Gongsun Chan snorted disdainfully, waved his sleeves, and took the initiative to meet Liu Weitai with a slip of his feet.

It can be seen that the mastermind this time is the second child.

If the other two didn't have the second child's movement, they wouldn't dare to betray him.

After all, the identities of the two are there, and they are also messing around, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat afterwards.

So he wanted to kill Liu Weitai as soon as possible.

Liu Weitai had expected that Gongsun Chan would do something to himself, so he grabbed his yin and yang hexagram in his hand just now and smashed it at Gongsun Chan.

Gongsun Zhan's attack was blocked, and he dodged, and at this time, the daggers of Li Yizi and Le Hedang stabbed towards his flank at the same time.

Gongsun Chan hurriedly swung his short sword to block it.

"Boom!" , and then Li Yizi and Le Hedang stabbed left and right at the same time.

Gongsun Chan shook his hand and slashed at the wrists of the two.

Li Yizi's pupils shrank and retreated, and Gongsun Zhan's short sword scratched Le Hedang.

Le He Dang let out a miserable scream, Gongsun Zhan took the opportunity to kick out, Le He Dang flew into the pillar behind him, and then the dagger in his hand fell out of his hand, and the person and the dagger fell to the ground first.

Le Hedang let out another muffled snort.

The martial arts of Le Hedang and others were originally inferior to Gongsun Zhan, and in the past few days, they have enjoyed the special treatment brought by glory, wealth and power, and their physical fitness is not as good as before.

And Gongsun Chan has been fighting on horses and has never really disarmed, and his strength is great to keep it, which is really enjoyable.

"Ahh Li Yizi saw that Le He Dang had lost his combat effectiveness, and rushed towards Gongsun Chan with a shout, Gongsun Chan swung his sword to block it, and then bowed down to avoid it.

It turned out that Liu Weitai came silently from behind.

Li Yizi's shout just now was to attract Gongsun Zhan.

It's just that the four of them have been worshipping for a long time, and who doesn't know who is doing it.

Liu Weitai likes to play yin, if it weren't for the fact that he still has the ability to fool people, how could Gongsun Chan use him until now.

So Gongsun Chan bowed down and dodged, and his return hand was a backstab.

"Poof!"

If Li Yizi sees that he has to go in and out of various places all the year round, and he wants to do business and so on casually, he can still have some martial arts.

Then Liu Weitai is really a weak chicken, except for running a little faster, this Si really has no advantages.

Li Yizi saw that Liu Weitai was stabbed, his heart was shocked, he turned around and ran to the door, the two sworn brothers were injured and killed by Gongsun Zhan, and he was the only one who was Gongsun Zhan's opponent, so it was better to run first.

Gongsun Chan drew his sword and drew it, and shook his hand is a throw.

With a "poof", Li Yizi's back was stabbed in the back by a short sword, and then pierced into the heart, then he pulled the door with both hands, fell backwards, and was the first to die.

Gongsun Chan didn't look at him, reached out and hit Liu Weitai, who was holding the wound, and then snatched his dagger.

"Big brother, I was wrong! Big brother, I ...... wrong" Liu Weitai was busy begging for mercy, but Gongsun Chan waved his sleeves and cut it.

The dagger slashed Liu Weitai's throat, and blood splattered Gongsun Zhan's sleeve.

At this time, the guards who heard the movement outside pushed open the door, saw the scene inside, were momentarily stunned, and then drew their swords to guard the surroundings.

The people who came in also pointed their swords at Liu Weitai, Li Yizi and others.

Gongsun Chan waved his sleeves and said, "Carry everyone away!" ”

Only then did the guards carry away the bodies of the three people, although Le Hedang still had a breath and did not die, but it would be more uncomfortable than death.

The person carried it away, and Gongsun Chan said, "Call the shopkeeper over, I want to thank him well." ”

Soon the shopkeeper was brought in, and the shopkeeper said in fear: "Master Hou......"

"Okay, don't be afraid, your report is very timely, I almost fell into the ambush of these three people, tell me what reward you want." Gongsun Chan sat there with a golden sword, poured himself wine and drank it.

The shopkeeper said: "The villain doesn't want to be rewarded, Hou Ye is a lucky person with his own natural appearance, and there is a blessed birthday star, how can these traitors hurt Hou Ye." ”

"Hmph, Jiren has his own heavenly appearance, and there are lucky birthday stars, you are quite able to say, so you will follow me in the future, I am rewarding you with a hundred acres of land and a house plus 100,000 new dollars." Gongsun Chan said generously.

The shopkeeper said gratefully: "Xie Hou Ye, Xie Hou Ye ......"

The shopkeeper bowed every time he said a word, and then bowed closer to each word, no one noticed this, and when he got up after the third sentence, a cold light suddenly flashed, and he had an extra short sword in his hand, which stabbed directly at Gongsun Zhan's heart.

"Poof!"

This stab happened extremely quickly, and even more suddenly, and the surrounding guards didn't pay attention to it or think about it, and their heads were covered all of a sudden.

Gongsun Chan's whole body was stabbed backwards and fell, the whole table collapsed, and a table of wine and food fell to the ground.

But soon the guards reacted back, drew their swords and turned to this shopkeeper, who was surprisingly calm, and did not struggle to resist much, but stood up straight and let these Gongsun Zhan's subordinates catch him.

Gongsun Chan was lying on the ground, holding his sword in one hand and propping up the ground with the other, and blood stains were spilling from the corners of his mouth.

"Are you...... Whose people? ”

The shopkeeper said, "Do you think I'll say it?" ”

When the words fell, the two guards each punched out and hit the shopkeeper in the stomach, and the captain of Gongsun Zhan's guard put the sword on his neck and said, "Say, don't say cut you." ”

The shopkeeper still didn't say anything, and then Gongsun Zhan's personal guard captain slashed the shopkeeper's arm with a sword.

This time, the shopkeeper was so painful that he was alive and screaming.

Gongsun Chan said: "Don't say it, the next sword will be cut on your neck, and I can ask them to stop the bleeding for you." ”

The shopkeeper is also a person with perseverance, gritted his teeth and finally stopped rolling his body, and then replied: "I said, it was Captain Zhang who asked me to do it, stop the bleeding for me." ”

"What Captain Zhang, who is it? Be specific? Gongsun Zhan's personal guard captain asked.

Dian Xiaoer said: "It's Captain Zhang Yan, our tenth captain of Donglai, Captain Zhang." ”

"Quick, stop the bleeding for me, I don't want to die, quick, what I said is true." The shopkeeper didn't look like he was acting, this time it was really painful and couldn't help it.

However, Gongsun Chan did not ask people to help him stop the bleeding, but stood up and pulled out the short sword inserted in his chest.

There was not a trace of blood on his chest.

No one was injured either.

The shopkeeper showed a surprised expression, he had obviously been stabbed just now, and he could feel the stabbing going in.

Even if he can't penetrate the heart, Gongsun Chan will not die, but he will be injured.

"A little trick, Ben Hou has been guarding against it early." Gongsun Chan tore the clothes outside along the edge of the sword, only to see a piece of meat tied to his chest.

The short sword just now was pierced in this piece of meat, and then Gongsun Chan untied the meat again, and he also pierced a set of decks inside.

With this deck, how could the sword of the shopkeeper stab him.

"You...... Count you awesome. The shopkeeper looked remorseful.

Gongsun Zhan said: "Say, who is your real master, don't use the previous excuse to blame, Weihaihou himself has already gone to Liaodong, it is impossible for the generals of Liaodong and Liaoxi to do such a dirty thing behind his back, and it is Weihaihou's people who let me wear this thing, people already know that you will design to blame, a group of gutless rats." ”

After Gongsun Chan finished speaking, someone walked in outside the door, this person was the person in charge of Tianluo Diwang in Youzhou, and he was entrusted by Guo Jiazhi to take the initiative to remind Gongsun Zhan.

Xu Ding and Gongsun Chan both had a plan for a duel, and neither wanted their plans to be interrupted, and at this time, both parties had common interests and goals, so they would naturally cooperate.

In fact, with Gongsun Zhan's character, he didn't believe it, but in the end, he couldn't resist Xu Ding's soft hair and hard bubbles, so he had to pretend to be one.

turned out to be really like Guo Jiachai's, someone wanted to blame.

I have to say that the plan of the shopkeeper is perfect, first take the initiative to betray Liu Weitai, Li Yizi, and Le Hedang, gain the trust of Gongsun Zhan, and reduce the vigilance of Gongsun Zhan's subordinates.

After all, no one could have imagined that there would be a second assassination in the same place, in the same place.

And it's not about killing the target as the end goal.

"Hahaha, count me as a recipient, but it's impossible for you to know who is behind the scenes." The shopkeeper's tongue was tired and he took out the poison on his teeth and then bit it, and the poison instantly flowed into his throat.

Gongsun Zhan's people wanted to stop Yijing from coming, and they were not in a hurry.

However, the person in charge of Tianluo Diwang chuckled and said, "If you don't say it, we also know, Yuan Shao, Xu You sent you." ”

The shopkeeper's eyes were wide, he and Xu You were in one-line contact, how could they be discovered by Xu Dingren.

At this moment, he was a little unwilling, broke an arm, swallowed poison, and performed very superbly, but it was useless at all.

But at this time, he regretted that he was not in a hurry, and there was a cramping pain in his abdomen, and then the whole person lost consciousness, and his body fell soft.

"If it's really Yuan Shao, this shameless person, good you Xu You, I will kill him if I have the chance." Gongsun Zhan said indignantly, the expression of the shopkeeper just now betrayed the result.

However, the person in charge of Tianluo Diwang said: "Although we know who is going to kill the general and blame my family's marquis, we have no evidence. ”

"Hmph, what evidence do you need for revenge? Your lord is not good at this, too regular, too right. Gongsun Chan patted the sundries on his body, stepped past the corpse of the shopkeeper, and then said without looking back:

"Go back and tell Weihaihou that the plan remains the same, I will wait for you to duel outside the pass, the sooner the better!"

Soon the ban in Jixian County was strict, and Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses ran through the streets from time to time, and then arrested Yuan Shao's people or people related to Yuan Shao.

Of course, Tianluo also provided him with some spies on Yuan Shao's side hidden in Youzhou.

For a while, Yuan Shao's people suffered heavy losses in Guangyang County, and he sent Xu You to murder Gongsun Zhan, and the news of blaming Xu Ding also spread.

Of course, Yuan Shao flatly denied that Xu You's anti-planting of dirty was Guo Jia's blame for him, and it was Xu who poured dirty water on Yuan Shao.

The situation in Youzhou rose sharply, and it suddenly attracted the attention of the princes of the world.

All the princes were speculating that Yuan Shao might want to intervene in the affairs of Youzhou.

"Hmph, this is what you said is foolproof, now I'm afraid everyone in the world knows what we did in Youzhou?" Yuan Shao was very angry when he heard about this, and scolded Xu Yu with his head and face.

Xu You defended: "Lord, that Guo Jia only stared at my Jizhou family, staring at me to death, it was premeditated, and it is normal for our people to be detected, but he has no evidence, it is purely apocryphal, Gongsun Chan also understands this, so he just sealed Guangyang County, and we can still act according to the original plan." ”

"We acted according to the original plan, but now that Xu Dingyi knows that we are going to make trouble in Youzhou, how can we not be prepared." Yuan Shao said angrily.

Xu You said: "Lord, our preliminary work is ready, and now that Gongsun Zhan has left Jixian County, we can make a move in advance, even if Xu Ding knows?" ”

"Start in advance, then we will have to fight with Gongsun Chan first, and our army will have to send more soldiers and horses into Youzhou." Yuan Shao was a little reluctant, this is a question of investment and return.

If you invest too much and make too little profit, you have to think about it.

"The lord we have an internal response, Gongsun Chan is not here, the Youzhou army has no leader, how to defend against it, and Gongsun Chan's men and horses may not dare to fight, they must retreat first, after all, once Gongsun Chan loses, Youzhou will not belong to them, and they don't need to fight with us for a state and county that does not belong to them." In order to redeem trust and loss, Xu You can only try to downplay the impact of the assassination incident, persuade Yuan Shao to do it, and then make new contributions, so that he can favor Youjia and maintain his status in Jizhou.

Yuan Shao was not so easy to fool, and after thinking about it, he asked people to recruit other strategists.

However, this time to Xu Yu's surprise, everyone supported to start in advance and send an additional layer of soldiers and horses.

"The lord is fighting against the water, if Youzhou is promised to be taken, my Jizhou will be unobstructed, facing him to attack on three sides. Moreover, there is news that Xu Ding is afraid that he will attack our Jizhou immediately after taking Jizhou. Feng Ji Dao:

"The lord with our understanding of Xu Ding, if Gongsun Chan is defeated, Xu Ding is very likely to renew him, and then he will use Youzhou soldiers and horses, and his military strength will be even larger, and Gongsun Chan will also hold a grudge against us because of this assassination, and he must be willing to be the vanguard to attack my Jizhou."

After Feng Ji said this, Yuan Shao came to his senses.

Xu Ding's Youzhou is not only a huge territory, but a huge army of Gongsun Zhan.

It's entirely possible to go south this winter.

Xu Dingyi had new grain varieties, high yields, and sufficient logistics, so that he had the ability to continue fighting at full speed.

This duel, that is, Guan Youzhou, is also the future of Jizhou.

It was time for him Yuan Shao to choose the same as Gongsun Zhan, and it was time for the final battle between the Yuan family and Xu Ding to end.

Although Yuan Shu is also the Yuan family, this loser is useless, he will lose anyone, and even a partial army on Xu Ding's side will shrink in Runan, he can't count on it at all, and he can't replace the Yuan family.

Only he, Yuan Shao, is the true representative of the Yuan family, and the fourth and third princes in the eyes of the world.

"Okay, let's do it in advance, the army will enter Youzhou from now on, this battle is about my Jizhou to stay, but also about the rise and fall of my Yuan family and your future, I hope everyone will be sincerely united, and we will fight with Xu Ding." Yuan Shao was also a prince, and once he recognized the facts, he was also decisive, and immediately issued orders and dispatched a large army to the battle.

His advisers also worked together to do their part.

In fact, Yuan Shao's team is much more harmonious now than in history, because there are not so many strategists, especially most of the Jizhou family voted for Xu Ding.

Yuan Shao's internal contradictions are not so sharp, and the Yingchuan system is dominant, but he can use his strength in one place.

Of course, in view of the fact that the survival of Jizhou is at stake this time, the matter is big, and in addition to the dominance of the Yingchuan system, Yuan Shao still personally commanded the troops and firmly held the military power.

Only his son Yuan Shang was left to guard Yecheng, and his nephew Gao Gan was stationed in Wei County.

It was not Xu Ding's side that killed him from Qingzhou, but the fierce tiger of Lu Bu in the south.

Puyang to Yecheng, with the speed of cavalry, it is too close.

Cao Cao's previous experience, Yuan Shao didn't dare to eat, so he had to beware of Lu Bu.

Yuan Shao set out on the expedition and advanced all the way to the northeast, and along the way, the five counties of Julu, Anping, Zhongshan, Hejian and Bohai in Jizhou looked at the wind and changed their ways.

It is not surprising that these counties rebelled against the Yuan clan.

Yuan Shao was originally the pastor of Jizhou, and he was the fourth and third dukes, so he was the most ideal candidate for them.

Soon Yuan Shao's vanguard entered Zhuo County, Youzhou, the Zhuo County family surrendered, and Yuan Shao's army defeated Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Fan.

At the same time that Yuan's army took Zhuo County, Daijun and other places also rebelled against Gongsun Zhan, but they did not defect to Yuan Shao, but Liu Bei.

Liu Bei made a fortune here, and he won the hearts of the people, and he has been in touch and hooked up since he left, and he has never been interrupted.

In the past, Gongsun Zhan also turned a blind eye and did not delve into it when he thought that he was the same door, which just gave Liu Bei an opportunity.

After eating Zhuo County, Yuan Shao pioneered straight to Jixian County, Guangyang County, and at the same time sent a partial army to advance along the eastern coast.

According to the local Haoqiang Wang Songju of Youzhou, who had the three cities of Anci, Quanzhou and Yongnu, surrendered to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao also ordered him to defend the three cities and divide one side on the spot, and then the partial army continued to advance to the right Beiping.

Along the way, all the powerful families raised troops to respond, and half of Youzhou fell into the hands of Yuan Shao for a while.

Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses only retreated to Jixian County to follow Shanggu County and the north of Yuyang County.

When all this happened, Gongsun Chan passed out of Juyong Pass, and the army was stationed on the front line of the Inner Great Wall.

And Xu Ding also took the vast army to the grassland route to the area of the Outer Great Wall.

"Han Sheng, you take the seventh lieutenant to ride to meet Gongsun Zhan, remember to save some face for Gongsun Zhan, don't let Bai Ma Yicong lose too badly."

Huang Zhong clenched his fists and replied: "It's the lord, and you can save it." ”

Baima Yicong is also the elite of the cavalry, and it is an important cavalry force of the Han Dynasty, if it can be preserved as much as possible, it will be beneficial and harmless to both the Han and Xu Ding.

Huang Zhong led his men south, while Xu Ding led the Left Cavalry Guard, the Guiyi Army, and the New Japanese Army to the west.

Soon arrived near Ning County, and then visited the Malay newspaper.

"Report! Report to the lord, the Xianbei army in the central part of the country will reach Danhan Mountain, and it will be able to reach our side in a few days. ”

Xianbei alien race meddling in the Central Plains, this Xu Ding had long expected, and the shadows planted over there had already sent back the news, and the Central Xianbei had been gathering troops and horses recently, so Xu Ding guessed that the other party would come to sabotage.

After all, these guys don't want Youzhou to be taken by Xu Ding, because in this way, Xu Ding will be faster to send troops from Youzhou, and it will be more convenient to attack the various tribes of Central Xianbei, which will be a nightmare for Central Xianbei at that time.

Xu Ding asked, "Who is the one who commands the troops?" ”

Tanma replied: "Lord, this time the barbarian army is a coalition of Budugen and Kebineng, and they brought the mud with them, nominally the mud is the commander, but in fact, the two of them hold all the power. ”

He is the son of Fu Luo Han (Putou), who has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and has appointed himself an adult, almost unifying the central Xianbei, and has a very high prestige.

However, after his death, the central Xianbei was scattered, and his son was too young to serve the public, and the power was in the hands of his uncle Budugen.

The various departments are also not convinced by the root of Budu, for example, Kebineng is one of them, and Kebineng's power once developed far beyond the root of Budugen, becoming the first person in Xianbei in the central part of the country.

If nothing else, he would have been the one who could dominate the central Xianbei and kick out the Budugen.

However, in the first battle of the eastern grassland, he was crippled by Xu Ding, and the soldiers and horses were almost destroyed.

If it weren't for the prestige accumulated before and the fact that his younger brother Tho Luohou kept a little soldiers and horses in the old nest, it is estimated that he would have been eaten by Budugen.

Of course, Budugen is not much better, or in the eastern grassland, he was pressed to the ground by the seventh captain's army and the Guiyi army, and he also suffered heavy losses.

Now the two are brothers and sisters, and the forces are leveled again, so this time the troops have to be sent in the name of returning to the mud, so that they can reassemble the soldiers and horses of the Xianbei tribes in the central part to participate in the war.

"It's good, both of them came, just caught them all and solved them at once." Xu Ding smiled slightly, and then said to his subordinates: "Go and contact Ning County, tell them about Xianbei's arrival in the army, and at the same time, if necessary, we will also borrow Ning County to recuperate the wounded soldiers." ”

"Whoa!" At that moment, someone was ordered to go to Ning County.

…………

Here, Huang Zhong went south and quickly came to the meeting place with eight thousand horsemen.

Gongsun Chan received the news as soon as possible and asked his spies, "How many people are here?" Is Weihaihou here? ”

Tanma reported: "General, the Marquis of Weihai is here, but he separated from Huang Zhong and others on the Outer Great Wall, and went west with two cavalry and one infantry, and only Huang Zhong rode south with the seventh lieutenant to the appointment." ”

Gongsun Zhan stroked his beard and praised when he heard this: "A real man, Weihai Hou Yinuo's daughter, has always been a model for my generation, and my Gongsun Zhan only admires him in the whole Han Dynasty." ”

If it weren't for Xu Ding's good reputation and good reputation, Gongsun Zan wouldn't have had any duels.

Now Xu Ding did not lead the army south according to the agreement, and he didn't even mean to watch from the sidelines, which was enough to see the sincerity of the other party, and he was relieved at this time.

Soon Huang Zhong arrived and handed in the official battle book.

For such a fair and just duel, the ceremony still needs to be done sufficiently, because it will go down in the annals, and no matter who wins or loses, it will be worthy of the respect of people in the future.

After submitting the war letter and signing his name, Huang Zhong was about to go to war, at this time Gongsun Chan said: "Wait, your army has come from afar, and you are tired at this time, so let's take a rest, my Gongsun Zhan's subordinates are all elite cavalry, and they don't want to take advantage of the danger of others, and the two armies will show their best state to not humiliate each other." ”

Of course, Huang Zhong is not hypocritical, this battle can only be won and not lost, so he simply replied with one word: "But!" ”

When the rest was sufficient, the two armies mounted their horses and spread their flags, and each sent 5,000 horsemen to set up a position on the open and flat grass.

Gongsun Chan was in front, on the left and right were his generals Wu Mian, Ying Yu and other old men, and behind him were the most elite war horses selected and selected by tens of thousands of white horses, all of them were full of energy, high spirits, and strong fighting spirit.

This battle is a matter of honor, and they have long been eager to fight with the Donglai cavalry, but they have not been able to do so, and today's spear is pointing, the sword is out of the sheath, and they have to face one of the strongest cavalry today.

If you win, you will leave a name for eternity, and if you lose, you will withdraw from Youzhou.

As a soldier, no one is willing to admit defeat and become a loser.

On Huang Zhong's side, not only his old partner Han Dang, but also the most capable captains, deputy captains and soldiers of the three armies who were born and died.

There are also two brothers Xian Yufu and Xian Yuyin, who are temporarily serving as personal soldiers by Huang Zhong's side.

They represent the remnants of Liu Yu, and use a dignified method to avenge Liu Yu, if they charge into battle and kill Gongsun Zhan, it can be regarded as revenge for Liu Yu and do their duty as subordinates.

If they can't be killed, then this matter will end here, and their grievances with Gongsun Chan will be over, and they will not be mentioned again in the future.

"In this battle, the lord's plan is high, and I have Youzhou, and my Donglai army can take advantage of the situation to swallow the world!" Huang Zhong held the knife in his hand and pointed to the sky:

"This battle is also related to the honor of my seventh captain's cavalry, our army has been established for almost ten years, and there have been countless big and small battles, and we have never been defeated, and we can't be defeated today, because we are the seventh captain's cavalry, one of the strongest cavalry in Donglai, and the strongest cavalry in Dahan!"

"Undefeated! Undefeated! Undefeated! ”

5,000 soldiers shouted in unison, only to see Huang Zhong pointing at his sword, the banner in the army moved, and the soldiers urged the horses to rush over, its momentum was like a dragon, rolling like a flood.