Mi Zhu, who had reached a business deal with Han Lie, hurried back to Tancheng for several days, and saw Tao Qian presenting Kong Rong's letter of request for help and Han Lie's request to send troops, Tao Qian looked at Kong Rong's documents, and said in a deep voice: "Kong Wenju and I are officials in the same dynasty, and we should be rescued, and I approved Han Ziyang's request to send troops." ”

"As for whether or not to send reinforcements to Xuzhou, I need to convene all the officials to discuss and then make a decision." Tao Qian looked at Kong Rong's document, although his face did not show unhappiness, but his heart flashed a trace of unhappiness, it turned out that Kong Rong's document was specially written to Han Lie for help, and only wrote a sentence at the end of the letter, hoping to forward it to Tao Envoy Jun Gong Zugong, asking him to see the situation of being a vassal of the Han family, and send reinforcements to help my Beihai, drive the Yellow Turban, and quell the rebellion for the country.

On the contrary, Kong Rong's letter expressed some compliments to Han Lie, and praised Han Lie's past exploits, which can be said to praise Han Lie as a hero in the world.

At a glance, a clear-eyed person knew that the object of Kong Rong's request for help was Han Lie, and as for Tao Qian, it was just piggybacking. Tao Qian was happy to see such a document, although due to Kong Rong's affection and reputation, he agreed to Han Lie's request to send troops, but he himself had no intention of sending troops.

Subsequently, Wang Lang, Xiapi Xiangrong, Chen Qi, and generals Cao Hong, Cao Bao and other civil and military officials came to the meeting hall.

"Duke Ming, this Kong Wenju clearly only has Han Ziyang in his eyes, and there is no envoy." Zhen Rong looked at the paper and snorted with a sneer.

"Duke Ming, what the Prime Minister of the State of Zhen said is very true, this Han Ziyang's troubles in Licheng are not small, and he even claims to be the son of Emperor Qing, which is comparable to Emperor Gaozu, just by virtue of this article, it is enough to convict him of rebellion." Although Cao Hong and Han Lie did not contradict each other, but for Han Lie, an outsider, his reputation continued to rise, and if this continued, sooner or later his interests would be violated, so their Cao family, and several families in Benzhou, such as the Wang family, the Zhao family, and a cadre of family officials, have always pursued a policy of suppression for outsiders and the children of the Han family.

This kind of normalcy is not a unique behavior in Xuzhou, but the consistent practice of the big families in various states and counties to protect their own interests, although they will fight infighting in order to control a certain official position, but once it involves outsiders and the children of the Han family, they will choose to join forces to suppress, so that they have no chance to rise, so that they can naturally protect their interests from infringement.

"There is nothing wrong with young people being a little arrogant, Kong Beihai sent someone to ask Han Ziyang for help, also because of the old relationship, which is also in line with human feelings, and the yellow scarf is bigger, it will also have an impact on my Xuzhou, in order to prevent the yellow scarf from going south, so that Jun has to make some preparations, as for Han Ziyang, it can't be a climate at the moment, but just in case, why don't you take the opportunity to win over Zang Ba at this time, if it really has some outrageous moves, we can also drive the tiger and devour the wolf, let Zang Ba, the tiger, deal with Han Lie's wild wolf." Seeing that the local clan officials in Xuzhou were thinking about Han Lie, Chen Qi coughed lightly, attracted everyone's attention, bowed to Tao Qian, who was seated, and calmly suggested.

"Lord Chen is worthy of the old man to seek the country, Zang Ba and his righteous brothers Chang Xuan, Yin Li all died under Han Lie's hands, given time, if Han Lie really has different intentions, Ming Gong drives these two to fight, it will inevitably cause a lose-lose situation, when Ming Gong wants to clean up, he still can't catch it?" Under Wang Lang's thoughts, his eyes lit up and he praised him.

For Chen Qi, the head of the first family in Xuzhou, Tao Qian has always been actively wooed, but Chen Qi is very low-key and always maintains a faint sense of distance, but this time Chen Qi took the initiative to offer advice, which made Tao Qian overjoyed: "What Han Yu said is very good. ”

When Chen Qi returned home and told Chen Deng about today's advice, Chen Deng, who had been treated by Hua Tuo with white Jiao's blood medicine, smiled with a red smile: "Father's move to drive the tiger and devour the wolf seems to be powerful, but they don't know that if Zang Ba and Han Lie's side win an overwhelming victory, then the real general trend has been achieved, and it will be difficult to shake it again." ”

"Haha, I still know me." Chen Qi laughed with satisfaction: "If Han Ziyang wants to become bigger, he can only eat Zang Ba, otherwise he will definitely not have the strength recognized by the various clans in Xuzhou, even if Tao Gongzu trusts him, if he can't get the strength to overwhelm the major families, even if he gets Xuzhou for a while, it will be difficult for a long time." ”

"With his father's secret help, and his children in Huaiyin, coupled with Mi Zizhong's funding, if Han Ziyang can't do it, it will be providential." Chen Deng said confidently.

Xuzhou's decision, Han Lie naturally did not know, because at this time, he had personally led four thousand Red Flame Army soldiers, as well as Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Huang three generals, the whole army with ten days of grain and grass embarked on the journey to aid Beihai, as a messenger Tai Shici is naturally also in the army, the army is Xiahou Lan and Han Lie's personal soldier Sima Xu Sheng led four hundred soldiers, as well as one thousand people Zhuang, responsible for escorting grain and grass materials behind.

This time to aid Beihai, Han Lie is holding a big vote, you must know that in this era, as a prince, the greatest strength is the population, as long as there is enough population, there will be a steady stream of wealth and food, as well as a steady stream of soldiers.

From Licheng to Beihai, it takes at least half a month to walk on foot, and a little faster, it takes ten days, but if it is a rapid march, it may be possible to arrive in ten days.

But Han Lie said at the oath meeting before departure: "Speed determines our fate." This means that we must appear in front of the enemy at a speed that the enemy cannot imagine, and take the enemy by surprise.

In addition to the necessary equipment, all the sergeants of the 4,000 army only carried dry food for ten days, and after leaving Licheng, Han Lie instructed Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, and Dian Wei, including himself, to take turns to take the lead in running in front of the team on foot, inspiring the soldiers of the whole army to march on foot.

In this era, the normal march of foot soldiers was only fifty or sixty miles a day, and the march of a large-scale army was even slower, but Han Lie's troops walked one hundred and twenty miles on the first day, one hundred and thirty miles on the second day, slowed down on the third day, reached one hundred and ten miles, and maintained a speed of one hundred miles a day every day for the next three days.

The speed of marching for six consecutive days and 100 miles, which is definitely a god speed in this era, Tai Shici, who accompanied the army, exclaimed when he saw the explosive power of Han Lie's Red Flame Army's march: "I finally understand now why the general decided the fate of the sentence in order to say the speed before the expedition." On the march at such a pace, when a large army appears in front of the enemy, it is bound to be able to take the unprepared enemy by surprise. ”

"There is nothing to be proud of when traveling 100 miles a day, my goal is to travel 150 miles a day, or even 200 miles." Han Lie was naturally dissatisfied with the speed of the march of 100 miles a day, you must know that a certain party army in later generations had created a record of 240 miles of marching in a day, and it was also a mountainous area.

"Two hundred miles a day, the nomadic cavalry on the grassland can indeed be bigger, and even when they are paired with two horses, they can reach a march speed of three hundred and fifty miles a day, which can really be said to come and go like the wind, but such a marching speed is still only suitable for small troops, if the army moves, the grain and grass are heavy, and it is impossible to march quickly." Tai Shici, who had lived in Liaodong for several years, heard what Han Lie said about the marching speed, so he raised the marching speed of the grassland tribes that Liaodong had seen.

"War horses are indeed a guarantee for the speed of marching, but they are also a guarantee for improving combat effectiveness, but war horses are rare, and the current cavalry establishment cannot be counted on for the time being." For cavalry, Han Lie is naturally quite yearning, but it is obviously unrealistic to form cavalry in Xuzhou.

On the evening of the seventh day, Han Lie's troops had quietly arrived fifty miles away from Beihai, and set up camp in a dense mountain forest.

After the troops set up camp, it was already the willows on the moon, and after Han Lie ate some dry food like the soldiers, he summoned the generals and said: "Give each sergeant a bowl of the wine we brought, so that the brothers can eat and drink and sleep well, and they will probably participate in the battle at any time tomorrow." ”

This time, Han Lie carried a batch of wine with the army, which was used to relieve the fatigue of the sergeants before participating in the war.

"Whoa." Zhao Yun and others promised one after another.

"Gongming is responsible for tonight's duty, and the dark and bright posts must be arranged, and we must not be negligent." The more critical the moment, Han Lie will also be careful, he doesn't want to fail the sneak attack, but will be attacked by the enemy.

"Whoa." Xu Huang is old and careful, but he is brave and resolute, and he is the best person on duty.

"Ziyi, you and I will go around outside Beihai City and find out the reality of the enemy." After arranging the affairs of staying in the camp, Han Lie invited Tai Shi Cidao.

"Whoa." Tai Shi Ci happily responded.

Taking advantage of the night, Han Lie and Tai Shici changed into civilian clothes, rode horses step by step to a mountain outside Beihai City, and launched a probe on the current situation of the Yellow Turban Army outside Beihai City.

Under Beihai City at night, the beacon fire burning above the city, and the bonfire in the dense Yellow Turban camp under the city, illuminate the inside and outside of the huge Beihai City.

"General, the east side is the location of the Yellow Turban Chinese Army's big tent, there are 5,000 elite soldiers stationed, and 50,000 people are stationed, and the other three sides have a Yellow Turban general commander, wrapped in 350,000 people in it, it seems that the entire Beihai is surrounded by water, in fact, the coordination of their parties is not thorough, if we attack at night, we can defeat one side of the people at any time and arrive under Beihai City." Tai Shici, who was leaning over the grass on the mountain, looked at the half moon in the sky, and set his position to explain to Han Lie the current situation of the Yellow Turban rebels under Beihai City.

"If one side is defeated, the Yellow Turban rebels will definitely retreat when they see the situation, but they will not be able to do their best, and now the rebels do not know that our reinforcements have arrived, and the defense of the battalions is weak, I think we can divide the army into three ways tomorrow night, launch an attack on the enemy's left and right, north and south flanks, lure the enemy's Chinese army to rescue, and then the main force will capture the thief army's middle army in one fell swoop, and then it will inevitably cause great chaos to the thief army, so as to defeat this thief army in one fell swoop." Han Lie's heart was very big, since he knew that the strength of the Yellow Turban Army was not strong, then eating it in one bite was in line with his purpose of capturing more people.