Zhang Zhen smiled: "This is not to help Yuan Shao, it is to help ourselves, with Yuan Shao's character, I will never give me the troops directly, I will definitely send a general to lead the army, nominally under my command, but in fact it is controlled by Yuan Shao, we let them intercept Cao Cao's grain and grass, as soon as the two parties meet, what do you say?" ”

Tai Shi Ci thought for a long time and patted his head: "If they fight, we can, so ......!" ”

Zhang Zhen smiled and made a gesture of silence. All three smiled silently.

Sure enough, as Zhang Zhen expected, Yuan Shao said to Zhang Zhen: "It's not that I don't believe in the hussar general, my soldiers are unruly and difficult to command, and I am afraid that the general will not be handy, so how about I send two young generals Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu to follow the general?" ”

Zhang Zhendao: "I'm worried about the shortage of manpower, since there are generals at the beginning, this time I will get twice the result with half the effort, just wait for my good news at the beginning!" ”

On the day of departure, Yuan Shao personally sent Zhang Zhen out of the camp and personally poured wine for Zhang Zhen to see him off. As soon as he left the camp, Zhang Zhen asked Zhang Xiu to put away his banner.

Gao Gan asked, "Why did the general put away his banner?" So unruly! ”

Zhang Zhendao: "The art of war, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, many of Cao Cao's generals know me, if you see my banner, you will report to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely re-choose the road to transport supplies, so we go back and forth is not painful, and they don't know the two generals, but give them a rubbing hand, isn't it good?" ”

Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu nodded and were taught. Out of the Jizhou boundary, Zhang Zhen ordered the whole army to march covertly, picking off the beaten path, in order not to let Cao Cao and Zhang Yang know, deliberately let the military horses change into civilian clothes to hide people's eyes.

When they arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, a section of the Yellow River at the junction of Cao Cao and Zhang Yang was three or four hundred miles, and such a long distance would not be able to catch the team delivering grain and grass if they relied on five thousand military horses to find it inch by inch.

Gao Gandao: "Hussar general, where should we start with such a long Yellow River?" ”

Zhang Zhen shook his head: "I don't know, I can only look at it first, although it is very long, but there are not many ferries suitable for transporting grain and grass, let's think about it carefully, starting from Luoyang, to reach Hanoi as soon as possible, there are only a few ferries in Guandu and Bishui, so we will focus on these places." ”

Gao Gan asked, "What about other places?" If Cao Cao didn't go to these places, wouldn't we be busy in vain? ”

Zhang Zhendao: "This errand of patrolling the river can only rely on guesswork, only the person closest to Cao Cao's heart can guess what Cao Cao thinks, which road will he take, if you are Cao Cao, where will you go?" ”

Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu thought for a long time. Gao Gandao: "If I were Cao Cao, I would take the nearest road, only in this way can the materials be delivered in the shortest possible time, and the suspicion of others can also be avoided!" ”

Zhang Zhen smiled faintly: "Then tell me, which road is the shortest road?" ”

Gao Gandao: "Of course it's Guandu." ”

"That's right!" Zhang Zhen said with a smile: "That's why I said that we should start with the ferries of Guandu and Bishui!" ”

Jiang Yi channel: "However, these ferries are controlled by Zhang Yang, it is difficult for us to approach, in order to protect the grain route, they must send large troops to garrison, we only have 5,000 military horses, I am afraid ......"

Tai Shi Ci shouted, "Why are you so stupid! Why do we have to go to the ferry, from Luoyang to Hanoi, such a long road, any place is where we start, we don't kill people, just for food and grass, burn and leave, as long as they don't shoot tens of thousands of escorts, we have a chance at any time. ”

Gao Gan and Jiang Yiqu nodded in agreement with Tai Shici's statement.

At Guandu, the scouts soon spotted ruts on the road and traces left by military horses. Li Hui said to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang: "Two generals, this Guandu must be the road for them to transport grain and grass, we will send more scouts, and we will wait here for the rabbit!" ”

Cao Cao learned that Zhang Zhen did not go to Hanoi to find Zhang Yang as he wanted, but went to Yuan Shao, and immediately realized that it was not good. said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, the next time the materials are delivered to Zhang Yang, more soldiers should be sent to escort them, I am worried that Yuan Shao will send troops to intercept the grain." ”

Xun Yu said: "The road we are taking, Henan is under our control, Hebei is a territory of publicity, and the ferry is heavily guarded, even if Yuan Shao sends someone here, we should have already known that the lord is too worried!" ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "I'm not worried about Yuan Shao sending troops, Yuan Shao's subordinates are all mediocre people, what I'm worried about is that Zhang Zhen, if he helps Yuan Shao attack us, no matter what, it can't be prevented!" ”

Xun Yu said with a smile: "The lord has filtered, Zhang Zhen has a grudge against Yuan Shao, even if Yuan Shao doesn't get rid of him, he will never let him lead the troops, not to mention that Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan are all enemies, the lord can rest assured, he should be foolproof!" ”

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan escorted this to Zhangyang to obtain grain and grass, crossed the Yellow River at Guandu, and entered the inner boundary of the river. Lu Bu sent Zhang Liao to respond. This has been done many times in the past few months, and no one takes it seriously.

Xiahou Yuan said to Zhang Liao: "Your lord and my lord are too nervous, just such a little material, even send us three generals to escort it, if anyone dares to come, come and kill one and kill one and kill two and kill a pair, I don't believe that there is a person who is not long-eyed and dares to intercept grain and grass!" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "These materials are nothing to you, they are life-saving things in us, they are really going to be robbed, we have no food or drink, how can we fight, two generals, it is better to be careful, I will go to the front to see, the two of you are careful to protect!" ”

Xiahoudun looked at Zhang Liao's back, pursed his mouth, and said to Xiahou Yuan: "It is said that Lu Butian is not afraid of the earth, why is his big general so bold?" ”

Xiahou Yuan was silent.

It is still more than 20 miles away from Hanoi City, there is a hill, no name and no surname. The official road to Hanoi City passes under the hill. On the hill, the forest is dense, and all kinds of birds walk through the forest. Another point of this mountain is the side near the pipeline, because of the construction of the pipeline, a gap about two feet high has been shoveled.

Standing above the gap, see everything on the official road clearly. Definitely a great place to set up an ambush. At this moment, the 5,000 men and horses led by Zhang Zhen were resting in the dense forest on the mountain.

Jiang Yiqu looked at Hanoi City in the distance and asked Zhang Zhendao: "General, this place is too close to Hanoi, in case of a fight, the reinforcements from Hanoi City will arrive very widely, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to escape!" ”

Zhang Zhen spit out the grassroots in his mouth: "Don't worry, I've already calculated, this place is twenty miles away from Hanoi City, and they found that something is wrong, if it's cavalry, it takes half an hour, if it's infantry, it takes an hour, there is half an hour, we can do a lot of things, besides, we don't fight with them, we can rest assured." ”