Although the cavalry drove 200 miles overnight, it was nothing. However, Huang Zhong took into account the frustration of his health, and after walking half the distance, he still ordered to set up camp in a sheltered place and rest here for a night before leaving. Taking advantage of the encampment, he called a cavalry commander and a cavalryman, and asked them to rush back to Guantao overnight to report to Han Zhan, saying that he had escaped from danger and would arrive at Guantao by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

After receiving the order, the two cavalrymen immediately rode their horses and galloped away, rushing to Guantao to report to Han Zhan.

They hurried and hurried, and when they arrived at the foot of Guantao City, it was already four watches. The soldiers guarding the city heard someone shouting from below the city, and said impatiently: "Don't shout anymore, the city gate will be opened again at dawn!" ”

The cavalry commander under the city was afraid that Huang Zhong's major event would be delayed, so he hurriedly shouted again: "Hurry up and open the city, we are under Captain Huang, and we need to report important military information to the lord." If you make a big mistake, be careful of your head. ”

When the soldiers in the city heard this shout from below, they immediately panicked, but he did not dare to open the door without authorization, so he could only go down to the city tower and report the matter to Du Bo, who was on duty. When Du Bo heard that Huang Zhong's subordinates had come back overnight and had an accident, he hurriedly went up to the city tower and took a torch and stretched out the battlement, wanting to see who was in the city.

However, the lighting range of the torches was limited, and he could only see two figures on horseback under the city, and he could not see whether the other party was his own man or an enemy. Just when he was in a dilemma, the cavalry commander shouted loudly: "Hey, brothers in the city, can't you see us clearly?" Throw a torch down and we'll be able to see it a little bit more clearly. ”

Dubo felt that the cavalry in the city made sense, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take a blazing torch and throw it down the city wall. The cavalry commander dismounted, picked up the torches that were still burning, leaned close to his face, and shouted at the city wall: "Do you see clearly now?" ”

Du Bo took a closer look, although it was a fresh face, the armor they wore was the standard of the Jizhou Army. And apart from the two of them, no one else was found nearby. After a fierce ideological struggle, Duber decided to open the city gate and let two cavalrymen in. So, he said loudly: "Put the drawbridge and open the gates!" ”

Seeing that the drawbridge was lowered and the city gate opened, the two cavalrymen who had been waiting for a long time shook the reins, crossed the drawbridge, passed through the city gate hole, and rushed into the Guantao Castle.

Outside the gate of the Taishou Mansion, there were twenty-four soldiers on duty, and when they saw the two horsemen rushing towards the Taishou Mansion, one of the team leaders hurriedly stepped forward and asked loudly: "Who is so bold that he dares to gallop in front of the gate of the Taishou Mansion." ”

The two cavalrymen restrained their mounts, and the cavalry commander said to the captain: "We are Captain Huang's subordinates, and we have important military information to report to the lord. Please be accommodating and let us know. ”

Seeing the tired faces of the two of them, the team leader couldn't help but feel compassion. He said to the two, "You have worked hard, and rest outside the house for a while, while I go and report to the lord." Then he called one of his subordinates and commanded, "Take these two brothers to the porter to rest, and by the way eat and drink some water, and I will go in and report to the lord." ”

The team led to the backyard, and when they met Rob who was patrolling here, they reported to him, saying that Huang Zhong had sent two of his subordinates to rush back overnight, and there was an important military situation to report to the Lord. Rob didn't dare to slack off after hearing this, and hurriedly came to Han Zhan's house, and shouted in a low voice to the ground: "Lord, lord!" ”

Han Zhan, who was dreaming, was awakened by Rob's cry and said rather unhappily, "What's the matter? ”

"Enlighten the lord!" Rob said through the window: "There are two envoys sent by Captain Huang who are waiting outside the gate of the mansion, and they say that there is an important military report. ”

Hearing that there was an important military situation, Han Zhan instinctively thought of summoning everyone to the conference hall to discuss the matter. But as soon as he lifted the quilt, he suddenly thought that he didn't know what the people sent by Huang Zhong were going to say, so he hurriedly called everyone up from the quilt to discuss things, which was quite inappropriate, so he put the quilt back on and instructed Rob to say, "Rob, quickly send the two of them here to see me!" ”

Although Luo Bu felt strange about Han Zhan's practice of receiving the envoy in the bedroom, he still agreed and went outside to find Huang Zhong's two envoys.

Not long after, Han Zhan heard a rush of footsteps outside. Then, Rob's voice sounded outside the window again: "Lord Qiqi, the people have been brought!" ”

"Let them in!"

I heard a knock on the doorframe, and the door was pushed open from the outside. Rob strode in from the outside with two soldiers in helmets and armor. When the two soldiers saw Han Zhan sitting on the couch, they hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "See the lord!" ”

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan stretched out his hand and asked bluntly, "I don't know what important military situation Captain Huang sent you two back late at night." ”

"Returning to the lord's words," Wu Chang said, "Captain Huang asked me to rush back to Guantao late at night, just to tell my lord that our army has defeated Yuan Benchu's pursuers, so that Mr. Fu Zhu has successfully escaped, and he is coming towards Guantao with our cavalry. In the afternoon, you can reach the pavilion. ”

Hearing that Fu Zhu had escaped and was on his way to the pavilion, Han Zhan suddenly smiled. He smiled and said to the cavalry commander, "You two have worked hard, let's go down and rest first." When the two horsemen had risen, he ordered Rob to "take the two of them to receive a reward, and each of them will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars." ”

The two cavalrymen were originally about to withdraw from the door, but when they heard that Han Zhan was going to reward them heavily, they hurriedly knelt down again and thanked him: "Thank you, little one, lord!" ”

Han Zhan smiled at the two, then waved his hand and said, "You are also tired, go down and rest." ”

After Rob and the two cavalrymen left, Han Zhan was so excited that he couldn't sleep anymore. He received a report from the messenger yesterday, saying that he met Jiang Jackal and others who had escaped with frustration on the way, and he was not at ease at that time, fearing that they would encounter the soldiers and horses sent by Yuan Shao on the road, so he sent someone to contact Huang Zhong, who had already set out, and asked him to think of picking up Jiang Jackal; On the other hand, he asked Xiahou Lan to gather a thousand foot soldiers and a thousand strong crossbowmen, planning to wait for dawn before going out of the city to the south to pick up Ying Fu and his party. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong and the others had already repelled Yuan Shao's pursuers and were escorting Fu Zhu Chao Tao to come.

Han Zhan knew very well in his heart that Fu Zhi was a talent, but he was also as stubborn as a donkey many times, although he rescued him from Yuan Shao's hands, it was still unknown whether he was willing to serve himself. After waiting for dawn, he personally led people out of the city for ten miles to greet him, even if this could not move him, but it could also play a certain role in persuading him in the future. Thinking about it like this, Han Zhan made up his mind and decided to take the civil and military officials of the pavilion to the outside of the city at noon to greet Fu Zhu.