The spring was bright, Zhao Yun and his fellow villagers came to take refuge in the morning, and after registering everyone, Cheng Liu only left Zhao Yun to follow him, and the rest of the people stayed in Yizhuang to practice martial arts, waiting for the opportunity.

When leaving, Cheng Liu, for convenience, asked Yu Youkui to go to a carriage behind, and only Zhao Yun and Sweet Potato were left in the carriage.

"Let's go to Julu first, and then if there is no accident, you will return to Jianye with our journey."

Zhao Yun nodded slightly, and then asked softly, "Go to Julu, are you looking for Zhang Jiao?" ”

Cheng Liu didn't expect him to ask so directly, and smiled.

"Naturally, yes, I have been inquiring about him before, and now that I have eyebrows, I have to find him first."

Zhao Yun thought for a while, and then said: "It takes a day to get from Julu here, and if you take the official road, you may not need to stay overnight at night." ”

At this time, although Jizhou was chaotic, there were rules and regulations for chaos, and all walks of life recruited soldiers and horses, or stayed around, or fought against mountain bandits and yellow turban thieves to accumulate momentum, and the official road showed a rare peaceful scene in the late Han Dynasty.

"Are you getting better?"

Zhao Yun nodded and replied: "It's already fine, I have to thank you, Son, if it wasn't for last night's help, I'm afraid it would be difficult to follow you today." ”

Along the way, he didn't say much thanks, Cheng Liu only felt that this person was sincere, and the evaluation of 'loyalty and courage' in the historical records finally coincided.

But Cheng Liu didn't want to train him to be such a knowledgeable person, the situation on the battlefield changed instantly, he had the style of a general, he could command thousands of soldiers and horses, and the momentum on his body was indispensable.

"I'll stay at the inn tonight and wait for someone."

Zhao Yun asked with some curiosity, "Which gentleman is it?" ”

"His name is Gan Ning, and he originally followed me north to Liangzhou, with a team of light cavalry, ready to deal with the Xiqiang war, but after it subsided, Luan Tangshan, the commander of the three armies in Jincheng, asked him to stay to train soldiers, so he was delayed for a few days. If nothing else, you can meet us tonight. ”

After Cheng Liu finished speaking, he added: "If nothing happens in the future, you need to learn from him how to deal with the enemy on the battlefield, and then you will inevitably meet the enemy soldiers, and you must have a little means to save your life." Don't worry, he is approachable, although he is from a mountain bandit, but he is righteous, you should get along with him. ”

Zhao Yun nodded slightly, not worried, but full of anticipation.

"I heard rumors before, Gongzi's strategists have Tian Feng Xu Shu, and the generals have Gan Ning, Wei Yandian, and Wei Zhi, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, invincible on the battlefield, and never thought that one day they would be able to fight side by side with them......"

Cheng Liu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "This may not be a good thing, there will inevitably be war in a few months, and you may need to command the soldiers and horses at that time, and you will have to grow up quickly in the near future." ”

"I heard that you have good club skills, so let's use spears in the future."

Zhao Yun smiled: "Feasible!" ”

The road was good, but the carriage never stopped.

When it was getting late, he stopped at a post station to rest.

Originally, Cheng Liuzhen planned to rush to Julu directly overnight, catch Zhang Jiao first, and decide whether to bring it back to Jingshi, but he thought that he would have to meet Gan Ning at night, and if he arrived first, the two seemed to have to readjust the meeting time, which was really troublesome.

The march is important in the speed of the soldiers, Tian Feng was planning to capture Zhang Jiao all the way, and finally arrived at the post station, just in time to discuss with Cheng Liu.

At this time, except for him and Cheng Liu, there was no one else in the room.

"This is the map of Julu, the location I marked is Zhang Jiao's hiding place now, it is very hidden, there were spies reported before, there is a garrison dozens of miles away, but it is not a yellow turban thief, it should be Yuan's soldiers and horses, I don't know if Zhang Jiao's whereabouts have been found."

Cheng Liu put his hand on his chin, his index finger nodded at the mark on the map, and asked, "How many people are left now?" ”

"There were less than five hundred, and they were very scattered, with only about a hundred of his cronies in company, all hiding near his house in the town."

"Where's his house?"

Cheng Liu asked again.

"There are not many people, only about a dozen people, and if we want to arrest him without being discovered by him, the best time should be in the morning, when the cronies on the periphery are weak, and it will be easy to attack him."

Cheng Liu waved his hand, and suddenly smiled: "Don't be so troublesome, just go in with great fanfare." ”

"Childe, why is that? Is it an opportunity to accumulate prestige? ”

Cheng Liu nodded, and followed his words and said, "This is one reason, but it's not just because of this. Mr. Tian, you should have thought that how to bring him back to Jingshi is an extremely tricky matter, and there are troubles along the way, whether it is the Yuan clan, who has already accumulated a lot of power in Jizhou, or the various warlords who are plotting in Xuzhou and Jingzhou. ”

"They may have guessed our whereabouts and knew our purpose, but it wasn't that easy to find Zhang Jiao's hideout, so they simply waited for the opportunity to use Zhang Jiao as bait to catch us."

After pondering for a while, Tian Feng replied: "If you rob openly on the way back to Beijing, wouldn't you lose your faith?" ”

Cheng Liu said with a smile: "That's true, but the Han family is too busy to take care of itself, and the decline is a foregone conclusion, no matter which party makes the first move, it is all under the guise of cleaning up the remnants of the Yellow Turban, the Beijing division can't take care of it, and the warlords are happy to start a war, counting it, Xinyi can't tie them down." ”

The soldiers are dangerous, if the way back is blocked, Cheng Liu must take refuge in Xuzhou first, either by taking advantage of Tao Qian's momentum before the climate, or simply joining with Yuan Shao and other soldiers and horses, but in this way, he will lose the first hand again in the world situation after this.

After a long journey, Cheng Liu didn't seem to have any extra options.

"The fish girl's Yizhuang has been observing Zhang Jiao's movements all the time, if nothing else, we will enter through this gap, and then first solve the cronies outside the mansion, and then trap the rest of Zhang Jiao in the mansion, and then kill him in the name of justice."

Tian Feng looked at it, and then shook his head quickly: "Unless our speed is fast enough, otherwise the Yuan soldiers and horses stationed dozens of miles away can also come over quickly, now Jizhou is in his sphere of influence, we are so high-profile, he will definitely use both soft and hard, and I am afraid it will be even more troublesome at that time." ”

Cheng Liu grabbed his hair and asked helplessly, "Then in your opinion, what should it be?" ”

"You can fight openly, but you have to take him away, you can kill him on the way, in short, don't let him fall into the hands of all kinds of warlords."

"What's the excuse?"

"The boat was tired, the water and soil were not adapted, and he died on the way due to illness."