The 50,000 soldiers sped up their speed of crossing the river, and just as they were nervously crossing the river, in the woods in the distance, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring closely at the every move of these soldiers.

This is a scout squad of the Han army, and the person in charge of leading this squad is the subordinate of Zhang Liao, the general of the chariot cavalry, and a veteran who has followed Zhang Liao from birth to death for many years, named Zhang Yuan, who is of the same clan as Zhang Liao, is Zhang Liao's brother, and is also a skilled archer and horse, brave and good at fighting.

Zhang Yuan's official position in the army is not high, he is just a military commander, and he also took the initiative to lead the scout army. After all, in ancient times, scouts were an indispensable type of troops, in addition to reconnoitring the enemy, including finding out news, sabotaging the rear, spreading rumors, and so on. However, all soldiers engaged in these activities must be agile and skilled in martial arts, and they may also be in danger of dying in battle at any time, which is an extremely high-risk type of troops.

Due to the special nature of scouts, the treatment of scouts is generally higher than that of other people in the army. Rao is so, and not everyone is willing to join the scouts.

Zhang Liao was a person who attached great importance to pre-war intelligence, and as Zhang Liao's brother, Zhang Yuan stepped forward without hesitation, and offered to serve as an officer of the scout army, spying on all the information he needed for Zhang Liao.

Zhang Yuan has been an officer of the scout army for three years, and has obtained countless information for Zhang Liao, and has also helped Zhang Liao win many battles. This mission could have been handed over to his subordinates, but he was still not at ease, and personally led the team here to spy on the rebels' intelligence.

Zhang Yuan's eyes were blazing staring at the soldiers who were crossing the river, and his eyes kept flickering. He saw that every soldier who landed on the shore was out of breath. And there are many old people among them. There are even some who still limp when they walk. Except for the five hundred barbarians around Meng You, anyone who saw the rest of the Yi people would see very clearly that they were a group of old, weak, sick and disabled rabble.

"Strange, why is the vanguard sent by Meng Huo like this?" After Zhang Yuan finished reading it, he muttered to himself in his heart.

After observing for a while, Zhang Yuan was sure that his eyes were not wrong. But out of caution, Zhang Yuan still rushed to the two Nanzhong people behind him who had just joined the scout army and were proficient in the local dialect to take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the Yi soldiers to find out some information.

These two scouts of southern Chinese nationality are no different from the local Yi people in their dress, and even the language is the same, the only difference is that these two scouts are Han Chinese.

The two of them accepted this glorious and arduous task, took advantage of the chaos to blend in with the Yi people, and followed Zhang Yuan's orders. Go find out what they need.

Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, retreated with his men, but not far. Instead, the rebels were kept in their sight, and in order not to cause necessary trouble, Zhang Yuan also let all his subordinates disperse, surrounding the rebels in an arc, and closely monitoring their every move.

Half an hour later, the rebels had all landed, and the rebels began to slowly assemble under the rectification of their leader Meng You, and the two scouts sent by Zhang Yuan also found out the information they needed at this time and began to secretly evacuate.

Zhang Yuan waited anxiously on the periphery, and finally waited for the two scouts he sent out to blend in with the rebels, and also got the news he wanted.

As Zhang Yuan guessed before, these rebels are indeed old, weak, sick and disabled, although Meng Shu has gathered more than 300,000 troops, but basically try his best to catch fish, as long as it is in the Yiren tribe, men who have reached the age of thirteen to fifty must all participate, in order to increase the momentum, in fact, the rebels can really go into battle to fight, only 100,000 people.

In addition, Zhang Yuan also obtained a very important piece of information, that is, although Meng Huo had the support of other clans, such as the Nanban, his support was very small, but Meng Shu took this opportunity to publicize it, saying that he had the support of the Nanban King, and there were tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers under his command, all of whom were invulnerable, but in fact, it was only five hundred vine armor warriors led by the vulture bones, and in addition, he never saw any other clansmen.

After listening to the reports of these two scouts, Zhang Yuan felt a burst of surprise, and asked, "Are all the news you said reliable?" ”

"We are willing to use the head of Xiang as a guarantee, and we are waiting for the truth that most of the rebels are people who have great opinions on Meng Huo's reckless military force, but because of Meng Huo's obscenity, they just dare to be angry and dare not speak. We and others have consecutively inquired dozens of people, and although what they said is not the same thing, they all mean the same thing, that is, they hate Meng Huo very much, because it was Meng Huo who brought them into the quagmire of war, so that they had to walk into the abyss of war from their peaceful lives. One of the southern Chinese scouts said.

Zhang Yuan frowned, and after thinking carefully for a while, he secretly observed the situation of the rebels, and he could clearly see the displeasure and boredom on the faces of these rebel soldiers. But in order to be foolproof, Zhang Yuan learned a few simple local words from the scouts of southern Chinese, and then boldly went to the rebel tribe, wanting to find out the truth of the situation.

The rebels were gathering a large army, Zhang Yuan took advantage of this time to blend in, he basically did not speak, and the most he heard in his ears was the abuse of Meng Shu, as well as complaints......

Half an hour later, Zhang Yuan slipped out of the rebel army unharmed, and the news he personally inquired about was basically the same as that of the two scouts from Nanzhong, which could determine the content of the news he reported.

As soon as Zhang Yuan came back, he casually instructed his subordinates to continue to closely monitor the movements of these rebels, and he quickly left here, rode a fast horse, and rushed to Dianchi County, where he wanted to personally inform Zhang Liao of the good news.

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The sun has set to the west of the mountain, and the afterglow of the setting sun is reflected in Dianchi City, shrouding Dianchi City with a layer of twilight.

The news of the imminent arrival of the rebels was already known all over the city, and the troops, no matter where they were stationed, were all in high spirits and looking forward to the coming of this big battle.

Zhang Liao was also anxiously waiting, but what he was waiting for was the holy decree. There is another person who is waiting for the holy decree with Zhang Liao, and this person is Ma Chao.

Just when the sky was dark, the holy decree that Zhang Liao had been waiting for finally came, and a Huangmen attendant held the holy decree in his hand, swaggered into Dianchi City, and read the holy decree to Zhang Liao.

The holy decree made Zhang Liao the governor of the southern expedition, and was fully responsible for commanding the Han army in Dianchi City, and no one was allowed to disobey Zhang Liao's orders until the Nanzhong was pacified and the imperial court issued a new decree. In addition, there is not a single word on the holy decree mentioning the reward of Pingshu's merits.

After Zhang Liao received the order, the Huangmen squire handed Zhang Liao a sword. Zhang Liao took the saber and took a closer look, this is a saber with very fine workmanship, and the words "Shang Fang Sword" are engraved on the scabbard, in addition, there is also a huge ruby inlaid at the hilt.

At this time, the Huangmen squire instructed: "This is the Shang Fang sword given by the regent to the Dadu Governor, the Dadu Governor holds this Shang Fang sword, as if the regent is there in person, if anyone dares to disobey the Dadu Governor's orders, the Dadu Governor can use this Shang Fang sword to cut first and then play, I hope the Dadu Governor will make good use of it." ”

"Xie Regent is so kind, Zhang Liao must do his best to pacify Nanzhong in the shortest possible time to thank the regent for his love." Zhang Liao held Shang Fang's sword in his hand, lowered his head, and said excitedly.

Zhang Yan gave Zhang Liao such a huge amount of power, how much trust is needed, Zhang Liao is not Zhang Yan's most primitive subordinate, but only submitted to Zhang Yan after Lu Bu's death, as a subordinate who joined halfway, it is indeed very rare to be able to get Zhang Yan's love so much.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan rushed over from the outside, with a happy look, and before he stepped into the hall, he heard him shouting: "General, good news!" Good news! ”

Of course, Zhang Liao could hear that it was Zhang Yuan's voice, but at this time, the Huangmen waiter was still in the hall, and Zhang Yuan ran in so big and small, it was inevitable that he would not be able to hang his face, for fear that the Huangmen waiter would say that he was not strict under the rule.

So, Zhang Liao turned his head and yelled at Zhang Yuan: "What are you yelling, don't you see that I am greeting distinguished guests?" Don't hurry up and step down! ”

Huangmen Shilang has a very easy-going personality, and waved his hand and said: "Governor, the military situation is still important, I have already issued the holy decree, and it is time to go back and reply to the decree." ”

"My lord has come from afar, and the saddle horse has been tiring along the way, so I should rest first. I have already asked the adults to arrange a guest room, and the adults will rest for a day in Dianchi, and it is not too late to go back tomorrow. Zhang Liao said.

"Well...... Huangmen waiter didn't refuse, "Since the Metropolitan Governor has already arranged it, then I might as well obey the order with respect." ”

After speaking, Zhang Liao called a henchman and took the Huangmen squire down to rest.

After the Yellow Gate Squire left the hall, Zhang Liao said sharply to Zhang Yuan: "This kind of thing will never be allowed to happen again in the future, no matter what it is, you can't break in so recklessly, understand?" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "The last general knows that he is wrong, and there will definitely be no next time." ”

Zhang Liao then asked: "You just said good news, what is the good news?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "General Qiyu, I have already found out clearly, the 50,000 vanguard troops sent by Meng Yu this time are all a group of old and weak soldiers, only the 500 barbarians around Meng You are capable of fighting, and the rest are a group of rabble......

Without waiting for Zhang Yuan to finish speaking, Zhang Liao sneered: "Impossible! How could Meng Huo send a rabble to be the vanguard? ”

"General, this matter is true, and it has been repeatedly investigated by subordinates, but this army is a rabble, although there are 50,000 people, but only 1,000 of our army can be defeated." Zhang Yuan said solemnly. (To be continued.) )

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