Plugging the Great Wall is empty, and the fading temples in the mirror have been spotted. -------Southern song dynasty. Lu You's "Five Songs of Book Anger. Part 1》

The words are divided into two ends, at the moment of the Jizhou War, Chen Long asked Zhao Yun to escort Liu Qian and Zhen Mi to Lingling, assisted by Zhou Cang, and accompanied by Tong Yuan, the great master, and his heart was a little relieved. Although Liu Qian and Zhen Mi were reluctant to be separated from Chen Long, they knew that Wenlong was busy, so they had to silently pray that there would be a period in the future. Along the way, Zhen Mi and Tong Feifei, two beauties, competed openly and secretly, but they were also very interesting, and they didn't press the table.

Chen Long, Zhou Budo, Gao Lan, three people and three horses, dressed as foot merchants, hurried to Guangzong. Bypassing the imperial army and horse camp overnight, and finally arrived at the city of Guangzong at noon the next day.

The guard patrolling the city gate was Zhang Bao, and when he saw Chen Long returning, he asked people to quickly inform Zhang Ning and personally open the door to greet him. Chen Long dismounted, called out to the second uncle, Zhang Bao grabbed him and said, "Son-in-law, you are back!" The saint chatters every day, and it annoys me to death. At a glance, he saw Chen Long's steel spear hanging on the side of the horse, took it off and exclaimed: "Good gun!" Where did you get it? ”

Chen Long smiled and talked a little about exploring the secret realm of Baishi, and asked Gao Ran to carry a gun and return to the City Lord's Mansion with Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao was halfway through, only to see a white horse in front of him, riding a jade man, with beautiful eyebrows, tender yellow body, and a graceful body, who was it not Zhang Ning?

When Zhang Ning saw Chen Long, he let out a coquettish cry, and he didn't stop his horse, his figure flew in a vertical way, and he landed steadily in front of Chen Long's horse, smiling like a flower. Chen Long saw that Zhang Ning's light work had entered the country again, and he was overjoyed to dismount, and the two of them didn't dare to be too affectionate in front of everyone, but their hands involuntarily shook together.

Zhang Bao was disrespectful to the old man, laughed, knew that he was redundant, and took his subordinates back to the city. Gao Ran and Zhou Budo hurriedly dismounted, took over the two horses, and had a brief greeting with Lu Chang and Hu Ji, who came with them, and did not dare to disturb the meeting of the main princess and mother.

Zhang Ning and Chen Long walked side by side, slowly walking towards the City Lord's Mansion, Chen Long saw that although the jade man was as beautiful as before, his spirit was a little clear, and asked, "Mei Niang, how is the battle going?" ”

Mei Niang didn't answer, and the corners of her eyes gradually moistened: "Big brother, I'm looking forward to it day and night, and you're back." My father's health has deteriorated, and now he is very weak, and when he heard that you had returned, he struggled to get up and wait for you in the hall. Let's go back and talk about it. ”

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Chen Long saw Zhang Jiao sitting precariously, his face like ashes, barely supporting. sighed in his heart, this great sage and good teacher of the people, General Tiangong, who raised his arms in the past, has reached the season when the oil runs out and the lamp is dry. The day is not a holiday, and Long Chen only has a sigh.

Zhang Jiaoping retreated from everyone, leaving only Zhang Ning and Chen Long, with a smile on his dead face, and said in a very sad manner: "My father is already terminally ill, and there is no help from the medicine." The reason why you can't let go is that Mei Niang has never been decided. Wenlong, Mei Niang has no mother since she was a child, and I depend on each other, although she is now a saint, but the yellow scarf is not safe, after I leave, Mei Niang is helpless, I see that you two are a pair of beautiful people, I want to entrust Mei Niang to you for life, are you willing? As he spoke, he shook Mei Niang's hand with Long Chen.

Mei Niang has cried into tears, Chen Long knelt down on his knees, and said respectfully: "Mei Niang is the love of my life, and today I swear in front of my father-in-law, and I will meet Mei Niang to grow old and swear to die." As he spoke, he knocked his head a few times.

Zhang Jiao said with joy: "In this case, I don't have much time, and I will definitely attend my daughter's wedding, and I will get married today." It's just that the third uncle is still fighting in the plains, and he can't take care of it much. Chen Long kowtowed and shouted, "Father-in-law! ”

Zhang Jiao ordered people to prepare all the things for the wedding. Although Chen Long and Zhang Ning were happy, Zhang Jiao was seriously ill, and he still felt like a lead sinker in his heart. Zhang Jiao saw that his relatives and soldiers had gone down to handle the wedding, so he took Chen Long's hand and said, "Beloved son-in-law, I still have a word, I have discussed it with Mei Niang, I hope you will consider it." ”

Seeing that Chen Long nodded, Zhang Jiao continued: "The Yellow Turban was defined as a thief by the Han Dynasty, which made everyone in the world shout and beat. Although Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo were replaced successively, Bocai was defeated and fought hard, Zhang Mancheng died in Nanyang, Bu Si was defeated and died, and the Yellow Turban was already struggling. Now I want to hand over the Yellow Turban military power to Wenlong. Can you think of a good plan, how can it be logical for me to surrender to you, the Lingling Taishou, in the name of defeat? ”

Zhang Ning was on the side, frowning and said, "This is a difficult problem. If you surrender, you should surrender to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. Now, on the surface, Brother Chen has nothing to do with the Yellow Turban, and if he accepts the Yellow Turban like this, it will only make the court suspicious and guess the relationship between us and the eldest brother. How can you surrender to Big Brother logically? ”

Chen Long heard that Zhang Mancheng was killed in battle for the first time, and asked about the situation, it turned out that Zhang Mancheng's army attacked Wancheng, the seat of Nanyang County, and killed Nanyang Taishou Chu Gong. Although it succeeded in one fell swoop, the loss was too huge, and he was succeeded by Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie, united with Jingzhou Assassin Shi Xu Xuan, counterattacked, successfully defeated the Yellow Turban, and killed Zhang Mancheng. The Nanyang Yellow Turban now retreated to Wancheng and established Zhao Hong as the new commander of the Qu City, which was besieged by the three troops of Qin Jie, Xu Xuan, and Zhu Jun who went south, and struggled to support it.

Chen Long lowered his head and thought about it, Zhang Jiao deliberately handed over the Yellow Turban troops to himself, there was no reason to refuse, it was the force needed to dominate the world in the future. But how to keep the court from being suspicious needs to be carefully considered. Now, although Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun have not yet achieved great success, they have both won victories, how can they logically snatch the fruits of their victory?

was thinking silently, Zhou Budo greeted him, with a person by his side. When Chen Long looked up, it was Hao Pu, who he had sent to urge Chen Qun and Guo Jia to leave, and couldn't help but be half surprised and half happy: "Hao Pu, didn't you let you follow Fengxiao and them back to Lingling?" ”

Hao Pu hurriedly gave a military salute and said, "Lord, my subordinates were sent by Fengxiao's military division." Relay the instructions of the military advisor, the matter involves the yellow scarf, and I hope that General Tiangong will not blame him. ”

Zhang Jiao nodded and said, "But it's okay to talk about it." ”

"The military advisor said that now the troops of the imperial court have won a partial victory and defeated the Yellow Turban, which is just around the corner. The fruits of this victory can be snatched. ”

Chen Long was overjoyed and said: "Fengxiao really saw far. But I don't know what the plan will be? ”

"The military advisor learned that Dong Zhuo's battle against Zhang Bao was unfavorable, and he had asked Chen Yu to come to the table and recommend the lord to take the throne and lead the army instead of Dong Zhuo. At the same time, bribe Zhao Zhong to preach your art of war and martial arts in front of the emperor. Now that the holy will has been loosened, if the imperial court appoints it, the lord can lead the army to the battle, collect the fruits of victory, and expand the strength of Lingling. If the saint is in the dragon's heart, he may be able to fight without blood, and seek the position of Jingzhou Thorn History. ”

Chen Long was overjoyed, and couldn't help but admire Guo Jia's foresight, and Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning were also happy that Guo Jia had solved the thorny problem. Chen Long explained to Zhou Budo that Zhang Jiao wanted to hand over the troops to him, but there was no suitable excuse, Zhou Budo understood and said: "Fengxiao really has a good plan. However, Fengxiao didn't know about the relationship between us and General Tiangong, and thought that we really wanted to lead the troops to eliminate the Yellow Turbans. To solve the problem of how the Yellow Turban surrendered to the lord logically, if he got the emperor's order, it would be best to make a fake show. But there are also shortcomings, that is, the soldiers brought by the edict are probably all soldiers of the imperial court, and it will have an impact on the reorganization of the Yellow Turban troops by the lord afterwards. ”

Chen Long listened to Zhou Budo's reasonableness and asked, "Then how can you quietly put these troops into the Lingling jurisdiction after receiving the surrender of the Yellow Turban troops?" ”

Zhou Budo's wise little eyes shimmered on his fat face and said: "First, after receiving the edict, the unified army will conquer the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, and after the surrender, all the Yellow Turban troops will be disbanded and broken into pieces, and they will be ordered to become people, and small shares will be merged into Lingling, so as not to arouse suspicion." To the imperial court, it was only said that the Yellow Turban troops were all homeless, and most of them were unwilling to accept the reorganization, and they were only willing to go home to farm. ”

Zhang Jiao was overjoyed and said: "Why wait until after Wenlong surrenders? Available today. What about two? ”

Zhou Budo didn't answer first, and continued his train of thought: "The imperial court is not clear about the strength of the Yellow Turbans, so General Tiangong only needs to leave two or three troops to do the drama, and the scene of surrendering the lord must also be done enough, so that the lord can get the honor of exterminating the Yellow Turban from the imperial court." ”

Seeing Zhang Jiao nodding, Zhou Budo continued: "Second, the Yellow Turban Army immediately abandoned Jizhou, and the whole army turned to war, only saying that there was a shortage of food and grass to the outside world, so they had to abandon the city and flee. In fact, it is to kill the vicinity of Lingling with all his might, not to engage with the soldiers and horses along the road, to avoid losses, as long as he arrives at Lingling, the lord will lead the Lingling guards to do a scene, defeat the Yellow Turban, and naturally you can easily reorganize the Yellow Turban, and you can also get the reward of the imperial court, so as not to arouse suspicion. ”

Zhang Jiao was overjoyed, and suddenly stood up and said: "Wenlong, you have two military advisors, Guo Fengxiao and Zhou Budo, why worry about the world?" It's a hero out of a teenager, but it's a pity that I don't have such good luck! ”

Chen Long looked at Zhou Budo with a smile and said, "Yuan Zhi and Feng Xiao are indeed the best thinkers in the world. Now that the Yellow Turban's troops are divided into three units, I think Yuan Zhi's strategy is feasible. As for the siege of Wancheng, a letter from his father-in-law can be sent to let Bocai give up Runan and secretly rush to Wancheng, as long as the passage is opened and the two armies converge, they can be transferred to Lingling together and go to Lingling to play a play. ”

"Jizhou is too far away from Lingling, and the first strategy can be used, which will be reduced to zero from now on, leaving only two or three points of troops. As soon as the imperial court edict arrives, I can take office and lead the army to attack Guangzong. Where are Hao Pu and Hu Ji? ”

Hao Pu and Hu Ji hurriedly listened to the court, and Chen Long ordered: "Hao Pu, you immediately return to Chen Qun and Fengxiao, and order them to do everything possible to use all resources to take down the imperial court's appointment to me." Then return to Lingling and let Gong Fu prepare to play with Nanyang Yellow Turban. Hu Ji, you get up immediately, go to Luoyang Zhao Da to wait, let him also use his connections, as long as the imperial court decree is issued, quickly return to Guangzong to inform me. Hao Pu and Hu Ji each took their orders.

Seeing that Chen Long explained clearly, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but secretly rejoice that his daughter had entrusted the right person, and also pinned his ambition to dominate the world on Chen Long. That night, the city lord's mansion was jubilant, Zhang Jiao swept away his sickness, personally presided over the wedding, and sent his daughter and son-in-law into the cave room with the drunken Zhang Bao.

The flowers and candles in the cave room are bright, the warm fragrance is warm, the atmosphere is warm like spring, Chen Long and his beloved wife Zhang Ning finally became one, and swept away the pain of lovesickness for many days. The husband and wife are together, Zhang Ning's virgin body, and he endures the pain and does not mention it.

In the early morning, there was a sudden hurried footsteps outside the door of the cave room, and a personal soldier said outside the door: "Holy Maiden, Holy Aunt, I'm afraid General Tiangong will not be able to do it." Chen Long and Zhang Ning hurriedly got up, put on their coats, didn't have time to freshen up, and went straight to Zhang Jiao's bedroom. Zhang Bao also hurried over, all unkempt. Zhang Jiao's face was as if he was dead, lying on the bed, picking up a letter to Zhang Baodao: "Second brother, you personally go to the third brother's place and persuade him to hand over the troops to Wenlong and act according to the plan." Zhang Bao took it with tears.

Zhang Jiao took out another letter and handed it to Zhang Ningdao: "Daughter, this is a letter I wrote to Bo Cai, asking him to arrange for Zhao Hong to come to the rescue, and also act according to the plan." Zhang Ning cried early and took the letter.

Zhang Jiao took Chen Long's hand again and said, "Wenlong, you are a real person, and you will definitely take care of Mei Niang for the rest of your life." I attended your wedding, and my wish was fulfilled, and I have no regrets even though I die. After my death, I will not mourn secretly, and when you get the edict of the imperial court and lead the troops to Guangzong, you will announce my death and the whole army will surrender. My corpse, at your disposal, can be sent to the imperial court to help you establish meritorious deeds. As soon as he closed his eyes, he was already gone.

Zhang Ning and Zhang Bao both fainted from crying, Chen Long was silent, a generation of great sages and good teachers, and died of illness in a foreign land, but it was also vigorous. As for the corpse, how can I bear to bring it to the court to show off, I can only find a way when the time comes. A heavy thunder suddenly sounded in the air, and the soul of Zhang Jiao, the great sage and good teacher, and the general of Tiangong, had been lost for nine days.