Liu Lan camped not long after the scouts who went to find Gongsun Kang and Zhang Zhengbu returned, now they have passed Zhuo County, and are hurrying towards Laishui, Liu Lan is taking stew from the Ding in the big tent At first hearing the news, he didn't even eat and quickly came to the map, looking at it with a tense face, and then took a dim oil lamp and looked at the map to ask the scout about the specific location of Gongsun Kang, and the scout accurately found the northwest of Yu County, although there was no mark, but when the scout's finger pointed there, he said: "Here." , Lai Ting's call for chickens. ”

"Calling the chicken?" Liu Bei muttered aloud on the side, calling the name of the chicken like a person like him who likes cockfighting and lackeys.

"Xuande knows this place?"

"Yes."

In the Han Dynasty, the cockfight is called the chicken, commonly known as the chicken, and this chicken is because the chicken is strong and strong, good at fighting, and the village is the wind of feeding the chicken with wine, it is said that there is an ancestor in the chicken who is idle and idle cockfighting lackey, and he drank some wine to the fighting when he had nothing to do in one day, not to mention that the fighting that was defeated today won for the first time, and over time he fed the chicken with wine and the deeds of the cockfight won a hundred battles came out, and the people in the Chinese have since had the habit of feeding the chicken with wine, Not to mention these cockfights, especially before the battle to drink some wine, not only than usual several times more aggressive, but also used bites, claws, wings and other tricks, but the most important point is that they are not afraid of death, so the fighting cocks in the call chicken are often worth thousands of gold to sell in the market, so they are named after the call chicken, as for what was called in the past, it has long been forgotten by the world.

When Liu Bei talked about calling the chicken, his whole person became eyebrows and danced. But Liu Lan just sighed in his heart, he thought there was something different here, but he didn't expect it to be these insignificant things, slightly disappointed. But he still asked with a smile: "So how many days, or how many hours, does it take to get from the chicken to this water?" ”

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Shiren took his scout Tun to Liu Lan's instructions to go to Zhaojili, he and Zhang Zheng are old acquaintances, both are old pawns in Youzhou, they were captured together in Youbeiping, and Sima has been with Sima since he met in Tushan, because he didn't dare to stay for a moment when he entered the tent, he was already out of breath like a cow. Zhang Zheng saw that this old comrade-in-arms from Guangyang County smiled and said, "Don't be busy, you can catch your breath first and then drink saliva." Then let's sit down and talk slowly. ”

Shiren took a breath, knelt down and drank a sip of water, only then did he breathe a sigh and said with a smile: "I'm almost tired of Lao Tzu this way." By the way, Sima has a task for you, but ......" said but looked at Gongsun Kang, which Liu Lan specially explained, he was afraid that Gongsun Kang would not listen to his dispatch, so Shiren looked at him and waited for his reaction.

Gongsun Kang smiled, his age is actually not very old, one year younger than Liu Bei, but his face is very old. It doesn't look like Gongsun Zhan's younger brother but more like his brother, but the three of them are all beautiful men and are suave. It's just that Gongsun Kang's smile is not as charming as his eldest brother Gongsun Zhan, but a little crazy, because when he laughs, wrinkles will spread from the corners of his eyes, almost all over his face.

Although he was smiling, he thought in his heart what kind of person led what kind of soldier, this kid was exactly the same as Liu Lan. If you have anything to say, you have to sell it. He shook his head in his heart, but suddenly found that this scout Tun Chang pursed his lips exactly the same as that kid, although he was not the kid's eagle eyes but when he pursed his lips, he would always squint imperceptibly, and then suddenly opened his eyes, and the time of squinting was exactly the same, seeing such a surprising scene, he laughed even more heartily, but Zhang Zheng and Shiren on the side didn't understand what it was that caused him to laugh so unscrupulously.

After a while, Gongsun Kangcai said: "Say, what instructions does Liu Lan have?" He has always been on the front line, he is familiar with the enemy, and I will fully cooperate with him. ”

Shiren, who was reassured, said: "Sima said that he hopes that General Gongsun can go to Laishui as much as possible, and if he starts from Zhaoji, if he travels quickly, he will not be able to reach it in three hours, even if he slows down and walks for four hours." ”

Zhang Zheng's eyes lit up on the side and asked, "You mean Sima is in Laishui?" ”

Shiren looked at Zhang Zheng and smiled, and said: "Yes, the scout you met today was sent by Sima when he was still in his hometown, so the news is a little biased, but I don't know that we just beat the moth thief in Laishui today, you must know that you have come, and the casualties can be reduced again." ”

"What? Are moth thieves fierce? What about our losses? ”

Shiren sighed and said, "There are almost three thousand people before and after, but it is insignificant compared to the loss of the moth thief. ”

Zhang Zheng and Gongsun Kang nodded silently on the side, and then heard Shiren say again: "Sima has already made a plan, now I am waiting for you to go to the meeting, as long as you arrive, it is time to completely counterattack the moth thief." ”

When he said that he was going to fight back, Shiren had already laughed, although he had won countless big and small victories in the past month, he had been retreating, and he was always holding his breath in his heart, and he was on fire, and now that he was going to fight back, of course, he laughed even more happily.

Suddenly, there was some restlessness in the simple camp tent outside, and the faces of Gongsun Kang and Zhang Zheng immediately changed slightly, and the two of them, who didn't know what was going on, went out to inspect the tent as soon as possible, but soon after, several knights appeared in front of the two with three or five boys. Several people knelt down in front of the two of them and said, "I ask the two generals to accept us into the army." ”

A few people came with a thick accent, Zhang Zheng is from Bingzhou, he didn't understand at all, to Gongsun Kang, who has lived in Zhuo County for a long time, understood, and now it is the time when the whole people are fighting against moth thieves, it is not impossible to accept them into the army, but most of the moth thieves are from the people, he does not dare to take them in rashly, if he mixes into the Taiping Taoist consequences, so he looked at Zhang Zheng, but Zhang Zheng can be his master, said that the general has the idea, the ball was kicked back, Gongsun Kang touched the short beard under the jaw, and said: " Now all counties are recruiting volunteers, so go and join the volunteers. ”

But several people kowtowed and said that the volunteers would not accept it, thinking that the strength of their arms was not as good as that of people, so they had no choice but to return to the chicken.

Looking at their excited appearances, Gongsun Chan stood in place, no one could see his true thoughts if he was not sad or happy, but at the moment when there was no hope in the hearts of several people, Gongsun Kang suddenly spoke: "If you really want to be a soldier, you can do it, but the premise is that there is a guarantee from the local Lizheng, if there is a Lizheng to guarantor for a few of you, I will accept you." ”

Zhang Zheng looked at the man in the middle, he could see that although these people had less strength, they had some inner circles in their legs, which were caused by perennial horseback riding, and the palms of their hands were larger than ordinary people. After all, safety is the first priority in this period, and with Lizheng's guarantee, there are naturally no such and such concerns.

A few people didn't say a word, but after getting up, they all ran quickly outside the camp, and shouted the name of Lizheng in their mouths. (To be continued)