"My lord, the Marquis of Jin has recruited more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, and he is coming to Chaoge, I am afraid that he wants to recapture Dangyin." Feng Ji worried.

"Even if the Marquis of Jin leads a large army to come, Dangyin is very close to Jizhou, and Jizhou soldiers and horses can enter Dangyin at any time." Xu Youdao, the advantage of occupying the city, even if the Bingzhou army gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is difficult to make a difference, unlike Hedong, behind them is the entire Jizhou, with the benefit of the city, if it is because of the arrival of the Bingzhou army on the gray retreat, isn't it a joke.

"Summoning the soldiers, strengthen the city wall, beware of merging the soldiers and horses, and let the soldiers and horses of Wei County also closely investigate the news in the territory, and not give the state a chance to take advantage of." Yuan Shao said slowly: "The bed crossbow made will be transported to Dangyin as soon as possible." ”

Tian Feng stepped forward and persuaded: "Lord, Dangyin is just a small city, for this city to lose tens of thousands of troops in Jizhou, now the Marquis of Jin led a large army to come, why not give up Dangyin and retreat to Wei County." ”

"Hmph, Lord Mo Feitian is afraid of the Bingzhou army, Jizhou also has 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if the Bingzhou army pours out, what can it do." Xu Yu retorted mercilessly.

Yuan Shao is also in a state of swaying, on the one hand, he wants to occupy Dangyin, and then take Dangyin as the base, and then capture Hanoi, on the other hand, he does not want to fight to the death with the Bingzhou army at this time, his original intention is to take the opportunity to capture Hanoi is the best, otherwise he will retreat to Jizhou after the elimination of the Black Mountain Army, and then wave the army to Qingzhou, recently Yanzhou soldiers and horses are frequently transferred, he is afraid that Cao Cao is trying to plot Qingzhou, Cao Cao has an army that is all composed of soldiers from Qingzhou, called the Qingzhou Army, and the battle is brave.

Feng Ji arched his hand and said: "My lord, now Jizhou is unstable, Jizhou should be the most important, and the Marquis of Jin occupies the land east of the Hedong River in Hanoi, which is also promised by the saint, and the name is justified, and it is not suitable to join the state army at this time." ”

Yuan Shao nodded slightly, Feng Ji's words are not unreasonable, there is also a biggest disaster in Jizhou is Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army.

"Father, what a foot is there for the state army, just transport the bed crossbow built by Yecheng to Dangyin, and break through the state army in one fell swoop, Hanoi Hedong will definitely shake, and then my father will wave his troops to go, why can't he pacify the land east of Hanoi." Yuan Shangdao, he followed the army this time, he wanted to make a contribution, the bed crossbow gave him great confidence, even the Dangyin City guarded by the Bingzhou Army was captured, and the Bingzhou Army was afraid, in the past, when the Jizhou Army faced the Bingzhou Army, it was basically a defeat, as long as he could turn the tide at this time and defeat the Bingzhou Army, then his prestige in the army would be unmatched.

Feng Ji was silent when he heard this, among Yuan Shao's three sons, he was most optimistic about Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shang was the youngest son, even if he was deeply loved by Yuan Shao, if he wanted to really become Yuan Shao's heir, he had to come up with the corresponding ability, Yuan Shao trusted him very much, and he often talked about how Yuan Shang was knowledgeable in front of Yuan Shao, which was why Yuan Shao handed over such an important thing as the bed crossbow to Yuan Shang.

Feng Ji is the first to follow Yuan Shao's strategist, won Yuan Shao's trust, at this point, far from Tian Feng, Xu You and others can compare, this is why Xu You dared to say bad things about Tian Feng in front of Yuan Shao, but he would not attack Feng Ji, Xu You has seen from Yuan Shao's actions that Yuan Shao has the intention of cultivating Yuan Shang as an heir, he neither wants to offend Yuan Shang nor Yuan Tan, no matter who inherits the position of Ye Hou, as long as it does not affect the Xu family, of course, he is more optimistic about the eldest son Yuan Tan, since ancient times, not to mention that Yuan Tan is the eldest son, and his status is unshakable.

"Lord, the young man's words are also, at this time, although there is Zhang Yan's disaster in Jizhou, there is General Gao Ran's guard, it is expected that Zhang Yan will not dare to make a move, if our army can break through the state army in one fell swoop, why not take advantage of the situation to pacify Hanoi Hedong or the land of Youzhou, although the state army is elite, but the strength is very small, the soldiers and horses gathered this time are probably all the troops of the state, once defeated, the general trend will be determined." Xu You stepped forward and said, he didn't mind helping Yuan Shang at this time, and it didn't hurt to do it.

Yuan Shang's gaze at Xu You became more and more kind, he knew that this was Xu You showing favor to him, in the past, when he was wooing Xu You, Xu You always had an unclear attitude, but now he stood in his camp at such a critical moment.

Yuan Shao set his eyes on Tian Feng, he thought that what Tian Feng and Feng Ji said was very reasonable, and at the same time felt that Yuan Shang and Xu You's words were also right, if he could break the Bingzhou army on the battlefield with dignity, his prestige would reach the highest point, what kind of person was Lu Bu, that was the person who swept Xianbei and made Yuan Shu defeated, and the state army has always been strong in the eyes of the people of the world.

"What do you mean by what you say?" Yuan Shao finally set his sights on Feng Ji.

Feng Ji arched his hand and said: "Lord, if there are more bed crossbows in the army, it is naturally not a problem to defeat the Bingzhou army, but what we have to guard against is that the Bingzhou army has a sharp weapon to throw boulders." ”

Yuan Shao nodded, and from Feng Ji's words, he felt that Feng Ji also supported the Jizhou army to stay and compete with the Bingzhou army, "Shang'er, order Yecheng to transport the built bed crossbow to Dangyin as quickly as possible, and Ben Hou will fight to the death with the Bingzhou army here!" ”

"Whoa!" Yuan Shang arched his hand excitedly.

With the bed crossbow in hand, Yuan Shao is still more confident, when he was on the battlefield in Yangzhou, he saw the power of the bed crossbow, even if the state army has defense, what can it be, put the bed crossbow on the city wall, it is definitely a sharp weapon to defend the city, as for the grain and grass are not continued, this place is very close to Jizhou, before the arrival of the state army, Yuan Shao can hoard enough grain and grass materials in the city.

Compared with the state, Jizhou is still rich, of course, this is Yuan Shao's cognition, even though it has been rumored among the princes how big the change is, but the background of the state is there.

The number of troops in Chaoge City reached 40,000, which can be said to be the largest in the history of Jizhou, 40,000 people, the most elite force in Jizhou, even if it is faced with 100,000 enemy troops on the battlefield, it can be won, it can be seen how much Lu Bu's grudge against Jizhou has reached.

"Wenhe, secretly told Zhang Yan that he had to start acting, Ben Hou didn't want to see a stable Jizhou." Lu Budao.

On the way to Chaoge, more news reached Lu Bu's hands, and when he saw the atrocities of the Jizhou army against the dead in the city and the state army, his anger was beyond measure, and at least half of the people in the city were slaughtered by the Jizhou army, and the blood of the Jizhou army must be used to avenge the dead soldiers.

Jia Xu said in a low voice: "According to the news sent by Zhang Yan, Jizhou has very strict protection for the Montenegrin army, and Jizhou General Gao Lan led 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yecheng. ”

(End of chapter)