Regarding the upcoming war in Hebei and the trend of the situation after this war, people all over the world have their own views and judgments. Before Cheng Yu came out of Cao Cao, Liu Dai had consulted him on this matter, and the answer he gave was that Yuan Shao had the upper hand.

There are many people who have similar views to Cheng Yu, especially after seeing the strong army under Zhang Jaw, those who are optimistic about Yuan Shao are more determined.

Gongsun Chan's army is very strong, and Bai Ma Yicong is a well-deserved strong army in the world, however, Gongsun Chan also has many weaknesses, each of which is very serious, and the most fatal one is that he has no territory.

Gongsun Zan was born as a small official, and his family was purely based on his military exploits, and the troops under his command were called Youzhou Army, but he was not a Youzhou pastor who was captured by the military and government, but a pure military general.

His official position is General Fenwu, and there is a title of Marquis of Thistle, because the army's station is in Beiping on the right, the original Beiping is too afraid of him, abandoning the official and leaving, and no one dares to go to the post after that, so he made himself a name of Beiping Taishou.

Youzhou is a barren land, bounded by Lulongsai, and half of the territory of Youbeiping is outside the Great Wall, how can it afford to raise tens of thousands of cavalry with such a little place?

Before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Gongsun Zhan's supplies mainly relied on the supply of the imperial court, plus the spoils obtained during the war, and his life was barely passable.

When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the Guandong heroes rose together, and the allocation of the imperial court was naturally gone, and Gongsun Zhan, who was waiting for the rice to be cooked, whether he had ambition or not, he had to find a way out.

There are only two paths in front of him, to expand or to find a backer. His temper is not as unreliable as Lu Bu, but he is also a proud person, how can he be willing to be subservient to others? Especially the candidates who are qualified or have the ability to be his backer, they are all unpleasant to him.

Therefore, expansion was his only way out.

It's just that expansion alone can't completely solve the supply problem, at least not for a short time.

Yuan Shao gave up Bohai, which seemed to show weakness, but in fact, he had other plans and directly put Gongsun Chan up and down.

In this regard, Wang Yu and his subordinate cavalry have a very deep experience.

"People say that Jizhou is rich, but it doesn't look good? Even if it was Qingzhou a few years ago, it was nothing more than that, and there were no moths and thieves here in the Bohai Sea, how did it become this scene? I said Lao Qin, are you sure you didn't take the wrong path? Tai Shi Cixiong sat on a fat and strong yellow horse with high spirits, looking left and right with great interest, and shouting loudly at the same time.

"Ziyi, be quiet, don't startle people." Qin Feng snorted unhappily: "It's not the first time that X has taken this road, how could he go wrong?" In the fifth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun colluded with Qiu Liju ......"

"Okay, okay, your little glorious history, a certain ear can hear the cocoon, and if there is no freshness, it will be endless." Boss Tai Shi Ci waved his hand impatiently, compared it around, and said with a smile: "Noisy? If you look around you, do you look like someone? Well, there are no living people, there are a lot of dead people, and the ability to shock the dead has not yet been learned! ”

"It's weird, this is the official road you took last time?" Qin Feng himself was quite puzzled, marching and fighting led the wrong way, that was a terrible crime, he didn't dare to joke about this, don't look at the usual peace and temperament of the prince, if someone really committed a mistake in military law, don't expect him to be tolerant.

He took the horse to the side of the road, turned over and dismounted, stomped his feet hard, and then looked at it again, and felt that he had a bottom in his heart, so he pointed to the roadbed and said loudly: "It's Sanhetu, it's the official road!" After the tired time, there is only one official road leading to Yangxin, which is also drawn on the map! ”

"That's weird." The characteristics of the official road, even if Qin Feng didn't mention it, Tai Shi Ci would not be unrecognizable, he scratched his head, and he was even more confused.

The official road is convenient, and normally speaking, there should always be some villages around. Qin Feng walked on this road once last spring, for an old soldier like him, how could he not have any impression of the road he had walked?

Tai Shi Ci turned his gaze to Wang Yu, who had been in a state of contemplation since he had crossed the ferry, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"The road should be right, it'......s just that things are wrong," Wang Yu sighed.

In order for the general not to know the geography, although Qin Feng, an old horse who knows the way, leads the way, but the map of Ji and Youerzhou, he has repeatedly read it, and as soon as he closes his eyes, relevant information will appear in his mind.

From the analysis of the nearby mountains and rivers markings, the official road under your feet is indeed the one that leads directly to Yangxin. It's just that the places that were once marked with villages on the map are now inaccessible. It's not so much about things and people, it's better to say the vicissitudes of life.

As if to confirm his thoughts, a sharp autumn wind swept through the fresh green weeds, bending the grass stems neatly, and a few charred walls and decaying doors and windows were immediately revealed, reminding passers-by that this place was once prosperous.

The vigorous vitality and the desolation of the ruined wall form a stark contrast, which makes people feel a lot of emotion. And the dry bones looming in the grass seemed to remind Wang Yu of the catastrophe that had happened here.

"Eleven, I've gone find a few guides and ask what's going on here." The situation was unclear, and of course Wang Yu did not dare to move forward rashly.

The Yellow Turban in Jizhou has long been pacified, and it is impossible for the Black Mountain thieves entrenched in Taihang Mountain to run so far to kill people and set fires. Recently, he has devoted all his energy to dealing with the Liu Dai brothers, and has not paid much attention to the two territories that should have belonged to allies, Bohai and Leling.

After thinking about it, Wang Yu added: "Be polite after finding people, don't scare them." ”

"No." Li Shiyi agreed, picked up a few capable men, dismounted and walked deep into the grass.

The army then stopped, and the soldiers hurried to feed the horses and water. Qingzhou has limited manpower, and Leling is the territory of the ally, and it has always been the army here

The situation was all reported by Tian Kai. Now it seems that this place has just suffered a military disaster, and Tian Kai has not reported it, maybe there is any unexpected situation, and it is not okay not to be ready for battle.

Seeing Qin Feng's melancholy face, Wang Yu walked over and patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said with relief: "It shouldn't be a big deal, the French brother and a certain are also brothers who have nothing to say, if the war is unfavorable, they will say hello somewhat." ”

"That's what the prince said." Qin Feng nodded, but the worry in his heart continued unabated.

Tian Kai's temperament is straightforward, but he is also a proud person in his bones, if he really loses the battle, as long as the loss is not too big, he will definitely not ask Qingzhou for help.

In fact, Qin Feng was not optimistic about Wang Yu's reinforcement this time.

General Gongsun and the prince naturally didn't say that they were only happy to see the prince come to help, but the other generals of the Youzhou army might not welcome this.

You must know that in the Youzhou army, there is a group of proud soldiers who can be called victorious in a hundred battles, if they hadn't witnessed the skills of the prince and marquis, they would not be so willingly driven. The prince's reinforcements may be regarded as an insult by some people.

The scene that Le Lingguo saw aggravated Qin Feng's worries. If even General Tian, who had a good conversation with the prince, refused to ask for help, then ...... Thinking of Yan Gang, who was not arrogant and not under the lord, and the scheming Shan Jing, Qin Feng was worried.

"Enlighten the lord, the people have brought it."

Since following Wang Yu, Li Shiyi has always been very effective, but this time, he has been there for a long time. Seeing that more than half an hour had passed, he rushed back with a few of his men, panting, followed by an old man in ragged clothes, who looked cowering and looking like he was about to run away at any moment.

Wang Yu glanced at Li Junhou, who shook his head slightly. Wang Yu's heart sank slightly, the soldiers he brought out, the ability was naturally clear, it took so long, even if it was on foot, the search radius was several miles, and as a result, only an old man was found?

This Leling Kingdom can be compared with Qingzhou after the Yellow Turban Brigade invaded Mount Tai.

"Old man, what happened around here, is it a military disaster?" Looking at Tai Shici with a fierce face, and at Qin Feng with an anxious face, Wang Yu decided to interrogate him personally.

The old man looked at Wang Yu and opened his mouth tremblingly, but he answered the question: "Are you ...... Checkmate? Talking counts? ”

"Oh?" Wang Yu was slightly stunned, and Li Shiyi hurriedly stepped forward to play a round: "Old man, what I promised you, I will definitely give it to you, as long as you answer my general's question." See! He raised his hand and pointed to the flag of the general flying high, and said loudly: "My general is the champion of the Han Dynasty and the hussar general who was personally enshrined by the Son of Heaven!" ”

"Oh." The old man nodded, his cloudy eyes rolled upward, and he could be regarded as having seen it, and then confirmed to Li Shiyi in a low voice: "Ten catties of corn, that's right." ”

In order to make him come voluntarily, co-author Li Shiyi promised a reward of ten catties of corn, and in the eyes of the old man, the champion Hou and the hussar general were far less important than ten catties of rice.

"You old ......" Tai Shi Ci was furious, his fame was already relatively heavy, and he respected Wang Yu even more, at this time, seeing a country farmer who despised the two together, he wanted to beat this old man with a punch.

"Ziyi, don't worry, wait for a certain question to be clear." Wang Yu's hand was quick, and he stopped Tai Shici, looking at the old man's skinny appearance, a gust of wind might blow it down, where could Tai Shici be restrained from even a little finger?

"Eleven, go get rice."

Li Shiyi agreed, and quickly took two bags connected from the back of a pack horse. Wang Yu's light cavalry almost reached the ratio of one person and three horses, and the pack horses carried rations, which were enough for ten months.

Seeing Li Shiyi open the mouth of the bag, revealing the yellow corn grains, the old man's cloudy eyes finally shone brightly, as if he was afraid that Wang Yu would regret it, and hurriedly said: "There is a military disaster in this vicinity, not a military disaster, how can a good place be harmed like this?" It's all fertile land around here! Well, who will spoil the fields? That's damned......"

"When?" The old man was willing to cooperate, but the chattering man couldn't get to the point for a long time, so Wang Yu could only interrupt him and ask.

"It was not peaceful earlier, and from time to time there were moths and thieves coming from Qingzhou, and the officers and soldiers did not pay, and the big families only cared about themselves, but they could make do with it. Afterward...... It was the year before last, right? A new envoy came to Bohai County, and as soon as he took office, he made a big move, recruiting celebrities and soldiers at the same time, saying that he wanted to be the king of Qin or something, and we countrymen didn't understand it......"

It's Yuan Shao! Yuan Shao also raised tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in a county, and also recruited a large number of celebrities and famous generals, which cost a lot of money.

"I heard that Hejian and Anping are okay, Han Envoy Jun sent people to guard the border, and the adult of Bohai County was not allowed to cross the border, but our Leling is a remote place, no one cares, and when the Bohai Sea is finished, it will be our turn to be unlucky." The young and strong were all taken away, the grain was requisitioned, and the land was wasted. ”

The old man's tone had not fluctuated all the time, and it was calm, as if he was saying that what happened to others had nothing to do with him. But the more this happened, the more shocking his words became.

"Later, General Yuan left, and General Baima came again......" In the same tone, the old man mentioned Gongsun Chan again.

"You talk nonsense!" It was Qin Feng who roared this time, his eyes were wide with anger, his forehead was full of green tendons, and his hand was tightly held on the hilt of the knife, which made people worry that he would draw his knife and kill people in the next moment.

Wang Yu didn't rush to stop this time, but frowned tightly.

Because what the old man said was what he was most worried about, in order to raise supplies, Gongsun Chan scraped the ground, and while losing the hearts of the people, his weaknesses were also exposed!

Although he has strong troops, he is not well supplied, and he has no base.