The border between the Jin and Wei states was bounded by the Yellow River, and the ferries on both sides of the river were controlled by the two countries. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Here, the riverbed of the Yellow River is only more than 100 zhang, the water surface is calm, the water flow is not so gentle, and the rolling river water flows into the sea along the riverbed to the east.

Yuan's army on the other side of the river could easily see the movement of the opponent's troops and horses, so as soon as Cao Cao's army came to station, the generals stationed there noticed it and immediately sent people to closely monitor their movements.

Half a day later, all the spies who reported back said in unison that the Wei army on the opposite side was collecting boats and seemed to have plans to cross the river.

The guards did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly reported the information here to the chief general and asked them to decide.

The news was passed layer by layer, and soon, Yuan Shao, who was in Yecheng, received this information.

"What the hell does this Cao Apu mean!"

Yuan Shao, who got the information, was furious, his 100,000 army had been assembled, just waiting to go to Youzhou to compete with Zhang Zai, and now he heard that Cao Cao was coming, so wouldn't he have to be attacked on both sides.

Tian Feng on the side frowned when he heard Yuan Shao mention Cao Cao's name, he knew very little about Cao Cao, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, but with his intuition, Cao Cao was just making a show, but he had to guard against it.

"Ziyuan, what do you think Cao Apu's intentions are?" Yuan Shao glanced at the many strategists, and finally, looked at a middle-aged scribe with cheeks behind his ears, the whites of his eyes exposed, and the eyes of a thief.

This scribe's surname is Xu Mingyou, the word is far away, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have been friends for many years, and the three of them have the same smell, and they have been together for a long time.

I saw Xu You's eyes roll, and his eyes revealed a shrewdness, and he said: "With Cao Apu's character, he will definitely not dare to attack our Jin Kingdom, but if there are others who pry him, it will be difficult to say, please ask the lord to allocate troops to strengthen the garrison on the southern border, and you are willing to garrison the southern border." ”

Yuan Shao lowered his head and thought for a moment, and saw that no one objected, so he said: "Okay, this king will give you 50,000 troops to garrison along the Yellow River. ”

After hearing this, Xu You did not have the slightest fear, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, leaned down and bowed: "I will live up to the king's trust!" ”

On that day, Yuan Shao's army was divided into two parts, led by Yuan Shao and Xu Yu respectively, one south and one north.

Zhang Zai, who was still in Bingzhou, also received the news from bad people that Yuan Shao, the king of Jin, personally led an army of 50,000 and was marching to Youzhou.

At this point, Yuan Shao's troops in Youzhou have reached 200,000, and Zhang Zai's side, even if the Tang army is brave and good at fighting, it is impossible to confront Yuan Shao's Jin army head-on with an army of about 70,000.

When he arrived in Pingcheng, Zhang Zai suddenly ordered the army to stop advancing and spend the night in Pingcheng, and at the same time issued an order to summon Xu Huang and Liu De, who were on the border near Yanmen, to his side.

It was already early the morning of the next day when Xu Huang and the two rushed to Zhang Zai's residence, and as soon as Zhang Zai got up, there was a report, saying that Xu Huang and Liu De were waiting in the lobby.

"Meet the King." Seeing Zhang Zai coming in, Xu Huang and the others immediately stood up and fell to the ground.

"The two of them are flat."

Zhang Zai stretched out his hand to help the two of them get up, then looked at Liu De, his eyes showed remembrance, and said, "Liu Qing, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Liu De glanced at Zhang Zai with a complicated expression, sighed and said, "There is King Lao's concern." ”

"Does Liu Qing have a grudge in his heart?"

Zhang Zai let out a leisurely sound, although his voice was not loud, but it hit Liu De's heart.

Resentment? Perhaps, he heard of the demise of the Han family, and he also had thoughts of revenge, but now he only has an army of less than 10,000 people in his hands, and it is simply impossible to take revenge or restore the country.

Later, he also figured out that the identity of the royal family is the shackles in his heart, for this identity, he has been in the frontier for several years, and now, his feelings for the royal family have gradually faded, and he has never had this idea again.

"The king's words are serious, and De has never had such thoughts." Liu De bowed sincerely, and then said: "I don't know what the king urgently summons his ministers and others, what do you order?" ”

Zhang Zai didn't say it explicitly, but asked: "Since the last time I left Yanmen, I haven't been here for some time, I don't know what the situation is at the border now?" ”

Liu De, as a border guard of Yanmen, was very clear about the situation of the Yanmen garrison, and immediately told all the Yanmen garrison and the distribution of each place.

"Not bad." After hearing this, Zhang Zai nodded and praised: "Liu Qing can say it so easily, presumably he has worked defense." ”

"The king praised it." Liu De smiled modestly, and then retreated.

"Liu Qing continues to work hard, and he treats talents alone, and has always treated them equally, as long as Liu Qing makes enough contributions, he will definitely not treat a loyal minister badly." Zhang Zai encouraged him a few more words, and then sent someone to lead him to the side of the house.

Liu De bowed, and walked to the room specially arranged for him with the eunuch, he had a hunch, Zhang Zai's purpose this time was not him, but Xu Huang on the side.

"Xu Qing has lived on the border in the past few years, how does she feel?"

Since Xu Huang took refuge in him, he has been at the border, and when he heard Zhang Zai's words, he bowed down and said, "Thank you for your concern, Huang likes the life on the border very much." ”

Zhang Zai stared at Xu Huang for a few moments, and seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, he nodded, and then said, "It's hard for Xu Qing all these years." ”

Then the topic suddenly changed and asked, "I don't know what has happened to the alien races on the border over the years?" ”

Xu Huang replied respectfully: "Everything is normal, for several years, Xianbei has been grazing in the grassland and has never crossed the border.

"They're a lot more honest." Zhang Zai snorted coldly after hearing this, he didn't have a good impression of the alien race.

However, since Xianbei's eyes were no longer in the Central Plains at this time, he just fulfilled Zhang Zai's intention, and he was ready to fight a war of attrition with the Jin State during this trip to Youzhou.

Since it is a war of attrition, there are other requirements for the number of generals, and most of the generals under him have tasks, only to transfer Xu Huang, who is now in Youzhou, and Xu Huang has not been able to get a record since he joined the Tang Kingdom.

"Xu Huang listens to the order!"

"The end will be."

"I order you to temporarily hand over the defense, and after tomorrow, go to Youzhou with the army."

A trace of excitement flashed in Xu Huang's eyes, that military general didn't want to gallop on the field, he was currently in the prime of life, when he was fighting, if he was in the middle of the battle, he would be on the border for a long time, and when he became famous. I don't know if it's the Year of the Monkey.

"Let's go down and prepare!" Seeing Xu Huang's excited face, Zhang Zai waved his hand, signaling that he could go down and rest.

And after Zhang Zai left Xu Huang, he actually walked in the direction where Liu De was, there were some things he had held in his heart for a long time, and the bad people had not been checked, so when he saw Liu De, he couldn't help but ask for clarification