Ji Han Liu Zhang

Liu Zhang, who arrived in Chengdu, always felt worried and felt that the current situation was difficult to understand. After all, he didn't know what Liu Mao and Zhao Wei were planning. In the late Han Dynasty, he didn't have a mobile phone, so he could contact the surveillance officer Liu Mao with just one phone call. A group of knights can know Liu Mao's situation at this time.

In this era, the fastest way to communicate information is to gallop, but the delay is also very high, and a delay of one or two hours is considered good.

Liu Zhang, who was worried, did not enter Chengdu immediately, but went to the Dongzhou soldiers' camp outside Chengdu, intending to firmly control the military power. With soldiers and force, even Liu Hao and Zhao Whatever trouble Wei planned to stir up, he could calm it down.

Liu Zhang, who led more than a hundred personal guards and arrived at the gate of the Dongzhou soldiers' camp, saw a busy scene. A team of people with helmets and armors headed east. It seemed that there was some rebellion in the east and the army needed to be launched. counterinsurgency.

When Liu Zhang heard about it, he knew that something had happened at Liu Mao's place, otherwise the army would not have been launched. However, he had to find someone to ask about the specific situation. As he headed straight into the camp, he saw the Dongzhou soldiers stationed in the camp. Huang Quan.

Huang Quan was not overly surprised by Liu Zhang's sudden arrival. He had received news earlier and knew that Liu Zhang would arrive in Chengdu today. However, he was a little surprised that Liu Zhang did not enter Chengdu first, but came to the Dongzhou soldiers' camp outside the city. .

However, Huang Quan didn't think too much about it. After he invited Liu Zhang to the top of the Chinese army's tent, he told the current situation: "Ming Gong, I received a report from Zhang Ren, the commander of the Xiaoqi School. The third son is under the command of General Zhao Zhonglang. He was kidnapped and headed east, guessing that Zhao Zhonglang wanted to go to Ba County and cause trouble... Colonel Zhang had already led his Qingqi to stop them. Just now, Quan Quan made the decision and asked Captain Yin Pu to take 3000 people with him. Go and stop it.”

"The best result now is to stop Zhao Zhonglang before he crosses the Tuo River. This will cause the least harm and cause the least commotion. The next best result is that Zhao Zhonglang will cross the Tuo River and then be captured by Colonel Zhang. In the end, The bad result is that Zhao Zhonglang will arrive in Bajun, and by virtue of his status as a member of the famous Anhan family in Bajun, he summons the heroes of Bajun and makes a big fuss." As the main blogger, Huang Quan not only anticipated the opportunity, but also had a good understanding of the situation. Perform analysis.

"Holding hostage?...Gong Heng, this is not your temperament." Liu Zhang did not comment on Huang Quan's analysis first, but first commented on Huang Quan's statement that Liu Hao was held hostage by Zhao Wei. You must know the facts. Liu Hao and Zhao Hao were accomplices and conspirators. There was no situation where Liu Hao was held hostage by Zhao Hao. Huang Quan's words seemed to be excusing Liu Hao, or in other words, saving some face for Liu Hao. After all, they were brothers. Attacking is not a good thing.

Huang Quan smiled lightly and added: "The statement that the Third Young Master was held hostage was for outsiders to hear. The real situation should be known to everyone. It was the Third Young Master who was mad in his heart, so he made a rebellious move... But how? It is said that the third young master is both the elder brother of Ming Gong, so it is better to retain some dignity to avoid some unprovoked things happening later."

"Save some dignity for me." After hearing Huang Quan's heartfelt words, Liu Zhang shook his head and sighed. As Liu Hao's elder brother, and the only remaining elder brother, no matter how rebellious Liu Hao is this time , Liu Zhang can't do anything to Liu Mao. Could it be that he could kill his only eldest brother? If he did such a thing as brother murder, it would only make the world laugh.

Therefore, saying that Liu Mao and Zhao Wei conspired, and that Liu Mao was held hostage by Zhao Wei, is a far-fetched but historical statement. It can save Liu Zhang some trouble and save some people from chirping, saying that it is because Liu Zhang treated Liu Mao harshly. This made Liu Mao dissatisfied, so he conspired with Zhao Wei, an outsider, to rebel.

No matter what happens in private, you have to look good officially.

"Let's promote it like this. Just say that my good brother was held hostage by General Zhao Zhonglang." Liu Zhang recognized Huang Quan's suggestion and at the same time commented on Zhao Wei's movements given by Huang Quan.

"It is possible that Zhao Zhonglang will cross the Tuojiang River. After all, we did not send soldiers to chase and stop him immediately, but it is impossible for Zhao Zhonglang to reach Anhan in Ba County and respond to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong... Zhao Zhonglang will have all his troops under his command. They are infantry, and their pace cannot match the speed of Zhang Ren's cavalry. Sooner or later, Zhang Ren will catch up."

"Yes." Huang Quan nodded and expressed his agreement, but still gave a complete opinion: "Even so, we must be on guard. If we are not careful, General Zhao Zhonglang will drive him to Ba County, and he will fight with the rice thief. Zhang and Lu responded together, and the situation at that time was very bad... The earlier rebellion in Bajun had just been put down, and its vitality was still recovering. If there is another turmoil, I am afraid that Bajun will be destroyed within two or three years. It will be difficult for them to recover their vitality, which will be detrimental to Ming Gong’s major events.”

"In Quan's opinion, he immediately sent a horse to inform Anton Zhonglang General Gao Pei to make preparations. While preventing Zhang Lu from sending the thieves Pu Hu and Yuan Yue to the south to break through Bajun's defense line, he sent The soldiers went south to block the path of General Zhao Zhonglang to prevent the rice thieves and General Zhao Zhonglang from joining together. In addition, the counties along the Bajun route also needed to send quick horses to notify them one by one, close the city gates, take precautions, and not Zhao Zhonglang will take advantage of this opportunity, so that Zhao Zhonglang will have the opportunity to supplement his money and food."

Liu Zhang felt a little helpless. All the thieves inside and outside were careless. He named a secretary next to him: "Just follow Huang Zhubo's wishes."

Then Liu Zhang solemnly told Huang Quan: "Gong Heng, I'm afraid that Zhang Ren and Yin Pu are not subordinate to each other, and it will be difficult for them to coordinate their forces together. To pursue and block Zhao Wei, we need a capable person in the middle." Coordinator, I still need to trouble you to go here and grant the two captains the opportunity... I will be in charge of the Dongzhou Army Camp. In addition, I have sent people to Chengdu to summon Dong He. When the time comes, Dong He will take charge of the camp on my behalf. , I will rush to your place again."

"No." Huang Quan responded generously. The military situation was urgent. He turned around and walked out of the Chinese army's tent. He took the horse's reins from his entourage, then got on his horse and headed east.

Watching Huang Quan's leaving figure, Liu Zhang's face was full of helplessness. He thought of Liu Hao and what to do with Liu Hao after he was captured alive. He definitely couldn't kill him, he could only imprison him and give him a good life. With.

But Liu Zhang was very unhappy. Regarding Liu Mao, first of all, Liu Mao's character made Liu Zhang very shameful. Liu Mao regarded himself as a young master, and regarded his slaves as dogs. He would whip him if he wanted to, and kill if he wanted to.Liu Zhang had received an education under the red flag and could not do anything to treat other people's lives as nothing. Therefore, Liu Zhang had already sentenced Liu Hao to death for the mastermind of Aunt Wang's death.

The second is Liu Hao's identity and Liu Hao's attitude. As his elder brother, Liu Zhang's identity is naturally very valuable, and it is also a good thing for him to show brotherhood, but Liu Hao does not care about his younger brother. , who wanted to get the position of Yizhou Mu, even contacted outsiders to rebel against him, and regarded his younger brother as an enemy.

Therefore, Liu Zhang, who originally traveled through time, had no affection for Liu Hao. Coupled with Liu Hao's behavior and attitude, he had long wanted Liu Hao to die, but he was wary and could not take action. That's all, causing Liu Zhang to have a problem in his throat.

'You can't do things happily even if you are in charge of a state alone. Liu Zhang revealed a trace of reverie. If Liu Hao fell off his horse and died on the way out, or if his sword had no eyes and died in the chaos, everyone would be happy.
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Captain Li Yi felt the vitality draining from his body, and he felt extremely regretful. He originally thought that Zhang Ren was able to get the position of Captain of the Cavalry, but it was just a fluke. Liu Zhang wanted to set up a brand of courtesy corporal to recruit talents from Shu. .

But Li Yi didn't expect that Zhang Ren, a scribe who he used to regard as an ant, was really outstanding in horsemanship. He used to sneer at the legendary story of Zhang Ren riding a horse in Liangping to defeat a thousand people, but now that he fell from his horse and fell to the ground, he I believe that Zhang Ren has this ability.

After landing, Li Yi's last thought before his death was to never forget the position of Zhonglang General that Zhao Wei had promised him. Unfortunately, his life had come to an end here.

Zhang Ren, who was extremely brave and killed Li Yi in one move, did not look at Li Yi who fell to the ground. Instead, he looked at the hundreds of Zhao family knights in front of him, as if the God of Death was staring at a group of corpses whose souls were about to be harvested. More than a hundred Zhao family knights brought a bone-chilling chill.

"Drive." A knight from the Zhao family turned his horse around without waiting for the order from the Governor of Hundreds to retreat. At the same time, he waved his hand and gave the horse that was sitting down a whip, and bolted east towards the Tuo River crossing.

As the Zhao family knight fled without a fight, facing the pressure from Zhang Ren, the remaining Zhao family knights also turned their horses and fled, thinking of escaping from Zhang Ren, the god of death's scythe. .

Zhang Ren took the lead and led more than a hundred of his guards to chase down the Zhao family knights in front of him.

"Neigh." The war horse from Liangzhou, Yue Kai, neighed happily. Having grown up in Liangzhou, an area of ​​extreme chaos and constant fighting, Yue Kai did not have any fear of fighting on the battlefield. Instead, he was afraid of fighting on the battlefield. I felt excited when I came to the battlefield. I felt that the blood in my whole body was boiling, and even the speed of running was much faster.

In just an instant, the fine horse carried Zhang Ren across the gap and caught up with the fleeing Zhao family knights. Although Zhang Ren didn't like Zhang Ren who hurt people from behind, in the face of the Zhao family knights who only knew how to run away and did not dare to confront the enemy head-on. At this time, he had no choice but to draw his gun from behind the Zhao family knight. Every time he fired a shot, he took the life of a Zhao family knight.

"Ah ah ah." A Zhao family knight felt people falling off his horse behind him, and the bone-wrenching wails of his fallen comrades came into his ears. This feeling of death close to his back inevitably made him crazy, for fear of It was his turn next, so the Zhao family knight actually shouted.

It's just that the Zhao family knight, who was extremely frightened, did not show fear and courage, but kept swinging the whip in his hand. He did not show any pity for the mount that he had regarded as a treasure in the past, and whipped it crazily, intending to drain the mount of its vitality and vitality. , leading him to escape Zhang Ren's hunting range.His behavior made Zhang Ren, who loved horses, unhappy. Zhang Ren clamped his legs and urged the white horse to rush forward across the gap for a while, getting behind the Zhao family knight, and then shot out like a dragon, The Zhao family knight who was whipping his horse crazily knocked him off his horse and complained: "I told you not to love horses and not to pity horses."

Not long after, dozens of Zhao family's knights were killed by Zhang Ren. At the same time, Zhang Ren, who was chasing, caught up to the ferry where Captain Li Si was stationed. He saw the Zhao family's tribe, which had already crossed most of the troops to the other side of the Tuo River, and the last one. Approval of people boarding the ship.

Damn it, Zhang Ren cursed in his heart when he saw this, and summoned more than a hundred personal guards to follow him to stop the Zhao family soldiers who were about to board the boats to cross the river. At the same time, they seized these boats and used them to cross the Tuo River to pursue Zhao Wei across the river. A large group of people went to the river.

It was a pity that the soldiers of the Zhao family who saw Zhang Rentong riding on the ship. They didn't know how many people came to ride and saw only the smoke and dust. They panicked. They abandoned their comrades who had not yet boarded the ship and picked up the wooden oars. away from the ferry.

"Don't leave us!"

"We haven't even boarded the ship yet!"

The Zhao family members who had not yet boarded the ship crowded onto the narrow ferry one by one, shouting incessantly.

Some people in the front row tried to jump on the boat that was already some distance away from the ferry, while others jumped directly into the water and swam towards the boat.

More of the Zhao family members who stayed at the ferry were killed by Zhang Ren and his personal guards. The rest jumped into the bitterly cold Tuoshui River at the beginning of winter in an attempt to find a chance to survive.

Zhang Ren, who was on his way to the ferry, looked at the departing ship. The shadow of the ship in his eyes became smaller and smaller, and his brows furrowed more and more.

Without a boat, you can't cross the river. It's not a good time to swim across the river. It's already the beginning of winter and the water is freezing cold. You might die from hypothermia after swimming a short distance.

Zhang Ren sighed helplessly. He reined in his horse and planned to go downstream to Niuchang, get a boat from the captain Liu Sui who was guarding Niuchang, and cross the Tuojiang River to continue pursuing Zhao Wei and Liu Hao.

But just as he was about to return from the ferry, he saw several large boats coming up from the lower reaches of the Tuo River. Zhang Ren stopped and sat down on his horse, preparing to observe for a while.

When the silhouettes of several building ships became clearer, a smile appeared on Zhang Ren's face. He recognized the person standing on the bow of the ship. This person was Peng Yi from the Prefecture Mufu.
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"Ji Yu." Wu Ran fell on Liu Zhang's chest. When she arrived at the Dongzhou Bingzhong Army's tent, the first moment she saw Liu Zhang, her heart that had been hanging was really relieved.

Although Wu Ran was able to calmly deal with the offensive launched by the Zhao family's knights, she was still a little flustered on the battlefield. Her heart was always hanging. Under the agitation of emotions, she threw herself into Liu Zhang's arms regardless of the situation. , hugging Liu Zhang with both hands, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, in order to find peace in his heart.

Behind Liu Zhang, Wu Ban's eyes widened and he didn't understand what was going on. His clan sister was married to the Third Young Master, right? He even went to have a wedding banquet at that time, but why did Wu Ran fall down now? On Ming Gong’s body.

Wu Ban rubbed his eyes. He wondered if he had seen it wrong. But after rubbing his eyes, he realized that he had seen it right. This made his little head full of doubts.

Like Wu Ban, Liu Zhang also had some doubts in his mind. Faced with Wu Ran's embrace, he spread his hands and did not dare to do anything excessive.

Why does it feel like my domineering spirit is leaking out? Even a beautiful woman throws myself into my arms. After Liu Zhang secretly slandered, he planned to solve the embarrassing situation in front of him. You know, he is not the only one in the Chinese army's tent. Wu Ran's younger brother Wu Ban, as his bodyguard, is still standing behind him.

"Sister-in-law." Liu Zhang called out, mentioning Wu Ran's identity.

Wu Ran's sister-in-law heard this sound, as if she was electrocuted. Her face suddenly turned red, like a ripe apple. She released her arms around Liu Zhang, and took a step back with her graceful figure. She looked at Liu Zhang with eyes that were filled with tears. She was filled with endless resentment, like a resentful woman who had been abandoned by Liu Zhang.

Wu Ran didn't explain much. She said to Wu Ban who was behind Liu Zhang: "Brother, please go and guard the door. My sister has something to say to the envoy."

Wu Ban did not move the first moment he heard Wu Ran's order. He only looked at Liu Zhang, wanting to know Liu Zhang's attitude. But when Liu Zhang nodded, Wu Ban immediately moved his steps and walked outside the camp.

When Wu Ban walked out of the door, Wu Ran raised his head and looked at Liu Zhang with firm eyes. He mustered up the courage in his chest and spoke clearly: "Ji Yu, I want to make peace with the third young master... After the peace, Ji Yu, you Are you willing to take me as a concubine into your house? I know that I am the wife of the Third Young Master and your sister-in-law. Even after we divorce, I still have the status of sister-in-law. However, it is inappropriate and unethical to say this. , but if I don’t say it today, I’m afraid I won’t have the chance or the courage to say it in the future.”

"After getting along with Ji Yu these days, ever since Ji Yu went to Nanzhong to conquer the Soyi, I have seen your presence in front of my eyes, in my mind, and in my dreams. I have been thinking about you and worrying about you all the time. I am afraid that I have fallen in love with you, Ji Yu. Before I got married, I just followed the arrangements of my family, but now I want to be my own master. I want to be with the same person until we grow old together."

Liu Zhang didn't show any surprise on his face. He already knew that Liu Hao sent Wang Sheng to hunt down Wu Ran. Under such circumstances, it was normal for Wu Ran to make peace with Liu Hao.

But what Wu Ran said next shocked Liu Zhang. He was shocked by Wu Ran's boldness and shocked that the attitude of women in the Han Dynasty towards love was so passionate and unscrupulous.

But when he thought about it again, he felt that it was not too outrageous. After all, the Han Dynasty was not the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The books read by women in the Han Dynasty were "Biography of Lieutenants", while the books read by women in Ming and Qing Dynasties were "Biography of Martyrs". The difference was one word, but the words in the book The content is different, and the ideas taught are also different.

In addition, the culture of Shu is civilized, and women are always bold and reckless. For example, Zhuo Wenjun eloped with Sima Xiangru, regardless of his parents' opposition and anger.

Seeing Liu Zhang's silence, Wu Ran thought that Liu Zhang was concerned about etiquette and the identity of the two, so she refused with silence. She lowered her head and tried her best to suppress her expression that was about to cry, so as not to shed tears in front of her face.

But at this moment, Wu Ran heard a voice like the sound of nature coming from Liu Zhang.

"Yes." (End of chapter)