Liu Fan, the general of the expedition to the north, arrived, Qiao Mao was overjoyed, and Dongjun could finally turn the corner from danger.

Liu Fan defeated more than 100,000 capable people in Yingchuan, and Bu Ji's Yellow Turban power was far inferior to Bocai.

"The general of the expedition to the north is here, and Yanzhou is worry-free." Seeing Liu Fan who was starry and moonless, Qiao Mao greeted him, saluted Liu Fan, and said, "Dongjun guards Qiao Mao, thank you General Zhengbei for your help."

"We are all for Your Majesty to share the worries and alleviate the difficulties of the people of the country. Why do you have to thank me Liu Fan. The extermination of the Yellow Turban still needs to be too guarded and cooperated, and it is not me, but I can get the credit. Liu Fan returned a salute to Qiao Mao and said humbly.

"Where is it, who in the world does not know the prestige of the general of Zhengbei? Please let the generals and soldiers enter the city, and I have prepared food and grass. Qiao Mao asked Liu Fan.

"There is no need to prepare food and grass too much, our army sleeps in the open for days, just enter the city to rest, and nothing else is needed." Liu Fan replied to Qiao Mao.

"General Zhengbei governs the army, I have long heard of it." Qiao Mao said admiringly.

The army entered Puyang City in a neat and orderly manner.

Liu Fan was invited by Qiao Mao into the Taishou Mansion, and the two sat opposite each other in the hall.

"Please inform Bu Ji of the specific strength of the Yellow Turban and the main activity area of the Yellow Turban." Liu Fan asked Qiao Mao.

There are not many people with the surname Qiao, and I don't know what the relationship between this bridge is and the bridge of Anhui County, Lujiang County. Qiao Gong's two daughters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, are famous beauties in history.

"There are about 50,000 people in the Yellow Turbans, and they have attacked Puyang City thirteen times in the past few months, but they have not touched the city. Xiancheng was their baggage place, and they often moved with the banks of the Yellow River, and the counties on both sides of the Yellow River were all swept by Bujikou except for Dong'e County. Just the day before yesterday, Juancheng of Jiyin County also came to Puyang for help, and Puyang's soldiers and horses plus the temporary recruitment of elite only 10,000 people, did not dare to go out of the city easily. Qiao Mao replied to Liu Fan with a sad face.

Puyang City is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, and is one of the largest cities in the second half of the Yellow River except Luoyang.

On the map, the Yellow River is a big "several" character. It flows from the Bayankala Mountains on the Tibetan Plateau into the Bohai Sea.

The word "several" belongs to the first half of the Yellow River, flowing through Liangzhou, Longxi, Longzhong, Longyou, Guanzhong, and the Loess Plateau.

The horizontal above the word "several" belongs to the Hetao area, but the fertile Hetao Plain is now occupied by the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Horizontally down the vertical and flowing through Shangjun, Xihe and Hedong counties. This belongs to the middle half of the Yellow River.

The last stroke of the word "several" is the second half of the Yellow River, which flows through the Central Plains, the Heluo Plain, the Haihe Plain, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.

Puyang City is in the middle of the second half of the Yellow River, and the city is nearly four zhang high. It is a full zhang higher than the ordinary county seat.

Don't underestimate this, it can increase the defense of the entire city by several notches. It can also cause countless enemy soldiers to scatter blood on the city walls.

Buji Yellow Turbans attacked more than a dozen times, lost thousands of soldiers, and did not attack the city wall.

"How's the situation in Juancheng?" Liu Fan frowned and asked Qiao Mao.

Liu Fan knew why the officers and soldiers of Juancheng, Jiyin County, did not go to Jiyin County to govern Dingtao, but came to Puyang, East County for help.

The entire territory of Dongjun is on both sides of the Yellow River, and the area of the entire county is long and narrow. This has also caused a lot of eastern counties to be in the county.

Liu Fan had already figured out the map of Dongjun and the map around it, and Juancheng, Jiyin County, was only 200 miles away from Puyang, Dongjun.

Far water can't solve the near fire, so Juancheng will ask for help across the county.

"Bu Ji personally led 30,000 people to besiege Juancheng, Juancheng only has 1,000 troops, and only 3,000 young people in the city have been gathered, and the dangerous city is difficult to defend. Qiao Mao replied to Liu Fan.

"In this way, the Buji Yellow Turban is now divided into two parts, one part of 30,000 people in Juancheng and one part of 20,000 people in Xiancheng." Liu Fan vaguely found the fighter.

"Scouts need to be sent to find out." Qiao Mao shook his head, and then said to Liu Fan: "Bu Ji doesn't know whether he is arrogant or confident, he never defended the city when he broke through the city, but only looted the food and property of the powerful people and the people in the city. Thousands of yellow turbans often appeared on the south bank of the Yellow River, as if hoping that we would go out of the city to fight him. ”

"Taishou only received the news that Juancheng was breached today, which means that Bu Ji is very likely to still be in Juancheng, and I will send scouts out of the city to find out the news later, and then make a plan." After thinking about it again, Liu Fan said to Qiao Mao.

"Good!" Qiao Mao nodded.

"Taishou just mentioned that the counties on both sides of the Yellow River, except for Dong'e County, have all been plundered, that is, they have all been plundered, so Dong'e County will be lonely and helpless, could it be that there are capable people in Dong'e City?" Liu Fan noticed what Qiao Mao said just now, and asked Qiao Mao again.

"In fact, the situation in Dong'e County is even worse than the situation in other counties, the county Cheng Wang Du burned down the granary in the city, responded to the Buji Yellow Turban, the county order fled, and the situation was in crisis. There is a taxi in Dong'e County, named Cheng Yu, who turned the tide in Dong'e City, and Dong'e got all from this. This is the general situation, and I don't know the specifics. When Cheng Yu was mentioned, Qiao Mao's eyes also shone brightly. He has been in Yanzhou for so many years, but he didn't know that there were such capable people under his rule. When the situation stabilizes, he must ask Cheng Yu to be his staff.

Although there is no flight, the flight will soar into the sky; Although there is no sound, the sound will be amazing.

At the critical moment, Cheng Yu became famous in one fell swoop.

This is the counselor. At a critical moment, the fate of a city and a county can be changed, and even the fate of a country can be changed.

"This strange man too!" Liu Fan exclaimed.

Cheng Yu, one of Cao Cao's five great strategists, made great contributions to Cao Cao's hegemony.

Although his merits are not as good as Xun Yu, Cao Cao's trust in him is far from being comparable to Xun Yu.

Although Cheng Yu is ruthless, he is indeed a mastermind who can help the lord achieve great things. After pacifying Dongjun, Liu Fan decided to visit Cheng Yu in person and strive to make him his first strategist.

Liu Fan has too many strategies in his heart, and he can't find anyone to tell, he needs a person with great wisdom and courage to work out the future path with him.

Cheng Yu can be content and not humiliated, his strategy, needless to say. His courage is slightly better than that of Meng Ben and Xia Yu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. What he does best is analyze problems.

After drinking a cup of tea with Qiao Mao, Liu Fan bid farewell to Qiao Mao and left Taishou Mansion in the name of rectifying military affairs.

When he came to the barracks, Liu Fan immediately sent a hundred horsemen out of the city to inquire about the situation.

Liu Fan told them to follow the route from Xiancheng to Juancheng to explore the traces of Buji's yellow scarf, and as soon as there was any trouble, they would immediately return to report it.

The Yellow Turbans have no cavalry, and the cavalry is used to inquire about the situation, and the soldiers' own safety can be guaranteed. Even if the Yellow Turban found the officers and soldiers, he had no ability to stop it, Liu Fan's cavalry were all good horses in the North, and the Yellow Turban had some horses and inferior horses at best.