Here, Yuan Shang's order to dispatch high-ranking cadres had just been conveyed for half a day, and a report came from the north that Zhang Fei and Zhu Ling were attacking Zhang Jaw and Guo Tu.

Yuan Shang invited Feng Ji again.

Feng Ji said: "The third prince doesn't have to worry, with the strength of Zhang Fei and Zhu Ling, they can't fight the princess, and this proves that Xu Dingbu wants to divide our army, and wants to pull the lord back to Jizhou from Youzhou."

Since the public didn't say anything, just reported the news to us, I think he also has his own confidence to handle it, and we are so far apart, so we don't have to worry about him. ”

Yuan Shang was right to think about it, but he thought of another question, so he said again: "Feng Gong, why did you say that Xu Ding's Sixth Captain Army still didn't move, what did Zhao Yunbu want to do?" ”

That's a very technical question.

The reason why Feng Ji didn't mention it all the time was to see if Yuan Shang could find out and ask for it.

This is a test for Yuan Shang, and now it seems that Yuan Shang is still qualified to inherit the ability of Yuan Shao's family.

However, Feng Ji still didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Third son, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Shang and Feng Ji looked at each other a few times, and also read the word test from Feng Ji's eyes, so he pondered for a while, and then said: "I think it, there are two possibilities, one is that Xu Ding kept him to enter Youzhou, and once Xu Ding's army fought with his father in Youzhou on a large scale, Zhao Yunbu could go to Bohai County and quickly enter Zhujun or Guangyang County."

The second is to carry out the plan of sneaking up on Yecheng back then, taking advantage of our carelessness, and then secretly attacking Yecheng, just like attacking the eldest brother back then.

If Yecheng is lost and we are killed in battle, my Jizhou will definitely be in chaos, and my father may have to withdraw his troops from Youzhou in advance. ”

Feng Ji praised with admiration in his eyes: "What the third prince said is extremely right, the reason why Zhao Yunbu did not move is to confuse us, and secondly, to find an opportunity to sneak attack us, the two possibilities you said account for fifty percent, so we have to closely monitor the sixth captain's cavalry." ”

"It's just that Xu Yu is not here, and the spies we sent to Qingzhou and Taizhou have not found out any useful news recently, but have suffered a lot of damages. Yuan Shang was a little discouraged in this regard.

Xu Yu is generally responsible for the intelligence of Jizhou, and he has the most capable intelligence officers under him.

Now that Xu You has gone to Youzhou, although Yuan Shang is Yuan Shao's son, Yijing has initially become a successor, but there are some things that he still can't touch.

Xu You will not hand over important things to him, after all, Xu You is not only greedy for money, but also powerful, and conceited.

Even heroes like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao often regard themselves as small, and they don't have much respect for Yuan Shang, so they naturally won't leave him with people.

Feng Ji said: "Hmph, if I have a problem in Jizhou, I will start from Xu Ziyuan." ”

In fact, there are not many people in Jizhou who can see Xu You, even if they are all strategists who are also from the Yingchuan family.

As Yuan Shao's earliest strategist, Feng Ji had the qualifications to reprimand Xu You.

This is also one of the reasons why Yuan Shangzun reunited.

"What Feng Gong said is, if there is a chance in the future, I will report this matter to my father." Yuan Shang said.

Feng Ji is a person who resolutely supports him, and of course he has to stand on the same front with Feng Ji to denounce Xu Yu at this time.

And he also secretly swore that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely share some power from Xu You, and such an important matter as intelligence could not be in the hands of an outsider.

Feng Ji had a teachable expression, and Yuan Shang's performance was even better than he imagined.

"In fact, we are Guo Jia's heaven and earth net, this intelligence agency has a large number of personnel, a strict organization, and a meticulous division of labor, all over the Han Dynasty, and has been in business for almost ten years, and the energy behind it is so great that it is far beyond our imagination." Feng Ji had to admire Xu Ding, this person had been laid out in advance ten years ago, and the whole world was in his martial arts, so he could only sigh with admiration, shook his head slightly, and said to Yuan Shang:

"The third prince should pay more attention to the people around him, and he can't be gullible, let alone talk about military affairs, remember! Remember! ”

"It's Fenggong!" Seeing Feng Ji's serious face, more worried than Xu Yu's question, Yuan Shang responded on the surface, but was a little disapproving in his heart.

Tianluodi is really so powerful, why don't you see Guo Jia doing anything earth-shattering, hasn't he shown many merits for so many years?

Even if it was an assassination of Dong Zhuo, it was done by another assassin organization under Xu Ding, the Blood Shadow Pavilion.

Except for some small tricks that Guo Jia will guard the city, he is not very powerful.

Yuan Shang's most profound impression of Guo Jia's deeds was that at the beginning of the year, the Jizhou army attacked Qingzhou, and Guo Jia, Zhang Fei and others resisted half a moon in Pingyuan City.

Finally use a hot air balloon to attack the camp this time.

Aside from Donglai's powerful weapons, Yuan Shang felt that Xu Ding's side was not necessarily very powerful.

At present, Jizhou is also vigorously researching ordnance and encouraging workers to invent and create, and Yecheng also has a large number of advanced weapons for attack and defense.

After a day and a half of rapid marching, Gao Gan finally entered Qinghe County, and another day later, Gao Gan rushed to the city of Ganling.

The reason why he walked for a day in just a few dozen miles after entering the country was that Gao Gan was afraid of being ambushed.

The lesson of the last time in the party was a shame for him, and he was not sure if the Donglai army would surround the point and send reinforcements, and wait for the gate to ambush him.

Fortunately, it was peaceful along the way, and finally arrived at the foot of Ganling City.

Soon the second lieutenant army surrounding Ganling City was withdrawn, and the senior cadres were able to get in touch with Cui Lin, the civil official in the city, and the military generals Wang Zhao and Cen Bi.

"General Gao, fortunately, you came in a hurry, and our Ganling will be breached one day later." Cui Lin welcomed Gao Gan warmly.

Although the Cui family is the first family in Qinghe, Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and he is also from a big family, which is worthy of Cui Lin's enthusiastic treatment.

Gao Gan also didn't dare to be disrespectful to Cui Lin, he could ignore Wang Zhao and Cen Bibing, but he didn't dare to despise Cui Lin.

So he also held his hand and said: "Cui Jun is serious, I don't see as many enemy troops as rumored, and it is impossible to capture Ganling, and Cui Jun is a big clan of Qinghe, so he raised his arms and shouted, and it is not a problem to block the forbidden people." ”

Commercial touting is like this, in the Han Dynasty, the families are carrying each other, and then to the center, to the local real power official position.

Cui Lin led Gao Gan to sit down, and Xu Ding's good tea was entertained, and said with a wry smile: "General Gao doesn't know, this is because Yu Ban knew that you were coming, and deliberately withdrew some soldiers and horses, it turned out that there were really 80,000 troops, and then they all left one after another, and I don't know where they went. ”

Hearing this, Gao Gan didn't think so, 80,000 troops, can you exaggerate a little, if Yu Ban really has 80,000, Ganling City is enough to fight four times.

At most, 20,000 to the sky, you really dare to blow so much, I'm embarrassed to lie about it.

Although Xu Ding's army rarely attacked the city, there were many siege weapons, as long as they fought it, there was never a city that could not be taken.

80,000 people can't beat Ganling, so Yu Ban can also go to eat, this guy has been famous for a long time, not an ordinary person.

As a senior cadre who has been fighting all year round, he naturally knows Yu Ban's strength, so he concluded at a glance that Cui Lin was touting it in business.

But this time he really blamed Cui Lin, although Yu Ban's second army only had 8,000 men, but Xin Bi would borrow it.

He borrowed a lot of men and horses from Guo Jia, Xianpei, Xue Zong and others, although there were not 80,000, but there were also 40,000 or 50,000 troops.

But these people borrowed a face and went their own way.

So at first, Cui Lin, Wang Zhao, and Cen Bi were really frightened, thinking that this time their lives were not guaranteed, but as a result, Yu Ban did not attack the city much, and the huge army dispersed.

So much so that when the report was reported, Feng Ji and Yuan Shang also felt that he was making a false report.

If it weren't for his family, coupled with his talents, Feng Ji would be ready to be replaced.

Now it is even more natural for Gao Gan to suspect them.

"What Cui Jun said is reasonable, I will report it to Mr. Yuantu truthfully." The high-level cadres do not move and respond to the color.

Then Cui Lin said: "General Gao, although your department is here, but the danger of Qinghe County has not been lifted, Yu Ban will not retreat, Ganling is in danger of being besieged at any time, according to my opinion, you and I divide the troops outside the city, how about each other's horns?" ”

Divide your forces inside and outside the city!

Gao Gan was displeased, and finally came to support you, but he couldn't even enter the city, and he camped outside, and the soldiers worked so hard.

It's not comfortable to live in a tent by yourself, but now it's late autumn, it's cold, where is there a brick and stone house in the city, and it's comfortable to sleep on a soft couch.

This is concerned about vital interests, Gao Gan shook his head this time and said: "Cui Jun, I don't think it's appropriate, our army is camped outside, although it can support each other in the city, but it is easy to be banned by Yu Ban, and they should be broken one by one, so they should join forces in the city, whether it is defending the city or counterattacking, they can use it freely." ”

"General Gao, I know that you have worked hard from afar, but both armies are in the city, so you lose the initiative, once you are forbidden in the second siege, we are all locked up in the city, who will relieve the siege, then you will not ask Yecheng for help again, Yuan Tu and the second prince don't have so many soldiers and horses to send us." Cui Lin still did not agree with the army of senior cadres entering the city, and he had seen with his own eyes how many soldiers and horses Yu Ban had.

Staying in the city together is too passive.

"Cui Jun rest assured, if Yu Ban dares to attack the city, I will defeat him, here our army has brought a lot of city defense equipment, when the time comes, I will naturally be able to fight back out of the city, and ask Cui Jun to move some places for our army to rest, I will go out of the city first to gather the team, so as not to take the opportunity to attack our army." After finishing speaking, Gao Gan left, this time he didn't plan to give Cui Lin face.

Seeing Gao Gan leaving, Cui Lin sighed heavily.

Wang Zhao and Cen Bi persuaded: "My lord, be relieved, General Gao Gan is unreasonable, and he can't be angry. ”

Wang Zhao and Cen Bi turned out to be Yuan Tan's subordinate generals, but Yuan Tan died in battle that year, and Yuan Shao was condemned, and they have not been reused.

Later, when he wanted to recover the states and counties of Jizhou, he was sent to follow Cui Lin to capture Qinghe County and guard Qinghe County, so people said slightly.

"Hey, you know what!" Cui Lin sighed in mourning, and then waved his hand and said: "That's it, that's it, do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, you can't force it, you go down and arrange a place for reinforcements to live." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Zhao and Cen Bi nodded yes, and then bowed and left.

Soon Gao Gan entered Ganling City, and Yu Banbu retreated for twenty miles, and the siege of Ganling was temporarily lifted.

Gao Gan smiled and said to Han Heng and Yin Kai who were with the army: "What's the matter, Cui Lin also said that it would be bad for us to enter the city and be surrounded by Yu Ban, and now I was scared away as soon as I came to Yu Ban, do any of you really believe what he said about the 80,000 enemy troops?" ”

Yin Kai said: "Eighty thousand is to bluff others and to bluff yourself, there are 80,000 horses, it is estimated that our Jizhou can be beaten down by Xu Ding, how can the small Ganling City still exist." ”

"That's right, this is a great good, so we have to truthfully report to the second son and Feng Gong, 20,000 is 20,000, and they are all miscellaneous soldiers, how can they be regarded as soldiers, lest I have a rumor in Jizhou, and the people are uneasy, so that the third son and Feng Gong will be restless." Gao Gan smiled proudly.

As soon as he arrived, Yu Ban withdrew from the army, what a majesty and spirit.

However, Han Heng on the side said: "General, we still can't be careless, Beiqiu City is still in their hands, and they will come back to fight us Ganling City at any time." ”

"Hmmm! This matter will be mentioned later, I will wait for the far away, the soldiers are tired, first rest for a few days, if Yu Ban obediently quits Qinghe, we will fight. Gao Gan spit out domineeringly.

He had to use a victory to redeem his defeat in the upper party.

Soon two very different letters were sent back to Yecheng from Ganling.

Let's not mention how Feng Ji and Yuan Shang felt when they received the letter.

The next day, Gao Gan felt uncomfortable eating flies, because Yu Ban walked fifteen miles forward and camped not far from the city.

If you don't retreat or advance, it's not a taste to make you high.

On the third day, Yu Ban retreated for another twenty miles with his people, and this time the high-ranking cadres were confused, and Cui Lin was also confused, not knowing what decoction Yu Ban was selling.

On the fourth day, Yu Ban advanced fifteen miles to Ganling.

Gao Gan and Cui Lin saw that Yu Ban was going back and forth, making it foggy, so they had to stand still and didn't dare to mess around.

On the fifth day, Yu Ban did not retreat, but went forward and directly surrounded Ganling City.

"Cui Jun, what is Yu Ban doing? How special is it today, he does not retreat but advances. "Gao Gan originally had the intention to fight with Yu Ban, but Yu Ban's abnormal behavior in the past few days made him dare not mess around.

As the saying goes, there must be demons when it is abnormal.

Cui Lin said: "Although I can't see what kind of ecstasy array they are putting up, there must be a conspiracy, as long as we don't attack the city, let's watch it with static braking." ”

"That's it!" Gao Gan's return is more temporarily the same as Cui Lin's words.

However, in the next few days, Yu Ban besieged but did not attack, and did not make any preparations for attacking the city, such as filling moats, digging ditches and trenches, etc., but resting the whole army.

It wasn't until the eighth day that Cui Ban and Gao Gan discovered the abnormality.

Communication with Yecheng was cut off, and the people who sent the communication did not reply, and Yecheng did not send anyone to get in touch with them.

Someone hurriedly came to the north to report.

"My lord, it's not good, the city letter of Anping Guofu is broken."

"What? What the hell is going on, come soon. Cui Lin was a little dizzy, and even Gao Gan looked horrified.

Anping is located to the north and west of the Qing River.

As soon as the letter was broken, there was no barrier to the north of the Qing River.

Not only Qinghe County is in danger, but even Julu County is also in danger.

"My lord, general, the eighth captain of the Donglai army sent troops from Xiu County, and attacked Xindu, and now the surrounding counties have surrendered to the eighth captain army of Donglai, and there are countless civilians responding, and the enemy army has swept all over the southern part of Anping country in just a few days." The man replied with a crying voice.

Eighth Lieutenant Army!

Is that...... In the old department of the Yellow Turban, the captain is Zhang Bao, the younger brother of Zhang Jiao.

The Yellow Turbans are back.

The Yellow Turban Riot set off by the three brothers of Zhang Jiao back then, and the momentum was so great that it swept the land of Kyushu.

And Jizhou is one of the hardest-hit areas.

After Zhang Jiao's death, the old Yellow Turbans were scattered, the descendants were lowered, and they were able to escape, and I don't know how many people in Jizhou can be connected with it, and how many people can be regarded as Yellow Turbans.

Although they have been precipitated over the years, their former identities cannot be washed away.

Moreover, Jizhou has been fighting for many years, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have not managed it well, and the people's grievances are already great.

As soon as Zhang Bao came back, it was naturally like lighting a fire, burning the prairie again.

Cui Lin's whole person froze there, the nemesis of the family, the real nemesis of the family.

Xu Ding actually put the Yellow Turban Army in again, this is to destroy my Jizhou family, this is to ...... It's not good, Xu Ding wants to swallow Jizhou.

With a bang, Cui Lin's body trembled.

The eighth lieutenant showed his body, which not only meant that the Jizhou family was going to be unlucky, but also meant that Xu Ding showed his fangs and began to tear flesh and bones.

His purpose is not Youzhou, it is Jizhou, we are all fooled.

If there is the Eighth Captain's Army, there will be other troops.

Xu Ding's strategy is difficult to get out of the world, and his subordinates are full of martial arts talents, and it is impossible to give Jizhou a chance to turn over.

One hit kills!

Finished! Jizhou is over, the Cui family ...... If it is not finished, it will decay.

"Conspiracy, it's really a big conspiracy, Anping Country is lost, Julu County is not guaranteed, Cui Jun is good, we quickly withdraw to Yecheng, Xu Ding This is to attack Yecheng." Gao Gan is not stupid, now that the Ministry of Intelligence is so obvious, the goal of the Donglai Army is obvious.

So Qinghe County has nothing to worry about, rushing back to Yecheng and guarding Yecheng is a big deal.

Unexpectedly, Cui Lin shook his head and said: "Useless General Gao, Guo Jia and the others are too dead, we have no chance, I dare to say that now the Donglai army is fighting Yecheng, otherwise we would not have cut off contact with Yecheng for so many days." ”

"Even if they want to go back because they are fighting us, there are not many soldiers and horses in Yecheng, if we don't go back to help, who can break the siege of Yecheng, uncle, it is impossible for them to come back from Youzhou, and the only reinforcement in Yecheng is us." Gao Gan said anxiously.

Cui Lin said: "Let's go, what about Qinghe County, Ganling doesn't want it, has General Gao ever thought about whether we will be attacked when we go out of the city, and are there any other Donglai troops attacking us halfway?" ”

"This ...... There should be! When he came, Gao Gan was worried that the Donglai Army would ambush him, but now listening to Cui Lin's rhetorical question, he knows that there is a high probability that there will be.

"So General Gao, where we can't go, just in Ganling, let's defend the city, we don't know how many enemy troops there are, 80,000 or 100,000, these may really exist, I didn't lie to you." Cui Lin smiled bitterly, he knew that Gao Gan had always disbelieved it, and now you still don't believe it?

Gao Gan sighed heavily and was silent for a long time.

Qingyuan City is the only way for Gao Gan to return to Yecheng from Qinghe County and take Wei County.

At this time, on a certain mountain, Guo Jia received a letter from Yu Ban, and also sighed slightly: "Cui Deru, worthy of being one of the two tigers of the Cui family, is really still a little Taoist."

If you don't come to Yecheng, then I'll go to Yecheng. ”

Originally, Guo Jia wanted to ambush Gao Gan and Cui Lin halfway, and solved this Yuan Shao army with Yu Ban and other departments.

As a result, Cui Lin saw through this, which made him feel a little regretful.

Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, that's probably it.

However, this was originally planned, and he put the fifth lieutenant here, which was already an active pawn.

The east is not bright, the west is bright, and the first to destroy Feng Ji and Yuan Shang is the same.

The army marched out, and this time it was a blatant advance into Yecheng.

They took the southeast route of Ping'en and Tsuiqiu. There are few cities here, few rivers, few obstacles, no need to cross the water, you can directly kill the east gate of Yecheng.

Time goes back to Yecheng a few days ago.

Yuan Shang and Feng Jixian received the news that Lu Bu's army was heading north, and they were immediately shocked, and they were busy deploying heavy troops on the front line of the Qingshui River, and transferred all the soldiers and horses from Julu County in the northeast.

After the battle, it was discovered that it was not the real Lu Bu, but Li Gui, the sixth captain of the Donglai Army and the ninth captain who had never appeared in the Central Plains.

Moreover, the person who commanded the troops was still the original Han Fu's subordinates.

Suddenly, the battlefield on the southern front collapsed, and several generals under the former Han Fu defected to the trial.

Yuan Shang's generals Su You and Yin Kui were defeated and fled back to Yecheng.

The trial army waved north to cross the Qingshui River and went straight to Yecheng.

At this juncture, there was also unfavorable news from the north.

"The third prince is not good, Zhao Yun raided Zhao County, General Meng Dai was killed, and he showed up in Zhao County and surrendered my ...... Zhao County"

"Poof!" Yuan Shang spit out a mouthful of blood, and this blow was even bigger than the defeat on the southern front.

It's Zhao Yun again, how did he kill Zhao Jun.

The north side was also blocked by the Donglai army.

Feng Ji hurriedly said: "Quickly pass on the doctor, help the third son to go to bed." ”

"Fenggong, are we ......" Yuan Shang understood that Yecheng was probably going to suffer a big disaster this time, and he was afraid that he would have to follow the back path of his eldest brother Yuan Tan, and he would also die in Yecheng.

"Third prince and relax, we still have a large army in Yecheng, and there is still a large army in Qinghe County, nothing to do." Feng Ji reassured him.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a report outside, saying that it was a military intelligence sent by An Pingguo.

This time, Feng Ji didn't let people report it directly, but rushed out and asked outside: "But something happened to Xindu, and an enemy army captured Anping Kingdom." ”

The person who came nodded and didn't dare to say too loudly, Feng Ji took the battle report, and it really stated the fact that the eighth captain had killed Jizhou.

"Okay, big deal, Weihaihou finally made a move, everything is clear, my Yecheng is blocked." Feng Ji finished reading the battle uniform, and sighed faintly:

"It's just that Guo Jia didn't show up, it is estimated that he is on the way from Wei County to Qinghe County, I hope Cui Lin will not be confused and can persuade Gao Gan, otherwise he will be lost, and no hope and time will be left for the lord."

Waving his hand to let the news go down, Feng Ji pushed the door and walked in, Yuan Shang half lay on the bed, and asked, "Feng Gong, is there bad news again?" ”

Feng Ji said: "It's really bad news, the third son, we may have to make all preparations, this time there is no luck." ”

When retreating from Bohai West to Yecheng that year, the army was intercepted and killed halfway by Xu Dingbu, and Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and others were able to escape, so it was a fluke.

And this time they are sitting in the lonely city, and they will not be left to chance.

Several elites of the Donglai Army were exhausted, and Yecheng could not be protected at all.

"Hehehehe, God doesn't bless my Yuan family, Yecheng is not good for my Yuan family, do we want to give my father a wake-up call, don't enter Yecheng in the future, this is the place where my Yuan family is buried, the nemesis of destiny." Hearing that he couldn't leave Yecheng alive, Yuan Shang suddenly laughed, his eyes were a little distracted, and he began to talk nonsense.