Cheng Zhiyuan led the army to soon enter the ground of Guangzong and found a treasure place to set up camp.

Regarding Zhang Jiao's 100,000 elite defeat in the hands of the Youzhou army, although Cheng Zhiyuan was a little puzzled, it was enough to make him vigilant. He knew that if he wanted to rescue Zhang Jiao, he might not be able to do it alone, and he had to get in touch with Guangzong.

Therefore, as soon as he set up camp, Cheng Zhiyuan successively dispatched many teams of spies and scouts to prepare to explore the situation of Guangzong.

Time passed slowly in Cheng Zhiyuan's back and forth, restless, watching the sun set, but no team of scouts returned.

At this time, someone from outside the tent came to report.

"General, General Zhang Niujiao, the commander of Guangzong City, is here!"

When Cheng Zhiyuan heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly walked out of the camp tent, and looked up to meet Zhang Niujiao who was walking over.

"Brother Zhang, a great sage and good teacher"

Cheng Zhiyuan opened his mouth and asked.

Zhang Niujiao grabbed him and said, "Speak in the tent." ”

Cheng Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I'm in a hurry, Brother Zhang, please!" ”

The two of them entered the account, retreated left and right, Zhang Niujiao was silent for a moment, and said slowly in a deep voice: "Brother Cheng, I have to tell you a news, I hope you don't get excited." ”

Cheng Zhiyuan looked at Zhang Niujiao's sunken face, the joy on his face gradually faded, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

"You say."

"The great sage and good teacher have returned to heaven!"

Zhang Niujiao choked up and said this, like a thunderclap, and Cheng Zhiyuan was shaky.

"What did you say?!" Cheng Zhiyuan couldn't believe it: "The great sage and good teacher inherit the mandate of heaven and have the blessing of the yellow sky, how can he return to heaven?!" How can it return to heaven?! ”

He gripped Horn's shoulders tightly and stared into his eyes, as if to make sure he was joking.

"It's true"

Zhang Niujiao looked at him fixedly and said, "The great sage and good teacher have returned to heaven!" Brother Cheng"

"No, it won't!"

Cheng Zhiyuan let go of his hands, lost his soul, and sat down stumbling, his eyes were blank.

"I don't believe it! Don't believe it! ”

Zhang Niujiao didn't speak, just stood still.

There was no light in the dimly lit tent. Quietly, darkness shrouded in, like a huge cage, making Cheng Zhiyuan breathless.

"The Great Virtuous Teacher Woo Woo Woo"

Like a child, Cheng Zhiyuan, who was in his thirties, actually lay on the desk and cried. Zhang Niujiao raised his head, trying not to let the tears fall.

"I still remember that winter, my father starved to death, my mother was bedridden, there was no food at home, my little sister was hungry and panicked, that day in the snow, the great sage and good teacher came, cured my mother and food, and the little sister had a smile on her face, and the great sage and good teacher was my Cheng Zhiyuan's eternal benefactor!"

"The great virtuous teacher is like a father, generous and kind, I Cheng Zhiyuan swore at that time, this rotten life is the great virtuous and virtuous teacher, I will repay the great virtuous teacher and honor him"

"But why did you leave? Why don't you just say hello and just go? ”

"Isn't Cheng Zhiyuan doing well?"

Listening to Cheng Zhiyuan's crying as if no one was around, Zhang Niujiao also remembered the day he met the great sage and good teacher, and remembered the gentleness and generosity of the great sage and good teacher

"Tell me! Who is it? Who killed the great sage and good teacher! ”

Cheng Zhiyuan wiped away his tears, his eyes were red, and he said with infinite resentment: "The martial arts of the great sage and good master are unparalleled, I don't believe that anyone can kill him on the battlefield!" ”

"Isn't it Liu Yuan! Isn't it?! ”

Zhang Niujiao shook his head slowly and said in a low voice: "It's not Liu Yuan, it's Liu Bei." ”

"Liu Bei?! Liu Bei! I, Cheng Zhiyuan, swore that I would kill him in my lifetime and break him into thousands of pieces! "Cheng Zhiyuan must be angry, like a demon god.

"Okay" Zhang Niujiao patted Cheng Zhiyuan's shoulder, took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the sadness in his heart, and said: "The great sage and good teacher are watching us in the sky, don't be like this, or the big sage and good teacher will say that we are not men again."

The two of them calmed their minds, sat down anew, and looked at each other without saying a word for a long time.

"Brother Zhang, what happened to Guangzong's brothers now?"

Cheng Zhiyuan asked.

"We all descended Liu Yuan."

"What?!" Cheng Zhiyuan took the case and shouted angrily: "How can you do this!? ”

"It's not that we want to do this, but the last words of the great sage and good teacher before returning to heaven!" Zhang Niujiao shouted: "You calm down for a moment, will you wait for me to say it well?!" ”

"Huhu, you say!"

Zhang Niujiao then told everything that happened today, from Liu Bei's provocation, to Zhang Jiao's pick-up, to Liu Yuan's appearance, and finally Liu Bei's sneak attack, all of which were understood.

"Liu Yuan is also the murderer who indirectly killed the great sage and good teacher, why did the great sage and good teacher make such a decision?" Cheng Zhiyuan shouted: "Liu Yuan's Youzhou army killed my yellow scarf, he is our enemy!" ”

"Shut up!"

Zhang Niujiao stood up, "Now Liu Yuan is my lord, and you are not allowed to slander him!" The sons and daughters who died in the hands of the Youzhou Army were all killed in a dignified battle, and we have no regrets! Moreover, the captured brothers, the Youzhou army has given great help, or sent money and food, sent home, or sent to Youzhou, to live a new life, the lord is not sorry for us, it is just a different position, don't confuse personal grievances! ”

"What's more, this is the last words of the great sage before leaving, how can we not abide by it!? How can you not comply?! ”

"Brother Cheng, I won't beat around the bush with you, I'm here to recruit you for the Lord. The lord said that he admired you very much, and he didn't want to give his life again when he saw our simple yellow turban erlang, so "

"So you want me to surrender?!" Cheng Zhiyuan stared.

"This is the command of the great sage and good teacher!"

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Zhiyuan was immediately deflated.

"Okay, okay, I'll fall, I'll drop!"

"Demote General Cheng Zhiyuan, meet the champion Hou!"

Liu Yuan looked at the big man who bowed down in the hall, and his face was full of smiles.

"General Cheng, please get up." Liu Yuan walked down the hall, helped Cheng Zhiyuan up with his own hands, and said, "Ben Hou is very happy to receive General Cheng here, please take a seat." ”

Cheng Zhiyuan sat down as he said.

"You can understand the righteousness and peacefully solve the war, Ben Hou is very pleased. Therefore, Ben Hou decided to let you continue to lead this army, what does the general think? ”

Cheng Zhiyuan's anxious heart became excited in an instant. Originally, I thought that after surrendering, the military power was exhausted, and if I was lucky enough to be a rich man, I might be punished, but Liu Yuan actually returned the army to him intact, how could this not be grateful? How can such a lord not be made to be loyal?

"Thank you, my lord!"

"Hehe, don't be too happy, right?" Liu Yuan said with a smile: "The army is huge and uneven, and it is necessary to bother the general to select the elite and remove the dross." My Youzhou army is all elite soldiers! ”

Cheng Zhiyuan saw the appearance of the Youzhou army and knew why Zhang Jiao was defeated in the hands of Liu Yuan. At this time, listening to Liu Yuan's meaning, it is to select the strong and train them to be such a strong army, although there may not be many out of 200,000 people, but to be able to command such a strong army, how can Cheng Zhiyuan, as a general, not be excited?

"Yes! Please rest assured, Cheng will complete the task within two days! ”

Cheng Zhiyuan was excited, so he set himself up.

Liu Yuan smiled, shook his head lightly and said, "Two days is too short." The more than 200,000 people under your command, plus the 60,000 troops in the Guangzong, have a total of more than 300,000, and two days is not enough. Ben Hou gives you five days to wait for your good news. ”

"Thank you, lord!"

Cheng Zhiyuan was very moved in his heart, clasped his fists and saluted, and slowly withdrew from the hall.

Walking out of the house, Cheng Zhiyuan greeted the rising sun, exhaled a long breath, and his spirit suddenly rose, as if it was like the sun that had just risen, ushering in a new life.

At this moment, a large group of more than a dozen people walked towards this side.

"Brother Cheng, how's it going?"

Zhang Niujiao said with concern: "The lord didn't punish you, right?" ”

"Haha, how could it be?" Cheng Zhiyuan said with a smile: "The lord not only didn't punish me, but let me lead the original team, hehe, envy, right?" ”

"You, I don't know who reluctantly hummed at the beginning"

"Hehe, Brother Zhang, it's my fault, hehe" Cheng Zhiyuan laughed dryly twice, and said to this group of yellow turban generals: "Guo Daxian, Liu Shi, He Yi, He Man, where are you going?" Looking for the lord? ”

"Hehe, what's the matter? Now everyone is very idle. We're talking about going to meet Miss, are you going? ”

Qingniujiao said: "Miss lives in the backyard." ”

"Miss?! You mean Miss Zhang Ning?! Cheng Zhiyuan said happily.

"yes, who else could it be?"

"Together, I'll go too!"

The group walked around the front hall and looked at the backyard. Talk as you go.

"Hey, I said Brother Cheng, did the lord say anything? Did you talk about us? ”

"Hehe, the lord gave me five days, let's select the elite lord's personal guards from the army to be the real elite!"

"But no, only the 1,000 yellow turban wrestlers of the great sage and good teacher are slightly comparable, this comparison under our command is just shit!"

"Well, I asked the Commander of the Classics, and said that the 1,000 Yellow Turban wrestlers of the Great Sage and Good Master were merged into the pro-guard team by the lord."

"If we can command such a strong army, let us die immediately! With such an army, tsk, how can it be majestic? ”

"It's early! Even if you select the elite, it will take at least a few years to have that momentum, right? ”

"Hey, here, you see, Miss lives there!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"You say, what would happen if the lord went to the young lady?"

"Ahh That's not my own family, it's a good relationship! ”

Five days later, Liu Yuan summoned all the generals under his command.

"Cheng Zhiyuan, how did you complete the task that Ben Hou gave you?"

"The Enlightenment Lord, the work was completed yesterday. A total of 58,000 people were selected to meet the requirements. ”

Cheng Zhiyuan said sonorously.

"Good!" Liu Yuan clapped his hands and said, "That being the case, Ben Hou now ordered: order, Zhang Niujiao led the remaining more than 200,000 people to return to Youzhou immediately, and there must be no slack." Cheng Zhiyuan led 58,000 strong, that is, follow me south! ”

"Whoa!"

The two bowed down and received their orders.

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