The female general immediately turned her head back and looked back at him deliberately.

"I didn't eat in the morning," she explained with a dry smile, "the general came too early." ”

…… Someone coughed loudly, and Lu Lian's face immediately changed.

"Of course I'm not saying that the general is not coming at the wrong time," she said awkwardly, "and whatever time you come, I'm more than welcome." ”

Zhang Miao's mouth beside him just opened and closed again.

Zhang He looked at him, then at Zhang Chao, and then at Zang Hong, and everyone had a sad look on their faces, which made people can't bear to take another look.

Zhang Liao, who was accompanying Lu Lian, turned his head and laughed heartily:

"The inn has been passed down from father to son for four generations, and it has only recently opened in the past half a year, and the meat sauce is indeed delicious, and if General Zhang is willing to deign to drive it in the future, the store will be overjoyed," he said, "The people of this city can survive, and they are all grateful to the general!" ”

…… Zhang He understood.

This female general whose outstanding military exploits can be called a national warrior, and can even be compared to Han Bai...... She just doesn't look at the occasion, she doesn't look at the face, she can say whatever she wants, and no one can control him if the words she says are good or not.

She is shrewd and decisive on the battlefield, but she is an innocent and straightforward young woman when she goes off the battlefield.

"What merits do you have in the future, dare to be a general Wenyuan?" He smiled and said, "There is a famous general like Ji Tinghou here, how foolish it is to give up the jade silk and fight against him." ”

Brothers Zang Hong and Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao, who were traveling with him, immediately answered the phone, especially Zang Hong's voice was the loudest, and his tone was the most enthusiastic to point to the old things and scenery in Puyang City and look at him.

…… And Lu Lian listened to his polite compliments just now, and he didn't mean to greet him back at all.

…… She used a smile that was uglier than crying to show that she heard him.

…… Also, she thanked him.

This avenue, filled with the smell of morning food, has finally passed.

As the knights continued to move forward, there was a cacophony of shops opening behind her, and she was a little hungry when she heard it.

But hunger is not only distraught, it can also occasionally force oneself to turn one's attention to something else.

…… For example, Zhang He, this is a good research object.

Why did he surrender?

Why did he surrender to Liu Bei?

Excluding those people who rushed to build siege equipment, the Jizhou army still has more than 15,000 people, several times the two Zhang brothers, why does he think that surrender is the only way to go?

Was his surrender an "unconditional surrender" or a "conditional surrender"?

If it is a conditional surrender, what are his conditions?

…… It's useless to look at the face.

From the first time she saw Zhang He, all the emotions of this person seemed very normal.

Moved when she should be moved, sad when she should be sad, indignant when she should be indignant, he has a special passerby face, and after such a while, she almost forgot what he looked like, not to mention what flaws in his expression and tone when he said a word.

Everyone hurried to the city gate to meet Zhang He in the morning, and they must have not eaten.

Zhang He got up so early, and he didn't eat yet.

So this is just right, and you can still eat and chat while entering the county guard's mansion.

The weather was hot, and the maids hurriedly served drinks first, including but not limited to soy milk, rice soup, honey water, and some fermented drinks with the taste of alcohol...... There is still no alcohol, and it has only been a few days since the lockdown was lifted, and the prohibition is still very strictly enforced.

After a drink, the morning food is served in the same way, including pickled cucumbers, oily meat sauce, grilled meat brushed with honey, vegetables and broth fried in oil and salt, and crispy hu cakes and soup cakes that can be mixed with meat sauce.

The problem is that the location of the meal is particularly weird.

Normally, Zang Hong is in the main seat, and he is indeed the master here; Zhang Miao is in the guest seat, this army of soldiers and horses was indeed pulled out by him at his expense, and these people here are older than her, so she doesn't care at all when she sits at the bottom of the seat.

…… But now that Zhang He is here, the first guest seat must be him to sit, and Zhang Miao has to move down.

…… It was not Zang Hong who descended, so Zang Hong had to go down.

…… She didn't lead any soldiers, and she simply ran over to help sit on the main seat, which was extremely uncomfortable.

…… And I'm embarrassed to let it go.

Fortunately, after everyone sat down, they immediately began to talk about the inside story of General Zhang's snowy night on Liangshan, Zhang He spoke very attentively, and everyone listened attentively.

…… She glanced at everyone secretly, and no one seemed to look at her.

…… Hurry up and eat.

"Duke Yuan dotes on his youngest son, and the eldest son succeeds him as the heir of Yuan Ji, although he is a brother, but there is an end of the wall, but it is a pity that Duke Yuan does not know it, and the strategists around him are also fighting because of this, and in Yecheng, the party is still frequent," Zhang He sighed and said, "He is just a martial artist, I never thought that he would be implicated in this." ”

"If Yuan Benchu wants to abolish the elder and the young, I am afraid that it will be the root cause of the disaster."

"I heard that the frustrated prison army had also persuaded him, but Yuan Gong refused to listen."

"The eldest prince listened to Guo Tu's slander and encircled this group of villains, that is, he will inherit his father's Hebei in the future, and it may be difficult to have peace for a long time."

Everyone took a sip and a sip slowly, and their minds were not on this meal at all, but on Zhang He.

Zhang He's attention was on Lu Lian.

She ate very deliciously, with barbecue and shredded green onions in the Hu cake, and the soup cake mixed with meat sauce, and then a bite of Hu cake, a bite of soup cake, and occasionally a pickled cucumber, click.

The meal was going to be cold, and everyone didn't eat much, but she ate all the hearty morning food while it was hot.

…… This kind of heartless and lungless way of eating, Zhang He can often see it in the military camp, and it is generally the kind of reckless man who has a body like a mountain and no hills in his chest.

He was inexplicably a little disappointed, and a little happy.

Zhang He is a cautious and cautious person, and now he has to come to Liu Bei, he is mentally prepared to negotiate with Lu Lian, not only for him, but also for Gao Ran, and the soldiers under his command, he needs to get a guarantee.

The two Zhang brothers, Zang Hong, and Zhang Liao couldn't give him such a guarantee, and they didn't know what he was thinking, so they just followed him and talked to him over and over again about innocuous things.

Maybe Lu Lian is only good at fighting, but not good at power and seeking people's hearts, he thought, then he can fight for more benefits for himself.

The lacquer cup filled with honey was gently lowered, and the young woman beside her let out a full sigh.

"Since General Zhang admires my lord very much," she asked coldly, "do you want to go to Wancheng?" ”

Zhang He stared at her in amazement, and his heart suddenly beat violently!

"Wancheng is thousands of miles away from here," he suppressed his heartbeat, "Does Ji Tinghou want to ride away under a single order, or lead the troops away?" ”

"Lead the troops," she said, "and we'll take care of the food." ”

Zhang He's hand under the case quietly clenched.

She looked full, wiped her mouth with a muslin unhurriedly, picked up another candied fruit, and her whole appearance was very good, and her expression was the same, no different from the ordinary woman in the back house.

Zhang He turned his gaze to Zang Hong and Zhang Miao, "Ji Tinghou may not know that if the matter of abandoning the secret and surrendering to the Ming with Gao Xiaozhi in Xia is transmitted to Yecheng, Yuan Gong will be furious and raise a large army to attack Dongjun with all his might. ”

Zang Hong frowned, not knowing what he was thinking, but Zhang Miao had already turned his tentative gaze to Lu Lian.

He persuaded one, Zhang He thought.

"General Ciyu......" Zhang Miao spoke.

"Envoy Zang wants to evacuate the women and children of Dongjun to Qingzhou," she said, "and General Zhang can go with them, stay in Qingzhou, and then go south to Wancheng." ”

A fire in Zhang He's chest suddenly rose, and he almost wanted to refute it sharply!

He is all in the Jizhou army, and it is not easy to be thousands of miles away from home!

He breathed violently a few times, and just as she was about to speak, she turned her head to look at him.

Zhang He's surrender was conditional.

He hopes to go to Qingzhou, closer to Hebei, and it is best to take a city in Qingzhou as a guest general.

The main purpose of this was to facilitate the pacification of the soldiers, and at the same time, he also hoped that he and Gao Ran could still lead the Jizhou army and still retain the leadership of this army and horses.

Finally, he had a secret idea.

He didn't know who the winner of the decisive battle between Yuan Shao and Liu Bei would be in the near future, and although he had defected from Yuan Shao now, he didn't want to be cut off.

When he was in Hebei, he was recommended by Fu Zhu, so Guo Tu was not allowed, but now that he has betrayed Hebei, not to mention that Guo Tu has the handle to attack Fu Zhu, no one in Hebei will hate him anymore.

- On the contrary, if he is close enough to Hebei, these strategists will definitely try to win him over again, at least he and Gao Lan's family should be worry-free.

He has hidden these secret thoughts very well, Dongjun is about to usher in an unprecedented war, Lu Lian should rely on all the forces around him, so he will be placed not far from Hebei, hoping to use this army of soldiers and horses, isn't this the most reasonable idea?

These calculations rolled repeatedly in his chest, and then when he met Lu Lian's gaze, Zhang He was stunned.

Lu Lian seems to have changed as a different person.

Her expression was no different from before, and she still looked very comfortable and tired after eating.

She seemed to be smiling at him, and she seemed to just watch him quietly.

But there was no warmth in her eyes.

It was summer, but Lu Lian's gaze was like a thousand miles of snow, quiet and cold, and occasionally the wind swept through the ice and snow, scraping the skin like a sharp knife, and the skin was open.

He found that all the things he had guessed before were correct.

Maybe Lu Lian is indeed the slack and foolish appearance she had before when facing her old friends, but she is not a stupid person, let alone a young woman who can be deceived and coaxed in a few words.

- She was so ruthless when facing the enemy.

Zhang He's anger finally turned into a depression, "The soldiers in the battalion, I'm afraid there will be a lot of doubts, General Lu ......"

It is impossible for Yuan Shao to go from a general to a soldier to make a fool of this rebel army, but it is probably difficult for the families of those officers, such as the chief bookkeeper, captain, Sima, etc., to continue to live a prosperous life. For the sake of their families, they must not want to be involved in this rebellion, let alone go south.

The high-level generals are rotated, Yan Liang is dead, he and Gao Ran are replaced, if they die, they will be replaced by Lu Yi or Wen Chou.

But not the mid-level officers, many of whom have been with the soldiers for years or even decades.

What does it mean that he is going to take this army away from these people?

"There is all the food and grass in the city," her voice softened again, "General Zhang, persuade them." ”

Chapter 369

After a few words with her, Zhang He hurriedly left the county guard mansion and went back with his own soldiers.

Of course, before leaving, he also made it clear that he would go back to prepare his troops and horses, and then come to formally surrender.

…… When you go out, you have to see them all off, except for Lu Hangyu is a woman, not very suitable for holding hands, the other few people are eager to come up and hold hands with tears in their eyes, as if they fell in love at first sight, and as if they were parting with life and death.