After ten days of marching, the cavalry arrived at the direction of the battlefield complained of by the spies at night, and at this time Lü Bu's army descended on the east side of Chencang County. After Pang Tongjun approached, Lu Bu greeted him outside the village, and the two men cried silently after seeing each other, and everyone was moved.

The two armies joined forces to expand the walled circle. In the big tent, Pang Tong sat down, left and right gave seats, Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Lu Su, and Jia Xu were all there. Pang Tong fears his adventures in the Watta Mountains.

Lu Budao: "If the virtuous brother does not die, there will be a blessing in the future!" I was shocked! ”

Gao Shun seemed to feel unforgiving about his responsibility, and said guiltily: "If there is an adult, I, Gao Shun, will fight Ma Teng to the death!" ”

Pang Tong said: "Why do you say this, the trapped camp trained by Sheng Yuan is mighty and powerful than the tiger and wolf division. ”

Gao Shun arched his hand and said: "This is the adult's talisman soldier!" In the future, the expedition will be escorted by the adults. ”

Pang Tong was overjoyed when he heard this. Suddenly, he remembered something, and asked Jia Xu, who had a narrow forehead, "Wenhe, I heard that you asked your brother to arrest Li Ru, what do I think should be?" ”

Jia Xu said: "I think this person is really a thorn in the side, and he will definitely become a mess for our army." insisted on letting Master Lu arrest him. He didn't commit any crimes. ”

Pang Tong's expression was calm, without blame, and he nodded: "Vigilance is what it should be." What's more, this person is indeed cunning, and I am not in the city, I am fighting against Ma Teng's army, so it is better to lock him up. ”

"It's already beheaded." Lu Budao.

Pang Tong grinned in surprise and said, "It's too easy." Before, I said that I would use him, but now I have used him and killed him, how can I obey the people. ”

Lu Bu said with a serious face: "After I was arrested, I realized that this person was a traitor!" A secret room was found in his residence in Anding County, in which all kinds of evidence showed that the old boy had an affair with Ma Teng, and also had a secret connection with an organization called the Red Lotus Sect, which was complicated and could not be explained for a while. ”

Pang Tong took a deep breath, and his brain seemed to have been punched suddenly, and he felt a little paralyzed. This is not because Li Ru has a connection with Ma Teng, but because this Red Lotus Sect has made his body fearful. This fear and hatred seemed to burn the brain cells, and it was dulled for a while. He squinted into the void and was silent.

"Shiyuan?" Lu Bu called. Pang Tong came back to his senses, raised his eyebrows and said, "How can my brother be so easy to kill!" There must be a lot of things this man is hiding and he can ask! ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said: "I have been tortured a long time ago, this old boy's mouth is so hard that it is unimaginable, and his skin has already been opened, and he doesn't even say a word." Later, I found out that he wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself, so I simply beheaded him. ”

Pang Tong leaned back in his chair and sighed, "That's it, that's it." ”

Lu Su on Jia Xu's side showed a puzzled expression, and asked thoughtfully, "My lord seems to be more interested in the Red Lotus Sect?" ”

Pang Tong trembled, as if struck by lightning. He asked in a trembling voice, "How so?" ”

Lu Su said with a smile: "If it is said that it is collusion with Xiliang Ma Teng, you should know that there will be no such performance, after all, this kind of thing is a common thing in soldiers." So I guess it has something to do with the Red Lotus Sect that I haven't even heard of. I also went into Li Ru's secret room to see it, and the things about Chi Lian in it were very complicated. This is not a simple religious organization, and I suspect it must have quite a lot of energy. Otherwise, with Li Ru's generation, how could he be instigated by him. ”

"Instigation?" Zhao Yun, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help it after all.

Lu Su nodded at him and continued, "Who is Li Ru? followed Dong Zhuo to quell the Xiliang Rebellion, and coerced the Son of Heaven in Luoyang and Chang'an to order the princes, and did all the bad things. After Dong Zhuo's death, he and Huaxiong occupied Yongzhou. After Huaxiong was destroyed by a huge number of people, he controlled most of Yongzhou alone. It is also a person who is a powerful person, and he is even more afraid of death. would be willing to bite his tongue and commit suicide for the secret in his mouth, can you imagine how huge the energy of this religion is? ”

Everyone nodded yes. Jia Xu said: "It is reasonable, it is reasonable. I have also thought about how this matter of the Red Lotus Sect can be so secret that even people like me who have seen the great world will not know. I'm afraid that this religion has unknown means and great ambitions. ”

Pang Tong gritted his teeth, he obviously knew more than everyone here. From the day he came to this era, he had already formed a great enmity with this sect. At this time, his thoughts flew to Luoyang City, thinking that if Zhang Shuang had already given birth, then he would be discovered sooner or later. A direct confrontation with this Red Lotus Sect is imminent. He had to take a chance to talk about it.

But looking at his subordinates, he couldn't say it, as if those hidden secrets were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything he wanted to. These are all secrets in the world, and it is not necessarily a good thing to publicize them. There is no trace of this sect, and in the end no one may believe him, or even be suspected.

"If there is someone in the army who has something to do with the Red Lotus Sect...... Yes, it's highly likely, this organization is too terrible to be guarded against. He thought to himself and dispelled the idea of breaking the secret, and kept the matter in his heart. That night, in order not to make everyone tense in the middle of the night, Pang Tong did not talk about military affairs.

Ma Teng and Ma Bu army of 200,000 are in Linwei County. Lü Bu and Pang Tong combined their troops, with an army of nearly 180,000 people. According to Lu Bu, the previous confrontation was very short, and it ended because of a heavy rain. However, due to the strength of the Ma Teng army's iron chariot soldiers, the Lu Bu army also lost thousands of people in that encounter.

The next day, Pang Tong summoned all the people under the tent. Lu Bu came out and said: "I have thought of a plan for the iron chariot soldiers, and I will wait to dig some pits on the plains. The army was in front. Then he sent troops to provoke Ma Teng's army, and ordered the iron chariot soldiers to chase after him. Our army retreated, and all the carts they were pulling by the beasts fell into the pit. ”

Jia Xu showed an expression of discovering a treasure, and said with a smile: "It's rare that Lord Lu has such a plan, but it is beyond my expectations. ”

Lu Su's face was heavy, and he said, "It can't be broken easily." If it was discovered by his spies, wouldn't it be a joke? ”

Lu Bu argued: "There are patrols all over the perimeter, see how he comes to find out about our military!" ”

Pang Tong's right hand elbowed the armrest of the wooden chair carved with a dragon's head, and his fist was against his chin. He watched the lively discussions. But in his mind, because of Lu Bu's words "the car pulled by the beast" just now, his thinking was greatly activated.

"There it is!"

Pang Tong got up and said, everyone looked at him, and he smiled. Jia Xu asked: "The lower officials are willing to listen to Gao Zhi." Pang Tong just shook his hand and said, "I'll let everyone know." ”

After hearing this, Lu Bu became anxious, thinking to himself why everyone is a meritorious person who has been born and died, why can't he say it. But Pang Tong still refused to speak, and everyone had to disperse. Lu Buliu turned around and asked, but Pang Tong still refused to say.

"What is Shi Yuan doing? Even my brother can't say it? ”

"No, it's just that you don't understand this thing, it's very profound."

Lu Bu said unhappily: "Shiyuan, is this saying that my brother is only a shallow learner?" ”

Pang Tong hurriedly left his seat and smiled bitterly: "How dare you, how dare you, but my brother's strategy will be skillful." Lu Bu smiled when he heard this. After Pang Tong sent him out of the camp, he looked up at the clear sky and said, "It will resound through the heavens and the earth!" ”

Pang Tong ordered people to dig pits in the plain according to Lu Bu's plan, but he did not send a large number of patrols to guard against Ma Teng's spies. This point puzzled Lu Bu and others. And someone has already seen Ma Teng's spies galloping around, and the matter of digging the pit must be known.

Ma Teng, who learned that Pang Tong personally led the troops, secretly knew that he could not delay for a long time. He drove 200,000 troops out of the city, set up dozens of phalanxes, and sent people to Pangtong Dazhai to write a war letter. Pang Tong looked at the battle book casually in the camp tent: "The generals of the Pang Tong army. The child Ma Chao assassinated Pang Tong early and died in the valley. Recently, I heard that you have hired a stand-in to bluff people, I just want to see how similar this stand-in is to Pang Tong. My army is waiting outside, and if there is a kind, they will come to meet the battle, and rest as soft as women and children, otherwise the lonely soul of Pang Tong will be angry to death. Of course, if you want to surrender early, I will treat them kindly, and I will not wait until I am flattened by our army before I will be servile. ”

Lu Bu, who had read this letter before, was furious. Pang Tong laughed and threw the scroll out as if he were watching a joke. The curtain was pulled to the side and secured, and the ball of paper rolled through the hollow doorway, rolling motionless into the muddy ground. It's early in the morning, and there was a torrential rain last night on the fourth watch.

Lu Budao: "Wait for me to lead 50,000 people to break his formation!" ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he said: "Lord Lu is brave, but 50,000 people are fighting fiercely, and I am afraid that I will be surrounded and suppressed by enemy soldiers. ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "The two generals should not be in a hurry, the enemy is clearly provocative, and he wants to fight quickly." ”

Lu Su said: "Since the huge man has dug a deep hole, it is better to invite you into the urn." ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "Everyone disperse, Lu Su, you stay for a while." ”

Lu Bu was stunned and said, "What the hell is Shiyuan thinking?" If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it will hurt the morale of our army. ”

Zhao Yun grabbed his shoulder and winked. Although Lu Bu is a brother, Pang Tong is a commander, so it is not good to say much. And they departed. Pang Tong said to Lu Su: "Does Zijing know about nitrate refining?" ”