Last time, outside Qingyuan City, Chen Nuo said goodbye to Zhen Yao and the others, and went back to various places.

It's just that Pan Zhang was infected by Chen Nuo's blood after this incident, and thought of Chen Nuo's exhortation, and decided to join the army and make contributions. Not only himself, but also persuaded his friends on the road, those who were willing to join the army to join the army, and those who were unwilling to join the army parted ways. However, most of them were persuaded by Pan Zhang, so they joined Chen Nuo's team together, and agreed with Chen Nuo that they would go back to their homes to settle down first, and then come to Xiuxian County to find him afterwards.

Pan Zhang came this time, not only with the people he had agreed before, but also with some friends from the township party who usually had a good time. There were a total of thirty or fifty of them, all of whom came with Pan Zhang and came to Chen Nuo together.

On that day, Chen Nuo and the Yellow Turban were fighting by themselves, Pan Zhang came out from behind, Chen Nuo saw it and immediately called open the city gate, and Tongdianwei and others rushed out to meet Pan Zhang and others. This group of yellow scarves fought for a while, but they didn't get cheap, so they gradually dispersed.

The blue tendons on Pan Zhang's pair of ** bare arms were scurrying, his mouth was snoring and panting, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his eyebrows were smiling. It seems that he was provoked by the fight just now, and his whole body is still in tension and excitement and can't extricate himself.

And the people behind him were all covered in blood, their eyes were dry, and they stood there like ghosts. Even after entering the city for a long time, many people are still stunned and have not come to their senses.

It's no wonder that among these people, none other than those who have seen the world are doing some robbery and businessmen, where have they seen such a battle? And more, even if they usually play hard among the village parties, they often fight and make trouble, at most they steal and kill the chickens and dogs in the neighborhood, as for the real knives and guns, I am afraid that it is the first time in my life.

But fortunately, it was a battle, either you die or I die, there is nothing to discuss, plus Pan Zhangqi is fierce and not afraid of death, he is a hero, so they will follow the killing in a daze, but they don't have too many concerns. After all, since they chose to believe in Pan Zhang, they naturally looked ahead, and they also risked their lives to fight for a while. Although casualties were inevitable, they finally rushed into the city and stood side by side with Pan Zhang.

Moreover, after this bloody battle, I believe that they have seen what the real battlefield is at once!

"Pan Zhang is too late, and I hope the general will forgive him!"

When Pan Zhang saw Chen Nuo, he bowed his head first, and the people behind him also immediately bowed.

Chen Nuo glanced at Pan Zhang and the others, and praised loudly: "Brother Wen Qixian dared to rush into the heart of the thief army with only a few dozen people, and killed the thief soldiers on their backs, and the first battle strengthened the power of our army, which is really a strong man!" ”

Chen Nuo pulled Pan Zhang up, and asked everyone behind him to get up, before he asked Pan Zhang: "I don't know how Brother Wen Qixian's equestrian skills are?" ”

Pan Zhang heard Chen Nuo's question, but he didn't answer, snatched a horse from a person next to him, stepped on the stirrups, and patted the horse away. In a moment, it was already a few feet away, and after going around in a circle, he stepped on the back of the horse and ran back, and everyone cheered in unison.

Chen Nuo saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but nodded.

Pan Zhang is also a good-looking person, he deliberately glanced at everyone, everyone applauded, Dudu Dian Wei didn't look at it, and he was also angry in his heart.

As soon as he jumped off the horse, he swaggered past Dian Wei, glanced at Dian Wei proudly, smiled hey, and did not speak. waited in front of Chen Nuo before he bowed his hand to Chen Nuo, indicating that he was ugly.

Chen Nuo glanced at Dian Wei, and saw that Dian Wei's pair of bull's eyes were about to fall off, as if he was about to eat Pan Zhang.

Chen Nuo hurriedly snorted and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Wen Qi is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also superb in equestrian skills, which is rare!" It just so happened that there were three hundred light horsemen in our battalion, but there was always a lack of a leader who could suppress them. In this way, from now on, Wen Jue, you will temporarily stay in my camp and succumb to the position of horse archer, I don't know what Wen Jue's brother wants? ”

Chen Nuo's current military position is no more than that of Sima of other departments, and there are very few officials who can be appointed. Although this horse archer is not a big official, he is in charge of the most elite light cavalry under Chen Nuo's battalion, and this army has as many as 300 people, which is really a big official.

What's more, Pan Zhang just came, and Chen Nuo handed over all his elites to him, which is enough to see Chen Nuo's respect and trust in him.

When Pan Zhang heard Chen Nuo's words, he was naturally overjoyed and grateful, and hurriedly thanked him.

But precisely because of the importance of this light cavalry, if it is not a person, it will not be a disaster.

Just because Dian Wei realized this, he immediately stood up.

Pawn Wei shouted at Chen Nuo in person: "Lord, I don't accept it!" If you can be a horse archer just by talking about superb riding skills, Wei thinks that he is not inferior to Pan Zhang! ”

When Chen Nuo heard this, he glanced around, and saw that the old subordinates behind him all looked unconvinced, and he already had a plan in his heart.

It seems that if you want Pan Zhang to gain a foothold in his camp, you have to let Dian Wei force Pan Zhang to use some real skills. In the camp, whoever obeys whose softness is really not good if he doesn't show his real skills. Of course, Chen Nuo knew very well that although Dian Wei's foot combat was powerful, his equestrian skills were really not good, and if Pan Zhang couldn't even beat Dian Wei, there was really no need to put him in such an important position.

Chen Nuo deliberately drank Dian Wei's sentence and made Dian Wei not make a mistake.

When Pan Zhang saw the unconvinced faces, he also understood.

He laughed and bowed his hand to Chen Nuo: "Okay!" Since General Dian is not convinced by me, you can let the horse come! If the general defeats me, I, the horse archer, should give it to me, and I will never be nostalgic! ”

Pan Zhang said, rolled up the sleeves of his robe, turned over a horse, patted the horse and walked two steps, before he glanced back at Dian Wei, "General Dian, why don't you let the horse come over?" ”

Na Dian Wei was looked at by his provocative eyes, and he was really angry and his lungs exploded.

He screamed and shouted, "Prepare a horse for grandpa!" ”

When the soldier next to him heard this, he immediately brought over a yellow Puma.

Dian Wei hated to be able to see the superiority immediately, and if he went forward, he would have to climb on horseback. didn't want him to be so provoked by Pan Zhang, so he went to climb on the back of the horse in a frizzy manner, but he didn't see the truth now, and stepped on the air. The stirrup did not step on it, but his body lost its alignment, and suddenly leaned forward, and his wide head slammed into the horse's belly.

Thinking that his strength was not small, this brain was extremely hard, and suddenly hit the horse's belly like this, the horse was in pain, and immediately rushed forward. Poor Dian Wei was hooked by a stirrup under his feet, and his whole fat body was driven by a huge force from the horse, and his body was unbalanced, and he immediately fell on his back, and was dragged forward by the horse for several feet.

Although the yellow Puma looks thin, it is also a fierce horse, and it is painful and frightened, and this run, not to mention stopping, is a little touch, that is also the light broken skin, the heavy one hurts the bones. Those who are not good have already been frightened and can't avoid them.

Even Chen Nuo was shocked when he saw it from a distance, for fear of hurting Dian Wei, he had to catch up.

It's just that the horse is really scary when it runs wildly, and it is not easy to chase.

It was also Dian Wei who was dragged to the ground by the horse, and he is still scolding.

No one on either side could stop him, seeing that Dian Wei had been taken out a few feet away, he was afraid that his life would be in danger, and Chen Nuo was also so anxious that he couldn't replace him.

But in the midst of everyone's exclamations, Pan Zhang had already chased after him.

In a moment, Pan Zhang sat down on the horse, and when he saw that the distance from the yellow Puma was kept equal, he lifted his breath and got up from the back of the horse next to him. There was a hula, and in the blink of an eye, it had fallen on the back of the yellow Puma horse.

He jerked the reins, and the yellow Puma hissed wildly in pain, and immediately stopped. Pan Zhang stretched out his hand again and gently stroked the horse's head twice, until Huang Puma came back to his soul and the frightened look in his eyes was gone, and Pan Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

When the people next to him saw that Pan Zhang not only stopped the wild horse, but also saved Dian Wei, they all exclaimed in surprise and brought out surprise.

When Pan Zhang got off the horse, he immediately took the stirrup that hooked his ankle for Dian Wei.

Na Dian Wei snorted twice and scolded twice, fortunately the clothes were relatively thick in winter, although there was such a drag, the clothes were only torn, the palms of the hands were peeled, and some blood was shed, but the muscles and bones were not injured. Dian Wei was still scolding endlessly on the ground, and was pulled up by Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo was nervous just now, and he was afraid that Dian Wei would be injured, but seeing that he had rough skin and thick flesh, he was relieved.

He patted Dian Wei on the shoulder and said, "It's okay for the beast to scold for a few words, and you still compete with it?" If it weren't for Brother Wen Qixian this time, you old boy wouldn't know how much trouble you would have to suffer? ”

Although Dian Wei's temper was a little rude when he came up, he scolded when he caught something, but he had clear grievances, and after what happened just now, he also sincerely admired Pan Zhang's ability.

He couldn't speak, let alone Xie's words, so he was helpless, scratched his head, and said: "That, Pan Zhuangshi's riding skills are exquisite, I Dian Wei is convinced, there is no second word, this horse archer is none other than Pan Zhuangshi." As for you, who else is not convinced, go to him! ”

Chen Nuo heard him shouting Pan Zhang and Pan Zhang just now, that is, the two of them outside Qingyuan City were still fighting like dogs jumping over the wall, and at this moment, Pan Zhuang and Pan Zhuang were called, which was enough to see that Dian Wei really obeyed Pan Zhang.

Dian Wei didn't have anything to say, and whoever dared to disagree quickly closed his mouth.

Na Dian Wei touched his head and found that the turban was missing, so he took this opportunity to escape the embarrassment and hurriedly went back to find the turban.

Pan Zhang still wanted to say a few words to Dian Wei, but seeing Dian Wei's expression, he was also puzzled.

Chen Nuo didn't care about anything else, grabbed Pan Zhang's hand, and said: "It seems that Wen Jue, your 'horse archer' is well deserved, and no one will say anything else, so there is Lao Wenqi You are temporarily succumbing to this position in my camp!" ”

When Chen Nuo and Pan Zhang were talking, the celebration wine arranged by the others had already been prepared, and Chen Nuo also pulled Pan Zhang, called back to Dian Wei, and went to the banquet together.

Originally, the food and grass had begun to be scarce after many days of siege, and in order to save food, Chen Nuo, a lover of wine, had to temporarily ban alcohol. It's just that today is different from the past, firstly, the battle was won, and secondly, it was Pan Zhang's first arrival, so he wanted to let the family eat and drink well, at least not to make the family feel too cold, so he reluctantly set up this table of wine banquet and entertained Pan Zhang and others.

This day is approaching the New Year, and it seems that it is already the second month of the lunar month.

Although the yellow turbans outside the city suffered several heavy losses, they also attacked the city several times without being able to do so, and they walked one after another. But this gang of thieves didn't know why, they left this batch and came to the next batch, anyway, it was endless, and they actually spent it with Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo had already understood the whole story by this time, and knew that these yellow scarves were all instigated by Gongsun Zhan, but he had no choice, there were too many enemies, and he was weak, so he could only take one step at a time. The men and horses sent out to ask for help have already gone several times, but Guangchuan is still protecting itself, not sending a single soldier, and is unwilling to provide them with half a cart of grain and grass.

Of course, I heard that the general Zhu Ling was righteous, and he spoke several times, but he was refuted by Yao Gong.

After Zhu Ling returned to Guangchuan that time, it was nothing big to be reprimanded a little. It's just that I heard that Chen Nuo sent people to ask Yao Gong for help several times, Yao Gong ignored them, and Zhu Ling also said a few times, but Yao Gong didn't listen. Zhu Ling was also helpless, and once even secretly opened the city gate, wanting to secretly send some grain and grass out of the city overnight, but was caught by Yao Gong, and he was almost about to do something to Zhu Ling.

It's just that it was an eventful time at this time, and Yao Gong was about to rely on someone like Zhu Ling to guard the city for him, so he put up with it for the time being. But after this incident, Yao Gong put more embankments on Zhu Ling from then on, and arranged for his henchmen to look at Zhu Ling, Zhu Ling was also powerless, so he could only look at the direction of Xiuxian and swallow his voice secretly.

Guangchuan's side is unreliable, and even Yuan Shao's side is still unreliable.

After Chen Nuo sent a few letters, Yuan Shao still blindly reprimanded him for not attacking Xiuxian, and let him solve the trouble he caused by himself, which was a bit of an abandonment. Although Yuan Shao's side of Lu Yi, Zhang He and other movements, in the end did not say that Yuan Shao was moved, so he still can't count on any of them.

Poor little Xiuxian County is now isolated.

Of course, Chen Nuo did not give up, he asked Dian Wei to secretly go back to Yecheng and secretly ask Guo Jia for advice.

A few days later, Dian Wei brought back Guo Jia's reply.

The letter was simple, and there were no dozen words on it.

Written:

The day is coming, up to the Son of Heaven, down to the common people, all of them are celebrated.

Chen Nuo, a young man in the 21st century, doesn't know what kind of festival Lunar Day is, so naturally he doesn't know what Guo Jia means by writing this. So, he went around the bush and asked Zhao Xue.

When Zhao Xue heard Chen Nuo say, she glanced at Chen Nuo with a smile and said, "Is it a day?" Hehe, it's almost close, I don't know the sun and moon in the camp, but I almost forgot it. However, aren't all the wax and sun in the world the same? Oh, maybe your Wuwei is close to Qianghu, and there is a slight difference between me and Hebei, right? ”

Zhao Xue looked at Chen Nuo with a respectful look, and said to Chen Nuo seriously, "This wax day is on the third day after the winter solstice, that is, in the second half of December. Just because this day is very close to the New Year's Day in time, it has the meaning of removing the old and clothing the new, so no matter when and where, peace or troubled times, and we must rush home and spend this festival with the United States.

Not to mention, in order to welcome the arrival of this wax day, the preparation activities usually began as early as the Shangxin Day in October, what is the winter wine, the production of preserved meat, bacon, I don't know how you are on your side, big brother? After the winter solstice festival in November, they began to prepare millet, millet, rice, grain and other delicacies, as well as utensils for holding these foods. Wait until five days before the wax day, kill the pig, and three days before, kill the sheep. Two days ago, I had to clean the house inside and outside and wash the utensils. Haha, when it comes to the day of the day, we will sacrifice the five rituals of the ancestors......"

Zhao Xue said and spoke, completely being told by herself, immersed in the joy of Lari.

I don't know why, when it comes to sacrificing the ancestors, the look on his face suddenly dimmed, and it became as if he was about to cry.

Chen Nuo grabbed her tiny arm and tightened it, indicating that he was still there.

Of course he knew that Zhao Xue must have thought of his brother Zhao Yun from the 'sacrifice' this time.

After all, Zhao Yun has been gone for some time, and Zhao Xue's tears have also flowed, not to mention, now that the enemy Zhu Han was also killed by her own hands, what else is there to regret? What's more, she has been in the army for a long time, and although she can't get rid of her daughter's temperament for a while, she has been able to control it a little.

She was grabbed by Chen Nuo's arm, and when she saw Chen Nuo's calm face, her heart calmed down all of a sudden.

Although her brother is gone, didn't she also get acquainted with Chen Nuo, a good big brother?

She tried her best to sweep away the gloom in her heart, and reluctantly pulled out a smiling face: "By the way, big brother, where did I just say?" ”

Chen Nuo reminded her: "Xue'er said that the sacrifice on the day of the day ...... Day"

Zhao Xue nodded, and continued to reminisce about the previous situation of the wax day: "The next day after this wax day, it is a 'small year', and you need to offer wine to the gods to pray for blessings from the gods. After that, it was the family banquet, and on the day of the family banquet, according to the rules, the children and grandchildren toasted and congratulated the elders in turn. On the third day after the feast, another sacrifice is performed, this time called the 'steaming festival'. In the next three days, I will have to entertain friends and visit relatives.

That's all there is to it before and after this wax day, but after that, it's the New Year's Day, and it's even more lively. But when it comes to this day, the people are like this, and the palace is also very lively. I heard that the imperial court will also carry out large-scale rituals to exorcise ghosts and avoid epidemics and worship ancestors and gods...... Uh, big brother, are you listening? ”

After listening to Zhao Xue say so much, in fact, Chen Nuo had already heard a rough idea. The 'wax day' in her mouth is similar to the modern Chinese New Year's Eve, it is all about removing the old and making the new. Thinking of the New Year, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned. But it's just a light sigh, who can understand his feelings?

But he was still sane at this time, and he knew that this was not the time to sigh. After listening to Zhao Xue explain the meaning of 'La Ri', he couldn't help but fall into a deep thought. According to her explanation, this day is nothing more than eating and drinking, family reunion, and there is no other purpose.

Guo Jia told me this, did he want me to have a good year?

Wrong!

Chen Nuo thought of those yellow scarves outside the city, and suddenly understood.