Chapter 317: The Situation in Bingzhou

Yes, you heard it right. After a month of cultivation, Zhang Liao had successfully broken through to the Postnatal realm, and it was the Postnatal Second Heaven realm, already standing in the first echelon of the Great Han Empire.

"Report..."

Just as Zhang Liao and the others wanted to continue talking, a loud shout from a soldier sounded outside the military tent.

Subsequently, only a soldier was seen rushing into the main tent, kneeling on one knee to Zhang Liao and the others, cupping his hands and shouting loudly: "Reporting to the General, news has come from Luoyang that His Majesty's army has already set out!"

"Good, His Majesty has finally sent troops. Then did he say when this General should send troops?" Zhang Liao first excitedly said 'good', and then asked the soldier.

"Reporting to the General, this is the imperial decree from Luoyang. His Majesty said the General doesn't need to wait for His Majesty, and after receiving the news, send troops to Bingzhou directly."

Seeing Zhang Liao's inquiry, the soldier took out the secret decree given by Liu Bian and read it.

"Hahahaha, good. Pass this General's order: order the army to prepare for the expedition. One hour later, the army will set out."

After Zhang Liao finished reading Liu Bian's secret decree, he said to the few people.

"Obey the order!" Hearing Zhang Liao issue the military order for the expedition, Xi Zhicai and several deputy generals also said solemnly.

Subsequently, Zhang Liao looked at Zhang He and Gao Lan and said with a serious expression: "Zhang He, Gao Lan, after I set out on the expedition, the Sili region will be handed over to you two. You must guard the Sili region well."

"This subordinate obeys the order. Please rest assured, General. With us two guarding the Sili region, no matter who it is, if they dare to invade our Sili region, this subordinate will definitely make them never return!"

Regarding Zhang Liao's instructions, Zhang He and Gao Lan were also solemn, and then guaranteed with determination.

"Good, regarding your strength and command ability, I know. As long as it is not careless, with you two here, it will definitely be foolproof!" Regarding the talents of the two, Zhang Liao was also very recognized.

In history, Zhang He originally served under Yuan Shao as one of the Four Pillars of Hebei, and after surrendering to Cao Cao, he was appointed as one of the Five Good Generals of Cao Wei. His talent can be seen.

And Gao Lan, as one of the four great generals under Yuan Shao in history, was one of the Four Pillars of Hebei who was on par with Zhang He. His talent was also not weak.

Now, both of them were loyal to Liu Bian and had cultivated the Martial Dao technique. Their cultivation had reached the Postnatal First Heaven realm. Plus, the 25,000 Xiliang Army soldiers who had also cultivated the Martial Dao technique, fighting a defensive battle, they were not afraid of anyone.

Subsequently, the two also went to prepare, leaving Zhang Liao alone in the tent.

Zhang Liao stood in the empty tent, thought for a while, and then went to look at the map of the thirteen provinces of the Great Han Empire hanging on the wall. He saw that on it, only the Sili region was white, and the other twelve provinces were gray.

This was a map of the entire Great Han Empire made by someone Liu Bian ordered a month ago. Among them, white represented what Liu Bian occupied, and gray represented the unoccupied land, not knowing whether the other party was hostile or neutral.

In fact, there was a map in Liu Bian's system mall, but he felt it wasn't needed at the time, so he didn't exchange for it, thinking that he would exchange for it when fighting a war one day. He didn't expect that after going to the Xiliang Army camp, he went directly to the drill ground and didn't see the map used in the army. This matter was delayed.

However, when he checked the system mall at the beginning, he bought a world map and hung it directly in his Imperial Study.

Zhang Liao was staring at the nine commanderies of Bingzhou located in the northwest of the map. Bingzhou, since ancient times, had been an important border pass and an important gateway to prevent the Xiongnu from going south to the Central Plains.

However, ever since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the national strength of the Great Han Empire had greatly decreased, and the Imperial Court was weak. The Xiongnu people had coveted the Central Plains land. Previously, there was the Bingzhou Inspector Ding Yuan sitting in town, plus the number one martial general of the time, Lü Bu, under his command, who fought the Xiongnu people so they dared not invade the border again.

However, ever since Ding Yuan, who guarded Bingzhou, was killed by Dong Zhuo, and Lü Bu surrendered to Dong Zhuo, Bingzhou was received by Dong Zhuo, and the army that originally guarded Bingzhou was also controlled by Dong Zhuo, who later sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to lead the army to guard it.

However, Niu Fu was mediocre in martial arts and had no talent for leading troops. Moreover, this person was ambitious but lacked talent, and was narrow-minded. Many capable people were suppressed and squeezed out because they went against his wishes.

The Xiongnu people immediately saw the hope of attacking Bingzhou, so the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Yufuluo led 50,000 troops to attack Bingzhou.

Subsequently, it ended with Bingzhou losing the three commanderies of Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong.

Nowadays, these three commanderies were all under the control of the Xiongnu people. The Great Han people living in the three commanderies suffered from the looting of the Xiongnu people, causing the three commanderies to be empty.

"Hmph, damn Xiongnu people. If it weren't for our Great Han falling into civil strife, then just relying on him, Yufuluo, he would dare to invade our three commanderies of Bingzhou!"

"And this Niu Fu is really trash. Anyway, the entire Bingzhou had 50,000 troops, and it was hard for this idiot to lose them until only 20,000 troops were left!"

Zhang Liao looked at the map, and the more he looked, the more he couldn't control the anger in his heart. He frowned tightly, the veins on his forehead bulged, his hands were clenched into fists, and his body was trembling slightly.

"Bang!"

Thinking of the angry place, Zhang Liao could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and immediately smashed a punch on the desk in front of him. The hard desk was smashed into pieces under Zhang Liao's punch, wood blocks splashed, which showed how great the anger in Zhang Liao's heart was.

"What's wrong? Who angered our General Zhang so much?"

I don't know when, a figure quietly walked into the tent. The person who came was none other than the Bingzhou Army military advisor arranged by Liu Bian, Xi Zhicai.

He looked at Zhang Liao with a smile and interest. As soon as he came in, he saw Zhang Liao looking angry and even smashing the desk in front of him, which made him very curious.

Based on his time with Zhang Liao during this period, he found that his temper was very good and he was very easygoing with others. Although he was a bit strict with his subordinates, this was all for the soldiers to survive better on the battlefield in the future.

And he was not someone who would lose his temper randomly. He was very curious about who had angered Zhang Liao to be so angry.

"The Military Advisor is here!" Seeing that the person who came was Xi Zhicai, Zhang Liao immediately put away the anger in his heart. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and then revealed a smile, greeting Xi Zhicai.

"Who angered our General Zhang?" Xi Zhicai walked to Zhang Liao's side and asked with a smile. His eyes revealed a trace of cunning and curiosity, as if he was full of interest in Zhang Liao's anger.

"Let the Military Advisor laugh. I was just thinking that the three commanderies of Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong in Bingzhou are now occupied by the Xiongnu people, so I got a bit angry!"

"The most infuriating thing is the Bingzhou defender arranged by Dong Zhuo at the beginning, his good son-in-law Niu Fu, 50,000 people!"

"Hardly, he caused more than 20,000 people to die. They were all soldiers guarding our Great Han border; they died too unjustly!" ===== CHAPTER 318 =====