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Chapter 248 Exemption from Guilt and Accepting Fan Zhang's Heart
At the same time, Gong Du returned with 100 soldiers, more than 130 selected female slaves including Zhu Er, and nearly [-] billion gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, etc. back.

Feng Yao only brought 50 taels of silver and 5 taels of gold with the army, totaling a total of one billion dollars. This is the first time Feng Yao has brought so much money with the army. Although it is all yellow and white, it is fully loaded Fifteen cars, plus food and grass, the team reached fifty cars!
They only walked for one day, less than fifty miles away. The soldiers were poor, and there was still thirty miles away from Feng Yao's intended goal, Mushui in the east of Tancheng. Feng Yao sent an order to set up camp.

Xu Shu said: "My lord, our army has too much luggage, and the cavalry has occupied more than two miscellaneous servants. Now the number of miscellaneous servants is not enough, and the luggage carts are moving slowly. It is better to conscript more local people along the way as strong men and pay a certain amount of silver. In this way, the lord will be praised by the people along the way, and the handyman can have more time to train and become an elite soldier!"

Feng Yao immediately agreed and said: "Since this is the case, we should recruit soldiers at the same time as recruiting the common people as strong men!"

The surrendered generals Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were promoted by Feng Yao to be lieutenants after they surrendered, and they followed Feng Yao all the time. There are several mountains named Mashan, and there are rumors that there are bandits guarding the mountains, I would like to lead the elite soldiers to tell the lord Wei Ming, the bandits will come and join our army!"

Feng Yao agreed, and asked, "How many elite soldiers does Xiaowei Fan want to bring?"

"You don't need to bring handymen, you only need [-] elite soldiers, and each person brings their own dry food for half a day, and they can go back and forth in one to two hours!" Fan Jiang said.

Zhang Da also left the table, and asked for orders loudly: "Master, I would like to go with Fan Xiaowei, if the bandits dare not follow the orders of the lord, we two will kill the bandits and return!"

Feng Yao thought about it, looked at the time, and there was still more than an hour before dark, then nodded and said: "Okay then, Xiaowei Fan, Xiaowei Zhang, you two will each lead five hundred elite soldiers from the headquarters. If it can be done, it will be done, if not, you must come back within two hours!"

The second general responded loudly, bowed and retreated.

Xu Chu said worriedly: "My lord, if they took the opportunity to escape, wouldn't we have lost a thousand elite soldiers in vain?"

Jian Yongdao: "Fan Jiang and Zhang Da will not betray the lord. The reason why they sacrificed the city gate is entirely because of Zhang Fei. I am from the same town as Zhang Fei, and I know Zhang Fei's character very well. Zhang Fei is originally a local gentry, and he has a personality developed since he was a child. He respects celebrities, but looks down on ordinary people, and beats and scolds his subordinates every time he is in the army!"

Feng Yao nodded, and said to Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, it's okay, if the two of them want to defect, it's impossible to only ask for a thousand soldiers, and at the same time they don't bring dry food!"

"My lord! My subordinate, I also have some doubts!" ​​Liu Shun, the leader of the scouts, suddenly said, "If there are bandits near Mashan, they must have gathered recently. Before, my subordinates have sent scouts to Mashan. Inquire, if there are a large number of bandits, it is impossible to escape the scouts! My subordinates suspect that the bandits in Mashan may have a relationship with Fan Jiang and Zhang Daer, and they were even sent out on purpose!"

Xu Shu also said: "My lord, I think Commander Liu's speculation is very reasonable! We can't take it lightly!"

Feng Yao glanced at the generals. Although Yang Wu, Dai Ling and the others did not speak, there was a trace of suspicion in their eyes.

"No matter what, I believe they have a certain reason, and this happened before they joined me, not because they wanted to harm our army!" Feng Yao said.

About an hour and a half later, the scouts came to report: "My lord, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da have arrived in front of the camp. They went there with a thousand elite soldiers, and now they have brought back a thousand bandit soldiers!"

Feng Yao was overjoyed and led the people out of the camp to check.

Generals Fan Jiang and Zhang Daer saw Feng Yao coming to meet him in person, they quickly got off their horses, bowed in front of Feng Yao, and said loudly: "Your subordinates are lucky to live up to their fate, and they have recruited a thousand bandits from Mashan Mountain!"

Feng Yao ordered the two generals to stand up, and the two generals looked at each other, seeming to have something to say, but looked around, and held back not to say anything, just said: "My lord, we two have something to say to the lord alone. !"

"Okay! I also have something important to discuss with you two!" Feng Yao had already guessed what the second general wanted to say, but he didn't say it, but smiled and turned around to pay the bill!
Xu Chu and Dai Ling wanted to escort them with them, Feng Yao said: "It's okay, I have promised them two, you can't break your promise, you can serve outside the tent.

After the two leading generals entered the account separately, Feng Yao ordered his left and right entourages to go out of the account and face Fan Jiang and Zhang Da alone.

The two generals Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were both admiring and moved. They plopped, and the two generals knelt in the tent and kowtowed and pleaded guilty: "Please punish us, my lord. The bandits we mentioned before are actually before the lord attacked Qu county. The soldiers we sent secretly!"

Feng Yao smiled and said: "I already knew it! This is just human nature, I will not blame you! There is only one point, I still don't understand why you didn't report this immediately after the breakthrough of Qu County What's up?"

When the second general heard that Feng Yao had known about it for a long time, his body shook, his expression was terrified, and he pleaded guilty again and again. This matter has been known to more people, and at the same time it means to forgive you a long time ago, you don't have to be afraid!"

Zhang Da said: "My lord, you can treat us like this. I, Zhang Da, swear, this life will belong to the lord from now on. If the lord wants it, he can take it away at any time!"

Fan Jiang also swore a poisonous oath, expressing his sincerity and sincerity, and then explained the reasons why he sent soldiers.

It turned out that before Feng Yao attacked Qu County, the two generals were shocked to learn of Liu Bei's plan temporarily. They were worried that Feng Yaozhong's plan would be defeated, so they each sent a hundred soldiers to lurk in Mashan in advance. If there is a retreat, a hundred troops can follow, which can be used to stop Liu Bei from chasing and killing.

But later, Feng Yao defeated Liu Bei easily. The second general thought that the [-] soldiers had already disbanded by themselves. Unexpectedly, when they just dispatched troops, they received news from Ma Shan that the [-] soldiers of Ma Shan had surrendered the deserters and the surrounding area. The number of strong men has grown to more than a thousand. Hearing that the second general has become a lieutenant at Feng Yao's place, he wants to return.

After the second general learned about it, he didn't know the specific situation of the two hundred soldiers. He was worried that the situation would change, so he wanted to lead his troops to find out the truth first, so he pretended to be bandits.

After receiving the thousand soldiers, one of the military lords expressed his worry, and the second general suddenly realized, and then he made an act of pleading guilty.

After Feng Yao understood it, he praised: "It's very valuable for you to correct your mistakes. And knowing that you might be beheaded by me, you still want to come back. This shows your loyalty! Let's forget about this matter, I will I will not reveal the truth to others!"

"One more thing! I want the two of you to be the vanguard, to conquer the city for me! I wonder if you are willing?"

(End of this chapter)