Zhang Can stood among the corpses all over the ground, looking up at the sky, motionless. The clothes on his body were splashed with patches of blood, and he looked extremely hideous, as if he had been reincarnated. The knights who passed by him all looked at him with admiration, the individual combat effectiveness of the Red Eagle Cavalry was much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, and he killed so many people on the other side with one enemy and ten, and his combat power could be said to be very amazing.

Finally, a tall horse stopped beside him, and the general on the horse was draped in heavy armor, and his face under the iron helmet was white and delicate, just like a Confucian of the world in brocade clothes and food, and he did not look like a martial artist. The white-faced general grabbed the reins, glanced at Zhang Can and the dead bodies everywhere, and said, "You did this alone?" ”

Zhang Can didn't hear it, but a female voice shouted dissatisfiedly: "Hey, in order to save you, I was reprimanded." You'd better give me a response, the hussar general is asking you! ”

Hearing this name, Zhang Can slowly raised his head and nodded slightly: "You are very famous, if you don't move out your name, Gao Ran won't lose his mind." ”

This rude and confusing answer made Ma Chao feel very interesting, he leaned over and said: "What a guy with character, there have been more and more weirdos in the army recently." After speaking, Ma Chao glanced at Han Gugu behind him, and continued: "The shadow reported that you assassinated Gao Ran alone, did you have a grudge against Gao Ran?" ”

"There's a grudge." Zhang Can said.

"Come, let's talk about it, I like to listen to this kind of gossip."

Zhang Can glanced at Ma Chao, and suddenly had an indescribable feeling about the person in front of him. He didn't think that he could say the blood feud in his heart, but under the gaze of Ma Chao's clear eyes, he unconsciously opened his mouth and told the origin of his relationship with Gao Ran.

In a trance, seven years of dusty memories suddenly surged. When Zhang Can didn't know it, his words were much smoother: it was more than ten years ago, when Zhang Can was just a resident near Yecheng, and when he was playing outside, he met Gao Ran, who was dying. At that time, Gao Ran was just an orphan in exile. After being taken in by Zhang Can's parents, he and Zhang Can have always been like brothers and supported each other. Subsequently, Han Rong, the gun king of Hebei, saw that the two had good qualifications, so he accepted the two as disciples.

After that, Yuan Shao attacked and captured Yecheng, Han Rong was recruited by Yuan Shao as his general, Zhang Can was unwilling to live a life of fighting on the battlefield, so he withdrew from Han Rong's sect. However, Gao Ran was obsessed with power, and followed Han Rong into the Yuan family as if he were hesitating. However, further back, the Wei County mutinied, and the Montenegrin army led tens of thousands of troops to capture Yecheng, and Zhang Can's village was not spared. Zhang Can fought desperately, and when he woke up, he found that Gao Ran was by his side and proudly told him that he had led the army to repel the village where the Black Mountain Army lived and killed the thieves and villagers.

Zhang Can was shocked to find that the village in Gao Lankou's mouth was actually his hometown. And Gao Ran's answer was that he understood the ties for Zhang Can, and the two could serve Yuan Gong together from now on and be famous in future generations. Zhang Can immediately felt painful, suddenly burst out, stabbed Gao Ran in the face, and under Gao Ran's stopping, Zhang Can walked out of the 10,000-person camp alone. Since then, in the past seven years, Zhang Can has stopped thinking about assassinating Gao Ran all the time, but unfortunately the more famous Gao Ran becomes, the less opportunities Zhang Can has to get hands.

After listening to this story, Ma Chao's face did not change much, in fact, in this troubled world, if you have a heart, everyone who survives has a past that can be written into a novel. It's just that after Ma Chao heard that Zhang Can and Gao Ran were both disciples of Han Rong, he couldn't help but be a little curious: "You know, Han Rong is dead, right?" ”

"Yes, he was killed by Lu Bu, the number one god of war in the world, and died." Zhang Can replied very simply.

"Then you should also know that Lu Bu killed Han Rong to save me, right?"

"Yes."

"Don't you want to avenge your teacher?"

"I don't want to." Speaking of this, Zhang Can paused for a moment, looked at Ma Chao and said, "The master knows that he will eventually die on this road, so he has never had any regrets." Moreover, I also hate him, I hate him for teaching me martial arts, and I hate him for training Gao Ran's white-eyed wolf in human skin! ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao seemed to be more interested in Zhang Can, and stretched out his hand to Zhang Can: "I see that your sword fighting is good, why don't you follow me." When the entourage next to him heard this, they all showed envy, this is simply a piece of pig's shoulder that fell off the shoulders of the world, and in one step, he changed from an inferior ranger to a hussar general's personal entourage. But Zhang Can shook his head: "Gao Ran is not dead, I will not be loyal to anyone, in my eyes, there is only Gao Ran." ”

"Gao Ran is already a general under Yuan Shao, and with your strength alone, there are very few opportunities to even contact him. The only way is to kill him on the battlefield. Don't forget, in addition to being the commander of the Red Eagle Ride, Gao Ran is also one of the four court pillars of Hebei. Oh, no, Wen Chou Han Rong has passed away, and now there are only three court pillars left. Ma Chao seemed quite patient.

"Can I just kill Gao Ran?" Zhang Can asked again.

Ma Chao smiled, he pointed to his face and said, "Don't look at me with a little white face, but I always talk about it." Don't worry, I'll only fight against Gao Ran in the future. He said this, but he added a sentence in his heart: If Yuan Jun wants to kill you before killing Gao Lan, and you fight back, it won't be my business.

"Okay." Zhang Can agreed very simply, he "brushed" to tear open his chest, revealing the scar on his chest: "As long as you can kill Gao Ran, it doesn't hurt to give this life to anyone." Ma Chao laughed and instructed left and right: "Okay, bring him a horse, and bring him a pair of armor and an iron sword." Then he turned his horse's head and walked away.

Zhang Can's expression was blank, and he didn't thank him, silently following the large army, but kept a certain distance from Ma Chao. Zhang Can is not very good at riding horses, the whole person is crooked, and his hands desperately grab the horse's mane to prevent it from falling. That action was seen by Han Gugu, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his mouth. Zhang Can looked back at Han Gu's strange riding skills, and couldn't help but smile.

"It's a pity that it's a good horse, you both pay attention, don't give me the horse's mane to be naked, it's a great horse!" Ma Chao shook his head with a wry smile, quite distressed: Indeed, in this troubled world, the value of a great horse is enough to exchange for hundreds of rogues.

After this small episode, this mixed army of infantry and cavalry continued to drive north-Chang'an's 20,000 resting slave corps had reached the front line, and this time, Ma Chao led 3,000 resting slave corps, and 2,000 Xiliang iron cavalry - their speed was not enough to march quickly, but it was definitely not slow. The scouts kept galloping back and forth, summing up the situation around Ma Chao. It wasn't until late at night that Ma Chao finally got the news he wanted: the baggage team that Jin Yang had left was forty miles ahead.

Ma Chao spread out the map on his horse, measured it with his fingers, held his chin and fell into thought: this distance is definitely carefully calculated by the opponent. Chasing at night, you can only fight a chaotic night battle, and the baggage team can easily escape with the help of night; If you wait until tomorrow morning to catch up, then the baggage team will be closer to the camp of the high-level army, and it is likely to be eaten by the main force of the Yuan army - this is a dilemma.

Yes, after the initial defeat of Gao Gan, Gao Gan and the 120,000 army of grain and grass have been captured by the Ma Jiajun. Although Ma Chao can wait for the 400,000 army to assemble, he will swallow the Gao Gan and the trial department in one fell swoop. However, at the same time, Yan Liang led 100,000 elite soldiers, and he was about to arrive at Yanshi.

Ma Chao picked up a piece of charcoal, sketched a few strokes on the map, and turned out a few calculations. Finally, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Pass my order, and the whole army will continue to advance, thirty percent slower than the normal march." Ma Chao gave instructions. Huang Yuan asked: "My lord, if you march like this, when you approach the baggage team, you are almost ugly, and it is too dark at that time to be surrounded and annihilated. ”

Ma Chao waved the charcoal pen in his hand and said a puzzling sentence: "Don't worry, we won't come into contact with the baggage team." Then he flew a few more orders, and several shadow messengers flew away from the group, heading in different directions.

After doing all this, Ma Chao called Zhang Can and Han Gugu over and said, "You two riding skills, I will practice them in the future, and I will give you two a task now." ”

After the two listened to the instructions, Han Gugu only said one word: "Okay." ”

Zhang Can said, "Where is Gao Ran?" ”

"It should be there."