Li Xin received the holy decree as the commander-in-chief of the North Road, commanded the armies of the three states of He, Hebei, and You, and attacked the Yellow Turban Army from the north. So why let Li Xin lead the heavy troops, instead of letting Liu Yan from Youzhou be the commander, this is due to Cao Jie, yes, it is this dead eunuch.

Because Cao Jie wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he pretended that Li Ying was only targeting himself, so that the other ten permanent servants would not target the Li family, so that they would not discover their plans. Can the same ten permanent servants use this? That's of course, even a group like the Ten Standing Servants also has a leader, as the leader, Cao Jie must of course avoid having an important handle fall into the hands of others, after all, the competition for power between the Ten Standing Servants is also very strong, and they can be unanimous with the outside world, but they are more concerned about their own interests, if they can reduce one person, then everyone else will be happy to see it, not to mention the most powerful Cao Jie. Especially for Zhang Rang, as the number two person, how could he not want to be the boss and enjoy the happiness brought by power. Therefore, Cao Jie was cautious and tried to minimize the possibility of his own incident.

In addition, after Cao Jie's death, Li Xin bribed Zhang Rang and others with glass products, making Zhang Rang and other fellow party think that the Li family was just turning his face with Cao Jie, not to embarrass the Ten Standing Servants, and there was still no malice towards the Li family of the Ten Standing Servants, and they were even a little close. The wealth is moving, and the ten permanent servants naturally take more care of Li Xin in the face of money, and Li Xin can sit and merge with "them" to contribute. And at the beginning, it was originally for Liu Yan to control the armies of the states, but Liu Yan was a timid and fearful lord, as soon as he saw the Yellow Turban Army's momentum, Jizhou had almost completely fallen in just ten days, and the next step was to attack Youzhou, for Liu Yan, whose nest was about to be attacked, he had the kung fu to take care of other things, and it would be good to be able to hold his own one-third of an acre. So he took the initiative to resign, but it didn't matter if he resigned, the army on the North Road still needed someone to command, so he followed the advice of his subordinates and recommended Li Xin, who had subdued Xianbei, to command the army.

In fact, Liu Yan didn't have any good intentions, he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and use the hands of the Yellow Turban Army to weaken Li Xin's power, after all, Youzhou is too close to Bingzhou, especially after Xianbei was surrendered, as long as the troops go out of Yanmen, march all the way to the northeast along the Great Wall, and then break through the Great Wall to the east through Daijun can directly attack Fan Yang, the seat of Youzhou Zhi, Liu Yan knows very little about Li Xin's cavalry, but with experience, it can still be concluded that Li Xin, who has been trading with Xianbei for a long time, already has a large number of cavalry troops in his hands, and the Great Wall defense line is too long, It is extremely easy for a highly mobile cavalry to find a breakthrough, Fan Yang will be attacked without being alerted, and the result will be catastrophic, so it is necessary to weaken Li Xin's strength as much as possible so that Li Xin has no way to attack him. And Liu Yan knows that his son is very unsuccessful, not to mention stirring up the storm in troubled times, it is a luxury to be able to hold the territory after his death, Li Xin has such achievements at a young age, and the future is limitless, especially the chaos is coming. Although Liu Yan is a relative of the Han family, he does not have much sense of belonging to the Han family. What I thought of was that after forming a good relationship with Li Xin, even if Liu Zhang fell into the hands of Li Xin, Li Xin also remembered that the old love in the past would let him go, at least he would end up with the life of a rich man, after all, Li Xin's benevolence and righteousness are famous, and he will not damage his reputation. Liu Yan recommended Li Xin because he wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and no matter whether he succeeded or failed, he would profit for himself.

Li Xin understands what Liu Yan means? Of course, after all, the determination of the command of the North Road, how could Li Xin not pay attention to such a big matter, but there is one point, even if Li Xin sees through Liu Yan's plan to kill two birds with one stone? Liu Yan is a clan relative of the Han family, and he took the initiative to let Xian, standing on the commanding heights of morality, Li Xin has no way at all. And the strategy is a conspiracy, you can't afford to refuse at all, if you refuse a hat that does not obey the emperor's order, Li Xin will never be able to turn over.

For Li Xin, this is both an opportunity and a challenge, if the command is proper and the layout is lawful, then he can take the opportunity to exercise control over Jizhou, and even if he is forced to withdraw, it will lay an extremely favorable foundation for the future occupation. In case of failure, then the consequence is that all Li Xin's hard work in the past few years will be in vain. But Li Xin knew that this time Xu Sheng was not allowed to lose, and he was fighting with his back, so he made a detailed plan.

The first is to discuss the matter of Youzhou with Liu Yan of Youzhou, Liu Yan only needs to defend his own territory, from Gaoyang, Renqiu, and Hejian to the first line of defense, so that the Yellow Turban Army can not go deep into Youzhou, this is undoubtedly good news for Liu Yan, which means that he did not waste his efforts in recommending Li Xin. You don't have to take the initiative to attack, you can expand your power in the name of defense, why not?

Then Li Xin asked his generals to lead almost all the divisions. Gao Shun led his 3,000 camps from Qiguan, and gathered the 10,000 people stationed with Zhang Liao and the military advisor Tian Feng to Huguan in a hurry. Together with Guan Yu and Xu Huang's 20,000 horses here, plus the newly recruited soldiers, as well as the cavalry and peers from Jinyang, a total of 50,000 troops set out from Huguan to the east to capture Wei County, and by the way, to take Yecheng and oppress the Yellow Turban Army troops in Guangping from the southwest. At the same time, the Yellow Turban Army of Dongjun was prevented from supporting Quang Binh along the direction of Liyang and Puyang. The military advisor Cheng Yu was protected by the broken military guards and returned to Jinyang.

At the same time, he ordered Zhao Yun of the first line of Baima Shouyang Leping to lead 30,000 troops and Xun You, as well as the Pojunwei and Xianbei cavalry who accompanied Cheng Yu, a total of more than 40,000 people, to the east as the vanguard to capture Dingzhen, waiting for Li Xin's arrival. Li Xin led Dian Wei and all the Praetorian Guards from Jinyang, and joined Li Dian Lejin transferred from Hexi County, as well as the good general Zhang He, and the newly recruited soldiers, totaling more than 40,000 people. After arriving at Dingzhen, the troops will be divided into two routes, Zhao Yunbu controls the Dingzhen line to sweep north and south, complete the blockade of the northwest direction, Li Xin led the original troops and the returning Po Junwei all the way west to the Bohai Sea, and then wave the southwest, along the plain direction from the northeast to the Yellow Turban Army to attack, forcing the Yellow Turban Army to retreat from the southeast direction and converge with the Yellow Turban Army of Dongjun. Then, after gradually clearing the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army on the way, the Three Route Army joined forces and continued to attack, so that the Yellow Turban Army marched in the direction of Dongjun, and together with the troops of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it completed the decisive battle with the Yellow Turban Army in Dongjun.

If the plan succeeds, then Li Xin can actually control all the area north of the Yellow River, and sit on and merge with the two major states of Hebei, Youzhou is also in the bag, and become the most powerful warlord. Although the land of these three states is not the most fertile, it is a region with fierce folk customs and a good source of soldiers, which is a rare wealth in troubled times.

Everything can really be as Li Xin wants, after all, the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou was the last to be wiped out in history. has been preaching for a long time, most of the diehard loyalists of the Yellow Turban Army are concentrated in Jizhou, so the strength of the army is the strongest, for Li Xin, this is definitely a tough battle, but Li Xin is fully prepared, he sent all the military divisions, as well as the vast majority of the generals, and more than seventy percent of the troops, that is to say, Li Xin is fighting against the water.