Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 18 Under June, Xindu City. Shangshu's right servant, Tian Chou, was ordered to rush to Xindu City and meet with Zhong Xuan, the executor of Zuo Zhonglang, Guo Ce, the assassin of Jizhou, and Zhen Yan, the minister of Anping, to discuss matters related to the evacuation of the people.

In the early stage, the number of people evacuated was mainly the people of dozens of counties south of the Qinghe River, but the number of people to be evacuated this time was greatly reduced, and there were only about 100,000 people in the three or four counties between Qinghe and Xinducheng.

After the rebels advanced to the central part of Jizhou, because of the lack of protection of the two wings, in fact, they had formed a situation of a lone army in depth, and they no longer had the strength to occupy all the cities within a few hundred miles except for concentrating on seeking a decisive battle with the northern Xinjiang army.

Therefore, the evacuated population this time is concentrated in the southern part of Anping State, and Hebei does not need to use more financial and material resources.

For the Jizhou Prefectures, they had to do their best to appease the panic and anxiety of the people, and to convince them that the Northern Xinjiang Army would definitely defeat the rebels.

Tian Chou did not specify the general's strategy to break the enemy, he only said that because there was no chance to destroy the enemy at present, the general ordered the army to continue to retreat, so as to lengthen the enemy's battle line, force the enemy to show his flaws, and wait for an opportunity to find a good opportunity to hit with one blow.

The immediate priority now is not to advise the people to evacuate quickly, but to stabilize the people's minds so that the whole of Hebei can work together.

After Tian Chou and Zhong Xuan, Guo Ce, and Zhen Yan carefully discussed the details, it was getting late, and Zhen Yan warmly invited Tian Chou to be his guest.

"Today I have invited a lot of Jizhou gate lords and celebrities from Xindu City, they are very concerned about the battle ahead, and Lord Tian can take this opportunity to publicize the achievements of the army, so as to encourage morale and enhance their confidence in defeating the rebels." Tian Chou hesitated.

At this time, it seems inappropriate to participate in the feast of the gate valve. Zhen Yan saw that Tian Chou was embarrassed, and he was quite uneasy, so he hurriedly persuaded two more words.

A few years ago, another dignitary of the Zhen family, Jin Wu Zhen Ju, was caught and killed by Zhang Yan because of his fornication with Yuan Shao and conspiring a rebellion, which once affected the Zhen family.

The Zhen family is a high-ranking family in Jizhou, and its tenant Zhen Han and Wang Mang are both sons-in-law of Emperor Xiaoping's great Situ Kongguang.

When Wang Mang established the new dynasty, Zhen Han served as the Taibao and the Great Sima, and his son Zhen Feng later became the official of the Great Sima.

The Zhen family was a very prominent relative at that time. After Emperor Guangwu was revived, the Zhen family was implicated in Wang Mang's usurpation, and its power gradually declined.

But after all, the Zhen family is a family, and there are people in each generation who are officials in the court, and there are still a few officials with a rank of more than 2,000 stone among the ancestors of his family.

The Zhen family has many protégés and former officials in Jizhou, and their reputation is also high, so when the imperial court was rebuilt at the beginning of last year, in order to balance the forces of all parties, under Cui Lie's strong recommendation, Zhen Yan was reused again and served as the minister of Anping in Jizhou.

Today's imperial court is the most powerful with Li Hong, the general of the Great Sima, if you can climb the high branch of the Northern Xinjiang line, the Zhen family can be rich and noble in Hebei, such as the Jinyang royal valve.

Last year, Wang Valve was involved in the Jinyang rebellion case, according to common sense, the Wang family is over, but the Wang family took precautions, and married many beautiful women in the family to the civil and military officials of Northern Xinjiang very early, as a result, under the intervention of Li Hong, the Wang family finally died a Wang Rou, Wang Ze, Wang Chen, Wang Ling, Wang Cheng These people are still officials in the court, and Wang Valve is still powerful, which is the benefit of climbing the northern Xinjiang forces.

The Zhen family has already had an incident, and Zhen Ju was beheaded all over the house because of rebellion. If it weren't for the eldest princess and Cui Lie and the others trying to intercede, Zhang Yan might have killed all the nine clans of the Zhen family.

In order to prevent trouble before it happens, Zhen Yan has been trying to make friends with the officials of Northern Xinjiang, but with little success. This time, Tian Chou came to Xindu City, of course, it was an excellent opportunity to make friends.

Tian Chou is one of the general's most trusted officials in Northern Xinjiang, and he has a special relationship with the general and his wife, and he plays a pivotal role in the Northern Xinjiang forces.

If you can make friends with Tian Chou, the benefits to the Zhen family are self-evident. Tian Chou still refused, he was anxious to return to Handan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

"Lord Zhong and Master Guo are highly respected, and their words are more convincing." Zhen Yan was very disappointed and stood there listless.

Zhong Xuan and Guo Ce tried their best to keep it, and Tian Chou was embarrassed. After all, the two adults are elders, and it would be too shameful for them to insist on not going.

Tian Chou's visit made Zhen's mansion shine. On the way to Zhen's mansion, Tian Chou heard Zhong Jian say that Zhen Yan's father Zhen Yi once served as the commander of Shangcai County, Runan County, Yuzhou, but he died young, and his widow Zhang raised eight children alone, which was not easy.

This Mrs. Zhen is kind and charitable, and she helps the township every year when she is in Changshan, and her good reputation is far and wide. It was precisely because of Mrs. Zhen's kindness that the Yellow Turban Army did not attack and kill the Zhen family's Grange, and the Zhen family was saved.

This is probably the reward of goodness. After hearing this, Tian Chou was greatly admired, and after arriving at Zhen's mansion, he first went to meet Zhen Yan's mother.

The old lady was very happy and praised Tian Chou. Tian Chou is young and handsome, gentle and elegant, talented, and has outstanding military achievements, and is famous in northern Xinjiang, and everyone who sees it likes it.

Tian Chou said a few words modestly and was about to get up and leave, but suddenly saw a face that suffocated him. A beautiful woman of fourteen or fifteen years old was standing behind the beaded curtain and quietly looking at him, probably sensing Tian Chou's gaze, the woman bowed her head shyly and quickly disappeared behind the curtain.

Tian Chou realized his gaffe, his face was slightly red, and he hurriedly retreated. The atmosphere at the banquet was very warm, everyone talked from the battlefield to the court, from the new scriptures to the cifu, one by one, full of interest.

After the banquet was dispersed, Zhen Yan invited Tian Chou, Zhong Xuan, and Guo Ce to their study to rest for a while, and by the way, they continued to discuss the details of the evacuation of the people.

When he walked into the study, Tian Chou saw a silk silk spread out on the desk, and the silk was full of words, and the handwriting was beautiful.

Tian Chou took a closer look, it was a poem, gorgeous and full of aura.

"This is Lord Zhen's masterpiece?" Tian Chou asked with a smile. Zhen Yan shook his head,

"This is the sister's graffiti, which makes Lord Tian laugh."

"Ling Mei is very talented." Tian Chou picked up the silk silk, handed it to Zhong Xuan, and praised it sincerely,

"Lord Zhong, take a look, it's very good......" Zhong Xuan looked at it carefully, and then asked, "This is written by your youngest sister?" Zhen Yan nodded.

"I heard that she also plays the piano very well, and she is quite popular. Is it? ”

"Teenagers, just playing, Lord Zhong is too complimentary."

"This sister of yours is more talented than you." Zhong Xuan smiled,

"I wonder who will be blessed to marry her in the future?" Tian Chou suddenly remembered the suffocatingly beautiful face behind the bead curtain, and his heart suddenly jumped a few times for no reason.

Is the woman behind the bead curtain the youngest sister of Lord Zhen?

"When we went to meet the old lady just now, was the woman behind the bead curtain Sister Ling?" Zhong Xuan seemed to have guessed Tian Chou's thoughts, and immediately asked again.

"Makes the three adults laugh." Zhen Yan arched his hand in embarrassment,

"That's the sister." Tian Chou looked at Zhen Yan, and his face immediately showed surprise. Tian Chou refused Zhen Yan's retention and left the city overnight.

After Zhong Xuan sent Tian Chou outside the city, he did not return to the official office, but returned to the Zhen Mansion again. Zhen Yan was waiting by the door, and he invited Zhong Yan to the study.

"Uncle, can you ask clearly? Does Lord Tian have a marriage contract? Zhen Yan asked eagerly.

"I asked, and he said not yet." Zhong Xuan sat down slowly and said unhurriedly,

"I also inquired about Lord Guo, and Lord Guo also said that Lord Tian had not yet married. However, Lord Guo seems to have guessed your thoughts, and he said that there are too many people in Hebei who want to marry Lord Tian. Lord Tian is in a special situation, without the consent of the general and the general's wife, no one dares to marry him at will. ”

"This is the reason why Lord Tian has not married so far?" Zhen Yan asked in surprise.

"Lord Tian joined the army at the age of sixteen, and has been following the general to conquer the Quartet, earlier he may not have had time to take care of this matter, but when he is a little older, when he wants to think about this matter, his status is different, and he has to be cautious, so he can only delay it again and again." Zhong Xuan sighed,

"He's in a high position at a young age, he's ambitious, and of course he's very different. It's hard for me to do that. ”

"Uncle, you and my father have been old friends for many years, you must help with this favor." Zhen Yan pleaded.

"I ......" Zhong Xuan pointed to himself,

"You don't know my situation, how much can I help?"

"Uncle, now that the old ministers of Chang'an have been reused again, you can ask your friends in the court to help." Zhen Yan arched his hand again and again,

"Isn't Lord Jia by the general's side now, he can speak at all." Zhong Xuan was silent.

"Uncle, I can't ask Master Cui for help in this matter, you know that. Now the Cui family in Jizhou is very powerful in the court, if I marry Lord Tian, it will naturally have an impact on the power of the Cui family, and it would be good if he didn't help me. So, I can only rely on my uncle for this matter. Zhong Xuan smiled bitterly,

"I'll think of a way." At the beginning of July, the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to Ganling City. Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Tian Kai, Ma Teng and other five-way armies met under the city of Ganling.

At this time, Yuan Shao was still confronting the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Neihuang and Fanyang. Cao Cao was very anxious, and summoned Liu Biao, Ma Teng and others several times to discuss, urging Yuan Shao to go north to attack Yecheng as soon as possible and contain the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army, so as not to delay the decisive battle.

Cao Cao's urging made Yuan Shao very angry, and he replied to Cao Cao, your army is all the Tuntian soldiers in Northern Xinjiang, and they are vulnerable.

Although you hit the city of Ganling, do you calculate how much you have lost? On the contrary, opposite me is Zhang Yan's Northern Army, most of these people used to be the elite of the Yellow Turban Army, and they have a deep blood feud with me, and every time I take a step forward, I have to step on countless corpses, don't you know?

It took more than a month for Yuan Shao to reach Yecheng, and the sudden betrayal of Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang made Cao Cao lose patience.

He immediately decided to divide his troops to support Yuan Shao and help Yuan Shao reach Yecheng in the shortest possible time. Liu Biao, Ma Teng, Cao Hong, and Cao Chun led an army of 30,000 to the west along the Chi Road, attacking Qingyuan and Guantao, intending to connect with Yuan Shao's army.

The Northern Xinjiang Army did not resist, and successively abandoned Qingyuan and Guantao. In early July, the Northern Xinjiang Army, which was holding the line of Neihuang and Fanyang, quickly withdrew to Yecheng when its flanks were threatened.

In mid-July, Yuan Shao led a large army to the city of Yecheng. At this point, the decisive battle situation has been fully formed. The Northern Frontier Army either continued to retreat north, or fought to the death under the city of Ganling.

The Northern Xinjiang Army chose to continue to retreat northward, and the large army withdrew across the Qing River and set up a formation along the north bank of the Qing River to block it. The retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army made Cao Cao and others face a difficult choice, whether to continue to pursue northward?

It is too dangerous to continue the pursuit north. From the beginning of the war in mid-May to the present, the Northern Xinjiang Army has used cities and rivers to block it, and has not fought a major battle with itself face to face, and the losses are so small that they can almost be omitted.

Especially the strong Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry, except for a sneak attack on the Jingzhou Army in Pengting, I haven't even seen a shadow so far.

The purpose of the Northern Frontier Army was obvious, Li Hong was unwilling to fight a decisive battle with him, and he was still patiently looking for opportunities.

The leopard was hiding itself in the dark woods, ready to strike a thunderous blow. It is impossible to give up and continue north.

At present, the armies of all walks of life have just reached the south of Jizhou, and there is not much loss, and the purpose of going north to crusade against Li Hong and occupying Jizhou has not been achieved, and it must be fought.

The battle situation has developed to this point, and the best way is to urge Yuan Shao to rush to Ganling City to meet him, and then gather 160,000 troops to attack the central part of Jizhou.

But there were forty or fifty thousand elite troops in the direction of Yecheng, although Yuan Shao contained them, they also restrained Yuan Shao, and neither side could move.

At this time, an astonishing news was delivered to the coalition battalion. The Xianbei man Kirby Xiong established himself as the king of Xianbei in Huoyunyuan and led the army to attack the Fuyu Kingdom.

In the name of attacking the Xianbei people, Gongsun Du, the Taishou of Liaodong, suddenly sent troops to attack the two counties of Xuanxuan and Lelang, intending to separate and stand on their own.

The Jinyang court worshiped Gongsun Zan as the general of the expedition to the north, and worshiped Yu Peng as the general of Zhonglang to capture the general, and led the army to Liaodong to quell the rebellion.

This news was sent to Qingzhou by Tian Kai's relative, Tian Shao, a wealthy family of Liaodong County. Gongsun Du wanted to rebel, but Tian Shao and other wealthy clans in Liaodong were afraid of being slaughtered by Li Hong, so they insisted on not complying and fled one after another.

Tian Shao fled to Qingzhou with his family across the sea. If this news is accurate, then the reason why the Northern Xinjiang Army has withdrawn again and again and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry has not appeared can be explained.

Cao Cao and the others were very excited, and immediately urgently told Yuan Shao, asking him to quickly rush to Ganling City to rendezvous. Urgently told Yuan Shu and Xun Yu to immediately do everything in their power to transport grain and grass to the front However, almost at the same time, a letter of urgency from Xun Yu was also sent to Cao Cao.

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