Chapter 112: Departure and Arrival
Two days later, after settling some specific merger matters within Yangzhou, Zhou Yukun and his party of six prepared their horses and set off for Xuchang.
Who are these six? First of all, Zhou Yukun and Yuan Xinwen, the two lords, must go to the appointment; followed by the two people responsible for road safety, Wang Huan and Shi Qian; Finally, there are the strategists who want to make suggestions for this meeting, Wei Chu and Lu Su.
As for the accompanying soldiers, they did not bring out much, only a thousand elite cavalry. The rest of the soldiers were all left behind in Jianye City, handed over to Lu Cheng and Lin Zhong to command, and guarded it with all the ministers, believing that there would be no problems with their abilities.
However, the moment Zhou Yukun set off, there has always been an inexplicable sense of depression and disobedience in his heart, and he always feels that what has happened recently is too coincidental. Because he had just gained a foothold in Yangzhou, the dream world that had already stabilized made waves again, and this time the incident was also related to his good brother Sun Weihao, so he had to get involved.
Then why did he agree to attend this meeting, in case Guo Chengyan didn't want to go against Hu Zhen's forces? As for this point, Zhou Yukun has carefully considered it, first of all, because he has also had some contact with Guo Chengyan and understands this person's ambitions, so Yuan Xinwen's analysis is definitely not wrong.
Moreover, from the fact that Hu Zhen's forces sent envoys to ask for help from various places to attack Sun Weihao, it can be easily judged that Hu Zhen's forces are not as strong as they imagined, and it is likely that they have reached an embarrassing situation of internal and external troubles, otherwise they would not have gone out to call for reinforcements without regard for their faces.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Guo Chengyan will not consider helping Hu Zhen, but will definitely take the opportunity to take Hu Zhen's territory together. If he still wants to attack Sun Weihao after solving Hu Zhen's forces, then Zhou Yukun himself can be a spy and lurk on Guo Chengyan's side to help Sun Weihao. With such the best of both worlds, why wouldn't Zhou Yukun do it?
Thinking of his brother's safety, Zhou Yukun could only temporarily ignore the depressing feeling in his heart, maybe he just thought about it too much, after all, so many accidents got together, it became inevitable!
On the way, Zhou Yukun finally had the opportunity to meet Mr. Strategist under Yuan Xinwen, and when he learned that this person's name was Lu Su, he instantly remembered the wise man of Wu during the Three Kingdoms - Mr. Lu Su.
Later, Zhou Yukun asked him, is this his real name? But he smiled and said, really? What about the fake? A name is just a title, so why take it so seriously?
Zhou Yukun was speechless for a while, but he didn't dare to ask this very mysterious man for a while, but Wei Chu looked at Lu Su's gaze, but he kept contemplating as if he was thinking about something.
After nearly three days of long travel, Zhou Yukun and his party finally arrived outside Xuchang on the afternoon of the fifth day. I saw that troops were stationed everywhere on the outskirts of the city, and the dense tents were spectacular.
Zhou Yukun soon found a clearing next to him, and led a group of cavalry to the center of the clearing. But before he could give the order to set up camp, a loud shout suddenly came from the side: "Hey, where did you come from, don't you know that this is the camp of my lord?" ”
Hearing this, Zhou Yukun subconsciously looked around, and found that there was no camp tent nearby at all, so he said to the general of the army next to him: "Really? But why didn't I see your lord's tent? Moreover, even if your father-in-law wants to live here, can he use such a large place alone? Why don't you give us the open space next to it? ”
Although the other party's attitude was very bad, Zhou Yukun still maintained due politeness and asked kindly. But the general on the other side thought that Zhou Yukun was a soft persimmon, with a deep sense of disdain on his face: "Where is there so much nonsense, let you get out of it quickly, even if we can't use up this place, but it's not something that a little kid like you can live in, get out of it as soon as possible." ”
The other party's words are very excessive, although Zhou Yukun's temper has improved a lot as he gets older, but it doesn't mean that he can be bullied, the anger on his face just rose, and when he was about to teach this person a lesson, he was rushed out by another person first.
To Zhou Yukun's great surprise, the person who rushed out was not Wang Huan, but Shi Qian, Yuan Xinwen's previous subordinate. I saw him leap up from his horse and go straight to the opposing general, and when this man was still in the air, his right hand quickly touched the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Since the general dared to be so arrogant, of course, he also had a good ability, seeing that Shi Qian was attacking, he waved his hand violently to summon a pair of iron maces, crossed into an "X" shape, and blocked in front of him. He believed that after his next blow, he could take advantage of the opponent's air to kill him directly!
But Shi Qian, who was in the air, saw that he had no intention of dodging, and couldn't help but show a disdainful smile, as if he had seen the victory in this battle. I saw him hold down his right hand on the hilt of the sword, and suddenly pulled the long sword out of its sheath, and slashed at the opponent's double hammer with a blow.
Strangely, this long sword pierced directly through the twin blades, as if it were a cloud of air. After doing this, Shi Qian lightly landed beside the general, and with a "clang" sound, he retracted the long sword into its sheath.
After the general was stunned for a few seconds, he was just about to open his mouth to laugh at Shi Qian's flowery frame, but he suddenly felt a lightness all over his body, and the pair of iron shovels in his hands instantly broke into eight pieces of scrap iron, and even the armor on his body peeled off little by little, but he did not suffer any injuries on his body. From this alone, it is enough to see how subtle Shi Qian's grasp of power is.
Seeing this scene, Wang Huan's eyes suddenly burst with a burst of light, because Shi Qian actually slashed so many swords in that short moment, that he didn't completely see it clearly. Only then did he know that he had underestimated this Shi Qian before, and it seemed that he had to add another opponent to his list!
"Hmph, a fool who only farts on his mouth, if you dare to insult my father-in-law again, then my next cut will not be your weapon, but your mouth!" After Shi Qian glared at the general coldly, he returned to his horse without looking back, completely ignoring the other party's eyes.
Hearing such a terrible threat from him, the general couldn't help but tremble, and cold sweat kept breaking out, as if he had seen his lips cut off. He knew that this time he was kicking the iron plate, and with his own strength, he was definitely not the opponent of the other party.
Thinking about it like this, he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and when he was about to escape from the wolf, he suddenly saw that the lord of his own house next to him had already led a team of people to arrive, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, let you fight, I'm a little person watching the play on the side.
"Haha, it's so majestic, it's really majestic! I haven't seen you for a while, but I didn't expect that hairy boy at the beginning has now become the master of one party, it's really a big forest, and there are all kinds of birds! ”
When Zhou Yukun heard this, he couldn't help frowning, he was familiar with this voice, and he also understood the reason why the other party was so sarcastic about himself. After taking a deep breath, he showed a smiling expression and looked at the visitor: "It turned out that Lord Du Yong was here, I haven't seen you for a while, you are still so generous and broad-minded!" ”
Yes, the lord who appeared in front of him at this time just borrowed thousands of elite Du Yong from Zhou Yukun. It's just that Zhou Yukun later imprisoned his subordinate Zeng Jie, and did not return the elite back. This made the relationship between the two parties fall to the freezing point in an instant, so that as soon as they meet now, they can't help but sneer.