The gang of "robbers" that Murong Ping and Li Yan jointly repelled in Qinghe were actually soldiers sent by Yuan Shao who changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and their intention was naturally to use the name of the remnants of the yellow turban to "eat black and eat black", but unexpectedly, they kicked on the steel plate.

Li Yan is best at fighting defensive counterattacks, especially with the help of the cover of the car formation, he can often resist enemy troops several times his own, while Murong Ping is famous for his good shooting, and often takes the leader of the enemy army in the chaos of battle. Yuan Shao's subordinates, who don't know the depths, came to provoke these two guys, didn't they ask for their own hardship?

After the huge convoy entered the territory of Yanzhou Dong County, which straddles both sides of the Yellow River, it was much safer, and there was no need to worry about any more "Yellow Turban remnants" suddenly running out to make trouble. Although Cao Cao was also interested in the massive supplies that Li Yan carried, he was not naïve enough to send a subordinate to rob him disguised as a road bandit.

Cao Cao had already learned the news that Li Yan had been attacked in Qinghe, and at that time he smiled and said to the strategists Cheng Yu and Xun You and others around him: "Last year, Gongsun Zan and I have completely extinguished the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and it is not strange that this remnant of the Yellow Turbans, which numbered nearly 10,000, appeared!" ”

Cheng Yu didn't smile, but said with a serious face: "Lord, Liu Hexiao'er has a huge plan, if he lets the batch of materials escorted by Li Yan arrive in Luoyang, I'm afraid he will really be able to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang!" ”

Xun You nodded, and echoed: "I heard that Liu He is raising food everywhere to solve the food shortage in Luoyang, and it seems that there is quite progress, and no one near Luoyang has starved to death all winter, which shows that this son's means are very good, and the lord is absolutely careless!" ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Now that Li Yan has escorted the convoy into Yanzhou, if something happens at this time, we will not be able to escape the involvement no matter what, unless there is a sufficient reason and excuse, it is best not to anger the young tiger of the Liu family." ”

Xi Zhong suggested: "Sun Jian, the general under Yuan Shu, has been stationed near Luyang and has been watching Chen Liu for a long time, so we might as well find a way to provoke Yuan Shu at this time." Induce Sun Jian to send troops to Chen Liu, so as to cut off Li Yan's road to Chang'an, and if something happens at that time, we can put the blame on Yuan Shu's head! ”

Xun You stroked his palms and smiled: "Zhicai's plan is wonderful!" Not only can we take the opportunity to intercept Li Yan, but we can also make Liu He and Yuan Shu have a bad relationship, even if we don't do anything with this huge amount of materials escorted by Li Yan in the end, as long as it drags on for a few months, it will completely disrupt Liu He's arrangement in Luoyang, so as not to let him sit firmly in Luoyang! ”

Everyone talked about it, but Xun Yu was silent.

It was different from several other strategists in front of Cao Cao's tent. Xun Yu's ideal and ambition is to assist a lord who is really willing to revive the Han family, rather than assisting a careerist to overthrow the rule of the Han dynasty, so he has no ill will towards Liu He, who was born orthodox, and he also supports and admires Liu He's actions in Chang'an and Luoyang from the bottom of his heart, so he is unwilling to participate in everyone's plan to calculate Liu He.

Cao Cao saw that Xun Yu was silent, so he asked, "Why didn't Wen Ruo say anything?" ”

Xun Yu didn't want to say that he was dissatisfied in public, so he had to say vaguely: "I heard that Liu Shiren is outstanding in martial arts, and there are a few people whose wisdom is not below us, if the lord secretly calculates against him." I'm afraid I'll be noticed. ”

Cao Cao said disdainfully: "Wen Ruo is humble! As far as I know, Liu He's subordinates are only one Li Yan who can be called a wise man, and Li Yan is not by his side this time, as long as we borrow Sun Jian's hand to keep Li Yan in Yanzhou forever. Even if Liu He had suspicions, he couldn't find any evidence! ”

Xun Yu kept silent, and was a little worried about Liu He.

In Luoyang City, Liu He had just received a message from Li Yan. When he learned that the convoy had been attacked in the territory of Qinghe, his face suddenly changed.

"Yuan someone, I'll fuck your mother! How dare you do it to my convoy. I really can't change the problem of remembering to eat and not remembering! Liu He scolded, forgetting that there was a Cai Yan girl standing beside him.

Guo Jiaqiang couldn't help laughing, coughed a few times, and reminded Liu He to pay attention to his words.

Liu He looked at Cai Yan, who was a little unnatural on his face, and then turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, they have successfully entered the territory of Yanzhou, do you say that the bloody incident similar to the 'Yellow Turban Remnants' robbery will continue to happen?" ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and replied, "Dare to ask what is the relationship between Gongzi and Cao Mengde?" ”

Liu He replied: "It's not too bad, it's not too good, it's basically a mutual non-provocation." ”

"In my opinion, Cao Mengde should not follow Yuan Benchu's approach and send a group of subordinates dressed as road bandits to loot, but I don't dare to guarantee that he won't have other ideas, after all, the amount of this batch of materials is too huge, and it plays a vital role in whether Gongzi can gain a foothold in Luoyang."

"So what do we do now?"

"Gongzi can send General Zhao to personally lead 5,000 cavalry to wait near the sour jujube on the border between Chenliu and Dongjun, in case of unforeseen events, with General Zhao's alertness and calmness, he should be able to escort the convoy to Luoyang safely."

"If I send Zilong to Sour Jujube, there will be emptiness near Luoyang, in case Sun Jian from the Luyang area comes to make trouble, what will I rely on to deal with it?"

"Although Sun Jian is a general of Yuan Shu, his heart is towards the Han family, as long as Gongzi sends someone to Luyang to make friends with him, Sun Jian will not only not attack Luoyang at this time, but also will not do anything to the convoy escorted by Li Caopeng!"

"Then how should I befriend Sun Jian?"

"Sun Jian has a good name and loves power, as long as the prince hints that he will promote him to the imperial court to serve as the Changsha Taishou, Sun Jian will definitely be very happy."

"Okay, I'll send someone to Sun Jian's camp!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Yun led 5,000 elite cavalry to gallop eastward. At the same time, the veteran Zhu Jun personally went to Luyang to meet Sun Jian.

Zhu Jun is a native of Shangyu, Sun Jian is a native of Fuchun, Wu County, Shangyu is only more than 100 miles away from Wu County, speaking of which, Zhu Jun and Sun Jian are also authentic fellow villagers. More importantly, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the powerful Zhu Jun once asked the imperial court to let Sun Jian serve as his assistant army Sima, and Sun Jian also had the grace of support, and Sun Jian also followed Zhu Jun to fight in the south and north for several years, accumulating a lot of military merits.

In the Luyang barracks, Sun Jian had just received an urgent order from Yuan Shu, who was in Wancheng, asking Sun Jian to attack Chenliu with all his army and cut off the road from Yanzhou to Chang'an.

It turned out that not long ago, someone in Yanzhou quietly sent a message to Yuan Shu, saying that Cao Cao was going to send someone to Chang'an to ask the imperial court to remove Yuan Shu from his post as a general, and to transfer Yuan Shu, who intended to plot against Luoyang, to Yangzhou. lest he continue to stay in Nanyang and cause trouble.

After Yuan Shu saw the news, he was naturally very angry. Not to mention that Yuan Shu is not interested in Luoyang for the time being, just saying that Lao Cao described Yuan Shu as a disaster in Nanyang made Yuan Shu angry enough.

Yuan Shu thought to himself: The tiger is not powerful, you Cao Heizi really treat me as a sick cat, Sun Jiantun soldier Lu Yang actually wants to deal with not Luoyang, but you Cao Heizi! Since you are unkind first, then don't blame me for being unkind!

Sun Jian is now under Yuan Shu's control, and the money and food of the soldiers under his command are provided by Yuan Shu, so after receiving this order from Yuan Shu. did not dare to disobey, so he had to order the whole army to pull out the camp, first occupy Yingchuan County, which belongs to Yuzhou, at the fastest speed, and then drive the army into Weishi County, southwest of Chenliu County.

When Sun Jian led the army to occupy Yingchuan, he happened to meet the scholar Cai Yong who returned to Luoyang with some people, Sun Jian did not dare to be disrespectful to Cai Yong, and sent two hundred soldiers to escort Cai Yong to evacuate Yingchuan safely.

When Sun Jian arrived at Wei's family, Zhu Jun, who had gone to Luyang to pounce on an empty one, finally rushed over. Zhu Jun told Sun Jian that Liu He intended to nominate him as the Taishou of Changsha in the imperial court. Get out of Yuan Shu's control. After Sun Jian heard this, he was pleasantly surprised, but he quietly excused himself on his face, saying that he would always follow the rear general Yuan Shu.

Zhu Jun then reminded Sun Jian. Don't make any decisions about Li Yan's caravan sent to Luoyang, otherwise it will not only harm Liu He, but also attract a crazy attack from the fierce general Zhao Yun. Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, was very unconvinced when he heard this, and said that he would lead the army to meet Zhao Yun for a while. As a result, he was scolded by his old man and drove him out.

Sun Jian has passed the age of hot blood and impulsiveness, and he doesn't think that his son can win against Zhao Yun, who has defeated Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Cao Cao's generals Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, who were hiding in Jiyin near Dongjun and Chenliu, had already made various arrangements, just waiting for Li Yan to lead the convoy into Chenliu County. The troops were divided into two routes, one of which fought with Sun Jian's troops, and the other changed into the clothes of Sun Jian's subordinates after the battle and came to rob Li Yan's convoy.

However, what Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan didn't expect was that Sun Jian was extremely cautious this time, and after the troops entered Chenliu, he retreated near Gaoyang Pavilion and no longer rushed forward, and the Zhao Yun cavalry that suddenly appeared near the sour date made them dare not make any changes.

After Cao Cao received the news, he knew that he might not be able to pick up any bargains this time, so he ordered Xiahoudun and Xiahou Yuan to lead the army to Gaoyang Pavilion to drive the invading Sun Jianbu out of Yanzhou.

Because of Zhao Yun's front pick-up, Li Yan led the convoy to meet Zhao Yun smoothly in Suojube, and then rushed all the way to the west, and it took six days to arrive in Luoyang.

During this time, Nanyang Yuan Shu threw the main force to Yanzhou, so he relaxed his control over the southwest of Nanyang, just to find some opportunities for Tian Chou to take advantage of. Tian Chou took advantage of Yuan Shu's eyes to Chen Liu, opened up the waterway from Xiangyang to Danshui, and quickly transported 200,000 stone of grain from Xiangyang.

Tian Chou did not wait for the 200,000 stone of grain from the direction of Xiangyang to arrive in Danshui, so he sent 5,000 newly recruited soldiers of the Shenxi Army to carry a batch of grain through Wuguan, pass through Guanzhong, and directly send them to the garrison of Duan Xuan's army near Lantian.

Duan Xuan was very surprised when he received this batch of grain from Tian Chou, because it stands to reason that the problem of his troops eating food was solved by Chang'an, and had nothing to do with Nanyang. It didn't take long for Chang'an to send someone to Ma Riyan to send a message to Duan Xuan, saying that this year's food problem for Duan Xuan's army was provided by Danshui Tianchou, and the grain originally supplied to Duan Xuan by Guanzhong was transported to Luoyang for Liu He's troops to eat.

In this way, Tian Chou adopted the method of segmented relay, which not only solved 200,000 stone of grain for Liu He, but also saved a lot of transportation time and transportation costs, which can be described as a new way, which is admirable.

From Chang'an to Luoyang, there are wide official roads connected, and grain transportation can be completed by horse-drawn carts, ox carts and other tools with large loads, which is much more cost-effective than relying on people to carry them on their shoulders and over mountains and mountains to Hanguguan. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you very much for the long-term support of the book friend "Lu Kang"! I'm going to go out to run errands this afternoon, and I don't have a shift in the evening, I'm really sorry!