Yecheng, where Yuan Shao is located, is not the heart of Hebei, but the northwest corner of Hebei.

Yecheng, which seems to be in a remote corner, is bordered by the Zhanghe River in the north, Taihang in the west, Qilu in the east, and the river that stretches for thousands of miles in the south. There are rivers such as Zhangshui, Fushui, and Huanshui in the territory, and the water conservancy is developed, the land is fertile, and since Yuan Shaoxiong has been in Hebei, the soldiers in the territory have almost stopped, and the Yedi that tends to live and work in peace and contentment is rich in grain and silk, and the people are rich, which can be called the richest in Hebei.

It is precisely because of this that the refugees who fled the army in Julu County left their hometowns and dragged their families to Yecheng, which seemed to be the safest and richest.

As for the refugees who dragged their families with their families, most of them were women, children, the old and weak, they could only be driven pitifully by the soldiers and gathered in the makeshift refugee camps outside the city, waiting every day for the relief porridge and water, hoping that the terrible war would be fought as soon as possible, and then they could make a bumpy journey all the way back to their hometowns.

However, the war has not ended, and the number of refugees fleeing to Yecheng continues to increase.

On the road near the outskirts of Yecheng, a group of ragged refugees quietly gathered.

Lu Yi sat lazily on the ground, unkempt, he had not bathed for many days with a smell that everyone avoided, coupled with his restrained and sharp old face, at a glance he looked like a bad old man who had lost his farm house by a military disaster, lost his soul and fled all the way.

The previous secession of Julu County, the attack on Zhao and Qinghe, and the opening of the Pukou and Shangdang channels were all suspicious tactics of Lu Yi.

Like abandoning the plan to divide Youyan, he abandoned the plan to attack the heart of Hebei and the tens of thousands of rabble, and continued to fight the big with the small, walked the people, crossed the hills, and went south in a roundabout way, wanting to make a final gamble.

On the way, he divided the two thousand elites into several units, disguised as refugees, led by the children of the Koji family, mixed into the tide of refugees fleeing from the disaster in the south, secretly contacted along the way, and went straight to Yecheng.

However, Yecheng, which is close at hand, looks invulnerable, and Lu Yi is like a poisonous snake that has been lurking around the elephant and has not yet been discovered, it has deadly fangs and perfect concealment ability, but the elephant in front of him has rough skin and thick flesh and huge size, so he can't eat it at all.

"My lord, all the soldiers who fled south will not be able to enter the city at all unless they have a document from the Great General's Mansion. The refugees who could not enter the city, except for the slaves who were sold and the tenants who worked for the servants, all the others were driven to the refugee camp by the soldiers of Yecheng, where the guards were heavily guarded, and we hid armored soldiers, and once they were discovered, they were afraid that they would not be able to escape from the heavily guarded camp. ”

Also pretending to be a refugee, but also pretending to be a leper, becoming disgusted with dogs, and being driven around, Lu Ying led people to spy on the reality of Yecheng, and then found an opportunity to escape back, worrying to report to his father who insisted on going his own way.

Hearing this, Lu Yi nodded solemnly, but he didn't give up, and asked in a low voice:

"Have you ever found out who are the guards at the gates of the refugee camp?"

"I heard that it was Tian Feng who collected and inspected the refugees, and it was the judge who patrolled the city gates."

After Lu Ying's words were finished, Lu Yi's face was a little ugly, and he didn't continue to ask for the time being.

Although Tian Feng and Xian Pei are not famous generals in Hebei, they are notoriously cautious and upright, and it is even more difficult for Lu Yi to hide from the sky and the sea by collecting refugees and patrolling the city gates.

They have been stranded here for a whole day, and they can't find any chance to incite refugees and attack the city gates, and if they continue like this, they will be exposed sooner or later, and they will face the encirclement and suppression of the Yuan army that came from all directions, and they will not escape the doom of destruction.

"Bring me the map!"

Lu Yi called softly to the personal soldiers around him, and the personal soldiers accompanying the escort hurriedly took out the map hidden in his arms and unfolded it smoothly in front of Lu Yi.

Lu Yi, who quickly lowered his head, looked at the Yecheng marked on the map, recalled the Yecheng with high walls and deep pools in his mind, and quickly thought about the flaws in the city's defense.

It's a pity that I've been thinking about it for a day, but I still don't get anything. The flaws in Yecheng are not flaws for a light army with no siege equipment and no internal response, but a cloth bag for people.

Lu Yi sighed, he could only seek a way out from the surroundings of Yecheng, but he soon found out sadly that he had broken into a desperate situation all the way to Yecheng, and there was nowhere to escape.

There are Zhang He and Gao Lan's army in the north, the men and horses gathered in Yecheng in the south and east, and the steep Taihang Mountains in the west.

This was what Koji had expected before, but now that he had fallen short, it became difficult for him to accept.

Why has there been no movement in the direction of Sanhe for a long time, and was Yuan Jun discovered it halfway?

No way! When the koji performance fled, all parts of Hebei did not know that they had started an incident, and according to the calculation of the footsteps of changing horses along the way and checking the correct transmission, the koji performance who traveled day and night had already arrived in Sanhe.

Could it be that Yan Xing saw through his plan to make him angry, so he was unmoved in the face of the huge temptation of interests.

No way! Yuan Shao and Yan Xing are on the same page, and the two forces are even more intertwined, and the confrontation between the east and the west is bound to not coexist, and finding flaws in advance, striking first, and reaping all kinds of abundant profits promised by themselves is undoubtedly an irresistible fatal temptation for the weaker Yan Xing.

Lu Yi rejected his speculation over and over again in his mind, his eyes were already bloodshot after a long time of anxiety and sleepless nights, and he was almost dripping blood at this moment.

At present, the soldiers and horses in Yecheng will only continue to increase, and if they can't think of a way to break the city, they will all die here.

Lu Yi dragged the map with both hands, and the green tendons where the joints on his hands were highlighted one by one.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

Lu Ying obviously realized that something was wrong with his father, and he hurriedly spoke up, reaching out to wake up Lu Yi, who was already crazy.

Hiss!

Just when Lu Ying shook Lu Yi, the silk map in Lu Yi's hand was also torn in half, and under the influence of this, Lu Yi's mental condition finally recovered.

Realizing that he had just made a serious gaffe, Lu Yi didn't say anything, he would never say anything in front of people that would shake the morale of the army, even if the person in front of him at the moment was his own son.

Koji lowered his head and reached out to reassemble the split map in half, but as far as he could see, his rough fingers suddenly stopped at a certain point on the map.

A sneer appeared on his tense face again.

Perhaps, the next Koji family, there is still a chance!

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The northeast corner of Yecheng, the General's Mansion.

Night has fallen, the lanterns on the general's mansion has become the brightest area in the city, where the Qionglou pavilion, the water pavilion, the flower garden and the forest garden are shining under the embellishment, they glow with a gorgeous that has never been seen in the daytime, and only belong to the general Yuan Shao.

It's just that tonight, the general Yuan Shao neither feasted and drank guests at the Water Pavilion Getai, nor did he work in the lobby of the mansion, nor did he take his concubine and young son to the garden to enjoy the moon, but went to the high-rise building in the mansion alone, quietly bird's-eye view of the entire Yecheng.

This is the highest place in the city, Yuan Shao reached out and pressed the Sizhao Sword on his waist, a pleasant expression appeared on his face, he has always liked this feeling of looking high and looking down on all beings.

Here, he can see the people under his rule living and working in peace and contentment, can smell the fireworks of the rich and prosperous Yecheng, and can see the triumphant return of the Hebei soldiers who defeated the strong enemy in the distance······

He glanced down at the Sizhao sword on his waist, this newly obtained sword is inscribed as "Sizhao", take its homonym, together is a "Shao" word, Yuan Shao declared to the outside world that this is a gods, which has far-reaching meanings.

It's just that the recent emergency military report has made Yuan Shao's joy of obtaining this sword disappear.

The dignified Hebei generals commanded more than ten times the soldiers and horses, and it took more than half a month, and after many encirclements and suppressions, they did not even annihilate the rebel army of Lu Yi.

Compared with the other two forces of Yan Xing, who pacified Guanzhong and shocked Guanxi, and Cao Cao, who set the capital Xuchang and defeated the soldiers of Jingzhou in Nanyang, Hebei, which was broken into the heart of the rebel army of Lu Yi, was suddenly dwarfed.

This seemed to be invisibly mocking the so-called Heavenly Summoning Sword in his hand.

Just when Yuan Shao's thick eyebrows were furrowed, there was suddenly a noisy call and footsteps downstairs at an inopportune time.

An extremely bad premonition suddenly hit Yuan Shao's heart!

In the past few days, whenever there is an emergency military situation, the scholars and scribes around him who have become accustomed to singing praises and asking for rewards for their victories will inevitably be shocked and lose their temper.

But this time, the gaffe downstairs seems to be even worse.

I don't know how long the assistant officials downstairs have been pushing, and finally an unlucky guy who was pushed out trotted up the stairs tremblingly, looked up at Yuan Shao who was at the highest place, and said in a trembling voice:

"Lord, there is an urgent report in the trial, there is a police outside the city!"

Boom!

Yuan Shao's body was shocked when he heard this, and the Sizhao Sword in his hand suddenly stopped on the platform and made a muffled sound.

Lieutenant generals Zhang He and Gao Lan, as well as the plain and upright judges, also neglected their duties, allowing the unknown enemy troops to approach Yecheng all the way.

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On the north wall of Yecheng, when the conscientious judge learned that the men and horses patrolling outside the city were attacked by unknown enemies, he immediately ordered to increase the gates of the city that had been closed, and the whole city was on guard.

At this time, he climbed on the high city wall, and when he looked around, he happened to see an extremely terrifying scene:

In the distance on the outskirts of the city, which was originally shrouded in darkness, countless fire dragons appeared at some point, and from a distance, the place where the fire dragons gathered was boundless, and the dangerous aura of soldiers coming to the city could not help but rush to the face.

"Could it be—" The judge rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he held on to the wallpile with one hand.

Confirming that he was not mistaken, he hurriedly turned around and shouted to the soldiers beside him:

"General Alert, there are police outside the city!"

After shouting, the judge quickly turned his gaze back to the outside of the city, staring at the boundless firelight.

Although he didn't believe that the whole city was under martial law and the impregnable Yecheng would be captured by this enemy army that suddenly appeared, the doubts in his heart were also emerging layer by layer.

Is this the resurgent Black Mountain Bandits, or the Koji rebels who are good at running?

Do they want to disturb the displaced people outside the city, or do they have other plans?

The trial who was on the city wall and full of suspicion didn't know it at the moment, just outside his field of vision, a group of soldiers and horses had quietly turned around in the dark night and went straight to Zhangshui.