C357 (1/2)
”Hehe …” Master Ding Yuan is joking. Zhang Banxian and Ding Yuan exchanged a few words of greeting, then recalled their purpose for coming today. She quickly said: ”Master Ding Yuan, we will delay you by coming to your camp for a while, and hand over the procedures to your Hanoi County. At the same time, I shall also, on behalf of the County Commander, pass down the relevant procedures for the Union State. ”
”I knew you were here to hand over the formalities. Hehe … Let me tell you the truth, when I left the Union State, I had already passed all the procedures, including the grand seal, to the County Governor and the County. Ding Yuan was a rough man in the first place, but he did not manage the government affairs of Union State and Hanoi.
”The formalities are trivial.” Zhang Banxian didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a while, she said, ”The Emperor ordered me to be the Henian taiwai and bestowed you with the title of County Commander. This is to pacify Army of Montenegro. However, there are no generals in cavalry of Youzhou who are familiar with the situation in Hanoi or Union State. Thus, hussar general wants to request for Master Ding Yuan to hand over a few of the Union State's generals to us so that we can form the Zhanzhou cavalry. ”
When Dong Zhuo left the Liang Zhou, he only took his own three thousand cavalrymen with him. However, when Ding Yuan left the Union State, he took almost all of Union State's men with him.
”No, absolutely not.” ”Upon hearing Zhang Banxian's words, Ding Yuan's face immediately changed. These generals were personally trained by me, they are like father and son to me, how can I give my own son away? You guys want to create your own Zhanzhou cavalry and go recruit yourselves. ”
The reason why Ding Yuan took away the Zhanzhou cavalry was because he saw the inklings of the great chaos in Dong Zhuo's actions. As a high-ranking officer, he naturally understood the principle of bearing the army with dignity. Wasn't the reason the Grand General Ho Jin valued him so much was because he had generals and soldiers under him?
Actually, Ding Yuan had also given the Union State general to someone else before, and the West Garden Army's fake Sima Zhang Yang was given to him by him. Originally, Zhang Liao was prepared to send it over, but because of the incident at Luoyang, he didn't have the time. Of course, that was to curry favor with the Grand General Ho Jin, he had no reason to.
No matter what Zhang Banxian said, Ding Yuan would not give a single person away, even if he gritted his teeth. None of the generals standing behind him said anything. After all, this was a matter for the Shangguan Family, they were just following orders. Zhang Banxian really didn't have any ideas, so he had no choice but to take out the empress dowager's handwritten order.
”Master Ding Yuan, this is the empress dowager's handwritten order. Take a look for yourself.” Originally, Zhang Banxian didn't want to take out the orders from the empress dowager, in case she gave the impression of bullying others. However, the Zhang Banxian could only bring out the empress dowager to suppress Ding Yuan when she felt that Ding Yuan was too hard or too soft.
Ding Yuan quickly read through the message as he received it from the empress dowager. Although he forcefully suppressed his anger, he was also abnormally angry. He glared fiercely at Zhang Banxian and said snappily, ”Since the empress dowager has spoken, go pick out a few generals from the army.”
”There's no need to choose, I just want the three generals Lv Bu, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.” Zhang Banxian was already prepared, and conveniently observed the reactions of the three of them. The three of them were obviously very surprised. They looked at each other, unsure if they wanted to or not.
”No, absolutely not. ”The empress dowager only asked you to choose a few generals, not these few.” Ding Yuan rejected him once again, his face turning ugly. He impatiently waved his hand and sternly said, ”Other than these six generals, you can pick anyone else.”
The two sides once again reached an impasse.
”Since Master Ding Yuan does not agree, then I can only look for the empress dowager.” Zhang Banxian had no choice but to bring out the empress dowager to suppress Ding Yuan. He greeted Ding Yuan and the six generals behind him before turning around and walking out of Ding Yuan's camp.
When Zhang Banxian arrived at the palace, she first asked the guards to inform him. After waiting for an hour, only palace maid Diao Chan walked out. They said that the empress dowager's mother, the wuyang Jun, had arrived. The mother and daughter pair were talking, so no one dared to disturb them.
When Zhang Banxian arrived at Great General's Estate, she saw that Ding Yuan had already arrived at Great General's Estate and was complaining to him.
”Come, come, come. We are all family members. If there's anything you need to say, you can't say it properly.” Although the Grand General Ho Jin didn't know the Zhang Banxian, he had heard of her name for a long time. For Hussar General Yang Lin's sake, He Jin was very polite to him and quickly asked him to sit down and talk.
”Master Ding Yuan has already told me the situation. I understand hussar general's intention.” He Jin laughed, but he was muttering in his heart. Taking advantage that the Union State did not have any history of assassins, he let his advisor become the County Commander first and then set up the Zhanzhou cavalry. He wanted to control the Union State!
”When Master Ding Yuan left the Union State, Dong Zhuo did not take over. It is also possible that Master Ding Yuan took away the Zhanzhou cavalry.” The Grand General Ho Jin chuckled and said unhurriedly: ”Right now, since Lord Mo Lun is the County Commander, it is only right for him to take over the military power of the Union State.”
Zhang Banxian and Ding Yuan looked at each other, unable to make heads or tails of it. The Great General was a peaceful place, it did not matter even if she said it.
”You guys want Lv Bu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun, the three generals, to really have a little more. Lv Bu is Master Ding Yuan, let him follow Master Ding Yuan. ” He Jin turned around and looked at Ding Yuan, and said solemnly: ”Hand Zhang Liao and Gao Shun over to them, and hand over the soldiers that they are leading as well.”