The sun is setting in the west.

On the plains, the two armies were lined up a mile apart.

In the open space in the center of the military formation, two people were talking to each other, and occasionally laughter was heard.

Soon after, the two separated, Liu Pet returned to the military formation, looked at Liu Zheng, who also returned to the military formation, and saw Liu Zheng leading the army to continue north, so he sat on a wooden table, and drank with a wine bag.

"Liu Deran......" Liu Pet stroked his somewhat wet beard, and then looked at the sunset with a slight smile in his eyes, and squinted slightly, "It's not simple......"

He has always been good at bows and crossbows, and he is also quite fond of bows and crossbows, and this time in order to deal with Dong Zhuo's cavalry, the five thousand people he brought were also equipped with archer crossbows. As the two armies approached, he pretended to encounter the enemy, not because he had not let go of the battle to deter. However, when his people pulled out their bows and crossbows, the opposite side actually took out their shields to defend in an orderly manner, and at that speed, at first glance, they were trained elite soldiers.

After that, seeing that Liu Zheng sent someone out to identify himself and confirm the enemy and me, and there was also a bow and crossbow looming behind the shield array, he was frightened, pretended to figure out Liu Zheng's identity, and asked Liu Zheng to interview him alone, Liu Zheng also did not hesitate to go out of the battle, and the courage to make a decision on the spot also surprised Liu Chong.

Then the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Liu Zheng looked calm, looked humble and polite, and his words were also in a measured manner, and he did not leak.

He even said, "Brother Wei heard that Kong Yuzhou had some misunderstanding of Deran, in the past, he didn't know whether it was true or false, but now he sees Deran's bearing, which is definitely not the case." Deran walked with Brother Wei this time, and Brother Wei will definitely help you explain clearly on Kong Yuzhou's side. Liu Zheng was also aware of the temptation and co-optation one by one, and in the words he responded, he also maintained a certain degree of alienation and vigilance.

All in all, he didn't make any progress in meeting with Liu Zheng this time, if he had to say that he had gained, it was that he knew Liu Zheng and knew that the combat effectiveness of Liu Zheng's subordinates was not much better than his subordinates.

Such a situation was unexpected by Liu Pet.

As the king of Chen, his status is transcendent, that is, Kong Ling and his ilk are extremely jealous of him behind their backs, and when they really meet him, they have to be respectful, and when they see his troops, they are even more afraid of being like a tiger, and they dare not go out to face him alone, not to mention some ordinary people, even if they have some background abilities, they will show a posture inferior to him when they see him, and some of them are good at pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and they are eager to join him and get his protection.

But Liu Zheng is a commoner at best, and the position of the tiger general does not even have a ribbon seal, but it is a false position, and now that Yuan Shao and others are wary of Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng is still neither humble nor arrogant, and is still a little alienated from him, which has to surprise Liu Pet.

In the letter from Liu Yu inviting him to crusade against Dong Zhuo, he introduced some young heroes from Youzhou, and Liu Zheng was also brought in.

But this time Liu Zheng didn't want his protection, just like he heard that Liu Zheng was unruly and unruly when he was in Youzhou, the hole cards that he might have behind this arrogance made Liu Pet a little confused.

"The Yellow Turban Army, the Black Mountain Army? Or is it the reason for the crossbow and these horses......" Liu Chong muttered for a moment, and a staff advisor asked him where he should go next, he thought about it, looked at the northwest where Liu Zhengqu left, and laughed, "Hey, what about a degree of advance and retreat." With this meeting, Liu can make the world think that you are already my person. ”

He stood up, drank all the wine in the wine bag, then wiped the wine stains on the golden armor, and walked towards the south with steady and calm steps, "Let's go, let's go to Yingchuan and force Kong Ling to trouble him." ”

……

As night fell, on the plains west of Chenliu County and near Chenliu County, Liu Zheng and others were resting on the spot.

Not long ago, a scout reported that Liu Chong's army no longer went to Suojube, but went towards Yingchuan County, and at this time, everyone discussed this matter word by word.

"Big brother, you just send someone to Yingyin, at least inform your sister-in-law and the thin monkey, I always feel that Liu Pet calls you a brother and a brother, and now that he has gone to Yingchuan, he wants to hold them hostage to threaten me and others." Zhang Fei flipped through some wooden bamboo slips and said with a worried expression.

"To what?" Liu Zheng's tone was light, and after browsing a roll of bamboo slips, he picked up another piece of wood.

Seeing that Liu Zheng was absent-minded, Zhang Fei's breathing stagnated, Zhao Yun picked up the bamboo slips and put them beside Liu Zheng, and hesitated: "Lord, only Brother Huang Tian is in charge of the Xun Mansion now, and there are not many guards in the mansion, so why don't you ......go over."

"What do you want to do? Tired of being my quarterguard so soon? Liu Zheng joked, picked up another roll of bamboo slips, Zhao Yun opened his mouth in a panic, and then heard Xun Yue laugh and said: "You just have to rest assured." As I said before, how can my Xun Mansion be broken by King Chen if he wants to. Even when the envoys of the court come, they must enter the door with a salute. This time, Uncle Ciming and Bo Lang went to Luoyang, how could King Chen come nonsense? ”

Zhang Fei threw a scroll of wooden slips with the name of someone in it to Liu Zheng's side, still worried: "As soon as the eldest brother came, Ciming Gong went to Luoyang, and others may think that the eldest brother wants to flatter Dong Zhuo. Who knows if Liu Pet will have such a thought. Big brother, you also said that the heart of defense is indispensable, and recently I have been nervous from time to time for the matter of sour dates, why did you see Liu Pet, but I was calm? ”

"Because what Brother Zhongyu said is true, and because I have already been tricked...... Zilong, please get a torch here, I can't see it clearly. Zhang Fei, Li Cheng, Zhang Mancheng and others were stunned, Liu Zheng glanced at it, smiled and looked down at the bamboo slip in his hand, "I asked you to ignore me all the way, just thinking about the follow-up of this matter." I figured it out. I went to see him alone before, and I patronized the courage of the fierce fight, but I ignored seeing him this time, that is, we had only been talking for less than a moment, which would have made people misunderstood. But what about after the misunderstanding? I actually have nothing to lose, it's just a matter of whether Kong Ling's people are looking for trouble for me to come faster or slower. Then why should I bother with him in case I fall for him? ”

"Not bad." Xun Yue nodded and said: "Now that King Chen is going south, it is different from the previous itinerary, and it will definitely make others think that King Chen went south because of Deran." No matter how you explain it, you can't explain it. Now that we know that King Chen can't hurt the female Xun and them, why should we worry about it? In the past letters, whether it is Huang Tian's deeds that they are waiting for, or being intercepted halfway, people will know that De Ran is afraid. It is better to ignore it, and then the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. ”

"Well, it was when I met Liu Pet that I felt that it was too much to be scared before." Liu Zheng echoed, "There are so many people playing conspiracy and tricks in this world, where can they be prevented every time." This trip is even more so, it is better to brake quietly, so that people can feel that I have a clear conscience. ”

Liu Zheng paused, "As for the female Xun, they are not stupid, they will be prepared." We don't have to worry about them. If you think like this every time you go out, do you want to go to war? Besides, we are anxious, maybe some people in Yingchuan are even more anxious than us. He raised his eyebrows at Zhang Fei and smiled proudly, "Don't forget, we can't be underestimated." They're afraid they're going to push us too far. ”

Zhang Fei nodded suddenly, and then said distressedly: "That's right, but we are not familiar with life when we first arrived, and Kong Yuzhou is like this to us...... My wife and children are still in Yingchuan, and I still ...... shoulder."

Seeing Liu Zheng squinting over, Zhang Fei hurriedly shut up, then looked at the resting soldiers around him, and said with a dry smile: "No one heard...... It's not a ...... to disturb the morale of the army."

"Roll and run five laps around the camp." Liu Zheng kicked Zhang Fei's ankle, and suddenly picked up a roll of bamboo slips that had just been thrown down, and in Zhang Fei's complaint, he leaned over to Zhao Yun who came over with a torch, "Xu Fu, hiss, this person...... Brother Zhongyu, come and see ......"

At this time, the wooden bamboo slips around everyone are the situation in Yuzhou collected by Xun Shuang and others over the years, most of which are small biographies of celebrities and righteous people.

Speaking of which, in fact, Chenliu County is not on the road from Yingyin to sour jujube, and Liu Zheng will deliberately detour to Chenliu County this time, also because he had previously notified the informant in Yanzhou to prepare this information. When Fang was stationed here to rest, Ke Hai, Xi Xi and others had already set off to Chenliu County to pick them up.

Xu Fu ...... Oh, I've heard of this guy. Because it has the same name as the pre-Qin Fangshi, it is quite impressive. I remember that he was originally a ranger in the area of the long society, and he was quite righteous. Xun Yue, along with Zhang Mancheng, Sima Ju and others, teased Zhang Fei, who ran out for a while, and Li Cheng, who was grabbed out by Zhang Feiqiang, came to Liu Zheng's side, looked at the bamboo slip for a moment, and read: "At the beginning of the year, I avenged my friend, Fu Fan fled, was arrested by the official, and was rescued by my friend...... This person is chivalrous and courageous, worthy of his name. ”

"How old are you? Is there a table word? Nothing is written here. Liu Zheng frowned.

"I only heard that there is a title of 'Xu Lang', but I don't know how old I am...... Look at the handwriting is written by Brother Tongruo. He didn't write it, it should be that Xu Fu had not yet performed the crown salute. Xun Yue said, suddenly glanced at some bamboo slips and wooden slips that Liu Zheng had thrown away, and after rummaging through them a few times, he took a piece of wooden slips and looked at them a few times.

Then his expression became strange, Xun Yue pressed Liu Zheng's shoulder, handed over the wooden slip and said: "I am in the land of Panlong and Crouching Tiger in Yingchuan County, you have seen so many people, so you say that this person is the descendant of the Chen family where the former three monarchs Chen Fan are located...... There are so many people in the world who take revenge on their friends, if I remember correctly, you didn't care so much when you heard about such things a few days ago, did you? Isn't it...... The unpredictable physiognomy has sensed it again? ”

"I think too much about you. The person you are talking about is the Chen family, will the Chen family be rare? I will be like this, because I know that in my current situation, only this kind of knight with no knowledge will take refuge. ”

Liu Zheng rolled his eyes, noncommittal, but he knew in his heart that if this kind of thing to save his friends happened in other places, he really wouldn't care too much, but this kind of thing happened in Yingchuan, but it had to be a different matter.

After all, in the vague memory of his previous life, I still remember that a cow man from Yingchuan did this kind of thing, but that person's name was Xu Shu, and he used the pseudonym "Shan Fu" after that.

Xu Shu is one of the most respected strategists because of his romance, and Liu Zheng has always admired him, but after a long time, he is only sensitive to Xu Shu's name now, and even Xu Shu's specific experience has been forgotten.

This reason also makes sense, although Xun Yue was skeptical, he also put aside the topic, and then carefully flipped through the bamboo slip in Liu Zheng's hand, and suddenly reached out and touched the small hole in the middle of a bamboo piece, and hesitated: "This hole doesn't seem to be eaten by insects, right?" He approached the torch with a bamboo slip and then smiled: "That's true." There are thread marks, you look for them again, maybe there is a wooden slab that has been tied to it and fallen off...... Brother Tongruo likes to tie a thread and fix the wooden slip with a hole. This method is easy to fall off, and he has said it several times, but he will still commit it. ”

Liu Zheng rummaged through the rummag when he heard this, and mobilized Zhang Mancheng and others to look for it together, and soon after, someone reported that Xi Kehai had returned with the Xiahou Sheng brothers, and Liu Zheng hurriedly went out to greet him.

When he walked to the edge of the camp, Liu Zheng saw Zhu Ming and others from a distance, Xiahou Sheng was taking Xiahou Yuan to talk with Zhu Ming, Xi Xi and others, he hurriedly ran up, and said with a look of surprise: "Brother Miaocai!" Brother Meng Cai! Didn't you two follow Brother Meng De in sour dates? How did it end up here! ”

Halfway through the words, Liu Zheng suddenly thought of something, his heart sank, but his face was silent.

"Liu Gongzi is afraid that he has remembered that a certain family has been waiting here for a long time on the orders of my lord." Xiahou Yuan was upright and a little anxious, and when he saw Liu Zheng at this time, he hurriedly ran over, and after saluting Liu Zheng, he took out a letter from his arms and said eagerly: "Childe, this is a secret letter from the lord, you can keep it and see it later." ”

Seeing Liu Zheng's face was solemn, Xiahou Yuan looked at Xiahou Sheng, "If you say hello, a certain family will not say anything, if you have anything to say, ask Meng Cai directly, and a certain family will go back to the city to greet the county lieutenant, and then gather the army and go to the sour date with you." ”

Seeing Xiahou Yuan hurriedly riding his horse and leaving, Xiahou Sheng cried and laughed: "My brother, I don't want me to pass on anything, but I have to come to see you to fulfill the courtesy." This time he didn't even finish speaking, and it was really self-defeating. ”

He turned his head to look at Liu Zheng, suddenly arched his hand, and said solemnly: "I hope that the lord will not blame." ”

"My lord?" Liu Zheng was stunned. Previously, Xiahou Shengke had been calling him "Brother Deran", but at this time, the two had not seen each other for a long time, but Xiahou Sheng suddenly called him the lord, which was intriguing.

Liu Zheng thought about it and hesitated: "Is this what Brother Meng De meant, or is it ......?"