After writing, wait for the ink to dry, fold it into strips, put it in an envelope, seal it with fire paint, and then summon a herald and say to it: "Let the second brother come to the big tent of the Chinese army to see my son, and say that there is something important to discuss." ”

The herald sang a "promise" and did as he was told.

Not long after, Zhang Liao temporarily put aside the affairs in his hand and came in a hurry.

After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, he opened his mouth and said: "Third brother, what are you looking for me, I am leading that group of rabbit cubs to practice swordsmanship?" "The so-called practice of swordsmanship is what I said before, Dong Shouye once allocated Zhang Liao a batch of swords, and he needed to practice tactics.

When he looked up, he found that the military advisor Jia Xu was also there, and his face suddenly turned embarrassed, and then he immediately bent his knees and clenched his fists, and changed his words: "The last general, Zhang Liao, has seen the marshal and the military division." ”

It turned out that Zhang Liao thought that Dong Shouye was the only one in the account, and it was some private matter or some trivial matter that could be solved by discussing it between the brothers. Unexpectedly, the military advisor Jia Xu was also there, it seems that he has to have official affairs and big things. At the moment, I felt that I was a little out of shape, so I hurriedly changed my words.

In the eyes of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao, their third brother is relatively young and has heavy responsibilities, if he thinks he is old and shouts "third brother is long" and "third brother is short" in front of everyone, wouldn't it damage the majesty of his third brother, and this is the scene in front of him.

Dong Shouye didn't care, smiled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help his second brother, Jia Xu also knew about this situation, so he also looked at Zhang Liao with a smile, and didn't interject, besides, no one can care if they love to call each other.

Zhang Liao smiled wryly, and saw that his third brother came to help him, so he stood up and stood aside.

After Dong Shouye turned around and returned to the position of the commander, he said: "Second brother, I just came to report that Sun Jianjun's vanguard is less than a hundred miles away from us. ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhang Liao with a smile.

Zhang Liao definitely didn't really greet him, he definitely let himself go to attack his vanguard and frustrate the enemy's sharpness, so he said: "The last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the marshal and the military division, and ensure that he will return victoriously." ”

Jia Xu opened his mouth and said: "This trip is just a temptation, Sun Jian must be on guard, if there is an opportunity, he will attack decisively, if the timing is not right, there is no need to force it, just retreat." ”

Zhang Liao replied: "The general has already taken care of this matter, please rest assured that the marshal and military advisers." I wonder how many people are in its vanguard? ”

Dong Shouye replied: "About five thousand." ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and said: "The last general can lead the cavalry of the first school of the headquarters (2,500 cavalry) to frustrate the enemy's sharp spirit." ”

Zhang Liao has recently led his soldiers to practice cavalry tactics and tactics, and he was born in a state, and since he was young, he has fought against the Qianghu and Xiongnu in northern Xinjiang, and he is good at leading the cavalry.

Dong Shouye nodded, took out an order arrow, handed it to Zhang Liao, picked up the letter on the desk, handed it to Zhang Liao, and then gave a few more words.

However, it was said that Zhang Liao received the order from Dong Shouye, and after receiving the battle order, he immediately ordered the men and horses and left the camp without delay. During this time, the soldiers were also gearing up, eager to fight immediately. Therefore, when Zhang Liao was reorganizing his troops, the troops were assembled quickly, and there was no mud and water at all.

2,500 cavalrymen, with Zhang Liao as the arrowhead, rushed out.

When Zhang Liao rushed to the east of Liang County with his men and horses to find Sun Jian's vanguard troops.

Its vanguard troops, however, had just crossed the Rushui and were waiting to pack their baggage, using pontoon bridges to cross the river.

Zhang Liao secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, what a good opportunity, if he could arrive half an hour early, while Sun Jian's vanguard crossed the river halfway, he led his troops to attack suddenly, Sun Jian's vanguard must have been panicked and defeated, and he also achieved great success, without any effort.

Now that the enemy has all crossed the Rushui, Zhang Liao has no chance to take advantage of the chaos to attack.

As a result, Zhang Liao could only withdraw the sentry first, hide the troops first, and find another opportunity.

After Sun Jianxian's vanguard cleaned up the mess, he continued on the road.

The word "Cheng" was written on the banner, and Zhang Liao estimated that the vanguard of Sun Jian's army should be Cheng Pu, a general under Sun Jian. Hua Xiong once confronted Sun Jian in the Tiger Prison Pass, and with the cooperation of Li Su and Yuan Shu, he also successfully killed Sun Jian's general Zu Mao. It was also Hua Xiong's luck that Yuan Shu suspected that Sun Jian was colluding with his brother Yuan Shao and betraying him, so he cut off Sun Jian's grain and grass. Without food and grass, Sun Jian's army was in chaos, so Hua Xiong implemented the tactic of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, took advantage of the chaos to attack, defeated Sun Jian, and successfully killed Zu Mao. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao are known as the four generals under Sun Jian, and they are deeply valued and trusted by Sun Jian, and Cheng Pu is the first of the four generals.

Therefore, when analyzing the generals under Sun Jian's command during the military discussion, Hua Xiong had explained this situation in detail to the commander-in-chief of the army, so Zhang Liao also knew something about Cheng Pu, and he did not dare to underestimate it.

Cheng Pu saw that there was no abnormal situation around, so he commanded the army to continue to set off.

Zhang Liao wanted to use Dong Shouye in his hand to ask him to find a way to transfer the letter to Sun Jian, and sent dozens of people to disguise themselves as messengers, in the name of delivering letters, and took the opportunity to assassinate Cheng Pu, but there was no chance. Guan Chengpu is also conscientious, cautious, and has a tight defense, and has no chance. In the general march, many leading generals are at the forefront of the team, leading the men and horses, showing off their might, invincible, and out of the limelight. This Cheng Pu did not do this, but was very conservative in the middle of the team, with soldiers and spears on all sides, and protected himself very closely. Therefore, Zhang Liao is not easy to start.

At that time, when Dong Shouye assigned Zhang Liao a combat mission, he also mentioned that he could use the letter in his hand to assassinate Sun Jian's vanguard general. Therefore, Zhang Liao is also actively thinking about this issue along the way. But now seeing that Cheng Pu is protecting himself like a hedgehog, he has no way to speak, and he is also depressed.

If you can't do it, think again.

Cheng Pu led his 5,000 men and horses to walk for a while, then stopped to rest for a while. I thought that it was almost dark, and it was time to find a place to prepare for camping.

So, he commanded his men and horses to prepare to set up camp and cook in the stove. At the same time, a ranger sentry was released to spy around.