Although the leader was brave, he was not stupid, and he also knew that without the right siege equipment, cavalry alone would not work. Therefore, the leader again asked Yuan Shao's envoy that even if he did not send troops to assist, he must provide siege equipment and someone who would guide them on how to use them.

To be honest, the conditions of the leader this time are not too excessive, all he asks for is some "heavy equipment" and dozens of "instructors". However, such a condition also depends on who he proposes it to. If this condition was put forward to Liu Xin, it would definitely be categorically rejected. The reason will be very simple, the sharp weapon of the country cannot even be easily displayed to others, let alone handed over to others?

It's a pity that the target of the leader's current conditions is Yuan Shao. In Yuan Shao's view, this is a victory in his negotiations, and naturally there is nothing that he can't agree.

Naturally, this kind of thing will not be done by the Xianbei people themselves, and ** sent him 20,000 people at the request of the chief. The Xianbei people all ride high-headed horses, and these Taiyuan people can only walk, and they must also drag heavy vehicles, and the speed naturally cannot keep up with the pace of the Xianbei people. The cruel and irascible Xianbei people kept urging, whipping two whips at the least, and slashing with knives at the worst. In just over 100 miles, nearly 1,000 people died under the scimitars of the Xianbei people. The road from Taiyuan to Daling has become a road of blood and tears.

Before the Xianbei army set off, Yuan Shao also mobilized his men and horses to march towards Liyang. Two days earlier, Cao Cao had returned the city of Liyang to Yuan's army, and Cao Cao's army had retreated south to Puyang, assuming a posture of westward advance. The army he transferred to Liyang included 100,000 Wuheng cavalry. In fact, Yuan Shao could directly start from Yecheng, attack Hanoi first, and then attack Luoyang, but he had his own little abacus.

Although there is an agreement that the advanced Luoyang is the king, it is estimated that no one will seriously implement this oral agreement. Even so, Yuan Shao was still unwilling to lag behind, and he wanted to march into Luoyang before Cao Cao anyway.

The geographical location of Liyang is very special, if heavy troops are accumulated here, it can not only form a huge pressure on Puyang at any time, but also block the road of Cao's army to the west, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Therefore, when Yuan Shao negotiated peace with Cao Cao, he especially made the return of Liyang a prerequisite.

At this time, whether it was Liu Xin, Yuan Shao, or Cao Cao, they all laid out a lot of detailed work in the other two sides, and at the same time strengthened the blockade of their own borders. However, the only one who has the conditions to send out the obtained information in a timely manner is Liu Xin's phantom secret spy, and the method they use is naturally to fly pigeons to pass the book.

The news of the southward movement of Yuan's army was soon reported to Hanoi. After learning of this situation, the 280,000 troops concentrated in Hanoi County began to move towards Dangyin. In order to hide people's eyes, the mobilization of the army is to choose to travel at night, and even the people of Hanoi County do not know that so many people have gathered around them.

Although the news had been blocked, the movement of the army to Dangyin still chose to take place at night, and the arterial roads that Liu Xin had spent a lot of effort on in the counties played a huge role at this time. Even in the middle of the night, the flat and wide roads allowed the army to advance quickly, without even lighting torches, and the post stations along the way were able to provide drinking water and dry food.

At dawn, 50,000 cavalry and 230,000 infantry from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legions all arrived at Dangyin City. In order to conceal their whereabouts, the team did not set up camp, but borrowed to live in the homes of the people outside the city of Dangyin. Because Hanoi was in the eastern part of the country, it was not poisoned by Dong Zhuoxi's Liang army, but the Han army has been helping the people to do this and that for many years, and it has already won the hearts of the people. Not only the people of Hanoi, but also the people of many places regarded the Han soldiers as their own family. Therefore, the entire 280,000 army was scattered into the yin at once, and it suddenly seemed to disappear, and outsiders could not see the slightest clue at all.

However, the undisguised movement of the Yuan army on the other side of the border inevitably fell into the eyes of the Han army. In fact, Yuan Jun's transfer was not only undisguised, but could even be said to be a chicken flying and a dog jumping. The soldiers took the opportunity to harass the villagers, looted their property, and humiliated the women, leaving them in disarray.

Generals at all levels had long been told that this time they were transferred to Liyang not to fight Cao Cao, but to prepare to attack Luoyang. Yuan Cao's two armies have been fighting in Liyang for more than a year, Yuan Shao's army does not know how many times they have been transferred from Yecheng to Liyang, and the villages along the road have long been plagued by them I don't know how many times, and they can't find anything valuable, so some blind guys have set their eyes on Hanoi County on the other side of the border. In the past, they didn't dare, because Yuan Shao had a strict order not to offend Liu Xin. But now they have no scruples, they are going to fight with Liu Xin anyway, what's the big deal if they grab one first. What's more, Hanoi has become richer and richer in recent years, and they have long been red-eyed.

Among the counties under the jurisdiction of Hanoi County, Dangyin is in a relatively advanced position, and the north, east, and south directions all belong to Wei County, Jizhou, and Yecheng is the county seat of Wei County, and it is also the base camp of Yuan Shao. The Yuan army was transferred from Yecheng to Liyang, and it must pass through the border of Dangyin, and the few generals of the Yuan army who were not open their eyes also put the target of looting in Dangyin.

However, there are many people who think this way, but there are not many people who really dare to do it, and there are only two Yuan Jun in this brigade. These two Yuan military captains, one is called Yao Qi and the other is called Ma Liu, both participated in the Battle of Liyang, and escaped death several times, although they were slowly promoted from a small soldier to the position of captain, but the monthly salary did not increase much, and they did not get much benefit in the process of fighting. Yao Qi and Ma Liu, who were unwilling, decided to try their luck in the yin.

They didn't dare to go to Dangyin City, but if they went to the countryside of Dangyin to search, in the eyes of Yao Qi and Ma Liu, there shouldn't be any problems. So, in broad daylight, these two Yuan military captains quietly broke away from the brigade with forty or fifty cronies and soldiers and sneaked into the territory of Dangyin.

Thirty miles southeast of Dangyin, there is a small town called Shaocheng. There are about 500 families in the town, and because of its proximity to the border, there are not a few people in the town who are not only farming, but also doing business, and most of the people are wealthy.

The town was no different from usual, the people who farmed the land went to work in the fields before dawn with their farm tools, and the shops on both sides of the street opened early. But outsiders don't know that at this time, there are more than a dozen soldiers hidden in every house in the town.

Stationed in Shaocheng Town and several nearby villages was the Third Army Corps, and the main general was Guan Yu, who had just been transferred. After Guan Yu settled his soldiers, he took Guan Ping and a few of his own soldiers to take a walk on the street. Fathers and sons in battle, brothers in war, this time Guan Ping was able to go out with him, and he still received special care from Liu Xin. Liu Xin did this in addition to taking care of Guan Yu's father-son relationship, but also so that Guan Ping could grow up as soon as possible under Guan Yu's teaching.

Guan Yu and his son changed into a set of civilian clothes and were strolling around the market, when they suddenly saw a farmer, his face covered in blood, dragging a hoe and hurriedly running in. As he ran, the farmer shouted, "Come on, there are robbers!" ”

These people have been warned that if they encounter enemies or robbers, their first choice is to find a place to hide, and there is really nowhere to hide, so they run back to the town for help. Therefore, when Yao Qi and Ma Liu, who were armed with steel knives and vicious, appeared in the field, some of the more clever farmers quickly hid, while the more unresponsive ones were hacked and killed on the spot. The farmer had the strength to smash over a Yuan soldier with his hoe, turned around and ran. And Yao Qi and the others did not carry bows and arrows, so they could only chase after them wildly, but not as fast as the farmer.

Because it is in the border area, there has been fierce fighting on the opposite side for more than a year, and the young people in the town usually organize some training. Hearing the farmer's shout, some of the young men gathered in this direction. But most of the young people had already gone to work in the fields, and not many remained in the town, and some of the people panicked.

But I heard Guan Yu say loudly: "Don't panic, let them in!" ”

Everyone in the town knew about this red-faced man, a senior general in the army, and after listening to his words, everyone remembered that there were still tens of thousands of soldiers living inside and outside the town, and they couldn't help but calm down.

Guan Yu asked the farmer about the situation, and knew that there were only a few dozen people attacking, and it was likely that Yuan Jun was on the opposite side, but the farmer was busy fleeing for his life and didn't see it clearly. Guan Yu immediately pointed to a few people and said, "You, you, you, and you, go and call out all the soldiers who live at home." ”

A few people left in response, Guan Yu turned to the others and said: "Don't panic, everyone, what should you do, what should you do, if Guan is here, it will definitely be fine!" ”

While speaking, Yao Qi and Ma Liu had already appeared at the entrance of the town with more than 40 people, one of whom was covered in blood, and was injured by the farmer with a hoe just now. Yao Qi and Ma Liu couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw that the town was completely unguarded, and turned their heads to greet them: "Brothers, rush!" Whoever grabs it is whoever's is! ”

Needless to say, anyway, looking at the clothes of the people in the town, life is quite comfortable, and this time it will definitely be a full load.

Yao Qi and Ma Liuchong were at the front, and the soldiers they brought with them also scattered and rushed towards the shops and people's homes on the street. Soon, bursts of screams came, and the Yuan soldiers who were left behind could hear that it was the voice of their companions, which was even mixed with the screams of Yao Qi and Ma Liu.

These two can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, but they were put down as soon as they entered the house, and the soldiers who followed behind dared to rush in again, turned around and ran. However, before they could run a few steps, they were blocked by a group of soldiers, and one of them stroked his long hair and said majestically: "Guan doesn't want to kill people today!" ”