Jiang Qi led the remnants of the defeated army to run to the river, summoned the lieutenant of the country, and said: "Liu Bei's army is going to Jieqiao, and the several counties in the north of me have nothing to do for the time being, so it is better to gather people and horses to attack Nanpi and recapture the Bohai Sea, so as to share the worries of the lord." ”

Seeing that the commander of Hejian hesitated, Jiang Qi said angrily: "I heard that the Bohai guard is called Hu Guang, who is an unknown person in Qingzhou. Thou hast led the army for many years, and I am here, so why are you afraid? ”

When the lieutenant heard this, his face was red, and he said ashamedly: "But it is up to the general to decide." ”

Jiang Qi turned his anger into joy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "If you can make meritorious contributions, you and I will be indispensable in the merit book!" Jiang Qi then went to the commander of Xin'an Ping, and asked him to lead the army to come together, and the three of them attacked the Bohai Sea together, and shared the merits. As for Changshan, Zhongshan and other places, Jiang Qi knew that there was backed by the annexation of the state, and the bandits were infested, and the guards there were busy enough in normal times, not to mention wartime. So I didn't go to inform him. Just waited for Captain Anping to come.

The soldiers and horses on Anping's side haven't come yet, but here they are waiting for bad news. Youzhou sent troops. After Zhong Xuan arrived in Youzhou as a assassin, he quickly gathered the hearts of the ministers of Youzhou with his extraordinary ability, and then stabilized the situation in Youzhou. This will hear that Liu Bei raised troops to attack Yuan Shao, so he summoned everyone: "The general is going to attack Jizhou, and we are Hanchen, how can we sit idly by." Youzhou soldiers, strong in the world, I want to raise troops, go south to help the general's prestige, what do you think? ”

Does this still need to be asked, although Youzhou Gongsun Zan is at odds with the former state pastor Liu Yu, he also belongs to the Youzhou faction. Gongsun Zhan's soldiers were defeated and died, but the losses were all the strength of Youzhou, and the deaths were all the sons of Youzhou. And as soon as Gongsun Chan died, Yuan Shao stretched out his claws to Youzhou again, and under the repeated battles, Mrs. Liu was exhausted to death. It can be said that there is no one in Youzhou who does not hate Yuan Shao.

As soon as Zhong Xuan said this, Qi Zhou, Xian Yufu or Xian Yufu expressed their agreement. Zhong Xuan saw that everyone agreed on the same opinion, and he was quite happy in his heart, Youzhou has the same hatred for the enemy, and the military heart is available.

Zhong Xuan is a person, and later generations may recite his reputation as a calligrapher. But I didn't know that Zhong Xuan in history was the founder of Cao Wei, who was entrusted with an important task by Cao Cao, and served as a lieutenant in the middle of the service, and supervised the military affairs in Guanzhong. After Zhong Xuan arrived, he lived up to his trust and stabilized Guanzhong, so that Cao Cao had no worries. Cao Cao even compared Xiao He to Zhong Xuan, although it is an exaggerated reputation, but it also shows Zhong Xuan's ability. Later, he was in Guanzhong and put down many rebellions. After the establishment of Cao Wei, he was promoted all the way, and finally stopped at the high position of Taifu. Looking through the history books, there are basically good things about Zhong Xuan. It's really rare.

Zhong Xuan mobilized people in the state, and was afraid that after he left, the emptiness in the state would be taken advantage of by the Hu people, so he sent a letter to the three Wuhuan and said: "I want to march south from the general, and there is a shortage of cavalry in the army today. ”

He took the letter and saw that Zhong Xuan's tone was condescending, commanding, angry and angry, but he didn't dare to disobey. He has been in Liaodong for many years, and Liu Bei's policies have indeed brought great changes to his tribe, and the methods of the previous and later assassins Shi Lu Zhi and Huang Zhong are not vegetarians. If this time he violated the will of this bird thorn history, and he said a few bad words in front of Liu Bei, it would not be good. In desperation, Badun had no choice but to gather 3,000 elite horsemen with various departments and go to Jicheng to serve Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Miao was overjoyed when he got the Wuhuan soldiers, so he prepared the grain and grass baggage, and left Qi Zhou to sit in Jicheng, so he led the army all the way south.

Jiang Qi got an urgent report in the river, smelled the wolf smoke in the north again, and couldn't help but pat his thigh, and wailed: "Bitter! "He was the general of the defeated army, and he had a little disagreement with Yuan Shao's number one adviser, and he was afraid that the trial would give him small shoes, so he didn't dare to go back to Wei County but fled to the river. Thinking about it is to see if he can make a contribution here to redeem the impression in Yuan Shao's heart, but the result is that the left and right are waiting, the alliance is in the future, but the enemy is going to arrive first.

Let's not talk about Jiang Qi and Zhong Xuan. But it was said that Liu Bei arrived at the boundary bridge, and saw that Yuan Shao's camp was strong, heavily guarded, and the camp was connected for dozens of miles, echoing from end to end, above the camp gate, the flag was hanging high and dancing in the wind, and under the camp gate, the soldiers were holding blades to show their majesty. Liu Bei looked at the watchtower in the camp for a while, and after coming down, he said to the generals: "This time, Yuan Benchu seems to have made a bloody investment, and the elite are all out." But I don't know where the state high-level cadres have been? ”

Just looking at the banner, Yuan Shao didn't need to say much, in addition, the four courts of Hebei were all here, but the general did not see the banner of the senior cadres. It was Liu Bei who asked inherently. It's not okay if you don't ask clearly, Gao Gan is not a mediocre person. In a war of this scale, every small factor has to be taken into account, and Liu Bei, who has the obvious ability to influence the direction of the war like Gao Gan, can not be guarded.

Liu Bei's voice fell, and a person flashed next to him, looking at his clothes, but it was from the Intelligence Department, he bowed respectfully to Liu Bei, and said: "Lord, the commander has a report, saying that Gao Gan has led the army across Taihang Mountain, and has entered the boundary of Jizhou at this time. ”

It is said that Guan Hai, the leader of the traitors who is not stingy, let Liu Bei give his command and become the leader of the secret secrets with erratic whereabouts. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, it is rare to see him come back, and almost all of them are running outside. However, Liu Bei didn't have the slightest pity for Guan Hai, he frowned, and said, "Where is your commander?" Didn't you tell him that when Gao did Taihang Mountain, he immediately asked Zhang Yan to launch it? Why is there no news from Zhang Yan, and Gao Gan has also arrived in Zhao State? ”

It turned out that Liu Bei had already arranged that when the senior cadres went out of Taihang, let Zhang Yan wait for work and set up a pocket formation for the senior cadres. If you are high and low, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die. When he led the remnants of Bingzhou to Yuan Shao, his group would have no meaning. Of course, it would be better if you could kill Gao Gan directly.

However, there was something wrong with this matter, and Liu Bei didn't expect that Gao Gan would be so cautious. Guan Hai and Zhang Yan stayed quietly in the grass, watching the high-level army walk past them, but they didn't find the slightest opportunity to take advantage of. People formed small formations, swords, shields, arrows and spears, on guard at any time, and walked slowly. It is better to sacrifice time and marching speed than to ensure your own safety. In this way, even if he suddenly jumped out with his army, he was afraid that he would not be able to frighten the senior cadres who had already been mentally prepared.

Zhang Yan and Guan Hai are both traitors, and they have a common language, and the two discussed privately, don't do this loss-making business. If you really jump out regardless of it, I'm afraid that you can only have to fight with Gao Gan, then this ambush will be meaningless.

Zhang Yan was still a little worried in his heart, and said: "I didn't follow the general's order this time, and I am afraid that the general will be guilty when the time comes." ”

Guan Hai slapped his chest with a bang: "Don't be afraid, Lao Zhang, how can the general be the narrow-minded person who doesn't know right from wrong." If you are okay, the general really wants to blame, and you can bear it. ”

Guan Hai's bold words moved Zhang Yan's heart a lot, but at the same time, her impression of Liu Bei was a little deeper.