The lights flickered softly, and the dim glow illuminated the tent. The battle for more than half a month in a row made people feel tired, and when the generals walked out of the tent in twos and threes, only two strategists stayed to accompany them.

The Yuan army that has gathered here has reached more than 70,000 people, of which 40,000 were originally going to Youzhou to go north to cooperate with Wuhuan to attack Gongsun Zhi's baggage camp in Pinggang, Liaodong, but in many cases, the plan arranged in advance did not coincide with the imagination, even if Xu You, Guo Tu and others made modifications, it was difficult to defeat the enemy general named Xu Rong on the opposite side in a short time.

There is even a tenacious Gao Shun like iron, these two people only have 30,000 soldiers and horses, after half a month of attrition, there are still more than 20,000 people firmly nailed here, strategically speaking, Liaodong is naturally the most important, but in terms of geographical environment, let a battle-hardened Xiliang army stick to the rear like a nail, Xu, Guo, and even Yuan Shao also feel quite scruples, if once they ignore the division to the north, this group of people will break through Zhang He's department and attack Yecheng in the south, Yuan Shao feels that he will no longer have any face.

From an empirical point of view, Zhang He is obviously unable to deal with the experienced Xu and Gao alone. Xu You added wine to the lord in the past and returned to his seat, "A few years ago, I came to Yecheng to meet the lord, and I met him once, this person is also somewhat capable, and he will not be defeated so quickly, now Xu Rong's Xiliang army is also showing fatigue, attacking day after day, and may be able to recapture Wuruan Pass as soon as possible." ”

"What Ziyuan said, I don't know, Xu Rong and Gao Shun are not surprising in their use of troops, but they are too safe, Rao is army will retreat from the siege, and if I retreat a little, they will make an offensive posture, which is really annoying."

Yuan Shao took a sip of wine, what he said had been said to everyone earlier, and when he said it again, he was probably a little depressed in his heart, next to him, Guo Tu fiddled with the wick, and when the fire lit up, he smiled: "Don't worry, the lord has watched his actions recently, Xu Rong and the others are nothing more than told by Gongsun Zhi to drag my Jizhou soldiers and horses, and now there is a plan in his heart, so that the Xiliang army has to come out." ”

"You come closer." Yuan Shao beckoned to him, then leaned forward a little, and whispered a few words in his ear, over there, Guo Tu bowed down and whispered a few words in his ear, and Xu You, who had just sat back, pinched the wine jug and snorted.

"This plan is good, I'm not afraid that Xu Rong and Gao Shun won't come out."

Yuan Shao, who was sitting upright, nodded, and then called out, "Someone!" A guard came in outside the tent, and he ordered: "Immediately take my warrant and inform Wen Chou and Han Menger to come to my tent to discuss matters." ”

After the guards were ordered to go out, Yuan Shao took a deep breath, pressed his fists on the long case, stared at the light on the desk, squinted his eyes, passed half loudly, the corners of his mouth cracked, and laughed heroically.

“.…… Tomorrow, Xu Ronggao will be awarded the head. ”

Guo Tu and Xu You straightened their faces, got up and arched their hands: "I will help the lord to break the thief-"

Yuan Shao was satisfied with the attitude of the two strategists, that is, let them sit down, the three of them raised their wine and drank, and said some other words, and the banquet was also swept away some boredom, at this time, Wen Chou and Han Meng, who received the general order, came in from outside, and Yuan Shao was slightly different in his attitude towards the generals, and then his face was quite serious and talked about the plan with the two people who came in later.

The campfire of the Yuan army camp stretched, the soldiers patrolled everywhere, the night gradually passed, when the golden morning light of dawn pierced the clouds, the military camp that was coiled for miles became restless, and the banner of the stretch followed tens of thousands of people to the vast mountains and fields, and the scouts who watched and watched from afar drove the war horses to quickly transmit the news to the rear.

And from here to the south of about 800 miles of Yecheng, the warm morning breeze blows over the city in the morning, the white clouds are like flocculents, the flowers are floating, compared to the war in the north, here seems to be extraordinarily prosperous and calm, more than 200 soldiers hugged a carriage and drove through the street where there were many pedestrians, the carriage sat in the high-spirited Yuan Xi, from time to time with the woman sitting next to him chatting and laughing, occasionally hung by the wind outside the corner of the curtain, the morning light came in, fell on the woman's face to shine a stunning, Zhen Mi listened to her husband's words, frowned slightly, With a slight gentleness.

"My father-in-law is fighting outside, and my eldest brother also went to Qingzhou to operate, and my husband and concubine went to the city at this time, will I let ......?"

"If the mother blames, the husband will bear it alone, and the lady has been thinking about it for many days, and today it happens that there is nothing at home, the sky is not bad, and it is not bad to go outside."

"Hmm."

Bright eyes bent, Zhen Mi smiled and nodded at him slightly, "If the mother is to blame, the concubine will also bear it with her husband." As he spoke softly, he looked at the moving curtain, and the light shone through it, and he vaguely saw the outline of a man who was still fresh in his childhood memory.

Gongsun Zhi......

…… Father-in-law.

The faint voice chanted the name, the car staggered out of the city gate, towards the countryside in the suburbs of Zhuangzi, at this time it was two o'clock, the sun rose to the clouds, the surrounding mountains were dense, among the green trees, the birds that made a crisp cry fluttered their wings and fell to the branches to comb their feathers, not far away there were two streams from the mountains and forests, intertwined with a green river on the flat land, a group of ducks swam over, the ripples reflected the morning light, blurry and dazzling.

"It's not bad here, madam, I won't go to Zhuangzi over there today, just you and I will take a look at the scenery here." Yuan Xi put down the curtain, and his handsome face also had a short beard, pulled Zhen Mi to stop the coachman, stood on the carriage and pointed to the cyan and sunny picture and said, Zhen Mi beside him did not object, and got out of the carriage with her husband.

The surrounding guards and servants hurriedly took out the food and items needed for the outing, and got busy on the grass on the riverbank, near the carriage, two tall figures, holding a big knife, an iron spear Zhang Nan and Jiang Yiqu took a group of guards to guard the surroundings, in the early years, the second son was robbed in the wild, after this time, anyone who went out did not dare to send the generals, but let the generals who had no errands in the army temporarily serve as guards.

Here, Yuan Xi and Zhen Mi were walking on the bank of the river, picking up a stone on the ground from time to time to scare the ducks on the water, turning around, looking at the woman, and patting the mud and dust on the palms of their hands.

"Madam, why are you still a little worried, you see how good the scenery here is, it just reflects a beauty like you."

Zhen Mi shook her head, "It's not that the concubine doesn't like it here, it's just that I ...... in my heart" The soft words were still saying, at the end of the road above the riverbank, there was the sound of horses' hooves, Yuan Xi didn't care about his wife's words, raised his eyes and looked over there, Jiang Yiqu and Zhang Nan also turned their heads, and at this time, turning the corner and entering their eyes was a cavalry team of dozens of people, like the clothes of merchants and merchants, but galloping towards this side.

As we got closer, the sound of horses' hooves was accompanied by the sound of weapons chattering.

"Someone dismounted—"

Jiang Yiqu put the iron spear on the ground, Zhang Nan carried a big knife and led the guards to approach, but the galloping horse's hooves did not slow down, the first person, with a strong body, a white face and no beard, a pair of slender eyes looked at each other briefly, suddenly reached out and pulled out a long sword from his waist, and directly met it.

In a row of guards, Zhang Nan, who was the leader, shouted violently with a horizontal knife handle, and the knife edge was slightly oblique upward, and the opposite horse's hooves stepped on the front of the moment, and the white-faced bearded man in the front jumped up, and his wide sleeves were lightly sprinkled.

The sword light slashed straight down—

With a bang, there was a loud clash between gold and iron, the sword blade pressed on the blade and touched it, the war horse rushed through, and Zhang Nan, who blocked the sword with a horizontal sword, was then knocked out by the war horse and rolled to the ground, covered with dust.

The wind blew through the green fields of the mountains, wearing a luxurious robe, a sturdy figure with white hair on his temples, stepping on a pair of delicate steps and landing on the ground, his white fingers gently brushed the blade of the sword, hanging lightly to his side, and walked slowly, and then, with a slight shake of the tip of the sword, the sword body trembled slightly, and let out a slight long groan.

On the surrounding mountains and forests, frightened birds flew out one by one, hovering in the sky, and the figures of the dense forests and fields appeared from the depths one by one, all holding knives and arrows.

The figure of the long sword slanted and swept the gaze of Jiang Yiqu and Zhang Nan on the opposite side was cold and cold, but there was a smile on his face, and then he said softly: "Miscellaneous family, I have been waiting here for a long time." ”