After receiving the order, the three Guan Yu brothers walked directly in the direction of Gongsun Zhan's residence.

Two hundred miles away from Youzhou City, there was a large Yellow Turban Army.

The commander of their team is Qiao Zhong, who is the same as Zhao Dong, who has died, and is the same as the four protectors.

He is different from Zhao Dong's kind of general, he is the first group of people to follow the three brothers of Zhang Jiao.

And because he is resourceful, he also has the title of "Zhiduoxing" in the Yellow Turban Army.

He once used a strategy to let the Yellow Turban Army capture four cities in a row within five days.

And there was also an encounter with Yuan Shao's troops before.

The soldiers and horses on both sides are almost the same, but Qiao Zhong is fighting and retreating, and there is no love for war at all.

However, Yuan Shao thought that this Yellow Turban Army was already at the end of its strength, so he did not listen to the persuasion of his subordinates and ordered all the Yellow Turban Army to be exterminated.

When Yuan Shao's troops chased into a valley, they saw that the golden army was no longer running, so they hurriedly ordered an attack.

But on both sides of the valley, the crossbowmen of the Yellow Turban Army had already been ambushed.

Yuan Shao's army was suddenly in chaos, and Yuan Shao saw that the situation was not good, so he directly chose to escape.

And the 3,000 soldiers under his command were all explained there.

So Yuan Shao at that time, in Qiao Zhong's opinion, was a wreck who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was not vulnerable at all.

So what he originally planned was that after Zhao Dong eliminated Yuan Shao, they could set up a celebration wine.

It's just that he didn't expect the battle of Anhua City to cause Zhao Dong heavy losses.

After hearing the reason for Zhao Dong's defeat, he muttered in his heart, "Is this still the waste who fought with him?" ”

He asked himself, if Yuan Shao was so smart at that time, then he might have died.

So Qiao Zhong guessed: Is there a capable person around Yuan Shao to give him advice.

After all, Xu You, Tian Feng and others around him are all famous strategists in the world.

If it was them who made suggestions, then it would make sense that Yuan Shao could win.

Therefore, Qiao Zhong has already determined in his heart that this Yuan Shao has not changed, and it is all the credit of the strategists around him to win.

"There is only this possibility, otherwise Yuan Shao would have been ghosted."

Qiao Zhong muttered, of course, this seems unrealistic, he himself does not believe it.

And in Jizhou City, Xue Yun was discussing with Xu You and others what to do after Yan Liang sent troops? Suddenly sneezed.

"Ahh

Xu You asked, "The lord is not feeling well?" ”

Xue Yun waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's nothing, maybe someone is saying bad things about me behind my back!" Come, let's move on. ”

If Xue Yun knew Qiao Zhong's seemingly nonsense words, he would definitely be stunned.

I thought to myself, this Qiao Zhong wouldn't be the same as him, because of a little game, right?

Qiao Zhong stopped his thoughts, his current target was Youzhou in front.

And before coming, Zhang Jiao gave him a death order - the entire Youzhou must be captured.

It is a crucial step for Zhang Jiao and others to compete for the Central Plains and dominate the world.

If he fails, Zhao Dong's today is his Qiao Zhong's tomorrow.

So he can't make the mistake of Zhao Dong's underestimating the enemy.

Before he set out, he had sent people to inquire about the territory of the various princes.

Because he knew in his heart Gongsun Zhan's ability, even if it was Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, the three fierce generals of ten thousand enemies, there was no way to protect this Youzhou City.

So the most likely thing is to send someone out to find helpers like Yuan Shao did before.

Although Zhang Jiao had let go of his words before, whoever helped Gongsun Chan would be an enemy of him Zhang Jiao.

But Qiao Zhong was still worried that someone would help Gongsun Zhan.

At this moment, the man he sent to inquire about the news came back and told him.

Yuan Shao made Yan Liang the commander and led 40,000 troops to rescue Gongsun Zhan; Cao Cao asked Xiahoudun to lead 10,000 troops to support Gongsun Zhan.

After Qiao Zhong heard this, his heart tightened violently, these two lines of soldiers and horses, plus Gongsun Zhan's own 20,000 people, formed a coalition army of 70,000.

And the soldiers and horses he brought with him were more than 50,000, and if they joined forces, it would be impossible for him to occupy Youzhou City.

"Tell me, where are they?" Youzhou's geographical location is in the north, and it is close to Yuan Shao's territory, if reinforcements are sent, it will only take half a day at most.

And they won't be able to reach Youzhou City until tomorrow at the earliest.

The soldier in charge of the newspaper said, "They have been out of the city for almost three hours, but they are marching at a surprisingly slow pace. They don't look like reinforcements, they stop and go, it's more like they are touring the mountains and rivers. ”

After Qiao Zhong listened, he was silent, and secretly said in his heart, "It seems that they all plan to wait for us to fight Gongsun Chan to the death, and then wait for the other party's reinforcements to suffer heavy losses, so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up, "They are all guarding against each other, so the marching speed will be very slow." If I can take advantage of this, while they are still grinding on the road, they will raid overnight, kill Gongsun Zan by surprise, and then occupy Youzhou. At that time, even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, it would be useless. ”

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhong asked the troops to speed up.

And told them that when they occupied Youzhou City, they would let them revelry for seven days.

When everyone heard Qiao Zhong's words, they all shouted loudly, "Okay!" Good! Good! ”

Qiao Zhong's words, in their opinion, are that during these seven days, they can do whatever they want.

Thinking of this, they are like wolves and tigers, full of ugliness. It's like some disgusting and disgusting characters in TV dramas.

So under the stimulation of Qiao Zhong's words, the Yellow Turban Army moved forward quickly, thinking that they could take Youzhou as soon as possible and live the life they wanted.

As the saying goes, "there must be brave men under heavy rewards".

Qiao Zhong said this because he took a fancy to the psychology of his subordinates.

In fact, in Qiao Zhong's opinion, as long as he takes Youzhou, completes the task given to him by Zhang Jiao, and then saves his life.

He doesn't care if Youzhou will become a hell on earth, it doesn't have much to do with him.

Seeing the marching speed of his subordinates, Qiao Zhong was quite satisfied.

According to his estimates, he will be able to reach Youzhou City in the second half of the night.

And because of what Qiao Zhong just said, when the Yellow Turban Army saw Youzhou City, they didn't need to rectify the team at all and launch an attack.

Instead, they rushed to Youzhou one after another.

Because in their eyes, they are wild dogs who have been hungry for days and nights, and Youzhou City is far from the food they need - money, women.

That's why they joined the Yellow Turbans.

Qiao Zhong only amplified this motive further and became a weapon in his favor.

"Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, let's compare and see who gets to Youzhou City first!" Qiao Zhong muttered.