At this time, Li Ru was in tears, but when he looked up, he wiped it away with his sleeve. It's just that this action was still observed by the careful Jia Xu.

Soon, Zhao Yun selected two thousand warriors, including Chen Liucheng's defenders and captured Xiliang warriors.

After Lu Bu reorganized the army, the sky was already bright, and he took Li Ru, the military division of the army, and Xu Rong, the deputy general, to lead the troops in the direction of Bingzhou.

After watching Lu Bu's army set off, Jia Xu finally couldn't help but say on the side: "The lord's move can be regarded as completely subduing Wen You." ”

"Haha, is Wenhe praising me?" Listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Chao couldn't help laughing.

"No, it is really a very human being, especially the generosity, the bright moon in the arms, and the humility of the mind is unmatched. These are all things that people who want to achieve great things. Although Jia Xu is doing praise, he is also telling the truth.

Li Ru and Lu Bu are both captured generals, just saying that they recognize the lord and themselves, they have this trust, and they can lead the troops to the battle alone, just this trust, few people in the whole world can do it, at least Dong Zhuo can't, and the suspicious Cao Cao can't.

Zhang Chao did it, which seems to have proved a lot of problems.

"There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people. Besides, Wen You is a smart person, so he should know how to do it. Zhang Chao said with a smile. Jia Xu can see that he is broad-minded, but Li Ru can't see it? He should be more sympathetic, and he will do his best for a lord like himself.

Not long after the cavalry of the vanguard army left, Zhang Chao took Zhao Yun and 500 light cavalry of the Zhang family's army, and 2,000 cavalry of the Dragon and Tiger Army followed Cao Cao and chased after him.

It's not that Zhang Chao is willing to follow Cao Cao, but this is also the best way to go to Chen Liu.

In the morning, because he was in a hurry, Zhang Chao found a forest next to the forest and ordered all the sergeants to stop and rest, he also found a place in the shade of a tree to sit down, and took out the dry food on his body—steamed buns and dried fish, as well as the most ordinary, low-degree hero drunk.

Speaking of steamed buns, they were originally invented by Zhuge Liang.

The steamed bun was originally made to replace the head of the captive barbarian used for sacrifice, so it was called the man's head, and then the mantou was used to avoid it, and then the food was added to become the current steamed bun.

Even if Zhang Chao appeared here, of course, this invention was created by him, and the first pot set aside in Chen surprised Bai Tong and others for a while.

The second was fish jerky instead of beef jerky, because there was a tradition that cattle were not allowed to be killed, which was a necessity for the farmer's life. For this reason, Zhang Chao switched to dried fish instead, which already has a little salty taste, and when paired with steamed buns and wine, it is considered a good meal in the march and battle.

As for the convenience and affordability of the pot helmet (it first originated from the Qin army, in order to facilitate the war, the wheat was ground into flour, and then pinched into a ball and flattened and baked on the pot, which is the origin of the pot helmet. ）

While they were eating and drinking, the sentry not far away unexpectedly signaled danger, and immediately two thousand and five cavalrymen mounted their horses, ready to fight at any time.

Zhao Yun, the general of the Dragon and Tiger Army, stood with a gun, like a fierce tiger, ready to attack at any time.

Zhang Chao was not panicked, although he didn't know who was coming, but if it was an enemy, he was not afraid, all the people here were warriors, and it was not so easy to catch up if he couldn't fight and escape.

Far away, in the sight of everyone, a big, and at the same time somewhat dilapidated "Liu" character banner slowly appeared.

"It's Liu Bei." Zhao Yun's eyesight was excellent, and he quickly saw who was coming, so he turned around and said loudly to Zhang Chao.

"Put away your vigilance." Hearing that it was Liu Bei, Zhang Chao asked the vigilant cavalry to withdraw, and then he met Liu Bei accompanied by Dian Wei, Xu Chu and the iron guards.

At this time, Liu Bei can be described as very embarrassed. Originally, he led a team of 3,000 people, but now it seems that the number is less than 500, and everyone is mentally exhausted, and there are few people who even keep their military uniforms intact.

The leaders Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei lost their former charm, and they were all ragged, as if they had crawled out of the pile of dead people.

"Is it General Liu?" When Zhang Chao was still a hundred meters away from them, he opened his mouth and shouted.

"Yes, General Zhang, I can see you." When he saw Zhang Chao, Liu Bei actually had an urge to cry.

This time, with 3,000 troops, he only borrowed a river to resist the 7,000 men and horses led by Dong Zhuojun and Li Ji.

I thought that relying on the ice water in the river, I could use a bow and arrow to block the enemy, and there should be a few chances of victory. In fact, the first day of the battle was fought in this way, and everyone fought evenly matched. But in the night of the same day, Li Ji actually borrowed a thousand cavalry, came from the side of the river, came to a stealing camp, Liu Bei was caught off guard, was taken by surprise, if it were not for the second brother Guan Yu and the third brother Zhang Fei were invincible, I am afraid that they would really die there.

After being stolen from the camp, Liu Bei's strength was greatly damaged, so he began to flee and evacuate, so that he couldn't eat and sleep well for several days, which caused the current state of embarrassment.

Zhang Chao couldn't help but sigh after listening to Liu Bei talk about what happened in the past few days. Liu Xuande in history is a lot of hardships in starting a business in the early stage, and it seems that this is still the case, and the track of fate is really a magical thing.

For Liu Bei, Zhang Chao didn't want to take him in, but he ran into it, if he didn't care about it, it would be bad to have a bad reputation if it was spread out, so he thought about it: "Okay, I'm going to join Cao Cao and Sun Jian now, if General Liu is willing, let's go together." ”

Hearing that Zhang Chao was willing to take him, Liu Bei was grateful, and after seeing Zhang Chao order the soldiers to give up three horses, he was even more grateful.

Following Zhang Chao's team, Liu Bei knew that they had gone to Chang'an to pick up the emperor, and at the same time, Zhang Chao was also worshiped as a general, canonized and stated, and had an envious expression.

But then Zhang Chao said that if Liu Bei had nowhere to go, as a general, his duty was to control the world's army, but when he could take it in, he did hesitate.

To say that it is not bad to vote under Zhang Chao now, at least there is a safe place to go. Food, clothing, use, and transportation can all be guaranteed. But Liu Bei himself is a person with great ambitions, and he is unwilling to bow at the feet of others. Unless this master is weak and incompetent, he may take the place of the master, just like Xuzhou Mu Taoqian and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao in history.

Obviously, Zhang Chao is not a weak lord, on the contrary, he has a lot of ideas, he only brought three thousand five hundred soldiers when he went out, but now, it has become two thousand and five cavalry, although the number is small, but the combat effectiveness does seem to be strong again, and at the same time, there are people comparable to his second and third brothers around him, can such a master be weak?

With such a person, I don't know when I will get ahead, if I don't get a good one, the second brother and the third brother will become someone else's wedding dress, thinking about this, Liu Bei shook his head, but also gave a sufficient reason and said: "After I meet the emperor, I will listen to his arrangement." ”

Zhang Chao was just moved in his heart, and he had the heart to solicit, now thinking that Liu Bei was not a person who was willing to be lonely, and he was afraid that even if he followed him now, he would not know when he would go out, even if it was so, it was better not to take it in, so he replied: "It's okay." ”

With this unpleasant conversation, there was a lot less communication between the two. Speechless all the way, in the afternoon, Zhang Chao caught up with Cao Cao's army.

At this time, Cao Cao was really unable to go fast because he wanted to accompany the emperor, and he learned that Yuan Benchu had set up a military formation in front of the road, and he looked like he could start fighting at any time.

Cao Cao from a distance actually rode alone, Zhang Chao stopped, he didn't know what the other side meant, it is said that now Cao A's purpose is hidden, he should not see himself so polite. If he really thinks of himself as a general, he won't believe it if he dies.

Zhang Chao had just stopped, and Cao Cao had already arrived on horseback, "Oh, Brother Zhiyuan, but it's time for you." ”

"Oh? Could it be that Brother Meng De has encountered some enemy? Zhang Chao had a surprised expression and dismounted to meet him, but he was already very vigilant in his heart.

"Brother Zhiyuan is really like a god. To tell the truth, Yuan Shao didn't know where he knew the news that we had entered Chang'an City and rescued Emperor Xian, and the scout in front came to report, and he was waiting for us in front of him with a military formation? Speaking of this matter, Cao Cao said with a bitter face, "You also know that if there is really any dispute, I am afraid that it will shock the emperor." ”

"The bullshit shocked the emperor, you are afraid that the emperor will be robbed." Zhang Chao thought secretly in his heart. But he did say, "No, Yuan Shao is also a courtier, how dare he dance a knife and a gun in front of the emperor?" ”

"Oh, Zhiyuan doesn't know, why didn't Yuan Benchu dare, when Emperor Xian sent envoys to ask him for help, they were all killed, and he didn't recognize this emperor at all." Cao Cao said that he was really anxious here, and finally took the emperor capital out of Chang'an, but there could be no accidents.

Zhang Chao suddenly realized, "It turns out that there is such a thing." Be careful. ”

"Yes, that's why I'm waiting for Brother Zhiyuan here." Cao Cao looks like you understand now.

Zhang Chao thought that the emperor's carriage was too slow, but it turned out that Cao Cao was indeed afraid of Yuan Shao.

"Then I don't know what Brother Meng De means?" Zhang Chao asked, thinking quickly in his heart, if he wanted to fight with Yuan Shao now, he would never do this job. Anyway, he got everything he deserved, and he was now ready to leave.

Looking at Zhang Chao's question, Cao Cao looked embarrassed to speak and said tentatively, "Zhiyuan, you are now a general worshiped by the emperor, and you are a soldier and horse who can control the whole country. ”