This is the biggest snowfall since the beginning of winter. The heavy snow covers the tracks of the wheels. Dawn is coming soon.

Zhang Liao led two hundred men and lost their way in the wind and snow.

"General Zhang!" the subordinates said anxiously: "Where to pursue?!"

Zhang Liao was stationed in the middle of the wilderness, his armor was covered with heavy snow, and his troops were breathing on their hands, almost freezing.

"Facing south." Zhang Liao said.

Zhang Liao turned his horse's head, turned around on the plain, and rushed towards the south road. Along the Silk Road, the Gobi desert was covered with a layer of shining ice, and they were trudging along the road.

On the other side of the Gobi Desert, the carriage was moving slowly. Diao Chan was holding a hand stove. The charcoal fire in the stove gave off a faint red light, reflecting her face, which made her look stunning. Zuo Ci cried out in pain while applying plaster to her thigh.

Lu Bu's sleeping face looked like a child's. Diao Chan looked at him blankly, seeming a little shaken for a moment.

Zuo Ci said: "I figured it out. From beginning to end, your family belongs to Cao Mengde."

Diao Chan said calmly: "He is a foster father, but I am not. I just want to stay with Fengxian for the rest of my life and find a place where no one will disturb me... and live the rest of my life in peace and stability..."

Zuo Ci clicked his tongue and praised: "Woman, your face is really a disaster. If I were a man, I would never marry you."

Diao Chan's face was cold and cold, and she didn't answer.

"who--!"

The carriage stops.

Diao Chan's heart was in her throat, Zuo Ci opened the car curtain and looked out.

Zhang Liao led two hundred soldiers and chased Diao Chan for two days and two nights, finally intercepting Diao Chan's carriage in the snow-covered Gobi Valley.

Zhang Liao said: "Please mistress get out of the car."

There was no movement in the car. Zhang Liao drank again and Diao Chan got out of the car.

The carriage stopped in the valley, in the middle of the commercial road. Zhang Liao and Diao Chan faced each other from a distance. Lu Bu's soldiers and the carriage were separated by heavy snow like goose feathers.

Diao Chan said coldly: "General Zhang, please give way."

Zhang Liao said: "Excuse me, mistress, what is your plan?"

Diao Chan scolded: "What does it have to do with you? Give way!"

Zhang Liao said: "Follow me back and don't make any unnecessary resistance."

Diao Chan whispered: "It's up to you to drive them away."

Zuo Ci seemed to be waiting for something, and after a while he said: "Delay him first, I have plans."

Diao Chan frowned. When Zhang Liao saw that there was no movement in the car, he knew that Lu Bu was probably poisoned and sleeping, so he did not dare to use force. His followers loaded arrows on their crossbows one after another, but did not fire. They surrounded Diao Chan and pointed at Diao Chan. Zuo Ci and the other two

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Diao Chan's face was calm, with a subtle tremor in her voice: "Bold! How dare you use force?!"

Zhang Liao was not afraid at all and pointed his sword: "I have been following the lord since I was fourteen years old, and it is now my tenth year. The lord treats me like a father and son. I respect you as my mistress, which is a tribute to you!"

"Where do you want to take my lord? Where do you want to put our tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians?!"

Diao Chan smiled instead of being angry, and said coldly: "What a father and son who share the same love with each other!"

Zhang Liao said: "You are extremely stupid. What did you do to my lord?!"

Diao Chan replied provocatively: "What can I do to him? I don't understand your men's ambitions. I also have what I want! Your minds are full of the country and the world. How can you care about your wife, daughter and family?

Pass?!"

"When I was a guest in Xuzhou, Mrs. Gan wept every night and was speechless with me..." Diao Chan rolled up her sleeves and walked slowly in front of the horse. She tilted her head provocatively and looked at Zhang Liao's handsome face and sharp features.

"Liu Xuande, Lu Fengxian, Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu... When you are fighting in the world, you only have eyes for advisers and generals. To them, your wife is just a face, a showoff, and an artifact to pass on the family line. She is not as good as the women in the flower streets and willow lanes!"

Zhang Liao couldn't help but take half a step back, only to realize that Diao Chan had gone crazy. Diao Chan sneered: "Zhang Wenyuan, do you think it's stupid and ridiculous?"

Diao Chan said sternly: "You... you, Chen Gong, Gao Shun! You rely on him to seek success and fame, and you are high-ranking and well-paid; what about me?!"

"I don't want anything. I just want to spend my life in peace with Fengxian, stay with him, find a place where no one will disturb me, and grow old together. What about you! Who is more snobbish than who else?!

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"Compared to that boy who instigated Fengxian Longyang's rebellion with just a few looks, who has more shameful thoughts?!"

Zhang Liao was speechless. He never expected that Diao Chan would say such a thing. Diao Chan sneered a few more times and said slowly: "I will go back as soon as I know you. I will cleanse myself and leave the house, taking only my Fengxian and the rest of my money."

If I don't move you, the Longxi and Bingzhou armies have nothing to do with me..."

Zhang Liao said: "My lord is involved with millions of people in Longxi, and even all the people in the world! You are doing things for your own selfish purposes. Have you ever asked my lord?"

Diao Chan showed a victor's smile: "Ask Fengxian? It's too late now. Fengxian takes Zuo Daochang's elixir. In less than a month, he will forget all about his past and only remember me in his heart."

Zhang Liao's thunder struck his head, and he shouted instantly: "Go! Tie her back! Go back to the city to question her crime——!"

Before Zhang Liao finished speaking, something unexpected happened!

On the surrounding rocky mountain tops, enemy troops who had been lying in wait for a long time appeared in the wilderness, shouting in unison!

Diao Chan's expression changed, Zuo Ci jumped out of the car and ran away.

"Is this General Zhang Wenyuan up front?" a man said in a leisurely voice.

Zhang Liao's soldiers were alert and immediately surrounded the carriage. Dense enemy troops appeared in all the sheltered places facing high rocks, cliffs, stone mountains and outside the valley.

Zhang Liao made a gesture, and the soldiers protected the carriage and retreated slowly. Zhang Liao looked back again. There were seven or eight thousand enemy troops, forming a circle around the Gobi. They were slowly encircling him. Fortunately, there were no enemies on the way when he came.

ambush.

Zhang Liao said loudly: "It is Zhang Liao, the general will be named!"

A military advisor slowly came forward in a car. In the car sat a young man wrapped in thick cotton clothes. The man smiled and said: "The Chinese army under Cao Gong is offering wine to Guo Jia."

Zhang Liao's heart trembled, and a desperate thought suddenly arose. He had heard of this man's name for a long time. Since he was laying an ambush here, he was naturally well prepared, fearing that there would be no hope of escaping.

Chen Gong and Qilin were far away in Wuwei, but Cao Cao had the courage to bypass Chang'an and reach out to Xiliang.

Guo Jia turned a blind eye to the carriage and said: "I heard that Mr. Qilin from Guiying once made an appointment with Guo for a battle in Chang'an City..."

"Daughter..." Wang Yun's old voice floated down the wind, and another car came out in formation.

Zhang Liao almost burst out of anger and roared: "Wang Situ! You actually colluded with Cao Ying!"

Guo Jia signaled that Wang Yun was not busy and said slowly: "Guo is also looking forward to this battle. Since General Zhang is here, how about you bring me a message? Let Mr. Qilin set the date and location, and I will accompany you."

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "You can do anything you want." Then he said, "Let's go!"

Guo Jia set up such a perfect ambush, how could he let a few people escape? He immediately said: "Wait a minute!"

Zhang Liao: "What else can Mr. Guo say?"

Guo Jia said calmly: "My lord has specifically ordered Guo to take Marquis Wen and his wife back to Xuchang for a few days. General Zhang please come back."

Zhang Liao said: "I'm sorry, but I obey my order!"

Wang Yun said again: "Daughter - come to your father!"

Diao Chan breathed rapidly, and Guo Jia added: "Thanks to Marquis Wen's hospitality in the past, my lord is very grateful for the hospitality. I also ask Madam Marquis not to refuse."

Diao Chan said: "No! Foster! You made a promise to me! That's not the case! You said you would let us go after leaving Longxi——!"

Wang Yun said tremblingly: "Daughter, as a father, Cao Mengde will never treat you badly..."

Diao Chan screamed: "No! I won't leave!"

Guo Jiadao: "Do it."

The encirclement was formed, and there was a roar of action all around. Cao's army shouted in unison, and Diao Chan was so frightened that her face turned pale and her feet were almost weak. Cao's army came with a total of eight thousand soldiers, and he only had 200 soldiers.

A low, hoarse voice came from the carriage.

"There are so many people outside?"

Zhang Liao was startled, and Lu Bu finally woke up.

"Lord!"

Lu Bu opened the curtain and breathed out a sigh of relief. The moment his boots stepped on the snow, Cao's soldiers holding crossbows took half a step back in unison.

Guo Jia couldn't help but feel moved.

Lu Bu's blank eyes swept over the enemy troops. Wherever he looked, Cao's army retreated in fear.

Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "What time is it? Why are you here?"

Zhang Liao said in a low voice: "My lord, this place is extremely dangerous! I will stay behind and you will protect my lord and fight out!"

Zhang Liao took off his helmet and handed it to Lu Bu. Before Lu Bu knew what was going on, Zhang Liao hurriedly disarmed him. Lu Bu pushed the helmet away and asked, "This is the only number of people we have?"

"Fengxian..." Diao Chan hesitated for a moment and took half a step forward.

"Go away!" Zhang Liao said angrily: "If you hadn't poisoned me, why would we be here today?"

Lu Bu said: "Shut up! The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more!"

Lu Bu took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Come here and listen to me."

"I'll charge later. Wenyuan, you lead your troops and charge towards that opening." Lu Bu pointed his finger at the northwest corner: "That place has the fewest people."

Lu Bu then slowly ordered: "You rush out with Diao Chan. After you escape with your life, let her go. Don't make it difficult for her again. Diao Chan, come here."

Wang Yundao: "That... Mr. Guo..."

Guo Jia said with a confident smile: "It's okay, don't fight with trapped animals."

The darkest hour before dawn.

Lu Bu's warm palms covered Diao Chan's tender face, and the flying snowflakes fell on the ends of her hair. Lu Bu stretched out his fingers to pick them off and whispered:

"My beloved wife, in the two years since you were married to me, I have wronged you."
To be continued...