At this time, Zhen Mi's mood also calmed down a lot, it was not the first time she saw a murderer, and she quickly calmed down, especially after seeing Cheng Ran being killed, there was a sense of pleasure in her heart. After getting revenge, she walked out of the soft sedan chair in front of the Dragon and Tiger Army and came to Zhao Yun, who was dressed in a white cloak. "General, please give me a long sword?"

As soon as Zhen Mi came out of the soft sedan chair, it attracted the exclamations of Zhao Yun and the other dragon and tiger army.

It's really because this woman is so beautiful, even compared with the appearance of the lord's sister Minchan, she is not too worried.

In this wilderness, among so many big men, there was such a beautiful girl appearing, which naturally attracted everyone's attention to her.

"What do you want a sword for?" Zhao Yun watched the girl walk in front of him and stretched out his hand to ask for a sword. said vigilantly, still thinking in her heart, could it be that this woman saw her husband being killed, and she also wanted to kill herself? It's a pity that this good face is so good.

"I will kill these Huns with my sword, it is they who have killed my brother and sister and two nephews who are only children, and I will kill them to take revenge." As she spoke, Zhen Mi showed an angry expression on her face, obviously thinking of the death of her brother and family again.

"You're not a Hunn?" Zhao Yun was indeed stunned after hearing this.

"How can I be a Hunn, can't the general see my clothes?" Zhen Mi said angrily after hearing it. It was only after finishing saying that I noticed that Cheng Ran and the others were also dressed as Han Chinese, so I didn't care about this matter but explained: "My name is Zhen Mi, and I am from Zhen Mansion in Wuji City, Zhongshan County. Just four days ago, these Huns entered my house and killed my family, and I was plundered by them, saying that they wanted to sacrifice it to their lordship. ”

There are Han soldiers all around, Zhen Mi is not so scared this time, maybe in her opinion, this person is her savior.

Zhao Yun listened to Zhen Mi's self-talk, and did not fully believe it, but asked the soldiers around him to ask the captured Huns, he wanted to find out the truth.

Soon, several pro-soldiers walked back, and they each picked a Hun just now and asked Zhen Mi's identity, and the result was that this person was indeed only a prisoner of the Huns.

Knowing that Zhen Mi was not an enemy, Zhao Yun's face was much more pleasant, "This young lady, I'm really sorry, your experience is sympathetic, but without the lord's order, you can't kill these prisoners, this is a rule in our army, and your request will not be satisfied." ”

"Your lord? Could it be that he is a general, and the state pastor Zhang Chao? Zhen Mi couldn't help but feel disappointed when she heard that she couldn't slash the enemy. But the family feud could not be avenged, so she decided to see Zhang Chao in person and say that she understood.

"Yes." Zhao Yun replied.

"Well, the troublesome general will take care of these people, and then send me to the general, and I will talk to your lord." Zhen Mi is out of the way, in order to avenge her family, she wants to see Zhang Chao, as long as she can meet her revenge, she is willing to do anything, and she can agree.

It's not that anyone says it's okay to see the lord, but Zhen Mi is indeed an exception, it's really this woman who is too beautiful. Zhao Yun didn't know what the consequences would be if he didn't report the situation, so he hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, it's just that the lord is rushing to Ma Yi now, there are no women in the army, if you go there is really not convenient, it is better to send you back to Jinyang City first, and wait for us to see that my lord is mentioning your affairs after the end of the first battle." But rest assured, these captives will be sent back together, and not a single one will be lost. ”

Zhao Yun's opinion made Zhen Mi very satisfied after hearing it, and said, "There is such a General Lao." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yun nodded his head and named three pro-soldiers, asking them to take a company of Dragon and Tiger Army to personally escort these people to Jinyang.

Zhen Mi arranged for Zhao Yun to escort him to Jinyang City, and even entered the Mussal's Mansion. It's just that Zhang Chao didn't know all this, and at this time he was marching from Jinyang City to Mayi with a large army.

Mayi is the gateway between Yanmen County and Taiyuan County.

Originally, it was just a small county with a population of less than 10,000, but because of the importance of its geographical location. In addition, Zhang Quan, the guard of Yanmen County, had long had the intention of becoming independent, and Mayi was regarded as a gateway place, and the city walls were built high and thick.

It is no exaggeration to say that if you want to take Yanmen County and drive the sovereignty of a state pastor here, then Mayi is the place where it is to be captured, and only in this way can you enter Yanmen and find the main force of the Xiongnu for a decisive battle.

After knowing the importance of Ma Yi, Guo Jia discussed with Jia Xu, Lu Su and others, and decided to seize Ma Yi first under the pretext of sending grain.

For the suggestions of the three top strategists, Zhang Chao agreed to it, and this led him to set off to Mayi with 1,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family army and 2,000 light cavalry of the Zhang family army.

Along with the army were 100 carts of grain, and one cart contained 3,000 catties of grain, or 60 stones. A hundred carts of grain is enough to 6,000 stones.

Although this is still a big gap with the 150,000 stone that the Xiongnu asked for before, Zhang Chao's statement is sincere, and he will continue to escort grain later.

Zhang Chao's statement was accepted by the Huns. They even thought that this was Zhang Chao's initiative to show goodwill, like this person who took the initiative to send grain, he did not dare to have any resistance, so that their group of 3,000 people came to Mayi with 6,000 stone of grain, and they did not stop all the way.

Naturally, it doesn't mean that all people look down on Zhang Chao so much. With this person stabilizing most of the situation in Bingzhou within a few months and recovering Hedong, he should not be simple, for example, Zeng Lian, the general who guarded Mayi, had different ideas.

Zeng Lian, with the same words, was the general of Zhang Yi, the previous governor of the state assassin history. Later, he followed Zhang Quan to Yanmen, because he was cautious and brave, so he was arranged to guard Mayi.

This time, when he heard that Zhang Chao personally led people to deliver food, he was vigilant in his heart. It was only after seeing and hearing that there were only 3,000 cavalry that I made up my mind.

Since Zhang Chao was appointed as the governor of the state, Zhang Quan, as the county guard of Yanmen County, began to increase troops towards Mayi. Soon after, Xihe County was seized by Zhang Chao, and the county guard Wang Yi there left office, Zhang Quan was worried, and then he made a move to Ma Yi, and the number of troops here reached 7,000 for a time.

He had 7,000 soldiers, and with the addition of 3,000 cavalry sent by the Huns to receive food, the total was 10,000 troops.

With 10,000 against 3,000, Zeng Lian was much more relieved. It's just that he has a cautious character, but he still decided to observe Zhang Chao carefully, and at the same time, he also suggested to Attila, the Hun general stationed in Mayi, that he send more cavalry scouts to pay attention to the movements near Mayi, in case Zhang Chao makes any small moves.

Arati was a person whom the Xiongnu trusted Yu Fuluo very much, otherwise, he would not have been sent to Mayi to collect grain. It's just that such people have a common problem, that is, arrogance.

Arati is one of those people. Having dealt with the Han Dynasty for many years, in his opinion, the Han army is nothing more than that, the combat power is not very strong, and the internal fighting is very fierce, such an enemy is not terrible.

It's just that even if Zeng Lian found him, he agreed, and sent ten scouts to inquire about the news.

As soon as the ten scouts came out of Mayi, they were targeted by the members of Tianyan, and the news reached the ears of General Lu Bu, who was secretly moving here, and immediately five vanguard armies, a total of 500 people, began to be responsible for searching for these Hun scouts. With the cooperation of Tianyan, soon, all ten scouts were killed, completely cutting off Zeng Lian's source of information.

On this expedition, Zhang Chao came to Ma Yi with 3,000 Zhang Jiajun escorting grain and grass. But secretly, Lu Bu's 8,000 vanguard cavalry and Zhao Yun's 5,000 dragon and tiger cavalry did secretly follow from two directions. In addition, there are more than 20,000 infantry in a regiment led by Huang Zhong, who are secretly coming in the direction of Yanmen County with the grain and grass needed by the army.

In order to recover Yanmen County and give the Xiongnu a blow to the head, this time Zhang Chao used two-thirds of the troops that could be used, which can be said to be a certain amount of capital.

At the head of Mayi City, when Zhang Chao arrived with people to bring grain, it was in the morning. The reason why I chose this time is also because Zhang Chao wants to reassure the opponent, I came in broad daylight, and there should be no fraud.

Zeng Lian and Attila stood at the head of the city, and as far as their eyes could see, what they saw was Zhang Chao and his three thousand cavalry, as well as a hundred carts of grain.

"This should be the legendary cavalry of the Zhang Family." Zeng Lian saw the neatly dressed 3,000 cavalry below, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Humph! Even the cavalry of the Zhang family army has been brought, and it seems that Zhang Chao is also a greedy person who is afraid of death. Attila, the Hun general standing on Zeng Lian's side, did speak in a disdainful tone. Obviously, he thought that this was Zhang Chao's life, so he brought the most elite troops with him.

Zeng Lian also somewhat agrees with this statement. After all, as a general and a state pastor, it is also appropriate to have elite protection by his side. After identifying these soldiers and horses, he cautiously sent people out of the city to check whether the grain was genuine.

This time, the grain that Zhang Chao transported was originally for his own army, and there would be no fake. Zeng Lian sent someone to inspect it, but of course he couldn't find out the problem with the task. When the men sent back to the city and said that everything was all right, Attila led them to the city gate.

The city gate opened, and Zeng Lian greeted Zhang Chao with a smile on his face.

"My lord, the gates of the city are opened, and the first step of the plan is successfully implemented." Next to Zhang Chao was Guo Jia, who was also riding a white horse named Snow White.

This time, whether Yanmen County can be recovered is very important to the entire Zhang Chao Group, and Guo Jia, as the chief military advisor, came with Zhang Chao.