In the fourth year of the first level, in mid-March. None.

Liu Bei held the reins with one hand and put the other hand on his eyebrows, looking into the distance.

There seemed to be smoke and dust in the distance, faintly, and it was not very clear to see. In March, Jixian County is very windy and sandy, and there are often sand and dust coming unexpectedly. Along the way, Liu Bei has misjudged several times, and each time he thought that Zhao Yun had caught up, wait, wait, wait, short half an hour, long an hour, and finally disappointed.

has already entered Jixian County, and if they go twenty or thirty miles further, they will enter Jicheng and meet Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, but Zhao Yun is still nowhere to be seen. Liu Bei was actually desperate in his heart, Zhao Yun might not come, he just didn't give up.

The wind is calm, the dust is scattered, and there is no one on the official road.

"Xuande, let's go." Jian Yong said softly, turning the horse's head.

Liu Bei silently responded, lowered his head, kicked the war horse lightly, and followed Jian Yong down the dirt slope. Zhang Fei waited at the bottom of the slope, holding a wine jug in one hand and jerky in the other, eating it in a big gulp. Seeing Liu Bei coming, he stood up and handed over the dry food and wine. Liu Bei had no appetite at all and waved his hand.

"Let's go."

Zhang Fei was very surprised, looked at Liu Bei, and then looked at Jian Yong, knowing that he had waited for a while. He was mentally prepared, not in a hurry at all, and comforted: "Maybe Zilong was delayed on the road." Jizhou and Youzhou are at war, maybe it's because the road is not easy to do, or there are many people in Zilong, and it's too ostentatious to walk on the road, so take the side road and go wrong with us. ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei and said with a forced smile: "Yide, you are eloquent now, you will comfort people." ”

Zhang Fei laughed. "I would have comforted people, Yun Chang was here before, always scolding me, I didn't want to quarrel with him, so I didn't talk much." Before he could finish speaking, he sighed again. "I don't know if Yun Chang is good in Nanyang, maybe he also went to Chang'an to find us. Xuande, we should give him a message. ”

Liu Bei didn't say a word, quickly whipped his horse, and galloped forward. Jian Yong glared at Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei crooked his mouth and smiled wryly. He knew he had said the wrong thing. Guan Yu stayed in Nanyang, Zhao Yun missed the appointment again, Liu Bei can only take the two of them into Jicheng now, which is even worse than when he left Youzhou, and he is in a very bad mood, so it is not appropriate to mention Guan Yu at this time.

Of course, Liu Bei wanted Guan Yu to come to Youzhou with him, but Guan Yu's father was in Nanyang, how could he separate their father and son.

Jicheng was in sight, Liu Bei glanced back again, and the official road was still empty. Liu Bei let out a long sigh and ran towards the city gate. There were a few people in front of the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were checking. Liu Bei reined in his mount, got off the horse, and followed the crowd forward. Walking to the moat and about to get on the drawbridge, a young man suddenly squeezed over. Liu Bei saw it, and his hand subconsciously pressed on the handle of the knife.

"Dare to ask, but Zhuojun Liu Bei?"

Liu Bei looked at the person for a while, and then looked around with the corner of his eye, and saw Zhang Fei and Jian Yong standing behind him, and the person in front of him didn't look malicious, so he nodded and said, "Exactly, dare to ask what is the ...... of the step."

The young man smiled and bowed. "I am Zhao Fu, a subordinate of the Changshan Zhao family, and I am waiting for Liu Jun here for many days on the orders of Zhao Yun, the king of the family."

"Zilong?" Liu Bei was ecstatic and looked around. "Where is he?"

"In the Yunyang Pavilion at the South Gate, please come with me."

Zhao Fu untied the mount tied to the side, turned over his horse, and galloped towards the south gate. Liu Bei didn't dare to slack off, so he also followed Fei on the horse and followed closely behind. Zhang Fei and Jian Yong were also very excited, and hurriedly got on the horse to follow. Liu Bei caught up with Zhao Fu and asked about the situation, only then did he know that they had gone a fork in the road by Zhang Fei's words. Five days after Liu Bei left, Zhao Yun went out, day and night, but he never caught up with Liu Bei until he entered Jixian County. Zhao Yun estimated that they had gone wrong, so he waited outside the city, he himself waited at the south gate, and sent Zhao Fu to wait at the west gate. They had been waiting here for almost ten days, and if they couldn't wait for Liu Bei any longer, Zhao Yun would be ready to look back.

Liu Bei was secretly ashamed. In order to meet Zhao Yun as soon as possible, he stopped at the county boundary of Zhongshan and Changshan for two days, probably because he missed it at that time. According to Zhao Fu's time calculation, he had just entered Wuji County in Zhongshan Country at that time.

Coming to the west slope of Yunyang Pavilion outside the south gate, Liu Bei saw Zhao Yun and was surprised and delighted. There were too many people led by Zhao Yun, there were more than 500 people, and all of them were cavalry, and they couldn't live in the pavilion at all, so they set up camp on the hillside. When Liu Bei arrived, Zhao Yun was practicing horsemanship, and dozens of cavalry were galloping back and forth at the bottom of the slope, with high morale.

Seeing Liu Bei, Zhao Yun greeted him, and he bowed his hand from afar. Liu Bei jumped off the horse, ran over, hugged Zhao Yun, and before he could say a word, tears welled up. "Zilong, I ......"

Zhao Yun smiled and patted Liu Bei's shoulder. "Xuande, the first time I came to Jixian County, I made a mistake and made Xuande worried."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's good to come, it's good to come." Liu Bei couldn't help but be overjoyed and looked at the knights who came around. "You brought all this?"

Zhao Yun nodded and clapped his hands. "Gentlemen, this is what I told you about Liu Jun Xuande, and I haven't come to see you yet."

The knights bowed their hands one after another, and said loudly: "I've seen Liu Jun." ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed and returned the gifts one by one. With Zhao Yun and these more than 500 riders, his waist pole is much harder. These people are all young and strong men, and they can be called elite. He thanked Zhao Yun again. "Zilong, with these horses of yours, great things can be done."

Zhao Yun shook his head. "Xuande, this is not my centaur, it's your ministry."

Liu Bei was stunned, his mouth was open, his eyes were round, and he couldn't say a word. There is a big difference between these people and Zhao Yun's subordinates or his subordinates. After a while, he came back to his senses and shook his head repeatedly. "No, no, no, Zilong, I'm very happy if you can help me, how can I ......"

"Xuande doesn't need to shirk, these are my Changshan athletes, I heard that Xuande sent an edict to appease Hebei, and they are willing to help Xuande, not just for merit. Xuande, there is something urgent, you have to find a way to inform Liu Yuanjun as soon as possible, so as to be prepared. ”

Liu Bei was also still immersed in the excitement of suddenly having five hundred horsemen, and nodded his head again and again. Zhao Yun pulled him aside and said very seriously: "When I passed through the river, I heard that Yuan Shao was recruiting troops, and it was possible to go south to capture Qingzhou. ”

Liu Bei chuckled in his heart, and the smile on his face gradually solidified. "Now?"

"Isn't it abnormal?"

Liu Bei didn't speak, and quickly analyzed the meaning behind Zhao Yun's words in his heart. It is spring now, and spring plowing is about to take place, and generally speaking, there will be no expeditions, otherwise the agricultural time will be delayed. Yuan Shao must have encountered difficulties that had to be done, which was against the norm. The horse is thin in the spring, which is not good for the cavalry, Yuan Shao chose to attack Qingzhou at this time, which is equivalent to giving up his cavalry advantage, unless his target is not Qingzhou, but someone else, such as Gongsun Zhan, who is more dependent on cavalry - Qingzhou's taxes are an indispensable supplement to Youzhou, Yuan Shao attacked Qingzhou, and Gongsun Chan could not sit idly by.

"Zilong, this sounds like a ploy."

Zhao Yun nodded. "Yes, but everything has disadvantages and advantages, and if you use it well, it is not an opportunity."