The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist.

Han Xizai led 500 soldiers of the forbidden army to escort the car of Li Congjia, the king of Zheng, and more than ten large vehicles from Langzhou, all the way to the east along the official road.

Han Xizai's route was to go east through Yuezhou, and then go to Ezhou along the Han River, where there would be the naval warships of the Wuchang army, and then they could take the waterway down the river and return to Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

For Li Congjia, the king of Zheng, in fact, he is not in a hurry, as long as he leaves Langzhou and Wuping, this is his biggest requirement, as for which route to choose, when to arrive in Jinling, Li Congjia is not so concerned. In addition, with the north wind getting stronger and the weather chilling, the days on the road are not easy.

So Li Congjia's idea is to go slowly, and it doesn't matter when he returns to the capital, he hasn't been so comfortable for a long time, so he should be distracted.

However, the official road between Langzhou and Yuezhou is a wide avenue that has been rested in recent years, and the place it passes through is flat, wide, and unimpeded. Even if Li Congjia didn't want to be in a hurry, starting from Langzhou, the team could travel more than 90 miles a day, and the speed was definitely not slow, Li Congjia could only go with the flow.

Two days later, at dusk, Li Congjia arrived at the south bank of Dongting Lake, the last place to stop before arriving in Yuezhou, where there were a few hills on the official road from Langzhou City to Yuezhou City. In order to rush to Yuezhou City to rest tomorrow, the brigade set up camp early under a low hillside in the south of Dongting Lake.

The forbidden army began to bury pots and cook for dinner, some soldiers were busy building fences and enclosing horses in it to feed forage, and Han Xizai settled Zheng Wang Li Congjia in the largest tent to rest, and then sat in his own tent with two generals escorted by the army.

One of the older generals, Liao Yi, seemed to be very good at talking, and he was foaming at the mouth and boasting to Han Xizai about his past military exploits, but at this time, he heard someone outside shouting a report.

"Report! Han Shilang, there are suspicious people and horses on the east road, coming towards the place where I camped. ”

Han Xizai subconsciously thought that Li Yuan was sending troops to come at first, but when he heard that he was coming from the east, he immediately denied this idea, and then hurriedly got up and got out of the tent, stood on the stone under the hillside and looked at the low place, and saw that the smoke and dust on the official road were everywhere, as if more than a dozen horsemen were coming from the official road straight into the road to the side of the mountain stream, and they were coming to the place where they were camped.

"If someone comes, immediately order the crossbowmen to guard the camp gate, and let the person who comes identify himself, otherwise he will be killed within a hundred steps!" Liao Yi immediately gave the order, and the soldiers hurriedly took the order and left.

After a while, fifty archers quickly took their positions, lined up at the simple camp gate, bent their bows and arrows, and waited for orders. But seeing the unidentified dozen horsemen running from the official road, they crossed the wooden bridge over the mountain stream and went straight to the camp gate, but stopped a hundred paces away.

"Who are you waiting for? This is an important place in the military camp, how can you allow you to watch closely, and those who violate it will be killed! One of the soldiers shouted.

A knight in a black piping cloak stepped forward on his horse, took off his hood from his head, revealing a handsome face, but his body was large and round, and he wore a long sword at his waist, which seemed to be a general leading the troops.

"Dare to ask, this is the residence of His Royal Highness King Zheng?" The general did not dismount, straightened up and asked aloud.

Li Congjia, the king of Zheng who was hiding behind the crowd with trembling eyes, heard it clearly, looked at the familiar face from a distance, and had already recognized who the general was, it was Zhang Wenbiao, who had not been seen for many days, and now he didn't know why he came here first.

"Han Shilang, this is someone this king knows, please let them in." Li Congjia was overjoyed, and hurriedly walked towards the camp gate.

Seeing this, Han Xizai frowned, but still waved his hand at Liao Yi, and Liao Yi immediately gave the order to go down and let Zhang Wenbiao and the dozen or so cavalrymen enter the barracks.

Zhang Wenbiao neatly turned over and dismounted and saluted Li Congjia, Li Congjia excitedly hugged Zhang Wenbiao's hands and said, "Wenbiao, why are you here?" Did you come to pick up the king? ”

Zhang Wenbiao ran all the way, his face was red from the cold wind, his mouth was a little chapped, and his hair bun was a little scattered.

"Your Highness, can you give the last general some water to drink first, and the last general's subordinates, they also want to drink water and eat, and ask Your Highness to order someone to entertain the people."

Li Congjia hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, look at this king's impatience." Come, come with the king into the tent and drink water and eat something, and the men you bring with you will have someone to entertain them. ”

Zhang Wenbiao followed Li Congjia to his own tent, just opened the curtain of the tent and entered the inside, and was bending down to pack up the bed and boil tea, Zhang Zi, who had no time to care about the noisy things outside, recognized Zhang Wenbiao at a glance and cried out in surprise.

"Zhang, General Zhang, why are you here?"

Zhang Wenbiao stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Zhang Sheren, don't come unharmed." ”

Li Congjia hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Zhang Zi, is there hot tea?" Pour some hot tea first to warm up the body. ”

Hearing Li Congjia call Zhang Wenbiao's name so affectionately, Zhang Zi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he still agreed, took a futon for Zhang Wenbiao to sit on the carpet, and hurriedly went to make tea.

The bystanders are clear, Zhang Zi has already reacted, and he has to secretly admire Zhang Wenbiao's intentions while being jealous, you must know that people's mood is always fragile and floating after getting out of danger, what would it be like to see a person who shushed and asked for warmth at this time? Since Zhang Wenbiao is the first, then the weight of his Zhang Wenbiao in the heart of His Royal Highness King Zheng from now on is afraid that there is no one to replace.

Everyone sat down, and Li Congjia suddenly showed a guilty look and said: "Wenbiao, the matter of Zhou Thorn History, this king-"

Zhang Wenbiao immediately waved his hand to stop it, pointed in the direction outside the tent, and then tapped his ears, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the last general understands in his heart. But the past has passed, there is no need to say more, after that, whenever His Royal Highness has an order, the last general will follow the example of the second brother, and he will not give up. ”

Li Congjia sighed softly, looking at Zhang Wenbiao with a determined face, his heart was extremely complicated.

In the silence, Zhang Wenbiao picked up the tea and blew a few sips of it, licked his chapped lips with his tongue, and his lips quickly returned to blood, and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what your plans are after returning to Beijing?" ”

Li Congjia shook his head and sighed: "I don't know." This time, the king fell so much in Langzhou, which is really a pollution of the royal prestige. I'm afraid this road will be difficult to walk in the future......"

"Your Highness, you can return to Beijing with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter."

Li Congjia was stunned and said: "Why is the text so sure? ”

"It's no wonder that His Royal Highness has been away from the capital for a long time, and he may not know about the major events in the court. Now that Xu Xiang has been promoted to the left minister, the chief and deputy privy envoys of the Privy Council, Wei Cen and Li Zhenggu, are now also willing to support His Royal Highness, and as for the last general, they have also been stained and can be released to Yuezhou, and there are 40,000 Yueshan troops under his command......"

"What?" Li Congjia was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How did this court change so much?" Even the text table are you? Isn't it Yuezhou ahead? ”

Zhang Wenbiao nodded and smiled: "Yes, Yuezhou City in front is the station of the last general." Your Highness, whenever the situation changes in the future, you only need to order someone to send the message quickly, and the 40,000 soldiers under the command of the last general will be ordered by His Highness. ”

"Good!" Li Congjia couldn't help but pat himself up, and then said excitedly with his hands behind his back: "Wenbiao, this king has been convinced since the moment he saw you, you are a loyal and brave person!" This king, you are not mistaken! When this king returns to the dynasty, he will try to promote you again! ”

Zhang Wenbiao did not shirk, arched his hand and said: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

Li Congjia suddenly said in a low voice: "Wenbiao, since there is Yuezhou City in front of you, why are you here in person?" ”

Zhang Wenbiao said in a deep voice: "Just in case." Your Highness, since the last incident, no matter how Li Yuan is with the imperial court, it is difficult to reconcile between him and you, and it is like fire and water. Since the last general is leading the army in Yuezhou, he has to ensure that His Royal Highness can return to Beijing safely, even if Li Yuan regrets it and quietly sends troops to chase after you leave, there are no generals here who can resist one or two. ”

Li Congjia was greatly moved, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Wenbiao is really thoughtful!" It is true that he Li Yuan is not a good thing, who knows what kind of heart he has this time. This person has always been hypocritical and scheming, and he can always use some tricks to coax his father around, hateful! failed to get rid of him, but instead harmed the history of Zhou Thorn, this revenge will not be avenged, this king swears not to be a man! ”

Zhang Wenbiao seemed to be touched in his heart, closed his eyes and said: "Your Highness, in the future, you will be a dragon into the sea, Peng out of the cage, Li Yuan is just a mountain villager, it is not worth mentioning, sooner or later he will have to pay for his blood debts." Your Highness, there will be an end in the future, and you will never be put in danger again, please rest assured! ”

Li Congjia almost didn't shed tears, and choked up: "See the loyal ministers in trouble!" Wenbiao, with your words, this king will live up to you in the future! ”

Zhang Wenbiao got up, bowed down and said, "Your Highness's grace, it will be difficult to repay your death!" ”

"Hurry up!" Li Congjia wiped a handful of ruddy eyes, and then hurriedly instructed Zhang Zi: "Prepare an extra futon tonight, this king will sleep with Wenbiao!" ”

Sleeping together? When has His Highness ever treated people with such courtesy? Zhang Zi looked at the excited Li Congjia, and then at the extremely determined Zhang Wenbiao, sighed secretly in his heart, and had to give up his hand and replied: "Obey!" ”

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