Chapter 39: Separation

At the east gate of Weinan County, Fu Hong rode on a horse and bowed his hand to Zhao Zhen: "The king, please go back, Fu Hong will lead the soldiers and horses to the north in three days, and join the king Neihuang." ”

Zhao Zhen reluctantly said: "If Mrs. can't invite Mr. Lu, just come back, Xiao Wang is looking forward to Mrs. day and night." ”

Fu Hong arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the king is here, Fu Hong will never return." After speaking, he saluted Zhao Zhen again, urged away the bloody spotted dragon beast, and galloped away, but in the blink of an eye, there was no shadow, but Zhao Zhen was still standing there, looking into the distance, Shi Jun was beside him, and said softly: "Brother Xinwang, don't worry, my uncle will definitely come back." ”

Zhao Zhen sighed lightly and said, "I know that Madame will not break her promise, but I really have no one to rely on in this matter, so I look forward to Madame being in the army for a long time." ”

Shi Jun smiled evilly, deliberately lowered his voice, and said, "Brother Xinwang said this, aren't you afraid that General Ma will hear the dissatisfaction?" Zhao Zhen scratched his nose and said, "You little ghost, don't stir up trouble here, how can Ma Zichong come to fight with me for this little thing." ”

"What do you call me, King?" Ma Kuo came over from behind and asked out loud, Zhao Zhen and Shi Jun couldn't help laughing together, making Ma Kuo confused and looking at them puzzled.

"Have you ever completed your military horses?" Zhao Zhen smiled and asked, Fu Hong proposed to Zhao Zhen, first hit Liu Yu to establish a name, and Liu Yu was in the Daimyo Mansion, the soldiers were good enough to eat, and he could not attack, he was ordered to recruit troops from his son Liu Qi to Xiangzhou, brought a large amount of grain and grass, and property, and set off from the Daimyo Mansion to the west, and now he is in Neihuang County, if he can take Liu Qi, he can not only be famous, but also get the grain, grass, gold and silver in Liu Qi's hands, and she is ready to go to Puzhou, and invite her father-in-law Lu to come to the meeting with the troops, and the two sides have decided to meet under the Neihuang City.

Ma Kuoying said: "The soldiers and horses have been prepared, but they are just ......." Zhao Zhen waved his hand to Ma Kuo and said, "If you have anything to say, you just have to say it." ”

"This centaur listens to Yue Yang more." Ma Kuo said worriedly: "Originally, Wenda and I were puzzled as to why Mrs. Ma had to invite Mr. Lu to come, but now I understand that she can see that the king can't fully control this team." ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Let's talk about Neihuang first." ”

Ma Kuo also diverted the topic and said: "Wenda said, it is necessary to take Neihuang, and welcome Mrs. Ma to the city, so as to save him from looking down on us." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Okay, let's see if we have a good command of the power." ”

When the three of them returned to the city, the army had already gathered, and when Wenda saw Zhao Zhen coming back, he stepped forward and said: "King, there are some people outside who want to join the army, and I am ready to pick out a group among them, but there are no ready-made weapons." ”

Yue Yang came over and said, "Wen Tong, we don't have so much military food in our hands, and we can't raise soldiers even if we recruit soldiers, so let's get rid of it." ”

Wenda frowned, and was about to speak, Zhao Zhen said: "Just pick some strong ones, if you take Neihuang, you can afford to eat more people and horses, if you can't take Neihuang, we will also run out of food, and there is no difference between a few more people and a few fewer people." ”

Zhao Zhen spoke, Yue Yang didn't dare to say anything, but Wen Da responded happily, and walked out, Yue Yang couldn't see him so cheerful, so he said: "It's okay if there is no food, but there is no weapon, do you have to go into battle with your bare hands when you fight." ”

Ma Kuo said lightly: "If you don't have weapons, you can use the farm tools as well, and if you don't have them, cut two wooden sticks to defend yourself, and then push the grain cart to use it as coolies, and replace our soldiers." Yue Yang had no choice but to respond.

Approaching the evening, Zhao Zhen's military horses quietly came out of Weinan County, all the way to the north, Yueyang begged for orders, and led three hundred horse troops, five hundred infantry troops in front, Zhao Zhen and Ma Kuo with two hundred horse troops, 1,500 infantry troops in the middle, Wenda with five hundred infantry troops, and two hundred young men newly recruited in Weinan City, escorting grain and grass, Shi Jun and Qinghong, Qingyu two in a carriage, in the Chinese army.

The remnant star is bright and moony, the team is walking slowly, Wen Da is urging the grain cart to go quickly, keep up with the team in front, and see a horse coming, so he walks with him, Wen Da said with some wonder: "Zichong, why are you here?" ”

Ma Kuo smiled and said: "The king is only afraid that you will lose the position of the vanguard, and those recruits will be uncomfortable with the name of a miscellaneous battalion, so he came to let me and you all the way, but said a few words." ”

Wenda couldn't help but smile and said: "Why should the king be like this, I, Wenda, am also a good man, how can I doubt the king for no reason." ”

Ma Kuo nodded, pointed to the sturdy men who were holding the grain cart, and said: "Those with bright armor are not our men and horses, even if the King of Wei does not take it back, we can't command it here, and these soldiers of the miscellaneous battalion are our cornerstone in the future, and our real hearts will be selected here, and they can only push the cart for a lifetime, or they can go into battle to kill the enemy, it is all in your hands." ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Wenda's eyes, and he said coldly: "I just saw that those people and horses of King Wei are not dominated by our king, so I insisted on picking some people, don't look at them now they are just farmers with hoes on their backs, and within three months, I will let them become the army of tigers and wolves!" ”

Ma Kuo smiled: "Then I'll wait and see." ”

While the two of them were talking, a horse galloped over, and immediately a colonel shouted loudly: "General Ma, General Wen, appease the prime minister and ask the two to go to the Chinese army quickly." ”

Ma Kuo and Wenda were both shocked, and secretly said in their hearts: "It's not good! He didn't say anything at the moment, just followed the colonel and hurried forward, and in a few moments, he arrived at the Chinese army.

Zhao Zhen was waiting for them with an iron face, and when he saw the second general coming, he said in a deep voice: "Yue Yang left the infantry and only took three hundred horses to Neihuang. ”

Ma Kuo and Wenda were both shocked, and Wenda scolded angrily: "What a big guts! How dare he disobey orders! Aren't you afraid of killing your head? ”

Ma Kuo said calmly: "It's not a violation of the order, he is a pioneer, and he naturally has the right to make decisions on the spot, and it is normal to get rid of the Chinese army and act." ”

Wen Da was furious, so he shouted to Ma Kuo: "He is obviously a great achievement, and he is delusional to use the power of one person to take down Neihuang and deter us, but he doesn't want to think about it, if Liu Qi has no horses, how can he go to Neihuang alone?" What is his 300 horse army good enough for, isn't this a scareless snake? ”

Ma Kuo said, "I'll go and chase him back immediately!" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's too late, he asked those infantry soldiers to wait on the side of the road, and left on their own, when my Chinese army came, I met those infantry soldiers, and then I knew that he had left, he three hundred elite horsemen walked fast, how can you catch up." ”

Wenda said hatefully: "This guy, when I turn around, I have to kill him!" ”

Ma Kuo thought for a moment and said, "I will catch up with the rest of the Ma army, and if there is something, I can answer him." ”

Zhao Zhen knew that if Wen Da was to chase after him, he was afraid that he would fight with Yue Yang first, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, I'll give you all the horse army." Then he turned back and shouted, "Gather all the horses and mules, and all the soldiers who can ride will follow, and go with you." ”

At that moment, the whole army moved, the mules of the rear army pulling the cart, and the horses of the Chinese army were all gathered, and even the horses of Qinghong and Qingyu carriages were untied and given to the sergeant, and the second daughter had no choice but to come down and walk, and couldn't help complaining, but Shi Jun didn't have anything, or so happy to follow Zhao Zhen, Ma Kuo gathered three hundred horses, and was just about to leave, Zhao Zhen pulled the whirlwind over, and said to Ma Kuo: "Zichong, you ride this horse and go." ”

Ma Kuo said in fear: "King, you ...... this horse." Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "You don't say much, but catch up, don't let Yue Yang have an accident." Ma Kuo could only take the horse away in a panic.

Wen Da saw that he also brought his horse over, but Zhao Zhen stopped him and said: "You are a general, if there is no horse, Wu Yongxian will be less than half, and now the army only relies on you to strengthen his courage, but you can't ride this horse." ”

Wenda said with a bitter face: "King, if you don't ride, how can I ride!" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "It's not necessary if I don't ride, how can you suppress the army if you don't ride!" ”

Ma Kuo also said: "Brother Wen, you just ride, we are not around, big and small things, you have to deal with it, this Hebei place, now there are groups of bandits, although we have a lot of soldiers, they dare not come to disturb, but there are always those who don't want to die, if they come over, there is no brave general, how to deal with it." ”

Wenda had no choice but to pull the horse back, so he stood on the side of the road with Zhao Zhen, watching Ma Kuo leave with the people.

After sending off Ma Kuo, Wen Da only put his sword on his horse, and he didn't ride himself, so he shouted to those infantrymen: "Everyone catch up, from now on, the Chinese army and the rear army will act in unison, and they must keep walking, and when the morning dawns, they must rush to Neihuang County!" As soon as he spoke, he let his own men draw his horses and go in front, and he broke a wicker to oversee the army behind, and ran to the front and the back, and when he saw that there were those who were walking slowly, he whipped them with wicker, urging them to move forward.

Under the urging of Wenda, the team hurried up and rushed towards Neihuang County, Wenda was only anxious to rush to Neihuang, but forgot Zhao Zhen's foot strength, at first Zhao Zhen could keep up, but after a long time, Zhao Zhen fell into the rear army, Qinghong and Qingyu were both delicate and weak, and their foot strength was worse, although Shi Jun was better, but it must be a child, and the three of them couldn't even catch up with Zhao Zhen, and they walked angrily, and even the man with the cart couldn't keep up with the back.

Those soldiers were beaten by Wenda and only cared about moving forward, and they didn't know what Qinghong and Qingyu were doing, so they naturally ignored it, just blindly walked forward, but Zhao Zhen saw it, thinking that if they fell, they were only afraid of danger in the dark night, so they hung behind and took care of them, but he himself was not strong in his feet, and he could keep up with them, this relaxation was only a moment's work, and he was thrown away, he had the heart to chase, but Qinghong, Qingyu and Shi Jun would be further behind, Zhao Zhen was helpless, so he could only stop and wait for them, If the army was careful, they would naturally know that he had fallen, but Wen Da only cared about urging the army forward, and these soldiers did not regard Zhao Zhen as the leader, so they didn't take it to heart, Zhao Zhen was left behind, and no one knew about it, so he went all the way.

Zhao Zhen waited for a while, and finally the three of them caught up, and when they saw Zhao Zhen waiting on the side of the road, Qinghong said in fear: "King, why are you here." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "After the three of you are gone, how can I just leave you alone." ”

Qing Yu hurriedly said, "Then what if we are left behind?" ”

Shi Jun bent over and gasped, and waved his hand at the same time: "No...... It's okay, I recognize the ......, wolf...... Wolf! Shi Jun was so frightened that he changed his voice, pointing to the side of the road with his fingers, trembling all over, Zhao Zhen hurriedly looked at the side of the road, and saw a head poking out on the side of the road, blinking a pair of eyes shining with green light, looking at them.