I thought that Gongsun Zhao would gather troops in Xi'an Ping to defend the city, but when Zhang Hao led his troops to Xi'an Ping, he found that there was nothing abnormal in Xi'an Ping, and it seemed that Gongsun Zhao had been here at all.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Hao frowned, either he was wrong in his inference, and Gongsun Zhao did not flee in this direction at all, or Gongsun Zhao did not enter the city, and he was brewing other conspiracy.

"Lord, what should we do now?" In front of the city gate, Zhang Fei scratched his head and asked.

"Let's take over Xi'an Ping first, and then send a scout horse to investigate the nearby situation, and the next plan will be discussed when the investigation is clear." Zhang Hao said.

A group of people quickly controlled Xi'anping, and Zhang Hao and a few people sat in the county mansion and waited for the spies to come back with news.

"Report, my lord, the boats on the water's edge have been destroyed, and there is nothing unusual elsewhere." While several people were anxiously waiting, a spy ran in and reported.

"All the ships?" Zhang Hao frowned and asked.

"Yes, all the boats that can be found, even the fishermen's small fishing boats." The spy nodded.

"My lord, it seems that they have fled to Fanhan." Xun You listened to the spy's words and got up and said.

"Do they want to confront us with the water on horseback?" Guo Jia thought for a while and said.

"But how long can a horse water stop us?" Xun You also frowned, feeling that things were not so simple.

After fighting with Gongsun Zhao a few times, it is not difficult for Gongsun Zhao to realize Zhang Hao's strength now, and it is obvious that Zhang Hao's pace cannot be stopped by just a horse water.

And through these few fights, Gongsun Zhao is also a bit of a strategic person, and he acted extremely carefully, resulting in Zhang Hao not catching him several times, he will not be arrogant enough to think that the river can stop Zhang Hao in one day.

Mazishui is the Yalu River in later generations, and Xi'an Ping is close to Mazishui, and Fanhan County is the farthest county seat of Liaodong County, and Fanhan County is under the jurisdiction of Lelang County.

"Will he want to use Ma Zishui to drag us for a while, he can take advantage of this time to join forces in Lelang so that he can deal with us." Zhang Hao thought for a while and said.

"With his way of doing things, there's a good chance he'll do it." Xun You nodded and said.

"My lord, I think we should capture Fan Khan as soon as possible, if Gongsun Zhao really goes to Lelang to find allies, I am afraid that Fan Khan will pose a threat to us in his hands." Guo Jia proposed.

"That's right, I also think that Fan Khan should be captured as soon as possible, and now Fan Khan's defense should still be very weak." Xun You added.

"Tell us to go down and build a boat as soon as possible, and we will cross the river and take Fan Khan directly." Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Fei and Tai Shici and said.

Zhang Feitai Shi Ci took the order and walked out, it was not difficult to build some small boats to cross the river, as long as he cut down some trees and simply made some wooden rafts, not to make real boats.

Not only were 6,000 soldiers busy, Zhang Hao also paid for some people in the county town to make them together, and it only took one day to build enough wooden rafts for the army to cross the river.

Zhang Hao immediately led the army straight to Fanhan, leaving only some soldiers in Xi'anping, not even a general, and now Zhang Hao is surrounded by only Tai Shici and Zhang Fei.

I don't know what will happen to Fan Khan, so Zhang Hao took all of them with him, and as for Xi'anping, only those soldiers were enough to garrison for the time being.

After passing Ma Zishui and coming to the city of Fanhan, Zhang Hao frowned again, because Fanhan was not at all the same as he imagined, and he did not wait for it, but as usual, he didn't seem to have received any news.

"What do you think?" Zhang Hao looked at Xun You and Guo Jia and asked, at this time, the gate of Fanhan City was wide open, and Zhang Hao was a little hesitant to enter the city.

"The lord suspects that there is an ambush in the city?" Xun You blinked and said.

"When things go wrong, there must be demons." Zhang Hao nodded and said.

"Lord, I think we were tricked by Gongsun Zhao." Guo Jia dragged his chin and said.

"What does Feng Xiao mean by this?" Zhang Hao asked, and the others also looked at Guo Jia suspiciously.

"My lord, look carefully, the people entering and leaving the city gate are calm, without the slightest nervousness or artificiality, not like they were deliberately arranged." Guo Jia explained leisurely.

Zhang Hao looked carefully at the people entering and exiting the city gate, and sure enough, as Guo Jia said, it didn't look like a soldier in disguise, and he couldn't see anything abnormal.

"Let's go, let's go into town." Zhang Hao smiled and said after reading it.

"Lord, it's better to be careful, I'll take people into the city first, and then you can go in after confirming that it's safe." Zhang Fei grabbed Zhang Hao, who was about to move forward, and said.

Then without waiting for Zhang Hao to speak, he directly rushed to the city gate with his own people with a big wave of his hand, and after a short period of panic, the entire city was quickly controlled.

After confirming that there was really no ambush in the city, Zhang Fei sent someone to notify Zhang Hao and others to enter the city.

"Where did this Gongsun Zhao go?" In the county magistrate's mansion, Zhang Hao said with a sad face.

Gongsun Zhao's own power is not terrible, the most terrifying thing is his ability to combine vertical and horizontal, and he can always entangle various forces together to form a very large force.

And he is also very good at hiding himself or very good at saving his life, Zhang Hao tried to kill him in several encounters, but every time he didn't succeed.

"Lord, will Gongsun Zhao be scared by us and flee to other places?" Zhang Fei looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"It's a very small possibility." Zhang Hao said.

"You've been beaten like that, and you still want to fight against us?" Zhang Fei looked puzzled.

"If the alliance of the compound surname that Shengji said really exists, then Gongsun Zhao will not be able to give up, and if he leaves Liaodong, it will be difficult for him to make a comeback in other places."

"And if he wants to have more say in this alliance in the future and get more benefits, he must develop and grow based on Liaodong, so he will fight with us to the end." Guo Jia smiled and explained.

"But now he is nowhere to be found, lurking around us like a hidden poisonous snake, and he will jump out and bite us if we don't pay attention." Zhang Hao shook his head and said.

"Now that we have controlled the entire Liaodong, as long as we are careful, he will not be able to make any big waves." Xun You looked at Zhang Hao's sad face and said with relief.

"Alas, only to be a thief every day, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves every day, use all kinds of forces, we must find out the traces of Gongsun Zhao, even if we can't eliminate him, we must grasp his movements, otherwise we will not be able to sleep well." Zhang Hao said helplessly.

"Lord, this person is too good at hiding, we can't be involved in too much energy by him, and we must focus on developing ourselves and increase our control over Liaodong." Xun You said.

"Well, that's all it had to be." Zhang Hao said with a wry smile.