Before the fork in the road, Li Yuanhao, who was bent on going into battle to make meritorious contributions, summoned Zhang Yuan, saying that he was going to divide his troops and advance, and Li Yuanhao, who was frightened at that time, lost most of his soul.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the reins of Li Yuanhao's horse, and tried hard to stop it, "The thief is powerful, and the thief is full of scheming and treacherous, I have a small army, if we divide the troops more weakly, this is a taboo for soldiers, not to mention that the general only takes a thousand soldiers and horses to move forward alone, isn't it even more dangerous?" In case it is too late for the traitor to repent. ”

Li Yuanhao snorted disdainfully; "In the art of war, it is said that the soldier is fast, and the fight is a surprise attack that is unprepared, such as you have been like this, and you are grinding and rubbing like a woman with small feet, so what day will it take to reach the battlefield? If it is so slow, wouldn't it leave time for the thief to prepare for war, and when the other people are fully prepared for war, it will take the lives of many brothers to fill it. Saying this, he took his mouth and looked at Zhang Yuan with disdain

Talk about the art of war with me, a hundred battle generals, you are a small businessman who is much more tender, and said disdainfully at the moment: "In your eyes, the thief is like a red flood beast, but in the eyes of my Li, it is a rabble of chickens and dogs, as long as my army arrives, it will be destroyed and defeated, and besides, I wish he saw my lone army and come to fight with me, so that I will gather and annihilate the thieves and the wilderness, and easily get the Black Tiger Village to make an immortal contribution, and then I will not lose the credit and share the profit with you." ”

Zhang Yuangang was about to step forward to speak, but the unknown seventeenth brother who didn't want to follow him rushed forward and said respectfully to Li Yuanhao: "The general misunderstood my family, it is really a dangerous soldier, and you need to be cautious. ”

These words seem to be a piece of loyalty, but what is greed for merit, hearing these words in the ears of Li Yuanhao, who has always been arrogant, is like scolding the street in person, how can he bear it? At that moment, he was furious, and he whipped it and scolded; "Where did you come out of here, and you dare to accuse your grandfather? When your grandfather and I were killing the enemy in front of the battle, you little cub didn't know where he was wetting the bed, and when he went out to fight, he said such frustrating words, didn't you know that my knife was fast enough? ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he turned around and yelled; "Where is the Chinese army? Take this guy with me, push it to the side of the road and cut it down for me. ”

The Chinese army got the order, and they didn't talk nonsense, and rushed up with a few personal soldiers like wolves, pulled the seventeenth brother off the horse, tied it up with fists and feet, and was about to be pushed to the side of the road and cut down.

The seventeenth brother didn't show any panic, but a smile flashed in his eyes.

When Zhang Yuan saw it, he hurriedly grabbed his brother's arm and begged Li Yuanhao loudly; "General Kaien, please don't do it, my brother is young and can't speak, he has offended the general Huwei, and I hope that General will spare my brother." After that, kneel down for Li Yuanhao at the moment.

Zhang Yuan's group of brothers saw that they wanted to kill their brothers for no reason, and they were all angry at that time, pressing the handle of the knife with their hands, staring at Li Yuanhao with their eyes like fire.

Li Yuanhao's subordinates also drew their swords one by one and did not show weakness, and the two sides were tense for a while, and a fire was about to break out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a governor sent to accompany the army saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Yuanhao's arm, who was about to draw a knife, and eagerly comforted; "The general is angry, and he must not be reckless."

"You get out of the way for me, if I don't kill this little bastard today, I won't be called Li Yuanhao."

"General, please calm your anger, please listen to me." Nazan pleaded.

Li Yuanhao's Chinese army hurriedly came over, and muttered in Li Yuanhao's ear, which calmed down the angry man, and then remembered that this praise painting was sent by the governor, and the Chinese army could not afford to offend it no matter what. "Something to say."

Nazanhua also hurriedly put his mouth to Li Yuanhao's ear and said eagerly; "General, you're so confused."

When Li Yuanhao heard this, he twisted his neck and glared at him, "What? You say I'm confused, where am I confused? ”

Li Yuanhao likes to hear this the most.

"General, please listen to the student." Nazanhua hurriedly explained with a smile: "General, although this Zhang Yuan is from a humble background, but now the governor is in a hurry to ask for money and no money to have no soldiers, and he is about to rely on that Zhang Yuan to pay for military training, if you offend Zhang Yuan, it is equivalent to offending the governor's money bag, can the governor spare you?" Don't think that everything will be fine if you exterminate the thieves, there are still countless poles and cottages on the ground in Shaanxi that need to be exterminated, that is, countless money and food, can you afford it? ”

Li Yuanhao heard the words of praise and painting, it was really like an empowerment, he was afraid in his heart, and he was not afraid of killing a small businessman, but it would be very inappropriate to offend the governor because of this, and now the civil officials regard the military as a mustard, and find a reason to kill themselves to vent their anger, and in the end the court will not even have a question, isn't it wronged?

"Also, has the general thought about it? If you kill Brother Zhang Yuan, where will your pro-army food come from? Counting on the allocation of the imperial court, you are not unaware of the difficulties during this period, you are now strong and strong, complete equipment, and sufficient grain and grass, isn't it all thanks to Zhang Yuan? Once you offend him, these are no more, and your pro-army will immediately disperse, so what are you, the deputy commander-in-chief? Not only that, but it will also make people say that you are ungrateful, and it is not good for the reputation of the general. ”

Although Li Yuanhao is still not angry in his heart, but the fact is that this is the case, offending Zhang Yuanna, he also can't get along with his own money bags and brothers' jobs, thinking about the scene when his brothers were desperate for food and clothing, his heart was gloomy at that time. gritted his teeth and shook the whip; "Youzanhua pleaded with Boss Zhang, and now I will spare the little cub for the crime of talking nonsense and rebelling against the army."

Zhang Yuan let out a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed; "Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, thank you for the general's grace of not killing."

"But the death penalty is forgiven, and the living crime is unforgivable, and someone comes, and beats him with twenty sticks to make an example."

After receiving the general's orders, the group of soldiers couldn't help but say that it would be a good fight if they dragged it down. The seventeenth brother was also stubborn, although he was beaten to the death, but he just didn't say a word, which made Zhang Yuan's brothers sad and angry, but also secretly admired that the seventeenth brother did not embarrass Zhang Yuan.

After beating the seventeenth brother of the Zhang family, Li Yuanhao's anger calmed down slightly, and he mentioned the old words again and asked Zhang Yuandao; "Boss Zhang, what do you have to say about this strategy of dividing troops to attack?"

Zhang Yuan looked at Nazanhua, but saw that Nazanhua just frowned and said nothing, and sighed in his heart at the moment; "Just act in accordance with the general's military order, the subordinates will now order someone to allocate three days of dry food and the general, I wish the general a victory, a victory, a successful horse, a sweep of thieves, meritorious service for the court, and avenge Zhang Yuan, and on the day of triumph, I will serve wine for the general to celebrate."

"Okay, then Boss Lao Zhang bothered, you just wait for my good news." After speaking, he didn't look at Zhang Yuan again.

Zhang Yuan was helpless, and ordered his brothers to help the seventeenth brother to the Houjun to inspect the grain and grass.

Yan'an through Nanniwan to the Black Tiger Village is a deserted road that is rarely visited, the army's action is inconvenient, and the heavy carriages and horses are even more difficult, Zhang Yuan disregards the previous suspicions, try to make up more pack horses and donkeys to carry grain and grass equipment, for this reason he did not hesitate to unload some carts of horses and deliver them to Li Yuanhao to transport materials, those carts would rather let Xiangyong a few people push forward.

This made the praise painting of the army nod secretly and praised, Li Yuanhao saw that Zhang Yuan was still doing his best for himself regardless of his previous suspicions, and he was a little unbearable in his heart at the moment, and at the time of delivery, he bowed to that Zhang Yuan; "Lord Zhang is hard, although this road is a big road, but you must also be careful, meet Ganquan Weisho and wait for my news to order and then decide to stop, after all, you townsmen are not strong in combat, don't be greedy and ruined your life."

Zhang Yuan was also very moved, after all, this was the first time since he worked with Li Yuanhao that he spoke in such a pleasant way, but now although he knew that Li Yuanhao was probably more than lucky, he still said respectfully; "Thank you for the general's care, my subordinates will abide by the general's orders and move forward with great fanfare, hoping to attract more thieves for the general."

"Okay, that's it, so-and-so went." After that, he beat the horse and led the team to roar away.

Zhang Yuan still said something, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but say it, and after returning to his team and arranging it, he ordered to set off, and the three thousand Xiangyong began to move forward slowly.

Because the pack horses and donkeys were sent to Li Yuanhao, there were still many carts that needed to be pushed by manpower, and the army marched more slowly, and it was only more than 20 miles a day, which would take no less than ten days to arrive in Ganquan, and the armies from all walks of life were even more disjointed, looking at the dust of Li Yuanhao's army that had slowly dissipated, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, and he was even more worried about the prospects of this dispatch. Shaking his head, he rushed to the back team to visit the seventeenth brother.

Seeing the seventeenth brother lying on a big car, his little face was pale, he stepped forward to take a look, and whispered pity and blamed while no one was near him; "Is it worth it to take the path to fight for the merit of the pickled things, and almost take a good life for yourself?"

"For my brother's big business, for the Zhang family and the children of all families who are attached to my brother, what do I regret if I lose my life, brother."

Zhang Yuan's hand stopped, looked at his brother's resolute eyes and was relieved, and he didn't say more, and ordered someone to send his brother back to Yan'an Mansion to raise him, and when he left, the seventeenth brother owed himself to Zhang Yuan again; "My brother is responsible for the revival of each family, and he must not take risks."

Zhang Yuan was moved; "I know, take good care of your injuries, and only when you get well can you help my brother do great things."

Reluctantly sent his brother away, Zhang Yuan was about to chase the army, when he suddenly saw that Li Yuanhao was in the dust, and a man and a horse galloped over, and the man shouted on the horse; "Master Zhang, walk slowly, wait for the next official."

Zhang Yuan looked curiously when he heard this, it turned out to be the praise painting, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. "Why did the gentleman go and come back? Could it be that the general has a military order to communicate? ”

Nazan reined in front of Zhang Yuan, took a closer look at Zhang Yuan, and suddenly laughed; "What else can you order with that pickled food? I'm here to find Master Zhang's companionship. ”

Zhang Yuan Daqi, the man didn't say much when he saw it, just smiled and asked; "Is your far witty little brother in stable condition?" Everyone understands people, Zhang Yuan immediately understood the reason, and immediately got off the horse and arched to the ground; "Thank you sir for rescuing my brother, and then thank you sir for helping me."

"Hahaha." Nazan laughed and dismounted; "That guy is going to die, but I still want to live longer, so I rushed back to Lord Zhang to find something to eat, and Lord Zhang didn't drive me away."

"If you can't ask for it, where do you dare to wait slowly? Sir, don't dislike my temple, it's good to be small. After that, the two laughed together, and the little depression in Zhang Yuan's heart disappeared with this laughter.