Left General's Mansion.

Dong Cheng punched on the couch, his face was hideous, and he roared: "Zhang Liao, swear to kill you!" ”

He just heard the story of the court, but he didn't expect that not only did the three plans not be achieved, but he was also insulted by Zhang Liao on the couch, and he was extremely angry in his heart.

Chongji, who bandaged half of his face, also looked resentful: "General, it's better to order the dead to assassinate Zhang Liao!" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No!" Zhang Liao's martial arts are strong, and there are Shadows, Si Li, and the forbidden army under his command to control the Beijing Division, if you want to assassinate him, I am afraid that the assassin will die before he arrives, and then he will kill the general. ”

Dong Cheng's cheeks twitched, he looked at Li Yan, and his voice was cold: "When Cao Cao was transferred to Beijing, I didn't want Cao Cao to be incompetent and unreliable, but now I want to connect Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, and get rid of Zhang Liao, what do you think?" ”

Li Yan groaned and nodded, "Yes! Although Zhang Liao is not leaving the capital to crusade against Yuan Shu at the moment, if the Quartet moves, it will be difficult for him to stay in the capital safely, and if he connects with the princes, he cannot kill him, and defeat him can also damage his reputation. ”

Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "If Zhang Liao is not removed, I am uneasy!" ”

Li Yan said: "There is an urgency, the general is injured, and he is just lying dormant and secretly planning the rear position. ”

Dong Cheng's face was gloomy: "The Fu clan colluded with Zhang Liao, I already had a plan, and when Zhang Liao went on the expedition, there would be a plan, but Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses were strong, and they had to be removed, otherwise they would seek a rear position, and it would be as dangerous as an egg." ”

Li Yan said: "There are many people in the world who want to get rid of Zhang Liao, and there are many people inside and outside, and the general can connect with the righteous on the one hand, and secretly send people to pretend to be bandits on the other hand, and recruit troops in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, once there is a change, you can act on it." ”

"Good plan!" Dong Cheng's eyes lit up.

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In the next period of time after the court meeting, Zhang Liao was busy again, and the matter of the imperial examination was handed over to Cai Yong, Zhou Zhong, Shi Sun Rui and others, and he was reorganizing his troops and horses, ready to go on the expedition at any time.

At the same time, Zhang Liao took advantage of the momentum of being promoted to the general, and presented his generals to the imperial court, and the generals under him were also raised, and the original seven Zhonglang generals were promoted to generals except for Biqiu Yi to civilian posts, Gao Shun was the general of Zhenbei, Zhao Yun was the general of Pingbei, Zhang He was the general of Zhenxi, Xu Rong was the general of Pingxi, Dian Wei was the general of Zhendong, and Zhang Yan was the general of Pingdong.

Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Zang Ba, Zhaozhao, Fan Chou, and Wu Kuang were all named miscellaneous generals, and the original Guo Cheng, Han Ke, Mu Han and other cronies were promoted to Zhonglang generals, and Sima and Junhou also had their own rewards.

As for the original princes, Zhang Liao also made adjustments this time, Bao Xin served as the lieutenant of the Northern Army, supervising the five schools of the Northern Army, Duan Xuan served as the captain of the city gate, and Zhang Yang served as the general of Yulin Zhonglang.

There are also two tiger generals about Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao has a good relationship with the two, and often drinks together, I wanted the two to go to the battlefield to fight, and I didn't want the two to be reluctant to stay away from Liu Bei, so Zhang Liao arranged the two in Beijing.

Guan Yu was loyal, so Zhang Liao asked Guan Yu to serve as the general of the Tiger Ben, in charge of the Tiger Ben, and to protect the palace.

Zhang Fei was straightforward and did not tolerate sand in his eyes, so Zhang Liao asked Zhang Fei to serve as the lieutenant of the division and supervise hundreds of officials.

Zhang Liao felt that the situation in the court was becoming more and more complicated, and he took this opportunity to use the power of Fengtianzi to reward his opponent justifiably, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

As for the soldiers and horses under his command, there has not been much increase in the past two years, firstly, there have been disasters for several years, and the increase in troops will bring greater pressure to the people under his rule, and secondly, Zhang Liao is the way of elite soldiers, the number has not increased, but the physical fitness, training intensity, equipment and treatment are far superior to other princes' soldiers and horses, other princes' soldiers and horses have two meals a day, and his soldiers and horses have three meals a day, and add meat every few days, and its combat effectiveness is naturally not comparable to ordinary soldiers and horses.

After two years of training and tempering, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers and horses is no longer comparable to before. The imperial court and other princes saw that the number of Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses had not increased, and they did not think so, only thinking that Zhang Liao was self-contained, but they did not know that his combat effectiveness had doubled.

In addition to the strength on the surface, Zhang Liao also has a shadow, and now the shadow has spread all over the place, the Beijing division is led by Shi A, and the southeast is controlled by Zhang Liao's younger brother Zhang Jian, and now Zhang Jian controls the Jianghuai boat, establishes the salt gang, and develops very fast, and the northwest also has its own responsible people, while Li Ru and Diao Chan mainly screen and analyze intelligence.

Originally, Dong Cheng and others conspired to seize the important position of the Beijing division in charge of soldiers and horses, but they didn't want Zhang Liao to assign these positions in the above table this time, plus Dong Cheng could not go to the court, and the group of rats had no leader, so they lost the opportunity to seize it in a short time.

In May of the second year of Jian'an, the situation in the world was turbulent again.

Liaodong Gongsun Du pacified the entire Liaodong Peninsula, self-proclaimed Liaodong Marquis, Pingzhou Mu, posthumously crowned his father Gongsun Yan as Jianyi Marquis, built temples for ancestors, set up an altar in the south of Xiangping City in accordance with the ancient system, sacrificed heaven and earth in the suburbs, traveled to ride Luan, set up a Yulin army, as if he was the king of Liaodong, and once again sent 100,000 troops across the sea to attack Qingzhou, Zhonglang will Gan Ning and Taishi Ci fight.

Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao took the opportunity to lead troops from the Bohai Sea to the north, to capture the eastern counties of Youzhou, Gongsun Chan hid in the Yijing fortress, there were foreign generals for help, Gongsun Chan refused to rescue, thinking that if he saved a general, it would make other generals rely on rescue in the future, and refused to fight hard, as a result, under Yuan Shao's onslaught, those peripheral generals could not wait for reinforcements, they were scattered or surrendered, and the eastern part of Youzhou was easily taken by Yuan Shao.

Then Yuan Shao formed an alliance with Wuhuan, corrected and gave Wuhuan Badun, Nanlou, Su Fuyan, Wuyan and other leaders the seals, sealed as Shan Yu, and also married Wuhuan to marry the daughter of the Wuhuan leader as his wife, and joined forces with Wuhuan to storm Yijing, Zhuo County, and Shanggu in the west of Youzhou, Xianbei also took the opportunity to make a rebellion, attacking Daijun and Shanggu.

Yijing was the base camp of Gongsun Zhan, while Daijun, Zhuo and Shanggu counties to the west of Youzhou were controlled by Guo Jia and Zhao Yun after Liu Yu returned to the imperial court.

Guo Jia and Zhao Yun fought against Wuhuan and Xianbei soldiers and horses in Zhuojun, Shanggu, and Daijun, while Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses quickly besieged Yijing.

Yuan Shao had already planned this battle, ostensibly besieging Yi Jing and confronting Gongsun Zhan, but in fact, he sent troops to secretly dig tunnels and dug all the way to the city tower where Gongsun Zhan's troops were fortified.

Yuan Shao dug the tunnel not for sneak attack, but dug the tunnel very wide, which was mostly supported by wooden pillars, it is estimated that half of the city tower has been dug up, then set fire to the wooden pillars, the city tower collapsed, Gongsun Zhan's labyrinth and piled hills lost their effect, between the ten months, Yi Jing's defense line fell inch by inch.

At the same time, Ma Teng and Han Sui of Liangzhou gathered 100,000 troops again, united with the Qiang tribe, and attacked Sanfu.

In June, Zhang Liao personally recruited three auxiliaries, in addition to Xu Rong and Huang Zhong who guarded the pass, Zhang He, the general of Zhenxi, with 30,000 soldiers and horses as the main force.

In the land of Jianghuai, after Yuan Shu became emperor, Sun Ce of Jiangdong broke with him, but Xuzhou Lu Bu had an unclear attitude and joined Yuan Shu in battle. In fact, after the implementation of the imperial examination system, Xuzhou Haoqiang reacted very much, colluding with Jianghuai Yuan Shu, Lu Bu was difficult to control the situation, and could only sway with the wind.