There are two mountain ranges between Yanzhou and Xuzhou, one is called Jiuli Mountain and the other is called Mangdang Mountain. This has become the natural boundary between Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Between these two mountain ranges, there is a narrow area of ​​dozens of miles long, which is a major road from the lower Xuzhou in Yanzhou. At the northern end of this narrow area, there is a county town called Liu County, with a population of only more than 10,000, but it tightly ties the northern throat of this narrow area. At the southern end of this narrow area, there is a similar county town called Xiao County, which is under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou.

After the Northern Army controlled Yanzhou, it immediately sent a unit of 10,000 people to control Liuxian and built a checkpoint at the entrance of the northern section of the narrow strip. Five hundred soldiers were often stationed on the checkpoint. All business trips passing through this place must undergo checkpoint inspection.

On the high mail-post, the patrol soldiers were carefully staring at the front, not as scattered as other vassal armies. Although the Northern Expedition Army cannot encounter enemies here at present, the strict military rules subconsciously restrict the behavior of these armies.

Suddenly, the sentry saw dust rising from afar, and it seemed that many people were riding horses. This was a situation that had never happened before. The sentry immediately blew the horn, and the soldiers on the beacon tower next to them immediately lit the torches, ready to ignite the beacon at any time. The five hundred soldiers in the sentry quickly took their place and were ready to fight at any time. In just a moment, the Northern Expedition Army in the sentry was ready.

A ragged scholar lay on the horse's back with a panic look on his face, and looked back from time to time. More than a hundred cavalrymen in dark green armor chased after him.

The scholar whipped the horse under his crotch desperately, and his horse was foaming at the moment.

Suddenly, a battle flag from afar appeared in the scholar's vision. After looking carefully, he vaguely saw the word "Zhengbei" embroidered on the battle flag. The scholar's eyes lit up, and his originally depressed expression quickly regained his vitality.

"The Northern Army saves me! The Northern Army saves me!..." The scholar shouted and waved his hands.

The school responsible for guarding the checkpoints couldn't help but frown and asked the soldiers beside them, "What is that person's name?" "It seems to be calling 'Zhenbei Army to save me'"

"From this attitude, if that person can't run away from us, he will be captured and killed by the other party!" The junior student murmured, then looked up and asked the sentry above his head, "How many pursuers are there behind that person?"

"No more than two hundred horsemen are wearing dark green armor." The sentry replied immediately.

"Dark green armor? That must be Yuan Shu's men!" Regarding the basic situation of the princes, Chen Chu had already asked the generals of each division to briefly introduce the following. According to Chen Chu, the army must have some understanding of their future opponents.

The school immediately ordered: "The first to fourth teams follow me out of the village, and the fifth team stayed behind. If there is any abnormality, ignite the beacon immediately!"

Then, the small school led 400 squadrons out of the camp and quickly met up. Influenced by Chen Chu's thoughts, the soldiers of the Northern Army of the Northern Army would never ignore the people who were seeking help. It was precisely because of this that in the next few major battles, the enemy had often used this weakness of the Northern Army to set traps. However, the Northern Army and even the army of the New Dynasty later insisted on this belief.

Seeing the Northern Army leaving the camp, the scholar immediately showed joy. The pursuers behind him paused and became in chaos, and then continued to pursue them. However, due to this delay, the distance between them and the scholar increased to more than twenty steps.

Suddenly, the pursuers actually shot arrows at the scholar. It seemed that the pursuers no longer wanted to capture the scholar alive. The arrows flew past the scholar, but the scholar was unscathed. I really don’t know if it was the scholar’s ​​luck or the quality of these cavalry was too low.

The Four Hundred Northern Army stopped 100 steps away from the village gate. With the order of the school, the soldiers immediately formed a cone attack array. At this moment, the scholar had already arrived more than thirty steps away.

"Room the arrow and warn the other party!" Then a soldier shot an arrow at the cavalry. The arrow blew across the sky with a roar and plunged into the ground several steps in front of the cavalry. The cavalry immediately grabbed the reins, and the war horses suddenly struggled. Many war horses neighed and stood up, and the scene seemed a little chaotic.

“...

This is the checkpoint of the North Army, and the visitor will inform you of your identity!" The school shouted loudly.

The cavalry looked at each other, and the officer in charge came forward, clasped his fists and said, "We are under the command of Governor Yuan, and are pursuing the rebels!"

At this time, the scholar had already rushed to the front of the army of the North. The horse's front hooves softened and the scholar was thrown down. The scholar lay on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. His horse's mouth foamed and trembled with four hooves, neighing with breathlessness.

Four soldiers from the North Envoy Army came out of the formation and dragged the scholar into the formation.

"This is the jurisdiction of my Northern Expedition Army. No matter how crime this person committed, it should be handled by my Northern Expedition Army!"

If it were normal, Yuan Shu's subordinates would definitely return home at this moment, but the current situation was special. The identity of this scholar was not simple, and the cavalry officer dared not let go easily.

The cavalry officer pulled out his sword and said loudly: "Don't bully people too much when you conquer the Northern Army! This person is a serious offender of our army, and I must take him away!" The knights behind the cavalry officers pulled out their swords and their war horses were digging their front hooves. It seemed that these cavalrymen were about to launch an attack immediately.

Seeing this, the school sneered, raised his right hand and shouted: "Prepare!"

The Northern Army beat the shield and made a loud noise. Then he shouted loudly, and the spear was flat. The Northern Army was ready to go.

The cavalry officer couldn't help but frown. Many of the soldiers under him couldn't help swallowing their saliva, showing nervous expressions.

"Captain, if there is a conflict with the Northern Army, we are afraid we will not be able to convey to the Lord!" A cavalryman beside the cavalry officer whispered in his ear.

"But if that person is let go, we will not be able to convey to the Lord!" The cavalry officer's face showed a look of incoming and retreating.

"It's better to do this. Let's just get a head back and hand in the business!"

The cavalry officer's eyes lit up and nodded, "This method is good!"

Immediately, the cavalry officer took back his sword, clasped his fists to the opposite side and said, "Since the Zhengbei Army wants to take this person, we will sell the Zhengbei Army a favor!"

The school ignored him at all and still looked at him coldly. The soldiers stood still and did not relax their vigilance because of the other party's words.

The cavalry officer was bored and couldn't help but curse. He turned his horse's head and sang with a little anger: "Let's go back!"

More than a hundred cavalrymen turned around and left in dust.

A moment later, the sentry on the checkpoint blew the horn, and the melody was different from before, which meant that the other party had already left the warning range.

"Captain, that person has fainted!" A soldier came to report.

The captain glanced at the scholar who fainted, and then ordered: "Go back first!"

Hundreds of Northern Army soldiers took the scholar back to the checkpoint, and the school ordered people to go to the general and invite the military doctor, and at the same time sent people to report to Liuxian County.

The scholar was placed on a short marching bed, and the military doctor immediately rescued him.

After a moment, the scholar woke up faintly.

"I, I am Mi Zhu, I will give it to you General Zhang Liao." As he said that, he took out a wooden box from his arms. This wooden box was obviously used to hold letters. It turned out that the person who was hunted by Yuan Shujun was Mi Zhu!

As soon as Mi Zhu finished speaking, he fell into a coma again.

"Military doctor, is he dead?" the school asked anxiously.

The military doctor quickly explored Tan Mi Zhu's nasal pulse and replied: "No. He just fainted."

The school nodded, took the wooden box from Mi Zhu's hand, looked at it, frowned slightly, and then said to an officer beside him: "You are temporarily in charge, I will take this item to Liuxian County immediately!"

"Please rest assured, lieutenant!" the officer said with his fists.

Then, the school took two soldiers and rushed towards Liu County.

At noon that day, more than a dozen riders rode fast horses from Liu County and headed straight for Yanzhou.

These days, nearly 100,000 new recruits from Bingzhou to supplement the army, and Zhang Liao was busy training these new recruits.

On that day, Zhang Liao stayed in the military camp as usual for one day. In the evening, Zhang Liao returned to a building next to the governor's mansion...

Courtyard. This courtyard is not big, with only five entrances, and is the place where Zhang Liao handles official affairs and life. There are guards and cleansings of the luxurious governor's mansion built by Cao Cao, but no one lives in it. As Chen Chu's authority became more and more powerful, Zhang Liao became more and more cautious in dealing with people and things.

As soon as he entered the mansion, an officer came up and reported: "General, I'll send an urgent report from Liu County!"

“Where?”

"The messenger is waiting in the hall. My subordinates were going to go to the military camp to find the general, but they didn't expect the general to come back first!"

Zhang Liao quickly came to the hall. When the messenger saw Zhang Liao, he immediately bowed and said, "The villain is the messenger sent by General Li of Liu County. Please see the general!"

"No need to be polite. What happened?"

The messenger took off the cloth bag from his back, took out the wooden box, presented it to Zhang Liao with both hands, and said, "This is a man named Mi Zhu who sacrificed his life from Xuzhou. He asked him to hand it over to the general."

"Mi Zhu!? How is he doing now?"

"He was injured, but it was not a serious problem. He should be in the county japan at this moment."

When Zhang Liao heard the messenger say this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Zhang Liao had only met several times with this Mi Zhu, the two of them thought they had met too late.

Zhang Liao opened the wooden box, took out the letter inside, and read it carefully. This letter was written by Tao Qian, and it was nothing more than asking for help.

Zhang Liao rolled up the letter and ordered the officers around him: "Go and invite the three generals Zhang He, Gao Lan and Gao Shun." "Yes."

Then Zhang Liao said to the messenger: "Go back and tell General Li to take good care of Mi Zhu. If possible, send Mi Zhu to Yanzhou immediately."

"Yes." The messenger held his fists and agreed.

Zhang Liao said again: "You can rest here tonight and set off tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!