Listening to the familiar sharp voice in his ears, Nanying was not surprised, but gave birth to the joy of someone sending charcoal in the snow.

He turned and walked back to the camp gate, and whispered, "Ben will go out for a walk, and no one will come with him!" ”

The soldiers suddenly agreed, but no one noticed that behind a camp tent not far away, a pair of eyes were staring at the camp gate without blinking.

Nanying ran out of the road for nearly a mile in one breath before suddenly stopping and standing quietly in place.

Zhang Jiao's tall figure emerged from the heavy night and walked slowly.

He rebuked unceremoniously: "Stinky boy, how did you promise me? You must not step out of the scope of the two capitals within two months! Did you take my words as a deaf ear so quickly? ”

Nanying knew that he was at a loss, so he had to laugh and say: "The great sage and good teacher forgive the sins!" If you are not cornered, how dare you not listen to your old man? ”

Zhang Jiao said angrily: "It's ridiculous! Are you begging me? Why does it seem like I'm asking you for the other hand? ”

"Of course, I want you to be old!" Nan Ying put on a smile on his face and made an exaggerated nod, he suddenly wondered: "That's right! How did you know where I went? I can follow here! ”

"I'm not deaf, I'm not blind!" Zhang Jiaoyu was still angry and said: "Before your team left the imperial capital, there was already a storm in the city, and it was difficult for people to know!" ”

Nan Ying remembered Emperor Ling's "fanfare" words, and couldn't help but smile.

"That's it! I'm destined to owe you a stinky boy! Zhang Jiao looked at Nan Ying, who looked embarrassed, and suddenly a light smile appeared on his lips: "What's more, I still have something to entrust to you in the future, so I'll help you again!" ”

Although Nanying was a little surprised to hear him say "entrusted" again, he was immediately overjoyed by the "help you once" in Zhang Jiao's next sentence, and blurted out: "Great! Now I am as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and it is better to be able to get your guidance! ”

"Ants on a hot pan? Are you so unbearable? Zhang Jiao smiled and said, "You are so bold!" How dare you bring only a few thousand men and horses to recruit millions of rebels! It's really unbelievable! ”

"That's why I want your advice!" Nan Ying cheekily said: "You were their spiritual leader back then, of course you understand their weaknesses, please don't hesitate to give advice!" ”

"Do you know why I was able to respond to all the calls and gather the servants that day?" Zhang Jiao said lightly: "It's because the lives of the people are miserable, they have to face continuous disasters for many years, and they have to endure layers of exploitation by the government. In fact, they only want to survive, or even just to find a hope of survival, so they will gather under the banner of Taiping Road! Do you understand that? ”

Nan Ying nodded when he heard this, but he didn't understand why Zhang Jiao would tell him such a shallow truth? Did he want to give himself a bite to eat to the people? If you can recruit a group of thieves so easily, isn't it a fool's dream?

"Those so-called bandit leaders, both ambitious careerists and forced and helpless miserable people, all you have to do is let them take what they need!" Zhang Jiao said calmly: "As for how to implement it, you still have to rely on your own judgment and wisdom!" ”

"But I want to warn you, don't try to divide, suppress, or even break them up!" He advised: "In troubled times, people's hearts are deceitful, and no one can be as stupid as you think. The conspiracy may succeed for a while, but once it is unraveled, the disaster it causes will be immeasurable! It will also make you lose your trust in the world, making it difficult to move an inch in the future, which is because of a small loss! ”

Nanying heard his deep discussion, and then thought of Jia Xu's offer, he couldn't help sweating, and said sincerely: "Domeng's guidance!" Be taught in the next heart! ”

"Actually, I also want to promote your recruitment!" Zhang Jiao sighed: "Now that my ambition is gone, the changes in my heart are also earth-shaking!" This Hebei group of thieves is really about to survive, so they have to embark on this road of no return! If you can make them abandon their thief name and give birth in peace, this is also a great merit! ”

"The great sage and good teacher said yes! Do your best under yourself! Nan Ying nodded and said: "But there are a lot of doubts in my heart, the total population of the four states of Hebei is only a few million, but these thief armies are known as millions of people, is it an exaggeration?" ”

"It seems that your news is not confirmed!" Zhang Jiao shook his head and sighed: "Thief army? They're supposed to be outcasts with different chieftains! In order to escape the war and evade taxes, almost all of these people drag their children and daughters, support the old and the young, and their number is more than one million? But if you count their warriors, it will not exceed 100,000! ”

"So, the vast majority of them are really ordinary people, as rumors say?" Nan Ying was shocked in his heart, and then he couldn't believe it: "Great sage and good teacher, it's not that I ask more questions, countless scouts in our army have been probing for many days before they have barely come up with this assumption, you have always been alone, how can you be so sure?" ”

"Have you forgotten Zhang Liang?" Zhang Jiao chuckled: "My cultivation place is in the territory of Jizhou, although he is in the deep mountains to avoid pursuit, but in order to prevent trouble, there will still be news channels to continuously transmit the nearby wind and grass into the mountains!" ”

"I see!" Nan Ying suddenly realized: "And the person in charge of delivering the news is, of course, also a senior and loyal person in the Taiping Dao, so it is not surprising that he knows the situation of the Hebei group of thieves well!" ”

"You're right!" Zhang Jiao said with a smile: "My advice to you is to first choose one of the thieves, promise a lot of profits, and then entrust him with a local official position, so that he can continue to manage the people under his jurisdiction, so that his interests will not be harmed, and he can be reclassified under the rule of the Han Dynasty without harming a single soldier!" ”

"Choose one first?" Nan Ying was surprised: "Why not do it at the same time?" ”

"Ignorance!" Zhang Jiao said casually: "If the general trend is turbulent today, and the prestige of the Han Dynasty is already declining, can you really use the identity of the 'Hebei Recruiting Envoy'?" Negotiating with dozens of thieves at the same time will only make the situation even more uncontrollable, and even cause a big fight! Because, in the face of interests, everyone is selfish! Do you have what it takes to take control? ”

"This? Seems to make a lot of sense! Nanying couldn't help but have a fever on his face.

"I know you're in a hurry! But have you heard the story of Gongsun Martingale Hundred Golden Limu? Once someone gets the benefits first and the news spreads, are you still afraid that others will not rush to it? Zhang Jiao's finger lightly tapped Nanying's eyebrows: "You brain! What a fool of a clever life! ”

Nan Ying's heart was open when he heard this, and his confidence was immediately born, and he respectfully saluted Zhang Jiao: "Listening to the words of the great sage and good teacher, it is really a matter of making the mouth open!" ”

"Hahaha!" Zhang Jiao said happily: "So at this moment, should I also pretend to be an old master, brush my hair and smile and say: Can you teach a child?" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"By the way?" Nan Ying suddenly remembered something, and said hurriedly: "The great sage and good teacher said that day that he wanted to tell me a proverb, is it 'those who represent the Han Dynasty, should be Tu Gao'?" ”

"Huh? You even know! Zhang Jiao said with a shocked face: "Not bad! It's this proverb! ”

"What's the meaning of that?" Nan Ying said bitterly: "I heard that not only is there no clue in the bottom, but no one has been able to get a glimpse of the secret for more than a hundred years!" ”

"You're right!" Zhang Jiao said with a thoughtful look: "I have been thinking hard for nearly 20 years, and I still can't understand it...... Who? ”

He snapped his mouth shut and flew out like lightning.

Nan Ying was horrified in his heart, could it be that someone was lurking on the side and eavesdropping? Why is it that you are still unaware of your spiritual consciousness today?

He didn't have time to think about it, he chased after Zhang Jiao in the direction he pounced, and after running dozens of steps away, he couldn't help but stand on the spot dumbfounded.

Zhang Jiao stretched out his hand and crossed a person's neck, and lifted him up straight in the air. The man kept kicking his feet downward, as if he wanted to step on the ground, but his hands hung down softly, and he didn't dare to resist.

Nan Ying couldn't help but be stunned, no wonder he didn't hear the movement, this person was hiding a hundred meters away, but how did Zhang Jiao find out? Could it be that his magic skills are really insightful?

Nan Ying turned behind Zhang Jiao, looked at the man's face through the faint starlight in the sky, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and lost his voice: "Why are you?" ”

He grabbed Zhang Jiao's sleeve and said, "Let him go first!" It's not too late to ask about the situation and then deal with it! ”

Zhang Jiao snorted coldly, and his palm loosened.

The man sat down on the ground with a "goo-dong", but immediately turned over and knelt beside Zhang Jiao's feet, trembling all over his body, and unable to speak.

"Raise your head!" Zhang Jiao's sharp voice came.

"Yes! Be! The man replied in a trembling voice, and slowly raised the face full of horror, he was Zhang Mancheng!

"Why are you so scared?" Zhang Jiao stretched out his toes to hook his chin, tilted his head sideways and smiled, "Is it because of me?" ”

"Villain, villain didn't expect that the great virtuous and virtuous teacher, the great virtuous and virtuous teacher is still alive!" Zhang Mancheng suddenly kowtowed like pounding garlic, and screamed: "If you knew that you were still alive, the villain would never dare to surrender!" Ask the great sage and good teacher to spare your life! ”

Nan Ying and Zhang Jiao glanced at each other, both of them had a sense of ridicule, they didn't expect that the momentum of the great sage and good teacher still has great power to this day, and it scared a dignified and handsome man like this!

"Get out!" Zhang Jiao kicked him and said impatiently: "How can you become the handsome Nanyang Daqu with such a little talent?" What a shame! ”

"Yes! Be! Zhang Mancheng stood up slowly, his body still shaking like grass in the cold wind.

"Mancheng, listen up! First, don't leak the news that I'm still alive, and second, I will be effective under General Nan's account in the future, and I won't have any more dissenting intentions! Zhang Jiao said proudly: "Do these two things, and you can live!" ”

"The villain obeys the teachings of the great sage and good teacher, and he swears to die and dare not disobey!" Zhang Mancheng's heart was relieved, and he knelt down again with a "porphyr" and kowtowed again and again.

Zhang Jiao said lightly to Nanying: "This person will be handed over to you in the future, if you are disobedient, you will be killed directly!" ”

Then he turned and walked into the darkness.

"Wait!" Nan Ying remembered that Fang Cai still hadn't finished speaking, and couldn't help but shout: "I still have something to ask you......."

saw Zhang Jiao waving his hand without looking back, and his whole body had dissolved into the deep night.

At the same time, a sharp voice came into the ears like silk: "This is the case, return immediately!" I'll let you know if there's any news! ”

Nanying was stunned for a while, and gave birth to a sense of gratitude to Zhang Jiao. He looked at Zhang Mancheng, who was kowtowing endlessly, and felt a burst of anger in his heart, if it wasn't for this kid secretly peeping on the side, how could he disturb the conversation with Zhang Jiao?

He flew up and kicked it, and said angrily: "Zhang Mancheng, you kid dare to follow the general, don't you want to live?" ”

Zhang Mancheng was kicked and fell to the sky, but immediately bounced up at an incredible speed, hugged Nanying's thigh, and exchanged with tears: "I want to live!" The last will want to live! And today I know that only by following the general with all my heart can the last general live! ”

Nan Ying was startled by him, and hurriedly kicked him away again, and said in surprise: "What kind of?" ”

Zhang Mancheng got up slowly, wiped a handful of tears and said: "The last general can only believe it now!" The general is really benevolent and righteous, not only has he taken in so many brothers in my Taiping Dao, but even the great sages and good teachers have become close friends with the general, so the last general will not have to worry about the fate of rabbits and dogs in the future! ”

Nan Ying listened to Mo Ran, it turned out that his previous generous statement to the generals was not enough to dispel their fear of unknown fate, and as Zhang Mancheng said, when he found that even the great sages and good teachers were living freely in the world, this dispelled all their concerns.

He sighed lightly, a trace of pity for Zhang Mancheng arose in his heart, and he reached out and patted Zhang Mancheng on the shoulder: "Don't worry!" As long as you live up to your will, you will be safe for life! ”

"The last general will definitely not disappoint the general!" Zhang Mancheng's face suddenly glowed with a different look: "General, it's not that the last general is deliberately following you!" And the last general thought hard for many days, and finally came up with a strategy to appease, and was about to go to your tent to report, but at the gate of the camp accidentally found that you were out of the camp, so he followed! ”

"Oh?" Nanying lifted his spirits and said: "What kind of appeasement strategy?" Come and hear it! ”

"General, the general told you at the end of that day that the 'Feiyan' in that group of thieves is most likely Chu Yan under the account of the former Digong General. If this is really the person, with the friendship between the last general and him, he should be able to be successfully convinced! Zhang Mancheng said confidently: "After he surrenders, the general will promise him a lot of money and high-ranking officials to reassure him." After that, we can publicize this matter in a big way, so that the rest of the Hebei thieves can still sit still? ”

"I heard that they used the valleys of Hebei to communicate with each other, and they were like one!" Zhang Mancheng continued to smile: "Then Chu Yan's surrender will break the situation of their mutual dependence, and the Hebei group of thieves will no longer be monolithic. ”

"Well said! It's this trick of 100 gold standing trees! Nan Ying couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows: "Mancheng's proposal coincides with the great sage and good teacher, what a clever plan!" ”

"General!" Zhang Mancheng buried his head deeply in Nanying: "The last general has the grace of the general's life, and there is nothing to repay, I am willing to persuade Chu Yan in person, thinking that it is a gift for Jin!" I hope that the general will not give up, and from now on take in a certain horse before and after the saddle, and he will be willing to die! ”

"Good!" In the dark night, Nanying's eyes burst into a bright light: "Ben will wish Man Cheng success in advance, no matter success or failure, you and I will live and die together in the future!" ”