In April, Liaoxi finally ushered in the real spring season, and at the same time, White Wolf City also ushered in the first distinguished guest from Liaodong, and he was also a regular guest: Liu Yi, the chief bookkeeper of Liaodong Taishou Mansion.

Liu Yi did not come empty-handed, he brought the second batch of military rations, forage, weapons and various military supplies, as well as 300 troops to supplement the battle damage. From this point of view, Gongsun Du can not be said to be ungenerous, it cannot be said that he is not enthusiastic, and if he is someone else, I am afraid that he will really be grateful.

Of course, Ma Han was also grateful, at least on the surface, what Liu Yi saw was a white wolf city guard full of gratitude. And Ma Han's reception specifications for him were also very high, and he personally went out of the city to greet him, and did not even arrange for him to live in a post house in accordance with the rules of the envoy's reception, but waited in the side courtyard of the city guard's mansion.

Liu Yi is very satisfied, his mission this time is with a task, and whether this task can be achieved smoothly depends first of all to see whether the White Wolf City guards are obedient - at least on the surface. As a result of the preliminary investigation, Liu Yi came to a conclusion: this person is available.

In the inner room, after asking Ma Han to retreat, Liu Yi took out a fire paint letter from his bag and handed it to Ma Han.

Ma Han took a look, and the letterhead of the letter was "Liaodong County Riding Captain, Leading the White Wolf City to Guard the Horse and Surprise the Dragon", and the inscription was "Liaodong Taishou Mansion Charge". I knew in my heart that this was a secret letter from Gongsun Du to himself, and when he opened it, Ma Han raised his eyebrows, and then his expression calmed down, and Liu Yi repeatedly observed, but he couldn't see the clue.

For a whole moment, the inner room was silent and almost deadly, the air was stagnant, and Liu Yi had no more self-cultivation. was also a little breathless, and rubbed the jade Ruyi on his waist with one hand. It seems to be casual to ask, "What is the meaning of the castle guard?" ”

Ma Han slowly spoke: "Donglai is chaotic, and bandits are rampant. It is indeed possible, but Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai is established by Youzhou, and the Beihai Prime Minister Kong Wenju is famous, if it conflicts with it, I am only afraid that it will be unfavorable to the king. ”

Liu Yi smiled: "The envoy's intention is just to urge the city guard to be the forward and go to Donglai to build an outpost to explore the truth, and he does not require contact or even engagement with Tian Envoy Jun or Kong Beihai." Well. It is said that the rider of the White Wolf Camp, Sima Taishi Ziyi, is the Donglai clan. With this person as the guide, it will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Striker, explore the truth." Ma Han smiled lightly, understanding Gongsun Du's true meaning.

Gongsun Du's secret letter has only one meaning, to cross the sea from Liaodong to take Donglai County in Qingzhou. Gongsun Du is not without ambition, nor is he without means, but he has no chance. But in the spring of the fourth year of the first peace. Here's your chance. First of all, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao sent troops to attack Yuan Shu, and the troops between Qing and Yan were withdrawn. Subsequently, the battle of Kongrong in Beihai led by Guan Hai led by the Yellow Turban Army besieged Beihai State. At this time, Donglai didn't even have a guard, and there was only one county chief. Pakhae Province is adjacent to Dongnae-gun. In a certain way, Donglai is the sphere of influence of Kong Rong in Beihai. Now Kong Beihai is no longer good, and Cao Mengde is also too busy to take care of himself. It is a rare opportunity to cross the sea to take Donglai.

Crossing the sea to fight, Gongsun Du really hadn't played it before. I didn't know the bottom in my heart, and I didn't dare to rashly send a large army to attack. He needed a vanguard to explore the tunnels and build a landing site. This kind of dangerous and ineffective task is best left to the non-descendant army, and the White Wolf Battalion is the best.

Ma Han stayed in western Liaoning for a whole winter, he was unfamiliar with the place, the news was cut off, and he was completely unaware of the situation in the Central Plains in the past six months. Seeing Gongsun Du's secret letter, coupled with Liu Yi's intelligence supplement, I only knew a little bit about it.

"Guan Hai, the Yellow Turban Army, the soldiers surround Kong Beihai." These three keywords made the corners of Ma Han's mouth curt, and he thought of Tai Shici, the most exciting moment of this old man's life, didn't it start from here.

Ma Han had made up his mind, and now, he just wanted to know what good he had.

As a "senior secretary", Liu Yi is a basic skill in observing his face, and when he saw Ma Han's expression relaxed, he didn't wait for it to be said, and immediately understood it eloquently: "The envoy will add another thousand soldiers to the city guard, and provide the White Wolf City with 10,000 pounds of grain, rice, 10,000 stones, 30,000 catties of iron, 1,000 horses of cloth, and 100 gold and 100 yi...... Well, as long as the city guards agreed to send troops, the envoy would send three ships from the Shushi (present-day Jinxian County, Liaoning) to the mouth of Fengdashui (present-day Liuguhe) to meet the army. The intention of the king is to ascend to the elite first, and the noble essence is not too expensive, and the number of people should be controlled around three hundred. Each ship can carry 100 men, and the belly can store horses and military rations, and so ......on."

Liu Yi said inside and out, Ma Han nodded secretly, Gongsun Du is also a talent, or rather, there are talents around him, so Yiqiē is arranged very properly and is highly operable. Gongsun Du gave him another 3,000 troops, which should be said to be the result of the shape. First of all, logically speaking, he, the cavalry captain, should be between three and five thousand, two thousand, which is indeed too little, and it feels a little mean. Secondly, a very critical point, in the battle between Pinggang and Wencheng last year, Ma Han stirred up the situation in western Liaoning with only a very small number of troops, which made Gongsun Du feel that he was not wrong, this is indeed a guy who will come to things. In this case, if you give him a little more strength, attract the Karasuma people tightly, and let them bite each other, Liaodong will be much easier.

Only a small amount of soldiers, money and food can be provided for an army to relieve itself of external troubles, how can it not do it? How could Gongsun Du and his staff not calculate this account? If everyone swapped places, Ma Han would do the same. This situation is a bit similar to Lao Mei stuffing money and weapons to Ben Ge, and pouting Ben Ge to Lao Maozi, but in the end, Ben Ge bit Lao Mei back. And will Gongsun Du also be counterattacked? God knows......

But Ma Han still has concerns: "Although it is spring now, it is the time when cattle and sheep give birth, and the Karasuma people will not move at this time, but I am worried that Liucheng will not be able to move if they are distracted......

Liu Yi immediately gave him a reassurance: "The envoy has ordered Sima Zhang Chang to lead 2,000 cavalry and infantry troops into the Fuli camp of Liaodong's subordinate state, if the Karasuma people dare to move, Zhang Sima will definitely send troops." Please rest assured that the castle guard will go south. ”

Gongsun Du has done this? If you say it well, it will relieve your worries, and if you don't say it well, you will force people to comply.

Ma Han was also very simple: "I will personally lead the team and lead 200 men and horses to land in Donglai." But I still have one condition, the three ships must belong to me. ”

"Huh?" Liu Yi was stunned.

"I won't go back empty-handed on this trip, I need a boat to bring something back from the Central Plains. And, if you have the chance, hehe......" Ma Hu's eyes showed a hint of "greed" when he spoke.

"Hahaha, I understand." Liu Yi laughed and nodded. Yes, thinking about the tragic situation of Wuyan, with the rider of the tiger and wolf under him, is it not just to explore the way? If you don't plunder, you won't leave if you fill the cabin. And listen to him, I will go there often in the future...... In this way, it is necessary to get some boats.

"Yes, it's just three ships, Yi can be the master, and he will give it to the city guard."

"In this way, thank you to Master Liu, who is willing to drive the king forward and expand the land for Liaodong!"

……

Just as Ma Han and Liu Yi were discussing secretly, at the same moment, Tai Shici also received a visitor from Liaodong.

The visitor dressed up as a subordinate, and when he saw Tai Shi Ci, he bowed deeply: "The little slave greets Mr. Tai Shi." ”

Tai Shi Ci was surprised: "It's you!" How is your master? ”

The visitor replied respectfully: "The head of the family is well, and this time I sent a little slave here to send a letter to Mr. Taishi." ”

"Oh, where is the letter?"

The visitor carefully took out a bamboo roll from the brocade box he brought with him and presented it to Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci smiled, that person was really still used to writing in bamboo slips, and he couldn't look down on the brittle and thin Cai Lun paper.

Tai Shi Ci unfolded the bamboo slips, read them carefully, didn't say a word, asked the attendants to settle the guests, and went straight to the city guard mansion to ask to see Ma Han.

As soon as they met, they handed the bamboo roll in their hands forward.

Ma Han took it and smiled, it was really a coincidence. This is a letter of help written by Bing Yuan, a famous Beihai scholar who lived in Liaodong, hoping that Tai Shici would return to Liaodong to protect a famous man named Liu Zheng who escaped from Liaodong and returned to Qingzhou.

What's going on? At this time, Gongsun Du was wantonly suppressing the family in the county, and the means were more fierce than Cao Cao. This Liu Zhengnai is the township party of Bingyuan, who served as the Taishou of Youbeiping during the Zhongping period, and then resigned and returned to his hometown. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Beihai suffered the most, and Liu Zheng took refuge in Liaodong with Bing Yuan and others. Liu Zheng was born in a famous family and was the object of Gongsun Du's dictatorship. Such a person will either vote for Gongsun Du, or he will be dictatorship, and Liu Zheng chooses the latter. So Gongsun Du arrested Liu Zheng's family, but Liu Zheng escaped first. Gongsun Du issued a proclamation to the counties, "Those who dare to hide Liu Zheng are guilty of the same crime." Liu Zheng was desperate and had to take refuge in Bingyuan. Bing Yuan hid Liu Zheng for more than a month, and seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, he wanted Liu Zheng to leave Liaodong and return to Beihai - no matter how ruthless the Yellow Turban was, it could not be as ruthless as Gongsun Du.

Liaodong is uneven, the sea is not quiet, Donglai is restless, Liu Zhengshan is on the road, if there is no brave warrior escort, I am afraid that he may not have the life to return home. At this time, Bing Yuan remembered Tai Shici, who had been a guest in his house for a period of time, this person had excellent archery skills and bravery, and he was Liu Zhengliang's companion. So he asked the house slave to come to White Wolf City with the letter.

Tai Shi Ci had written to Bing Yuan earlier to inform him that he was the gatekeeper of the White Wolf City, and after Tai Shi Ci was appointed as a horseman, it was the harsh winter in Liaodi, and the news was cut off.

Tai Shi Ci rubbed his hands, very embarrassed: "Bing Jun and Ci are gracious, and it is really difficult to shirk the things entrusted to him, but Ci is a military Sima, if he leaves the army for personal reasons, he is only afraid of ......"

Ma Han laughed, took out Gongsun Du's secret letter, and handed it to Tai Shici: "Look at this." ”

Tai Shi Ci took it and looked at it in confusion, and suddenly raised his head: "The meaning of the city guard, is it not ......"

"Ziyi, it's time for you to go home and have a look." Ma Han stood up as he spoke, raised his arms and expanded his chest, and looked south, "As for me, it's time to go to the Central Plains." (To be continued......)