How dare they stay? Don't they know that with the current strength of the Yanzhou army, it is not difficult to break through Xiapi! Wouldn't it be self-defeating to hide in such a city that is about to be breached?

But those Qiantou followed Liu Bei like that!

"Liu Zhijun is in Xiapi!" They said, "Where he is, then we'll follow!" ”

His scouts had captured a dozen of the people, filthy, emaciated, unrecognizable little things that had rolled in the mud, and even their pants were so scared that they still had to say such things! What's the use of them following Liu Bei? What is the use of Liu Bei opening the city gate and letting them into the city? These civilians have extremely limited combat power as defending the city, but they have to eat and drink every mouth, Liu Bei let them into the city, is it possible that there is grain and grass that can be used for ten years? !

However, these ordinary people, who were almost of no help to Liu Bei's combat strength, lined up in a long line beside Surabaya, and they were very close to each other, perhaps because they were ragged and wanted to keep warm, or maybe because they were afraid in their hearts, and they always felt that someone next to them could feel more at ease.

They looked left and right in horror and carefully, and whenever Cao Cao's cavalry rushed over, they could only scatter screaming. Some people left behind their last sacks of food, some left their elderly parents, some left their young children, and stumbled and stumbled, hand and foot, to the nearby jungle, to the nearby fields, and even in extreme fear, jumped into the boiling Surabaya, struggled to make a few splashes, and then sank.

When Zhao Yun's cavalry left the city and the scouts of the tiger and leopard cavalry roared away, those civilians would slowly gather together, crying and calling their families' names, while trying to do everything they could, even if they climbed, they had to climb into Xiapi City-

"Selling his shoes, doing this treacherous and hypocritical thing, this thief has no king and no father, and his heart of selling fame and reputation is not less than Wang Mang, and everyone in the world should punish him!" Liu Ye rode to Cao Cao's side and looked at this scene coldly, "Fortunately, he is only greedy for fame, not governing the army, and will be broken by Ming Gong in the future. ”

When he was so passionate and generous, and he expressed his heart directly, Cao Cao's gaze still did not withdraw from the long procession, he looked very carefully, and there was not the slightest anger or contempt in his eyes.

And there were boats out of the city, and they carried the people into the city without ceasing.

It's not fast, especially for at least tens of thousands of people, it's almost a drop in the bucket.

Liu Bei was careful, afraid of the ambush on the side, and did not dare to build a boat bridge, but he still opened the south gate.

And it never stopped.

Cao Cao watched from afar for a long time, and finally spit out a mouthful of turbid breath in his chest.

"Good Liu Xuande, my real enemy!"

Liu Ye glanced at the lord he identified in disbelief, trying to find something else in the lord's eyes, but Cao Cao had already looked away.

"How is the Tarzan Army?" He asked, "Haven't you moved yet?" ”

"The scouts have been sent, Zang Ba accepted a bribe from Yuan Benchu before, with his snake head and temperament, I'm afraid he won't send troops."

"I still have to continue to investigate, these people followed Liu Bei...... It's different from before, when Lu Lian was not in office, I also saw her. Cao Cao suddenly said this.

Liu Ye was stunned again.

"Since Ming Gong has seen her, why didn't he recruit her?"

This question was actually unclear in a word, and Cao Cao just sighed with emotion, and didn't want to continue to say anything, his attention was on another matter.

"What is the direction of Xiaopei?" He frowned, "Did Zhang Mengzhuo reply to the letter?" ”

According to Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao also sent a letter to Zhang Miao, with a very sincere tone, recalling the years they spent together when they were young. Of course, those things are false, and their former affection has been wiped out after several betrayals of each other.

But in order to defeat Xiapi, Cao Cao did give him a promise - as long as Zhang Miao surrendered and sacrificed Xiaopei, he promised to spare the lives of their entire clan.

After the letter was sent to Xiao Pei, there was no more news, and after the first few failed attempts to aid Liu Bei, Xiao Pei closed the city gates tightly, and did not fight Cao's army in vain, but he did not surrender the city.

But in fact, Zhang Miao is not in Xiaopei City at all.

When Cao Cao's troops arrived in Xiapi, Zhang Miao handed over all his troops to Zhang Chao, and he took dozens of followers, quickly whipped his horse, and borrowed Zang Hong's Dongjun to go all the way to Luoyang.

He simply changed his clothes when he entered the city, and his clothes were still clean, but the dust in his hair could not be easily combed out with a comb, so when he sat opposite Lu Bu, Lu Bu looked him up and down several times.

Luoyang is a very nurturing place, maybe it is not easy for Qianshou to live here, but princes like Lu Bu live very well here, even if the Xiliang people always have some trouble with him in the court, but the Son of Heaven still has to use his power to balance the Xiliang army, so Lu Bu feels an unprecedented feeling of being respected.

This kind of superficial magnificence and reverence seems to fascinate Lu Bu, at least in Zhang Miao's eyes, this military general is wearing a shiny Shu brocade robe, with a delicate jade belt around his waist, each piece of jade on it is clear and warm, flawless, and the black lacquer tea set sent to him is inlaid with tortoiseshell and gemstones, he is already very different from the original Wen Hou who fought everywhere.

And the next moment, the ominous premonition in Zhang Miao's heart turned into reality.

"Meng Zhuo worked hard," Lu Bu said dryly, "I came from afar, I should prepare thin wine and ...... for you."

"The general doesn't have to prepare any thin wine for me," Zhang Miao cut off his words, "I'm here for Xuzhou." ”

"Ah, ah," Lu Bu let out two meaningless sighs, "The court has also heard that Cao Cao has attacked Xuzhou." ”

"Cao Cao has already reached Xiapi, and Liu Envoyjun is in danger," Zhang Miao's eyes stared at him deadly, "Only a general in the world can save him!" ”

"How can I save ......," Lu Bu muttered quietly.

"Liu Envoy Jun has a great kindness to the general, and Lu Lian is also a close friend of the general!" Zhang Miao's voice became stern, "The general doesn't care about Liu Yuanjun's kindness, nor does he care about the life or death of General Xiao Lu!" ”

Lu Bu's gaze was still very flickering, "Cao Cao may not be able to capture Xiapi, but if I capture Yanzhou, I ......"

"How?"

"I'll think about it again," Lu Bu muttered, "I'll think again." ”

What does this "think again" mean, Zhang Miao couldn't be clearer, anger suddenly rushed to his heart, he stood up suddenly, just wanted to reprimand angrily, and then turned to leave, Lu Bu suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"Meng Zhuo has worked hard from afar," he said sincerely, "It's better to stay overnight in my mansion, and it's not too late to leave tomorrow." ”

Zhang Miao trembled with anger, but just as he was about to scold, a figure suddenly flashed outside the window.

Although it was only a short glimpse, Zhang Miao immediately recognized that it was Lu Bu's brother-in-law Wei Xu.

But what does it mean that the man was eavesdropping outside the window, and now he is deliberately coming out to let him see himself?

"In that case," Zhang Miao quickly changed his mind, "then it will bother the general." ”

This guest room is very finely cleaned, full of the owner's rich taste, small cups, large to the case, almost all of them are brand new, the maids who came to serve Zhang Miao are also young and beautiful, soft-spoken, graceful, but this Yanzhou celebrity has no heart to laugh at anything with the maidservant, and after hastily cleaning himself, he ordered them all to retreat.

After the dinner, when he was about to go to bed, Wei Xu really came to the door.

"Zhang Gong has been running all the way to this place for Liu Yuanjun," the general, who looked a lot richer than before, said with a smile, "It shows the high righteousness!" ”

"I don't dare to call him noble," Zhang Miao invited him in while speculating on his expression, "but Feng Xian's words really chilled my heart." ”

When he mentioned "General Lu", a trace of contempt crossed Wei Xu's eyes, which was not well hidden.

"Our general, it's Gong Zhang's old acquaintance," he still smiled, "Why is Gong Zhang so surprised today?" ”

Zhang Miao was reassured, "It's because I'm desperate that I want to come here to ask for help, but Feng Xian is watching from the wall, can General Wei have a brilliant opinion to teach me?" ”

Wei Xu glanced left and right, and saw that Zhang Miao was very vigilant and looked around again to make sure that there was no one nearby, and only the entourage he brought next door did he whisper.

"Zhang Gong, you want to be bad, you want to persuade the general, you can't talk about kindness and righteousness, besides, the general is now joining forces with Zhang Yang in Hanoi, temporarily stabilizing his foothold, single-mindedly, just trying to fight for power, how can he be willing to rescue Xuzhou? Evil Cao Cao? ”

The implication is also very clear: Liu Bei's kindness and Lu Lian's righteousness, are they more important than the friendship between father and son?

“…… So what should I do? ”

Wei Xu's eyes flashed with a little fierce and smug light, "Lu Bu has a daughter, and he really wants to marry into the palace, and he is worried about Dong Cheng's group of Xiliang people......"

Since he just wants to bring trouble to the east and recruit people to fight Yanzhou, Lu Bu really doesn't want to fight, but as long as he can find a way, take advantage of Cao Cao's army to the east and Yanzhou is empty, and lead the people of Xiliang to Yanzhou! This Lu Bu is indeed willing!

As for doing this again, can Lu Bu be hated to death by Cao Cao, or can he bite Lu Bu to death when the Xiliang people return...... He doesn't know if others care about it, anyway, Wei Xu himself doesn't care at all!

Zhang Miao was overjoyed when he heard this, "The general's plan is clever, how should I report it!" ”

He seemed to be full of hatred and single-mindedly trying to calculate Lu Bu, but after hearing Zhang Miao's words, Wei Xu's rough and fierce face flashed with confusion for a moment.

"Zhang Gong treated us very well at the beginning, how can we repay us, besides...... Besides, Liu Yuanjun borrowed us Xiaopei to live and gave us so much grain and grass, we should always help us," he finally hesitated and said, "If there is still a chance to go to Xuzhou in the future...... Looking for you again, looking for Xiao Lu, let's have a drink together! ”

Chapter 262

If you don't take into account mosquitoes, leeches, thorns, and silt, this wetland is nothing less than beautiful.

The reeds are as white as silver, the maple trees are as red as fire, and there are many unknown kinds of wild grasses and shrubs, as if washed with paint, revealing a distinct orange-red or golden yellow, and among the long grasses and shrubs, the migratory birds eat fat and fat, and are ready to continue their journey southward.

In the middle of this colorful Daze there are many lakes that are either blue or emerald green, which are crystal clear in the morning sun, and crushed ten thousand golden rays in the setting sun—what a beauty, Tai Shi Ci thought, if they had not come here to march and fight, but to play here.

He is skillful in bowing and horses, and he is not inferior to Wenyuan, so he can show his skills, shoot down those wild geese that are ready to fly, thread them in a string with hemp rope, and carry them to his general, and make her smile.

She seemed to have not laughed in a long time, pale, calm, and calm as a statue, but with a powerful oppressive force like looking down on all beings.

But he still occasionally remembered the cautious, bearded young man who looked at him, and that look was familiar to him, and it didn't change because of the change in her identity.

She was like that when she was in the plains, and when she was in Xiapi or Qingzhou, she seemed to be like that, a little sluggish, but also very relaxed, no matter what she said and did, there was a slack of "I didn't treat you politely, I just didn't bother to take care when I spoke, so I accidentally offended you".

Whether it was a hawker who was offended by her and viciously prepared to run a short of pounds and two pounds and cheat her, or a lord who was so angry that she couldn't speak, pointed at her for a long time and finally asked her to hurry out.

It seems that she is more willing to care about the price of the vegetables in the counties under her jurisdiction, the price of melons, and the price of fresh pig intestines than the major events in the world.

…… That's also a land hanging fish.

It's the generals they are more familiar with.

When the 3,000 elite soldiers led by Tai Shici finally walked out of the Hongze Lake wetland and marched north to Xiapi for more than ten miles, the scouts came in a hurry on horseback.

"General, Yu Ban is out of the city!"

He had reached the main road to Xiapi, and the mud on the trouser legs of the soldiers was gradually drying up.

On both sides of the field were unevenly harvested, and if you looked closely, it seemed that some of the wheat had rotted in the ground, but you did not know where the peasants had gone.

Farther afield, you can only see patches of fruit groves, streams that wind through the forests, slowly climbing slopes, and mountains and the sea hidden at the end of the horizon.

Those complicated memories mixed with many inexplicable feelings dissipated in an instant.

Tai Shi Ci grabbed the horse's belly, left the long line in the march, and ran towards the hills.

After a few moments, he ran back again, "Go there and fix the formation!" ”

"Yes!"

"Also," Tai Shici beckoned, ordering a relative next to him to come over, "You go to General Zhang Wenyuan and report the terrain here to him!" ”

"Yes!"

The reason why Tai Shi Ci chose to repair the formation under that hill is very simple, the distance between the two armies is very short, if Yu Ban is dedicated to attacking, then he will catch up before the sun sets.

Since this is the case, Tai Shici can naturally choose the battlefield where he meets the enemy.

It is also very simple for him to choose to be under the high ground, this army only has infantry, and there is almost no cavalry, which is naturally a deliberate attempt to show the enemy weakness and lure him to the forbidden city, but he does not really have no cavalry available, Zhang Liao has nearly a thousand horsemen there, and the high ground behind him can be left for the cavalry of Bingzhou to raid and charge, and defeat the forbidden army formation.

His messengers hurried out with such a message, and they hurried westward for more than ten miles before they found the resting army in the ruins of a village that had long since been burned.

The sun slowly set an inch to the west, and it walked calmly and calmly, not caring what kind of war was going to break out on this land, and how many people would die miserably on this battlefield far from their homeland.

But just after the scout reported to Tai Shici, everyone was in high spirits and busy at that moment.

The long-awaited army set out quickly, and they needed to make a detour, climb up the hill without being noticed, and then drive straight down with all their might.

Tai Shi Ci did not delay for a moment after sending the message, he led the sergeants to the battlefield early, and immediately asked the soldiers to cut down the nearby woods, sharpen one end with an axe, and then use hemp rope to cross and fix the tips in different directions, and make simple antlers to protect the wings.

And while the soldiers were so busy, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from far and near.

"Is it General Zhang's cavalry? How fast is it? ”