The Luoyang army was stationed in Handan, and more than two months had passed in the blink of an eye.

As Liu Wei expected, the relationship between Lu Bu and Gongsun Lan is getting closer and closer every day. Regarding the relationship between the two, Liu Wei pretended not to know, but it was only because the generals were very close to each other, and they were not monitored or suppressed.

Liu Wei was so indulgent, Lu Bu and Gongsun Lan were even more unscrupulous, and later, Lu Bu would leave the military camp every night and go to Gongsun Lan's residence to stay overnight.

Gray-black clouds filled the sky, and gusts of wind carried a melting warmth, rushing towards Liu Wei and Guan Qing, who were strolling in the garden.

In the back garden of the official mansion, every dozen steps, there will be a feather forest guard soldier with red feathers on his helmet fluttering in the wind.

The Yulin guards, dressed in thick winter coats, were straight and straight, like sculptures standing in the garden, and they didn't even move much.

"It's not very cold today!" Walking side by side in the garden with Liu Bian, Guan Qing raised his face, looked at the gray sky, and said to Liu Bian: "But the sky is gloomy and scary, but it is quite weird......

"It's going to snow!" Liu Wei first glanced up at the sky, then smiled at Guan Qing, and said to her: "Qing'er also led the army to fight, but didn't you know that under the dark clouds, the weather would warm up and it would snow?" ”

"But it's just winter, it's going to snow......" Liu argued that it was going to snow, Guan Qing would not have the slightest doubt, she sighed softly, and said to Liu Bian: "In winter, the soldiers should be able to rest well......

"yes!" Liu Wei nodded, took Guan Qing's words and said: "The two military advisors have told this king to defend the spring war, but how can the war come according to the king's temperament? Gongsun Zhan is covetous to this king, and when the spring comes, this king will personally go to Jizhou and send his family to the door! At that time, I want to see that Gongsun Zhan, but he has the ability to leave this king behind! ”

Just as he was talking to Guan Qing, a Yu Linwei quickly ran in from the front yard, and when Liu Wei approached, the Yu Linwei bowed down with his fists and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang are two generals asking to see you!" ”

Knowing that Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang asked to see them, Liu Wei turned his head to look at that Yu Lin Wei, waved his hand at him and said, "Please ask the two generals to go to the attic to talk!" ”

"No!" Yu Linwei, who reported the news, responded, clenched his fists and took two steps back, then turned around and ran towards the outer courtyard quickly.

The garden where Liu Wei and Guan Qing were located was still some distance away from the attic, and when the two returned downstairs, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were already waiting there.

"Your Highness!" Seeing Liu Wei coming back, the Yuan brothers hurriedly stepped forward and greeted each other with their fists.

"Two generals, please come in and speak!" Nodding to the two, Liu Wei made a gesture of please, dropped a word, and without waiting for the two to respond, he took Guan Qing straight into the attic.

After going up to the second floor and returning to the house, as soon as Liu Wei sat down, he asked the Yuan brothers who followed the room: "The two generals are eager to find this king, what is the matter?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" Entering the house, Yuan Xi, who had not yet sat down, heard Liu Bian's question, hurriedly stepped forward, hugged his fists and said to Liu Bian: "Now it is winter, Gongsun Zhan's army has stopped advancing, today the two of us received a letter from my father, and my father will go to Handan in the near future to meet His Royal Highness!" ”

"Oh?" After listening to Yuan Xi's words, Liu Wei sat up straight, a touch of surprise appeared on his face, and said to Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang: "It's a good thing that I wanted to come to Handan, the two generals looked solemn, and this king thought that something big had happened......"

"Something really happened!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Yuan Shang, who was standing behind Yuan Xi, stepped forward, stood side by side with Yuan Xi, and said to Liu Wei with his fists: "It's winter now, but our army is exploring horses in the Bohai Sea area, and we found that the soldiers and horses under the command of the plain are detouring towards Jizhou!" ”

"Liu Bei?" Hearing the words "Plains Order", Liu Wei frowned slightly, and asked Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, "Who is the leader?" How many soldiers and horses were under the command of the Plains Order? ”

"But more than 10,000 people!" Yuan Xi clenched his fists and bowed, looked at Liu Wei with a little apprehension in his expression, and said to him: "The leader is Guan Yu, a fierce general under Liu Bei. ”

"Guan Yu ......" Hearing Guan Yu's name, Liu Wei raised his hand, pinched his chin with his fingers, and muttered for a moment before he said to Yuan Xi: "The snow is about to fall now, and the soldiers and horses under the command of the plain order, even if they enter the Jizhou territory, they will not go too deep, and the two generals can send scouts to investigate, and find out whether they want to attack our army, or crusade against Gongsun Zhan, and then deal with it." ”

"Earlier, Liu Bei followed Tian Kai and crusaded against his father!" Liu Wei asked the Yuan brothers to send scouts to find out the intentions of the Plains Army, and Yuan Xi hurriedly said: "This time the army entered Jizhou, thinking that it was a conspiracy with that Gongsun Zan to attack our army. ”

"The state of affairs is not yet clear, and no conclusions should be made!" Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said to Yuan Xi: "Then Liu Bei used to be the enemy of the original, and now Gongsun Zhan is suffering from the enemy on his back. Liu Bei, is he willing to die with Gongsun Zhan? ”

"Your Highness is taught!" Although he didn't agree with Liu Bian's analysis very much in his heart, Yuan Xi didn't dare to say anything more, hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed, answered, and said to Liu Bian: "The last general will inform his father of this, send scouts, no matter what Guan Yu moves, he will immediately present it to His Highness!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Wei nodded, and then asked the two, "Do the two generals have anything else?" ”

"There is nothing else to do......" Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang glanced at each other, and there was a trace of embarrassment on their faces, and the last one was Yuan Shang, who said to Liu Wei: "It's just General Lu'......"

"What's wrong with General Lu?" Ever since Lu Bu and Gongsun Lan were mixed up, Liu Wei knew that one day, they would cause some trouble, but he didn't expect that the disaster would come so quickly, so he hurriedly asked Yuan Shang a question.

"Your Highness may not know that in General Lu's mansion, there are often people walking around recently......" Turning his head and glancing at Yuan Xi on the side, Yuan Shang licked his lips before he said to Liu Wei with some trepidation: "The last general also heard about it by accident, and he didn't send someone to investigate......

Yuan Shang said that there have been many people walking around in Lu Bu's mansion recently, Liu Wei smiled slightly, and said to the Yuan brothers: "It is understandable that the generals make some friends on weekdays, and there are some idlers walking around in General Lu's mansion, and this king can't ask about it." ”

"Your Highness said yes!" Hearing Liu Wei's words, Yuan Xi wanted to say something more, but Yuan Shang on the side said first: "The two of us have nothing else to do, so we will retire first!" ”

"The two generals are at their own convenience, and this king is not far away!" Liu Wei didn't get up, but just nodded at the two.

He bowed to Liu Wei with his fists, and the Yuan brothers did not even sit down after entering the house, so they retired and left the room.

When the Yuan brothers left, Liu Wei's face suddenly turned cold, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Standing beside Liu Wei, seeing his face gloomy, Guan Qing opened her mouth, she wanted to say something, but when the words came to her mouth, she didn't say it.

At the same time, at the junction of Qingzhou and Jizhou, an army of more than 10,000 people is slowly advancing towards the territory of Jizhou.

At the head of the army was a general dressed in a green robe and covered with a piece of hard leather armor.

The general was carrying a green dragon glaive knife, and because of his strong body, the yellow-maned horse under his crotch was very difficult to carry him, and every time he took a step forward, the front hooves of the war horse would soften.

The 10,000 troops who followed behind the Qingpao General were extremely poorly equipped, not only could they not be compared with the Luoyang Army at all, but even the equipment of the Jizhou Army was better than them!

The soldiers of the army wore leather armor made of cowhide, but their leather armor was very dilapidated, and many of them were still collected and washed from the battlefield, and it was covered with damaged armor that had been cut by the blade and reissued.

Behind the blue-robed general were two partial generals who were also wearing cowhide armor.

The two partial generals, carrying spears in their hands, fell more than ten steps away from the Qingpao general and marched slowly.

The war horses under their crotches are not good-breed northern horses, but bantam horses that are often used in the Central Plains to carry goods.

Bantam pony with excellent stamina and not very strong at sprinting. It is simply impossible for a real elite cavalry to choose this kind of horse as a war horse.

As a partial general, he rode on bantam ponies, which shows how stretched the lack of horses in this army is.

A partial general looked up at the thick clouds in the air, gently pinched his legs on the horse's belly, urged the horse to walk to the place half of the horse behind the Qingpao general, and said to the Qingpao general with a fist: "General Guan, it seems that the snow is going to fall in the next two days, and the soldiers are thinly clothed, can you find a place to stay first?" ”

Looking up at the sky, Guan Yu's brows were slightly locked, he reached out and stroked the long beard flying on his chin, walked forward slowly, and was silent for a long time before he said to the general: "Big brother wants a certain army to help the king of Luoyang, if we don't look for Gongsun Chan to fight, with the grudge with Yuan Shao in the past, I'm afraid that the people of Jizhou will think that we are helping Gongsun Zhan......"

Guan Yu's words couldn't be clearer, although it was going to snow heavily, their team still had to continue to move forward, find the Jizhou army, and fight with it, so that they could find a place to stay and spend the winter with peace of mind.

"But......" Hearing that Guan Yu didn't plan to find a nearby camping place, the general was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the sky with some concern.

"Don't want it!" Without waiting for the general to say what he wanted to say, Guan Yu raised his hand and made a stop gesture to him, stopped his words, and said to him: "This dispatch of troops is related to whether the eldest brother can have a relationship with the king of Luoyang. ”

After a few words, the general was stunned for a long time without squeaking.

Just when the general was stunned, Guan Yu clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, shook the reins hard, and shouted to the army that followed behind: "Soldiers, follow a certain advance to Jizhou!" If you don't grab some winter clothes from Gongsun Zhan, we will all freeze to death in this wilderness! It snows heavily, and Gongsun Chan is definitely unprepared, it is the time for us to make contributions! ”

Before Guan Yu's shout fell, the soldiers who were walking in front of the team shouted one after another, followed behind him, and accelerated the speed of the march.

The soldiers at the back of the team did not hear Guan Yu's shout, but the people in front shouted, and they were not far behind, so they shouted and quickened the pace of their feet.