After living in Shouchun for a few years, Cao Zhang's martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds.

Nowadays, although he is not as good as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others, the average general is really not his opponent.

"Gongsun Kang has been in Liaodong for many years, and he has fought with the Wuhuan people for many years." Cao Shuo said to him: "You have to be careful in everything. ”

"Eldest brother, don't worry!" Cao Zhang arched his hand and said, "I will definitely open a way for the army." ”

"Give you two thousand soldiers and horses." Cao Shuo said: "I wish the general to go with you." ”

He then instructed Zhu Ao: "You haven't led troops for a long time, so you have to be very careful in this battle." ”

"I will do my best to assist the third son." I wish you all the best.

"The army will start tomorrow, and I will lead the troops first now." Cao Zhang didn't want to wait for a moment, so he asked Cao Shuo to lead the troops to open the way first.

"Don't go too far." Cao Shuo instructed: "Keep a certain distance from the army, and if something happens, you can take care of each other." ”

"Order!" After Cao Zhang's response, he shouted to Zhu Ao: "General Zhu, let's go!" ”

Cao Zhang and Zhu Ao ordered 2,000 men and horses to leave.

Seeing their backs, Guo Jia said: "Gongzi handed over 2,000 men to the third son, but I'm not worried about whether the third son is brave on the battlefield." My only concern is that he's too aggressive for the sake of credit. ”

"It's really possible for Ziwen to do that." Cao Shuo instructed Chen Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, you lead the dragon pattern rider to follow behind, don't let Ziwen find out." In case of anything abnormal, rescue him and General Zhu immediately. ”

"With me, the third son will be safe." Chen Zhi received the military order, and quietly followed behind the vanguard army led by Cao Zhang with a dragon pattern horse.

Cao Shuo was still stationed in place that night.

The 2,000 men and horses taken away by Cao Zhang marched all the way until the night was dark.

Standing on the edge of the barracks, Zhu Ao looked in the direction he came.

"What do you want the general to see?" Cao Zhang walked over with two guards.

"Third son, are we too far away from the army?" Zhu Ao said: "Our army is only 2,000 people, and this is the ...... of Liaodong."

"Could it be that General Zhu is afraid?" Cao Zhang grinned and said to Zhu Ao: "Liaodong is just a small land and there are no talents, I wish the general rest assured, as long as I am here, how many people they come, how many heads we can cut off." ”

"I've followed Childe for many years, and I've been to a lot of battlefields." Cao Zhang asked him if he was afraid, and Zhu Ao said with some annoyance: "On the battlefield, I really haven't been afraid of anyone. ”

"I wish the general don't be annoyed, I'm just joking." Realizing that Zhu Ao was annoyed, Cao Zhang patted his arm lightly, grinned and said, "I know that the general is brave, with the two of us here, what is Gongsun Kang?" Where does it take the eldest brother to lead a large army to kill him? ”

"The eldest son's eyes are empty, it is because he has a grasp of the battle situation." Zhu Ao said: "The third prince can't learn from him, there must be only one son of the Cao family in this world." ”

"Of course." Cao Zhang smiled, approached Zhu Ao and said, "I don't know how much worse than my eldest brother, but I am his brother after all, so I have some shadows on him." If it is too public, I hope the general will not be strange. ”

"I'm just reminding the third son." Zhu Ao said: "It's better to march slower tomorrow. ”

"This is still the Lelang realm." Cao Zhang said: "We have just arrived in Hanzi, and if we go fast tomorrow, we can pass through Tunyou and camp in North Korea City." Gongsun Kang's army is in the territory of Liaodong, and the distance is not too close, so I wish the general to rest assured. When we get to Zengdi, we will garrison and wait for the eldest brother. ”

"I always felt that wasn't too safe." Zhu Ao replied: "Although Gongsun Kang's army is still in Liaodong, the soldiers and horses under his command are not dead......

"It seems to me that they are dead people long ago." Cao Zhang interrupted him: "I wish the general a good rest tonight, once the war starts in a few days, it will not be so stable to sleep again." ”

I always felt that it was not safe, but Cao Zhang had already said so, so it was inconvenient for Zhu Ao to argue with him.

After all, in this march, Cao Zhang was the vanguard officer, and he was only a deputy general.

Following Cao Zhang to Hanzi, and seeing him stationed, Chen Zhi instructed a dragon pattern horseman: "You go back and report to Gongzi, just say that the third Gongzi is walking quickly, and there is no intention of stopping and waiting." Today it has already arrived, and tomorrow if the process goes well, it is likely to go to North Korea. ”

The North Korea that Chan is talking about is not the North Korea of 2,000 years from now.

He was talking about North Korea, a city that belonged to Lelang County, which evolved over thousands of years and eventually became Pyongyang.

At this time, Korea was just a small county town under the Han Dynasty.

The dragon rider left in response and hurried back to the army overnight.

Cao Shuo ordered the army to set off early the next morning.

The whole army had only been drawn for a short time, and as soon as they rode fast horses, they galloped over.

The dragon pattern riding on horseback looked very tired, probably because of the whole night's walking.

"Enlightened Childe!" In front of Cao Shuo, the dragon pattern rider who was ordered to come back said: "The third prince led the army to Hanzi last night, and General Chen asked me to come back and report that if their march goes well, they should be able to reach North Korea today." ”

After listening to the dragon pattern rider's reply, Cao Shuo instructed to the side: "Get the map." ”

Deng Zhan hurriedly took the map, held it in both hands and handed it to him.

Taking the map, Cao Shuo unfolded it and looked at it, and said in astonishment: "What is he doing so fast?" ”

"Childe, do you want me to bring back the order?" The dragon-patterned rider who came back to report asked.

"You came back overnight?" Cao Shuo did not give an order, but asked him.

"Exactly." The dragon rider replied: "The military situation is urgent, and I dare not delay. ”

"I don't need you to go." Sure that he came back overnight, Cao Shuo said: "I will send someone else to give orders, you go down to rest first, and then return to General Chen's side with your spirits." ”

Cao Shuo asked him to rest, but the dragon rider didn't dare to disobey, so he retreated.

"Pick two scouts and have them act as messengers to deliver orders to General Chen and Ziwen respectively." Cao Shuo instructed Deng Zhan: "Order General Chen to pay close attention to Ziwen's movements, and not to fight lightly until it is in danger." The order given to Ziwen was to slow down the march and wait there when he arrived in North Korea, and he was not allowed to advance! ”

Deng Zhan took the order and selected the scout to give the order.

The army led by Cao Shuo had just set off, and Cao Zhang had already led the vanguard army to leave Hanzi and rush to the direction of North Korea.

On the way, he looked back from time to time.

There were several carriages in the procession.

The first one had a coffin on it, and the dead Gongsun Gong was lying in the coffin.

In the other cars, there are more than a dozen corpses, which are the dead soldiers who killed Gongsun Gong when he failed to rescue him.

(End of chapter)