As long as he finds the traces of Houqian, then he can follow the clues to find him, he has absolute confidence in the scout battalion, how galloping the Liaodong cavalry was back then, and it was not that they did not escape from their palms? Because of this, as long as Hou Qian shows up, it will never be possible to get rid of the scouts.

He can rest assured that he will rest all night, and pursue it early tomorrow morning, after all, Houqian will never be Liu Lan's department, so he is not afraid that he will abscond back to Xuzhou and miss this fleeting opportunity.

Compared with Changyang County at this time, in Pei County, Cao Cao's offensive was frustrated, for Chen Gong, the old fox, he still underestimated him, he thought that Pei County would be easily captured, and there was no sign of breaking the city for three consecutive days, so Cheng Yu even offered advice to recruit Lu Bu to come.

This is undoubtedly a clever plan, at the moment of facing the old master, he didn't believe that Chen Gong could still be calm, but whether Lu Bu could convince Chen Gong, this matter is questionable, Cao Cao, who put on his coat and walked out of the camp, looked up at the dark night sky, Lu Bu has been idle by him since he surrendered, and after the old department, it was like a tiger with its fangs removed and imprisoned in a cage.

Although many people are persuading him to give him a chance when employing people like this, Cao Cao knows too well the dangers of this tiger, and once he is released, he is likely to return to the mountain, and this consequence is something he must carefully consider. Since he fled from Dong Zhuo's side to Kanto, whether it was in Yuan Shao's place or in Yanzhou, Lu Bu's situation is similar to the current situation, but every time he can make a comeback, now he finally put a rope noose on the neck of this fierce tiger, so that he can obey well, if Cao Cao takes the noose off, what will be the consequences?

Will he be willing to fight for himself, or will he rebel as he has done in the past?

"Lu Bu, he is a person who wants to do great things, it's too early to release him now, to smooth out the edges and corners of his ambitions, maybe he won't be as fierce as before, but even if he turns from a wolf to a dog, then he can take care of his home and care for him, otherwise he won't be Mr. Dongguo?

"The sub-line is a mountain wolf, and the ambition is rampant!" He forgot who said this sentence to him during the Battle of Yanzhou, but he didn't dare to forget who he described today, Lu Bu, although he gave him another chance to raise this beast, but the reason is nothing more than to show the world that he Cao Cao has a broad mind and can accommodate everyone in the world, even if it is Lu Bu, who once almost killed him, he will not Dongta a cent, and all this is to show the world that he has a tolerant bearing, as long as he wants to do great things, he can come.

So at this time, Cao Cao would never let Lu Bu out, if it was five years later, he would accept it, but now, the timing is not right, and he is also confident that if he captures Peixian, even if he will encounter some difficulties, he will not be as impatient as the generals below, he understands that the more urgent he is, the more patient he must be.

He will not be like Yuan Shao, in fact, Yuan Shao has his advantages, but his shortcomings are too obvious, maybe he will become a pearl that attracts the attention of the world in his heyday, and even a hundred generations, but in such a troubled era, his character is destined to not become a big thing.

In fact, if Yuan Shao's internal struggle is just a struggle between factions, it is really easy to solve, but his current situation is very similar to the situation of Emperor Ling in the last few years, the so-called teacher of the past and the future, but Yuan Shao did not learn any experience, and was still stubborn, in his opinion, some of what happened to Emperor Ling was just an example, and it would not happen to him.

After all, he has no relatives and no eunuch party around him, and the party struggle between the family factions will never pose a big threat like Dong Zhuo, but he forgot that the Han Dynasty has today, is it really the reason for the eunuch party and relatives? In his opinion, it was precisely without relatives and eunuchs that the Han Dynasty became what it is today.

Cao Cao, who looked at the stars in the night sky, sighed and muttered to himself: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, are you ready to attack Xuzhou, or do you really plan to spend it like this?" ”

Yuan Shao's wealth allowed his troops to do whatever they wanted, but they couldn't, he didn't want to, and finally captured Peixian, but withdrew because there was no food and grass.

"Summons Cao Ren, go all out to storm Pei County tomorrow."

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Chengyang County, Zhang Fei led the headquarters into Chengyang County after receiving Liu Lan's general order, and stationed in Ju County, as for the Qingzhou Army that entered Chengyang County in advance, he did not know their traces, but according to the lord's previous style of acting, nine times out of ten he regarded this army as a dark chess, of course, it is possible to recall them, so this time in Chengyang County, he has the absolute right to suppress bandits, but he must grasp a degree when suppressing bandits, that is to say, this group of bandits can only be expelled and not exterminated, Only by driving them back to Qingzhou can the true purpose of the lord be achieved.

But compared to this news, the news that Yan Zhi led troops into Donglai is what makes Zhang Fei the most happy, this stinky boy has not met him for many years, the last time I met him, Yan Zhi was still a hairy boy who didn't even have a crown, and now he has a family, I heard that the children are all there, and it seems to be a few months older than his son Zhang Bao.

However, compared to this not very cool news, he hoped to be able to fight hand in hand with this kid again after many years, when they followed the lord from Liaodong into the Central Plains, and saw the wealth of the Central Plains in Yingchuan, which was really eye-opening at that time, and went south again, it was to Xuzhou, when Yan Zhi stayed in Liaodong.

In fact, under the circumstances at that time, it was obviously more useful to stay in Liaodong, but because of the reason of guarding Liu Lan, although he wanted to stay very much, he still chose to come to Huangxian and entered Xuzhou, but judging from the current situation, it seems that those who stayed in Liaodong were the ones who regretted the green intestines, and when he thought of these, Zhang Fei, who sometimes seemed a little naïve, couldn't wait to show how happy his current mood was in front of his little brother Yan Zhi, as for the fact that he hadn't met for many years, It's not that important anymore.

After a day's rest, Zhang Fei led his troops to Dongwu City, initially his purpose was to lay a net in the Jimo area and wait for Houqian to take the bait, and then kill them back to Changyang County, but after discussing with Zongkou, Zhang Ping and others, he finally decided to deploy in Dongwu and wait for Houqian.

After the plan was decided, Zhang Fei sent a document back to Xuzhou, which was like Liu Lan's report, which was a report on how he planned to fight in this battle, as for Liu Lan's reaction after seeing it, it didn't matter whether he would agree or not, because after he saw it and gave the order, it was likely to be too late.

In fact, although Liu Lan will not interfere with the deployment of front-line generals, he likes to understand the combat deployment of front-line generals very much, so that he has the opportunity to have a deduction with Xu Shu.

Zhang Fei entered Ju County openly, this is actually not a big deal, first of all, Ju County is now in a situation where no one cares, or the entire Chengyang County is like this, but if he continues to go north, Zhang Fei even if he still wants to enter the county, he does not have the guts, this expedition is very important, if the whereabouts are leaked, it is very likely that there will be no return.

This is not alarmist, once Gao Ran heard that they had arrived in Dongwu, he might not be indifferent, and he would definitely make some small moves behind his back, after all, Zhang Fei only brought 10,000 people over this time, as long as Gao Ran was willing, he could easily trap Zhang Fei in Dongwu.

Therefore, Zhang Fei's trip is not only to drive away the back money, but also to carefully mention the Gaolan or rather the Jizhou Army, in this case, the top secrecy of the army's march is very important, and there must be no extraneous branches, otherwise the slightest accident may make all their plans go to naught.

After the troops left Ju County, they had to secretly go to Dongwu, this line must be extra careful, watching the troops leave, the people of Ju County, who had been frightened to the core, could be regarded as having a breath of atmosphere, thinking that they were going to garrison Ju County, and this also means that the Great War I is likely to break out in Ju County, they are in fear every day, but with the departure of Zhang Fei's troops, their hanging heart finally fell.

After arriving in Dongwu, the first thing Zhang Fei did was to get in touch with the local Haoqiang clan, fighting in a strange environment, Zhang Fei must first get their help, fortunately, these Haoqiang have a good relationship with them, after all, Liu Lan has ruled Qingzhou for many years, and the relationship with them is quite good, and there are even many Hao clans to send troops and food, looking at the local armed forces of thousands of people, although Zhang Fei had a momentary heartbeat, but in the end, he still rejected their good intentions, didn't want to affect them, and even told them truthfully that the purpose of this trip was to drive away the money, if Jizhou knew that they had helped them in this matter, it was likely to be unfavorable to them.

Declined the support provided by the local big family, although he failed to contribute, but in the news of the inquiry, but gave Zhang Fei great convenience, many big families through their own relations, around to inquire about the news of Guan Yu's money, at noon on the third day of arrival in Tobu, a personal soldier came to report, the head of the Dongwu Guo family came to ask for a meeting.

Local gentry, Zhang Fei will not slack off, after meeting with him, only to know that one of his distant relatives brought news from Jimo, although Jimo is sparsely populated, as long as the bandit army of Houqian is willing, it is difficult to expose the whereabouts, but this bandit army seems to have no scruples, swaggering from the pipeline, just happened to be seen by his distant relative, before wondering what kind of army this is, when he came to Dongwu, heard about this file, a recollection, nine times out of ten is the bandit in the mouth of General Zhang.

"And such a coincidence?" Zhang Fei then asked him a few words, but he couldn't tell the specific situation, and finally asked him to call the distant relative, which was also convenient to ask, and gave him some benefits, Zhang Fei called the generals, and with the arrival of the generals, the distant relative who had been waiting in front of the county government for a long time was also brought over.

Under the inquiries of the generals, it soon became clear what they wanted to ask, the enemy's troops should be 10,000 men, ragged, without flags, this situation is similar to the information they received, and it is certain that the troops of Houqian are undoubtedly in this regard.

After personally sending the two away, Zhang Fei returned to the conference hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, he said: "Actually, everyone should know very well by now, Houqian's troops are very close to Dongwu, he will arrive in three days at most, the big war is coming, we must be ready." ”

Zong Kou got up and said: "Actually, Houqian is not worth mentioning, we are not afraid that he will come from Tobu, but the situation that the last general is most worried about now is that once Houqian does not choose to go to Tobu, what should we do?" ”

This matter is actually the most headache for Zong Kou, if Hou Qian goes north to Qianqian County, doing some small actions in Dongguan County will also give them a headache, and just like they choose Pyeongchang to enter Langya, or go south to the barren land to enter Langya, they will also be unaware, so although it is important to know that Hou Qian is now appearing in Jimo, it is the key to figure out which way he will go.

"This is about how they should deploy their troops, otherwise they will lay a net in Dongwu, and as a result, people will go elsewhere, not Dongwu, what will happen when the time comes, is it difficult to chase the back money, if he goes to Shanxian County, is it difficult to fight them under the noses of the people of Jizhou?

Speaking of this, the army is also clear about the crux of the current problem, and they all nod their heads and say yes, but send scouts to investigate, there may be an element of risk, once detected by the enemy, their situation is likely to be exposed, so in this matter, either ensure that Houqian will go to Tobu, or ensure that Houqian will not go to the other two lines, anyway, no matter what, you have to let Houqian take the road of Dongwu.

Almost everyone shook their heads, if this is the Xuzhou Army, of course they can be the master, they can go wherever they want, but this is the back money, they can't decide the route of others, what can they do?

Zhang Fei's bronze bell-like eyes rolled in his sockets, and said, "You say, if Houqian heard that there was a Jizhou army in the Gaomi area, would he still dare to go to Pyeongchang?" ”

"Don't dare." Everyone said in unison.

"yes, in this way, he can only go to Tobu?"

"But what if they go through the barren mountains and mountains to the south?"

"Then let them go, we can just cut off his back path."

"But the lord didn't say it."

"If they really go elsewhere, then it doesn't matter whether they are expelled or annihilated!" In the current situation, how can Zhang Fei still care so much?