Chapter 33 Rushing to Xingyang
At this time, the Tiger Prison Pass was shrouded by the boundless night, and the Cao army was almost all taken away by Cao Cao and went to Xingyang, resulting in the Cao army's garrison basically losing its guards, and Cao Cao had already sent Zhang Lie to protect Mo Shuyan, so there were not many soldiers and horses left here, so that Mo Shuyan, who came out of the wall, was able to leave the Cao army's station.
Out of the camp, taking advantage of the night, Mo Shuyan touched the stable not far away, and at a glance, he didn't find that there was a horse here, and he walked a few steps forward, only to find that there was only one step left, and the old horse fell to the ground weakly, and I don't know if he was asleep or dead.
"Is there any mistake about taking all the horses away?" Mo Shuyan said helplessly.
Now that there is only this old horse left, and he can't go to other princes' places to borrow horses, Mo Shuyan couldn't help but sigh, and reluctantly squatted down and moved the old horse to see if the horse had died.
After being touched, the old horse's huge horse eyes instantly opened, accompanied by a long roar, the old horse seemed to want to jump up directly, but unexpectedly lack of strength, fell down again, let out a long sorrowful sound, and there seemed to be unwillingness and despair in his eyes.
Seeing this, I don't know why, Mo Shuyan's heartstrings suddenly seemed to be touched, and there was a wave of joy and sorrow, sad for the old horse, it can be seen from the first reaction of this horse that this horse has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it was once a fierce horse, but the years did not spare it, although it did not fall on the battlefield, but finally fell in the safe stable.
A long sigh resounded through the stable, Mo Shuyan stretched out his right hand, gently stroked the old horse's mane, which was no longer supple, and murmured: "Your end should not be here, but should be on the battlefield, and the soul returns to the battlefield, which is your mission, are you willing to go with me?" ”
Hearing this, there seemed to be a light in the old horse's cloudy eyes, and the old man's body seemed to burst out of strength again, struggling to get up, but falling again, after falling, he struggled to get up again, and after all, the old horse still stood up tremblingly.
The old horse who stood up seemed to be back to the moment of his peak, his eyes were bright, he raised his proud horse's head, and looked down at Mo Shuyan, who had already followed him, with infinite fighting spirit in his eyes.
Mo Shuyan on the side, his eyes were already slightly red and moist, and he jumped on the old horse's broad back with tears, and the old horse suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, and galloped away, like a galloping lightning, running towards the outside of the tiger prison.
On horseback, Mo Shuyan knew that this should be the return of this old horse, and it was also the last chance for the old horse to prove himself, and its dream was to die on the battlefield, not in the stable, which was enough.
The long roar of the old horse, extremely loud in the dark night, directly alarmed Zhang Lie sitting on the steps, hearing the sound, Zhang Lie suddenly felt something was wrong in his heart, at this time Cao Jun's horses were taken away by Cao Cao, how could there be a horse roar? Don't......
In an instant, Zhang Lie secretly said that it was not good, jumped up, and pushed open the door in a panic, and sure enough, he found that there was no one, and there was still the hole that had been opened on the roof.
Seeing this, Zhang Lie, who was pale, suddenly knew that he had been fooled by Mo Shuyan, and when he went to the back of the house, he found a row of footprints, followed by him, and the footprints went to the stable after leaving this place.
From this, Zhang Lie immediately determined that the sound of Ma Mingsheng just now should be related to Mo Shuyan, and there was only one place where Mo Shuyan went at this time: Xingyang!
Thinking about this, Zhang Lie, who didn't care about the others, ran towards Gongsun Zhan's garrison with a hook and sickle, and only by borrowing a horse could he catch up with Mo Shuyan, and now, he could only turn to Liu Bei, Gongsun Zhan's subordinate.
At this time, Mo Shuyan drove the old horse, and under the gallop, one person and one horse soon came to the door of the tiger prison, thinking that it would take a lot of words to get out, but who knew that the door was closed and wide open, and no one was stationed.
didn't have time to think about it, Mo Shuyan rushed out of the pass directly with his horse and hurried to Xingyang, only hoping that Cao Cao could slow down and wait until he arrived.
Not long after Mo Shuyan left, Zhang Lie arrived at Gongsun Zhan's station, but was stopped by the soldiers on duty at night, saying that they would not be allowed to enter, and immediately quarreled with each other.
Zhang Lie, who didn't have much time to wait, couldn't convince the soldiers on duty at night, and was about to force his way in, just when Liu Bei was wandering around with insomnia, heard the quarrel here, and rushed over.
Seeing Liu Bei appear, Zhang Lie was overjoyed, relying on Gongsun Chan might not be able to help him, if it was Liu Bei, the success rate would be much greater.
Without waiting for Liu Bei to ask about his intentions, Zhang Lie directly pulled Liu Bei aside and whispered the cause and effect aside, but he still hid the news of the jade seal, just saying that Cao Cao caused Xu Zisheng's dissatisfaction.
After listening to Zhang Lie's narration, Liu Bei's face suddenly became gloomy, Xu Zisheng's heart was obvious, if he didn't stop it, he was afraid that the world would be in chaos.
However, their own strength ...... Not enough.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei sighed lightly, his eyes were full of guilt, and said: "Xuande is now a subordinate of Brother Gongsun, and he left his post without instructions, I am afraid that it will cause Brother Gongsun's dissatisfaction." ”
"Brother Xuande is serious, you don't need to send troops, you just need to give away the next good horse to travel." Afraid that Liu Bei would misunderstand, Zhang Lie hurriedly explained to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was originally quite embarrassed and couldn't help, but when he heard this, his spirits perked up, and he turned his head sideways and drank to the soldiers on duty: "Prepare the horse quickly." ”
"No." The soldiers on duty did not dare to delay, and hurried to the stable, not daring to delay at all.
Soon, the soldier on duty brought a reddish-brown horse, and when he saw the horse being led, Zhang Lie eagerly stepped forward a few steps, turned over on the horse without hesitation, and then hugged his fists and said to Liu Bei: "Thank you Brother Xuande for your help, he will be grateful in the future." ”
"It's okay, it's a little trivial, it's not enough to worry about, the situation is urgent, let's go quickly." Liu Bei saluted and said.
Hearing this, Zhang Lie nodded, clamped his legs, rode his horse and galloped away, and secretly said in his heart: Mo Shuyan, you must not have an accident!
After Zhang Lie left, Liu Bei stopped and watched for a long time, his eyes were full of solemn expressions, and finally turned back, planning to go and tell Gongsun Zhan, after all, he still lived under people, and if he concealed it, he was afraid that it would arouse Gongsun Zhan's suspicion.
The night was already dark, and Zhang Lie also rode out of the tiger prison and chased after Mo Shuyan.
When Zhang Lie left the Tiger Prison Pass, on the wall, a figure walked out of the darkness, this person was Xu Zisheng, it was he who transferred the guards of the Tiger Prison Pass, opened the city gate, and allowed Mo Shuyan and Zhang Lie to pass smoothly.
Looking around, Xu Zisheng looked at Zhang Lie's shadow in the distance, and a hideous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.