Because I already admired Li Yi very much in my heart, everyone chatted while eating this meal, and they talked to each other very speculatively.

Li Yi was also very happy with Zhang Bai riding a few people to draw a big pie, and the few people who flickered were very happy.

Of course, it can't be said that Li Yi is completely fooling them, because what he said are the policies he plans to implement in Youzhou.

Tian Yu suddenly walked in, leaned over and whispered a few words in Li Yi's ear.

Li Yi was taken aback, hurriedly stood up and bowed his hand to Zhang Baiqi's four people politely, and hurriedly walked out of the big tent.

Li Zhong stood quietly outside the big tent. Seeing Li Yi come out, he bowed and saluted, "Lord......"

"Is there a situation in Ganling?" Li Yi helped him up and asked anxiously.

After Zhang Jiao and Chu Yan returned to Guangzong, they quickly took measures to stabilize the situation in Guangzong. Then Zhang Jiao sent Chu Yan to lead an army of 30,000 to Jieqiao, converge with Zhang Liang's department, defeat Huangfu Song, and drive the coalition army back to Ganling City. Li Zhong whispered, "In addition, according to the information collected by the scouts, the Zhang Niujiao and Yang Feng divisions of the Yellow Turban Army in Hejian Kingdom, Bohai County and other places have been mobilized very frequently recently, and there seems to be some big moves. ”

Li Yi was taken aback and immediately asked, "Is it advancing or retreating?" ”

Li Zhong shook his head.

Li Yi pondered slightly, and continued to ask, "Why didn't Shan Jing come in person?" ”

Li Zhong said: "Shan Junhou personally went to Anpingguo to reconnoiter the military situation, and he has not been in Boluojin. ”

Li Yi nodded, and asked again, "Yun Chang, Zifeng, and Zizheng are all okay?" ”

"They're all good." Li Zhong said very movingly.

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Li Yi had just sent Li Zhong away, and Li Yi planned to send troops to exterminate the tens of thousands of remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in the three counties of Guangnian, Guangping and Julu north of Zhangshui. Although these three counties have now been cut off from the main force of the Yellow Turban Army on the south bank of Zhangshui after they were taken by him in Bo Luojin and Quzhou successively, it is always a disaster to stay there.

What especially disturbed Li Yi was that these three counties were the birthplace of the Yellow Turban Army, especially Julu County, which was the birthplace of the three Zhang Jiao brothers.

However, before he could send troops, he received a letter from Ganling to Huangfu Song and Liu Yu. In the letter, both Liu Yu and Huangfu Song urged him to send troops as soon as possible.

Not only that, Zhang Fei and other generals also hoped that Li Yi County would leave the Yellow Turban Army in several counties on the north bank of Zhangshui alone, and it would be the best policy to go south first to deal with the main force of the Yellow Turban Army. However, with the strength in Li Yi's hands now, it is not much of a problem to solve the 30,000 or 40,000 Yellow Turban troops scattered in the three counties in the north, but it is a little reluctant to send troops south.

The Youzhou Iron Cavalry lost more than 700 people again in the two battles of Guchengting and Boluojin, and has not been replenished so far. Bo Luojin and Quzhou City now need troops to guard, more than 30,000 captives need troops to guard, a large amount of food and other booty needs soldiers to escort back to Youzhou, everywhere is a person, it is difficult for him to make up 5,000 people now.

Li Yi ordered the fast cavalry to rush to Yecheng every day to urge reinforcements, but there has been no reply so far. Wang Fen sent someone, but he came to reward the army, and there was no reinforcement.

Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, also received letters from Liu Yu and Huangfu Song. These two people didn't dare to do anything to Li Yi, but they were not so polite to Wang Fen. In the letter, the two threatened Wang Fen that if they did not send troops again, they would write to the court and impeach Wang Fen for delaying the military plane.

Wang Fen was so angry that he scolded. If Li Yi hadn't been able to fight, the Yellow Turban Army would still be in Wei County now, where would any soldiers help Ganling? If you don't look at the facts in Jizhou, you will know that impeachment, impeachment.

Wang Fen was angry and ordered the Taishou ministers of the three counties of Wei, Zhao and Changshan, who had just arrived in office, to immediately dispatch all their troops to Julu County to obey the dispatch of Li Yi, the general of Xiaocai. If not, he took his own weapons and took the officials of the yamen and his family to enslave them. Whoever does not obey the order, impeach whom, sue him for disobedience, and appease and sympathize with the Yellow Turban Army.

But whether it was Huangfu Song, Liu Yu, or Wang Fen, they all selectively ignored Cao Cao, who was still crawling on the boundary of Wei County in Wei County. There's no way, although Cao Cao's position is not high, he is just a captain, but his background is deep, and they can't do anything about it. In addition, the first few times I wrote to urge Cao Cao, but people didn't like them at all, so they no longer felt uncomfortable looking for them.

Li Yi learned the news from Yecheng, as well as the latest news from the direction of Ganling from the scouts, and knew that the battle situation in the direction of Ganling was indeed tight, and the combined army of Huangfu Song, the commander of the thief Zhonglang and Liu Yu of Ganling, and Liu Ding, the Taishou of the plain, could not resist the attack of more than 100,000 troops led by Zhang Yan and Zhang Liang, so he had to take the cavalry of his headquarters and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals from Quzhou to the battlefield of Ganling. Yue Fei temporarily led 3,000 foot soldiers to stay in Quzhou, guarding the prisoners and waiting for reinforcements.

Li Yi crossed the Qing River with nine thousand iron horsemen and went straight to the Pavilion Taocheng.

After hitting the horse alone, he came head-on.

Because in the battle of Geting, Chu Yan's troops suddenly appeared, almost causing the entire Youzhou Iron Cavalry to be wiped out, which stimulated him very deeply. Although Li Yi did not punish him, and the other generals did not stand up and accuse him, he felt that he had made too much mistake, and he was in a bad mood all the time, so he always avoided Li Yi. Now as long as it is news that he thinks is abnormal, he will take the trouble to personally review it.

"What's the news from Pavilion Tao City?" Li Yi asked.

"The Yellow Turbans suddenly abandoned the city and fled. Now the four gates of Guantao City are wide open, except for the people in the city, not a single soldier of the Yellow Turban Army can be seen. Shan Jing said with a smile, "Probably because they heard that the Youzhou Iron Horse was coming, the Yellow Turban Army was frightened and fled in a hurry." ”

"What about the direction of Qingyuan?" Li Yi immediately asked.

Shan Jing replied without thinking: "Qingyuan is now garrisoned by Chu Yan's subordinate Du Chang. ”

Li Yi asked again: "How many people?" ”

Shan pondered and said: "If you add the Yellow Turban Army who fled from Guantao to Qingyuan, there are probably more than 10,000 people in Du Chang's hands. ”

Li Yi thought for a moment, then turned to the herald and said, "Order the army to rest and pause its advance." ”

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Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei rushed to the location of the Chinese army, and Li Yi was sitting on the ground looking at the map.

"Zilong, Yide, and Guantao's Yellow Turban Army have all fled to Qingyuan now. There is no Yellow Turban Army in Guantao City, what are we going to do? Go straight to Qingyuan, what do you think? Li Yi asked.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, did not answer, and looked down at the map.

"We don't have the strength to siege the city." Zhao Yun said, "We don't have much to add, and we need Jizhou to supplement." Isn't it too hasty to rush to Qingyuan now? ”

"If we don't attack the city, what are we going to do? Qingyuan is more than 100 miles away from Guantao, and the supplies sent by Jizhou must take more roads to reach Qingyuan. If they are delayed on the road for a few days, we will be very passive in Qingyuan. Zhang Fei said loudly.

"I intend to deal with the Yellow Turbans once and for all before autumn arrives, so I estimate that the battle against the Yellow Turbans will soon begin. We are now catching up quickly and biting them to the death, which can ensure that the Yellow Turban Army in Ganling will be a deterrent. If we make the illusion of an army of 10,000, it is more likely that we will force them to abandon Qingyuan and retreat to the shell mound of Ganling. Li Yi pointed to Beiqiu City on the map and said: "You see, Beiqiu City is south of the Qinghe River, two hundred miles away from Qingyuan, if we keep pressing up, it can cause them great pressure." ”

Zhao Yun stared at the map for a while, gestured with his hand and said, "If the enemy of Qingyuan wants to retreat, he can only retreat to Beiqiu. If we set up an ambush between Qingyuan and Beiqiu, we might be able to destroy them. ”

Zhang Fei immediately retorted: "The Yellow Turban Army is afraid of our cavalry ambush, and they will definitely not give us a chance." I think it's more likely that they escaped across the river from Qingyuan. ”

Shan Jing pointed at Qingyuan and said, "The only way to cross the river from Qingyuan is by boat, and it will take quite a long time. If we rush to Qingyuan, the enemy will have to retreat to the shell hill. Although we have the opportunity to ambush them, we do not have enough troops and not enough food and grass to seize this opportunity. ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "What Shan Jing said is good. We need a certain number of troops to feint Qingyuan, and we need enough men and horses to ambush them, and now our strength is limited, and it is obviously difficult to take care of both. Looks like we'll have to go to Qingyuan to scare them. ”