Why did the emperor re-establish the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, He Jin knew very well that it was to counter him.

And Zhang Ming is the helper found by the emperor and the eunuchs, the key is that this Zhang Ming has always been their enemy.

The eighth lieutenant of the West Garden can still be wooed, but Zhang Ming will definitely not be able to woo him.

Zhang Ming led people and began to walk towards Luoyang.

Ten days later, he was already in the hinterland of Jizhou, heading to Luoyang.

"Xianxu, we are so slow, will we miss the holy mission, it is better for us to go slowly, Xianxu will go to Luoyang first to resume his life."

Zhang Ming shook his head and said, "No need, this time I just went to assist Jian Shuo in training the army, and the candidate for the eighth lieutenant has been determined." ”

Zhang Ming was not one of the eight captains, but helped Jian Shuo to lead the armies.

If you want to count it as an official position, it should be regarded as an adjutant, and the authority is higher than that of the eighth lieutenant, but the real power may not be as high as theirs.

It doesn't matter, Zhang Ming can't still help Jian Shuo lead five thousand troops.

Cai Yong didn't say anything more, and everyone continued to walk slowly.

However, this time I couldn't rest much on the road, I got up in the morning, hurried to the night, and rested for two hours at noon.

At night, Zhang Ming rested wherever they went.

The group walked for a few more days and slowly approached Luoyang.

At night, Zhang Ming and they camped in the wilderness.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Yun sent a secret message outside his tent to let him out.

Zhang Ming moved the big and small Qiao left and right, didn't wake up the two of them, and then went out.

"Big brother, we found a group of suspicious people around us, suspecting that it is not good for us."

Zhang Ming brought special forces, eating meat every day, and when he was in Liaodong, he trained at high intensity every day.

Vigilance is not ordinarily strong.

"Go find out if they have a big team, it's really not good, quietly tie up a few interrogations."

The last time I left Luoyang, I needed to go all the way to Luoyang, and I am afraid that I will not be able to calm down when I return to Luoyang this time.

Zhang Ming didn't take action personally, he wanted to stabilize the army's morale here.

Zhao Yun quickly went to make arrangements.

More than an hour later, Zhao Yun came to report again.

"Big brother, we found more than a dozen spies in the surrounding jungle, and within five miles of the surrounding area, no enemy was found for the time being."

"Okay, strengthen vigilance, if the enemy does not move, we will not move for the time being, and if we want to solve it, we must solve the people behind it."

Zhao Yun immediately went to make arrangements.

The night passed, and nothing happened, but the spies around must have come for them.

The next day, Zhang Ming and the others set off a little slower, allowing the scouts to explore the terrain in front to avoid being ambushed.

Be careful about the day of marching, there will always be spies around.

For example, rushing from the rear on a fast horse, but overtaking them.

In this case, if I didn't know in advance that something was wrong, I thought it was just a passerby, and I thought that there was some information to be sent to Luoyang urgently.

Originally, it was normal for a fast horse to gallop on the road, but a horse would come every once in a while, apparently to investigate.

"My lord, these people are too low-level, and this kind of visit is too blatant."

The other party thought that Zhang Ming and they would not doubt it, after all, there were a lot of people coming and going on this road.

But they came every hour or so, and Zhang Ming didn't find out.

The team moved on.

"Lord, there is a caravan blocking the way ahead, it seems that the car is stuck in the road."

Xu Huang was on duty today, and after he received the information, he came to report immediately.

"Let's move slowly, scout the surroundings first, there is an ambush."

Immediately a few scouts ran behind to give orders, and if there was to be an ambush, people should also be arranged in the rear.

The scouts probed and found no ambushes around.

So, Zhang Ming and the others stepped forward with the army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, the team is a bit heavy, and I'm delaying your time."

After Zhang Ming and the others arrived, a steward immediately came over to apologize.

"It's okay, it's not easy to go out."

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, he pointed to the pillar and said, "Arrange dozens of people to help." ”

The pillar understood and immediately arranged for someone to help.

After a lot of tossing, it took more than half an hour to get it right.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you."

The steward came over and thanked him again and again, and then said: "My lord, my Zhuangzi is in front, and I will be there in half a day, thank you for your understanding today, why don't you go to my Zhuangzi to rest, I will entertain you." ”

Zhang Ming shook his head and said, "No, we are in a hurry, and it is inconvenient for us." ”

"It's convenient, although my Zhuangzi is a little smaller, but I have a vacant place for you to station, don't refuse my kindness."

"Let's go, keep going."

After Zhang Ming ordered to move forward, he said to the person in charge: "There is really something important, and I will have the opportunity to disturb it in the future." ”

Zhang Ming insisted on leaving, and the other party was obviously not easy to intercept.

Zhang Ming: They gradually walked away.

"Lord, there is something wrong with this group."

When they were gone, the pillar said.

Zhang Ming nodded, he asked the pillar to help, just to investigate.

"My lord, their group is all strong, and they are all level-levelers, not ordinary caravans."

In a normal caravan, the guards are definitely practitioners, but there should also be other people in the team.

However, they are all strong and well-trained, which is not right.

Xu Huang on the side heard it, and then said: "Lord, they invited us to Zhuangzi as a guest, just to deal with us, but fortunately we didn't go." ”

Zhang Ming laughed, and then said: "I don't go at this time, just to confuse them, I expected it to be good, they will come to invite us tonight, and we won't doubt it when the time comes, and go with the trend." ”

"Why?" The pillar couldn't figure it out.

"Just now the man said that their Zhuangzi would arrive in half a day, and they had calculated the time, and we just walked around them tonight."

Zhu nodded, it turned out that the other party only met in advance here, and if he invited him to thank him tonight, ordinary people would not be so vigilant.

Zhang Ming had already seen that there was something wrong with them.

Things won't be so coincidental, if they are that coincidental, they should also be considered in a bad direction.

Zhang Ming arranged the pillar and led people to the front to investigate first.

The team moved on, and there was indeed a conspiracy ahead.

After Zhuzi went to investigate, he did find a Zhuangzi, but he searched the surrounding area for a few miles and found nothing wrong.

"My lord, do they want to do anything to us with those hundred and ten men?"

Zhang Ming smiled faintly and said: "They don't need to ambush in advance, they just need to choose to start in the middle of the night, and there is no need to ambush for us to find out at this time, but they should wait for us to set up camp, and then they set off from other places, so that we can't detect it in advance." ”

As long as the place where Zhang Ming and them are stationed is determined, it will naturally be easy to arrange.

However, Zhang Ming didn't seem to care and moved on.

Finally, in the evening, Zhang Ming and the others arrived at the place three miles before the Zhuangzi and found a place to prepare to set up camp.

"My lord, my lord, my house is in front, less than three miles, there is open space, so I can camp."

Sure enough, Zhang Ming and the others were just about to start camping, and the caravan they had encountered before also caught up.

This time, Zhang Ming showed a coincidental expression, and then said, "Since I have arrived at your house, I have to visit you anyway." ”

So, Zhang Ming decided to camp around their Zhuangzi, and he was also going to the other party's mansion as a guest.

"What do you call Brother Tai?" Zhang Ming asked.

"In Xiateng, I've been traveling caravans for many years, where are you going?"

"In Xia Zhangming, there is something important to go to Luoyang." Zhang Ming didn't hide it.