Jia Xu and Fu Zhu are also studying these issues every day, and how to ensure that their interests are not lost, and at the same time gain benefits from them, and at the same time influence the situation to develop in their favor, is an extremely challenging task.

In fact, Jia Xu and Fu Zhu had already reached a consensus with Lu Bu, and the three of them discussed a grand strategic move, and they only needed to wait for the time to come.

In the future, for the sake of convenience, the emperor's year name will not be used, but the year of the Common Era, of course, this is not historical, but the emperor's year name, especially Liu Hong, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, will often change back and forth.

Lu Bu's butterfly flapped its wings, and history has begun to deviate from its trajectory.

In the summer of 184 A.D., it came quietly.

Jizhou, Guangzong

Guangzong's summer this year was exceptionally hot, and it was only June, and he died of heat.

The former county government has now become the Tiangong General's Mansion. Zhang Bao was sitting in front of the window of the bedroom, looking at a thin middle-aged man lying on the bed, and the room was full of strong smell of Chinese medicine.

This middle-aged man is none other than the great sage and mentor of Taiping Dao, the Tiangong general of the Yellow Turban Righteous Army, and the most wanted criminal of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao has been bedridden for more than a month, and since the incident started for half a year, he has worked hard and is alone, which eventually leads to overwork, making Zhang Jiao sick and sick.

In particular, the death of the third brother Zhang Liang stimulated Zhang Jiao a lot, and he didn't think about tea and dinner for a few days, crying and insomnia, which accelerated the deterioration of his physical health.

The famous doctors in the neighborhood have all come to see him, but they are all helpless, so they can only prescribe some medicine to hang his life.

There is no good news in the daily battle report, which Yellow Turban Rebels have been exterminated by the government again, and which Taiping Dao believers have been massacred again.

In particular, the collapse of the Bocai and Pengtuo rebels in Yingchuan and Runan made the situation of the Yellow Turban Uprising in the whole country take a sharp turn for the worse.

Huangfu Song has led a large army to the north to crusade against Bu Si of Dongjun, if Dongjun is lost, Guangzong will be the first to bear it, and in an instant, the situation in Taiping Dao is already precarious.

The only good news was that Zhang Mancheng, who had not been able to persuade Bu Si to go north together, Tang Zhou had already led a large army north, and heard that he had entered Wei County and was about to arrive in Guangzong in the near future.

I heard that this Zhang Mancheng tribe, all the way north from Nanyang County, not only participated in the Battle of Zhaoling, but also countless other large and small battles, conquered the city, and the team gradually grew, I heard that there are now nearly 200,000 people.

The arrival of such a new force will certainly greatly change the situation in Jizhou.

He just wanted to tell the good news to his eldest brother, but the eldest brother is now terminally ill and has not woken up.

Zhang Bao was thinking about his thoughts, when he suddenly heard a faint shout: "Second brother! “

Zhang Bao hurriedly raised his head and saw that Zhang Jiao was slowly opening his eyes and looking at himself.

Zhang Bao hurriedly walked to Zhang Jiao's bedside, knelt down on one knee beside the bed, and approached Zhang Jiao. "Big brother, good news, the reinforcements of Man Cheng and Tang Zhou have arrived in Wei County, and they are finally coming to Guangzong."

Zhang Jiao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. Zhang Bao saw the state of his eldest brother, and his heart was sour, "Big brother, don't worry, I sent someone to find a miracle doctor, I heard that Zhang Zhongjing is in Zhending, it is important to treat the disease and save people, and I don't care about any camp." ”

As he spoke, the big voice of Zhou Cang, the general of Zhang Bao's personal guard, sounded in the courtyard, "Second general, Zhang Mancheng and they are here, they have already arrived outside the city and are entering the city." ”

Zhang Bao was stunned for a moment, and then said to Zhang Jiao excitedly, "Big brother, look, Mancheng arrived so soon, which means that they have you in their hearts, you have a good rest, and I will go to greet you." ”

As soon as Zhang Bao walked outside the gate of the General's Mansion, a group of cavalry galloped on the street in the distance, and everyone was wearing yellow robes, and only one was wearing a black suit.

So Zhang Bao easily noticed the uniqueness of this person, and when he looked closely, he only saw that he had a bronze mask with a tiger head on his face, and he couldn't see his appearance.

Soon, the group came to the front of the mansion and saw Zhang Bao on the steps, and dismounted one after another.

The leader was a burly man, who was in the dust, he bent down to Zhang Bao and bowed down, "Man Cheng has seen General Digong, reinforcements are late, and please forgive me." ”

One person beside him also bent down and bowed, "Tang Zhou has seen General Digong, fortunately, I brought Senior Brother Mancheng back." ”

Zhang Bao hurriedly walked down the steps, helped the two of them up with both hands, and said excitedly while holding their hands: "Great, Mancheng, you are here, don't be polite, call me the second general." ”

"General Digong called it to the people below, Tang Zhou, you did a good job, my eldest brother and I really didn't see the wrong person."

As he spoke, he looked at the tiger-faced man standing aside, "Who is this?" ”

Tang Zhou hurriedly introduced: "This is the military advisor in our army, because of special reasons, he needs to wear a mask, you can call him sir, the military advisor is a clever calculation, along the way, he has repeatedly helped us defeat the encirclement and interception of the Han army, and he has made great contributions!" ”

"Oh? Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! Although Zhang Bao still had doubts, he saw that Zhang Mancheng and Tang Zhou respected this person, and they also greeted him with a smile.

"I'm a capable person like Mr. Taiping Daode to help me, why worry about the great cause, please, please, let's go and see my brother together."

Zhang Bao led the three of them straight to the backyard, and halfway through, Tang Zhou asked in a low voice: "Second General, Master, his condition?" ”

Zhang Bao shook his head, "Alas, it doesn't get better, it's getting heavier and heavier." ”

The tiger-faced man on the side, after listening to the conversation between the two, was thoughtful.

Entering the bedroom, Zhang Mancheng and Tang Zhou both saw Zhang Jiao lying on the bed at a glance. Tang Zhou hadn't seen him for a few months, and he all thought that Zhang Jiao looked scary, and Zhang Mancheng hadn't been back for several years, so he couldn't recognize Zhang Jiao.

"Master! Master! How did you lose weight like this? Both of them rushed to the corner window, tears welling up in their eyes.

At this time, Zhang Jiao seemed to be a little stronger, maintaining a rare sobriety, Zhang Bao helped him up, leaned on the bed, looked at the two apprentices in front of him, and sighed.

"Man Cheng, Tang Zhou, so many apprentices, except for the martyrdom of Yuanyi, it belongs to the two of you who are the most loyal, when the sect is in danger, thirty-six parties, hehe, thirty-six parties, but only you return to Guangzong

Seeing Zhang Jiao coughing excitedly, Zhang Bao stepped forward and patted him on the back, "Big brother, don't be excited, Mancheng and they are back, and they have brought back 200,000 troops, this time, my Guangzong is as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Zhang Jiao nodded, he saw the tiger-faced man again, Zhang Bao whispered in his ear, Zhang Jiao looked at the tiger-faced man again, as if he wanted to see the face under the mask, looked at it, closed his eyes again, and fell asleep.

Zhang Bao saw Zhang Jiao fall asleep, gently flattened, and motioned for everyone to return to the front hall lightly.

Everyone sat down, each with their own thoughts, and the living room was very quiet for a while.