The white snow covered the entire northern country, and the northwest wind continued to howl, rolling up some snow on the ground and slapping on the faces of pedestrians, adding another layer of chill to the pedestrians who already felt the biting cold wind.

On the official road leading to Chen County, the county town of Chen County, a man suddenly appeared on the horse, riding a white and flawless horse, galloping in the snow, the skin of the war horse under the seat seemed to have melted into the snow, if you don't look carefully from a distance, you are likely to see a person flying in the sky.

Rao is this bad weather, but it did not stop the speed of the white horse in the slightest, and galloped in front of the pedestrians on the official road, leaving only an afterimage.

This war horse is the only sweaty horse in the Han Dynasty today, and it is called the white dragon because its fur is white. And the person riding on the back of the white dragon horse is none other than the prime minister of the current cabinet and the general who commands the country's soldiers and horses, surnamed Zhang and Mingyan.

This time, Zhang Yan rode his horse alone, not out of a whim to step on the snow and walk the horse, but was hurrying to Chen County.

At this time, more than half a month has passed since the war launched by Liu Biao, and the war ended with the victory of the Han army's defensive counterattack, and in this war, Yang Xiu and Yuan Jian performed extremely well, and of course there is another person who also has indelible contributions, that is, Chen Wang Liu Pet.

When the war broke out, Zhang Yan was at a critical moment of change, and he could not personally lead his troops and horses to compete with Liu Biao, nor could he mobilize the guards directly under him, so he could only draw troops from other places little by little to support.

When the war ended, there were almost 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Yuzhou, most of whom were reserves, of course. That is, the so-called militia.

That's right. The country cannot stand without defense. In order to compensate for the lack of soldiers, Zhang Yan set up a militia system a few years ago to supplement the regular army's lack of combatants. But Zhang Yan never dreamed that after several years of implementing the militia system, in the face of Liu Biao's army's attack, it was not the regular army that defeated the invading enemy, but the militia system established that year.

It has to be said that the militia system has increased the strength of national defense. It also made up for the lack of defensive loopholes in the regular army, which was an unexpected gain for Zhang Yan.

For this reason, as soon as Zhang Yan was busy in Pengcheng, he rode a white dragon horse, alone, rode a horse and whipped a whip, and galloped on the road to Chen County, because he wanted to set up a celebration banquet there. The heroes of the victory in the war this time should be sealed. The reward must not cool the hearts of the soldiers.

In addition, he also had a purpose, which was to meet Zhang Xiu, who had surrendered.

It is not far from Chen County, Zhang Yan can vaguely see the city wall of Chen County, the speed of sweat and blood, really worthy of the name, starting from the morning, running all the way, almost noon, it is almost there. You must know that from Pengcheng to Chen County, there is a distance of 600 miles in between.

The sweaty BMW travels thousands of miles every day, and it is really not a rumor.

It's a pity that there are too few such horses, if all the cavalry can be seated by one such war horse, then he can use the cavalry troops to launch a blitzkrieg, and with the unique thunderbolt on Zhang Yan's side, who can stop such an army?

It's a pity that the average war horse can travel 200 miles a day is almost the limit, and on a snowy day, it may be halved due to the influence of weather and terrain.

Therefore, it is indeed the truth that rare things are expensive, and such a scarce sweat and blood BMW really lives up to expectations and has a precious side to him.

Since the death of the Dark Cloud Stepping Snow Horse, Zhang Yan is like losing two legs, but fortunately, the sweaty BMW appeared in time to make up for his shortcomings, and it seems to have more endurance and passion than the Dark Cloud Stepping Snow Horse.

Zhang Yan rode on the back of the white dragon horse, like an arrow off the string, and with a "whoosh", he galloped towards the county seat of Chen County.

Outside Chen County in Chen County, Chen Wang Liu Chong, Yingchuan Taishou Yang Xiu, Runan Taishou Yuan Lian, and Nanyang Taishou Zhang Xiu, who had surrendered, as well as He Yi, Liu Pi and others, all gathered at the gate of Chen County, and then followed by the subordinate officials led by Luo Jun, the Taishou of Chen County, and the welcoming team.

Everyone was looking forward to it, quietly waiting for Zhang Yan's appearance.

As the king of Yan, he is still a heavyweight who is powerful in the world, and he is a cabinet minister and a general, he should have stayed in Pengcheng and waited quietly for them to come and visit. But now it's good, it's the other way around, but it was Zhang Yan who ran out to meet everyone.

Therefore, for this celebration banquet, everyone seems to attach great importance to it, and for those subordinate officials and people of Chen County, if they can see King Yan in their lives, they will be content in this life, and maybe they will be able to talk about this great thing to future generations in the future.

Since the introduction of Zhang Yan's new policy, the imperial power has been restricted, and the idea that the emperor is supreme in the hearts of the people has been broken.

Therefore, the people all believe that Zhang Yan is a more powerful figure than the emperor, and his existence may break the idea of the supremacy of imperial power for many years. In this way, no one wants to be the emperor, then there will be no more rebellions, and everyone only thinks about how to be an official.

When Zhang Yan rode alone, dressed in a strong suit, and appeared in front of everyone with a weathered face, everyone felt surprised.

In their opinion, King Yan is already supreme, and when traveling, there should be a guard of honor, with the style and might of King Yan's travel. But Zhang Yan's appearance shocked everyone's eyes, and they never imagined that King Yan would appear in this way.

However, in addition to being surprised, everyone still felt a sense of intimacy, which may be the unique charm of Yanwang Zhang Yan, right?

Among the many people, there is one person who is extremely familiar with Zhang Yan and very unfamiliar, this person is Nanyang Taishou Zhang Xiu, who has just surrendered.

In the past few years that Zhang Xiu has been in Nanyang, the legends about Zhang Yan have been one after another, and the hero's story is always endless, and he is also happy to listen to others tell stories. Although there are exaggerated parts, it is undeniable that Zhang Yan is indeed a man of great talent, otherwise, how could he have so many powerful ranges, and so many people are willing to serve him and enjoy it.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu is very familiar with Zhang Yan. But they had never met before, and they felt strange. In his mind, he imagined the scene when he met Zhang Yan more than once, and many times it was on the battlefield, when the two armies faced each other, Zhang embroidered iron armor and speared immediately, and Zhang Yan was face to face, and the war was about to break out. He wanted to challenge Zhang Yan from the bottom of his heart, but he never achieved it once.

Not only that, Zhang Xiu was not even as good as a literati like Yang Xiu, but Yang Xiu was forced to surrender. What a shame in his life.

"See King Yan!" When Zhang Yan reined in the horse and stopped in front of everyone, everyone said in unison.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be polite, I'm a step too late, so you have to wait for a long time." At today's celebration banquet, there were only brothers, no Yan King, and no adults, everyone was drunk. I'm late, I'll punish myself with three drinks later. ”

As soon as these words came out, those who wanted to see Zhang Yan's dignity felt doubly cordial. It turns out that King Yan not only doesn't put on a show, but is still so approachable and hearty.

Zhang Xiu even felt that Zhang Yan was different from anyone he had ever seen who had the ability to dominate one side, this person was very easy-going, very approachable, and very amiable, always giving people an inexplicable sense of intimacy, making you from the bottom of your heart, involuntarily want to get together with him, and want to do something for him.

Perhaps, this is the charm of the individual.

Zhang Yan's eyes quickly glanced at everyone present, except for a fresh face, he knew the rest, and he also secretly speculated in his heart that this fresh face should be the Zhang Xiu he wanted to see.

Zhang Xiu looked at Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Xiu, the gaze from the four eyes converged in an instant, but then separated again, the reason was that Zhang Xiu did not dare to look at Zhang Yan directly, this is a crime of disrespect, and at the same time, his heartbeat is getting faster and faster, even he himself doesn't know what he is nervous about.

Zhang Xiu and Zhang Yan, although there is only one word difference, they are two different people.

"You're Zhang Xiu, right?" Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Xiu's eyes and didn't move away, he saw a trace of nervousness on Zhang Xiu's face, so he spoke first and asked.

"Zhang Xiu, the general of the defeated army, see His Royal Highness King Yan!" Zhang Xiu immediately knelt down on her knees and said loudly.

Zhang Yan suddenly stretched out two strong and powerful hands, one supported Zhang Xiu, and with only a slight mention, he lifted Zhang Xiu up, and then said with a smile: "I just said, there are only brothers here today, there is no King Yan, have you forgotten what I just said?" ”

"The last general hasn't forgotten, it's just that the last general ......," Zhang Xiu said busily.

"I know what you think, but since you have chosen to surrender to me, and I have accepted yours, then it means that we will be brothers from now on. Since they are brothers, what is there to take care of between brothers? Zhang Yan said.

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he was moved in his heart, for him, a general, Zhang Yan was able to treat him like a brother, and no one could suppress his inner emotions. And just that, Zhang Xiu is a person with a temperament, just Zhang Yan's words have already made his eyes full of tears, constantly spinning around, almost wanting to fall, but he was forcibly controlled by him, and he didn't want to be embarrassed here.

When Zhang Yan saw it, he smiled, stretched out his hand, stopped everyone, and said: "It's freezing here, let's go into the city to warm up, you won't want to freeze me to death on this snow, right?" (To be continued......)