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Chapter 208: Once a close friend

At this time, Ding Yuan had made many military achievements in clearing out bandits everywhere. The former Bingzhou governor Zhang Yi suddenly encountered bandits and was killed in battle when he was caught off guard. Ding Yuan, who had already grasped the military power of Bingzhou, had just successfully become the new Bingzhou governor. He needed to demonstrate his civil and military skills to win the hearts and support of the people.

After receiving the report from Wuyuan County, Ding Yuan quickly arranged for Zhang Yang, a military officer (a role similar to that of a military officer, secretary, or staff member), to come to the ancient city of Machi in Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County.

Zhang Yang saw that the people's lives and production in Jiuyuan were in good order, and the new city defense system was more stringent. Everywhere was being repaired. He could not see the miserable scenes after the disaster, the idle people who loved leisure and hated work, and the evil people who did evil. Seeing the tens of thousands of new graves that had just been buried, he could not help but sigh in his heart. It seemed that this fifteen or sixteen-year-old Lü Bu, perhaps really had a family background, was able to quickly get into the state and renovate Jiuyuan County in an orderly manner, bringing out the vitality of the county when his father suddenly died in battle and his family died.

After hearing Li Su's report, Lu Bu learned that Zhang Yang, a fierce warrior assigned by Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, had arrived outside the city, so he hurried out of the city to greet him. Along the way, he kept analyzing Zhang Yang's personality and character in his mind.

According to the description in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Yang was my best brother, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao were just my generals. Zhang Liao was 18 years younger than me and had not been born yet, while Gao Shun was just a few years old and played with mud.

Zhang Yang, whose courtesy name was Zhishu, was from Yunzhong, Bingzhou (now southwest of Yuanping County, Shanxi Province), while Lü Bu was from Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan Commandery. Both were under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty, so Zhang Yang and Lü Bu can be considered as fellow villagers. As the ancients said, "No matter how close you are, you are still from the same hometown."

In addition to being from the same hometown, the two were also old colleagues in the Bingzhou government office. Zhang Yang was appointed as Wu Meng Gong by Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, because of his extraordinary bravery. Lu Bu was also recruited by Ding Yuan as a cavalry commander because of his bravery, and later served as a chief clerk under Ding Yuan.

Since Zhang Yang is also known for his bravery, he must be good at martial arts as well. Moreover, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is definitely a close friend of mine, so he might be able to be recruited for personal use.

You should know that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, only Zhang Yang took Lü Bu in several times and put aside their past grudges. Moreover, when Lü Bu was besieged and attacked by Cao Cao's army, only Zhang Yang supported Xiapi. Zhang Yang and Lü Bu had been friends for a long time. He wanted to send troops to rescue Lü Bu but was not strong enough, so he sent troops to Dongshi to respond from afar. Not long after, Zhang Yang's general Yang Chou was instigated by Cao Cao to assassinate Zhang Yang and defect to Cao Cao, causing Cao Cao to recruit all of Zhang Yang's troops.

Moreover, in the original novel, Zhang Yang had the best chance to hold the emperor hostage and command the world. However, not only did he not hold the emperor hostage, he also handed over all the territory he had worked so hard to conquer to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. In other words, Zhang Yang gave up the opportunity to "hold the emperor hostage to command the princes" and gave all the territory to the emperor.

Lu Bu analyzed Zhang Yang's situation for a long time on the way out of the city to welcome him. In the end, he felt that Zhang Yang was a loyal and righteous person. Although he was brave and straightforward, his only shortcoming was that he was too pedantic and had a blind loyalty to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. It seemed that he needed to be properly guided so that he could be used for his own purposes.