Reborn in the Three Kingdoms Novel - Chapter 142

Chapter 142 The Fear of Life and Death Zhang Chao
“Haha.” Zhang Chao smiled and nodded. He had never thought that it would be difficult to take down Mayi. After seeing Zeng Lian appear in front of him, he got off his horse and laughed loudly, “Is he Brother Zitong?”

The grand emperor’s personal general was actually so polite to a general guarding the county, which made Ceng Lian’s face reveal a smile from the bottom of his heart. “Great General, I don’t dare to call you that.”

“Ah, why can’t I? Brother Zitong and I are like old friends at first sight. You are older than me, so it would be very appropriate to call you brother.” Zhang Chao confirmed that he had surrendered and smiled as he spoke to Ceng Lian.

Under Zhang Chao’s initiative, the two of them actually held hands and grabbed each other. Then, the two of them entered Mayi City shoulder to shoulder.

At the city gate, Zhang Chao saw a thousand Xiongnu soldiers riding horses. He pretended to be shocked and said, “Is this the Xiongnu Knight?”

Seeing Zhang Chao ask, Zeng Lian replied, “Yes, this is the part of the Xiongnu cavalry sent by the Xiongnu Khan to receive. There are nearly ten thousand troops outside the city. Oh right, I just received news that another twenty thousand cavalry are heading towards Mayi from the Yin Clan. They all heard the name of the Great General and want to show their true colors.”

When Zeng Lian said these words, he had a smile on his face, as if he didn’t care at all. However, hearing these words in Zhang Chao’s ears, he was really shocked, “What? There are so many Xiongnu cavalry coming? This… This doesn’t have to be the case, right?”

‘”Ah, how could it not be like this? Thank you for sending me 150,000 stones of grain this time. By the way, it’s only 6,000 stones this time. I wonder when the rest of the grain will arrive.” Seeing how panicked Zhang Chao was, Zeng Lian’s heart was at ease. It seemed that Zhang Chao was no better than Er’er. He was talking nonsense, but it was just to scare him. When he heard that so many Xiongnu cavalry had rushed over, his expression changed. This wasn’t a big deal, so his previous caution was a little unnecessary.

“Oh, the food will arrive soon. However, they are infantry. They are not as fast as the cavalry I brought.” Zhang chao a lingering fear, give the feeling is really afraid of the xiongnu cavalry.

Follow behind the country has been paying attention to zhang chao, in see master’s expression so appropriate, also have to exclaim in the heart, if who believed in zhang chao’s performance, then is afraid of being sold, but also count money for the master.

After Zeng Lian probed, he felt relieved about Zhang Chao. Especially when he heard that he wanted to leave a thousand cavalry outside and didn’t need to enter the city, his heart became even more assured. This was clearly Zhang Chao looking for a way out. He was afraid that he would be disadvantaged. He had only left a thousand troops outside the city. What was there to be afraid of for such a cowardly person?

It was said that the rumors were probably too exaggerated. In the past, he didn’t even believe it, but now, it seemed like he had to admit it.

Zhang chao left a thousand zhang family light cavalry, with a thousand heavy ride a thousand light cavalry escorted six thousand stone food into mayi city.

Once in the city, once even let the huns cavalry will follow food away, during this process, zhang chao is really not a sound, seems very passive and even a little afraid of the appearance. This made Zeng Lian even more relieved.

Zeng Lian had even thought about not letting Zhang Chao leave first. When the 150,000 stones of grain arrived, he would see if he could get more benefits.

A person’s greed was always limitless. Ceng Lian treated Zhang Chao as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

After entering the city, Zeng Lian wanted Zhang Chao to live in the county government and stay with him, so that it would be easier to control. However, in the face of this problem, Zhang Chao was indeed strongly opposed. He only said that he wanted to be with the sergeant, and even inferred that if he did not do so, he would not be able to sleep well.

Seeing Zhang Chao waving his hand repeatedly in fear, Zeng Lian felt even more relieved. Thinking about it, Zhang Chao entered the city anyway. With two thousand against ten thousand, he couldn’t escape anymore, so it would be the same wherever he went. After all, the food was not in his possession, and it was not the time for him to turn hostile.

In this way, under Ceng Lian’s arrangement, Zhang Chao and his two thousand soldiers were arranged to the east of the county. The nearby three thousand Xiongnu cavalry led by Attila, to deter, will certainly play an excellent role.

Zhang chao was allowed to live with the army, this is thousands of gratitude, also said that the evening banquet has even and the huns general Attila, also hope to be honored.

Zhang Chao’s enthusiasm and fear made Zeng Lian very satisfied and agreed without thinking. However, he refused on the grounds that General Attila was in charge of military affairs and was afraid that he would not be able to attend the banquet. However, he agreed that he would set up wine in the county government at night. As the host, he should welcome the guests.

Zhang Chao refused twice. Seeing that Zeng Lian had to be the host, he agreed to be his guest today, but he had to be the host tomorrow.

In any case, it was all food brought by Zhang Chao. Ceng Lian could say whatever you wanted, but he agreed to it in one go.

After the appointment, Zhang Chao took the army to Dongcheng District. After sending him away with a smile, he turned around and saw Attila looking at him from behind.

Seeing Zeng Lian turn around, Attila took the initiative to say, “How is it? Lord Zeng, this so-called Great General of your Han Dynasty is only so bold.”

“Yes, I listened to the rumors and trusted their words.” Zeng Lian had no choice but to admit that he had been too careful.

Hearing that even Zeng Lian admitted that Zhang Chao was useless, Attila couldn’t help but laugh.

Zhang Chao endured pretending to be afraid and deceived Zeng Lian and Attila. However, upon returning to the temporary barracks in Dongcheng City, the smiles on his face were all put away.

Inside the temporary house, looking at Zhang Chao’s gloomy face sitting in the first place, Country followed behind him then walked forward and said, “Master, everything has been arranged and everything is going according to the plan. There shouldn’t be any problems. However, how should Ceng Lian be treated?”

“In the opinion of filial piety, how should we treat it?” Zhang Chao did not answer immediately, but asked for advice.

“This Zeng Zitong still has some abilities. If he can subdue him, he should still be able to subdue any county governor in the future.” Country thought about all aspects to get information about Ceng Lian this person, this is a very objective evaluation.

“No!” Who would have thought that after hearing this, Zhang Chao would shake his head. “Such a person must be killed.”

Country didn’t expect zhang chao to move killing intent, for a moment was stunned there. Obviously, this result was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Looking at the country was stunned there, zhang chao explained, “filial piety, Ceng Lian must be killed. But kill him not because he underestimated me, but he is a han, actually work for the huns, how is this different from traitors, with this, has died a hundred times, such a person is no longer necessary to survive.”

Country did think of other just now, thought it was because even look down on master, this zhang chao is a little petty to make the decision to kill. But now that he heard the explanation, he suddenly understood, and then said with a shy face, “Master, just now, it was Jia who treated a gentleman with a petty heart.”

Looking at the country unexpectedly lowered his head to his waist, is a completely guilty attitude, zhang chao hurriedly stepped forward to help it up: “in filial piety, I know what you think. However, I just want to say that although there are no major powers, there is still a lot of breadth of mind. As long as this person is talented and can be used by me, no matter what he has done, I can endure it. But I definitely can’t stay behind for betraying the nation. If such a person doesn’t have integrity, even if he stays, it won’t be a blessing for the people. ”

“Yes, Lord, Jia is wrong.” Guo Jia said sincerely. From this matter, he could also see Zhang Chao’s personality. Once he touched his bottom line, things would not slow down. This was a person with great national integrity, that is, a person with a sense of righteousness. To have such a person become Lord was also considered a blessing to be a subject.

“It doesn’t matter. Filial piety, you’ll know who I am after a long time. In fact, no matter how corrupt the Han Dynasty is, this is our own family business. No outsiders are allowed to interfere. It’s like the two brothers fighting for the family’s affairs, but when the foreign enemies invade, they must immediately unite and unite with each other.” Zhang Chao said with a sigh. Internal friction has always been the biggest reason why a dynasty was replaced. Think about the thousands of years in China, which time wasn’t it because the internal friction was too great that it attracted foreign enemies and eventually led to the change of the old and new dynasties?

Internal friction was like a couple getting angry, no one could stop it. However, the premise was that the two of them had to close the end of the bed. Otherwise, there would really be a big problem and outsiders might come. At that time, the family would face the possibility of being shattered.

Zhang Chao could not put an end to internal conflicts, after all, fighting was human nature. All he could do was to be more strict with the outside world. As long as the foreign enemies became weaker, it didn’t matter if there was a problem at home, and he still had time to solve it.

“Yes, what Master said is extremely true. It’s because Jia’s gaze is not enough.” Country on the side, is very modest said.

This is not insufficient country vision, is he experienced and zhang chao heard a few far away.

Zhang Chao waved his hand, as if he wouldn’t blame anyone. Country looked at zhang chao really don’t care, then also relieved: “master, although we have successfully lied to Ceng Lian, but the huns general has not appeared, obviously they are still on guard against us, I’m afraid tonight will have a branch knot.”

“It doesn’t matter. With a thousand Zhang Clan members on board, nothing big will happen.” Zhang Chao said confidently. This time, he brought out a thousand Zhang Clan heavy cavalry to prevent all sorts of possible things from happening. Although the strength of the huns cavalry is not ordinary, but also depends on and who. Compared to the Zhang Clan’s heavy cavalry, they were at least three levels weaker.

Seeing that Zhang Chao was so confident, Country felt relieved and said, “Master, I will arrange this.”

“Thank you for your hard work.” Zhang chao let country leave, and then found the bed to rest up, there are still big things to do at night, first raise the spirit in said.