Trust is a very good thing, but many people don’t have it. Even though some people have it, they are stingy about it and don’t share it easily.
Because they know that sharing trust casually will eventually become something casual.
How much does a pound of trust cost?
People who can ask this question often don’t have much trust left in their pockets.
There was silence in the big tent.
Guan Yu squinted his smoke, looked at Wu Yi, and after a while he said: "Wu Zhonglang, so you say you haven't seen Zheng Xi?"
Wu Yi nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
Wu Yi looked very tired. His brows that were usually raised now became droopy, and his face was not as rosy as before. There were still two or three scratches on his face that were red.
It's not complete yet.
Guan Yu stroked his beard and remained silent. The long beard was as smooth and soft as silk, exuding a soft luster and shining beautifully. If in future generations, those shampoo advertisements will definitely be directed to Guan Yu. What?
?Shampoo is made from 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 was not referring to the shampoo, but to Wu Yi. He had never seen General Zhengxi, and then he was released like this?
"In that case..." Guan Yu looked at Wu Yi meaningfully, and then said, "Wu Zhonglang has worked hard all the way, so please take a rest for a while and recuperate. If there is something important, I will ask Zhonglang for advice..."
"I don't dare, I don't dare..." Wu Yi replied with his hands raised, then stood up and left the 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 and swayed forward. On the grassy slope on the side of the mountain road, the grass, uh, most of it was withered and yellow. It might be more appropriate to call it yellow grass. As the branches and leaves on the trees fell down, they were obscured.
Horseshoe.
The war horse might be a little hungry. It moved forward slowly and wanted to take a bite. However, when it stretched out its neck to bite, it was discovered that it was wearing a halter and could not chew at all. It couldn't help but shook its neck in frustration and sprayed.
A few snorts.
Since yesterday afternoon, Zhang Liao rushed to the outskirts of the Zitong area.
There is an acute shortage of war horses in Sichuan and Sichuan, but it is not completely inaccessible. It is just that it is not easy to transport war horses into Sichuan via mountain roads. In such a long time, less than a thousand have been transported in, and Zhang Liao brought 500 this time.
Along the way, sentinels who had been sent out continued to return to the team, getting closer and closer to Zitong. Zhang Liao and others also attracted the attention of Zitong's defenders, and soon, Zhang Liao met Zitong and sent out sentinels.
"Show the flag!"
Zhang Liao, who was galloping, gave a loud order, and his soldiers immediately took out a flag from their arms, skillfully put the flag on their spears, and inserted it into the lintel in front of the saddle. When the flag was blown by the wind, it flew away.
They spread out immediately, cheering, and a three-color flag fluttered in the wind.
"Three hundred steps forward and to the left, there are ten cavalry!" A scout loudly announced the number of people in the front. Sichuan and Shu also have horses, but there are not many, and most of them are equipped for generals and scouts. Ordinary cavalry is quite
There are few, let alone a large-scale cavalry army.
Zhang Liao waved his hand and shouted: "Intercept and kill!"
After saying this, Zhang Liao took out the long bow on the horse's side and held it in his hand. He also touched three arrows, sandwiched two between his fingers, and then placed one on the long bow.
Pretending.
The distance of three hundred steps, for war horses, was almost instantaneous. They saw this small group of cavalry behind the withered yellow grass. These scouts coming out of Zitong did not expect to bump into Zhang Liao and others, and they almost immediately drove their horses.
Run for your life.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With almost a continuous sound, Zhang Liao fired arrows, and three of the fleeing scout Zitong were shot down. Almost all of them were shot at the same spot on their vests, killing them on the spot and falling off their horses.
Almost at the same time,
Scout Zitong was so frightened that he didn't even dare to look back. He only huddled his body tightly on the horse's back, wishing that his legs could help the horse under his crotch to pull a few times...
"Okay..." Zhang Liao chased for a while, then slowly slowed down his horse.
"General, no more pursuit?"
Zhang Liao nodded, showed a smile, nodded and said: "I won't chase you anymore."
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South of Guanghan, Guan Yu camp.
"General Guan!" Wu Yi couldn't understand, "Why withdraw your troops?"
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and seemed to glance at Wu Yi, but also seemed not to look at him at all. He said calmly: "I have my own opinion..."
"Now we are only a hundred miles away from Guanghan!" Wu Yi frowned and said, "Although I have not seen the general who conquered the west, I have passed through Guanghan and saw no more than a thousand soldiers garrisoning in Guanghan City! Now is the opportunity to attack and capture.
How can a general retreat lightly?"
Guan Yu was silent for a moment, raised his head slightly, and said, "The decision has been made! Wu Zhonglang doesn't need to say anything."
"General Guan!"
When Wu Yi continued to talk, Guan Yu became impatient and walked away.
"General Guan! Do you suspect that a certain person is collaborating with the enemy?!" Wu Yi chased after him for two steps and shouted in a deep voice, "Both the certain person and Liu Shijun will be harmed by one loss, how can there be any reason to betray the envoy? General Guan is too worried!"
Guan Yu paused, seemingly thinking for a moment, but still didn't say anything and continued to move forward.
Wu Yi watched Guan Yu go away, and finally shouted helplessly: "General Guan! Don't miss your important mission!"
But this time, Guan Yu seemed not to hear and did not respond to Wu Yi at all.
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Yan Yan's troops are heading towards Fu County.
"What?!" After hearing the scout's words, Yan Yan's face couldn't help but change, "Tell me more carefully, how many troops are coming from the west?!"
Scout Zitong recounted the encounter with Zhang Liao's cavalry in detail.
Yan Yan waved his hand and told the scouts to go down to rest, but he started wandering around the tent with his hands behind his back.
It is impossible for cavalry alone to conquer the city. This is a consensus, and Yan Yan naturally knows it in his heart. Therefore, if there are only cavalry, Yan Yan naturally does not need to worry too much. But the question is, is it possible to have only cavalry?
Will General Zhengxi just send out a few hundred cavalry and attack Zitong?
If General Zhengxi is not a fool, then these hundreds of cavalry means they are just the vanguard of the Zhengxi army!
"As expected! I have long expected that there will be a conspiracy in Zhengxi!" Yan Yan sneered and ordered, "Come here! Pass the order and break camp and return to the army immediately!"
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Yan Yan's army was winding its way forward.
On the side, suddenly a group of forest birds soared into the sky from the ridge and kept circling.
Yan Yan was startled and immediately shouted: "The whole army is on alert! Shrink the defense!"
The soldiers who are approaching cannot immediately assemble to form an array to assist each other, but they can generally gather on the spot and gather together for defense.
Not long after, a group of cavalry emerged from the valley in the distance and came slowly...
Yan Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Where is the scout leader Chen?!" He was touched at such a distance, and the scout didn't give any feedback. How could he not make Yan Yan angry?
Chen Junhou, who was in charge of the scout, fell to the ground and apologized: "General! I sent two batches of twenty people on this road, but there was no return... Now it seems that they are all dead..."
"Get up!" Yan Yan looked at the troops in the distance, was silent for a moment, and said, "Remember it for now and discuss it later when you get back! Send your soldiers to check the road ahead! If you make any mistakes again, come back and see us!"
Being able to kill all the scouts, the Zhengxi Cavalry truly lived up to its reputation.
"Lancers! Forward! Archers prepare!" Yan Yan shouted loudly, "Every unit must guard their positions and do not move rashly!" Yan Yan also saw clearly that this was just a small group of cavalry, probably more than a hundred cavalry.
Therefore, even though the incident happened in a hurry, Yan Yan was still not too scared. What he was concerned about was whether there were other people conquering the west besides the more than a hundred horses.
But judging from the smoke and dust in the distance, it seems that nothing has been discovered, or is it that the expedition to the west is not here?
The so-called "Wangshan Run to Death" means that although you can see the soldiers in the valley opposite, whether Yan Yan's side is attacking or General Zhengxi's cavalry is coming to kill them, they actually 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, there was not much panic.
The two sides faced off for a moment, and then the Zhengxi troops suddenly turned their horses around, went back again, and disappeared into the valley.
Yan Yan frowned deeply, what on earth do these guys want?
After a while, Yan Yan received a report from the scouts, saying that the troops marching to the west had indeed left, so he ordered the soldiers to continue moving forward, but the speed of the march had slowed down a lot unknowingly.
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At midnight, everything was quiet.
The camp where Guan Yu temporarily stationed.
The torch tied with pine branches occasionally made a crackling sound in the night wind. Although it was sprinkled with lime, in the corners of the tent where the light could not be found, there still seemed to be insects crawling around.
Some crickets kept chirping.
The sound of hurried footsteps sounded outside the tent, and then he seemed to be stopped by the guards. The small voice of questioning was torn apart by the night wind, but Guan Yu was immediately awakened, turned over and sat up, and then said in a deep voice to let him go.
Come in.
A soldier entered the tent, prostrated himself on the ground, and took out a sealed bamboo tube from his arms. Under the light of the torch in the tent, the soldier's hands and the bamboo tube had a dark color.
, that is blood that has dried.
"Did you alert others?"
Guan Yu said as he took the bamboo tube.
"General Qi, he humbled himself and set up an ambush on the left side of the road. He captured and killed him without disturbing others."
Guan Yu nodded and said: "It's very good. Go down first and don't make any publicity about it."
Guan Yu fumbled with the bamboo slip, his eyes growing colder. The bamboo slip was very light and had Wu Yi's seal on the seal.
"Hmph... bring the fire!" Guan Yu snorted coldly and ordered.
The guards on the side quickly took down the torch stuck on the middle pillar of the tent, and then moved closer to provide lighting for Guan Yu.
Guan Yu didn't care about the paint at all, he just used a short blade to break open the bamboo slips, took out the silk inside and looked at it carefully. After a while, he was silent for a while, then picked it up again, read it from beginning to end, squinted his eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
rise……
Wu Yi and Wu Ziyuan, you still say that you have no connection with General Zhengxi?
Let’s not talk about how Zhengxi would let you back so easily if there was no connection. Just saying that you asked Wu Ban to be more vigilant and take precautions in Qixian County is 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 would be unwise to kill them rashly. We might as well wait until we return to Li County and 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 stood up from the bed made of hay, alerting the guards on the side. They quickly came over and asked in a low voice: "General, what are your orders?"
"What time is it now?" Yan Yan whispered.
The guard looked at the leaks on the side and said, "It's probably time."
"Hmm..." Yan Yan pricked up his ears and listened to the movement around him.
The night wind howled, and from time to time animals howled in the mountains, which looked particularly sad.
Yan Yan couldn't sleep, so she put on her big cloak and went out of the tent. She stood outside the tent and looked at the silent night sky. "The Zhengxi Cavalry attacked but didn't attack, hit and didn't fight, and just strangled our lone scouts.
, what exactly is it for?”
The guard was silent.
The trees swayed and rustled, seeming to be answering, but no one could understand.
Yan Yan tightly wrapped her cloak and slowly circled the tent. Suddenly, something came to her mind, and her expression suddenly changed, "Come here, please send word to Marquis Chen Jun!"
Not long after, Chen Junhou was woken up from his sleep. While wearing armor, he trotted to Yan Yan.
"Marquis Chen Jun, let me ask you, how far forward are the scouts sent? Are there any scouts sent to Zitong?" Yan Yan asked before Chen Junhou could stand firm.
Chen Junhou was a little confused, but he immediately replied: "Send forward for scouts. According to the general's order, we will send out fifty miles... There are no scouts sent to Zitong..." There is still more than a hundred miles away from Zitong. Normally, the scouts are not
I would have traveled so far, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to make it back that day.
"Immediately send someone to Zitong City to investigate!" Yan Yan's face was serious, "Be careful of the Zhengxi people's interception along the way!"
Although Chen Junhou didn't know what was going on, he responded immediately, then immediately arranged the personnel, rushed out of the camp, and headed for Zitong...
Yan Yan watched the scouts go away and gritted his teeth. Damn it, he fell into Zheng Xi's delaying strategy again!
The people who conquered the west were surrounded and strangled the scouts, not to find opportunities to attack the army here, but to cut off the scouts' contacts and prevent the scouts who Zitong asked for help from arriving!
Zitong, I might be in danger!
Recalling that he was threatened by the Zhengxi Cavalry that day and then slowed down the march without thinking, Yan Yan regretted a little and couldn't help but slapped his thigh, "Come here! Send the order, immediately bury the pot and make a share.
