It was almost the end of August when Zhuge Jin finally set off from Guangling County to the north to carry out the mission of envoy Lu Bu and the imperial court.

The entourage consisted of 300 people, including the commander of the guards specially assigned to him by Liu Bei, Qu Jun Marquis Chen Dao, and some other scholars and practitioners.

The soldiers brought by Chen Zhi were all elite white soldiers under Liu Bei's command.

When Zhuge Jin read books in his previous life, he was quite curious about Bai Yubing, and various statements were different.

Now that I have personally observed it, I have found that these white soldiers are not a unified source, nor are they specially trained. It's just that the representatives of the early elite soldiers under Liu Bei's account, everyone put white feathers on their iron helmets as decorations.

In terms of troops, these white soldiers can ride horses, and their mobility is good, and at the beginning, there were many Wuhuan Hu riders brought by Liu Bei from his hometown in Youzhou.

But after these years of fighting, the soldiers in Youzhou's hometown have become fewer and fewer, and Liu Bei also has to replenish his troops, so he also pulled the Danyang soldiers who are relatively good in equestrianism into the Bai Yu soldiers as guards.

However, in this way, the strength of these troops in charging and fighting and cavalry and guerrilla fighting is a little worse than that of Youzhou Jingcai. However, the martial arts of melee hand-to-hand combat and walking archery are not bad, and they are very suitable for being a "bodyguard for rapid maneuvering and breaking through the palace", but it is no longer suitable for the vanguard rush to kill in the decisive battle of the army.

Liu Bei's total number of remaining Bai Yu soldiers is less than a thousand, and he is willing to send two or three hundred to Zhuge Jin as an envoy's bodyguard, and let Chen Zhi personally lead it, which is already very important.

The group first followed the waterway of the Hangou Canal and arrived in Huaiyin slowly, which was the second day of September.

Counting the days, Zhuge Jin traveled to this world and finally had a full moon.

Outside Huaiyin City, Guan Yu had already heard that Zhuge Jin was going north to carry out the mission, so he waited at the canal wharf in advance and set up a banquet for him to practice.

Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu have actually only been together for two days.

Since Zhuge Jin broke through and left Huaiyin, in the following month, he stole Guangling, and Guan Yu was wounded by an arrow in the decisive battle of Huaiyin, and has been guarding and recuperating here, protecting the north gate of Liu Bei's territory, and the two have never seen each other again.

It is Liu Bei and Zhang Fei who have been very familiar with Zhuge Jin in the past month.

Guan Yu only heard from afar in the various letters of his eldest brother that Mr. Zhuge had created a miracle and done something great for everyone, so he was fascinated.

In his heart, he regretted his contempt at the beginning.

It can even be said that because of Zhuge Jin's variable, Guan Yu even reined in the problem of looking down on readers, and warned himself:

In the future, you must listen to the other party patiently and give the other party a chance to show your real talents. When you are convinced that it is a rotten straw bag, it is not too late to despise it......

At this moment, finally seeing Zhuge Jin again, Guan Yu suppressed his excitement, personally stepped on the gangplank on the dock, and helped him get off the boat with his own hands.

"General Guan doesn't have to be like this, he really can't do it." Zhuge Jin was also a little awkward and said modestly.

"Deserved! How not! Sir, we have the duty to survive and die for our army. This time, I want to redeem my family members, Guan is unforgettable! Please go into the city to rest and wash the dust. Guan Yu's attitude is resolute and unquestionable.

Zhuge Jin couldn't refuse, so he had to eat and drink with Guan Yu. At the banquet, Zhuge Jin reminded Guan Yu: "The general's arrow wound is only twenty years, so it's better to drink less wine." Can the sores be cleaned thoroughly? How is the convergence now? ”

Guan Yu hurriedly replied: "It's out of the way, there have been five or six times of arrow sores in a certain life, and the medical officers around him are extremely skilled and clean." The sores have now subsided, and it is okay to drink alcohol. ”

Zhuge Jin's face sank: "If the general doesn't follow me, then I won't drink it." ”

Guan Yu had no choice but to say that he listened to Mr. Quan, he was not as addicted to alcohol as Zhang Fei, and it was completely a courtesy drink. Even so, he was happy to eat only meat.

Zhuge Jin casually nodded two more sentences: "In the future, if there are arrow sores in the army, you can scrub them with gauze that cools after boiling, and the pot must be covered, and you can't open the lid and scatter it in order to cool it quickly - I have no knowledge of astronomy and geography, and I will see miraculous effects if I listen to me." ”

Zhuge Jin didn't bother to explain the principle of disinfection and microorganisms to the other party, because there was too much pre-knowledge to popularize literacy.

Fortunately, his intellectual prestige is high enough, and the iron mouth can just report the answer.

Guan Yu hurriedly said that he would deal with it in the future, and try his best to treat the wounded soldiers according to the method explained by Mr.

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Zhuge Jin was in Huaiyin for one day, and the next day he hurriedly continued north.

Guan Yu personally went out of the city to escort him across the Huai River, and then across Surabaya, and traveled for a whole day before returning.

Along the way, Zhuge Jin didn't see Lu Bu's soldiers and horses haunting, he asked his guards to cover up their armor in low-key robes, and it seemed that he was also fighting wits and courage with the air.

However, this detail also reminded Zhuge Jin of one point: it seems that although a whole month has passed since Lu Bu's sneak attack on Xiapi City, Lu Bu still has not been able to completely control the three counties in central Xuzhou.

At least when he walked to Ling County, sixty miles northwest of Huaiyin, he had not seen any of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses.

Zhuge Jin tentatively divided a small number of fine entourages into the city to investigate, and when he came back, he informed: Lu Bu did not send troops to take over this county seat, but only sent a messenger to deliver the message more than ten days ago. At that time, the county order of Lingxian County did not open the city gate, but expressed his willingness to surrender to Lu Bu at the head of the city, and Lu Bu's envoy went back to restore his life.

Chen Zhi, who was on the side, heard this return, and was a little breathless, and asked Zhuge Jin to fight: "Sir! It seems that this Lingxian county order, maybe he still has his heart for the lord, but he just pretended to be soft with Lu Bu, or we will occupy the county seat, right? That's a credit. ”

Zhuge Jin stopped: "Don't make extraneous branches and anger Lu Bu now." At most, he sent someone to bring a message to the county magistrate of Lingxian County, if he was interested in the old master, he should acquiesce in letting go of the families of those soldiers who wanted to move to Guangling.

Judging from the fact that Lu Bu has not yet sent troops here, it can also be seen that he is still too busy to receive various places, and he is not willing to provoke General Zhendong. ”

Zhuge Jin only judged from these clues that Lu Bu's territory digestion progress, as well as his mentality of wanting to "pick the soft persimmon first".

Xuzhou is a whole state, even if you remove Guangling in the south, Langya in the north, there are still three large counties. It would be nice to be able to run through every county in a month's time, but if you want to take it all out militarily, it will be easier said than done.

This is not a game, as long as Xiapi City is broken, most of the entire middle of Xuzhou will be counted as Lu Bu's.

After further figuring out the situation, Zhuge Jin also relaxed, and he walked peacefully all the way for another three days, passing through Xiang Yu's hometown of Xiaxiang County, and then to Xiapi.

When he was in the prime minister, he could be regarded as meeting Lu Bu's defenders. So he didn't provoke him, and asked all the guards to put on their burqas to disguise their armor, and let the fleet return, and the group rode overland to complete the last eighty miles.

Xiaxiang County is on the verge of Surabaya, and if you continue to take the waterway, you will not be able to get around the county seat.

In the early morning of the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, when the group arrived at a village outside Xiapi City, Zhuge Jin asked people to be stationed in a low-key manner, and then sent people to Xiapi City first, trying to contact Chen Deng and Jian Yong-

Some people may have wondered before, why didn't Liu Bei send Jian Yong when he lacked a foreign envoy?

This is actually because Jian Yong did not follow Liu Bei to the Huaiyin Army in the first place, and he also stayed in Xiapi to guard the house.

When Zhang Fei lost the city and broke through, he couldn't take care of Jian Yong at all, and he was also trapped in the city.

It's just that Jian Yong has a civilian job, not a prisoner of his family, so Lu Bu didn't embarrass him after he entered the city, just like Lu Bu didn't embarrass Chen Deng.

Even so, it also saves Zhuge Jin's trouble.

For his own safety and success rate, of course, he would not directly enter the city to ask to see Lu Bu, but would contact Neiying first.

After a while, I don't know what method Chen Deng, who is now deeply trusted by Lu Bu, used.

In short, he got a carriage, took Jian Yong out of the city with him, and went straight to Shushui Town in the southeast suburbs, where he met Zhuge Jin.