The slanting sun is weak, and it hangs alone in the western sky.

The mountain path was muddy because of the snow, and two shivering sparrows were rummaging through the grass by the roadside to feed themselves.

Suddenly, the two sparrows sensed something.

After a moment of hesitation, the two sparrows flew up without hesitation, flapping their wings and flying into the distance.

After a while, the chaotic and dull sound of horses' hooves could be heard on the mountain path, and a dozen cavalry cavalry galloped forward like the wind.

Rushing to the place where the sparrows were feeding, the knight in front suddenly let out a soft cry and restrained his mount.

More than a dozen horsemen accompanying him also followed to restrain their horses, and one of the young generals in white robes and silver armor asked the knight who was leading the way first: "Junyi, where is this?" ”

The knight who led the way first turned out to be Zhang He, a famous general in the river.

Of course, Zhang He at this time is far from being a famous general, not to mention compared with Ju Yichun and Yu Qiong, even with Yan Liangwen, ugly, Jiang Qi, Han Meng, and there is no way to compare, if it weren't for Yuan to order Zhang He's general, Zhang He is afraid that he is still just a small lieutenant under Ju Yi's account at this time.

As for the white-robed young general who asked just now, of course it was Yuan No.

This time he led the troops to the expedition, Yuan Wei changed his low-key style when he was in Lujiang, Huainan, and deliberately got a new white robe, and played a bright silver iron armor, plus the red flame horse that Yuan Shao gave him, from head to toe, it was full of the beauty and display of the son's brother, and he was full of gentlemanly style.

Whether Yuan does this or not, of course, has deep-seated considerations.

Yuan no just wants to form such a condescending impression on Yuan Shao, and Yuan no wants Yuan Shao to believe it. He Yuan Wei is just a capable son. In fact, there is not much political ambition.

Zhang He stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain beam in front of him. said to Yuan Wei: "Son, turn over the mountain beam in front of you and it will be Zhaojiazhuang." ”

"Good." Yuan Fu took the horsewhip and gently slapped the flame horse under his crotch, and the flame horse neighed, and then threw off the four and galloped forward, while urging the horse to gallop, Yuan Fu turned around and said, "Everyone speed up and go to Zhaojiazhuang to eat!" ”

Seeing Yuan Wei urging the horse to gallop away. Zhang He and the accompanying Gan Ningtai, Shi Ci, Ma Zhong and others hurriedly urged the horses to follow.

The mountain beam in front of them was not high, and a group of more than a dozen horsemen quickly rushed up the mountain beam, standing on the bare mountain beam and looking down, the village hidden in the mountain col in front of it was immediately revealed.

However, to Yuan No's astonishment, Zhaojia Village had been burned.

"What's going on?" Yuan Wei restrained the Red Flame Horse and looked at the ruined Zhaojiazhuang with some surprise.

"It seems to have suffered a military disaster." Tai Shici frowned and said, "But this is also strange, the Youzhou army has fully retreated to the Yijing line, how can this Changshan County suffer from military disasters?" ”

Zhang He frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not Youzhou soldiers." ”

"Not Youzhou soldiers?" Yuan said, "Who could that be?" Black Mountain Thieves? ”

Zhang He nodded. He shook his head again and said, "It may be a black mountain thief, or it may be a Hu person." ”

Gan Ning proposed: "Childe." And why bother guessing, you won't know if you go down and see. ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "It's better for the prince to stay on the mountain first, and then the last general will go down the mountain to have a look." ”

Yuan Wei cherished his little life, and he also knew that Tai Shi Ci was strong in martial arts and excellent in archery, and he was not hypocritical at the moment, but he still told Tai Shi Ci: "Ziyi, be careful." ”

"The last will take care of it." Tai Shi Ci shook his head, turned around and urged the horse down the mountain.

A moment later, Tai Shi Ci sent back a signal, signaling Yuan to wait to go down the mountain.

When the next group of more than a dozen rode down the mountain, and when they arrived at the entrance of the village, everyone saw the Hu people who died at the entrance of the village at a glance.

"This is a Xianbei person." Zhang He took the spear in his hand and picked off the fur hat of one of the Hu people, and then pointed to its bare top door and said to Yuan No, "Childe, you see, only Xianbei people will shave their heads bare, and the Huns and Wuhuan people will not do this, they are basically the same as my Han people." ”

"Xianbei people? Aren't they outside the plug, how did they get in? And also went deep into Changshan County? It is six or seven hundred miles away from the Great Wall. Yuan Fu frowned and said.

Zhang He said: "Gongzi doesn't know, Xianbei people are just a very general name, in fact, it is not like the Xiongnu is a unified tribe, Xianbei people are divided into hundreds of tribes, large and small, several large tribes occupy the most fertile grassland in Mobei, and many of the remaining small tribes have taken refuge in the imperial court, and have been settled in the border pass, acting as a barrier against the Xianbei people outside the pass. ”

Yuan Wei said: "Since this is the case, why do these Xianbei people dare to go deep into Changshan County to burn, kill and loot? ”

Zhang He said: "These Hu people have always been lawless, usually in good times, they will not come out to make trouble, but once they encounter a bad year, such as suffering from the white plague, they will go south in groups to fight the grass valley, but in the past, the Hu people only went to the upper valley of Dai County at most, and they went deep into the hinterland of Changshan County Chi Shi very rarely. ”

Yuan Fu's expression suddenly became solemn, and he asked Zhang Hedao: "Junyi, what does this mean?" ”

"The last general can't say it either." Zhang He shook his head, and continued, "However, according to the general's guess, most of the north has suffered a white plague that occurs once in fifty years, so these Hu people from the Saibian will go thousands of miles deep into Changshan County to fight the grass valley, Gongzi, this is not good news for us." ”

"A once-in-fifty-year white plague?" Yuan was awe-inspiring when he heard this.

If what Zhang He said is true, this is really not good news.

Because the military rations of Yuan No's department are all supplied by Yecheng in a unified manner, but Yecheng is responsible for the logistics supply, but the trial is Yuan Shang's cronies and Yuan Tan's sworn enemy, so the trial and distribution will not deduct the military food supply of Yuan No's department too much, but if Yuan Fu wants to get excess food from the trial and distribution to envelop the Hu people, it is wishful thinking.

Originally, Yuan Wei still saved the local grain collection, and then used the means of winning over a group of people to deal with the Hu people, but now the Saiwai has suffered a white disaster once in 50 years, this set will not work, and now the Hu people in the north of the Saibei are already hungry, if you can't get the food, they will immediately turn around and bite you.

Even, if you take out the food, they will bite you.

Suddenly, Yuan also became a little hesitant, should he continue to go north?

If Saibei really suffers a white plague, and it is a white disaster that occurs once in 50 years, it is undoubtedly extremely dangerous to continue to go north, and the hungry Hu people, regardless of whether you are a Han official or not, you are a heavenly soldier and a general, and you still dare to pounce and bite you, if the Hu people really attack in groups, their 3,000 people are really not enough for them to gnaw.

Otherwise, just go around the border of Youzhou in Jizhou and deal with it?

But as soon as this idea came out, it was dispelled by Yuan Shao, not to mention that he had already set up a military order with Yuan Shao, if he really stood still at the border of Youzhou and Jizhou, even if Yuan Shao did not pursue it, Yuan Shang would definitely not let him go, even if he did not die, he was afraid that he would have to take off a layer of skin.

Of course, none of this is the most important thing.

The most important thing is that doing so will make Yuan Wei seriously lose points in the hearts of the Hebei Shi clan.

Yuan has great ambitions, and one day in the future, he will rule the land of Hebei!

At this time, if he is hesitant on the border of Hebei and shows the appearance of fearing the enemy and cowardly, what will the celebrities of Hebei think of him? There is no doubt that he will be underestimated.

It seems that outside this plug, you can go, and if you don't go, you have to go somewhere!

When Yuan Wei was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard Tai Shici exclaim there: "Master, what a master!" ”

Yuan Wei asked blankly: "Ziyi, what master?" Where are the masters? ”

Tai Shici hurriedly said: "Childe, the last general is talking about the strong man who killed these Hu people. ”

"Oh? Kill these strong men of the Hu people? Yuan Wei woke up like a dream, and then remembered that the reason why he had to take a detour to Zhending County hundreds of miles away was for a legendary fierce general, Changshan Zhao Zilong! Could it be that at this time, Zhao Yunzhen had broken away from Gongsun Zhan's army and returned to his home in Zhending County?

This is great news for me.

If you can get Zhao Yun, this northern expedition will be too worthwhile!

At that moment, Yuan Wei asked: "Ziyi, how is this person?" ”

Tai Shici pointed to the dozen or so Hu people who fell to the ground and said: "Childe, you see, all the troops of these Hu people who were hit by arrows were in the throat or neck, and all of them were killed by one arrow, and judging from the distance from which they fell to the ground, most of the archers used four arrows to shoot at once. ”

Does Yuan know that Tai Shi Ci's words are a bit exaggerated, but at least, this person's archery skills should be on par with Tai Shi Ci, except for Zhao Yun, Lu Bu Ma Zhong and Huang Zhong, looking at today, who else can compare with Tai Shi Ci's archery skills? Huang Zhong and Lu Bu can't be here, then it can only be Zhao Yun.

Gan Ning and Zhang He also nodded again and again, deeply agreeing with what Tai Shici said.

At this time, Ma Zhong, who went to the north of the village to inspect, turned back and said to Yuan Wei: "Childe, some of the Hu people have gone from the path in the north of the village, and the strong man, judging from the horseshoe prints, most of them have also chased down, the Hu people are many and powerful, and the number is only afraid that there will be no less than a hundred horses, that strong man is lonely after all, should we catch up and see?" ”

"Chase, must chase!" Yuan Wei immediately shouted, "These Hu people dare to go deep into the hinterland of Hebei to burn, kill and plunder, is this still necessary?" They must be killed, not a single one will be left! ”

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

Yuan gave an order, and more than a dozen riders responded violently.

Yuan Wei waved his hand again, and more than a dozen riders turned their horses' heads one after another, and rushed towards the north of the village like a whirlwind and clouds, and in just a moment, the dozens of riders disappeared into the reckless mountains in the north of the village