"I have sent people to Shouchun to request reinforcements. As long as your people in Jiangdong send accurate news, we can land together with two groups of troops..."
Zhang Liao's words were full of worry.
For the man in front of him, in a sense, he trusted him more than Cao Cao.
In Cao Cao's army formation, Zhang Liao's status was quite special, similar to that of Yu Jin and others. They were all subordinate generals and not subordinate generals of Cao Cao's family.
Although Cao Cao still thought highly of him, Zhang Liao knew that if the people in front of him had not recommended him to command the war against all opinions, he would not have achieved the brilliant achievements he has now.
So...even though he knew for a long time that the other party would return to Jiangdong again,...Zhang Liao still wanted to be more secure.
"No, Wenyuan, I know you are worried about me, but...since we already have the Jackal Guards with us, keep the number small and go as early as possible so that we can make adjustments."
"Although there is no news from Jiangdong yet, according to my estimation, at least Zhang Zhao and the others will not delay any longer. I don't need to say more about the importance of seizing the opportunity, right?"
When Yi Xiaotian spoke, he had a soothing power that made Zhang Liao in front of him no longer so anxious.
Zhang Liao looked around. In addition to Yi Xiaotian's own cronies, the men in black following him not far away were the most special troops of Cao's army. They were named Jackal Guards.
The special force under his leadership.
Cao Cao was proclaimed Duke and the Wei State was founded. They finally had their codenames legitimately.
It also became a formal army.
And their first task after having the codename was to protect Yi Xiaotian and others, and become Yi Xiaotian's right-hand man in this head-on confrontation with Liu Bei.
"Li Fu, I won't say much else. Protect me, including the people around you. If you are harmed, I will personally write to the lord to convict you."
"no problem."
Among the men in black, a figure swayed a bit. He straightened up, not wavering at all because of Zhang Liao's threatening words.
In fact it is——
"You don't need to come. If you suffer any harm during this trip, I will personally take my own life to apologize to you."
"Hey, you two don't have to be so tit-for-tat - you two have been together in Hefei for nearly a year, why are you still like strangers?"
Yi Xiaotian felt a little uncomfortable now. Hearing what the two of them said almost through gritted teeth, he had a look of helplessness on his face.
As Yi Xiaotian said, Hefei is now the eastern stronghold of the Jackal Guard.
In order to facilitate movement, the Jackal Guard has five strongholds in the north - Yecheng, Chang'an, Hanzhong, Xiangyang and Hefei.
As for Li Fu himself, after Yi Xiaotian returned to Yecheng, he stayed in Hefei and continued to wait for the next mission.
Now, it’s time to set off again——
After hearing Yi Xiaotian's dissuasion, he finally stopped being tense.
"During this period, I will leave Fengxiao to you. If you need anything, I will contact him as soon as possible."
Immediately afterwards, Yi Xiaotian also pulled out a companion beside him and introduced to Zhang Liao and Li Fu——
Li Fu knew Guo Jia. Although they didn't communicate much, he was a person close to Yi Xiaotian after all. He knew him somewhat, but this was indeed the first time Zhang Liao had heard the name Guo Fengxiao.
With that said, Guo Jia walked out from the side and lifted his cloak, revealing his rather clean face.
"I've met the two generals, and I'm going to bother them next."
"It doesn't matter. Since we are all sir's companions, there is no need to be so polite to me. If you need any help, just ask."
Zhang Liao vaguely felt that the rather delicate-looking man in front of him had a similar temperament to Yi Xiaotian, so he did not look down on him based on his appearance.
As for Guo Jia, as the person traveling with Yi Xiaotian this time, his mission is actually similar to that of Xu Chu who went to Hanzhong.
It's just that one of the two is responsible for providing military support in emergencies, while Guo Jia is ready to meet Yi Xiaotian's material needs at all times.
Yes, this leads to the main method Yi Xiaotian will use this time to go to Jiangdong.
However, we will have to wait until we have real contact with Lu Xun again before we can have a specific response.
In short, after some explanations, Yi Xiaotian and his party boarded the rush ship respectively, and quickly rushed towards Jiangdong in the mist.
——
At the same time, Zhang Zhao, who had been on the road for nearly two days, finally arrived at the location of the alliance, Wuchang.
At the agreed time, Liu Bei did not break the appointment this time.
With a group of civil and military personnel, it can be said that they came here with their families and their families, and they did not dare to support them like last time.
In fact, Zhang Zhao was already very tired.
Just seeing the large family brought by Liu Bei gave him a headache.
On his side, except for some additional guards sent by each family to accompany him, no one like Gu Yong, Gu Shao, Lu Meng, Bu Zhao, etc. came with him, although these people all had their own reasons.
But the more he compared himself with the other party, the more Zhang Zhao felt that something was wrong.
Zhang Yun and Zhang Wen are indeed obeying his words now, but why does he feel that apart from Zhang, he is now in a state of isolation and helplessness?
While thinking about it, after reaching a cooperative relationship with Liu Bei and others, he must send someone to thoroughly investigate his people when he returns to Wu County.
On the other side, Liu Bei seemed to see that Zhang Zhao's side was weak and hesitated for a moment.
Zhang Zhao couldn't hear the whispers of Liu Bei and others. In fact, when he was thinking, Liu Bei already had some doubts about whether they had chosen the wrong team:
"Kong Ming... really Zhang Zhao is the only one here?"
Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, covered himself slightly with a feather fan and said to Liu Bei:
"It seems... there is indeed something going on on Zhang Zhao's side. Shi Yuan said that Lu Xun seems to be inferior to Lu Ji, but... if Lu Xun can force Zhang Zhao into such a dilemma, I'm afraid... both of them will become a serious problem for us."
However, just as the two of them were muttering, Zhang Zhao suddenly spoke up, directly interrupting their conversation:
"You two, there is no need to discuss anything anymore. Everything is as you saw in the letter. I am in urgent need of your help now, so I will give maximum approval to the conditions you want to put forward after considering it.
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In fact, when it comes to this, Zhang Zhao has already completely shown off his cards.
He had already planned to overturn the table as long as the other party dared to have even the slightest suspicion.
But seeing Zhang Zhao like this, Zhuge Liang seemed to have finally figured it out.
"Since... Mr. Ge has said so, then it would be a bit insincere for us to shirk it."
"So…"
Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Bei. Upon seeing this, Liu Bei nodded quickly.
"Mr. Ge, here are the conditions of the covenant. Please take a look."
Finally, Zhang Zhao, Liu Bei and others ended their quarrel and were on the right track of cooperation.
What Lu Xun and others are about to face is the suppression of Zhang Zhao and Liu Bei's entire army. The future is uncertain.
