Chapter 51: Escorts

The late autumn drizzle was already chilling, and they lingered in the air, enveloping green hills, clear water, villages, fields, and a Xiaosuo mountain road that stretched out to the sky.

The sound of the wheels crushing the mountain road tore through the fog and rain, and slowly headed north. It was an old carriage, and the man who drove it was covered with mulberry and wrinkles all over his face like a creeper. But he was complacent, and did not use his whip, and let the yellow-colored mule and horse, which was quite strong, go along the way...

The mountain road is getting steeper and steeper, and the road surface that is still quite wide is getting narrower and narrower, and the mountains on both sides suddenly become tall and steep, and the mountain road is tightly sandwiched in the middle. The mule and horse began to become restless, snorting from time to time, and slowing down its hooves.

"Brothers, fence me up!" A loud roar exploded in the mountain road. Immediately, shouting and clattering footsteps suddenly came from the mountains on both sides, and then, two or three hundred bandits rushed out at once.

They surrounded the carriage and brandished all kinds of weapons such as broadswords and spears, and everyone was excited and smiling. The man at the head was very tall, with a fierce face, and he was wearing a scribe's robe that he had gotten out of nowhere, and he looked indecent. He lifted his robe and strode to the side of the carriage, knocked the long wheel of the carriage with the thick back of the ring-headed knife, looked up and scolded the old man who was driving: "Old ghost, you have a lot of courage, you dare to carry merchants and passengers in this world, I think you want money and don't want to die." Hahaha! ”

The old man didn't panic, he put down his horsewhip, and arched his hand to the comer: "King, it's funny." Just because the guests wanted to go to Donglai, it happened that my youngest son served in the Tiger Army, and I didn't see him for a long time, so I wanted to visit, and I happened to be on the way, so I took the passengers with me. ”

The fierce man was shocked when he heard this, he withdrew the big knife, pondered for a moment, squinted his eyes and asked, "What is the name of your son?" What is your position in the LTTE? ”

The old man who drove the car replied humbly: "Xiao'er Zhang Erniu, the commander of the Mongolian army, has been appointed as the commander of the cavalry company, and there are more than 100 cavalry under his command. There was a hint of pride in his words.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, the Tiger Army was not something that a thief like them dared to provoke. The leading evil man's face also changed several times, the fierce light in his eyes gradually eased, he stared at the old man driving the car for a long time, and laughed: "Yes, old man, you gave birth to a good son." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, I hope the king will be magnanimous and let the little old man go!" The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said politely.

Seeing that it was possible to end hastily, the thieves were all interested, and they were all a little depressed. The leader was also a little unwilling, and he shouted to the carriage, "How can we see the dignity of some of our friends in the carriage since we have made a move?" ”

The old man was afraid that these thieves would not die, so he hurriedly stopped: "King, the two gentlemen in the car are the famous men who are favored by the Tiger Army Shen Dashuai, you see..."

When the fierce man heard this, he also didn't know what to do, you know, which of today's scholars is not above the top, not to mention the figure that the commander of the Tiger Army values! If you really want to let the celebrity in the car come out to greet a rough man like him, how can he give him a good face? If you accidentally get angry and form a grudge, how can you bear the anger of the Tiger Army... Just as he was in a dilemma, the mountain road to the south suddenly became dusty, and it was obvious that a large group of men and horses were coming.

The fierce man was happy in his heart, and there was business again! Fortunately, I didn't have to go back empty-handed this time.

But the mood just began to turn cloudy, and the scene in front of him immediately made him fall into an ice cave!

Da Da, the sound of horses' hooves like muffled thunder on the ground, the fierce man suddenly felt his heart beat, he looked up to the south: I saw a group of elite horsemen rushing out of the crowd without a tail, more than 20 knights were all fierce and mighty, they formed a wedge formation, rushed here.

Where is this fat sheep? You are the sheep in the mouth of the tiger!

While the bandits were trembling, a warrior rushed out of the group, this man was in fine armor, and he carried a pair of steel halberds horizontally in both hands, and under the unusually burly and strong tiger body, the black horse mount was more excited than his master, and slammed into it with the scream of the law.

The angry horse was as fast as the wind, and the few minions in front of it were so frightened that they scurried away, and in an instant a large clearing was vacated.

Sigh the law, the black horse hissed again, his hooves stepped into the air, and his huge body stopped three feet from the thief's head. The thief's face was so frightened that his face trembled.

Immediately, the giant man looked down at the leader of the thieves with a faceless face, and the halberd in his right hand struck his head, and his fierce gaze shot at this person's face, and roared: "Dog thief, didn't you eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, and even the distinguished guests of the Tiger Army dared to hijack!" Today, I'll let you be a ghost, remember, grandpa's surname is Wei. ”

It was Dian Wei, the first fierce general of the Tiger Army, who was already frightened, and when he heard that it was the famous Dian Wei who wanted to take his life, his legs were no longer controlled, he pounced, knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy again and again: "The general spares his life, I really have no intention of hijacking, even if I borrow ten guts, I don't dare!" This old man can testify for us. After saying that, he looked at the old man who was driving the car with a pleading eye.

The old man hesitated, the thief was in a hurry, and he kept asking the old man for help, and beads of sweat from his face couldn't stop coming out.

Without waiting for the old man to answer, the curtain in front of the carriage was rolled up, and two people came out of it, both dressed as scholars.

The person walking in front was very young, about 1.7 meters, dressed in a brown linen robe, with a straight back, and a very dusty face, but the haggard and tired face still couldn't hide his blazing eyes.

"It turned out to be General Dian Wei, who was known as the 'evil of the ancients', and he had heard of the general's prestige for a long time in Shimoda; Tian Chou bowed his hand, his tone was very polite, and he smiled and excused the kneeling thief, "He didn't have the intention of harming us, not to mention, wouldn't killing him dirty the general's halberd!" ”

This Mr. Tian is not bad, every sentence is said to Dian Wei's heart, Dian Wei is happy in his heart, he smiled and scolded the kneeling thief: "Boy, in the future, this pair of tricks will be brighter, get out!" ”

One sentence made the thief loosen his body, and it seemed that he had returned to the world from hell all of a sudden. He thanked Dian Wei thousands of times, and after thanking Tian Chou again and again, he led a group of subordinates to quickly disappear in the mountains and forests.

After Dian Wei dismounted and greeted Tian Chou, he came to the middle-aged scribe beside Tian Chou. The middle-aged man was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a bamboo crown and a cyan robe; His appearance is very ordinary, with a round face and a short beard, if such a person walks on the street, he will definitely immediately disappear into the crowd and cannot be found; It's just that the occasional fleeting essence in those slender eyes is not to be underestimated.

After the two of them finished giving the ceremony, Dian Wei asked, "Could this be Mr. Jia Wenhe?" ”

"It's just Jia Xu, I don't dare to be Mr." Jia Xu replied modestly with a smile.

He was silent on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly surprised, when the two of them had just crossed the border of Qingzhou, they had heard some rumors about the Tiger Army.

At first, he didn't quite believe that Shen Changshi started with a few thousand yellow scarves and some bandits, and in just a few months, he had refined this group of Wuhe people into an invincible elite, if he didn't see it with his own eyes, no one would believe it, let alone him Jia Xu Jia Wenhe!

I originally thought that it was mostly a rumor and an exaggeration... Today, however, he wavered in his speculation. The thieves who wanted to rob them just now were not good at all, and they were frightened by the words of an old man who drove a car, and immediately stopped, only because the old man had a son who served the Tiger Army, which shows the prestige of the Tiger Army, and now I see a team of elite cavalry led by Dian Wei, all of whom are skilled and murderous, and they are not inferior to the elite cavalry of the Northern Army outside Luoyang City.

Jia Xu's Gujing Bubo's heart suddenly rippled, and this trip to Donglai, Qingzhou made him faintly start to look forward to it...

Why did Tian Chou and Jia Xu go to Qingzhou together? It turned out that in later generations, I was an iron fan of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and after reading it over and over again, I still felt insufficient, and I found "Three Kingdoms" to study it, and I had a further understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms. Reading Tian Chou's legendary experience, I was very interested, he was outstanding, and his loyalty was unparalleled, compared to Guan Yu's righteousness.

Tian Chou in history is indeed erudite and talented, and he has practiced good swordsmanship. When he was an official in Youzhou, Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, valued him very much. After Liu Yu was killed by the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, Tian Chou went to Liu Yu's tomb to pay homage to the sacrificial sweep, and was captured and surrendered by Gongsun Zhan, he swore to die, Gongsun Chan listened to the advice of others and let him go. Tian Chou took the clan and hundreds of people who came to rely on him to hide in Xu Wushan, and he swept the ground and swore an oath: If I don't repay Liu Youzhou's revenge, I will no longer stand in the world! In the years that followed, more than 5,000 families came to join them. Tian Chou prescribed etiquette, formulated laws, and established schools, and within a few years, the house was not closed at night, and the road was not left behind. Xu Wu gradually formed a vibrant city, they are self-sufficient, there is no heavy endowment inside, no invincible disturbance outside, it is really a paradise.

When the people in the northern border area heard this, they migrated to Xu Wu one after another, and Tian Chou became famous for a while, and even Karasuma and Xianbei also sent tributes to each other; It can be seen that Tian Chou not only has first-class political ability, but his military talent must also be not bad, otherwise he will definitely not be able to deter the Hu people, and this person should have a unique general.

After Yuan Shao occupied the north, he sent envoys several times to invite him and grant him the general, but Tian Chou politely declined; After Yuan Shao's death, his son Yuan Shang came to recruit again, but Tian Chou always refused to be recruited. In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went north to conquer Wuhuan, and Tian Chou offered a plan to help him break through Wuhuan. When discussing meritorious deeds, Cao Cao sealed Tianchou as a pavilion marquis, and sealed 500 households. Tian Chou believes that failing to avenge Liu Yu's revenge violates the oath he made at the beginning, and he resolutely refuses to accept it. Later, he made many meritorious contributions, but never accepted rewards.

For such a loyal man who will not swerve until death, if I can't get acquainted, won't I be worthy of the name of a traverser! I sent people to inquire about the whereabouts of this legendary figure one after another, but fortunately, Huang Tian lived up to his painstaking efforts and finally found a trace for me. He is now traveling in Luoyang, and I heard that he is not yet twenty years old, but he is already a handsome man. Knowing that I had sought him several times and admired his talent and character very much, he was also quite moved, and planned to leave for Donglai to meet the "Bole" of his life.

Coincidentally, he recently met a prodigy, and the two hit it off at first sight. This person is Jia Xu. Jia Xu is very depressed now, he has been an official in the palace for several years, and he has no chance to be released as an official. What's even more unfortunate is that when there is chaos today, chaos is everywhere, money is needed everywhere, and even the palace finances are tight, resulting in the salary of Lang Guan being delayed for more than half a year. Jia Xu's family background is not very good, and he is about to run out of food when he sees it, and his life is gloomy and his body is a little sick! When Tian Chou visited him, Jia Xu revealed to his friends with a lamented face that he was forced to return to his hometown. It happened that Tian Chou was going to Donglai, so he strongly invited him to go with him. Jia Xu returned to his hometown out of helplessness, and now that I, the unjust boss, have paid to sponsor two people to travel at public expense, why not? If you're lucky, you might be able to find a job to make a living.

When the two of them set foot in Qingzhou, I had already received the news that the two of them were coming. I'm overjoyed, this time I really earned it: needless to say, Tian Chou has admired me for a long time; And this Mr. Jia Xu, later generations respected him as the first poisoner of the Three Kingdoms, and his talent is no less than that of the ghost Guo Jia! The safety of these two cattle people cannot be sloppy in the slightest, and I urgently ordered Dian Wei to personally bring a soldier from the Tiger Guard Company to escort them.

Dian Wei was fortunate to arrive in time and took half a day to connect with the two.

Several people were in the guest suite, and the team following behind had already arrived. This group of people is quite large, not a thousand, but eight hundred. At the head were twenty or thirty knights, who were calm and calm, their eyes were as cold as knives, and their bodies exuded a thick murderous aura, and if ordinary people were stared at by them, their scalps would be numb. The knight in the front line is the thickest and thickest, he holds a large flag high in his right hand, the flag is not less than two feet, the triangular flag is made of linen, red on a black background, and four big characters are embroidered with golden silk threads: Huwei Dart Bureau.