Chapter 64: Desire for stillness, wind does not cease

  Remember in one second

  Now someone else wanted to ask something, at this time, among several people who came, the person who really took charge spoke up:

  "Uninhibited! Old friend has arrived, can't recognize each other?"

  Upon hearing this sentence, Zhang Kuang was slightly startled and instinctively felt that the voice was very familiar. He looked closely and recognized the young man who was tall, dark, thin but extremely spirited from his dusty memories. In his memory, this person was indeed an acquaintance of "Zhang Kuang", and in those years, along with Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, he was a companion who was cultivated as the next generation elite in the Taiping Dao.

  What's this person called again? Wasn't it...

  "Are you... Xiaobao?"

  The dark and thin young man laughed "haha" and walked forward, saying with a tone of surprise:

  "It's not obvious at all! In our group back then, you were actually the first to become a squad leader!"

  His surname is Wei, and his name is Xiao. Because he often likes to tell jokes and play tricks, his companions jokingly called him "Xiao Bao". Later, people found it easier to say "Xiao Bao" as "Xiao Bao", so they officially changed his nickname to "Xiao Bao".

  But, joking aside, Wei Xiaobao's running skills seemed to be innate. Not to mention that he could outrun horses over short distances, even on long journeys, he could leave the horses far behind. In the "Taiping Dao", he was always responsible for delivering various orders to different places.

  Because he was dark-skinned and a Rat, his companions at the time deliberately gave him a nickname "Qing Yi Fu" (Green Wing Bat) with the excuse that "Rats and Bats are relatives". (Forgive the author, he is just a fan of The Legend of Condor Hero!)

  Finally met old friends, Zhang Kuang's face was smiling, but in his heart, there was no joy at all.

  This old friend, however, was not his old friend, but the "Zhang Kuang" old friend. Moreover, after recalling from memory what this "Wei Xiaobao" did, he had a bad premonition and felt that his plans for the past two months seemed to be in vain.

  His premonition was very accurate

  。

  "I come from Qingzhou."

  Wei Xiao had found the right person, so he didn't say anything polite. He directly and bluntly announced the above order to Zhang Kuang.

  "Since Huangfu's old thief (Huangfu Song) set fire to Changsha and defeated the 'Bo Cai Shuai' troops, our Yellow Turban Army has been threatened. The 'Bu Ji Shuai' troops in Yanzhou are now at a disadvantage, facing the joint attack of Huangfu's old thief and Zhu Jun's old thief."

  "So, 'General Digong' sent me to 'Guan Haishuai's' place and asked him to organize an elite army to support 'Bujishuai' who is fighting in Dong County. Now, I am looking for elite reinforcements everywhere for 'Guan Haishuai'!"

  "So you came looking for me?"

  Zhang Kuang smiled warmly and calmly, completely unable to see the fire in his heart.

  "I had no choice, I went around Xuzhou and gathered over a thousand strong men for 'Guan Hai's Army'. The rest of the Yellow Turban armies either had too many old and weak soldiers, and couldn't spare a few able-bodied men; or they were fake Yellow Turbans, I don't know where they came from, just some local rascals who put together a mob. So..."

  "Wei Xiaobao" looked at Zhang Kuang with a drooling expression, letting Zhang Kuang know that he was fooling around, but still couldn't help shivering.

  "Although there are not many people here, it looks like a crack troop, which is exactly what 'Guan Hai Shuai' urgently needs. You know, this time it's a long-distance expedition, and if you bring the old, weak, women and children, you won't be able to catch up with 'Bo Ji Shuai's' call for help..."

  Zhang Kuang's face turned gloomy as he said:

  "With just a handful of men, I've managed to carve out this small territory. If your loose lips cause trouble, I'll lose the hard-won ground!"

  "Ah choo!"

  "Wei Xiaobao" took a glance at Zhang Kuang and smiled:

  "It's not just others, but you too? Our Wei family has given everything to the Zhang family, fighting to the death for this land. You're a Zhang now, and in the future, you'll be imperial relatives, yet you can't bear to part with this little piece of land? If it really hurts that much, go tell 'Daxianliangshi' about it, let him grant you a bigger country later on, isn't that enough?"

  Little Treasure

  "How dare you be rude to Commander Qian?"

  Zhou Cang had just walked over from the back of the troops when he saw Wei Xiaobao, who was spitting in front of Zhang Quan's face without showing any respect. He wasn't an outsider, but because of the "miracles" that Zhang Kuang had shown off these days, he was extremely loyal to Zhang Kuang. As soon as he came up, Zhou Cang roared at Wei Xiaobao.

  "Big Black, you're here too? That's even better!"

  Wei Xiaobao didn't mind Zhou Cang's loud roar, and instead became even more enthusiastic in his greeting. Compared to Zhang Kui, Wei Xiaobao and Zhou Cang actually had a closer relationship. It's worth noting that apart from the nickname "Green Winged Bat", Wei Xiaobao also had another nickname called "Little Black".

  "I'm just a messenger. Now, General Guan Yu's army is on the way and will arrive in a few days. If you don't want to go, then try to persuade General Guan Yu first! Wujie, you'd better be prepared, or you'll be caught off guard."

  The two chatted for a while, and Wei Xiao was about to bid farewell. Zhang Kuang naturally wanted him to stay overnight, but Wei Xiao pushed it off, saying he was in a hurry and didn't agree. With this guy's message as the basis, Zhang Kuang had no choice but to start making preparations, lest he be caught off guard when the time came.

  In life, things often don't go as one wishes, eight or nine times out of ten!

  Zhang Kuang thought so too.

  The great army of General Kanai arrived five days later.

  Although it is now the end of July, with sweltering heat everywhere. However, following the "Guan Haijun" army of over 10,000 Yellow Turbans, they still persisted in rushing on their journey. Fortunately, these Yellow Turban soldiers were mostly robust and strong. If there had been large numbers of old, weak, women and children mixed in with the troops, the speed of Guan Haijun's march would have been slowed down by at least half.

  Zhang Kuang had long since had the heart to stand alone and leave the Yellow Turban Army system. However, circumstances are stronger than people. Facing Guan Hai, who was far above Zhang Kuang in terms of prestige, generation, or position within the "Taiping Dao", Zhang Kuang could only perform the courtesy of a younger brother, leading his subordinates to welcome Guan Hai on the main road.

  As for whether he could stay in the local area and not participate in the reinforcement of "Bu Zhi Hui", Zhang Kuang had no grasp at all.

  It is worth noting that Wei Xiao revealed earlier that this reinforcement action was personally planned by "Daxianliangshi" Zhang Jiao. As a member of the Zhang family, Zhang Kuang had to obey the arrangement whether in public or private affairs.

  Otherwise, Zhang Kuang would be executed on the spot for violating military orders and discipline.

  Even Zhang Kuang's loyal subordinates who were brought by "divine sticks" may also become estranged from him due to his disloyal behavior.

  This was not the result that Zhang Kuang wanted. Zhang Kuang still hoped to wait a few more years and, under the banner of the Taiping Way, unify all the millions of Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and Xuzhou under his own great banner!

  For future glory, we must pretend to be weak now.

  Of course, Zhang Kuang can pretend to be a grandson, but others dare not treat him as a grandson. Even Guan Hai doesn't have such an idea.

  A Yellow Turban rebel leader came before Zhang Fei and asked him politely:

  "Are you Zhang Qishan?"

  "That's right."

  "General Zhang is invited to come to the central army and meet with General Guan."

  "The leader has given an order, Zhang Guang is self-righteously following it."

  Then Zhang Fei took Wang Gou, Dian Wei, Zang Ba and Zhou Cang with him to meet the leader of the Yellow Turbans, "Guan Hai Shuai".

  It has to be said that the military training of the Yellow Turbans is not very good. These Yellow Turban warriors are already the most elite troops under Zhang Jue's command, but in Zhang Kuang's eyes, their equipment and weapons are only at the level of auxiliary soldiers in the Heavenly Peace Army. If compared in terms of discipline and formation, even the auxiliary soldiers of the Heavenly Peace Army are not as good.

  It's like now, during the marching rest time, the Yellow Turban soldiers in front of me, each one casually finds a place to sit on the ground, drinking water and chatting. Zhang Kuang walked three or four hundred steps, but there were only a few soldiers keeping watch and maintaining vigilance.

  Still elite...

  Zhang Kuang let out a light sigh in his heart and had a thorough understanding of the future defeat of the Yellow Turban Army.

  However, as he approached the commander's flag of the Han army, Zhang Yue's contempt was withdrawn. Because, he saw a force that made him feel unexpected.

  Cavalry, hundreds of cavalry!

  PS: My sentimental feelings have acted up again. Forgive me!

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