Chapter 248: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore
Since Zhang Zhen fled, he has been very careful everywhere he passes, and now all the people around him are his enemies. To the east and north are Yuan Shao, to the west is LΓΌ Bu, and to the south is Cao Cao.
Just after walking a short distance, the people who went to explore the road reported that Yuan Shao sent the general Han Meng to lead 5,000 soldiers and completely blocked the road to the north. If you want to get to the past, you can only fight hard.
Zhang Xiu shouted: "This Yuan Shao, what a despicable villain, lord, let's kill it!" β
Zhang Zhen shook his head: "Yuan Shao's subordinates really have masters, guessing that we didn't go far, we blocked the road to the north one step ahead, and we couldn't fight with them and walk into the mountain." β
Except for Zhang Xiu, the rest did not hesitate and followed Zhang Zhen to the west and advanced towards Taihang Mountain.
Zhang Xiu caught up with Zhang Zhen: "Lord, don't you want to go over the mountain!" β
Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "This is not possible, there are things to eat and drink in the mountains, which is much better than walking on the plains." β
Seeing Zhang Xiu's frowning, the guards under him all smiled. A soldier said: "General Zhang, I'm afraid you don't know, when we trained, we had to live alone in the mountains for a month, without food or drink, now think about the real value of training like that, we can't starve to death wherever we go!" Hahaha......"
Zhang Xiu has lived a worry-free life since she was a child, and it is difficult to imagine how to live in the mountains. He envied these soldiers, at least they knew more about survival than he did.
Just walked a short distance, the scout reported: "Report, the road to the mountain has also been blocked, and it looks like a flamboyant person!" β
Zhang Zhen was shocked and took the men and horses to hide in the forest next to him. It seems that Yuan Shao wanted to kill himself, and even united with Lu Bu, since there are people in the northwest, needless to say in the south, Cao Cao must have sent people to guard the crossing of the Yellow River. They are trapped here, as long as they find their traces, they will immediately close the net, no matter which side catches them, they will never let themselves see the sun the next day.
Zhang Xiu saw that Zhang Zhen was silent. He asked, "My lord, what should I do?" We seem to be surrounded, and it seems that we can only break in! β
Zhang Zhen shook his head, his mind was running rapidly, thinking of various possibilities and countermeasures. Before he could think about it, he only heard the sound of soldiers and horses outside the woods, and one person shouted: "Zhang Zhen, come out!" I know you're in there, and I advise you to surrender obediently! β
Zhang Zhen covered Zhang Xiu's mouth and said softly: "Don't make a sound, they didn't find us, they were just tempting!" β
Sure enough, the man saw that there was no movement in the woods, and led the soldiers away. Zhang Zhen let go of Zhang Xiu and said: "Be calm in case of trouble, we have sentry agents in front and behind, how do they know that we are hiding here, it must be a temptation, think more about it, this is the way to general." β
Zhang Xiu nodded. Soon, the soldiers sent out to reconnoiter returned. They reported that it was indeed Hanoi's Zhang Yang's troops, led by LΓΌ Bu himself, and Yuan Shao's 20,000 troops behind him were also coming to this side, led by the general Gao Lan.
The crowd was silent. Zhang Zhen thought for a long time, called a few soldiers, and ordered: "Go to meet Lu Bu, after dark, let them pass by here on time, remember, it's on time!" A few soldiers nodded and walked away.
Zhang Zhen took Zhang Xiu and the remaining two soldiers and approached the side of the mountain. Lu Bu was talking to Zhang Liao, and he saw a few people coming on horseback. Lu Bu stood up and shouted, "Line up, prepare to meet the enemy!" β
The soldiers quickly stood in line. Lu Bu got on the red rabbit horse, and Zhang Zhen also came to the front. Zhang Zhen arched his hand to Lu Bu on the horse: "Wen Hou has always been good? β
Lu Bu sneered: "Zhang Zhen, hahaha, you hurt me very badly!" tricked me into killing Dong Zhuo, and united with Dong Zhuo's old troops to seize Chang'an and drive me out, do you think I can be okay? β
Zhang Zhen shook his head and said: "Wen Hou's words are wrong, it was Wang Yun who induced you to kill Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo was not killed by you, I united Dong Zhuo's old department, and it was Wang Yun who wanted to kill, and I didn't chase Wen Hou relentlessly, Wen Hou thought about it, if you wanted to kill Wen Hou at that time, would Wen Hou be able to escape from Chang'an?" β
Lu Bu said angrily: "It's nonsense, do you think you can kill me?" β
Zhang Zhen shook his head: "I definitely can't kill Wen Hou alone, but Wen Hou don't forget that when Wen Hou left Chang'an, he didn't lose a single soldier or general." β
When Lu Bu heard this, he thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was the same thing. immediately felt that something was wrong, and said with a smile: "Don't talk here, a few days ago you led your troops to ambush our grain team, but is there such a thing?" β
Zhang Zhen pretended to be stunned: "Where do you start with this, I just entered Hanoi, Cao Cao wrote a letter asking you to let me go, you see that the letter is still here." Zhang Zhen escaped from Cao Cao's letter and handed it to Lu Bu.
The two said so, Lu Bu accused Zhang Zhen of a crime, and Zhang Zhen used more than a dozen reasons to refute it. Until dark, Lu Bu didn't say anything about Zhang Zhen, but felt that he was a villain, and blamed Zhang Zhen for it. Zhang Liao was in a hurry on the side, this was obviously Zhang Zhen's strategy to delay the army, and the lord couldn't see it.
Zhang Liao couldn't bear it anymore, and leaned over to Lu Bu and said: "Lord, Zhang Zhen is resourceful, now that you have been talking for two hours, it is obviously Zhang Zhen's plan to delay the army, please give the lord an order, I will immediately go over and arrest Zhang Zhen." β
After being reminded by Zhang Liao, Lu Bu finally understood, and said, "Okay, you Zhang Zhen, come to deceive me again!" See I don't kill you! β
Zhang Zhen laughed and said: "It's too late, Gao Lan, the general under Lord Yuan, has already led his troops to come, I see if you kill me, or we kill you!" When he had said this, he turned his horse's head and ran.
Lu Bu was teased by Zhang Zhen, and chased after him. Lu Bu thought that his red rabbit horse was fast, and he would soon be able to catch up, but after chasing for a while, he found that Zhang Zhen's horse was not slower than his own horse at all, and even a little faster. Because after turning a corner, Lu Bu completely lost the trace of Zhang Zhen.
On the main road, a large group of people and horses were moving quickly in this direction. When he walked in, Lu Bu finally saw that it was Gao Ran's troops. Sure enough, as Zhang Zhen said, Yuan Shao was a despicable villain who took the opportunity to attack himself. The two armies were in position, and Gao Ran was also stunned, what is this guy Lu Bu going to do.
Lu Bu spoke first, pointing at Gao Ran with his halberd: "But Yuan Shao sent you?" β
Gao Ran ignored him. Lu Bu asked again: "Yuan Shao sent you to bring so many soldiers, is it for the wolf king Zhang Zhen, or for me?" β
Gao Ran smiled: "What about the wolf king?" What about you? β
Before the two of them finished speaking, Lu Bu's military formation suddenly let out a miserable scream. The scream was very piercing in the silence of the night. Lu Bu scolded: "Gao Ran, you actually did it first!" Kill me, brothers! β