After talking to the captives, Li Zhen also said goodbye to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun and other soldiers, and Huangfu Song personally led people to send Li Zhen out of the camp, during which Cao Cao and Sun Jian did not show up, and sent someone to see Li Zhen off for him on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Fifty or sixty thousand people set off from Changshe and headed for western Liaoning. Most of the villages we visited were deserted, and the fields were overgrown with weeds and unmanaged. In remote places, you can still see unburied corpses, all of which are eaten by birds and insects, and the corpses are floating in the wilderness. Li Zhen was afraid that these corpses would break out if they were not buried for a long time, so he ordered them to be activated on the spot.

The Yellow Turban captives saw this tragic scene, and the good village should have been inhabited, but a rebellion caused everyone to have no intention of farming, and they began to flee from their homes and live in exile. Thinking of these captives, they began to hate that they were being used by people at that time, and did some things that should not be done, and they also cherished their current life even more.

Entering Yangping County, Jizhou, Li Zhen ordered the army to camp on the spot, the soldiers were busy, and the prisoners also stretched out their hands to help the officers and soldiers build the barracks. Along the way, the Yellow Turban captives felt that Li Zhen's army was different from other armies of the Han Dynasty, and the previous army encountered civilians with fierce spirits, and some even beat and scolded at every turn. But Li Zhen's army treats himself like his own brothers and sisters, from time to time he asks for warmth, and wherever he needs help, he does his best to help others, so that they feel as warm as a spring breeze, so when he sees that the army has something to do, he also stretches out his hands to dedicate his own strength.

In the camp tent, Li Zhen, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Zhang Jaw, and Zhou Cang sat together, and Li Zhen said: "Now that we have arrived in Yangping, Jizhou, I plan to divide the troops into two routes, take the prisoners all the way back to Liaoxi, and go with me all the way to Guangzong to meet Lu Zhi." I am going to hand over this escort matter to Zhang Jaw and Zhou Cang to execute, you can avoid the main force of the Yellow Turban and return to Youzhou from the Qinghe detour, and I have sent someone to let Gao Ran pick you up in Zhuo County. ”

Zhang Jaw and Zhou Cang saw that Li Zhen had already arranged it, and they had no objection.

Li Zhen was still not at ease, and said verbosity: "Open your jaw, along the way, you have to send more scouts to find out the road conditions, and at the same time pay attention to the situation in the camp." ”

"No." Zhang Jaw saluted and said, this time his task is arduous, after all, Jizhou is the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that I will have to delay the trip as soon as there is a disturbance, it seems that I have to be careful everywhere, thinking of these Zhang Jaw worried and asked: "How many people are the lord going to Guangzong to bring here?" ”

"I'm going to take a thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry, just make up five thousand people, and the rest will be at your disposal." Li Zhen said with a smile.

"Lord, I don't agree, the number of Yellow Turbans in Guangzong is not less than 150,000, and the Lord will bring 5,000 people to go, and it is a problem to protect the Yellow Turban Army, so I ask the Lord to bring more people and horses." Zhang Jaw was worried that Li Zhen would take such a small number of people and horses to the front, and Guangzong would encounter a big battle, and the people and horses would be surrounded by people when they encountered a scuffle, and when Li Zhen had no one around him, he was afraid of trouble.

"Don't worry, I'm just going to save Yuanwei, I won't bring people into battle, besides, isn't there still Lu Zhi's Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, you can rest assured that they are there." Li Zhen said confidently.

Zhang Jaw said solemnly: "Although there are 50,000 people in the Fifth School of the Northern Army who can confront 150,000 yellow turbans, no one can expect whether things have changed abruptly, and I ask the lord to go to at least 10,000 horses before I can rest assured." ”

"No need, now when you really want manpower, the centaur gave it to me, how can you bring these people back." Li Zhen said lightly, he knew the historical background, if nothing went wrong, there were people from the fifth school of the Northern Army who could nail Zhang Jiao's main force in Jizhou.

"If the lord doesn't bring 10,000 to go, I ask to exchange with the lord, I will go to Guangzong, and the lord will bring people back to Liaoxi." Zhang Jaw looked at Li Zhen firmly and said.

Seeing Zhang Jaw's firm expression, Li Zhen knew that he was concerned about his own safety, and made up his mind to bring more people by himself, and said with a wry smile: "Okay! I took 5,000 veterans, and then I selected 5,000 people from among the captives, and put them together as 10,000 horses. ”

Zhang Jaw calculated in his heart, it would take some distance to reach Guangzong, and with these times, Zhang Fei could also raise the combat effectiveness of these people, nodded and agreed. said to Zhang Fei: "This time, Yide must step up more time and train these people into an army, so that they can be sent by the master of Guangzong." ”

Everyone knows Zhang Jaw's ability to lead troops in the army, except for Guan Yu, he is very good at leading troops, not that Zhang Fei is not good at leading troops, but now their ability has not yet been reflected.

Zhang Fei saw that Zhang Jaw was thinking about Li Zhen in everything, and said gratefully: "Don't worry, Zhang Jaw, I will definitely train these people into an army before I go to Guangzong." ”

Everyone took out the map in front of the table again and looked at it, planning the journey this time.

"Report, the general has an urgent message from a fast horse." The soldier outside shouted urgently, with the letter in his hand.

"Come in." Li Zhen shouted, everyone's eyes looked at the soldiers, and they didn't know what was going on? Li Zhen was curious if there was something serious to hurry up now, it wouldn't be something wrong with Liaoxi. He took the letter and hurriedly opened it and read it.

Seeing that Li Zhen's face was getting more and more ugly, everyone was anxious to see what kind of urgent letter it was. Li Zhen gave his heart to Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei hurriedly looked at it.

Li Zhen asked the soldiers, "Where are the people who came now?" ”

"When the villain was on guard, the man rode to the front of the camp, and he took the letter and shouted that there was an urgent message, so that the general himself fainted, and the villain placed him in the camp to rest." The soldier said.

"Okay, you go down and send someone to take good care of him." Li Zhen waved his hand and said.

"No."

Li Zhen frowned, this matter is urgent, I don't know how many days it has happened, and now it's not easy to ask when people are dizzy, so I can't wait to set off now.

"Immediately gather the cavalry, Dian Wei and I rushed to Zhongshan Wuji. Zhang Fei took people to Guangzong to wait for me first, and I will meet you in a few days," Li Zhen said urgently.

Zhang Jaw was puzzled after reading the letter, how did the Zhen family in Zhongshan ask the lord for help when something happened, although the Zhen family is the first family in Jizhou, but the lord can't give up the business of going to Guangzong because of this, and go by himself, so he wants to open his mouth to persuade. Zhou Cang, who was beside him, pulled down his sleeve and whispered: "This Zhen family has the lord's fiancée, so the lord is in a hurry now and wants to go by himself." When she heard about it, she stopped talking.

"Third brother, why don't I go with you." Zhang Fei saw Li Zhen's anxious appearance, and he was also anxious, if something happened to his future brothers and sisters, I am afraid that it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he killed those people.

"No, just do as you said, remember not to drink." Li Zhen pressed Zhang Fei's shoulder and said earnestly, now Zhang Fei is going to Guangzong alone, he is afraid that he will be uncontrolled, and if he drinks some wine and makes some trouble, he is not afraid that no one will end up for him.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "When is it, I'm still in the mood to drink, you go quickly, if you arrive a day early, they will be able to reduce casualties by one day." ”

Li Zhen nodded, out of the big tent, the cavalry outside was ready to set off at any time, Li Zhen and Dian Wei got on their horses and drove away.