The afternoon sun bakes the earth, and the heat is steaming on the loess.

Although there will always be strange weather in Dahan in recent years, the situation of scorching heat in winter and hail in summer is not nothing, but this kind of weather has been relatively rare in Youzhou, like today's hot summer weather, many people are the first time to meet, especially yesterday was still high and cool in autumn, today suddenly warmed up, everyone is still wearing long sleeves, when walking on the road, Rao is windy, or bare-chested, so hot that from time to time stop and dismount, go to the nearby creek and river water to drink water to quench thirst, water to water the water bladder.

"Damn, it's hot to death......"

When Pinghan fed the horse, carried a mace and shook his clothes to the river, Zhao Yun was raising himself in the river for three years, and the white horse that looked quite strong "chasing the wind" brushed the bristles, on the bank of the river, Liu Zheng sat in the shade of the tree, took off his short shirt and soaked it in water and carried it on his shoulder, digging the scab that began to fall off on his arm, and comforted Pinghan when he heard the words, and then seemed to think of something, looking at Xun Yue and others who were sitting in the carriage on one side with their sleeves fanning the wind and looking down at Xun Biao, "This weather is rare, your brothers came in time, so I met it, You can look back and think carefully about what the reason is. ”

"Heaven is impermanent...... Shut up. Don't talk to me about messy and unorthodox things. Xun Biao smiled on the side of the carriage, and at this time he was squatting on the ground, holding a convex lens in his hand and reaching out into the sunlight, shining into the light of a pile of thatch.

Speaking of which, in the past two years, with Liu Biao's entry into Jingzhou, the opening of private schools, and the recruitment of wise men, many talented people who could not get along in Luoyang also ran to Jingzhou, among which there were craftsmen who slipped out of the palace and knew how to make glass, which were used by Liu Biao to specialize in manufacturing luxury goods related to glass.

Zhang Ji has made a few friends in recent months with his identity and family background, and it is impossible to get the secret recipe, but it is still possible to find someone to customize a few pieces through the relationship.

This lens is still brought by Zhang Ji when Jian Yong came over this time, and the color and quality are more inclined to real transparent glass, but those craftsmen are also stubborn, knowing that the Zhang family and Nanyang Zuo ordered it, and used some models of birds and beasts when they were made, or carved out the texture on the glass, all lifelike, beautiful, and completely take the high-end route, so that Zhang Ji was helpless, planned to set the relationship, and directly got the formula in the future.

On the other hand, he polished a few pieces of the heavenly object, and after Jian Yong took it out, Liu Zheng also made a telescope, probably because the curvature of the glass surface was not enough, or because of the rough polishing, it looked more or less blurry, and it couldn't be seen far, so he simply dismantled it and re-improved it, and a few of the worn pieces were also taken by Xun Biao and others to study.

In these years, most of the people have made fire by drilling wood, but in fact, some people are not ignorant of spotlight, especially those like Xun Yue and Xun Biao, who are involved in complicated and well-read and memorized, and they know about it, last year when Liu Zheng used ice cubes to demonstrate to Xun Yu and Xun You, they had also heard of it, but this matter was common for Xun Yue and others, and everyone didn't know Liu Zheng's intentions, so they put it down.

But last night by the glass piece, Liu Zheng struck while the iron was hot to show everyone a small hole imaging on the carriage, everyone was surprised at the same time, Xun Biao and others actually knew the small hole imaging phenomenon proposed by Mozi, but later Liu Zheng asked "Is it possible, light spreads in a straight line, warm in winter and cool in summer, sunrise and sunset, because the earth is rotating, and it has been revolving around the sun......" frightened.

Especially this morning, the weather was good, Liu Zheng pointed to the blurred light spots under the trees that were biased towards the circle for them to take a closer look, Xun Biao and the others also began to think about this problem, thinking that they vaguely felt that the things that were warm in winter and cool in summer, sunrise and sunset were somewhat related to the problem that Liu Zheng said, and then contacted the telescope, and most of the expressions were a little unnatural.

However, the heaven is round and the place involves the theory of yin and yang, and the theory of yin and yang involves the righteousness of humanity, and even the rules of today's society, whether or not they admit that what Liu Zheng said has some truth, at least verbally, Xun Biao and others are against Liu Zheng speaking again, at this time, Xun Biao is idle and bored, thinking about some other problems with the lens - in general, he and Xun Yue have been associated with the philosophical level.

As for Xun Yu Jian Yong, the two of them had no intention of doing this at all, they were a little surprised when they heard about it in the past, but they were also accustomed to it at this time, just holding the mentality of watching the excitement, just waiting for Xun Yue Xun to figure out some truth and sit back and enjoy it.

"Captain, it's again!"

Rao has already seen it several times, and several of Pinghan's subordinates still exclaimed at this time when they watched the thatch smoke and fire, and Pinghan here thought about his identity, was more reserved, and scolded with a smile: "I haven't seen the world!" Listening to Zhao Yun's compliment to Liu Zheng, he turned his head and was about to say something, and then his eyes suddenly fixed on the white horse, and he stood up with a mace, and said with an extremely solemn expression: "Zilong!" Horse! ”

Zhao Yun was stunned, turned his head, and hurriedly threw away the brush in fright.

He looked down and saw that there was a bright red liquid swimming in the water like ink, swimming at his feet, and staining his trouser legs a little red, and hurriedly pulled the white horse towards the river bank.

"Song Xi, call everyone together!" Ping Han shouted, walked upstream, Liu Zheng also stood up and looked, he saw that the river was red, looking to the north, that is, upstream, he could vaguely see a small stone high ground in the middle of the river, as if something blocked a few gaps, and the blood was washed down by the river from that side.

Liu was walking towards the horses, Xun You and Jian Yong ran over.

Looking at the blood on the river, and after a while, there were broken arms and stumps washed down by the river, Xun Yu said solemnly: "There is a war in Changping!" ”

This place is close to Changping County, in fact, this is also the last time Liu Zheng and others rest, I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing, Liu Zheng looked at the more and more intense blood and water swimming down, thinking that the situation was only afraid of being extremely serious, but he didn't have the heart to go up to check again, and looked at Pinghan with a gloomy face.

Seeing this, Ping Han didn't go upstream, and then picked up his mace and shouted at the gang: "Scouts! Such a big thing, the fucking past inquiry hasn't come to report yet! Lazy isn't it! As soon as this matter passes, Lao Tzu will settle accounts with you again! ”

Most of the people who followed Pinghan this time are confidants, and they are sought after by virtue of their identity on weekdays, so they have not suffered so much, the weather is hot today, and there is a vacant land nearby, only there is a forest on a section of the official road near Changping four or five miles, and it is possible to be lazy.

At this time, it is not the time to care about these, Liu Zheng thought about it, touched the inner armor on the saddle and wiped it vigorously with wet clothes, looked at Xun You and the others, Xun You hurriedly said: "You go first, just leave ten people for me to wait." I'll wait here. I remember that when I came back, I asked two or three people to come and report first, and if dozens of people came, I would go south immediately. ”

"Twenty left." Liu Zheng nodded and shouted at Ping Han, put on his inner armor, put on his clothes again, and probably sorted out the bow and arrows on the saddle, "Commander Zhu, you and your uncle stay to take care of Brother Zhongyu and them." Give your inner armor to Zilong. ”

Over there, Zhu Ming immediately took the inner armor from the carriage and gave it to Zhao Yun, and comforted and encouraged a few words, Zhao Yun took off his clothes and hurriedly put on the inner armor, and saw Liu Zheng throw his hand, he stretched out his hand and fished it out, and Zhongxing Sword was held in his arms, "Lord ......"

"Don't, you're more suitable than me, just don't lose it." Liu Zheng said undoubtedly, Li Yan, Li Cheng, and Tong Fei, who had just been awakened by the night patrol last night, jumped down on the carriage, seeing this scene, Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Deran ......"

"Uncle, you and Brother Li and Yuan Xiang stay here to take care of Brother Zhongyu and them. I'll go and inquire first, and if there's any situation, I'll have someone inform you. ”

Ah Cheng also passed. There is a response, and it will be enough for me to leave a few horse-drawn carriages here. ”

Having said that, Liu Zhengpinghan still left twenty people here to deal with Li Yan and Zhu Ming, and then the two of them took Zhao Yun, Li Cheng and more than seventy Montenegrin soldiers and soldiers to gallop towards the northern part of the official road.

The horse ran for about five or six minutes, and the corpses could be seen floating down from time to time in the river water passing by along the way, and looking upstream along the river, a large area of woods appeared, Liu Zheng and the others stopped their horses for a while, and they could hear the sound of killing in the forest from a distance.

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions became more and more urgent, and then they also let go of their speed, galloped towards the forest, and ran closer, and they could see several corpses lying on the edge of the forest, the blood flowed into several small pools, which had not yet turned black, and then inside, there were many corpses lying on the ground along the official road, and the sound of killing was even heavier.

Ping Han beckoned a few of his subordinates to go to investigate, and slowly rode over with Liu Zheng and others, and not long after, one of his subordinates rode back, "Captain, you can enter." The sound of killing is still inside, and it sounds quite far away. It's just corpses here. ”

"Who's?" Liu Zheng asked, and the subordinates' faces froze, "Several corpses don't have headscarves, it's hard to recognize, they should be the brothers of the Yellow Turban Army...... I saw traces of hoes nearby...... By the way, it's quite new, I don't think the battle will last more than half an hour, and the corpses in this river should have come from upstream. ”

Regarding the general situation of Changping, Liu Zheng and others still know, the county soldiers, Wu Huan, and even Wang Song's people are poorly equipped, and they will definitely not use a weapon like a hoe, Liu Zheng's face sank when he heard this, he glanced at Ping Han, reminded Li Cheng and Zhao Yun to be careful, and then led people with Ping Han to start riding in the woods.

When he entered the forest, one of his subordinates ran from the front, "Big brother! Lao Zhou and Lao Yu are dead! We find a man who is unconscious, who has already woken up, the brother of the Yellow Turbans. ”

Without waiting for Ping Han to speak, Liu Zheng immediately rode over, and in the wind blowing in his face, the sound of killing seemed to be close at hand, but in this area, except for the strong smell of blood and corpses everywhere, in fact, there was not much fighting.

It's just that as the horse stepped forward, what made Liu Zheng more puzzled was that whether it was a horse or a person, most of the corpses didn't seem to have any equipment, some wore yellow scarves, some didn't wear them, and in general, the equipment was not complete, not like the Yellow Turban Army was fighting with Wang Songbu and Wu Huan.

Soon after, someone shouted in the forest on the side of the official road, Liu Zheng jumped off the horse and ran over, and a Pinghan's subordinate introduced to the big man wearing a yellow scarf: "This is Liu Zheng and Liu Gongzi, who has a lot to do with your family's Guan Qu Shuai, and even has a lot to do with Bu Qu Shuai and Zhang Qu Shuai, and please tell my brother the truth." ”

"Brother, what the hell is going on? Ambushed? Whose people? ”

Liu Zheng asked as he tore the man's clothes, took out a bottle of medicinal powder from his belt and sprinkled it on the wound on the man's waist, and then sprinkled it a few times on the wound on the man's forehead that was bleeding profusely, and the man's eyes were red when he saw this, "Childe, a certain family has admired you for a long time, and my family's field is still coming back because of Guan Qushuai...... But this time, this time...... Someone shouldn't be here......"

Ping Han rushed over with Li Cheng, Zhao Yun and others, and when he saw the man crying, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The wounded man lay down on a tree, looked up at the tragic situation nearby, and cried, "I'll wait...... Guan Qu Shuai was tricked...... was ambushed by Zhao Yu's people here! Liu Gongzi ...... I've been waiting for my own people's way! You want to get justice for us! ”

Liu Zheng's breath was stagnant, and the man cried and roared: "Zhao Yu, that dog thief, colluded with Wang Song and Wu Huan, first caused internal strife, let me wait for the camp to be in chaos, and at this time, he even covered up and killed us together with Wang Song and Wu Huan." Guan Qushuai sent us and others to go south through this place to ask for help, and we just met with the two brothers of the Black Mountain Army, and I never thought that I would be ambushed by Zhao Yu's people......"

"What about the Zidu people? Gongsun grandson? Liu Zheng asked with wide eyes.

"Gongsun Zidu thinks very highly of himself, and he doesn't take us in his eyes, so he has long been coughing up...... It has been two days since the camp. ”

Liu Zheng took a deep breath, swallowed his saliva and stood up, seeing Pinghan and the others with solemn expressions, he waved his hand, "Tell the two brothers to help them down...... He said, and suddenly turned back to the man: "What's your name?" It's best to let me know how to write words. ”

"After the money, before and after, the money of the money. It is the personal guard under the command of the commander of the Guanhai Guanqu. ”

"Well, my brother should rest more. Liu will definitely help you get justice. "Not lying......

Liu Zheng thought about it, ran towards the horses, Pinghan Zhao Yun and others chased after him, Pinghan said in a deep voice: "Liu Gongzi, if the Yellow Turban Army is infighting, we are only afraid that we will fall short this time...... Gongsun Duwei, and my eldest brother ......"

"Let's see...... At least, Zidu will never be such a person who does not know the general situation. ”

said so, Liu Zheng was also a little worried in his heart, afraid that it might be that the Yellow Turban Army was really not in the stream, and there was a conflict between the two sides, so that Gongsun Yue took people away in a fit of anger.

As soon as he jumped on his horse, he saw someone in front of him hurrying over, and shouted in horror: "Big brother! Damn, it's crazy to kill in front! Out of the woods, there are ...... everywhere."

"Be careful!"

Liu Zheng and Ping Han shouted in unison, and saw five people in front of them hurrying towards them, and some people shouted in broken official dialect, "There are still people here!" While bending the bow and arrows, the bow was fired.

The archer also shot an arrow in the back of Ping Han's men, but the man snorted, and the injury was not serious, and he continued to bend over the horse and run over with the arrow on his back.

At the same time, Liu Zheng had already drawn his bow and arrows, and the two arrows were fired at the same time. Along with the arrows, two horses, black and white, met the five men like the wind.

The double arrows met the façade of an archer and a rider galloping, Li Cheng's ring head knife and Zhao Yun's corner gun also collided with the two riders on both sides of the five people not long after, and the four people who came over fell off their horses one after another, and the most central one saw this scene, and he didn't know what to do with a frightened expression, and before he could react, he was immediately knocked off the horse by a mace of Pinghan who rode over.

The man rolled and screamed in pain on the ground, and in the faint sound of horses' hooves in front of him, Zhao Yun shouted: "Lord, Yun go ahead to explore." ”

Li Cheng couldn't rest assured, "I'll go too." Riding his horse to keep up with Zhao Yun's chasing wind, Ping Han remembered the shouts of the five people just now, and immediately sent fifty people up together.

At the same time, Liu Zheng had already dismounted, and the gun was pointed at the head of the fallen man.

"Spare your life, a strong man spare your life......" The man covered the wound on his arm and begged for mercy, Liu Zheng said coldly: "Whose person?" What the hell is going on ahead? Be honest. ”

"Wang Wei! Liu Gongzi, this person is Zhao Yu's dog thief! ”

The Yellow Turban Army behind him, who had just been rescued, had been helped out, came over to see the figure clearly, and suddenly shouted, the captive person saw the back money, glared and said: "Hou Qian!" You're still alive! Lao Tzu said how could I not find you! Shrinking turtle, don't run if you have the ability! Dare to plot to kill my family Qu Shuai, Lao Tzu will not let you and Guan Hai that dog thief go even if he is a ghost! ”

"Here you go!"

Hou Qian snatched the ring head knife from the hand of a Montenegrin soldier and rushed up violently, Liu Zheng was stunned, but he also hurriedly stopped and helped the king up.