Silver-gray clouds filled the sky, and the ice slag falling from the sky gradually turned into goose feather snow.

Snowflakes fell on the rooftops, on the ground, and on the withered trees in the garden.

The roofs and trees were covered in a thin layer of white, but the ground was still damp and had not yet gathered snow. In the pavilion in the back garden, there is a table that is significantly larger than the usual low table.

On the table, a few pots of hot meat, still steaming hot. The fragrant smell of meat makes people have a great appetite when they smell it.

On the side of the table, a brazier was blazing. Guan Qing, who followed Liu Wei into the Flower Pavilion, pressed the hilt of the long sword at his waist with one hand, crossed his waist with the other, and his body was straight and straight, guarding Liu Bian, just like a sculpture, and he didn't even move.

There is a pair of iron chopsticks on the brazier, and a clay pot is firmly resting on the iron chopsticks. The water in the clay pot was already heated, and the mouth of the pot was steaming white.

Kneeling with Yuan Shao, Liu Wei picked up a thin rope on the side of the jar and took out a wine jug that had already been soaked in it from the steaming white steam jar.

"This king had heard earlier that when the wine is heated, it will lose a little taste, and it will not be as sweet as when it is cold." Lifting the wine jug out, Liu Wei held the wine jug in both hands, smiled at Yuan Shao, and said to him: "It's just that it is snowing today, if the cold wine falls into the stomach, it will be a little colder after all." You and I are not outsiders, so we will drink some warm wine to warm up our bodies. ”

"Your Majesty!" Liu Wei held the wine jug and was about to pour wine for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao hurriedly got up, stretched out his hand to take the wine jug, and said to Liu Wei: "The monarch and the ministers have drunk, Your Majesty has already given your subordinates the supreme glory, how can you dare to pour wine from Your Majesty?" ”

As he spoke, Yuan Shao held the wine jug in both hands, and while helping Liu Wei pour the wine, he said to Liu Bian: "The snow is falling outside, and the Huating is cold, so you have to take care of your body......

"I have a heart!" He was accustomed to being called "His Majesty" by Yuan Shao, and Liu Wei didn't make any more corrections, holding the edge of the wine bottle with one hand, watching Yuan Shao pour wine, and asked Yuan Shao: "I heard a few days ago that Liu Bei sent a large army into Jizhou, how did you think about this matter at the beginning?" ”

Hearing Liu Bi ask Liu Bei, Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to Liu Bi: "Although His Majesty has already made plans to attack suddenly, but this time, His Majesty does not think that Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead the army into Jizhou in order to attack us. ”

"Oh?" When Yuan Shao said such a thing, Liu Wei raised his head, his face showed a little curiosity, looked at Yuan Shao, and asked him: "Back then, Liu Bei followed Gongsun Zhan's Tian Kai and marched to attack Benchu, why did Benchu say this today?" ”

"Liu Bei made the plain minister, precisely because he had followed Tian Kai and was an enemy of his subordinates earlier." Pouring wine for himself, Yuan Shao put the wine jug aside and said to Liu Wei: "Then Liu Bei drilled around and recruited strong men in the name of the prince and grandson of Zhongshan Jing, in order to find a place to live in this world. Now that His Majesty is personally conquering Gongsun Zhan, with Liu Bei's person, how can he give up this great opportunity to curry favor with His Royal Highness. ”

With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Liu Wei looked at Yuan Shao and asked him, "Didn't you think that Liu Bei just wanted to find a place in the world?" ”

When Liu Wei asked this, Yuan Shao was also stunned, looked at Liu Bian, hesitated for a moment, and then asked him, "Why did Your Majesty say this?" Could it be that Liu Bei ......? ”

"Wolf ambition, you can't do it!" Picking up the wine bottle in his hand, Liu Wei gestured towards Yuan Shao, and said to Yuan Shao: "Originally, it was my big man, and he came from afar, he worked hard all the way, this king respects you!" ”

Liu Wei picked up the wine bottle, Yuan Shao hurriedly sat up straight, picked up the wine bottle, and said with sincere fear: "How can His Majesty dare to accept wine from His Majesty?" ”

The two of them picked up the wine bottle and drank a full bottle. Just when Yuan Shao lifted the wine jug and was about to pour wine for Liu Wei again, a Jizhou military officer quickly ran into the back garden, and when he arrived next to Yuan Tan, who was standing more than ten steps away from the flower pavilion and was drenched in heavy snow, he whispered something to Yuan Tan.

The actions of the officers of the Jizhou Army were fully watched by Liu Wei and Yuan Shao. The two watched as Yuan Tan listened to the officer's words, waved his hand to get rid of the officer, turned around and ran quickly towards the flower pavilion.

"Your Majesty, our army got the news a few days ago that Guan Yu led the army into Jizhou and went straight to the place where Gongsun Chan was garrisoned, thinking that he was going to join forces with Gongsun Chan!" On the Flower Pavilion, Yuan Tan clasped his hands into fists and bowed down to present to Liu Wei what the officer had said to him.

"Let the probe horse again!" After glancing at each other with Liu Wei, Yuan Shao said to Yuan Tan: "Be sure to investigate clearly, and you don't need to come to report until the situation is clear." ”

"No!" Yuan Tan responded with a fist clench, bowed to Liu Wei and Yuan Shao again, turned around, and ran towards the outer courtyard quickly.

"Liu Bei's intentions will be revealed in a few days!" When Yuan Tan left, Liu Wei smiled slightly and said to Yuan Shao: "I'm afraid that in the near future, you and I will get the news that Guan Yu has captured Gongsun Zhan's troops to defend the city......

At the same time that the scouts of the Jizhou army spread the news to Handan, outside the city of Dongpingshu in the northeast of Jizhou, two large armies braved the heavy snow and lined up in formation.

On the left flank of the army, there was a Yanyun cavalry composed of hundreds of officers and soldiers wearing iron armor and riding horses from the north under their hips.

Facing the city gate, there were neatly formed troops, although the number of people was more than the army opposite, but the armor on their bodies was very torn, in the wind and snow, the thinly clothed soldiers were shivering one by one, and there was no momentum to go to the battlefield.

"Earlier, our army and the Jizhou army fought, and the plains did not send a single soldier, and now it is winter, and the war is temporarily suspended, I don't know what happened when General Guan led the army here?" In front of the army in formation with his back to the city gate, a general with a big sword in his hand and a horse walked back and forth in front of the formation, shouting to Guan Yu, who led the army outside the city, as he walked.

"General Zou!" In the past, when Liu Bei followed Tian Kai to fight with Yuan Shao, Guan Yu also had some dealings with the generals under Gongsun Zhan, and he recognized that the general who was questioned was Zou Dan, who was canonized by Gongsun Zhan as Yuyang Taishou, and said to Zou Dan with his fists: "Guan Mou was ordered by the plain minister to lead the army to assist the former general and crusade against Yuan Shao!" I don't want the sky to be beautiful, and it coincides with snowfall. It's freezing and the soldiers are thinly clothed, and I hope that the general will allow me to enter the city and find a place to stay, so that I can spend the winter! ”

"Huh!" As soon as Guan Yu's words fell, Zou Dan, who was riding on horseback, sneered a few times and said to him: "The plain is calculating, we will fight with the enemy army for several months, and now that the war is resting, General Guan will lead a large army to come, I am afraid that the grain and grass in the city will ...... Less than two armies consume ......"

"A certain person brings his own grain and grass!" Before Zou Dan's words fell, Guan Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, obviously losing patience, and said to him in a cold voice: "General Zou only needs to let our army enter the city and find a place to stay in the city, don't let the soldiers suffer from this severe cold!" ”

Guan Yu said that he had brought grain and grass, Zou Dan lowered his head and groaned for a while, and after a while, he slowly shook his head and said to Guan Yu: "General Guan, please forgive me, the last general will guard Dongpingshu, you can't let people into the city at will, there are many villages outside the city, the general please ...... outside the city."

"Zou Dan!" Before Zou Dan's words fell, Guan Yu shouted, clamped his legs the horse's abdomen, and rushed towards Zou Dan while riding the horse, shouting loudly: "If you want to enter this Dongpingshu, how can you let you give it if you say it, and if you don't give it, you won't give it?" ”

Guan Yu shouted, and Zou Dan was stunned for a moment, and at the moment when he was stunned, Guan Yu had already rushed to him on horseback.

"General be careful!" The two generals beside Zou Dan saw Guan Yu rushing up with a knife, shouted in unison, clamped their legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Guan Yu.

Intersecting with the two generals' war horses, Guan Yu slashed the big knife in his hand and slashed a half-arc in front of him. As two streaks of blood splashed out, the two Jizhou generals didn't even have time to lift their weapons, and they were slashed by Guan Yu and fell off their horses.

It wasn't until Guan Yu slashed the two generals off the horse that Zou Dan reacted. He wanted to rush forward to meet the battle, but Guan Yu had followed Liu Bei to fight in the past, and he was brave and unparalleled, and his prestige had already spread far and wide.

Knowing that it was not Guan Yu's opponent, Zou Dan hurriedly turned his horse's head, intending to withdraw his horse back to the city and defend against the Plains Army in the city.

"Kill!" Zou Dan ran in the direction of the city gate, and the Jizhou army array behind him was suddenly in chaos, and in the camp of the Plains Army led by Guan Yu, there was a loud shout, and a deputy general of the Plains Army carried a spear and shouted, and the horse followed behind Guan Yu and rushed towards the Jizhou Army at the city gate.

More than 10,000 plain soldiers heard this shout, and they also raised the blades in their hands and rushed towards the Jizhou army at the gate of the city with a shout.

The Jizhou army was originally smaller in number than the Plains Army, but it was better equipped. The soldiers originally watched Guan Yu and Zou Dan talk well, but they didn't want that Guan Yu didn't even say hello, so they rushed up with their horses and slashed with their knives.

Lying on horseback, Zou Dan ignored the Jizhou army outside the city, and as soon as he rushed into the city gate, he shouted loudly to the soldiers guarding the gate: "Close the city gate quickly!" ”

At this time, if he turns around and commands the Jizhou army to fight with the plain army, with the Jizhou army's well-equipped armor and the advantage of occupying the city, it is not yet known who will win or lose.

But his "close the city gate" suddenly broke the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Jizhou army.

The Jizhou army outside the city heard such a shout from inside the city gate, where was there still the slightest sense of war, and shouted chaotically, surging towards the city gate like a tide.

Several Jizhou soldiers guarding the city gate were just about to close the city gate, and the Jizhou soldiers who poured to the city gate had already entered the city like a tide from the cracks in the city gate that had not yet been closed.

"Kill!" Seeing that the Jizhou army was in chaos, Guan Yu knew that as long as he followed into the city, he didn't have to give the Jizhou army a chance to close the city gate, and this Dong Pingshu would naturally fall into his hands today, shook the reins again, accelerated his speed, and rushed towards the city gate on horseback.

The plain army rushed to the city gate like a tide, and the defenders at the head of the city saw that Tongze was being chased by the plain army, so they hurriedly set up arrows on the strong bow and shot the arrows towards the plain army under the city.

Because the archers of the Jizhou army on the city fired arrows spontaneously, and no one made overall commands, the arrows were shot very messily, and the feather arrows flew into the plain army that rushed to the city gate, but the plain army shot was few, and it failed to stop the charge of the plain army at all.