The pre-battle meeting that followed the two-day march finally ended at midnight.

After the meeting was dismissed, as many as 40 people from various departments of the army were still fighting indoors at night, and the divisions, brigades, and generals who had quietly arrived in advance from the Qingzhou defense areas and the Jinan General Mansion gathered in the wide courtyard, forcibly endured the excitement in their hearts, and bid farewell to the lord Liu Cun one by one, and then rode their horses, took the guards, and returned to their respective defense areas overnight.

Zhao Yun, who was wearing the armor of the captain of the Qingzhou Military Academy, silently followed behind Liu Cun who saw everyone off, his heart was like a huge wave churning, turning back and forth, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Zhao Yun never expected that as soon as he returned to Nanpicheng, the seat of Bohai County, he had the honor to meet the famous Qingzhou military generals Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Zhang He, Qin Yi and others who had been famous for several years, and met the world-famous Gongsun Pei, Cangci, Guan Ning, Xu Ci and other great Confucians.

What he didn't expect was that the lord Liu Cun had incomparable trust and respect for him, not only let him participate in a highly confidential pre-war meeting that was enough to change the general trend of the world, but also solemnly appointed him as a cavalry captain in the name of the Han chariot general and Jizhou Mu before the meeting, in front of dozens of world-famous civil and military officials, and awarded him the actual position of cavalry captain of the general's personal guard battalion.

Until this moment, Zhao Yun still had a feeling like a dream, but his heavy heart was full of gratitude, full of the strong urge to die as a confidant.

Before he knew it, he had walked out of the gate of the courtyard, and the unique bleakness and chill of the night breeze blowing in the Mid-Autumn Festival quickly cheered Zhao Yun up.

Zhao Rong, the military advisor and Xu Sheng, the tiger general who were about to rush to Luoyang, gave a salute to the lord Liu Cunshen and asked the lord to stay. Zhao Rong stepped forward and came to Zhao Yun. Smile said:

"Zilong. We're not welcome to be in our own family, in fact, as early as three years ago, I heard the lord mention Zilong's name more than once, and when I saw it today, it was really majestic and powerful, and the name was not deserved! ”

"Originally, I wanted to ask the lord to send Zilong to the Hedong war zone to help me, but the lord was reluctant to do so, so I had to give up. Ha ha! ”

Zhao Yun hurriedly saluted: "Thank you for the kindness of the military advisor, Zhao Yun also hopes to listen to the teachings by the military advisor's side one day." ”

Zhao Rong smiled, said goodbye to Zhao Yun cordially, and then walked to the hundreds of guards standing in front of him with Xu Sheng with a smile on his face, turned over his horse, and led the team away.

Liu Cun watched Zhao Rong and his party gradually blur under the bright moonlight for a long time, and only then did he let out a slight sigh until he was completely invisible, turned around, and smiled at Zhao Yun, who was staring brightly:

"The burden on the military division is very heavy, and he not only has to command General Guan Hai's 30,000 horses in this battle. took the lead in launching the Battle of Hanoi, and at the same time was responsible for the defense of Luoyang. In response to General Xu Sheng's 1st Division of the Qingzhou Army, General Xu Huang's newly formed 8th Division, and Captain Li Zao's Marine Brigade to attack Hanoi, I didn't have enough manpower for him, and I feel quite guilty when I think about it. ”

Zhao Yun immediately understood the other meaning of Liu Cun's words, and also believed very much what Zhao Rong said to him before saying goodbye, but he didn't know how to say what he felt in his heart for a while, until he followed Liu Cun back to the courtyard with a roaring bonfire, Zhao Yun asked in a low voice: "Lord, my subordinates feel that the military advisor is quite mysterious." ”

"Oh? I guess you've rarely heard the name of the military advisor before, right? Liu Cun slowly stopped and looked at the general who was half a head taller than him with a smile.

Zhao Yun nodded frankly: "I had only heard the news that the military division had sent an envoy to Luoyang before, and I always thought that the military division was serving in the yamen of the state capital, until I was fortunate enough to hear the military division's analysis of the battle situation in the dark Hebei at the meeting, as well as the complex and exquisite battle plan of the Hedong Theater formulated by the military division, I knew that the military division was much more powerful and mysterious than all the generals I knew under my subordinates." ”

Liu Cun pulled Zhao Yun and walked in together: "The military division originally came from a military family, full of talent and resourcefulness, our Qingzhou Army fought five major battles in the early days of its establishment, and he participated in the formulation of each battle plan, among which the key Dongguan Battle was personally commanded by him, if it wasn't for the fierce battle of 100,000 yellow turbans besieging Guantao, I am afraid that few of the fierce generals in my Qingzhou Army could beat him, haha!" ”

Zhao Yun was full of admiration, thinking of the generals Guan Hai and Xu Huang who had not yet met in the Hedong Theater, and Wei Yan, a young general who was highly valued by the lord, and others, and had to sigh that the Qingzhou Army was full of talents, and the desire to make contributions became stronger and stronger.

Liu Cun seemed to see Zhao Yun's thoughts, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, do you want to go to the battlefield?" ”

Zhao Yun was embarrassed to say his true feelings: "My subordinates have just arrived, but what I have seen and heard after a few days of marching and camping has shocked my subordinates and refreshed them. ”

Liu Cun nodded approvingly, and said something that surprised Zhao Yun: "If this battle goes well, I plan to recruit Jizhou soldiers on a large scale, at least 10,000 cavalry who can fight on horses will be selected from them, if it is not enough, they will be recruited in Jizhou, and then handed over to you for training for half a year, at the latest in the spring of next year, we will fight together with General Gongsun's Youzhou army, and completely drive the Wuhuan people out of the land of the Han Dynasty, maybe I will also follow you to fight north at that time." ”

Zhao Yun looked at Liu Cun in astonishment, Liu Cun laughed, patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and told him to rest early, and then went to the middle hall where dozens of soldiers were still nervously calculating and planning.

Gongsun Pei put down the statistical report in his hand, rubbed his sore eyes, motioned to Zhao Li to put the hot tea aside, and waved his hand at Liu Cun, who persuaded him to rest: "The lord came just in time, I always feel at ease in Xuzhou, and I always feel that Zang Ba, who has been secretly in contact with Cao Mengde, is a little abnormal." ”

"Oh!?" Liu Cun thought for a moment and asked, "What do you mean...... Zang Ba: They shouldn't be so quiet? ”

Gongsun Pei slowly picked up the teacup and thought thoughtfully: "At present, Cao Mengde personally led an army of 70,000 to fight with Lu Bu and Chen Gong in Dingtao, and although the 20,000 Northern Route Army led by Cheng Yu and Cao Hong repelled the combined forces of Chen Deng and Zhang Miao who attacked Zhencheng, they only slightly relieved the crisis in Zhencheng and did not inflict heavy losses on the opponent. ”

"After this battle, even if Zhang Miao is cowardly and leads his troops to retreat to Chen Liu, Chen Deng, who leads 15,000 cavalry, can completely turn around and go south to Dingtao, if so, Cao Mengde in the middle will be very difficult, and if he doesn't get it right, he will suffer heavy losses under the attack on both roads......"

With Cao Mengde's ability, it is impossible not to see this crisis, but why does he still not mobilize Xiahoudun's 20,000 troops on the southern road to the north? What did the 20,000 troops do in Suiyang, west of Pengcheng? ”

Liu Cun weighed it for a long time, smiled and comforted: "Brother Shoushan has gone to Xiapi five days ago, and the two divisions of Yan Shen and Zhai Yue have also entered the north of Xuzhou, they are closer to the battlefield, and they have been closely monitoring the movements of Zang Ba's 50,000 troops, they must know better than us...... You don't have to worry about it when you're old, rest early, don't stay up late, and count on you when you go down. ”

Gongsun Pei shook his head, took a sip of tea and looked at Liu Cun: "Everything that should be done here has been done, after the war, the battle situation is changing rapidly, it all depends on you, there is nothing to do with me, I plan to go back to Jinan tomorrow morning to see the progress of Ji Wei's raising of grain, grass and ordnance, and Liu Ziyang's combat readiness mobilization plan also needs to be implemented as soon as possible...... This battle is related to our future destiny, and there must be no negligence. ”

"Okay, I'm relieved to have you in Jinan, the gang in Langya Academy is getting more and more restless, I'm worried that once the Jizhou offensive is launched, they will jump out and shout, waving the flag and shouting for their master." Liu Cun was very helpless about the Langya Academy, which had gone out of control.

Gongsun Pei didn't care about this: "You don't have to worry about that group of scholars, as long as you clean up Yuan Benchu, they will immediately shut up, but you have to pay more attention to Cao Mengde's side, don't let him take this opportunity to sit big again." ”

"Understood, you should go and rest when you are old."

After Liu Cun finished speaking, he directly stepped forward to help Gongsun Pei up, and couldn't help but help him into the side room, Zhao Li trotted in and went to make the bed first, which made Gongsun Pei complain vigorously that Lao Tzu was not old enough to move.

After exiting the room, Liu Cun walked directly to the military group where the Military Command Department was located, sat down, picked up a stack of information about Cao Jun, and read it carefully.

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