grave?" Lu Zhi had already confirmed that the force that was taking action was Guan Yu, a subordinate of Zhao Xing. "Others thought that Zhao Guochang had either died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion or had defected to Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turbans. It's ridiculous to see him!"
"Please also ask the teacher to make it clear" that the clan was once a student of Lu Zhi, so he always called Lu Zhi so respectfully.
"I dare to assert that Zhao Guochang has returned to Shangdang, and is now sharpening his sword and preparing to attack Ding Yuan! The Yellow Turban Thieves who besieged Guangping have not launched an attack yet. I believe that Zhao Xing's instructions are behind him!" Lu Zhi said confidently.
"The Yellow Turban Thief Army that besieged Guangping was in conflict with Zhao Guochang?" asked the clan in confusion.
"Whether there is collusion, it will be clear if the teacher surrounds him in Guangping!" Lu Zhi said.
"The officials in the hall obeyed the order and ordered you to quickly prepare the food and supplies of the army in the northern expedition. Tomorrow, I will lead the army to Guangping to meet these 100,000 Yellow Turban Moth Thief!" Lu Zhi said with great enthusiasm.
On the second day, the fifth battalion of "Tunqi, Yue cavalry, infantry, Changshui, Shooting" led by Lu Zhi was more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they were in a vast territory in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangping. All the small groups of yellow turbans encountered along the way were slaughtered. In less than three days, they had already left Wei County and rushed straight to Guangping.
Before Lu Zhi arrived in Yecheng, the hidden shadow had already sent the information to the Shangdang Zhao Xing. Now the Shangdang people and horses were divided into many ways, one by Zhang Liao and westward to Wuyuan; one by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were traveling to Guangping; one by Li Jinwu was closely monitoring the movements in Taiyuan County; the other by Xu Huang, the rest were infantry guarding Shangdang, who was still nominally led by Xu Huang.
After Zhao Xing returned to Shangdang, he had never thrown his head, and even Zhang Xin was kept in the dark. Zhao Xing was like a lion lurking in the dark, staring at the wind and movements around Shangdang, grinding his teeth and claws, preparing to suddenly launch a fatal blow to Ding Yuan, who was lying in the northern part of Bingzhou.
Looking at the information from Jizhou, Zhao Xing said to Jia Xu with great interest: "Sir, guess whether Lu Zhi has seen something?"
"Lu Ziganxiong is talented and has a sharp look. If you want to deceive him, it is probably impossible." Jia Xu said truthfully.
"This person is good at leading troops and commanding. It will be a big trouble in the future!" Zhao Xing said with emotion.
"The country is in its prime, but Lu Zhi is already old, so why are you afraid!" Jia Xu said with a relaxed look on his face.
"I am not afraid of him, but I am on the battlefield without any eyes. When I fight against him in the future, I will not want to destroy him with my own hands!" Zhao Xing also said with a bold face. He could destroy Lu Zhi in the blink of an eye.
"What are the trends in Taiyuan now?" Zhao Xing asked Jia Xu, who had been in charge of Bingzhou strategy.
"From the recent intelligence analysis sent back by Shadow, I'm afraid Ding Yuan will take action against Shangdang in the near future!" Jia Xu said with certainty.
"How many soldiers can Ding Yuan have on the day he takes action?" Zhao Xing asked.
"I have been entangled in the power of several counties, and the number of people is no less than 30,000, including 2,000 cavalry!" Jia Xu reminded Zhao Xing.
"There are currently less than 7,000 guards in the above party. If they want to resist Ding Yuan's 30,000 troops, they seem to have no chance of winning!" Zhao Xing said with a relaxed look on his face, "But if Ding Yuan knew that I had only spent more than a month in Julu, he had recruited 20,000 elite troops, and would enter Bingzhou soon, what would he think?"
"Guochang is so arrogant that it is really hard to understand. Ding Yuan deserves to be unlucky when he meets you!" Jia Xu teased Zhao Xing with a smile.
"Sir, I am afraid that Ding originally sent someone to attack Xihe. There are only two thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry there now, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the wolf-like flying general Lu Bu!" Zhao Xing said with some concern.
"Guochang's concerns are reasonable, Xihe has to be careful!" Jia Xu nodded in agreement with Zhao Xing's opinion, "Why would you rather send Gongming to lead 3,000 infantrymen to support?"
"I will go here in person! I am afraid that my second brother will suffer a loss when dealing with the flying general Lu Bu and his 'eight powerful generals'. Besides, once hundreds of thousands of people in Jizhou enter Huguan, the second brother will be the important task of guarding Huguan in the future. If I go to Xihe, I will definitely let Lu Bu suffer a loss!" Zhao Xing said confidently.
"Since that's the case, Guochang is careful all the way! Shangdang's side, everything is implemented according to the strategy you set before." Jia Xu never objected after Zhao Xing made the decision, but just did his part.
"Since Lu Zigan wants to fight Guangping, we will stop when we see it, leaving only the back of his head to see how he can do anything to Huguan! Hehe..." Zhao Xing smiled with a treacherous plan on his face, "Zhao Gang, summon Shadow Jiawu to my study!"
Not long after, Jia Wu entered Zhao Xing's study.
"Fifth A, I'll order you to lead half of Shadow Group B to Guangping overnight and present this letter to military advisor Tian Feng. Be careful to sneak all the way and no mistakes are allowed!" Zhao Xing gave the order with a serious face.
Chapter completed!