Three Kingdoms King of the North

Seeing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer to him, Jiang Jackal couldn't help thinking disheartenedly: "My life is over, it's a pity that I missed the master's important event, I really don't want to die!"

When Yan Liang's cavalry rushed a hundred paces away, Jiang Hao ordered two of his men to escort Ju Shou, Feng Liang, and the jailer to continue heading north. Prepare to fight to the death with the pursuers and buy time for your companions to escape.

Seeing four cavalry blocking the road ahead, Yan Liang couldn't help sneering. According to his idea, hundreds of cavalry rushed over, and even without weapons, they could trample the opponent into a pulp.Just when the distance between the two sides was getting shorter and shorter, a cannon was heard in front of them, and a cavalry rushed out from the woods beside the road.

Chapter 170 Jushou escaped danger

The two cavalrymen collided quickly, and the dozens of cavalrymen who rushed to the front suddenly turned on their backs. The mournful screams of the horses and the miserable screams of the cavalry rang together.Although the cavalry following behind had to slow down because of the corpses of the horses on the ground, they still waved the weapons in their hands and slashed at each other.

But Jiang Jie and the others looked at all this with dumbstruck eyes, wondering in their hearts: "Where did this cavalry come from, and how did they fight Yuan Shao's cavalry?"

"What are you still standing here for?" Just as they were in a daze, a voice suddenly sounded behind them.Jiang Jackal turned his head and saw that it was a military general with a big sword standing behind him on a horse.Don't look at Jiang Jackal who has been away for a long time, but he knows all the well-known generals in Jizhou City. He recognized at a glance that this was Captain Huang Zhong who commanded the cavalry.He hurriedly cupped his hands and said to Huang Zhong: "Thank you, Captain Huang, for saving your life. Jiang Jackal will never forget it."

"Don't need to say too much, Huang is here to help you block the pursuers." Huang Zhong waved his hand at Jiang Jackal, and said loudly, "Hurry up and keep coming!"

Although Jiang Jack wanted to know why Huang Zhong came here in such a timely manner to save himself and a few of his subordinates, he also knew that this place was not a place to talk, so he clasped his fists at the other party, and then rode horses with three of his subordinates Go to catch up with Jushou and others in front.

After about half an hour, Jiang Jie and others finally caught up with Ju Shou.Ju Shou originally thought that the people behind the end would surely die, but now seeing them appear, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Jiang Zhuangshi, how did you escape from danger?"

Jiang Jackal said with a wry smile: "Jiang also thought that he would die this time, but unexpectedly, a cavalry rushed out and rescued us."

"A cavalry?!" Ju Shou frowned and asked, "Where did the cavalry come from in this wilderness?"

"It's the cavalry led by Captain Huang," Jiang Jie explained to Jushou: "According to Jiang's guess, they must have been lurking in the woods for a long time, and when they saw Yuan Jun's cavalry chasing up, they rushed out suddenly and killed them by surprise. .”

"This is so strange!" Ju Shou pointed to the north with his whip, and said, "This place is more than two hundred miles away from Guantao. Why did the cavalry from Jizhou appear here? Could it be that the guards of Guantao got the news last night, so You sent people over overnight and happened to save us?"

"Mr. Ju, don't ask, Jiang really doesn't know what's going on." Facing Ju Shou's questions one after another, Jiang Jackal replied with some embarrassment: "These questions will be answered after we return to Guantao safely." Should be able to get the answer you want."

The crowd continued to drive forward, and after walking for about ten miles, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from behind. Jiang Jackal reined in his mount, turned his head and looked back, and saw a cavalry coming along the official road.When everyone saw this cavalry, they couldn't help panicking, thinking to themselves: Could it be that Captain Huang's cavalry was wiped out by Yuan Jun's cavalry so quickly?

With sharp eyes, Jiang Jack could see clearly the flag in the cavalry formation. He wrote a big "Han", and he felt relieved immediately, and quickly said to everyone: "Don't worry, everyone, it belongs to us, Captain Huang's." Soldiers and horses."

When Huang Zhongce was about to go back and forth, Jiang Jacko clasped his fists and saluted the other party, and asked, "Lieutenant Huang, Yuan Jun's cavalry has retreated?"

"They were repelled by us, and there were less than a hundred cavalry left, and they were fleeing to Yecheng in a hurry." Huang Zhong did not tell Jiang Yu and others how he repelled Yuan Jun, and his eyes were on Ju Shou, Feng Liang, After scanning the bodies of the three guards, they asked Jiang Jack directly, "Who is Mr. Ju?"

"I'm Jushou." Before Jiang Jack could reply, Jushou had already replied, "Thank you Captain Huang for saving your life."

"Mr. Ju, Mr. Huang is very polite!" Huang Zhong bowed to Jushou on horseback, and said respectfully: "Mr. Huang was ordered by the lord to come to meet Mr. Ju. Fortunately, Mr. is a lucky man, and there is no danger. .Presumably my lord will be happy to see that my husband is safe and sound."

In order to find out why Huang Zhong's cavalry came so timely, Ju Shou, who survived the catastrophe, tentatively asked, "Lieutenant Huang, I would like to ask why you are here?"

"When my lord was chatting with Mr. Shan Fu two days ago, I suddenly talked about Mr. Ju." Huang Zhong had already been instructed by Han Zhan to tell the truth to Jushou, so when he heard Jushou's question, he explained it to him Said: "Mr. Shan Fu said: Yuan Benchu ​​was lenient on the outside but jealous on the inside, and he didn't think about loyalty. If he won and was happy, he might be able to forgive Ju Shou; if he lost the battle, he would be ashamed, and Ju Gong and Fear's lives are hard to save. After hearing this, the lord was anxious, and hurriedly revised the book Let people send you to Yecheng in the starry night, and inform Jiang Yu and others that they must try to rescue you. In addition, he was also worried that after you left Yecheng, Yuan Benchu ​​would send people to chase you down, so he ordered Huang to lead a thousand cavalry to meet you .”

Hearing that Shan Fu was able to analyze Yuan Shao's plan to kill him, Ju Shou opened his mouth wide in surprise, and asked after a long time: "I don't know who this Shan Fu is, who can analyze Yuan Benchu's character so thoroughly. At the beginning, the professor also knew that after his defeat in Yecheng, he would definitely kill me to vent his anger, so he didn't want to leave with Jiang Zhuangshi, so as not to blame others for my departure."

Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "Huang doesn't know who this Mr. Shan Fu is. But when he escorted Cai Shizhong's daughter back to Chenliu, when he passed by Guantao, he hit it off with the lord and talked very happily. At that time he He said that he wanted to go to the lord after Chen Liu finished his own affairs. At that time, Huang thought he was just making excuses, but he didn't expect that he brought another friend to Guantao to join the lord a few days ago."

From Huang Zhong's words, Ju Shou heard that Han Zhan was actually in Guantao at the moment, so he asked in surprise: "Lieutenant Huang, what did you just say, Tinghou is also in Guantao City?"

Seeing Jushou's bewildered expression, Huang Zhong said to him: "Cao Mengde, the prefect of Dongjun, dispatched Chen Gong to Jizhou to borrow grain, and my lord personally escorted the grain to Guantao in order to ensure that he didn't have to go on a business trip. "

Huang Zhong's words shocked Jushou. He really didn't expect that in such a cold day and such bad road conditions, Han Zhan would personally go out and lead his troops to deliver the food to Guantao.Originally, his heart was like still water, but his heart began to become lively, and he was reconsidering the possibility of working for Han Zhan.

Huang Zhong saw that Ju Shou was silent, although he couldn't guess what he was thinking, he still urged him: "Mr. Ju, the ice and snow here is not a place to stay for a long time, let's go back to Guantao as soon as possible."

Chapter 171 Han Zhan's Plan

Although it is nothing to say that the cavalry can drive two hundred miles overnight.However, considering Jushou's health, Huang Zhong ordered to set up camp in a sheltered place after walking half the distance, and to rest here for a night before leaving.Taking advantage of setting up camp, he called a cavalry corporal and a cavalry to rush back to Guantao overnight to report to Han Zhan that Jushou was out of danger and that he would arrive in Guantao by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

After receiving the order, the two cavalrymen galloped away immediately and rushed to Guantao to report to Han Zhan.

They hurried on, and when they arrived at Guantao City, it was already four o'clock.The soldiers guarding the city heard someone shouting from below the city, and said impatiently: "Stop shouting, the city gate will not open until dawn!"

The captain of the cavalry under the city was afraid that Huang Zhong's important event would be delayed, so he quickly shouted: "Hurry up and open the city, we are Huang Xiaowei's subordinates, and we need to report important military information to the lord. If you miss the important event, be careful about your project." Get on the head."

The soldiers in the city panicked when they heard the yelling from below, but he didn't dare to open the door without authorization, so he could only go down the tower and report the matter to Du Bo on duty.Du Bo heard that some of Huang Zhong's subordinates had come back overnight and had an accident, so he hurried up the tower, took a torch and stretched it out of the crenel, wanting to see clearly who was under the castle.

But the lighting range of the torch is limited, he can only see two figures on horseback under the city, and he can't see whether the other party is his own or the enemy.Just when he was in a dilemma, the cavalry corporal shouted loudly: "Hey, brothers in the city, can't you see us clearly? You can throw a torch down, and we can let you see clearly. "

Du Bo felt that what the cavalrymen said made sense, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to take a flaming torch and throw it down the city wall.The captain of the cavalry got off his horse and picked up the burning torch, leaned close to his face, and said loudly to the city wall, "Do you see clearly now?"

Du Bo took a closer look. Although they were unfamiliar faces, the armor they wore was the standard of the Jizhou Army.And apart from the two of them, no one else was found nearby.After a fierce ideological struggle, Du Bo decided to open the city gate and let two cavalry come in.So, he said loudly: "Put the suspension bridge and open the city gate!"

Seeing that the suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate opened, the two cavalry who had been waiting for a long time shook their reins, rode their horses over the suspension bridge, passed through the city gate, and rushed into Guantao City. rushed to the position.

Outside the gate of the prefect's mansion, there were 24 soldiers on duty. When they saw the two cavalry rushing towards the prefect's mansion, a team leader hurried forward and asked loudly, "Who is so bold that he dares to run wildly in front of the gate of the prefect's mansion. "

Two cavalrymen reined in their mounts, and the cavalry corporal said to the team leader: "We are the subordinates of Colonel Huang, and we have important military information to report to the lord. Please let the team leader be accommodating and inform us."

Seeing the exhausted faces of the two, the team leader couldn't help feeling compassionate.He said to the two: "You two have worked hard, and rest outside the mansion for a while, and I will report to the lord." Then he called another subordinate and ordered, "Take these two brothers to the gatehouse to rest. By the way, eat something and drink some water, I will go in and report to the lord."

The team led the team to the backyard, met Rob who was patrolling here, and reported to him, saying that Huang Zhong sent two subordinates back overnight, and wanted to report to the lord for important military information.After hearing this, Rob didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to Han Zhan's house, and shouted to the ground in a low voice: "My lord, my lord!"

Han Zhan, who was dreaming sweetly, was awakened by Rob's call, and said rather displeasedly, "What's the matter?"

"My lord!" Rob said through the window, "Two envoys sent by Colonel Huang are waiting outside the gate of the mansion. They said they have important military reports."

Hearing that there was an important military situation, Han Zhan instinctively thought of calling everyone to the meeting hall for discussion.But as soon as he lifted the quilt, he suddenly thought that it would be inappropriate to hastily wake everyone up from the quilt to discuss matters without knowing what the person Huang Zhong sent was going to say, so he put the quilt back on, Tell Rob: "Rob, send them two to meet me here!"

Although Rob was surprised that Han Zhan met the envoys in the bedroom, he agreed and went outside to find Huang Zhong's two envoys.

Not long after, Han Zhan heard hurried footsteps coming from outside.Then, Rob's voice sounded again outside the window: "My lord, the man has been brought here!"

"Let them in!"

There was only a sound of the door frame, and the door was pushed open from the outside.Rob led two soldiers in helmets and armor, and strode in from the outside.Seeing Han Zhan sitting on the couch, the two soldiers hurried forward and knelt down on one knee, "See my lord!"

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan stretched out his hand to help, and asked bluntly, "I don't know if Captain Huang sent you two back late at night. What important military report is there?"

"Return to my lord," Wu Zhang said, "Lieutenant Huang asked me to rush back to Guantao late at night, just to tell my lord that our army has defeated Yuan Benchu's pursuers and made Mr. Jushou escape from danger. He is with our cavalry. Come to Guantao. You will be able to reach Guantao in the afternoon."

Hearing that Jushou was out of danger and was on his way to Guantao, Han Zhan immediately beamed with joy.He smiled and said to the cavalry corporal: "You two have worked hard, go down and have a good rest." After the two cavalry got up, he told Rob again, "Take the two of them to receive the reward. Each reward is [-]."

The two cavalry were about to leave the door, but when they heard that Han Zhan was about to reward them, they quickly knelt down again and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

Han Zhan smiled at the two, then waved his hand and said, "You are also tired, go down and rest."

After Rob and the two cavalrymen left, Han Zhan was so excited that he couldn't sleep anymore.He got a report from the messenger yesterday, saying that he met Jiang Jie and others who escaped with Jushou on the way. He contacted Huang Zhong, who had set off earlier, and asked him to try to meet Jiang Jie; on the other hand, he asked Xia Houlan to gather a thousand infantry and a thousand strong crossbowmen, planning to leave the city and go south after dawn to meet him. Ju Shou and his party.Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong and the others had repelled Yuan Shao's pursuers and were escorting Jushou Chaoguantao.

Han Zhan knew very well in his heart that Jushou was a talent, but he was often as stubborn as a donkey. Although he rescued him from Yuan Shao, it was still unknown whether he would be willing to work for him.After daybreak, I personally took someone out of the city ten miles to meet him. Even if I couldn't move him, it would still play a certain role in persuading him in the future.Thinking of this, Han Zhan made up his mind and decided to take Guantao's military officials to meet Jushou outside the city at noon.

Chapter 172 Han Zhan Visits

Under the escort of Huang Zhong and others, Ju Shou arrived near Guantao City in the afternoon of the next day.

Jiang Jack's eyes were sharp, and he was still following far away, when he saw the crowd standing beside the official road to greet us, he quickly said to Ju Shou: "Mr. Ju, look quickly, the lord is leading people out of the city to meet us."