"Lord, there are refugees." Hu Cheer said nervously.
"I'm not blind." Liu Zhang looked at the refugees coldly, wondering in his heart. Most refugees passed through the Chencang line. Beiyuan Dao Mountain is high and dangerous. How did these people come here? Did they risk their lives after walking in the wilderness for such a long time?
The refugees were surprised when they saw the army ahead. This road was deserted, with dangerous mountains on both sides. If there was an ambush, few troops walking on Beiyuan Road would be able to get out, so generally no troops would pass here.
"Lord, what should we do with these people? If we let them go, our traces will be discovered." Hu Cheer said.
"What do you think?"
Hu Che'er glanced at the refugees and said sinisterly: "This road is narrow, with cliffs on both sides. As long as there is a surprise attack, not a single one of these hundreds of people can escape."
The girl from the Western Regions on the side rolled her eyes at Hu Che'er and looked at Liu Zhang.
Pang Rou, who was responsible for commanding the cavalry in combat, had already set up a charge formation and was only waiting for Liu Zhang's order.
The most common method used by Xiliang warlords in their campaigns is to make surprise attacks. There is a risk in surprise attacks, as they will encounter civilians who may reveal the secrets of their march. Judging from Pang Rou's reaction, it is obvious that when encountering such a situation, the Xiliang army usually makes a surprise attack.
It's over.
The refugees stopped in front, looking at the army in fear, unable to advance or retreat. Among the refugees were two young people, one older and one younger. The elder was in his twenties and the younger was ten years old. However, the younger one was even more serious.
Powerful, nine feet tall, with a black face and yellow eyes, a bear-like waist and a tiger's back, he was leading a fat horse with three big black packages hanging on its back, which was particularly eye-catching.
On the contrary, he looked bookish, sickly, and his face was ashen, as if he was about to die.
"Brother, are you here to seize your horse again?"
"Hmph." The young one snorted heavily: "If you dare to take my horse, I will kill others."
"I'm afraid there are ten thousand people here. They are all Xiliang cavalry. The road is narrow. They only need a surprise attack. How many cavalry can you stop?" The Sichuan cavalry is composed of Qiang cavalry and Xiliang cavalry. It seems that they are naturally Xiliang cavalry.
cavalry.
"Then I'm not afraid either." Xiao Hate said.
"Brothers, listen to me." The older one looked at the Sichuan cavalry and whispered: "If they attack later, you just lie down and pretend to be dead. When that happens, did you see that? That..." The older one was far away.
Pointing at Liu Zhang: "That is the commander-in-chief of this Xiliang army. He will kill with one strike."
"Don't worry, brother. Except for Ma Chao, the Xiliang army can fight with me for a while. The rest of them, huh, are not enough to defeat me with a single blow of my sword."
In the Sichuan army formation, Liu Zhang looked at Hu Che'er and smiled unkindly: "You are quite smart."
"I am also thinking about the army. People who do big things don't stick to trivial matters." Hu Che'er said with a smile.
"Let them go." Liu Zhang said slowly: "There are still more than twenty miles to go out of the Beiyuan Road. Even if they inform, the Xiliang Army in Tianshui will not have time to ambush. Going south from this road will only defect to Shu.
They came to surrender to me, but I took their lives. This is unforgivable. If we let them go, they will definitely be grateful to our army for their kindness."
"Heaven...Tianli." Hu Che'er looked at Liu Zhang in surprise. He didn't expect that his lord knew the word "Tianli", and he was shocked.
"But my lord, even if most people here are grateful to us, there must be profit seekers who report our whereabouts. Even if the Xiliang army in Tianshui cannot ambush at that time, they know our existence. How can we cooperate with Wei Yan to attack Tianshui? Maybe
Wei Yan's whereabouts have all been exposed. My lord, please don't be kind to a woman. I think this is..."
"Stop talking." Liu Zhang interrupted Hu Che'er: "Send an order to the entire army to give way and let the people pass."
Hu Che'er stopped talking. He just felt that the lord, who was always ruthless, was showing off his wits today.
The "Xiliang Army" withdrew its charge formation and stepped aside, leaving a passage for the people. The two brothers and the people looked at the "Xiliang Army" in surprise and gave way. With a small wave of their hands, the people came over in fear and curiosity.
He looked at the Sichuan troops on the side in fear.
The two brothers seemed to be the leaders of this group of refugees from the mountains. When they got closer, Liu Zhang saw that this group of refugees was mainly composed of young and middle-aged people. He couldn't help frowning and keeping an eye on him. It was so terrible that he accidentally protected Liu Zhang.
.
The two brothers walked up to Liu Zhang, suddenly turned around, stared at Liu Zhang and asked: "Who are you? Whose army are you?" The weak brother on the side pulled him over and pretended to scold him: "You don't want your life.
Didn’t you see that this is the great Xiliang Army?”
After my brother finished speaking, he coughed twice, like a thin willow in the wind, in danger of falling down at any time.
Liu Zhang raised his hands to the two brothers and said loudly: "I'm going to the Sichuan Army General Zhang Ren." Next to him, Pang Rou, Hu Che'er, and the girls from the Western Regions all looked at Liu Zhang in surprise.
When the refugees heard that it was the Sichuan Army, they were very surprised. The two brothers looked at Liu Zhang together. The older one regained his composure first, cupped his hands and said, "The Sichuan Army is kind and righteous. I am very lucky to see him today."
Pulling his younger brother away, the younger brother muttered: "Benevolence and righteousness are nothing, women's benevolence. It turns out that Zhang Ren, the first general of the Sichuan Army, is so virtuous. He really went to the wrong place this time."
"Why do you have to talk like this? Isn't it good to escape disaster?" asked the older one.
At this time, Liu Zhang's voice came from behind: "I know that you are forced to flee by the Xiliang warlords. I am going to sneak attack Tianshui and cut off the Xiliang army's food route. Are you willing to join the army? One can join the army to serve the country, and the other can return.
Hometown, isn’t it wonderful?”
Hu Che'er was very anxious at the side and thought to himself, just pretend to be Zhang Ren and tell him the purpose of the march. What's going on?
"Thank you. The Sichuan army is too strong and I can't bear to wait for you."
The younger one replied impatiently, while the older one asked in a low voice, "Brothers, why did you refuse? Aren't we the ones who surrendered to the Sichuan Army?"
"I'm going to surrender to you." Xiao Xiao said angrily: "Brother, don't you see the virtue of this general? Let us go, are you afraid that we will go and tell the truth? Just let us go, and he even told us the target of the operation. This
It’s ridiculous to be able to become a general.”
"I said you are ridiculous." The elder scolded. The Sichuan army had already set off, and the sound of horse hooves kept ringing in his ears. The elder said to his younger brother: "What do you really believe in what other people say? You don't have to think about it.
Zhang Ren followed Liu Zhang and defeated Jingzhou. In which battle was Zhang Ren not marching and setting up the formation? Wasn't Zhang Ren commanding on the spot? As Jia Long's apprentice and a veteran, how could he be so frivolous?
In fact, if you just take a look at the charge formation of the army just now, you will see that Zhang Ren is fake. Zhang Ren is not in the command position at all. If it were Zhang Ren, Jia Long's apprentice, wouldn't he be able to command these 10,000 cavalry? Coach
Let a general command the entire army, and it is obvious that the commander in charge of the cavalry is a second-rate person."
"You mean this is not the Sichuan Army? Is it the real Xiliang Army?" the burly younger brother said in surprise.
He coughed loudly twice. He glanced at the Sichuan Army cavalry who was retreating, and said to his younger brother: "Have you ever seen such a kind Xiliang cavalry?"
The big one pondered: "When the Sichuan army faced off against the Xiliang army in Hanzhong, it turned out that it had no cavalry. After the victory at Yangpingguan, it gathered tens of thousands of cavalry. Among them, the Qiang cavalry accounted for the majority. Looking at this army, it is the Qiang soldiers who make up the majority. It is the Sichuan army.
Cavalry no doubt.
The commander has a Sichuan-Shu accent, not Pang Rou, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. Besides Zhang Ren, there is only one person with a Sichuan-Shu accent who can command the main cavalry..."
The big analyst was also surprised at this point. He looked at Liu Zhang who was walking away. He was surrounded by personal soldiers and several burly generals. There was also a woman who completely confirmed his idea.
Liu Zhang would never have imagined that he would meet a wizard on a desert trail and that the lies he had made up that should have been perfect would be torn apart layer by layer.
"You mean, that's Liu Zhang?" the younger one said in surprise.
"Shh." The older one hurriedly yelled at the younger one. His thin body was chilled by the north wind. He covered his mouth and coughed twice. He said seriously to the younger one: "Now you hear clearly, we have two choices.
One is glory and wealth. As long as we tell the Xiliang Army about Liu Zhang's stay in Beiyuan Road, I'm sure.
.”
"Xiliang Army?" The younger one said with a look of hatred in his eyes: "I can't wait to avenge the Xiliang warlord Li Yue for massacre of the village. Han Sui, Ma Teng and Li Yue are the same as each other. How can I join them? I'm sorry to my ancestors."
The older one nodded: "Okay, second, don't make any noise, join the Sichuan army, and follow Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang's sneak attack on Tianshui is definitely a lie, but if 10,000 cavalry go deep into Beiyuan Road alone, there must be a conspiracy. Let's follow Liu Zhang and do it from the bottom up.
Get up and make achievements."
"Okay." The younger brother agreed without hesitation.
"Listen clearly, we have no merit and service. We can only start as soldiers, at most centurions. Does my brother really intend to give up the title of marquis and general of the Xiliang Army?"
"So what about soldiers? I, Wang Shuang, have made great achievements, do I still care about my starting point?"
The elder brother nodded happily, admiring his younger brother's ambition.
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"Brothers from the Wang family, where are you going?"
Seeing Wang Shuang and his brother walking back, the young people around asked in confusion. These young people were the remnants of Qitu Village in Xiliang led by Li Yue. The Wang family lived in a remote village in Didao. Li Yue robbed the village.
During the rape and robbery, Wang Shuang and his brother led the villagers to resist, and the whole village was massacred, except for these dozen young people.
With his arms unable to twist his thighs, Wang Shuang's brother led the remaining young people to collect some more refugees along the way, preparing to join the army in Sichuan to avenge his family.
Since Wang Shuang killed many Xiliang soldiers and there were disturbances from the rebels along the way, Wang Shuang's brother improvised and combined with Wang Shuang's force, fled all the way into Beiyuan Road. These refugees had already regarded Wang Shuang and Wang Shuang as their leaders.
Wang Shuang's brother smiled and said: "General Zhang Renyi, my brother and I are going to join the Sichuan Army. You can go to Hanzhong."
A dozen capable young men looked at each other, and one of them said: "How can there be such a thing? Two brothers, we are all going to join the Sichuan Army. Since my brother wants to join here, we will join here, why not go to Hanzhong?"
"That's right, that's right." More than a dozen young people agreed.
"But if the Sichuan army wants to attack Tianshui, it will be extremely dangerous. If the Xiliang army encircles us, we will definitely die."
"My brother is not afraid, so what are we afraid of?"
"that is."
"Brother Wang, don't think we are evil."
Wang Shuang's brother glanced at everyone, coughed twice, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go together."
Eighteen young men followed the Wang brothers, and suddenly one of them shouted: "Liu Shan, why don't you leave?"
Everyone looked at it, and a little thin man looked back awkwardly, hugged his leg, and said in pain: "Oh, my foot was crooked just now, and I can't fight. It's better for brothers to go ahead."
Wang Shuang's brother glanced at Liu Shan and said nothing. Wang Shuang said loudly: "Then don't go. After you go to Hanzhong to join the army, we can still see each other. We are all brothers in life and death. It's no big deal."
"Yes, yes." More than a dozen young people looked at Liu Shan with concern. They had gone through many ups and downs in the past few days. They were hunted down by the local army many times, escaped death many times, and sacrificed their companions. The feelings of all the people were so great.
Jin Jian.
Wang Shuang asked two refugees to take care of Liu Shan, and he and everyone chased the Sichuan army.
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"Reporting to my lord, a dozen people came out of the refugees just now and came towards us." You Qi came to report.
Liu Zhang looked back. Wang Shuang's brother took Wang Shuang and eighteen villagers to pay homage to Liu Zhang: "Wang Xu, a common man, and his brothers hope to join the Sichuan Army and make great achievements. Please allow General Zhang's permission."
"Wang Xu?" Liu Zhang looked surprised and asked in a deep voice: "But Wang Xu, who studied in the same class as Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe in Xuchang?"
Wang Xu paid homage: "Xu is not talented. Mr. Wen He has already become famous all over the world. Xu is still a peasant from the countryside. I am really ashamed." He felt a little strange. He was unknown and had never been loyal to any force. He always kept a low profile.
Hidden merit and fame, how did Liu Zhang know?
"In this desolate place, it is really a blessing from heaven to meet a famous person from Longxi." Liu Zhang jumped off his horse, looked at Wang Xu and said: "A famous person from Longxi has never been like other people who seek fame and reputation. He likes to be in the limelight in everything, so he naturally thinks that the world
It’s unknown, but it’s real gold and will always shine.”
Wang Xu was a famous scholar in Longxi of the Three Kingdoms. His story is only seen in miscellaneous records. He died of illness when he was about 20 years old. Like Jia Xu, he was not public about anything. Jia Xu was not famous in his early years. He even offered counterattacks to Li Jue and Guo Si.
Chang'an's strategy did not leave any reputation. It was only after he followed Zhang Xiu and had to make suggestions that he became famous all over the world. It can be said that he was famous.
However, Wang Xu died early and had no such opportunity, so he was unknown throughout his life. His deeds can be seen in miscellaneous examinations. (The definition of him as Wang Shuang's brother is a fabrication, but he is from the same county and town and has the same surname. Even if he is not a biological brother, he is still a relative. Of course, he is a relative.
If there really was a person like Wang Shuang in history.)
"The general is full of praise."
"I am Liu Zhang, Marquis of Mu Shu in Yizhou." Liu Zhang said calmly. Anyway, these people came to join the army. There was no way they could fly, and there was no need to hide it. Seeing that there was no expression of surprise on Wang Xu's face, he was surprised.
"My wife, Wang Shuang, has met the Marquis of Shu." Wang Shuang took a step forward and bowed. Liu Zhang felt a strong aura coming towards him even from a distance away.
"What a general, such a hero, a vanguard general given by God." Liu Zhang praised him and said to Wang Xu and his party: "I am allowed to surrender. You will be organized into a centurion, and Wang Shuang will be the centurion. If there are any vacancies, they will be recruited by themselves during the battle.