Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's brothers are back with a disgraced face. Liu Bei saw the two of them coming back, and hurriedly asked, "Did you have a conflict with Wei Yanwen?" Zhang Fei left the Zhangba snake spear and sat on the ground sulking. Guan Yu frowned and said, "The two of us caught up with Wei Yanwen and hired two dog thieves, but I didn't expect that the two of them seemed to have expected us to come, and they actually lined up their five thousand infantry troops into a battle formation to wait for us early!" Glancing at Zhang Fei, "The third brother was anxious, went to charge the battle, and was almost killed by random arrows!" ”

Liu Bei was taken aback and looked at Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei jumped up, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "This time I was run away by two dog thieves, and I will never let them go next time!" Xu Shu frowned and said, "It seems that everything is expected by Cao Cao." Zhang Fei immediately shouted: "I'll go to Cao Cao to settle accounts!" "Pick up the eight snake spears and go out. Liu Bei and Guan Yu grabbed him together, and Liu Bei scolded angrily: "Third brother, can't you calm down?" ”

Zhang Fei glared and said, "I can't stand this bird's anger, I'm going to kill Cao Cao!" ”

Guan Yu said: "Third brother, don't be reckless!" Who is Cao Cao? How did you kill him! At that time, it will be a small matter of your own death, if you hurt your eldest brother because of this, you will not be able to see your eldest brother underground! ”

Zhang Fei's heart was shocked, he glanced at Liu Bei, glanced at the Zhangba Snake Spear, and sat down on the ground in a dejected manner, feeling very depressed. Liu Bei comforted Zhang Fei, turned around and asked Xu Shu, "Military advisor, what do you think of today's affairs?" Xu Shu sighed, "There is a knife on the head of the word ninja, I can understand the mood of the three generals." But we must endure, a hundred forbearance can become steel, we must wait for the opportunity, at this time must not let Cao Cao feel that we are dangerous! You must not give him the truth! ”

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Even if we endure it, won't Cao Cao attack us?" ”

Xu Shu said: "I'm sure of this!" Cao Cao is a man with great ambitions, and Guo Jiaxiong under his command is strategic, although both of them regard the lord as a threat, but they will not harm the lord because of this. Because Cao Cao wants to win the hearts of the heroes in the world, he must show enough mind, he doesn't want and dare not harm the lord without any truth! In addition, although Cao Cao regarded the lord as a threat, he was not worried about the lord, after all, the lord was now a useless place for the heroes of Longyou Shoal and Tiger Fall Pingyang! ”

Liu Bei sighed.

……

Zhang Lang's team walked on the road to Northland County. Located near the present-day city of Wuzhong in Ningxia Province, the Beidi County Office covers an area in northern Ningxia Province and northwestern Shaanxi Province, and was founded by the Qin Dynasty, where the Qin defeated the Qiang people and established the Beidi County. The Beidi County Office is located on the east bank of the Yellow River within the Great Wall, very close to the current Qingtongxia Hydropower Station. During the Three Kingdoms period, although Beidi County was desolate, it was an important northern barrier that shielded the Guanzhong region.

A herald ordered the fast horse to gallop up from behind, reined in the horse, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qi, Fufeng County is urgent." Then he untied the briefcase on his body, took out an urgent letter, and presented it to Zhang Lang with both hands.

Yang Kun took the urgent mail and forwarded it to Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang opened the urgent item and looked at it, with a look of surprise on his face, "Great!" I didn't expect this strategy to work so well! ”

Dong Ying on the side asked curiously, "Big brother, what's the good news?" ”

Zhang Lang handed the letter to Dong Ying. Dong Ying took the letter and looked at it, her eyes widened, and she said excitedly: "Niu Fu is dead?!" Zhang Lang nodded and sneered: "I was killed by my own cronies Hu Che'er!" Hmph, he's also to blame! Dong Ying's heart was surging, and there were indescribable feelings in her heart, joy, melancholy, and some indescribable feelings. Before, I just wanted to kill Niu Fu to avenge my father, but now that the enemy is dead, I don't feel much happy in my heart. Dong Ying couldn't help but sigh.

……

On the official road to Chang'an, there were two unkempt beggars with dirty faces, and when people passed by them, they always hid their faces and showed disgust, and they did not want to look at them twice.

The two beggars, tired and thirsty, walked for half a day, and sat down on the grass beside the official road to rest. The beggar at the head looked at the busy scene of people coming and going on the official road, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In such a short time, Yongzhou has actually been governed like this!" I really underestimated him! The beggar's tone and demeanor did not look like a beggar at all, but like a scholar. Looking closely, it seems familiar, and I think of it, isn't he Li Ru next to Niu Fu? How did he end up here?

It turned out that on the cottage that day, Hu Che'er and others coveted the reward of one hundred taels of gold given by the government, so they gathered a group of soldiers who had long been dissatisfied with Niu Fu Li Ru, and suddenly launched an attack on Niu Fu Li Ru's station in the middle of the night. Niu Fu was killed on the spot and cut off his head, Li Ru escaped by luck because he got up in the middle of the night, found that the momentum was not right, and fled down the mountain overnight. Later, he met up with a cronie at the foot of the mountain, and the two disguised themselves as beggars and came to Chang'an. Li Ru's plan is to take refuge in Lugong, the largest scholar clan in Yongzhou. The Yongzhou mentioned here is the Guanzhong region, Lugong is the oldest Dashi clan in Yongzhou, and the ancestors assisted the King of Qin in the Warring States Period, and made outstanding achievements.

The beggar next to him asked worriedly; "Sir, will we enter Chang'an to fall into the net?"

Li Ru said confidently: "Absolutely not, don't you hear the truth that the light is dark?" Whether it's Lu Bu or Jia Xu, they can't imagine that we will hide in Chang'an! ”

The cronies felt that what Li Ru said made sense, and asked again, "Will the Deer Guild take us in?" Will you hand us over to Lu Bu? ”

Li Ru smiled: "Unless he wants me to shake out all those things about him!" Rest assured, I'm sure! He stood up, looked at the sky, and said, "Let's go." Strive to rush to Chang'an today. ”

……

Zhang Lang stood on the city wall of Beidi County, looking to the west, the yellow river was like a giant dragon half swimming on the ground! Although it is still far away, there is still a loud thunderous sound in my ears, which is shocking, and it is the power of nature. Dong Ying, Xiao Long, Yang Kun, Sang Lou and Beidi County Taishou stood behind Zhang Lang. This Beidi County Taishou, named Fan Xingxiao, don't look at him as just a thin old man, but since he presided over the affairs of Beidi County for more than a year, he has solved many problems that have been left over for more than a hundred years, one of which is the contradiction between various ethnic groups, and at the same time vigorously develops animal husbandry, agriculture and commercial activities, Beidi County's economic situation is far better than that of the second emperor Huan Ling, which can be said to be all the credit of Fan Xingxiao.

Zhang Lang's gaze swept over the hundreds of thousands of acres of grain fields on the bank of the Yellow River, and his face showed a look of amazement, "Lord Fan, you did a really good job!" Pointing to the grain field in the distance, "How many acres are there?" Fan Xingxiao hugged his fists and said: "A total of 336,800 acres of paddy fields and 122,300 acres of dry fields. ”

Zhang Lang and Dong Ying couldn't help but be moved.