The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32 032
Zhang Yan never dreamed that when he met Zang Ba by chance on the street, the two would hit it off.

Zang Ba's forthright personality left a deep impression on Zhang Yan. He is committed to this friend.

The wine and dishes were brought up one after another. Zang Ba glanced at the wine baron on the table, curled his lips and said, "How can you enjoy yourself with such a small wine set? Change to a bigger bowl!"

The clerk of the restaurant quickly replaced Zang Ba with two large bowls. Zang Ba picked up a jar of wine, and once he opened it, he poured the two large bowls to the brim.

Zang Ba put down the wine jar, picked up two bowls of wine, handed one of the bowls directly in front of Zhang Yan, and said loudly: "Brother Zhang, it is really rare for us to meet here by chance. If we don't get drunk today, we won't return. Come on, let me first Drink this bowl to the brim!"

As soon as the words fell, Zang Ba brought the wine bowl to his mouth, raised his neck, and gulped down the bowl of wine.

Zhang Yan took the wine bowl, seeing Zang Ba drinking so much, he immediately praised: "General Zang is so generous, since General Zang has already drunk, then I have nothing to say. Although I can't drink enough, I ran into Zang today General, we hit it off again, and I will risk my life to accompany the gentleman today! Do it!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan picked up the wine bowl and drank it down.

"Hahaha... come, make another bowl!" Zang Ba was full of joy, and poured wine for Zhang Yan again with the wine jar in his arms.

The two of them drank three big bowls in a row, and a jar of wine was gone.Zang Ba drinks a lot, and ordinary people can't handle it. Seeing that Zhang Yan has nothing to do after drinking three bowls, he is even more happy.

As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine are rare for a bosom friend, Zang Ba gave an order, and asked the restaurant staff to bring two large jars of fine wine, and directly gave one of the jars to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan immediately understood what Zang Ba meant. This time, he no longer used a bowl. He held a jar of wine, and as soon as he unsealed it, he smiled and said to Zang Ba: "General Zang, a thousand cups of wine is too small for a bosom friend. Let's drink it to our heart's content, and Zhang will do it first!"

He picked up the jar of wine, and poured it into his mouth without any pause, as if his mouth was not a mouth, but a wine tank that could not be filled.

Seeing this, Zang Ba was both surprised and delighted.To his surprise, he had never seen anyone drink like this.The good news is that from now on, I don't have to worry about drinking and having no one to accompany me anymore!
After a while, Zhang Yan drank the entire jar of wine.

"Good drinker!" Zang Ba laughed loudly, picked up the jar of wine in front of him at the same time, and began to pour it into his mouth. After a while, the entire jar of wine was drained.

The two of them drank so much that they immediately attracted the attention of other people in the restaurant. None of them had ever seen this kind of drinking.

Zang Ba himself was even more happy, he hadn't competed with others in drinking capacity for a long time.Excited, Zang Ba ordered two jars of wine from the restaurant, ready to compete with Zhang Yan again.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "General Zang, let's finish drinking here today. I still have some things to do. If I get drunk, I'm afraid it will delay things. Why don't we drink it another day?" ?”

Although Zang Ba was in high spirits, he was also a reasonable person. Hearing what Zhang Yan said, he said: "Brother Zhang, if you have something to do, do it quickly. You can drink at any time, but if you delay Brother Zhang’s business is Zang’s fault. By the way, I don’t know what Brother Zhang is going to do? In Tancheng, Zang has a lot of friends, and maybe he can help him a little.”

Zhang Yan was distressed because he couldn't get any news about Chen Gui. Zang Ba had been in Tancheng longer than him, so he might know some news about Chen Gui.

He first sighed, and then said: "Zhang came to Tancheng for the first time, and he is not familiar with the place. If he can get brother Zang's help, he would really wish for it. I don't know if brother Zang knew Chen Deng, the captain of the Diannong school. Chen Yuanlong?"

"Chen Yuanlong is Tao Shijun's right-hand man. I have been in Xuzhou for many years, so how could I not know him? Brother Zhang, could it be that this matter is related to Chen Yuanlong?" Zang Ba was always alert and guessed instantly.

Zhang Yan nodded and asked: "Since Brother Zang has been an official in Xuzhou for many years, he must be familiar with Chen Deng's affairs. I would like to inquire about the father-son relationship between Chen Deng and Chen Gui?"

Zang Ba took a sip of the wine after hearing this, and then said slowly: "To be honest, the relationship between Chen Gui and Chen Deng's father and son is not very good..."

"Oh? Could Brother Zang please explain in detail?"

Zang Ba nodded, and began to describe the relationship between Chen Deng and his son in detail.

According to Zang Ba, the father-son relationship between Chen Gui and Chen Deng has always been very good.Chen Deng is even more famous as a filial son, and was once called Xiaolian.

Apart from Chen Deng, Chen Gui also had two sons, the second son was named Chen Ying, and the third son was named Chen Da.The Chen family was a scholarly family, and their ancestors had been officials for generations. In Chen Deng's generation, Chen Deng became a lieutenant of Diannong, and Chen Ying also became a captain, with the exception of the third son, Chen Da.

The third son, Chen Da, didn't like reading since he was a child. He was good at dancing with guns and clubs, and he was also very fond of making troubles.

Chen Deng then shouldered the responsibility of educating this naughty younger brother himself. He taught Chen Da to read, and Chen Da taught him to ride and shoot. The two brothers were very close.

Later, when Xuzhou encountered the Yellow Turban Army, Tao Qian recruited soldiers bravely. Chen Da joined Tao Qian with his bravery to fight against the Yellow Turban Rebels, expelled the Yellow Turban Army from Xuzhou, and made many military exploits in the battle.Tao Qian then asked him to be the magistrate of Dongwu County in Langya Kingdom, responsible for defending the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

Unexpectedly, on the second day after Chen Da took office, he was surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army in Dongwu County.At that time, Chen Deng stationed troops in various counties, responsible for defending grain and grass. It was the closest to Dongwu County. Chen Da sent people to the various counties for help. How could Chen Deng not be in a hurry?
But at that time, Tao Qian and Zang Ba led the troops into Qingzhou and were in a bloody battle with the main force of the Yellow Turban Army. The counties Chen Deng was defending were also places where food and grass were hoarded. Once he left easily, the counties would be attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. If the food and grass were robbed, then Tao Qian, Zang Ba and others would fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy, and it is very likely that the entire army would be wiped out.

Chen Deng focused on the overall situation, so he stood still and wrote to Chen Da to tell him to stick to the city and not to open the city gate to fight the Yellow Turban Army under any circumstances.

After receiving the letter, Chen Da led the soldiers in the city to fight with the Yellow Turban Army for three days, but after three days, he still did not see Chen Deng leading the army coming. The city had already run out of food, so Chen Da gathered all the soldiers and fought out the encirclement with him. Go to the counties.

But as soon as Chen Da and others left the city, they fell into the siege of the Yellow Turban Army, and were finally captured because they were outnumbered.

The Yellow Turban Army bound Chen Da and went to various counties, threatening Chen Deng to open the city gate and surrender to the Yellow Turban Army.Seeing that his younger brother was captured, Chen Deng felt extremely uncomfortable, but he did not surrender, but shot and killed Chen Da with his own hands, in order to get rid of his concerns.

As a result, the soldiers in the city were fiercely attacked, opened the city gate, and fought bloody battles with the Yellow Turban Army. It happened that Tao Qian led his army back, joined forces with Chen Dengli, and wiped out the Yellow Turban Army.

After the war, Chen Deng personally buried Chen Da and sent someone to inform his family.

After Chen Gui got the news, he was devastated, and when he heard that Chen Deng had shot and killed Chen Da himself, he hated Chen Deng even more. From then on, the relationship between father and son plummeted.

After Zhang Yan heard this story, he felt melancholy for a while, and then he realized why Mi Zhen reminded herself not to mention Chen Deng in front of Chen Gui.But if Chen Deng was not mentioned, how would his family letter be delivered to Chen Gui?
"Thank you Brother Zang for telling me this story..."

"There's nothing to thank for that. Brother Zhang, you're so kind."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, chatting while eating.Zang Ba wanted to pay the bill, but Zhang Yan took the lead. Zang Ba felt a little embarrassed, so he invited Zhang Yan to drink in the barracks at night.

After the two agreed, Zhang Yan and Zang Ba separated.It was already [-]:[-] noon, he and Xu Sheng made an appointment at noon, and now it was already late, so he hurried to the agreed place, and saw Xu Sheng leaning against the wall waiting patiently.

"I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting!" Zhang Yan walked up to Xu Sheng and said embarrassedly.

Xu Sheng said: "Master, you don't need to apologize, I just arrived. However, I didn't find out anything about Chen Gui, so please forgive me, Master!"

"It's nothing, I'll just ask."

Xu Sheng asked: "Then shall we pay another visit to Chen Gui's mansion now?"

"There's no need to visit. I just need to hand this letter to Chen Gui. You wait for me here, and I'll come back as soon as I go!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan walked straight towards Chen Gui's residence. When he arrived at the door of Chen Gui's residence, he saw that there was no one around, so he jumped over the wall and jumped into the yard, then went straight to the main room, and respectfully stood in front of the main room He cupped his hands and said: "Minister Pengcheng and Captain Zhang Yan of the Military Guard, entrusted by Captain Chen Deng of Diannong, are here to send a letter from home to Old Layman Chen!"

Not long after the voice fell, the shambling old man opened the door from the inside, looked at Zhang Yan first, and then asked, "What did you just say?"

Zhang Yan repeated loudly again: "Pengcheng Guoxiang, Zhang Yan, Captain of the Military Guard, was entrusted by Chen Deng, Captain of the Diannong School, to send a letter from home to Old Layman Chen!"

The old man stretched out a withered hand on his chest, and said to Zhang Yan: "Bring me the family letter!"

"I'm very sorry. Brother Yuanlong once said that this letter from home must be handed over to Old Layman Chen in person. I will never hand over the letter to anyone until I see Old Layman Chen."

"I am Chen Gui!" The old man's voice was not loud, but it was sonorous and powerful.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he immediately bowed to him: "So it's Old Layman Chen, Zhang Yan is disrespectful!"

"There is no need to say the high-sounding words. Where is the family letter?"

Zhang Yan then took out a family letter from his pocket and handed it directly to Chen Gui.

Chen Gui took the family letter and immediately opened it to read, but saw that there was a blank piece of paper inside the family letter, and there was not even a single word written on the paper.

Zhang Yan saw it, and wondered in his heart: "There is not a word, what kind of family letter is this?"

(End of this chapter)