In the next few days, Lu Bu honestly stayed in the study with Yan Qing, who had a lot of inconvenience in his actions, tearing open the names of the papers one by one and carefully correcting them, even though his brain ached from reading them, he still managed to get through them from beginning to end.
The good thing is that the volume of rolls is not large, and the comments of the other marking officials are extremely valuable, after wasting the first few days, they finally solved all of these in one day and one night.
After listing the names, Yan Qing couldn't help but take a long breath, personally sealing it and handing it over to his personal guards to send it out, then looked at Lu Bu who was sitting there like a puppet with mosquitoes in his eyes and his reaction was very slow, but couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He walked over, and patted Lu Bu's cheek affectionately, "Settled, wake up."
He looked at him dumbfounded and asked back incredulously, "Finished?"
Yan Qing nodded, seriously suggesting, "If you feel that you have not finished and still want to look at the previous papers ......"
Not waiting for him to finish, Lu Bu's face will instantly look austere, the whole person scurried up, lest he really be caught by Yan Qing to continue to read the general, without saying a word, rushed straight out the door.
Leaving Yan Qing in the study, admiring his fleeing back like an evil ghost chasing wildly behind him, such as out of a mouthful of depressed air, laughing non-stop.
And the list of the three top names that attracted the most attention from the Shilin, also came out after a long time of waiting, and finally lit up in front of everyone's eyes.
The Scholarly Yanks discuss.
Pang Tong, the top-ranked player.
Scouting Fazheng.
What made Yan Qing secretly feel pity was that since only the answers to the first three questions could be entered, even if they were more counter-intuitive, they would eventually lose out on the last question.
Zhuge Liang's ranking, it will have to be aggrieved to fall to the second place.
After all, the crossbow. The drawings of the crossbow is classified as confidential, it is impossible to be able to print out with other answers, for students to read and study at will. And Zhuge Liang's sword to go sideways, because he has amazing talent, but should not be encouraged, not to start this precedent. If the mediocrity of the people to follow suit, each not serious answer, only draw some of the bullshit diagram to seek to be amazing, it is simply unthinkable.
Not to mention the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, throughout the five thousand years, how many Zhuge Liangs have come out?
In search of Zhuge Liang to talk about crossbow development on matters, Yan Qing will be this frankly told, Zhuge Liang but do not care, only said that early preparations, looking forward to this armament can really come in handy.
He this broad-minded heart, Lu Bu also some impressed, and after further deliberation, decided to bring him ahead of time to go to the army more experience.
Zhuge Liang happily obliged.
Despite the talent of this examination, without the strongest rival Lu Xun, or all the way steady, with a proud of the real talent, a standout.
The title of the first prize to him, indeed called the name to the real.
It would be foolish to have to lower Lu Xun's ranking a bit simply to avoid suspicion.
Ancient Gan Luo twelve bye, Lu Xun this achievement, dazzling but not to the eye, Yan Qing is happy beyond words, holding Lu Xun's answer sheet over and over, I do not know how many times to look at, almost all will be those articles backwards.
After being taken for transcription and preparation for printing, Yan Qing unceremoniously included all fifty answer sheets in his collection.
As for those who emphasize poetry and song, write Chinese words and phrases, although there is that foundation in, not to fall into the list, the ranking but more not high. However, these people's heart is the highest, to be released on the day of the list, there will be hanging on the tail of a few people burst of anger, disdain, whisking their sleeves away.
Yan Qing didn't bother with them.
If the world is peaceful and peaceful, the country is peaceful and peaceful, heavy them is no harm, but in this chaotic world, either livelihood, military, or political strategy ...... even a practical point of learning are not willing to master, but also refused to look at other people s strengths, and even refused to speculate on the mind of the upper head, then the waist pole is straight, the words say beautiful, but it is also not much use.
For those who can write a beautiful diatribe, Chen Lin, who was collected from Yuan Shao, is enough.
It is that Fazheng and Pang Tong's ratings are only in between, whoever comes first and whoever comes after can be, Lu Bu is too lazy to dwell on this, and with a stroke of his pen, he wants to place Pang Tong in the position of the scout, but he is caught by Yan Qing and turned around.
Regarding Yan Qing's insistence that the 'scout must be a handsome young man', Lu Bu was completely unable to understand it, yet he still went along with it.
Apart from some unavoidable discordant notes, both the parade of the royal horses and the giving of the banquet at Qionglin went extremely smoothly, and can be said to be a happy occasion for all.
When the official position was approved, this several-month-long event that caused a great stir in the scholarly community finally came to a successful conclusion.
And the hardest of them all, Yan Qing, also benefited immensely, all aspects of the pot of money, firmly laying the foundation of the imperial examinations.
While he was happy, he was keenly aware that Lu Xun, who was supposed to be the most scenic, was actually not in much pain.
After he shared this discovery with Guo Jia, Guo Jia lazily said, "Since it has something to do with Duke Liang."
Yan Qing suddenly realized, "He is thinking that there is something fishy about Duke Liang's ranking?"
Guo Jia nodded: "Although the public said that he was careless after the pen, inadvertently knocked over the ink stone, so that the ink stained the surface of the paper, the party nullified the answer to a whole question, but this set of words, and how can let Bo Yan release his mind?"
Yan Qing guffawed, "So it seems that the talk about them being at war is an overstatement."
From his own point of view, really hate a person, you should hope for the other party's bad luck, but also wait for the opportunity to fall on the well.
How can it be that when that person achieves results that are not in line with his real level of performance, instead of feeling happy, he will feel indignant and feel that the other person has not given his best and has regrets?
Guo Jia gave a sly smile, ''If you want to confirm it, isn't it simple? Aren't they all going to go to the army for training, and then determine their positions? You will then use your authority to arrange them in one place, one main and one supporting, and in time, you will be able to get a clear picture."
"Oh?" Yan Qing hit the nail on the head, "You can still take advantage of the opportunity to watch the fun, right?"
Guo Jia dashingly shook his fan and refused to admit it, "Nonetheless, nonetheless."
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Yan Qing said with a straight face, "They are not people who don't know what's going on, even if they don't get along, it's only for a while. It's better to let nature take its course, rather than to go about making things happen as you have done."
Guo Jia shrugged, "Fine."
Before Yan Qing could open his mouth, he heard Guo Jia ask again in an impatiently gossipy manner, "Then what's the matter with you being rather distant from the Lord lately?"
Yan Qing glanced at him breathlessly, "You're just so idle that you're even concerned about this?"
Guo Jia said: "Lord usually do not go back to his own house, looking for all the reasons, have to stay in your mansion, and you talk with you by candlelight at night, but lately it's anomalous, stayed in the barracks, is not fishy very much?"
Yan Qing certainly knew all about the reason why Lu Bu stayed out at night.
Wasn't it because he was afraid that he would really force him to go through the mountains of examination papers from the previous sessions in order to avenge his own personal wrongs before he went to the barracks to avoid the wind?
Even in front of a close friend who can be said to have nothing to talk about in other aspects, Yan Qing did not want to share this private matter, so he coughed lightly and sighed: "What's so strange about this? Really speaking, Fengxiao is the best in this thinly-veiled, love the new and hate the old together. Think back to the beginning, you are from Yuzhou to Yangzhou, just for thousands of miles to find a husband, and for me to take care of the house inside and outside, to make plans, no regrets."
"In the end, just a few years of work, you moved away from love, drunk on tenderness, and even I went to your bed the other day, wanting to talk to you for a long time, but I had to be disliked by you."
A few more gags, and finally that's out of the way.
Yan Qing asked, "How is Zi Long injured?"
Guo Jia gave him a meaningful look and said with a smiling face, ''It's interesting to say. It is obvious that Zi Long's injuries were heavy and obvious to all, but he was able to get out of bed on the second day, and he was so lively that even the doctors marveled at his incredible condition. The most widely rumored story is that Chong Guang was so compassionate to his loyalty that night that he passed a mouthful of immortal energy to him."
Yan Qing face as usual, ignoring his last sentence of flirting: "so very good, the attack on Jing, can not be separated from the ZiLong this general, he has been healed, can also order him to organize the army, quickly do the camp ready."
Guo Jia said, "Not waiting for spring?"
"Didn't I say so," Yan Qing said with a faint smile, "I don't want to wait."
Lu Bu potential is actually unprecedented in this winter months to mobilize troops and horses, and the battle is not small, of course, can not hide the ears of the lords.
Thinking about the two big events that happened one after another in Xu City, they all thought that Lu Bu was completely angered by Liu Yan's tactics in Yi Zhou, and wanted to be like Cao A Zou that year, and went to the western expedition in Sili.
Single to the state county strength to do comparison, single according to the Yizhou Liu Yan, since than Lu Bu to be a lot worse, but one side of the long-distance travel, long distance, the other side to wait for labor, supply convenient, and the Sichuan Road rugged, heavenly dangers around, that the tiger jail off famous under the sky of the tiger, I'm afraid to be in the arrogance of planting a big heel.
Liu table also only at the beginning of the tent by Kuai Liang, Han Song reminded, wait for a while, and then see Lu Bu imposing, but does not seem to come at Jing, only the tip of the sword pointed straight to the Yizhou Liangzhou, put down the guard, as always, held a banquet, hospitality to talk to the guests.
If Lu Bu really wanted to kill him, a few months ago, he could have planted the evidence of Liu Bei on his head and mixed it into the rebellious ministers to kill him, so why would he be polite and let him go back to Jing?
After Liu Biao thought through this point, he even sent a letter, pretending to ask Lu Bu if he wanted to borrow the road to enter Yi.
Yan Qing painfully expressed his gratitude and also bluntly refused.
Liu table more put down the heart, no longer care about worrying about the sky Kuai Liang two day sighing, also do not want to on the two such as a great disaster is approaching sad face, see Liu Qi body recovery, he was cold with the cold scared, make a tender little gesture of Cai's back together, like honey, also accompanied her back to the clan to visit the relatives of a trip.
Zhang Song of Yizhou, however, spied Lu Bu's true plans and told this to Liu Yan for knowledge.
Although Liu Yan will believe in it, but he would rather believe in it than not.
The reasoning of "lips dying, teeth chilling" is very clear to him: if Jingzhou falls, the failure of that day, and Lu Bu has a tooth and nail hatred of Yizhou, will not face the dangerous situation of frontal enemy?
Immediately rest a letter, sent out several messengers, let Liu Biao must not take it lightly, and be on guard.
Unfortunately, the journey is long, not waiting for the messenger to cross the mountains and arrive at Jingzhou, the other party has already met with misfortune.
With his beloved wife Cai's visit to the relatives of the family, Liu table, in the return journey to get off the car once in the middle of the meal, the meal has not yet eaten, ate patiently ambushed in the clumps of trees in the middle of the real is waiting for a long time of Ma Zhong's swift arrow.
Hearing a clang of the bowstring quivering, the powerful and mighty arrow pierced through the throat of the Jingzhou Assassin's fragile, though adept at high sounding words, with unparalleled swiftness before any of the guards could react to it.
Cai, who was the closest to him and who was smiling and laughing, was first splattered all over his head and face by the fishy red hot blood, and then fell on the sandy ground under the pressure of the body that fell with a loud bang, and screamed several times in hoarse shock, and then fainted completely.
Ma Zhong was sure that Liu Biao would definitely die after this strike, and no longer cared about the chaos of their soldiers, he quickly collected his □□□ and fled along the pre-prepared route.
When the soldiers searched the area where he hid earlier, and launched a vast search, Ma Zhong had finished writing the letter of return on the galloping horse, blew the whistle to attract the pigeons so that they could tie the letter on, and then concentrated on the road.
So in Jingzhou, where the Lord was assassinated and killed in chaos, the Cai clan took the opportunity to drive Liu Qi away from the state, to take the throne by Liu Qiong, and then to Liu Biao to raise the condolences and report the mourning, they got the bad news that Lu Bu's power had taken advantage of the fire, and that the army was pressing on the border.
They were scared six godless, this moment finally thought of seems to have some foresight, only when it is not adopted by the Liu table opinion of the Kuai Liang, but Kuai Liang in the Liu table after the death of the three sighs, back to the Kuai family can not leave the house, this will also be closed and refused to see.
Even if Cai Mao wanted to bully and entice, he didn't dare to go too far - the Kuai clan is deeply rooted in Jingzhou, and is also quite prestigious, not a weak and humble clan for them to bully.
Kuai Liang only gave them four words, "The momentum is gone."
Cai Mao was so angry that he tore the note to shreds, but not waiting for him to be furious, the navy led by Gan Ning under Lu Bu's command had already fought with Wen Hui's soldiers and horses.
Huang Zu wanted to lead his troops to relieve the siege, but he was intercepted halfway by that formidable and fierce general Zhao Yun, and was beaten so badly that he could only return to the city without moving.
Those who are willing to obey Liu Cong's dispatch are Liu Pan, Liu Biao's son, who is guarding Changsha's You County, and Zhang Yun, Liu Biao's nephew, who is in charge of another navy with Cai Mao, but all of them have no time to take care of their own affairs, and they are being beaten by the troops of the strongest generals in the tent of Lu Bu, who are making them look like stars.
Not only that, because of the former Jingzhou pastor Liu Biao favors the literati, although they do not call it a lack of soldiers and generals, but compared to Lu Bu, the camp looks very shabby.
Relying on the fact that he had as many tough generals in his power, Lu Bu had the luxury of splitting up ten lines of men, marching in different directions, each attacking.
The defenseless counties cried without tears, some see the disparity in strength, surrendered on the spot, some recalcitrant to the end, but the blood washed.
The letters requesting for help seem to be piled up on Liu Qiong's desk like snowflakes, and the new lord of Jingzhou never thought that he would be left with such an insoluble problem as soon as he took over the post and had to turn to Cai Mao for help.
Cai Mao is also burnt out, what can he do?
If they are stupid enough, they can also see that Lu Bu's military arrangement from the very beginning is all for Jingzhou. However, scolding Lu Bu for his cunningness and insidiousness will not help.
The end of resistance is also clearly laid out in front of us - once the city is broken, the civilians are fine, but the soldiers were slaughtered as an example to others.
At this moment, Cai Mao suddenly heard his subordinates report that his sister Cai was asking for an audience.
And said Cai that day was scared into a trance, but also by the Jing people scolded Liu table's death is caused by the mare, has been closed. Now a little bit of relief, and heard the bad news, thinking about it, came to see my brother.
Cai's sadly said: "The world's strength and weakness has long been determined, now the position of the child is not yet stabilized, there will be foreign trouble to kill. Lu Bu is such a heroic figure, and fortunate to have the wisdom of a superb man to assist, gathered a number of talented people who do not know how many, it is like a tiger to add wings. I think he was single-handedly, can reject thousands of troops in the tiger prison pass outside; Dynasty in the halberd pulling a rage, can call the domineering Dong Zhuo blood splattered three feet; that four generations of the Yuan family of three brothers fighting for their own, respectively, lost his hands; Cao Cao was also forced to go out of the way, the only bowed down to submit to the emperor; Xuzhou Tao Qian in order to protect the family's peace, but also will be the state will be given away!"
"Not to mention the fact that William's son is still young, even if my husband is still here, he is no match for him. The Lu soldiers have been planning for a long time, they came here prepared, this time the momentum is like a rainbow, how strong, and on the court's righteousness, refusal is not the name of the good. His generals are decisive, and the situation of those who surrender and resist is vastly different. In this way, Jingliang soldiers and people, before the battle already have fear, how can they win?"
How could Cai Mao be unaware of the peril that even a woman knows about? He was silent for a moment and asked, "Then, according to sister, what can be done?"
Cai sobbed: "If we fight, we will definitely lose, and if we think of retreating, we have nowhere to go. Now the only plan is to offer the nine counties of Jingxiang to that Lv thief and let him do what he wants, so that he can change the peace and prosperity of Jingzhou!"
Cai Mao had already thought of this: "I think so too. However, William will certainly be unwilling to do so."
It is not because of the greed for power, but as a son, how would he be willing to give away his father's foundation?
Cai, however, said, "I have my own way to persuade him. You should quickly order someone to write a letter of descent, and then have it stamped by William Baker, and send someone to present it."
Although it took some effort to convince Liu Chong, Cai finally achieved her goal.
When the letter of surrender was sent to Lu Bu, Lu Bu was annoyed that his general Zhang Liao was seriously wounded by an arrow, and intended to make a killing of the rather tricky city of You.
When Yan Qing hurriedly came to visit Zhang Liao's injury, Zhang Liao was so ashamed that he was almost ashamed of himself, and whimpered, "Chong Guang had warned me that it was only because Liao was too gullible that he was shot by the unimpressive veteran general, thus dragging down the whole army, so I really can't apologize for all the deaths, and I would like to be subjected to the military justice."
In fact, Zhang Liao did not really take Yan Qing's words to heart at all, but as the main general, in order to boost his morale, he often followed Lu Bu's example by being the first one to charge to the front, and he became the target of the crowd.
Just have the generals to fight to cover, unusual arrow accuracy is poor, the force is er, simply can not penetrate his armor, very few threatening, can also be timely knocked down by him.
But that old general at the head of the city was fierce.
He had just glimpsed the figure of that person, and instantly remembered Yan Qing's words, and became vigilant, but it was already too late to back away, and with that bow tightening and the string tensing, a sharp pain came from his chest.
His reaction could not be said to be fast, but he simply could not avoid it, and was solidly hit by the arrow that penetrated his chest and back.
Because the main general fell on the spot, seriously injured and unable to move, the enemy army morale was greatly shocked, with that old general to take advantage of the situation to counterattack over, not only the vice general Pan Zhang in the process of desperately covering his withdrawal by the old general beheading, but also make the always invincible Lu Bu's army tasted the first tragic defeat.
In response to Zhang Liao's plea, Yan Qing gave a noncommittal smile and waved his hand to dismiss the others in the tent, even the people from the Fuhui Camp who had just bandaged him up.
"What to say about you." Yan Qing speaks slowly and methodically, to this old friend who has fallen into a state of near-death, making the 'Peach' card in his sleeve hot, but only focuses on pleading guilty, he is also helpless: "Is it too much blood loss, so you're fainting? A victory and a defeat, is a common thing in the military, although Liu table under the banner of the straw bag is mostly, is not really incompetent. Encountered that strong enemy, the loss of the battlefield, is also excusable, the Lord is not unreasonable people, how would blame you?"
As soon as the words fell, Yan Qing smiled slightly and took out a large peach, as he did to Zhao Yun, forcing it into Zhang Liao's mouth, who just wanted to continue to apologize, and jokingly said, "I'll pass you a mouthful of immortal qi, remember to keep it a secret. In the future, you should also cherish your life, don't learn from the Lord and always rush to the front, otherwise I don't know if you can still be so lucky next time."
He saved Zhang Liao's life, but there was nothing Yan Qing could do about the dead tiger general Pan Zhang and those elite soldiers.
When he returned to the middle of the main tent, he saw Lu Bu's face sullen and asked, "What does the Lord think?"
Lu Bu's reply, however, was out of his expectation, "These brats are accustomed to smooth sailing, it's good to suffer a bit."
Yan Qing guffawed, "I thought the Lord was going to personally go into battle to retrieve justice for his ministers and had to bloodily wash You City."
Lu Bu reached out and hugged Yan Qing, humming and laughing, "But bluffing is just a bluff, is Bu as mean as this?"
Yan Qing said, "Although Huang Zhong is old, his archery skills are superb and his valor is exceptional, Wen Yuan's defeat this time is not a loss."
Lu Bu let out an oh of interest, "How does it compare to Zi Yi?"
Yan Qing thought for a moment and said, "Zi Yi doesn't necessarily have to be his opponent either."
"Listening to you, he must also be a rare tiger general." Lu Bu joked, "It's a pity that it fell into the hands of your older cousin, destined to be buried."
Yan Qing narrowed his eyes and asked in a dangerously long tone, "What did Feng Xiao say to you? What other nonsense did you ask him?"
He remembers very clearly that he only made a slip of the tongue once in front of Guo Jia, accidentally bringing out the posterity's nickname for Liu Biao, and after that he has never made a similar mistake.
However, he forgot that when Guo Jia was tempted by wine and beauty, as well as the power pressure between the master and the minister, there is no righteousness and integrity to speak of.
He was not aware of what he said for a moment, and grunted and panted for half a day, looking around unsuccessfully, and finally stroked his palm violently, and took the letter, which had indeed just been forgotten, out of his arms.
Yan Qing coolly swept him a glance, letting him off the hook for the time being, picking it up and unwrapping it, he was suddenly in a happy mood, and was willingly diverted away from the topic by him in such a clumsy manner.
This letter sent to Lu Bu by a messenger from Youzhou, did it not include a surrender form written in Gongsun Zan's own handwriting?
Gongsun Zan was quick to return the favor, Lu Bu also returned the favor, preserving his name and title, but also valued his ability to lead troops and fight, and was additionally appointed as a general of Zhenbei.
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