On that day, the advance army traveled nearly 50 miles from the territory of Zhongmu County to Zhongyang County, which was still three counties away from its destination, Chenggao Pass.

When they camped that night, due to what happened the day before, the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army had already gained experience in this area, and no one strayed into the camp of the Dangshan Army, and the Dangshan Army ignored the Shang Shui Army.

So that these two friendly forces, which are obviously called the "advance army", whether they are rushing during the day or camping at night, they all look like the well water does not interfere with the river water, although it has not caused any riots for the time being, but it seems that this unfriendly attitude towards each other has made Zhao Hongrun, who has inspected the whole camp, secretly raise his vigilance.

In the end, it took four full days for the advance army to reach the vicinity of Chenggao Pass.

I remember that on the fourth day, when camping in a small county called "Mi" in the east of Chenggao Pass, Zhao Hongrun once met the general Sima An, and the general's face at that time was gloomy and really scary, and Zhao Hongrun did not dare to go up to greet the other party.

Carefully calculated, when I really arrived at Chenggao Pass, it was actually the morning of the fifth day.

"Your Highness, look ahead."

At that time, the army was on the way, and Shen Yu, the sect guard beside Zhao Hongrun, reminded him to look up and look ahead.

Zhao Hongrun looked up, and then noticed that there was dust in the distance ahead, and it seemed that a group of soldiers and horses was coming towards this place.

Obviously, this is the guard army of Chenggao Pass who came to greet him.

After a while, a cavalry of about 500 people slowly stopped in front, and a man dressed as a general came to Zhao Hongrun on a single horse and saluted with his fists.

"The commander of the Chenggao Army and the commander of General Zhu Hai, Feng Shu, meet His Royal Highness King Su."

For this general named Feng Shu. In fact, it was not the first time Zhao Hongrun had met, because it was this Feng Shu general who led the army to escort them back to Chenggao Pass from the camp with the people of Sanchuan a while ago.

"General Feng, don't come unharmed." Zhao Hongrun greeted with a smile.

Feng Shu returned the salute respectfully, and immediately, the general glanced at the rear of the large team, and half-jokingly teased: "His Royal Highness King Su is this way." It must have been hard work. ”

Of course, Zhao Hongrun understood the deep meaning of Feng Shu's words, and shook his head with a wry smile.

To tell the truth, although he had horses to travel on the march, because he always paid attention to the relationship between the Shangshui Army and the Dangshan Army, and was always on guard against the possibility of conflict between the two armies, Zhao Hongrun was really tired all the way, even if he led the Yuan Pingxuan Army and the Junshui Army to rush to Chu State, he was never so tired.

may have noticed the wry smile on Zhao Hongrun's face. Feng Shu smiled faintly, but because it was about the Dangshan Army, he couldn't say too much, so he changed the topic and said: "The general has prepared a thin wine on the pass, not only to catch the wind for His Highness, but also to wish His Highness an early victory, and hope that His Highness will appreciate his face." ”

Zhao Hongrun's face turned straight when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "General Zhu's hospitality. This king is ashamed. …… General Feng came to greet him, and the king was not happy to go. ”

Feng Shu waved his hand when he heard this. said with a smile: "Your Highness misunderstood, the last general did not come to greet His Royal Highness King Su, but just coincided with his meeting." ”

Zhao Hongrun was a little strange when he heard it, and asked suspiciously: "That general is ......?"

"It's Huanhu." Feng Shu's face became much more serious when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "According to the news, Huan Hu, the head of the most heinous thieves. Now it is still hidden in this mountain, although our army has sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, but ......"

"Didn't get rid of it?" Zhao Hongrun asked unexpectedly.

Feng Shu hesitated for a moment and whispered, "In fact, not only did it fail to eradicate it. On the contrary, it was attacked by several county towns, and even, at the end of a few days ago, a colleague was also attacked by this gang on the way to transport grain, and after a hard battle, fortunately, the grain and grass were preserved. ”

"That Huan Tiger ......"

Zhao Hongrun was terrified when he heard this, and said in his heart that this Huan Hu is too bold, right? In the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Chenggao army, instead of hiding in the mountains to avoid the limelight, they even dared to take the initiative to attack, and even openly attacked the grain transportation team of the Chenggao army, which is simply incredible.

"Really? …… However, this king is a little puzzled, Huan Hu only has more than 100 horsemen under his hands, how can he harass the grain road of the Chenggao army? ”

"In fact, the Admiral will not understand." Feng Shu smiled bitterly, he couldn't understand it, how could there be a fool who dared to attack a grain transportation team of more than 2,000 people with less than 200 horse thieves in this world, but this fool also successfully harassed the grain and grass, and only after killing a lot of soldiers did he leave.

This clearly shows that he did not come for the sake of attacking grain and grass, but for revenge.

"Do you have a clue where this gang of horse thieves came to Henan (south of the Yellow River)?"

Feng Shu nodded, and said in a low voice: "This group of horse thieves came from the west of Hedong County, and it is said that they attacked a ferry port in Hebei and robbed a lot of boats. ”

"But this king has not heard that the imperial court ferry has been attacked and the ship has been robbed."

"Your Highness misunderstood, what Huan Hu robbed was a merchant ship of a family in Hedong. …… According to the news, Huan Hu slaughtered the whole family and made the thieves camp in his village. ”

"Thieves?" Zhao Hongrun felt that the situation was not quite right when he heard it, and asked in amazement: "Huan Hu still has subordinates in Hedong?" ”

"There were about six or seven hundred people, probably more, and all of them horsemen. …… Therefore, the general suspected that this group might have come from a rebellious cavalry unit in Korea, otherwise, it would not have been possible to be so fierce. ”

"Rebellious Korean regular army cavalry?"

Zhao Hongrun was shocked when he heard this, but he was also relieved, he said in his heart, no wonder Huan Hu and the horse thieves under his command were able to suppress the Tiger Ben Guard, it turned out to be from the regular army, this is no wonder.

"It would be nice if I could recruit my Great Wei......" he muttered.

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's muttering, Feng Shu said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid this trick won't work." ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately came to his senses.

That's right, Huan Hu is the thief who led the horse thieves to attack their Wei king, and he is a criminal who is extremely evil, and Zhao Hongrun's father and emperor have already issued a wanted warrant of "whether they live or die", how can such a murderer be summoned to his command?

"It's a shame......

Zhao Hongrun secretly said a pity.

chatting lightly, the army slowly came to Chenggao Pass.

As Feng Shu said, Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao army, actually greeted him in person at the pass. This made Zhao Hongrun a little flattered.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun ordered the whole army to slowly enter the customs under the guidance of the Cheng Gao soldiers, and he took Mi Jiang, Shen Yu and others, under the leadership of the general Feng Shu, to the side of Zhu Hai, the general of the Cheng Gao army.

Seeing his own general from afar, Feng Shu said to Zhao Hongrun: "King Su." That is Zhu Hai, the general of my Chenggao army. With that, he turned over and dismounted, leading the war horse and walked over as a sign of respect for his general.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun also turned over and dismounted under Feng Shu's surprised and joyful gaze, and slowly walked towards the general of the Cheng Gao army with a group of people behind him.

To tell the truth, Zhao Hongrungui is the prince and has the title of King Su, even if he rides over, no one will say anything about him.

But then again. Zhu Hai is Zhao Hongrun's father and the emperor's former side of Zongwei, in terms of friendship, even if Zhao Hongrun calls "uncle", it is not an exaggeration, therefore, now Zhu Hai personally greets him at the pass, if Zhao Hongrun still has a posture of a king, no matter what others say for the time being, Zhao Hongrun himself will not be able to pass this pass.

And at this time. Zhu Hai also saw Zhao Hongrun's group and walked over with a grin.

See here. Zhao Hongrun handed the reins to Shen Yu beside him, stepped forward first, took the lead in saluting, and said with a smile: "Thanks to General Zhu personally greeting him at the gate, Hongrun really can't help it." ”

"His Royal Highness King Su is serious." Zhu Hai, the general of the Cheng Gao army, looked at this "nephew" carefully, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart.

Actually, let's talk about it carefully. A while ago, when Wei Tianzi returned to Chenggao Pass from Sanchuan, Zhu Hai, who greeted him at Xiaguan, also saw Zhao Hongrun from a distance, but at that time, Wei Tianzi was frustrated in negotiations with the people of Sanchuan, and was also attacked by horse thieves led by the big thief Huan Hu at night, and he was angry in his heart. did not stop at Chenggao Pass, so that Zhao Hongrun and Zhu Hai never had a chance to understand each other in depth.

And now seeing Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who is humble and courteous, and respects himself, Zhu Hai suddenly has a good impression of the latter.

"I think that when Zhu first met His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness was still in infancy, and it was really many years. …… Now His Royal Highness has become the king of Su, and he has made great contributions to my Great Wei, and the battle of Chu is really beautiful! ”

Zhu Hai said with emotion, and then patted Zhao Hongrun's shoulder as an encouragement and praise to his juniors.

Looking at the many generals of the Wei State, I am afraid that only Li Cheng, Bailiba, Sima An, Xu Yin, and Zhu Hai, a few generals with foreign surnames, have this qualification.

"The general has won the award, Hongrun's meager merits, how can it be compared to the general who has guarded Chenggao for more than ten years and guarded the western frontier of my Great Wei?"

"Haha." Zhu Hai is also a straightforward man, he was overjoyed when he heard this, and his relationship with Zhao Hongrun immediately climbed to the point where his uncle and nephew were commensurate.

However, because of the status of the two parties, Zhu Hai really didn't want to be cheeky enough to call Zhao Hongrun a "virtuous nephew", and still called him His Royal Highness, but Zhao Hongrun called him "Uncle Zhu", and he accepted it with a smile on his face.

"Zhu has already prepared a thin wine on the close, His Royal Highness wants to appreciate his face."

"Uncle Zhu's good intentions, Hongrun dare not resign."

As the two were talking, Zhu Hai noticed Shen Yu and the others behind Zhao Hongrun, and suddenly showed a little closeness on his face.

After all, he was also a Zongwei who came out of Zongwei's Mansion back then, and he was lucky enough to be sent to Wei Tianzi, who was still only the fourth son of the emperor at that time, and gradually became a general with heavy troops in his hands.

Indeed, luck is very important for a Zongwei.

For example, the Zongwei around Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, are also from Zongwei, but Zhu Hai has been the general of Chenggaoguan for more than ten years, but what about the Zongwei around Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang?

But after the civil strife in Daliang, he was once put on death row, and then followed his lord Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, to go to the barren land of Southern Liang, and stayed for a full seventeen years, which was purely a waste of time.

Obviously, they are all Zongwei from the same sect, but their fates are diametrically opposite.

It is precisely because he clearly understands this truth that although Shen Yu, the sect guards around Zhao Hongrun, are unknown at the moment, Zhu Hai will never underestimate them.

Because the lord that these Zongwei are loyal to is His Royal Highness King Su, who has shown amazing talent at a young age.

Even Zhu Hai faintly had an illusion.

That is, these Zongwei around His Royal Highness King Su, maybe their future achievements and status will be above him Zhuhai. (To be continued.) )