In the first battle of Dongpingshu, both sides invested more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. The Plains Army led by Guan Yu defended the city to the death, and occasionally cooperated with the Jizhou Army to go out of the city to fight; The Jizhou army launched a fierce attack on Gongsun Zhan's army every day, and retreated from Gongsun Zhan's department.

Outside the small city of Dongpingshu County, the thick bloody atmosphere was permeated, and the soldiers on both sides fought all day long, suffering heavy casualties.

The green grass and small flowers all over the field, under the soaking of blood, are actually growing extremely strong.

Standing in the camp five miles north of Dongping Shucheng with his hands on his waist, Gongsun Zhan, who was known as the White Horse General by the world, stared at the Jizhou military camp in the distance, and was speechless for a long time, and on his face, there was a solemnity that was difficult to disperse.

Since the two armies fought, the offensive of the Jizhou army has become more and more fierce day by day. And the soldiers and horses under the command of Gongsun Chan are retreating every day.

At first, the Jizhou army was located under the city, besieging the plain army in the city. After several days of fighting, they had been driven from the city to the wilderness five miles away from the city of Dongpingshu.

"Father......" Gongsun Zhan was looking at the Jizhou military camp, Gongsun Xu walked quickly behind him, hugged his fists and said to him: "Yixian City is broken, uncle ......"

"What's wrong with your uncle?" Listening to Gongsun Xu's words, Gongsun Chan turned around suddenly, grabbed his arm, stared at him with round eyes, and asked him very anxiously, "Where is he now?" ”

His arms were grabbed by Gongsun Chan for a while, I don't know if it was because of the pain in the scratch or the unbearable pain in his heart, Gongsun Xu said to Gongsun Chan with a sad face: "The royal family rebelled, and my uncle was killed......

"Huh?" Knowing that Gongsun Fan had been killed, Gongsun Chan exclaimed in surprise, let go of the hands that were holding Gongsun Xu's arms, and staggered back a few steps, his eyes suddenly became hollow.

Staggered back a few steps, Gongsun Zhan's legs weakened, and he was about to fall to the ground. Gongsun Xu hurriedly stepped forward and held his waist up, so he didn't fall.

"Father's Day mourning ......" supported Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun continued to say to Gongsun Chan with endless grief in his tone: "The Luoyang army crossed Yishui and broke through Yi County, and it has intercepted the back road of our army from the north, if my father has no decision, our army's food and grass will be poor in the near future......"

Knowing that Gongsun Fan died in battle, Gongsun Zhan's square inch was already in chaos. He tilted his face up, closed his eyes slightly towards the sky, and two lines of cloudy tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"Father......" Gongsun Chan was speechless for a while, and Gongsun Xu called him again.

Gongsun Zhan, who was immersed in sorrow, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the blue sky, sighed, waved his hand at Gongsun Xu, and said to Gongsun Xu: "Pass the order...... The army retreated to Zhuojun ......"

Only halfway through the words, Gongsun Zhan's eyes turned black, and his body fell straight backwards.

"Someone! Come on! Gongsun Chan fainted, Gongsun Xu hurriedly held him steady, and shouted to several soldiers behind him: "Quickly help the former general to return to the tent to rest!" ”

The Jizhou army withdrew from Dongpingshu, and the Yuan brothers, who commanded the army on the front line, held on tightly and chased the Jizhou army all the way to Zhuo County.

At this time, the Luoyang Army, which had broken through Yi County and was stationed in the city for three days, was also led by Liu Wei and left Yi County and advanced towards the hinterland of Youzhou.

"Your Highness!" As soon as he left Yi County, less than a day after Liu Wei led the army, a cavalryman chased after him from the back of the team, rushed to Liu Wei's approach, turned over and jumped off the horse, hugged his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said: "News from Luoyang!" ”

Liu Wei, who was riding on horseback and moving forward slowly, heard that the cavalry said that it was news from Luoyang, so he hurriedly reined in his horse and looked down at the cavalry standing aside.

The horseman's clothes and armor were covered with dust, and the horses standing not far behind him also "whirred" white vapor in their nostrils, showing that he had traveled a long way to catch up with the army.

"What's the news in Luoyang!" Carrying the reins, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the cavalryman and asked him.

"Back to Your Highness!" Due to the continuous hurry, the cavalry who came to report the news had dry lips, and his throat and eyes were even more dry as if he was about to emit green smoke, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, moistened his throat, and bowed to Liu Wei with his fists and said: "Xu Junshi has written a letter, please look at it Your Highness!" ”

The cavalryman reached out and took out a bamboo tube from his arms, held it in front of his forehead with both hands, and handed it to Liu Wei.

A personal soldier who followed Liu Wei turned over and jumped off his horse, ran in front of the cavalryman, took the bamboo slip with both hands, held it high above his head, and handed it to Liu Wei.

Taking the bamboo tube, Liu Wei picked out the sealing mud and pulled out a piece of paper rolled into a cylinder from it.

Unfolding the paper and reading what was written on the paper, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and handed the paper to Pang Tong, who was standing behind him on horseback.

Looking at Liu Bian, who was frowning with a puzzled face, Pang Tong reached out and took the paper full of small characters in the seal font, and read the words on the paper word by word, then raised his head and said to Liu Bian: "In this way, Chang'an is afraid ......."

"Yes!" Frowning, Liu Wei looked ahead and said to Pang Tong: "This king didn't expect that Ma Teng would also go to Chang'an to intervene ......"

"Your Royal Highness......" Looking at Liu Bian, Pang Tong clenched his fists and said to Liu Bian: "The main force of our army is mostly in Youzhou at this time, if Li Dao, Guo Yan and Ma Teng fight, and the war disaster will affect Hongnong and Hedong, I am afraid that the remaining soldiers and horses will be difficult to deal with!" Especially ......"

After the words reached the most cowardly, Pang Tong stopped talking and looked at Liu Wei, his expression revealing a heavy worry.

Liu Wei knew what Pang Tong was worried about, and what he was worried about was the same as Pang Tong, but in front of everyone, some words were not easy to say directly.

"Herald Xu Shu!" Staring ahead, Liu Wei frowned tightly, and pondered for a while before saying to the cavalry who reported the news: "Transfer all the remaining main forces of Luoyang to the Hongnong border, and beware of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others from spreading the war to Hongnong and Hedong!" No one is allowed to enter Hedong and Hongnong! ”

"Remember! It's anyone! After giving the order, Liu Wei still felt a little uneasy, and emphasized it to the cavalryman again.

"No!" The cavalry clenched his fists in response, turned and ran back to his horse, and without hesitation of fatigue, turned over and jumped on the horse's back, pumped his whip lightly at the horse's hips, and with a sigh, rode his horse towards the south.

"Keep going!" Seeing the figure of the cavalry gradually moving away, Liu Wei turned around, raised his arm, and shouted to the army following him.

The team had just marched forward a short distance when another cavalryman rode his horse and galloped towards Liu Wei's side.

However, the cavalry did not rush all the way to Liu Wei's approach, but restrained the war horse after running to the side of several personal soldiers.

Mounted on horseback, the cavalryman beckoned to one of his own soldiers, and when the soldier came near, he leaned forward, put a hand in the ear of the approaching soldier, and whispered something.

Listening to the words of the cavalry, the soldiers who came to the front kept nodding, and when the cavalry finished speaking, he whispered: "I will report to His Highness here!" ”

He clenched his fist and bowed his hand at the soldier, and the cavalry turned his horse and turned and ran in the direction he had come.

Watching the cavalry go away, the soldiers clamped their legs on the horse's belly, and chased after Liu Wei, who was walking at the front of the team.

"Your Highness, there is news from Yixian County...... "When Liu Wei approached, the pro-soldier rode on horseback, clenched his fists and bowed, only half of his words, then looked around and stopped talking.

"Let's talk about it after camping!" Glancing at the soldier, Liu Wei gave a faint order, and clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, speeding up his march.

Until the sun was setting, Liu Wei ordered the Luoyang army to camp in place.

As soon as he turned over and jumped off his horse, he beckoned to the soldier who had reported to him earlier, but had only said half of what he had said.

Seeing Liu Wei beckoning to him, the pro-soldiers followed knowingly, until they were a little farther away from everyone, and then Liu Bi stopped and turned to the pro-soldiers and asked, "But Deng Zhan killed the king's family?" ”

"Exactly!" Holding his fists and bowing, standing facing Liu Bian, the soldiers lowered their voices and said to Liu Bian: "As soon as the army left Yi County, the royal family gathered the wealth of the people, and many people were killed by the rebels. After investigation, General Deng found that the Wang Men had the intention of leading the army to leave Yi County, so he led people to infiltrate the official mansion and kill him! ”

Having said this, the soldiers raised their heads slightly, looked at Liu Wei, and then said: "The Jizhou army has not yet taken over Yi County, and there is no main general under the command of Wangmen, and the city is already in chaos......

"Thousands of people are in a mess, and the people of Yi County are afraid that they will suffer something!" Furrowing his brows slightly, Liu Wei raised his face and looked at the sunset at the end of the sky, sighed softly, waved his hand at the soldier and said to him: "You go, remember that you must not talk nonsense about this matter!" ”

"No!" The soldier responded, first clenched his fists and bowed back two steps, then turned around and strode away.

The setting sun had already sunk below the horizon, and the afterglow of the remnant sun shone on the tents that the soldiers were building, gilding the gray-white tents with a thin layer of blood.

Looking at the remnant sun that was about to fall below the horizon, a gentle footstep came from behind Liu Wei.

Liu Wei didn't look back, and from the sound of footsteps, he could hear that it should be Guan Qing walking towards him.

"Your Royal Highness......" When he arrived behind Liu Wei, Guan Qing, who was wearing scale armor and dressed as a general, called him lightly, but did not say anything.

"Qing'er!" Guan Qing didn't say anything, but Liu Wei turned his back to her and said: "It's the time when the spring flowers are blooming, how about you wait until you break through Gongsun Zan and accompany this king to go to Qingqing?" ”

"Our army is about to enter Youzhou......" Standing behind Liu Wei, Guan Qing did not answer his words, but said to him softly: "The rivers in Youzhou are ...... longitudinal and horizontal."

"Don't worry about that!" Without waiting for Guan Qing to finish speaking, Liu Wei turned to face her, a friendly smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to her: "This king's northern expedition is to defeat Gongsun Zan and pacify Hebei. Don't say that it's just a river that runs vertically and horizontally, even if Youzhou turns into a sea, this king wants to completely break it! As long as this Hebei is pacified and returns to Luoyang, many things can be done by the king......"

Liu Wei led the army into Youzhou, but Chang'an was in chaos at this time. In the city, Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked each other, and the soldiers of both sides were sometimes in fire above the market.

The city was in chaos, and Ma Teng's army was stationed not far from Chang'an, and in the name of King Qin, he could attack Chang'an at any time.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the braziers lit up in Ma Teng's barracks, and the flames in the brazier swayed up and down under the night breeze, making bursts of "whirring" sounds.

A young general in silver armor, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, led two of his own soldiers to walk quickly towards the tent in the barracks.

Because the sky was too dark, the young general's face was very hazy. In the dim light, it could be vaguely seen that his physique was much more burly than ordinary people. Even when he walks, he brings a whiff of wind. Judging from the momentum alone, on the battlefield, he must be a fierce general who is difficult to meet opponents.

When he arrived at the tent, the young general clasped his hands into fists, bowed down and stood outside the tent, and said to the tent: "Father, the child has something important to see. ”

As soon as the young general's words fell, a deep voice came from inside the tent: "Meng Qi and my son, enter the account quickly, my father has something to look for you!" ”

"No!" As soon as the voice in the tent fell, the young general answered, lifted the curtain, and stooped into the tent.