In addition to the palace of the Han emperor in Xuchang City, there is another building that is also so spectacular and majestic. This is the Palace of Chu.

The Chu Palace is composed of several main halls. In addition to the conference hall, the conference side hall, the competition hall, the bedroom hall, and the guest rooms in the backyard, in addition to these, Nie Zefeng's Chu Palace is different from other palaces.

In addition to these halls, there is also a weapons hall specially used to display various weapons.

Just about seven days before the expedition.

Nie Zefeng was pacing back and forth in the hall. He was waiting to summon a general, an old general, Huang Zhong.

In the weapons hall, Nie Zefeng removed all the weapons, leaving only two rows of sword racks in front of the table, and the sword racks were filled with newly cast swords.

After a while, Huang Zhong, summoned by Nie Zefeng, walked into the weapons hall, and after the emperor and his ministers had finished saluting.

Nie Zefeng stared at Huang Zhong with a smile.

Nie Zefeng waited for a long time before saying: "This is a newly made weapon in the weapons manufacturing shop of our Chu army. General Huang will try it."

Huang Zhong picked up the sword and pulled it out. He saw that the war sword was emitting a stream of light against the flames of the candles in the room. The light turned out to be shimmering with cold air, and the cold air was mixed with cold light. In an instant, the entire room was filled with light.

There was a cold light shining in the middle.

Huang Zhong made a stabbing motion and couldn't help but admired: "What a sword! What a sword! Your Majesty."

Nie Zefeng also smiled and said directly about the sword: "All military attaches above the rank of captain are equipped with this sword. This is our new iron smelting technology, which is the credit of our iron smelting masters. In addition, we have also cast thousands of them."

War knives for them to choose from."

After hearing this, Huang Zhong's blood boiled instantly. Suddenly, Huang Zhong propped his sword scabbard on the ground, knelt on the ground, and loudly reported: "Your Majesty, you must not forget to use me, Huang Zhong, in this battle. If your Majesty invites me, I will let you do it."

Be a pioneer!"

Nie Zefeng didn't know what to do about Huang Zhong's invitation to fight, so he deliberately asked: "Is General Huang sixty?" Huang Zhong knew that this was Chu King Nie Zefeng's hint that he would retreat in spite of the difficulties, but Huang Zhong refused to accept it.

The old man said: "Your Majesty, look at our hands and feet, how agile we are? The big yellow bow used by the general, he may not be able to pull it even if he is the general."

Dong. As a general, I spent half of my life in Jingzhou before I met the king's appreciation. Since the war, although I have been a vanguard, I have only dealt with a few thieves. For a long time, I have only been stationed in Chang'an. In Chang'an, I

It's that kind of suffering, others always eat meat, the general always drinks soup, this, this, this... the world is unfair, Your Majesty!"

As Huang Zhong spoke, he began to burst into tears and couldn't control it.

Nie Zefeng smiled and said, and at the same time comforted: "If you want to say injustice, I am the most unfair. I have been rewarding others all my life, but no one has rewarded me. You commanded the wind and clouds, roared on the battlefield, and after I became king, the general told me,

I am the commander-in-chief of the three armies and cannot go in person, so I can only stay in the Chu Palace and wait for news. My joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are all affected by the front. You Huang Zhong couldn't stand it after guarding Chang'an for a while, but I'm afraid I have to stay here.

Last life."

Huang Zhong felt a little stupid when he heard this. He didn't know what the mystery behind his words was. He wiped away his tears and stood up. Huang Zhong quickly explained: "I really didn't mean this..."

Nie Zefeng persuaded and said An Wei: "Okay, I will definitely allow you Huang Zhong to participate in the battle this time. You are our charge general. You were once the world's best martial arts master, and you are our old role model. Okay,

Go to General Lu Bu and become a vanguard general!"

Huang Zhong was overjoyed and couldn't help but say something. He bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will definitely kill the enemy with my life!"

After Huang Zhong kowtowed, he stood up and happily accepted the order, rubbing shoulders with the oncoming Ma Liang. Ma Liang looked at Huang Zhong happily, and was a little confused. He slowly walked into the hall.

, after kowtowing to Chu King Nie Zefeng, he raised his head and asked: "What makes General Huang Zhong so happy?"

Nie Zefeng sighed: "I can't lose face. Seeing how old he is, I originally wanted to ask General Huang Zhong to take care of his old age and become a general in charge of the palace. In the future, he should be given a chance to become a marquis based on meritorious service after guarding the palace for three years.

! However, our General Huang couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to get the chance to become a marquis through this battle. I thought he was a bit old and couldn’t lose face, so I had no choice but to agree.”

Ma Liang thought for a moment, and then reminded: "The king has worked so hard to plan this battle, how can he put unsuitable generals in key positions out of favour?"

Nie Zefeng looked up at Ma Liang, and then asked: "Do you think Huang Zhong is not suitable to be a vanguard general?"

Ma Liang replied: "In the last battle of Guandu, we used our generals carelessly. Pei Yuanshao's dereliction of duty has caused your personal involvement in the county. These lessons have been profound. In addition, Huang Zhong's son, Huang She, has always been critical of the king's use of generals.

The phalanx was dissatisfied, and he actually said, Your Majesty, if a twenty-year-old general can be used, why can't he be used, just in case..." After hearing this, Nie Zefeng actually darkened his face.

Ma Liang continued: "We fought in the Guandu battle, and General Chen Dao later attacked Xuchang. After Guandu, he called Yuan Xi, and after Yuan Shang fled back to Jizhou, it has become a serious problem for the court. The king must be on guard!"

Nie Zefeng replied firmly, pointing at Ma Liang and saying: "I don't believe that Huang Zhong will rebel. This trust should still be there. But..."

Nie Zefeng looked at Ma Liang, thought about it for a while, then sat down on his seat, waved his sleeves, and said: "Huang Zhong has a 'number of oddities', he has been trapped in Jingzhou all year round, and he has been unsuccessful all year round, but he hit the seven-foot mark.

Disaster

"Get one foot." In this critical battle, it is inappropriate to send such a general who is obviously not favored by luck and entrust him with such an important task. How about this, you write a handwriting for me and send it to General Lu Bu and let him

I know it well!"

Ma Liang bowed and saluted and replied: "I accept the decree!"

At the same time, King Nie Zefeng of Chu issued the King of Chu Order.

Nie Zefeng ordered Lu Bu's army to be the first legion, and the accompanying generals were Zang Ba, Zhang Jia, Zhou Cang, Huang Zhong, Pei Yuanshao, Zhang Bao and other generals to focus on sweeping the entire Liaodong. The second legion was personally commanded by Chen Dao.

Not equipped with any lieutenants

, the main task was to conquer Hebei and eliminate Yuan Shao's main force. The third legion was composed of Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, and Wei Yan's legions were mainly responsible for attacking and merging the state, while Wenpin was responsible for the defense west of Chang'an, and Gao Shun and Li Yan guarded Xuchang.

The entire Central Plains region.

In the Chinese army's tent in General Lu Bu's stronghold.

All the generals in the big tent took off their sabers and long swords and placed them on the sword stands in front of the mirror. Here Lu Bu was summoning the generals to discuss matters.

Lu Bu looked at his generals Zang Ba, Zhang Jia, Zhang Bao, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Huang Zhong and other generals, and then said: "...all the armies must fully understand all the painstaking efforts of the king in this battle! Yes, Yuan Shao's

The main force temporarily returned to Jizhou, temporarily retreated, controlled the elite troops, and recuperated the soldiers and horses, waiting for our Chu army to be trapped by the Yellow River, and then counterattack. The king's countermeasures are to use one hundred thousand soldiers.

The elite cavalry marched out of the Yellow River, followed by 40,000 private followers, and hundreds of thousands of infantry to cover the baggage and follow up to ensure continuous combat effectiveness. In other words, we did not give the entire enemy north of the Yellow River a chance to fight back.

Not only must we destroy Yuan Shao in Jizhou, but we must also pacify Liaodong and defeat Wuhuan..." All the generals, including Huang Zhong, all looked lively.

Lu Bu encouraged: "This is the decisive battle of unprecedented scale for our Chu army since the war against the warlords..."

Huang Zhong clenched his fist and smashed it on the table, then sighed: "It's a pity that the king has given the task of attacking the main force of Yuan Shao's Jizhou headquarters to General Chen Dao..."

Lu Bu did not make trouble, because at this time, he could not argue with Chen Dao, a young general, about merit. In addition, Lu Bu was already the eldest brother of the King of Chu, and the honor he enjoyed was a bit too much, so now he had no reason to argue about merit.

Intention.

However, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the generals, Lu Bu said: "Both combat directions are the main attack, and the strength of the troops is also half and half. Therefore, I, Lu Bu, have no reason to be slack. I will remind the troops that this is the 'main' attack."

, it is not an 'assist' attack, it changes in one word, it becomes the heroic spirit of killing the enemy..."

After listening, all the generals in the big tent fell silent.

At this time, the soldiers outside the tent loudly reported: "Report to General Lu Bu, the king has sent an envoy to the camp with a handwritten decree!"

Lu Bu was startled! He immediately ordered, "Tell him to come in."

A palace guard of the King of Chu walked in with a letter.

Lu Bu took it, opened it on the spot, and then quietly put the oracle into his arms.

Lü Bu said to the envoy: "Tell me, your Majesty, Lü Bu understands what your Majesty means."

The Chu King's palace guards turned around and left the tent.

The generals, including Huang Zhong, looked at it inquiringly.

Lu Bu seemed to be a bit embarrassed, so he replied covertly: "Your Majesty is concerned about every detail of the battlefield and is looking forward to the news of our victory..."

After Lu Bu finished speaking, he walked towards the map in the eyes of the generals.

Lu Bu: "This is Yecheng in Jizhou. According to consistent estimates, Yuan Shao himself, his sons Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and all his last main forces seem to be in this area. Your Majesty has given the task of annihilating it to General Chen Dao. Our troops

The mission is to facilitate

When using General Chen Dao to fight Yuan's army in Jizhou, we would go north along the way, attack Youzhou, and then attack again all the way to Liaodong. Then General Chen Dao would attack again until we reach the border with Yuan Shao.

"

A great war ended with Lu Bu's understatement. However, the general's understatement could not suppress the frequent mobilization of the army outside and the transportation of grain and grass. However, this war was so dangerous. He gathered all the people from all over the country.
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