It's late September, and the dead grass in the field is already dropping with dew.

The weather is gloomy, the autumn wind is blowing, the flag is hunting, and there is a killing atmosphere between heaven and earth.

A melodious horn sounded outside the city of Jinyang, and more than 20,000 soldiers were ready to go, waiting for Lord Assassin Shi to leave the city and then go south to Hanoi.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Mrs. Zhao Zhi was still hesitating about whether to leave or stay.

In her heart, she is naturally willing to follow her husband south to Hanoi, so that she can not only see her man day and night, avoid the pain of lovesickness, but also reunite with her brother. In addition to these reasons, you can also enjoy the joy of fish and water as much as possible, and complete the great cause of making people as soon as possible.

However, looking at Lu Lingqi, who was depressed and couldn't travel long distances because she was pregnant, Zhao Zhi's heart softened, and she decided to stay with her.

"Husband, the concubine is not leaving, I will stay with Sister Lingqi, anyway, there are Sister Du and Sister Helan to accompany you in Hanoi, and you will not be alone. And Sister Lu stayed in Jinyang alone, alone, how pitiful? She is pregnant now, and she needs someone to talk to relieve her boredom! ”

Listening to Zhao Zhi's words, Lu Lingqi felt a burst of gratitude in her heart, this little girl's heart is really kind, she has no desire to compete for favor, she always thinks about others first in her heart, tears are crystal in her eyes, she took Zhao's hand, and said softly: "Good sister, if you want to follow your husband, you can follow me, I have a maid by my side, and I can take Mazha to the garden to enjoy the flowers and fish, I won't be lonely!" ”

"Sister, don't worry, my sister won't leave, just stay with you!" Zhao Zhi held Lu Lingqi's hand and said very firmly.

Seeing that their own women get along harmoniously. Yuan Maida was happy in his heart, this is Zhao Zilong's sister in the end, if there is a brother, there will be a sister, this high wind and bright festival is worthy of praise!

"I am very pleased to see that your sisters get along so well, husband." Yuan Mai nodded his head in approval, "Let Concubine Zhao stay with you, my husband promises that when you give birth, I will come to Jinyang to accompany you!" ”

"Thank you, husband!"

Listening to Yuan Mai's promise, the two women high-fived and celebrated. The beloved hasn't left yet. I look forward to the time of return!

With a melodious trumpet. The army set out for the south, and the dust flew in the sky.

Lu Lingqi held her stomach and Zhao Zhi climbed the city tower all the way, watching the back of her husband from afar, and her face was full of reluctant nostalgia. I don't know when the world will be peaceful. The family stayed together. Enjoying the family?

The autumn breeze is blowing. The army was in a hurry, and two days later, they came to the county seat of Pingtao.

Zhang Liao, who was stationed here, personally greeted him. It is indispensable to hold hands and greet each other, and then set up a banquet to entertain the assassin and the civil and military staff. During the feast, Yuan Mai introduced Xu Shu, Guo Huai and others to Zhang Liao one by one, and everyone admired each other.

After a glass of wine, Yuan Mai praised Zhang Liao and said: "Wenyuan is sitting at the southern end of Taiyuan, and the Huns who killed him lost his armor and abandoned his armor, and he didn't dare to covet the land of my state anymore. ”

"Gongzi has won the award, and he can break the Huns, which is the work of the three armies, and Liao is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha!" Zhang Liao bowed his hand modestly, "If you want to talk about a big victory, you have to count the achievements of the prince in Dingxiang this time, which is enough to shine in the annals of history!" ”

Yuan Mai picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Hehe...... The Black Mountain thieves are just a rabble, not commendable, and most of their troops were lost during the siege, not my work! ”

"There are more and more military generals under the command of Lord Assassin Shi, and they are gathered together, which is really gratifying and commendable, and the great cause is profitable!" Xu Shu raised his glass and praised his merits, "Come, everyone raise a glass and drink together!" ”

At Xu Shu's suggestion, the civil and military forces present raised their glasses one after another and drank a bowl of turbid wine together.

"Report, Hanoi military intelligence is sent, please stab Lord Shi to take a look!"

At this moment, a scout who came from Hanoi delivered a six-hundred-mile urgent document and handed it to Yuan Mai.

Yuan Mai took the letter, spread it out and hurriedly read it, and frowned after reading it.

History has not changed much, Cao Jun used Guo Jia and Jia Xu's serial tactics in Yanjin to deliberately discard heavy grain, grass and money, lured Yuan Jun to rob, took the opportunity to defeat Wen Chou, beheaded Lu Weihuang and Yang Yu, killed more than 25,000 Yuan troops, and took Yanjin. After the First World War, the Yuan army was panicked and demoralized.

The only difference from history is that in the Battle of Yanjin, Wen Chou, who was supposed to die under Guan Yu's knife, was spared death, but was shot in the shoulder by Xu Huang, and under the escort of the brothers Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, he broke through and returned to Liyang.

Another defeat, and this fiasco was not lost in the Battle of the White Horse, Yuan Shao's arrogant nerves were devastated. decided to attack in person, so he ordered Wen Chou to reorganize the old department, and then divided into left and right wings with Yuan Shang, and personally led the middle road men, a total of 70,000, to march towards Guandu, vowing to fight to the death with Cao Cao.

"Shhh...... The battle of Guandu, which will determine the trend of the north, is coming soon, it seems that I have to hurry up and return to Hanoi to help this cheap dad in the battle of Guandu, the battle of Guandu can be lost, but it must not be lost so badly! ”

After reading the letter, Yuan Mai gasped, picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.

After the civil and military forces asked about the situation, there were many discussions, some said that Cao Cao was too strong to use soldiers into the gods, there was a shameful smile, and the text was ugly and empty with the name of Hebei's "Four Pavilion Pillars", and it was actually difficult to live up to the fame!

After listening to everyone's discussions, Zhang Liao said solemnly: "You should not underestimate Cao Jun, when I served under Wen Hou, I repeatedly clashed with Cao Jun, Cao Mengde is good at using soldiers, full of strategies, his subordinates are strict in discipline, brave generals, good at wisdom, and can repeatedly defeat all princes over the years, it is enough to show that its strength is not trivial!" ”

"Yes, what Wen Yuan said is very true, you must not look down on Cao Cao, his strength is by no means comparable to that of ordinary princes!" Yuan Mai stroked the beard on his chin and agreed with Zhang Liao's words.

Zhang Liao picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it dry, and said angrily: "It's just that Liao didn't expect that Duke Yuan's expedition to the Central Plains was even defeated, which made Cao Cao more and more majestic!" Thinking about the past, Liao was repeatedly defeated by Cao Mengde's men, and he was really unwilling in his heart, so he asked Lord Assassin Shi to allow Zhang Liao to go to the southern front line and fight to the death with Cao's army, and be ashamed of repeated defeats in the past! ”

Listening to Zhang Liao's invitation to fight, Yuan Mai's eyes closed slightly and fell into deep thought.

If it is now a decisive battle between himself and Cao Cao, he will definitely do his best, and he will definitely send the strongest lineup of Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Liyi, and Xu Sheng to face it, but now it is not himself who is facing Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao!

Although it is true that Yuan Shao is his father, in his heart, the future heir must be Yuan Shang.

No matter how good his performance is, if he gives Yuan Shao's face again, it will only raise his weight in Yuan Shao's heart, and if he wants to replace Yuan Shang's position, it is just a fool's dream!

To put it bluntly, his current situation is semi-independent, although he is under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shao, the team in his hands was created by himself, and the civil and military staff were recruited by himself, and they are absolutely loyal to him; Although he calls himself a thorn, he is essentially their lord!

And the soldiers and horses controlled by Yuan Shao are basically those who support Yuan Shang, not to mention nine times out of ten, but at least more than seventy percent are Yuan Shang's descendants, and now it is Yuan Shao who is facing Cao Cao on the surface, but its essence is the duel between the civil and military forces who support Yuan Shang and Cao Cao.

If he wins, Yuan Shang's power will be stronger and he will be even more empty-eyed; If he loses, Yuan Shang's strength will be damaged, and the benefits to Yuan will outweigh the disadvantages.

Yuan Maicai will not be stupid to give up his own people to fight the world for Yuan Shang, anyway, even if Yuan Shao wins the world, he will eventually pass on the inheritance to this brother who is "defeated by the gold and jade", and the duel between himself and Yuan Shang will be inevitable sooner or later.

Unless the moment of last resort, Yuan Mai will definitely not face Cao Cao head-on. Cao Cao's strength is too strong, even if he can win, it will inevitably be a miserable victory, and the final outcome is likely to be to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800......

Therefore, the best strategy for Yuan Mai is not to confront Cao Cao head-on, but also to knock on the side, contain Cao Cao from the flank, let both sides lose, and then profit from it. Taking advantage of the damage to the strength of both sides to strengthen themselves, this is the most clever strategy!

What's more, the Southern Xiongnu were entrenched in Xihe County in the southwest of Bingzhou, and there were still more than 30,000 cavalry, and it was only more than 300 miles away from Jinyang, the political center of Bingzhou.

If Zhang Liao is transferred, these people in front of him are not enough to take charge alone, Guo Huai is now sixteen years old, it is the year of the weak crown, it is okay to be a deputy staff officer, if he is really allowed to sit in the first army, the experience and qualifications are not enough.

Wang Shuang has followed him for two years, and now he is a partial general, and his qualifications are a little shallow; The bigger problem is that although Wang Shuang's martial arts are excellent, he is really lacking in strategy, and it is obviously not enough to deal with the Hun rangers, relying on courage alone!

As for the rest, Xu Shu is a civil official, although he is also a little skilled in swordsmanship, but he is only stronger than ordinary soldiers; Not to mention Zhou Cang. Zhang Xun used to be one of the few generals under Yuan Shu, and his qualifications were enough, but this fact is sparse, it is okay to be a partial general, to press a formation and take over, and to hand over the army to him is tantamount to disregarding human life!

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"Wen Yuan, don't worry, sooner or later, our army will fight with Cao Cao, and if you don't take the initiative to ask for help, I will also send you to the front line!" Yuan Mai looked at Zhang Liao, his eyes were like torches, "But now, the Xiongnu in Xihe have not been destroyed, and the safety of the entire Bingzhou County depends on you, as a general, you must not act rashly!" ”

Zhang Liao also understood the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and nodded and said, "Liao understands!" Do as you command! ”

After the banquet dispersed, Yuan Mai said goodbye to Zhang Liao with a kind of civil and military affairs, and led a mixed team of 15,000 people and the recruited Black Mountain Army soldiers to return to Hanoi in a hurry.

The smoke of gunpowder in Guandu is getting closer and closer, and Yuan can't afford to buy a trace of carelessness, if he is not careful, he will lose the full plate, and it will be too late to regret it! (To be continued......)