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Chapter 17 The dragon enters the sea

After Zhang Shun led the team northward for a while, he turned northwest. After walking for a few days, he crossed the mountains and ridges and almost walked to Changping Pass. This Changping Pass is set on Danzhu Ridge, also known as Jiangzhu Ridge, Changping Beishan, located at the junction of Changzi County and Gaoping County.

"Reading History and Fangyu Ji" clearly records that Danzhuling is 40 miles southwest of Changzi County and 45 miles south to Gaoping County. According to legend, the Qin general Bai Qikeng Zhao soldiers were 400,000 here, and when the Sui Dynasty arrived, Changping Pass was established here. This place has always been a strategic location and a major transportation route. The road where Danzhuling is located is called Lu'an Luoyang Road, which is the only place to go south of Shangdang, passing Gaoping, Jincheng, crossing Taihang Mountains, and reaching Luoyang.

Before Zhang Shun arrived in front of Changping Pass, he received a scout report sent by Zhao Lizi and said: "There is a fierce battle in Changping Post ahead. An enemy is coming from the north and is attacking the officers and soldiers of Changping Post, and he is suspected of the Shaanxi rebel army we are looking for."

When Zhang Shun heard this, he felt very excited. It was better to come early than to come by. It was undoubtedly other rebels who fought with the officers and soldiers. So he ordered Zhang Sanbai and Zhao Lizi to join, and a total of 400 people were waiting for an opportunity to attack the officers and soldiers, and he led the central army to fight. Chen Changye and Xiao Qinhu led 200 people to guard the surroundings and guard the Dao Zheng Ma's baggage camp.

Unexpectedly, the defense line of the officers and soldiers guarding Changping was already shaking. As soon as Zhang Sanbai and Zhao Lizi's troops appeared behind them, the officers and soldiers were shocked and suddenly collapsed. The soldiers all threw away their helmets and fled.

At this time, the one who led the troops to attack the officers and soldiers was Ma Shouying. They had previously followed Zijinliang to their eldest son, but were defeated by Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin. The rebel army had no choice but to flee south again. The one who fought the vanguard was Ma Shouying.

"Old Hui Hui" Ma Shouying saw the officers and soldiers suddenly scattered, and then a force with unknown flag appeared. He couldn't help but feel happy and surprised. He quickly sent someone to inquire. Ma Shouying's spy happened to meet the scout sent by Zhao Lizi to contact. The two sides had contact with each other and found that both sides were rebels. They were overjoyed and went back to the camp to report.

When Zhang Shun received the news, he was overjoyed and secretly glanced at the third-rank official Zhang Shenyan, thinking: No matter what conspiracy you have, it is useless at this moment. Now that I am entering the sea, only with the upright plot, everyone can do it by means.

So after the two sides had initial contact, they mentioned the meeting between the leaders of both sides. Zhang Shun was not afraid of this, so he ordered Zhang Sanbai and others to restrain the troops and take Wukong, Chen Changye and Xiao Qinhu to meet him.

This Ma Shouying was originally a border soldier, and he had the same reputation as a comrade with many rebel leaders in Shaanxi. He was old and quite prestigious. He heard that Zhang Shun had brought three people to meet him, but he was not willing to be outdone. He only brought three escorts with high martial arts skills to go to Yinghui.

When Zhang Shun saw Ma Shouying, he was all expected to see him: Ma Shouying was strong, his clothes were quite dirty, he had a big beard on his chin, and his small eyes were rumbling and cunning. But Ma Shouying looked at Zhang Shun in a different scene. The leader opposite Ma Shouying was a bandit, who would have thought that he would look like a clean and tidy young man, wearing blue clothes, riding a bad horse, looking harmless.

But Ma Shouying dared not underestimate him. He saw that half a body behind this man was a burly man with a height of six feet and five. There were two big men on the left and right, one looked like a red-faced Guan Gong and the other looked like a black-faced Zhang Fei. These three were all powerful generals and were imposing. Ma Shouying himself secretly regretted that he had been too arrogant, and he actually brought three guards and dared to come to meet him, and he felt like he was retreating in his heart.

What a person Zhang Shun was? He saw that the other person showed timidity at first sight, so he took the opportunity to bow and ask, "Which hero is in front of him? The young actor is Zhang Shun, Henan, nicknamed "Optimus Prime". He has seen this old hero."

Ma Shouying is a thief after all, and killing people and robbing is a common thing. Although he felt afraid in his heart, he still said politely: "I dare not, since ancient times, heroes have been young. In front of you, the young hero, I am old. My name is Ma Shouying. People in the martial arts world are loving and calling you "Old Huihui". Thank you for your help. If you need help in the future, please speak up."

"Where are the things, I just want to help you when I see injustice. We are all suffering people who are bullied by the government. Where are there any heroes or not? But we brothers are unable to survive because of the disaster, so we come to join our rebel army. I wonder if Brother Ma is willing to take him in?" Zhang Shun didn't fight him and asked directly.

"I dare not call him Brother Ma, just call me 'Lao Huihui'. I'Lao Huihui' is just a leader under the Second Head. If you join the gang, you need to agree to the Second Head." Seeing that this person doesn't understand the rules, I raised him a little.

"I'm so disrespectful to me. 'Lao Huihui', who is this 'second leader'?" Zhang Shun understood that after the "Lao Huihui" uprising, he was afraid of harming his family, so he still did not dare to use his real name. It is estimated that the other rebels were in this situation, so they formed a rule of not calling them "nicknames". He just signed up for himself, and in order to show respect, he specially signed up for response, but still reminded himself that he still had to use nicknames as the name of each other in the future.

"The Second Head is the leader of our 36th Battalion. It is nicknamed "Zi Jinliang". I have sent someone to report to the Second Head. After a while, the Second Head should come." Ma Shouying explained.

Zhang Shun was surprised when he heard this, but it was not convenient to ask again. He just talked about some customs and customs in Shanxi and Shaanxi. After about a stick of incense, someone came to whisper to Ma Shouying. Ma Shouying said to Zhang Shun: "Brothers of Optimus Prime, our second leader has arrived, please follow me."

Chen Changye has been traveling escorts all year round. When he heard this, he was shocked and quickly said to Zhang Shun in a low voice: "Lord, this is not in line with the rules of the world, so you should not go lightly."

After hearing this, Zhang Shun thought about it for a moment and felt that there was no problem. He replied in a low voice: "The arrow is on the string and I have to fire it. You will pay attention to my eyes later, but it is not good. You can protect me in time and kill me."

Afterwards, Zhang Shun nodded to Ma Shouying and followed him to Changping Pass with his three subordinates. At this time, Zhang Shun's subordinates were shocked when they saw that Zhang Shun actually followed Ma Shouying to the enemy camp. They were shocked and quickly reported to Zhang Shun's other subordinates.

At this time, Taoist Ma, Chen Jindou, Zhao Yutou, Chen Jingzhi, Zhang Sanbai, Zhang Wuhao, Liu Yinggui and Zhao Lizi all gathered together. Taoist Ma saw that there was panic on everyone's faces, so he comforted him: "Don't panic, lord is the most sensible to do things, and we will wait."
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