Chen Nuo came back from Xi Zhicai, and Zhang He also came back, but his face became a little heavy.

Chen Nuo asked him tentatively: "Didn't the general go to patrol the camp with Zhang Dashuai?" Coming back so soon? ”

Zhang He snorted, raised his hand and said, "Don't say it, I almost fell in touch with Zhang Yan's way." ”

"What's going on?"

Zhang He told him: "You don't know, I accompanied Zhang Yan to patrol the camp at the right time, and at first I walked around the camp, but in the end he suddenly took me out of the camp and went all the way east. It suddenly occurred to me that he was going to Shiyi City. Shiyi City is Gongsun Zhan's territory, and I have fought with Gongsun Chan several times, if he finds out that I am in the Black Mountain Army, then I can pay it back?

Zhang Yan obviously knows the delicate relationship between my Jizhou and Gongsun Zhan, but if he does this, won't he trap me in injustice? I think if I hadn't woken up in time and pretended to be sick and came back, otherwise I would have almost been miserable by him Zhang Yan. ”

Chen Nuo comforted Zhang He: "Maybe Zhang Yan didn't mean it, general, please be relieved." ”

Two days later, Zhang Yan suddenly came to Zhang He, saying that a batch of grain and grass had arrived, and he was afraid that he would be intercepted by Gongsun Zhan, so he asked Zhang He to send troops to meet him and escort him properly.

Zhang He was quite refreshed and agreed.

When Chen Nuo heard about this, he went to Zhang He and said: "Zhang Dashuai has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, but he wants you to help the general, don't you think this matter is a bit strange, general?" ”

Zhang He heard Chen Nuo say it, and smiled: "Oh? Do you see that? ”

He paused: "Do you want to go and watch a good show with you?" ”

Chen Nuo was trying to learn something for a long time, and when he heard that Zhang He was willing to take him, of course he was very willing. In the evening, Zhang He also left the camp with his headquarters in accordance with the agreement with Zhang Yan in advance, and went all the way south to meet the grain and grass.

At the same time as Zhang He set off, there was also movement in Shiyi City.

During the day, Gongsun Zhan's Tanma captured a messenger from Montenegro, and judging from the letter found on the messenger's body, it was written by Zhang Yan to Zhang He. The content is that a batch of grain and grass has arrived in Montenegro, and Zhang Yan heard that Zhang He also happened to come from Jizhou to discuss the alliance, and he happened to be on the same road, so he asked Zhang He to escort this batch of grain and grass to the camp in Montenegro.

After reading the letter, Gongsun Zhan's face sank and he didn't speak for a long time. He sent the letter to others to circulate, and after others read it, they all crusaded in unison, nothing more than saying that they had promised to withdraw from the army in Youzhou, why was Jizhou still so shameless, and he still kept in touch with Montenegro. No wonder Montenegro suddenly attacked us and others, it turned out that they were instigated by Jizhou.

Gongsun Zhan's long history Guan Jing was thoughtful after all, and he immediately reminded the authenticity of the letter.

This is a serious matter, and it is true that we cannot act hastily. Gongsun Chan immediately had the messenger dragged down and tortured, which broke the messenger's flesh and skin, and the messenger still did not speak for a long time. At the same time as extorting a confession, Gongsun Zhan's subordinates captured another messenger, and such a letter written by Zhang Yan to Zhang He was also found from him, and the content was exactly the same.

Gongsun Zhan put down the letter and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Yan really has good intentions in order for this letter to be delivered to Zhang He, and he actually sent several people to deliver the letter at the same time. It seems that he sent far more than these two letters......"

Gongsun Zhan's subordinates discussed with each other, and Gongsun Zhan suddenly took a shot: "Since it is Jizhou General Zhang He who has arrived, my brother Fan Ke will greet him on behalf of this general." Remember, keep your mouth alive! ”

"Brother, don't worry!"

Gongsun Fan stepped forward, gave up his hand, and received the order. When it was evening, he took the people of the headquarters to open the city.

After several hours of trekking, before dawn, Gongsun Fan's scouting horse also discovered the team escorting grain and grass. He immediately let his men and horses ambush on the spot, and when the grain and grass team entered the ambush circle, he bore the brunt of the shouting, and rushed out with the men and horses, while setting fire to the car.

I thought that I could hit with one blow, but I didn't expect that there were people and horses behind the grain team, and some people kept shouting: "Yan Liang is here, who dares to intercept my grain and grass!" ”

"Yan Liang?"

Gongsun Fan could hear it clearly, and his nerves were suddenly confused: "How could it be Yan Liang, isn't he Yuan Shao's general?" How did he end up here? He asked left and right, and the people on the left and right also told him that the coming general would indeed call himself Yan Liang's name.

Since the matter has reached this point, you can't just leave when you hear Yan Liang's name, Gongsun Fan had no choice but to bite the bullet, abandon the grain team, and lead his troops to fight. The two sides fought together in the dark, and when the sky was slightly brighter, Gongsun Fan finally saw clearly that it was indeed Yuan Shao's men and horses who were fighting with him, because they were all fighting under the banner of the Yuan family.

At this time, Gongsun Fan only blamed himself for not seeing Zhang He or Yan Liang, and they all heard of his prestige. Since it was clear that it was Yuan Shao's people, Gongsun Fan was not afraid of this injustice and had nowhere to say, so he fled back to Shiyi City with the defeated army. When Gongsun Chan heard this, he almost vomited blood in anger, but when he thought that it was Yuan Shao, it seemed that this matter had to be reevaluated.

Gongsun Fan ran away in disgrace, seeing that Zhang He had won this battle, Chen Nuo saw it in his eyes, and really had to admire Zhang He.

At night, he came all the way with Zhang He, and when he met the grain team, Zhang He did not let the people of his department contact them, but directly let them go. When the grain team walked over, Zhang He let his men and horses follow closely and secretly protect him.

waited until Gongsun Fan appeared, Zhang He came out from behind, and at the same time, in order to confuse the enemy, he deliberately let the loud voice shout in the name of Yan Liang to deter Gongsun Fan. There is only one thing that Chen Nuo didn't expect, originally Zhang He's subordinates were all under their own banners, but they secretly changed to the Yuan family's banner at some point, it seems that Zhang He has already prepared.

In this way, Zhang He not only successfully repelled the enemy and resolved the crisis, but also passed on the disaster to Yuan Shao, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's just that now that I think about it, the problem has gradually surfaced.

First, Zhang Yan asked Zhang He to take over the grain and grass, which was very inappropriate. Zhang He is a guest, Zhang Yan is the master, and Zhang Yan has not encountered difficulties, how to let Zhang He take over the grain and grass for him?

Second, this Zhang Zhan was intercepted by Gongsun Chan's men and horses as soon as he received the grain and grass, if it wasn't for someone secretly notifying Gongsun Zhan, how would Gongsun Chan know about this? If it's a coincidence, isn't such a coincidence too unconvincing?

Could it be that all this was deliberately arranged by Zhang Yan? But why did he do it? Besides, if he wants Zhang He to get out, he doesn't have to beat around the bush so much at all, this is not Zhang Yan's temper. If it's not him, who will it be?

Chen Nuo and his entourage returned to the camp to protect the grain and grass, and Zhang Yan personally came out to greet them.

Seeing Zhang He, Zhang Yan grabbed his hand and asked with a smile: "The general went smoothly all the way, right?" ”

Zhang He replied: "Of course, with me Zhang He out of the horse, what are you worried about?" It's just that I met two little thieves on the road, and they also wanted to use the banner of Gongsun Chan to destroy the relationship between Jizhou and Gongsun Chan, and they have been sent away by me. ”

"Really?"

Zhang Yan's face was a little ugly, she didn't look at Zhang He, she only said that Zhang He had worked hard, let Zhang He go down to rest first, and then arrange a banquet in the evening to suppress Zhang He's shock.

Zhang Yan returned to the tent and received a letter from Gongsun Zhan. The content of the letter probably said that he had recently heard that Zhang Dashuai had two people in Jizhou and Yuan Shao one after another, and that a person like him who was stepping on two boats was very interested in him and wanted to meet him in person another day.

After Zhang Yan saw it, he threw the bamboo slip on the ground and patted the case: "Good Zhang He, I said what kind of ability do you have, it turned out that you were using Yuan Shao as a disguise!" ”

He turned around and ordered: "Prepare some wine and food, Ben Shuai is going to visit Mr. Xi!" ”

Zhang Yan had just gone out of the tent, and Sun Qing had also quietly come to Chen Nuo's tent, and persuaded Chen Nuo to leave as soon as they met.

Although Chen Nuo has been in the Montenegrin army for a few days, he has not been able to see Sun Qing because he has been busy with military affairs. He had a lot of questions to ask him, and since he had come to him, Chen Nuo naturally seized the opportunity to let Sun Qing sit down and talk to him properly.

Sun Qing also felt that he was too anxious, so he listened to Chen Nuo's words and sat down obediently. He naturally knew that Chen Nuo was confused, so he explained to him how he came to the Black Mountain Army and how he persuaded Zhang Niujiao to raise troops against Gongsun Zhan.

"Engong, you and I just met in Pingshui, and I almost hurt you on the mountain at that time, but Engong, not only did you blame me, but you also found a way to help me and rescue me from Han Fu's hands. Although I successfully escaped at that time, I knew in my heart that Engong had already told Han Fu a lie in order to save me, and if this lie was known by Han Fu, Han Fu would inevitably be embarrassed by Engong.

What is hateful is that I didn't have anyone in my hands at that time, so I couldn't save Engong from Han Fu. Maybe Engong, you also know, I didn't know Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Dashuai at that time, so it was impossible to persuade him to unite with Montenegro. But at the same time, I know that Eun Gong saved me, and even if I fight to the death, I can't let Eun Gong be implicated in this matter.

I didn't care about it at the time, thinking that one step at a time, I would find Zhang Niujiao first. Maybe I was lucky, I met my good brother Wang Dang on the way, and when Brother Wang Dang heard about this, he said that he didn't know Zhang Niujiao, but he knew Zhang Yan, so he helped me write a letter, and divided hundreds of brothers to me and let me go with me.

I said goodbye to Wang as a brother and went on the road, and along the way I kept inquiring about the whereabouts of Zhang Niujiao, and I was fortunate to be met by me in a valley. It's just that at that time, he was in trouble and was besieged by another force, so I helped him get out of the predicament and helped him turn defeat into victory, and we met in this way. Later, he took me back to the army and introduced me to Marshal Zhang Yan. I then handed him the letter from Brother Sun Qing. Zhang Yan was trustworthy to be a brother to Wang, so he agreed to help me.

At first, Zhang Niujiao was still worried, after all, Montenegro has always been an enemy of Jizhou, and now he is helping Jizhou to deal with Gongsun Zhan, which is too risky for them. After all, Zhang Yan was far-sighted, so he persuaded Zhang Niujiao and said,

The reason why Montenegro was able to stand up was because of the chaos in the world. When there is chaos in the world, there is peace, and the brothers dare to fight, is it not for the sake of future wealth? Now that Jizhou is willing to cooperate with us, isn't it a godsend? In this way, we can not only expand our troops and horses openly, but also get the support of Jizhou, which is beneficial to Montenegro and harmless in any way. Besides, Gongsun Chan has always been an enemy of my Montenegro, and this is a good time to take revenge. ’

Marshal Zhang Niujiao listened to Marshal Zhang Yan's persuasion, and thought about it, so he agreed, and handed over the matter of uniting the various departments of Montenegro to me and Marshal Zhang Yan. Marshal Zhang Niujiao has always been influential in the Montenegrin area, in fact, there is no need to waste words, after hearing the news, all the departments of Montenegro came to gather, and within a few days, hundreds of thousands of horses gathered.

I saw that the army had risen, and this was a great opportunity to develop power, and I couldn't let Brother Wang Dang miss it, so I wrote a letter to Brother Wang Dang, telling him about Montenegro, and asked him to bring troops over to meet. ”

When Chen Nuo heard this, he thought of something and nodded: "Oh, no wonder Brother Wang Dang saw that my Jizhou people were so friendly, it turned out that he knew that Jizhou and Montenegro were united." It's just that I remember that I told Han Fu at that time to ask you to go back and contact Montenegro, but I didn't let you rush to send troops to attack Gongsun Zhan? Do you know that in this way, you almost trapped me in Jizhou for injustice. ”

Sun Qing said: "I really didn't know at the beginning, Engong, you had already moved Gongsun Chan and asked Gongsun Chan to promise to make peace with Jizhou. At that time, I had just persuaded Zhang Niujiao to be the commander, and when the Montenegrin army was assembled, I was in a hurry to persuade him to become an enemy of Gongsun Zhan. It's just that Marshal Zhang Niujiao still has some concerns, and he didn't dare to send troops for a while, seeing that it dragged on for two days, it was Gongsun Chan who came to the door by himself.

When Gongsun Chan heard that my Montenegro had gathered here, he was afraid that it would threaten him, so he sent troops first, raided my Montenegro, and burned many of my Montenegrin brothers. At this time, Marshal Zhang Niujiao had to decide to fight with Gongsun Zhan. On the day you first came, Marshal Zhang Niujiao personally led the troops to battle, but he didn't expect to be ambushed by Gongsun Zhan, so that he died on the battlefield. ”

Chen Nuo sighed, comforted Sun Qing a few words, and said, "It turns out that this is the case before and after!" You don't know, before I saw you, I was still weak and didn't know how to fulfill this lie, and even thought of leaving, fortunately, Brother Sun Qing, you helped me a lot. ”

Sun Qing knelt down on one knee and said, "Where is Engong, if it weren't for Engong, you helped me escape from Jizhou, how could I help Engong?" ”

Chen Nuo pulled him up: "Hurry up, don't be long, don't be short, it sounds awkward, let's call my name." ”

Although Sun Qing agreed, it would definitely be inappropriate to really call Chen Nuo's real name, so he had to be commensurate with Brother Chen.

Chen Nuo smiled: "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, by the way, you drove me away as soon as you came in just now, what's going on?" ”

As soon as Sun Qing was reminded by him, he thought of the purpose of coming, and immediately said: "Brother Chen is kind to me, why would I want to drive you away from Brother Chen?" It's just that this matter is complicated, Brother Chen, I advise you, you better leave Montenegro and go back to Jizhou as soon as possible. ”

Chen Nuo listened to what he said, how could he leave like this before he figured it out?

Under Chen Nuo's insistent questioning, Sun Qing had no choice but to speak: "Since Brother Chen wants to know, then I'll tell Brother Chen." ”

Sun paused lightly and said, "Actually, it's not that I want to drive Brother Chen away, but ...... It's that Zhang Dashuai can't let you stay in Montenegro anymore. ”

"Why is that?"

Chen Nuo looked at him a little puzzled, only to see Sun Qing hesitate for a moment before he said: "Don't hide it from Brother Chen, in fact, the death of Marshal Zhang Niujiao, Marshal Zhang Yan has already suspected General Zhang He." ”

"Why is that?"

Sun Qing said: "Of course, all this has to start with the tip that General Zhang handed over to you. ”

Chen Nuo was stunned, the bag had been burned, how did he know? But if you think about it carefully, because of the urgency of the situation at that time, he didn't think too much about it when he opened the tip, and it was in front of everyone, no wonder he would know.

I only heard Sun Qing continue: "Zhang Dashuai is suspicious, since Zhang He can rescue everyone with the clever plan in the bag, why didn't he take it out earlier?" Or, simply before the army moves, you should follow what the bag says, let the army go back to the mountain, so that you can avoid Gongsun Zhan's ambush. He didn't understand, why didn't Zhang He do that, what was his intention? Even...... He wondered if General Zhang He was intentionally trying to frame him! ”

"Who is this all to listen to? Did Zhang Yan say it herself? ”

Sun Qing avoided Chen Nuo's eyes and said, "These Brother Chen don't need to know, but Zhang Dashuai has indeed suspected General Zhang He, so listen to me, you better leave Montenegro quickly." ”

Chen Nuo didn't immediately admit it, he thought about it and asked puzzledly: "Are these details calculated by himself?" ”

Sun Qing didn't hide it at all, "Of course not." ”

"Who's that?"

Chen Nuo kept asking, and Sun Qing couldn't help but say: "You may not know this person, Brother Chen, he rarely moves around in the army, and you may not know Brother Chen when he says it." So ......"

Chen Nuo thought of someone and interrupted him: "Is that person very addicted to alcohol, and likes people to drink with him, but he is unwilling to give people a wine cup?" He wants to see the embarrassment of others, so as to tease them, yes or no? ”

Sun was slightly stunned: "His temper is indeed like this, it turns out that Brother Chen, you also know him?" ”

Chen Nuo nodded: "If it's him, then I know a rough idea of what happened before and after." ”

He stood up, held Sun Qing's shoulder, and said, "You came to me secretly this time, presumably because Zhang Yan didn't see Gongsun Chan as he wished this time, and found out that I was in the Black Mountain Army, so as to provoke the relationship between my Jizhou and Gongsun Zhan, so he must have gone to him again this time to ask him for advice." Since Montenegro is hostile to my Jizhou, and can't tolerate me and wait, don't worry, I have my own measure in this matter, and it is not difficult for you. ”

Having said that, Sun Qing had no choice but to persuade two more words, and then retired.

Sending Sun Qing away, Chen Nuo thought of what happened before and after, and couldn't help laughing: "Xi Zhicai, Xi Zhicai, it seems that I want to drink two more cups with you!" ”