Coming out of the pass, Zhang Han sent flying horses to chase Cao Cao's army and informed him of the events of the night.

At the same time, he brought three days' dry rations and filled them with marching water bags.

Each of the 800 horsemen had three sacks of arrows, and they traveled with strong bows and crossbows.

Before leaving, Dian Wei walked to Zhang Han's side, pulled him with a serious expression, pulled him closer and whispered: "Sir, this time I can figure it out, the lord has ordered you three times before, and you are not allowed to run around." ”

"His order at that time, I still remember, was to explore the terrain and deploy troops and horses on his own, but not too far."

"Okay, let's go and see, we will definitely not go far, now there is only three days of food, if we fail to achieve anything in one day, we will come back."

"Huh! Good! Dian Wei nodded, he was not afraid of being surrounded and killed by a lone army, this cavalry was well-equipped and well-trained, all of them were fierce men with good martial arts, and they cooperated with each other very well, and they had become more and more tacit.

He was just afraid of being scolded, so if he didn't make meritorious service at that time, he would be aggrieved if he came back and received a few military sticks.

Zhang Han was in high spirits, the first to urge the horse, eight hundred black-robed and silver-armored knights followed, Gao Shun was at the head of the heavy horse, the chaotic sound of horses' hooves gradually disappeared, passing by the southern city of Luoyang, you can overlook this majestic city, the river outside the city has not been changed, but the wall of the ruins is vivid.

There are rare shadows of mountain villages on the distant mountains, but the roads are overgrown with weeds.

In the cool breeze set off by the desperate shadow, Zhang Han's scattered hair fluttered back, and he was in a good mood.

In this way, after running wildly for half an hour, Luoyang disappeared from sight, and went along the river until near Gucheng, and then to the west was Hangu Pass, where the keeper belonged to Yang Feng, and the garrison was five hundred.

The pass had not been closed, and there were no vigilant fortifications around it, but the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the dim moonlight.

"Who?"

"At this time, is there an enemy attack?"

"The night before, we let go of a lot of sentry horses, I'm afraid that the reinforcements from Hanoi Taishou have arrived."

Several of the guards were conversing and guessing who was coming, but soon someone had a different opinion, "No, guard!" ”

"This is at least a day's journey from the garrison of Hanoi County, and no matter how fast it is, it is impossible to reach the pass immediately!"

"Close the door and go to the Arrow Tower!"

Hangu Pass is built according to the mountain, belongs to the largest pass in the east-west direction, can be called the throat artery, the big pass across the mountain can garrison thousands, but because the siege place is narrow, it is estimated that it can hold ten times the soldiers and horses.

In a short time, all the soldiers and horses went up to the city wall, and a wall of horses and shields was erected at the gate, and they were ready for battle.

At this time, the commander saw a black horse rushing quickly.

On the city wall, he shouted and asked, "Who is coming, and why did you break through?" ”

Zhang Han grabbed the reins, the front hooves of the Absolute Shadow were raised high, and after falling, he was majestic, his mane was like a flowing light, and his body was streamlined, as if it had a proportion that was rare in the world.

Come to think of it, its name is not only as simple as running like a wind, but also has a lot to do with its hair and body shape.

Just by looking at this horse, he already understood that the person who came was not an ordinary knight, and then, looking at the strong bow and crossbow equipment behind him, the strong cavalry in black robe and silver armor, you could know who the elite male division must be.

"Below, General Cao Cao of Dejian has the main book! Knowing that Hongnong was in turmoil, the Son of Heaven asked the king to guard the king to the east, but the gatekeeper was under the command of Yang Feng, the general of Jianyi? ! ”

"Not bad! Are you, you met the Son of Heaven rescuer who just went over to ask for help? ”

The people who closed the gate suddenly looked happy, and the person who came just now had Yang Feng's letter and sword, and at the same time brought a handwritten order, and they just let it go, and the guards now know that General Li Dao is in chaos, and General Yang Feng is guarding the return of the Son of Heaven.

From this point of view, they have been separated from Li Dao's army back then, and they should be the Han soldiers and horses who guarded the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, it is natural to obey the orders of Kanto.

As soon as Zhang Han saw his reaction, he knew that he could talk, so he immediately stood on top of the war horse and said, "Xu Gongtu, is my old friend!" He came to ask me to go first! Then go and ask Hanoi Taishou! My father-in-law is also on the way to rebuild Luoyang. ”

"I have soldiers, but I have no food or grass, and I need to replenish my armaments! If my brother opens the city gate and comes back after making meritorious service in the future, I will definitely ask for credit for your words! ”

"Thank you, sir!"

When the leader of the city gate heard this, he didn't need to doubt it in his heart, after all, Cao Gong was also a person who supported the Han Dynasty, and the envoys who passed by Hangu Pass at that time had also said the merits of Yanzhou and Xuzhou in the past two years.

He came down to the pass, opened the gate, rode out to greet him, bowed in front of Zhang Han with his fists, held the reins and said, "How many rides did Mr. come?" ”

"Eight hundred rides."

"How many days of rations do you have?"

"Only three days of dry food."

Zhang Han replied very simply, he expected that the soldiers guarding the pass had also decided not to obey Li Wei's orders, so they would let the previous sentry riders go.

Therefore, when he spoke, he did not have much vigilance, and his face was full of excitement and pride.

"Eight hundred horsemen, dare to go west to Guguan to welcome Your Majesty, is Sir not afraid of being imprisoned and dying on the battlefield?" Although this leader came down and opened the gate, he was a little disappointed, after all, the news from Hongnong was a bloody battle of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

There are only 800 people, which is tantamount to mud cattle entering the sea.

Zhang Han looked at it proudly, and said in a deep voice: "Parents give life, family and country live, if there is no country, there is no home, how can I be without a home?" You and I are both Han Chinese, how can we see the emperor of the Han Dynasty sleeping and eating at ease? If I don't go out, I won't be able to sleep tonight. ”

His words were loud, so that Wang Tong suddenly put away his gaze, gave birth to a little admiration, and arched his hand: "Under Wang Tong, the word is welcome, dare to ask Mr. name?" ”

"Zhang Han, the word is common."

"Oh," Wang Tong's face froze, and his fists were slightly stunned: "It's Zhang Bochang!?" ”

"Hehehe......" Zhang Han smiled slightly, and suddenly his body unconsciously straightened quietly, showing a majestic posture.

Unexpectedly, has my reputation spread to Hangu Pass?

Maybe the princes outside the customs also know my name?!

Unconsciously, a very proud pleasure rushed to his mind from the bottom of his heart, Zhang Han breathed smoothly and his mind was in a good mood, and he was comfortable the moment he was stared at by Wang Tongming's admiring gaze......

At this moment, he actually felt that the guard in front of him, Wang Tong, with his vicissitudes of life and slightly scarred face, was a little rough and tough, and he had a majestic appearance.

"Ziying, have you heard my story?" The corners of Zhang Han's mouth were crooked, and his face seemed to be arrogant.

The admiring smile on Wang Tong's face changed slightly, and he shook his head and said: "No, I heard that Su Wei Dian Wei next to you is a great hero who defeated the flying general Lu Fengxian, and he has long wanted to make friends with the fierce man in the world, so he can come with him today!?" ”

Zhang Han's expression froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched suddenly.

The proud face collapsed suddenly, and he turned around and shouted, "Brother Dian! Someone's neck is itchy, come here! ”

It's weird to break sentences, shouldn't it be to admire you, come here? Wang Tong was slightly puzzled in his heart.

Not long after, Dian Wei came over on the back of a jujube red horse, with a thick battle armor, eyes like anger, a tall and mighty figure, a beard and a halberd, and a temperament that was not angry and self-assured, which was very shocking.

On both sides of his horse's back, there are delicate double halberds with carved patterns, each of which is more than one person long, and wide and heavy, and can imagine how fierce it is when it is waved.

is worthy of being the one who defeated Lu Fengxian.

At the beginning, Lu Fengxian, in the Dong army, can be described as the champion of the three armies, the red rabbit horse under the crotch, the halberd in the hand, known as Lu Bu in the people, the red rabbit in the horse, and the two are unparalleled generals in the world.

Now, the legend has been shattered, and the new legend is the warrior in front of him.

It's a pity that such a fierce man doesn't go to the battlefield to fight and become famous, but shrinks down next to a young man to be a small guard.

It's a pity, this person's identity must not be simple, and it can be escorted by a fierce man like a "ten thousand enemies", which shows its importance.

"What?" Dian Wei asked in a deep voice, his voice was also full of temperament and quite domineering.

Wang Tong clenched his fists and smiled, "The last general knows that the general is brave, when the switch is released, there is still food in the pass, please enter the customs with your horses, drink water and feed the grass, rest for a while and then set off!" ”

"Let's go!" Zhang Han's words were concise and to the point, and he didn't want to say a word to Wang Tong, he was ugly and ugly, not handsome at all!

He chose to go straight to the customs.

Closing the soldiers, when they heard that Dian Wei was here, most of them gathered around and wanted to make friends, and some even gave gifts as a gift, wanting Dian Wei to remember that if he had the opportunity to run again in the future.

Dian Wei accepted them one by one, but he didn't remember any of the people's names.

Zhang Han ordered to bring 800 war horses to feed the forage, and then personally took the Jueying to excrete violently in the camp in the Guannei, and after everything was ready, he rested for about a stick of incense, during which he informed Wang Tong to guard the pass and welcome Cao's army to the east.

It is estimated to arrive this morning.

Wang Tong remembered Zhang Han's talk about "family and country", and he actually admired it in his heart, so he gave it up and said that he would welcome Cao Gong.

So, take advantage of the night before setting off, after leaving the customs to Xin'an to go to the Dayang Plain, the next hundred miles or even hundreds of miles, are flat terrain, extremely suitable for cavalry to run the place, the shadow is like plugging in flying wings, running happily, the generals behind the war horses can not reach.

……

On the way to Xinzheng, Cao Cao marched slowly in a chariot, and it was estimated that it would be better to arrive at Luoyang with Zhang Han.

In fact, he is also waiting for Zhang Yang's reaction, if he leads the troops to respond, he can go with him, if Zhang Yang has not arrived, or even ask with cavalry, there may be changes, then you must be careful to guard against his sudden attack.

This is where Cao Cao's caution lies when he marches, he himself feels that this is not suspicious, but the heart of defense is indispensable, he does not trust Zhang Yang enough to understand it, and he cannot be completely unguarded.

Today's march to the middle of the night, suddenly there was a noise in the distance, and a guard stopped a few messenger cavalry in front, and when they were questioning, they caused a riot of Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, and a cavalry immediately went out to meet them.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu immediately went to Cao Cao's car, guarded with swords, and observed from a distance. ”

"Well," Cao Cao pulled back the curtain from the car window and poked his head out, shouting, "Let him come over and ask!" ”

"Yui!"

In the distance, the guards hugged their fists and brought Xu Chu and others over, and before they could ask, Xu Chu hurriedly said: "Dare to ask, is Your Excellency the General Cao Gong of Dejian?" ”

"Not bad." Cao Cao nodded, his expression slightly strange.

"That's right," Xu Chu immediately told Cao Cao all about the things he saw with Zhang Han when he came, and the army stopped, so that he could tell him in detail about the events before and after he met Zhang Han, as well as the reasons for the battle in Chang'an and the bloody battle of Hongnong.

In the end, Xu Chu bowed and said, "Master Zhang also asked me to bring you a message." ”

"Say," Cao Cao propped himself up by the car window, his expression slightly strange.

Xu Chu's face was straight, and he hugged his fists and said: "Mr. said, you must know that you have a young day to take Yunzhi, and he once promised to be the first in the world, he wants to go west to Hangu and greet the Son of Heaven first!" ”

The faces of Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu changed at the same time, and their expressions were thoughtful, and Cao Cao fell into a long bow of his head and deep thought.

Tell him not to run far at that time...... It's still a bit of a loophole, so you should give him a death order not to run around.

However, every time I want to be ruthless, I always feel that there is a gap for him, and maybe there will be an unexpected gain.

Bo Chang is always good at surprising people.

At this moment, Guo Jia's face was very exciting, and he clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Good verses!" Heroic and magnificent! Heroic! ”

"You need to know that you have been in the world for a long time!"

"He wants to be a hero to welcome the Son of Heaven!"

Guo Jia immediately looked at Cao Cao, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Lord, immediately send troops out of Hangu!" ”

"Hmph," Cao Cao snorted coldly, noncommittal, and said with a smile after a while: "This verse, bold and reckless, how can it be heroic and magnificent?" Uncle Zhang can often have today, but he is picked up by your temperament, so he acts so recklessly! ”

Guo Jia restrained his smile, but his eyes were still excited, he only hated that this poem was not chanted by himself, otherwise what a demeanor!

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he slowly looked at Xun Yu and smiled softly: "Wen Ruo, you will settle these tun people and foot soldiers to go to Luoyang first." ”

Xun Yu gave the order, but soon, his eyes showed a strange light, looking at Cao Cao incredulously, waiting for him to bend out of the car, standing on the wooden platform in front of the car and looking into the distance, before he tentatively bowed down and asked: "I led the foot soldiers and the people to settle in Luo first, where is the lord going?" ”

Cao Cao's waist is straight, overlooking the mountains and rivers, at this time he is like a turbulent sea with waves under the moonlight, the tiger's body is straight, standing with his hands in his hands, his eyes are far-reaching, and he groaned proudly: "You must know that the young days are the first in the world!" ”

"I, Cao Mengde, should go and lead the troops to the west and personally greet the Han Emperor!"

Xun Yuren was stunned for a moment.

You, do you really take Uncle Zhang as your own son, and his poems are so natural to use?

Next to him, Guo Jia fell directly into an awkward emotion in his heart, and marveled at Cao Cao's open-mindedness, and regretted that he didn't have such a heart.

He now understands that those who are truly broad-minded are not to tolerate heaven and earth.

It's about learning to tolerate the shameless self, the lord is too ruthless.

……

Day 2.

Cao Cao personally led the cavalry to Hangu Pass, and the guard general Wang Tong personally opened and closed to greet him, and presented the marching military rations.

and informed Cao and Guo of the words of their home and country left by Zhang Han last night.

For a while, the cavalry was excited, Cao Chun personally recruited the defenders, and got another hundred horsemen, and went west together to rescue the driver.

And at this moment, Zhang Han, when he was running, heard about the place of battle from the mouth of the artesian people, and he was almost about to reach Hongnong......

Dian Wei shook his head secretly.

"I'm so stupid, really, I shouldn't believe you just to come out and see."

At this glance, you are about to see the main battlefield.

(End of chapter)