Chapter 344: Encounter
The cool wind is terrifying, and the strong wind can almost blow people to a difficult step, but although it is autumn at this time, it is the time when the yellow sand is rolling, but today's wind is not too big, Pan Feng They decided to take advantage of the strong wind to arrive at Huaili as soon as possible, and after the rectification there, after going westward and breaking through Wuzhangyuan, they did not encounter Cao Jun's pursuit again, so the road was a lot safer, and occasionally encountered one or two wandering mountain bandits, and they were all beaten by Pan Feng and Zhang He and fled.
"General Qiyu, I found a large army in front, the number of which is about 30,000, and the direction they are moving seems to be Xiliang!"
In the yellow sand that was not too big, the scout with a rag mask galloped from a distance, and he controlled the war horse to gallop until he was less than ten steps away from Pan Feng before stopping, he shook the wind and sand on his body, and dismounted and gave his hand to report.
Pan Feng and Zhang He glanced at each other, and at the same time looked at a middle-aged scribe behind them, the scribe was seven feet five inches tall, with slender sideburns, thin lips and a straight nose, and two light eyebrows crossed between the eyebrows, his whole person looked extremely elegant, especially his eyes, dark and deep, like a bottomless deep well.
The scribe waved away the turbid air in front of him with his coat and said calmly, "What kind of banner are you flying?" Is it cavalry or infantry! ”
The scout said: "The yellow sand is rolling, and it is not real to see, but the sound of horses is coming and going, compared to the cavalry!" ”
The scribe waved his hand: "It's hard work, go down and eat some dry food, and then explore!" ”
After the scout left, Pan Feng stepped forward with an axe and asked, "Gonghe, could it be Wen Hou's army?" ”
Now they have left the Gyeonggi area, and they have reached the boundary of Xiliang after a few steps forward, and the large force of cavalry here must be the Xiliang army, but I don't know whether it is Lu Bu's Xiliang army or Ma Teng's Xiliang army.
Frustrated as he stared at the gray sky and sighed, "Wait. We'll see in a moment! ”
Pan Feng said, "What do you mean? ”
Zhang He interjected a sentence next to him: "In such a wide area, since our scouts can find them, their scouts will naturally find us, whether it is Ma Teng or Lu Bu, we will know in a while!" ”
Frustrated Professor looked over, and the person who spoke was General Zhang He, who was traveling with him. He and Zhang He are not familiar with each other, although they were both subordinates of Han Fu at the beginning, but they did not interact much, one is that Zhang He does not like them sour Confucianism, and the other is that Zhang He has been stationed outside and is not an official in Yecheng, so the two have no decent interaction, but this time they escaped west, and they experienced several lives and deaths along the way. Their emotions seem to have drawn a lot closer.
At first, Fu Zhu and Zhang He's thoughts were similar, that is, to take refuge in Yuan Shao, when Han Fu wanted to welcome Yuan Shao into Jizhou, they had already admonished and fulfilled their duties as subordinates, and although Han Fu first welcomed and then refused, it was too late, there is a saying: A soldier dies for a confidant. Although he is Han Fu's cavalry captain, he is not his confidant. So he fled, and he escaped with Pan Feng to protect Han Fu's widow, he didn't want to escape at first, but after hearing Pan Feng tell him about the Tiger Prison Pass, he struggled in his heart before deciding to run away with Pan Feng and escape from Jizhou. Flee to Xiliang.
"General Zhang is right, I'm afraid that a large wave of cavalry is coming here at this time!" Frustrated, his beard was covered with sand, and he didn't like the feeling of foreign objects in his beard, but he couldn't do anything about it, even if he cleaned it up, there would be new yellow sand pouring in. So he simply ignored it, lest he do some useless work, so the yellow sand in his beard accumulated a lot, and finally his beard was dyed yellow.
Pan Feng nodded silently, and then rode his horse forward, ordered the army to stop advancing, and then formed a defensive formation, and ordered the ban, with Pan Feng's order, the thousand-person army quickly lifted the shield on the ox cart, and quickly surrounded the women's carriage, and the rest of the people put the spear halberd tower on the shield, looking ahead, it took only a few breaths, as fast as thunder.
Pan Feng and the three of them stood at the front of the army, their eyes were looking at the gray front at the same time, there was expectation and desire in their eyes, and at the same time there was a little worry, if they could meet Lu Bu's army, then they would be safe, if they met Ma Teng's army, there was no way to know if they were safe, after all, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was powerful in the world, even though they had a hundred warriors around them, but in the face of the Iron Cavalry of the Xiliang Army, they were undoubtedly mantis arms as a car.
It wasn't long before there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front of them, and the horses' hooves were so heavy that they felt like they were in the center of an earthquake in the depths, shaking incessantly.
Gradually, a black shadow appeared between the gray heaven and earth, then two, three, and finally more and more could not be counted, until finally a black curtain of palpitations was formed, the sturdy hooves of the war horse smashed on the ground, and the loud sound that rose from the ground could almost crush people's hearts, this is the power of cavalry.
In the Han Dynasty, there were not many cavalry troops, most of them appeared in the border areas, because the border of the Han Dynasty was often harassed by foreign tribes, including the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Karasuma, although they belonged to different tribes, they all had a common characteristic, that is, there were many cavalry. Therefore, in order to resist these alien races that have been harassing the Han all year round, there are cavalry on the border of the Han Dynasty, among which the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and the Youzhou Tiger Cavalry are the most famous, which is almost a nightmare for the infantry. However, there are exceptions, there are two troops in Dahan that are not afraid of cavalry, among which the trapping camp is the most, and the first to camp is second.
The black curtain in front of him stopped a hundred paces away, and then a loud shout came: "Where are the soldiers and horses ahead, report them quickly, otherwise they will be punished as bandits!" ”
Huang Zhong stood at the front of the army, they did not let the army continue to advance, this yellow sand is all over the sky, the enemy situation is unknown, rash attack is afraid of deception, he glanced at Xu Huang and Xu Rong, signaling the two to lead the rear army from both sides to outflank the past, if there is an accident, you can cover up the past in three ways, and step this not too big army into powder.
Xu Huang and Xu Rong understood, slowly retreated to the end of the army, and each led 2,000 cavalry to outflank from the two wings, firmly wrapping this army of unknown origin into a large circle, so that they could not escape.
Frustrated and nodded at Pan Feng, Pan Feng cleared his throat and shouted in a voice that he thought was strong: "It's not that I don't report my name, but we have been all the way, and there are many accidents, so we can only act carefully." Dare to ask who the general is! ”
Huang Zhong frowned, as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, sand blew into his mouth, this feeling was very uncomfortable, he cut off his robe to cover his face, and immediately replied: "I am Huang Zhong, the general of Fenwei under the tent of Marquis Wen!" ”
When Pan Feng heard that it was Huang Zhong, he was overjoyed. Huang Zhong can be regarded as his life-saving benefactor, when Yuan Shao poisoned him, Huang Zhong not only did not kill him, but transported him back to the camp for treatment, and he had the best relationship with Huang Zhong during the period of healing in the Xiliang camp.
Zhang He stopped Pan Feng, who rushed forward, and asked again: "You said that you are General Huang, what are your credentials?" ”
Huang Zhong raised the big knife in his hand: "The old man's Santing mountain chopping knife is a certificate, if you don't report your name again." The old man gave the order to attack. ”
Pan Feng broke free from Zhang He, rushed forward with an axe, and shouted while rushing back: "Brother Huang, it's me, Hebei Pan Feng!" The color of excitement is overflowing, just like a child with candy in his hand, unusually excited and happy.
"Pan Feng?" Huang Zhong muttered. Looking at the galloping horse, he raised his hand. He motioned to the archers behind him to get ready, and when he was done, he turned his head and stared at the rider.
It wasn't until the rider was only twenty paces away from him that Huang Zhong saw the person clearly, and saw that the man was eight feet tall, wearing a horned helmet and carrying two large iron axes. He was fat and round, so that the war horse under his crotch ran with great difficulty.
"Pan Feng, it's really you!"
Huang Zhong raised his eyebrows, removed the robe cloth on his face, and hung the Santing Mountain Chopping Knife on the victory hook. Riding a horse to meet him, he looked at Pan Feng who was in the dust, and asked with a smile: "Wushuang, I heard that you disappeared after Han Fu lost Jizhou, how could you be here after all these years?" ”
Pan Feng smiled innocently: "Thanks to Brother Huang back then, otherwise I would have become a dry bone in the grave, as for why I appeared here, it is complicated, but I am here to take refuge in Wen Hou, I don't know if Wen Hou will take it in!" ”
Huang Zhong said: "If the lord knows that you have come to seek refuge in him, he will be very happy, he is hiding from the wind and sand in the mountains thirty miles away, let's go see him!" ”
Pan Feng said: "Brother Huang, don't worry, there are two more people traveling with me this time, and I will introduce you to you!" ”
Huang Zhong nodded, waved his hand to let the herald behind him blow the horn, and then walked towards Zhang He with Pan Feng.
"Woo~"
The sound of the whimpering horn tore through the gray sky in an instant, this was the clarion call for the withdrawal of troops, which meant that Xu Huang and Xu Rong would retreat, and there would be no danger to them.
"Brother Huang, this is Zhang He and Zhang Junyi, and this is Fu Zhu Gonghe, they are all with me to seek refuge in Wenhou!" , Coming to the two of them, Pan Feng began to smile at Huang Zhong, Jian Shao, and Zhang He.
"Haha, General Zhang is an old acquaintance, I fought with him in the first battle of Tiger Prison Pass back then, and the name of Gong and Xian is also like thunder, two, Huang Zhong is here to see you!" After listening to Pan Feng's introduction, Huang Zhong was ecstatic in his heart, because Zhang He was not a general, they were all famous, and this time he came to Xiliang was also a big help, although he was ecstatic in his heart, he did not show it on his face, and saluted the two of them with his fists.
"Meet General Huang!" , Zhang He hugged his fists, gave his hand in frustration, and the two returned the gift to Huang Zhong together.
At this moment, Xu Huang and Xu Rong urged the horses to come, Xu Huang also had a relationship with Pan Feng and Zhang He, and suddenly saw the two here, although he was surprised, he did not forget to give a gift: "General Pan, General Zhang, long time no see!" ”
Pan Feng and Zhang He saluted, and then introduced Xu Huang and Fu Zhi to each other, and then gave up.
"Meet Xu Rong!"
Xu Rong, who had white hair and hair, didn't say too much, and directly hugged his fists to greet him, which was regarded as a meeting gift.
"It turned out to be the old general Xu Rong, like thunder!"
When the three of them heard that this white-haired veteran was Xu Rong, who beat Cao Cao to the sky and no way to enter the ground, they were all in awe, because Xu Rong was indeed extraordinary, three defeats of Sun Jian and one defeat of Cao Cao, that is a proud record, a real existence.
Xu Rong was relatively indifferent, but he couldn't help but be praised, his old face flushed slightly, and he said to the three of them: "Don't lift me up!" ”
Huang Zhong also nodded: "Let's go, let's go see Wen Hou together!" (To be continued......)