At this time, Yuan Xi had already left Ji County with his soldiers and horses and headed towards Yanmen Pass. When passing through Liucheng, Tian Feng and Gao Shun's trap camp also joined.

After Gao Shun raided Cao Ying in Nanpi, he suffered heavy losses in the camp, and he was also seriously wounded, and was later taken directly by Tian Feng to Liucheng to recuperate. Half a year later, I finally regained my health. And the troops were replenished.

Early in the morning, on the path full of stones, a glimmer of light emerged, and Yuan Xi began to set off with his troops. And their end point is Jinyang.

Lou Jingshu temporarily followed him back to White Wolf Mountain, and Zhao Yun took on the position of guard. He looked at the scar on Gao Shun's face not far away, his lips moved, but he didn't speak.

Yuan Xi happened to notice it and said, "What? Ready to challenge him? ”

Zhao Yun took a breath, nodded, and then said, "But he has just recovered this time, I'm afraid he will have to wait for a while." ”

Yuan Xi smiled: "Wait any longer, my righteous sister will become an old girl." ”

In the past two years, Yuan Xi has not failed to see Zhao Yun's efforts. Immediately heads-up, it is Zhao Yun's forte, but he is in a duel with Gao Shun, and it is said that Gao Shun is not even afraid of Lu Bu. Lu Bu's Xiaoqiang's ability, Zhao Yun didn't know, Yuan Xi still knew.

In this one-on-one duel, sometimes the strength reaction is not the most important, but the test is the experience and courage on the spot. Gao Shun can lead the trapped camp to life and death, and that death will is the magic weapon that supports him to defeat his opponent. Zhao Yun is such a young man, in terms of life experience, he is indeed a little worse than Gao Shun. However, in the past two years, the sword light and sword shadow have also come over, and Yuan Xi believes that Zhao Yun has also improved.

Zhao Yun just smiled at Yuan Xi's ridicule. Diao Chan is still in Yecheng, and I don't know what happened. And this second son, that Mrs. Zhen is probably still trapped in Yecheng. But looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to be worried at all.

"Ahem, second son, do you think Gao Gan and Gao Yuan will buy our account?"

Tian Feng suddenly walked over and muttered.

Since he heard that Yuan Xi was going to transfer manpower to develop in the state to clamp down on Cao Cao, who occupied Hebei, this kind of risky method made Tian Feng, who had always acted prudently, not very approve.

The key to this matter is still the attitude of high-level cadres. Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and it stands to reason that he and Yuan Xi are also distant relatives. But after Yuan Shao's death, Gao Gan's attitude was ambiguous. neither directly defected to Cao Cao, nor did he stand up to echo the Yuan brothers. Yuan Shang once wrote a letter asking for help, but he refused because it was too far.

This high-level posture is like watching the fire from the other side, sitting and watching Yuan Cao fight together, and then he is far away from the emperor and becomes a soil emperor in the mountains of Bingzhou.

Such a place in Jinyang is the Taiyuan of later generations, located in the position of a transportation hub, controlling the mountains and rivers, living in the danger of the mountains, and holding the solidity of the four blockages. The east out of Yangquan Jingcheng is the throat of Taihang Mountain, and the north is connected to Yanmen Pass, which is the place where foreign invasions must pass. South to Gyeonggi, Hanoi. It is a battleground for soldiers.

It's just that at this time, due to the weakness of the Han family, Ding Zhidong Zhuozhi, who was originally guarding here, was killed, and Lu Bu left with the troops of the Bingzhou family, which led to the Xiongnu becoming bigger, and also sacked Luoyang City, and even Cai Wenji, a talented woman of a generation, was also taken away in this catastrophe. Therefore, the longitudinal corridor of Jinzhong also seems to be greatly damaged. At this time, although Gao Gan was a state assassin, he was only defending.

Tian Feng's doubts were not made out of nothing, and it was more difficult for Gao Gan to take the initiative to give up his domination over the state and support Yuan Xi in favor of Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi said: "It's up to people, I believe that under Cao Cao's pressure, how to choose, he should be clear." ”

Gao Gan, although he is a relative, Yuan Xi has never dealt with him. However, Yuan Shang still had contact, and in Yecheng back then, the two had also been flying chickens and lackeys together. This time, Yuan Xi also brought Yuan Shang with him.

Yuan Xi called this younger brother over and asked, "What kind of character is Gao Gan?" How would he react if we just went over like this? ”

"This ......" Yuan Shang hesitated.

Since Yuan Shang defected to his second brother, he has experienced a turning point in life and death, and at this time he has recognized the reality, the Yuan family has completely collapsed, and now Yuan Xi does not have any of the original Yuan Shao's team, and he is completely relying on himself. In this case, he has no heart to be the head of the Yuan family at all.

"This cousin, I didn't have much contact with, I was still young at that time, who knows how his temperament has changed? But this person has always been taciturn, but he is very ruthless. As soon as he took office and merged with the state, he killed rivers of blood there. ”

Yuan Xi asked, "Who did you kill?" ”

Tian Feng said: "I know this, the Huns, the Black Mountain thieves, and the officials who were originally loyal to the Han family, in short, those who follow it will prosper." After killing it like this, at least the entire Jinzhong is his person. ”

"Oh? It seems that he is also a very skillful person......"

Yuan Shang said "um".

Yuan Xi said: "Okay." Xianfu, you go get busy. Pay attention to that Cao Shizi. ”

Yuan Shangzhong nodded and said, "Leave it to me." ”

Yuan Xi handed Cao Pi over to Yuan Shang, which was regarded as arranging an errand for him. Yuan Shang was angry about the defeat at the hands of Cao Cao, and this time Cao Pi fell into his hands, which should be unlucky. Yuan Xi ordered that no torture should be used, and the rest was left to Yuan Shang to play freely. People like Cao Pi, if they don't put some pressure on him, they may have to think about running away when they are idle.

After Yuan Shang left, Yuan Xi muttered, "I don't know if Gao Gan knows that we are coming?" ”

Tian Feng said: "I should know, but I'm very strange, the second son is so swaggering from Yanmen Pass to the south, is it clear that Gao Gan is prepared here?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "Salute first and then soldier." ”

The group walked from the official road and approached the boundary of Jinyang, only to see the flag waving in front of them, but it was the people of Jinyang who came to greet them.

Gao Gan led the officials of Jinzhong to line up in a neat line, and in addition, there were neat and tidy military troops, obviously they didn't believe Yuan Xi very much, and deliberately sent troops to protect them. The people of Bingzhou have always been hard-working, and their army is also famous in the world. For example, Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, and Zhang Liao all went out of the state, and the world was strong. Therefore, with the mentality of Gao Gan sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, seeing these soldiers showing off their might, Yuan Xi and the others naturally had a grasp.

"Hahaha......" Gao Gan said haha, walked over, and said to Yuan Xi: "Cousin, I haven't seen you for a long time." How did you come to me? ”

Without waiting for Yuan Xi to answer, he immediately smiled and said: "You are a guest from afar, you can stay here for your brother and wash your dust tonight." ”

He emphasized the word guest, and the meaning is also very clear, you can come, but you are a guest, and I am the host. This identity is important.

Yuan Xi also smiled: "I'm here to borrow troops from my cousin." ”

Gao Gan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Borrowed soldiers? Well, let's go to the city. ”

Gao Gan has sharp-beaked monkey gills, but his bearing is quite extraordinary, he measured his body, made a gesture of please, motioned for Yuan Xi to come over, and everyone walked side by side. And the carriage has long been ready.

However, Yuan Xi always stood in his escort and did not come out, and the soldiers beside him were also dusty on their faces because of the long journey, and their eyes looked bright and shining, staring at him strangely.

At this moment, Yuan Xi waved his hand and said, "Everyone, you have to live." ”

For a while, the two sides were silent, and then the sound of fighting suddenly broke out.