The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 38 038
After Mi Zhen left, Zhang Yan and Mi Zhu talked freely in the room, and the most talked about was marriage.

After some discussion between the two, the marriage was basically settled, only some details needed to be discussed in the long run.

Before he knew it, it was already noon, and Mi Zhu warmly entertained Zhang Yan in the mansion.In addition, Zang Ba, who was not home drunk last night, also participated in it. When Zang Ba heard that Zhang Yan was going to marry Mi Zhu's younger sister, he was surprised at first, and then sent his blessings, insisting on pulling Zhang Yan If you don't drink again, you won't return.

Zhang Yan saw that the hospitality was difficult to refrain from, so he had no choice but to drink two more jars of wine with Zang Ba.

The two of them were having a drink, when the butler Mi Qiang suddenly came in from the outside, holding a letter in his hand, as soon as he entered the hall, he walked up to Zhang Yan and handed the letter to Zhang Yan: "Master Zhang, your letter."

Zhang Yan opened the letter and read it hastily. His originally happy face suddenly became gloomy, and his brows were furrowed.

Seeing Zhang Yan's expression, Mi Zhu and Zang Ba asked in unison, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yan closed the letter, put it in his arms, and said hastily: "An accident happened in Pengcheng, I must go back quickly."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan stood up, cupped his hands at Zang Ba, and said, "Brother Zang, let's drink here for the time being, and I will treat Brother Zang to have a good drink some other day."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Mi Zhu and said, "Lord Mi, I have something urgent to do, so I won't stay here any longer, so I will leave now."

Zhang Yan was in a hurry, and without waiting for Zang Ba and Mi Zhu's reply, he stepped out and shouted at Xu Sheng who had been guarding outside the door: "Hurry up and lead the horse, go back to Pengcheng!"

Xu Sheng responded, and ran away, and soon came to the stable of Mi Mansion, and brought out two war horses, one of which had black and beautiful hair, it was the Wuyun Snow Horse that Zhang Yan surrendered yesterday.

When Zhang Yan walked to the gate of the Mi Mansion, he bumped into Xu Sheng, jumped on the back of the black cloud riding snow horse, shouted "drive", and the horse under his seat let out a long hiss, and galloped out at a high speed. amazing.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng hurriedly chased after him on horseback, for fear of being alone.

In the hall of Mi Mansion, Zhang Yan's hasty departure also made Mi Zhu and Zang Ba a little uneasy. One is about to become Zhang Yan's brother-in-law, and the other has already introduced Zhang Yan as a confidant. After they broke up, they each sent their confidantes to Pengcheng to find out what happened, and wanted to help.

The speed of Wuyun Treading Snow Horse was astonishing. In just a moment, Zhang Yan, who was riding on horseback, had already left Tancheng.He left in a hurry, and did not take away any of the gold that was left in the Mi Mansion, but at this moment, he had no intention of paying attention to the gold.

After he left the city, he ran another ten miles in one breath, only then remembered Xu Shenglai, reined in the horse, and looked back, where there was Xu Sheng's figure, he had already been thrown far away by him.

Zhang Yan was very satisfied with the dark cloud riding snow horse under his seat, stroked its mane, parked on the side of the road, and waited quietly for Xu Sheng.

After a while, Xu Shengcai came late on his war horse, seeing that Zhang Yan had been waiting here for a long time, he cupped his hands and said, "Master, your horse is really fast, if it continues like this, I won't be able to catch up with you at all. "

"The matter is urgent, and I don't want to waste any more time. My horse is fast, and your horse is slow. It's better to separate temporarily. I will return to Pengcheng first, and you can follow closely."

"Here!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan pulled up the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head around, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and gave a loud shout. The dark cloud treading snow horse under his seat exerted force with all four hooves, and flew out with a "swish", as if An off-string arrow.

Seeing it with his own eyes, Xu Sheng was very envious. After a moment of stunned, he hurried forward, following closely behind Zhang Yan, but gradually getting farther and farther away from Zhang Yan.

This dark cloud riding snow horse was produced in the Wusun Kingdom of the Western Regions. It was purchased by Zang Ba from the Western Regions with a lot of money, and it was passed into his hands after several transfers.However, who would have thought that this horse is so fierce that Zang Ba tried a dozen times, but he couldn't control it, so he could only put it in the stable as a display.

Zang Ba's subordinate, Chang Xi, is also a very horse lover, and he has been taking care of the Wuyun Treading Snow Horse. That day, while Zang Ba was away, he secretly pulled out the Wuyun Treading Snow Horse, preparing to tame it.But Changxi tried several times in a row, but all ended in failure. The last time, he fell off his horse and fell into a dog chewing mud, which made the surrounding soldiers burst into laughter.

Feeling ashamed, Chang Xi drew out his long sword in anger, trying to scare Wuyun Treading Snow Horse, but the horse was suddenly frightened, rushed out of the barracks, and broke into the downtown area, which gave Zhang Yan a chance to tame Wu Yun Treading Snow Horse .

However, Zang Ba was also considered generous. He gave such a good horse to Zhang Yan, which was finally cheap for Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan picked up this bargain, secretly happy in his heart, now riding on the back of Wu Yun Treading Snow Horse, he deeply felt the goodness of this horse.

This horse has strong explosive power and is very suitable for long-distance running. After running for fifty or sixty miles from Tancheng, he didn't even catch his breath.

In addition, the speed of this horse is extremely fast, and it can travel a thousand or eight hundred a day. Zhang Yan rode it, like a gust of wind, quickly drifting across the field, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

After coming out of Tancheng, Zhang Yan didn't stop in the middle, and rode a dark cloud and snow horse to the boundary of Pengcheng in one breath.

In the evening, Zhang Yan rode back to Pengcheng alone.

At this time, outside Pengcheng, there were countless refugees. No matter men, women, old or young, they were digging the foundation with a shovel in their hands, while the young and middle-aged were in charge of moving huge stones, one by two working in full swing.

Part of the army is divided into many small teams, stationed on the periphery, and constantly conducts cross-patrols to ensure the safety of refugees.

A few days after Zhang Yancai left Pengcheng, he didn't expect that the number of refugees would rise in a straight line. Now there is a crowd of people in front of him. Everyone is working together to build a common home with their hardworking hands.

"My lord, you are finally back!" A military Sima rushed to Zhang Yan's side with twenty or thirty Danyang soldiers, each with a hint of anger on their faces.

"Where is Master Chen?" Zhang Yan asked first.

"Heal your wounds in the prefect's mansion!"

Zhang Yan frowned, and said to the army Sima, "You guys continue to patrol this area!"

"Here!"

Zhang Yan shouted loudly, galloped on his horse, and soon returned to the dilapidated city of Peng, galloping towards the eunuch's mansion.

As soon as he returned to the prefect's mansion, he came to the door of Chen Deng's room. Just as he was about to go in, he saw the door opened. Fan A came out with an empty medicine bowl. When he saw Zhang Yan, he immediately saluted: "See my lord."

Zhang Yan waved his hand and glanced at Chen Deng who was lying on the bed. He saw that his right arm was wrapped with a bandage, which had been soaked in blood. In addition to the smell of medicine, the room also smelled of blood.

He strode into the room, walked directly to the bed, looked at Chen Deng with concern, and asked, "Yuanlong, how is your injury?"

Chen Deng was quite surprised by Zhang Yan's return, and never expected that Zhang Yan would come back so soon.When he saw Zhang Yan, his heart suddenly became excited, and he said hurriedly: "After some treatment, my injury is not serious, please don't worry about me."

Only then did Zhang Yan feel relieved, and asked, "Yuanlong, why were you injured? Did some rampant bandits appear around Pengcheng again?"

Chen Dengdao: "Refugees have returned to Pengcheng one after another in the past few days. The number of them is beyond my expectation, so that there is a shortage of food and grass. In desperation, I had to take a group of people to Xiapi Xiangruo Rong to borrow food. Who I once thought that Ruo Rong was not even willing to borrow a grain of grain, but also asked his subordinates to pretend to be bandits and lie in ambush on our way back. If the soldiers hadn’t fought to the death to fight a bloody way, I’m afraid we would have been separated from each other by now. ..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan still couldn't listen anymore.

What Ruo Rong did was enough to annoy Zhang Yan.From the initial robbing of the gold to Chen Deng's injury, everything has shown that Ruo Rong is hostile to him.

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Zhang Yan's patience has reached its limit.

"Yuanlong is here to heal his wounds in peace of mind. Tomorrow morning, I will gather my troops and go to Xiapi Xingshi to inquire about the crime. I will definitely cut off Ruo Rong's dog's head!"

As soon as Chen Deng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Brother Mingda, don't act arrogantly. Ruo Rong's army is full of fine food, and Xiapi city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he hides in the city, you can't do anything to him. How about Tell Tao Shijun about this for the time being, and Tao Shijun will make a decision..."

Zhang Yan retorted: "If Tao Shijun can make a decision, he won't let Ruo Rong sit down day by day!"

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about. I've made a decision. I'll leave for Xiapi early tomorrow morning. Since Ruo Rong was the one who was unkind first, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Kill Ruo Rong and occupy Xiapi. It's all over once and for all."

Seeing that Zhang Yan had already made up his mind, Chen Deng stopped trying to persuade him.He thought calmly for a moment, and said to Zhang Yan: "Since you must go, you must be fully sure. I have a plan to make Ruo Rong a battle!"

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked: "I would like to hear the details."

Chen Deng said slowly: "Zo Rong is dedicated to Buddha, and he has established Buddhist temples and temples in Xiapi area, and even asked Xiapi people to chant Buddhist scriptures day and night, which made monks, nuns and Buddhists from nearby counties continue to move into Xiapi. Pi, in just a few months, more than 5000 monks came to vote. Every time the Buddha's birthday, that is, on the eighth day of April, Ruo Rong will hold a "Buddha Bathing Fair", just by the roadside The cost of setting up a banquet should be calculated in units of [-] million."

"In addition, he also specially built a Futu Temple that can accommodate 300 monks, and brought all the monks and nuns in Xiapi into the Futu Temple. This Futu Temple was built in the south of Xiapi City. There is a pagoda in the temple with a gold plate on it. , there is a double building below, the tower is nine stories octagonal, each floor has flying eaves, each side is inlaid with copper borders, and there is also a bronze mirror on the top of the tower facing the sky, which is called "Nine Mirror Tower". , would personally go to the Nine Mirror Pagoda in the Futu Temple to listen to the Dharma. Every time he went, he would bring at most two or three hundred people with him, and the rest of the soldiers and horses would stay in Xiapi. As long as he used this time to launch a surprise attack on Ruo Rong, he would kill Ruo Rong The best time to die."

After listening to Zhang Yan, he felt that Chen Deng's strategy was very good. It not only saved an unnecessary fight, but also killed Ruo Rong. It was a good way to kill multiple birds with one stone.

He calculated the time, and it happened that the day after tomorrow was the first day of October. With a faint smile on his face, he left Chen Deng's room and started to make arrangements.

(End of this chapter)