In December of the sixth year of Zhongping, in the cold winter season, and the north drips into ice.

Taking advantage of the power of forcing the Xiongnu rebels to surrender, the Wei general Gongsun Xun carried out a series of rewards, punishments, appointments and dismissals in the Yanmen County Zhiyin Pavilion City, and then continued to set off south with the rested troops.

There were no unnecessary losses, but even more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers of more than 1,000 Yanmen disciples, plus tens of thousands of newly acquired tens of thousands of war horses and tens of thousands of pack horses, the soldiers were divided into two routes, and carefully went south from Yanmen Pass and Loufu Pass (that is, Ningwu Pass), and then reunited in Guangwu and Yuanping counties in the southernmost part of Yanmen County.

Although it also belongs to Yanmen County, it is already the upper reaches of the Hutuo River, and from a geographical point of view, it is actually the middle zone between the Datong Basin and the Taiyuan Basin.

In fact, the tens of thousands of people in the three counties in this area originally belonged to Taiyuan County, and it has only been allocated to Yanmen County for decades.

"Yanmen County is named after Yanmen Gusai, and Yanmen Gusai is named after Yanmen Mountain...... Such a terrain is indeed majestic and precipitous, no wonder even the wild geese fly south and north from here. Although he had passed the danger and came to the flat land, and camped according to the city, Xi Zhong on the wall of Yuanping County still sighed again and again when he looked in the direction of Yanmen Mountain in the north.

"Zhicai, it's a pity that we didn't see geese when we passed by?" It was the middle of winter, and Lou Gui didn't bother to twist his beard, he just smiled. "That kind of ...... that can be met but not sought"

"I'm afraid it's not." Tian Feng, who was also wrapped in fur, frowned slightly beside him. "Mr. Zhicai should be worried that the road is difficult, and the cold in the middle of winter makes the logistics unsustainable, right?"

"Both advisors are right." Xi Zhong tightened the clothes on his body, but learned from Gongsun Xun to use a chic title, not called the two generals, but called the military advisor. "I am not only reminiscing about the majesty of the wild goose gate plug before, but also thinking about logistics...... If you want to continue to advance in the middle of winter, I'm afraid it's not ordinary hardship, I saw the document at Fu Gong'ao yesterday, saying that it was starting from the Yin Pavilion again, and because of ice, falling rocks, and frostbite along the way, more than 100 people have been reduced. We fought such a big battle in Mayi before, but this is the number of deaths. ”

"That's a good point." Lou Gui couldn't help but get up. "When he was in the Yin Pavilion before, Han Zhuo, the warden of Yanmen County, discussed with the big clans in the county, and was willing to send 3,000 troops to help him because the Yanmen Border County was poor and good at martial arts, but the prince only selected more than 1,000 of them and modeled them on the counties of Youzhou as cavalry...... Of course, this is because of the chaos in Yanmen for more than half a year, and there is a meaning of sparing the people's strength, but why not worry about the lack of logistics? Therefore, it is better to have fewer soldiers than to leave more soldiers and horses in Yanmen County to ensure logistical security. ”

"That's why the prince is stationed here?" At this moment, a person suddenly spoke from under the city, and then walked while talking, and after saying a word, he had already appeared on the city wall, but it was the important subordinate of the army, Fu Zong, who came to the city, and hurriedly greeted the people above the three ranks. "Two military advisors, play Sima...... Dare to ask why the prince stopped here? Do you really have to wait for the beginning of the first month of spring before marching? ”

"Not necessarily." Tian Feng didn't care about the other party's initiative to show goodwill, but frowned again. "In my opinion, as long as the logistics can be guaranteed, the general will inevitably march, and stopping here at this time is a bit of a matter of waiting for some news...... I guess, maybe it's the Flying Fox Trail? When he was in the Yin Pavilion before, didn't the general send an order to Changshan to send a thousand soldiers and horses to Changshan County to garrison Lucheng and take care of Shufu Mountain? I guess I'm just waiting for this, and then I'm going to continue south, right? ”

Everyone was stunned at first, but soon bowed their heads.

It turned out that the Hutuo River walked around the Wutai Mountain area of the Taihang Mountains, but it occupied two of the eight Taihang Mountains at one end and the other, one was the Jingcheng in the south of Wutai Mountain, facing Changshan County; One is the Flying Fox in the north of Wutai Mountain, which is facing the junction of Dai County and Changshan County.

At this time, the two counties of Guangwu and Yuanping, where the Youzhou Army was stationed, went further east, and it happened to be the Flying Fox.

It is said that when Gongsun Xun was the Sima of Yanmen Pingcheng, when he was newly married to Yan'er, he went to Wutai Mountain, and passed through the Flying Fox Mountain, so that he felt emotion and turned back halfway...... But that was more than a decade ago.

And back to the present, the Flying Fox is actually not a simple and dangerous passage, and it can't be tacitly safed because the territory at both ends of the road has already belonged to Gongsun Xun - after all, millions of Taihang thieves are not vegetarians!

In fact, those bandits are all living people, they all have to eat, and they only entered the mountain because they couldn't survive, if they were really hungry, how could they not rob the military food surnamed Gongsun because of the passage through the mountain?

As for Zhang Yan, the general of Pingnan Zhonglang, as the co-owner of the northern section of Taihang Mountain, although he avoided Gongsun Xun for some reason, the number of bandits reached the level of 100,000 or million, and the so-called quantitative change caused qualitative change...... Not to mention how he can restrain every mountain bandit, just say that if there is a famine in the mountains, believe it or not, he will be the first to lead troops down to attack the old master?! This kind of thing is not something he can decide at all, right?

In this case, it is natural for Gongsun Xun to stay for a while and send people to set up a cantonment point to try to ensure the smooth flow of the Flying Fox, so as to greatly reduce the logistical pressure.

"Millions of Taihang Mountain bandits are confidants!" On the city wall, Lou Zibo, who had already turned to Wangdong, paused slightly, but suddenly made a categorical conclusion.

"Exactly!" Tian Feng nodded yes without hesitation. "If it is too uneven, it will be difficult for Hebei to become one."

"I mean it." Xi Zhong also agreed.

"As early as Changping, Lu Changshi, as well as the lieutenant general of the town army (Wang Xiu), as well as Du Bohou and Chang Bohuai, the two Taishou, all said about it." Fu Zong also interjected. "At that time, it was said that if we could clean up Taihang, not only would it be one, but more importantly, millions of ownerless people would be in hand, whether it was a military camp or a civilian camp, or a reorganized household to gather the people, then we would have no worries about money, food, and troops! However, after discussing Dong, I thought that it was still necessary to take the land of Jizhou and Qingzhou Yinfu first, there are millions of people in a county there, if it can be annexed, then the world is in sight, Taihang here, if Zhang Yan knows the interest, it can still be slowed down. ”

Lou Gui and Xi Zhong both have a lot to say.

However, Tian Yuanhao still didn't give face to his friend and brother, and he shook his head slowly and retorted directly: "I just thought that after courting Dong, no matter whether it was successful or not, if you want to turn around, you should take Taihang first...... Because if Bingzhou, Taihang, and Youzhou are all in hand, then the plains north of the Yellow River can be condescending and demanding; On the contrary, he took Hebei directly behind him, and he was afraid that there would be some omissions. ”

Fu Zong was quite polite to Tian Feng today, but when he heard this, he was very disapproving: "A group of bandits, what kind of climate can it become?" The Huns still have the word bow and horse, this Taihang mountain bandit, but there is nothing! If you are really in a hurry, send a general, lead 10,000 partial divisions, from north to south, and slowly pull them out. ”

Tian Feng wanted to taunt back, but remembering the embarrassment he had encountered when dealing with the Huns before, he put out the intention of fighting again.

However, Tian Yuanhao didn't want to speak, but someone wanted to speak.

"What's the use of talking about this now? At this time, there are nearly 40 princes in the world who are begging for Dong, and we can only ask for the word Dong! "Gongsun Xun said that the city on the side was coming, but he also laughed for a while." How is it that so many people are blowing the wind here? Is it because it's not cold enough? Let's go down quickly and go to the room to play cards by fire and rest. Otherwise, on the road tomorrow, several military divisions will be weak...... Especially Zhicai...... Maybe you're going to get sick. ”

"Prince." Xi Zhong hurriedly asked. "But the Changshan County Guard has already arrived in Lucheng from the Flying Fox?"

"It's been there a long time ago." Gongsun Xun replied casually. "We have already arrived when we pass the Yanmen Pass, but this matter belongs to logistics, and I directly asked Youxi to transfer it to Shuzhi after receiving it, so you don't know."

All the people at the head of the city looked at each other for a moment.

"Let's go back to the room to warm up!" Gongsun Xun urged again, and then turned and went down. "Gongyu and I are here, let's go to find Shuzhi, and then inspect the camp outside the city together to see if the soldiers have enough heating......"

Fu Zong naturally had nothing to say.

However, Tian Feng, who was puzzled in his heart, couldn't help but ask more: "Then dare to ask the general, who are you waiting for when you stop here this time?" ”

"Wait for an old man from the Hutuo River." Gongsun Xun replied faintly as he went down. "But before the three days came, I was no wonder...... In this world, not everyone has a rod and scale in their hearts like Zhao Ping......"

In the end, the sound was already coming from the city, and several 'military advisors' at the head of the city thought about each other, and after a while, they went down to the city to keep warm.

In fact, as Gongsun Xun said, in the middle of winter in the sixth year of Zhongping, although I dare not say that the whole world, almost the entire Kanto region is begging for Dong!

Just when Gongsun Xun attacked Yanmen and prepared to continue to go south in the cold of winter, in order to take Taiyuan, a large county in the heart of Bingzhou, far south of the Yellow River, where information was cut off, the Kwantung coalition army organized by Yuan Shao finally completely turned from a real coalition army on paper...... Among them, the princes of the Central Plains, more than 100,000 troops have gathered in the territory of Chenliu, or the sour jujube county at the junction of Henan Yin, to which Chenliu, Dongjun, Hanoi, and Luoyang belong, and is preparing to swear to Dong!

This unprecedentedly large coalition army, the initiator is Cao Cao, the real invitation in the name of the imperial court is the current Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, the main tandem in the early stage is Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao brothers and Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, but the actual leader is undoubtedly the Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers who destroyed the eunuchs and gained great prestige among the scholars.

And among them, the most popular is undoubtedly Yuan Shao.

After all, the scholars in the world, especially the scholars of the Central Plains, are mostly involved with the party members of Ruying Wanluo, and Yuan Benchu is the leader of the party, and he is the actual commander-in-chief of the eunuchs who killed the eunuchs that day, and his prestige and status in the sour jujube are beyond doubt.

However, what is really interesting is that although Yuan Shao's position as the leader of the alliance is like a thing in the bag, although there are more than 100,000 sour jujube coalition troops, and they are still converging, although Henan Yin, to which Luoyang belongs, is more than ten miles away from sour jujube, but no one organized to swear blood, elect the leader of the alliance, and then immediately send troops.

The reason is very simple, the brothers Yuan Benchu and Yuan Highway didn't come!

You read that right!

The sour jujube alliance, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two brothers, one with the highest reputation and the other with the strongest strength, didn't come!

So take it a step further, why not come?

The reason is simpler, Yuan Shao's position as the leader of the alliance is unshakable, but Yuan Shu disagrees with him, so Yuan Highway didn't bother to make fun, and only sent a messenger to show him himself in Nanyang, as well as Sun Jian, who was listed by him as the assassin of Yuzhou and the general of the captivity, was willing to participate in the coalition army, and then he did not move in Luyang...... According to his words, it is the southern matter of Luoyang, and I will do it myself!

And Yuan Shao heard that Yuan Shu himself was unwilling to come, so he also put up a shelf, not ready to go to the sour jujube across the river to show up, and he was unwilling to come, and Jizhou Mu Hanfu, who was also in Hebei, and Hanoi guarded Wang Kuang and Shangdang guarded Zhang Yang, so they were even more lazy to go over.

Now, don't talk about Cao Cao, even Chen Liutaishou and the local advocate Miao are going crazy!

More than 100,000 troops gather here, people eat horses and chew, and it is the middle of winter, who can survive? So after several discussions, it was decided not to wait for the second Yuan, that is, the princes of the sour jujube, directly blood for the alliance, and the big deal is that Yuan Shao, the 'general of the chariot and cavalry', is the leader of the alliance.

Moreover, according to the military plan formulated by Cao Cao, it was supposed to attack from three sides, so that Yuan Shao led several princes of Hebei to occupy the three ferries on the first line of the Yellow River; Let Yuan Shu and Sun Jian attack from Nanyang and attack the three passes in the south of Luoyang; In the end, the princes of the Central Plains, under the impetus of Cao Cao himself, went directly to Xingyang and Chenggao to ask the Tiger Pass!

Attacking from three sides, even if it cannot break through and enter Luoyang, as long as the offensive is maintained and the communication is cut off, it is enough to oppress Luoyang and force the hearts of Luoyang to shake and collapse without a fight.

However, even if it was decided to leave the Eryuan Advance Alliance and send troops, there was still a big problem...... Who will replace Yuan Shao to preside over the alliance?

It stands to reason that it should be Cao Cao, and the assassins and Taishou also think that a fugitive Cao Mengde is the most suitable for doing this, but Cao Cao knows that he really can't do this!

Because there is no benefit in doing this, but it will be hostile to Yuan Shao - as a small person, others don't know, how can he Cao Mengde not know what kind of heart that guy is, and he will really be hated for this kind of!

However, the world is turbulent, no matter what, Yuan Benchu was the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, and there is really no need to sin Yuan Shao because of this kind of thing at this time.

The three animals have already been prepared, the altars have already been stacked, and more than 100,000 troops have nothing to do in the camp, and the princes from all walks of life ...... At the very least, the princes of the Central Plains from all walks of life, all in the sour dates, talking all day long, but no one dared to go to the altar, smeared a handful of blood on their faces, and ordered the whole army to go west to Dong!

As time passed, Cao Cao gradually wavered, and just when he was hesitating whether to fight Yuan Shao's jealousy on stage, a person suddenly came to his camp and asked for a visit.

The person who came was a famous Guangling clan, Gong Cao, a subordinate of Zhang Chao, Zang Hong Zang Ziyuan, who was not yet thirty years old.

"Where did Ziyuan come from? But did Zhang Taishou invite me to drink? Zang Hongshi is famous, Cao Mengde will naturally not slack off, the other party has not yet entered the account, he listened to the footsteps and directly squinted his eyes in the tent and asked with a smile.

"That's not the case." Zang Hong was dressed in iron armor, holding a treasure knife, and wearing a red coat, as if he was dressed in a military uniform, and he came to the tent with Lejin, neither sat down nor said hello, but actually stopped directly in the tent door, and then raised his voice to answer. "Hong is here because he has a private person to inquire about General Cao."

"What?" Cao Cao, who was regarded as the general of Fenwu by Yuan Shao, was not angry, and also stopped Cao Hong's appearance beside him, he was really curious.

"Why didn't the army swear an alliance as soon as possible and go west to ask for Dong?" Zang Hongli asked proudly in the door. "Didn't you say that you won't wait for Yuan Che to ride with the general?"

Cao Cao immediately chuckled when he heard this, but left the chairman of the military tent directly, and personally stepped forward to the other party to explain: "Ziyuan misunderstood, but he hasn't decided on the military strategy yet......"

"Why did the general coax me?" Zang Hong said sharply. "Do you really think I, Zang Hong, am a fool? Please make it clear to the general, are all the envoys, county monarchs, and generals worried that they will come to power to organize the alliance privately, which will attract the jealousy of Yuan Cheqi and the general? ”

Cao Cao raised his head and carefully looked at this majestic young man, who was half a head taller than himself at the same time, but his heart moved, and then sighed softly: "That's right!" ”

"How about I organize the Alliance?" As soon as the other party's voice fell, Zang Hong raised his voice.

Cao Cao was silent.

"I have a small status, but I am a world friend with all the generals in the army, so I am not embarrassed after coming to power!" Zang Hong didn't look at the other party, and continued to speak. "But because of the small status, it does not make the generals suspicious of each other. Besides, my father was a former official of the Yuan family, and I met them when I was a teenager in Hanoi and Nanyang, so I should not blame me for this. ”

Cao Cao turned around with his hands in his hands, thinking about the pros and cons, but he was still silent.

"General Cao!" Seeing this, Zang Hong suddenly shouted loudly and stopped the other party again. "Do you have to hesitate at this time? Do you think I did it because I was a young man trying to be in the limelight? I have known the two Yuan generals since I was a teenager, don't I know their tempers? But Dong Zhuo disrupted the government and killed the queen mother, as Hanchen, shouldn't we move forward bravely? ”

Cao Cao looked back at this person.

"General Cao, look at this world!" Zang Hong is still generous and fierce. "General Wei first issued a text, but he entered the state in the west, called Dongdong, which is actually an annexation of the state and county! The general of the Che Cavalry and the Hou General are one south and one north, and Luoyang is close at hand, but they have been able to do it for several months, and now they are even more missed because of the brothers' rivalry...... At present, these big people have selfish intentions! But what if they are selfish? Are we little people coming together because of them? If these big people don't express their position, won't we do things? What I did today was General Cao, who was studying for the day...... That's all! ”

Cao Cao was just about to open his mouth, but Zang Hong suddenly pulled out the knife, and was so shocked that Le Jin, who was actually stupid next to him, went to touch the knife with Cao Hong...... But soon, the two of them spread their hands again, and it turned out that Zang Hong pulled out a knife, but he knelt on the ground and held the knife to offer.

"What does Ziyuan mean by this?" Cao Cao was frightened and asked helplessly.

"If the general believes me to ask Dong Zhizhi, please allow me, if you don't believe me, please kill me!" Although Zang Hong knelt on the ground, he raised his head to each other.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, but he suddenly laughed, and then personally helped this person up: "Ziyuan is so generous and intense, if I don't help you, won't I let people of insight in the world look down on me Cao Cao?" ”

Zang Hong's complexion remained unchanged, which also made Cao Cao more and more respectful.

Immediately, the two of them were in the tent, discussing how to persuade the rest of the princes, as well as the alliance itself.

But halfway through the conversation, someone suddenly came outside the tent to summon the news, and after listening to the message, Xiahoudun ignored Zang Hong's presence here, and hurriedly entered to report: "Mengde! Someone from Luyang is coming! ”

Cao Cao disagreed: "Luyang has Yuan Highway and Sun Wentai, isn't it common for people to come?" ”

"It's not a messenger, it's someone who has led thousands of troops." Xiahoudun hurriedly explained. "The strength of his army has reached the outside of the camp, and he sent someone to report it, and asked to camp as a coalition army...... Let's go and pick it up! ”

Cao Cao, as the 'minister of the sour jujube coalition', how could he ignore this matter? Even Zang Hong also paused the topic and prepared to go out with Cao Cao to see who Yuan Shu had sent and why he had sent thousands of people?

However, Cao Mengde took Zang Hong and Xiahoudun to ride out in a hurry, but before they left the camp, Xiahoudun's eyes were sharp and Zang Hong was tall, but they all saw the people led by the outside of the camp, and then they all said 'huh'!

Cao Mengde was inexplicable, but when he turned out of the gate of the camp, he suddenly realized...... It turned out that the person who came was seven feet long, with little white face and beard, big ears and long arms, and he was actually an old man!

"Brother Mengde!" Liu Bei Yaoyao smiled and gave up his hand on the horse.

"Brother Xuande!" Cao Cao was also overjoyed. "How did you come from Luyang?"

"The princes of the south have made me a cavalry captain, and they will give me military resources to ask for Dong." Liu Bei put away his smile and resumed his usual posture of not moving colors, but he was not in a hurry, and said slowly immediately. "From the southeast to Luoyang, naturally I went to Luyang at the beginning, but when I arrived in Luyang, I hesitated for a long time, but the general suddenly said that he did Nanyang himself, and asked me to come here......"

"I see!" Cao Cao laughed more and more joyfully.

"Brother Yuanrang!" Liu Bei continued to give up. "I haven't seen you for many days! Ziyuan, Xuzhou farewell, I don't want you to catch up faster than me. ”

Xiahoudun and Zang Hong were naturally busy returning the gift.

"I'll allocate a camp with you now, right next to my camp, let's set up a village together, Xuande and enter the tent to roast the fire!" When Cao Cao came to him, he naturally shook hands with Liu Bei, an old man.

Liu Bei naturally had nothing to do, and the two immediately shook hands and entered the camp.

However, when he walked under the gate, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something: "Brother Meng De! ”

"What?"

"I'm from Luyang, and some things are clear...... The sour jujube has been unable to raise troops here for a long time, I heard that it is because Yuan Cheqi and the rear general are not there, and no one dares to preside over the alliance? ”

"Yes, there is such a thing." Cao Cao couldn't help squinting and chuckling, but looked back at Zang Hong who was following behind him.

"Dong Zhuo is in chaos, and the Supreme is trapped in Luoyang, this is the time for heroes to use force...... How can it be dragged on like this? Liu Bei's face was still as usual. If everyone is afraid of Yuan Che riding and the rear general, then Liu Bei is not afraid! I am willing to follow Brother Mengde's past book gathering for the first time in the world! What do you think? ”

Cao Cao's hands trembled, but he stood on the horse and raised his head, and carefully looked at this old man who had not been separated for a long time.

At this time, Zang Hong behind him looked at Liu Bei and couldn't hide his admiration, and then opened his mouth and said: "Today's heroes, only Cao and Liu are the heroes!" ”

——————I dare to be the first dividing line in the world——————

"At the end of the Middle Peace, Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, and the Kwantung region raised troops at the same time, tens of thousands of people, gathered in the sour dates, when Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu IV and the three dukes, Duofu people, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Ling sat in the state, Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Bao Xin are all the lords of a county and a country, Cao Cao is a general of Fenwu, Liu Bei is a cavalry captain, thousands of soldiers, no land, sitting in the back, many despised, only super Gong Cao Guangling Zang Hong, all over the princes, and then sighed: 'Although the princes here, the heroes of the world, only Cao Liu Er!' —"The World Speaks New Words". Appreciation

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