Five thousand elite horsemen, all dressed in the same color of armor, under the leadership of the general Yan Liang, are like a black torrent.

The dull and chaotic sound of horses' hooves sounded around him, and Yan Liang, who was rushing to the front, looked back from time to time, and saw the sparse and loose cavalry marching forward, Yan Liang's frowning brows deepened.

"Son of a bitch weather!"

Yan Liang looked up at the gloomy sky, and secretly scolded God in his heart.

These 5,000 cavalry, all of which are the elite of Yan Liang's subordinates, were trained by Yan Liang, when fighting, they are all like hungry wolves, grinning at the enemy, as long as the order is issued, they will not give up until the goal is achieved, and they will do whatever it takes, they are a group of out-and-out violent warriors on the battlefield, and they are a group of butchers who are thirsty for killing!

If it is left in normal times, the distance from Puyang to Lihu for dozens of miles, it can be reached in half an hour, but because there is snow on the road, covering the official road, so that on the way here, Yan Liang and others have not run the wrong road, and the horses in this bad weather, can not move forward normally, the journey is slow, and time-consuming and laborious, it is half an hour, but only walked twenty miles.

According to this situation, Yan Liang estimated that it would take some time to reach Lihu. So, he sent a hundred cavalry to act as scouts and explore the way in front first, while he walked slowly with the army.

Behind Yan Liang was the cavalry unit led by Wen Chou, also with 5,000 people, but he kept a long distance from Yan Liang.

Yuan Shao led Tian Feng, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others, as well as 70,000 horse infantry troops, closely followed behind Wen Chou, 80,000 troops. Depart from Puyang. Leaping forward. Stretching out for more than ten miles, the flags are dense, covering the sky and the sun, mighty and mighty, so not spectacular.

The road was slippery in the snow, and Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others led by cavalry, and they ran faster in front, but Yuan Shao's army was already mostly infantry.

This time in order to eliminate Zhang Yan. Yuan Shao mobilized 80,000 troops, including 20,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry, all of which were Yuan Shao's elite troops and Yuan Shao's descendants. This 80,000 army was recruited by Yuan Shao when he was the pastor of Jizhou, because seven or eight out of ten people in the army are from Jizhou, so it is also called the Jizhou army.

Yuan Shao's descendants had a total of 100,000 troops, and this southern expedition. Yuan Shao mobilized 350,000 troops, and the Jizhou army used 80,000 troops. Of the remaining 20,000 Jizhou troops, 10,000 remained in Yecheng to garrison, and 10,000 were transferred by Yuan Shao to his eldest son Yuan Tan, who was responsible for protecting Yuan Tan.

After all, Yuan Tan was in charge, and Yuan Shao was still not very relieved, so he deliberately asked Xu You, Guo Tu, and Xiao Ji to assist, and led several generals such as Zhu Ling, Jiang Yiqu, and Zhang Nan to let Yuan Tan lead 100,000 troops and attack Qingzhou.

In this southern expedition, Yuan Shao was ambitious and high-spirited, looking at the world, there were really only a handful of people who could mobilize so many people to participate in the battle.

The road was slippery in the snow, Yuan Shao and the others walked very slowly, and along the way, people would slip and fall from time to time, which was not strange.

"How far is Yan Liang from the fox?" Yuan Shao was anxious, so he asked the people around him.

"The scout reported just now that General Yan Liang is still about twenty miles away from Fox City."

"Well, in this kind of weather, such a speed is not slow. Send someone to tell Yan Liang that if you encounter an enemy, you will be killed, and whoever gets Zhang Yan's head will be rewarded! Yuan Shao said.

"Whoa!"

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Zhang Yan stood alone quietly on the road to Lihu City, and he was still a mile away from the ambush site of Xu Chu and others.

He looked at the straight snow-covered road ahead, and how he wished that someone would arrive on the horizon.

However, he was disappointed again and again, and after waiting for so long, let alone a single figure, not even birds and beasts appeared.

Not only that, but even the car he sent to pick up Liu Xie, the son of heaven, seemed to be working against him and never appeared behind him.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, a voice came from behind Zhang Yan, he looked back, but saw a carriage slowly coming from the official road, and it was Jia Xu who was in charge of driving.

Jia Xu dragged the reins of the horse in one hand and the whip in the other, and one person, one horse, and one cart walked slowly towards Zhang Yan.

"Strategist, why are you here?" Zhang Yan asked hurriedly.

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Escorting Bixia here, I don't worry about others, so I personally drove the carriage over." ”

The carriage drove to Zhang Yan's side, Jia Xu jumped down from the carriage, then lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said respectfully to Liu Xie in the carriage: "Bixia, we are here, please get off Bixia!" ”

Liu Xie was wearing a dragon robe and a crown, at this time, he was looking outside with puzzled eyes, but he saw that in the white wilderness, Zhang Yan was alone, and the north wind was howling, blowing from outside, blowing the bead curtain hanging in front of his crown, swinging with the wind, making a series of sparkling crisp sounds.

"Aiqing, why did you want me to come here?" Liu Xie didn't get out of the car, but sat there motionless, he wanted to ask for an understanding.

Zhang Yan did not get off the horse, riding on the back of the horse with a swaggering toe, looking at Liu Xie with an extremely arrogant expression, and his sharp eyes were full of murderous intent, giving people a chilling feeling.

"Yuan Shao rebelled, I wrote to persuade him, he did not listen, and after learning that Bixia was leaving the fox, he personally led the army to kill him. Yuan Shao issued an edict to the world in the name of Jiaozhao, saying that he wanted to clear the monarch's side. The minister asked Bixia to come over because he wanted to expose Yuan Shao's lies in front of Yuan Shao and his subordinates, and tell them who the rebellious ministers and thieves were! Zhang Yan said coldly, "Since Bixia is here, please get out of the car!" ”

Liu Xie is very afraid of Zhang Yan, since Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were cut off, Liu Xie has been like a puppet, plus Zhang Yan has also selected and sent beauties for Liu Xie, Liu Xie has been living his own sexual life in the harem, hugging left and right, more than a dozen women, not letting go of any of them, enjoying the pleasure to the fullest.

Basically, major military affairs depend on Zhang Yan. In the past, Zhang Yan was afraid of losing the reputation of a traitor, so he consulted Liu Xie on everything, walking on thin ice.

But since Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were killed last time, Zhang Yan no longer has so many scruples. In his opinion, no matter how scruples he has, in the eyes of others. is still a powerful minister and a traitorous minister. He was never able to change who he was.

Simply. Zhang Yan didn't care so much, killed Dong Cheng, ambushed him, and then imprisoned Liu Xie, one person controlled the power of the world, and appointed himself as the regent, except for the fact that he did not have the title of emperor, the rest were almost the same as the emperor.

In the past two years, many speculators have persuaded Zhang Yan to poison Liu Xie. Then he was proclaimed emperor. But they were all rejected by Zhang Yan, in his opinion, it is a matter of time before he is called emperor, but how to call the emperor and when to call the emperor must be cautious and cautious.

Liu Xie obediently got off the carriage without a word of complaint, but as soon as he got off the carriage, he was shivering by the cold wind.

In the past two years, Liu Xie has indulged in sensuality. Indulge in alcohol and overindulge. It looks strong on the outside, but in fact, the body has long been hollowed out, and it can't withstand the toss at all.

And just last year, Liu Xie's grandson Jieyu gave birth to a dragon heir for Liu Xie, since the birth of the dragon heir, Zhang Yan's heart has been secretly planning one thing, that is, the idea of getting rid of Liu Xie, Liu Xie's son who is not yet one year old is the emperor, and he is still managing national affairs as a regent, so that his reign can last for a long time, and he can also gradually weaken the emperor's influence on the ministers and even the whole world.

It's just that if Liu Xie dies in Pengcheng, he will naturally not be able to get out of it, and killing Liu Xie in the case of unpeaceful Hebei will undoubtedly make the world turbulent. Moreover, Zhang Yan did not have a good reason to kill Liu Xie, so the matter has been shelved.

Although it was shelved, Zhang Yan thought about it from time to time. This time, Zhang Yan led Liu Xie to drive the expedition in person, and he seemed to see an opportunity and wanted to borrow Yuan Shao's hand to kill the current Son of Heaven.

"Bixia, please stand here with Weichen and wait for Yuan Jun's arrival."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan turned his face to Jia Xu and said, "Did I bring the brand I asked you to bring?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Bring it." ”

He walked to the back of the carriage and took out several long wooden signs, which also read "Beware of ambushes here" in seven large and eye-catching characters.

After Zhang Yan took a look, he was very satisfied, so he asked Jia Xu to put a few signs on the side of the road.

After a long time, Liu Xie shivered in the cold wind, his lips were blue from the cold, and he curled up, without any warmth all over his body.

Zhang Yan saw that Liu Xie was frozen like this, he just sneered, but secretly thought in his heart: "You have always been pampered, and this time Lao Tzu will also let you taste the taste of freezing!" ”

After a while, Jia Xu walked up to Zhang Yan's side and asked, "Lord, Bixia is wearing thin, if it continues like this, if she freezes to death, it will be bad." Why don't you let Bixia take shelter from the wind and cold in the carriage? ”

Zhang Yan glanced at Liu Xie, who was blue with a blue face, and nodded.

Jia Xu helped Liu Xie to get into the carriage, there was a child in the carriage, Liu Xie trembled and wrapped the child around his body and began to warm up, but in his heart, he had already scolded Zhang Yan I don't know how many times.

At this time, Jia Xu walked to Zhang Yan's side again and asked in a low voice: "The lord asked Bixia to come over, it's not as simple as trying to expose Yuan Shao's lies, right?" ”

Zhang Yan squinted at Jia Xu and sneered, "Strategist, you might as well guess what I want to do?" ”

Jia Xu saw a hint of cunning flashing in Zhang Yan's eyes, so he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Is it possible, the lord wants to borrow a knife to kill people?" ”

Zhang Yan just smiled and didn't deny it.

Jia Xu didn't ask any questions, turned around and walked towards the carriage, pulled out a short blade hidden in his arms, and then cut the reins of the horses pulling the carriage.

Zhang Yan saw it clearly in the back, and when he saw Jia Xu doing this, he understood everything in an instant, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The two looked at each other and smiled, not against their hearts, everything was silent.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yan and Jia Xu, including Liu Xie, who was sitting in the carriage, heard a chaotic sound of horses' hooves, the twitching of leather whips, and the shouts of people, from far and near.

Sure enough, a moment later, a black torrent drove out on the horizon, and the person who rushed to the front, Zhang Yan, knew that it was Yuan Shao's confidant Yan Liang.

"It's just in time, and we can put on a good show in a while!" Zhang Yan said to himself. (To be continued......)