When Yuan Yun passed through Bowangpo with the gunpowder army, he suddenly had a burst of emotion, when he came here, he was just running with Cao Ang and Zuo Ci to escape for his life, but now he passed through here with 30,000 horses, and it was a bit absurd in an instant.

Looking at the mountains that were burned to the bare back in the day, now only some green has grown, and those tall trees are of course gone, and because of this, this place is no longer suitable for setting up passes, or turning into an ideal sneak attack place to burn the enemy army.

The mountains are covered with snow, reflecting some new green under the snow layer, which makes people only feel that they are out for an outing, and the beautiful scenery and the cool air make Yuan Yun feel very comfortable, the only fly in the ointment is the sound of 30,000 people walking.

"Zhang Fei should have known about our arrival, those captured scouts didn't return last night, Zhang Fei was really suspicious, and sent more scouts this morning, so this will be outside Xinye City." When Pang Tong spoke, he looked back slightly at Bowangpo that had just come out, the army marched all night, Xinye was only less than ten miles away, and after passing Bowangpo, there was no longer any danger.

When the city wall of Xinye finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes, Yuan Yun frowned instantly, because the city wall facing the north was actually made of cement and masonry, and these two resources have always been strictly guarded by Luoyang, and they rarely flow out.

Looking at this cement and masonry city wall, before Yuan Yun could speak, one of Cao Hong's partial generals came to his side, he seemed to have prepared a speech, so he arched his hand and said: "Yuan Hou, these cement and masonry were originally sent to Cai Mao, who knew that he was so poor, and before he used these cement and masonry in Xiangyang, he had been driven out of Jingzhou by Liu Bei, so this batch of materials also became Liu Bei's, but we didn't sell them privately, these are all endorsed by the imperial court." ”

Yuan Yun snorted angrily, and then shouted at Pang Tong on the side: "This crusade against Xinye is over, and all the materials we went out of Luoyang must be checked, if such a thing happens again, I am afraid that it will not be Ben Hou who will be responsible, but Cao Ang Shizi." ”

Seeing that Yuan Yun was angry, he naturally didn't dare to say more, but he secretly scolded Cai Mao in his heart, after Liu Biao's death, this goods immediately began to curry favor with Wancheng, and even withdrew all the soldiers who had been stationed at the border of Wancheng for a long time, and also sent a lot of benefits to Cao Hong, so that a batch of cement and masonry would be transported to Xiangyang, but he never expected that before this batch of materials arrived in Xiangyang, Liu Bei had already mastered the overall situation of Jingzhou.

Now seeing that Yuan Yun said that he wanted to track down all the materials that came out of Luoyang, this partial general was immediately a little anxious, and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to go back to report the news, and asked Cao Hong to take a good inventory, so as not to make any mistakes, now Wancheng is so prosperous, most of them are stained with the light of Luoyang, if Yuan Yun gives an order to let Luoyang no longer interact with Wancheng, then it is estimated that everyone will have a headache.

Soon the gunpowder army and Cao Hong's 20,000 soldiers began to set up a formation on the Xinye city wall, and the gunpowder army blocked the north wall of Xinye, while Cao Hong's 20,000 men were divided into about 20,000 people, blocking the east and west sides, leaving only the south gate unfortified.

Naturally, Yuan Yun didn't have to worry about the arrangement of troops, the camp set up by Pang Tong was as solid as a rock, and the 10,000 gunpowder army carried out their own things in an orderly manner, and after the artillery positions were erected, the engineers of the army began to dig trenches, and used the excavated soil to cast a low wall.

At this moment, the walls of Shinno were covered with soldiers, and everyone looked nervous, they knew very well what kind of monster they were facing, swept through Xiliang, and tasted the defeat of the fierce Karasuma people in the north, and now this monster stood outside the city wall.

Yuan Yun glanced at Xinye's city wall in front of the battle, then smiled bitterly, and was about to turn around and return to his camp tent, when he saw that a small crack opened at the north gate of Xinye, and three knights galloped out in an instant.

When the knight at the head was about to reach the front of the gunpowder army, a range-measuring arrow with a screaming sound was inserted within ten paces in front of the cavalry, and the cavalry immediately grabbed the horse's head, and then shouted: "My general Zhang wants to see Yuan Hou, and he is in my current position." ”

Yuan Yun was stunned when he heard this, and involuntarily glanced at the city gate of Xinye, and seemed to have seen Zhang Fei in the middle of the city tower, only to see that he was dressed in black clothes and black armor, and he was also looking over here.

"We'll meet there before noon." After Yuan Yun finished speaking, he patted the black martial armor on his body, and then turned back to the camp tent.

After returning to the camp, Yuan Yun prepared some steamed buns and fritters for breakfast, and then put them on his small stove to heat up, especially the steamed buns, fifty or sixty of them were prepared at once, which was Zhang Fei's favorite thing back then.

When everything was almost ready, Yuan Yun touched his chin, took out a wine jug from his luggage, and chose the largest pot, then nodded with great satisfaction, and then ordered Shi Shen to take it and prepare to meet Zhang Fei in front of the battle.

At this time, I saw Zhao Yun walking up to him in bright silver armor, and he didn't speak, just called his horse, and then stepped on, and then inserted the wolf tooth gun into the side of the horse, naturally preparing to go with Yuan Yun.

Yuan Yun looked at Zhao Yun's bright silver armor, which was almost like a mirror, and couldn't help frowning, I really didn't know what the other party's aesthetics were, but like Xu Chu's goods, he liked this kind of shiny armor, and the black armor was all pure black, only Zhao Yun's set was a special case.

Just before arriving at the formation, Pang Tong also came over, and Yuan Yun suddenly shook his head and smiled: "If we all go, if there is anything unexpected, there will be no one to command the troops." ”

Pang Tong smiled and said: "The lord has Zilong with him, so I will naturally stay in the camp, but I am here to remind the lord that Zhang Fei is delaying time, hoping to give the reinforcements a chance to react as much as possible." ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly again, and then replied: "Delay, delay, once the cannon sounds, I believe that the speed of our siege will far exceed Zhang Fei's imagination, even if Liu Bei sends a large army without eating or sleeping, it will be too late to arrive." ”

Pang Tong didn't answer again, but turned his head to Zhao Yun and smiled: "It's hard to say what Zhang Fei is thinking, if he kills Yuan Hou on the spot, it will be a big blow to our morale, Zilong should still keep an eye on it." ”

Zhao Yun shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly, and then glanced at Zhang Fei, who had already ridden out of the city, there was only one person on the other side, and there was even an entourage around him, one horse and one spear, and the walking posture was as leisurely as if he had come out to see an old friend.

"The military advisor's peace of mind is that I still have some friendship with Zhang Fei, he will never do this kind of thing, what he pays attention to is a pleasure, so this time I only think it is an abnormal meeting." Zhao Yun's kung fu of speaking, he had already walked in front of Yuan Yun, although what he said in his mouth was simple, but when he saw him walking in front, he knew that he still had a sense of precaution.

Yuan Yun took a bun of buns that Shi Shen was holding, and slowly followed, and in a short time he arrived at the position where the Xinye cavalry was before, and at this time Zhang Fei's horse had not yet arrived, so Yuan Yun quickly spread a straw mat on the snow.

"Zilong, how can you face me for such a betrayal?" Zhang Fei was ten steps away, and he had already turned over and dismounted, and said as he walked.

Zhao Yun glanced at Yuan Yun and did not answer Zhang Fei's question, but stuck the wolf tooth gun in the snow, and then turned over and dismounted and sat on Yuan Yun's side.

Yuan Yun saw that Zhang Fei had arrived in front of him, and immediately arched his hand and said: "I haven't seen you for many years, General Zhang still has the same demeanor, but I don't know if your meal amount has changed?" ”

As he spoke, Yuan Yun had already opened a huge steamer, and in an instant a stream of white gas floated out, Zhang Fei only glanced at it, then sniffed his nose, and the seriousness on his face disappeared in an instant, and he walked over in three steps and two steps, and then did it with a butt.

didn't speak, the first thing was to kill the two buns, and then he spat out the hot breath very happily, but he was suddenly stunned, and then touched his left and right waists, and his face suddenly turned into disappointment.

Yuan Yun smiled, handed over the prepared wine jug casually, and even joked in his mouth: "This wine is so poisonous that you can't stand up after a sip, you can't stand up after two sips, and you'll be finished immediately after three sips, can General Zhang still dare to drink it?" ”

Zhang Fei's expression did not change, he took the wine jug and poured a big mouthful, and then grabbed another bun, and then said vaguely while eating: "How can there be so much nonsense, when Lao Tzu is frightened?" There are so many steamed buns, how can you make it without wine, even if you poison Lao Tzu, you will admit it. ”

Yuan Yun shook his head and said with a smile: "General Zhang doesn't know that Liu Bei's personality is ......?"

"Hugh has to say more, today you and I will not talk about those who are not happy, now everyone eats and drinks well, and when they are full of wine and food, they will return to the camp, and then we will simply fight, if anyone is defeated and killed, don't go to find a good place to bury it, my requirements are not high, a good coffin, you kid sent someone to send me buns and wine during the New Year's holidays." When Zhang Fei spoke, the five buns were already in his stomach, and he ate very quickly, almost one bite at a time, and Shi Shen, who was waiting on the side, kept bringing the new buns from the steamer to the outside.

Yuan Yun saw that Zhang Fei was reluctant to talk more about Liu Bei, so he could only give up, but just listening to Zhang Fei just now, it seemed that he had already explained what happened after his death, which can also be guessed that the other party had no intention of winning at all, in the face of such a powerful gunpowder army, Xinye is now only about 10,000 people, and there is really no hope for victory.

"If I, Yuan Yun, were accidentally captured by General Zhang, would you kill me on the spot?" Yuan Yun suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for a moment before replying: "If the eldest brother is here, then naturally I can't let it go, but now it's my old Zhang who has the final say, and the way to let you live is that you didn't eat and drink in your house back then, and from then on, it can be regarded as a friendship." ”

Yuan Yun nodded slightly, and said: "This is very good, this is our gentleman's agreement, if you arrest me, you will let me go, if I arrest General Zhang Fei, I will also let you go, everyone will not owe anything." ”

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly, and actually took half of the bun out of his mouth, and then replied: "Boy, this is to let me take advantage, the second brother has learned your combat power before, at that time you were only a few hundred people, and now the scale is more than 10,000, and there are soldiers in Wancheng, just a new field can block you for three days, and my old Zhang is satisfied......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Fei paused slightly, then his face sank, and continued: "You kid is really vicious enough, now that I have a death-free scroll, where will I fight with you to the end, you will let my heart loosen at this moment, grandma, you treacherous boy is really getting older and more terrible." ”

Yuan Yun smiled, picked up a bun, and said after taking a bite: "Each is his master, as for the rest, I will not persuade him anymore, General Zhang Fei has always known everything, so what you blamed Zilong just now is very unreasonable, everyone has their own ambitions, you and Liu Bei are friends for eight worships, Zilong is not, so no matter how you say it, you can't blame him." ”

Zhang Fei looked at Zhao Yun seriously, nodded suddenly, and said, "Reasonable!" Zilong and follow Yuan Hou, don't leave your hands when you see them in the battle formation in the future, because my old Zhang's Zhangba snake spear never recognizes people. ”

Zhao Yun arched his hand slightly, and asked indescribably in his heart, his comrades-in-arms back then now said such cruel words, but it didn't make him feel cold, but it gave him a sense of relief, and now he finally felt that he was completely separated from Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei quickly ate more than 20 steamed buns, and there was no more words during the period, and when a pot of wine was drunk, he got up and patted his buttocks, and then suddenly bowed deeply to Yuan Yun, and then didn't say anything, and ran to the Xinye City Gate without looking back after getting on the horse.

Yuan Yun looked at Zhang Fei who was far away, sighed deeply, and then smiled at Zhao Yun: "Prepare for war!" ”