"Report! General Zhang, Yishui is not far ahead! ”

A horse flew to the horse, and bowed to a general surnamed Zhang on horseback.

After hearing this, the general surnamed Zhang waved his hand and ordered: "Build a pontoon bridge and prepare to cross the river!" ”

"No!" After receiving the order, the scout cavalry did not dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly turned back, and constantly conveyed General Zhang's order to the front army: "The general has an order, build a pontoon bridge, and prepare to cross the river!" ”

The sound was far away, and the general surnamed Zhang, who was sitting on horseback, glanced ahead and exhaled lightly. After several days of marching, his body was already exhausted, even if it was an iron beating. He glanced back behind him, and behind him all the cavalry swung away, far away. These sons and daughters who came with him all the way have not closed their eyes for a day and a night, and they are already tired when they think about it. The pontoon bridge was being built ahead, and it happened that he and the others took this opportunity to take a short rest.

"Hu Che'er! Where is Hu Che'er? ”

The general surnamed Zhang slapped his horse and shouted twice, and then a man with five big and three thick men broke out of the cavalry pile in the rear, ran forward, and hurriedly bowed his hand to him: "General, the car is here, I don't know what the general commands?" ”

The general surnamed Zhang was not in a hurry to speak, glanced at him, and asked him, "Hu Che'er, where did you go just now?" ”

The man known as Hu Che'er heard the general's question, and immediately replied: "Back to the general, Che'er went to just now!" ”

His '' answer was really crisp and loud, and his face did not change color, and he was really rough and thick-skinned. When the cavalry on the left and right heard this, they were shocked, and they had never seen such boldness. Think about it, although there are a group of big men here, it's better to speak civilly? What's more, you have to know that you are talking to a dignified leading general.

When the general surnamed Zhang heard this, he glared at him, covered his nose, waved his hand, and shouted, "Don't go farther, have you ever wiped your buttocks?" ”

"Hahaha!"

The soldiers were laughing and laughing, tired for a day and a night, and at this moment they rarely got a moment of relaxation.

"I've wiped it, it's clean!"

Hu Che'er took two steps back with a hippie smile and was about to walk away, but was stopped by the general surnamed Zhang and said, "Come back!" Tell to go down, let the soldiers rest in place, and wait for the order! Hu Che'er nodded hurriedly and ran away with his buttocks, conveying the orders of the general surnamed Zhang all the way.

"Hey!"

The general surnamed Zhang was also a little tired, moved his hips, and was about to turn over and dismount when he stepped on a single stirrup. At this time, a thick palm stretched out from his waist, held it up, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, you are slow!" I'm here to help you! ”

The general surnamed Zhang got off the horse, glanced back, and said with a smile: "Hehe, it turned out to be Zhang County's order." The noble body of the county commander, how dare Raul! ”

The county magistrate smiled, hurriedly said a few cheap words, and then said: "This, this time, General Lao Zhang, you personally went out, and the lower officials are really grateful!" ”

"Lord Prefectural Commander, where is this? I think you and I are both surnamed Zhang, maybe we were still a family 800 years ago. So if you want to talk about it, we have to help with this favor, you don't need to be polite! Besides, you and I both work for Master Dong, and we are already inseparable from each other, I think that the county commander, you have a home and can't return now, how can I have the reason to stand by and watch? I can't say it, I have to escort the county commander, don't you call back! ”

The general surnamed Zhang said that Zhang County's order was warm in his heart, and it was very useful. It's just that he remembered that the army was defeated in Pingyin that night, and he was pursued by others, and he couldn't return to the city, but he had to travel thousands of miles to outsiders to get rescuers, and Zhang Xianling's old face was inevitably ugly.

The general surnamed Zhang glanced at it and already understood, but he didn't say it in his mouth, but he hummed in his heart.

He has the same surname as this county magistrate, and he also works hard in Dong Zhuo's hands, but if he wants to work with these two points alone, he will launch a large army and do not hesitate to run thousands of miles, so he can't say anything. When this county order came all the way to him, there were only a dozen cavalry around him, and he was very embarrassed. And he, at that time, was already Chenliu near Yin, Henan, and he was a lot away from Luoyang. If it weren't for other interests, he would definitely not have sent troops lightly.

When he learned from the Pingxian county magistrate that someone had attacked and harassed Pingyin and Pingxian County, he still couldn't believe it. He was even wondering if the attacker was Zhang Yang, and only Zhang Yang could possibly do it. But thinking about it left and right, it is impossible, Zhang Yang is across the river, when he has internal troubles Black Mountain and White Wave Thieves, he definitely does not dare to cross the river and have two places. After thinking about it like this, he asked the county commander for two more sentences, and only then did he know from his intermittent description that the general leading the troops was a young man. Moreover, he also vaguely knew who this person was.

In a battle outside Beijing County last year, he not only failed to help the general Yang Ding kill Chen Nuo, but also let Yang Ding die on the spot, which has always been a great shame. Although Chen Nuo has been active in Hebei since then, he has never relaxed his attention to Chen Nuo's news. After the beginning of spring this year, news came out that Chen Nuo was likely to come to Wanluo. Although the news came suddenly and seemed extremely unlikely to outsiders, he was still willing to believe it.

After that, he also deliberately moved the focus of his department from Henan Yin to Chenliu, and worked hard to manage the layout. Because in his opinion, if Chen Nuo really wants to go to Wanluo, the biggest possibility is to cross the river from Liyang to Chenliu, pass through Yingchuan, and then meet Zhou Angbu in Yangcheng. However, when he was the most impatient, he was stupid when he saw the sudden appearance of Zhang Xianling. He suddenly realized that perhaps, he had been busy all along, because people had not gone this way at all.

Who would have thought that if he didn't take such a convenient road to Luo, he Chen Nuo would choose such a winding route? It is precisely because of the surprise that others can be defenseless!

Of course, if it was just speculation, he would not have made an easy move. Before this, he had already asked people to take Chen Nuo's portrait and sent people to investigate, and after confirming that the other party was Chen Nuo, he immediately took the case and decided to settle it with Chen Nuo in person.

It was only because of the delay of these few days that Chen Nuo was about to arrive in Luoyang before he started his army. And from the moment Chen Nuo stepped into Luoyang, he quickly concluded that no matter which route he Chen Nuo chosen, he must be preparing to meet Zhou Ang's troops in Yangcheng. After confirming all this, he immediately made a decision and prepared to intercept Chen Nuo before he met with Zhou Angbu. And this best place is nothing more than Yanshi.

The terrain of Yanshi is isolated from the inside and outside of Luoyang, if Chen Nuo passes through Yanshi, then it is likely to get a response from Zhou Angbu, and it will be even more difficult to block. Moreover, between Luoyang and Yanshi and Chen Liu, the distance they pulled was far greater than that of Chen Nuo, and they had lost the opportunity. And this remedy is nothing more than to intensify the trip and try to shorten the distance. Running thousands of miles is really a last resort.

He, Zhang Ji, since he led the men and horses to the vicinity of Yishui in one day and one night, as long as he crossed Yishui Gong County, it would not be far away, so are you afraid that you can't occupy Yanshi before Chen Nuo comes? Thinking of this, Zhang Ji comforted Zhang Xianling with a few words. Just then, a horse flew in. Immediately, when people saw Zhang Ji, they quickly flew off the horse and said breathlessly to Zhang Ji: "Zhang ...... General Zhang is not good, this Yanshi ...... Yanshi ......"

"What's wrong with Yanshi? You speak well! ”

Zhang Ji's heart jumped, he just read about Yanshi, Yanshi won't have an accident, right? Sure enough, I saw that the detective took two breaths and said anxiously: "Yanshi...... Ten miles outside this Yanshi City, a group of thief cavalry suddenly appeared, and they were hurrying towards Yanshi City......"

Zhang Ji gasped, and then said angrily: "I asked you to listen before, didn't you say that this group of thieves is still near Luoyang, and there is no movement to set up, how can another group of people come out in the blink of an eye?" Hmph, you don't know? Tell me, how many of these thieves have ridden? ”

"There are countless clouds of smoke and dust."

Hearing the detective's answer, Zhang Ji almost fainted and shouted, "Countless counts!" ”

"Probably, there are thousands of them, right?"

The detective rode his tongue, but he couldn't see how many thieves were coming, so he could only open his mouth to guess the number. When Zhang Ji heard this, he immediately pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and shouted: "I remember that Zhang County's order said that the total number of thieves is only three or four thousand, how can there be thousands of cavalry alone?" Bastard thing, how much the hell! ”

"This ......"

"Say!"

Zhang Ji broke off and drew his knife to kill. The scout was too frightened to make a sound, and his body shrunk back.

Zhang Ji was still about to attack, and Zhang County, who was next to him, hurriedly stepped forward and reminded Zhang Ji: "Although the number of this gang of thieves was only three or four thousand at the beginning, it may have increased later. General Zhang, don't be angry, and listen to what your subordinates say. Thinking that Chen Nuo came thousands of miles to my Wanluo, if he only relied on this little bit of people in his hands, he was afraid that he would be unable to be ashamed. How? Thinking that General Zhang and a few other people are here, even if he Chen Nuo is very bold, he may not dare to take this risk easily. Then, it is very likely that Chen Nuo borrowed troops at this time. Of course, the only person who can borrow his soldiers and horses at this time can only be Zhang Yang. I think that Zhang Yang and Yuan Shao have always had a good relationship, and Chen Nuo is Yuan Shao's subordinate, if Chen Nuo wants to borrow troops from Zhang Yang, it is not impossible. It's just that now suddenly more of these people have come out, general, don't be careless! ”

After listening to Zhang County's words, Zhang Ji finally seemed to have an understanding. He snorted coldly in his nose and asked the detective to probe again, and the detective rode away as if he had been pardoned. Zhang Ji turned around and said coldly: "Regardless of whether Zhang Yang borrowed his soldiers and horses or not, Yanshi must not lose." Pass me on the order ......"

"General, please command!"

Hu Che'er didn't know when he had already turned around and asked Zhang Ji for orders. Zhang Ji snorted and continued: "Pass my general order, the whole army will set off and cross the river quickly!" ”