—181 A.D.——

"This life" is all patrolling around looking for Zhao Yun, wanting to give him a "trapped camp" that dismounts, and "this life" is a large group of expressionless "heroic spirits" who repeat their previous behaviors and accidentally meet them and are about to perform their memories before death, so there is only one chance to get out of this dilemma now......

"It seems that those generals don't believe in us because of their age, and the only one I can rely on at the moment is you, Brother Zhang Xian." Zhao Yun patted Zhang Liao's shoulder and said solemnly.

"Wrap it up on me, go to the soup and go to the fire, and don't give up!" Zhang Liao seemed to be touched by the sentence "because of his age", and he had a good conversation with Zhao Yun, so he agreed without knowing what it was.

"Uh......" Zhao Yun was a little embarrassed, he was responded to so solemnly, wouldn't it be inappropriate to ask him to investigate Luoyang according to his original thoughts?

Moreover, if the imperial court wanted to borrow Dong Zhuo's hand to deal with Taiping Dao, Zhang Liao would be tantamount to betrayal if he did so, so he had to find someone who shared everyone's hatred, even if it was found out that Zhao Yun was an outsider afterwards, he would not cause dissatisfaction as an imaginary enemy.

"That's it," Zhao Yun combined his knowledge with the content of the conversation just now, and quickly determined the goal of the black cauldron: "We just mentioned the 'Southern Xiongnu' who returned to the imperial court, and on the contrary, the 'Northern Xiongnu' who did not obey the indoctrination, several tribes have come to Liangzhou——"

"Seriously!?" Zhang Liao suddenly became excited.

"This is a simple speculation, my friend," Zhao Yun couldn't be too sure of this matter, otherwise it would be very embarrassing if the speculation was wrong: "Lord Dong Zhuo swept away the 'Rebel Qiang', but did 'Shunqiang' take enough manpower to eat the territory left by the 'Rebel Qiang'?" ”

"No, that's impossible." Zhang Liao shook his head thoughtfully.

According to my observations of various towns in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo ...... The adults are busy restoring the old views in various places, and there are no extra manpower to assist 'Shunqiang', so is it possible that these territories, which are beyond the control of both sides, will be occupied by other Hu people? And who is the closest tribe of the Hu people to them? Zhao Yun was just making an excuse casually, but he didn't expect it to become smoother the more he said it, and it sounded so reasonable that even he was about to believe it.

"This ......" Zhang Liao muttered: "Since the invasion of Tanshihuai was repulsed, all the Xiongnu tribes have fallen into chaos, and the nominal leader Shan Yu has five or six, and no one obeys anyone, and Yu Fuluo, the most powerful at this time, only controls less than half of the Xiongnu tribes, so ...... It would not be surprising if any of the 'Shan Yu' migrated over to grab the territory. ”

“…… That's right, that's it. Zhao Yun replied with a little confusion, what's going on? A teenager who casually accosted him in the barracks knew so much about the situation of the alien race on the border? You didn't say anything about goofs, did you?

"But," Zhang Liao's expression became serious, "If it's just a land grabbing between different races, it's not worth our attention at all, Brother Zhao didn't know about some of their schemes, and he wanted to ask the generals for help but had no way?" This will talk to the little brother who inadvertently revealed that he 'wants to kill Hu Ren'? The conversation that followed also intentionally or unintentionally tested the younger brother's attitude towards the alien race. ”

"......" Zhao Yun was in a daze, this Zhang Liao, he himself made this conversation from beginning to end very smoothly?

"The junior brother has just said that he will not give up on going to the soup and fighting the fire," Zhang Liao's eyes sharpened: "Can Brother Zhao rest assured that he will export this matter?" ”

"It's just a guess, and there are only a few words, which can't be used as evidence," Zhao Yun quickly integrated and reasoned about all the information he had obtained so far, and after thinking that it was not impossible, he finally said: "Virtuous brother should know, the imperial court, no, the ten permanent servants have a lot of covetousness for the 'Taiping Dao', but there are many people inside and outside the court and the opposition who have benefited from it, and it is impossible to do it directly. Taiping Taoist disciples' experiments, the war in Liangzhou was at the beginning of the peace, and many Taiping Taoist disciples returned, including many high-level Taoist disciples, such as Zhang Mancheng, Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao, etc. ”

"If it should be combined with the outside, these 'Northern Xiongnu' will wipe out the Taiping Road in Liangzhou, and they will have 'Han people who can draw rune paper', and the ten permanent servants can also characterize this matter as 'Taiping Dao colludes with foreign races and has internal strife', and then deals with Taiping Dao in a grand manner." Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Liao and said: "I have tracked down the messenger so far, but I lost it, so I can only ask someone who is familiar with the environment of Liangzhou to help find the place where those Xiongnu troops are stationed, and the virtuous brother is the most suitable person." ”

"Huh...... As soon as the Liangzhou Rebellion was pacified, the imperial court couldn't wait to join forces with the Hu people to deal with their own people, and I don't know how the heroic souls of the tens of thousands of fallen soldiers would feel after knowing it. Zhang Liao said in a mocking tone.

I guess they'll probably react the "deathbed scene" a few more times...... Zhao Yun, who was a little afraid to open the gap now, thought silently.

"Since this matter is something you learned about occasionally, Brother Zhao, you don't know exactly where they have got, right? So if we start looking for it from the beginning, it is probably too late, so we started from their ultimate goal, the branch of 'Taiping Road' here, and took 'starting from the border direction, the most suitable place for garrisoning'. Zhang Liao said quickly.

Zhao Yundao: "Taiping Dao originally had two branch altars in Liangzhou, but one of them was abandoned because the altar advocated the rejection of Jinan Prime Minister Cao Cao, and now only the branch altar controlled by Qingniujiao remains, and the location is ......."

"Here I know, let's go!" While Zhang Ke was still repairing over there, Zhang Liao pulled Zhao Yun and ran to the outside of the point, because the guards were very familiar with Zhang Liao, and they were from the inside out, so they just glanced at Zhao Yun twice and stopped paying attention.

"The distance over there is not close, we have to borrow two horses-" Zhang Liao took Zhao Yun straight to the stables in the camp: "I forgot to ask, Brother Zhao, are you good at riding?" ”

"A thousand miles in a day, eight hundred in a night." Zhao Yun responded.

"I don't think there should be such good horses in the camp."

“……”

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Liangzhou, Zhangye County.

This place is an important city connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains, so the merchants and rangers come and go frequently, and because of the production of special food and famous fruit wine, even if the Liangzhou Rebellion has just subsided, it has regained the prosperity of the original seventy or eighty percent.

The sun was already setting in the west, there were no pedestrians on the road, and the guards at the city gate were thinking about whether to close the gate in advance, but they saw two young men dressed as rangers walking out of the city.

"The next stop is Jiuquan, and at that time, I will invite my brother to taste the different flavors of this Zhangye." One of the young men with guns said loudly.

"That's exactly how it should be, but it's a pity that we haven't been crowned yet, so we can't enjoy the famous local fruit wine." Another young man with a double halberd on his waist should be in harmony.

"It's not early, I don't know if we can reach Jiuquan before nightfall-" The two teenagers were fast, and the second half of the sentence was no longer clear.

"Hehe, they're just afraid that they're going to sleep in the wild," the guard shook his head, "I think I was ...... back then."

However, the two teenagers, who knew that they were going to Jiuquan by starry night, turned north shortly after leaving the city, stopping near the Taiping Road Junction.

"Taiping Road set up the branch altar here, and it is quite discerning, and I heard that many old people praise the good water quality here." Riding horses borrowed from the barracks, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun arrived in Zhangye County, which is adjacent to Wuwei, in less than half a day, and after a short stop, enjoyed some local specialties, and then hurried away.

In addition to guarding against the messengers who don't know whether they are around, there are also hidden Xiongnu ears and eyes that may exist, after all, there are many Hu people living in this city, and it is inevitable that there will be spies planted in advance.

"It seems that they have not yet been attacked, so let's use it as the center to find the camp of the Huns." Zhao Yun looked at the flickering fire on the altar set up by Taiping Dao from afar, and did not try to get closer.

Another advantage of going out of the city overnight was that most of the Huns had bird blindness, and if they didn't notice anything unusual during the day, they were likely to let their guard down at night and be more easily detected by the two of them—and this was verified almost immediately.

In the north of the Taiping Road Altar, bypassing the two river bends, and where the mountains were windy, Zhao Yun found a Xiongnu camp under construction, with dozens of tents, they had no intention of concealing it at all, because they could not see anything at night, and they also lit many bonfires and torches.

"Look at the size of the camp is 5,000, no, maybe it can accommodate tens of thousands of people." Zhao Yun put aside the idea of "I really found it" for the time being, and carefully observed the situation in that big camp: "Obviously, they not only planned to attack Taiping Dao, but also had the idea of taking the opportunity to loot rural towns. ”

"The Ten Standing Servants are conspiring with the tiger," Zhang Liao seemed to be suppressing his anger: "Although Liangzhou is chaotic, but the state has not been merged, and the border army that monitors the movements of the Xiongnu over there has not even reported it?" …… No, maybe it was because they had already reported it that the Ten Servants found an opportunity to secretly communicate with them. ”

"How? Now that the location of their camp has been found, it can be said that the evidence is conclusive, and they hurried back to Dong Zhuo...... Do adults report back? Zhao Yun asked.

"What if we leave, and the Huns attack tomorrow? What's more, because of the lack of civilian officials, Lord Dong Zhuo sent the generals to various parts of Liangzhou to develop commerce and technology, as for the trapping camp, not to mention that they are on official business, as infantry, speed is also a problem, and they may be discovered and withdrawn by these Huns far away. Zhang Liao stared at the camp closely.

"Mo Fei, what are you going to ......" Zhao Yun thought of something, but he couldn't believe it.

"Brother Zilong, you and I, raid this 10,000-strong camp and behead its generals, do you dare?" Zhang Liao turned his head to look at Zhao Yun, and there seemed to be a burning flame in his eyes.

"Huh...... Why don't you dare! Zhao Yun picked up the silver spear and said with a loud smile: "It is seven in and seven out, and I will accompany my brother to the end." ”

- When you can't run away, just drag him into the "Shanhe Shejitu" and escape.