The movie world has a beautiful ghost

Chapter 238 Going to the Border

The news that Zhang Haoran and Zhao Zilong, two rebel generals, fought a fierce battle with Cao's army at Changbanpo, killed Cao Cao seven times and almost captured him alive, spread quickly throughout the world, and their reputations soared.

The two of them were rewarded by Liu Bei for their achievements.

Originally, he wanted to entrust them with an important task, but he felt resentful because the two of them never called him lord.

Later, Cao Cao used conspiracy to deliberately spread some of the conversation between the two men, and it reached Liu Bei's ears.

However, Cao Cao was a hero after all, so he would not tell anyone that Zhang Haoran had ulterior motives towards Liu Bei. He also did not want to offend Zhang Haoran because of this. He only told everyone that he wanted to marry his granddaughter.

Therefore, Liu Bei felt even more distant from him.

Moreover, he also heard from the military advisor and the two ladies how powerful Zhang Haoran was, which made him have to be on guard.

On some pretext, they were transferred away from Shu Road, away from the central government, and sent to the border to guard against foreign invaders.

Although Luo Ping'an and Zhao Zilong were somewhat indignant about this, they became excited again because of what Zhang Haoran said later.

"No matter where we go, we will make a difference. Since some people despise us, we will do it ourselves!"

"Okay! Let's three brothers work together to pacify this world and make a big circle on this territory!" Luo Ping'an became heroic again.

He is now no longer the same as before. He has enough strength and naturally has full confidence.

The three of them looked at each other and laughed, feeling very heroic.

The place we are heading to is Jiangyang, which is bordered by Baiyue to the south, Qiang tribe to the west, and grassland to the east. It is a dangerous place and may be invaded by foreign tribes at any time.

Moreover, Zhang Haoran also heard that the people there were living in poverty and that the Shanyue people were burning, killing and looting from time to time. This time he was going to wipe out these monkeys in the mountains.

"Zilong, do you want me to send someone to pick up the little girl who dances shadow puppetry?" Zhang Haoran suddenly asked on the way.

At that time, Zhao Zilong became famous in one battle and was invited by the people of his hometown to return home in glory.

At that time, he went back with Luo Pingan. Zhang Haoran's name was naturally very famous, and he was on par with Zhao Zilong, so he was naturally warmly received by the local people.

They were invited to watch the local shadow play, but something unexpected happened during the show. Zhao Zilong fell in love with the girl who performed the shadow play and they got married right away.

Zhao Zilong smiled as if reminiscing about the past: "I promised her that I would go back and marry her after the world is pacified!"

"Oh, you are so silly. Why don't you just take her with you? If we can't pacify this for a lifetime, are you going to let her wait for you all her life?" Zhang Haoran shook his head, obviously disagreeing with Zhao Zilong's approach.

"Forget it. For the sake of your most important event in life, Zilong, we brothers will work hard to let you go back and marry her as soon as possible!" Zhang Haoran patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Hahaha!

Ten days later, Zhang Haoran led an army of 20,000 to Jiangyang. Wherever he passed, people's livelihood was in decline. Occasionally, one or two skinny people could be seen wandering the streets.

Just as they arrived near the city gate, they happened to encounter about two thousand Shanyue bandits with feathers on their heads and paint on their faces, who were preparing to enter the city to rob.

The city wall, which looked like yellow earth bricks and was only about two meters high, had obviously been weathered by wind and rain for many years, and some places had collapsed. It was obvious that it could not stop the Shanyue people.

The soldiers on the wall, dressed in rags, were holding a long bamboo with a sharpened end to resist the enemy.

The leader was holding a knife and looked quite brave. He killed several Shanyue people who wanted to climb up.

However, there were only about a hundred people up there. Although they had the advantage of being on high ground, they were just like a puppet trying to resist.

The Shanyue people were also smart. They cut down some big trees and leaned them against the city wall to create an unobstructed road. However, there was no other way because the earth wall was too low.

"Luo Ping'an, take your men with you and try to capture all these Shanyue people. They will be of great use to me." Zhang Haoran spoke up immediately when he saw that the people on the city wall could no longer hold on.

"Order!"

Luo Ping'an immediately rushed forward with a thousand cavalrymen.

On the top of the city wall, the man who was going back and forth to rescue was obviously overwhelmed. After several rounds of hacking and killing, he was already exhausted.

"Brother Wang Hu, let's retreat. We can't hold on any longer. The remaining people in the city should have hidden themselves. We have completed our mission." said a man next to her.

After hearing this, the man named Wang Hu looked towards the city and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's..."

"Brother Wang Hu! Look!" the man pointed excitedly towards the distance.

Wang Hu looked and saw dust flying in the distance. It was not until he got closer that he could clearly see that it was cavalry in distinctive armor.

The only things that caught his eye and excited him were the large flags with Chinese characters on a red background.

"It's the imperial army!" Wang Hu shouted excitedly.

Everyone on the city wall saw it, and started cheering. However, after a while of rejoicing, the sound turned into sobbing, as if they had suffered some great injustice.

The Shanyue people, who were still excitedly attacking, had already heard the sound of horse hooves behind them. Just one look and their eyes were bloodshot. They had no other thoughts at all. After yelling twice, they fled in all directions.

But it was too late. How could they outrun four legs? If there were mountains or forests nearby, they might have been able to escape with their advantage. But the surrounding area happened to be a wide area and there was not even a place to hide.

Luo Ping'an just killed a few of them at random and asked the cavalry to drive them together. Those who were not honest were killed directly, and the rest all knelt down and begged for mercy.

When Zhang Haoran and his men approached, the city gate was already open, and a big man led a hundred people out.

"We greet the general!" Wang Hu led everyone to kneel on one knee.

"No need to do this. I admire you for defending your country. Get up quickly."

Zhang Haoran dismounted and said.

"Thank you General!"

"What's your name? Are you the defender of the city?" Zhang Haoran asked the brave man in battle.

"I...this..." Wang Hu didn't know what to say for a moment.

"General, there are no officials or garrisons in the city. It was Brother Wang Hu who led us to defend the city in order to protect the remaining civilians from suffering." said the young man who had been following Wang Hu.

"Oh? So that's the case!" Zhang Haoran raised his eyebrows, but it was understandable. Now that the Han Dynasty was in decline, it no longer had the ability to take care of these border towns.

The officials appointed by the Han court in the past may have disappeared long ago.

"You did a great job. Also, your name is Wang Hu, right?"

"Yes, General!" Wang Hu clasped his fists.