Chapter 267 Yan Xing

The army formed a long line and spent several days going west through Ma Mingge Road, passing Wuxing, and reaching the foot of Qiuchi Mountain west of Xiabian City.

At this point, the Qishan Road was halfway through, and the terrain was relatively open.

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong found a high place to look around.

"To the east is Wudu!"

Pang Tong stood here, looking at this completely new scenery, and was quite emotional.

After entering Hanzhong, he went to the local old man in Hanzhong to ask about the Tianchi Lake in his spare time.

According to the old man, when Emperor Gaozu founded the country, the Tianchi Lake was not far from the Ma Mingge Road to the west.

A few years after Emperor Gaozu left Hanzhong, the earth dragon turned over and the lake disappeared.

"Our ancestors said that the great lake was a blessing brought by Emperor Gao. After Emperor Gao went to Chang'an, the great lake naturally disappeared."

"General Pang, I heard that Emperor Liu is quite similar to Emperor Gao. If he comes to Hanzhong, will the great lake return?"

Pang Tong was speechless.

Standing here at this time, Pang Tong couldn't help but think about it. I wonder what Prime Minister Zhuge's mood was every time he passed by this place during the Northern Expedition?

Did he also sigh for the disappearance of the Tianchi Lake like later generations?

"It was in this city that I started my brother's battle in Hanzhong. I used the same trick again and was discovered by Cao Cao, killing my comrades."

Zhang Fei always kept his emotions to himself when he led the army. Just like now, he was impartial when talking about his own embarrassing things:

"The failure of Xiabian allowed Cao Cao to easily coerce the people of Wudu when he withdrew from Hanzhong, and put the people in dire straits."

The two climbed up Qiuchi Mountain a little at this time, so they had a wide view. In front of them was Xiabian City, which was very clear. To the east was Hechi. To the east was the old road, which was called Chencang Road by the light curtain. This area was Wudu.

Thanks to Pang Zhi's rule over Hanzhong, many merchants traveled on the Qishan Road, and Xiabian was their transit station, which made the city a little prosperous.

But the sighing ended there. After all, it was impossible for Tianchi Lake to reappear, but the people of Wudu could be saved as much as possible.

Not to mention the faraway places, Wei Yan and Huo Jun were acting as a wedge at Wuzhangyuan, and the Cao army in Chang'an could not reach Chencang Road at all.

Han Sui, who was nearby, did not touch Wudu, either to show his sincerity or because the cavalry could not reach here.

Therefore, Wudu is now nominally under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong, but it was the first time for the people and merchants in Wudu to see the army of "our Wudu".

The army took a short rest and set out again the next day to take the second half of Qishan Road.

Some baggage soldiers stayed and began to build a baggage camp next to Xiabian City.

Xiabian is suitable as a transit station for merchants, and it is also suitable as a transit station for the logistics of the army.

This remote city rarely has big news.

After all, whether it was the dispute between the Yongliang coalition and the Cao thieves last year, or the defeat of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, it hardly affected here.

As for the Jingxiang War, it was even farther away, and only a little bit could be heard from the passing merchants.

But no one could tell where Jingzhou was.

At this time, watching the army heading north, the people in the city and the merchants speculated about what the army was going to do.

This has been a rare topic of conversation in Wudu in the past year.

The last similar topic of conversation was to discuss whether Zhang Lu was Liu Yan's biological son.

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong naturally didn't know this.

Continuing to go north, after leaving Licheng and passing a narrow road, they saw a team of well-equipped knights.

The two sides looked at each other cautiously, so this team of knights took the lead in riding out.

"Who is Zhang Fei? Come out and answer!"

The knight on the opposite side shouted.

The Hanzhong army was in turmoil for a while, but soon returned to calm.

After a while, the knight saw the soldiers on the opposite side separated.

A general with a leopard head and round eyes, with a beard like a steel needle, carried a long spear and walked to the front of the battle.

"Who are you?"

The knight looked at Zhang Fei carefully, snorted and said:

"I am Yan Xing."

Zhang Fei said "hmm", and then the battle line fell silent.

Yan Xing opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei also stared at Yan Xing.

Finally, Zhang Fei spoke:

"I know your name is Yan Xing."

"If there is nothing, don't make a fuss here."

"Zhang Fei!"

Yan Xing was a little furious for a while:

"You led the troops to invade the border, but you had the nerve to question us!"

"Today, there are two things that I need to ask clearly."

Yan Xing pointed his spear at the Hanzhong army and shouted angrily:

"First, where is the angel of the court? Why don't you return it quickly!"

"Second, why did you invade the border for no reason!"

Zhang Fei frowned, but remembered that Pang Junshi said that this trip was mainly for negotiation, supplemented by fighting.

So he tried his best to get rid of his anger, thought carefully and asked back:

"What angel?"

"Don't play dumb!"

Yan Xing impatiently swept his long spear:

"It was the angel kidnapped by that Ma Chao kid. As far as I know, he was sent to Hanzhong."

"Kill him."

Zhang Fei said calmly:

"This person pretended to be an angel, and it is a canonical punishment. If you don't mind, I will bring you the head next time."

"Do you want to play with the wine or bury it and observe mourning for three years? It's up to you."

"Zhang Fei!" Yan Xing became even more angry and unconsciously exerted force on his legs. The horse under his crotch was restless and unconsciously stepped forward two steps.

"You killed an angel without permission, you..."

Zhang Fei's eyes flashed, holding the end of the spear in his hand, leaning forward and rushing forward.

At the same time, he twisted his waist, causing the right hand holding the end of the spear to exert force.

The long spear dragged behind him rose from the ground, drawing a thrilling semicircle, and the small blade of the spear tip directly embedded in the horse's head.

The good horse was so painful that it jumped and trampled wildly, shocking Yan Xing on the horse's back to jump off on the spot, and then without thinking, he rushed towards Zhang Fei with the spear.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei, who was unarmed, laughed grimly, stepped forward, and stretched out his hand to grab Yan Xing.

Yan Xing realized at this time that he was stupid and should abandon the spear and change to a knife, but in a panic, he could not care about it, so he could only let go of the spear and stretched out his hand to meet Zhang Fei's palm.

The two were born equally tall and strong, and Yan Xing had sufficient confidence in his own strength:

Even the much-praised Ma Chao kid could not last more than three rounds of his strength.

But soon Yan Xing found that he had thought wrong, and a huge force clamped his wrist fiercely and brought it down.

He couldn't help but kneel on one knee, which made him ashamed and angry.

But with the support of one knee, he resisted the huge force, and it seemed that he had a chance to win back.

But soon, a fist as big as a sandbag hit his face from the side, making this idea vanish.

The whole world seemed to shake upside down, and when Yan Xing regained consciousness, he saw Zhang Fei looking down at him and a single foot stepping on his chest.

The toes pressed down slightly, making Yan Xing's eyes wide open, and then Zhang Fei shouted like thunder:

"Who dares to move?"

So the knights brought by Yan Xing had to stop.

With a cold snort, Zhang Fei first praised:

"You do have some strength, not bad."

"But, I am the governor of Hanzhong, the backbone general of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yide!"

"Where do they hold their official positions, what is their military rank, and how dare they yell at me like this?"

Relying on the official positions awarded for Hanzhong and supporting Jingxiang, Zhang Fei was proud at this moment:

"Besides, that angel was a private person, and he should be beheaded according to the law, but you are yelling here..."

Zhang Fei leaned down and his voice exploded again:

"Is that bandit your father or your mother?"

Pang Tong, who was hiding behind the shield soldiers in the army, held his forehead with his hand. He felt that although Yide led the army seriously, he...

hidden his scolding skills were not inferior.

Yan Xing was dizzy from the close distance and could not refute for a while.

Zhang Fei snorted again:

"Besides, this place is Han territory, and I am a Han general. It is normal for me to lead the army to suppress the bandits when I hear that there are bandits roaming around."

"You dare to say that you are trespassing. Are you trying to cede Han territory and establish yourself?"

Yan Xing was very anxious, but Zhang Fei did not give him a chance to speak.

He leaned over and grabbed him, and pulled out the knife from Yan Xing's waist.

The cold blade slapped Yan Xing's cheek, and also slapped all his anger.

"Go back and tell the general who is conquering the west that a small group of bandits have escaped to Jincheng. I want to ask him to send troops to help and see what he thinks."

"Whether you agree or not, I will wait for him in Qishan City."

Understanding Zhang Fei's meaning, Yan Xing turned around and left, not wanting to argue with him that Qishan was occupied by Han Sui's army.

The previous mount had disappeared, and the knights evened out a horse for Yan Xing.

He turned over and rode on, looking at Zhang Fei with a sinister look, and then Yan Xing rode away with the knights without saying a word.

Pang Tong also turned out from behind the shield soldiers at this time and sighed:

"The one who comes is not friendly."

Zhang Fei didn't take it seriously at all, but just said:

"Chen Shi, lead the vanguard army to Qishan City slowly. If Han Sui's army does not give in, find a suitable place to station nearby."

"Deng Fang, find a place to build a camp here to guard the gorge road, and Chen Shi will form a corner with each other."

The military order was issued by Zhang Fei in an orderly manner.

To the north of the journey is Qishan City, and forty miles northeast of Qishan City is Mumen Road.

Although he has not been to these places, Zhang Fei has already known them by heart.

And forty miles to the north of Qishan City is Xi County, and forty miles west of Xi County is Di Road.

Further northwest are Dongting, Xinxing, Zhongtao, Xiangwu and other cities and counties, which are now occupied by Han Sui.

The northeastern Luomen, Jixian, Xinyang, Shanggui, Linwei, Lueyang and other places now respect Ma Chao.

The two of them, one in the east and one in the west, divided Yongliang into two halves.

But now Zhang Fei feels that this place is very vast, and we are not greedy for more. One place to raise horses is enough.

Seeing that Zhang Fei has finished the arrangement, Pang Tong sighed:

"This Yan Xing directly questioned Cao's envoy as soon as he came up. It seems that everyone knows what Cao's intention is."

Zhang Fei was slightly disdainful:

"Think that you can be the bravest in the world just by almost killing Ma Chao? It's still a lot of fire, which is ridiculous."

Pang Tong smacked his lips slightly. Even Guan Yu dared not say that Zhang Fei's strength was better than his. I really don't know what he ate to grow so big...

The boundless thoughts were slightly collected. Both of them knew that the so-called angel questioned by Yan Xing was actually Cao's envoy.

The Hanzhong army did not hide the march, and Han Sui should have known it long ago.

But he did not send Cheng Gongying, but Yan Xing.

The meaning of this... Pang Tong laughed.

"I am not afraid that he wants to fight, but I am afraid that he is afraid of fighting."