In order to deal with the Xiliang Army fought by Li Dao and Guo Yan, Liu Xie took out all his family resources this time. Speaking of which, I have to thank the dead ghost Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo originally built the Hewu for pleasure, in order to protect the pearl and jade beauties he scavenged from all over the place, Dong Zhuo hoarded a large number of ordnance in the Hewu, among which the main ones were bows and crossbows, not only ordinary bows and crossbows used by a single person, but also 400 large bows and crossbows, and countless arrows of all kinds. This time, Liu Xie went on an expedition, in order to deal with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Liu Xie not only brought 10,000 ordinary bows and crossbows obtained from Yiwu, but also brought all the big yellow crossbows.

Whether it was the Xiliang Army or the Bingzhou Army, after Dong Zhuo was executed, they were all fascinated by the pearl and jade beauties captured from Yiwu, and those ordnance were cheaper than Liu Xie. And Liu Xie was also very insidious, kept this matter a secret, and quietly hid in Yiwu, without telling anyone. At this time, he suddenly took it out, and made Li Dao and Guo Yan suffer a loss.

These days, Liu Xie led the official army to march slowly, but in fact, he was not building the Three Treasures of the Horse, but making bows and crossbows, including the rhubarb crossbow. As early as the seizure of Yiwu, Liu Xie secretly ordered people to build a rhubarb crossbow. Chang'an was not harmed by Li Dao Guo Yan, and the general camp of the imperial court was not affected, there were many skilled craftsmen, as long as Liu Xie could say it, then the general camp could come up with physical objects. Of course, the camp is said to be to create furniture to supplement the imperial court, but in addition to creating those new furniture, the production of rhubarb crossbow has not stopped. By the time Liu Xie sent troops this time, plus the 400 rhubarb crossbows captured from Yiwu, Liu Xie now has 1,000 rhubarb crossbows in his hands, and this 1,000 rhubarb crossbows is another big gift prepared by Liu Xie for Li Dao Guo Yan.

After losing the first battle, Li Dao and Guo Yan must find a way to restore the morale of the army, and the way to restore the morale of the army is to reward the morale of the army, and the so-called reward must have brave men under the so-called heavy reward, and the second is to fight the generals through the two armies. Li Dao and Guo Yan are not generous lords, and the first thing that comes to mind is the fighting generals of the two armies.

On the second day after being cut by the imperial court, Li Dao Guo Yan led his troops to the Han army camp to invite battle. Originally, Li Dao Guo Yan also wanted to take this opportunity to see how many horse traps the Han army dug in front of the camp, but he didn't expect that the Han army would not even give them this opportunity, and began to lay wooden planks from outside the camp gate until the front of the two armies.

"Li Dao! Guo Yan! The court treats you well, you don't want to serve the court, you dare to gather people to rebel, where is your loyalty? Zhao Yun urged him to step forward immediately, pointing a gun at Li Dao and Guo Yan and asked.

Li Wei recognized the white-robed general who came out of the Han army's formation, and knew that he was not the opponent of the general opposite, so he turned his head and asked Zhang Jidao on the side: "Who can go out to fight to capture and kill this person for me?" ”

Zhang Ji didn't want to fight, and he didn't even want to turn his face with the imperial court. But he knew that if he didn't follow Li Dao, Li Dao would clean him up before turning his face with the court. And now Li Dao looked at himself and asked who could fight, the meaning was obvious, that is, he wanted to take the initiative to ask for help.

Zhang Ji didn't know how powerful Zhao Yun was, and he was also a warlord all the way, and he also had some skills, so when he couldn't dodge, Zhang Ji could only urge him to go forward and ask for battle: "The last general is invited to fight." ”

"Okay, the foolish brother is here to watch the virtuous brother show off in front of the array." Li Dao said with satisfaction.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji secretly scolded Li Dao for being shameless, but since he had already opened his mouth, it was impossible to regret it at this time. Immediately urged the horse to come to the front of the two armies, pointed the gun at Zhao Yun and shouted: "Zu Li Zhang Ji does not pick unknown people under the gun, and he will be famous." "Zhang Ji was originally the general of Zhendong and the Marquis of Pingyang who was sealed by the imperial court, but now that Zhang Ji rebelled with Li Dao, the officials of the imperial court are naturally not easy to talk about, and they can only talk about their ancestral hometown.

"Changshan Zhao Yun, nobody, it's enough to kill you." Zhao Yun didn't bother to talk nonsense with Zhang Ji, and immediately urged the white dragon horse under his crotch after reporting his name, and stabbed Zhang Ji in the chest with a gun.

The two of them circled in front of the two armies, and after only dozens of battles, Zhang Ji already felt a little powerless, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, wondering where Liu Xie, the son of heaven, found such a fierce general.

The spirit of strong beating persisted for dozens of times, Zhang Ji really couldn't hold it anymore, seeing that he was about to finish, Zhang Ji had to turn around and call for help, "Nephew save me!" ”

"Uncle is in a panic, and Zhang Xiu is here." Zhang Xiu was already impatient, and when she saw her uncle calling for help, she immediately urged her to step forward. It's just Zhang Xiu's move, and the Han army immediately rushed out of the army and shouted: "The thief wants to deceive me, and no one in the court is called?" ”

"Let's get the name together!" Zhang Xiu grabbed the phoenix mouth knife in his hand with a shot, and felt his arm sink, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Hmph, Nanan Pound." The person who came snorted coldly, showed no mercy, and fought with Zhang Xiu. If you want to talk about why Pang De appeared in Liu Xie's camp, this is thanks to Cai Yong, who was already in charge of hundreds of officials in the DPRK at this time. In order to avoid the trouble of Wang Yun going to find Cai Yong, Liu Xie arranged Cai Yong to be the county guard of Nan'an County. And Pang De, who lives in Nan'an, was appreciated by Cai Yong at that time and became Cai Yong's personal entourage. When Cai Yong was called back to Chang'an, Cai Yong recommended Pang De to Sun Qian, who took over. Thanks to Pang De, Sun Qian was able to get out of trouble safely when Zhang Ji and Fan Chou's army besieged the city.

Liu Xie met Sun Qian in Tianshui, and met Pang De by the way. Others didn't know how powerful Pang De was, but Liu Xie knew it very well, and immediately begged Pang De from Sun Gan's side. There were only 5,000 cavalry in the 30,000 official army, except for the 3,000 cavalry that originally belonged to Zhao Yun, and the remaining 2,000 cavalry were divided equally by Liu Xie to Xu Huang and Pang De. Pang De was originally just a local garrison officer, and there were only a thousand village warriors under his hands, but now he suddenly became a thousand cavalry generals in the imperial court, and this change in identity can be said to be very different. Death for a confidant! Pang De has always wanted to repay Liu Xie's appreciation through meritorious service, and by the way, prove his strength to everyone, and now the opportunity has finally come.

The four people in front of the battle, Zhang Xiu and Pang De's pair are still fighting, and Zhang Ji and Zhao Yun's pair have already divided the winners and losers, if it weren't for Liu Xie's explanation in advance, Zhang Ji would have died under Zhao Yun's gun, and now, he was picked off by Zhao Yun and became a prisoner of the Han army. Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be anxious when she saw that her uncle, who had always loved her, was captured by the Han army, and had the heart to save him, but she was entangled by Pang De and couldn't do it.

"Ah~" In a hurry, Zhang Xiu couldn't help yelling, wanting to use the stunt of pressing the bottom of the box, but before he could show the stunt, he heard a rapid sound of gold behind him.

"Ling Ming, the lord ordered the troops to be collected, it's time to go back." Zhao Yun heard the sound of gold also coming from this formation, and urged him to step forward to answer Pang Dedao.

Pang De is a qualified soldier, but he regrets that he did not capture Zhang Xiu alive, and when he heard Zhao Yun's reminder, he immediately controlled the horse and jumped out of the battle circle, glared at Zhang Xiu and shouted: "Zhang Xiu, I will take your dog's life another day." ”

Zhao Yun did not leave with Pang De, but looked at Zhang Xiu, who did not leave, and asked, "Zhang Xiu, who did you study with?" ”

"......" Zhang Xiu remembered his uncle in his heart, how could he be in the mood to answer Zhao Yun's question, ignore Zhao Yun, turn his horse back to the battle, he wanted to ask Li Dao Guo Yan, why Mingjin?

Zhao Yun saw that Zhang Xiu ignored him, shook his head and smiled, and also turned his horse back to the barracks. At the same time as the Han army returned to the camp, the wooden planks that had been used by the Han army to pave the road were also taken back by the Han army.

When Zhao Yun returned to the big tent in the army and wanted to return to Liu Xie, he saw Liu Xie talking to Zhang Ji, "Zhang Zhendong, I know your difficulties, but now that the officials and soldiers of the imperial court have arrived, it is not appropriate for you to say this kind of thing again, right?" ”

"Please also ask the Holy Lord to be considerate, the last general is really forced to follow the thief against his will." Zhang Ji said to Liu Xie with a panicked face.

"Well, since you say so, then I will believe you again. But let you go back this time, you have to think clearly, don't be an enemy of the court again. Li Dao and Guo Yan will lose this battle, so you don't have to bury these two people. ”

"Yes, yes, after the last general returns, he will definitely restrain his subordinates and dare not fight against the heavenly soldiers again."

"Well, okay, then you can go back. Come and send Zhang Zhendong out of the camp. ”

What Zhang Ji was waiting for was Liu Xie's words, and when he finally heard it, it was naturally a thousand thanks. Originally, I thought that I would definitely die this time, but I didn't expect that Liu Xie didn't kill himself to sacrifice the flag. Although Liu Xie said that the dispatch of troops this time was only for Li Dao and Guo Yan, but now saving his life is the most important thing, Liu Xie is saying that the briquettes are white, and Zhang Ji will not hesitate to nod and agree and say yes.

"Zilong, hard work." Liu Xie asked Hu Che'er to send Zhang Ji out of the camp, and then said to Zhao Yun with a smile.

"The Lord is serious, this is the duty of the cloud." Zhao Yun replied without credit.

"Hey~ Excessive modesty is pride, Zilong, credit is merit, I remember it in my heart. Ling Ming is the same, after solving Li Dao Guo Yan, I will talk about meritorious deeds. Liu Xie said with a smile.

“…… Lord, Yun has something unclear, and I hope that the lord will solve his doubts. Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, and said to Liu Xie with his fists clenched.

Liu Xie knew what Zhao Yun wanted to ask, and asked with a smile when he heard this: "Don't you understand why I want to let Zhang Ji go back?" ”

"Exactly."

"Hmm...... Zhang Ji has the least power in the Xiliang Army, because his power is small, so he can only play the role of the grass on the wall. The Xiliang Army is not monolithic, and Li Ji and Guo Yan only let Zhang Ji and Fan Chou bow to them because of their great strength. But this does not mean that Zhang Ji and Fan Chou are willing to be Li Ji and Guo Yan's pawns. Killing Zhang Ji didn't do me much good, but gave Li Ji Guo Yan the opportunity to annex Zhang Ji's people, but let Zhang Ji go back, no matter whether that Zhang Ji would continue to be an enemy of the imperial court, but Li Ji Guo Yan would no longer trust Zhang Ji as before. The more Li Dao Guo Yan is wary of Zhang Ji, the more dissatisfaction will make Zhang Ji feel dissatisfied, once this dissatisfaction erupts, it will be the Xiliang Army that will suffer, and we can reap the benefits of the fisherman. Liu Xie pondered for a moment and told everyone in the tent his thoughts.

"But what if Zhang Jidou can't fight Li Dao Guo Yan?"

"That's no loss to us, before the arrival of Wenhou's Bingzhou army, we must focus on defense, and the civil strife in the Xiliang army will be beneficial to us."

was explained by Liu Xie like this, and everyone no longer had any dissatisfaction with letting Zhang Ji go, on the contrary, they still expected Zhang Ji to be a little tougher, and it was best to stir up the restlessness of the Xiliang Army. Because Liu Xie was right, the more unlucky the Xiliang army was, the better it would be for the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

Zhang Ji, who carried the expectations of Liu Xie and others, received a lot of attention as soon as he returned to the camp. Zhang Xiu, who had a big quarrel with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and almost turned his face in public, rushed over as soon as possible, looked his uncle up and down and asked what was going on.

"Uncle Yuan, uncle is fine, I'm worried about you." Zhang Ji looked at Zhang Xiu with great satisfaction and said. This nephew didn't hurt in vain, and his concern for himself was from the bottom of his heart.

"It's good that you're okay." Just as the uncle and nephew were about to return to the camp, a nasty voice named Zhang Xiu sounded.

"Childish, thanks to you, the Holy One did not embarrass me." Zhang Ji looked at Li Dao who came over and said.

"Huh...... The method of buying people by the yellow-mouthed widow is really powerful, I don't think I Li Zhiran was coaxed by him before. Shidu, I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup that yellow-mouthed son poured into you? Li Wei asked with a smile when he heard this.

Zhang Jipi said with a smile: "What else can you say?" It is nothing more than telling me that the official army of the imperial court was forced to send troops this time, and there was nothing to do, but you Li Zhiran had to send troops to make trouble, and in order to ensure that the spring sowing of the people was not affected, he could only lead the troops to meet the battle. Moreover, the saint also said that this time the army will only investigate the first evil, and the follower will not be guilty, but if it is obsessed and does not understand, the court will not spare it either. ”

“…… And then you were put back? ”

"The saint knew that I Zhang Ji had no intention of rebelling, so he naturally put me back. It's just that you have to be careful if you are naïve, the saint has already made it clear to me that as long as I remain neutral in the future war, I will not be held accountable afterwards, but you two are not among the court's pardons. ”

"Then you want to do what the yellow-mouthed son said?" Li Dao said that his face had cooled down, as long as Zhang Ji dared to say yes, he Li Dao would get rid of Zhang Ji and his Zhang Jiajun as soon as possible.

"Childish, why be angry? When did I say I would submit to the court? You also said that today's saint is just a yellow-mouthed child, and I dare not guarantee whether his guarantee will be fulfilled or not. It's just that I suffered some internal injuries in today's battle, so the troops and horses in the headquarters can only be handed over to my nephew to command, if you have anything, just tell my nephew to be. ”

Zhang Xiu didn't expect that his uncle would choose to hand over all the soldiers and horses to him at this time, and he was stunned for a while, but fortunately, Zhang Ji pinched Zhang Xiu's palm in time, Zhang Xiu came back to his senses, looked at Li Dao and said, "Uncle Li, please give me more advice in the future." ”

Li Ji is sure that he can take Zhang Ji, but he is not sure that he can settle Zhang Xiu. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, before Zhang Ji did not return to the camp, Li Dao had already learned what Zhang Xiu was like who initiated the madness, if it weren't for Guo Yan's help, he couldn't suppress Zhang Xiu.

"Childish, it turns out that you are here, and I am looking for you to discuss something. Oops~ Shidu is back, it's okay, right? Just when Li Wei was thinking about whether to attack on the spot or temporarily forbear, Guo Yan walked over. said hello to Zhang Ji, and then said to Li Ji: "Childish, urgent military situation, come with me." Shidu, I'll hold a feast for you again in the evening. ”

Seeing Guo Yan drag Li Dao away, Zhang Ji turned his head and said to Zhang Xiu: "Bo Yuan, Li Dao is just a reckless man, don't worry, only Guo Yan, you have to be careful." ”

"Uncle don't worry, nephew can save it."

……

The four major forces in the Xiliang Army, seeing that Li Dao and Guo Yan had resumed the relationship between the two brothers who were good enough to wear a pair of pants, Zhang Ji also realized that he had to find allies. Under the pretext that he had suffered internal injuries on the battlefield before, Zhang Ji handed over all the soldiers and horses in his hand to his nephew Zhang Xiu, and then left the camp with people at night.

I wanted to send someone to intercept and kill on the way, but Zhang Xiu didn't say a word about Zhang Ji's return route, and now that the enemy is present, Li Dao, who has been advised by Guo Yan, doesn't want to have an infighting at this time, so he can only endure this breath and focus on the Han army.

Zhang Ji, who left the camp, rushed to Lintao with more than 100 relatives and starry nights, which was Fan Chou's territory and an important stronghold for Li Dao and Guo Yan to guard against Han Sui and Ma Teng's sneak attack. Fan Chou learned of Zhang Ji's visit, and hurriedly greeted him in person.

"Lao Zhang, how is the war?" As soon as Fan Chou saw Zhang Ji, he couldn't wait to ask what he was most concerned about at present.

"How? So Lao Fan, do you hope it goes well or not? Zhang Ji glanced at Fan Chou and asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean by that? Now that you and I are on the thief ship of Li Dao Guo Yan, we are both prosperous and lossy, of course I am looking forward to success. ”

"Huh...... One glory may not be tolerated, and one loss may not be lost. ”

"What does Lao Zhang mean by this?" Fan Chou asked in surprise.

"Lao Fan, I came all the way, don't you say that you set up a banquet to catch the wind for me, why don't you even give a sip of water? You're not hospitality. ”

"Huh? Oh, I was negligent, and that's what prepares. Lao Zhang, tell me quickly, what do you mean by what you just said? Fan Chou said to Zhang Ji with a smile.

"This is easy to understand, Lao Fan, let me ask you, if Li Dao Guo Yan gains power, do you think you can also follow the chicken dog to heaven and reap the benefits?"

"I guess I'll be able to catch some." Fan Chou replied uncertainly.

"Hmph, I can get a little bit, but it's a pity that someone else eats meat and you and I drink soup. Let me ask you again, if the court gains power this time, you and I may end up with a good result. ”

“…… Probably not. ”

"There are not many benefits, but the unfortunate thing is to take the life of the family, Lao Fan, do you think this deal is a loss?"

“…… Lao Zhang, you don't want to persuade me to submit to the imperial court, do you? Fan Chou looked at Zhang Ji hesitantly and asked.

"To tell you the truth, I was captured by the imperial court in front of the two armies before, and Li Dao Guo Yan not only did not save me, but took advantage of my mistake to be captured and wanted to annex my men and horses. Fortunately, the Son of Heaven was benevolent and allowed me to return to the camp, and it was because of this that I recognized the true face of Li Dao Guo Yan. Lao Fan, before coming back this time, I had secretly met with the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven promised that as long as you and I no longer help the abuse, the court will not blame you and me for the past. ”

Fan Chou was a little hesitant, Zhang Ji was sincere, but Fan Chou did not fully believe in the promise of the imperial court, of course, he did not turn his face with Zhang Ji on the spot, but just said that he needed to consider it and asked Zhang Ji to give him a few days.