Chapter 2 Snow at the end of the year and the beginning of the year

Some people are happy and some are worried, just when Zhou Ping was worried about the so-called housework, Cao Ying, thousands of miles away, was a happy scene.

"Hahaha! Wen Ruo, this strange thing of yours is really a great prestige of our army, with this strange thing, let alone the land of Yanzhou, even sweeping the princes of Kanto is not impossible! ”

Cao Cao's fingers flicked slightly, and the mechanism located in the hall continued to dance with the flicking of Cao Cao's fingers, judging from Cao Cao's expression, it seemed to be a very interesting thing to manipulate this mechanism.

At this time, it was the New Year, Cao Cao and many civil servants and military generals under his command had a banquet, and in this banquet, the focus of everyone's attention was not on the food in front of them, but on this organ in the palace.

It was a rather strange-looking mechanism, and unlike ordinary mechanisms, it could not find the prototype of everyday objects, nor could it be seen which birds and beasts were borrowed, but it seemed to be something fabricated by imagination aloneβ€”four varnished wooden limbs dancing wildly, and the tips of these limbs were various metal objects, axes, chisels, drills, hooks, ...... Looking at these artifacts, which were not very sharp but still impressive, the generals present unconsciously estimated whether they could withstand the attacks of these organs.

The control of the organ is in the hands of the Wenchen generals present, not to mention the domain level, even the Wenchen generals who have just come into contact with the threshold of true qi in the past few months can manipulate it effortlessly, and under this continuous fiddling, the movements of the organ are still extremely smooth, without any jerky sluggishness.

Looking at the constantly dancing mechanism in the hall, Xun Yu, a young Confucian who was a little thin, couldn't hide the joy on his face, he turned his head to look at a vacant seat in the hall, but his expression was upright, and he said to Cao Cao.

"Ming Gong, in fact, this organ was not made by me, but the masterpiece of Mr. Xi Zhicai, Mr. Xi was unable to attend the banquet today, and it was also caused by the explosion of the debugging organ the day before yesterday."

"Wounded?! It's not a big deal! ”

"Ming Gong doesn't have to worry about it, when Mr. Xi entrusted this thing to his subordinates, the ministers had already seen it, and it was just a little flesh wound, but it hurt his face, and Mr. Xi didn't want to see anyone."

"What ...... this thing do?"

"Ming Gong doesn't have to worry, Mr. Xi's injury was caused by the further improvement of this thing, and the current form of this thing, as Ming Gong saw, is very stable and ......extremely strong."

After a pause, Xun Yu seemed to think of something again, and continued.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ However, Mr. Xi Zhicai also advised, even if Ming Gong plans to install this thing on a large scale, it is best to wait a little, according to his original words, "If it weren't for the New Year, I want everyone to be happy, I won't release this semi-finished product!" ’”

"Hahahaha, it's really the tone of Xi Zhicai! In this case, he likes to be lively, even if he can't see people, he has to let him feel it-come here, move this banquet to the door of Mr. Xi's house, let him listen to the sound and smell the wine! ”

"But, it's still snowing outside!"

Hearing Cao Cao's order, the attendants beside him couldn't help but remind

"It's better to drink in the snow, how fast it is to drink in the snow!"

……

The New Year seems to be exceptionally good, with heavy snow falling not only in Yanzhou, but also in Jizhou, north of the Yellow River. The grand snow scene is beautiful in the eyes of the dormant farmer, but for those who walk in the snow, they just want the snow to stop a little faster, a little faster.

A rudimentary wooden cart was struggling through the snow, and the puller was dressed in a dirty, tattered black robe that hung down to his feet, revealing his ankles entwined in iron locks as he swayed with his steps. The most conspicuous thing is his completely covered iron mask, which seems to be covered with a layer of frost and mottled ice flowers.

This person is Gao Shun, and while Gao Shun was pulling the car, Zhang Liao, who was dressed as an ordinary farmer, was also pushing the car with difficulty behind, pulling up his trouser legs and stepping into the deep snow with his bare feet, freezing not red, but white.

Lu Bu, who was tall and thin, but only had a skeleton left, lay weakly on this simple wooden cart. The still hot blood gushed out from the wounds on his body, soaked through his not very thick clothes, and dripped down the cracks of the wooden planks into the snow, burning bursts of green smoke, and these green smokes were finally completely disappeared under Zhang Liao's trampling.

"And ......"

In the howling cold wind, short words sounded somewhat abruptly, and the words "how far" came to his mouth, but in the end Zhang Liao still chose to swallow it.

"Two hundred miles."

The unfluctuating voice came from under the iron surface, sounding a little dull, but in Zhang Liao's ears, it was extremely reassuring. This journey of thousands of miles, if there was no Gao Shun here, just he Zhang Liao took care of Lu Bu alone, he was very sure that he would not be able to survive.

After the First Battle of Chang'an, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun fled from Chang'an in a hurry with the seriously injured Lu Bu, and the three of them traveled all the way south, and finally stopped at Yuan Shu's territory. At that time, the news of Lu Bu's killing of Dong Zhuo had spread all over the world, and Yuan Shu was naturally happy to accept Lu Bu.

But it didn't take long for Yuan Shu to find out that this Lu Bu was not only seriously injured and difficult to use for a while, but he also acted arrogantly with his own credit for killing Dong Zhuo, often plundering his troops, and under both ends, Yuan Shu finally decided to sweep Lu Bu out of the house.

So this is the current situation, Yuan Shu can't do it, Lu Bu's eyes can only be cast on the other great prince of the world at this time-Yuan Shao.

It's just that this Yuan Shu is not authentic, it stands to reason that although Lu Bu's actions are indeed blameable, but after all, Lu Bu once came to serve him, and he is still a seriously injured person, even if he doesn't give some money, then at least he should have a carriage. But this Yuan Shu was like wishing that Lu Bu would die this winter, but he didn't give anything, and even this broken wooden car was begged by Zhang Liao from a passing farmer.

Yuan Shu's heart is like this, it is really that the sentence is not worthy of virtue, and there will be disaster!

Zhang Liao was full of resentment, but suddenly realized that an extremely strong aura was coming from a distance, and while he followed the breath to look, Gao Shun, who was pulling the cart, also turned the iron mask in the same direction.

"No killing intent...... Just a temptation......"

Lu Bu's somewhat choppy voice came from the car board, and when he heard Lu Bu say this, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and after eye exchange, it was Zhang Liao who rushed out with an arrow.

Under the heavy snow, whether it was potholes or bulges on the ground, it turned into a smooth and flawless snow white, and as the two lights and shadows in the air collided together, the gale stirred up was like an invisible hand, cruelly tearing this snow white apart and raising snowflakes in the sky.

Between the snowflakes flying, Zhang Liao finally saw the appearance of the comer - it was a man with a goatee, and it was probably the reason for this goatee, so that Zhang Liao couldn't see the age of this person for a while.

"Boom!"

When the warriors meet, the exchange of weapons is the best greeting.

It is true that he is not an idle person, as evidenced by the strength of the spear in his hand. The man on the opposite side was holding a fine iron bamboo stick, saying that it was a stick, but the body of the stick had edges and corners like a mace, although it did not have the advantage of blowing hair and breaking hair, but if it was hit on the body, there was also a suspicion of broken flesh and bones.

If it is changed to usual, even if Zhang Liao can't resist with the strength of the other party, he can confront him one or two, but there is a trek ahead, Rao is a general, and his body is inevitably tired, his arm is slightly loose, and he wants to retreat after some free space, but he didn't expect that the opponent's bamboo stick was actually broken from the bamboo joint, and scattered into a few sections connected by iron chains to entangle his spear.

On one side is loose force, on the other side is entanglement, as the other party leads the troops back, the spear in Zhang Liao's hand is directly out of his hand and is thrown into the air.

Shot was disarmed in less than a round, Rao is state is not good, Zhang Liao couldn't swallow this breath, he took a breath of true air, the air under his feet immediately condensed, an invisible temporary pedal appeared, toe stomp, he jumped up, about to catch the spear thrown into the air.

Zhang Liao's hand borrowed out of thin air seemed to surprise the other party, but this surprise only lasted on the man's face for a moment, only to see him wave his hand sideways, and several threads of true qi were thrown from his fingertips, flying towards the spear in mid-air.

"Bang!"

The moment the true qi silk thread touched the spear, an explosive sound sounded, Zhang Liao only felt that his eyes were dazzled, and the spear that was close at hand instantly turned into the person who should have been thrown under him.

What means?

Of course, this is not the time to be surprised, the other party's sharp stick head is about to smash into his forehead, Zhang Liao hurriedly weaves the air around him, forming layers of sluggish barriers-I don't know the depth of the other party at the moment, if the sluggish body fails, it will waste the last opportunity.

Sure enough, the person on the other side seemed to be extremely uncomfortable with the sudden sluggishness, and what Zhang Liao wanted to fight for was this moment, after his true qi was released, he reincorporated it into his body, and his speed went up a notch, but he picked up the spear that had been transposed and landed steadily on the snow.

The person on the other side also slowly fell, although the confrontation just now was bloodless, but it also showed what the two sides wanted to show, from this level alone, the two sides are indeed evenly matched.

The confrontation lasted only a few seconds, and the person on the other side suddenly laughed, and he arched his hand at Zhang Liao, and his brilliant eyes softened a lot.

"In the next Zhang He Zhang Junyi, the north is too guarded by Zhang Wenyuan, and it really lives up to its reputation."

Does he know me?

Zhang Liao was a little surprised, and at the same time his evaluation of Yuan Shao's side was a few points higher.

"This place is not a place to talk, and I also asked General Wen Yuan and General Wen Hou and Gao to move to my husband's place, Mr. warmed the wine and was waiting for a few of them."

"Your husband...... Yuan Shao? ”

"I disappointed the general, Yuan Gong is not nearby, my husband, but he is frustrated, Mr. frustrated."