The heavy rain has gradually turned into a light rain, dripping and continuous, as if the sky can't stop immediately after crying, but sobbing for a while.

The rain soaked the pavement, and then the people and horses kept trampling on it, and the pavement completely turned into a messy mud pool, and every step of the sticky chirp was stained with the soles of the feet.

Zhang Liao took the remnants of the army all the way to the north, originally out of Chang'an when he didn't even have a war horse, he found a few horses in the Jianzhang Palace, and only then did he get a war horse to ride, but now he can't even ride a war horse, so he can only get off the horse and follow everyone to the north step by step in a mud pit.

It's not that Zhang Liao intends to share weal and woe with the soldiers, it's just that the mud is very slippery, there are no riders on the back of the war horse, and sometimes the horse's hooves will slip.

Zhang Liao and others have all taken off their shoes, and stepped on the yellow mud with bare feet, although there may be a risk of being cut by sharp stones, but at least the yellow mud will not adhere too much to the skin, otherwise wearing shoes, stepping on it, the yellow mud will stick to the shoes, and then when you pull it up, it is not a foot, but a shoe of yellow mud, even if the shoes are not damaged, more and more yellow mud will make the whole shoe like two huge scales......

"Captain Zhang......" A Qu Chang took a few steps forward, while stepping on the muddy water, wiped the rain on his face, and said to Zhang Liao, "...... How far do we need to go? ”

Zhang Liao looked up to the north, pointed to the front and said, "Turn over the hill in front of you, you can see the ......"

Qu Chang didn't doubt him, nodded, then slowed down a few steps, and said to the soldiers who followed behind: "Captain Zhang said, if we go over that hill further, we will be able to see the ground!" Come on! Don't be left behind! ”

Listening to the Qu Chang behind him cheering up the ordinary soldiers, Zhang Liao smiled slightly, and did not turn back to say anything, but continued to lead the horses hard and move forward.

Does Zhang Liao really know how long it will take to get there?

I don't know.

But Zhang Liao knew that he couldn't say that.

As a general, whether there are many soldiers or few soldiers, you need to give your subordinates a clear goal, even if there is no such goal for the time being, you need to show that you have a good heart, and you must not say that you don't know, don't know, etc., that will not have any effect except for disturbing the morale of the army.

The rain gradually subsided, and then stopped.

Shangjun, when Zhang Liao joined the army, had been abandoned for a long time.

Although Zhang Liao had wandered in the north before, practicing and honing his martial arts, he was not very familiar with the area of Shangjun, but he knew that this area was where the Qiang people gathered, but now, except for the waves of displaced people encountered along the way, he didn't seem to see any Qiang people......

Where did these Qiang people go?

When Zhang Liao was cruising in the north, he had contact with many border ethnic groups, and I have to say that the Qiang people are a very strange people.

The Book of Songs? Shang Song recorded: "In the past, there was a soup, since the other side of the Qiang, don't dare not come to enjoy, don't dare not come to the king......"

Unlike the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the Qiang people were relatively close to China at the beginning, and in ancient times, the Qiang people were even part of the Zhou Dynasty, and "Jiang" was actually a branch of the Qiang people.

By the time of the former Qin, the Qiang talents who focused on grazing became more and more disconnected from the social structure of the Qin Dynasty's agriculture, but at that time, the Qiang people even helped the former Qin and fought together, and it was not until the time of the Qin Dynasty that they gradually divided into two categories: internal and outward......

And compared with the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the Qiang people are a bit like a settled people among the nomadic people, after arriving in a place, if there are not too many changes, the Qiang people can even settle for a long time for several years or even decades.

So Zhang Liao couldn't help but be a little strange, why the scattered Qiang people in this area seemed to be gone, and he was worried that he would encounter the Qiang tribe on the road, if there was a slight friction between the soldiers or something, it would add a lot of trouble......

But where did these Qiang people go?

Just when Zhang Liao was gradually moving forward with doubts, he had just turned a corner of a forest, and suddenly saw more than a dozen Qiang tents suddenly appear on the slope in front of him!

A few Qiang people are in front of the tent and don't know what they are busy with, at the same time that Zhang Liao saw the Qiang people, there are also Qiang people who found Zhang Liao's small-scale army, and suddenly the horn sounded, and dozens of Qiang people rushed out of the tent, and they took out the war horses from the tent, turned over and rode on, and galloped here!

Damn it!

Because of the heavy rain and the difficulty of the road, Zhang Liao asked a few people to act as scouts at first, but because after all, he was not a soldier that Zhang Liao had been under for a long time, so the soldiers released could only go out, but almost no one turned back, and after a few times, Zhang Liao no longer sent the so-called "scout", but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation!

The soldiers who followed Zhang Liao were also dumbfounded, they heard Zhang Liao say that they could see the destination by turning over the mountain in front, but they didn't expect to see a group of Qiang people!

"Don't mess around! Don't run! Can you run more than four legs? Zhang Liao immediately turned his head and ordered loudly, "Line up, prepare for battle!" I'm with you! Array! Hurry! ”

Although it is said so, but Zhang Liaoxin is a little cold, they ran all the way, even if there are bows and arrows, the bowstrings are soaked in the rain, there is no way to use them without drying, and most of the soldiers do not carry shields, on the contrary, the Qiang people hide in the tents, and the bowstrings and arrows are at least dry, so that if they really fight, their side will definitely suffer a big loss!

Zhang Liao's soldiers barely gathered, but their morale was completely lost.

Think about it, braving the rain, a deep foot and a shallow foot of trekking, both physical strength and energy are exhausted, but at this moment I met the Qiang people who were waiting for work!

At this moment, Zhang Liao suddenly saw that the Qiang man in the lead was a little familiar, and his heart moved, and he couldn't help shouting loudly: "The white stone god is above!" It's the Maza brothers in front!? ”

The leading Qiang man frowned, stretched out his hand to signal, slowed down the speed of the sprinting horse, and then shouted to Zhang Liao, who was dressed in yellow mud: "Who are you?" ”

"Brother Maza! I'm Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Liao shouted, "Have you forgotten? Five years ago, it was raining heavily that day! I've also fought with your Akamusa, and I've had a smack with you! ”

When Zhang Liao traveled in the north, he also met the Baishiqiang tribe on a rainy day, and then he also had a discussion with the Baishiqiang tribe and the brave Chimusa in the tribe.

Zhang Liao...... Well......" Mazar stopped the horse, carefully identified it, and thought about it for a moment, and then asked, "Look at you like this, you don't even recognize it...... So what are you here for? ”

"......" Zhang Liao thought about it for a while, he had never heard of any combat conflicts between Fei Qian and the Qiang people, and when he was in Anyi at that time, he also saw Fei Qian recruit some Qiang cavalry, so after thinking about it, Zhang Liao felt that it was better to tell the truth. …… We're going to go to the Protector of the Hungarian ......."

"You ...... Want to defect to Hun Zhonglang? Mazha looked at Zhang Liao, and suddenly laughed and said, "Hahaha, did you say it earlier!" Come on, come with us, there is a stone field at the bottom of the slope, it is still clean, you can rest your feet...... I'll send a few people to the front to inform you......"

Zhang Liao was obviously relieved, but still asked, "Could it be that Mazha you are also under Zhonglang's command?" Don't know what position to hold? ”

"Hahaha...... I don't have any position, and I'm not Zhonglang's subordinate, but our leader has a good relationship with Zhonglang...... Don't worry, if you really want to do it, you just have to be idle, do you need to spend more money? Come on...... Come here......"