Chen Gong was seven feet tall, his face was thin and dry, his eyes were deep-set, his hooked nose was hooked, and he walked up to Zhang Yan, and said respectfully with his fists: "In Xia Chen Palace, meet General Xiaocai." ”

Zhang Yan glanced at Chen Gong, and saw that Chen Gong's eyes inadvertently revealed a trace of cunning, so he asked, "I don't know what General Lu sent Your Excellency here for?" ”

Chen Gong said: "General Lu set up a banquet in the camp, and specially sent me here, please General Zhang must go to the banquet at three o'clock in the Shen hour!" ”

Zhang Yan arched his hand and said: "Mr. Lao Chen told General Lu that Zhang must go to the banquet on time at three o'clock in the morning. ”

"In that case, then I'll go back first and leave here." Chen Gong hugged his fist towards Zhang Yan, turned around and was about to leave.

Zhang Yan suddenly shouted, "Mr. Chen, please stay." ”

Chen Gong stopped, turned his head and asked, "General Zhang, is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "As far as I know, Mr. Chen should have been the Taishou of Dongjun under the account of Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao before, right?" ”

"Exactly."

"Then I don't know what caused Mr. Chen to betray Cao Cao and choose General Lu?"

Chen Gong frowned, his face showed a trace of displeasure, and said coldly: "This is my personal matter, does it have anything to do with General Zhang?" ”

"No, I'm just curious. It is said that Mr. Chen is now General Lu's military advisor, but just now General Lu set up troops to burn, kill and loot in the north of Juancheng City, I don't know if it was General Lu's own intention, or Mr. Chen's suggestion? ”

"General Zhang! You're too wide, aren't you? Chen Gong's face was gloomy, and he tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and squeezed out this sentence from between his teeth.

"This is a matter between you and General Lu, and it has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind Mr. Chen that a Yanzhou pastor who can only burn and loot may not be what the people of Yanzhou want. ”

"Thank you, General Zhang, for reminding me." Chen Gong frowned, turned around and left.

Chen Gong was far away, and Yu Ban walked out of the hiding place and stood quietly beside Zhang Yan.

"Wen Ze, you are right, Chen Gong does have a grudge against Cao Cao. The massacre of the people of Juancheng, even if it has nothing to do with Chen Gong, as a military advisor, he has an unshirkable responsibility when he sees Lu Bu doing something wrong and does not stop it. Zhang Yan saw that Yu Ban came to his side, so he said slowly.

Yu Ban said: "Lord, Lu Bu is holding a banquet in the military camp, do you really plan to go to the banquet?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded.

"But my lord, I'm worried that Chen Gong will instigate Lu Bu to be unfavorable to you." In the forbidden road.

"You can rest assured, Chen Gong is also a person who understands, I think he should know the truth of cold lips and teeth, and his existing soldiers and horses alone are not enough to fight against Cao Cao's army."

"Since the lord has made a decision, let his subordinates bring some soldiers and horses to the banquet with the lord, in case something happens, the subordinates can resist one or two for the lord."

Zhang Yan said: "No need, it's enough for me to go alone, and if there are too many people, it will arouse the suspicion of the other party." After I am gone, the whole army will be under your command, and no one can leave the camp at will without my orders. ”

"Whoa!"

The sky was getting dark, and at three o'clock in the Shen hour, Zhang Yan was alone, riding a dark cloud and riding a snow horse, and headed towards the Lu Bu military camp stationed in the north of the city.

As soon as Zhang Yan rode his horse to the north gate of Juancheng, he saw more than ten cavalrymen waiting there early.

The first person is an old knight wearing iron armor and an iron helmet, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a handsome face, and a pair of bright eyes on his bronze face are looking around.

When the cavalry general saw Zhang Yan appear, he immediately rode forward, and said respectfully: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is it Zhang Yan, the cavalry general?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said to the cavalry general, "General Lu asked you to pick me up?" ”

The rider laughed, "Exactly." In Xia Zhang Liao, now General Lu is serving as a cavalry lieutenant, and on the order of General Lu, he has come to answer General Zhang. ”

Zhang Liao, the word Wenyuan, Yanmen Mayi people, has followed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, after the defeat of Lu Bu, returned to Cao Cao, since then followed Cao Cao to fight in the south and the north, made great achievements, is a famous general of Cao Wei, more respected by later generations, and Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Zhang He and called Cao Wei's five sons of good generals.

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Liao carefully, and fell in love at first sight, such a young hero, I just hate to meet earlier.

Among the five good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang Yan killed Le Jin and surrendered to Yu Ban, if he got Zhang Liao again, it would definitely help him in the future. It's a pity that today's Zhang Liao is in Lu Bu's army, and with Zhang Liao's personality, even if Zhang Yan wants to dig the corner, he may not be able to dig it.

Zhang Yan sighed lightly, hating only hate, it was not the time for him to cross, if he could cross a few years earlier, he would definitely recruit famous people from all over the world for his own use.

"I have admired the name for a long time, like thunder!" Zhang Yan arched his hand towards Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "General Zhang is serious, compared with General Zhang, my fame is far less worth mentioning." General Zhang, General Lu has been waiting in the camp tent for a long time, please come with me. ”

"I'm tired." Zhang Yan bowed his hand politely, followed behind Zhang Liao, and headed towards Lu Bu's military camp.

Zhang Yan kept looking at Zhang Liao all the way, and the more he looked at it, the higher his love for Zhang Liao became, and the more uncomfortable he felt in his heart.

In order to ease his emotions, Zhang Yan said without words: "Duwei Zhang, looking at your age, you are not very old, you should be about twenty-five or sixteen years old, right?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "General Zhang has good eyesight, and he is just twenty-five years old this year. ”

Zhang Yanxi smiled and said, "Coincidentally, I am just twenty-five years old this year. The two of us are not only the same age, but also have the same surname, as the so-called five hundred years ago was a family, maybe you and my ancestors were brothers before! ”

Zhang Liao smiled: "The general said that he was joking. To tell you the truth, my ancestors are not surnamed Zhang, but Nie. During the time of Emperor Wu, my ancestor Nie Yi used to be the initiator of the Mayi scheme, but after the failure of the Mayi plot, my ancestor Nie Yi offended the Huns from then on. The Huns spent a lot of money to buy Nie Yi's head, in order to avoid pursuit, Nie Yi changed his surname to Zhang, and since then, his children and grandchildren have taken Zhang as his surname, which has been passed down from generation to generation, until today. But at the same time, there are also stories of my ancestors, which are a warning to us not to forget our ancestors' surnames. Therefore, I and the general's ancestors, absolutely impossible to be brothers. ”

Zhang Yan's smiling face stiffened when he heard Zhang Liao say this, although he knew that it was because Zhang Liao was hearty that he told him these words. But these words knocked out Zhang Yan's enthusiasm for wanting to be close to Zhang Liaotao.

However, Zhang Yan was still cheeky and smiled: "I see." Although our ancestors could not be brothers, then we can be brothers. Regardless of whether Zhang Duwei is surnamed Nie or surnamed Zhang, from now on, I will regard Zhang Duwei as my brother. I don't know what Zhang Duwei thinks? ”

Zhang Liao said: "I'm just a martial artist, how can I be a brother with the general?" ”

"You're a martial artist, aren't I? You don't want to be a brother with me, do you look down on me? Zhang Yan deliberately pretended to be a little angry.

Zhang Liao said: "No, no, no, General Zhang, don't get me wrong, that's not what I mean." The status of the general is noble, I am just a cavalry lieutenant under General Lu, I am afraid that I will not be worthy of the general......"

"What is worthy of not worthy, I said you are my brother, you are. By the way, what month were you born? ”

Zhang Liao said: "The sixth day of the seventh month. ”

"I'm the eighth day of the fifth month, two months older than you, how about I call you a virtuous brother?"

Zhang Liao felt a little awkward, but he didn't expect that after only a few words with Zhang Yan, he would have an extra brother out of thin air. But for the sake of face, Zhang Liao could only nod his head, hugged his fists and said: "Thanks to my brother's refusal to give up, he is willing to be a brother with me, and I, Zhang Liao, am also a happy person, so I recognized the general as a brother." ”

Zhang Yan hahadaxiao said: "Excellent, excellent. From now on, you and I will be called brothers! ”

The two talked and chatted, and soon became one, and before they knew it, Zhang Liao took Zhang Yan to Lu Bu's camp.

"Lord Qi, the cavalry general Zhang Yan brought it." As soon as Zhang Liao entered the big tent, he clenched his fists and said to Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu saw Zhang Yan coming, he immediately smiled, he walked straight to Zhang Yan's side, grabbed Zhang Yan's hand, and said excitedly: "General Zhang, I am looking forward to the left and right, and I finally have you here, please sit down, sit down!" ”

Zhang Yan was arranged by Lu Bu to the guest seat, but he waved his hand at Zhang Liao and sent Zhang Liao out.

In the tent, except for Lu Bu and Zhang Yan, there was no one else, and Lu Bu asked people to serve wine and food, and warmly entertained Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan also responded very politely, until the third round of drinking, Zhang Yan couldn't help but smile, and asked: "This time, General Lu invited me to come, it should be more than just a simple banquet, right?" ”

After Lu Bu heard this, he got up and said to Zhang Yan: "General Zhang is really extraordinary, and he can guess it." Actually, I invited General Zhang to come here for a very important matter. ”

"What's the matter?"

Lu Brown said: "Cao Cao led the army to attack Xuzhou, if he learns that Yanzhou has been attacked, he will definitely withdraw his troops and return quickly." With my current strength, I can fight Cao Cao to the death. If I can get the help of Xuzhou, then Cao Cao will definitely be completely defeated by me. General Zhang is the premier general in Xuzhou, and if we can persuade Xuzhou Mu to form an alliance with me to deal with Cao Cao together, I believe this will be the best chance for us to wipe out Cao Cao. ”

Zhang Yan actually already had an eyebrow in his heart, and forming an alliance with Lu Bu to jointly resist Cao Cao was also a result he wanted. Since Lu Bu took the initiative to bring it up, then this matter is even easier to handle. However, he still had some worries, because Lu Bu was capricious and had a milk as a mother, and he was even more worried that after defeating Cao Cao, Lu Bu would bite him in turn.

So, he thought for a long time, and then said to Lu Bu: "General Lu's proposal is undoubtedly excellent, last year Cao Cao slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, Tao Yuanjun has always held a grudge against Cao Cao, please rest assured that General Lu persuaded Tao Yuanjun to form an alliance with General Lu, and the matter of persuading Tao Yuanjun to form an alliance with General Lu is on me." However, after the alliance between the two armies, Cao Cao was the common enemy, and after the elimination of Cao Cao, the ownership of the counties in Yanzhou that Cao Cao originally controlled needed to be considered in the long run. I don't know what the rules of General Lu are? ”