In Peng Lize, all kinds of large and small warships are in an endless stream, and the soldiers are either standing on the big ships, or driving small boats, uniformly accepting the orders issued by the flag on the main ship located in the center of the fleet, looking at each other, quite an irresistible momentum.

"King, it's only been half a month, and the young master has been able to train the newly formed navy so majestic, it seems that it won't take long for the navy to become an indispensable part of our army." Zhang Hong stood next to Sun Jian, saw the large and small warships that Peng Lize was clashing back and forth, and hurriedly praised.

A trace of melancholy appeared on Sun Jian's face, and he turned gloomy, and he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Has Zigang ever been to Jingzhou?" ”

Zhang Hong shook his head and said, "I haven't been there." ”

"Jingzhou water army, famous all over the world, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty in the past, Emperor Guangwu started at the end of Wei, unified Guandong, and then pacified Guanzhong and Liangzhou, but when preparing to attack Gongsun Shu entrenched in Yizhou, he made difficulties. The roads in Shu are difficult and dangerous, and there are many passes and barriers, but fortunately, Cen Pengjian, the general of Zhengnan, trained the navy in Jingzhou and traced the river. Emperor Guangwu deeply agreed, then Cen Peng as the general, from Jingzhou, Yangzhou to recruit people with better water nature, in Jingzhou to form a water army, after two years of hard training, finally trained out a world lion, with 60,000 water army as the main, 150,000 horse infantry army as the auxiliary, the mighty began to attack Shu. The Jingzhou naval army led by Cen Peng was invincible, winning victories along the way, and finally conquered Shu. After that, the navy was repatriated to Jingzhou, and the Jingzhou navy became famous all over the world, from that moment on, all the soldiers of the Jingzhou navy were hereditary, and it was also the most important special army in the world, which is why Liu Biao occupied Jingxiang but could deter the entire Jingzhou. Sun Jian recounted slowly.

Zhang Hong is naturally no stranger to the history of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he also knows that the Jingzhou Navy is powerful. But how powerful it is, he hasn't seen it with his own eyes. After listening to Sun Jian's words to him, he understood what he meant, and then looked at the huge Peng Lize There were only about 200 large and small warships coming and going, and the sailors were only four or five thousand, compared with the Jingzhou navy with thousands of warships and more than 30,000 soldiers. It's a lot weaker.

He quietly observed the changes on Sun Jian's face, and whispered: "King, the training of the navy is not overnight, the young master can train the navy to such a look in a short period of time, it is already very remarkable, I believe that a year later, when the king comes to Peng Lize to watch again, there will be unexpected gains." ”

"I hope so!" Sun Jian replied lightly.

At this time. A fast horse came from a distance, and the knight on horseback was none other than Zu Mao, one of the four great generals of the Wu State.

Zu Mao had two knives in his waist and a suit of armor, and he rode his horse and galloped towards Sun Jian. When he arrived at Sun Jian and the others, he reined in the horse, turned over and jumped off the horse, hurriedly took out a holy decree from his arms, and knelt down in front of Sun Jian. Lang said: "King, the edict of the Son of Heaven." Please take a look! ”

After Sun Jian heard this, a trace of joy appeared on his face, he turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly took the holy decree from Zu Mao's hand. Angrily, he threw the holy decree on the ground, and stepped on it twice with his foot, and said angrily: "Ma Teng father and son are too deceitful! ”

Seeing this, Zhang Hong knew that what was written in the holy decree was not a good thing, so he hurriedly picked it up from the ground. After hurriedly browsing it, he couldn't help frowning and said, "King, Xiang Zhuang is dancing the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong." It is false to see the Son of Heaven, and it is true to take the opportunity to get rid of the kings of the world, and you can't go on this trip. ”

Sun Jian said: "The Son of Heaven is covered with dust, controlled by Ma Teng's father and son, and recently suddenly came to Sili, saying that he wanted to rebuild the old capital, and called on all the kings of the world to discuss together. In my opinion, this is all the meaning of Ma Teng and his son. ”

"The king, Ma Teng, as the king of Liang, has been stationed in Liangzhou, and has little contact with the Son of Heaven, and in order to alleviate the contradiction with the Kwantung princes, Ma Teng let the Son of Heaven reward the Kwantung heroes as marquis, which shows that Ma Teng did not have the intention of being enemies with the Kwantung heroes. In the opinion of the minister, this matter was done by Ma Teng's son Ma Chao at that time. Now Ma Chao is the king of Qin, and he has been staying in Guanzhong, getting along with the Son of Heaven day and night, and controlling the government, but the hateful person is only Ma Chao, and has nothing to do with his father Ma Teng. ”

"The son is not filial, the father's fault! Ma Teng can't escape the involvement, acting for the tiger, helping to abuse, Ma Teng can't escape the blame, he can't even control his son, and he is called the king of bullshit! Sun Jian said angrily.

Zhang Hong said: "The king is angry, this holy decree is issued in the name of the Son of Heaven, whether it is Ma Chao behind the manipulation or not, the king should respond, the state of Wu has just stabilized, the people don't want to see war again, not to mention that Liu Bei in Jingzhou and Shixie in Jiaozhou are not fuel-efficient lamps." The kingdom should not be left without an owner for a day, the king should stay in the kingdom of Wu, not go out, only need to send an envoy to meet the Son of Heaven. ”

"In your opinion, who should be an envoy?" Sun Jian asked.

Zhang Hong said: "This person is far away in the sky, close in front of him, Peng Lize, above the main ship, under the banner of the general." ”

Sun Jian heard what Zhang Hong said so clearly, he already knew who it was, and immediately said: "Let Bo Fu come to see me quickly!" ”

Zhang Hong said "promise" and immediately sent someone to drive a small boat to the middle of the lake to meet Sun Ce.

Not long after, Sun Ce, Zhou Tai, and Lu Su came to the shore in a light boat, and when they saw that Sun Jian, Zhang Hong, Zu Mao and others were there, they bowed and said, "See the king." ”

"No courtesy, sit down." Sun Jian raised his hand, sat on the ground, and pointed to the grass beside him and said.

Sun Ce, Zhou Tai, and Lu Su are not restrained people, and Sun Jian is not informal, so they all sit on the ground.

"Summoned by my father, I don't know what happened?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhang Hong handed the holy decree to Sun Ce and said, "This is the edict of the Son of Heaven, young master, please browse it." ”

Sun Ce took the holy decree, read it in a hurry, and threw it directly to Lu Su, seeing that Sun Jian's anger had not subsided, and there were still footprints on the holy decree, he thought that Sun Jian had already been angry, so he asked very calmly: "What will my father do?" ”

Sun Jian asked rhetorically, "How do you think this king should respond?" ”

"The state of Wu has just recovered from the war, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, it is a time of prosperity, and it is also an opportunity for vigorous development, plus a few days ago, it has signed a trade with the state of Yan, and now the two countries are trading by sea. In the next few years, Wu Guo may have greater development prospects. Militarily, the Wu State Navy also needs a stable environment, and it is not easy to touch anything that makes the Wu State unstable. I know that my father still has the Son of Heaven in his heart, but he looks at the whole world. has been torn apart, the Han dynasty exists in name only, and it is not impossible to change the dynasty. The Son of Heaven has long lost his rightful status, and he is only a puppet when he is controlled. Erchen thought that it would be better not to go. Sun Ce replied.

After Sun Jian heard this, he suddenly had a new look at Sun Ce sitting in front of him, not only aware of Sun Ce's ambition, but also felt that Sun Ce was a little calmer than himself. I secretly said in my heart: "My son is the real overlord, is my heart already old?" ”

Zhang Hong said: "Young master, how to say it now is also the world of the Han Dynasty, if you openly refuse to respond to the edict of the Son of Heaven, it will inevitably attract thousands of people." ”

"The water comes to cover the earth, the soldiers come to block, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world is tired. The population has plummeted, and the people are all looking for a peaceful retreat. The world of the Han Dynasty has long existed in name only. Those who achieve great things should be fearless, although they will not be recognized by the people of the world for a while, but if they really seize the world, as long as they are good to the people, they will naturally gradually gain the trust of the people. ”

"That being said. But Wu Guo is in the development stage, and nothing can affect ......," Zhang Hong said.

"In Mr. Zhang's opinion, what should I do?" Sun Ce asked.

"The young master is the eldest son of the king, and his status can completely represent the king, and the country cannot be left without an owner for a day. The king could not leave the state of Wu, and the minister thought that the young master should go to the division instead of the king. First, you can secretly peek into the minds of the kings of the world, and second, you can open the eyes of the young master. ”

Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Okay, I was just thinking about meeting that Ma Chao, I want to see what kind of character he is, who can play with the Son of Heaven in the palm of his hand." ”

After Sun Jian heard this, he glanced at Zhou Tai and Lu Su behind Sun Ce, and said to Sun Ce: "This is going to Sili, I'm afraid that there will be more than one bad luck, just in case, you take Zhou Tai and Lu Su on the road, and select another 1,000 elite soldiers to accompany you." ”

"No need, only Zhou Tai and Lu Su are enough, and too many people will be troublesome."

"As soon as the young master leaves, who should be the commander of the navy?" Zhang Hong asked.

"Ling Cao, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, and Jiang Qin can replace me in commanding the naval army."

Sun Jian said: "That's good, this king will immediately appoint these four people as the commander of the navy, and after you return, you will command the navy." When are you leaving? ”

"The sooner the better, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just tomorrow."

…

Si Li, Tiger Prison Pass.

In the temporary dormitory set up in the city, Liu Bianzheng was naked and blindfolded, running around the dormitory like a headless fly, and the dozen or so palace maids around him were all naked, dodging naked.

"Beauty...... Beauty...... Where have you all gone, don't let me catch you, see how I clean you up......"

"Your Majesty, I'm here ......"

"Your Majesty, come and catch me......"

……

Liu Wei and the palace maids were playing peek-a-boo, which was a lot of fun. Suddenly, Liu Wei heard a few footsteps, his face was happy, he threw himself forward, opened his arms and hugged a person, and said happily: "Haha, let you run, I can catch you this time, see how I clean you up." Come, beauty, let me kiss a ...... first."

He just gathered his lips and was about to kiss him, but he realized that something was wrong, and he thought to himself why there was still someone wearing clothes. He hurriedly let go of his hand and opened the blindfold, but saw that the person holding him turned out to be Ma Chao, he was stunned for a while, hurriedly retreated, and scolded: "You...... King Qin...... How did you get in, and why didn't anyone tell me? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has already asked people to inform His Majesty three times, His Majesty is only concerned about playing with the palace maids, and he doesn't seem to hear it, the minister has an urgent matter, and he can only break in!" Ma Chao looked gloomily at the palace maids around him who were hiding naked to the side, and couldn't help but secretly scold Liu Wei for being "faint".

"Then King Qin is in a hurry, say it quickly, I haven't played enough?" Liu Wei casually grabbed a palace maid's clothes from the ground, covered his important parts, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the holy decree has been issued, and it won't be long before all the kings of the world will gather in Sili, and the ministers may ask Your Majesty, where should the place be used to summon the kings of the world?" Ma Chaodao.

"The old capital is in ruins. Si Li is also deserted, not long after I arrived here, the saddle horse has not yet rested, it is better not to move, just receive the kings of the world in the tiger prison. ”

Ma Chao said: "The Tiger Prison Pass is very small, is it a place to meet the kings of the world?" ”

"Then where does King Qin think he was elected?"

"Guandu!"

"Guandu?" Liu Wei said inexplicably. "What is Guandu?"

"Guandu is east of Hugao Pass, it is a plain, and it is also a good place to garrison soldiers, and all the kings of the world will come to see His Majesty, and they will inevitably come with soldiers, and they happen to be stationed there." Ma Chaodao.

"Okay, just do it according to King Qin's wishes, just choose Guandu, King Qin still has nothing to do. If not, please leave, I'm tired, I need to rest. ”

Ma Chao didn't answer, turned around and left. He had another plan in his heart, and the reason why he chose Guandu was because the 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by his father Ma Teng had already left Hangu Pass and would arrive soon. The Tiger Prison Pass is very small. It is not easy to garrison troops, and it cannot accommodate more than 100,000 iron cavalry. And he is bent on taking advantage of this opportunity to destroy the kings of the world in one fell swoop, so he must use a large number of cavalry.

Cavalry battles, generally take the plain as the best place, and he chose the key position of Guandu, precisely to challenge the kings of the world, plus the 30,000 elite cavalry he brought. Who can't destroy the 130,000 cavalry?

In addition, he also received a report from scouts that the Wei army was moving towards Guandu, and there was a movement indicating that the Wei army was in Guandu. And the Yan army has also begun to gather forces along the Yellow River, ready to cross the river at any time. Coupled with the dangerous position of Guandu that Chen Qun said, he decided to occupy Guandu now.

Out of Liu Wei's bedroom, Ma Chao suddenly had an urge to kill, and secretly thought in his heart: "Such a faint monarch is not worthy of my Ma Chao's assistance, this time after the kings of the world meet the alliance in Guandu, the Han will be completely subverted by me......"

On the north bank, there are many barracks, and hundreds of large and small ferries are arranged on the shore, ready to cross the river at any time.

Lin Nan rode a dark cloud on a snow horse, with a few personal entourage, patrolling the military camps on the river bank one by one, and 50,000 troops were stationed on the north bank for dozens of miles, and the soldiers in each military camp were all in full array, waiting for the order to be issued, and then began to cross the Yellow River.

"How's the grain and grass ready?" After Lin Nan finished his inspection, he rode his horse into the Chinese army camp, and after turning over and dismounting, Xun You greeted him and asked.

"The grain and grass have all been prepared and are being delivered here, and it is estimated that they will arrive in two days." Xun You replied.

"Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Wei Yan, Pang De, Chen Dao, Guan Hai, Chu Yan, Lu Heng, Lin Yang, Wang Wenjun and others have all arrived?" Lin Nan asked as he walked towards the big tent.

Xun You said: "Chen Dao, Guan Hai, Chu Yan, Lu Heng, Lin Yang, and Wang Wenjun have already arrived, and Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Wei Yan, and Pang De still need some time, after all, it is too far from Saiwai to here, and they should arrive with grain and grass at the latest." In addition, Guo Jia, Xu You, and Sima Lang are also on the road, and they should be able to arrive tomorrow. ”

"Good. Ordered to go down, the army has a good rest these days, except for the patrol soldiers, the rest of the people are all on vacation for three days, no need to train anymore, you can let them play basketball and football, but they must not disturb the people, and those who violate the order will be killed! Lin Nan walked into the big tent and hurriedly took off the armor he was wearing and took off his helmet.

"No! Then the minister went to give the order. ”

"Well, you go, by the way, call Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, and Gan Ning in." Lin Nan picked up a bowl of cold white water on the table and drank it with a grunt.

"No!"

After a short time, Huang Zhong was the first to enter the big tent and bowed: "The minister sees the king." ”

"Alas! I have already announced to the world that I am no longer a king, but still a Yanhou. In the future, you have to speak, and when I officially receive the canonization of the Son of Heaven, it is not too late to call me the king! Old General, please be seated. Lin Nan raised his hand and motioned for Huang Zhong to sit down.

Huang Zhong is one of the five tiger generals under Lin Nan's account, and he is also the oldest of the five tiger generals, so it can be said that in Lin Nan's entire general system, he is also the oldest one, so Lin Nan treats Huang Zhong like an elder, very respectful.

"Lord, I'm only in my early forties, I'm not too old, Lian Po is still not old in his seventies, my body is still tough, please don't call me an old general in the future, just call me Hansheng." Huang Zhongdao.

"How can you say that you are also an elder, it is not appropriate to call him directly, then I will not call you General Huang Lao from now on. How about removing that old word? ”

"Hehe, that's the best."

While he was talking, Zhao Yun and Gan Ning walked in at the same time and bowed: "Wait for the king!" ”

"Didn't I already say that? You'll have to change your tune later. ”

After Zhao Yun and Gan Ning looked at each other, they said, "No." Subordinates understand. ”

"Sit down, when Xu Huang and Tai Shici arrive, we will start a meeting!"

"No!"

After a while, Xu Huang and Tai Shici arrived one after another, and after the two of them entered the big tent, they sat down.

Lin Nan saw that the five tiger generals had already arrived, so he immediately said: "Okay, everyone has arrived, let's start the pre-war military meeting now." ”

Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, and Tai Shici replied in unison: "No! ”

Lin Nan was just about to speak. Seeing Bian Xi walking in from outside, he was the first to ask, "What's going on on the south bank?" ”

Bian Xi immediately reported: "My lord, the south bank is normal, but there seems to be a cavalry team of the Qin army on the coast of Juan County. The subordinates followed all the way, and only then did they see that the leader of the cavalry team was Cao Xiu, and the cavalry led by them were all tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei State, with a total of 500 cavalry. ”

"Good. You've worked hard, go down and rest first. Anyway, our food, grass and army are not yet in place, so we will not move our troops for the time being, and we will strike later. Go and invite Xun Junshi into the big tent, tell him that there will be a military meeting in a while, and ask him to come as soon as possible. ”

"No!"

Bian Xi turned around and walked out. Lin Nan in the big tent had no idea of holding a meeting for the time being, and was going to wait for Xun Yu to arrive before holding a meeting. Of course, he will not be idle, but take the initiative to talk to the Five Tigers. There are people who talk and laugh, so it's not lively.

It didn't take long for Xun You to hurry over, and seeing the peaceful atmosphere in the big tent, he walked straight to Lin Nan's side and bowed: "The lord forgives the sin, the subordinates couldn't pull away for a while just now, so the lord waited for a long time." ”

"It's okay, sit down."

"No!"

After Xun You sat down, Lin Nan opened his mouth and said: "Now the grain and grass, and the generals are on the way here, this time I went to the Central Plains, saying that I was going to see the Son of Heaven, but it is reported that Ma Teng's 100,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry has already left Hangu Pass, plus the 30,000 cavalry of Ma Chao's department, the entire division has 130,000 cavalry, and this strength is a kind of pressure for any person." Our army has 300,000 troops, and the cavalry is only 150,000, and Ma Teng and Ma Chao used 130,000 cavalry this time, which is really not to be underestimated. What's more, most of the soldiers of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry come from Qianghu, and it is not difficult to see from the last duel between Zilong and Ma Chao that the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is by no means extraordinary. Therefore, it is necessary to think of a foolproof solution. ”

"Lord, Ma Chaojun has a new trend, is approaching Guandu, and Cao Cao is also approaching Guandu, Guandu is vast and sparsely populated, it is a plain, easy to garrison, with the speculation of his subordinates, Ma Chao is very likely to locate Guandu in the place where the dynasties see the Son of Heaven. Then, a big war is inevitable, and our army is not as good as striking backwards. Xun Yu said.

Xu Huang thought about it, then hugged his fists and said: "The military advisor is reasonable, in the opinion of his subordinates, it is better to repair the plank road in the Ming Dynasty, and secretly Chen Cang, the lord threatens to land from Juan County, bluff here, but secretly take Mengjin Crossing, once the Yellow River is crossed, first go to Hangu Pass, cut off Ma Chao, Ma Teng's return road, the old capital of Luoyang is full of mountains and dangers, easy to defend, as long as the Xiliang soldiers and horses are blocked in the division, and besieged, it will not be long before the Xiliang soldiers and horses have no food and grass, and they will definitely be chaotic without a fight, which can achieve unexpected results. ”

After Lin Nan heard Xu Huang's construction, he was also refreshed, and suddenly had a feeling of looking at Xu Huang differently, and secretly praised in his heart: "Xu Huang is worthy of being one of the five good generals, and the strategy he offers is really meritorious." ”

After Zhao Yun heard this, he said: "Lord, General Xu's strategy is too risky. Ma Teng's 100,000 Xiliang Tie rode out of Qinchuan, after entering the Si Li, how could he not know the importance of the Si Li, and he would inevitably not lead all the troops to Guandu and Ma Chao to meet him, but leave a part of the troops to strictly guard the pass, so that even if our army crossed the Yellow River, it could not launch a quick attack, blocking the operation, and commanding the Xiliang soldiers to create opportunities, once the reinforcements arrived, our army did not overcome the pass, but I was afraid that it would be attacked from front to back. ”

Huang Zhong also had his own opinions, and immediately said: "My subordinates think that it is not a good thing for the sword to go sideways, and if it can be used in both ways, it may be able to receive unexpected results." ”

"Oh. Old general...... No, General Huang, please speak up. Lin Nan was interested in Huang Zhong's words, so he said.

"Gongming's strategy should be said to be unexpected, but Zilong's worries are not unreasonable, and his subordinates think that it is better to send a surprise army from Mengjindu to attack the Xiliang soldiers. However, the lord still led the army to meet the Son of Heaven, once Ma Teng knew that there was an attack in the rear, he would inevitably try to exterminate it, and he could not deal with the enemy in front of him wholeheartedly, so that he could not take care of each other. Huang Zhong explained.

"The three generals are all reasonable, but don't point the finger at Ma Teng and Ma Chao, there is another person who must not be ignored by you." Tai Shici stood up suddenly, and couldn't help but smile.

"Who?" Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Xu Huang asked in unison.

"Needless to say. It's that Cao Mengde! Didn't Bian Xi also make it very clear just now, the Qin army wandering along the coast of Juan County was pretended to be a tiger and leopard horse led by Cao Xiu, isn't this enough to illustrate a problem? It must be that Cao Mengde who has a bad idea again, and wants to block the ferry and prevent us from passing. There is a delicate relationship between Cao Cao and the lord, and Cao Cao occupies the vast majority of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou. The lord didn't say it, although he signed an alliance with Cao Cao. That was only temporary, and now that two years have passed, although the two sides have not explained the friction, as far as the banks of the Yellow River are concerned, there is already tension. Tai Shici shouted loudly, for fear that others would ignore him.

But. Tai Shici's words made people fall into contemplation. If the Yan army wants to enter the Central Plains, then Cao Cao must be the number one enemy of the Yan army, which is within the entire Yan army. It's all very clear.

At the same time, as Cao Cao, who occupied the Central Plains, he also regarded the Yan army as the number one enemy, and if he wanted to develop to the south, he must first solve the great trouble in the north. The alliance signed between the Yan and Wei armies, in a sense, did not resolve the contradictions between the two countries, but made them more and more intense. However, both sides are fighting in secret, and no one dares to destroy the covenant lightly, after all, both sides need a peaceful period to develop now, especially Wei, the residual problems in Xuzhou and Yuzhou have not been resolved, and the consequences of the drought and locust plague have made Wei not dare to make any changes, so that they can only endure in secret.

"It seems that the opening of the military school is my wise choice, in just two years, you have all become the generals in charge of your own affairs, and the reputation of the five tiger generals of the Yan Kingdom will be known to the world in Guandu! Okay, I roughly understand what you mean, you go back first, and let me discuss it with the military advisor. ”

"No!"

Xun You saw that Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, and Gan Ning were all gone, so he hugged his fists and said, "I don't know what strategy the lord should take?" ”

"What do you think?" Lin Nan asked rhetorically.

"The subordinates think that General Huang's words are pertinent, the lord can attract the attention of Ma Chao and Cao Cao head-on, and on the other hand, he will send a partial army to smuggle into Mengjin and attack behind the Xiliang soldiers, so that the Xiliang soldiers will not be able to take care of each other, and in a certain way, it can affect the decision-making of Ma Teng's father and son." Xun Yu Dao.

"Well, that's exactly what I wanted. But who will be sent? When Lin Nan chose to be the main general of the army, he muttered and asked softly.

"The five tiger generals under the main account have reached four, and there is still Wen Chou who has not yet arrived. But compared with these five people, the subordinates thought that Xu Huang was more competent in this matter. Xun Yu said.

"Xu Huang?" Lin Nanhu asked suspiciously.

"Lord, Xu Huang is loyal and brave, and he is also quite strategic, in recent years, the Wei army stationed along the Yellow River to prevent Dongjun has done a real thing. Moreover, Xu Huang is a native of Hedong, and he is much more aware of the terrain around Sili, with him as the main general, and his subordinates think that he is more competent than anyone else. ”

"Well, then according to the opinion of the military division, Xu Huang will be the main general of the partial army, and in addition, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Wang Wenjun, and Lin Yang will be their deputy generals, and 3,000 people will go to Mengjindu." Lam Nam Road.

After the words fell, Xun You went to carry out the order, took Lin Nan's order, went to Xu Huang, and selected three thousand elite foot soldiers to deliver to Xu Huang.

After a day or two, the Yan army has always stood still, since it has lost the opportunity to cross the river, it is only necessary to strike later, otherwise when crossing the river, it will be really bad if Cao Xiu hits him half-crossing.

Two days later, the Yan army escorted the troops of grain and grass one after another, and Wen Chou, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Pang De and others also arrived on the bank of the Yellow River with 50,000 cavalry, and the strength of the Yan army increased to 100,000.

After the arrival of the army, Lin Nan held a grand gala. Almost all the important strategists and generals in the Yan army arrived, except for a few people who stayed in the rear, Lin Nan used all the elites of the Yan country for the first time, in order to win the return of the Son of Heaven to the north in one fell swoop in this operation.

On the third day, Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Wang Wenjun, and Lin Yang began to quietly leave the army with three thousand soldiers. Gallop to Hanoi first, and then cross the Yellow River south from Jizhou.

At the same time, in the dense forest of the ferry port of Nan'an Juan County, Cao Xiu had been here for several days with five hundred elite tiger and leopard horsemen disguised as Qin troops, and would come every day to look at the surface of the Yellow River, but he had never found anyone crossing the river, let alone a flat boat, even if it was a leaf, it was difficult to see, except for the boiling water of the Yellow River, there was nothing else to see.

It's afternoon. Cao Xiu ordered the soldiers to rest in the dense forest as usual, and for several days in a row, they did not dare to bury the pot to cook, and ate all the dry food they carried with them, just for fear that someone would find out that they were hiding in the dense forest.

"Lord Captain, what do you think your subordinates have brought back?" A tun chief put his hands behind his back, ran to Cao Xiu's side with a happy face, and said in a fartful voice.

Cao Xiu leaned under a large tree. I was closing my eyes and recuperating when I heard this voice. He opened his eyes, glanced at the chief, and said, "You kid must be fine, what can you bring back?" ”

The tun chief smiled, took out a hare from behind his back, and staggered in front of Cao Xiu and said, "Lord Duwei." We've been here for days, not to mention people, we haven't even seen a ghost, and besides, we're running out of dry food with us. In the past few days, the brothers have no oil and water in their stomachs, and they want to open meat, so their subordinates made a special trip to bring game to Lord Duwei, and roasted and ate it for a while, how about it? ”

Cao Xiu smiled and said, "Okay, can such a hare be eaten by five hundred brothers?" I think it's better to roast you and eat it. ”

Tun Chang's face was stunned, and then he said: "Lord Duwei, we have been guarding for several days, and there is nothing, and we finally caught wild meat, and my lord did not let the fire be made, which made the brothers greedy." Besides, don't you have to eat wild game for a long time, so it's better to make an exception this time and let the brothers fight for the tooth sacrifice, and the subordinates promise that after eating this meal, the fire will be extinguished immediately. ”

Cao Xiu also understood his subordinates, and when he saw the repeated requests of the tun chief, he looked around at the brothers around him again, and saw that there was a kind of longing in their eyes.

"Okay, but this time, not the next one." In the end, Cao Xiu finally compromised, thinking that he had not seen the Yan army for so long, so he must have taken another ferry, and besides, this place was deserted, even if he made a fire to cook, no one might be able to know.

"Thank you, Lord Lieutenant, my subordinates will bring the roasted hare to your lord in a moment."

"Well, go ahead."

As soon as the tun chief turned around, he immediately lifted the hare in his hand high and cheered: "Brothers, Lord Lieutenant has agreed, and everyone has begun to eat game!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw hundreds of soldiers standing up in unison, and at the same time throwing all kinds of game that they had hidden in the air, and a dazzling array of game meat flew all over the sky.

After Cao Xiu saw it, he was taken aback at the moment, thinking that in the past few days, he has taken Tun as the establishment, and divided five tuns to garrison and inspect in different places, except for the one tun brothers he led who had no game, the rest of the four tun brothers all held all kinds of game, what wild boars, hares, pheasants and so on. It was only at this time that he suddenly realized that he had asked them to go on patrol, but they all ran to hunt, no wonder he heard the roar of the sounds of the beasts nearby less and less in the past few days, and the daring was all hunted.

It didn't take long for the soldiers to gather and cook and gather all the game together for cooking or baking.

In a short time, curling smoke rose from the dense forest and drifted high into the air.

……

"Wang, just now the scouts came to report that a suspicious small group of troops had been found along the border of Juan County along the Yellow River, and they were all disguised as soldiers of our army, but they didn't know what they were doing there or who they were." Chen Qun hurriedly walked into the hall, and when he saw Ma Chao, he immediately reported to Ma Chao.

"Who dares to do that?" Ma Chao said angrily.

The news that the scouts had inquired around had been summarized, and the Yan army had gathered 100,000 troops on the north bank and had no intention of crossing the river, while Cao Cao had led an army of 50,000 troops to enter Guandu, and the troops were stationed in Zhangjia Village in the east of Guandu. Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Sun Jian and others did not make any moves, and it was speculated by their subordinates that the troops should be Cao Cao's subordinates. Chen Qun said.

"Then in your opinion, what does Cao Cao mean by this?" Ma Chao asked.

"My subordinates don't know. However, perhaps he didn't want the Yan army to cross the river, so he did so. ”

"Huh? Didn't Lin Nan and Cao Cao sign an alliance, and why did Cao Cao do this? ”

"Great King, on the surface, this is the case, but in fact, the Yan State and the Wei State are indeed tense and secretly compete. The strength of the Yan State is amazing, it is located in Jizhou, and the King of Yan is even more ambitious, if he wants to win the Central Plains, Cao Cao is his biggest obstacle. On the contrary, Cao Cao is also a hero, and he must always think about how to annex Jizhou, and the contradictions between the two people arise from this. ”

"Since that's the case, then don't bother with it, as long as Cao Cao doesn't come to provoke me, we can take advantage of the contradiction between the Yan army and the Wei army to instigate. By the way, did the army led by Zhang Xiu and Qian Hu enter Guandu? ”

"The 20,000 cavalry in the vanguard have all arrived at the designated place, and they are thirty miles away from Cao Cao's camp, just waiting for the arrival of the army of the king and the king of Liang. However, the king, if Cao Cao is allowed to do whatever he wants, isn't he indulging him? The subordinates thought that it was better to send a partial army to clean up that small force, anyway, they were disguised as our soldiers and horses, even if the war started, we could use the extermination of the rebels as an excuse to let Cao Cao taste the hardships of our army first. ”

"Good. However, now that my father is rushing here, Wang Yun and Yang Biao are both in the Tiger Prison Pass, this king must not leave this place, you see, who will do this? ”

"Wang Shuang, the captain of Xuanyi under the king's account, can take on this position." Chen Qundao.

"Wang Shuang? Is that the kid who openly contradicts this king? ”

"That's him. This person has the courage of ten thousand invincibles, there are not many good generals under the king's account, and he can't wipe out a general because of a momentary collision, and his subordinates implore the king to release Wang Shuang, let him make meritorious service for the king. ”

As soon as Ma Chao thought of Wang Shuang, he became angry, remembering that Wang Shuang was drunk two days ago and openly contradicted him, and the roots of his teeth itched. However, Chen Qun's words are not unreasonable, there are very few good generals in his army, and Wang Shuang's military strength is superb, which can be called a must. After thinking about it carefully, he nodded and said, "Okay, just let him go, you go and give the order to release him from prison." ”

"No!"

…

"General, look, there's smoke over there!" On a hill, heavily armed soldiers of the Qin Army pointed to the smoke curling in the dense forest in the distance and said excitedly.

The first person rode his horse and walked two steps towards the high slope, raising his eyes to look, but he saw that the silence in the four fields was abnormal, and there was no movement except for the smoke of cooking in the dense forest in the distance. After he finished reading it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly: "It's really hard to find a place to step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them, it will take half a day to find them, this time it's really a coincidence." ”

The man on horseback was nine feet long, with a horizontal face and a burly figure, holding a sixty-eight-pound knife in his hand, riding a thousand-mile horse under his crotch, with a two-stone iron tire bow tied to the horse, and three meteor hammers hidden in his waist, he turned his face and shouted to the five hundred cavalrymen behind him: "Brothers, this is my Wang Shuang's first expedition, you are all my subordinates, I have made meritorious contributions, you will also follow the promotion, let's go and kill those who disguise themselves as our army, in front of the king, there must be a lot of rewards." ”

"No!"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Shuang waved the broadsword in his hand forward, and the five hundred cavalry behind him galloped forward with him, and rushed down the hillside, along the winding path, towards the dense forest in front. (To be continued......)