Three hundred and ninetieth chapters scattered like birds and beasts
"The provocation of overthrow, the fear of war, the burning of war, nothing to show for one's appearance." [Book of Jin, Biography of Cai Mo]
Outside Yongqiu City, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Zhao Chong and others, as well as more than three to four hundred relatives with incomplete clothes and armor, and their retinues were running for their lives on the road. Even though they had already escaped from Yongqiu for half an hour, the horizon was even to the edge of Yongqiu City.
The city walls were no longer visible, and Zhang Miao and the others were still looking back with lingering fear.
Zhang Chao was panting and foaming at the corners of his mouth. He was originally a handsome man, but now his turban was scattered and he was wearing a tight-fitting armor. He had participated in the Jujube Alliance a few years ago and had it custom-made by someone when the cavalry challenged Dong.
The armor was now thick and fat, and it took a long time to put it on.
Seeing a white line appearing in the distance and a shallow, turbid river gradually lying in front of everyone's eyes, Zhang Chao finally found an opportunity, stretched out his hand to rein in his horse by the river, and said to Zhang Miao: "Brother! I'm waiting in a hurry.
Escape, at first I didn’t know where I was going, so I just returned it. Now that I have escaped the pursuers, my life and property are temporarily safe, there must be a plan for where to go from now on!”
"Yes, Mr. Fu!" Cheng Ang frowned. This aimless escape was really out of character for him, not to mention that in his opinion, they shouldn't run out like this, fight back in the city, and help the imperial court kill people.
Isn't Zhu Ling very good? He can also make meritorious deeds! But the good-tempered Zhang Miao was extremely determined at this time and insisted on leaving the city, as if he was scared to death. Cheng Ang felt extremely aggrieved and wished he could do it now.
He turned around and went back, even more dissatisfied with Zhang Miao's weak and greedy temper:
"Chen Liu has been lost. I hope you will be informed as soon as possible about what we are going to do in the future! Otherwise, how can the soldiers who have been following Fu Jun feel at ease!"
The mature Zhao Chong heard something wrong from these words, but frowned, but did not move his feet. Dian Wei, on the other hand, said nothing, took out his double halberd from the saddle, and quietly stood behind Zhang Miao, with a pair of small
His eyes were staring at everyone with vigilance, and even Zhang Chao's gaze stayed on him for a while.
Zhang Miao didn't seem to feel the tense atmosphere. He looked around the river and searched carefully. His eyes ranged from the dry weeds, the cleanly peeled woods, and even the mountains in the farthest distance.
As soon as he passed by, he was like a lost old horse, pawing uneasily by the gurgling river, looking dazed, sad and uneasy.
Seeing that the coach couldn't come up with an idea, Cheng Ang's heart finally dropped.
"Brother." Zhang Chao had been paying attention to Cheng Ang's expression. At this time, he quickly took over the topic and said: "Go north from here, pass Donghun and Changyuan, and you can reach Baima County in Dongjun. As long as you get there
In Dongjun, we have Zang Ziyuan leading his troops to support us, and Duke Yuan is helping us. It is not yet known whether we will find another way out, rather than where we will settle down!"
He could see clearly that the most important thing at the moment was to calm down the resentment led by Cheng Ang in the hearts of everyone. As long as he came up with a more favorable choice and direction than rebelling in the city, it would be easy to appease Cheng Ang and others.
.After all, there were constant thieves on the way to Baima, so they had to rely on Zhao Chong, Cheng Ang and others to work hard!
However, how could Zhang Miao, who was more intelligent than Zhang Chao, not see this? It was just the regret and guilt in his heart that made him not want to leave like this.
"Not going to Hebei."
These four simple words made Cheng Ang, who had just calmed down, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the crowd gradually became uneasy again. Under Zhang Chao's anxious eyes, Zhang Miao was calm and calm, and rarely said decisively: "
Yuan Shao, Tian Fen and others have known for many days that Yongqiu is in danger, but they have sat back and ignored it, which shows their intentions. Now that we have no city or place left, if we rush to pray for shelter again, we may not end up in the same situation. So I can't wait.
Go to Hebei and look for..."
"Fu Jun!" Cheng Ang interrupted Zhang Miao's talk with a loud shout. He suddenly pulled out his sword and jumped back a step. Then more than half of the people's faces turned red, and they stood at Cheng Miao's side unconvinced.
Behind them, they all drew their swords and pointed them at Zhang Miao: "The prince listened to other people's words and raised troops to rebel. As we were deployed, we all followed the instructions. Even if the army was defeated by the former general, we still held on to Yongqiu without any complaints.
! We are dedicated to the Lord, why are the words and actions of Lord Fu so absurd and capricious, without any thought of the consequences!"
"Cheng Ang! What are you doing? Put down the knife!" Zhang Chao was so frightened that he almost rolled off his horse.
Zhao Chong was also frightened and confused, looking around with a tangled look on his face, not knowing where to stand.
I saw that Cheng Ang ignored Zhang Chao and continued to glare at Zhang Miao and said: "Since the Lord of Fu has led us to escape, if you have already made a decision, then we will follow the order. But I, the Lord of Guanfu, have not even made a plan."
I can’t tell, and I won’t even go to Hebei. The world is so big that I really don’t know where else to go. If the prince is just in a hurry and leads everyone to escape, we have no choice but to make a break with the prince.
When we do what we thought of before, I ask you to remember our old friendship and help us do it!"
"How can you be said to be so fearless when you live in fear of death and ask for glory behind your back?" Dian Wei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up and rode out from behind Zhang Miao. His burly figure just blocked Zhang Miao.
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Zhang Miao was stunned by Cheng Ang's series of questions. He had just reacted and was about to explain, but when Cheng Ang saw Dian Wei coming forward, he immediately shouted.
"Kill me! Bring their heads to the court to apologize!"
Dian Wei raised his thick eyebrows and immediately rushed over with four or five guards. The two halberds in his hands danced like the wind, waving left and right like two wheels.
Faced with the sudden and fierce attack in front of him, Cheng Ang knew that he had been careless. Although he had heard about the strength of this big man from Zhao Chong, and had been on guard before the incident, he really didn't expect that the other party was more presumptuous than he had imagined.
is even more powerful. If we don't deal with him first, we may not be able to get a good deal from these two hundred people.
"Brother, brother, look, if you had listened to me earlier, how could you end up in this situation!" Zhang Chao quietly pulled Zhang Miao and hid behind him, and said with a grimace.
"Eh..." Zhang Miao looked at the sword in his hand with a sense of loss, and whispered: "I thought too much for a moment, and thought I would meet him... But I didn't expect that it would be so difficult, and how could he even do it?
When the time comes, I don’t know where it comes from, so I put you in danger..."
Zhang Chao heard the other party's words clearly and asked inexplicably: "What? Brother, who do you think will come?"
"What Cheng Ang said is true. We have been friends for many years. I can't survive, nor can I interrupt other people's livelihood." Zhang Miao ignored Zhang Chao. He suddenly let go and threw away his defensive sword, and raised his head in relief.
He looked head-on at the subordinates who had bypassed Dian Wei and others and raised their swords to kill them.
Thinking back to the time when I and the two of them were making friends and discussing their ambitions, one of them was a noble man and was destined to be pushed to the position of prime minister by his family; the other was born in a powerful family, with great talents and extraordinary intelligence. I was caught between the two.
There were fireflies and bright moons among people. At that time, he was very resentful. How could he be the same now? How could Cao Cao be able to conquer the east and west several times and make military exploits while still staying in the same place as the governor of Yanzhou?
Guarding the house by yourself? Why can Yuan Shao become famous for a while as a member of the Kwantung Allied Forces, but he himself is unknown?
Of the three good friends back then, was he the one who was definitely dispensable?
Everyone thought that he rebelled in order to repair the relationship with the Yuan family and to change the Yuan family, but who knew that Zhang Miao and Zhang Mengzhuo, the main figures of the Jujube Alliance and the Kwantung Allied Forces, had a heart that was not willing to be marginalized.
The heart of being compared to Yuan Cao!
How many wishful thinking and self-righteousness have to hit a wall to wake up.