Chapter Eighty-Eight: Footholding, Extraneous Branches

The chirping of cicadas shook the air, monotony sounded on the branches, the birds fluttered, and then there was no sound, the mountain wind blew through the forests, the green undulated and swayed, and the weapons were hidden in the wind after a few breaths.

To the north, a team walked along the winding mountain road, in front of and behind, the figures of ragged women and children were sandwiched in the middle, some of them were depressed, and they did not know the destination, and some of them occasionally flashed revenge in their eyes, and soon after, a ride passed through the mountain road in front. The tall figure of the arched guard in the middle of the team then received the news from the wolf rider, and his expression was a little stunned.

"It's really a narrow road...... "muttered to his mouth.

The girl looked up from his arms: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay... Someone in front of us wanted to intercept us, but they were captured by Hua Xiong. Gongsun Zhi pressed Cai Yan's head, "Lean, let's go over and take a look." ”

The front team broke away from the team, the black war horse rushed in front, and galloped on the steep mountain road with dozens of horses, and the vision unfolded after the bend, and the two teams of soldiers and horses were seen facing each other and congested there from a distance, and the sound was noisy and chaotic.

"General Pan was captured......"

"Save the generalβ€”"

β€œ...... Don't move, be careful that the other party kills General Pan. ”

In the wind, there are probably such words shouting, the horse's hooves here slow down, Gongsun Zhi rode forward, the wolf rider on the opposite side heard the sound, and turned around to see the big leader coming, that is, to make a way, the front of the line of sight became wider, a big axe fell to the ground, a war horse, Hua Xiong held a tiger's mouth long knife is on the neck of a big waist and round body.

Gongsun Zhi stepped forward, looked down at the half-kneeling and half-standing figure on the ground, and tilted his head: "Pan Feng? ”

"You know me?" The thick-eyed general turned his head, looked at Gongsun Zhi on horseback, and blinked, "...... If you know me, then everyone is on their own, haha...... I just rushed unreasonably, and I asked this leader not to be surprised, so ..... Just let it go...... Me, okay? ”

Over there, the tiger's mouth knife pressed down, and Hua Xiong grinned: "...... Is this cowardly? Upper and lower generals? ”

"General up and down?" Cai Yan thought for a moment, then covered his mouth, his eyes bent into crescents, and laughed softly: "How can a big man be called like this." ”

Gongsun Zhi frowned and looked at Hua Xiong: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

"Forget it.... I said it myself, it's really embarrassing...."Pan Feng, who was pressed by the knife, simply sat down cross-legged, crossed his arms and hugged his chest, full of complaints: "...... It's not Yuan Benchu, a despicable villain....... Jizhou, who designed to earn Hanzhou Mu, our old ministers also followed suit, and were thrown to Zhongshan to get an errand to suppress the black mountain thieves, and hundreds of old and weak people ...... his mother."

The horse's hooves slowly walked in front of him, and when he looked up, on the black warhorse, he heard Gongsun Zhi say, "You go." ”

Pan Feng helped the horn helmet and swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Really let me go?" That...... Then don't regret it, let me go, and don't send anyone again......" He glanced at the burly figure holding the knife next to him with a little trepidation, "...... Chase from behind. ”

Gongsun stopped waving his hand and nodded: "Get out, kill you, I have no place to receive credit." ”

"Hey......" Pan Feng hurriedly picked up the big axe from the ground, strode back to find his horse, lifted the cloak and turned it up, and gave it majestically: "Since the leader is so gracious, Pan Feng has thanked you again, and if there is a dispatch in the future, I will return you." ”

When the words fell, he turned his horse's head and shouted: "There are no bandits coming in and out here, go back and restore your life." ”

Hundreds of old and weak soldiers around him rushed backwards with him, turned a corner, and disappeared.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ This straw bale is a bit interesting, but when I see his head, I can't help but want to cut it. Hua Xiong looked at the direction of the other party's flight as if he was crazy, rubbing his beard and blinking.

After that, the team continued to move along the mountain road, on the way did not encounter the officers and soldiers and the like, occasionally a few mountain people chopping wood passed by here, was caught by Li Heizi with people, asked the way, and let go, soon, the team finally walked out of the mountain before dark, the field of vision between the open boundary, a horse Pingchuan.

Under the red remnant sun, the city of the nearest Yangcheng loomed in the Xixia.

"When I go to Zhongshan, I have to talk to Zhang Yan about something." In the slowly walking procession, Gongsun Zhi's voice was calm, "Yuan Shao's seizure of Jizhou is not a good thing, he should be reminded to make some plans early." ”

The one-armed scholar rode a horse and looked into the distance along his gaze, hesitated for a moment, and spoke: "Yuan Benchu doesn't know much about this person, but what Pan Feng said in his mouth, if he can design and take over the territory, he should be a fierce tiger, so it may be a little inappropriate for us to come over this time." ”

"Tiger...... Does he deserve it? Gongsun Zhi said a word, turned his head to look at the scholar, and then nodded: "However, his fierce generals and strategists should be very powerful, this time, after seeing Zhang Yan, it is the idea to encourage him, and now Yuan Shaochu has Jizhou, and it is the best time to disturb him." ”

Dongfang Sheng frowned: "That person doesn't know if he is willing, he has a big family business, and it is debatable whether he can take a risk." ”

"Yuan Shao is not Han Fu, he will agree."

The figure wearing only a leather jacket said simply, and then the light fell, and a fire dragon rushed towards them in the dark night, and the leader was Gao Sheng, who had been sent to contact him before, he had a deep relationship with the yellow turban, and there would be less trouble in the middle, and before the knight got close, he opened his voice: "Chief, Lao Gao is back." ”

When the war horse walked in, Gongsun Zhi took the reins and raised his eyes to look at the long dragon opposite: "What's the matter, is Zhang Yan here?" ”

"That's not true, General Zhang is still in Changshan, they have already sent someone to inform them, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days to reach Zhongshan." Gao Shengle turned his horse's head, parallel to Gongsun Zhi, and pointed to the figure riding alone in front of him and said: "That's a little marshal of the Black Mountain Army in Zhongshan, named Lei Gong Cao Shi." ”

The man had a long black face, protruding cheekbones on both sides, and a big mole in the corner of his right eye. ”

"You're welcome!" Gongsun Zhi also returned the salute.

Cao Shi lowered his arm, that is, he made a gesture of please, and the horse team of hundreds of people he brought was to separate the road and let the team on this side pass, and during the march, Gongsun Zhi also secretly asked Li Ke and others to beware of each other, in the light of the torch, the two horses were parallel, Cao Shi chatted with Gongsun Zhi with some polite words, only to see that there was a woman in the other party's arms, and he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

"Will you take another look?" A voice sounded coldly, and when he looked back, he saw a stunned young man hanging behind him with a mace, "Look again, my stick will crush your head." ”

Gongsun Zhi turned his head and said in a flat tone: "Li Ke, don't be rude, Leader Cao is just talking to me." ”

"Huh......" The pony thief twists his head away with his mace. Cao Shi smiled and nodded: "It's really talking, this is a warrior may be wrong, the leader of Gongsun will move forward for the time being, I will go to the front first and send someone to inform one or two, so that the camp can be vacant, so that the leader can settle the soldiers and horses." ”

As soon as the person left, Gongsun Zhi's face turned cold, and the girl whispered in his arms: "This person has a bad face, and he is evil, I'm afraid he doesn't obey the orders of General Zhang very much on weekdays." ”

"I'm afraid Zhang Yan also did this intentionally."

Dongfang Sheng immediately stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Maybe he wants to borrow our hands to kill the other party, after all, he is not easy to shoot; Or find someone like this to give us a dismissal. ”

"No matter which one it is, as long as he makes a move first, he just eats him, and Zhang Yan is not easy to attack." The light of the torches shimmered in the wind, and the face of Gongsun Zhi flickered and dimmed.

Nothing else happened in the subsequent trip, a few hours later, it was late at night, arrived at the place, it was a foothill in the northwest of Zhongshan country, a flat and dilapidated mountain village on the mountainside, there were basically no people here, a stream quietly flowed down from the top of the mountain, from the mountain stream not far from the village, the silent mountain night, a hundred insects chirping, adding a bit of seclusion.

This is where they settle down temporarily.