After receiving Zhu Han's three or five hundred men, Chen Nuo's side had to be delayed for half a day.

That Zhu Han claimed to be from Hanoi, and he was originally working under Han Fu, but because he had a quarrel with Han Fu, he ran out in a rage. He wanted to abandon the official and go home, but he walked to the realm of the Dangyin Land, and was blocked by a group of black mountain thieves, who saw that Zhu Han had been an official of the Han Dynasty and admired him as a literati, so they jointly elected Zhu Han as their boss.

Zhu Han then landed in the mountains, but after all, he was a Han official, and felt that being their boss would damage the prestige he usually accumulated, so he called himself a general. But after all, his 'general' came from the wrong way, and he was afraid that others would look down on him, so he turned his brain, so he pretended to be Yuan Shao's reputation and raised the banner of the Yuan family, so that he could go on in the shadows.

Unexpectedly, just two days ago, he heard the news that Yuan Shao would send a group of envoys to Jizhou to negotiate with Han Fu again, and he would pass through the realm of the Dangyin Realm, so he pondered that it was better to take the opportunity to invest in Yuan Shao, thinking that it was the foundation of wealth and wealth.

Now that he has made up his mind, he will take his brothers on the mountain, raise the banner of the Yuan family, and wait on the road from Dangyin to Jizhou. It was also God who lived up to his wishes, and finally made him wait.

That Zhu Han bowed to Chen Nuo and Yan Liang, thinking that they had come from afar, and he wanted to wash the dust for them, and invited them to the mountain for a banquet.

The purpose of Chen Nuo's trip was not here, and he didn't want to be delayed on the road, so as not to be Zhao Fu to Jizhou first, which would be unfavorable to him.

He didn't want to go up the mountain, but after all, he was walking with Yan Liang, and he had to respect Yan Liang's opinion.

"General Yan, what do you think?"

"What's there to say about that? Of course, it's the stomach that matters! ”

Yan Liang is a coarse person after all, he never uses his brain to speak, he only knows that he wants to eat when he is hungry. Chen Nuo wanted to remind him, but Yan Liang had already grabbed the horse's belly between his legs, took a step forward, and glared at Zhu Han below: "Don't lead the way yet?" ”

There was no way, Chen Nuo had no choice but to be invited up the mountain by Zhu Han.

The hall on the mountain is generously arranged, accommodating a dozen people for a feast. Yan Liang originally drank a lot, and as soon as he drank it, he became a bottomless pit. When he came up, Chen Nuo also persuaded him to drink less than two lamps, Yan Liang agreed, but he was persuaded by Zhu Han next to him to drink, and as soon as he said a few flattering words, Yan Liang suddenly fluttered, forgot everything, and drank too much.

Seeing that it was not a problem, Chen Nuo picked up the wine cup, walked behind Zhu Han, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "General Zhu, General Zhu, I will also accompany you to drink." ”

Yuan Shao's envoy came to toast in person, but Zhu Han didn't dare to drink it, so he hurriedly drank it.

Chen Nuo grabbed his sleeve and whispered to him: "Don't persuade General Yan Liang to drink anymore, you don't know that General Yan Liang drinks too much, he will kill!" ”

When Zhu Han heard this, his face turned pale, his eyes rolled, and he smiled.

Seeing that he looked a little uncomfortable, he obviously refused to believe what he said.

Chen Nuo didn't continue to persuade him, he walked back to the table and toasted to a subordinate of Zhu Han next to him.

When the man saw this, he was so excited that he almost rolled off the table, and hurriedly confessed and drank.

Chen Nuo patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "This little brother, don't panic!" Hehe, let me ask you, do you still have cattle and sheep on the mountain, if so, get one or two. ”

"Yes, yes!"

The man nodded, and was about to go down to prepare, but was pulled by Chen Nuo: "Don't worry, you go and ask that General Yan first, and then say ......"

whispered two words in his ear until the man remembered.

The man got up from the table and repeated in a low voice in Yan Liang's ear: "General Yan, there are cows and sheep outside, do you want to kill them and roast them?" ”

When Yan Liang heard this, he patted the wooden case: "Kill!" Kill it! ”

When Zhu Han next to him heard this, he mistakenly thought that he was going to kill someone, so he was so frightened that he quickly shrunk his neck and glanced at Chen Nuo.

It seems that his words are not wrong, Yan Liang will kill people when he is drunk, not to mention that he is not drunk yet.

He was frightened into a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to persuade Yan Liangjiu anymore.

At the end of the banquet, Zhu Han led them to the stable in the back mountain to watch the horses.

There were twenty or thirty horses in the stables, all of which were of mixed quality.

Zhu Han secretly glanced at Chen Nuo and Yan Liang, and asked if they were satisfied, saying that he was willing to give these horses to them and let them take them away. When Yan Liang heard this, he nodded his head, and he was more satisfied with Zhu Han's knowledge.

Chen Nuo looked at the flattery on Zhu Han's face, and was a little disgusted. But after all, he is willing to give away these war horses, and it is not in vain.

Chen Nuo used to be a groom in Yuan Ying, and he still has some feelings for horses. He was not afraid of getting dirty, so he walked into the stable, reached out and stroked them one by one, patting them on the face. The horses that had been stroked by Chen Nuo also bowed their heads one by one, rubbing their clothes with their horse faces, as if they were old friends with Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo turned around, clapped his hands, and smiled: "Since it is General Zhu's kindness, I am not good at disobeying, okay, I received these horses on behalf of General Yuan." ”

When Zhu Han heard this, he hurriedly thanked him and beckoned the soldiers behind him to pull these horses out of the stable.

Chen Nuo had just walked up to Yan Liang and wanted to tell him if he could move, when suddenly a horse neighing came from a distance, high-pitched and loud, clearly a good horse. Chen Nuo shook his eyes and followed the direction of the sound. When Zhu Han saw it, he hurriedly followed.

Chen Nuo joked with him: "Why, you still have a BMW here, but you don't want to see it, are you reluctant?" ”

As he spoke, Chen Nuo's eyes lit up, and he saw that there was a separate stable in the distance, and there was only one horse tied to the stable.

The horse has a snow-white body, four hooves wrapped in iron, tall and strong legs, a high head, and full of spirit.

But for some reason, the body of the horse, which should have been strong, had sunk into a piece, apparently due to hunger.

Even when Yan Liang and the others came, they were all dazzled. But if you look closely, like Chen Nuo, there is a little more regret at the same time of approval.

Zhu Han behind him couldn't stop them, so he had to quickly explain: "You have also seen it, this horse is a good horse, but it has not eaten or drunk since it came to me, and it has been next to each other, and I can't do anything about it." You've all seen it, it's hungry, can I still take out such a horse and give it away?

Moreover, this horse has a strong temperament, and others are unreliable! A few days ago, a little brother wanted to feed it grass, but before he could get close, he was kicked by it and died that night. So ......"

"I want this horse!"

Yan Liang didn't want to listen to Zhu Han continue to ramble, pushed Zhu Han away, lifted his robe, and was about to rush up and be tough. Although the horse in the stable was fierce, he suddenly saw Yan Lianghu walking towards him, and he was a little timid, so he couldn't help but take two steps back, pulled up the reins and raised his head and neighed.

Yan Liang took two arrow steps, untied the reins, and used brute force to pull the horse out of the stable, and asked the overlord to take the bow.

The horse roared angrily, and the iron hooves swept back, and everyone exclaimed, seeing that Yan Liang was about to be swept by the hoof, and he was either killed or injured. In the end, Yan Liang had some ability, and he reacted quickly, seeing that the farrier was swept away, his back was bowed, his abdomen shrank back, and he took two steps back under his feet, avoiding the danger.

The horse seemed to have a pair of eyes behind him, and seeing that Yan Liang had retreated and had escaped, it took advantage of the victory to pursue, took two steps backwards, and swept out a horier. This time, Yan Liang's feet were unstable, and he stumbled, and he was about to fall to the ground.

There was another exclamation next to him, all of them sweating.

"Brutes must not be rude!"

Yan Liang can't have anything to do, Chen Nuo didn't think about it, shouted, rushed up, and broke his hands, about to grab the horse's face.

Chen Nuo's move was also forced to be helpless, and the soldiers were dangerous, if he didn't control the horse's face and was hit by the horse's force, it would be either death or injury. Zhu Han and the others behind Chen Nuo knew how powerful this horse was, and seeing that Chen Nuo was not trying to kill himself, they were also too busy to take care of themselves, and fled backwards one after another.

Chen Nuo's two large hands landed on the horse's face at the same time, and he reached out to grab the reins. The horse neighed angrily, and its four hooves rushed forward together, and it was about to pounce on Chen Nuo. Chen Nuo was also taken aback, but he knew that he couldn't walk away at the moment, so he shouted, and he also used all his strength, wanting to offset the impact of the horse.

Although the horses are thin, if they really come to the side at this moment, Chen Nuo may not be able to stop. But strangely enough, that horse. It was about to collide with Chen Nuo, but suddenly it stopped. His eyes were shining, looking at Chen Nuo.

Everyone in the audience took a breath from the tension just now, and the situation took such a sharp turn that they couldn't believe it.

It was Yan Liang, who had already swung his body backwards with Chen Nuo's kung fu of pulling the horse, stabilizing his whereabouts, and finally did not show off in front of everyone. But he was teased by this horse just now, and he was also a nameless fire in his heart, and he was about to come to an overlord again, but he was stopped by Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo stretched out his hand and touched the horse's face. Tears were already streaming down my eyes.

Chen Nuo was startled, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to have feelings: "It recognizes me?" ”

The horse nodded intentionally or unintentionally, suddenly bit Chen Nuo's clothes, and led Chen Nuo to the edge of the cliff in the back mountain. The people next to him couldn't believe it, and they followed closely behind, seeing that they couldn't go any longer, they all exclaimed in a low voice, not knowing what this horse meant.

"Master Chen, you can't go any more!"

Yan Liang had already taken the thick-backed knife, ready to rescue him at any time.

The cliff here is protected by a wooden fence, the wind is strong under the cliff, blowing the people's clothes and belts flying, although it is daytime, there is also a refreshing cold.

Chen Nuo raised his hand slightly, signaling them not to mess around. He turned around and stopped, for the horses had stopped.

The white horse loosened his teeth on Chen Nuo's clothes, glanced at Chen Nuo, looked at the cliff again, and took two steps back.

It turned, raised its head and hissed three times at the valley floor, and with a leap of its hooves, slammed through the wooden railing, and rushed all the way out.

The white horse soared into the air and rushed out a few feet away, and suddenly his body fell, and in the mournful sound, he quickly fell to the bottom, and it seemed that he had fallen into powder.

Everyone sighed for a while, Zhu Han wiped his sweat, and hurriedly greeted Chen Nuo: "Lord Chen, are you okay?" ”

Yan Liang had already come up, grabbed Chen Nuo with one hand, and pulled Chen Nuo back a few steps so that others could stay away from the cliff.

Chen Nuo glanced at the bottom of the cliff in a daze, closed his eyes and recalled the way he looked at himself before the horse fell, and suddenly his body was electrified. Suddenly, he affirmed in his heart that he had seen this horse! But where it was, where it was, he couldn't remember for a moment!

He suddenly grabbed Zhu Han's clothes and asked him angrily, "Tell me, how did this horse come about?" Who is his master? Why are you here? ”

Zhu Han suddenly saw Chen Nuo's murderous eyes, he was very frightened, his body trembled, and he hurriedly said, "My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you?" My horse was just picked up on the road, you ...... Let go, my lord! ”

Zhu Han had just announced the surrender of Yuan Shao, if Chen Nuo killed him, not to mention that they were still on other people's territory at the moment, even if the matter spread out, it would not be conducive to the latecomers. Although Yan Liang has no brains, he doesn't want Chen Nuo to mess around.

He hurriedly tore the two of them apart and said to Chen Nuo: "Lord Chen, since General Zhu has already made it clear, it's not too early, let's go!" ”

Chen Nuo looked at Zhu Han, who was so frightened, that he had also woken up at this moment, but don't lose a big one because of a small one.

He tried his best to calm down the irritability in his heart, and then changed his face and said to Zhu Han: "General Zhu, since you are willing to submit to my family Yuan Gong, then you are a member of the public family, and you can no longer do the same thing as before." Please leave as soon as possible and join my Yuan Guild. ”

Zhu Han still liked Chen Nuo's calm face, and when he heard Chen Nuo say this, he also nodded hurriedly: "Lord Chen, don't worry, after the Lord and the general leave, we will immediately leave to see Yuan Gong." As for this cottage...... We'll burn it down as soon as we're gone. ”

Chen Nuo nodded, said a few more polite words to him, thanked him for his hospitality, and went down the mountain with Yan Liang and the others. Of course, before leaving, they did not forget to take the twenty or thirty horses that Zhu Han gave them with them.

The road was only two days away, and I saw that I arrived at Wucheng, where Zhang He was stationed.

Chen Nuo looked up in the direction of Wucheng, pulled the horse, and said to Yan Liang: "Let's go around Wucheng." ”

Yan Liang didn't know the previous relationship between Chen Nuo and Zhang He, but when he heard that he was going around the city, he was a little puzzled: "What, is there anyone in Jizhou who wants to obstruct the envoy of my family Yuan Gong?" ”

Chen Nuo didn't want to explain to him, so he was about to leave. Suddenly, there was a sound of hooves in front of me, as if someone was beating a horse.

Now that he couldn't go, Chen Nuo had no choice but to ask people to come forward and stop the comers. The person who came was brought over, claiming to be Zhang He's person, and presented Chen Nuo with a letter.

It's time to come or come, and it seems that I can't hide from it.

Chen Nuo took the letter and hesitated.

Yan Liang looked at him and asked, "It turns out that Lord Chen here in Wucheng also has friends who know?" ”

Chen Nuo said: "Don't forget, before I did things for Yuan Gong, I was originally a subordinate of Han Zhou Mu. ”

Since Yan Liang was suspicious, if he didn't tear open the letter in front of him, he was afraid that Yan Liang and everyone behind him would misunderstand him.

The content of the letter didn't matter, but it just asked Chen Nuoshen to go to Shili Pavilion to meet Zhang He at two o'clock.

In ancient times, the day was divided into twelve hours, and one hour was equivalent to two hours today. It was half past three in the afternoon.

Chen Nuo looked up at the sun, it should be a late hour, about half past one, and there was still an interval of two hours before the time Zhang He said.

The people under the horse waited for Chen Nuo's reply, Chen Nuo put away the letter, and said to the man: "Go back and tell your general, I will go to the appointment on time." When the man got a reply, he said yes, turned and got on his horse.

Chen Nuo turned around and said to Yan Liang: "General Yan, since you don't want to go around the city, then don't go around the city." But before you go, you'll have to wait here for an hour or two, and I'll have to go to General Zhang He's appointment, and I'll talk to him at that time, and the matter won't be a problem. ”

Yan Liang nodded: "Since this is the case, then I will let everyone rest in place and wait for your news." ”

Chen Nuo looked at the surrounding terrain and asked Yan Liang to take the army to Xiangyang's place to rest, and ordered him to send more people to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, and explained that he must not take other actions without permission before he returned. When Yan Liang impatiently agreed, Chen Nuo chose two sturdy soldiers, stepped on the horse, and took him to the appointment together.

Shili Pavilion, as the name suggests, is about ten miles outside Wucheng, and the distance between them and Shili Pavilion is almost only more than ten miles away. Chen Nuo drove the horse, and it took more than an hour to arrive.

Chen Nuo dismounted, put two soldiers to observe from a distance, and he walked into the pavilion.

In the middle of the pavilion there was a stone table on which some snacks were placed, and a jug of wine, which seemed to have been prepared especially for him.

There was no one in the pavilion, so Chen Nuo sat down, poured a glass of wine, drank it himself, and quenched his thirst. After eating two snacks, I looked back at the sun in the sky, and calculated the hour, Zhang He should have arrived, right?

Chen Nuo calmed down at this time, thinking left and right, it seemed that something was wrong.

He walked around the pavilion twice, and suddenly a bad thought came in.

Zhang He is not only brave, but also strategic, intelligent. He had already learned these things when he was in Montenegro.

thought that he was still wholeheartedly assisting Han Fu, and I heard that the reason why Han Fu repented was because he was encouraged by Zhang He again. In this way, Zhang He's heart of Jizhou is immortal.

And he, although he knows Zhang He, he also believes that Zhang He will never cheat him. But after all, the purpose of his coming here was to say that Han Fu was surrendered, and Zhang He was on Han Fu's side. In this way, one of them wants to protect and the other wants to persuade, and the positions of the two people are completely different.

Zhang He is not a good person, he has even been a friend like Gao Ran for many years, but because of his opposing positions, he turned his face at that time, let alone his new friend. Friends may not be, but it is very possible that they may turn against each other because of this matter.

Zhang He suddenly called him away, but he refused to show up. Now only Yan Liang is left over there, Yan Liang's bravery is nothing to say, but he has no head, which he has deeply experienced these days.

Chen Nuo thought, if Zhang He took this opportunity to attack Yan Liang, would Yan Liang be able to hold it?

Isn't he playing into the hands of the enemy?

When Chen Nuo thought of this, he was scared into a cold sweat and couldn't wait any longer. He immediately stood up and walked out of the gazebo.

Suddenly, the horse's hooves behind him were urgent, and a person shouted from afar: "Brother Ran, are you going to leave so soon?" "Not long after, the horses came recently, and people came down immediately, and Chen Nuo saw clearly that it was Zhang He!