Chapter 1004: The Dark Shadow Outside the Tent
"General, what's wrong?" Seeing Zhang He, Xu Shu hurriedly stopped him.
Hearing Xu Shu call him, Zhang He carried a long sword, ran to Xu Shu, raised his hand and pointed to the tent where Tian Feng and Fu Shu were, and said to Xu Shu: "The soldiers found that there were several black shadows wandering in front of the tent, and when they went to look for people, they were gone!" ”
Knowing that the soldiers had discovered the black shadow just now, Xu Shu hurriedly ran out of the tent and, together with Zhang He and others, ran towards the tent of Tian Feng and Fu Zhi.
When Xu Shu and the others arrived outside the tent, a group of soldiers of the Qin army had already surrounded the tent.
Seeing Xu Shu coming, the group of Qin soldiers hurriedly got out of the way.
Opened the curtain of the tent and entered the tent, and saw that Tian Feng and Fu Zhi were still in the tent and were not injured, Xu Shu let out a long sigh.
Just as Xu Shu entered the tent, Zhang He also followed him in.
After entering the tent, seeing that Tian Feng and Fu Zhi were unharmed, Zhang He inserted the long sword into the scabbard.
Seeing Zhang He, Fu Zhi suddenly sneered, and Tian Feng, who was sitting next to Fu Zhu, had an indifferent face, as if he was messing around outside the tent and had nothing to do with him at all.
Seeing that Fu Zhu sneered, Zhang He asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are you laughing?" ”
"No one intend to attack the two of us along the way, the general is here, and this kind of thing happened, how can you not laugh?" Staring at Zhang He, frustrated with his upper body bound by ropes, he stood up violently, and said to Zhang He in a cold voice: "If the general is ordered by Yuan Gong to come to kill the two of us, just do it, how can people sneak around and do this kind of thing?" ”
After being asked a few words in frustration, Zhang He was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes twice, and then seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said to Xu Shu on the side: "Don't think too much about the military advisor, the last general really didn't hurt the heart of these two people!" ”
"The general is overthinking!" A smile rose at the corner of his mouth, Xu Shu pressed his hand twice towards Zhang Hexu and said: "These two people are ordinary people on weekdays, and they have not offended the enemy, I think someone intends to kill them and then quickly." I believe that this matter has nothing to do with the general! ”
Although Xu Shu said so, when he looked at Zhang He, his expression was full of disdain.
Feeling uncomfortable being frustrated, Zhang He frowned, and said to Xu Shu: "This matter is too strange, the last general will let people return to Yecheng tonight, and the soldiers who will lead them here will be checked and explained." ”
"The general might as well leave early tomorrow morning!" Zhang He proposed to leave, Xu Shu was happy in his heart, but he was still holding him.
Zhang He is a military general after all, something happened, he was suspected, and he was already aggrieved in his heart, where would he be willing to stay here for a while.
Holding his fist and arching at Xu Shu, Zhang He said to Xu Shu: "Be careful all the way, the last general will leave!" ”
After speaking, Zhang He didn't wait for Xu Shu to open his mouth to stay, turned around and walked out of the tent.
After Zhang He got out of the tent, Xu Shu hurriedly followed, and while chasing Zhang He, he said to Zhang He: "I didn't doubt the general, what a dying man said, why should the general be concerned?" ”
Xu Shu's words are undoubtedly telling Zhang He that once he and Tian Feng arrive in Luoyang, they will definitely die!
Coming here, Zhang He, who was going to investigate these, after listening to Xu Shu's words, his heart was even more relaxed, and he was burdened with the boredom of being suspected, so he was willing to delay for a while.
Turning around and arching his fist at Xu Shu, Zhang He shouted to the cavalry who followed him to chase Xu Shu and others: "Return to Yecheng with General Ben!" ”
The cavalry that followed Zhang He here, hearing his call, ran to their own horses, and after a while, they lined up and waited for Zhang He's order to return.
Stepping onto the war horse brought for him by a soldier, after Zhang He got on the horse, he arched his hand towards Xu Shu again, and shouted to the cavalry who followed him: "Go!" ”
With his hands clenched into fists, facing Zhang He, who was leading the troops away, Xu Shu stood until the figures of Zhang He and the others disappeared, and then turned around and walked towards Tian Feng and Fu Zhi's tent.
After entering the tent, Xu Shu strode to the two of them, helped them untie the rope with his own hands, and then arched his fist to the two and said, "Bitter two!" ”
"I've seen Xu Junshi!" First, he shook his arm that was tied and numb, and Tian Feng and Fu Zhu hugged their fists together and gave Xu Shu a salute back.
"If it weren't for the military advisor to pretend to be an assassin, I'm afraid that the two of us would have an unstable life for the next few days." After returning the salute to Xu Shu, he said to Xu Shu: "King Qin has a life-saving grace for the two of us, even if the two of us die, it will be difficult to repay one of them!" ”
In the frustrated speech, what was revealed was his gratitude to Liu Bian, Xu Shu was inconvenient to excuse Liu Bian, but he smiled slightly, and said to the two: "Your Highness wants to come and pick up the two of you to Luoyang, you must have made a decision in your heart, and when you get to Luoyang, I am afraid you will still have to suffer for a few days!" ”
"It's okay!" Waving his hand, Tian Feng said to Xu Shu with a dead face: "Although the two of us escaped with our lives, we are just family members......
"Don't worry, Your Highness will think of rescuing the two family members!" Tian Feng thought of his family, and Xu Shu hurriedly comforted him.
"It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, should I walk in the middle of the night?" After meeting Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, Xu Shu asked them in a low voice.
"Never!" As soon as Xu Shu asked, Tian Feng hurriedly said: "If I wait for this time to leave, then Zhang He feels that something is wrong, and sends someone to turn back and spy on him, and he will definitely lead people to catch up." It is better for the military advisor to light a bonfire in the camp and spy on the location of the people sent back by Zhang He, so that Zhang He will not be suspicious! ”
Nodding, Xu Shu shouted outside the tent: "Light more bonfires in the camp, the more the bonfires burn, the better!" ”
After Xu Shu's order was issued, a soldier of the Qin army immediately answered outside the tent.
In fact, even if Tian Feng didn't say it, Xu Shu planned to do so.
The reason why he asked this was just to understand Tian Feng and Fuzhu's wisdom and see if Liu Wei had saved the wrong person.
Xu Shu ordered people to light more bonfires in the camp, and Zhang He, who led the men and horses away, suddenly restrained the war horse after walking more than ten miles.
Although Zhang He is a military general, he is not carefree.
It's just that things happened too suddenly, and he was frustrated and sarcastic, so he didn't react for a while.
Riding on horseback, on the way to Yecheng, Zhang He felt a little uncomfortable.
It happened so suddenly, and he was completely defenseless, and it was an assassin.
When the soldiers were gathered, none of the cavalry under Zhang He's command were any slower, and if it weren't for the assassins who were too quick and could quickly change their clothes and return to the team, there would have been no assassins under his command at all.
Reining in the war horse, Zhang He rode on the back of the horse and pondered for a moment, and ordered a cavalryman behind him: "You go back and take a look, see if Xu Shu and they have left!" Whether you leave or not, come back and inform General Ben! ”
"No!" On Zhang He's order, the cavalry turned around the horse, put his legs on the horse's belly, and ran towards the road from which they had come.
The night was quiet, and Xu Shu, who had returned to the tent, had not fallen asleep after lying down, when a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded in his ears.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the corners of Xu Shu's mouth pulled up a smile slightly.
From the intensity of the horses' hooves, he could hear that there was only one war horse running towards the camp, and he would not have been able to hear so clearly if it were not for lying on the ground and their ears against the bed.
The sound of horses' hooves stopped at a distance from the camp, and after a short time it sounded again, and faded away.
After the sound of hooves was gone, Xu Shu, who finally put his heart at ease, closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a while.
Leading a group of cavalry, stopping on the road, waiting for the cavalry to return to spy on him, Zhang He always felt a little uneasy when he was waiting.
Xu Shu and the others are all from the staff, and the staff is the one who gives ideas to the master's family.
Although Zhang He admits that he is not stupid, he is not arrogant enough to think that he is smarter than Xu Shu and others.
Maybe when I saw Xu Shu and the others this time, an assassin appeared in the middle of the night, and it was Xu Shu who arranged it, maybe it was not.
There was suspicion in his heart, but Zhang Liao was not good at going back to check in person, so he had to send a cavalry to see if Xu Shu and the others had left the camp.
If he leaves the camp, it means that Xu Shu has a ghost in his heart, and it will not be too late to chase after him at that time.
If Xu Shu did not leave the camp, but after he led the people back to Yecheng, he was still stationed there, then Xu Shu would be open-minded, and Zhang He could also rest assured that he would return to Yecheng to return to Yuan Shao!
It was only ten miles away from the camp where Xu Shu and the others were stationed, and the cavalry who went back to spy did not make Zhang He wait too long, and they had already turned back.
As soon as he arrived at Zhang He, the cavalryman reined in his horse, rode on horseback, and said to Zhang He with his fists: "General Qiyu, they have not left, but there are many bonfires in the camp!" ”
Hearing that Xu Shu had lit a lot more bonfires in the camp, Zhang He was stunned for a moment, and then pondered, only to feel that it was this that showed that Xu Shu was open in his heart.
Xu Shu lit more bonfires in the camp in order to illuminate a wider area, so that if there were assassins, it would be difficult to escape the sight of the patrolling Qin army.
With this kind of speculation, Zhang He had no worries in his heart, waved to the cavalry who followed him, and shouted: "Go!" ”
A group of cavalry, following behind Zhang He, dressed in a heavy night, marched towards Yecheng.
Yuan Shao ordered troops in Hebei, and Cao Cao's main army, which was also divided into three groups, advanced towards the bank of the Yellow River.
When the Hebei army went south, Cao Cao did not choose to fortify the ferries along the Yellow River, but only chose the fortifications in Yanjin, and used Guandu as a pass to arrange a defensive line to resist the attack of the Yuan army!
In order to take precautions as soon as possible, Cao Cao did not delay too much after making the deployment, and personally led the army and advanced all the way to the bank of the Yellow River.