Chapter 1526 Trust
Trust is a very good thing, but many people don’t have it. Although some people have it, they are very stingy and don’t share it easily.
Because they know that casually sharing trust will eventually become casual things.
How much is a pound of trust?
People who can ask this sentence often don''t have much trust left in their pockets.
There was silence in the big tent.
Guan Yu squinted his cigarette, looked at Wu Yi, and said after a while, "Wu Zhonglang, so you haven''t seen Zheng Xi yet?"
Wu Yi nodded and said, "Exactly."
Wu Yi''s expression was very tired. His brows that were always raised had now drooped a little, his face was not as rosy as before, and there were two or three scratches on his face that he didn''t know when he was scratched. Not yet complete.
Guan Yu stroked his beard and remained silent. The long beard is smooth and supple like satin, exuding a soft luster, shining and moving. If it comes to later generations, for those shampoo advertisements, you will definitely find Guan Yu. What? Shampoo for hair? What is hair? The hair that grows on the head, and isn''t the beard also the hair that grows on the head? What''s wrong with using shampoo?
Guan Yu felt something was wrong. Of course, it wasn''t shampoo, but Wu Yi. Have you ever seen General Zhengxi, and then he was released like this?
"Since that''s the case..." Guan Yu looked at Wu Yi meaningfully, and then said, "Wu Zhonglang has worked hard all the way, so please rest for a while and recuperate for a while. If there is something important, I will ask Zhonglang to teach me again..."
"Don''t dare, dare not..." Wu Yi clasped his hands and replied, then got up and left the big tent.
Guan Yu glanced at Wu Yi''s figure and snorted coldly.
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Within the territory of Zitong.
Zhang Liao sat on the horse, swaying forward. On the grassy **** on the side of the mountain road, the green grass, uh, most of it is withered and yellow. It should be called yellow grass, which may be more appropriate. The branches and leaves of the trees fell down, covering the horseshoe.
The war horse might be a little hungry. While walking forward slowly, he wanted to take a bite, but when he stretched out his neck to bite down, he realized that he was wearing a halter and couldn''t chew at all. A few snorts.
Since yesterday afternoon, Zhang Liao has rushed to the outskirts of the Zitong area.
Sichuan and Shu are in short supply of war horses, but it is not completely impassable. It is just that it is really not easy to transport war horses into Sichuan by taking the mountain road. For such a long time, less than a thousand horses have been transported in. This time, Zhang Liao brought five hundred.
Along the way, sentry scouts continued to return to the team. The distance from Zitong was getting closer and closer. Zhang Liao and others also attracted the attention of Zitong defenders. Soon, Zhang Liao met Zitong and sent a scout sentry.
"Show the flag!"
Zhang Liao, who was galloping, gave a loud order, and his soldiers immediately took out a flag from his arms, put the flag on the spear skillfully, and inserted it into the lintel in front of the saddle. When the flag was blown by the wind, Immediately spread out, hula la, a tricolor flag fluttered in the wind.
"Three hundred steps to the left, there are ten riders!" A scout loudly announced the number of people in the position ahead. There are also horses in Sichuan and Shu, but there are not many, and most of them are equipped for generals and scouts. There are quite few ordinary cavalry, let alone large-scale cavalry formed into an organization.
Zhang Liao waved his hand and shouted: "Intercept and kill!"
After speaking, Zhang Liao drew out the longbow on the horse''s side, held it in his hand, and touched three arrows, two of which were sandwiched between his fingers, and then put one on the longbow, pulled his finger halfway, bluffing.
The distance of three hundred steps is almost an instant for a war horse. Behind the withered yellow grass, I saw this small group of cavalry. These scouts who came out of Zitong didn''t expect to bump into Zhang Liao and others, and almost immediately pulled their horses away. Run for your life.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There was an almost continuous sound, Zhang Liao shot the arrow, and the fleeing Zitong scout was shot down three of them, almost all of them were shot at the same place on the vest, they were killed on the spot, and they fell off their horses.
Almost simultaneously,
Scout Zitong was so frightened that he didn''t even dare to turn his head back. He just huddled his body tightly on the horse''s back, wishing that his two legs could help the horse under his crotch to row and pull twice...
"Okay..." Zhang Liao chased after a while, then slowly stopped the horse.
"General, stop chasing?"
Zhang Liao nodded, showing a little smile, nodded and said, "I won''t chase anymore."
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South of Guanghan, Guan Yu camp.
"General Guan!" Wu Yi couldn''t understand, "Why did you withdraw your troops?"
Guan Yu squinted his eyes, seemed to glance at Wu Yi, but also seemed not to look at him at all, and said indifferently: "A certain has his own opinion..."
"It''s only a hundred miles away from Guanghan!" Wu Yi frowned and said, "Although I haven''t seen General Zhengxi, I have passed through Guanghan. How can the general retreat lightly?"
Guan Yu was silent for a moment, raised his head slightly, and said, "A decision has been made! Wu Zhonglang doesn''t need to say more."
"General Guan!"
Wu Yi waited to talk, Guan Yu became a little impatient, and walked away.
"General Guan! Do you suspect that a certain can''t cooperate with the enemy?!" Wu Yi chased after two steps, and shouted in a deep voice, "A certain person and Liu Shijun will lose each other. How can there be any reason to betray the envoy? General Guan is overwhelmed!"
Guan Yu paused, as if he had thought for a moment, but he continued to move forward without saying anything.
Wu Yi watched Guan Yu go away, and finally shouted helplessly: "General Guan! Don''t miss the important event of the envoy!"
But this time, Guan Yu acted as if he didn''t hear him, and didn''t respond to Wu Yi at all.
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Yan Yan''s troops heading towards Fu County.
"What?!" Hearing the words of the scout, Yan Yan''s face couldn''t help but change, "Speaking carefully, how many soldiers are there to conquer the West?!"
Scout Zitong described in detail the encounter with Zhang Liao''s cavalry.
Yan Yan waved his hand and told the scouts to go down to rest, but he turned his hands behind his back and wandered around in the big tent.
It is impossible to conquer a city with cavalry alone. This is a consensus, and Yan Yan naturally knows it in his heart, so if there are only cavalry, Yan Yan naturally does not need to worry too much, but the question is, may there be only cavalry?
General Zhengxi would only send out a few hundred cavalry and then attack Zitong?
If General Zhengxi is not a fool, then these hundreds of cavalry means that they are just the vanguard of Zhengxi troops!
"Sure enough! I''ve expected Zheng Xiding to have a conspiracy!" Yan Yan sneered, and ordered, "Come on! Send the order, and immediately withdraw from the camp and return to the army!"
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Yan Yan''s army lined up, winding forward.
At the side, suddenly a forest bird soared up from the ridge, circling around without falling.
Yan Yan was startled, and immediately shouted: "The whole army is on alert! Shrink the defense!"
The soldiers coming in a long way cannot immediately gather to form an array of mutual assistance, but they can gather together on the spot and gather together for defense, which is generally achievable.
Not long after, a group of cavalry emerged from a distant valley and came slowly...
Yan Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Where is the scout leader, Mrs. Chen?!" Being touched at such a distance, and the scout didn''t give any feedback, how could this not make Yan Yan angry.
Chen Junhou, who was in charge of scouting, fell to the ground and pleaded guilty: "General! I sent two batches of 20 people on this road before and after, but there was no return... Now it seems that I am afraid that I will die..."
"Get up!" Yan Yan looked at the troops in the distance, was silent for a moment, and said, "Make a note of it for now, and we''ll think about it when we go back! You send soldiers to check the way ahead! If you make any mistakes, you will come and see them!" They were able to kill all the scouts, the Zhengxi Cavalry really deserved their reputation.
"Pikemen! Forward! Archers, get ready!" Yan Yan shouted, "All ministries strictly guard their positions and don''t move rashly!" Yan Yan also saw clearly that this is just a small group of cavalry, probably only a hundred or so cavalry. So even though the incident happened hastily, Yan Yan was still not too scared. What he cared about was whether there were any other troops to conquer the west besides the hundred or so riders.
But judging from the smoke and dust in the distance, it seems that there is nothing to be found, or is the Zhengxi army not here?
The so-called Wangshan running dead horse, although it is said that the soldiers in the valley on the opposite side can be seen, but whether Yan Yan''s side is attacking or the cavalry of General Zhengxi on the opposite side is chasing and killing them, they have to go around in a circle, and they are not directly able to fly. In the past, even though Yan Yan''s troops were a little nervous, they didn''t panic.
The two sides confronted each other for a while, and Zhengxi''s men and horses suddenly turned their heads, went back, and disappeared into the valley.
Yan Yan frowned deeply, what do these guys want to do?
After a long time, Yan Yan got the report from the scouts, saying that the soldiers who conquered the west had indeed left, so he ordered the soldiers to continue to move forward, but the speed of the movement slowed down a lot unconsciously.
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In the middle of the night, everything was quiet.
The camp where Guan Yu was stationed temporarily.
The torches tied with pine branches occasionally made beeping sounds in the night wind. Although a circle of lime was sprinkled, there still seemed to be some bugs crawling everywhere in the corner of the tent where the light could not be seen. Some crickets chirped once and for all.
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded outside the big tent, and then seemed to be stopped by the guards, and the small voice of questioning was torn apart by the night wind, but Guan Yu was awakened immediately, turned over and sat up, and then called for release in a deep voice Come in.
A soldier entered the big tent, fell to the ground, and took out a sealed bamboo tube from his arms. Under the light of the torch in the big tent, the soldier''s hands and the bamboo tube had a dark color, which was dried blood.
"Did you alarm others?"
Guan Yu said while taking the bamboo tube.
"General Qi reported that he set up an ambush on the left side of the road, captured and killed him in one fell swoop, and did not alarm others."
Guan Yu nodded and said, "Very good. Go down first, don''t make public about it."
Guan Yu groped for the bamboo slips, his eyes getting colder. This bamboo tube is very light, and Wu Yi''s seal is stamped on the seal.
"Hmph... bring fire!" Guan Yu snorted coldly and ordered.
The guards on the side quickly took down the torches inserted on the pillars in the middle of the tent, and then moved closer to illuminate Guan Yu.
Guan Yu didn''t care about the wax paint at all, he directly broke open the bamboo slips with a short blade, took out the silk inside and looked at it carefully, after a while he was silent, then picked it up again, read it again from the beginning to the end, squinting, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. rise…
Wu Yi, Wu Ziyuan, you still say that you have no connection with General Zhengxi?
Let’s not talk about how Zhengxi would let you back easily if there is no connection, but just saying that you asked Wu Ban to be vigilant in Qixian County, and careful precautions are enough to prove that you have evil intentions and a big conspiracy!
You Wu Yi can hide it from others, how can you hide it from someone!
But after all, there is still some marriage relationship, and it is not beautiful to kill them rashly. After returning to Qi County, they will find a reason to send Wu Yi and Wu Ban brothers back to Chengdu, and let the eldest brother handle it...
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Almost at the same time, Yan Yan suddenly turned over from the hay bed and sat up, alarming the guards on the side, and hurried over, asking in a low voice: "General, what are your orders?"
"What time is it?" Yan Yan whispered.
The guard looked at the meter at the side and said, "It''s probably midnight."
"Hmm..." Yan Yan pricked up his ears and listened to the movement around him.
The night wind howled, and from time to time there were beasts howling in the mountains, which looked extremely stern.
Yan Yan couldn''t sleep, so she put on a big cloak, and went out of the tent, standing outside the tent, looking at the silent night sky. "The Zhengxi cavalry attacked and didn''t attack, fought and didn''t fight, but blindly strangled our single scouts, what is the purpose?"
The guard was silent.
The trees swayed and rustled, as if answering, but no one could understand.
Yan Yan was tightly wrapped in a cloak, and slowly circled around the tent. Suddenly, something moved in his mind, and his expression changed, "Come here, send a message to Chen Junhou!"
Not long after, Chen Junhou was awakened in his sleep, and while wearing armor, he trotted to Yan Yan.
"Chen Junhou, let me ask you, how many miles have you sent scouts ahead? Is there any scouts sent to Zitong?" Yan Yan asked without waiting for Chen Junhou to stand still.
Chen Junhou was a little dazed, but he immediately replied: "Scout forward, according to the general''s order, send fifty miles... There is no scout sent to Zitong..." There are more than a hundred miles away from Zitong, and normally the scouts will not run away. It''s so far away, otherwise I won''t be able to make it back that day.
"Immediately let me go to Zitong City to investigate!" Yan Yan''s face was serious, "Be careful to be intercepted by Zhengxi troops along the way!"
Although Chen Junhou did not know what to do, he responded immediately, and immediately arranged for personnel to rush out of the camp and head towards Zitong...
Yan Yan watched the scouts go away, and gritted his teeth. Damn it, he fell into Zhengxi''s plan to slow down the army again!
Zhengxi troops can''t go around and strangle the scouts, not to find an opportunity to attack the army here, but to cut off the scouts, so that the scouts from Zitong who ask for help cannot arrive!
Zitong, I''m afraid it''s dangerous!
Thinking of being threatened by the Western cavalry that day, and then deliberately slowing down the marching speed, Yan Yan felt a little regretful, and couldn''t help but slapped his thigh, "Come here! Send an order, and immediately bury the pot for your share. Let''s go in two hours!"
(end of this chapter)