Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 175 Ren is furious

Zhang Ren, who led more than a hundred knights out of the camp, had a heavy expression on his face. His eyes were lowered and he seemed to be deep in thought.

A quarter of an hour ago, a knight with an arrow in his back rushed to the gate of the camp where Zhang Ren was stationed. The knight was seriously injured. Due to the bumps on the horse, the arrow sore on the knight's back cracked and the wound was bleeding. It soaked into the knight's entire back. The knight's face was as pale as paper, and his eyes almost closed unconsciously, as if he was about to faint.

Zhang Ren, who has a good memory, recognized the identity of this knight at a glance. When he went out hunting last time, he encountered the hunting team of the third son Liu Mao returning to the city. Among the knights, there is this knight.

Zhang Ren suddenly felt uncertain. He had also heard about the conflict between the two brothers Liu Mao and Liu Zhang. He had obtained evidence from Gan Ning before, and knew that Liu Mao and Liu Zhang had conflicts in the palace, and that Liu Zhang ordered Liu Mao to Things to reflect on in lockdown.

Therefore, Zhang Ren knew that these knights who gathered around Liu Hao were nominally to protect Liu Hao, but in fact they were more to monitor Liu Hao. But now this knight was hit by an arrow in the back, and secondly, he was looking at the arrow. The depth of the arrow's penetration into the body shows that it was shot in front of someone.

This was going to be a big trouble. Being able to shoot and injure the knight at a close distance meant that he must be someone familiar to the knight, or someone who frequented the state pastoral residence and was known to the knight.

An important minister of the Prefectural Mufu had hooked up with Liu Hao. Zhang Ren made a judgment based on the situation in front of him, but this was just his guess. What the specific situation was, the seriously injured knight still needed to speak.

Fortunately, although the knight was seriously injured, he relied on his tenacious will to tell what happened before he fell into coma. He and De Zhonglang, General Zhao Wei, were actually in cahoots with his third son, Liu Hao.

Hearing this, Zhang Ren secretly thought, "This is not a big trouble, but a big trouble. He immediately called the doctor to diagnose and treat the knight who fainted after explaining the situation. At the same time, he summoned the knights who could follow him out of the camp immediately. He sent more than a hundred personal guards, and in addition sent people to notify Huang Quan, the central leader and chief blogger who was stationed in the Dongzhou Army Camp.

So now Zhang Ren galloped out of the camp gate with more than a hundred cavalry. As for the camp at the rear, a large group of cavalrymen, urged by Zhang Ren's army commander, packed their gear, put on their armor, and led out The horses in the stables were ready before following Zhang Ren's footsteps.

Considering the seriousness of the matter, Zhang Ren did not pity the white horse under him, Yue Kai, as usual. He clamped his legs together and urged Yue Kai to increase his speed. Yue Kai understood people's thoughts and knew the anxious mood of his owner on his back. It spread its hooves and ran tirelessly.

Zhang Ren, who was patrolling from west to east, did not see the subordinates of General Zhao Wei and De Zhonglang. After sorting out his thoughts, Zhang Ren probably guessed Zhao Wei's intention. He expected that Zhao Wei and Liu Hao would join forces. Finally, the troops are still relatively scarce, and they should not make such an unwise choice as robbing the city of Chengdu.

When he thought that Zhao Wei, an important minister, was born in Anhan County, Brazil County, Zhang Ren made a rough guess. He speculated that Zhao Wei should have gone east to Brazil County with Liu Hao, relying on Zhao Wei. Wei's reputation in Bajun will turn around to confront Chengdu, and he may even join forces with the rice thief Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

"You warriors, what are you waiting for? Come to me quickly and kill that bitch so that I can report to the young master."

Zhang Ren, who was passing by a river bank, noticed a fight taking place on the river bank and heard an extremely anxious urging.

Liu Mao's subordinate Wang Sheng looked a little anxious at this moment. The more than twenty knights of the Zhao family he brought with him hesitated and refused to move forward after one of the knights was killed by Zhang Ba. They were fighting together with Zhangba, fearing that Zhangba, a giant man, would take away the spear in the same way he had killed their companions before, pull off the horse, and stab him to death.

Seeing that the situation was not as smooth as he expected, he might not be able to kill Wu Ran today. He took Wu Ran's head and went back to claim credit for Liu Hao, and successfully won the position of captain. This made Wang Sheng urgently ask these knights to He stepped forward, and then urged him angrily.

"These people on the opposite side don't have horses, but they rely on the martial arts of the man in charge. Come on together, and a few more people will attack this big man. He only has two hands, so he will be unable to resist. One or two people will be killed. Kill the leader. You man, you can definitely win."

Hearing this, the knights of the Zhao family who came with Wang Sheng all looked sideways and looked at Wang Sheng, who was born as a servant, urging them to attack, even asking them to use desperate words and showing unkind eyes.

Originally, this group of Zhao family knights should have followed Zhao Hao east to the ferry of Tuojiang River. However, they were entrusted by Liu Hao and had no choice but to go west to the river bank to get rid of Wu Ran for Liu Hao.Wang Sheng was just sent by Liu Mao to accompany them, not their commander-in-chief. However, Wang Sheng actually treated himself as a figure and shouted at them.

"What are you going to do? I am close to the young master." Wang Sheng noticed the unfriendly eyes of these knights. With a trembling tone, he took out the third young master Liu Mao to intimidate these knights.

The leader of this group of Zhao family knights, just as Wang Sheng thought, seemed to be frightened by Liu Mao who Wang Sheng had moved out. He turned his head and stopped staring at Wang Sheng.

But in fact, it was the knight leader who noticed Zhang Ren's arrival and the billowing smoke not far behind Zhang Ren. It was the commotion that could only be caused by a large group of people, less than a hundred riders.

The leader of the knights had a bad heart. He glanced at the other knights, then turned his horse's head and ran away to the east. The other knights of the Zhao family followed suit.

The Zhao family knight who was blocking Wang Sheng's eyes withdrew and lost his vision. Wang Sheng also saw Zhang Ren arriving. He quickly turned around and shouted to the Zhao family knight who fled in advance: "Wait for me."

At this moment, Wang Sheng threw the post of captain that Liu Mao had promised him to the horizon. He just wanted to escape as soon as possible. He recognized Zhang Ren, and he also knew Zhang Ren's name. Zhang Ren was in Liang Pingyi. During the battle, Wang Sheng was given the title of being able to defeat a thousand warriors with one horse. Faced with such a strong warrior who could defeat a thousand warriors, Wang Sheng had only one word in his mind, and that was 'run'.

Just when Wang Sheng turned his horse's head and prepared to flee eastward, a spear pierced his calf and knocked him off his horse.

Wang Sheng saw it clearly. The one who struck was a knight from the Zhao family. This knight from the Zhao family had evil eyes, grinned, and showed a scarlet smile to him. The Zhao family knight did not stop after hitting the target. , immediately ordered the horses to sit down and ran wildly eastward. "Bitch slave, just wait. When I turn around and report to the young master, I will kill you with a thousand cuts...ahhhhh..." Wang Sheng cursed after falling to the ground. He was only halfway through the curse because he was in pain due to the wound on his leg. He screamed loudly.

Then he thought of Zhang Ren who was still watching him not far away. Wang Sheng endured the pain in his calf and thought about getting on his horse. However, after several attempts, he failed due to the trauma on his foot. When the last attempt failed, he saw Zhang Ren's indifferent face sits high on the white horse.

"Captain Zhang, spare your life, spare your life." Wang Sheng no longer asked to climb on the horse. He knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren ignored Wang Sheng, but dismounted his horse and saluted Wu Ran, who was approaching, and said, "Mrs. Wu."

Regarding Mrs. Wu Ran, Zhang Ren had heard some related rumors. The rumors said that Liu Hao and Wu Ran were at odds with each other. However, he heard Wang Sheng say that he would kill Wu Yuan and return to Liu Hao, which made Zhang Ren a little bit. He was surprised that the discord between the couple had reached this level, but Zhang Ren did not dwell too much on it. He did not pay much attention to the private affairs of other couples.

Wu Ran's expression was calm, and she bowed politely in return. Without much exchange of words, she asked Wang Sheng, "Where is the Third Young Master now, and where is General Zhao Zhonglang now?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ren looked at Wang Sheng, waiting for Wang Sheng to speak. The topic Wu Ran asked was what he wanted to know most now. At the same time, he was a little surprised. He was surprised that Wu Ran was too calm, but he was not too calm. It was an accident, after all, most of the children of the Wu family were generals, and the Wu family was very good at martial arts. It was expected that Wu Ran had been infected with some martial arts, so when faced with the attack of the cavalry, she did not panic like an ordinary woman.

"I heard that the Third Young Master and General Zhao Zhonglang were discussing and said that they were going to Brazil County. It is estimated that they have reached the ferry of Tuojiang River now." Wang Sheng poured beans out of a bamboo tube and explained Liu Hao and Zhao Wei's plan. He was even more witty. The inference of the current location of Liu Hao and Zhao Wei was given, in order to save their own lives.

Knowing the whereabouts of Liu Mao and Zhao Wei, Zhang Ren had the direction to look for. He thought of heading east immediately. Even though he could not lead more than a hundred riders now, he could harass Zhao Wei's marching speed, and then wait. When the large army of cavalry under his command followed his footsteps, they swept away the two evils of Liu Mao and Zhao Wei for his Ming Gong, like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Wu Ran, who noticed Zhang Ren's plan, said to Zhang Ren, "Please, Lieutenant, I will be rewarded by the Wu family for saving my life today."

"This is a matter within the scope of my duties." After Zhang Ren politely declined, he said goodbye to Wu Ran, called out to his more than a hundred cavalrymen, and sent another man to inform Huang Quan of the movements of Liu Hao and Zhao Wei. .

Two-quarters of an hour later, Zhang Ren saw a group of people at the end of the road. He recognized the leader as the school captain Li Yi.

Li Yi, who led more than a hundred cavalrymen under Zhao Wei to spy on news from the west for Zhao Wei, to prevent Zhao Wei's tribe from being attacked by the enemy halfway across the Tuojiang River, was experienced in military affairs and had dust in front of the road. At that time, he could identify the number of the enemy at a glance. There were about a hundred cavalry, which was almost the same as the number of cavalry and pawns under his command.

Therefore, Li Yi just sent someone to notify Zhao Wei, letting Zhao Wei know that the pursuers had arrived, and quickly crossed the Tuo River, but did not lead the cavalry back to the Tuo River ferry. He planned to rely on his own force to solve the problem in front of him. This first batch of pursuers.

"Who is it? It turns out to be Secretary Zhang." Li Yi rushed out of the crowd. He recognized Zhang Ren, but he did not call Zhang Ren his current position, but called Zhang Ren "Shu Li". Officials, Li Yi and Zhang Ren had a relationship in the past, so Li Yi knew that Zhang Ren had served as a scribe in his early years.

Calling Zhang Ren a scribe was not because Li Yi wanted to anger Zhang Ren, but because he had gained power over Zhang Ren and leapt from a small scribe to the same position as him, making it difficult for him to climb up. When he took up the post of captain, he felt very unhappy.

Zhang Ren listened to Li Yi calling him Secretary Zhang, but his expression was just like that of Gu Jing, without any trouble, no anger at all, and he didn't care about it.

"Colonel Li is confused. Ren Mengming favored him, and now he holds the position of captain just like you... Well, to be more precise, he is the captain of the heroic cavalry, a titled captain."

Li Yi's face was a little uneasy. His brows were twisted into knots, and he said in a strange tone: "Shu Li Zhang, you are really lucky. Like others, you may not be able to get the position of school captain in ten or eight years. But like you, you are." As soon as the villain gained power, he rose from a small clerk to the position of captain."

Then Li Yi gritted his teeth and said: "I think of my Li family. As a wealthy family, my grandfather's generation held the post of commander, and my father's generation held the post of captain. Only in my generation did we leave." When it comes to the position of school captain, the hard work of three generations of my Li family has laid the foundation and the position of school captain. You, Zhang Ren, are just from a humble family. How can you compare with my Li family's origins and continuous inheritance... Then Mr. Liu, you are really stupid, he actually values ​​you, a bitch from a poor family, and appoints a person like you as a school captain, but he cannot recognize a talented person like me."

Li Yi was very angry and unhappy. In his mind, people like Zhang Ren who came from a poor family should serve as scribes honestly and should not have the idea of ​​climbing up. Even if they did, they should only serve as hundreds of people. Zhang Ren, who has military positions such as governor and camp commander, and whose family background is shallow, is not worthy of holding the position of captain like him, a general from a wealthy family.

Zhang Ren's expression remained unchanged, but his tone became more stern: "Li Xiaowei, my background is not good, but I am from a poor family. In my early years, my father was engaged in business and sold horses in Chengdu... But I am a man. How can one judge one's future position based on one's origin? You must know that King Chen once said that princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind. Think back to the past, Prime Minister Xiao was just the chief official of Peixian County, and the background of the Marquis of Huaiyin is even more important. No, you were extremely poor when you were young, eating and drinking everywhere... It can be seen that one's background is not linked to future achievements. Although Lieutenant Li comes from a wealthy family, I think your eyesight is really shallow. You don't have a noble family. The heritage of a wealthy family.”

"Besides, Lieutenant Li, it's okay for you to say that I have a bad background. I do have a bad background. There's nothing to hide. It's up to you to say it. But you can't say that I'm not an official, or that I have a bad taste. Ming Gong has always had a reputation for knowing people, Ming Gong said that I can serve as a captain, and I, Zhang Ren, am certainly worthy of the position of captain."

"Weird talk, no idea." Li Yi turned a deaf ear to Zhang Ren's words, and even more provocatively said: "You talk about knowing people well, but I heard some rumors. In fact, with Zhang Shuli, you fought in Liangping Because of his merits, he could not be appointed as a school captain, let alone Lao Zixiao's cavalry school captain... It was just that Secretary Zhang had a good-looking face, very pink, which caught Liu Shijun's eyes, so he got the school captainship. He was in charge of the job, and he was dragged to bed by Liu Shijun that night."

"Hahaha." Li Yi couldn't help laughing when he said this. The laughter was full of irony. He felt that there was no problem with his inference. Only in this way could he explain why Zhang Ren was able to climb to the position of captain. superior.

Hearing Li Yi's unbearable remarks, Zhang Ren was furious, raised his spear and jumped on his horse, and stabbed Li Yi off the horse.

(End of this chapter)