The Collection of The End

——AD 181——

"This life" is all about patrolling around looking for Zhao Yun, trying to give him a powerful "trap". "The other life" is a large group of expressionless "heroic spirits" who repeat the behavior of their previous lives, and if they accidentally encounter them, they will perform their pre-death memories. , so the only chance to escape from this predicament is...

"It seems that those generals don't believe us because of their age. The only one I can rely on at this moment is you, Brother Zhang Xian." Zhao Yun patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and said solemnly.

"Leave it on me, go through fire and water, no matter what!" Zhang Liao seemed to be touched by the words "because of his age". In addition, he had a good conversation with Zhao Yun, so he agreed without knowing what was going on.

"Uh..." Zhao Yun was a little embarrassed to receive such a solemn response. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to just follow his original idea and just ask him to investigate Luoyang's envoy?

Moreover, if the imperial court wanted to use Dong Zhuo's hand to deal with Taiping Dao, Zhang Liao's doing so would be tantamount to betrayal. Therefore, it was necessary to find a target as an imaginary enemy that everyone shared the same hatred and would not cause dissatisfaction even if Zhao Yun was later discovered to be an outsider. .

"So," Zhao Yun quickly determined the target of the scapegoat based on the knowledge he had and the content of the conversation just now: "We just mentioned the 'Southern Huns' who submitted to the imperial court. In contrast, there are countless 'Northern Huns' who are disobedient to enlightenment. The tribe has arrived in Liangzhou——"

"Is this true!?" Zhang Liao suddenly became excited.

"This is a simple speculation, my friend." Zhao Yun could not be too sure of this matter, otherwise it would be very embarrassing if the guess was wrong: "Master Dong Zhuo has wiped out the 'Rebellious Qiang', but does the 'Shun Qiang' have enough How many people will eat up the territory left by the 'rebel Qiang'?"

"No, that's somewhat impossible." Zhang Liao shook his head in thought.

"According to my observations in various towns in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo... is busy restoring the old views everywhere, and there is no spare manpower to assist the 'Shun Qiang'. So, is it possible that these territories that neither party can control are occupied by other barbarians? ? And who is the Hu tribe closest to them?" Zhao Yun originally just made a random excuse, but he didn't expect that it became more and more smooth, and it sounded very reasonable, and even he almost believed it.

"This..." Zhang Liao began to ponder: "Since the Tanshihuai invasion was repulsed, all Xiongnu tribes have fallen into chaos. There are actually five or six nominal leaders, Shanyu, and no one obeys anyone. At this time, the most powerful Yu Furuo only controls less than half of the Xiongnu tribe, so...it would not be surprising if any 'Chanyu' migrates over to grab territory."

"...Yes, that's it." Zhao Yun responded slightly confused, what's going on? A young boy who casually chatted with him in the military camp actually knew so much about the situation of the aliens on the border? You didn't say anything unflattering just now, did you?

"However," Zhang Liao's face became serious, "If it is just a competition between different races for territory, it is not worthy of our attention at all. Could it be that Brother Zhao has learned of some of their plots and wants to ask the generals for help but has no way? Only then? Would you talk to a younger brother who accidentally revealed that he wanted to kill barbarians? The subsequent conversation also intentionally or unintentionally tested the younger brother's attitude towards foreign races."

"..." Zhao Yun was in a daze, looking at this Liao, he himself successfully completed this conversation from beginning to end?

"My little brother just said that I will go through fire and water without hesitation," Zhang Liao's eyes became sharp: "Brother Zhao, can you safely talk about this matter?"

"It's just a guess, and there are only a few words, which cannot be used as evidence." Zhao Yun quickly integrated all the information obtained so far and concluded that it was not impossible, and finally said: "Young brother, you should know that the imperial court, no, Shi Changshi is right There are many people who covet the 'Taiping Dao', but there are so many people inside and outside the government who have benefited from it, so it is impossible to take action directly. The 'Fu Shui' that can quickly heal injuries is indispensable for the success of the alien tribes' several incursions and being repelled in recent years, but even if they I seized the 'Fu Shui' but couldn't use it, so I wanted to capture the 'Taiping Taoist' for testing.

When the war in Liangzhou finally subsided, many Taiping Taoist disciples returned, including many high-level Taoists, such as Zhang Mancheng, Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao, etc. "

"If the inside and outside cooperate, this group of 'Northern Huns' will wipe out all the Taiping Road in Liangzhou. They will definitely have the 'Han people who can draw talisman paper'. Shi Changshi can also characterize this matter as 'Taiping Road colludes with foreign races and causes internal strife.'" Then we will deal with Taiping Road in a grand manner." Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Liao and said, "I followed the contact messenger here, but lost it. I can only ask people who are familiar with the environment of Liangzhou to help find the places where the Huns garrisoned troops, and Xiandi is the most suitable person. selection."

"Haha... As soon as the Liangzhou Rebellion was settled, the imperial court couldn't wait to join forces with the barbarians to deal with their own people. I wonder what the tens of thousands of fallen soldiers would think when they knew about it." Zhang Liao said with a mocking tone.

I guess they will probably perform the "dying scene" a few more times... Zhao Yun, who was a little hesitant to open the gap now, thought silently.

"Since Brother Zhao, you accidentally learned about this matter, you don't know exactly what step they have taken, right? If you start the search from the beginning, it will probably be too late. Therefore, we start from their ultimate goal, the 'Taipingdao' is here We began to look for branches, taking 'the most suitable location for garrisoning troops from the border direction' as the standard." Zhang Liao said quickly.

Zhao Yundao: "There were originally two branches of Taiping Dao in Liangzhou, but one of them was abandoned because the altar advocated a decisive vote for Jinan Prime Minister Cao Cao. Currently, only the branch controlled by Qingniujiao is left. In terms of location..."

"I know this place, let's go!" While Zhang Ke was still repairing there, Zhang Liao grabbed Zhao Yun and ran outside the general stage. Since the guards were very familiar with Zhang Liao and they were coming from the inside out, they only briefly After looking at Zhao Yun twice, he stopped paying attention.

"It's not that close over there, we have to borrow two horses -" Zhang Liao led Zhao Yun straight to the stables in the camp: "I just forgot to ask, brother Zhao, are you good at riding?"

"We travel a thousand miles in a day and eight hundred miles in a night." Zhao Yun responded.

"I don't think there are any horses that good in the camp."

"..."

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Liangzhou, Zhangye County.

This place is an important city connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains, so merchants and knights frequently come and go. Because it produces special delicacies and famous fruit wine, even after the Liangzhou Rebellion just subsided, it has already regained 70% to 80% of its original prosperity.

The sun was setting in the west, and there were no pedestrians on the road. The city gate guard was thinking about whether to close the city gate in advance, when he saw two young men dressed as rangers walking out of the city.

"The next stop is Jiuquan. At that time, I will definitely invite you to try some delicacies that are different from this one." The young man holding a gun said loudly.

"That's right, but it's a pity that we haven't been crowned yet and can't enjoy the famous local fruit wine." Another young man with a pair of halberds on his waist agreed.

"It's getting late, I wonder if we can reach Jiuquan before nightfall -" The two young men were running so fast that they couldn't hear the second half of the sentence clearly.

"Haha, they're just afraid they'll have to sleep in the wild," the guard shook his head: "I thought it was the same for me back then..."

However, almost everyone in the two streets knew that the two young men they were rushing to Jiuquan at night turned north shortly after leaving the city and stopped near the Taiping Road sub-altar.

"Taiping Dao set up the altar here, which is quite foresight. I heard that many old people praised the water quality here." Riding horses borrowed from the military camp, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun took less than half a day to arrive with In Zhangye County, which is adjacent to Wuwei, we stopped for a while and enjoyed some local specialties before leaving in a hurry.

In addition to being wary of messengers who might not be around, they also wanted to hide it from the Huns' eyes and ears. After all, there were many barbarians living in this city, so it was inevitable that spies would be planted in advance.

"It seems that they haven't been attacked yet, so let's use it as the center to look for the Huns' camp." Zhao Yun looked at the flickering fire on the altar set up on Taiping Road from a distance and did not try to get closer.

Another advantage of going out of the city overnight is that most Huns have bird blindness. If they don't notice any abnormalities during the day, they are likely to relax their vigilance at night and be more easily discovered by the two of them - and this was verified almost immediately.

To the north of the Taiping Road sub-altar, bypassing two river bends and leaning against the windy mountain, Zhao Yun found a Hun camp under construction with dozens of tents. They had no intention of hiding it, because at night Nothing could be seen, and numerous bonfires and torches were lit.

"Looking at the size of the camp, it's five thousand. No, it might be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people." Zhao Yun put aside the thought of "we actually found it" for the time being and carefully observed the situation in the camp: "Obviously, they Not only do they plan to attack Taiping Road, but they also plan to take advantage of the opportunity to rob rural towns.”

"Shi Changshi is seeking skin from a tiger," Zhang Liao seemed to be suppressing his anger: "Although Liangzhou is in chaos, it has not been merged with the state. The border troops monitoring the Xiongnu's movements have not reported it?... No, maybe they have already reported it, Only then did Shi Changshi find the opportunity to communicate secretly with them."

"What should we do? Now that we have found the location of their camp, it can be said that the evidence is conclusive. Hurry back and report to Mr. Dong Zhuo...?" Zhao Yun asked.

"What if we leave and these Huns launch an attack tomorrow? What's more, Lord Dong Zhuo has sent generals to various parts of Liangzhou to develop commerce and technology due to lack of civil servants. As for being trapped in the camp, don't mention that they are on official business. , as infantry, speed is also a problem, they may be discovered and withdrawn by these Huns from a long distance." Zhang Liao stared at the camp closely.

"Could it be that you are planning to..." Zhao Yun thought of something, but couldn't believe it.

"Brother Zilong, do you and I dare to raid this camp of ten thousand people and behead the general?" Zhang Liao turned to look at Zhao Yun, as if there were burning flames in his eyes.

"Ha... why don't you dare!" Zhao Yun picked up the silver spear and laughed loudly: "Even if we go in and out seven times, I will accompany you to the end."

——When the big deal comes and you can't run away, just drag him into the "Mountains and Rivers Society Map" and escape.