The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 50 050 returns to Pengcheng
In the winter of the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty, on November 3000th, Zhang Yan led Xu Sheng and more than [-] soldiers and horses to escort [-] stones of grain and grass. They set off from Xiapi and began to return to Pengcheng.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan asked Zhou Kui to temporarily replace Xiapi Prime Minister, put Chen Ying in charge of all the soldiers and horses, and urged Lu Dai, Deng Yi, Wang Bo and others to strengthen training in case of accidents.

However, Zhang Yan did not see Chen Qun in the see-off team, which made Zhang Yan, who was already in a bad mood, a little bit more unhappy.

"set off!"

Following Zhang Yan's resounding order, the neatly arranged team began to escort the food and grass back to Pengcheng from Xiapi in a mighty manner.

Although the snow covered the road and made it difficult to travel, no matter how difficult the road conditions were, it couldn't stop Zhang Yan from returning to Pengcheng's heart.

The distance from Xiapi to Pengcheng is not too far, but it took Zhang Yan, Xu Sheng and others three days to arrive in Pengcheng because they were escorting food and grass.

Along the way, wherever they passed, there were vast snowfields. In such a cold weather, let alone people, they had never encountered even wild animals.Therefore, the group has been in peace.

When he arrived near Pengcheng, Zhang Yan was surprised to see a majestic city wall standing on the snow field.

He clearly remembered that when he left, the foundation of the city wall hadn't been dug yet.

He had only left Pengcheng for a month and a half, and unexpectedly, a thick city wall appeared out of thin air.

The city wall was circular and extended to both sides. Right in front of him, a large gate was opened on the city wall, enough for ten horses to pass through side by side.

Today, tens of thousands of peasants are stepping up the construction of the city tower under the command of Chen Deng.The city tower has already taken shape, sitting above the city gate, it looks like a small palace, extremely majestic.

Near the city tower, a long and thick pillar soared into the sky. On the top of the pillar, there was a military flag embroidered with the word "Han", fluttering wantonly against the hunting north wind.

Chen Deng, who was on the top of the city tower directing the civilians to build the city, was still wearing bandages at this time. Although his injury was not healed, he was worried about the construction of Pengcheng after all, so he came out to inspect it in person despite the severe cold.

Standing on the three-foot-high city tower, he saw a group of soldiers and horses approaching from a distance, fighting under the banner of Zhang Yan. He couldn't restrain the joy in his heart, and immediately asked someone to look at this place for him. He himself hastily descended from the city tower, mounted a fast horse, and led out of the city to meet him with some twenty cavalrymen.

Zhang Yan rode a dark cloud and snow horse, walking forward slowly, seeing Chen Deng come out to greet him with injuries, he was moved in his heart.

He yelled "drive", and the black cloud riding snow horse galloped out, and in a short time, he ran in front of Chen Deng.

Both sides reined in their horses one after another, and all jumped off their horses. Chen Deng and the twenty soldiers behind him bowed to Zhang Yan together, "See my lord!"

Zhang Yan stretched out his hand to support Chen Deng, and hurriedly said: "Brother Yuanlong, you don't need to be polite, your injury is not healed, you should rest more, why did you come out to meet me?"

"The lord is back, how could Yuanlong not come to greet him?"

Zhang Yan glanced at the majestic city wall behind Chen Deng, frowned, and said to Chen Deng, "It's only been a month and a half since I left, and the city wall has already been built, and all of this is due to Yuanlong... "

Chen Deng interrupted Zhang Yan, and quickly explained: "My lord, these credits are not mine, but the entire Pengcheng people and soldiers. I am injured and can't do anything. I can only stand there blindly." Commander, if it wasn't for Pengcheng's army and people working together to build it day and night, how could it be possible to build it in just over a month?"

After a pause, Chen Deng continued: "Besides, Mi Fang also helped a lot. My lord should thank him well when he comes back this time. Seeing that I was too tired by myself, he took the initiative to help me. Resisting part of the pressure, I urged the peasants to hurry up and build the city at night. Because of this, we were able to build a city wall in such a short period of time."

"Mi Fang has helped us so much, so we should be grateful."

Zhang Yan and Chen Deng had been away for a month and a half, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time. They had a lot to say, but they were talking about business matters. First, Chen Deng reported to Zhang Yan the progress of Pengcheng's construction, the supply of food and grass, and the arrangement of personnel.

It turned out that in order to hurry up, Chen Deng wanted to build a city wall in Pengcheng a few years ago, so he ordered the recruitment of civilian husbands, not to mention food and housing, and paid wages, which greatly stimulated people's enthusiasm.Anyway, the common people have nothing to do in winter, and when young and middle-aged people hear such good news, they all want to take this opportunity to earn some money.

As a result, in just ten days, more than 6 civilian husbands poured into Pengcheng from other places.

Chen Deng asked people to build shacks and provide accommodation, and at the same time used all the grain and grass that was transported from Xiapi for the first time, ensuring the food and lodging of these peasants.

Afterwards, everyone worked together, plus the original civilians and army of Pengcheng, the number of people who built the city alone exceeded [-].

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, and this is true. Under Chen Deng's urging, more than [-] people were divided into two groups, working day and night, and finally built a city wall in just over a month.

After Zhang Yan listened to Chen Deng's actions, he appreciated them very much, and felt that doing so was the fastest and most effective way.Because to him, time is money.

In this way, Pengcheng will be completed in less than five months.After the spring of the next year, when Cao Cao sends troops to attack Xuzhou again, Zhang Yan can rely on this majestic and fortified city.

The two talked while walking, and soon came to the prefect's mansion. Zhang Yan also told Chen Deng about the situation of Xiapi on the way. When Chen Deng learned that the situation of Xiapi was very good, he was relieved.

Afterwards, Xu Sheng returned, and according to Zhang Yan's instructions, put all the 3000 shi of grain and grass into the warehouse, and let the more than [-] soldiers and horses brought by Xu Sheng temporarily rest, preparing to join the team of building the city early tomorrow morning.

Zhang Yan's return greatly relieved Chen Deng's pressure. As soon as Zhang Yan came back, he let Chen Deng take a good rest, called Fan A over, asked about Chen Deng's situation, and learned that there was nothing serious about it. After that, I was relieved.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan took out a note and handed it directly to Fan A.This note was accidentally discovered by Zhang Yan when he was copying Ruo Rong's family property. After a rough look at it, he realized that this prescription is the poison to control Xu Sheng and others.

Therefore, he kept this prescription close to him, and when he returned to Pengcheng, he had to hand it over to Fan A.

Fan A was very excited when he got the original poison prescription. In this way, he can prescribe the right medicine according to the poison prescription and prepare the antidote, so that he no longer needs to use poison to fight poison.

Fan A informed Zhang Yan of the news, Zhang Yan was also very happy, and immediately asked Fan A to develop the antidote and gave him support.

After all, Xu Sheng and the more than 300 killers rescued from the Futu Temple are still being tortured by these poisons. If Zhang Yan really relieves Xu Sheng and the others from the torment of the poison, I believe Xu Sheng and others will be grateful to Zhang Yan Endless.

After sending Fan Ah away, Zhang Yan left the prefect's mansion, wanting to inspect the newly built city tower. Who knows, just as he walked to the gate of the prefect's mansion, he bumped into an old man head-on. The other person is Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui!

"Chen... Old Layman Chen?" When Zhang Yan saw Chen Gui, he was quite surprised. He never expected that Chen Gui, who had always been at odds with his son Chen Deng, would appear here.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zhang. Please forgive my poor eyesight. I'm really sorry that I didn't recognize you immediately." Chen Gui raised his head, and when he saw Zhang Yan, he said with a look of news.

Zhang Yan was even more surprised when he saw that Chen Gui's complexion was rosy and rosy, and he was completely different from what he saw in Tancheng before. People. By the way, why is Old Layman Chen here? Do you want me to go in and call Yuanlong out, and tell Yuanlong that Old Layman Chen is coming?"

"Hehe, sir, you are welcome, don't be so troublesome. I have lived here for almost a month, Yuanlong is my son, do you think he has seen me?"

"Lady Chen, have you settled your suspicions? What's going on here?"

Chen Gui smiled and said, "My lord, do you still remember the letter from Yuanlong that your lord gave me when I went to Tancheng last time?"

"I am deeply impressed, and I will never forget it until now. I remember that what Yuanlong gave Old Layman Chen was a wordless family letter. At that time, I was still guessing what Yuanlong's intention was, but I never guessed it. Could it be that among the wordless family letters, What important information does it contain?"

"To be honest, it's thanks to the wordless family letter that my lord sent me. In fact, that wordless family letter doesn't have any special meaning. Others can't understand it, but I can understand it. Yuanlong has a stubborn personality. , At the same time, he is very restrained, he can't say a lot of words, and he can't even write. At that time, he gave me a family letter without words, which proved that he realized his mistake and was ashamed Come to see me... Sigh! This matter is over like this, it doesn't matter if we don't mention it, anyway, we can get back together, we must thank you sir."

"It's just a little effort, old layman Chen, what's the point?"

"The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. If it is not for the lord, we will not be able to settle the past. If the lord has anything that I can use the old man in the future, please feel free to speak up."

Zhang Yan laughed and said, "Okay! Layman Chen, go in and rest quickly. I still have some things to do, so let's go first!"

"My lord, just go and get busy!"

Zhang Yan came out of the eunuch's mansion, jumped on his horse, let out a loud shout, and galloped away, heading towards the tower under construction.

When he reached the city wall, he jumped off his horse and went straight up the city wall. He climbed up and looked far away, and he had a panoramic view of the inside and outside of the city.

He raised his head, looked up at the cloudy sky, and thought to himself: "I hope that the expansion of Pengcheng can be completed before Cao Cao attacks Xuzhou again..."

(End of this chapter)