"What?" Tao Sheng heard that the Zhenbei army was coming, and immediately stomped his feet and shouted, "I know that this Baitu Pass is not a good errand, now it's good, 300,000, I have less than 5,000 people in my hands, what should I do to guard this Baitu Pass!" ”

The deputy general on the side, who is also Tao Sheng's brother Tao Ran, felt a little strange, and said to Tao Sheng, "Brother, didn't you say that Ma Qiang only had 100,000 soldiers and horses, why did he suddenly become 300,000, is there any fraud in this?" ”

Tao Sheng sat down in his position and scolded: "Can you listen to what these officials say?" 300,000 is definitely not, but at a discount, 200,000 should be there, brother, you don't want to think about it, Jizhou and Qingzhou, two big states, six or seven million people, 200,000 people are not like playing.

Don't say 200,000, it's 20,000, we can't beat it, gotcha, brother, work hard, go and inspect the city immediately, the gate is also blocked with earth and stones, how long can you keep it, I'll go back and write to General Zhang, and ask him to send troops to rescue. ”

Tao Ran still felt that something was wrong, and said, "Big brother, don't wait any longer, haven't you seen the Zhenbei Army yet." ”

"Report !! A large number of Zhenbei troops have appeared in both Kwantung and Kwantung, and they are encamping, with at least two or three thousand people. ”

"Don't think about it, this must be an outpost, to prepare for the arrival of the army, brother, listen to me, if the Zhenbei army is really bluffing, we will have nothing to lose, but if it comes, the reinforcements have not arrived, and our heads will have to move."

Tao Ran touched his neck, feeling that what his brother said was right, and he didn't eat anymore, so he went to block the door.

Tao Sheng returned to the study and picked up bamboo slips and pen and ink, he had no culture, and it was difficult to write a letter asking for help.

"General Zhang, Tan Malay News, Zhenbei... How did you write this town? Forget it, let's go north, he should be able to understand it anyway. ”

Tao Sheng finally finished writing, called the sergeant and said, "Quickly send this letter to General Zhang, there must be no mistake!" ”

After the arrangements were made, Tao Ran also came back and said to Tao Sheng, "Brother, I took a look, there is indeed a Zhenbei Army outside the Guan, and it is dusty, I don't know what to do." ”

"Don't care what they do, keep the checkpoint well, it's a great achievement! Pass on my order, no one is allowed to leave the customs! ”

"No!"

It is true that a large number of Zhenbei soldiers have gathered outside Baitu Pass, but they are not here to fight Baitu Pass, they are here to be construction workers.

With such a high configuration of telescopes, Yuan Shao's generals can't have one each, and a ragtag army like Tao Sheng doesn't have to think about it, Tao Sheng's sergeant can only look into the distance with the naked eye, as for going out of the city to observe it up close...

I want to go to you, don't you see a ranger patrolling on the opposite side, this horse is flat, and the flying ball on the opposite side is floating again, and he has just gone out, and he has already been ambushed outside.

"Ming Gong, look, Baituguan was frightened by our army, and he really didn't dare to move lightly." Guo Jia pointed in the direction of Baitu Pass and smiled at Ma Qiang.

"Well, let the craftsmen and the people wear the clothes of the sergeant, this art of war is the way of truth and truth, and Fengxiao is really deep in Samadhi."

"As long as the first batch of military forts is built, it can be used as a basis to slowly continue to be built."

"Hmm... As long as we can block Yuan Shao's counterattack this year, our battle with Yuan Shao is basically a foregone conclusion, in fact, compared with Yuan Shao, I am more worried about Youzhou, if Youzhou changes, our army will fight on two or even three sides, it will be too passive. ”

Ma Qiang looked at the north worriedly, he had already received the news of Xun Chen's appearance in Yanzhou from Yanzhou, thinking that Yuan Shao sent him to contact Cao Cao, since Yuan Shao could send someone to Yanzhou, he could naturally go to Youzhou.

Liu Yu... I hope you don't become my enemy.

——Jixian County, Youzhou

Jian Yong once again came to this familiar city, Youzhou, far away from the Central Plains, did not have too much atmosphere of troubled times, thanks to the good old man Liu Yu's lack of ambition and extreme tolerance, in Youzhou, not only the forces of the Red Star Camp were not controlled by Liu Yu, but the bigger thorn was in Liaodong.

Gongsun Du is now in Liaodong has basically achieved semi-separation, he is a native of Liaodong, and later moved to Xuansu County, where there are extremely deep connections, after arriving in Liaodong, he contacted his acquaintance with Haoqiang to purchase grain and grass, and trained soldiers, while implementing strict punishment and strict laws, because he was originally a small official, many local clans looked down on him, and the closer the clan, the more so, Gongsun Zhao and he were of the same clan, at this time for the Xiangxian order, he let Gongsun Du's son Gongsun Kang serve as the commander, in order to humiliate Gongsun Du. As soon as Gongsun Du returned, he grabbed him and whipped him to death.

Another example is the wealthy family such as Tian Shao, because he was unwilling to provide Gongsun Du with money, food and materials, he led the army to destroy it, so the wealthy family was destroyed by nearly 100 families, and the entire Liaodong was killed to make the administration clear, if Gongsun Chan was brought back to life, he would definitely rush over and slap these wealthy families in the face.

Lao Tzu said to you well back then, you didn't give money and food, but now it's okay, it's cheap!

Gongsun Du is not over yet, based on Liaodong and Liaodong's vassal states, he quickly drove away the two counties of Lelang and Xuanwu under the pretext of communicating with foreign tribes, but he himself married his clan daughter to the husband and the king of Yuyu, Wei Qiutai, and enveloped him.

Today's Gongsun Du has become the actual king of Liaodong, not only did not obey Liu Yu's military orders, but also sent soldiers to build checkpoints on the border of Liaodong and Liaoxi, preparing to claim the throne behind closed doors.

Therefore, Jian Yong doesn't think that there is nothing to talk about between Liu Yu and Ma Qiang, your own problems in Youzhou have not been solved, can you not care about the affairs of the Central Plains.

Jian Yong followed Jia Xu's instructions and found Yan Zhong first.

Yan Zhong opened Jia Xu's letter, looked at the familiar handwriting, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

Jia Xu is indeed his most proud disciple.

But with the content of the letter, the corners of Yan Zhong's mouth drooped again.

Jia Xu's letter is written very bluntly, the world has been in turmoil, the imperial court moved west after the edict did not go out of Chang'an, the change of dynasty is just around the corner, in the past Yan Zhong hoped to persuade Huangfu Song to raise troops to overthrow Liu Hong, but unfortunately Huangfu Song was foolish and loyal, did not listen to good words, and now trapped in Chang'an, today he assisted Ma Qiang to annex Qingji, has annexed Hebei, following the trend of Guangwu, Liu Yu avoided living in Youzhou, even if he avoided for a while, there was how to avoid a lifetime. If Yan Zhong thinks about Liu Yu, he should persuade Liu Yu to take refuge in Ma Qiang, and even if Liu Yu is unwilling, he should avoid the two states from fighting each other.

Jia Xu's words are very right, which is why he persuaded Liu Yu to take in Gongsun Chan before, but now that Gongsun Zhan's sword is broken, Liu Yu has no general, if Ma Qiang really uses strength, Liu Yu can only sit and wait to die.

Yan Zhong sighed and burned the letter, he didn't dare to keep such a certificate of collaboration with the enemy.