The sound of horses' hooves behind him was getting closer and closer, Zhang Liao waved his hand, stopped with Zhao Yun, Zuo Ci and a group of guards, and reined in the reins. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Prepare for battle!" Zhang Liao sighed.

Although he only has twenty horsemen, he is full of confidence in the face of enemy horses twice as large as himself, and all of his twenty horsemen are the elite of the elite, not to mention the top masters like him, Zhao Yun, and Zuo Ci!

"Charge!" Zhang Liao waved the eight horse lances in his hand and gave an order.

When he went to Hewu this time, he did not carry a hook and sickle long knife, and when he was at Huangfu's house, Huangfu Jianshou gave him a horse lance that his father Huangfu Song treasured, which made Zhang Liao very happy.

The preciousness of this horse lance far exceeds his hook and sickle long knife, after all, the hook and sickle long knife only needs to be built repeatedly with fine iron, and the manufacture of a good horse lance takes three years, and the process is even more cumbersome.

The lance is to take the main trunk of the high-quality Zhemu, peel it into a uniform thickness, and then soak it in oil repeatedly for a year until it is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and then air dry in the shade for several months, and then glue it into a thick rod with fish foam glue, and then wrap the hemp rope on the outer layer, wait for the hemp rope to dry thoroughly, coat it with lacquer, wrap it in kudzu cloth, and then paint it with lacquer, dry it and wrap it in a layer. In this way, although it is a wooden pole, it is cut with a knife, and it is sonorous and does not crack.

The horse lance is eight zhang long, but it is different from the eight zhang spear rod length of one zhang spear eight inches long, but the real one zhang eight feet long, the power is great, but it is extremely heavy skill, the lance is strong and tough, can be split, can be covered, can be intercepted, can be blocked, can be teased, can be rushed, can be carried, can be picked.

Zhang Liao has coveted the lance for a long time, but he has never encountered one that can be made, and he accidentally got the horse lance of Huangfu Song, how can he not like it.

With Zhang Liao's order, Zhao Yun and the Twenty Cavalry immediately rode their horses and charged, while Zuo Ci stayed at the end to meet Zhang Liao.

Under the moonlight, the cavalry of the two sides galloped in opposite directions, quickly pulled closer, and in a blink of an eye, they were close to within a hundred steps, and they could already faintly see a figure on the opposite side.

"Kill!"

Zhang Liao shouted loudly, holding a horse lance, and was about to kill, when a voice suddenly came from the opposite side: "But Zhang Wenyuan? ”

Zhang Liao was stunned, looked at the cavalry chasing after him, and said in a lost voice: "Xu Zhonglang! ”

The distance between the two sides was shortened again, and in the moonlight, it could be seen that the leader was a big man, it was Xu Rong, the general of Zhonglang, who had worked with Zhang Liao in the Tiger Prison Pass and got along well. After the Battle of Luoyang, Dong Zhuo was stationed in Hongnong counties, while Xu Rong was transferred back to Youfufeng, and the soldiers and horses under his command were only 800 horsemen.

"Stop attacking!"

Zhang Liao and Xu Rong gave the order almost at the same time, and the cavalry on both sides immediately reined in their horses and waited to stop, only more than ten steps apart.

Zhang Liao looked at Xu Rong and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that the first person to catch up was Brother Xu, and I didn't expect you and me to meet in such a situation one day." ”

Xu Rong sighed and said, "Wenyuan, why did you turn your back on the Taishi?" ”

Zhang Liao said angrily: "The Taishi is no longer what it used to be, the aspirations are different, and the Tao is not compatible. ”

Xu Rong pondered Zhang Liao's words, was silent for a moment, and said: "Wenyuan, this time the Taishi sent six hundred horsemen, Li Meng and I led the team, along the way, there was a secret report from the house, your whereabouts have been exposed, Li Meng led two hundred horsemen to pursue from the gallop road, and has already ambushed and intercepted the fork in the front of the gallop, be more careful." ”

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Xu Rong was actually here to warn him, six hundred cavalry chasing soldiers, and now only these are chasing, I am afraid that it is also Xu Rong's work, those cavalry were dispersed, and those who were left behind were his cronies.

He immediately hugged his fist to Xu Rong on the horse: "Thank you, Brother Xu, for your righteousness." ”

Xu Rong hugged his fists and said: "The situation is urgent, so I won't talk about the past, Taishi is very angry this time, Wenyuan take care, leave Guanzhong as soon as possible, you can go to Bingzhou to avoid it temporarily, it really can't be, there is my old friend Gongsun Du in Liaodong, you can go to find him." ”

"Thank you, Brother Xu!" Zhang Liao didn't want Xu Rong, a ruthless man, to be so righteous, he was quite moved in his heart, and said: "The younger brother has his own place to go, the master is faint, and sooner or later he will die. ”

When Xu Rong heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then hugged his fist at Zhang Liao: "Take care!" ”

"Take care!"

The situation was urgent, Zhang Liao did not hesitate, immediately reined in the reins, and went east with Zhao Yun and others.

Xu Rong looked at Zhang Liao's distant back, remembered what he had just said, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, saying that among the foreign generals under Dong Zhuo, Zhang Liao was the most important, but for two years, he was appointed as a Zhonglang general, and successively served as Hedong Taishou, Zhijinwu, and Sili Lieutenant, and he was even more meritorious, benevolent and righteous, and he was also the only one under Dong Zhuo, but now he was forced to rebel by Dong Zhuo, which made him feel sad and sympathetic.

I'm afraid that as Zhang Wenyuan said, the Taishi will not last long.

Xu Rong thought of Dong Zhuo's changes in the past year, and his heart was suddenly happy, and he completely lost the pride of making contributions under Dong Zhuo.

……

After resigning from Xu Rong, Zhang Liao held a long lance in his hand, thinking all the way.

Zhao Yun said: "Lord, according to General Xu, there are ambushes in Chidao, so you need to be careful. ”

Zhang Liao nodded, looked at Zuo Ci, and muttered, "Dao Chief, I have to work hard for you this time." ”

Zuo Ci said lazily: "Boy, this trip is not easy to walk, it is cold and tired, how can the old Taoist have suffered so much, but what else do you have to do?" Is it really impossible to treat the old way as a cow and a horse? ”

Zhang Liao grinned: "Dao Chief, the capable work hard, who makes the whole world, the Dao Chief is the most capable." ”

Bah! Zuo Ci glanced at Zhang Liao disdainfully: "Don't flatter, just say it, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "We must break Li Meng's ambush, otherwise it will be difficult for us to arrive in Chang'an safely, and we will miss the time, and Xu Zhonglang said just now that Dong Zhuo only sent the two of them in the first wave, and if Li Meng is broken, then we will have at least one day to turn around." ”

Zuo Ci said: "How to break? Twenty against two hundred, is it difficult? Don't be like those hoops are dirty chickens and dogs. ”

Zhang Liao said slowly: "Yes, you can't knock hard, there is only one way, surprise decapitation, take advantage of the chaos, if it is difficult to change the day, but we know their ambush in advance, this night is the best cover, and the weather is cold, the ambush has been for a long time, the limbs are stiff, and the action is slow......"

……

The moon shadow is slanting westward, the cold wind is blowing, and at a fork in the Huaili gallop road, a cavalry of about 200 people is in the shadow of a tree, it is Li Meng, the general of Dong Zhuo's lineage.

Under the moonlight, Li Meng's eyes flashed with cold light, staring at the fork in the fork, moving his legs and feet that were a little stiff from the cold, and couldn't help but say to the deputy general on the side: "Hey, Zhang Liao, this thief used to be trusted by the Taishi, what a scenery!" More than me and other Liangzhou people, this time Zhang Liao rebelled against the Taishi, is asking for his own death, this is a God-given opportunity, a certain capture of him must be a great achievement, or can enter the post of Zhonglang general! ”

The adjutant general hurriedly said: "The last general congratulates General Zhonglang first." ”

Li Meng couldn't help but smile, and even more with a little cruel smile: "In the battle of Tiger Prison Pass in the past, Zhang Liao ignored Yu Mou, I am afraid that he didn't expect that today it was a certain person who came to take his life." ”

As soon as Li Meng's words fell, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance of the fork in the road.

"It's coming!" Li Meng's spirit perked up, and he shouted in a low voice: "Listen to the order of the captain of this school, and immediately charge, and no one will be left!" ”

The Qianghu cavalry under his command immediately moved, and their hands and feet were a little stiff from the cold.

The sound of horses' hooves approached in a blink of an eye, and Li Meng squinted, he had to wait for the enemy to ride closer, so that he would be more sure that they would not escape.

The Qianghu soldiers and cavalry under his command are both nervous and excited, Zhang Liao is also quite famous among the Qianghu soldiers, and he captured the legendary Zhang Liao, but it is a great achievement!

But at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the middle of the ride: "Not good! There is an ambush! Ride back! ”

Both Li Meng and the ambushed Qiang Huqi were dumbfounded, they could see the ambush from such a distance? But the point is, those cavalry really fled!

The duck in his hand was about to fly, how could Li Meng, who was eager for meritorious service, hesitate, whip the horse, and shouted: "Chase!" Chase it! Kill Zhang Liao and promote Sima! ”

A group of Qianghu soldiers roared and slapped their horses, and followed Li Meng in hot pursuit.

But as soon as the cavalry chased two hundred paces into the fork in the road, a figure suddenly flew out from the shade of the trees on the side of the road, like lightning straight at Li Meng, and a sword light flashed, cutting Li Meng's throat.

The charging Li Meng's body stiffened, and a loud sound came out of his throat, and he was thrown off the horse by the figure, and in a blink of an eye, he was trampled by the Hu cavalry who had no time to regain his momentum from behind.

The figure snatched Li Meng's war horse, and the long sword in his hand slashed two people in a row, and smiled strangely: "Zhang Liao is here, who can kill me!" ”

The lieutenant who followed Li Meng was stunned by this scene, came back to his senses, and shouted: "Kill the assassin...... Belch! ”

A feathered arrow shot from the side of the road, striking him in the throat, and the lieutenant dismounted.

Immediately after, another feathered arrow was fired, and in the blink of an eye, several horses fell off their horses.

All the Qianghu cavalry were stunned, and when they came to their senses, their two generals were dead and lost their command, and the Qianghu cavalry was in chaos.

"Haha, Zhang Liao is here," the figure who killed Li Meng galloped away, and laughed on the horse, "Who dares to kill me...... Yes! Hidden arrows hurt! ”

In the chaos, the man on the horse seemed to have been hit by an arrow, crooked on the side of the war horse, dragged away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

When the Qianghu cavalry came back to their senses, they saw the two unformed generals who fell to the ground and were trampled by the war horses, and they looked at each other for a while, they didn't expect Zhang Liao to suddenly assassinate the main general.

But the Lord will die, and they will inevitably be implicated, and at the same time, they all seem to have heard that scream, which seems to be from Zhang Liao's arrow.

One of the team said, "Who released the arrow just now?" ”

"Me!"

"Me!"

In the blink of an eye, several people agreed.

The team leader said: "When I went back this time, I only said that Captain Li was attacked by a sneak attack, but we also shot and injured Zhang Liao in the dark night, otherwise it would be difficult to explain." ”

"Exactly." Immediately, someone chimed in.

"Why don't you chase after Huaili again? Maybe we can meet Zhang Liao, who was injured and died, if we can't find it, we will go to find Xu Zhonglang. ”

"Good!"

……

The figure that attacked and killed Li Meng hugged the war horse sideways, and ran out of several miles in a blink of an eye, where Zhang Liao, who had just returned to the horse and shouted "hurry back to ride", and a group of guards were waiting.

Immediately, the figure fell down, it was Zuo Ci, followed by another ride back, but it was Zhao Yun who had just released the arrow.

Zuo Ci looked at Zhang Liao's expectant expression, and snorted: "The old way is out of the horse, one top ten, how can it not be done!" ”

Zhang Liao was overjoyed.

Zuo Ci snorted: "I lied to your kid that he was injured, they may not be fooled, thinking that you were seriously injured and died?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "They may not confirm it, but we can send someone to spread the rumor, that is, Zhang Liao was hit by Hu Qi's stray arrow and was seriously injured and died. ”

This is exactly Zhang Liao's strategy, while attacking and killing Li Meng to prevent the pursuit, he cheated to death, turning from light to dark.

Whether Dong Zhuo believes it or not, once the news of him being shot dead by a stray arrow spreads, Dong Zhuo will not be able to find him, and he will inevitably relax his search and pursuit, and other forces in Chang'an will also be confused, and he happens to act in secret.

As for the forces of Hedong and Zuo Fengyi's own side, as long as the shadow passes the news over, everything will be stable.