Boundary Bridge, in the evening.

Seeing the low morale of the three armies, Gongsun Fan felt that it was necessary to go to the main account to see the eldest brother and suggest that he temporarily withdraw his troops to Nanpi of Bohai County for the winter. ”

"Leave him alone!" Gongsun Chan waved his hand and said disappreciatively. Yuan Shao has increased countless troops in the past few days, thinking that he was going to fight a decisive battle with himself, but he didn't want to retreat to Yecheng, which surprised him. Although he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't care too much about Yuan Shao's withdrawal from Yecheng, perhaps because of the cold weather. Gongsun Zhan smiled and said to Gongsun Fan: "Shufa, De Ran really didn't make a mistake, Zhao Yun broke Yuan Jun in Gu'an, this is the document that just sent to report the victory!" He handed it to him and said, "Look at it! ”

Gongsun Fan laughed after reading it: "Happy, happy!" It's really exciting! But his brows were furrowed, remembering the purpose of this trip, he changed his words and said: "Big brother, although the old peace is a great victory, but the weather is getting colder and colder, according to what my brother sees, it is better to return to Nanpi for the time being, wait for the spring of the next year, and then deal with Yuan Shao!" ”

"What Uncle Fa said is exactly what I want, but there has been no food in the plains for a few days, and there is no news of the food sent in Beiping, so my brother is very worried!" Gongsun Zhan said worriedly: "Shufa, do you think it will be Yuan Shao who is making trouble again?" ”

"This ......" Gongsun Fan didn't dare to guess, shook his head and said, "Brother doesn't know!" ”

"If it's really Yuan Shao's trick, wouldn't it be right for me to go to Nanpi. Wouldn't it be dangerous to be besieged by them then? ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true. Now we can only urge Guan Shiqi (Guan Jing) to send grain from Beiping as soon as possible! ”

Right now. The herald entered the account, and there was an envoy in the plain who asked to see him.

Gongsun Chan was repaid, and his heart was shocked, since the plains had not sent food for several days, he had always had a bad premonition in his heart, and now that he heard that there was a messenger in the plains, it was difficult for him to calm down? Although Liu Lan passed a book early in the morning to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking the plains, in his opinion, the most likely to be attacked was not the Gao Tang Dynasty where Cao Cao attacked Yongsheng Chen's soldiers, and said in his heart: Could it be that Cao Cao broke the dragoon army stationed in the Gaotang? Thinking about the disadvantages, Gongsun Chan immediately met the messenger, and soon became a burly man. The tall strong man took the lead in the account, and Gongsun Fan, who was standing on the side, recognized at a glance that this person was the person who rode into the gate before, only to hear Gongsun Chan ask, "Who are you?" What's the report? ”

After the strong man bowed and saluted, he said, "I am a soldier in the Plains, and I have come to ask for a meeting on the order of my general!" ”

Gongsun Chan looked at him quietly and said, "Who is your general?" ”

"General Hui, it's Guan Yu!"

Gongsun Zhan made a sudden statement: "It turned out to be Guan Yu's account, and I and Yun Chang have not seen each other since they said goodbye to Beiping that day, and this time Deran came to help." Yun Chang is guarding the plain, I don't know if Yun Chang is doing well recently, and Cao Cao in Gaotang has no movement, right? ”

The strong man looked anxious, but Gongsun Zhan didn't dare not reply. said: "General Guan was originally very good, but at this time, he was so good!" ”

Gongsun Chan secretly said in his heart that it was not good, did he really let Deran say it? Hurriedly asked, "What?" Could it be that something really happened to the plain? ”

The strong man nodded heavily. Said: "Yuan Shao sent a large army, led by Yan Liang. The plains have been surrounded by water, and the city is about to be attacked! ”

"What? Yan Liang has gone to the plains! ”

Gongsun Chan couldn't hide the shock in his heart. Hurriedly asked again: "What about the single scripture?" What about Zhang Fei? But in his heart, he "hummed", I knew that Yuan Shao would definitely have a treacherous plan, but he really went to the plain if he didn't want to, he wanted to trap me to death in Jizhou, but in this way, he must have no soldiers at this time, does he not even want his own life? Or does Yuan Shao think that my Gongsun Zhan can't even think of capturing his Yecheng!

The strong man looked listless with a dusty face, but his face was very anxious, and he said hurriedly: "General Qiyu, General Shan is also trapped in the plain!" ”

"So there are four thousand guards on the plain?" Gongsun Zhan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so it was difficult for Yuan Shao to capture the plain for a while.

The strong man thought for a moment in his heart and replied: "Counting General Shan's 3,000 soldiers and horses, there are about 5,000 people!" "Just a month ago, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu and Tao Qian, Tian Kai coalition army to the north, according to the established deployment, Guan Yu should prevent Cao Cao from attacking the plains and even entering Jizhou, but because to ensure that the plains are unimpeded, so the dragoon army was sent to defend the Gaotang, and the troops were all withdrawn, but these are also known to Liu Lan and Gongsun Zhan, but asked: "How many men and horses does Yan Liang have!" "As long as it knows how many people Yan Liang has taken away, then it can understand how many troops are left in Yecheng.

"Thirty thousand, but twenty thousand at most!"

Twenty thousand vs. five thousand? Gongsun Chan thought to himself, but saw that the man in front of him had red eyes and thin cheeks, and he must have been rushing all the way, and at this time, he was already exhausted and had reached the limit when he was summoned, and said to the man: "Okay, I already know." ”

Then he laughed and said, "It's been hard all the way, you should retire and rest first!" ”

"No!"

After the strong man retreated, Gongsun Zhan asked in a low voice, "Does Shufa think what this person said is credible?" ”

After pondering in his heart for a long time, Gongsun Fan Cai said: "It should be credible, but I don't know where Yuan Shao came from with these many troops, according to Zhao Yun, Yuan Shao's troops are at most 60,000, but now it seems that there are hundreds of thousands!" ”

Gongsun Zhan sneered and said, "If Yuan Shao really has hundreds of thousands of people, he would have attacked our army a long time ago, so why bother to fight the plains!" ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true, but in this case, should the plains be saved, or should they give up?" Gongsun Fan was eager to know what choice his eldest brother would make.

Gongsun Zhan remembered what Liu Lan said in his heart, and said: "A few days ago, Deran sent a letter, saying that if the plain is surrounded, let me just attack Yuan Shao with all my strength, and there is no need to rescue!" ”

"But after all, Pingyuan wants to send food to our army, and it is even more ...... Deran."

"I naturally know this, and since this is the case, I should repair another book and Deran. Let him do it himself! Gongsun Chan picked up a pen and paper and began to write.

Gongsun Yue wrinkled his eyebrows on the side and said, "What should I do at this time?" ”

"The day before yesterday, the Montenegrin army came to ask for help. said that he encountered more than 10,000 troops of Wen Chou, and today the plain was besieged by Yan Liang! Gongsun Zhan stopped his pen and raised his head and snorted: "No wonder Yuan Shao is increasing his troops day by day. Today, he ran back to Yecheng. ”

said that he shot the case, and said angrily: "What a trick to hide from the sky and the sea, but it didn't know until this time!" After turning around in place twice, he said with his hand: "In this case, Shufa immediately sent an order, rest all night today, and storm Yecheng tomorrow, I want to see if he Yuan Shao has so many reinforcements!" ”

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After reading the letter, Liu Lan hurriedly shouted: "Come quickly!" ”

Zhao Yun on the side said curiously: "Lord." What happened!

"See for yourself."

Liu Lan handed over Gongsun Zhan's handwriting to Zhao Yun, but he was anxiously waiting for Xu Shu to come, and soon Xu Shu rushed over, and as soon as he entered the tent, he heard Liu Lan say: "Yuan Zhi, Yuan Shao really attacked the plain, what should I do now?" ”

"Now it is certain that Yuan Tan and Gao Ran must be committed to Hejian County, so why not the lord besiege Yuan Tan by General Zhao on the one hand, and lead the army back to Gongsun Beiping on the other, so that if Yuan Shao can be captured in a battle. This battle can be decided! ”

After discussing with Xu Shu before, Yuan Shao really besieged the plain and ignored it, but at that time, Liu Lan only pretended to agree, and said hurriedly: "That being said. But if you really want to abandon the plains, wouldn't you abandon the clouds, the wings, and the virtues? Liu Lan knew that what Xu Shu said was the best policy, but he couldn't do it. If this is really done, what will Guan Yu and Zhang Fei do in the future if there is a good situation?

Even if I really listened to Xu Shu's words. He was able to help Gongsun Zan win the battle, but lost Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. This result is not beneficial to him at all, first of all, he is not here to be a wage earner, Pingyuan can not do it, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cannot abandon it, you must know that it is all his family resources.

"Lord, you must not increase the troops on the plain, Shu is still what I said before, if the lord increases the army in Yecheng, Yuan Shao will be forced to make Yan Liang withdraw his troops, and surround Wei to save Zhao Fang to solve the danger of the plain! If the lord increases his troops on the plain, not only will it be useless for this battle, but it will also put Gongsun Beiping in danger," Xu Shu immediately dissuaded.

Although Liu Lan also wants you to fight yours, I will fight mine, and not disturb his deployment for the gains and losses of one city and one place, but in his heart, he must not let go of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, let alone forget that if the plain is defeated, then Yan Liang will take advantage of the situation to go south and Cao Cao to attack Gao Tang, if Gongsun Chan can't break Yuan Shao at that time, it will not only be him, but even Gongsun Chan will finish, this bet is too big, Liu Lan didn't dare to bet, sighed: "Although I know that what Yuan Zhi said is the only way to reverse the trend at present, But I can't even abandon my own brothers, don't say that today is to shut up these old people, even if I change to someone else, I won't abandon them! ”

"Lord, your prestige is known to the world, especially how bloody you were when you killed Fan Min for the Yellow Turban captive, and how decisive you were to kill Zuo Feng, but why are you so kind of a woman now."

"Zuo, since you talk about Zuo Feng, then I'll tell you an interesting thing, there is a person, you and Zilong don't know, his name is Liu Yin, if it wasn't for something, he should be my Liu Lan's wife, I still remember when I entered the Beijing Division, what a scenery, the official worshiped Captain Hu Karasuma, envy how many others, but when I was the most beautiful, I was wanted, from the rank of two thousand stones, the silver seal of the blue ribbon of the captain of the Karasuma became a bandit with almost no way out, this is the most thorough time I fell from the peak of my life, It was more serious than the time when he killed Fan Min, at least at that time I knew that I Liu Lan still had a chance to turn over, but the road ahead was dark, if it wasn't for the chance to go to Jizhou to rescue the driver, I could only hide in the grassland even if I didn't die, but the captain of the Karasuma became the commander of Xinchang County, and when I returned to Liaodong to see Liu Yin, he said a sentence that I still remember deeply, he compared me with Gongsun Chan, he said that Gongsun Chan is like the carp of the Yellow River, practice for five hundred years, once he jumps over the dragon gate and becomes a dragon, even if he fails and does not jump over the dragon gate, It's still just a Yellow River carp, and you, starting from a pawn, have no foundation in the entire Han Dynasty, you can be described as a loach in the Yellow River, you have worked hard for five hundred years to become a Yellow River carp, and it takes another five hundred years to get such a chance to jump over the dragon gate, needless to say, if you succeed, but once you fail. You're back to that inconspicuous little loach instead of the Yellow River carp like you're doing now, so you're going to do things from now on. Be careful, don't forget. How many people behind you are looking forward to your success. I thought, yes, isn't that what it says I'm in? Yuan Zhi, maybe you don't understand, but Zilong should be able to understand that it is really not easy for a border army official like me to survive to this day, how can you let me see death and not save me, I'm sorry for those old brothers? So no matter whether you say that I have no blood, or even that I Liu Lan is a woman's benevolence, I have nothing to say. I can't argue anything, but I understand one thing, I, Liu Lan, can't do without those brothers who have been following me from loaches today!! Liu Lan showed his trademark tenacious eyes again, this look may not be understood by Zhao Yun and Xu Shu, but the old brothers all know that he has made a decision, even if ten cows can't pull it back, it can't change the result.

"Lord ......"

Xu Shu was still persuading, but Zhao Yun on the side was shocked after listening to Liu Lan's words. Taking a heavy breath, he knew he was with the right person this time. said: "The lord values love and righteousness, and the generals and soldiers under the account are willing to serve the dead, if the lord really abandons his siblings today." It will surely chill the hearts of all people. But this victory or defeat is related to the safety of Gongsun Bei, if the lord is in danger of saving the plain but falls into Gongsun Beiping, so it is heavy and forgetful. ”

"What does Zilong mean?" Liu Lan looked at Zhao Yun at the same time that Xu Shu also looked at him. I want to hear what he thinks.

"Why don't you divide your troops and go all the way to the rescue of the plains. Aid Gongsun Beiping all the way! ”

Isn't that right? Liu Lan pondered for a moment in his heart and said, "If you return to the plain at this time. Wouldn't it be the best strategy to defeat Yan Liang with Yun Chang in one fell swoop, and then mention that the victorious army and Gongsun Beiping would attack Yecheng together? And why bother to divide the troops! ”

"Lord, have you forgotten that Gongsun Beiping's army is about to run out of food and not be able to eat? Fortunately, Yun has gained a lot in Gu'an, and he can also share some grain and grass, and now he can only temporarily relieve the danger of lack of food in Gongsun Beiping. ”

Zhao Yun turned from joy to worry, and said: "If Gongsun Beiping can take Yecheng before these grains and grass are exhausted, this battle will be over, if not, I only hope that Youzhou can send grain in time, otherwise this battle will be dangerous!" ”

"If it weren't for what Zilong said, it would have been a big mistake!"

Liu Lan, who was awakened by Zhao Yun's words, nodded slightly and said: "What Zilong said is true, although the division of troops is inappropriate, and I disapprove of it in my heart, but at this time, it can only be so." ”

After making a difficult decision in his heart, Liu Lan looked at the two of them and said, "Who do you think Yuan Zhi and Zilong should send to the plain, and who should they send to the boundary bridge?" ”

"There is General Yunchang and General Yide in the plain, so that the country can be let Zhen Yan go."

As soon as Zhao Yun's words fell, he heard Xu Shu continue: "And the lord and Zhong Kang and Shu support Gongsun Bogui!" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Lan was quite satisfied with such a division plan, and immediately agreed, saying: "This is very good. Suddenly looked at Xu Shu and asked in a low voice, "What should I do with that jaw?" ”

"The lord has considered it thoroughly, since Zhang Jaw is unwilling to fight with Yuan Shao, and he can't let him go to the plains, so he can only leave it at General Zilong's place!"

After a pause, he said to Zhao Yun: "Zhang Jaw is a rare talent, although the lord has believed in him, but in the end what he said is true or false, but it will take time to consider, in the future, General Zhao must be careful against him, but he is also ......."

"But don't let him see that we are suspicious of him?"

Zhao Yun took Xu Shu's words and said, "Don't worry, Yun Zi will pay close attention to him!" ”

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Plains County Governor's Plain County!

At this time, no one in the plains knew that Gongsun Zhan's general Tian Kai was ordered to take possession of Qingzhou, and Liu Lan became the supreme ruler of the entire plain county, Pingyuan Xiang. However, this nominal Pingyuan Minister had left the Plains a few months ago, and at this time, it was Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, his number one general, who was in charge of the affairs of the Plains.

Guan Yu was wearing a green cocoon robe and a green scarf on his head, standing upright, he stood in front of the government office against the cold and looked out from afar, and on his side were Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, who had never left since following him.

The three of them stopped here, and the pedestrians who came and went were curious, and every time they looked at it, they were guessing who Guan Xiangguo was waiting for! At this time, who among the people of the plains did not know the red-faced General Guan Yuguan, and the person who could greet General Guan in person naturally made the people curious, and they couldn't help but guess which big man was coming.

At the same time, on the way to the plain minister's office, dozens of sergeants surrounded a man in military uniform, wearing a hood, and leather boots, and a person beside him, with a leopard's head ringed and eyes, and the roots of the tiger's whiskers erected.

Although this kind of momentum is the same as the single Jing next to him, it is the kind of domineering momentum that has been baptized by fire for a long time, but if you are a real veteran of the battlefield, then you will never impose the momentum exuded by the two together, because Zhang Fei does not only exude the kind of killing aura that has been baptized by fire for a long time, but between this killing breath, there is a heroic spirit that has been carried out by tens of millions of people, so the temperament of the two seems to be the same, but they are very different.

The two of them walked hurriedly and with gloomy faces, the anxiety in their hearts had already been revealed, and soon the group came to the plain prime minister's mansion with familiarity, and as soon as they raised their eyes, Zhang Fei saw it at a glance.

This is the first time they have met in this month, but Guan Yu still went out of the house to greet him, his beautiful beard fluttering in the wind, and he looked at Zhang Fei with a smile.

But Zhang Fei was anxious in his heart, seeing that he didn't stop for half a minute at this time, he ran a few steps to his side, and said anxiously: "Yun Chang, it's not good, when we came this time, we stumbled upon Yuan Shao's troops......"

"What? Yuan Shao's troops? What did Yuan Shao's troops do when they came to Pingyuan? ”

It was Guan Yu how calm he was, and when he heard what Zhang Fei said, his heart immediately sank to the bottom, and at this time, Shan Jing also came over and confirmed to him, but saw Shan Jing nodding and said: "General Guan is better to be on guard first, be careful of being taken advantage of by Yuan Jun!" (To be continued.) )