The road from Julu to Luoyang is not far, it is not close, and it is necessary to go down the river through Baimajin, directly to Mengjin Port, and then Mengjin Port turns to Luoyang. By land, you need to pass through Guangping, Liyang, Wuchao, and finally pass through the Tiger Prison Pass to Luoyang.

Although the land route is nearly half farther than the water route, Zhang Bao still chose the land route, first, to see the customs of the Han Dynasty, but to understand the foundation of the Yellow Turban masses.

Although the waterway is close, it is all water, where to learn about the customs and customs. In the end, the few people passed by Zhang Bao and decided to go by land.

At that time, in fact, long-distance land routes did not lead to modern airplanes, trains, and at least cars. In ancient times, there were rich and powerful people who could ride a horse, like Zhang Bao. More people are leaning on their legs. So sometimes it's common to go for a month or two.

Zhang Bao and the four missed the accommodation because they were in a hurry, so they could only find a nearby Podao Temple to live in.

Coincidentally, there happened to be a mountain near this broken Taoist temple, and a group of bandits lived on the mountain. In fact, in this era, a small group of bandits is not a big deal at all.

Today it was exterminated by the government, and tomorrow there will be a new wave of bandits. The people who are [forced] to be cornered may seem harmless to humans and animals during the day, but at night they are robbers who pick up knives. So as long as it doesn't make too much trouble, the government will turn a blind eye.

It is said that there is a mountain near the Taoist temple where Zhang Bao and others live, this mountain is called Guan Mountain, which is neither high nor big, but the middle is like being split in half by a knife, and it happens to be stuck on the road. Therefore, if you want to go south often, and if you don't want to make a detour, you must pass through the Guanshan Valley.

The bandits on this mountain are quite large-scale, occupying the valley and intercepting passing merchants, but fortunately, they generally do not harm people's lives, and the poor pass without hindrance.

Huang Long thought that he knew, so he reminded Zhang Bao not to cross the valley at night, in case he was ambushed. In addition, Zhang Bao's soul loss has not fully recovered, so he stopped here.

But the truth is, the more you don't want to cause trouble, the more things will come to you.

Zhang Bao, who was still asleep, was suddenly woken up by Pei Yuanshao. "Childe, there's a gang of thieves not far outside."

"Huh?" Zhang Bao immediately put the weapon in his hand, stood up and walked out. As for Huang Long and Zhou Cang, they had already woken up one step ahead of Zhang Bao.

Zhang Bao wanted to see if he could take a step before these thieves arrived, but it was too late to see the situation. Outside, it was surrounded by a gang of bandits. The torches held high illuminated the surroundings as daylight.

In the face of these bandits, Zhang Bao originally felt a little scared, but from his heart there was a longing, a wild desire.

One of the thieves walked out, and saw that his face was dark, wearing a green robe, wearing a scarf on his head, holding a bamboo steel whip in his hand, and he said in a thick voice: "Who are you waiting for? These horses have been collected by the owner of the village, so let them flee for their lives. ”

Zhang Bao smiled slightly: "If you defeat me, why don't you send the horses to you?" If you lose, what do you say? ”

The bandit leader was stunned, he had never met such a strange person since his "debut". Ordinary people are either scared away or kneeling and begging for mercy, and they have never seen this happening.

The leader smiled coldly: "If I can't defeat you, I won't rob you, how about letting you go?" ”

Zhang Bao said: "No, if you lose, I want you to follow me." ”

"Hmph, you're deceiving people too much, let's beat me first."

Pei Yuanshao, who was behind Zhang Baochong, nodded: "Take him down." ”

"No."

Pei Yuanshao held a phoenix mouth knife in his hand and shouted: "That man is named, and I will not kill the nameless people under the knife." ”

"Hmph, when you see Lord Yama, you tell him that the name of the person who killed you is Guo Da. Take your life. ”

Saying that, he raised the steel whip in his hand and smashed it at Pei Yuanshao, Pei Yuanshao hurriedly raised the phoenix mouth knife in his hand, and used the knife shaft to support the steel whip, and at the same time, Guo Da didn't have time to recover the steel whip in his hand, and the blade sank, blocking and slashing at Guo Da. Guo Da was startled, and hurriedly rolled on a lazy donkey, rolling out of Pei Yuanshao's attack range.

"Hahaha, you're really skilled enough to roll on a donkey, and you're going to eat me too." As he spoke, he slashed the phoenix mouth knife in his hand towards Guo Da.

The knife technique is nothing more than chopping, chopping, grinding, teasing, and cutting, and at this time, Pei Yuanshao's move to attack Guo Da is the trick of splitting.

Guo Da didn't have time to be annoyed and angry, and raised his whip to greet him. The two weapons collided fiercely, and the iron intersected, making a piercing sound. The two of them had a feeling of surging blood at the same time.

Pei Yuanshao looked at the other party vigilantly, tried to adjust his state, and said secretly: This Guo has a lot of strength. But I didn't know that Guo Da on the other side also had this feeling: This man's strength is half a pound and eight taels with me, and it seems that he wants to win with moves. After the adjustment, the two attacked each other at the same time.

Zhang Bao next to him looked at the two people who were fighting, and turned around and said, "What do you think of that man and Pei Yuanshao?" ”

Zhou Cang and Huang Long glanced at each other and said at the same time: "That thief will be on par with Pei Yuanshao, and it will be difficult to distinguish the winner for a while." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Bao nodded and said, "In that case, Zhou Cang, you go and separate the two of them, I have something to say." ”

"No."

At this time, the level of martial arts can be seen immediately, and Zhou Cang is indeed worthy of being a famous figure in history. Zhou Cang, who joined the battle, danced with a gold-backed machete in his hand, separating Pei Yuanshao and Guo Da in the middle.

Guo Da said angrily: "What? Want to bully less with more?

Zhang Bao said with a smile: "Guo Da, then look at your minions all around here, how can we say that we are bullying more and less?" ”

Guo Da's face turned red, he knew his own business, don't look at such a group of people, the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning at all, these people are all peasants who couldn't survive at the beginning, standing on the field, showing a majestic demeanor, fighting? Forget it.

"Guo Da, I think you are a good man, why are you a thief? Why don't you join the Taiping Road, at least you won't go hungry. Zhang Bao said to Guo Da.

"Taiping Dao? I wanted to rob some money and go to Julu Taiping Road, but more and more people rushed up the mountain around me. If as soon as I am gone, these people will be exterminated by the officers and soldiers, how can I leave them behind? ”

Hearing Guo Da's words, the surrounding minions bowed to Guo Da, "Our lives are all due to the grace of the owner of the village." ”

Zhang Bao looked around: "I'm Zhang Bao, are you willing to join Taiping Dao?" The people of this mountain can all believe in my Taiping Dao. ”

After Zhang Bao finished speaking, these bandits were shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "Meet the earth master." It can be seen that the foundation of Taiping Tao among the people is very good.

Guo Da was even more excited: "You...... You are the earth master Zhang Bao. The younger brother of the Celestial Master? ”

"Presumptuous, how can you call the name of the master?" Huang Long next to him angrily scolded Guo Da.

Guo Da knelt down and said: "The disciple knows his mistake, please accept me as an apprentice." ”

"Well, I'm going to go to Luoyang, you send these people to Julu, you can come to Luoyang to find me.

"No."

Originally, Zhang Bao saw that this man was burly, and he just wanted to accept a thug, but he didn't know that he was still a historical celebrity. According to historical records, after the failure of the first Yellow Turban Uprising, Guo Da gathered 100,000 Yellow Turbans and was known as the White Wave Army. When the princes of the Eighteenth Route were discussing Dong Zhuo, if they hadn't been divided and disintegrated by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they would have captured Luoyang a long time ago.

Being able to fight on his own in front of these bigwigs is definitely a talent. What the Yellow Turban Army lacks now is not a general who can rush and fight, but precisely this kind of handsome talent who leads troops. Therefore, Zhang Bao did not hesitate to take Guo Da under his command.

Of course, this was just an episode of the rush, and everyone continued to Luoyang.