Chapter 128: The true nature of a hero (Part 1)

On the official road about 30 miles away from Taiyuan, the Tianqi Camp, which was rushing from the south, suddenly slowed down. The journey of five or six days was originally a big turn because of avoiding Cui Yuan's Shandong army. After walking for ten days, a large group of people were stationed a hundred miles away. Zhang Huan led 300 personal soldiers to the place where Li Mi made an appointment with him in advance, Miaojia Manor.

In the sturdy team of three hundred riders, there was a carriage mixed with, and Miss Pei Si was naturally sitting in the carriage. However, the daughter who was determined to join the army was not in the carriage at this moment, but was wearing military uniforms and her petite body rode on a very tall Dayuan horse, and the contrast was very strong.

"Miss Pei Si, you'd better go back! When I take Hexi, come again." Along the way, Zhang Huanxiang repeated the words without nutrition like a monk chanting.

Although Pei Ying had already heard calluses in her ears, she was not tired of it and still said with a smile: "I don't like the ending, I like to experience the process myself. I want to see with my own eyes how you took Hexi. Maybe I will write two more poems to Chang'an in the future and spread them widely."

Since crossing the Yellow River, the pearl of the Pei family has turned against her shy and implicit personality, becoming heroic, decisive, and never dragged on the water. This is mainly reflected in two aspects. One is the issue of her return. As agreed, she should break up with Zhang Huan in Shaanxi County and return to Chang'an. Unexpectedly, when Zhang Huan mentioned this issue, she turned cold and ignored Zhang Huan at all. She did not explain any reason, and went north alone with him; the other is the name of Zhang Huan. After crossing the Yellow River, she no longer called General Zhang Huan, and she advocated that she should be called the brother of Qubing. She was quite stunning to marry a chicken and a dog.

Walking along the way, Zhang Huan gradually learned about the tough side of this beautiful woman. Although she is the daughter of the left minister, she can march day and night like a man. Her cheeks are thinner and her eyes are red, but she never complains about pain. She always has a bright smile on her face, which makes the soldiers of the Tianqi Camp look at her with admiration. This petite woman has such a strong will.

Zhang Huan held back his smile and said, "But if you follow me like this, Chang'an may have rumors to ruin your reputation. In the future, a great hero wants to marry you. He asked, "Oh! It turns out that Miss Pei had run away with a Zhang Moumou. This woman is unbearable. Isn't this harmful to you?"

Pei Ying raised her beautiful eyebrows, "What rumors? I am joining the army to serve the country. I am afraid of rumors. Do you have any wicked hearts?"

"A little bit..."

"You..." Pei Ying was so ashamed that she raised her fist and hit her. Zhang Huan laughed and let her punch her back a few times, which made the soldiers behind her burst into laughter, looking at their general with little envy.

Since she has been with her for thousands of miles, Zhang Huan has no reason to let her return. Fortunately, Pei Ying is very smart and never makes Zhang Huan embarrassed. When Zhang Huan handles military affairs and scolds his subordinates for their poor work, she will disappear without a trace; but when Zhang Huan finishes military affairs, or marches in the long dark night, she will appear quietly, using her unique female tenderness to comfort the lonely heart of this young man.

After walking for two miles, Pei Ying suddenly pointed to a manor with a towering courtyard wall in the distance and asked, "Brother Qubing, is it Miaojia Manor?"

"Yes!" Zhang Huan nodded with a smile. In just a few months, the walls of Miaojia Manor had been raised and thickened, and deep ditches were dug around. It seemed that the last night battle had scared them.

At this time, the gate of the farm opened, and more than a dozen horses rushed out of the gate. Pei Ying smiled and said, "I'm really tired after rushing on the horse for a day. I'll take a break first." After that, she turned over and dismounted very lightly and hid in the carriage.

Several horses quickly rushed to the front. The leader was Han Yu who sorted out the documents for Zhang Huan. Nearly a month ago, he followed Li Mi to Taiyuan first. He received a notice from Zhang Huan's scout early this morning and rushed to the Miao Manor to wait.

"Where is Mr. Li? Haven't you come back yet?" Zhang Huan felt a little uneasy when he saw that Li Mi was not following him.

Li Mi had two tasks for coming to Hedong first, one was to collect intelligence, and the other was to go to Longyou to discuss matters of borrowing the road. Especially the latter, which would directly affect the success or failure of Zhang Huan's trip. When Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, he relied on the support of Guanlong Group. As Li Heng's chief aide, Li Mi had many old people in Guanlong area.

"Mr. Li has already gone to Shuofang. News should have come these days." Han Yu approached Zhang Huan and whispered to him: "Please follow me into the village. I have something important to report."

Zhang Huan nodded and waved his hand back, "Everyone comes to the village to rest!"

The soldiers who had been marching for ten days were already exhausted. When they heard the order, everyone activated their war horses and drove towards Tianzhuang quickly.

After entering the farm, Zhang Huan didn't care about rest and immediately summoned Han Yu. The situation was critical at this moment, so he had to take advantage of the opportunity when Cui and Pei families were unable to take action against Taiyuan for a long time to seek their own interests.

"I'll ask you first, are there any signs of transferring money and goods from the Zhang family recently?" This is the first thing Zhang Huan is concerned about. He knew that there were millions of gold and silver and jewelry worth millions of coins in the basement of the Zhang family's accounting room. Instead of being cheaper than Cui and Pei families, it would be better to take it away and build the foundation by himself.

"No! We have been closely monitoring. The Zhang family did not transport supplies from the basement. Only the Zhang family fled like money falling from the tree and scattered."

Zhang Huan nodded, "Then tell me! Do you have any important matters to report to me?"

Han Yu was excited and immediately lowered his voice: "Zhang Potian's eldest son arrived in Taiyuan last night. Did the general expect it?"

"I didn't expect it?" Zhang Huan snorted and sneered coldly: "Why didn't I expect that Pei Jun would definitely not let Zhang Potian return to Hedong, but would Zhang Potian sit and wait for death? With his temperament, he would never hand over the Hedong army to Zhang Can. He would definitely let his son take the army away."

Zhang Huan walked two steps behind his back, and he raised his head and muttered to himself: "I don't believe that Cui Pei and the others would not prepare in advance?"

After pausing, Zhang Huan continued to ask: "Is Zhang Yun or Zhang Yi coming? Where is he now?"

"Report to General, Zhang Yi is here. He just arrived late last night and went directly to the Zhang Mansion. He had not come out when I left."

"Go to Zhang's Mansion?" Zhang Huan was stunned for a moment. Why didn't Zhang Yi go to the military camp? But as soon as he thought about it, he immediately realized that Zhang Yi was taking military talismans. After Zhang Potian was appointed as the Minister of Rites, in order to show his sincerity to Zhang Ruohao, he divided the military talismans from the Hedong Army into three, one in the military camp, one in his hands, and the other in the Zhang's Mansion. Unless he himself came in person, the three military talismans must be matched.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan made a quick decision and immediately ordered: "Let your brothers get rid of their horses immediately and send troops with me."

Three hundred cavalrymen rushed to the Eastern Bing Camp located in the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan at a glance. The horses rushed through the bare fields, waded through shallow ditches, splashing out large areas of turbid mud and water. In a blink of an eye, they threw away clusters of yellow woods far away. Soon, their figures disappeared into a large dark pine forest.

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Zhang Potian has five sons, of which the eldest son Yun and the second son Yi were born to his wife. Perhaps because Zhang Potian was a soldier, he always hoped that his son would abandon martial arts and pass the imperial examination and pass the imperial examination. He had high hopes for his eldest son Zhang Yun since he was a child and invited famous teachers to teach knowledge. Zhang Yun did not disappoint his father's expectations. He passed the imperial examination in one fell swoop in the tenth year of Qingzhi, and then became an official in the local area. Now he has been entrusted to the position of Sima, County.

The second son Zhang Yi was less than 30 years old and was born to be a student. He liked to dance with swords and sticks since he was a child. He was also powerful in martial arts. Zhang Potian thought it was arranged by God and invited famous martial arts masters to teach his martial arts so that he could inherit his career when he grew up. Zhang Yi was trained by famous teachers.

During this Hedong crisis, Zhang Potian also realized that the Zhang family was in a desperate situation, but he could not leave Tongguan. In desperation, he sent his second son Zhang Yi to Taiyuan quickly, trying to take away the army to preserve his strength.

As Zhang Huan thought, since it was not Zhang Potian who came in person, Zhang Yi had to get the military talisman from the Zhang Mansion to mobilize the army. However, Zhang Huan did not expect that in addition to asking for the military talisman, Zhang Yi also asked the Zhang family to ask for 500,000 jin of coins and one million stones of grain. As the capital for the transfer of the Hedong Army, the quarrels came from the Zhang family's main living room early in the morning.

"Since you want to go north to fight the Hebei army, I will raise money and grain for you and supply the army continuously, but you will ask for a large amount of money and grain at once. How can I believe you are going north to fight!"

The stern voice was Zhang Can, the new leader of the Zhang family. He was promoted to the head of the Zhang family in less than two months. He was promoted to the head of the Zhang family in less than two months. Both his qualifications and prestige were not enough to convince the public. More importantly, he was young and had no experience as an official. First of all, the elderly in the clan did not take him seriously and dealt with everything beyond his authority. Secondly, the group of people who supported Zhang Ruojin began to become active again after Zhang Ruohao's death. They seized Zhang Can's little mistakes and made a big fuss, greatly weakening Zhang Can's prestige as the head of the family.

In fact, except for the financial power that is still under Zhang Can's control, the Zhang family is already a mess, and everyone is making their own calculations to maximize their personal interests.

Fang Lu was raining all night long. Just when Zhang Can was tortured by the disputes within the family, the news of the emperor's death came. Then Cui Pei and his family launched a large-scale attack on Hedong. The Zhang clan members who were officials in various places fled back to Taiyuan. The situation was critical. Zhang Can went to the barracks three times to ask for help, but was coldly rejected by Lu Qianli and Yang Lie on the grounds that there was no military talisman.

When they heard that Zhang Can could not get the troops, the elders of the Zhang family pointed all the firepower at him and severely criticized his incompetence. Zhang Can was also dismayed and simply ignored anything. However, the Zhang clan members did not let him go. They forced him to divide his property day and night and demanded land deeds. As the news of Cui Pei's army conquering the city and village continued to come, some of the Zhang family could not help but clean up their fines and fled with their families.

Just when the Zhang family was in chaos, Zhang Potian, who had been waiting for many years, finally sent someone to come and wrote an inspiring letter. In the letter, he vowed to live and die with Hedong. So, Zhang Can, who was already desperate, handed the military talisman to Zhang Yi without hesitation. However, Zhang Yi took the military talisman but asked for a huge amount of money and food, which finally aroused Zhang Can's suspicion.

Zhang Yi disdained Zhang Can's suspicion. The military talisman had already been obtained. Since he refused, it was necessary to be cruel. As soon as Zhang Can finished speaking, "Bang!", Zhang Yi slapped the head of the family to the ground. He stepped forward and stepped on Zhang Can's waist, grabbed his hair with his hand, and said viciously: "I will tell you the truth, I want to take the army away, and I want to take the Zhang family's money and food away too. If you don't take it now, I will take the army to rob it tonight and snatch your woman away. Do you believe it?"

Blood slowly flowed out from the corner of Zhang Can's mouth, and the threat of the evil man aroused his originally cowardly courage. He hardened his neck and said, "If you have the ability, kill me, otherwise you won't get a penny or a piece of rice."

"Do you think I dare not kill you?" Zhang Yi's eyes were fierce, and hesitated for a moment and grabbed his hair with his backhand and dragged it outwards. "Come on! Take him away, I want to see if he will give it tonight!"

Several Zhang Yi's entourage stuffed him into a bag, and on the horse, dozens of people rushed towards the east city like a strong wind. Just as they had just rushed through the suspension bridge of the Zhang Mansion, three pigeons immediately flew out of the alley opposite the Zhang Mansion, and then three pigeons flew two miles away, and the news quickly spread to the distance.

Just about five miles away from the east gate is a large dense pine forest. There is a low earth hill in the pine forest, which stretches for several miles. This was originally a pass in Taiyuan City. During the Anshi Rebellion, the pass was razed to the ground by Shi Siming. Gradually, this earth hill was formed, and the official road passed through the middle of the earth hill.

At this moment, in the pine forests on both sides of the Tugang, two hundred soldiers from the Tianqi Battalion were ready. Just now, two miles ahead, a few pigeons flew into the sky, which meant that the target was running towards this side.

The official road was very quiet. Occasionally, a carriage was racing past, or a little peddler carrying goods beat the rattle, rested on the ground, and slowly carried the load and took the load down the ground.

After about a quarter of an hour, there was a faint sound of horse hooves coming from afar. Zhang Huan waved his hand gently, and the soldiers all took bows and arrows, and more than a dozen tripping ropes buried in the soil were ready to go.

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and they had already rushed to the ground. From the cracks of the woods, Zhang Huan had already seen the people coming, all dressed in black, with about forty riders. He slowly took out an arrow from his back. The tip was diamond-shaped and extremely sharp, and there was a faint green light flashing in the dim woods.

He put the arrow on the strings, and as the man in black got closer, his bow gradually filled up, his eyes narrowed, and the arrow pointed to Zhang Yi in the lead.

The sound of horse hooves sounded and rushed to the ground in one go. Just as they were about to rush down the ground, dust flew, and more than a dozen tripping ropes emerged from the ground at the same time. The horses were neighing, and the seven or eight horses in front were tripped, and even two of them flew out of the front flip and rolled down the ground. Zhang Yi was also tripped to the ground. Before he could get up, Zhang Huan's strings were suddenly loosened, and a sharp arrow shot towards Zhang Yi like lightning, and an arrow hit him in the back. He screamed and rolled into the ditch beside the road.

At the same time, arrows were fired in the pine forest, with strong and accurate arrows, shooting dozens of followers on the official road and screamed everywhere. In just a moment, except for a few empty horses running down the ground, no one or one standing on the official road.

Suddenly, Zhang Yi, who was caught in an arrow on his back, crawled out of the ditch. He held down a bag that was squirming on the ground, pulled out a short knife and pressed it against the bag, shouting loudly: "Zhang Huan, don't you want the life of your head?"

He had guessed that this was most likely that Zhang Huan, who had left Tongguan first, came. When he heard the word "The Head of the Family", all the soldiers stopped arrows and waited for the general's order. At this time, Zhang Yi felt the soldiers stop arrows. He felt ecstasy in his heart and continued to shout: "Zhang Huan, I will give you all the military talismans and military orders. You can let my life, otherwise Zhang Can and I will die together!"

Zhang Huan smiled coldly, and he pulled the bow all over again. The tip of the arrow was aimed at the ugly face again. He relaxed his hand, and the arrow slightly tilted to the right, and shot out extremely quickly. Zhang Yi suddenly saw an arrow coming towards him, and in the blink of an eye, he came to him. At this time, his strength was all over his right hand. He instinctively pushed hard and his body turned to the left. Unexpectedly, the arrow shot into his mouth unbiasedly and penetrated the back of his head. Zhang Yi's eyes were prominent, looking ahead in disbelief, slowly leaning on his back.

The soldiers rushed out from both sides and quickly cleaned up the battlefield. Several soldiers jumped forward, picked up the bag with their knives, dragged Zhang Can out, and carried it into the pine forest. Zhang Can was also hit by two arrows, both of which were not at the critical point.

He lay on the ground, panting and smiled bitterly at Zhang Huan, "I thought you were going to take the opportunity to kill me?"

Zhang Huan squatted down, held his hand and smiled, "After all, you are the head of the family who I pushed to the stage, how could I kill you?"

"Then are you coming back to save the Zhang family?"
Chapter completed!