Chapter 985 Pursuit of Grain and Grass

Zhang Can stood between the corpses all over the ground, looking up at the sky and motionless. His clothes were splashed with blood, and he looked extremely ferocious, as if Chiyou had been reincarnated. The knights passing by him all cast admiring eyes. The individual combat effectiveness of the Red Eagle is much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, and he is one against ten and kills so many people of the other party. His combat effectiveness can be said to be very amazing.

Finally, a tall horse stopped beside him. The immediate general wore thick armor, and his face under the iron helmet was white and tender, like a Confucian student of the world. He did not look like a martial artist. The white-faced general grabbed the reins, glanced at Zhang Can and the dead bodies everywhere, and said, "You did this all by yourself?"

Zhang Can didn't hear it, but a woman shouted dissatisfiedly, "Hey, in order to save you, I was reprimanded. At least give me a response. General Qiqi is asking you!"

Hearing the name, Zhang Can slowly raised his head and nodded slightly: "You are very famous. If you hadn't moved out your name, Gao Lan would not have been distracted."

This rude and confused answer made Ma Chao feel very interesting. He leaned over and said, "What a guy with character. Recently, there have been more and more strange people in the army." After saying that, Ma Chao looked at Han Gugu behind him and continued, "Shadow replied that you are single to assassinate Gao Lan, do you have a grudge against Gao Lan?"

"There is hatred." Zhang Can said.

"Come on, let's talk about it. I like to listen to this kind of gossip."

Zhang Can glanced at Ma Chao and suddenly felt an indescribable feeling for the person in front of him. He didn't think he could say the deep hatred in his heart, but under the gaze of Ma Chao's clear eyes, he unconsciously opened his mouth and told his relationship with Gao Lan.

In a trance, seven years of dusty memories suddenly surged. When Zhang Can didn't know it, the words were much smoother: that was more than ten years ago. At that time, Zhang Can was just a resident near Yecheng. When he was playing outside, he met a dying view. At that time, Gao Lan was just an exiled orphan. After being taken in by Zhang Can's parents, he and Zhang Can have been like brothers and supporting each other. Subsequently, Han Rong, the king of Hebei gun, saw that the two were well qualified, so he accepted them as disciples.

After that, Yuan Shao attacked and captured Ye City, and Han Rong was recruited as a general by Yuan Shao. Zhang Can did not want to live on the battlefield to fight, so he withdrew from Han Rong's sect. However, Gao Lan was intoxicated with power, just like reverting that Han Rong entered the Yuan family. However, after the Wei County mutiny, the Montenegrins led tens of thousands of troops to capture Ye City, and Zhang Can's village was not spared. Zhang Can fought desperately. When he woke up, he found that Gao Lan was beside him and told him proudly that he had led a large army to repel the village where the Montenegrin army lived and killed the thief villagers.

Zhang Can was stunned to find that the village in Gao Lan's mouth was actually his hometown. Gao Lan's answer was that he understood the ties for Zhang Can. From then on, the two could serve Yuan Gong together and be famous for future generations. Zhang Can immediately burst into pain and suddenly stabbed Gaolan's face. Under the stop of Gaolan, Zhang Can walked out of the camp of tens of thousands alone. Since then, in the past seven years, Zhang Can has stopped thinking about assassinating Gaolan all the time. Unfortunately, Gaolan became more and more famous, and Zhang Can got fewer opportunities to do it.

After listening to this story, Ma Chao's face has not changed much. In fact, in this troubled world, if you have a heart, every surviving person has a past that can be written into a novel. However, after Ma Chao heard that Zhang Can and Gao Lan were Han Rong's disciples, he couldn't help but say curiously, "You know, Han Rong is dead, right?"

"Yes, he was killed by Lv Bu, the world's first god of war." Zhang Can's answer was very simple.

"Then you should know that Lv Bu killed Han Rong to save me, right?"

"I know."

"Don't you want to avenge your teacher?"

"I don't want to." Speaking of this, Zhang Can paused for a moment, looked at Ma Chao and said, "The master knows that he will eventually die on this road, so there has never been any regret. Moreover, I also hate him, I hate him for teaching me martial arts, and I hate him for the white-eyed wolf with human skin!"

After listening to this, Ma Chao seemed to be more interested in Zhang Can and stretched out his hand to Zhang Can: "I think you are good at fencing. Why don't you follow me?" The attendants next to him listened and showed envy one after another. This was simply a piece of pig shoulder falling from the world in vain, and it changed from a lower-class ranger to the follower of the general. But Zhang Can shook his head: "Gao Lan is not dead. I won't be loyal to anyone. In my eyes, there is only Gao Lan."

Gao Lan is already a general under Yuan Shao. With your power alone, there are few opportunities to contact him. The only way is to kill him on the battlefield. Don't forget that Gaolan is not only the captain of the red eagle, but also one of the four pillars of Hebei. Oh, no, Wenchou and Han Rong have passed away, and now there are only three pillars left. Ma Chao seems to be quite patient.

"Can you only let me kill Gao Lan?" Zhang Can asked again.

Ma Chao smiled and pointed to his face and said, "I don't look like a small white face, but I always keep my word. Don't worry, I'm sure you will only fight against Gaolan in the future. He said this, but added in his heart: If Yuan Jun wants to kill you before killing Gao Lan, it's not my business if you rise up and resist.

"Good." Zhang Can agreed very simply. He tore open his chest and showed the scar on his chest: "As long as you can kill Gao Lan, it's okay to give this life to anyone." Ma Chao laughed and ordered left and right: "Okay, bring him a horse, and then bring him a pair of armor and an iron sword." Then turn the horse's head and go away.

Zhang Can looked dull and did not thank him. He silently followed the army, but kept a certain distance from Ma Chao. Zhang Can is not very good at riding. He is crooked and grabs the horse's mane with both hands to prevent it from falling. This action was seen by Han Gugu, and a smile couldn't help showing his mouth. Zhang Can looked back at the ancient strange riding and couldn't help laughing.

"It's a pity for a good horse. Both of you should pay attention and don't give me all the horse's mane. That's a big good horse!" Ma Chao shook his head with a wry smile and was quite distressed: Indeed, in this troubled era, the value of a big good foal is enough to exchange for hundreds of bandits.

After this small episode, the mixed army continued to drive north - the 20,000 Parthian Slave Corps in Chang'an has reached the front line. This time, Ma Chao led 3,000 Parthian Slave Corps and 2,000 Xiliang Iron Horses - their speed is not enough to march urgently, but it is absolutely not slow. The scouts kept galloping back and forth, summarizing the surrounding situation to Ma Chao. Until late at night, Ma Chao finally got the news he wanted: the heavy team that Jinyang left was 40 miles ahead.

Ma Chao immediately spread out the map, measured it with his fingers, and held his chin into meditation: this distance was definitely carefully calculated by his opponent. If you chase at night, you can only fight a chaotic night battle, and the heavy team can easily escape by night. If you wait until tomorrow morning to catch up, the heavy team will be closer to the high-level army camp and is likely to be eaten by the main force of the Yuan army - this is a dilemma.

Yes, after the initial defeat of Gao Gan, the grain and fodder of Gao Gan and the 120,000 troops have been captured by the Ma army. Although Ma Chao can completely wait for the 400,000 troops to gather and swallow up the senior cadres and the review department in one fell swoop. However, at the same time, Yan Liang led 100,000 elite soldiers and was about to reach this place.

Ma Chao picked up a charcoal pen, drew a few strokes on the map, and turned out several calculations. Finally, a smile appeared on his lips.

"My order, the whole army continues to move forward, 30% slower than the normal march." Ma Chao issued instructions. Huang Yuan raised doubts: "Lord, if you march like this, you will be almost the turn of ugly when you approach the heavy team. At that time, it was too dark to besiege and annihilate."

Ma Chao waved the charcoal in his hand and said something puzzling: "Don't worry, we won't come into contact with the heavy team." Then he waved his pen and wrote a few more orders. Several shadow messengers flew away from the team and ran in different directions.

After doing all this, Ma Chao called Zhang Can and Han Gugu over and said, "Your riding skills will be practiced in the future. I will give you two a task now."

After listening to the instructions, Han Gugu only said one word: "Okay."

Zhang Can said, "Where is Gao Lan?"

"It should be."