In order to prevent Fang Sheng from taking risks, Zhang Lang ordered Zhang Liao to dispatch a large army to press the border from the north, and he himself led an army of 50,000 from Shangjun to press on the southern front.

Time passed day by day, but there was no news of Jia Xu, and Zhang Lang couldn't help but worry about Jia Xu's safety.

On this day, Zhang Lang, as usual, led the cavalry to patrol the border between the two armies. Suddenly, a team of centaurs appeared on the horizon. Zhang Lang frowned, ordered his cavalry to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent someone to send a message to the battalion.

Zhang Lang led a thousand cavalry up the hill and immediately marched in front of the army, waiting for the arrival of the other party. I don't know when it started, Zhang Lang naturally had a kind of contempt when facing the enemy army.

After a while, Zhang Lang saw clearly, there were tens of thousands of people in that team, and the one who walked in the front was clearly the eight hundred iron horsemen he had sent out before, and there were two scribes among the eight hundred iron horsemen, one of whom was Jia Xu! They're finally back! Zhang Lang was overjoyed and immediately rode his horse to meet him.

Gao Shun and Jia Xu were shocked when they saw Zhang Lang actually appear here, and hurriedly rode out to greet them.

The two of them ran to Zhang Lang's horse, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt down and said, "General." ”

Zhang Lang jumped off the red rabbit horse, helped the two of them up, patted them on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You guys are finally back!" I've been worrying about you! ”

The two of them were moved. At this time, the large group of people had already come behind him.

Jia Xu pointed to the middle-aged scribe who was riding on a horse behind him, "General, this is the Taishou of Xihe County, Fang Sheng." ”

Fang Sheng hurriedly rolled off his horse and stepped forward to bow: "The subordinate students meet the general!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled, helped him up, and patted his arm, "Since you claim to be a subordinate, then from now on we will be our own family!" Fang Sheng saw that Zhang Lang had a kind attitude, and his originally tense feelings calmed down a lot, and he hugged his fists and said, "General Xie!" The subordinates are determined to report to the general! ”

Hurriedly turned around and shouted at an attendant, "Hurry up and get it!" ”

The entourage hurriedly jumped off the horse, ran to Zhang Lang with a wooden box in his hand, and bent down to present the wooden box with both hands. Fang Sheng took the wooden box and knelt down to Zhang Lang, "General, this is the seal letter from Xihe County, please accept it!" ”

Zhang Lang glanced at Jia Xu, who smiled and nodded.

Zhang Lang took the wooden box, turned around and handed it to Jia Xu on the side, smiled at the other party and said, "From today on, you will be my army member and be responsible for all ordinary internal affairs under my jurisdiction." This was agreed with Zhang Lang before Jia Xu left, and Jia Xu said to Zhang Lang at that time: Although Fang Sheng has a cowardly personality, he is not a mediocre talent, and his ability to govern the people is also a sigh to himself! Therefore, at that time, Zhang Lang had already decided to let Fang Sheng join the army as his own and be in charge of civil affairs.

Fang Sheng didn't expect Zhang Lang to give himself so much power, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly bowed down: "General Xie!" The chubby face looked grateful.

Zhang Lang helped him up and said with a smile: "Let's go, go back to the city!" Happy today, you must not get drunk or go home! Several people laughed.

That night, Zhang Lang held a banquet in Fushi City, washing the dust for Jia Xu, Gao Ran, and Fang Sheng, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. Zhang Lang returned to the room very late with the support of Diao Chan and Dong Ying.

Zhang Lang was drunk and unconscious, and several women were busy, even Yan Yuyao, who was not fully ill, was not idle, and carefully wiped his cheeks for him.

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Dong Zhuo read the letter he had just sent, was furious, tore the letter to pieces, and scolded: "I'm here to fight to the death with Guo Yan and Li Xuan, two rebels!" Lu Bu actually took the opportunity to occupy my Shang County and Xihe County! Damn it! It's disgusting! ”

Li Ru sighed: "At this time, I'm afraid it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him!" ”

Dong Zhuo was so angry that he shouted: "I want to give him a good look!" ”

Li Ru hurriedly said: "Taishi is angry! Now our priority is to quell the rebellion of Guo Yan and Li Qi as much as possible! Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, and shouted angrily: "Guo Yan, Li Zhen, I will definitely peel your skin and cramp your corpse into ten thousand pieces!" ”

A few days later, Dong Zhuo launched a comprehensive counterattack against Guo Yan and Li Jie, Zhang Ji led an army of 100,000 to attack the left, Fan Chou led an army of 100,000 to attack the right, and Dong Zhuo led an army of more than 200,000 to attack the Flying Bear Army as the vanguard!

Guo Yan and Li Zhen couldn't resist, abandoned Chang'an, and fled to the west, Dong Zhuo did not spare his army to pursue, Guo Yan Li Zhen's army suffered heavy casualties, and the defectors were countless. The remnants of the defeated army will retreat to the Wudu County Governor's Office, and the city will be trapped.

Seeing that Guo Yan and Li Qi were about to be exterminated, Yuan Shao suddenly led an army of 300,000 to rush to Hangu Pass, which was in danger. Dong Zhuo was shocked when he received the military report, and hurriedly left Zhang Jitun to garrison Hechi City, seventy miles east of Xiazhuan, to guard against Guo Yan and Li Zhu, and he led the army to the east to help.

Soon after, a major battle broke out between Dong Zhuojun and Yuan Shaojun at Hangu Pass, and neither side was able to defeat their opponents, and the battle entered a stalemate.

Look back to Yunzhong County.

After Zhang Lang annexed Shangjun and Xihe County, he obtained 100,000 horses and horses, and obtained 70,000 strong, and then merged these 70,000 horses into the original 120,000 army, and finally organized the 190,000 army into six armies, namely the front army, the left army, the right army, the rear army, the middle army, and the Tiger Wing Army, of which only the Chinese army has 40,000 troops, and the other armies are 30,000.

The Chinese army is directly under the command of Zhang Lang, and the 5,000 trapping camp and 5,000 iron cavalry formed not long ago are all subordinate to the Chinese army, and it is worth mentioning that the 800 iron cavalry that once followed Zhang Lang across the grassland have been organized into an independent combat unit by Zhang Lang, and the title is 'Tiger Ben Battalion', which is of course also under the jurisdiction of the Chinese army.

There are 30,000 Tiger Wing Army, all of which are lightly armed cavalry, and the commander is Zhang Liao. The left army was composed of a mixed infantry and cavalry, and the commander was Zang Ba. The situation of the front, right, and rear armies was similar to that of the left army, and the commanders were Gao Shun, Hao Meng, and Cao Xing. The other members of the Eight Generals serve as the deputies of each commander.

Hou Cheng was drinking sullen wine in the restaurant.

Cheng Lian came to the restaurant, saw Hou Cheng who was drinking, and asked puzzledly, "Are you still here?" When I came here just now, I saw General Zhang Liao leading the Tiger Wing Army to Yinshan, why didn't you go with you? "The reason why Cheng Lian asked this question is because Hou Cheng is Zhang Liao's deputy general, Zhang Liao led the army, and it stands to reason that he, the deputy general, should accompany him!

Hou Cheng drank the wine in the glass and said with a resentful face: "You don't know yet! I've been temporarily dismissed by my lord! ”

Cheng Lian understood, and he was not surprised, because it was not the first time that Hou Cheng had violated military law. patted Hou Cheng's shoulder and comforted: "Just don't do it again next time!" ”

Hou Cheng said indignantly: "Zhang Liao and I were the first to follow the general's side, why did he Zhang Liao become the chief general of the army, but I was just a deputy general?" ”

Cheng Lian frowned, "Brother Hou, you're drunk!" ”

Hou Cheng poured wine cup after glass and didn't speak again.