Chen Lin and Zhang Cheng were drinking and talking in the big tent of the Han army, only to see Zhang Cheng raise a glass to Chen Lin, hahaha laughed: "Hahaha, Lord Chen is very scheming, since that day Lord Chen and Qiangqu said that call, in the past few days, Qiangqu has frequently mobilized troops and horses, gathered troops, hahaha, and at the same time, the lower officials also heard that Qiangqu has sent soldiers and horses to the neutral part of the Hu people in the south to carry out military power*. Qiangqu must not be able to hide Bai Yong's actions like this, presumably Bai Yong will also have a move, hahaha, it's best to have a big fight. ”

Chen Lin was also hahaha: "Isn't this exactly what we want, hahaha." It turned out that Chen Lin saw Qiangqu Shan Yu that day, and only slightly stimulated Qiangqu, planting a small seed of crisis in Qiangqu's heart. After Chen Lin left, the more Qiangqu thought about it, the more he felt that his position was dangerous, so he immediately ordered the Xiongnu to gather strongly, and at the same time sent a large army to the south to induce the wavering tribes.

Chen Lin just hopes that Qiangqu will do this, as long as Qiangqu carries out military transfers, Bai Yong will definitely be afraid, and he will inevitably take action, so that the people and horses of the two sides will fall into a vicious whirlpool, and no one will want to get out. At the same time, before he arrived at the Qiangqu Shan Yu Department, Chen Lin sent people back to Luoyang, hoping that his mentor Yang Ci and the ministers of the court would persuade the Han Emperor to order that the position of the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu was not clear, and began to refuse aid to Qianghu. Thinking of the Han Dynasty's annual assistance to Qianghu, Chen Lin was heartbroken. As long as Yang Ci can succeed in Luoyang*, then the Southern Xiongnu will not stop civil strife and lack of materials, which will be enough for them to eat a pot.

Chen Lin and Zhang Cheng chatted happily, they couldn't help laughing, Chen Lin said again: "I just have to wait for the Han army to watch this matter, Lord Zhang, this official wants to go north, and he will meet the legendary horse thieves who come and go without a trace, I don't know what Lord Zhang knows about these horse thieves?" ”

Zhang Cheng looked at Chen Lin in astonishment: "Horse thief? Could it be that Lord Chen wanted to instigate the horse thieves and make the muddy waters of the Southern Xiongnu even more muddy? Chen Lin smiled: "Exactly, Master Zhang is very knowledgeable." Zhang Cheng shook his head: "Lord Chen, there are countless horse thieves on this Hetao Plain, ranging in size and size, and there are dozens of small ones, and many have thousands of horses. Our unit has been stationed in Hetao for many years, although there are confrontations with horse thieves from time to time, these people are very cunning, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, but they do not suffer losses. I'm afraid that this move will be difficult to work, the horse thief is ruthless, if Lord Chen has a mistake, wouldn't the big man lose a young talent in vain, Lord Chen think twice. ”

Chen Lin laughed: "Lord Zhang has a good reputation, for my Han stability, even if the official dies, it is not in vain to live this life, Lord Zhang does not need to persuade again, the official has made up his mind, there is only one thing I hope Lord Zhang will help." Zhang Chengshi didn't want Chen Lin to take risks, and seeing that Chen Lin was so resolute, he said: "My lord, although I said, there is nothing wrong with the lower officials." ”

Chen Lin said happily when he saw this: "This official is the internal official of the Beijing Division, Zhang Dacai is the commander of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General's department, this official escorted Lord Cai this time, but led the Chen family to protect the hospital, and another Sili sergeant has also returned to Luoyang to resume his life." The official's stay here is to leave his post privately, and I don't know if Lord Zhang is willing to write to the court and say a good word or two for the official; In addition, the official also wants to ask the adult for a few pairs of crossbows, and there is also a guarantee for the horse thief, if the adult is inconvenient, it doesn't matter, this request is really difficult for Lord Zhang. ”

Zhang Cheng hurried: "It's okay, it's okay, this matter of writing is a matter of effort; Bow and crossbow, I encountered Bai Yong before, many soldiers died, and a lot of bows and crossbows were recovered, as long as it didn't fall into the hands of Qiang Hu, it didn't hurt to send some to adults. Chen Lin was overjoyed after hearing this, the Han army's bow and crossbow were murderous weapons, and there was no circulation among the people, this Zhang Cheng agreed so happily, how could he not make Chen Lin happy, and hurriedly toasted Zhang Cheng. The two of them are in the same position, both are officials of 600 stones, you are an adult and I am an adult, there is no difference between upper and lower, so happy or not.

After receiving the bow and crossbow sent by Zhang Cheng, Chen Lin and his party, with bows and crossbows in their bodies, more than 20 people beat their horses and ran towards the desert in the north, and Zhang Cheng behind them: "A dignified and high-ranking official, there is such a chivalrous style, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse." After saying that, he turned around and went back to the camp.

Chen Lin specially wanted the Hu people to buy a lot of dried meat, and at this time, everyone carried half a moon on their backs to eat, looking at the rough map that they also got from the Hu people. Chen Lin and the others were looking around the map in their hands, pointing and pointing, and the map kept circling, and even the southeast could not be distinguished. Zhou Cang was angry, grabbed the animal skin map, slammed it on the ground, and stepped on it twice: "Look at what this is doing, I can't even see the direction clearly, and I was confused after only two days' journey. ”

Chen Lin laughed, habitually kicked Zhou Cang, and picked up the animal skin on the ground, I don't know why, Chen Lin kicked Zhou Cang every time, but Zhou Cang didn't dare to let go of a fart, and he didn't dare to speak obediently. Chen Lin knew that he couldn't cause everyone's panic, so he smiled and said: "We are here to look for the horse thief this time, how can the horse thief be found on the map, besides, we have nearly half a month to eat, what are you afraid of?" It's a big deal, I'll wait for another trip to Zhoucang's 'ghost desert', hahahaha. Everyone remembered what Zhou Cang said about the ghost world when they got lost before, and they also laughed.

Gao Shun said to Chen Lin: "Lord, at this time, I and more than 20 people, walking around in this desert, will be able to inadvertently break into the territory of a horse thief gang, my lord, please see, we are dressed and behaved, how different from the horse thief, if the lord is we meet a horse thief, we can not do anything with it, only say that other horse thief gangs have been swallowed up, we are homeless, I am willing to attach to it, temporarily settle down, and see the opportunity to act in the future." ”

Chen Lin shouted hello, and hurriedly called everyone, all of them said that it was a certain horse thief gang, and how did it come to this. Sure enough, in the early morning of the third day of Chen Lin and the others, as soon as everyone opened their eyes, Gao Shun said to Chen Lin: "Lord, someone is spying on us, but Shun doesn't know where he is." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly drew their swords and guarded the circle, and they didn't care about the horses tied in a circle, and it was not wise to run with the people of the grassland. More than a dozen people outside the circle raised their knives, and everyone in the inner layer set up arrows and crossbows, protecting them like hedgehogs. There was no movement in the middle of the sound, Chen Lin couldn't help but look at Gao Shun, a little puzzled, after all, Gao Shun's skills, Chen Lin didn't know anything. Gao Shun saw that not only Chen Lin, but everyone looked at him like this, but his face changed unchanged, and he firmly said to Chen Lin again: "Lord, that person is still there." ”

Chen Lin had a certain thought, discharged everyone to surround him, and shouted at the Quartet: "A certain Chen Qianli, a native of Liangzhou, the government is tight, the big leader unfortunately died, a certain person in Liangzhou heard that there is a person on the Hetao Plain, a loud cloud, coming and going without a shadow, even Qiang Hu is frightened, especially not far away to run for thousands of miles, I don't know which way the hero is here, Chen is offended." ”

Seeing no movement, Chen Lin shouted again: "Chen Mou is a literati, and he also knows that he is above board, I don't know where Chen offended the hero, and I hope to show up and say it clearly." ”

There was still nothing to do, and Zhou Cang was about to make a sound, when suddenly Chen Lin saw a surge in the sand dunes a mile away, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Don't move, look at the sand dunes ahead." And he saw a rustle on the top of the dune, and a man stood up, shaking his whole body and shaking off the sand on his body. After blowing a whistle at the sand dune, seven knights ran out of the sand dune, leading an empty horse, the man turned over and got on the empty horse, and a total of eight people beat their horses and ran towards Chen Lin and the others.

Chen Lin hurriedly ordered: "Don't let go of arrows, follow orders." I saw that the eight people ran to a stop dozens of feet away from Chen Lin, and they were all Han faces, dressed in Hu people's clothes, and there were all kinds of weapons in their hands, including Changge, Hu people's scimitars, wooden bows, and so on. The man in the middle, who should be the figure of the small leader, shouted: "Which one is in charge?" ”

Chen Lin arched his hand: "A certain Chen Qianli, I don't know which hero is on the other side?" The little leader tilted his head and looked at it, grinning his black teeth, and said, "I heard that you want to throw a cloud?" When Chen Lin heard this, he was really afraid that this group of people was the enemy of a cloud, but he had to respond, who let himself say it just now: "Exactly, I heard that a cloud is bold and righteous, and I have no way to live in Liangzhou, so I came to Hetao to beg for a living." "No way, Zhang Cheng only told Chen Lin that he had heard of the name of a cloud, and he didn't know anything else.

The little leader looked back at his own people and asked one of them: "Son, how do you say this arrangement, the big leader didn't say what should happen if someone takes refuge, only says that there are Hu people or officers and soldiers coming, and if they can kill them, they will kill them, and if they can't kill them, they will report the news, how to deal with this person who takes refuge?" The expression and words of the little leader, Chen Lin and the others could see and hear it clearly, Chen Lin said in his heart, this person is a little stupid, listening to this tone, these eight people turned out to be a subordinate of a cloud, and it really didn't take any effort to wait. So Chen Lin smiled and didn't wait for others to answer, so he said to the little leader with a grin: "Hero, if the big leader of your family didn't say it, why don't you take us back and let the big leader decide for himself." Said with a respectful face.

As soon as the little leader heard Chen Lin speak, he turned his head again: "This ...... This ......" seemed to be thinking about this, tilted his head and looked at Chen Lin, and finally seemed to say to himself and seemed to say to Chen Lin: "That's right, the big leader didn't say it, if you decide privately, you will be beaten again when you go back, why don't you take it back and let the leader decide for himself." Then he straightened his head and shouted loudly to Chen Lin: "Okay, it doesn't hurt to take you back, I have 800 people in a cloud, I'm afraid of you." ”

So Chen Lin and the others followed the eight people forward without saying a word, all of them walked along the chassis of the sand dunes, and after a mile or two, the little leader pointed to the two subordinates: "You two pretend to be eyes here, I will take this one to the leader, and come out when you turn around, don't be lazy." Chen Lin saw the two people, one led the horse, and the other ran up to the top of the sand dune, covered his face with a turban, and lay on the sand three times and twice, motionless, the wind and sand were blowing, and after a while, he couldn't see that it was a person.

Chen Lin and the others walked about ** mile, and suddenly a green mountain came into the eyes of Chen Lin and others, and the mountain was lined with green trees. Chen Lin and the others opened their mouths one by one, looking incredible, there is such a scenery in this desert, how can these trees survive. The little leader saw the doubts of Chen Lin and the others, and for some reason he was a little proud in his heart, and said again: "I don't know, there is a spring on the mountain." Chen Lin and the others suddenly realized.

Approaching the foot of the mountain, Chen Lin saw clearly that this hill is not high and dangerous, it is surrounded by slopes that can be climbed up and down at will, but there are a hundred and ten wooden houses on the top of the mountain, one of which is extra conspicuous, just because the other houses have one appearance, this house is much taller. At this time, a group of cavalry ran down the mountain, and there were dozens of horsemen. The person who came shouted loudly: "Black Fang, who did you bring back?" "It turns out that this little leader is called Black Fang, apt.

The person who came was obviously higher than Heiya, but Heiya hurriedly stepped forward: "Military advisor, take refuge in us, these people say that they are in us, they say that they are from Liangzhou, and they are also doing business." ”

When Chen Lin heard it, the military advisor? couldn't help but look at the person carefully, only to see that the man had thief eyebrows, a cunning eye, and was also looking at himself, Chen Lin hurriedly smiled, and was about to speak to the military advisor. The military advisor shouted: "Fence up" Zhou Cang and the others hurriedly guarded, Chen Lin hurriedly said: "Military advisor, why is this, we really come to cast a cloud leader, this is the way to wait for guests?" ”

After Chen Lin finished speaking, before the military advisor could speak, a hearty laugh came from behind the military advisor: "Hahahaha, hospitality?" But there are a few questions I want to ask. After speaking, a person walked out, with short hair and a thick face. Chen Lin asked, "Who is a hero?" ”

The man laughed again: "A cloud is in charge, a black cloud." ”