After being scolded by Yan Liang, Liu Bei sobered up a lot, and also made clear his future direction, that is, to form his own forces, only when he has soldiers and territory in his hands, and only when he speaks can he have confidence, others will truly respect himself, and not be called an imperial uncle, and he will really become a big man.

In this regard, it turned out that Liu Bei wanted to go with Emperor Han Xian, but now he does have his own thoughts. Cao Cao wanted to take the emperor to his territory, this is a well-known thing, if he goes with him, he is just a vassal himself, and he will never be able to get out.

This is not the path of life that Liu Bei wants, what he needs to choose is a path of hope. Even if you are a vassal, you have to find someone with average ability, but good strength. Just like the current Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is a good candidate.

From this point of view alone, Liu Bei is still very capable, at least he can find his own corners and development very accurately.

Liu Bei was thinking about his future plans in his heart, and he was silent, so Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side didn't say a word, they felt the change in their eldest brother, and all the brother could do was to support him silently.

"It's out!" Dian Wei's resolute voice made everyone's thoughts return to reality at once, and when they looked at their demeanor, what they saw was the scene of Yuan Shao sending Zhang Chao and Sun Jian out with a smile on his face.

"Oh, I just don't know what happened to Emperor Xian, so I set up the formation, but I really didn't expect to be misunderstood, haha. Now that everything is clear, I will let the army get out of the way. Yuan Shao gave himself Chen Bing such a very suitable reason.

"Hehe, the first brother is righteous, let me admire." Zhang Chao smiled knowingly, then clasped his fists and arched his hand and said, "That is, if you make it clear, General Sun and I will go back to resume our lives." ”

"Okay, you have business to do, and I won't do much to keep it, please." Yuan Shao laughed.

Zhang Chao and Sun Jian saluted, and then the two walked towards Zhao Yun and the others.

In the process of walking, Sun Jian said in a very small voice: "Yuan Shao ambushed the knife and axe hand just now." ”

"I saw it. But don't worry, it's just a preparation for him. By the way, General Sun, after leaving this time, I don't know when I will see you, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not. Zhang Chao knew that when the matter was done, it was time for everyone to divide their things. For Sun Jian, it feels good to him, at least this person has a righteous name, a governor's courtesy, and he rarely plays with his heart when he recognizes his friends, far more than Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei's disciples.

That is the case, it is better to be a reminder, if Sun Jian's life can be saved, it will be a good thing.

"What should I not say, if it wasn't for Zhiyuan to rescue me this time, I'm afraid I'm still fighting with Guo Yan now, let's say it." Sun Jian was very atmospheric haha.

"Okay, that's it, what I want to remind General Sun is that when you march and fight in the future, as the main general, you must not go out of battle easily, the key to winning the battle is whether the main general is still alive, if you have a problem, it is meaningless to win the war. If you want to achieve something great in this troubled world, you first need to survive, right? Zhang Chao remembered that Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu in the war, and he didn't know very well what was going on, but if he didn't rush to the front line, the probability of an accident would be lower.

"Thank you for Zhiyuan's heartfelt advice, I remember." Sun Jian said thoughtfully.

"Okay." Zhang Chao also agreed. This time his worries were a little unnecessary. Sun Jian in history was indeed killed by Huang Zu, was ambushed during the pursuit, and was killed by random arrows from soldiers. But at that time, he was just a Changsha who was too self-serving, and he was subject to Yuan Shu's control. Now that it is true that because of Zhang Chao, he has become the pastor of Yangzhou first, so he will definitely not listen to Yuan Shu's orders, and there will be no next battle.

It's just that this reminder is still beneficial, like Sun Jian, who likes to rush to the front line, even if there is no problem in this war, the next one is also possible, if you don't get rid of this habit, I'm afraid the result will be the same, it's nothing more than sooner or later.

While the two were talking, they had already come to the front of everyone.

Zhang Chao saw the obvious relieved look of Zhao Yun and the others, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Let's go, go back!" ”

Yuan Shao saw the edict brought by Zhang Chao, and was named Jizhou and Youzhou Mu at the same time, his appetite was satisfied, and the natural army began to recycle, giving Cao Cao and others a way to return to the east.

Taking advantage of this road, Cao Cao and others began to return to their hometown. After passing the territory of Yuan Shao's military camp, Sun Jian was the first to say goodbye, and the place he was going to was Yangzhou, and he needed to turn south. The second person to say goodbye was Liu Bei.

Originally, Liu Bei's idea was to assist Emperor Xian as an uncle, but after seeing Cao Cao's attitude towards him, he had the determination to leave, and in the hands of such a person, there was definitely no future.

After Liu Bei left, Zhang Chao also left with his 2,500 cavalry on the grounds that he was anxious.

For Zhang Chao, Cao Cao already had a sense of uncontrollability.

originally thought that this was just a young man with some literary talents, but as soon as the Zhang family cavalry appeared, he knew that he had always underestimated this person. Especially in this battle, it turned out that Zhang Chao was the first to defeat Dong Zhuojun, and he still had time to help Sun Jian and himself, and later he was the first to enter Chang'an City.

All this happened, any of which made Cao Cao understand that this person was not simple. It's just that at this moment, he can't control the other party. Now Emperor Han Xian is in his own hands, how to play this card well, to seek greater political interests is the most important, as for Zhang Chao, just put it aside, even if it is some ability, but there are often wars in the state, and it is difficult for anyone to gain a firm foothold there.

Although Zhang Chao has received Cao Cao's attention, it can only be said that the attention is not enough. This is exactly what he expects, showing a certain strength, not letting others underestimate him, not letting others make up his mind, and not letting others feel that he can threaten them, it is difficult to achieve such a result, but fortunately he is doing a good job.

After saying goodbye to Cao Cao, Zhang Chao immediately had a feeling that the sky was high and the birds were flying, and the sea was wide and the fish was leaping.

Returning to his heart like an arrow, Zhang Chao took 2,500 cavalry all the way to Chenliu.

For Zhang Chao, it is still too early to say that it is safe, and when he returns to Chenliu, his family moves to Bingzhou, and settles down, the stone in his heart can fall to the ground.

Chen Liucheng.

Zhang Chao's departure did not disrupt the life here, with the 500 elite light cavalry left behind in the Zhang family, it became one of the few cities rarely involved in the war, and the population of the entire Chenliu City did not decrease much like other county governments, and there are still 100,000 people living here.

This is naturally the credit of Zhang's guards. As for the future whereabouts of these people, Lu Su, the temporary county guard, has indeed been undecided.

Zhang Chao had a long conversation with Lu Su before joining the Fifth Route Alliance this time. He talked about his goal this time, and also said that Chen Liu is not a place to stay for a long time, and the state is the foundation of the family.

For Zhang Chao's decision, Lu Su is supportive.

During the war, Chen's position was very important, but it was also very embarrassing.

If you just want to survive, there may be many ways, but if you want to create the world, Chen Liu's starting point is really not good.

On the contrary, the merger states are different. He belongs to the northern border of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and as long as he deals with the external troubles of the Xiongnu and several other ethnic groups, he can stand under his feet and look at the whole country.

Lu Su, who fully supported Zhang Chao's decision, began to prepare for the relocation after the army left the city. To say that it was carried out in secret in the early stage, but after getting the news from the members of the Sky Eye in the later stage, the lord had received the reward of the governor and was worshiped as a general, and this preparation became public.

According to the strategy set by Zhang Chao before leaving, notices were posted all over the city to mobilize and go to the state.

The notice clearly wrote that Zhang Chao's military exploits in leading the army to rescue the driver this time also illustrated the fact that he was worshiped as a general and named the pastor of the state, of course, the most important thing is the following topic that is closely related to the people, that is, General Zhang decided to take people who like peace to go to Bingzhou, where there is a rich land and the most peaceful living environment.

After the announcement was issued, to Lu Su's surprise, the entire city was shaken. Originally, I thought that it was a very difficult thing for people to move their families, after all, Chinese people have the idea that their homeland is difficult to leave, and even many people still hold the ancient saying that gold and silver nests are not as good as their own kennels.

These concerns made Lu Su think that it was very good that 20,000 of the 100,000 people were willing to follow. Unexpectedly, after the notice was posted, the investigation learned that eighty percent of the people were willing to follow Zhang Chao to Bingzhou.

Eighty percent is 80,000 people, this number did scare Lu Su, but at the same time, it also made him clear that Zhang Chao's brother had been running Chen Liu's work in the past few years.

Compared with other cities, there are many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and soldiers are recruited at every turn, and in recent years, Chen Liucheng has rarely happened to such a thing. Even even being a soldier is voluntary, and military pay is also sent on time, and there is never a debt.