Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 314 Misunderstanding, Misunderstanding
A huge panic filled the hearts of the Yuan family, like a fog covering their fate.

They were so frightened that their spirits were tense and their bodies were shaking constantly. Even ants try to survive, let alone humans.

Liu Bei smiled, pointed at the panicked Yuan Shang, and explained, "Guangwu did pacify many princes, but at that time the Han Dynasty had been usurped by Wang Mang. Both Emperor Gengshi and Wang Lang started their careers as relatives of the Liu clan, while Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gonglu were Han ministers in name but were actually Han traitors. How can they be compared?"

"You are loyal to the Yuan family, but where will the Han Dynasty end?"

"Without the rise of the Han family, how could the Yuan, Shen, Ju, Xun, and Xin families have the opportunity to become powerful families and noble families?"

"Zuo Zhuan said: 'Not forgetting the past is a sign of loyalty. A crow flies back to its homeland, and a fox dies on its own hill. You Confucian scholars who live by loyalty and filial piety are like dogs barking at home. You are ungrateful."

Liu Bei did not give Yuan family any face. He stood on the slope and looked down at them. Even though there were many Han soldiers watching, he still cursed them.

Here it comes, here it comes, and here it comes again.

Xin Ping and Xun Chen did not dare to refute and lowered their heads for fear that they would be scolded even more severely if they made any excuses.

Ju Su was speechless and felt ashamed. He thought to himself, "The King of Han really has the same style as Emperor Gaozu. Even his scolding is the same."

This was the case with Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, especially when he was conquering Ying Bu. When he saw Ying Bu, he asked him from afar, "Why do you want to rebel?" Ying Bu said, "I just want to be the emperor." Emperor Gaozu scolded him angrily and then fought a great battle.

When Ju Shou thought of this, the anger in his heart that wanted to refute disappeared.

If the King of Han gets angry and humiliates him later, it would be a real loss of face.

Among the many officials, only Shen Pei had a pale and red face, with anger mixed with tears in his eyes. He wanted to say something several times but stopped himself, not daring to speak out.

He was afraid that his words would bring unpredictable consequences to the Yuan family.

Liu Bei felt a little disappointed when he saw that no one dared to refute him. He turned his gaze to Ju Shou and asked with a chuckle, "But is it Lord Ju?"

Then he said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, why don't you quickly untie Youruo, Zhongzhi, Gongze, and the Yuan family's son as well."

"As for the one standing over there, forget it and take him away." Liu Bei pointed at Shen Pei, who was looking down at the ground with anger in his eyes.

No matter who this person was, he did not want to ask his name. Since he was still unwilling to obey, he would be put in prison first and then transferred to various counties to do labor.

If you dare to seek death, your entire family will be forced to do forced labor.

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Just when Liu Bei was frightening Yuan Shikai, Zhang He, who had received orders, also led his cavalry ahead and collided with more than 20,000 enemy troops in the plain.

Dense arrows were shot out, and the enemy immediately fell into chaos. Some people ran and shouted, while others turned around and fled.

As soon as the battle started, they were defeated.

Defeating the enemy with just one round of arrows may be considered a mockery of the enemy's low morale, but it is still a military achievement after all.

Zhang He was just about to lead his cavalry to attack from behind when he heard someone shouting.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"

"We, the families of Hejian, have come to surrender to the King of Han. We are not the enemy. Why did General Zhang lead his troops to charge at us without asking why?"

An old man with white hair and beard was extremely anxious and asked dozens of followers around him to shout desperately.

How could they fight like this? Seeing the enemy holding a flag with the Chinese character "Zhang" on it, they thought it was Zhang Junyi of Hejian leading cavalry to meet them. However, when they were only a hundred steps away, the Han army drew their bows and drew their arrows. They were not prepared at all. In order to hurry, most of the weapons were placed on the baggage carts, and the troops did not even have armor. How could they resist the aggressive cavalry?

"General Zhang, General Zhang, don't charge in, don't charge in again."

More and more people were shouting on the battlefield; some dropped their sticks and prostrated themselves in surrender.

Zhang He vaguely felt that something was wrong. The other party had no intention of resisting at all. He quickly ordered the soldiers to rein in their horses and sent someone to question them.

Upon asking, I found out that these people and horses were all from the Liu, Shu, Dongxiang families of Lecheng County, and the Zhang and Xing families of Chengping. These powerful families brought together all the clan members and servants.

Hearing that the King of Han was about to send troops to attack Xindu, he led his troops to help, but he did not expect such a misunderstanding to occur.

Earlier, when they saw Han scouts watching from a distance, they did not take it seriously, thinking that they had not raised the Yuan flag and that the Han army would not advance so quickly to Xindu. They decided to send someone to explain after they had gone a little further.

Unexpectedly, the Han cavalry arrived in just one hour.

The enemy did not do much lookout at all, so they did not give them any time to escape and were ready to charge as soon as they arrived.

When the clan leaders of each family came to Zhang He, they all forced a smile, bowed to him with a bitter look on their faces and said, "We have come hundreds of miles to help the king, but we were almost defeated by you, general!"

As they spoke, the leaders of each family looked worried. More than half of their troops had already fled, and it was still unclear whether they could be found again.

If I had known that this would be the result, I would have stayed in Hejian State and waited for the Han army to attack before leaving the city and surrendering.

Zhang He was also very dissatisfied. He originally thought that he could get military merit, so he competed with other generals for credit. He did not expect that these 20,000-plus men actually came to curry favor with the King of Han.

"Everyone, since you want to serve the king, why don't you send someone to report it? Otherwise, how could such a misunderstanding occur?"

Zhang He dismounted and looked at the battlefield. There were only a few dozen unlucky guys who were hit by arrows and screamed from time to time. The rest were casualties caused by the nobles' subordinates who were panicked and fled and pushed and trampled each other.

As for the soldiers who were scared away, they had nothing to do with him.

As long as he didn't die directly at his hands, given the kindness of the King of Han, he would not hold him responsible.

Moreover, the king has cracked down on lawless tyrants, and has also gathered troops in various states, measured land, and re-determined taxes.

Perhaps not only will they not blame Zhang Junyi, they will also secretly cheer for him in their hearts.

Thinking of this, Zhang He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. Did the king already guess that some powerful families would come, and wanted to take the initiative and kill the morale of the powerful families in Hebei, so he let him make a concerted effort to attack them?

No, no, the King of Han thinks highly of me, how can I judge a noble man by my own standards?

Zhang He thought about it and immediately felt that it was his own fault and had nothing to do with the king.

It is the duty of a general to climb high and look far to get the enemy's situation. He was too impatient for success and too eager to make achievements.

"Zhang He, Zhang He, remember that you should not be too hasty in everything. Haste leads to failure, while slowness leads to success."

Zhang He reflected for a while, then he said to the clan leaders of the Liu, Shu, and Dongxiang clans with a smile, "You clan leaders have come at the right time. Now that Xindu has not been conquered, you can help the king to conquer Xindu and capture the Yuan clan. This is a golden opportunity."

The eyes of the Liu, Shu, Dongxiang, Zhang, and Xing families all lit up immediately, as long as they could catch up.

Although there were losses just now, I don't feel sad now. When attacking the city walls of Xindu, countless soldiers and servants would be killed or injured. As long as there are military merits, there is no need to worry about losses.

(End of this chapter)