Zhao Yun wanted to go back to the barracks to settle the cavalry who had just arrived in Sheguo County, and Xun Yu was also anxious to check on the ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers who had been captured, so Han Zhan got up and sent the two out of the county office.

As soon as he approached the gate of the county government, Xun Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly exclaimed, sped up his pace and rushed out of the gate. Han Zhan and Zhao Yun, who were walking behind him, thought that they didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly followed.

When he walked out of the gate, Han Zhan saw Xun Yu standing in front of the tethered horse pile, carefully looking at a snow-white horse with a snow-white body and no variegated horses. Han Zhan recognized that it was the Jade Lion of the Night that Zhao Yun was riding, so he asked with a smile, "Uncle, what do you think of this horse?" ”

"Zhan'er, come and see." Xun Yu beckoned to Han Zhan and said to him: "This horse's ears are like bamboo batches, eyes are like hanging bells, and snow practice is also white, and there is not a single miscellaneous hair on his body. Head to tail, one zhang long, hooves to ridge, eight feet high. It is a divine horse that can travel thousands of miles a day, and is in no way inferior to Lu Bu's red rabbit. ”

Seeing that Xun Yu was so obsessed with this horse, Zhao Yun walked over and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Xun County Cheng to know the art of horses." ”

"A little bit of understanding, a little bit of understanding!" After Xun Yu finished saying this, he suddenly realized that this horse might be Zhao Yun's mount, and hurriedly asked curiously: "Dare to ask the county lieutenant, this horse is your mount?" ”

"Xun Xiancheng is right, it is Yun's mount." Zhao Yun explained: "This is an old friend of my brother, who was sold from outside the country a few months ago, and it is said that it was produced in the Western Regions and can travel thousands of miles a day. ”

"What Brother Ling said is true," Xun Yu waited for Zhao Yun to finish speaking, then nodded and said: "This horse is the best of the best, but it has a violent temperament, and it is not something that ordinary people can control." County Lieutenant Zhao tamed this horse, it must have taken a lot of trouble, right? ”

"Xun County Cheng doesn't know that since my brother got this horse, he has been carefully fed with high-quality forage every day, but for some reason he can't afford to lose weight and looks thin." When talking about the jade lion in front of them, Zhao Yun and Xun Yu seemed to have a lot of common language: "When Yun followed his brother to the stable to choose a good horse, he accidentally found this horse. As soon as the horse saw the clouds, he immediately fanned his mane, his eyes were wide open, and he looked like he had seen the old master. Yun saw that he had a fate with this horse, so he brought it back to the post station, and after only half a month of feeding, he became like this. ”

Xun Yu smiled slightly after hearing this, twisted his beard with one hand, stroked the short hair of the jade lion like silk with the other, and asked tentatively: "County Lieutenant Zhao, I don't know if I can let this official try riding?" ”

Zhao Yun nodded, walked to the side of the Jade Lion of the Night, leaned close to its ear and whispered a few words, bent down to untie the reins tied to the horse stake, and handed it to Xun Yu: "Xun County Cheng, please!" ”

Xun Yu turned over and got on the horse with the help of the upper horse stone next to him, and with a slight flick of the reins, the jade lion ran slowly along the spacious street in front of the county office. Seeing Xun Yu sitting steadily on the horse, Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect Xun Xiancheng's riding skills to be so good." ”

Zhao Yun said casually, but it made Han Zhan start to think about a very important thing: In the Three Kingdoms era, stirrups and horseshoes were also needed, in order to strengthen his cavalry strength, was it necessary to let these two things appear in advance?

After running back and forth on the street for a few times, Xun Yu stopped at the gate of the county government, turned over and dismounted, and slapped his hand on the horseback a few times, and said meaningfully: "Good horse, County Lieutenant Zhao, this is really a good horse!" ”

Seeing that Xun Yu liked this jade lion so much, Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, and then arched his hand and said: "Since Xun Xiancheng likes this horse so much, then Yun is willing to give this horse to Xiancheng." ”

Hearing that Zhao Yun was willing to transfer this horse to Xun Yu, Han Zhan couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, and said in his heart that the reason why Zhao Yun was able to kill seven in and seven out of Changban Slope, and even fell into a trap, was because in addition to his superb martial arts, he relied on this jade lion that shone the night. If this horse is given to Xun Yu and only rides an ordinary war horse, not to mention leaving a reputation that will be praised for generations, it is even unknown whether he can save his life.

Zhao Yun's generosity not only surprised Han Zheng, but Xun Yu was also surprised. He didn't expect such a precious BMW, Zhao Yun said that he would give it away. He looked at Zhao Yun, and then at the jade lion that shone in the night, and seemed to be a little undecided. But after the inspired ideological struggle, Xun Yu still shook his head and said resolutely: "Thank you for the kindness of County Lieutenant Zhao, but Yu didn't dare to accept it." If the military general has this horse, when he charges into battle, it is like a tiger with wings. And Yu is just a literati, he can't lift a knife and gun, he can't go to the battlefield, if the county lieutenant gives me this horse, it will be a tyrannical thing, inappropriate, inappropriate! ”

Seeing that Xun Yu rejected Zhao Yun's request, Han Zhan's heart was finally secretly relieved, he was afraid that Zhao Yun would offer to give the horse again, so he hurriedly said: "County Lieutenant Zhao, aren't you going to the barracks with my uncle?" The hour is getting short, so let you go at once. ”

Xun Yu reluctantly glanced at the jade lion in the night, and said with a hard heart: "That's right, County Lieutenant Zhao, it's not too early, let's rush to the barracks." With that, he walked towards the carriage that had stopped beside him without looking back.

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Qu Shuai, surnamed Lan Erqi, was riding a red horse on a rugged mountain road at the moment, and on the four horses behind him, there were four leaders with yellow scarves and depressed expressions.

Lan Erqi was originally a personal soldier under the general Zhang Liang. After Zhang Liang died in the battle of Guangzong, he escaped with his life, hid in Taihang Mountain, gathered a group of fish who slipped through the net to occupy the mountain as the king, and lived by robbing houses and blocking roads.

In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the rest of the Yellow Turban rose up again, and Lan Erqi, who stayed in the deep mountains, did not get the news of the Yellow Turban Incident in time because of the lack of news. When he got the information and left Taihang Mountain with his troops, the Yellow Turban Army had been suppressed by the imperial court again, but he took the opportunity to incorporate the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army that had broken down more than 2,000.

He knew that with only the thousands of Yellow Turban Army in his hands, if he wanted to confront the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg. Therefore, in the past three years, he only robbed nearby villages to replenish troops and supplies, or led troops to those weakly defended counties to extort money and food, and Sheguo County was one of them.

He clearly remembered that when he brought 3,000 Yellow Turban troops to collect money and grain outside Sheguo County last month, the county lieutenants and county lieutenants in the city were so bold that they took 500 county soldiers out of the city to meet the battle. After a fierce battle, less than 100 of the county soldiers who went out of the city to meet the battle survived, and even the county commander and the county lieutenant were also killed.

was going to lead troops to attack the county seat, but Huahu, the chief bookkeeper of the county, sent someone to make peace, and was willing to give 10,000 grains to let him withdraw from the army. At that time, there was a shortage of grain in the cottage, so he accepted this batch of grain and grass and returned to the cottage with his men and horses.

After a month, the spies reported that Sheguo County had changed a new county order and was still repairing the city wall with great fanfare. As soon as Lan Erqi heard it, he knew that this was to prevent himself. He decided to strike preemptively and lead troops to loot the city before the repair of the city wall in Sheguo County was completed.

I didn't expect that I was still halfway there, and there was a guard in the city. On the first day, before the siege began, he was attacked by an unknown group of officers and soldiers, and he had to temporarily withdraw his troops and sleep in a nearby valley.

The next day, they regrouped and attacked the city again, and seeing that the city was in sight, who knew that another cavalry of officers and soldiers rushed from behind. Fortunately, he was clever and saw that the situation was not good, so he fled with a few cronies. Otherwise, his head may have been hung on the head of Sheguo County at this moment.

The leader closest to Lan Erqi, because he has a big bald head, is known as Blue Bald, and is Lan Erqi's distant cousin. He looked at a few listless companions around him, and hurriedly urged him to step forward in parallel with Lan Erqi, and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, where are we going next?" ”

Lan Erqi sighed and said, "It seems that it is not possible to go back to the cottage, we can only continue to go west, cross the Zhangshui River, and go to Huguan." There was a yellow scarf there, and I hope they would see that they would accept us for the sake of their fellow disciples. ”