Chapter 258: Survival is Hard
Lu Bu didn't want to deal with Zhang Liao anymore, and when he heard that Zhang Xiu was back, he hurriedly greeted him from the horse.
Hou Cheng has always had a good relationship with Zhang Liao, and when he saw that Lu Bu had already gone away, he whispered to Lu Bu: "Wenyuan, you have to be cautious in the future." ”
Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood Hou Cheng's intentions and nodded.
Hou Chengzhi said that Zhang Liao was alert, and when he saw Zhang Liao's sudden appearance, he nodded, and said no more. The longitudinal horse followed behind Lu Bu and went to meet Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Liao followed behind Lu Bu unhappily, but he felt a burst of depression in his heart.
looked at the corpse of Wen Ping, who died on the battlefield, and suddenly felt lonely in his heart: where is his master?
And not far away.
The two armies gradually converged.
When Lu Bu saw Zhang Xiu, he smiled and said, "Zhang Xiu, it seems that you have gained a lot!" Immediately, he saw Jia Xu beside Zhang Xiu, and his body shook and said, "It's Mr. Wenhe, why are you here?" There was indescribable joy in words.
Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "I'll talk about this later, and I have gained a lot from General Lu Bu!" This time I will definitely hold the beauty. ”
Lu Bu can now be described as a spring breeze. Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh with Jia Xu.
Zhang Liao came to everyone's side at this time, and saw two human heads hanging on Zhang Xiu's victory hook, and couldn't help but say: "General Zhang Xiu, that human head is the human head of the Yanzhou War General?" ”
Zhang Xiu turned his head and glanced at Jia Xu, and said in his heart: Wenhe is really good. So he hurriedly followed the task assigned to him by Jia Xu. He said angrily, "Who are you?" What qualifies you to be too talkative here? ”
Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect that his casual words would cause Zhang Xiu to scold, and he couldn't help but bump into the fire. was about to turn his face, but was glared at by Lu Bu. Too scared to speak.
But I couldn't help but feel even more depressed.
Zhang Xiu was very happy when he saw it, and Jia Xu wanted to recover Zhang Liao for Xu Ji. However, this Zhang Liao can be said to be desperate for Lu Bu, and it is by no means easy to convince, so it is natural to provoke the relationship between the two before he can take advantage of it.
From the current point of view, Jia Xu's opportunity has been preliminarily successful.
The coming day is long, and Jia Xu will naturally have a chance to persuade Zhang Liao in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but smile and said to Lu Bu: "Wenhou, this head belongs to Xu Rong, but I don't know who this head is, I only know when we return to the army." Halfway down the road, he met a man dressed in black and covered in blood. ”
Lu Bu nodded and said, "Then it must be what Zhang Liao said about Yu Ban." ”
Zhang Xiu pretended to be confused and said: "The Yanzhou war will be banned? What the hell is going on? ”
Lu Bu told Zhang Xiu the whole story.
Zhang Xiu patiently listened to Lu Bu about the things he already knew before he "suddenly" said: "I see, it seems that this person must be forbidden." ”
Jia Xu smiled on the side: "General Zhang Liao is really strange!" Why did you only send people to chase Le Jin and Shi A, why didn't you send people to chase this Yu Ban? If it really attracted the rescue of the Yanzhou army, wouldn't it be bad? Fortunately, he was intercepted and killed by my major general on the way, otherwise wouldn't General Lu Bu be derelict in his duties? ”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Bu, who was already dissatisfied with Zhang Liao, immediately looked at Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao said coldly: "Mr. Wenhe's words are wrong, the direction of Yu Ban's escape is the direction in which General Zhang Xiu pursues and kills Xu Rong. With General Zhang Xiu here, how could Yu Ban have a chance to escape? ”
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "General Wen Yuan's words are wrong, the task of the young general is to intercept and kill Yu Ban, how did he know that so many things happened in Chang'an City?" If the major general is killed in battle, after the ban. If there is a little triumphant, even if the major general sees Yu Ban, it is very likely that he will let him go. ”
Lu Bu nodded when he heard this, because he was the kind of person Jia Xu said. After a big victory, some goosebumps little things don't take care of at all.
Jia Xu snickered. Of course, he had long known about Lu Bu's character traits, and he still said these words to Lu Bu.
Zhang Liao was stunned. A look of anger appeared on his face.
Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu have cooperated for many years, so they naturally know how to cooperate with Jia Xu, so they hurriedly took down the fake Yu Ban's head from the victory hook, handed it to Lu Bu, who was stunned, and said respectfully: "Wen Hou, don't listen to Wen He's words, Wen Hou took this Yu Ban's head, even if it was a gift from Zhang Xiu to Wen Hou, so you can explain it to Lord Wang Yun." ”
Lu Bu was deeply moved when he heard this, nodded and said: "This matter is indeed my negligence, but it seems that there will definitely be reinforcements from the Yanzhou Army near the left side of Chang'an City, and it seems that it is necessary to guard against it." ”
Zhang Xiu smiled secretly in her heart: Where are there any reinforcements? He had already been sent by Dian Wei to find Xu Ji.
But on the surface, he replied cautiously: "Marquis Wen is reasonable, but there is no Yanzhou army in the place where our army passes, so it seems that it should be stationed farther away." ”
Zhang Liao couldn't help but say at this time: "Things are not so simple, Le Jin robbed the emperor, and he needs a large number of people to protect him very much, but there is no Yanzhou army in the place where General Zhang went, isn't it strange?" ”
Jia Xu smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? That Le Jin must have done this to lure the person who attacked him on the way to Chang'an, and as far as I can see, the person Le Jin suspects is my major general. After all, on the surface, my major general is very suitable for the mysterious army that attacked him halfway. ”
Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this, nodded and said, "It makes sense, it's just that Mr. Wenhe knows who did it to the envoys from all over the world on the way?" ”
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Wen Hou rest assured, this person is definitely not the young general of my family, you don't have to be difficult to be a person with your father-in-law, General Cao Bao." ”
After a pause, he said: "But I think the biggest suspicion in this matter is that Zhang Ren." ”
Lu Bu then remembered Zhang Ren, but he just turned his head to look, where was Zhang Ren's shadow, and said to Zhang Liao: "What about Zhang Ren?" ”
Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ren said that he had suffered heavy losses and wanted to go back to Chang'an City to rest, so I let him go." ”
Before Zhang Liao said this, Jia Xu sighed and said: "General Zhang Liao is so confused, Zhang Ren is a prince from other places. Today was supposed to attend the wedding in Chang'an City, but he was out in the army. Isn't that doubtful? Watching Zhang Ren leave, why didn't General Zhang Liao ask? Now if we go back to Chang'an. You will definitely find that this Zhang Ren has already disappeared. ”
After a pause, Jia Xu said again: "It seems that this Zhang Ren has long known that Lu Dao Lejin is going to rob the emperor, but he hides it and doesn't tell anyone, which is obviously not good for the emperor. Isn't this a busy affair in vain? ”
Jia Xu's words said that Zhang Liao's face was like ashes.
Lu Bu was even more annoyed, looked at Zhang Liao, and said coldly: "Waste." ”
Zhang Liao's handsome face immediately turned pale, and there was no blood at all.
Jia Xu pondered for a while and said: "This must be the case, Le Jin didn't know who Lu Dao listened to, so he thought that the person who attacked them halfway was the young general, and thought that the young general had suffered a big loss in his hands, and he would not give up, thinking that the young general would pursue him." So he divided the army into two parts, and took a small number of troops to rob the emperor, leaving a large number of troops to ambush the major general, but he didn't know that he was wrong. The person who really started Lejin was Zhang Ren, so there was the current situation. ”
Jia Xu's words are extremely reasonable, and they are the truth. Only the affairs of the army where Chen Zhi and Xu Ji are located have changed slightly, but where can Lu Bu and the others distinguish the truth from the false?
Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and said, "What about today's plan?" Why don't we go after the Yanzhou army? ”
"General. This is absolutely unacceptable! The combat effectiveness of the Yanzhou army is extraordinary, and our army has been fighting for a long time. If you are marching in a hurry......" Zhang Liao said eagerly on the side.
As a result, before Zhang Liao's words were finished, Lu Bu was already furious, stretched out his ape arm, grabbed Zhang Liao's collar with great speed, pulled Zhang Liao over the horse at once, and lifted Zhang Liao high above his head with only one hand.
Lu Bu said coldly: "Zhang Liao, a person like you who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures does not say that he has thought about it behind closed doors, but he still dares to make noise here, grow the prestige of others, and extinguish the sharpness of his own people, what is the use of leaving you?" ”
Where did Zhang Liao expect Lu Bu to behave like this? He knew that his chief general was a ruthless man, and his temper was very impatient, and now he seemed to be very angry with himself, and he was very likely to throw himself down and fall to his death, so he couldn't help but sigh, close his eyes, and stop talking.
Jia Xu was also taken aback, knowing that he had played too much, and hurriedly said: "Wen Hou, please calm your anger, there is really no need to be angry with this kind of person, and what he said has a certain truth." The so-called 'a fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one', so let's spare him once. ”
Lu Bu snorted coldly, threw Zhang Liao to the ground at once, and said coldly: "This time, for the sake of Mr. Jiaxu's face, I will let you go first, and you must think clearly before speaking and doing things in the future." ”
Zhang Liao got up from the ground, his face was pale, and he let out a long howl, which was indescribably sad, turned over his horse, and walked away.
Hou Cheng saw that Zhang Liao's mood was wrong, and hurriedly rode his horse to chase after him, for fear that something would happen to Zhang Liao again.
Lu Bu didn't look at his heartbroken subordinates, and said to Jia Xu in a deep voice: "Mr. Wenhe, what do you say now?" ”
Jia Xu said solemnly: "We don't have to care whether the Yanzhou army is ambushed in the distance, even if the Yanzhou army is at stake? A few thousand people couldn't come up with any tricks. Otherwise, Lejin would have used these thousands of people to attack the city a long time ago. ”
When Lu Bu heard this, he smiled and said, "Mr. Wenhe is reasonable. ”
Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "So we just need to catch Le Jin and find the Holy One." Now let's go back to Chang'an right away. ”
Lu Bu said sullenly: "But Lord Wang Yun is really not easy to explain. ”
Jia Xu Senran sneered: "What is Wen Hou afraid of? This matter can be completely pushed to Zhang Ren's body, anyway, Zhang Ren will not dare to return to Chang'an, so there is no way to come to Chang'an to refute it, just like this human head in Wen Hou's hand, there is no proof of death! ”
Lu Bu was convinced: "Mr. Wenhe is really smart. ”
Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu glanced at each other, and laughed with Lu Bu and Lu Bu, but because of different purposes.
Jia Xu is right, there are many things that are indeed unproven.
The sunset gradually set, the night fell, and the black and Jia Xu were completely integrated, and it was difficult to separate from each other......
At this time, Xu Ji, who had become the focus of the princes of the world, was fleeing for his life on horseback, and behind him was Chen Dao, who was seriously injured.
Lu Bu is worthy of being the number one master in the world, and Chen Zhizai and Lu Bu's earth-shattering blow is as deeply engraved in Xu Ji's heart as the perfect work of the most talented sculptor in the world.
Xu Ji remembered it clearly.
In that piece of blood red of Fang Tian's painted halberd, Chen Zhi was stunned almost visible to the naked eye. According to Chen Dao, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder at that moment, which was obviously the result of being hit by Fang Tian's painting halberd.
Looking back now. The wound on the surface of Chen Zhi's shoulder was nothing, but Lu Bu's earth-shattering murderous aura rushed into his body at once, and the turbulent air flow obviously caused Chen Zhi to suffer extremely serious internal injuries.
At that time, Chen Zhi clamped the horse's waist between his legs, and the horse under his crotch raised his head and neighed angrily, suddenly increasing his speed to the limit, and a lightning rushed past Lu Bu.
At this life-and-death juncture, if it weren't for Chen Zhi's crotch, the horse that accompanied him day and night, rushed left and right, and kept speeding up.
The shouts of killing were gradually thrown behind in the distance.
Lu Bu didn't chase after him, but this was not unexpected by Xu Ji. Indeed, Lu Bu's skills are superior, Chen Zhi is still not his opponent in martial arts, but Chen Zhi is already the first person who can hurt him, Xu Ji Zhi said, although Lu Bu is empty-eyed, but don't think that there will be a moment in this life to forget Chen Dao.
But none of this has anything to do with Xu Ji now. Because Chen Dao's condition is getting worse and worse, he is even a little unstable on horseback. Apparently the result of passing out from the injury.
Xu Ji desperately grabbed Chen Zhi's breastplate with his backhand, but he was a scribe after all. Chen Zhi, how could he catch this martial artist with superb martial arts?
The war horse galloped wildly, panicked, and only galloped forward, and after a while, Xu Ji was a little out of strength. He simply tore off his shirt and tied Chen Zhi behind him, and then the two rode forward on the vast land.
I don't know how many times Lu Dao passed, and Xu Ji finally began to be confused. The tense battle had made him more tired than ever, and he was now completely at the limit. After the war horse jolted, Xu Ji rolled into the grass unconsciously with Chen Zhi behind him. At this time, both were unconscious.
Chen's war horse was extremely psychic, and he ran out of the road for a long distance only to find that his master had fallen under the horse, and after running seven or eight feet, he slowly stopped, and couldn't stop spewing white gas. After a few long neighs, seeing that Xu Ji and Chen Zhi did not react, he turned back to the horse's head, and came to Chen Zhi's side, stretching out his hot tongue to lick Chen Zhi's face.
Chen Zhi is the world's top master, extremely sensitive to the outside world, just fell off the horse's back has woken up a little, but fainting is a human instinct to protect themselves, so he has not woken up, but was licked by his own war horse, Deng Shi felt it, his consciousness gradually returned to his mind, and suddenly woke up, only to feel that his whole body was in pain, and he was so thirsty that it was the phenomenon of excessive blood loss.
At this time, Chen Zhi's bones seemed to be about to fall apart, and his usually powerful arms seemed to no longer belong to him, and he was replaced by ordinary people, so it would be strange if he didn't fall asleep immediately, but at this time, Chen Zhi, who was gradually regaining consciousness, also knew that Lu Dao could never pass out again, and for people like Chen Zhi and them with high martial arts, this kind of situation was most taboo, because if so, it would be very damaging to their strength and will.
So I couldn't help but moan and open my eyes.
And Xu Ji also felt weak and dizzy at this time, and the place on the back of his shoulder that had been rubbed by Chen Zhi's breastplate was stinging like a hot pain, obviously wearing out the skin, he also opened his eyes and looked at Chen Dao, who was not far from him, this neatly dressed general was covered with blood from his wounds at this time, and he gritted his teeth and got up, and tore off his clothes and hastily wrapped his wounds in pain. Then he raised his head, and a ashamed smile appeared on his pale face: "The lord forgives his sins, Chen is incompetent, and he failed to defeat Lu Bu." ”
Hearing this, Xu Ji couldn't help but shed tears. Apparently because I can't control my emotions,
He was defeated.
But it was not defeated by Lu Bu. Rather, he lost to himself.
And Xu Ji of course knew that Lu Dao Wenpin and others were more than auspicious at this time, but this was entirely because of his carelessness and his own lack of greed, and it was already the biggest victory to welcome back Emperor Han Xian, why did he still want to arrest Zhang Xiu and get Jia Xu?
If it weren't for my own greed, how could I have the current consequences?
But Xu Ji is very human after all, and he knows that this is not the time to be sad.
Until now, there have been no chasing soldiers, obviously because they were hired as a result of their own break, and they can't shed tears here anymore, otherwise if they are discovered by the enemy, they will really be sorry for them.
Seeing that Chen Dao's war horse was still by his side, his heart was a little relieved, and he knew that with a war horse, he had more capital to escape.
It's just that Chen is now suffering from serious internal injuries and can't do anything at all, otherwise he will vomit blood and die, what he needs most now is conditioning, but this place in front of him is definitely not good. This made Xu Ji can't help but start to make trouble, he himself is fine, but Chen Zhi is his reliance for survival, and he must be allowed to recuperate from his injuries first.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Jizhi said that as soon as it got dark, he was a little more sure. So he turned his head to Chen Zhi and said, "Uncle Zhi, can you do it?" And Chen Zhi's pale face showed a determined expression, and he said weakly: "There is no problem with the subordinates, and the lord does not have to worry about it." After saying this, he should first turn over and get on the horse, and then Xu Ji climbed on the back of the war horse before hitting the horse forward.
At this moment, Xu Ji and Chen Zhi have already lost their way, and they no longer know where they are, in the pursuit of the enemy and me, this is really a big taboo.
Now the only way is to ignore the fact that it is dark, find the nearest household, and inquire about the location of this place.
At this time, it suddenly began to rain heavily. From time to time, there is also electric light and thunder. Xu Ji had mixed feelings in his heart. The worry is that Chen Zhi is injured, and the external injuries are not tight, but his internal injuries are probably far more serious than they seem, and he must not suffer from the cold again. The good news is that this heavy rain can cover up many traces of his and Chen Zhi's escape, making it more difficult for the enemy to find himself and Chen Zhi.
So now Xu Ji is anxious to find a place to live, and it doesn't hurt for him, but Chen Zhi urgently needs to recuperate.
Walked a few more miles. Do you know that the place where you pass is becoming more and more desolate, and you can distinguish things from near and far? After crossing a hillside, a small village appeared in front of me.
Xu Ji found that he couldn't even see half of the light, and he didn't hear the dog barking, so he couldn't help but think in his heart: Is this a deserted wild village?
The road was overgrown with weeds, and Xu Ji walked very carefully, looking around very alertly. At this time, Chen Zhi couldn't count on it, and it was not easy to be able to barely ride a horse.
When the two entered the village, there was no doubt that there were more than a dozen peeling and dilapidated huts, and there was no anger at all.
Xu Ji was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered Chen Zhi to dismount and hide the war horse by himself, and then opened a hut and walked in.
At this time, Xu Ji looked back and saw Chen Zhi's body shaking for a while, Xu Ji didn't dare to be careless, hurriedly stepped forward to help, and took out the food from the war horse package and fed it to Chen Zhi to eat a few bites, at this time the situation was bad, he didn't dare to light the candle, so he sat down.
At this time, Chen Zhi struggled to stand up and said in a low voice: "The lord doesn't have to lock me up, just rest and recuperate." He sat down cross-legged and forced himself to forget his fatigue with a firm will. Concentrate on adjusting your mind and nourishing your qi, and you will not move like a rock, and after a while, you will enter the realm of forgetting things and me.
Xu Ji on the side sighed softly and walked to the door of the thatched hut and stared out through the gap, Chen Zhi couldn't tolerate anyone to disturb him at this time. (To be continued......)