As a civil official, although Wang Lei is a gentleman with six arts and can also ride a horse, he has never galloped so far, and he has long worn out his legs and complained.

Ma Chao bought a carriage in the town he was passing by, and asked Wang Lei to ride in the carriage, and the pack horses that pulled the carriage were all replaced by military horses, so he could barely keep up with the army.

There were no garrisons in several towns along the way, and Wang Lei explained that two years earlier, Zhao Wei had rebelled in Jiangzhou, and the Yizhou army loyal to Zhao Wei had been killed by Liu Zhang's "Dongzhou soldiers".

Therefore, after Zhang Ren took office, the limited Yizhou army was concentrated in a few large county towns, and the security of these towns and villages depended on the local wealthy families to maintain themselves.

Fortunately, there are not many bandits in Yizhou now, and some of the original Yellow Turban remnants have been wiped out by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son.

While speaking, there is a large county town in front of him, and the official road is passing through the city, and the county seat is a turbulent river on one side and a high mountain on the other, which just stuck the way.

The scout came to report that the county seat in front was called Guang'an, but it was the last county seat on the way to Jiangzhou.

However, an unknown number of Yizhou troops were stationed in the county, and when they saw the arrival of the central army, they raised the drawbridge and closed the city gate.

Ma Chao turned to Wang Lei, and Wang Lei also frowned, "General Meng Qi, this city defense army of only five hundred people in Guang'an County is stationed, and it is only used to report a warning to Jiangzhou, but it is not really necessary to hold on." ”

"But this county magistrate of Guang'an is Zhang Song and his gang, it seems that he is going to embarrass us."

Ma Chao sneered and nodded, "It's okay, after a while, you call him to answer the city, and I will pretend to be your entourage and act when I see the opportunity!" ”

Wang Lei nodded, and let the carriage lean towards the city, Ma Chao took off his silver helmet and silver armor, put on cloth clothes, and brought a few similarly dressed Central Army marksmen to follow Wang Lei's carriage.

The county magistrate of Guang'an is called Zhao Leng, and he is Zhang Song's protégé disciple, so he relied on Zhang Song's relationship to release a county magistrate.

He had already received a letter from Zhang Song, who ordered him to stop any army coming from the north of Ba County, no matter who led the army, without his token, he would not be allowed to go.

So today I heard that there was a small group of cavalry outside the city, and although I did not know their clothing, they came from the north.

So he immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, the drawbridge was pulled, and the five hundred city defenders let him bombard the city, and be on guard.

He himself squatted at the head of the city, not daring to be negligent!

When the king's chariot was a stone's throw from the city, the archers at the head of the city shot an arrow that rang in front of the chariot and forbade it to advance.

The carriage stopped, Wang Lei walked outside the car, stood on the car and shouted to the city: "I am Wang Lei from Benzhou, please talk to me about your county magistrate Zhao!" ”

Hearing that it was Wang Ti, Zhao Leng also stood behind the battlement at the head of the city, leaned out, and took a closer look at the city.

I saw a person dressed as an official standing on the carriage a stone's throw below, it was Wang Lei, and there were several people riding horses behind the carriage, looking at the dress should be Wang Lei's servants and entourage.

He didn't see the last of his servants, with a bow and arrows in his hand!

Of course, he knew that his teacher had a conflict with Wang Lei and others, and he couldn't pee in a pot, so he didn't have a good attitude.

"It turned out to be Lord Wang, you didn't stay in Chengdu, but where did this come from?"

"Lord Zhao, I was ordered by the lord to lead the imperial army into Sichuan."

"The army of the court?" Zhao Leng looked up at the cavalry brigade that was gradually increasing on the horizon in the distance, and saw that the crimson military uniform was the color of the imperial army.

"The Lord's order? Why didn't I receive the notice from my lord? I heard that the lord's order is to form an alliance with Liu Bei in Jingzhou, it can't be that your lord Wang is arrogant and lure the wolf into the house, right? ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Wang, although Guang'an is small, he won't obey your order!"

Wang Lei said coldly: "Lord Zhao, you are a Guang'an, only 500 people, and you want to block the imperial army's army from entering Sichuan?" It's just a fool's dream, get out of the way, I'm going to Jiangzhou to meet Lord Taishou, I don't have time to talk to you! ”

Zhao Leng just shook his head and sneered.

Suddenly, from among the king's tired servants, a white horse flashed out, and the man on the horse bent his bow and arrows, and the bow was like a full moon, and he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

Zhao Leng thought that Wang Lei and the others were far away from a stone's throw away, and he was very safe, so he leaned out of the battlement, but he didn't want the arrow to be fast and accurate, and he hit his throat at once.

Zhao Leng stretched out his hands to cover his neck, wanting to pull out the arrow, but his hands and feet became cold, and he died on the spot.

Seeing this, Wang Lei hurriedly shouted: "Guang'an County Magistrate Zhao Leng refuses to obey the orders of the lord and the army, refuses to allow the heavenly soldiers to enter the city, and is innocent of death. ”

"Do you want to bring disaster upon yourselves? When the army breaks through the city, I don't know how many people will be killed or wounded, aren't your families in the city? ”

When the defenders at the head of the city saw that the county magistrate had been killed by an arrow, and heard Wang Lei's threatening words, they were all moved, and looked at the county lieutenant with the largest official position among the remaining people in the city.

This county lieutenant usually can't get used to Zhao Leng, who is a dog fighting people, but now that Zhao Leng is dead, and there are large imperial army soldiers coming to the city, what else can he do with only 500 city defense troops?

There's nothing bad about this account, "What are you doing stupidly?" Waiting for someone to slaughter the city? Quickly lower the drawbridge, open the city gates, and welcome the imperial soldiers into the city! ”

The county lieutenant immediately gave a loud order, indicating his attitude, and the troops defending the city immediately complied.

With only 500 people, or the weakest city defense army, how can anyone dare to block the car with a mantis arm?

He Zhao Leng wants to be promoted and make a fortune, but the people below just want to live.

The city gate opened, Ma Chao waved his hand, and the army entered the city.

Ma Chao left a battalion to defend the city, and collected the weapons of the city defense army, waiting for the arrival of the lord's army, while he himself rushed to Jiangzhou with Wang Lei.

After passing Guang'an, there was no obstacle all the way, and the cavalry and horses were fast, and they arrived outside Jiangzhou City the next day.

When he was still ten miles away from the city, he unexpectedly met Huang Quan and Ma Tie and others.

Ma Chao ordered to camp on the spot, and he and Wang Lei took Huang Quan into the camp tent and asked about it.

It turned out that Huang Quan, escorted by Ma Tie, arrived in Jiangzhou yesterday, but he didn't expect that after reporting his name and surname, Zhang Ren refused to see him.

Huang Quan was turned away from the city, so he had to camp on the spot, and when it was evening, Zhang Ren's personal captain secretly came out of the city to meet him.

It turned out that just yesterday, Zhang Song went to Jiangzhou to engage in the governance of the alliance with Liu Bei on the order of Liu Zhang.

He told Zhang Ren that he had successfully allied with Liu Bei and had led Liu Bei's army into Sichuan in order to fight against Lü Bu together.

Zhang Song has strict protection, but Zhang Ren is not easy to start, let alone meet Huang Quan.

(End of chapter)