Zhang Liao was worried there, but in fact, although he was the commander of the first battalion, he had no soldiers under his command. Lu Bu died in Baimenlou, and Zhang Liao was captured. His army had already been killed and captured. Among the generals under Lu Bu, three generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu were in advance to the city. Cao Cao gave priority to the surrendered soldiers, each of which was 1500 soldiers. Zhang Liao’s subordinates had only 500 soldiers left. Moreover, Cao Cao was worried about these surrendered generals, so he used some methods and used Zhang Liao, who had been captured and had few soldiers as the commander of the battalion, and let the three generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu, who had made great contributions to capturing Lu Bu, be the deputy.
At that time, Zhang Liao was not the direct subordinate of Lu Bu, and was sent by Ding Yuan to the capital to rely on General He Jin. After He Jin’s death, Lu Bu rebelled against Ding Yuan, and Zhang Liao was assigned to Lu Bu by Dong Zhuo. He was an outsider. He had an average relationship with the generals under Lu Bu. He was valued by Lu Bu only because of his outstanding abilities and often stood alone.
When Zhang Liao was thinking about solving the problem, the camp started to make noise. He hurriedly put on the door and went out to check.
Under the torch, Zhang Liao’s camp was surrounded by a group of people and horses, and he stepped onto the wall of the small village. Thousands of people outside formed a formation, making a noise. Wei Xu was in the middle, Hou Cheng and Song Xian stood on the left and right, standing in front of the gate of the village. Some figures of the surrounding village were rushing back and forth, doing various movements on the horse, and they were skillful in equestrianism. (Although Zhang Liao was the commander of the first battalion, the battalions were stationed separately and were not far away.)
Zhang Liao pressed his sword and shouted, “General Wei, you and the three soldiers surrounded the commander, and they would not be able to do anything!”
Wei Xu smiled, “Wenyuan, brothers are here for one thing. If you follow me, we are still good brothers, and you are still my good commander. If you don’t follow me, today’s affairs cannot be good. Let’s see the truth!”
Zhang Liao himself looked down on the three generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu. Although these three people are skilled in martial arts, they are not their opponents. There are only thousands of people and horses. The Bingzhou Iron Cavalry is not a minor matter. It is the sharp edge of the northern border that has been fighting for a long time. Lu Bu once fought rampantly and had no chance of winning.
Zhang Liao said, “What’s the matter? Let’s talk about it!”
Wei Xu said, “The camp was led by Gao Shun and me, but now Gao Shun is gone, of course it should belong to me, you hand them over!”
Zhang Liao said, “I didn’t see you talking about this in the past. Why are you so brave today and privately encircled the commander generals, aren’t you afraid of the prime minister’s punishment?”
Wei Xu said, “Today, I took the daytime to carry an edict, and the prime minister cleared the stranger in the imperial city, so I will definitely not care about the outside of the city. Of course, I have to take this time to do things. Could it be that after you handed over the camp, you still have to cry to the prime minister. The prime minister doesn’t like incompetent generals! Hahahaha.” After saying that, he laughed loudly, Hou Cheng and Song Xian laughed wildly together. At the beginning, the camp refused to follow Wei Xu, but then there was no leader in the camp. There was no restraint. There were too many people and didn’t know how to restrain themselves. They openly shouted to take Wei Xu’s life, but Wei Xu was worried about it.I can’t feel at ease if I don’t get it, and I finally took this time to solve the problem once and for all.
Hou Cheng shouted, “Zhang Liao, we and the three of us were the only ones who were able to capture and kill Lu Bu that day, but we made you the commander. Bah, I am not convinced, why should the camp belong to you? I hand over the camp to the camp and divide it with us three brothers. If you don’t hand it over, I will chop you up today. Tomorrow, I will naturally punish you with the camp and slaughter you completely! Anyway, the camp is not busy and wants to avenge Gao Shun. By then, the camp is already in a boat. I think the prime minister will not make things difficult for us.”
Song Xian also shouted, “Zhang Liao, give you a stick of incense to consider. If one stick of incense is gone, I won’t drive the camp out of the camp. We will be robbed of grace from now on!” The soldiers walked out of him, holding the incense burner, with a spark flashing on it, and there was actually a stick of incense.