After Cao Cao received the report of Yuan Tan's surrender, he was overjoyed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info ordered someone to quickly send Guo Jia to see him.

Guo Jiayan said, "I agreed that the class teacher would return to Xudu that day, and what I was waiting for was that the Yuan brothers were not on good terms, so as to give our army a chance to profit from the crowd." Unexpectedly, Yuan Tan was forced to be in a hurry, and it saved a lot of effort to surrender our army. The lord can order General Xiahoudun to lead 30,000 troops from Guandu to the north to attack Jizhou, and General Cao Ren to lead 30,000 troops into Qingzhou to the north, occupy Qingzhou Plain County, and then join with the Lejin Three-Way Army to jointly defeat the combined forces of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi. Then the lord led the Chinese army to calmly go north and recover Qingzhou, and the land of Jizhou. At the same time, Zang Ba could be ordered to capture the two counties of Beihai and Donglai, and Ma Tenghan then cooperated with Xiahou Yuan to capture the two counties of Hedong and Anyi. In this way, the north can be determined. ”

Cao Cao agreed to Guo Jia's plan, immediately dispatched troops, and ordered several groups of men and horses to set off first. Cao Cao presented himself to the emperor and expressed his willingness to attack the Yuan clan again and unify the entire north.

Emperor Xian's cronies are now unavailable, and whatever he wants to do, he is controlled and constrained by Cao Cao everywhere. Now Emperor Xian doesn't have the vigor of the past, and he doesn't care much about the affairs of the court. Not long ago, a Taoist priest Ge Zhang was invited from the people, and he said that he was the nephew of the immortal master Ge Xuan, and he only studied metaphysics and Dan Tao in Ge Zhang in the palace.

Xun Yu once objected to this matter, because there was the disaster of the Yellow Turban before, and everyone still had some scruples about these Taoist immortals. But in the end, Guo Jia sent people to check on Ge Zhang and Ge Xuan, their faction was dedicated to preaching, persuading people to be kind, and they were quite proficient in medical skills, treating diseases and saving people, and never bewitched the villagers and acted against the court. In this way, with Cao Cao's acquiescence, everyone turned a blind eye to this matter.

Cao Cao led the troops Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Gao Lan, Zhang He and others, and walked 50,000 out of Xudu, and Cao Zhen's tigers and leopards rode 5,000 people, and marched north to Jizhou.

On the Jizhou side of this matter, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were in full swing. Yuan Tan didn't expect that when Tian Jing didn't hit him, he didn't send troops to help at all. And he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and lacked good generals, and was defeated by Yuan Shang. Thinking that the general trend has gone, he has the intention to draw his sword and kill himself, who knows that Le Jin led 30,000 Cao troops to help.

Lejin's soldiers and horses were like tigers descending from the mountain, and as soon as they rushed into Yuan Shang's army, Yuan Shangzhong's army was in chaos. Le Jin rushed left and right in the formation, but he met a fierce general head-on. This person is Lu Xiang under Yuan Shang, Le Jin couldn't fight with him, and slashed Lu Xiang under the horse. Jizhou soldiers and horses were defeated, so they had to withdraw their troops and withdraw to Yecheng.

Yuan Tan saw that Le Jin repelled Yuan Shang Daxi, and rushed to Le Jin's camp to ask for guilt, "General Yuan Tan Jianguo Le Jin of Jizhou." ”

Le Jin hurriedly helped Yuan Tan up, "General Yuan can't be so polite, since we abandon the darkness and turn to the light, we will be ministers of the same hall in the future, and we should be close to each other." The prime minister led the Chinese army by himself, but he arrived at Liyang on the 10th. The general can rest assured that the prime minister has always treated the generals under his command very kindly, and he will definitely not treat the generals badly at that time. ”

Lejin treats people modestly, coupled with what he said just now, it really reassured Yuan Tan a lot. Yuan Tan left the camp and returned to his camp, at this time Guo Tu had been waiting for a long time. Guo Tu talked in detail about his contact with Lejin, and at the same time suggested that the next step was that Cao's army would inevitably attack Yecheng in Jizhou. Our army is of little use, and when Cao Cao comes, it is better to ask for orders to regain Qingzhou. This is easy for the general, occupying a state, which gives him another weight to speak in front of Cao Cao. Yuan Tan Daxi regarded Guo Tu as the only person who could be trusted.

Since Tian Jing knew that Yuan Tan would lose this battle, he had no intention of making a wedding dress for others, and was ready to take advantage of the chaos to take the party county. Tian Jing, Tian Feng and others opened the map of Shangdang and found the most important places in the entire Shangdang County. They are the nearest Lu County, Huguan, the county in the central part of Shangdang, Gaodu County in the south of Shangdang and Tianjingguan.

At present, Lu County can't take it first, otherwise it will be difficult to go forward. You can pass Lu County first, and take the opportunity to pass the pot pass. At the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's news was too late to be transmitted, he still held the customs clearance documents and went to the eldest son county to seize the eldest son. But it is more difficult to go south, after all, it is the front line of the Cao army in Hebei, and there is no reason for the northern army to return to Hedong, so it can only be attacked.

Gao Shun said, "This battle is high and willing, I am waiting for a tough battle to hone the back army under my command." ”

Tian Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, "Since this is the case, this battle will be commanded by General Gao." In addition, I will send Li Kang's 500 Flying Tiger Battalion to the south with you to attack Tianjing Pass, and they can help you. ”

Once the eldest son is taken, he can notify the surrounding counties with the order of the Taishou Mansion, so it is easier to take Lu County, Xiangyuan, Nie County, and Guyuan.

After all the party was taken, he ordered someone to inform Wei Yan in Hedong and take the opportunity to capture Xihe. As for Taiyuan, it is an important town in Hedong, and it is also the foundation of Gao Gan, and it is defended by Gao Rou, the brother of Gao Gan, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to attack. After all the two counties are occupied, it is not too late to negotiate peace with Gao Rou.

Tian Jing and the generals had already made a plan, and they were about to lead the troops to Lu County, but it was Shi Da who brought people to arrive.

Shi Da came to see Tian Jing, "After the lord withdrew from Liyang, Hu Caijun ordered me to stay and inquire about Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan. ”

Tian Jingqi said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Shi Dadao, "This person is Yan Rou. In the first battle of Guandu, he was scorched and plotted, although he was wounded by a gunshot in the right chest, he was lucky not to die, but he burned his face in the fire. He returned to Jizhou after recuperating from his injuries, only to find that Yuan Shang thought he had surrendered to Cao Cao and killed him all over the house. He knew that he would never prove his innocence again, and the only thing he was worried about was his former colleague Xian Yufu, so he resigned to Xian Yufu and prepared to leave Yecheng. How do you know that you were betrayed by Xian Yufu, but fortunately it was discovered by my people, and I let people save General Yan. We didn't dare to delay, so we rushed here to meet the Lord in the starry night. ”

Tian Jing said, "I didn't expect Yuan Shang to be so vicious. Could it be that all the generals' families have been wiped out? ”

Starr: "Not really. Zhang He Gaolan and others were originally in the Jizhou Wang clan, and the family sent people to pay allegiance to Yuan Shang, and then sent some gold and silver treasures. It's just that this Yan Rou has no roots and no bottom and no money left in the family, which is regarded as a typical example of the first evil. ”

Tian Jing said angrily, "This is the descendant of the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes!" It's really stupid and shameless! Let's invite General Yan to come in and speak. ”

Yan Rou came in and saluted Tian Jing, "Yan Rou has seen General Zhengbei. Although the tone is neither humble nor arrogant, it can be seen that he is physically and mentally exhausted and haggard.

Tian Jing said, "The general doesn't have to be polite. Back then, I was a defeated general under the general's men in Youzhou. The general is famous on the Wuhuan side, why bend to Jizhou to suffer such a bird anger. If the general is willing to fight with me, I am willing to treat him as a cavalry lieutenant general, and if he has the opportunity to fight back to Jizhou in the future, he will definitely be the general's bloody revenge today. ”

Yan Ju said, "Now I am seriously injured and have burned my face. It's really shameless to lead the troops out again. On the way, I heard Captain Shi say that there is a spy battalion under the command of the general called Flying Eagle, Yan is not talented, and he is willing to serve in the Flying Eagle Battalion! ”

This was a big surprise to Tian Jing, but he didn't expect Yan Rou to be interested in joining Flying Eagle. Tian Jing persuaded again and again that it was not a matter for the face to be ruined, and I only valued the ability of the Northern Army. Who knew that Yan Rou had made up her mind to join the Flying Eagle Battalion. Tian Jing saw that he was resolute, so he arranged for Yan Rou to be the captain of the left military academy of the Flying Eagle Battalion. As for being familiar with the operation of the Flying Eagle, it is naturally left to Hu Cai and Shi Da to do, including the test of loyalty is equally important, after all, the Flying Eagle is the intelligence department of Hedong, which is not trivial.

Hu Cai said, "Originally, I was the only one who didn't dare to leave without permission around the general, but now Shi Da and Yan Rou are here, and they just arranged for the two of them to go to Xihe County to investigate the defense of Xihe, and then notify General Wei Yan to send troops to Xihe." ”

Tian Jing felt that it was indeed very suitable, so he asked Hu Cai to arrange it.

Yan Rou's coming here made Tian Jing feel moved, and if Yan Rou had passed the first test, the information on the side of Youzhou in the future could be completely handed over to Yan Rou to do. This Yuan Cao started a war, but he was afraid that his arrangements in Liaodong would have to be made earlier.

Tian Jing led his troops through Lu County and only camped outside the city. The Lucheng County Commander personally came to greet Tian Jing and invited Tian Jing into the city. Tian Jing only brought a dozen servants to accompany him to the county mansion as guests. By the time Tian Jing left in the evening, there were already a few people secretly hiding in the city. The only thing he said was that they were allowed to buy goods and return to the camp early.

Early in the morning of the second day, the army marched forward and came to Huguan. Huguan is built according to the mountain, the mountain is dangerous, there are 2,000 garrisons of the garrison, the guard general was originally the guard commander in the Gaogan Mansion called Gao Zhong, because of the merit promoted to the captain, stationed in Huguan for a long time. Tian Jing led the troops to arrive and sent the customs clearance document signed by Yuan Shang, Gao Zhong did not doubt him, and asked Tian Jing to pass through the Huguan.

The pot pass is not big, and it looks like the forward of the army is about to go out, and the rear team has just entered the city. Who knew that Tian Jing's war horse was suddenly frightened and threw Tian Jing down, which attracted the attention of everyone around. Gao Zhong was closest to Tian Jing, so he hurriedly dismounted to help him, not wanting Tian Jing to take advantage of the situation to hold Gao Zhong's throat with the short sword on his waist, "Let your subordinates put down their weapons and don't move." There was a sudden change, and the defenders of Huguan had not yet reacted, the men arranged by Tian Jing had already grabbed two gates, and the remaining crossbowmen were already ready to deal with the defenders of the city at any time. Gao Zhong didn't want to welcome a plague god today, but after all, his life was at stake, so he didn't dare to move, and listened to Tian Jing's order to let the defenders lay down their weapons. The most heavily defended Huguan is the south gate, and there are mountains and valleys on both sides outside the pass, so that one gate can be defended and can be dozens of times the enemy. But Huguan has now been broken by Tian Jing's internal attack, and no matter how strong the defense is, there is no way.

Tian Jing didn't go down the pot with a bloody blade. Let people imprison all the original Huguan defenders, leaving Zang Shun and Li Meng's soldiers and horses to defend Huguan. Then he ordered Hao Zhao to lead his headquarters back to the army to take Lu County, and he led the generals to rush to the eldest son.