Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 519 Lost Captain

Gongsun Zan asked the soldiers to recuperate for two days, and on the third day, he led his army to the north to investigate the enemy's situation. After they entered Guishuang, they had never been to the northern border, so they were very cautious. After that, they saw a mountain ridge that directly cut off the road between Sogdian and Huacizimo. Gongsun Zan groped here for a long time before he found a mountain pass.

This really put Gongsun Zan in a good mood. The mountain pass is wide in the north and narrow in the south. If there is no other exit around, as long as he defends the pass, the enemy will not be able to pass through. However, this requires them to check the surroundings more carefully to ensure that It was true that there was no way to go, and Gongsun Zan had been away for six or seven days. Guan Yu was a little worried, so he sent Hua Xiong to lead a team to search.

Gongsun Zan was originally searching along the steep mountain wall, trying to find out if there was a mountain pass for the army to pass through. While he was searching, he heard the sharp bird's cry in the distance, which shocked the entire Valiant Camp. Immediately stopped all movements, and listened quietly, Gongsun Zan jumped onto a stone in a few steps, listened carefully for a moment, waved his hand, and everyone returned the same way.

Along the way, they were all cautious and kept communicating with whistles until they reached the position near the mountain pass. Then the crowd stopped. Gongsun Zan lowered his body and let out a gentle whistle. After two or three beeps, the brave battalion soldiers stationed here walked out of the dense forest, also lowered their bodies, looked around vigilantly, and walked to Gongsun Zan's side.

"What happened?" Gongsun Zan asked in a low voice.

"Lieutenant, there seems to be someone in the dense forest, and there is a lot of movement, so I can't confirm whether it is the same robe."

Gongsun Zan nodded. It's good that they didn't show up rashly. Otherwise, if they were really enemies, they might startle them and cause trouble. Gongsun Zan left a group of people behind, and first made plans to escape from the dense forest. In the end, they would meet at Guan Yu's garrison. After making these arrangements, he took his own army and entered the dense forest.

As soon as he entered the dense forest, he heard a loud bang, which startled the soldiers and looked at Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan said, "If the enemy sneaks in here, I'm afraid they won't make such a big noise. , or Tongze", he stabilized many soldiers, and then he approached the place where the sound came, and the closer he got, the louder the movement.

When Gongsun Zan looked over from the dense forest, his heart calmed down. Those on the opposite side were all Han troops, and he recognized a few of them. This cannot be faked. But why are they logging here? ?Could it be that wood is needed?But if wood was needed, there was a lot of wood in the garrison. This scene was a bit weird, and Gongsun Zan couldn't understand it.

He walked out directly with the soldiers of the brave battalion. The soldiers of the Han army who were logging saw a group of soldiers suddenly appeared around them. Naturally, they were shocked and almost drew their swords to chop. After the people came, they became extremely excited. The person who was cutting wood at the front yelled: "The Valiant Camp!! It's the Valiant Camp! Brothers!! The Valiant Camp!!"

The crowd came running one after another, all shouting.

Hua Xiong came out from among the soldiers. Hua Xiong couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, stepped forward, hugged Gongsun Zan violently, and said excitedly: "Bogui, Bogui, great, I finally found you That's great..." Looking at Hua Xiong who was wiping tears in front of him, Gongsun Zan asked in a daze, "Captain, what happened?"

"Do you have food there?"

"Have"

Looking at Hua Xiong who was devouring the food in front of him, Gongsun Zan hurriedly advised: "Be careful, captain, don't choke."

Hua Xiong didn't reply, he just focused on eating, and the rest of the soldiers around him looked like the same, eating fish, they were so touched that they almost cried. It was almost the same, and then asked: "Captain, what are you?" For a moment, he didn't know what to ask, he thought for a while, and then asked: "Why are you here, Captain?"

"You haven't returned for seven days, and you didn't send anyone to report. I was worried, so I led people to look for you."

"I said where are you all hiding? I wandered in this dense forest for two days, wandering around, but I didn't find any traces of you. I didn't bring too much military rations. There is not even a rabbit in this ghost place." None." Hua Xiong said, with a look of grievance and resentment on his face, when did he, the mighty warrior Hua Xiong, be so aggrieved that he led the northern army to catch rabbits? ! !

"Ahem, why is the captain logging here again?"

"Hey, well, didn't I want to make some noise so that you guys would find out?" Hua Xiong said with a guilty conscience. Gongsun Zan looked around. It didn't seem like he was trying to make a noise. The soldiers were all bare-chested, and the weapons in their hands were about to be cut off. Gongsun Zan didn't say anything, but said with a smile: "It's embarrassing for the captain. We still need to explore the north. For the time being, this place is safe."

"You don't have to worry, captain, just take someone back to report."

"Don't!!" Hua Xiong yelled.

"What else is there, Lieutenant?"

"I'm not very good at spreading the word, why don't you send one or two people who can speak well and take us back, how about?"

"Hahaha! Captain Hua lost his way in this dense forest? Can't find the way back?!" Gongsun Zan asked with a big smile. They all laughed, Gongsun Zan did not make things difficult for Hua Xiong, and sent two people to lead Hua Xiong out of the dense forest to the garrison. Just like that, after walking for nearly two days, Hua Xiong led his men back to the garrison.

Guan Yu was also anxious at first. This Gongsun Zan never came back, so did Hua Xiong. He was about to lead an army to support him. When Hua Xiong came, he saw that Guan Yu was already preparing to send troops. Fortunately, Hua Xiong was in time. After returning, he informed Gongsun Zan of the situation there, and Guan Yu ordered the soldiers to continue guarding. For the time being, it seemed that the north was safe and there were no enemies. Guan Yu passed the news to Dong Zhuo's camp.

Although the north is fine for the time being, the south is not so peaceful.

At the end of September, Sun Jian captured a man from Guishuang, who claimed to be the chief guard of the King of Guishuang, and came to look for Nishijia. He was about to give the order to shoot arrows. He went ashore alone, and was directly pressed to the ground by the soldiers. He didn't know the elegant words. Fortunately, Cao Cao was able to communicate with him for a while, so he was sent to Dong Zhuo. camp.

When this person was brought to Dong Zhuo's camp, Dong Zhuo didn't let him meet Ni Sejia directly, but brought him in front of him, along with Jia Xu and Zhang Da as a translator. When he came to Daying, he shouted, Dong Zhuo looked at Zhang Da, Zhang Da translated: "He said, he wants to see Uncle Nishika."

Dong Zhuo said: "Tell him that Nishijia is being protected by us. If we don't tell him why we are looking for him, we won't let him meet."

Zhang Da told the man, the man snorted coldly, and said something else.

Zhang Da said: "He said, he won't tell us, he wants to see Prince Nishika." Dong Zhuo was furious, and was about to give an order, when Jia Xu stretched out his hand, stopped Dong Zhuo, and gave orders to the soldiers with a smile Said: "I invited Nishijia here, saying that someone is looking for him."

After a long time, Nishijia walked into the tent, he just bowed his hands to Jia Xu, he ignored the others, Dong Zhuo did the same, since the last incident in the brave camp, he never Talked with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo also looked down on him and didn't care, but when the man saw Ni Sejia walking in, he was stunned for a long time, then suddenly he opened his mouth and called out.

Nishika looked in astonishment, he looked for a long time, shouted, the two hugged each other.

This person is exactly the envoy who went to the Han Dynasty with him in the past, Su Poti. He stayed in the Han Dynasty, but this person returned to Guishuang. Later, he also came to assassinate Nishika according to the order of the King of Guishuang However, he couldn't do anything, he just told Nishika, don't come back again, stay in the big man, take care.

After being separated for decades, we met again. Su Poti was already very old. He had gray hair and beard, and his wavy white beard reached to his chest. Nishika hugged him tightly and almost cried. This person He was the confidant of the former King Guishuang. In the palace, he was highly valued by King Guishuang. He was also the first teacher of Nishijia. When his nephew wanted to kill him, he was also the one who helped him. withheld information.

Su Poti looked at Nishika's face, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Prince, you are well, you are well."

Nishika hurriedly took him, sat down, turned a blind eye to everyone, knelt down in front of him with the gift of Guishuang, and said: "Thank you for your life-saving grace in the past, when I was young, I never spoke Thank you, I hope you forgive me"

Su Poti shook her head and said, "You don't have to be like this, I just didn't expect that we would have a chance to meet each other."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then Su Poti asked: "The prince is coming back this time, but he wants to overthrow the tyrant? Let's make Guishuang again?"

Nishijia looked a little hesitant, and he said: "Actually, I never wanted to seize the throne of Guishuang. If King Guishuang could apologize for those big Han merchants who were killed, Mr. Jia and the others would retreat. However, I" , he didn't know what to say, thought for a while, but couldn't continue, instead fell into silence, Su Poti sighed.

"To tell you the truth, this time, the tyrant who was spurned by the gods sent me here to find out the truth of the prince, and also wanted me to deceive the Han army and make them relax their vigilance." Zhang Da widened his eyes and looked at Jia Xu. Jia Xu understood that they must be discussing important matters, so he shook his head and didn't let him speak.

"What does he want to do?"

"Prince, he has dispatched a large number of warships from the south. Now he is on the other side of the river. He wants to attack and cross the river. However, he is afraid of heavy losses, so he wants me to deceive the Han army and make them think that he is leading the army. Huacizimo wants to attack Sogdia from the north. In fact, Huacizimo's army was also conscripted by him on the other side of the river and gathered in Daxia."

"In Huacizimo, in fact, there is only food and equipment for the army. Because Lan's city is narrow, he can only collect supplies from Huacizimo."

"Then when will he send troops??"

"Just a few days ago, hehe, last time I concealed it for the prince and told him that you are no longer here, so he no longer trusts me. Sending me here is just to die."

(End of this chapter)