"Lord, are we still going to chase Budugen?"

When the battle was over, Xu Huang asked Xu Ding, who was watching the soldiers clean up the battlefield.

Xu Dingdao: "No need, I'm cleaning up Budugen in the future, let's go south!" ”

Budugen couldn't let Xu Ding mention any interest, this was a snack left for Yan Rou to practice his hands.

Soon the army moved south to Daning County to rest.

The results of the duel in the south came out, and it was Xian Yuyin who reported the news.

Before Xu Ding asked, Yan Rou went over and shook Xian Yuyin's shoulder: "How is the situation?" ”

"We failed to kill Gongsun Chan to avenge the envoy!" Xian Yuyin took a deep breath, shook his head and sighed, and then changed his words:

"But we took Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yi was defeated, Gongsun Chan was wounded by General Huang, and Gongsun Chan admitted defeat."

Yan Rou was a little disappointed at first, but then she was stunned for a moment, and then her ten fingers pinched the flesh that was fresh in silver.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

There was a burst of cheers all around.

Even Xu Ding clapped his hands and said, "Very good, Han Sheng really didn't disappoint me, I knew he could do it." ”

The army then continued south to Quang Ninh City.

The Guangning guards opened the city gate, and Gongsun Zhan's subordinate general Ying Yu had already gone north to meet Xu Ding.

"Master Hou, let's meet again." Ying Yu gave a military salute to Xu Ding, and Xu Ding said: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time, how is General Gongsun's health?" ”

Ying Yu said: "Thank you Hou Ye for your concern, the general only suffered a little internal injury, and he will be fine after a month or two of rest, thanks to General Huang's mercy, and thank you Hou Ye's men for their mercy." ”

Ying Yu understood that if Xu Ding's order hadn't been given, Huang Zhong would definitely have cut Gongsun Zhan's head with a knife, instead of suffering some internal injuries like now.

"It's okay, so that in two months, he will be a good man again, and he can gallop on a horse." Xu Dingyi learned about Gongsun Zhan's love department from Xian Yuyin, and now Ying Yu also said that there is nothing wrong, so it is really no big problem.

"Hou Ye, please enter the city, from now on Youzhou is Hou Ye's, Hou Ye can start by taking over Guangning City." Ying Yu made a gesture of please.

Xu Ding did not pretentiously urge the horse to enter the city, and then changed the flag in the city, but the guards did not change, but Yan Rou was left here to preside over the overall situation.

Whether it is the new Japanese army or the Guiyi army, they are all stationed here, and Xu Ding does not intend to let them enter the customs.

The next day, he continued south with the left cavalry guard, and then met Huang Zhong, who had taken over the defense of the pass by Yijing, at Juyong Pass.

"Where's Gongsun Bogui?" Xu Ding found that Huang Zhong was followed by many of Gongsun Zhan's subordinates.

For example, generals such as Wu Mian and Yan Gang.

Huang Zhong replied: "Lord, General Gongsun was injured, and he went to Juyong County to recuperate. ”

"Go to Juyong County to recuperate, what are you doing there when the conditions are so bad? Send someone to access the pass, are the conditions inside the pass not good? Xu Ding was also stunned, but he didn't expect Gongsun Chan to run to the northeast.

He understood that Gongsun Chan wanted to avoid everyone's eyes and hide in Juyong County to hide from his ears and become an ostrich to shield himself from the outside world.

Isn't this because after Bai Ma Yi was lured by Yuan Shao into the pit, he lost his edge and his confidence was lost, and then he ran to Yijing to build a city as a turtle?

As a result, he was defeated by Huang Zhong this time, and he lost Youzhou and played this trick again.

Sure enough, character determines fate, and the wheel of fate still rolls off to the same lane.

"Master Hou, my general said, he wants to be quiet, Bai Ma Yi has never been defeated by the Seventh Captain's Army, he is willing to admit defeat, so he sent me and 13,000 Bai Ma Yi to report to Hou Ye, and the affairs of Youzhou in the future will be up to Hou Ye." Yan Gang stood up and explained.

"Alright then, I'll leave him alone for now." Xu Ding thought about it for a while, and finally had to put Gongsun Zhan aside for the time being, asking him to calm down, so he said to his subordinates: "Select two competent military doctors from our army, and try to pick as many medicinal materials as possible and send them over." ”

"Whoa!" The guards immediately went down to do their errands.

Wu Mian, Yan Gang and other Gongsun Zhan's subordinates glanced at each other, and they all showed a warm smile of relief.

Weihai Hou is really still a true man of benevolence and righteousness, the lord's decision is not wrong, and he can at least be treated well if he loses Youzhou.

After entering Juyong Pass, Xu Ding asked, "Can you pass the news to Jixian County?" ”

Huang Zhong said: "Lord, according to your request, even if we win, don't be in a hurry to tell the counties and counties of Youzhou, we have been blocking the news since taking over Juyong Pass, and the south doesn't know the result here." ”

Xu Dingdao: "Very good, it's good that the news hasn't been sent back, so you can talk about the situation in the south." ”

Xu Ding sat on the first place, and the bottom was divided into two rows, one row was the Donglai generals Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Han Dang, Huang Xu, Meng Jiu, and the accompanying clerical advisers Xun You, Zhuge Jin and others.

In the first row are Wu Mian, Ying Yu, Yan Gang and other former Gongsun Zhan's subordinates.

Yan Gang stood up and replied: "Back to the Hou Ye, my Youzhou is being invaded by Yuan Shao, and the news from the south is that except for Shanggu County, there are internal ghosts of rebel generals in all other counties in our state, and they also entered with Yuan Shao's army.

By the way, Daijun has Liu Bei's shameless despicable guy. ”

Most of Gongsun Zhan's subordinates didn't like Liu Bei very much, mainly because Zhang Bai rode back then, and Liu Bei didn't support it, so this made Gongsun Zhan's subordinates very disgusted.

Yan Gang also looked angry when he mentioned Liu Beilai.

also owes Gongsun Chan to treat him like a brother, but this guy jumped out and took Daijun.

You must know that when Liu Bei sent his troops, Gongsun Zhan and Huang Zhong had not yet fought, and there was no result yet, so it was too much for you to come over so early to grab the territory.

"Oh! Liu Bei? That's where it gets interesting. Xu Ding touched it and asked, "Which of you is familiar with Daijun, wait a trip to Daijun with Hansheng." ”

Wu Mian stood up and said, "Master Hou, I didn't want to go." ”

Wu Mian's life was also saved by Xu Ding, and he was also respected for Xu Ding's prestige in the Battle of Baishi.

Xu Dingdao: "Okay, then you go, you take three thousand white horses from the past, listen to Hou Hansheng's command, Zhuge Jin, you are responsible for helping Hansheng pick up the missing and fill the gaps, in this battle, you will repel Liu Bei's army, and kill its living forces, you don't have to call for how many cities."

By the way, be careful of Liu Bei's Lu Yi and his first deceased soldiers, don't attack hard, don't be greedy. ”

Huang Zhong and Zhuge Jin stood up with Wu Mian and replied in unison: "It's the lord (Hou Ye)." ”

The crowd dispersed, and soon a personal guard came to see Xu Ding with a mysterious visitor.

The person who came was the person who was the negative person of the Tianluo Earth Network in Youzhou, and after seeing Xu Ding, he immediately reported the news collected by the Tianluo Earth Network.

The news of Tianluo and Diwang is more specific than that of Gongsun Zhan's Ministry from the south.

Roughly speaking, Gongsun Zhan's sons, Gongsun Xu, and Changshi Guan Jing, as well as the defeated Gongsun Fan, were in Jixian County.

Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Yue guarded Changping as the back road for Gongsun Zhan, and the two armies were struggling to support in the north of Guangyang County, looking forward to Gongsun Zhan's return.

In other aspects, Gongsun Zhan's subordinate Shanggu Taishou Shan Jing guarded Pan County and guarded against Liu Bei of Dai County.

Yuyang is too guarded by Zou Dan to defend Yuyang City, and Liaoxi is too guarded by Tian Kai in the area of Haiyang City.

"Did they send me a distress message to Donglai?" Xu Ding asked.

At this moment, the situation in Youzhou is very unfavorable to Gongsun Zhan's subordinates, and they are inclined to Yuan Shao on the one hand.

"Lord, no, neither Zou Dan nor Tian Kai sent a request for help to our Liaodong, probably they still believe in Gongsun Zan and think he can win." The person in charge of Youzhou's Tianluo Diwang then said:

"But the Tian family in Yuyang sent someone to ask me for help from Liaodong."

Yuyang's Tian family, that is the hometown of his second apprentice Tian Yu, it is naturally not a secret that the Tian family is devoted to Xu Ding, and Tian Yu was originally in Liaodong.

Therefore, of course, Xu Shu sent people to support Yuyang County.

Moreover, Xu Shu and others, who are now in the eastern part of Liaoxi County, have received the messenger they sent over to know the result of Huang Zhong and Gongsun Zhan's victory, and they should have sent troops to the west with their army.

…………

Yuan Shao's army sent troops to Youzhou, and Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Fu Zhu and others in Qingzhou immediately sent troops north.

First, he attacked Zhangwu City in Bohai County with Wu Dunbu, the commander of the Bohai Army, and then sent Lu Qianbu to attack Quanzhou.

Pingyuan County sent the fourth lieutenant army to attack Xiu County of Bohai County, then Zhu Ling went north to attack the county capital Nanpi, and Zhang Fei attacked Wuyi of Anping State.

Soon Bohai County was captured by the whole territory, and Zhu Ling and Zhang Fei attacked Lecheng, the capital of Hejian State, from east to west, occupying the southern part of Hejian State, and then advancing northward, intending to attack Yuan Shao's grain route and transportation to Youzhou, and cut off its connection with Jizhou.

Of course, Yuan Shao also expected that Zhang Jaw and Guo Tu would mainly defend the west bank of the lonely water on the first line of Huanyang, Wuheng and Gaoyang.

Bohai County was originally within the plan abandoned by Yuan Shao's side, so the Fourth Captain's Army attacked so smoothly, because Yuan Shao didn't want to fight with the Donglai Army in this county at all, but deliberately pulled the battlefield to the front line of Lushui.

In this way, we can not only concentrate troops, but also expand the logistical depth of the Donglai army.

Under the city of Jixian County, the camp of the Yuan army.

Yuan Shaoyi received reports from Zhang Jaw and Guo Tu.

"It's really the same as everyone predicted, Xu Ding still eats the Bohai Sea first, and between attacking the river, he intends to concentrate his forces and end the change in Youzhou at the lowest cost." Yuan Shao sighed with emotion:

"It's a pity that we have a plan, Xu Ding wants to swallow two counties with a single lieutenant army, and he looks down on me too much, and his troops are invincible." "There is no problem for the lord and the prince to hold the first line of the water, and now the concern is that both of its naval forces have landed on the shore in Youzhou, and the naval army in Liaodong has not yet gone south, we must take advantage of this time to step up the capture of Jixian County and completely gain a foothold in Youzhou, otherwise there will be some trouble after the Donglai army in Liaodong goes west." Xun Kan said.

Yuan Shao nodded, and then asked Xu You: "Ziyuan, what information have you received over there?" ”

Xu You changed his previous smugness, but frowned a little sadly and said: "Lord, the news in the direction of Juyong Pass has been blocked, there is no specific news about who wins and who loses between Gongsun Chan and Xu Ding, Liu Bei on behalf of the county side sent troops to take it down, but he is not advancing to the east, Gongsun Zhan's subordinate Shanggu Taishou Shan Jing is guarding Pan County, there are a lot of soldiers and horses, maybe Liu Bei is also watching and is ready to take advantage of the fisherman." ”

"Hmph, Liu Bei is extremely cunning, whenever he makes a mistake, he plays tricks." Xun Kan complained in disgust.

The same is true, people in Jizhou don't like Liu Bei very much, especially the Yingchuan family.

Liu Bei's background is too low, and he is also hypocritical, so Xun Kan, Xu You and others also hate him.

Especially the last time Liu Bei's subordinate Li Su secretly attacked the party, although Gao Gan and others were finally released, but Liang Zi was completely settled.

However, Yuan Shao also showed his bearing as a descendant of the fourth and third dukes for his own face and interests, and reconciled with Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao's opinion on Liu Bei was very complicated, so he asked Xu Youdao: "Ziyuan can talk about other aspects." ”

Xu You said: "The Gongsun Chan generals of the main Yuyang County and Youbeiping and Liaoxi County have not asked for help from the Donglai Army, I think we can release a fake news, just say that Gongsun Chan and Huang Zhong won the duel, but Xu Ding's subordinates Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin were not satisfied and secretly shot Gongsun Zhan with cold arrows, and now the outside of the pass is controlled by Xu Ding, and Xu Ding is ready to attack Juyong Pass."

In this way, Zou Dan and Tian Kai can be deceived to work, and Youzhou will be completely determined. ”

Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin are the subordinates of the original Liu Yu, and it is too reasonable to kill Gongsun Zan for Liu Yu.

"Good! That's it! Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this, but the next moment he sat down and asked, "In case Zou Dan, Tian Kai and others find out afterwards that we lied to them, it will be troublesome." ”

Xu You replied with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "My lord, this is very simple, get rid of the two of them before they find out, what we want is not Youzhou, it is a chaotic Youzhou, and we don't need to pay attention to the truth of the matter, but fishing in troubled waters, true and false, this is the purpose of our coming to Youzhou." ”

"What Ziyuan said is reasonable, so let's do it." Yuan Shao was also ruthless, and he almost forgot that he was not here to occupy territory when he entered Youzhou, but to destroy Youzhou and drag Xu Ding into here to fight a war of attrition.

What does the quality of Youzhou have to do with him.

If you want to blame Gongsun Chan for blocking the news, let's take advantage of it.

Soon, the news spread in Guangyang County for the first time, and was intentionally sent into Jixian County by Yuan Jun.

Gongsun Zhan's son Gongsun Xu's face turned pale and anxious when he heard this, and he hurriedly brought Guan Jing and Gongsun Fan over.

"Guan Changshi, uncle, now it is rumored inside and outside the city that my father was shot by Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin outside the gate, what do you say we should do now? Is it to surrender Yuan Shao and retreat north to Shanggu County? Gongsun Xu asked in a little panic.

Guan Jing frowned, the eldest prince asked very mediocrely.

You don't care whether it's true or not, you first ask whether to flee or surrender, there is no father's style at all.

Gongsun Fan said: "Hmph, even if you retreat to the grassland, it is impossible to surrender Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is relieved and jealous, Gongzi is the eldest son of the eldest brother, with you in Yuan Shao, it will never be possible to really sit firmly in Youzhou, if you don't kill Gongzi now, sooner or later you will get rid of Gongzi." ”

Gongsun Xu's face turned even paler.

Guan Jing said: "Son, we should first find out whether the lord really has an accident, or someone is disturbing our sight, messing with our army's heart, and hitting my confidence in Youzhou to resist Yuan Shao." ”

Gongsun continued to hurriedly say: "Yes, yes, yes, or Guan Changshi is right, what do you think?" ”

"In my opinion, this news is fake, it was released by Yuan Shao, son, please think about it carefully, if there is no order from the lord, who can do the news of the blockade of the city not spread inside.

Even if the people of Weihaihou really killed the lord, but there are more than 10,000 cavalry around the lord, as well as several generals from my Youzhou, could they all be killed by Weihaihou.

Even if they are all killed, the people guarding Juyong Pass should also send back the news, since there is no one, I guess the lord is fine. Guan Jing analyzed.

"Yes, the eldest brother will be fine, even if the eldest brother is defeated by Huang Zhong, it is not something that Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin and others can kill." Gongsun Fan agreed.

It's good that nothing happened, Gongsun Xu's face improved slightly, but he was still deeply worried: "Since my father is fine, why do you want to block the news, what is his plan, Guan Changshi, uncle, do you know, my father can have other advice when he leaves." ”

When this question came to the point, Guan Jing and Gongsun Fan both shook their heads and said they didn't know.

This move is too weird, no matter who wins or loses Xu Ding or Gongsun Zhan, it will not block the news, and report Youzhou as soon as possible, which is more conducive to controlling Youzhou.

"So what now? There is no news from my father's side, but Yuan Shao is stepping up the siege of the city, I heard that their trebuchet is ready, and now the people in the city are panicking, and the soldiers and people are not aligned, how can they stop it? Gongsun continued to ask.

The problem came back in a circle, and Gongsun Xu was still uneasy in his heart.

Now the situation in Youzhou is too bad, there is bad news everywhere, he really can't bear it, you must know that his opponent is Yuan Shao himself of the fourth world and the third duke.

Gongsun Chan did not leave him any capable generals, not even the most elite cavalry.

This makes him how to compete with Yuan Shao.

Only with soldiers and horses can we have confidence.

Gongsun Fan wiped and asked, "Why don't you retreat to Changping first?" ”

Guan Jing is a civil official under Gongsun Zhan, he is a long history, and when Gongsun Chan left, he was entrusted with important tasks, and he was the main one who guarded Ji County.

Guan Jing looked at Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan, who were staring at him, and understood in his heart that both of them had the intention of retreating, as the most direct interests of Gongsun Zhan's relatives, the people who held the power of soldiers and horses wanted to leave, and he had no intention of staying, so he said: "Retreat directly to the military capital." ”

"What the chief of the customs secretary said is true!" Gongsun continued to say that this is good.

The military capital is in the north of Changping City, so that his grandson Xu finally doesn't have to be on the front line.

Moreover, the military capital is in the north of Yushui, and there is a river as the boundary, which is more conducive to defense.

Just do it, and soon Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan withdrew north from Jixian County with soldiers and horses.

Gongsun Zhan's subordinates were mostly cavalry, and most of the foot soldiers were in the hands of the family, and the city was also guarded by the family, and the soldiers and horses in their hands were the benchmark.

Therefore, Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan did not have many foot soldiers in their hands, let alone take the foot soldiers away, and there were no foot soldiers to follow them.

As soon as they retreated, Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and immediately entered Jixian County and took the state capital.

However, he did not send people to pursue, because the cavalry in his hands was in the hands of Yan Liang, and Yan Liang sent to the east to attack Yuyang and You Beiping.

Juyong Pass!

"Lord, Ying Yu, Yan Gang and others ask to see you." Xun Youyu reports.

Xu Ding said: "Gongda, do you know what they are looking for?" ”

"Lord, Gongsun Xu and Gongsun Fan retreated to Jundu County, it is estimated that they are here to urge the Lord to go south." Xun Yu replied.

Xu Dingdao: "Then do you think we should go south now?" ”

Xun You shook his head: "It's not time yet, you have to drag Yuan Shao for a while, it's best to let him take Changping City and cross the river to attack the military capital." ”

"So, Gongda, you should tell them to go back first and wait for news, and when the time comes, I will lead my troops south." Xu Ding looked at the geographical history of Juyongguan with great interest, as well as the nearby geography.

Shanggu County is a special county, the main area is in the north of Juyong Pass, there is Shanggu County if there is Juyong Pass, and there is no Shanggu County if there is no Juyong Pass, which is the north gate of Youzhou.

In fact, the map of Youzhou is also very fucked, like a bat, Daijun and Shanggu on the left are a wing, and Liaoxi and Liaodong on the right are another wing.

No other state or county has a greater span than the east-west span.

In the slightest case, the east and west wings may lose and break their wings, so the management of Youzhou is also a headache.

Xu Ding deliberately wanted to split Youzhou.

For example, Liaodong, Liaodong's vassal states, and the eastern part of Liaoxi should be demarcated, not in Youzhou.

Dai Jun is also because of geographical conditions, whether it is sending troops or control, it is also a little beyond the reach of the whip, for example, this time Liu Bei sought to represent the county, which exposed a big problem.

Starting from Bingzhou, the time to reach Dai County is much shorter than that of Youzhou, and people are still walking on a spacious avenue.

The road on this side of Youzhou is not very good, there are many mountains and small roads, if it is not for the cavalry on the border of Youzhou, it is impossible to effectively support Daijun by relying on foot soldiers.

Shanggu County, after thinking about it, Xu Ding still left it in Youzhou, after all, Youzhou is still a border county without Shanggu, and there is no artery into the grassland, which is not in line with the location of Youzhou.

Thinking about these things, soon a personal guard came to report that Ying Yu, Yan Gang and others were going and returning, and asked to see him again.

"Alright, let them in!" Xu Ding had no choice but to meet them.

"I've seen Master Hou!"

Everyone came in to pay homage first, but their faces showed anxiety, and Xu Ding said: "I know your intentions, and I hope I will go south as soon as possible." ”

After Ying Yu, Yan Gang and the others glanced at each other, Yan Gang said: "Although we don't know what strategic intentions you have, but we also ask Hou Ye to help the eldest son, Juyong Pass is not far from the military capital, and it will arrive in half a day. ”

"You also know that it will only take half a day to get from here to the military capital city, so are you still worried that the military capital city will fall? I can tell you clearly, when Yuan Shao's army will drive to the military capital, we will go south, and we will definitely not let Gongsun Xu and others be eaten by Yuan Shao, of course, if Gongsun Xu and others take refuge in Yuan Shao first, it will be another matter. Xu Ding didn't explain much, but continued to ask:

"General Bergui can send a message, but do you have any instructions?"

Ying Yu, Yan Gang and the others shook their heads.

The problem is here, Gongsun Chan didn't say anything, went to Juyong County, and then didn't contact them.

There were no other instructions, and even Gongsun Xu didn't mention a word more.

Just let the situation in Youzhou go in the worst direction.

"You are the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, you don't see Bogui worrying, what are you doing?" Xu Ding said with a smile: "Bo Gui knows my personality very well, and he is sure that I will not die without help, and if Gongsun Xu is really in danger, I will definitely not sit idly by."

Bo Gui is smart, this is to train your eldest son, to see if he can become a talent, and he deliberately let me see, if your eldest son has the ability to stand alone, he will be appreciated by me, then I will definitely reuse, he will not worry about the future of the Gongsun family, he can salt fish every day, and ignore my love.

If he can't become a talent, hehe, he won't be able to sit still in Juyong County, and he will come to me for tea. ”