On August 7, Lu Zhi, who only stayed in Xiaquyang for one night, left early. He left in such a hurry without even leaving a word.
When the soldiers guarding the city reported this incident to Gao Fei, Gao Fei was unusually calm. He knew that a world-famous scholar like Lu Zhi was ashamed to be under the same roof with a person like Zuo Feng.
They have different paths and do not work together. Lu Zhi explained everything with his actions.
Zuo Feng stayed in the small Xiaquyang for a few more days. Gao Fei served him like an uncle. He understood this kind of people very well, but he couldn't offend him yet. Offending Zuo Feng would be equivalent to destroying his own life.
The future. On the fifth day, Zuo Feng also consciously finished his inspection, so he said goodbye to Gao Fei and returned home with a full load in the direction of Luoyang. Before leaving, he praised Gao Fei for his good service, patted his chest and talked about things.
Wrap it around him and let him wait here for the decree with peace of mind.
Gao Fei saw each other off for more than ten miles before he stopped, waved to Zuo Feng, turned his horse's head, and drove slowly towards Quyang.
"My lord, you seem to have become a different person these days. Why do you serve Zuo Feng like this?" Zhao Yun asked in confusion on the way back.
Only three people knew about buying an official position from Zuo Feng. Apart from Gao Fei himself, only Liao Hua and Lu Heng were aware of it. He had done a good job of keeping this matter secret. He knew that if such a thing were to be reported,
It might arouse resentment in Zhao Yun's ears, so he didn't mention it to anyone, including Zhao Yun.
"I can't afford to offend such a person. Although Zuo Feng is not a good person, he is a Huangmen servant after all. All matters leading to and from the palace are handled by them. I can only do this. Now that he is gone,
There won't be any more trouble, let's just wait here quietly, and the court will reward us soon." Gao Fei could only explain this, because he couldn't possibly tell Zhao Yun about his purchase of an official position.
Zhao Yun didn't speak anymore. He believed that his master was doing the right thing. Since he chose to follow Gao Fei, he would go to the dark side because it was his own choice. No one forced him to do it. He also secretly investigated it in advance.
good result.
Along the way, Gao Fei was very happy and hummed some popular songs softly. This singing style made everyone around him fascinated. Because it sounded so good, everyone following him listened quietly.
When he was approaching Xiaquyang, Gao Fei saw some people standing by the city gate from a distance. A man wearing a helmet and armor and more than ten light cavalry were waiting quietly at the city gate. From there, the clothes on the leader's body
Judging from his appearance, he is a military commander with the same position.
As they galloped to the city gate, the military commander immediately came up to him, clasping his fists with joy on his face and saying, "Come here, Gao Sima, and you're fine!"
Gao Fei took a look at the Army Sima, who seemed to be the Right Army Sima under Lu Zhi's tent. He turned over and dismounted, and responded politely: "It turns out it's you. Gao really missed the target. What kind of wind blew you away?"
coming?"
Sima of the Right Army, whose surname was Zhou Mingshen and whose courtesy name was Botong. When Lu Zhi ordered generals, he once shouted Zhou Botong's name. Gao Fei was shocked and thought he was an old naughty boy written by Jin Yong who had traveled to the Three Kingdoms. When he learned that Botong
After it was Zhou Shen's words, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Shen was only two years older than Gao Fei. He had just turned twenty and was released from Yulin Lang. He was from Wuwei, Liangzhou. Seeing the joy on his face, he immediately took out a document from his arms.
, handed it to Gao Fei, and said slowly: "Brother Gao Xian, please open it quickly and take a look!"
Gao Fei immediately opened the document and first looked at the seal in the lower left corner. It was from the General's Mansion. He browsed it hastily and roughly understood what it meant. After closing the document, he wrinkled it.
He raised his eyebrows and said to Zhou Shen, "Has your Excellency set off already?"
Zhou Shen nodded and said: "Well, your Excellency received an appointment from the General's Office just after he came back. Now he has led his troops to Yingchuan. He specifically asked me to hand over this letter of appointment to you so that you and I can
Let’s lead the troops together and march toward Yingchuan.”
Gao Fei understood the meaning of Zhou Shen's words. He smiled and said: "There is no rush. You came all the way here. It would be too hasty to leave today. At least let me prepare first."
.I think you are quite tired, so why not go to the city to rest first, and how about we set off together tomorrow morning?"
Zhou Shen smiled and said: "Brother Gao Xian is thoughtful, so being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
Gao Fei shouted to the back: "Xia Houlan!"
"My subordinate is here!" Xia Houlan hurriedly stepped out from behind and bowed to Gao Fei.
Gao Fei said: "Take Mr. Zhou...oh no, I should call you General Zhou. Take General Zhou to the county government office to rest, so that you can serve him well!"
Xia Houlan said "Promise", then made a gesture of invitation and said to Zhou Shen: "General Zhou, please!"
Zhou Shen said another greeting to Gao Fei, and then followed Xia Houlan into the city with his men.
"Sir, are you going to Yingchuan to suppress the bandits?" Zhao Yun asked inadvertently, with a hint of joy in his words.
Gao Fei nodded and said slowly: "The general's office has issued a general order, and Lu Zhi has been appointed as the general of the left, Zhou Shen has been appointed as the captain of Xuanyi, and I have been appointed as the captain of the bandits, respectively.
Soldiers and horses, go to Yingchuan together to suppress the bandits, and all affairs in Quyang will be taken over by Julu Prefect!"
Zhao Yun said happily: "Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, sir. You have accomplished great feats by killing the Yellow Turban. Even if you are awarded the title of general, it is not an exaggeration!"
After hearing this, the other attendants all said in unison: "Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir!"
Gao Fei gave a wry smile and ordered everyone to enter the city. After returning to the county government office, Gao Fei ordered all the military princes to be summoned to the county government office.
The news of Gao Fei's promotion spread widely, and the officers and soldiers in Quyang were all excited. For them, their master's promotion meant that they could also follow suit. After a while, all the officers and soldiers in the city were excited.
Immersed in the joy, only two people in the city were unhappy. One was Gao Fei, who had just been promoted to the captain of the bandit-breaking school, and the other was Liu Bei, who was temporarily serving as a military lord under Gao Fei.
Gao Fei was sitting in the hall of the county government office, feeling very depressed. He thought he could stop the fighting temporarily and stationed in Xiaquyang to wait for the position of Liaodong Prefect. Who would have thought that the General's Office would suddenly issue such an appointment. He thought about it
After a while, he was no longer upset. It was better to be promoted than not to be promoted. Since he was asked to kill the bandits, he should go and gain some fame, and then wait for the new appointment certificate of Liaodong Governor to be issued, and he could go away.
Liaodong went to develop his own career.
When all the military princes gathered at the county government office, Gao Fei took out the appointment certificate from the General's Mansion, let them read it one by one, and asked loudly: "Have you read it all?"
Everyone replied in unison: "Master Qi, the generals and others have all seen it!"
Gao Fei smiled and said: "There are now 19,531 soldiers in the city, less than 20,000. Liao Hua, can you make up the difference from the Yellow Turban Army that originally surrendered?"
Liao Hua chuckled and said, "No problem, this matter will be taken care of by my subordinates."
Gao Fei continued: "Xuanyi Colonel Zhou Shen is here. The purpose is to allocate 10,000 troops from me to him to command... Lu Heng, I will leave this matter to you. Allocate 10,000 horse steps to Zhou Shen."
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Lu Heng cupped his fists and said, "I understand!"
Gao Fei glanced at everyone and saw that everyone's eyes were a little worried, fearing that the troops and horses they brought would be given to Zhou Shen together with them. He stood up and said slowly: "I have divided the troops.
, but he will not give any of me to him. You are all my subordinates, so naturally you are still in my military camp. Although Zhou Shen only brought a dozen Qingqi this time, I can see that these dozen
All the Qingqi are Sima and military lords that he plans to appoint, and he will never want my people, so you don’t have to worry."
Zhang Fei listened and said with a grin: "That's great. I got along so harmoniously with the adults just now. If it were another person, I, Lao Zhang, would be afraid that that person named Zhou Shen wouldn't be able to stand my temper."
Gao Fei smiled and said: "Don't worry, even if I separate myself, I will never separate you. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao,
Bian Xi, from today onwards, the nine of you will be commanders of our army, each leading a thousand men."
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liao Hua, Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi immediately came out and said in unison: "I would like to thank you for your kindness!"
Gao Fei continued: "Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Fei An, the three of you can become military lords and continue to stay in my personal army with 200 guards each!"
Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Fei An thanked each other in unison: "The last general takes command!"
After the appointment was completed, Gao Fei let everyone disperse and went to busy packing their bags and preparing to leave tomorrow.
By evening, Liao Hua had selected more than 400 strong men from the original Yellow Turban Army, and the official army had been supplemented by 20,000 people. Then Lu Heng divided 10,000 of the soldiers who were not particularly close, leaving
Ten thousand strong and very loyal soldiers to Gao Fei. Gao Fei handed over the military power of 10,000 of them to Zhou Shen, and the news that the official army was about to leave also spread throughout the city.
That night, Gao Fei set up a small banquet for Zhou Shen. The two of them sat at the table with only his personal companions to accompany them. After exchanging a few words, Zhou Shen said to Gao Fei: "Brother Gao Xian, I have a few words to say to you."
My dear brother said, I wonder if my dear brother can stand aside?"
Gao Fei nodded, turned to Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan who were coming with him and said, "You guys wait outside. No one is allowed in without my order!"
Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan slowly withdrew, and then Zhou Shen also dismissed his personal followers, leaving only Zhou Shen and Gao Fei in the whole room.
The candles in the room flickered on and off, illuminating the whole room with gentle light.
"Brother Zhou, there are only two of us left here. If you have anything to say, just say it!" Gao Fei vaguely felt that Zhou Shen might have some ulterior secrets, so he asked first.
Zhou Shen took a sip of wine and said slowly: "Brother Xian, you and I are both from Liangzhou. We are both good family members selected by the imperial court from the six counties. We also entered the capital together as Yulin Lang, and we both belong to the same family.
General Habayashi Nakaro will be in charge. If there had not been the Yellow Turban Rebellion, we might have died in the palace for the rest of our lives without any chance of success. Later, we became Lu Zhi's subordinates together, and we were both military commanders under him.
, this fate is really not shallow, don’t you think so?”
Gao Fei nodded and used the memory of the real Gao Fei to carefully search for everything about Zhou Shen in his mind. In his memory, although he and Zhou Shen were selected from the six counties of Liangzhou at the same time to join the good family of Wei Yu Linlang
, but he and Zhou Shen didn’t know each other until they entered Lu Zhi’s tent together, and the contacts were not very close. He was thinking about what Zhou Shen was going to say next, so he agreed: "What Brother Zhou said is very true.
, this kind of fate is indeed rare and precious."
Zhou Shen continued: "Brother Xian, what do you think of Lu Zhi's treatment of you?"
"Master Lu is a famous scholar in the world, and he treats me sincerely..."
"Sincerity? Hahaha, my dear brother is not deeply involved in the world and does not understand the ups and downs of official career!" Zhou Shen interrupted Gao Fei and laughed loudly.
Gao Fei hurriedly asked: "Brother Zhou, how do you say this?"