Chapter 55: The First Meeting of Ssangyong
It is all called the flying tiger and lives up to the name of the hero. -------Bright. Luo Guanzhong "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
There are two flowers, one on each branch. After Chen Long left, Zhang Ning regained her true character as a resourceful saint, and launched a surprise attack in the time of her son, breaking up the weak besieging troops outside the northern city of Xiaquyang, and burning all their tents. Zhang Bao in the city had already set up false torches on the southern city wall and set up a bunch of straw men to confuse Dong Zhuo. Seeing that the camp tent outside the north city was on fire, he led a heavy army to kill it, and in one fell swoop, he broke out of the siege, killed the imperial court soldiers and horses outside the north city, and joined Zhang Ning victoriously. Zhang Bao's troops after the city was cut off also successfully withdrew from the northern city.
When the two divisions converged, there were about 25,000 men in total. Zhang Ning didn't care about talking to his second uncle Zhang Bao, discarded his baggage, and passed through the gap between Xue Li's troops and the West City Gate lightly. Xue Li's troops were unaware of the situation in the dark night, and they were caught off guard, and they did not dare to intercept the whole line, and the small reconnaissance force sent out was also repelled by the flank archers arranged by Zhang Ning.
Xue Li couldn't send someone to communicate with Dong Zhuo for a while, and he had few soldiers, so he had to lead the army to chase after Zhang Ning's army passed, and at the same time sent a thousand death squads to directly enter the western city of Xiaquyang. Soon, news came from the death squad that Xiaquyang was already an empty city, and Xue Li knew that the one who passed in front of his Dazhai just now was actually the besieged Yellow Turban Division.
Xue Li immediately sent someone through the city to inform Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo received the news, Zhang Ning's army had crossed the camp on Dong Zhuo's eastern line from the flank, and the men and horses had swept past the two ambush points, Zhang Ning considered that Dong Zhuo might have learned the news, and arranged another 5,000 soldiers and horses to set up an ambush on the interception route of Dong Zhuo's army. The rest of the men and horses all retreated in the direction of Guangzong.
Xue Li took 4,000 people and chased them all the way, collecting the baggage discarded by the yellow scarf when he fled along the way, and at the same time looking forward to Dong Zhuo sending troops quickly. Kankan pursued to the wilderness outside Meihua Town, Xue Li's soldiers and horses became a long dragon, and suddenly from the sparse forest on the side of the road, the oblique stab killed a yellow turban ambush, and Xue Li's soldiers and horses rushed into two sections, the soldiers and horses in the front section could not turn back, most of them continued to pursue, and the soldiers and horses in the back section were scattered and scattered, and they fought separately for a while, and the baggage that had just been snatched was thrown to the ground.
When Xue Li restrained the soldiers and horses in the previous section to turn back and kill, the ambush soldiers of the Yellow Turban had already left the battle circle and poured into the roadside sparse forest towards the west. Xue Li knew that he had been ambushed, so he ordered to reorganize the team, ignore the ambush soldiers, and continue to pursue the fleeing army of the Yellow Turbans. At the same time, the march became cautious, and many scouts were sent to explore the way, which greatly slowed down the speed of the pursuit.
As Chen Long expected, Dong Zhuo did not expect that the Yellow Turban had Zhang Ning's receiving force, nor did he expect that Zhang Baojun did not flee all the way north, and would risk breaking through the gap in front of Xue Li's troops. By the time he received Xue Li's news and gathered the troops on the Eastern Front that were preparing to pursue Zhang Bao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Ning had already crossed Xinhe County and arrived at the outskirts of Julu.
Zhang Ning once again sent a squad of 500 cavalry to Guangzong and asked Zhang Jiao to send troops to respond to prevent Julu from sending troops to intercept it. At the same time, the ambush troops set up in Hancun Town had already engaged Xue Li's pursuing troops, once again plunging Xue Li's soldiers into chaos and successfully stopping the speed of Xue Li's pursuit. Dong Zhuo's army was ambushed by Zhang Ning's 5,000 troops halfway, and it also fell into chaos in the dark.
When the sky was bright, Dong Zhuo and Xue Li's pursuing troops converged in the suburbs of Julu. Xue Li was worried about the safety of Changshan County, and led the troops to return to Changshan County without mentioning it. Dong Zhuo's army pursued through the Julu wilderness, and when they arrived at the city of Guangzong, they saw that there were trenches and antlers all over the city, and they were already in battle. Dong Zhuo vomited blood angrily, so he had to set up the camp again, and when the army was gathered, Xu Tuguangzong did not mention it.
In Guangzong City, Zhang Bao's army had been completed, and Xing Chongchong took Zhang Ning with him and saw Zhang Jiao in the Xuan Hall of the City Lord's Mansion. Zhang Bao boasted to his face: "Mei Niang, this husband, is very powerful, and he rescued my troops without much effort." It's just that I don't have enough respect for my second uncle, and I gagged my mouth with this broken headscarf in the middle of the night, which made my mouth stinky to this day. Ha ha. Zhang Ning was so ashamed that his face was flushed, and he said that the second uncle was disrespectful to the old man, and then turned around to clean up Chen Long and avenge the second uncle.
Zhang Jiao was very happy when he saw that his second brother and beloved daughter had returned unharmed, but his face was still very bad. Everyone knew that they would have to deal with Dong Zhuo's siege next, and after arranging everyone's defensive tasks against Guangzong, they dispersed one after another. Zhang Jiao left Zhang Ning alone and said, "Mei Niang, where is Long Chen?" Zhang Ning told Chen Long's whereabouts.
Zhang Jiao sighed slightly: "Wenlong gathers the heroes of the world, and he is aiming at the world. My illness has not been good, and I don't know how long I will live. After that, he stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Ning, who was about to speak, and said: "Wenlong is my beloved son-in-law, and he is such a hero. If Dong Zhuo can be repelled this time, I want to hand over the troops to Wenlong and let him transform them. Mei Niang thinks it's good? ”
When Zhang Ning heard this, he said gloomily: "Father, my yellow scarf is a big trouble in the heart of the imperial court, and the war is in the ascendant, I don't know when it will end." When Wenlong came back, I wanted to beg him to find famous doctors all over the world to heal my father. Wenlong's master is an old immortal, maybe there is a life-saving cure. As for handing over the troops to Long Chen, what about your second and third uncles, can they agree? ”
Zhang Jiao bowed his head and was silent for a long time. In the end, he said slowly: "If I surrender to the imperial court first in the name of defeat, and then hand over the troops to Long Chen, it can become his political capital." With the second and third uncles, if the situation is unfavorable, they will also listen to me. As for the cure, let's talk about it. Seeing that Zhang Ning was silent, and was about to say more, suddenly his own soldiers brought up a young man covered in blood, and when he looked carefully, it was Gong Du, a partial general under the command of Runan Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Bocai.
Zhang Jiao was taken aback, and Gong Du cried and said, "General, the villain came to ask for help on the order of Bo Shuai." Although Xiaofu traveled at night, he was unfortunately discovered by the Puyang defenders and escaped in a bloody battle. Bo Shuai's army, besieged by Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, won the first battle, repelled Zhu Jun, and besieged Huangfu Song in Changshe. Unexpectedly, a strong wind blew in the evening, and Huangfu Song took advantage of the night to burn the weeds around Dazhai and burned the camp. Our army was in great chaos, and was flanked by Zhu Jun's troops and Cao Cao's reinforcements, and was defeated and lost, killing tens of thousands of people. Now Bo Shuai retreated to Yanling, formed a formation in the mountains, and desperately resisted the counterattack of Huangfu Song and others, which was really dangerous. Send a young general to come, and ask General Tiangong to send troops to rescue quickly. "Then weep and worship to the ground.
When Zhang Jiao heard this, his face became even more ugly, and he summoned Bu Si, who had just recovered from his injuries, and said: "You can lead 10,000 military horses and quickly follow Gong Du to rescue the Bocai army." You can't fight along the road, you can cross the Yellow River near the plain of General Rengong and rush to the aid of Yanling. After saying that, he handed it over to the order, and Gong Du hurried away with Bu Si. Zhang Jiao sighed, and under Zhang Ning's worried gaze, he went back to his room to rest.
Again Chen Long, with infinite expectations for Zhao Yun, and Zhou Budo and the two of them, rushed to the outside of Zhending City in plain clothes. Zhending City is close to the Yellow Turban Army, and the city defense is very strict, and the two of them have no imperial court road guide, and they are not allowed to enter the city gate. It was nearly noon, and the two were sitting in a tavern of a farm outside the city, discussing where to buy Zhang Luyin, when they suddenly saw several big men, with swords and swords, walking in a hurry, and also went to the tavern for lunch.
Those big men, while drinking, made a loud noise. Chen Long eavesdropped carefully, and it seemed that these people had gone to a farm in the suburbs to join the volunteer team. Chen Long asked Xiao Er to take a jar of wine and send it to the tables of those big men. Seeing that Chen Long was so polite, those big men raised their wines one after another and asked Chen Long to go over and talk together.
Chen Long smiled and picked up a bowl of wine and said: "A few brothers, I saw that you are all heroes and heroes, and I specially wanted to invite you with wine." Dare to ask a few, but who went to join the army? With that, he drank all the wine in his hand.
Seeing that Chen Long was drinking boldly, those big men raised their glasses to toast, and the atmosphere gradually became lively. One of the black-faced men said: "Fang is in chaos today, the yellow scarf is raging, we are about to defect to the righteous servant, we can serve the court when we enter, we can protect the family when we retreat, and the brother and Taiwan are extraordinary, why not go?" ”
Chen Long laughed and said, "That's what I mean!" Under Chen Long, the word Wenlong, Chang'an people's clan. Dare to ask Brother Taigao's surname? Where do you want to go to? ”
The big man arched his hand and said: "In the lower high view, the words are beautiful, and the people in the river are there." I heard that Changshan County recommended Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong as the head of righteousness, so he trained near Zhaojiazhuang on the left and was about to defect. ”
Chen Long was overjoyed, thinking that it would be such a coincidence, this Gao Lan is a famous general in Hebei in the future, if this time he embraces the clouds on the left and returns with the right hug, it is really a flower difference, and he is very happy. was obsessed, and suddenly looked at Shu, remembering that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Gao Ran and Zhang He always appeared together, and hurriedly looked at the other people, I don't know if Zhang He is included?
Gao Ran saw him looking at other people, and hurriedly introduced the remaining big men to him. It is nothing more than Wang Wu and Wang Liu, but there is no famous general Zhang He, Chen Long was slightly disappointed in his heart, raised the wine bowl, saluted everyone, and said to Gao Lan: "Brother Tai, I heard that there is a strong martial arts Zhang He in Hejian Country, have you ever known it?" ”
Gao Ran smiled when he heard this: "Zhang He, my friend is also." I wanted to come together, but unfortunately his parents stopped him, so he was delayed. How did Wen Long know about him? If you know, you can visit me in the future. Chen Long nodded and secretly squeezed his fist, as if he had held Zhang He in the palm of his hand.
After the meal, everyone came to Zhaojiazhuang. Gao Ran looked at Zhou Budo's chubby little man, frowned and said, "Wenlong, your little brother is going to join the army, this figure is inevitable...... It's a little choking. Chen Long laughed, smoked the seven orifices that were not suspicious for a week, and said in his belly: "Okay, you are a high-ranking person, this son relies on his brain, unlike you, a big pig's head, only the limbs are developed, and the skill of the fifth limb may not be as good as mine."
Without raising the look and looking down on Zhou, everyone walked to Zhaojiazhuang, only to see the small bridge and flowing water, green trees and red flowers, it was a small paradise. The outside of the village is very quiet, and you can hear the sound of shouting in the empty field in the center of the village. Everyone hurriedly followed the sound and rushed to see that the people in the village were all watching from the side of the small empty field, and there were warm cheers from time to time. Gao Ran grabbed a person and asked, only to know that everyone was watching the righteous training.
Separated from the people, Chen Long saw fifty or sixty righteous servants in the empty field, holding long sticks, and with a young man at the head, training a set of stick methods. When I looked at the young man, I saw that he was eight feet long, with a white face and no beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, tiger eyes and mighty eyes, and a phantom made by a long stick.
Chen Long and Gao Ran both thought it was Zhao Yun, and when the training was over, they led everyone to come forward directly and salute: "This brother, but Zhao Zilong?" We and all the others have come to join the righteous obedience. ”
The man smiled and said, "All the good men are invited." I, Zhao Ya, am Zilong's brother-in-law. ”
Everyone knew that it was an oolong, and hurriedly apologized. The man smiled, "You're welcome. Zilong is learning art from Master Tong Yuan, so he is temporarily trained by me. You can register with me. ”
Chen Long said: "Brother Zhao, I'm not busy with registration, I admire Zilong's name and want to meet first." I don't know where Zilong learned art? ”
Zhao Ya said: "Just in the north of the village, after leaving the village, walk along the small river, and see a separate courtyard." ”
When Chen Long heard this, he took Zhou Budo and left after saying goodbye, and Gao Ran and the others went to register. After crossing a small bridge, the river turns to the west, the terrain is undulating, the road bypasses a small slope, and suddenly sees a clean small courtyard gate, next to which is a thin artificial bamboo forest, facing the flowing river, which is particularly quiet and elegant.
Chen Long knew that he had arrived at the residence of Tong Yuan, a master in the world, so he didn't dare to make a loud noise, and slowly walked around the courtyard wall. Walking to the backyard wall, I suddenly heard the sound of shouting, and stood on tiptoe to see that a white-robed young general in the courtyard wall was wielding a silver gun, and there was an old man with a childish face standing next to him.
The silver spear seemed to be given a fresh life in the hands of the young general, suddenly like a dragon entering the water, suddenly like a snowstorm, and in an instant, like a wild wind swinging willows, it must be silent again. The head of the gun is chaotic, like a scattered starlight looming, and the body of the gun is dancing, like the light of a silver wheel flowing. There is a poem that praises: You Long throws a lot of money, and the country is desperate for nine lonely guns.
Chen Long's heart was full of joy when he saw it, he couldn't help but nod his eyebrows, and he was anxious to get up with the little fat dun Zhou on the side, and he just came up, and was seen by the old man at a glance.
The old man's calm and majestic voice sounded: "May I ask which friend came here to peek at the marksmanship, and please come in and talk." When the young man who danced the spear heard this, he collected the gun, and the silver spear slammed into the ground, and the indescribable abyss and mountains stopped.
When Chen Long saw his whereabouts, he was misunderstood by others to peek at the marksmanship, laughed, picked up Zhou Budo, and fell into the courtyard lightly. The old man and the young man couldn't help but ease a little when they saw that Long Chen was long and jade, he looked extraordinary, handsome and elegant, and he could still cross the wall so easily with a little fat pier.
Chen Long saw that the old man had a childish face and crane hair, and his appearance was dignified, although he was wearing a scarf and wild clothes, he was still standing like a javelin, and he was like a fairy. Looking at the young man again, I saw that he was dressed in white, with white shoes, black hair like ink, a face as white as the moon, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a nose like a hanging gall, a mouth like a smeared zhu, eyes like electricity, and a majestic face. The cheeks are thin, and there is a shallow dimple faintly exposed, and he looks very handsome. Chen Long said in his heart, this must be Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong.
Chen Long arched his hand and said to the old man: "I don't know that the old man is Master Tong Yuantong? Boy Chen Long, the word Wenlong, Chang'an people's clan. Today, he and a group of righteous and brave people defected to the righteous servants, because they admired the name of Zilong, they were anxious and took the liberty to visit. I also look forward to the predecessor Haihan. ”
The old man said quietly: "The old man's hundred birds and phoenix guns are famous, and since he moved here, there are always disciples who come to steal art. So I made a rule that anyone who peeked at the marksmanship and was discovered by me must defeat the Rainstorm Pear Flower Gun in the hands of my apprentice before he could be accepted as a disciple. You didn't mean to, but you must not break my rules. Zhao Yun suddenly spun the pistol in his hand and reinserted it into the ground with a bang, adding to the majesty.
Chen Long said helplessly: "Master Tong, I have my own Han family's marksmanship handed down by the immortal master, and I have no intention of apprenticeship. Zilong's marksmanship is superb, and the villain is willing to bow to the wind, can the matter of learning be exempted? ”
Tong Yuan smiled and said: "In this case, it is even more necessary to test the authenticity of the Han family's marksmanship in Wenlong's mouth." With that, he picked up a steel spear from the weapon rack beside him, and threw it at Long Chen.
Chen Long saw that there was no way to avoid it, so he had to grab the steel gun, put the first style of the Han family's marksmanship, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, then admit it." ”
Zhao Yun was not in a hurry, hugged the steel gun in his hand, and said to Chen Long: "The spear in my hand is called Rainstorm Pear Blossom, Brother Wenlong be careful." ”
Chen Long held the steel spear in his hand, facing Zhao Yun, the most powerful opponent in his life, he felt that the steel spear was connected with his own flesh and blood, and he couldn't help but feel his confidence, and in his heart, he was already burning with monstrous battle intent.