The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 71 Chapter 071
Chen Gong was seven feet tall, with a dry face, sunken eyes, a hooked nose, and a mustache. He walked up to Zhang Yan, cupped his fists respectfully and said, "I'm going down to Chen Gong to meet General Xiaoqi."

Zhang Yan took a look at Chen Gong, saw a sly look in Chen Gong's eyes inadvertently, and asked, "I don't know why General Lu sent Your Excellency here?"

Chen Gongdao: "General Lu has set up a banquet in the camp, and sent me here specially, please General Zhang to go to the banquet before [-]:[-] o'clock!"

Zhang Yan cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Chen, tell General Lu that Mr. Zhang will definitely go to the banquet on time at three o'clock."

"In that case, then I'll go back first, and I'll leave now." Chen Gong hugged Zhang Yan, turned around and was about to leave.

Zhang Yan suddenly called out: "Mr. Chen, please stay."

Chen Gong stopped in his tracks, turned his head and asked, "General Zhang, is there anything else?"

Zhang Yan laughed and said, "According to what I know, Mr. Chen should be the prefect of Dongjun County under Yanzhou Mu Caocao's account before?"

"Exactly."

"Then I don't know why Mr. Chen betrayed Cao Cao and chose General Lu instead?"

Chen Gong frowned, showing a trace of displeasure on his face, and said coldly: "This is my personal matter, does it have anything to do with General Zhang?"

"No, I'm just curious. It is said that Mr. Chen is now General Lu's military advisor, but just now General Lu's troops burned, killed and looted in the north of Juancheng City. I wonder if it was General Lu's own intention or Mr. Chen's suggestion?"

"General Zhang! You are too lenient, aren't you?" Chen Gong grimaced, tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and squeezed out these words through his teeth.

"This is a matter between you and General Lu, and has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind Mr. Chen that a Yanzhou shepherd who can only burn, kill and loot may not be what the people of Yanzhou want."

"Thank you General Zhang for reminding me." Chen Gong frowned, turned and left.

After Chen Gong left, Yu Jin came out from the hiding place and stood beside Zhang Yan quietly.

"Wen Ze, you are right. Chen Gong does have hatred for Cao Cao. Even though Chen Gong had nothing to do with the massacre of the people in Juancheng, as a military adviser, he saw Lu Bu doing something wrong and did not stop him." , there is also an unshirkable responsibility." Seeing Yu Jin approaching, Zhang Yan said slowly.

Yu Jin said: "My lord, Lu Bu is hosting a banquet in the barracks, do you really intend to go to the banquet?"

Zhang Yan nodded.

"But my lord, I'm worried that Chen Gong will encourage Lu Bu to harm you." Yu Jin said.

"You can rest assured that Chen Gong is also a sensible person. I think he should know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and his existing soldiers and horses alone are not enough to fight against Cao Cao's army."

"Since the lord has made a decision, let the subordinates bring some soldiers and horses to the banquet with the lord. In case something happens, the subordinates can defend the lord one or two."

Zhang Yandao: "No need, it's enough for me to go alone. If there are too many people, it will arouse the other party's suspicion. After I leave, the whole army will be handed over to you to command. Without my order, no one can leave the camp at will."

"Here!"

It was getting dark, and at the third quarter of Shen Shi, Zhang Yan was alone, riding a black cloud and riding a snow horse, and headed towards Lu Bu's military camp stationed in the north of the city.

As soon as Zhang Yan rode his horse to the north gate of Juancheng, he saw more than ten cavalrymen waiting there early.

The first person is an aged cavalry general wearing iron armor and an iron helmet, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, handsome face, and a pair of piercing eyes on the bronze face are looking around.

Seeing Zhang Yan appearing, the cavalry general rode his horse forward immediately, cupped his hands respectfully and said, "May I ask you, is it Zhang Yan, General Xiaoqi?"

Zhang Yan nodded and said to the cavalry general, "General Lu asked you to pick me up?"

The cavalry general smiled and said: "Exactly. I am under Zhang Liao, and now General Lu is serving as the captain of cavalry. I have been ordered by General Lu to meet General Zhang."

Zhang Liao, courtesy name Wenyuan, was born in Mayi, Yanmen. He followed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu successively. After Lu Bu was defeated, he surrendered to Cao Cao. He was highly praised, and together with Le Jin, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, and Zhang Yun, he was called the five good generals of Cao Wei.

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Liao carefully again, he fell in love with him at first sight, such a young hero, he wished he had known him earlier.

Among the five good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang Yan killed Le Jin and surrendered Yu Jin. If he gets Zhang Liao again, it will definitely help him in his future career.It's a pity that Zhang Liao is now in the Lv Bu army. With Zhang Liao's personality, even if Zhang Yan wants to poach a corner, he may not be able to do so.

Zhang Yan sighed lightly, hating only hating, he traveled at the wrong time, if he could travel a few years earlier, he would definitely recruit the world's famous people for his own use.

"I have admired your name for a long time, and it's like thunder!" Zhang Yan cupped his hands towards Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "General Zhang is serious. Compared with General Zhang, my reputation is far from worth mentioning. General Zhang, General Lu has been waiting in the camp for a long time, please follow me."

"Thank you." Zhang Yan bowed his hands politely, followed behind Zhang Liao, and headed towards Lu Bu's barracks.

Zhang Yan kept looking at Zhang Liao all the way, the more he looked at Zhang Liao, the more he liked Zhang Liao, and the more uncomfortable he felt.

In order to relieve his emotions, Zhang Yan said without words: "Zhang Duwei, judging by your age, you are not very old, you should be around 25 or [-] years old?"

Zhang Liao said: "General Zhang has good eyesight, I'm just 25 years old this year."

Zhang Yanxi smiled and said: "Coincidentally, I am also 25 years old this year. We are not only the same age, but also have the same surname. As the saying goes, we were a family 500 years ago. Maybe your ancestors and mine were brothers before! "

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "The general is joking. To be honest, my ancestor's surname is not Zhang, but Nie. During Emperor Wu, my ancestor Nie Yi was the initiator of Mayi's conspiracy, but after Mayi's conspiracy failed, Since then, my ancestor Nie Yi offended the Huns. The Huns spent a lot of money to buy Nie Yi’s head. In order to avoid being hunted down, Nie Yi changed his surname to Zhang. Today. But at the same time, there is also the story of my ancestors, which is a warning to us, let us not forget the surname of our ancestors. Therefore, the ancestors of me and the general cannot be brothers."

Hearing what Zhang Liao said, Zhang Yan's smiling face became stiff, although he knew that it was because Zhang Liao was straightforward that he told him these words.But these words dispelled Zhang Yan's enthusiasm for getting close to Zhang Liao.

However, Zhang Yan still had a cheeky face, and said with a smile: "I see. Although our ancestors couldn't be brothers, we can be brothers. No matter whether Captain Zhang's surname is Nie or Zhang, from now on, I will always Zhang Duwei regards him as my brother. I wonder what Zhang Duwei wants?"

Zhang Liao said: "I'm just a warrior, how can I be a brother with a general?"

"You are a martial artist, am I not? You don't want to be brothers with me, is it because you look down on me?" Zhang Yan deliberately pretended to be a little angry.

Zhang Liao said: "No, no, no, General Zhang, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that. The general has a noble status. I'm just a cavalry captain under General Lu's account. I'm afraid I won't be worthy of the general..."

"Is there anything worthy or not, I said you are my brother and you are. By the way, what month were you born?"

Zhang Liao said, "The sixth day of the seventh month."

"I'm on the eighth day of May, two months older than you, how about I call you brother?"

Zhang Liao felt a little awkward, but he didn't expect to have an extra brother out of thin air after only a few words with Zhang Yan.But because of his face, Zhang Liao could only nod his head, clasped his fists and said, "Thanks to my brother for not giving up and willing to be brothers with me. I, Zhang Liao, are also a straightforward person, so I recognized my brother, General."

Zhang Yan laughed loudly and said: "Very good, very good. From now on, you and I will be called brothers!"

The two chatted and chatted, and they quickly became friends. Before they knew it, Zhang Liao brought Zhang Yan to Lu Bu's tent.

"My lord, Xiaoqi General Zhang Yan will bring you here." As soon as Zhang Liao entered the big tent, he clasped his fists and said to Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu saw Zhang Yan coming, he immediately beamed with joy. He went straight to Zhang Yan, grabbed Zhang Yan's hand, and said excitedly: "General Zhang, I've been looking left and right, and I've finally got you here. Please hurry up." Sit, sit!"

Zhang Yan was arranged by Lu Bu to be the guest of honor, but he waved his hand at Zhang Liao and sent Zhang Liao away.

In the camp, there was no one else except Lu Bu and Zhang Yan. Lu Bu asked someone to bring food and wine, and warmly entertained Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan also responded very politely. It wasn't until after drinking for three rounds that Zhang Yan couldn't help but ask, "This time General Lu invited me here, it shouldn't be as simple as simply going to a banquet, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Bu burst out laughing, and said to Zhang Yan, "General Zhang is really extraordinary, and he guessed right. In fact, I invited General Zhang to come for a very important matter."

"whats the matter?"

Lu Brown said: "Cao Cao has led an army to attack Xuzhou. If he learns that Yanzhou has been attacked, he will withdraw his troops quickly. With my current strength, I can fight Cao Cao to the death. If I can get assistance from Xuzhou , then Cao Cao will definitely be completely defeated by me. General Zhang is Xuzhou's leading general, if Xuzhou Mu can be persuaded to form an alliance with me to deal with Cao Cao, I believe this will be the best opportunity for us to drive Cao Cao to extinction."

In fact, Zhang Yan already had an idea in his heart, and forming an alliance with Lu Bu to jointly resist Cao Cao was also a result he wanted.Now that Lu Bu proposed it on his own initiative, it will be easier to handle this matter.However, he was still a little worried, because Lu Bu was a capricious person, and if he had milk, he was a mother. He was even more worried that after defeating Cao Cao, Lu Bu would bite him back.

So, after thinking for a long time, he said to Lu Bu: "General Lu's proposal is undoubtedly excellent. Last year Cao Cao massacred hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou. Tao Shijun has always held a grudge against Cao Cao. Please rest assured and persuade Tao Shijun The alliance between Jun and General Lu is on my shoulders. However, after the alliance between the two armies, Cao Cao is a common enemy. After Cao Cao is eliminated, the ownership of the counties in Yanzhou that Cao Cao originally controlled needs to be considered in the long run. I don’t know Does General Lu have any detailed rules?"

(End of this chapter)