Chapter 204 Zhang He
After learning that he was captured by Zhao Yun and now became the prisoner of the golden-faced military advisor and Cao Cao, Yan Gang showed a bitter look on his face.

"It's meaningless for you to keep my life, except to waste medicine and food."

When he saw Zhao Yun, Yan Gang said without hesitation.

"I don't want to kill you."

Zhao Yun was equally calm, looked at Yan Gang and said sincerely: "Fortunately, our lord doesn't want to kill you either, General Yan Gang, surrender."

"Ah."

After hearing Zhao Yun's words, Yan Gang couldn't help but sneered, looked at Zhao Yun with a funny expression on his face and said:

"Zhao Zilong, if you were me, would you surrender?"

Zhao Yun remained silent, then turned and left the carriage.

After he left, Liu Bian opened the curtain and walked in.

"I said General Yan, don't be dissatisfied. In order to place you here, my bodyguard and I went down to ride horses."

Liu Bian sat on the side of the carriage, let out a long sigh of relief, then turned his head to look at Yan Gang, lightly tapped the bottom of the carriage with his hand and said:

"This is my carriage."

Looking at the golden mask, Yan Gang's face immediately became ugly, and then he snorted heavily.

"Hmph! I have nothing to say to you!"

"is it?"

There was a hint of frivolity in Liu Bian's voice, he looked at Yan Gang and said with a smile:

"Then do you have something to say to Gongsun Zan? Maybe you do have something to say, but have you ever thought about it, will he listen to you?"

Yan Gang kept silent, and even closed his eyes without looking at Liu Bian.

Liu Bian didn't look at his reaction, and still said to himself:
"General Yan, you helped me, so I won't let you die here."

"But you also know that I am currently preparing to help Jizhou and resist Gongsun Zan, so I will definitely not let you go back. First, to avoid leaking too much information. Second, you will die if you go back. As I said, I will not let you go. will kill you."

"As for your loyalty, General Yan, I admire and believe in it very much. So don't say that since I won't kill you, I will let you go. I know you will definitely go to Gongsun Zan, and then it will be meaningless give your own life."

"So, since you don't want to surrender to me for the time being, then come with me. I can wait until the day you are willing to help me."

Liu Bian reached out and patted the seat beside him, then lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

As soon as he got off the car, he saw Zhao Yun waiting outside.

"My lord..."

Zhao Yun took a step forward and looked at Liu Bian with hope in his eyes.

He naturally hoped that Yan Gang would surrender. After all, for almost all members of Baima Yicong or former members of Baima Yicong, Yan Gang was everyone's idol.

"It's not that easy."

Liu Bian looked at Zhao Yun and shook his head slightly, but there was no discouragement in his words.

"My lord didn't..."

Zhao Yun stretched out his hand and drew a gesture of removing the mask, which meant to ask Liu Bian if he had revealed his identity to Yan Gang.

Liu Bian shook his head.

"It didn't mean much to him."

Perhaps Liu Bian's identity will have a certain impact on Yan Gang, but it will not affect his decision to a great extent.

Yan Gang has followed Gongsun Zan for a long time, and Gongsun Zan has always trusted him, entrusted him with the management of the most elite troops, even saved his life when he made such a serious mistake, His official position was not demoted until he had to.

Yan Gang himself is a loyal person, even if Liu Bian's identity has impacted him, he will not abandon the original owner at will and switch to Liu Bian.

So Liu Bian wasn't in a hurry, he just told Zhao Yun to take good care of Yan Gang and don't let him run away, so he didn't make other arrangements.

"Your Excellency, Military Advisor, just ahead is General Zhang He's temporary camp."

Zhang Lu, the leader of the Jizhou cavalry, pointed to a county town ahead and said to Liu Bian.

"Ah."

Liu Bian nodded, looked at the plaque of the county seat, and found that there were two big characters engraved on it, Zhixian.

Another name I've never heard of.

However, Liu Bian could roughly distinguish the location of the city from the map, so he judged that he was still about ten days away from Yecheng where Han Fu was located.

The people in Zhi County obviously knew that Liu Bian would arrive today, and there were already people lining up outside the city to welcome him.

Liu Bian looked from a distance, and the leader was a handsome face, about thirty or so years old, with piercing eyes looking in his direction, with an indifference in his eyes as if he was prepared for everything.

Zhang He.

Although he had never seen his face, Liu Bian could tell the identity of the other party just by his temperament.

The report sent by Zhang Lu must have mentioned the strength of the black cavalry led by Zhao Yun, and the soldiers behind Zhang He were obviously wary of the black cavalry beside Liu Bian. from the cavalry.

But only Zhang He's expression remained unchanged. Liu Bian understood that Zhang He was not sure that his side would not launch a sudden attack, but that he was fully confident in fighting the black cavalry under his command!

As the two sides approached, Zhang He cupped his fists and saluted on the horse.

"Ahead, is Duke Cao of Luoyang?"

Cao Cao, as the leader on the bright side, immediately lifted the curtain of the car, stepped out of the carriage, and cupped his hands at Zhang He, saying:
"It's Cao. Your Excellency must be General Zhang Yun. Cao was deeply impressed by the battle between Chucheng and Gongsun Zan."

"Grandpa Cao praised me, I lost that battle after all."

Zhang Yun shook his head, and glanced at Liu Bian, Zhao Yun and others who were not far from Cao Cao's chariot and horses, as if he was trying to identify the identities of these people based on intelligence.

Cao Cao continued to exchange friendly greetings with Zhang He:
"I have already heard from Your Excellency Zhang Lu that the general, with 3000 troops, set up a series of traps in front of the young city, causing Gongsun Zan's mighty [-] Youzhou iron cavalry to suffer a lot, and then left gracefully and retreated completely! How can you say you lost this battle? I'm afraid everyone in the world will mention Gongsun Zan's blush!"

Zhang He and Cao Cao smiled at each other, and then took the initiative to welcome Cao Cao, Liu Bian and others into the city, as a good hospitality.

When entering the city, Liu Bian took a general look at the situation in the city, and found that the army was neat and tidy, the people were not many, and they had obviously moved away, and there were roadblocks and checkpoints on all the main roads in the city, as if they were ready to fight at any time.

"General Zhang He, are you planning to fight Gongsun Zan for a second battle in this young county?"

Liu Bian turned his head to look at Zhang He who was walking beside Cao Cao.

Zhang He also turned his head to look at him, his eyes showed a look of scrutiny, and then he smiled and said:
"Your Excellency, Military Advisor, really lives up to his reputation. Could it be that you have already seen through my plan?"

Liu Bian shook his head, humbly said:

"General Zhang thinks highly of me. I only guessed this way when I saw the division of troops in the general's city is clear, and there are some obstacles that are clearly aimed at the cavalry. As for how the general will deal with the Youzhou cavalry, I don't actually see it. .”

Zhang He smiled at Liu Bian, saying that Liu Bian could see this was already very remarkable, and at the same time there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

He thought that Liu Bian had already figured it out, but it was just related to military deployment, and there were too many people here who refused to say it clearly.

But in fact, Liu Bian really didn't see it.

(End of this chapter)

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