The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Liu Bei followed Xun Zhen out of the courtyard and came to the gate of the mansion.

As Xun Zhen said, Handan has become very lively because of the fact that many foreigners and civilians have fled to the county with their families and their families. An "abnormal" bustling scene.

Not far from the gate of the mansion, on the opposite street stood dozens of horse-led men with swords in their waists and bows and arrows.

Most of these men were clothed, and a few wore armor, and they were almost all young people in their twenties.

Pieces of black stains were condensed on their armor. This was the color of blood that had precipitated. They were dusty and dusty. Many people were wounded. At first glance, they had come from a **** battle and had traveled long distances.

There were three people standing in front of them.

The man among the three has not yet been crowned. He is majestic and handsome. Although his clothes and armor are dirty after **** battles and long journeys, he stands tall among the crowd, with no signs of fatigue between his brows and eyes, like a pine tree, standing upright. , arrogant.

This person is Zhao Yun.

The person on his left is younger than him, but he is already grown, more than seven feet long, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he is Yan Meng.

The person on his right is more than twenty years old, already crowned, the oldest among the three of them, and the tallest. He must be eight feet tall, with a black face and short beard, and wears a set of black leather armor. Xun Zhen did not recognize this man, but he was expected to be Zhao Yun's hometown.

"Zilong! It's been several months since we parted in mid-autumn last year. In the past few months, I've been Si Ri Sijun."

Xun Zhen laughed happily, lifted the hem of her clothes, and strode over.

When he came out of the mansion, Zhao Yun saw him and hurried to meet him.

The two met in the street, Zhao Yun wanted to bow down and salute, Xun Zhen grabbed him, took his hand, looked up and down, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for several months, Zilong, you have two more points. Xiongjian, ..., how come there are so many bloodstains on the armor, is there any injury?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "The blood on this armor is the blood of thieves, and Yun is not injured."

"Did you meet thieves on the road, or?"

"There is both the blood of thieves on the road and the blood of Chu Yan's thieves."

"Oh? Jun and Chu Feiyan's thief team fought?"

"When Chu Yan was under siege, Yun Gang returned to the county from the old house in the countryside. After the city was destroyed, because Yun had a little reputation in the village, Chu Yan wanted to force Yun to obey, but Yun's house was pure and innocent, how could he be willing to smear the name of his father and ancestors? Then he pretended to make a promise, and the heroes of Yinjie County, Li, and the city who refused to follow the thief gathered together more than a hundred young men and young men, and took advantage of them to shoot out of the city. It was stained at that time."

Zhao Yun said it simply, only a few words, but Xun Zhen could imagine the danger at that time.

When Chu Feiyan came out of the mountain, there were only more than 10,000 troops. They attacked cities and lands all the way, and surrounded the refugees and common people. The number of troops in the siege of Zhending has doubled to more than 20,000. Thousands of people, under his coercion, Zhao Yun, in a vain way, killed a teenage boy and a mere hundreds of people from the city. It was really not easy.

Xun Zhen glanced at those who were following Zhao Yun on the opposite street, and said to herself, "Zilong said there were more than a hundred people gathered, but now there are only thirty or forty people left, 10% off 56%. Dangerous."

Zhao Yun paused for a while, then reviewed the obedience on the street opposite his eyes, turned his head, and continued, "After leaving the city, Yun waits for nowhere to go, so he has to come to the lieutenant and hope that the lieutenant will take him in."

Although Zhao Yun and Xun Zhen had only met once, but in the past few months, the two often exchanged letters and Xun Zhen deliberately made friends, but they were already acquainted with each other. Xun Zhen pretended to be dissatisfied, and said, "Although you and I have a short relationship, but we are in harmony. In my opinion, the truth is more than flesh and blood. Don't say such foreign words!"

He took Zhao Yun's hand, shook it up and down, and said with great joy, "The last time I saw you, I invited you to come to Handan, but you said that you haven't finished your studies and you can't travel far. I regret that I will return, and I will wait until you come today. , I can't ask for it."

Yan Meng and the strong man in his twenties followed behind Zhao Yun, and they also came over, and the two bowed down and saluted.

Xun Zhen lifted the two of them up, smiled and said to Yan Meng, "Xiao Xiong, are you taller again?"

Yan Meng's nickname is Xiao Xiong. He is two or three years younger than Zhao Yun. It was when he was growing up that he hadn't seen him for a few months.

The last time Xun Zhen went to Zhending to find Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was not at his home in the county, but at an old house in the countryside. Xun Zhen didn’t know the way, but Yan Meng showed him the way. At that time, Yan Meng didn't know that Xun Zhen was Lieutenant of Zhao State at first, but he found out later that he was surprised. Today, he is not as casual as last time. I don't know what to say.

Xun Zhen saw his restraint and said with a smile, "Last time you showed me the way, and I ate one of your real pears on the way. I still haven't forgotten the sweet and crisp taste. What? It's only been a few months. See, but you don't recognize me?"

Yan Meng blushed and replied, "The last time I saw you, Meng Chu didn't know that you were a lieutenant of the State of Zhao. It was a lot of rudeness.

Xun Zhen laughed, patted his arm, came to the eight-foot-long man, and praised: "What an Ang Zang strong man!" Consul Zhao Yun, "Zilong, who is this?"

"This Yunxiang native Dong Zhi."

Among the dozens of young people who came with Zhao Yun this time, Yan Meng and this eight-foot-long man were the most courageous.

Dong Zhi is three or four years older than Zhao Yun, but it can be seen from his words and deeds that he is obviously following Zhao Yun.

Xun Zhen nodded, smiled and said to Lu Guang, Liu Bei, and Dian Wei who followed him, "You can guess from the appearance that Dong Jun must be very famous in real life." Pointing to Dian Wei, he smiled and said to Dong Zhi, "Dong Jun, this is my personal bodyguard. He is known for his outstanding bravery under my account. Someday the two of you will be more close."

Dong Zhi is indeed quite famous in Zhending, but although he is famous, he is a child of a cold family. He has never spoken to a "noble person" above Qianshi before. , I thought about how arrogant Xun Zhen would be with such a great reputation, young and successful, and such a high official position, but he didn't want to be so approachable, flattered, and promised again and again.

Xun Zhen gave Zhao Yun enough face, not only respected Yan Meng and Dong Zhiqian, but also went across the street, laughed and said a few words with the dozens of real definitions, and then got Zhao Yun's consent, ordered her to die. The government officials led the dozens of people to the guest house for resettlement, and asked people to arrange meals and entertain them.

After setting everything up, Xun Zhenxiao said to Zhao Yun: "It's not a place to talk outside the mansion, Zilong, let's talk in the mansion." With Zhao Yun and others, he personally led the way, took two steps, and remembered something , instructing Dian Wei: "Send someone to the barracks outside the county to summon Zifang."

Zifang is the name of Xiahoulan. Xiahoulan and Zhao Yun’s hometown are from the same village. Xiahoulan was recommended to Xunzhen by Zhao Yun. Now that Zhao Yun is here, she must notify Xiahoulan and ask him to come and meet.

Dian Wei responded to the promise and sent someone out of the city to summon Xiahoulan into the mansion.

—— Zhao Yun came to join Xunzhen this time, not just because of what he said: the true destiny was occupied by Chu Feiyan, and he did not want to be a thief, so he came to join him. The first half of what he said was right. He really didn't want to be a thief, so he killed Zhen Ding, but after the real Ding, Xun Zhen was not the only choice in front of him. In fact, he had more convenient options. Yuanshi County, the county seat of Changshan, is just south of Zhending. He can go to Yuanshi to join the army. The reason why he didn't go is because Xunzhen has written letters with him these months, and they have increased their understanding of each other. It is precisely because of Xiahoulan's work. In the past few months, Xiahoulan and Zhao Yun have also exchanged letters. In the letters, Xiahoulan praised Xun Zhen, saying that he is a rare and rare master of generosity and martial arts, and the people of the world have a strong sense of the country. , not only being familiar with Xun Zhen, but also being praised by Xia Houlan, Zhao Yun went directly to Xun Zhen after he left the city.

In this regard, even if Zhao Yun does not say, Xun Zhen can also guess one or two.

Entering the mansion, Xun Zhen did not rush to inquire about the situation of Chang Shan, Zhen Ding and Chu Feiyan, and ordered the maids in the mansion to cook soup and prepare meals. After a long journey, he opened his mouth to ask questions in the hall.

"Zilong, how did you really get captured by Chu Feiyan? You didn't hold it for three days?"

Although Chu Feiyan's group is different from the Yellow Turban Army in nature, the Yellow Turban Army has political pursuits, and Chu Feiyan's group is just a bandit, but in terms of the composition of the group, they are both composed of dead people, refugees, and common people. Military training, lack of siege equipment, it must be a big city in Changshan County, Xun Zhen has seen the city wall with her own eyes, it can be called tall and strong, but it was captured by Chu Feiyan in less than three days. When they arrived in Handan, Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai, Xun You and others were very surprised for a while.

Zhao Yun and the others came out of the siege. They came to Handan from the battlefield. No one brought any clothes to change. The clothes they were wearing at this time were specially ordered by Xun Zhen. Zhao Yun was about the same height as Xun Zhen, and he was wearing Xun Zhen's new clothes, which Chen Zhi personally took out and sent.

"Chu Yan is a person of Zhending. There are many relatives, friends and old parties in Zhending, and they responded internally and externally, and Zhending fell into his hands."

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "When I first heard that Zhending had only been defended for three days and then declared its fall, I guessed that it must have been a rebellion~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It's true. …, Zilong, I Wen Chu Feiyan's department now has 30,000 to 40,000 people?"

"When Yun left the city, there were about 30,000 people in Chu Yan's army. However, most of them were the common people and refugees who were coerced by him. The backbone of the battle force was probably the more than 10,000 people he brought out of the mountains."

"How is the situation in Changshan County now?"

"Chu Yan divided his troops to attack, and the Taiban counties north of Zhending fell into the hands of thieves, echoing the thieves in Zhongshan County and Julu County."

"Do you know Chu Yan's next move? Is it going south or east?"

Going south refers to attacking Zhending, the prefecture of Changshan County, and Gaoyi, the prefecture of Jizhou; going east means crossing the county boundary, entering Julu County, and joining forces with Zhang Niujiao. Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Before Yun left the city, I met Chu Yan twice and asked him tentatively, but he was very tight-lipped."

Xun Zhen, Xun You, and Xi Zhicai had repeatedly discussed this issue. Both Xun You and Xi Zhicai believed that Chu Feiyan's next plan was most likely not going south, but going east. Because if we go south, firstly, Yuanshi and Gaoyi are strong cities, which are not easy to conquer, and secondly, Zhaojun is to the south of Yuanshi and Gaoyi. Zhaojun is the only county in the northwest of Jizhou without chaos. Xun Zhenying was known for being good at fighting and fighting, and he had five thousand paces under his tent. Chu Feiyan would not want to fight Xunzhen too early, and if he went east, he could avoid Yuanshi, Gaoyi and Zhaojun, and secondly. Can join forces with Zhang Niujiao, in terms of pros and cons, is better than going south.

Of course, this is just the speculation of Xun Zhen and others. What Chu Feiyan will do, no one can be sure. This is why Xun Zhen asked Zhao Yun if he knew what Chu Feiyan planned to do next.

While speaking, one person came outside the hall.

(To be continued)