Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1170 No Pole

  There was a sound of chaotic footsteps on the official road.

   With disheveled hair, disheveled clothes, and blood and dust all over his face, Zhang Lu ran out of Nanzheng Ximen in embarrassment like a little girl who had just been raped and escaped from the clutches of the devil.

It's not that there are no war horses in Nanzheng, but because of the special terrain in the middle of Sichuan, there are not a few decent horses. The rest are like short-legged mules, whose legs and feet can reach the ground when sitting on it, and may not run faster than humans How much, the only advantage is that the endurance is relatively strong, and the feeding does not need to be too delicate, the camels are okay, and as for fighting, they are too weak.

  So Zhang Lu did not form any cavalry troops, and the only Xiliang horses in the city were too conspicuous. Riding this kind of Xiliang horses among the rebellious soldiers undoubtedly pointed out the target for the opponent...

  So Zhang Lu was mixed among ordinary soldiers and fleeing civilians, and rushed out of the west gate more or less smoothly.

   At the critical moment of life and death, everyone does not need to urge them to fight for their lives. It seems that they have endless energy, but when they realize that they are out of danger, they suddenly fall down on the couch like a ball that has let go of its air.

Running wildly along the official road in the west of Nanzheng City, at first they were still running fast, then they turned into sprinting, and now everyone is staggering forward, not to mention the pampered Zhang Lu, even if he is an ordinary The soldiers, their throats were about to burst into flames, and after finally hearing Zhang Lu's order to take a break, all of them collapsed on the ground in disarray.

  Zhang Lu himself was also weak in his legs. He only felt that his waist and legs were falling down, like a wooden stake.

   "Master!"

  The personal guard struggled over and helped Zhang Lu up.

   "Brother..." Zhang Wei also moved over, and as soon as his eyes fell on Zhang Lu's face, he couldn't help crying, "Brother, your face..."

  At this time, Zhang Lu felt a burning pain on his face. He didn't know when a big **** was cut by something, and his skin and flesh were turning over, bleeding out continuously.

What about Zhang Lu's appearance? His mother is a saintly daughter of Zhengyimeng Dao, so her inheritance is not bad, and she attaches great importance to appearance on weekdays. That's right, the originally pretty face was ruined.

  Zhang Lu stretched out his hand to touch it, and gasped in pain. Zhang Lu doesn't pay much attention to his appearance, but even for a person who doesn't pay attention to his appearance any more, he is extremely upset when he suddenly has such a wound on his face, so he immediately roared angrily: "Zhengxi! I won't take revenge , swear not to be human!"

   After roaring, this sound was like a **** oath, and it was like a vent of emotion, Zhang Lu felt a little better...

  Zhang Lu was sitting, and Zhang Wei was also sitting. The two of them were like lost dogs squatting together and licking each other's wounds, panting, and looking around in surprise from time to time.

   After a while, the breath finally calmed down a bit, Zhang Wei couldn't help asking: "Brother, we...where shall we go next..."

  The guards on the side heard these words, and couldn't help but focus on Zhang Lu. As Zhang Lu's personal guards, these people, like Zhang Wei, are basically equivalent to linking their lives with Zhang Lu. Lu is over, and even these people who follow Zhang Lu also have no future and hope...

   "...We... Let's go to Yangping Pass!" Zhang Lu said after a moment of silence.

  Zhang Wei couldn't help but yelled out, maybe because of impatience, or because his voice was a little dry after running for a long time: "But...but Yangpingguan...it's...it's Yang Ren!"

Zhang Lu glared at Zhang Wei, and said, "Don't be rude! Captain Yang...of course it's different..." Originally, Yang Ren was stationed in Nanzheng, but after the incident with Yang Song and Yang Bai, Zhang Lu was somewhat relieved It doesn't matter if you want to deprive Yang Ren of his military power. After all, although his surname is Yang, Yang Ren and Yang Song's ancestral home are no longer in the same place, so it doesn't matter much. Just like Zhang Fei ran away and cut Zhang Liao down, it must be an extremely stupid thing to do.

But after all, there are people with the surname "Yang". That "Yang" turned against him. Who knows what this "Yang" will do, so Zhang Lu transferred Yang Ren to Yangping Pass. After all, General Zhengxi had already come out of Tangluo Road Therefore, it is unlikely to send people to detour to Yangping Pass, and Yang Ren can only bring his own troops and horses, so it is a relatively safe arrangement.

   But unexpectedly, Nanzheng was breached so quickly, and then Zhang Lu had to go back to find Yang Ren...

   Is it embarrassing, of course there are some, but what can be done when things have reached this point?

   Go to other counties and townships to find local rich and powerful households?

   Isn't the **** lesson in Nanzheng City not enough?

   "Let's go..." Zhang Lu got up and said, "Head the order, go west..."

  Since Zhang Lu had already made a decision, Zhang Wei couldn't say anything more, so he urged everyone to leave.

   After walking for a while, Zhang Wei gradually felt that something was wrong, and looked around restlessly.

   At this time, the ugly time is coming to an end, and the black satin-like sky is gradually lifted, revealing a little light, and the surroundings can gradually be seen farther away...

   This road is the main road leading to Yangping Pass.

Although it is a big road, it is definitely not like the two-way 20-lane lanes of the later generations. It is so wide that it takes ten minutes to walk across the road and take an overpass. Instead, it is only two or three meters wide at most. On both sides, the place where people don't often walk around, is full of weeds and shrubs...

   There is a small forest not far away.

  woods…

Zhang Wei suddenly understood why he felt uneasy, because it was already daybreak, but he didn't hear many birds chirping in the morning, especially when there was still a forest, which meant that either these The birds were collectively defeated by the quilt, or they had already run away...

   So why run?

   Zhang Wei came to his senses and was about to issue a warning, but it was already too late. He only heard a gong, and many soldiers stood out from the bushes and bushes, either holding crossbows or bows!

   "Protect Master! Bao... ah..." Zhang Weicai rushed forward, shouted half a sentence, an arrow shot in the chest immediately, and fell to the ground with a scream.

Zhang Lu's guard, who was already exhausted, didn't carry any decent equipment for defending against arrows, and he didn't even have a few shields. Under the sudden blow of arrows and crossbows, he suddenly looked like Zhuang He under the sickle. Usually, one by one is shot over.

Li Ru walked out slowly from the woods, and yawned loudly towards the sky, some tears oozed from the corners of his eyes, he stretched out his hand to wipe them, and said to himself: "When I was in exile, I was so slow. Waiting all night, really incompetent..."

Zhang Lu was surrounded by the rest of the guards. Maybe he really felt the end of the road, or he had some other thoughts, and he shouted in grief and indignation: "Zhengxi! Zhengxi! I have no grievances with you, Why did you poison someone! Then someone turned into a ghost, cursing you not to have a good death!"

  Li Ru sneered when he heard the words, and didn't respond, but just waved his hands, telling the soldiers to step up their attacks.

   Ghost?

   With your ability, can you become a ghost?

Originally, Li Ru also suggested that Fei Qian accept Zhang Lu, because although Zhang Lu has no ability, he can still play a role in winning over Hanzhong Taoist believers, but after learning that there is another Zuo Ci in Yinshan, Li Ru He lost interest in Zhang Lu in an instant.

  Hanzhong Daoists, call Zuo Ci to appease the Hanzhong people, if there is Zhang, they will help stabilize them, and what about Zhang Lu? Keeping it is also a disaster, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible!

  No grudges or enmities?

  In this world, being weak is a crime! Even with the strength of General Zhengxi, he didn't dare to flip the table hastily, and Zhang Lu dared to risk the world's dissatisfaction and banned the court system that had been in use for more than 400 years just because of the land in Hanzhong?

  Since you have acted against the original old rules, why do you say that there is no grudge or enmity?

  Such weak and incompetent, but don't know restraint, don't know how to keep a low profile, can't be subtle, isn't it the way to die quickly?

  Just like what General Zhengxi said, if you want to break the current situation, you have to go all the way. Just like Nanzheng, if you attack by force, it may not be effective even if you lose troops, but if you fight back in the city, it becomes easy...

  Watching that Zhang Lu was finally shot down by an arrow, Li Ru had no expression on his face and asked people to take Zhang Lu's head.

  ………………

  Although it is already summer, the weather in Bingbei is still a bit cool in the morning and evening, but the sun is longer, so it is relatively suitable for traveling.

From Yinshan to Pingyang, and then from Pingyang to Guanzhong, and then another section of mountain roads to enter Sichuan, although Zuo Ci's body is still in good shape, but he was tortured enough, if he hadn't always been well-preserved, a man of his age , Such a long road can be declared scrapped after a few tosses.

Fortunately, no matter whether it was Xun Chen in Pingyang or Jia Xu in Guanzhong, they gave him a bit of face. Except for the mountain roads where driving was really impossible, Zuo Ci was sent a cattail cart for the rest of the road. It can be regarded as taking care of Immortal Zuo...

  Of course, these cares also mean that these people don't regard Zuo Ci as a real immortal.

  A real immortal, naturally eats the wind and drinks the dew, soars through the clouds and rides the fog, where do you need worldly things?

What? Out of blue? A mage without mana is worse than a dog...

  But Zuo Ci did not go south alone, there were two other people with him, one of them was Liu Dan.

  Compared to Zuo Ci, who had an extremely calm face and calm demeanor, Liu Dan was somewhat uneasy.

   All right, why did you suddenly send orders south? When I arrived in Pingyang, I said I was going to Guanzhong again, and when I arrived in Guanzhong, I said I was going to Hanzhong. Wouldn’t it be said to go to Sichuan when I arrived in Hanzhong?

   You must know that Chuanzhong is...

   Then General Zhengxi was in Hanzhong...

This…

   What the **** is this called!

Although Liu Dan is also trying his best to inquire and make insinuations, but the problem is that no matter whether it is Xun Chen or Jia Xu, they are not so easy to get along with. After a few words of haha, Liu Dan will be perfunctory, and no useful information can be obtained. come out.

As for Huang Cheng, who accompanied the soldiers along the way and was in charge of guarding the soldiers, he had a simple and honest face, and smiled without saying a word. Although it also meant that he didn't know, Liu Dan always felt that he should know something. It's just that Liu Dan tried a few times, but couldn't ask anything...

   This made Liu Dan very depressed.

  What did General Zhengxi want for him?

   Could it be that his little tricks in Yinshan were discovered?

  Or among the people I recruited, that **** committed a crime and bit me out?

   It’s still saying that General Zhengxi is going to show respect to his father before going to war, or worse, he’s already started, and he’s taking me as a hostage...

  Many questions sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, but Liu Dan eliminated them one by one.

  It’s very simple, there is no sign of large-scale mobilization of food and grass soldiers to Hanzhong, but I heard that a lot of food and grass were transferred from Hanzhong to Guanzhong...

  If there is a real war in Hanzhong, where will there be surplus food and grass sent to Guanzhong?

  But what Zhengxi wants to do with himself is still a mystery in Liu Dan's mind.

   "Old fairy..."

   On this day, Liu Dan couldn't bear it any longer. Taking advantage of the rest in the middle of the journey, he came to Zuo Ci, bowed his hands and said, "I wonder if the old **** can make a divination?"

   "I don't dare to be a god..." Zuo Ci said with a half-smile, "What embarrassment is there for Liu Yushi?"

  Liu Dan once served as a censor, so it is not wrong to call him a censor.

   "There's nothing embarrassing about it..." Liu Dan said with a smile, "It's just a long way to go, and someone feels something in his heart, so he just asked about his future..."

Zuo Ci is an old and mature person, how can he not know that Liu Dan is just an excuse, and he didn't expose it, just smiled and said: "Forget it, since Liu Yushi has a taste, the old man will make a divination... disciple, take yarrow Come…"

  Foretelling and dividing grass has basically become an instinct of Zuo Ci. I saw the purple yarrow flying up and down, left and right in Zuo Ci's hands, and after a while, he listed the hexagrams:

   "There is no peace and no change, there is no going back, and there is no blame." Zuo Ci glanced at it and then read, "This is the hexagram of Tai. Although there is a small past, there is a big return..."

Liu Dan has also read a little bit of the Book of Changes, so after hearing Zuo Ci's words, his originally nervous expression became a little more relaxed. Ci left, sat aside and didn't bother.

  Zuo Ci calmly asked his apprentice to put away the jade ring, then glanced at Liu Dan, his eyebrows moved slightly, and then he closed his eyes and meditated again.

   Zuo Ci naturally noticed Liu Dan's unguarded appearance these days. Since Liu Dan has a lot of worries, there is no better hexagram than Tai hexagram to relieve his mood.

  No matter what you say, you can’t go wrong.

  Zuo Ci has been using yarrow for fortune-telling almost all his life, and he has to divide it into several branches and calculate the hexagram image. Basically, he can do whatever he wants with ease.

  Tai Gua, it’s true that there’s nothing wrong with the small going and the big coming, but whether this “small going” can be tolerated is still a question. If you can’t even bear the “small going”, then there’s no such thing as a “big coming”...

   No very happy.

  If you want Thailand, please deny it first...

  (end of this chapter)