Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Chapter 1869 - 437: Chen Jiusi Encounters a Fierce General in the Great Capital (Part 3)

This inn isn’t luxurious, but it’s not too shabby either. The waiter is busily working at the door, shedding his previous lazy demeanor, as these days the guests have been numerous.At this moment, Chen Jie and Zhao Ya arrive, and the waiter looks at Chen Jie and says, "I’m sorry, sir, our inn is full."

Chen Jie, upon hearing this, takes out an ingot of silver and says, "I’m not short of money for the room."

The waiter replies, "No, it’s really not about the money. To be honest with you, if you had come three days earlier, my inn wouldn’t have been full. But now, suddenly, there’s been a group of Jianghu heroes."

"Oh, I won’t say more, sir. I’m sorry, please find another place to stay."

Chen Jie is unexpectedly turned away, and Zhao Ya looks at Chen Jie and says, "It seems like quite a few people from the Northern Red Scarf are here this time."

Chen Jie hears these words and responds, "Yes, it’s going to be quite chaotic."

After saying this, suddenly two people are seen leading their horses, and the first person is the one in white clothes on a white horse encountered at the city gate.

Chen Jie looks at him, and he also looks at Chen Jie.

Their eyes meet, and Chen Jie has already discerned his depths, he even possesses the power of the Molten Furnace Realm.

The person before him also looks at Chen Jie, and the waiter sees the two leading the white horse and says, "I’m sorry, gentlemen, our inn is full. You see, even these two have been refused, please find somewhere else to stay."

At this moment, a junior disciple beside the white horse pulls out silver and says, "Waiter, we’re not short of money, just make a room available. We’ve checked the inn ahead, and they have no rooms either."

The waiter repeatedly punches his fists together: "I’m sorry, I’m sorry."

Looking at the waiter’s demeanor, the one leading the white horse says, "Don’t trouble the innkeeper, let’s keep moving forward."

With this, they’re ready to leave, and at this moment Chen Jie gives Zhao Ya a signal, and the two follow along.

The one leading the white horse glances at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie responds by cupping his hands: "South Overlord of Mianshui."

The one leading the white horse is startled and cups his hands back: "Zhang Dingbian of Changshan."

Hmm!

Chen Jie is surprised again upon hearing this name, his eyes involuntarily brighten a bit. Zhang Dingbian is no ordinary person.

He’s a fierce general of this era.

Moreover, he’s a historical fierce general under Chen Youliang’s command.

If we say that Zhu Chongba has Xu Da as a talented commander and Chang Yuchun as a fierce general.

Then the foremost general under Chen Youliang is Zhang Dingbian, and this mighty man even has a touch of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun combined.

Historically, the final battle between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang was the Battle of Poyang Lake.

In that battle, Zhang Dingbian personally steered a small boat, leading dozens directly toward Zhu Chongba’s command ship, with none able to impede him along the way.

He almost reached Zhu Chongba’s ship, nearly accomplishing the great work of killing the commanding leader.

But ultimately, he was intercepted by Chang Yuchun rushing in from the side and forced to retreat. Had he reached Zhu Chongba’s ship, Chen Youliang might have won.

It shows Zhang Dingbian’s formidable martial power.

And during this season, there was a staff member under Zhang Shicheng in Suzhou named Luo Guanzhong who witnessed this naval battle, later basing parts of his future timeless novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, on this water battle, particularly the Chapter of the Battle of Chibi.

He also designed a general in his novel based on Zhang Dingbian, named Zhao Yun with the style name Zilong.

He became one of the most handsome generals recognized by future generations.

These are the deeds of Zhang Dingbian known to Chen Jie, and this person is steadfastly loyal. After Chen Youliang died in battle, he even supported Chen Youliang’s son, Chen Li, to continue the Chen Han Empire.

If I were Chen Youliang, wouldn’t this person be the general of my life?

Looking at Zhang Dingbian in front of him, Chen Jie’s eyes are filled with fervor, akin to Cao Cao’s words: Zhou Gong pouring soup, the world returns to his heart, he longs to gather talented individuals from all over.

And Zhang Dingbian, at this moment, looks at Chen Jie, uncertain of the reason, somehow feeling a sense of familiarity and sensing the person before him matches his temper.

Sometimes people are wondrous like this, where a single meeting can lead to a strong affinity, in ancient times known as "meeting as old friends," later generations calling it a "matched aura."

Thus the two, exchanging introductions, soon have a topic to discuss.

After some words, they agree to walk together, during which Chen Jie learns that Zhang Dingbian is a sixth-generation disciple of Zhou Dong, having spent years honing his skills in the mountains, now unleashed as his master sees the world in chaos, sending them down to train.

He also introduces his junior disciple, Kang Maocai!

Upon hearing the name Kang Maocai, Chen Jie gives him several looks, as he’s also a notable historical figure.

Historically, Chen Youliang’s downfall relates greatly to this person.

In the twentieth year of Zhizheng, Chen Youliang conquered Taiping City and planned to ally with Zhang Shicheng to jointly assault Yingtian Prefecture, pinning Zhu Yuanzhang under threat from both sides.

Moreover, his troops were outside, and should Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng combine forces, Zhu Yuanzhang would be doomed.

At that moment, a strategist under him informed Zhu Yuanzhang that Kang Maocai had history with Chen Youliang, and could be useful.

Thus, Kang Maocai, under Zhu Yuanzhang’s directive, feigned internal support, sending someone to write Chen Youliang a letter, claiming to guard the Jiangdong Wooden Bridge, allowing Chen Youliang to come via large boat, at which time the wooden bridge would be dismantled, enabling direct advance toward Yingtian.

What ended up happening was, after writing the letter, Kang Maocai spent the night transforming this wooden bridge into a stone bridge, reinforcing it heavily, rendering passage through dismantling impossible.

Yet, Chen Youliang, the fool, truly believed Kang Maocai’s lie, sailed his ship directly, and upon nearing Jiangdong Bridge, his men on the boat shouted repeatedly: "Old Kang."