Near evening, Zhang Chao collected his troops and returned.

When he came to Huangfu Jianchang's body, he raised his hand ashamedly and said, "Second son, the lower official is incompetent, let Na Lu Bu run away." ”

Huangfu Jian pressed his hand with a long smile and said, "Zhang Taishou doesn't need to mind, it's expected." The white horse under Lu Bu's crotch, called the Red Rabbit, can travel thousands of miles a day, it was given to him by Dong Zhuo, and it is normal that he can't catch up. ”

Zhang Chao was in a very embarrassing and dangerous situation because of his brother Zhang Miao's rebellion, and when he heard the words of the second son, he was somewhat relieved, and hurriedly said: "Second son, Lu Bu openly rebelled, and everyone was punished. ”

Huangfu Jianchang grasped Zhang Chao's thoughts very accurately, smiled more, and said, "Don't worry, we will see Tao Yuanjun first." ”

Zhang Chao was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Yes." is still thoughtful and thoughtful by the second son. ”

Huangfu walked forward for a long time, suddenly hugged Zhang Chao's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Kaiyang County doesn't know my identity, I'll pretend to be your personal soldier later, don't say anything about it." ”

Zhang Chao knew the special identity of Huangfu Jianchang, and said without hesitation: "Second son, rest assured, the lower officials can save it." ”

Seeing that he was so obedient, Huangfu Jian's eyes flashed slightly, he leaned closer, and said in a low voice: "Xiapi and Guangling, you can't go back for the time being, how about Donghai County?" ”

Zhang Chao's Xiapi was forcibly occupied by Lu Bu, and was forcibly seized by Ding Yuan in Guangling, it can be said that because of Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao's official road has been quite bumpy for more than a year.

Now, he is still hanging Guangling Taishou, but he has been away from Guangling for more than a year.

"Thank you, Second Son!" Zhang Chao hurriedly raised his hand and said, his heart was full of surprise, and at the same time, he was already thinking about how to 'repay' this second son and hug the thighs of the Huangfu family!

In today's Han court, the Huangfu family is definitely one of the best thick legs!

Huangfu Jian looked up at the city, and saw that Tao Qian and the others were already waiting, so he turned around and whispered to Cheng Yu: "Sir, why do I feel as if I have missed something?" ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, his face was thoughtful, and he suddenly stepped forward and said, "Second son, Guan Yunchang." ”

Huangfu was vigilant for a long time, stopped, turned to Shi A, and said urgently: "Old Shi, quickly, send someone to send a message, inform Guan Yunchang, and order him to return, don't collide with Lu Bu!" ”

Guan Yu got the order of Huangfu Jianchang, and led 3,000 people to come to support, and now he should be in the middle of the road, if he encounters Lu Bu with nearly 20,000 people, most of them will be in danger.

Shi Ah should go down, recruit someone over, and hurry up to deliver the letter.

Huangfu Jian looked at the city tower again, and then pretended to be Zhang Chao's personal soldiers and followed them into Kaiyang.

Tao Qian greeted him at the door, raised his hand politely, and said with a smile: "Zhang Taishou came in time, relieve me of the siege of Kaiyang, and this official must go to the court to ask for credit for Zhang Taishou." ”

Zhang Chao was calm, raised his hand and said: "The official is late, which makes the king frightened, and please forgive me." ”

Tao Qian glanced at Huangfu Jianchang, Cheng Yu, Shi A and others, who were dressed differently and were obviously not ordinary guards, forced a cough, and said with a smile: "It's not too late, it's not too late, and it's going into the city to talk." ”

Zhang Chao was polite, subconsciously wanted to give in to Huangfu Jianchang, but forcibly couldn't help it, and quietly followed Tao Qian to the Kaiyang official office.

Zhao Yu and Zang Ba's eyes searched for Huangfu Jianchang and the others, and they also noticed that the three of them were unusual.

Huangfu Jian's face did not change, and he sighed in his heart: After all, he can't be ignored by everyone.

Tao Qian took everyone to the backyard of the official office, served tea, and was a little relieved, and then said suspiciously: "Zhang Taishou, when did you arrive in Langya County, why doesn't the official know?" ”

Zhang Chao raised his hand and said, "In mid-July, Xiaguan received a secret order from the Great Sima Mansion to go north along the coast, and he has been in Ganyu since the beginning of August. ”

Tao Qian was stunned, and glanced at Zang Ba, Zhao Yu and others, quite surprised.

Da Sima Mansion actually transferred Zhang Chao to Langya County in July, and they have not been notified yet!

Zhao Yu couldn't help it, and said to Zhang Chao: "Zhang Taishou, does the Great Sima Mansion have any other orders?" ”

Zhao Yu was the former Guangling Taishou, and after resisting Wen Chou, he was transferred to Langya County, and he was replaced by Zhang Chao, and the two were the Guangling Taishou on the front and back feet.

Zhang Chao couldn't help but glance at Huangfu Jianchang behind him with his spare eyes, and said: "The secret order of the Great Sima Mansion mentioned that the imperial court will select a new Xuzhou Thorn History, and Tao Envoy Jun will be transferred back to Luoyang to recuperate. ”

Tao Qian was not surprised, he endured the discomfort and said, "Then, what are the arrangements in Langya County?" ”

Zhang Chao said: "The incident happened suddenly, and the lower officials didn't know the whole story. By the way, then Lu Bu killed Ding Shijun, and the imperial court may make a big move. ”

Tao Qian, Zhao Yu, and Zang Ba knew for the first time that Lu Bu had killed Ding Yuan, and they were all stunned.

Zang Ba couldn't sit still, and said: "When I was in Yanzhou, I knew that Ding Shijun was the stepfather of Na Lu Bu, and Ding Shijun treated him very well, so Lu Bu can also do it?" ”

Zhang Chao's expression sank, and he said: "Lu Bu, this person, the ambition of a wolf, is like a beast, and he has no mercy at all, how can he care about his father-in-law?" ”

Tao Qian shook his head silently, and after a while, he said with hope: "Zhang Taishou, but you want to garrison Langya County?" ”

Tao Qian is a dying man, and he hopes that there will be imperial soldiers and horses stationed in Langya County to protect the people.

Zhang Chao said: "Xia Guan is about to take up the post of Taishou of the East China Sea, and he can't garrison Langya County. ”

"What about Langya County?" Zhao Yu said. Langya County now has no soldiers and horses, no money and food, not to mention Lu Bu, even if there are thousands of bandits, Langya County will not be able to clear it, and at most defend the city.

Zhang Chao subconsciously wanted to turn his head again, but he couldn't help it, and said, "The lower officials don't know." ”

Tao Qian was suddenly worried and coughed violently.

After the maidservant brought the medicinal soup and drank half a bowl, Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Huangfu Song, Cheng Yu and others, and said, "Everyone, it must be from Luoyang, I don't know what to see?" ”

Huangfu Jian saw that Tao Qian had pierced it, but it didn't matter, and said: "My news is that the imperial court has not yet decided on the candidate for the Xuzhou Assassin History, and it is most likely Liu Bei, I heard that it was recommended by Duke Lu and His Majesty before his death." ”

Tao Qian and the others looked at Huangfu Jianchang in surprise, how did this person know about this kind of secret matter? Who is he?

Tao Qian, Zhao Yu and others were surprised, Zhang Chao was not surprised at all, as the second son of the emperor, could he still not know this thing?

"Liu Xuande?" Zhao Yu looked at Tao Qian and stopped talking.

Liu Bei used to be Peng Chengxiang, this person, if you want to say that you have the ability to say, if you want to say that you are incompetent, you are really incompetent, when Peng Chengxiang was in Peng Chengxiang, he was beaten by Lu Bu and fled to the sea, and he did nothing at all.

It's just that he has a good teacher, and instead of being guilty, he was promoted to the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Now I want to go back to Xuzhou and serve as the assassin, this official promotion is too smooth, too fast, right?

Tao Qian was a little pleased, he admired Liu Bei very much, and felt that this person was benevolent and loved the people, and entrusted Xuzhou to him, but he was very relieved.

"Very good."

Tao Qian coughed, his face flushed, and said with a smile: "In this way, even if I die, I can rest assured." ”

Zhao Yu looked at his dying appearance, and couldn't speak.

He always felt that Liu Bei attached too much importance to fame, but his ability was limited. Now Xuzhou is a place of chaos, and treacherous people emerge in endlessly, and with Liu Bei's ability, he may not be able to suppress it.

But Tao Qian was about to die, Zhao Yu sighed lightly in his heart, helpless and not able to say much.

At this time, Zang Hong came in, raised his hand to signal, and said to Zhang Chao: "Taishou, the basic cooking is clear." ”

Zhang Chao nodded, and introduced to Tao Qian and others: "This is Gong Cao Zanghong, who can write and martial arts, and is a great talent. ”

Zang Hong hurriedly raised his hand to Tao Qian and the others, and said, "It's too false to praise, don't dare." ”

Tao Qian and the others knew Zhang Chao's intentions, and nodded politely to Zang Hong.

Huangfu Jian saw that Tao Qian was holding on, and took the initiative to interject: "It's almost, let's rest for a while." ”

In fact, for Langya County, for Xuzhou, and for the deaths of Lu Bu and Ding Yuan, there are a lot of things that need to be discussed, but they are worried about 'talking deeply', so they nodded.

Zhao Yu and others helped Tao Qian into the backyard, and when Tao Qian lay down, Zang said domineeringly: "Envoy, then Liu Bei is far away in Hanzhong, wait for him to arrive, I don't know how long I will have to wait, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”

Tao Qian lay on the bed, his face seemed to be even more dry, and he said with a little shortness of breath: "What do you think?" ”

Zhao Yu groaned and said, "Envoy, what the lower officials mean, should we borrow troops from other places to stabilize Langya County." ”

The biggest problem in Langya County is the lack of soldiers.

"Envoy,"

Without waiting for Tao Qian to answer, Zang Ba suddenly said with a strange gaze: "That Zhang Chao has 15,000 soldiers and horses, and Donghai County still has 5,000, why don't we leave him with 5,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Tao Qian looked slightly shocked and said, "No! Don't have a bad relationship with Zhang Chao! ”

Although Tao Qian is a benevolent person, it does not mean that he is stupid. Zang Ba's words, he heard it clearly!

Zang Ba said decisively: "Envoy, today is Na Lu Bu, if it is Dong Zhuo or other bandits, who else can come to relieve the siege?" You are still the assassin of Xuzhou, and you asked him to borrow 5,000 soldiers, can Zhang Chao still borrow it? ”

Tao Qian looked at Zang Ba, his expression changed, he turned to Zhao Yu, and asked with a blank expression.

Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, "Envoy, it's not impossible, but you must be cautious and not provoke Zhang Chao." If he doesn't comply, he must be carefully appeased. ”

The meaning of Zhao Yu's words is very simple, if you can borrow, you can borrow, if you can't borrow, you can't come hard, forcing Zhang Chao, maybe it's another Lu Bu, they will be the souls of the sword!

Tao Qian recognized Zhao Yu's words, nodded and said, "I'll sleep for a while, and I'll have a banquet at night to test it." ”

Zang Ba knew that Tao Qian would not live long, and he had the heart to rob it, but without Tao Qian's support, he couldn't stand up if he robbed it, and he couldn't help but feel a little irritable.

Zhao Yu glimpsed it, worried about his bad things, and said to Tao Qian quietly: "Envoy, I look at the few people behind Zhang Chao, I'm afraid they are from Luoyang, and their identities are not simple, they should be related to Da Sima." ”

Tao Qian coughed and said, "I think so too, that Zhang Chao is obviously an ambush buried in the Great Sima Mansion, and everything must be cautious." ”

Zhao Yu saw Zang Ba frowning, his heart was secretly relieved, and he said: "What the envoy said is that the lower officials will go to see Zhang Chao later, give him some grain and grass, and inquire about it." ”

Tao Qian was already a little weak, he had been holding on for so long, his eyelids fought, he waved his hand, and he was about to sleep.

Zhao Yu stepped back silently, his eyes quietly staring at Zang Ba.

Zang Ba was unwilling, but there was no other way but to follow out.

Zhao Yu was worried that Zang Ba would do bad things, so he said pointedly: "Brother Zang, I have some concerns with Cao Ren, give me a little time, borrow 5,000 soldiers, it will not be a problem." ”

Zang Ba glanced at him, snorted, and strode away.

Although he was born as a bandit, many people scolded him for being a scoundrel, but he was not stupid at all, and he couldn't see Zhao Yu's thoughts!

Zhao Yu was a little helpless, and there was nothing he could do about Zang Ba.

On the other side, Zhang Chao was reorganizing the army, registering his merits, and at the same time quietly spreading the matter of being transferred to the Taishou of Donghai County.

At the head of the city, Huangfu Jianchang, Cheng Yu, and Shi A looked at Zhang Chao's movements and talked about various things.

"This Zhang Taishou is not completely scheming." Cheng Yu said.

Huangfu Jianchang didn't care much about Zhang Chao, but said sadly: "Tao Qian is sick like this, I'm afraid that I will die of illness on the way before I leave Xuzhou." ”

According to the original plan, they needed to escort Tao Qian to Luoyang to 'heal' to make room for the new Xuzhou Thorn Shi.

Now Tao Qian is too sick to support the fatigue of the boat, if he doesn't leave, the new Xuzhou Thorn Shi will inevitably be tied.

Cheng Yu turned his head to look behind him and said, "Xia Guan thinks that Tao Envoy Jun may not be able to support the arrival of the new assassin history." ”

Huangfu Jian blinked, immediately thought about the distance, couldn't help touching his chin, and said, "Hearing what Mr. said, I was too worried." Can we leave Xuzhou and go to Yuzhou? ”

Cheng Yu said: "Lu Bu fled back to Xiapi, he will definitely not give up, and the second son will not worry?" ”

Huangfu Jian snorted and said, "That's the matter of the Great Sima Mansion, I can't control it." Now, the attention of the Imperial City Mansion has to be on Dong Zhuo. ”

Seeing this, Cheng Yu nodded, and said: "Dong Zhuo, although the wolf is ambitious and has no eyes for the imperial court, to be honest, because he has fought for the imperial court for at least two years, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo himself may not be clear about this." ”

In Yuan Shu's initial rebellion, the momentum was like a bamboo, and there was no half of the opponent, even the famous general Gongsun Zan in Youzhou was defeated.

However, Dong Zhuo held on to Yuan Shu, and then maneuvered a lot, buying a time for the imperial court to ease up, and giving Liu Wei space to clean up the northern states.

Although Dong Zhuo also harbored evil intentions and had no intention of conquest of Yuan Shu, objectively, he did drag Yuan Shu and erected a barrier for the imperial court.

"It's still Your Majesty Shengming!"

Huangfu Jian couldn't help laughing, turned to Cheng Yu, and said, "Let me tell you a secret, when Your Majesty advocated the use of Dong Zhuo, almost everyone in the court opposed it, including my father." ”

Cheng Yu's face was a little solemn, and he said, "Your Majesty's move must be bold!" ”

"If only it could be delayed for a few more years." Huangfu Jian looked at Zhang Chao and the others, and couldn't help but muttered to himself.

If it drags on for a few more years, the northern states will be more secure, and the imperial court will be able to recover more, and then it will be more calm and powerful to gather a large army and go south to quell the chaos!

Cheng Yu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Naturally, the longer the better." It's just that those rebellions don't give the court time. ”

(End of chapter)