Liu Ze secretly discussed with Jia Xu and Zhao Yun all night, and had an in-depth exchange of views on how to stabilize the counties around Chang'an and the prefecture. Jia Xu's meaning is to firmly control the military power, develop the people's livelihood, and the common people will have surplus food and will not cause chaos. As a traverser, Liu Ze of course understands that the people are the foundation of society, and there has always been only the government forcing the people to rebel, and there is no possibility for the people to take the initiative to rebel. It is an indisputable fact that there are many wealthy families in the Sili School and the Prefecture, and how to solve these unstable factors, Liu Ze asked Ji Jiaxu. Jia Xu stroked his beard with a smile on his head with white hair, and said: "Choose outstanding children from wealthy families and go to Xiangping to study; The wealthy families were ordered to keep no more than 300 people, and the rest were dismissed, or joined the army, or given land by the government. Liu Ze thought about it, the outstanding children of the Shi family's wealthy family entered Xiangping, and with the strong brainwashing ability of Xiangping's schools, they would definitely make these children rebel against the family, so as to assist Liu Ze to indirectly eliminate the threat of the wealthy family. When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were fighting each other, how many big landlords, capitalists, and children of official eunuchs were influenced by Taizu and his old man, joined in, and became a core force that was pushed to the three mountains.

Liu Ze looked at Jia Xu and said, "Mr. thinks long-term, Chang'an, and Bingzhou, please Mr. and Zilong." When I return to Xiangping, I will organize students from all schools to come and help Mr. and Zilong. Zhao Yun said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan have surrendered a lot of troops, and Ming Gong should send more missionaries to stabilize the army." Liu Ze said with a smile: "The army is stable, overpowering, with my Jizhou method of training the army, Li Guo will definitely be willing to serve." Jia Xu said with a smile: "Zilong, Hansheng, and Wenchang all have the courage of ten thousand people, and they can be safely trained by training the army." ”

Liu Ze stayed in Chang'an for more than ten days, and personally concocted hundreds of boxes of Ten Perfect Tonic Pills, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, Jia Xu and Huang Zhong, the two old men, Liu Ze loves him in his heart, and his own ordeal makes the two of them old in an instant, how can Liu Ze go? Ten perfect tonic pills, sparing no expense, using the best medicinal materials, hoping to compensate for the two.

Jia Xu ordered Zhao Yun to carefully select 10,000 elite horsemen, led by Wei Yan, to escort Liu Ze back to Xiangping.

Before leaving, Jia Xu said: "When Ming Gong returned to Xiangping, he had a letter, and he had entrusted it to Yu Zhicai. Zhicai but there is an arrangement, Ming Gong must not shirk. Liu Ze saw that Jia Xu was selling Guanzi, and said with a smile: "Mr.'s letter, it must be a big deal, Lijizhou, Ze can't be happy, how can he excuse himself?" Jia Xu smiled and said: "The words of the Ming Gong should be the will." After that, he instructed the servant to bring a pen and paper, and Jia Xu took a pen and rolled up his sleeves and wrote it down neatly. Liu Ze pondered all the way.

Out of the state, came to the grassland outside the Saiwai, under the Danhan Mountain, Xu Shu and Zhang Xiu came to greet him. Zhang Xiu's uncle, Zhang Ji, is seriously ill and can't afford to be angry, and Fu Wei is still feasting. Xu Shu once said to Zhang Xiu: "If Duke Ming is here, he will be able to save General Zhang Ji." When Zhang Xiu was sick with Zhang Ji, he couldn't untie his clothes and waited for the decoction, Xu Shu said that after Liu Ze's miraculous treatment, Zhang Xiu sent someone to invite Liu Ze, just as Yuan Shao was chasing and killing Liu Ze, and Liu Ze didn't know where to go. Zhang Ji died of illness, and Zhang Xiu recorded his grief and indignation on Yuan Shao's head.

When Liu Ze heard that Zhang Ji had died, he came to Zhang Xiu's house and respectfully offered incense to Zhang Ji. Liu Ze took Zhang Xiu's hand and said: "Unexpectedly, General Zhang Ji died of a serious illness, and he was sad when he heard the words, why didn't he go to Luoyang City to find me for treatment?" Speaking of this, Zhang Xiuhu had tears in his eyes and clenched his two fists. Xu Shu said: "Duke Ming, after General Zhang Ji fell ill, he sent someone to Luoyang to invite, who expected Yuan Shao to be a thief and wolf. Saying this, Liu Ze understood, looked at Zhang Xiu and said: "If Yuan Benchu hadn't harmed me, General Zhang Ji would have a glimmer of life." Zhang Xiu knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Yuan Shao thief, a certain oath should be killed." Please send troops to the Ming Gong. Liu Ze pulled up Zhang Xiu and said slowly: "Yuan Shao caused me to lose General Zhang Ji, this revenge is not shared, how can I not repay it?" When I return to Xiangping, there should be a plan. ”

Xu Shu asked Zhang Xiu to lead 10,000 elite horsemen to accompany him to protect, Liu Ze did not allow it, Xu Shu protested: "Ming public security is in danger, heavier than Mount Tai, this goes to Xiangping, more than 2,000 miles, if Ming Gong does not allow it, Shu and others are really uneasy." ”

Yuan Shao's scout was not a vegetarian either, and soon heard Liu Ze's whereabouts, and Yuan Shao called Xu You again, and beat and scolded him. Xu You is also always paying attention to Liu Ze, offending such a cow, his little life is lost when he doesn't know when, when he heard Yuan Shao say that Liu Ze was about to return to Xiangping, his eyes rolled, the pain on the ninja's body, and said: "Ming Gong, quickly send an army to intercept and kill Liu Ze on the main road." Yuan Shao kicked Xu Yu again, "Do you want to remind you?" Xu You listened to the meaning of Yuan Shao's words, and figured out that Yuan Shao had already sent soldiers and horses, so he turned his head hard and smashed the green bricks under Yuan Shao's hall with a bang, "Ming Gong, I am willing to go to help, I don't know which general Ming Gong will send?" Yuan Shao said fiercely: "Zhang He and Gao Ran's 20,000 troops have already arrived. Xu You got up and looked at the map, "I don't know where Ming Gong wants the two generals to set up an ambush?" "Out of the upper valley, over Yan Mountain, to the White Mountain ambush." "Ming Gong can't." Yuan Shao glared at Xu Yu and said in a deep voice, "Why? "I thought in my heart, dare to deny Lao Tzu's idea, if you can't say one, two, three, Lao Tzu still has to practice on you.

Xu You is greedy for money, of course, his head is extremely smart, staring at the map, and said slowly: "Liu Zewei is in Baitan, set up an ambush in Baishan, and burned more than 200,000 troops. Liu Zejing is here, isn't he careless? Yuan Shao was stunned, yes, how could he forget this stubble, Liu Rundong is good at besieging the city and sending reinforcements, the terrain of Baishan is dangerous, when he arrives at Baishan, he will definitely be careful, and glanced at Xu You, "What is the best place for Ziyuan?" Seeing Yuan Shao's tone change, Xu You was proud in his heart, pointed to the map, and said, "Baitan City." Yuan Shaohu said suspiciously: "Why? Xu You wanted to laugh, grinned, pulled the wound, had to stop smiling, raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Shao affectionately and said: "Ming Gong, Baitan is located on the edge of the Yanshan Mountain Range, the terrain is open, which is conducive to cavalry combat. Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You approvingly, and Xu You immediately felt a lot lighter, "Okay, you take my generals to join Zhang He and Gao Ran, and take full command." ”

Xu You took Yuan Shao's general order, commanded a thousand fine horsemen, quickly whipped his horse, and caught up with Zhang He and Gao Lan. The army turned and passed through Yuyang County. After coming to Yuyang, Xu Yu falsely passed on the military order, transferred 10,000 garrisons in Yuyang, crossed the Great Wall, crossed Yanshan, and rushed to Baitan.

Guan Yu and Zang Ba were in western Liaoning, and their heavy troops were gathered in Haiyang and Lingzhi counties, and they were training in addition to training every day.

After Liu Ze came out of the White Mountain, the army galloped on the vast grassland, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and the warm wind carried the intoxicating fragrance of flowers, rushing to the face. The scouts that Wei Yan sang, detected more than a hundred miles away.

There is still one day to Baitan, and in the evening of this day, the scouts who went forward to reconnoiter have not returned, and an ominous premonition hit Wei Yan's heart.

Guan Yu and Zang Ba got up early this morning, and the eagle slave came to report and found that there was a large army transfer in Yuyang County. Guan Yu remained silent and asked in a deep voice: "Yuan Shao's army, where do you want to go?" The eagle slave said: "After crossing the Yan Mountain, I don't know where to go." "Guan Yu and Zang Ba didn't care about training, they came to the lobby, unfolded the map, and after Yanshan, it was the vast grassland, which was Lao Tzu's territory, what did Yuan Shao want to do? Zang Ba said: "Yun Chang, there are 3,000 troops stationed in Baitan City, does Yuan Shao want to attack Baitan?" Guan Yu shook his head, Yuan Shao's mind was not on the grassland, he was busy stabilizing Luoyang and expanding his territory around. Tens of thousands of troops passed through Yanshan and disappeared, they must have been hidden, right? When Guan Yu thought of this, he immediately ordered someone to recruit the eagle slave and let the harrier eagle take Bai Tan as the center to investigate the situation.

Wei Yan came to see Liu Ze and told him about the situation, and Liu Ze said: "The army is encamped, be careful. "After Wei Yan and Zhang Xiu left, Liu Ze paced back and forth in the big tent, didn't Yuan Shao give up, and wanted to ambush me halfway, grandma Di, Lao Tzu 500 people, and still broke out of Luoyang City, now that the army of 20,000 is in hand, how can you succeed.

In the evening of this day, Guan Yu finally waited for the news of the eagle slave, about two hundred miles west of Baitan City, there was a large army moving, looking at the equipment, it should be my Jizhou army. Guan Yu finally understood the purpose of Yuan's army, which was to ambush our army. Discuss with Zang Ba at the moment, let Zang Ba stay behind, and personally lead 10,000 cavalry to help.

Liu Ze was safe overnight, and set off on the second day, with 20,000 fine horsemen and about 30,000 war horses, overwhelmingly marching towards Baitan. (The extra war horses are used to carry grain and grass materials.) ）

Xu You, Zhang He, and Gao Ran hid in the dense forest, and followed the reports of his subordinates from time to time. Liu Ze's scouts yesterday were all left, and he is still unguarded today, Liu Ze Liu Rundong, you deserve to be buried here today. When he heard the scout say that Liu Ze had 20,000 cavalry, Xu Youba clicked his mouth, he only had 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, how could he fight this battle? Xu You looked at Zhang He, and Zhang He said: "The only way to do this is to use 20,000 cavalry to attack Liu Ze's location, and 10,000 infantry troops to block reinforcements." Xu You had no choice but to nod, in terms of military talent, Zhang He was the first person in the Hebei Army, Yan Liang, Gao Ran, and a fierce man.

Wei Yan's vanguard had already arrived at the foot of Baitan City, and the Baitan defenders opened the city gate to greet Wei Yan, Wei Yan didn't have time to be polite, and said directly: "Outside Baitan City, is there any movement of foreign troops?" The guard's name was Tan Pei, and he hurriedly said: "It's quiet outside Baitan City, and everything is as before. Wei Yan wondered, the scout he sent had not heard from him for a long time, and Bai Tan had not found anything here, it seemed that he had met an opponent, and he was so deeply hidden. Wei Yan hit his horse and wanted to enter the city, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly shouted loudly: "It's not good, the army will turn around and quickly return to help Ming Gong." Seeing Tan Pei's confused appearance, he shouted: "Organize soldiers and horses, and set off with me." Seeing that Wei Yan was angry, Tan Pei didn't dare to say more, so he immediately organized people to set off.

Liu Ze's 10,000 Chinese army was about fifteen miles apart from the front and rear armies, Wei Yan and Zhang Xiu were not at ease, and 1,000 cavalry were arranged on Liu Ze's left and right flanks.

Xu You watched Liu Ze's Daxu getting closer and closer, and said to Zhang He and Gao Lan: "The time is right. Zhang He got up and shouted, "Drumming!! "20,000 Yuan troops rode to the head, and 10,000 foot soldiers spread left and right, rushing towards Liu Ze's Chinese army.