Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 13: Fame is still useful

"Captain Yang, wait a minute!"

Just when Xing Daorong was feeling embarrassed, he heard a loud shout.

Turning around, he saw that it was Bao Long who came with Fan.

As soon as they entered the city, Fan said that she had somewhere to go and asked Xing Daorong not to bother with her.

Xing Daorong was eager to get rid of this trouble, so naturally he had no objection, but he didn't expect that Bao Long would follow him.

When Yang Ling heard someone calling out, he immediately looked in the direction of the voice. When he saw it was Bao Long, his expression changed, as if he had met an acquaintance.

But he asked, "Captain Bao, why are you here?"

It turns out that Yang Ling and Bao Long are really old acquaintances.

These two had met several times in the past, and even had drinks together a few times. Although they couldn't say they had a deep relationship, they were at least drinking buddies.

Saying hello when meeting someone is also a momentary enthusiasm.

"Oh, don't mention it. Our governor Zhao rushed to Lingling to help, but Liu Du didn't know how to use troops. He asked Liu Bei to launch a surprise attack on Guiyang, but there was no response at all."

"Now that we have surrendered, it is not easy for us to go back. I ask you to be flexible and let us stay and see Governor Han first."

What Bao Long said was really useful.

Yang Ling thought for a while before saying, "Well, it seems that you have really been tricked by Liu Du. I will report to the governor and see what he thinks."

Xing Daorong thought that these "monsters and demons" really all have their own uses.

If I came here alone, I might not know what to do.

After a while, Han Xuan asked the two of them to come in and talk. As soon as they entered the mansion, they heard a rough voice coming out.

"Don't worry, lord. With this sword and this bow, a thousand of you will die!"

But who else could it be but Huang Zhong who said this?
Sure enough, when I followed the sound and entered the room, I saw an old general. He was wearing black armor and a black gauze scarf on his head. His face was bronze and his eyes were bright. Although there were some white spots on his beard, he did not look old at all.

Seeing Xing Daorong and Bao Long enter, the loud voice stopped for a moment.
The person in the middle was not tall. As expected, it was Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha.

However, the four governors of the four counties in southern Jing said that Han Xuan had the worst reputation.

People said of him: "He was impatient and quick to kill, and everyone hated him."

Seeing Xing Daorong and Bao Long enter, he sat firmly in his seat and said calmly, "General Xing, Captain Bao, how come you, a general from Lingling and a captain from Guiyang, both came to Changsha?"

This is a question asked knowingly, deliberately trying to intimidate the two of them.

However, Xing Daorong was obsessed with being a rich second-generation, and he even scolded Liu Bei, let alone a mere Han Xuan.

He immediately replied without giving any face: "Xing was ordered by Governor Liu to come here to ask for help, but after entering the city, I found out that Lingling had surrendered."

Han Xuan said with a disdainful smile: "Liu Du and Zhao Fan, you gave up the land of two counties to others. If you had known earlier, you would have let me lead these two counties. I must not lose even a single inch of the city."

From what Han Xuan said, the two defeats in Lingling and Guiyang did not affect him at all.

However, he saw another person next to Han Xuan, who looked somewhat similar to Han Xuan. It was Han Xuan's younger brother Han Hao. He stepped forward and said, "It is said that Liu Bei changed his generals before the battle, and asked his third brother Zhang Fei to go back to Xingye to replace his second brother Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, and ordered Yu Yu to take Changsha."

Han Xuan laughed when he heard this and said, "Liu Bei is very sensible and knows how to use Guan Yu to attack."

Since Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, beheaded Wen Chou, and passed through five passes and killed six generals, his reputation was naturally much higher than that of his brother Zhang Fei. Han Xuan said this, but it was not to flatter himself. However, Xing Daorong knew that Liu Bei's deployment was just to find some merits for his brothers.

If Zhang Fei conquers Guiyang, the Golden Sword of Wuling will most likely be given to Zhao Yun, and Changsha will certainly be given to Guan Yu.

For a lord, these balance methods in all aspects are only the most basic.

When Huang Zhong heard that Guan Yu was coming, he became even more excited and shouted, "He's coming just in time. He will know how powerful my sword is."

After that, Han Hao said, "It is said that Guan Yu only led 500 soldiers and horses as the vanguard."

Five hundred people?
When they heard the number of people, everyone was shocked.

Five hundred people are really too few. Is it impossible for Changsha to have no one there?
Yang Ling, the captain of the army, was even more moved, and hurried forward to interrupt and said, "There is no need for the old general to go to the battle, I will definitely capture Guan Yu alive."

Han Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he ordered Yang Ling to lead an army of 1,000 and rush out of the city to prepare to meet the enemy.

After everything was settled, he looked at Xing Daorong and the other two and said, "Wait a moment, I will discuss this with you after I capture Guan Yu."

Xing Daorong and Bao Long looked at each other, and it seemed that they could see a curse word in each other's eyes - "idiot!"

Xing Daorong was also surprised when he saw that he and Bao Long had some tacit understanding.

I wondered if there was a tacit understanding between the "Five Tigers of Southern Jing".
To explain why Guan Yu only brought 500 soldiers and horses to Changsha, we have to start from the time when Liu Bei surrendered to Liu Du.

But after Xuande personally went to Wuling to pacify the people, he sent a letter to report to Yunchang, saying that Yide had obtained a county and Zilong was going to attack Jinxuan, and they would conquer it soon.

Yunchang wrote back to ask, "I heard that Changsha has not yet been taken. If you do not think that I am incompetent, it would be great if you could let me do this work."

This is how Zhang Fei replaced Guan Yu.

However, when Guan Yu arrived in Lingling, he felt unfriendly towards Liu Bei. After asking, he found out that Lingling General Xing Daorong was tricked out of the city and he was depressed because he failed to get his surrender.

Guan Yu didn't know much about Xing Daorong, but his words "Although my body may die, my name will be recorded in history" made Guan Yu always want to get to know him.

When he heard that Xing Daorong was tricked into going to Changsha, he became even more anxious to see him.

But he said, "It's just right. This time I go, I can meet Xing Daorong and see how capable he is. Why does Big Brother miss him so much?"

Although Xing Daorong didn't fight any serious battles through these operations, he has already become somewhat famous.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang said hurriedly, "Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, is not worth mentioning. But he has a great general, a native of Nanyang, surnamed Huang, given name Zhong, courtesy name Hansheng. He is a general under Liu Biao, and he guards Changsha with Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan, and later serves Han Xuan. Although he is nearly sixty years old this year, he is brave enough to fight against ten thousand men. Don't underestimate the enemy. When Yunchang leaves, you must bring more troops and horses."

Yun Chang said: "Why does the military advisor boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige? What's the point of measuring an old soldier? I don't need to use 3,000 soldiers. I only need 500 of my own swordsmen to cut off the heads of Huang Zhong and Han Xuan and present them to you."

Liu Bei felt helpless after hearing this.

I knew that Zhuge Liang was using the method of provoking the enemy, but I didn’t expect that Guan Yu would just jump down!
Xuande tried to resist, but Yunchang refused to give in and just led five hundred swordsmen away.

This was part of Zhuge Liang's plan. Guan Yu was proud and arrogant, and would certainly not be intimidated by a sixty-year-old veteran.

Although Guan Yu was brave, he was more than capable of dealing with Han Xuan. The only person he was worried about was Xing Daorong who had gone to Changsha.

He said to Liu Bei, "Xing Daorong is very familiar to us. Guan Yu underestimated the enemy and might be in trouble. You should go and help him."

Xuande followed his advice and then led his troops towards Changsha.

(End of this chapter)