The White Horse Pavilion is about fifty miles away from the county seat of Mayi, because in the reign of Emperor Huan, there used to be a horse farm here, especially rich in white horses, so it was named. The so-called pavilion, a pavilion in ten miles, is equivalent to the town of later generations. With the thinking of later generations, the White Horse Pavilion is also the White Horse Town.

Zhang Liao was very famous in Mayi County when he was young, and because he was skilled in bowing horses, he was elected as a county official, which was equivalent to the captain of the criminal police team of the Public Security Bureau in later generations. Ding Yuan served as the assassin of Bingzhou, recruited soldiers in Bingzhou, and Zhang Liao took dozens of fellow villagers to defect, and was appointed as a lieutenant under the command of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu, who was also a native of Bingzhou with Zhang Liao, was six or seven years older than Zhang Liao, because of his outstanding martial arts and brave and good fighting, he was deeply loved by Ding Yuan, and was accepted as a righteous son and served as a rebellious general. Zhang Liao has been serving under him since he joined the army, and Zhang Liao admires Lu Bu's martial arts and courage from the bottom of his heart, so he has always been the first to look forward to Lu Bu.

Even if Lu Bu assassinated Ding Yuan under the lure of Li Su's red rabbit horse and heavy money, and took refuge in Dong Zhuo, although he was dissatisfied with Lu Bu's actions, Zhang Liao still did not abandon Lu Bu, no matter how embarrassed Lu Bu was like a lost dog, Zhang Liao always followed his left and right, worked for him, and never gave up. As for Zhang Liao's opinion on Lu Bu's behavior of betraying Ding Yuan first and then assassinating Dong Zhuo, it is unknown.

"Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan first, and then stabbed Dong Zhuo behind, these two are his fathers-in-law. Since Zhang Liao is a loyal and righteous person, maybe he will be dissatisfied with Lu Bu in his heart, is it possible to recruit him to his command? Yuan Mai stopped his horse in front of the White Horse Pavilion, thinking to himself in his heart, his eyes were firm and persistent, "No matter what, I will try my best to give it a try!" ”

Early this morning, Yuan Mai asked Koji Yitong to lead the army to continue north, and he took the Fan brothers and Zhou Cang, who had just recovered from his injuries, to lead 200 cavalry to visit Zhang Liao's family at the White Horse Pavilion, and he would catch up with the brigade after the matter was over. After an hour and a half of galloping, the guide found the White Horse Pavilion.

"Childe, we came all the way to visit Zhang Liao's family, is this person very capable?" Zhou Cang rode a yellow-maned horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and asked.

"Yes, this Zhang Liao is a great character, although he has not made meritorious contributions yet, but as long as he is given the opportunity to display his talents, he will definitely shine." Yuan Mai smiled at Zhou Cangdao.

"Does Childe know this Zhang Liao? If you don't know each other, how do you know that Zhang Liao has a skill? Zhou Cang's face was full of doubts.

"Listen to a fellow villager in Zhang Liao. This Zhang Wenyuan is definitely a rare general, otherwise, I would not have gone to great lengths to visit his family. Yuan Mai casually said perfunctorily, and instructed Zhou Cang to wait outside the pavilion with his men and horses, and he took the Fan brothers to the streets of Baimating to ask Zhang Liao's relatives where they lived.

After a small trot, Yuan Mai took the Fan brothers into the street of the White Horse Pavilion, saw a meat shop on the side of the road, dismounted and asked: "Labor and respect, may I ask where Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan's brother live in the pavilion?" ”

The shopkeeper of the butcher shop looked at Yuan Mai and the three of them, with a vigilant face: "I won't hide it from you, I am Zhang Liao's second brother Zhang Mao, and my eldest brother Zhang Qian lives at the end of the street." What do you want us to do? Although Wen Yuan worked for Lu Bu, he hadn't been home for three or four years, and he had nothing to do with us, so you didn't come to trouble us, did you? ”

Seeing the appearance of this butcher as an ordinary man, Yuan Mai was surprised. Unexpectedly, the famous Zhang Liao's brother turned out to be a butcher, a businessman who pursues profits, and he is a calculating person, can he use him as a breakthrough to establish a relationship with Zhang Liao, and then recruit him to his command?

Although it is difficult, it is not hopeless. Looking at Zhang Liao's second brother in front of him, Yuan Mai suddenly saw a glimmer of light, and strengthened his determination to recruit Zhang Liao.

Although Zhang Liao is a loyal person, he is not as brainless as Chen Gong and Gao Shun, which can be seen from the fact that he surrendered to Cao Ying. Ants still spare their lives, let alone mortals. The reason why he surrendered to Cao Ying, in addition to being captured, also saw the hope that he could make meritorious contributions with Cao Ying and worship the generals, so he surrendered to Cao Ying, and willingly drove for him, crisscrossed the battlefield, and established a great feat.

To subdue Zhang Liao, Yuan Mai now has advantages and weaknesses. The advantage is that as a traverser, he has a clear understanding of Zhang Liao's ability, and can treat him with courtesy, and use the most pious attitude and the highest standard of treatment to lure him and recruit him.

The current Zhang Liao's fame can only be regarded as average, and under Lu Bu, he is tied with Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others, far less famous than the four court pillars in Hebei, and not as famous as the Xiahou brothers, Cao Ren, Yu Ban and others under Cao Ying.

In fact, even after taking refuge in Cao Ying, before the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao's fame and status had always been under Yu Ban, Xu Huang and others, not to mention Cao Ying's clan generals. It was not until the Battle of Hefei that Zhang Wenyuan became famous in the first battle, which established his position in Cao Wei's army.

At this time, Zhang Liao, as a partial general under Lu Bu, few people would look down on him, and naturally no princes would go to great lengths to recruit him. As described in the romance, if there was no intercession between Guan Yu and Liu Bei, maybe Zhang Liao would have become a ghost under Cao Ying's knife, and there would be no story of the later Weizhen Xiaoyaojin.

This is a great opportunity for Yuan Mai. Prophet of Unknown, this is the golden finger that God gave him, and it is a pity not to make good use of it!

In addition to knowing Zhang Liao's ability better than anyone else, another advantage of Yuan Mai is that he has now come into contact with his family, although he doesn't know how Zhang Liao and his two brothers have a relationship, but he is a brother of the same mother, as long as this guy who calls himself Zhang Mao is willing to lobby Zhang Liao for himself, with brotherhood, he has more hope of taking Zhang Liao, the current general, under his command.

In addition to the above-mentioned advantages, Yuan Mai also has weaknesses. For example, now he doesn't have his own territory, just a miscellaneous general, not to mention that he can't be compared with military predators like Cao Ying and Lu Bu, even if he is inferior to his brothers. Yuan Tan is the pastor of Qingzhou, and Gao Gan is the pastor of the state, they both hold the land of a state in their hands, and they have sixty or seventy thousand troops in their hands, and millions of people, and what do they have? Why did Zhang Liao abandon Lu Bu to take refuge in himself?

"Regardless of him, I'm going to try my best anyway. The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, I am fortunate to get it, and I lose my life! ”

Yuan Mai made an oath again in his heart, and then bowed to Zhang Mao: "It turns out that Brother Tai is Second Brother Zhang, I am Yuan Mai, the fourth son of the original family of Mu Yuan in Jizhou, this is polite." After speaking, he turned around and said to the Fan brothers behind him: "Present the prepared gift!" ”

"No!"

The Fan brothers received the order and immediately put the prepared gifts on the butcher's shop of Second Brother Zhang, but they were ten pieces of cloth, three pieces of silk, fifty taels of silver, and a number of five baht coins, all of which were prepared when they came.

"Ah...... It turned out to be the son of the state herdsman's family, how dare he be this big gift? Butcher Zhang was surprised and delighted, and was so surprised that the noble son who was famous all over the world deigned to come to visit, and he was so happy that he had received such a heavy gift for no reason, which was really a great joy that fell down.

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