The autumn sun hangs in the western sky, which looks extraordinarily high, and even the clouds that are shining by the slanting sun are like colorful streamers inlaid in the sapphire, which is particularly gorgeous.

Twenty miles outside Huayin City, there is a team marching fast, the leading general is a lean man, his face is very ordinary, squinting his eyes, his hands are on the pergola, from the distance Huayin City looks up at the slanting sun in the western sky, his eyes are blazing.

This is the general Zhang Yan under Lu Bu's account, the former leader of the Black Mountain thieves, after being subdued by Lu Bu, he selected more than 2,000 people from his command, and together with the 800 strong crossbowmen captured from Jizhou's Luyi account, he formed a crossbow army of 3,000 people.

As for the important task of garrisoning Hanoi, in addition to the general Hua Xiong, there are also some of the original Montenegrin thieves, and now the Montenegrin battalion is under the command of Zhang Yan's original confidant Wang in Lugut Mountain.

After squinting for a moment, Zhang Yan turned his head and ordered: "Huayin in front, let the big guy work harder, and go to the city at sunset!" ”

"No!"

The one who answered was Du Chang, Zhang Yan's right-hand man's subordinate and now the commander of his personal guards, who turned around and faced backwards, shouting loudly to order the heralds, and passing Zhang Yan's military orders along the queue.

The whole team is a foot soldier, even Zhang Yan, who walks on his legs, firstly, he has not yet learned to ride a horse, and secondly, he has been in Lugut Mountain for so many years, and he is used to spreading his legs and running.

At the sound of the order, the whole team accelerated the pace of marching, and for a while the smoke and dust billowed on the avenue were quite eye-catching.

At sunset, Zhang Yan led the army into the city, and before he settled down, he threw all the trivial matters to his subordinates Du Chang, Liu Shi, Sun Qing and others, and he didn't even have time to wipe the dust on his face, so he went to the Chinese army tent of the lord Lu Bu to report.

The so-called Chinese military big tent. It's just that the big guys are used to it, and in the city, in fact, it is generally the local government.

Someone led the way, and it didn't take long for Zhang Yan to come to the front of the mansion with only two personal guards, and he saw several people coming out of the gate, all of them were arrogant and murderous.

Especially the young man who took the lead, Zhang Yan was very sure. That person must be a lot younger than him, but it seems that his status is definitely not low, but I am afraid that it is Xu Huang, the general under the account of the lord Lu Bu.

Zhang Yan guessed in her heart as she stepped on the stone steps. Enter the hall.

The hall had been lit with candles, and there were only two people. Standing in front of a map that occupies an entire wall. The lord Lu Bu is tall and mighty. At a glance, it can be seen that next to him is a scribe, who should be Xu Shu, the military advisor next to the lord Lu Bu.

"Subordinate Zhang Yan, I was ordered to lead the Black Mountain Battalion to serve and knock on the lord, sir!"

As soon as the words were finished. Zhang Yan heard Lu Bu chuckle a few times, and said to the person beside him: "Look, what I said is true, although Zhang Yan is a thief. He is very clever, and he recognized Mr. before he met. Get up, it's been hard all the way. ”

"Thank you, lord!" Zhang Yan got up, with a kind smile on his face, and replied: "I have come all the way west from Hanoi, and there is no one on the road who dares to make trouble without opening his eyes, and it is very smooth. ”

"The county magistrate along the way, I heard that the famous Montenegro Zhang Yan was passing by, and it was too late to hide, who dared to make trouble, haha......"

Lu Bu looked at Zhang Yan, haha quipped, and Zhang Yan laughed embarrassedly.

After laughing, Lu Bu turned to Xu Shu and said to Zhang Yan: "Come, this is the military advisor, surnamed Xu Mingshu, and the character is straight." ”

After Zhang Yan stepped forward to meet Xu Shu again, Lu Bu continued to say to him: "On the way you came, you should meet Xu Huang, Han Xian, and Yang Feng, well, the three of them can be regarded as your peers." ”

"White wave thief?"

Zhang Yan immediately understood, raised her eyebrows, and asked.

Lu Bu nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, it was originally under Mrs. Guo's account, Xu Huang was the first to put it under my account, or after fighting with me fiercely and being captured, Han Xian and Yang Feng are newly surrendered, under my account, heroes don't ask about their origins, they only ask about loyalty and merit, so you must not have a heart of inferiority." ”

"My subordinates have thanked the Lord for his teachings!"

Zhang Yan was very clever, and immediately bowed down again, and thanked him solemnly.

Xu Shu has been on the sidelines, looking at it with a smile, and in just a while, he recognized what the lord Lu Bu said, this Zhang Yan, who is not good-looking, is indeed a clever person.

"Get up!" Lu Bu said, "Well, there are also Song Xian, Dian Wei, at the banquet tonight, you will see them one by one, and to win Guanzhong, you have to rely on your sincere unity and unity." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Yan replied, "Although the lord can rest assured, his subordinates must obey the order and do their best!" ”

With the arrival of Zhang Yan's troops, Lu Bu has gathered 40,000 troops in the Huayin area, many of which are new recruits, and the grain and grass are transported from Hedong.

Yang Yuan has always been partnered with the veteran Zhu Jun, who was previously the commander of Zhongmu County, and later was the leader of the Kwantung Coalition Yuan Shaobiao as Henan Yin, but he has not been in office for a day, this time Zhu Jun led the army to Guanzhong, he also followed, and made suggestions in the army.

Now, Zhu Jun was rebelled by Han Xian and Yang Feng because he led his army to participate in Huangfu Song's action to trap and kill Lü Bu, and did not have time to flee back to Hongnong, but joined forces with Huangfu Song. Lu Bu gathered a large army in Huayin, and Hongnong County was in a state of undefense, if Yang Yuan was not interested, he, Hongnong, would be too guarded, and it would come to an end.

As for the three counties of Guanzhong, Jing Zhaoyin was under the control of the veteran Huangfu Song, while Right Fufeng and Left Feng Xiang were still waiting.

After the army gathered and rested for three days, Lu Bu immediately ordered Xu Huang to be the vanguard and led his troops westward, but the daily advance distance was limited, which could almost be said to be moving step by step, and he himself personally led the army, half a day's distance, followed closely, as for the palace and the safety of the grain road, it was all entrusted to Zhang Yan.

So all the way along the Weishui, approaching Zheng County twenty miles, the pioneer general Xu Huang sent people to report urgently, encountered the enemy interception, the total number was about 5,000, the leading general is the eldest son of Huangfu Song, Huangfu Jianshou.

Xu Huang was not sure of victory, so he did not rush forward, but set up a large camp and waited solemnly.

Entering Guanzhong, along both sides of the Weishui, there are fertile plains, such a terrain, coupled with the fact that both sides will spread the scouts very openly, what ambush do you want to play, break off, and intercept, it is impossible, the only feasible thing is the strength competition between the two sides.

After Lu Bu discussed with the generals, he also chose a safe method of warfare, and the army was divided into three parts: front, middle and rear, step by step, approaching Chang'an.

No matter how good Huang Fu Song is at using soldiers, there is nothing he can do about it, and it is impossible for him to give up Chang'an, so the greatest possibility is that Huang Fu Song will set up a large army among the emperors' tombs in Guanzhong to fight to the death with Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu led the army to the camp, the sun was still hanging high, and before he entered the camp to rest, Lu Bu personally led 3,000 elite cavalry, together with Xu Huang's 3,000 sharp soldiers, to kill the camp of Huangfu Jianshou ten miles away.

This is a temptation, but if Huangfu Jianshou dares to fight, Lu Bu doesn't mind fighting him here, it is based on this consideration that he only brings 6,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not too much of a bully to Huangfu Jianshou.

Just two miles out of the camp, far away, Lu Bu saw that there was a faint sound of drums from the camp of Huangfu Jianshou, and then the soldiers poured out, but unfortunately, in the end, there were only about a thousand people who came out of the camp, and it was not like Jiashi who was going to fight at all.

Sure enough, when Lu Bu's army approached, Huangfu Jianshou was draped all over his body, stood in front of the formation, and shouted at Lu Bu: "Please ask the general to come forward and answer!" ”

Lu Bu sneered continuously, stepped forward, pointed at Huangfu Jianshou with the halberd in his hand, and shouted: "What, what does Huangfu Song say?" ”

"General Che Rider!" Huangfu Jianshou clasped his fists with both hands on the horse, and saluted, "Father is kind enough to negotiate peace with the general and worship the saint together, how can the general brazenly attack and lead a large army to invade?" ”

Lu Bu was angry, raised his head hahadaxiao, and shouted coldly: "Huangfu Song, old horseman, still want to play such tricks!" If it weren't for the fact that someone had already lurked in Guanzhong and found out the inside story, I would really have been plotted. Now in front of the two armies, they are openly deceiving the world! No shame! ”

Huangfu Jianshou was speechless for a while, and his heart was suspicious, combined with what Lu Bu did that night, Huangfu Jianshou believed that what Lu Bu said was true, and it was indeed someone who secretly reported the news, otherwise, Lu Bu would not have left the table on the way to the banquet, and fled immediately.

Just when Huangfu Jianshou was speechless, Lu Bu was unforgiving, and sneered: "That night, your brother Huangfu Li personally went to poison my red rabbit horse, and was captured by me. ”

Hearing Lu Bu mention his brother, Huangfu Jianshou's anger rose, his face was flushed, the green tendons on his neck were protruding, and he grabbed the lance tightly with both hands, eager to immediately urge him to step forward and smash Lu Bu's head with a lance.

But in the midst of the rage, there was still a rational voice in his heart, constantly warning: "What Lu Bu killed with one move, but the general Yan Xing!" ”

He has a few catties and a few taels, compared with the general Yan Xing, what is the strength, Huangfu Jianshou knows very well in his heart, so although he was stimulated by anger and had a high fighting spirit, he still did not move his feet, but just glared at his eyes angrily, as if he wanted to spew out anger and burn Lu Bu to ashes.

"Why, don't you have the courage to come forward and fight?"

Lu Bu shouted, the sound shook the four fields, Fang Tian's halberd pointed at Huangfu Jianshou, and the red rabbit horse stepped on broken steps, raising its head and neighing, as if it was echoing Lu Bu's provocation, and it seemed to be laughing at Huangfu Jianshou.

But to Lu Bu's disappointment, Huangfu Jianshou gave an order, turned his horse back, and led the army back to the camp, no matter how Lu Bu provoked, the camp was closed.

Early the next morning, Lu Bu reported that Huangfu Jianshou had withdrawn his troops overnight and his whereabouts were unknown.

Lu Bu personally led 3,000 elite horsemen out of the camp, all the way to gallop, yesterday where the Huangfu Jianshou camp was, now there is no trace, except for the traces of the pits left by the camp, there is nothing else, so that Lu Bu secretly frightened.

Galloping to the front of Zheng County, Lu Bu couldn't help but be surprised, only to see the city gate open, the city head, flags fluttering, but there was no one to see, sent people around the city, and learned that the other three gates were the same situation.

"Empty City Scheme?!"

Lu Bu rode his horse and muttered to himself. (To be continued......)