Yan Xing did not go north to compete with Yuan Shao, but finally came to Luoyang.

After Yan Xing's vanguard defeated Yan Liang's army, the soldiers and horses of Hanoi, under the leadership of Lu Yi, marched forward and regained many of the cities that Hanoi had previously lost.

In the Hebei Army, as the rear army, Jiang Yiqu, who was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, dared to face the soldiers of the Yan army, and retreated directly to Chaoge City with a smoke, sticking to the city and avoiding the battle.

However, after Yan Xing led a large army to capture a large amount of military funds from Yan Liang's army, he suddenly ordered to change the military deployment in Hanoi.

The general of the Hanoi side, Lu Yi, was transferred to Yan Xing's southward army, and Zhang Liao, the general of Zhonglang, led the troops, and Hanoi Taishou Changlin was responsible for rescuing Xu Huang and Ma Lin of the Shangdang.

Yan Xing personally led a large army to cross the river and go south.

The Hedong Boat Division, which had not been reorganized after being heavily damaged in the Hedong Defense Battle, also bypassed the main pillar of the river this time and rushed to the territory of Henan County to cooperate with the army to cross the river.

In the first battle, the soldiers and horses of Yang Feng and other generals who acted as the vanguard defeated the Cao army Shi Lian's department that captured Mengjin, and captured the Cao army's cavalry general Wen Ji.

The defeated Cao soldiers also lit the beacon with their hands, and the beacon smoke rising into the sky continuously transmitted the military information of the large number of enemy troops to Luoyang City.

After learning of the arrival of Yan Xing's army, Cao Cao also redeployed his army as soon as possible, in addition to continuing to besiege the soldiers and horses of Jinyong City, the rest of the battalions of Cao's army quickly contracted and gathered, preparing to build a high base and deep ditch under Luoyang City, waiting for Yan Xing's army to attack.

In the plan of Cao Cao and others, there were 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in Guanxi who went south, and there were more than 40,000 Cao troops who invaded Henan.

Yan Xing is currently facing the attack of Yuan Cao's two families, as long as the grain and grass in the rear cannot be supplied or defeated all the way, he will lose, and he will lose all the Kwantung Prefectures and counties under his rule.

Therefore, the Cao army under the command of Cao Cao had a high base and deep ditches, recuperating and recuperating, and was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with Yan Xing's Guanxi soldiers and horses, and he had already sent Yecheng to wait for Yuan Shao's army to cut off the back road of the Yan army, or the Yan army ran out of grain and grass and took the initiative to retreat.

At that time, it was the time for Cao Jun to attack in a big way.

The Guanxi soldiers and horses under the leadership of Yan Xing seemed to be afraid of the Cao army, and did not rush to attack, and the army that crossed the river to the south only relied on the mountain terrain of the Beibi Mountain to go down to the village, and then constantly sent cavalry to harass the flank of the Cao army, and sent foot cavalry to show off their might outside the city of Jinyong, luring the Cao army out of the camp to fight, while strengthening the determination of the defenders in the city, and there was no sign of continuing to march and fighting a decisive battle with the Cao army.

Both sides of the standoff are actively creating and capturing fighter planes and are patiently waiting.

A few days later, after learning that Yan Xing led his army to defeat Yan Liang's army, he crossed the river to the south and fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao, who was far away in Jinyang City, was also secretly relieved.

He sent an order to Jiang Yiqu, ordering him to stick to the song of the court, not to let Yan Xing's army have the opportunity to attack Yecheng and besiege Wei to save Zhao, and sent He Mao and Wang Mo to lead troops to Shangdang to help Wen Chou and conquer Huguan as soon as possible.

He also ordered Zhang He to lead the army north to attack Juzhu Pass, Gao Ran led his troops south to open up the Bird Mouse Valley, and he sat in Taiyuan and continued to command the army to besiege Jinyang City.

He is also waiting, waiting for the fighter that belongs to the fisherman.

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In October, the sword soldiers in the north were not solved, and the war was in full swing, but the land of Jingxiang, which had not been spread by the war, was a peaceful scene of singing and dancing, living and working in peace and contentment.

It is the sound of wheels from Guanzhong, which brings a different sound to this land, and this sound, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, ripples and circles, and slowly stretches out under the lake with imperceptible traces to the naked eye.

In the post house, the deputy envoy Yin Feng and the envoy Xi Zhicai sat opposite each other, with steaming tea soup in front of them, but Yin Feng didn't have the heart to taste this drink that has only become popular in the upper echelons in recent years, he frowned, muttered, and didn't know how long it took, and suddenly said:

"Drama sacrifice wine, so many days have passed, Liu Jingsheng has not summoned us again, and the previous request to see was also rejected by the officials in Jingzhou for various reasons, you see that we can't wait like this anymore, do we want to make a difference?"

"How?" Xi Zhicai smiled slightly.

"This." Yin Feng pursed his lips and began to say again: "These days, according to the information collected, under Liu Jingsheng's rule, in addition to the children of the Liu family, the in-laws of the Cai family are the most powerful and the most able to speak in front of Liu Jingsheng. ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head.

Jingxiang clans, plus the scholars who fled south from the north, can be said to be talented, but many of them have not been reused by Liu Biao, and the real power in the state is Liu Biao's wife, Jingxiang's wealthy Cai family.

It's just that it is said that Cai Mao traveled to Luoyang when he was young, and he had a great relationship with Cao Cao, and they wanted to use Cai's power to mobilize Liu Biao to send troops, but they were afraid that it would be difficult to reach the sky.

"What about the Kuai?"

Yin Bong was not discouraged and continued. Seeing that Xi Zhicai was silent, he said again:

"What about Huang, Deng, Liu and the others?"

Kuai Yue, as the first state sergeant to defect to Liu Biao when he entered Jingzhou, was relied on by Liu Biao as a confidant, Huang Zu is the premier general under Liu Biao, don't drive Liu Xian, and Deng Yi are also people who can talk around Liu Biao.

Seeing that Yin Feng was still counting the others with his fingers, Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and said:

"Don't count. Before I waited for Xiangyang, there had already been a messenger who had a secret view of the difference, presented treasures and treasures, ancient books and atlases, and promised him the method of printing and papermaking, and wanted him to secretly help lobby, although he accepted the generous gift, but also frankly said that whether this matter was successful or not depends on Liu Jingsheng's intentions, and not others can change it. ”

Being ordered to be an envoy is a complex and arduous mission in itself, which includes lobbying, bribery, conspiracy, espionage, and other means.

Yin Feng was surprised that he had paid so much price in order to bribe Kuai Yue, but these days have passed, and there has been no good news from Kuai Yue, so it must be that there is no improvement in the matter of helping to lobby.

"Do I have to wait for the sacrificial wine?"

"Wait a little longer."

Xi Zhicai took a sip of tea soup and said calmly.

"Liu Jingsheng sits on Jingxiang, the people are rich, and he has 100,000 armor, although he is not a wise and decisive hero, but he has not yet reached the point of old age and deafness, wait for his decision."

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Jingzhou Prefecture, Zhennan General's Mansion.

Liu Biao, who is eight feet tall and dignified, is pampered and well-mannered, but after all, he is an old man of nearly sixty years old, no matter how much he hides it, he can't avoid the age spots and wrinkled folds on his face, he looks at the civil and military who is still in the prime of life under the hall, and his eyes can't help but flash a trace of envy.

"I left the envoy of Chang'an in the post house in the city for so many days, and I summoned the second and third sons to come here today, just to decide whether to send troops to help Yan attack Cao, and everyone is together, so let's talk about it."

As soon as Liu Biao's slow voice fell, Deng Yi, who couldn't wait, immediately got up and left the table, came to the hall, and said loudly:

"Envoy, don't send troops. Cao Cao, the court Sikong, Yan Yan, Dong thief Yu Rebellion. Han thieves do not stand together, Xu Du sent troops to attack Yan, it is an edict to beg for thieves, how can the state raise troops to invade the territory without authorization, this is a matter of helping to abuse, Ming Gong bears the holy grace of the Son of Heaven, and the people of Jingxiang have high hopes, absolutely not! ”

Don't drive Liu Xian, engaged in Zhonglang Han Song also followed closely behind, expressing such as the current situation in the north is stalemate, it is not appropriate to act rashly, Cao Cao is the official of the Xudu court to beg for thieves, and the war in Jingnan and Jiangxia has just subsided, and the soldiers urgently need a truce.

In short, they just don't approve of sending troops north.

Liu Biao furrowed his brows and listened to their words.

Liu Biao expelled them from the state capital as officials, just to balance Cai and Kuai's family, to avoid a monopoly and empty his power as a state pastor.

But they didn't understand their identity and status, and now they are torn between the imperial court and the state capital.

This is a taboo for Liu Biao.

Although Liu Biao is a relative of the Han family, he is not a loyal minister of the Death Festival, on the contrary, his ambition is not small, like the dead Liu Yan, deep in his heart, there is the idea of separating one side and claiming the king and hegemony.

The person who is conducive to his secession of Jingxiang, even if it is Dong Zhuo, he can bend his will, but the person who is not conducive to his secession, even if it is the Son of Heaven, he will not help.

Liu Biao set his sights on the new generals in the army, and he was more willing to listen to the opinions of the new generals in the army in terms of sending troops to the north.

As soon as the general Wang Wei touched Liu Biao's gaze, he immediately jumped up, he strode into the hall, looked around at everyone, and said in a loud voice:

"Ming Gong, in the past, the Cao army went south, invaded the city, killed and plundered the officials, and the generals and soldiers in the army were all staring at each other, wanting to fight to the death. Most of the officials in the army are people of Jingxiang, who care about their homeland, and they are thinking about raising troops and recovering the lost cities in Nanyang all the time, even if there is no foreign aid, they must ask for war in the next place, lead the army to the north, and recover Wancheng! ”

These words reached Liu Biao's heart, for the northern city of Nanyang was occupied by the Cao army, Liu Biao has always been angry, but first, he was afraid of the Cao army, which was crisscrossing the Central Plains and had few opponents, and secondly, he was worried about the consequences of tearing his face with the Xudu court, so he did not send troops north to recover the lost city of Nanyang County.

Wang Wei, who just advocated sending troops to the north, said what he said next also made Liu Biao feel new worries in his heart.