Chapter 43 Merger of Xihe County
In order to prevent Fang from taking risks, Zhang Lang ordered Zhang Liao to dispatch a large army to press the border from the north, while he led 50,000 troops from Shangjun to press on the southern front.
Time passed day by day, but there was still no news about Jia Xu. Zhang Lang couldn't help but worry about Jia Xu's safety.
On this day, Zhang Lang led his cavalry to inspect the border between the two armies as usual. Suddenly, a group of men and horses appeared on the horizon. Zhang Lang frowned, ordered his cavalry to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent someone to send a message to the camp.
Zhang Lang led a thousand cavalry to the hill and immediately stood in front of the army, waiting for the enemy's arrival. I don't know when, Zhang Lang would naturally feel contempt when facing the enemy.
After a while, Zhang Lang saw clearly that there were tens of thousands of people in that team. The ones at the front were clearly the eight hundred cavalry he had sent out before. Among the eight hundred cavalry, there were two scribes.
One of them was Jia Xu! They were finally back! Zhang Lang was overjoyed and immediately rode up to meet them.
Gao Shun and Jia Xu were surprised when they saw Zhang Lang actually appearing here, and quickly rode out to meet him.
The two of them ran to Zhang Lang's horse, rolled their saddles and dismounted, knelt down and said, "General."
Zhang Lang jumped off the red rabbit horse, helped the two of them up, patted their shoulders, and said with a smile: "You are finally back! I have been worried about you!"
The two of them looked moved. At this time, a large group of people had already arrived behind them.
Jia Xu pointed to the middle-aged scribe riding behind him, "General, this is the prefect of Xihe County, Fang Sheng."
Fang Sheng hurriedly rolled off his horse and came forward to kowtow: "My subordinate, please pay homage to the general!"
Zhang Lang smiled, helped him up, and patted his arm, "Since you call yourself a subordinate, then from now on we are our own family!" Fang Sheng saw Zhang Lang's kind attitude, and he was originally nervous.
He calmed down a lot, clasped his fists and said: "Thank you, General! I will repay you with all my heart and soul."
He quickly turned around and shouted to an attendant: "Bring it up quickly!"
The attendant hurriedly jumped off his horse, ran to Zhang Lang with a wooden box in his hands, bent down and presented the wooden box with both hands. Fang Sheng took the wooden box, knelt and presented it to Zhang Lang, "General, this is the seal of Xihe County. Please tell me."
General, take it!"
Zhang Lang glanced at Jia Xu, who smiled and nodded.
Zhang Lang took the wooden box, turned around and handed it to Jia Xu who was standing aside. He smiled and said to the other party, "From today on, you will be my soldier and responsible for all ordinary internal affairs under my jurisdiction." This was before Jia Xu left.
As agreed with Zhang Lang, Jia Xu said to Zhang Lang at that time: Although Fang Sheng has a weak character, he is not a mediocre person, and his ability to govern the people is beyond me! Therefore, at that time Zhang Lang
It has been decided to let Fang Sheng join the army and be responsible for civil affairs.
Fang Sheng didn't expect that Zhang Lang would give him such great power. He couldn't help but be stunned and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, General!" His fat face looked like tears of gratitude.
Zhang Lang helped him up and said with a smile: "Let's go back to the city! I am happy today and I will not come back until I am drunk!" Several people laughed.
That night, Zhang Lang held a banquet in Fushi City to honor Jia Xu, Gao Lan, and Fang Sheng. The guests and hosts had a great time. Zhang Lang returned to the room very late with the support of Diao Chan and Dong Ying.
Zhang Lang was so drunk that he fell into unconsciousness, while several women were busy. Even Yan Yuyao, who was not fully recovered from the illness, was not idle and wiped his cheeks carefully.
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Dong Zhuo read a letter that had just been sent and was furious. He tore the letter into pieces and cursed: "Here I am fighting to the death with the two rebels Guo Si and Li Que! Lu Bu actually took the opportunity to occupy my Shangjun and Xihe. County! Damn it! It’s really hateful!”
Li Ru sighed: "For him, this is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Dong Zhuo was so angry that he shouted: "I want to make him look good!"
Li Ru hurriedly said: "Grand Master, calm down! Our first priority now is to quell the rebellion of Guo Si and Li Que as soon as possible! Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Dong Zhuo nodded and shouted angrily: "Guo Si, Li Que, I will definitely skin you and cut you into pieces!"
A few days later, Dong Zhuo launched a full-scale counterattack against Guo Si and Li Que. Zhang Ji led an army of 100,000 to attack the left, Fan Chou led an army of 100,000 to attack the right, and Dong Zhuo led an army of more than 200,000 to attack head-on with the Flying Bear Army as the vanguard!
Guo Si and Li Que could not resist, so they abandoned Chang'an and fled to the west. Dong Zhuo refused to give up and sent his troops to pursue him. Guo Si and Li Que's army suffered heavy casualties and countless defectors. The remaining defeated soldiers retreated to Bencheng, the headquarters of Wudu County, and were trapped. .
Seeing that Guo Si and Li Que were about to be wiped out, Yuan Shao suddenly led an army of 300,000 to attack Hangu Pass. Hangu Pass was in danger. Dong Zhuo was horrified when he received the military report, and hurriedly left Zhang Ji stationed 70 meters east of Xiabian. Hechi City inside was to guard against Guo Si and Li Que, while he led an army to the east to help.
Soon after, a battle broke out between Dong Zhuo's army and Yuan Shao's army at Hangu Pass. Neither side could defeat their opponents, and the battle entered a stalemate.
His eyes turned back to Yunzhong County.
After Zhang Lang annexed Shangjun and Xihe County, he eliminated the 100,000 troops and retained the best, and obtained 70,000 strong ones. He then reorganized these 70,000 troops and merged them into the original 120,000 troops, and finally combined these 70,000 troops into the original army of 120,000. The 190,000-strong army is organized into six armies, namely the Front Army, the Left Army, the Right Army, the Rear Army, the Central Army and the Tiger Wing Army. Among them, only the Central Army has 40,000 troops, and the other armies have 30,000.
The Chinese Army is under the direct control of Zhang Lang. The five thousand trapping camp and the five thousand cavalry that were formed not long ago are all under the Central Army. It is worth mentioning that the eight hundred cavalry who once followed Zhang Lang across the grassland have been replaced by Zhang Lang. An independent combat unit was formed, named "Hu Ben Camp". This elite among the elite is of course also under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Army.
The Tiger Wing Army consists of 30,000 light cavalry, and its commander is Zhang Liao. The Left Army is a mixture of infantry and cavalry, and its commander is Zang Ba. The conditions of the front army, right army, and rear army are similar to those of the Left Army, and their commanders are Gao Shun, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and other members of the Eight Generals serve as deputies to each chief general.
Hou Cheng was drinking wine in a restaurant.
Cheng Lian came to the restaurant and saw Hou Cheng who was drinking. He asked in confusion: "Are you still here? When I came here just now, I saw General Zhang Liao leading the Tiger Wing Army to Yinshan. Why didn't you go with him? ?" The reason why Cheng Lian asked this question was because Hou Cheng was Zhang Liao's deputy general. When Zhang Liao led the army, he, the deputy general, should logically accompany him!
Hou Cheng drained the glass of wine and said angrily: "You don't know yet! I have been temporarily dismissed by the lord!"
Cheng Lian understood and was not surprised, because it was not the first time that Hou Cheng had violated military law. He patted Hou Cheng on the shoulder and comforted him: "Just don't do it again next time!"
Hou Cheng said angrily: "Zhang Liao and I were the first to follow the general. Why did Zhang Liao become the general of the army, while I was just a deputy general?"
Cheng Lian frowned, "Brother Hou, you are drunk!"
Chapter completed!