Xu Huang led the remaining 1,000 cavalry to desperately break through Huang Zhong's blockade and fled along the official road to the north. After Huang Zhong led people to chase him for two or three miles, he stopped.

The cavalry governor asked curiously: "Captain, the thieves have been defeated, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor?" ”

"Poor Kou Mo chase," Huang Zhong was anxious to find Han Zhan's whereabouts, naturally he had no interest in chasing and killing Xu Huang, who had fled, he turned his horse's head and said to the Riding Governor: "Go back, we will continue to search for the whereabouts of the lord." ”

Huang Zhong returned along the road with his cavalry, and just as he was approaching the battle, he suddenly saw a horse rushing out from behind the hill and galloping in the direction where he was. Huang Zhong thought that he had been ambushed, so he instinctively clenched the big knife in his hand and wanted to swing his army to kill him, but when he saw clearly that there was only one person on the other side, he hurriedly ordered a military commander beside him: "You take someone over to see who is coming!" After receiving the order, the commander took his men and rushed towards the cavalryman.

It didn't take much time, but the captain came over with the cavalryman, and he was still far away, so he heard him shouting excitedly: "Captain Qiqi is the brother of the lord's side." Hearing that Wu Chang said that it was someone from Han Zhan's side, Huang Zhong was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly rode his horse to meet him.

The rider who came out from behind the hill was none other than the Qin team leader beside Han Zhan. He followed Commander Wu to Huang Zhong, did not dismount, just clasped his fists on horseback and saluted: "See Captain Huang for the small one!" ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Huang Zhong waved his hand at him, and then asked anxiously, "Where is the lord now?" ”

Team Qin pointed sideways towards the hill in the distance and said, "If you go back to the captain, the lord is behind the hill." "Hearing that Han Zhan was behind the hill, Huang Zhongqin led a hundred cavalry to follow the Qin team towards the hill.

Rounding the hill, Huang Zhong couldn't help but be startled when he saw the corpses of fallen people and horses on the ground. Seeing this, Team Qin hurriedly explained to him: "Don't worry, captain, this is a team of sentry sent by the thief soldiers, and the lord led us to kill them all." ”

"Hansheng!" Han Zhan saw that Huang Zhong personally brought someone to greet him, and hurriedly took the remaining cavalry out of the woods and took the initiative to greet the other party: "Don't come to be harmed, right?" ”

"Lord!" Huang Zhong saw clearly that the person who came out of the woods, sure enough, it was Han Zhan, he couldn't help but burst into tears, he came to Han Zhan's horse, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said: "My subordinates are late to save the car, please forgive the lord!" ”

Seeing Huang Zhong kneeling in front of him to plead guilty, Han Zhan hurriedly got off his horse, leaned over to help the other party, and persuaded him with good words: "The soldiers and horses suffered such a fiasco, because Benhou was too light on the enemy, what is Han Sheng's crime." Hurry up! ”

Huang Zhong got up and saw that Han Zhan's clothes were covered with blood, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Lord, why is there so much blood on your body, is you injured?" ”

Han Zhan looked down and saw that there were indeed a lot of blood stains on his clothes, which should have accidentally splashed on his body when he killed Xu Huang's subordinates. Then he smiled and said, "This is not the blood of Benhou, it should be the blood of those thieves who were killed." ”

"My lord, this place should not stay for a long time." Huang Zhong was worried that Xu Huang would soon arrive with new soldiers and horses, so he urged Han Zhan: "Let's leave this place as soon as possible." ”

After Han Zhan turned over and got on the horse, he asked Huang Zhong with some embarrassment: "Han Sheng, I don't know if you ever have dry food on you?" ”

"Dry food?!" When Huang Zhong heard Han Zhan ask, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that it must be Han Zhan who had run out of food, so he hurriedly ordered the accompanying soldiers to take out the dry food and hand it to the cavalry accompanying Han Zhan.

After joining up with the cavalry brigade waiting on the official road, Han Zhan's hanging heart was finally put into his stomach, and he turned his head and asked Huang Zhong: "How many soldiers and horses do you have left?" ”

After Huang Zhong stopped pursuing Xu Huang, he had counted the number of people, and when he heard Han Zhan's question, he immediately replied: "Lord Qiqi, there are still more than 1,400 cavalry. ”

"Of the 3,000 cavalry, there are only more than 1,400 left, and this loss is really heavy enough." Han Zhan secretly muttered in his heart: "When you return to Jizhou, you must immediately form a new cavalry." ”

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Xu Huang, who was defeated by Huang Zhong, fled about twenty miles to the north, and met Yang Feng's soldiers and horses head-on. Yang Feng asked Xu Huang to call him in front of him and asked, "Gongming, may you find a trace of the Han family's children?" ”

"Enlighten the lord!" Xu Huang said ashamedly: "The last general chased all the way down until he reached the revolving gate, and he never saw any trace of the Han family's children. On the way back, he was attacked by the Han cavalry, and the general was unable to support it, so he could only lead his troops to break through. ”

The soldiers and horses led by Li Guo and the others were five or six miles behind Yang Feng's soldiers and horses, and when they saw a sudden stop in front, Li Dao sent Li Bei to find out what was going on in front of them. He saw Yang Feng talking in front of the team with a military general with blood armor, so he went over and asked bluntly, "What's wrong?" ”

Although Li Bei asked very casually, Yang Feng still respectfully sent Xu Huang to chase and kill Han Zhan, and he didn't find a figure for a few days, but on the way back, he encountered the cavalry of the Han family, and Xu Huang is now a defeated general.

After Li Bei asked Xu Huang a few more questions, he ordered Yang Feng to stay where he was, and he ran back to report to Li Dao. When Li Wei heard that Yang Feng's men had returned from defeat, he was immediately annoyed and angry, and he was about to order the whole army to march in to intercept and kill Huang Zhong and others.

At this moment, someone reported to him: "General Qiyu, General Zhang Ji of Chang'an has sent a messenger!" ”

Holding back his anger, Li Dao commanded, "Bring the messenger here." ”

After a few moments, the entourage came to Li Dao with an unusually tired cavalryman. The messenger turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, took out the letter from his arms, and handed it to Li Dao with both hands. Li Dao glanced at one of the attendants next to him, and the man immediately stepped forward to take the letter from the messenger's hand and respectfully handed it to Li Dao.

Li Wei unfolded the letter, only glanced at it a few times, and was immediately shocked. Guo Yan on the side saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Childish, what's wrong?" ”

"Something big happened in Chang'an." Li Wei stuffed the letter in his hand to Guo Yan, and hurriedly ordered: "The rear army will be changed to the front army, the front army will be changed to the rear army, and return to Chang'an immediately!" ”

After reading the letter, Guo Yan couldn't help frowning. However, he was not as reckless as Li Dao, he thought of Yang Feng and his party who were still waiting in front, and hurriedly sent someone to inform them to return to Chang'an together.

Jia Xu didn't know what kind of letter the messenger brought, but after Li Wei read it, he actually wanted to teach immediately. He hurriedly came to Li Dao's front and asked respectfully: "General Zhiran, I don't know what happened in Chang'an, why are you in a hurry to teach the class?" ”

"Mr. Jia, please read this letter." Guo Yan came over, handed the letter in his hand to Jia Xu, and said to him: "After reading this letter, Mr. naturally understands why he wants to be a teacher. ”

Jia Xu took the letter and looked at it, only to see that it was written: "...... A relative led people to find the corpse of the Taishi, only some fragments of skin and bones, so the celebrity carved the body with fragrant wood, settled and stopped, set up a sacrifice, used the king's clothes and coffin, chose an auspicious day, and moved to the burial of Yiwu. During the burial period, a heavy thunderstorm fell from the sky, and the water on the flat ground was several feet deep, and the thunderbolt shook his coffin, and the body was lifted out of the coffin. A certain day of waiting for a sunny day to be buried again, it is night and again. ……”

After reading the letter, Jia Xu finally understood what was going on, it turned out that Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others found Dong Zhuo's fragmented bones and buried them in Yiwu, but on the day of the burial, thunder and lightning rushed the coffin out of the tomb, and the thunder and lightning shook the coffin open. Zhang Fan and the others will be buried again on a later date, and the situation is still the same. No wonder Li Dao looked so flustered when he saw the letter.

After figuring out what was going on, Jia Xu hurriedly grabbed Li Wei's reins and persuaded him: "General Zhiran, the matter has come to this, even if you rush back, it will not help." It's better for us to stay here, get rid of the Han family's children, and then return to Chang'an. ”

Since Li Wei learned that Dong Zhuo's body could not be buried, the whole person was in a state of carnival, and when he heard Jia Xu persuade himself like this, without saying a word, he pulled out his sword and slashed at Jia Xu. Fortunately, Jia Xu saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately let go of the horse's reins and threw his body back, otherwise he would have been cut by Li Dao.

Li Wei saw that a sword was missed, and when he took back the sword and was about to cut it again, he was grabbed by Guo Yan's arm. Guo Yan also glared at Jia Xu desperately, signaling him to leave quickly.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Li Dao from being a teacher at this time, Jia Xu turned his horse's head and left Li Guo and the others far away. He stood on the side of the road and looked south, and secretly sighed in his heart: "Let the tiger return to the mountain and leave trouble, the Han family's child will not die today, and he will become a confidant in the future." ”

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When Huang Zhong escorted Han Zhan towards the Yellow River, he was afraid of encountering Li Guo's soldiers and horses, so he sent a team of scouts to explore the road in front, and even if there was a situation, he could come up with a countermeasure in time.

When the first group of Malay newspapers said that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses blocking the road ahead, Huang Zhong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He turned his head to look at Han Zhan and asked, "Lord, there are tens of thousands of thieves in front, and there is a revolving door in the back, what should we do next?" ”

When Han Zhan learned that there were soldiers and horses blocking the road in front of him, he couldn't help but secretly complain, and said in his heart, why is my life so bitter, I just escaped from Xu Huang's hands, and before I could laugh, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses appeared in front of me, and with more than 1,000 cavalry under Huang Zhong, it was more difficult to break through the other party's interception and rush to the Yellow River.

But he knew very well in his heart that if he panicked at the moment, it would lead to low morale and discouragement, and that was to fight the enemy, and he would definitely lose. Therefore, he pretended to be calm and said to Huang Zhong: "Although there are tens of thousands of thieves in front, Ben Hou judges that they are delaying the march because they can't figure out the details of us, and they may soon retreat." Hansheng, send someone to talk again. ”

Although Huang Zhong felt that Han Zhan's words were a bit ridiculous, since the lord had already spoken, he as a courtier could not help but listen, so he sent a team of scouts to continue to investigate the situation ahead.

After the new horses were dispatched, Han Zhan ordered the soldiers and horses to stop and rest for a while. The purpose of his doing this is to restore the physical strength of the soldiers, so that when they really fight later, they will have the strength to fight the enemy. Although Han Zhan tried his best to keep his composure, there were still soldiers nearby who noticed that something was wrong and began to talk in a whisper.

Huang Zhong heard the soldiers talking, and was afraid that they would affect the morale of the soldiers, so he prepared to go over to stop them. But he was stopped by Han Zhan: "Han Sheng, let them talk." If you stop it now, it will only backfire. ”

Although Han Zhan pretended not to care on the surface, his heart was like fifteen buckets of water, and he was deeply afraid that the second group of scouts sent by Huang Zhong would still bring bad news when he returned. He prayed silently in his heart: "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless!" If Ben Hou can return to Jizhou safely this time, he will definitely build a big temple for you and shape your golden body! ”

He didn't pay attention when he prayed, and after he finished praying, he remembered that in this era, the popularity of Buddhism was not as wide as that of later generations, especially Guanyin Bodhisattva, who should still be the image of a man at this moment. If you want to mold his gold body again, should you shape a man or a woman?

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from the north. Han Zhan followed the sound and looked over, only to see five or six cavalrymen galloping along the official road, and he recognized at a glance that this was really the second group of scouts sent by Huang Zhong. Seeing that the moment to decide his fate was approaching, Han Zhan's heartbeat unconsciously accelerated.

The cavalry leading the team rushed in front of Han Zhan and Huang Zhong, reined in their horses, and reported excitedly: "Lord Qiqi, the soldiers and horses blocking the road in front have disappeared. ”

"What, the soldiers and horses blocking the road are gone?" When Han Zhan heard Tanma say this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, and asked, "Where did they go?" ”

Tanma then replied: "The little one pursued for a while along the way, and saw from afar an army of about forty or fifty thousand men heading west along the official road. ”

"Heading west?" After Huang Zhong repeated Tanma's words, he said strangely: "They suddenly withdrew, isn't there some conspiracy?" ”

Han Zhan secretly thought in his heart: Li Guo and the others withdrew their troops, something must have happened in Chang'an, so that the two of them could not wait to return. But what happened? I remember that after Li Guo and the others occupied Chang'an, Ma Teng and Han Sui once raised troops to serve the king, but later had to withdraw their troops due to lack of food and grass. Could it be that because Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses approached Chang'an, Li Guo and the others had to withdraw their troops?

For the sake of safety, Han Zhan ordered Huang Zhong to send a team of scouts to find out the news ahead. However, everyone knew in their hearts that the purpose of the scouting horse sent this time was to confirm whether Li Guo's soldiers and horses had really been withdrawn.

When the newly sent scout horse came back and reported to Han Zhan in a positive tone, saying that the soldiers and horses blocking the road in front had long since disappeared, Han Zhan's heart hanging in his throat fell into his stomach again. He hurriedly instructed Huang Zhong: "Hansheng, send someone to the town to pick up Luo Bu, and we will immediately find a place to cross the river." ”

"Lord!" After Huang Zhong waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he asked him for instructions: "There is also a woman in the inn, she is the old bustard of the Huanuan Pavilion in Sheguo County, she saved Luo Bu's life, I don't know how she should be placed?" ”

Han Zhan knew that Huang Zhong was talking about the eighth aunt of Hua Nuan Pavilion, so he said casually: "No matter what her identity is, she is Luo Bu's life-saving benefactor, so take her to cross the Yellow River and return to Jizhou together." ”