After Lu Rong said goodbye to Zhang Liao, he didn't dare to delay at all, but just took some things for self-defense and left the general's mansion through the back door. The guards on the door have been explained by Zhang Liao and will no longer block them. At this time, the sky was still dark, and it was not time to open the city gate, but Lu Rong carried Zhang Liao's customs clearance documents, so he went straight to the south gate. Cao Zhang has surrendered, Zang Ba has been transferred to Beijing, Zhang Liao is also about to set off, and Lu Rong can only rely on Jiangxia Gaoping and Jingzhou Zhao Shu in her heart, although she has not decided where to go in her heart, but both of them are in the south and always have to go south.

The captains of the city guards looked at the documents in Lu Rong's hand, looked her up and down again, kept interrogating, and refused to let her out of the city. Lu Rong often changed into men's clothes and went out on patrol with the Zhang family father and son, and there were many knowledgeable soldiers in the city, but today he was guarded by a newcomer, which made her more and more suspicious of Cao Xiu's intentions. Although Lu Rong was unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to cause more trouble, and he answered honestly when he interrogated, and finally waited for the captain to order the door to open the door and let him go, which had already consumed a lot of time.

As soon as Lu Rong came out of the city, he immediately got on his horse, and he didn't dare to take the road, but only looked for the country path and looked south. After turning a few crossings, I saw more than ten cavalry horses lined up in front of me, led by a prancing horse with a horizontal spear, and smiled at Lu Rong: "How is the eldest lady?" "It's Tianshui Jiang Wei.

Lu Rong was thinking about whether Cao Pi knew about his rebellion all the way, and when he saw Jiang Wei blocking him, he suddenly realized that his advice to Zhang Liao yesterday had finally come true. Lu Rong hated Jiang Wei for being unrighteous, but he was still afraid of his martial arts, so he smiled and said, "Very good, I don't know why the general is here?" ”

Jiang Wei also smiled faintly and said: "A certain special is waiting for Miss here, Runan is the border of the country, and further south is the boundary of Wushu." A certain is here to escort the young lady back to the city. When Jiang Wei came to Runan, Lu Rong and Zhang Hu had taught him martial arts, knowing that he was far superior to himself, and resisting in vain was just self-inflicted humiliation, so Lu Rong had no choice but to nod and say, "Thank you so much, general." Then he pulled his horse back.

Jiang Wei looked at Lu Rong's obedience, and he was very happy in his heart, he himself learned martial arts from his own talents, and he was a small person in Tianshui County, and he was not reused by Shangguan, so he was very dissatisfied. Later, a paper order came to Runan, Jiang Wei also knew Zhang Liao's reputation, and hoped to achieve fame under his command, but as soon as he arrived in Runan Lurong, Zhang Hu and the two worked hard to win over. What kind of person is Jiang Wei? Seeing that these two people had nothing to do, they expected that they had ulterior motives, and they pretended to cater to each other, and called Zhang Hu brothers, so they were not affectionate. When Zhang Hu, an upright man, told them all about it, Jiang Wei immediately told Zhang Liao and gained trust. But Jiang Wei also knew that Zhang Liao loved these two people and would definitely not report them to the imperial court, so he sent a secret report to Cao Pi when he sent the seal on behalf of Zhang Liao. This is indeed extraordinary, but Jiang Wei's position is humble and he can't be on the table in person, so he has to take a risk. After the seal was sent, Jiang Wei sent people to inquire about the news of Luoyang, and on the other hand, persuaded Zhang Liao to prepare for the army and transfer all the troops and horses in Runan. Sure enough, Cao Pi just met with his brother's rebellion, and he was suspicious, so he put Jia Xu, Chen Sheng and others under house arrest, and sent Cao Xiu to Runan to deliver the decree. Jiang Wei privately sent someone to contact Cao Xiu, and opened the city at night to let him in, so that Zhang Liao was unprepared to obey the edict.

With Jiang Wei's understanding of Zhang Liao, he knew that he would definitely be willing to enter Luoyang, but he would still save Lu Rong's life. Jiang Wei's secret confession to Cao Pi is one-sided, if there is no living witness like Lu Rong, how can he win the trust of others? Zhang Liao's prestige is very high, once he is defeated and does not fall, Jiang Wei's crime of false accusation will be greater, and he will replace it with his cronies under the pretext of Zhang Liao's military order at the city gate. He knew that Lu Rong was coming out of the city, but he didn't dare to make a move nearby, for fear of alarming Zhang Liao, so he recognized the direction and arrived here first to wait. Catch Lu Rong and implement Zhang Liao's crime, Jiang Wei's report will be indispensable, and he will inevitably be rewarded by Cao Pi, and he will be able to show his talent and ambitions.

The more Jiang Wei thought about it, the more happy he became, he lost his father when he was young and was bullied, so he was determined to get ahead, and he practiced martial arts every day. But the land on the edge of Tianshui is not enough for me to show my strengths, but now that God has given me such a good opportunity, how can I miss it?

Jiang Wei was complacent, when he was dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period, he suddenly heard the sound of the wind breaking through the air, he had fought several vicious battles with the Qiang people in Tianshui, and his reaction was very fast, and he hurriedly leaned over and bowed his head, but it was still too late, he felt a huge pain in his back, and almost fell off the horse. Then I heard someone shouting from behind, "Hugh has gone the ungrateful dog thief." Jiang Wei heard Zhang Hu's voice, he was even more busy, he didn't dare to make the slightest delay, and poked the head of the gun at the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed in pain and galloped away. More than a dozen henchmen beside him saw that he was injured and defeated, and they all fled.

Lu Rongben was in front of Jiang Wei, but he didn't expect this sudden change, so he couldn't stop him, so he had to let him go with his injuries and fight his own horse to meet Zhang Hu. After the two boxes approached, it was a joy again, but it turned out that together with Zang Ba's son Zang Ai also came with Zhang Hu, the three of them were childhood friends, and now they almost can't see each other again.

After Zhang Hu was placed under house arrest by his father, he had to be rescued by many henchmen and escaped from Runan, he knew that the matter was exposed, and he did not dare to go north to find Lu Rong, so he had to hide in the nearby mountains. Zang Ai was ordered by his father to bring some old and weak soldiers to deal with Cao Zhen, and he didn't want Zhang Liao to suddenly lead troops to Xuzhou and escort his father to Luoyang.

Lü Rong listened to Zhao Shu's proposal, sent the jade seal to Cao Zhang, made him rebel, and escorted the deposed emperor Liu Xie to Gongsun Gong of Liaodong. The two generations of the Gongsun family were trapped in the bitter cold land of the far north, and they had long admired the flower world of the Central Plains, and with the abolished emperor Liu Xie, coupled with Lu Rong's provocation, they also promised to go south with the troops of Liaodong when Cao Zhang raised his troops, and disturbed the world of Cao Wei. When Lu Rong was captured by Zhang Liao, he offered advice to Cao Zhi, that is, he could temporarily unite with the Gongsun family when he was in danger of saving his life. It was because he heard that Zang Ai was coming from Liaodong, and he was anxious to know the news of Liaodong, so he couldn't help asking.

Zang Ai looked at her with an anxious face, sighed silently in his heart, and slowly said the matter of Liaodong. At the time of Cao Zhang's rebellion, Gongsun Gong did keep the agreement and send troops, he had the intention of robbing the Central Plains, and in the early years, he secretly recruited troops and horses, and was well prepared, and raised a large army within a few days to come to Youzhou. Cao Zhang also informed the Youzhou guards, not to stop, Liaodong military horses and their entourage is very smooth, if you can really go south to support Cao Zhang, the number of victories and defeats is unknown, but I don't want another big change. The position of Gongsun Gong is passed on by his brother Gongsun Du, when Gongsun Du died, his son was still young, and he used his younger brother to guard Liaodong. Now Gongsun Du's son, Gongsun Yuan has grown up, thinking day and night about seeking to regain power, and this time Gongsun Gong poured out of the nest, just giving him a chance. When his uncle sent out the army, Gongsun Yuan said that he was sick and did not go all the way with the army, and after the army went away, he hurriedly recruited his henchmen and horses, occupied the city, and captured the generals of the army. Make it repair the book secretly sent to the generals, declaring that they are willing to descend to avoid death, and those who do not surrender will be exterminated, and the lives of all the generals in the army are hanging in the hands of Gongsun Yuan, and Gongsun Gong has no grace in his usual days, so he mutinied with the three armies, led by the general Yang Zuo and Beiyan, to kill Gongsun Du and return to Gongsun Yuan. Gongsun Yuan had just won Liaodong, and the people's hearts were fluctuating, because he could not be the enemy of Cao Wei, and all the soldiers and horses in Liaodong were withdrawn. Zang Ai was not as good as Liaodong, so he heard the news on the way, so he had to turn around to find Lu Rong, and knew that Zhang Liao raised troops to the north, and also guessed that Lu Rong was banned, so he followed the army far away, and wanted to wait for the plane to rescue. As soon as they arrived at the border of Runan, they met Zhang Hu again, and the two cooperated together, day and night to make people inquire about the news in the city, and these days they knew that the soldiers and horses in the city were frequently mobilized, and they found that Zhang Liao would attack Wancheng. The two of them were afraid that Zhang Liao would take Lu Rong in the army, and it would be inconvenient to rescue them in the future, so they wanted to take advantage of the fact that they were still in Runan City, relying on Zhang Hu and some henchmen to hide in the city, so they gathered all the men and horses to venture into the city to rescue Lu Rong, but they happened to meet what happened just now. Zhang Hu knew that Jiang Wei was good at martial arts, so he used a secret arrow, one to rescue Lu Rong, and the other to avenge the betrayal that day.

After listening to Zang Ai, Lu Rong knew that he had worked hard to manage several roads, but he was actually interrupted by some unexpected things like this, and he didn't feel gloomy. Zhang Hu saw that Lu Rong was displeased, but relieved: "The matter has come to this, and we must be annoyed again, although the two Cao Cao are defeated, but they are still alive, and now there are internal and external troubles, Cao Pi does not dare to openly get rid of the two brothers, and Cao Zhi is still in Jizhou." Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong, although he was a minister, he did not say anything about the abolition of the emperor, and he thought that there were many bad intentions, and it was only a matter of time before he rebelled. Now that the three of us are free, we can go to Jiangxia to join the third brother and wait for the opportunity. "The three of them and Gao Ping and Chen Sheng were all married when they were young, and Gao Ping was three, which was so commensurate with Zhang Hu.

When Lu Rong heard him say this, he remembered that Zhang Liao was still going to enter Luoyang, and hurriedly told Cao Xiu about his edict. After hearing this, Zhang and Zang also knew that Zhang Liao's trip was dangerous, and Zhang Hu and his flesh and blood were affectionate, so they wanted to shout to go into the city to save their father. Zang Ai said: "Second brother, don't be impatient, I want my uncle to be in charge of tens of thousands of troops and his prestige is far and wide, if he refuses to enter Beijing, who can force him?" On the contrary, if the uncle is willing to go to Beijing to accept the crime, who can stop him? ”

Zhang Hu nodded silently when he heard this, his father was loyal to the Cao family, and he also knew it very well, this time he made trouble with everyone, all of which he did without his father, and now that the matter is exposed, Zhang Liao's heart must be calmly punished, but he will not disobey orders. But how can Zhang Hu do it if he watches his father go to death like this? Zhang Hu knew that Zang Ai had always thought a few steps more than himself, so he looked at him again, hoping that he could have ideas to help him.

Zang Ainai said: "Uncle Zhang's loyalty is unparalleled in the world, if the three of us go to persuade him, not only can I not persuade him to change his mind, but let Cao Xiu know that he is afraid that he will accompany me and the other three lives." In the humble opinion of the younger brother, since the uncle is going to enter Beijing, we can first take the road to ambush before the uncle, kill the accompanying forbidden army, rescue the uncle, and kill the angel when the time comes. ”

"You mean to kidnap your father?" Zhang Hu suddenly shouted: "No, such a big rebellion can't be done." ”

Zang Ai sneered twice and said, "With my uncle's temperament, if I don't have to be strong, can the second brother be persuaded to move?" Your father and son went to Beijing together to die, the Zhang family was destroyed, the younger brother could not be accompanied, and the second brother on Huangquan Road should not blame the younger brother for taking the oath of 'dying on the same day'. ”

Zhang Hu stood stunned on the spot, what Zang Ai said was true, in addition to forcibly kidnapping his father, he could only watch him go to death, but Zhang Liao has always been majestic but kind, to him, to Gao Ping, to Lu Rong are all cared for, such a disobedient thing, how can Zhang Hu do it? He looked at Lu Rong again, hoping that she would have an idea.

Lu Rong also knew that the two of them disagreed, so he wanted to ask himself, why didn't she and Zhang Hu have the same mind? I didn't want to watch Zhang Liao go to death, and I didn't want to offend Zhang Liao, so I had to be silent. Seeing that the two of them were hesitant, Zang Ai said: "You two are so confused, even if you are offending your uncle, you are saving his life, do you really want to wait for your uncle to enter Beijing and be questioned by Cao Pi before becoming filial sons?" ”

This sentence made the two of them shake again, and glanced at each other, Lu Rongnai nodded and said: "You still have to rescue your uncle first, the fourth brother is right, you can't watch your uncle go to death." Seeing that Lu Rong also agreed, Zhang Hu had no choice but to nod, not to mention that it was originally to save Zhang Liao's life, how could he insist on opposing it? At that moment, the three of them stopped thinking about it, and then they came with people and horses to take the path.

At this moment, the sky was just bright, and the three of them were afraid that Zhang Liao had already left, and they were all in a hurry. Bypassing Runan City to the north, he hurried all the way, and it was not until near noon that the scout horses sent out reported that there was a large army in front of him. Zhang Hu was anxious to see his father at the moment, and he wanted to lead people to rush to kill. Zang Ai hurriedly persuaded him, he was outnumbered, and the forbidden army was the elite of Cao Wei, and it was definitely not something that their rabble could compete with. It was Zang Ai's suggestion to follow him and wait until night to sneak attack, which had a better chance of success. Lu Rong naturally supported Zang Ai's opinion, Zhang Hu had no choice but to let Tanma go again, and the three of them followed behind with soldiers and horses without hurry.

It was after the third watch of the night that Zhang Hu and the other three secretly approached the camp of the forbidden army with their men and horses. After watching secretly for a moment, Zhang Hunai smiled and said: "This person with soldiers must be incompetent, how can there be such a way to camp?" Fortunately, it was in the territory of Cao Wei, if he fought with Wu Shu, wouldn't it be a mistake for his life? ”

Zang Ai is also behind the gate, and he is deeply versed in military strategy, and he can also see that he is camping, and he is not even able to do the law, so he doubts in his heart, so he said: "Could it be a plan to lure us and others?" Zhang Hu smiled: "Fourth, you are also careful, how does the other party know that I will come?" And this is the territory of Cao Wei, and it is to camp casually, which just fulfills our minds. Without waiting for Zang Ai to say more, he led his subordinates to shout and rush over.