In the fourth year of Zhongping, in October, with Youzhou and Changsha successively coming to the good news, in the direction of Xiliang, Zhang Wen just got the post of Tai Lieutenant has not yet been hot, because of the fall of Liangzhou was dismissed, recalled to the court to be punished, after Huangfu Song took over the army, step by step Han Sui, Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu defeated, recaptured Xiliang, until this time, Huangfu Song reflected the demeanor of a famous general.

In the Han world, the good news is repeated, and for a while it seems that the world is much more peaceful, Liu Hong is preparing to patrol the old house in the river, and the delivery of these good news seems to have reassured Liu Hong.

After all, this is the first time Liu Hong has gone on patrol since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the General's Mansion has already notified all counties in Jizhou as early as the beginning of September to prepare for the transit of the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning of October, everything was ready, Ye Zhao, as the chief general of the accompanying escort this time, had ordered Fang Yue to lead a school to be the vanguard and open the way half a month ago, and went to Hanoi to assemble, the captain of Nangong was responsible for guarding the palace, not with the army, Ye Zhao led the captain of the Beigong to Ren Hongchang and another school directly under Ye Zhao and the Yulin Army as the middle army, a total of 6,000 people, guarding the Son of Heaven or so, plus Fang Yue's first school of soldiers and horses, this patrol, this escort alone, there are enough 8,000 people, plus the eunuchs and palace maids brought by the Son of Heaven, there are almost 10,000 people.

Ye Zhao was also a little stunned after hearing the news, these horses were enough to launch a large-scale battle in Biansai.

The Son of Heaven went out on patrol, leaving the Empress Dowager Dong and her young son Liu Xie to stay in the palace, the Empress Dowager Dong was old, and Liu Xie was also young, so they were not suitable for tiring travel, so Liu Hong only brought Empress He and Liu Wei with him this time.

Liu Wei originally wanted to go, but was ordered by Liu Hong to stay in the palace, at this time, even if Liu Wei was a little willful, she couldn't disobey Liu Hong's intentions.

In the Weiwei Mansion, as soon as Ye Zhao, who returned from the banquet, entered the mansion, the drunkenness on his face had dissipated, the ninth day of October, that is to say, the day after tomorrow, is the day when the Son of Heaven went out on patrol, and Ye Zhao had already prepared for things in the army, at this time, Yuan Shao suddenly added someone to him, or in this sensitive period, it is impossible to say that Ye Zhao has no doubts.

Not only was he suspicious, Ye Zhao was almost certain that this Wu Qiu Yi's arrival was definitely related to what he and Xi Zhicai had speculated, but what he didn't expect was that even Yuan Shao was involved in this matter.

"Lord, you ......" Dian Wei looked at Ye Zhao in amazement.

"Pretend to be drunk, go and call Meng Hu to see me!" Ye Zhao rubbed his face and said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" Seeing Ye Zhao's serious expression, Dian Wei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran away.

After a while, Meng Hu came to the hall to meet Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao didn't talk nonsense, and directly handed over the prepared seal letter to Meng Hu and said: "You immediately go to Huai County with this seal, order Ding Li to layout, order a thousand Ye family guards to mix into Jizhou in a caravan situation, keep a distance from our army, once you receive the signal, immediately assemble, and go to Fang Yue's camp to inform Fang Yue that the vanguard army does not have to join our army, but after entering Jizhou, the distance from the Chinese army must not exceed thirty miles, if you notice any changes, don't pay attention to it, secretly send someone to inform me that there is still ......"

Looking at Meng Hu, Ye Zhao thought for a while and said: "After informing the two of you, you go to Changshan to visit Zhao Rong, don't say anything else, just say that there will be chaos in Jizhou in the near future, if you have the ability, help me gather some villagers to help in the war, and try to contact some of the Japanese army if you can contact them, I will contact him after I enter Jizhou." ”

"Whoa!" Meng Hu nodded in response, then raised his head, and looked at Ye Zhao with some hesitation: "Lord, will something happen on this trip?" ”

"Yes, and it's a big deal!" Ye Zhao took a deep breath and nodded.

It is uncertain what form it will break out in at present, but the unusual atmosphere in the court recently, as well as the Xiliang War that has been stalemate, have been ended in such a short period of time.

Huangfu Song also participated in the war in the army before, with his weight, if he really wanted to make a difference, Zhang Wen could not ignore his opinions, but the final result was the fall of Xiliang, Zhang Wen had just gotten the Tai Lieutenant was dismissed, followed by Huang Fu Song with lightning to defeat the Qiang rebels, judging from the results, as if to tell Liu Hong that the world was peaceful, urging Liu Hong to send troops.

Jizhou~

Ye Zhao didn't speak again, but stood in the hall, looking at the huge map of the rivers and mountains, and said after a moment of silence: "You hold my seal, set off tonight, let our people get ready, I hope it's okay, but we have to prepare for the worst." ”

This is an opportunity for Ye Zhao, but it is also accompanied by a huge risk, after that, the scholars will be silent for a while, and during this time, Liu Hong can finish the things that he has not done before, and impact the seemingly indestructible barrier of the family, but in fact, it is vulnerable, however, Ye Zhao is silent, he will not give the dynasty that has come to an end a funeral, but he will rise again, I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort, and there will be more problems left for himself.

"Whoa!" Meng Hu bowed, took the seal letter and turned to leave.

"The lord has already decided?" In the dark shadows, Xi Zhi leaned against a stone pillar in the hall at some point, with a rare seriousness.

"Hmm." Ye Zhao took off the saber at his waist and groped for the patterns on the scabbard, his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

"I'm here waiting for the lord's return." Xi Zhicai took a deep breath and bowed to Ye Zhaoyi: "May the lord be able to get what he wants!" ”

……

On the ninth day of October, the Son of Heaven set off, out of Deyang Gate, Ye Zhaoce horses with the frame, Dian Wei and Guan Hai each led a school to escort the left, Ren Hongchang led the women's battalion to guard the side of the frame of the Son of Heaven, these female soldiers have been reborn after more than a year of training, and now they have been reborn, wearing light armor, wearing a fiery red cloak on their shoulders, wearing a short sword, hook claws, ropes, a longbow and two arrows on their backs, wearing a tasseled helmet, and the fiery red tassels are very eye-catching among the black armor guards.

Ji Ling was the escort of the Chinese army, and he led the Yulin army to escort the Chinese army.

"Xiuming, beware of that Qiu Yi." Outside the city gate, hundreds of officials sent each other, and when Ye Zhao said goodbye to everyone, Cao Cao suddenly approached Ye Zhao and said in a low voice.

Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao, but saw Cao Cao looking at him seriously, nodded quietly, turned the horse's head and chased after him, no matter what Cao Cao looks like in the future, whether he will be his enemy, but at least, whether Ye Zhao or Cao Cao today regard each other as a close friend, and if you can have a close friend in life, you will be an enemy in the future, Ye Zhao also admitted it.

"Meng De, what did you say to Xiuming?" Until the chariot battle was getting farther and farther away, and the hundred officials had dispersed, Yuan Shao came to Cao Cao's side and asked.

"I saw that Xiu Ming had a good impression of the drunken immortal building Shenyu, and asked him to invite the Shenyu girl after returning to Beijing." Cao Cao laughed loudly, then looked at Yuan Shao's side, and wondered, "Why don't you see Ziyuan?" ”

Let's wait until he comes back.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he sneered in his heart, but said quietly on his face: "Meng De knows that Ziyuan has a temperament and can't be idle, and when he woke up yesterday, he has disappeared." ”

"I don't know what this son is busy with all day." Cao Cao shook his head meaningfully.

Yuan Shao's heart jumped, and he hurriedly smiled: "The news that has come recently is all good news, this time Your Majesty is on patrol, it will definitely be able to reassure the people, if Meng De is fine, it is better to accompany me to the Drunken Immortal Tower, and I will be the east." ”

"It's fine." Cao Cao didn't care much when he heard this, thinking about it in the past two years, his friend with Yuan Shao seemed to have faded a lot, and when he heard that he was going to the drunken immortal building, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and nodded: "I'm here to find someone." ”

……

Jizhou, Yecheng.

It's the middle of winter in October, and the weather is colder north of the Yellow River, and this year's winter seems to be colder than usual, almost dripping into ice.

Thorn Shifu, study, it was late at night, but the study was brightly lit, the charcoal fire in the brazier kept jumping out, the pungent smell permeated the room, and the flames were gloomy Wang Fen's face was also flickering.

Next to Wang Fen, sitting was Zhou Jin, who was supposed to be the minister of state in Liang State.

"Wenzu, Brother Ziyuan has already sent news that the Son of Heaven will go out on patrol on the ninth day of October, it is today, and the army will not march too fast, but at the beginning of next month, it will enter Hanoi, and then reach Wei County." Zhou Jing swallowed his saliva, looked up at Wang Fen, and said in a hoarse voice: "The matter has come to this, and there is no turning back for us." ”

This matter was originally initiated by Wang Fen, but at this moment, he was a little hesitant in his heart, looked up at Zhou Jing and said: "It's just that this abolished matter is very important......

"How do I not know? It's just that the Son of Heaven was bewitched by traitors and pressed our scholars step by step, so Wen Zu should know about the Hanzhong Bookstore! Zhou Jing's face became a little hideous: "All kinds of signs have confirmed that this matter is being manipulated by the Son of Heaven behind his back, if it weren't for Taifu's timely response, I'm afraid that in less than ten years, there will be no place for my scholars in this world!" The Son of Heaven treats our scholars so thinly, why should we be loyal to him? ”

"Just ......"

"Besides, we are not betraying the Han Dynasty, but the Son of Heaven is weak, and we will do the thing of abolishing the establishment and revive the Han Dynasty!" Zhou Jing pressed Wang Fen's shoulder and said, "This matter is now all ready, if Wenzu retreats at this time, where will we wait?" ”

"But I heard that the escort is Ye Zhao." Wang Fen smiled bitterly: "You have crossed paths with him, you should know this person's ability, although our army is numerous, it may not be his opponent!" ”

The Son of Heaven went out on patrol, and there were 8,000 soldiers and horses dispatched, and the era of the princes had not yet taken shape, although Wang Fen and Jizhou Haoqiang had raised a lot of soldiers and horses, plus the soldiers and horses who asked the court for orders to transfer, although there were many, but it was only 20,000, Ye Zhao was a famous general who had fought 200,000 Yellow Turban Army with 5,000, just one Ye Zhao, so that Wang Fen had no bottom in his heart.

"Ancestor Wen, don't you have a plan? That Ye Zhao's every move is under our control. Wang Fen sneered.

"Alas~" In the room, a leisurely sigh sounded.