"..."

Everyone suddenly lost their voice. Zhen Mi looked embarrassed. She was stunned for a moment before smiling at Wu Liang and said, "It turns out that this is what the gentleman meant. I may have misunderstood."

But the most embarrassing thing in my heart is actually the witch's call.

After all, although Zhen Mi didn't say it explicitly just now, she already pointed out Wu Liang's "unreasonable demands" on her, and as the person involved, she almost expressed her wrong feelings at the time, but fortunately Zhen Mi intervened.

As a result, she didn't have time to say her words, otherwise it would only be more embarrassing.

the most important is.

Others didn't know it, but the miko Hu knew her heart very well. She had to admit that there were indeed ripples in her heart just now, otherwise her first reaction shouldn't have been to lower her head with a blushing face.

Of course, this subtle emotion did not appear just now, but before this, as early as when she was still in Zuzhou... It was her trick to carve the mark of the Strategist in the same place as Wu Liang.

She was careful, she didn't know what she was thinking, she just felt that she had to do this.

However, the witch Hu is not a little girl who has never seen the world. Although she was a little embarrassed in her heart, her expression was extremely calm on the surface. She took the words naturally and said: "Wu Taishi, I promise you, I will return to Chen."

After I stay here, I will definitely use everything I know to help you solve those mysteries, and I won’t hide anything. But I also ask Wu Taishi not to forget his previous promise, and to bring me back the teachings of the 'Taiping Dao'.

Japan."

"It's a deal."

Wu Liang nodded in response.

"Thank you Taishi Wu."

The witch bowed and thanked her.

Both of them behaved extremely normally, as if the misunderstanding just now had never happened.

Seeing this, everyone in the Hu army no longer dwelled on the misunderstanding, and the embarrassment was resolved, and they went on to do what they should do.

…

At this point, the matter in Yuzhou Mountain is considered finished.

And the sea water had risen back last night, submerging the entrance of the ghost cave again. Regardless of whether Xu Fu had cut off the access to Zuzhou, or directly destroyed Zuzhou, with the technological level of this era,

It is absolutely impossible for anyone to enter the ghost cave again within more than ten years.

Therefore, Wu Liang does not need to worry about this matter anymore.

So Wu Liang decided to resign and return to the court.

Before leaving Qu County, Wu Liang sent back all the children he had kidnapped as hostages. The people of Qu County and the Yellow Turban thieves also gave some of the processed and portable seafood products they had obtained during this trip to the Hu army.

, the scene of the officers and soldiers and the Yellow Turban bandits bidding farewell so lovingly is extremely rare in this era.

After five days of this.

The Hu army successfully arrived at Tan County, the capital of Donghai County.

This is a strategically important military town, and all the forces that have occupied Xuzhou will definitely deploy heavy troops here.

If he had gone out before, Wu Liang would have avoided towns like this as much as possible to avoid getting into trouble for himself, but this time is different from the past. The entire Xuzhou is Boss Cao's territory, and the current situation in Xuzhou is still very stable.

Entering a town like this has only advantages and no disadvantages.

However, the timing and circumstances were still somewhat different from Wu Liang's imagination.

As soon as Wu Liang led his army to the city gate of Tan County, the officers and soldiers guarding the city immediately became vigilant and surrounded them without even giving Wu Liang a chance to reveal his identity. There were even archers setting up

He raised his bow and was in a state of alertness only seen in war.

"Wu Taishi passed by here on official business. Who is in charge here? Why don't you come out to greet him quickly?"

Upon seeing this, Yang Wanli immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

"Wu Taishi? Which Wu Taishi?"

A middle-aged man who was the leader of the officers and soldiers who defended the city immediately responded forcefully, "I don't care who you are, Taishi Wu. Now that General Zang has led his army to station here, it is official business. I don't care who you are."

If you don't want to die, you should put down your weapons and be captured, and let General Zang decide everything. If not, don't blame me for ordering you to be shot as spies!"

General Zang?

Upon hearing this title, Wu Liang's brows immediately frowned.

In the history books, there are not many generals named "Zang" under Boss Cao. Wu Liang can only think of one person. This person is called "Zang Ba". He was originally a general under Lu Bu and was also praised by later generations as one of the eight good generals.

After Boss Cao took care of Lu Bu, Zang Ba hid. Later, Boss Cao found him. Instead of punishing him, he also entrusted him with important tasks. Zang Ba did not disappoint Boss Cao, not only in the subsequent Battle of Guandu

He played a big role, and he also made many military exploits in many subsequent battles. He was promoted to the general of Zhendong and was granted the title of Jinwu.

So could the "General Zang" mentioned by the city guard general be Zang Ba?

The only reason is that Wu Liang was lax this time. If it were normal, every time Wu Liang took a step, he would definitely order Yang Wanli to lead his people to explore the road. He must have a clear understanding of the situation on the road ahead before approaching the town.

But this time the march was on Boss Cao's territory, Wu Liang felt confident and bold, so he did not teach Yang Wanli to explore the route.

Otherwise, we would not know who "General Zang" here is...

"Son..."

Faced with this situation, Yang Wanli naturally did not dare to make any arbitrary decisions and quickly returned to Wu Liang to ask him to make a decision.

Wu Liangze raised his hand to interrupt Yang Wanli, then took the initiative to step forward and shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers guarding the city: "The General Zang you are talking about is General Zang Ba?"

"Since you know General Zang's reputation, why don't you just surrender and capture him quickly?"

The leading middle-aged man gave an affirmative answer.

"really."

Wu Liang nodded, then turned around to look at the soldiers of the Hu army behind him, waved his hands and said, "Brothers, you are one of our own. Please put down your weapons. Don't cause any misunderstanding."

After saying that, he shouted to the leading middle-aged man: "We put down our weapons, and I'd like to trouble you to send someone immediately to inform General Zang. Just say that the person outside is Taishi Ling Wu Liang. He will come to see me after hearing this."

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"..."

Seeing what Wu Liang said, although the leading middle-aged man did not recognize Wu Liang, he also saw that Wu Liang's identity was not simple, so he did not dare to yell any more, and then said to Wu Liang in a gentle manner, "In that case, let's go

Please Wu Taishi wait here for a moment, I will order someone to go and report it."

"It's time to work."

Wu Liang gave a polite salute.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the backbone of the Hu army had gathered around Wu Liang. Yang Wanli was the first to ask curiously: "Sir, who is this Zang Ba?"

Although Yang Wanli was originally a scout under Lu Bu, Zang Ba had not followed Lu Bu at that time, but was a subordinate of Tao Qian. Historically, it was not until Lu Bu arrived in Xuzhou that he became associated with Lu Bu. Therefore, it makes sense for Yang Wanli not to recognize Zang Ba.

things within.

Wu Liang did not go into details, but just said in general terms: "He was originally a general under Tao Qian, holding 70% of Xuzhou's troops. Later, the envoy took care of Lu Bu and Tao Qian. He was also captured by the envoy. It must have been recently.

Only then was he enabled by Boss Cao."

"So he is a subordinate general. Are all subordinate generals so arrogant?"

Yu Ji curled his lips and said with some disdain.

"I'm afraid it's not arrogance, but it's an important mission..."

Wu Liang said with a hint.

It can be seen from the status of the defenders that Tan County's city defense has gone beyond the scope of ordinary defense, and is more like a state of martial law with routine prohibitions. Otherwise, how could there be so many archers on the city wall on standby at any time, and this

This state must mean that something is about to happen.

"What mission will it be?"

Yu Ji asked puzzledly.

"It's hard to say. Let's wait until we meet Zang Ba."

Wu Liang shook his head and said.

He suspected that Zang Ba's appearance here was most likely because the war in history that completely changed the situation of the world was about to happen in advance, but this kind of thing should not be talked about randomly, just like what Yang Xiu once explained as "tasteless"

In the same way, even if you know something clearly in your heart, you may not say it out loud, otherwise you may be wrong if you say too much.

About a quarter of an hour passed like this.

Finally, a muscular man walked quickly inside Chengmen, Tan County.

The sharp edges and corners on this man's face, coupled with the scar extending from the corner of his eyebrow to his temple and the slightly curly beard covering both sides of his cheeks, together form the image of a tough guy who acts decisively.

"Excuse me, who is Wu Taishi?"

When he came closer, the man first glanced at the Hu army, and then his eyes fell on Wu Liang, but he asked knowingly.

But there is nothing wrong with this, after all, he has never seen Wu Liang before, and Wu Liang has never seen him.

It's better to ask first than to mistake a deer for a horse, which would be a bit rude.

"It's me who met General Zang."

Wu Liang didn't have any airs, he stepped forward with a smile and saluted.
To be continued...