Winter went to spring, Zhang Yan once again went through a quiet year, and after five years of Jian'an, it came quietly.

In the past year, the world is peaceful, the wind and rain are smooth, and the grains are abundant, because of the vigorous promotion of tuntian, and the newly built water conservancy projects play a huge role, the grain output has reached a new level, forming Huainan, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places as the main grain producing areas.

In contrast, although the grain output of Henan and Yongzhou is not as good as that of these five places, it is also twice as high as the previous output.

In addition, Jinling County also ushered in a bumper harvest of grain, officials from all over the country are diligent, after five years of tuntian, the people have plenty of food and clothing, and the granaries around the country have reached the state of full, and the newly built Xinfeng, Aocang, Hefei three main granaries, grain has also been piled up, almost enough for Zhang Yan's expenses for three years.

In addition to the bumper harvest of grain, Zhang Yan has always pursued the principle of not having too many soldiers, and the more than a dozen troops under his command have reached the principle of elite soldiers after five years of rigorous training.

Moreover, Zhang Yan's army has unified equipment, whether it is weapons, battle armor, war horses, military uniforms, etc., they are all very good.

In order to prepare for the upcoming war, Zhang Yan can be said to have made sufficient preparations.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Yan held a grand Lantern Festival in Pengcheng, personally led the officials, dressed in civilian clothes, out of the official office, and enjoyed with the people and celebrated with the whole world.

Zhang Yan took his five-year-old son Zhang Han, surrounded by Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng, Xu Chu and others, and walked on the streets of Pengcheng. Admire the various lanterns on both sides of the street. The group talked and laughed. Not to mention how happy it was.

After a year and a half of learning martial arts to build a foundation, Zhang Han's body has developed well, even taller than his peers, and now Zhang Han has grown into a strong and dark-skinned child, and the fair-skinned and thin son of a year and a half is like two people.

"Daddy, look. That lamp is so pretty! Zhang Han took Zhang Yan's hand, pointed to a lantern in the distance and said excitedly.

Zhang Han is still a child after all, his childlike innocence is still intact, and in the past year and a half, Zhang Han has studied martial arts during the day and literature at night, and the time is full, and there is basically no leisure time to play.

I saw that Zhang Han had dark skin, rough palms, and a strong body. Sometimes Zhang Yan really feels sorry for Zhang Han, after all, Zhang Han is still a child. In modern times, he was only at the age of kindergarten, but he selfishly trained Zhang Han to be a person who was both civil and military, and let his own son suffer hardships that were difficult for ordinary people to endure early.

However, Zhang Yan is also pleased, after all, he has achieved success, Zhang Han is smart and studious, and has the ability to never forget, in Jia Xu's eyes, he is a very good seedling. At the same time, Zhang Han has strong willpower, endurance that is different from ordinary people, and his body is well developed, his bones are peculiar, and his limbs are developed, but in Zhao Yun's eyes, he is also a good seedling for learning martial arts.

Every time I think of this, Zhang Yan's heart feels much better. He was born as a mercenary, and he has been engaged in inhuman training since he was a child, and he understands the truth that only when you endure hardships can you become a master, and he believes that if he can do it, his son will be able to sit down.

Zhang Yan lifted Zhang Han up, let him sit on his shoulder, supported Zhang Han with one hand, pointed to the lantern with the other and said, "If you like it, I'll buy it for you, how about it?" ”

Zhang Han shook his head and said, "Dad, you don't have to have anything you like to have it, besides, I like a lot of things, can't Dad buy them for me?" ”

Zhang Yan listened, was stunned for a moment, and asked: "What you said about it, what you like, weishenme can't have it?" ”

"Master Jia said that if you like something, you can just keep it in your heart and make a thought, and you don't have to have it. Once you have that thing you like, over time, you won't like it anymore. Master Jia said that this is a kind of human desire, and we must know how to control it. A person who does not know how to control his desires is a person who will never achieve great things. Zhang Han said eloquently.

When Zhang Yan heard this, Haha laughed and said, "It seems that Jia Xu didn't teach you in vain, but you learned a lot from him." However, Dad is also going to teach you a sentence today, if you like something to the point of no more, when you don't think about tea and food, you can consider venting your desires at this time. People who don't know how to vent their desires are also people who will never be able to achieve great things. ”

Zhang Han is a smart person, hearing Zhang Yan say this, he looked thoughtful, and after a while, he said to Zhang Yan: "Dad, what you and Master Jia said makes sense, based on what the two of you said, can I think that a person who knows how to control his desires is a person who can achieve great things?" ”

Zhang Yan was quite surprised when he heard Zhang Han's words, he didn't expect Zhang Han to be able to understand some truth from his and Jia Xu's words, this wisdom should not exist in the head of a five-year-old child. Unless the person is a child prodigy.

However, after a while, Zhang Yan regained his composure, since Zhang Han began to study literature and martial arts, it would always bring him some kind of surprise, and at this time, he was no longer surprised.

So, Zhang Yan nodded and said: "You are right, not only desire, anything, you must learn to control it, you must be able to retract and release it freely, and when you grow up, you will gradually understand." ”

As soon as Zhang Yan's voice fell, he gave Xu Sheng a look, and asked Xu Sheng to buy the beautiful lantern and give it to Zhang Han directly.

Although Zhang Han said no, Zhang Yan could see that Zhang Han liked this lantern very much, but he had been restraining himself. In addition, Zhang Han always felt that he owed him something, since he was a child, he never seemed to have given his son any gifts, this lantern should be regarded as the first gift to Zhang Han.

Sure enough, after Zhang Han took this lantern, he smiled happily and laughed with joy, not to mention how happy he was.

That night, Zhang Yan and others walked around the lantern festival for a long time, and the group talked and laughed, and Zhang Yan was all commensurate with Xu Sheng, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and other brothers. Happiness knows no bounds. It's a no-brainer.

A moment in time. Zhang Yan took his son Zhang Han back to the General's Mansion, tonight, Zhang Yan bought Zhang Han a lot of fun things, not to mention how happy Zhang Han was when he was still childlike. After returning to the mansion, Zhang Yan personally carried Zhang Han back to the room, and after watching him sleep, he came out.

Zhang Yan happened to go back to the room, but he didn't expect it. A brocade guard came over in a panic and directly handed Zhang Yan a secret report, which was sent by Yongzhou Assassin Shi Zhong Xuan.

Zhang Yan opened the secret report and hurriedly read it, his brows furrowed, and he immediately said to Jinyiwei: "Quickly pass the Sili Captain Jia Xu, the Great Si Nong Chen Qun, the Ting Lieutenant Zhang Zhao, the Guangluxun Dong Zhao, the ruling Jinwu Gu Yong, the Tiger Wei General Zhao Yun, the Tiger Ben General Xu Chu, and the Chengmen Captain Xu Sheng to the front hall to discuss matters.

"Whoa!" It was the first time for Jin Yiwei to see Zhang Yan's nervous expression, so he immediately responded, turned around and left.

Zhang Yan took the secret report and went straight to the hall of the General's Mansion and waited there quietly.

There was about a stick of incense, and Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, Dong Zhao, Gu Yong, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Xu Sheng and others arrived one after another. After everyone came, Zhang Yan said loudly: "Gather everyone here so late." I'm really a little sorry, but this matter is very important, and I ask for your forgiveness. This is the secret report of Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zhong Xuan, let's circulate it first. ”

Zhang Yan asked people to hand over the secret report to Chen Qun first, and after Chen Qun read it, he passed it on one by one, but Xu Chu didn't know much literacy, Xu Sheng didn't know how to read at all, so he simply didn't read it, and then Xu Sheng returned the secret report to Zhang Yan.

"You are all my confidants, what can you do about this?"

Yongzhou assassin Shi Zhong Xuan secretly reported to Zhang Yan, the warlords Ma Teng and Han Sui who occupied Liangzhou raised a total of 100,000 troops and suddenly attacked Yongzhou.

Blessing is unparalleled, disaster is not a single line, here Ma Teng, Han Sui openly rebelled, there has been occupied and the state of Yuan Shao, seems to know early on that Ma Teng, Han Sui will attack Yongzhou, sent the state assassin Shi Gaogan, led the army of 30,000 into Hedong County, Hedong County defense is relatively weak, all over the country heard the wind and surrendered, only Hedong Taishou Jia Kui led the local militia to defend the county town of Anyi, the situation is also very critical.

For this reason, Zhong Xuan prayed for military support.

Jia Xu first said: "Ma Teng and Han Sui suddenly rebelled, and Yuan Shao then attacked Hedong, these two cannot be as simple as a coincidence, it must be caused by Yuan Shao's collusion with Ma Teng and Han Sui's rebellion." The subordinates thought that Chen Cang was easy to defend and difficult to attack, although Ma Teng and Han Sui had 100,000 troops, as long as our army held on without fighting, Ma Teng and Han Sui could not attack for a long time, and they would inevitably retreat. However, Hedong's troops are weak, and if it is captured by Yuan Shao's army, Yuan Shao will use Hedong as a springboard, and he can attack Guanzhong to the west and Henan to the east. ”

Chen Qun said: "My subordinates and Master Jia have the same idea, things are prioritized, and the danger in Hedong must be supported quickly." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yan thought for a moment, and immediately issued an order, letting the Tiger Lie general Tai Shici lead the first army to rush to the aid of Hedong, the Tiger Wing general Xu Huang led the second army into Hanoi, the tiger general Xu Chu led the fourth army into Puyang, the Huwei general Zhao Yun led the first army of the guards to garrison the county, and Xu Sheng led the second army of the guards to stay in Pengcheng.

Zhang Yan faintly felt that the battle of Hedong was likely to be just the beginning of a major battle between him and Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao, who had 400,000 soldiers, would definitely not only wage war against Hedong, and it was very likely that there would be follow-up actions, so he must take precautions and do a good job of defense in advance. It seems that the five years of Jian'an are destined to be an extraordinary year.

In history, this year was the year of the Guandu War between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Now, he not only has to face Yuan Shao, but also Cao Cao, who has become attached to Yuan Shao.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan asked Chen Qun to start preparing for food, and ordered the militia within the Shili range to be ready for war at any time, so that Yu Ban, Zang Ba, and Zhang Yan were also fully prepared for defense, strengthened defense, and increased patrols to deal with the upcoming war.

The clouds of the great war have begun to gradually shroud the land of the Central Plains, and this battle of life and death has finally come...... (To be continued......)