In the last year of Xingping, in 195 A.D., Zhang Lang and Yang Rong and Zhao Yu led the carefully selected eighteen eagle guards, bid farewell to Jiangdong, and bid farewell to the daughters of Wenji.

On the official road, gusts of north wind howled wildly, blowing up withered yellow leaves flying all over the sky, and the dead trees on both sides of the road swayed from side to side, as if they couldn't stand the cold winter and showed an abnormal depressed scene. Surrounded by mountains, the sky was overcast, cold and gloomy. The birdsong in the jungle is extinct, and only the rapid horseshoe bells gradually sound in the distance, which is out of place in the cold world.

The chariot was Yan Ming, he faced the biting cold wind, his ugly face was as cold as ever, and he really drove the carriage forward with a meticulous whip, and on the crooked road, it was flat and stable. The sharp wind knife scraped mercilessly across his face, his nose was red from the cold, and his ugly face was a little iron-blue, only the eyes shot excited and excited, telling people that the person sitting in the car must be an important person. In the depths of his heart, he has never had such a persistence, no matter at any time and under any circumstances, he will make people feel extremely fanatical and reverent for the person in the car.

And Dian Wei, who was going to follow him, was riding a black-maned horse, on the side of the carriage, shouting and moving forward from time to time, and his heart was also very excited.

There were two horsemen in front of the carriage to open the way, followed by sixteen iron horsemen, their faces were cold and iron-blue, without a trace of blood, but they all pursed their mouths, their faces were tenacious, and their eyes were shining. Quickly urging the horse forward. The depressed scenery on both sides is rapidly receding.

The luxurious carriage in the middle is sandwiched in the middle, and the people inside know that it is Zhang Lang and his beloved woman.

The inside of the carriage was like a little paradise, warm and fragrant, almost very different from the outside world. Zhao Yu and Yang Rong slept on Zhang Lang's shoulders on one left and one right, their faces were red and simple. Each of them wore a thick pink blanket. I can't stand the fatigue of the car. Zhang Lang, on the other hand, closed his eyes and slowly thought about something.

Zhang Lang personally advanced into Chang'an this time, knowing that the future is unpredictable and dangerous. There is no need to say much about people like Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, even Li Xu, Guo Yan, Emperor Xian, etc., are not fuel-efficient lamps. How to deal with their relationship, they can get out of the whole body, and welcome the son of heaven to the south of the Yangtze River, which has become the primary headache for Zhang Lang.

After discussion, it was decided to start from Huainan Shouchun, pass through Ruyin, pass through the junction of the two major cities of Runan in Yuzhou and Xuchang in Yanzhou, and then arrive at Nanyang, Jingzhou, and finally go north to Chang'an. The Yellow Army of Yuzhou was attacked by Zhao Yun and Sun Ce, and it has been wiped out, while the army of Cao Ying of Yanzhou is in Tundong County, recuperating, and preparing to Tulu Bu again in the coming year. So the land of Nanton is relatively stable. And Liu Biao in Jingzhou is a kind person, and the eight counties of Jingzhou are well governed, and they are prosperous, so it is estimated that there will be no problems.

Among them, everyone thought that the goal of the army's advance was too obvious, so they decided to divide the army into two routes. One light and one dark. The five hundred eagle guards were scattered into ten small teams, set off in advance, led by Han Juzi, with Zhang Lang's convoy as the center, scattered around, tracking and protecting all the way, and sent people to detect the situation ahead from time to time, so as to make the right choice for the next step. This is a dark line, and there are few people who know the news route, otherwise it would be strange to let others know that Zhang Lang only took 500 people to carry the jade seal first, and would not let the mouth drown.

When the army warmed up in the spring of the coming year, after the military horses were prepared, they began to set off and went north to Chang'an along the route taken by Zhang Lang. The army was led by Tai Shici, Zhu Huan, Chen Wu and other martial arts generals more than a dozen members, Cheng Yu complemented each other, and sent troops to Shouchun. I believe that at that time, there will be news from all the warlords in the world, and there may be vicious battles, but Shouchun Xu Shu can support it at any time, and it will not be a problem. After Nanton, he entered Liu Biao's territory, with the relationship between the two allied forces, even if Liu Biao was greedy for Yuxi, he didn't dare to come blatantly, plus Zhang Lang was not in the team, he didn't have a chance to be greedy, as long as he knew that Zhang Lang had entered Chang'an in advance, I believe he would be released. Passing through Nanyang, out of Jingzhou, is the biggest danger zone of this trip, the army of long-distance Lu Shi bypassed Huashan, as long as it can pass through the mud overflow safely, it will be able to reach Chang'an. However, the problem is definitely not as simple as I imagined, including countless cattle thieves, greedy warlords, and unpredictable variables.

Thinking of this time, Zhang Lang frowned, and he still couldn't come up with a foolproof strategy, it seemed that Tai Shici's army was inevitably fighting hard battles.

After a while, the carriage began to slow down, and shouting sounds could be heard outside the carriage from time to time.

Someone shouted: "Who is in the car, quickly take out the customs clearance disc, otherwise it will be inconvenient to let it go." Listening to the tone, I think it's a soldier guarding the village.

At this time, Yan Ming's respectful voice sounded outside, and said, "Young Master, we have arrived in Ruyin City. ”

It turned out that in order to minimize the target of being discovered, Zhang Lang asked them to call themselves young masters.

Then Dian Wei said rudely and angrily: "Tell Liu to come out to greet my eldest brother, I want your head when it's too late." ”

Zhang Lang came to his senses, and then his brows rose again, and when he came out, he told Dian Wei a thousand times, asking him not to act brutally, but the country is easy to change, and his surname is difficult to change, he is still so straightforward. And Han Juzi has always been very neat in his work before, why didn't he handle this matter well? Originally, I didn't want to make things bigger, but now that Dian Wei said this, it was a little difficult to do. Sure enough, it was quiet outside, and the people who wanted to enter and leave the city all looked at the convoy in amazement, and couldn't figure out who was in the car, who could speak to the soldiers defending the city so boldly.

This time, for the sake of secrecy, Zhang Lang did not distribute the documents to the local guards, otherwise it would not be like this, I believe that the team members who greeted him would be overwhelming, knocking on gongs, and making the whole city known.

The soldier guarding the city was also obviously stunned, and suddenly remembered what the captain of the city gate had specially ordered this morning, and his face turned white, and it looked even more bleak in the cold wind, and his heart felt bad all of a sudden. In fact, he didn't know that Zhang Lang was the number one person in the car, he only thought that it was a big official from Wuzhong, and he only blamed himself for being too loyal, and this was the end. Thinking of this, cold sweat began to break out.

Fortunately, at this time, Han Juzi accompanied a general who was about thirty years old and dressed in armor came in a hurry, which led Zhang Lang into the city.

Before leaving, Zhang Lang also specially praised the soldiers defending the city, which made the soldier suspicious in his dream, and it was indispensable to turn back and get promoted and paid.

Under Han Juzi's repeated insistence, this time he just passed by, but he acted simply, not to be extravagant, and he had to have the lord's secret letter, and the captain who was bluffed was shocked. I didn't dare to inform Taishou, and secretly wondered where the sacredness was in the car.

The carriage stopped in front of an inn. After Yan Ming reported, Yang Rong and Zhao Yu stretched their waists, yawned and woke up.

Zhang Lang looked at their delicate and lazy demeanor, and couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, the guys who don't know their troubles, only they can sleep so soundly.

When Yan Ming lifted the curtain, in the general's expectation and confusion of the people, Zhang Lang slowly got out of the carriage.

The general looked at Zhang Lang quickly, and his face showed a look of surprise first, he probably didn't expect that a young man would come out of the car, and his status was quite high. Then when I completely saw Zhang Lang's upright and heroic posture, burly figure, and cold appearance, I couldn't help but admire. It does have extraordinary capital, just this pays a good physique, I believe that this person is absolutely fierce and a fierce general. came out next, Yang Rong and Zhao Yu, and the two daughters made him and the people stunned, all of them were amazed.

Yang Rong stretched out her head and shrank back as soon as she came out of the carriage, her delicate body shivered, and she muttered, "It's too cold, this ghost weather." ”

Zhang Lang was dumbfounded, turned his head to look at Yan Ming, and saw that his nose was frozen like blood, but there was no expression on his face. Feel free to reach into the car compartment.

Under the pull of Zhang Lang, the two girls got out of the carriage unwillingly. When Zhang Lang saw their exaggerated appearance, he couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the two of them were wrapped in thick white cotton jackets all over their bodies, wrapped in red scarves around their jade necks, and rubbed their jade hands. Live as clumsy and cute as a polar bear. Yang Rong pursed her bright red lips and glanced at Zhang Lang, as if she was disgusted. That expression is as moving as it is moving.

It is said that girls are not afraid of the cold, and they need to have a demeanor but not a temperature. It seems that the guy who said this is going to turn this argument over.

At this time, Han Juzi led the middle-aged man dressed in armor over and said, "Young master, this is the captain of the city gate, General Yang Hongyang." ”

Then Yang Hong heard Han Juzi introduce himself, and hurriedly saluted: "Yang Hong has seen adults." ”

Zhang Lang stretched out his hand to show his absence, and then looked at Yang Hong, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a Chinese face, no beard, a white face, a thin body, and a big difference in body compared with ordinary soldiers. However, looking at his eyes and turning back and forth from time to time, it can be seen that this person is full of scheming, and he must be intellectually superior and think he is a wise general. smiled at the moment and said: "What is not a big person, General Yang does not need to be polite." ”

Yang Hong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this adult to be so approachable, and his good feelings doubled. However, he turned his eyebrows, and said with a respectful face: "The adults are young, and they will be trusted and loved by the lord, with a high position and a bright future." "A look of praise.

Zhang Lang smiled, did not answer, looked up and looked around, hundreds of meters long, three or four meters wide streets, on both sides of the scattered buildings, neatly forested. Because it was a cold day, there were not many people coming and going on the street, and many shops were closed. However, among the pedestrians hurrying back and forth, there were still a few who looked at the side of Zhang Lang's carriage with strange eyes.

At this moment, the gloomy sky suddenly began to fall with goose feathers and snow, scattered on everyone's faces and bodies.

Although Zhang Lang's clothes seem to be very thin, he has always held his chest up, so that people can't feel any cold on him at all.

I saw him look back at Yang Hong and said lightly: "Let's go into the inn to eat something, it's not easy to talk here." ”

After speaking, ignoring everyone's reactions, he pulled Yang Rong's cold hand, which was a little like a carrot, and stepped forward first.

This made Yang Hong's heart awe-inspiring, he just wanted to test Zhang Lang's ambition when he said this, but he didn't expect that he didn't have a trace of pride, and he was indeed outstanding.

Because of the cold weather, there were very few people who came out, and there was no business in the inn, but there were still two or three tables of guests, all of whom were full of red light, talking, and Xiao Er kept pouring wine on the side. And the fat boss was hugging on the counter, his eyes half-open and half-closed just to snore.

The hotel originally looked empty and deserted, but as soon as Zhang Lang and a dozen people came in, the store became crowded. But there was no sound, and all the guests' eyes brushed over. A few of them were still staring at Zhao Yu and Yang Rong and almost only lip sync, and they were soul-imparted. Just looking at the man in the middle of the two women, he was not angry or threatening, and the entourage on the side was all fierce and weaponized, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to look at it. More than a dozen people were divided into three tables, Zhang Lang and Yang Rong and Zhao Yuchengmen, and Yan Ming, Han Juzi, Dian Wei and other two tables.

Ordered something casually and added shochu. Zhang Lang didn't speak, and no one dared to speak. Everyone just knows to bow their heads and eat.

When pouring, the two tables on the side looked like businessmen, from the beginning of Zhang Lang's whispering after he came in, to the back three cups of stomach and loud again.

It's just that businessman A sighed in a long voice: "Brother Tian, this trip to Hebei, I thought that I could give two small coins, so that a few people in the next family can spend the New Year with peace of mind. As he spoke, he raised his head and lowered his stomach with another glass of soju, and the look of disappointment was in his eyes.

Merchant B, who is the heavenly brother A said, also drank a cup and sighed, "Hey, isn't it the same down there?" After ordering three carts of goods from Chang'an, he was detained alive by Li Qijun and beaten with a stick as soon as he left Chang'an City. Suffer in vain. ”

Merchant A shook his head, his expression was extremely dissatisfied, and he said excitedly: "The country is in turmoil, the war has been plagued for many years, there was Dong Zhuo in the past, and there is now Li urging Guo Yan." The two of them are under one person, and the people of ten thousand people do not want to help the Son of Heaven to stabilize the country, but because one has lost, they exploit the people, and they start wars again for no reason. Sooner or later, it will be damned. ”

Merchant B was silent. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and said with some excitement: "Didn't the Son of Heaven edict the world and order Xu Yangzhou to send back the jade seal of the Son of Heaven?" At this juncture, it is very meaningful to suddenly make such a decision. Could it be that the Son of Heaven is a secret edict, and sending back the jade seal is just a pretense, and it is true to pacify Li Guo's rebellion, if this is the case, it is really a blessing for the people in the world. ”

Merchant A didn't care, and drank another cup of belly, his face was even more red, and then he said slowly: "Maybe things are really as Brother Tian thinks, but it will never be as simple as you said, we thought of it, would such a shrewd person as Li Qi Guo Yan not think of it?" I'm afraid that Zhang Lang hasn't entered Chang'an yet, and he will kill Li halfway. ”

Merchant B disagreed: "My brother has been away for many years, so I don't know, this Zhang Lang is very capable, his generals are gathered, he is like sand, he has hundreds of thousands of armor, and he is powerful." If you lead troops into Chang'an this time, there is a lot to be done. "In addition, on the way, I heard that Cao Ying was the royal family of Qin, and together with Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi, he would have 100,000 soldiers and crusade against Chang'an. If the two families are united, the war will be quelled. ”

Speaking of this, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he drank another drink.

Merchant A pondered. couldn't help but shake his head, and suddenly sighed and said: "The Han family has declined, first in the silk to seize power, and then by the Dong thief rebellion, after Li urged Guo Yan, I don't know who it will be?" Listen to it, Zhang Lu sent Yang Song in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang in Yizhou ordered Zhang Song, Jing Yue, the number one person under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shao, the head of Yuan Shao's think tank in Hebei, have all been sent to Chang'an; Xiliang Ma Teng was even more intimate, and even Gongsun Zhan, who had been fighting with Yuan Shao for many years, also sent people there. Regardless of the warlords in the world, they all sent envoys to observe the movements. Moreover, the military horses are more frequently transferred, Zhang Lu has ordered his brother Zhang Wei to lead 30,000 troops with Yang Ang, stationed in Luogu, looking at Chang'an from afar, once the wind blows, you can quickly send troops to the Meridian Valley, pointing directly at Chang'an. Ma Teng's righteous brother Han Sui commanded 100,000 iron cavalry in Xiliang, and made his fierce general Ma Chao the vanguard and drove to Shicheng, his intention is self-evident. Coupled with Cao Ying's army and Yuan Shao's people, if Li Lang really led troops into Chang'an, it would not be as simple as simply quelling Li and Guo Yan's rebellion. ”

Speaking of this, he was a little drunk, and said meaningfully: "Brother Tian, what do you say Chang'an will be like at that time?"

Merchant B was shocked: "Is what my brother said true? If this is the case, the world is close to chaos. ”

Merchant A's face was much gloomy, and he said sadly: "Although I have heard a lot about the Tao, but with my guess, there is a chance that it will come true." ”

Merchant B's face was so bad that he didn't say a word, and only cared about himself drinking alcohol. The atmosphere was dreary.

Zhang Lang listened to these words in his heart, and he didn't know what to eat, so he thought carefully and chewed the words in them.

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