After Xu Ji rested in Jinyang City for two days, he hurriedly took Liu Xie on the road. Shi A was also a companion at that time, it seems that what Xu Ji and Liu Xie said played a certain role, at least Liu Xie's attitude towards Shi A has returned to the past, although he will no longer talk about everything with Shi A in his heart, but he is full of trust in Shi A can protect himself.

However, this Liu Xie still doesn't seem to understand that Shi A will indeed protect Liu Xie, but Shi A's protection of Liu Xie does not mean that he supports Liu Xie to control power. Shi A is a smart person, of course he knows that if Liu Xie does this, it will definitely be a way to destroy himself, there are so many powerful princes who have no way to take Xu Ji, let alone a small and powerless Liu Xie? So it is conceivable that in order to save Liu Xie's life, Shi Ah will be the first to jump out and not let Liu Xie be the emperor, because only in this way can Liu Xie's life be saved.

Xu Ji went all the way south, passing through Yangcheng, Pingyang, and then Wenxi, and then west to Xie Liang and then south to Puban, preparing to cross the river by boat there to the other side, and then Xu Ji During this period of travel, Bingzhou has already launched an operation. First of all, the two brothers, Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan, led their troops to Yanmen Pass, where they hoarded military rations and weapons and equipment, apparently to use this place as a base camp to resist the invasion of the Xianbei people.

The army at Yanmen Pass had received an order from Liang Xi to acquiesce to Fuluo's actions, but they were secretly monitoring Fuluo's army.

As the saying goes, "Those who are not of my race will have different hearts!" ”

Who knows if Yu Fuluo will collude with the Xianbei people in turn?

Of course, Liang Xi has such a natural reason for doing this. Anyway, Yu Fuluo will also be the enemy of Yanzhou sooner or later, so it can be regarded as a rainy day.

As for Xu Huang, he led his newly trained Bingzhou army to prepare to defend against Qianghu in the land west of the river. Since Ding Yuan's death and Lu Bu, the god of war, left the state. Bingzhou has become a borderless land, and Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang are both incompetent. Therefore, the steppe alien races around the state are all ready to move. Now the Yanzhou army is fighting against the grassland peoples in Youzhou. And Xu Ji's bold words vowing to expel the grassland aliens to the end will soon spread throughout the grassland, those grassland aliens have always looked down on the Han people, how can they give up when they learn the news?

A big war is simply inevitable. And Xu Huang's newly formed Bingzhou cavalry will definitely be tested by this blood and fire. However, Xu Ji is full of confidence in Xu Huang, how can the "five good generals" in history be easy to match? Aside from martial arts, but in terms of marching and fighting, I am afraid that it is even higher than Liu Bei's so-called five tiger generals in history! After a few days of hurrying, Xu Ji's army was now close to the Yellow River, and across the Yellow River and to the west was Feng Yi, which was already close to Chang'an. It's Wang Yun's territory.

Of course, Xu Ji will not cross the river blatantly, but in phases and batches.

Before crossing the river. Xu Ji had already contacted the ghost leader who had been wandering around Chang'an and was on the other side of his bank at this time, and was looking for the missing himself and Liu Xie, and asked him to find a way to get a boat. This shadow leader named Xu Wei was worried for a while after getting the boat, how to cover Xu Ji's 5,000 troops to cross the river quietly. After all, it's an army of five thousand people, it's too obvious.

Wang Yun's old fox has never given up the surveillance of Xu Wei's thousand men and horses, although he does not dare to blatantly * close, but there are always scouts looking from a distance, if Xu Ji's 5,000 troops cross the river, they must not be able to hide Wang Yun's eyes. Xu Ji ordered Xu Wei to cross the river under the banner of crossing the river to find Liu Xie. At night, Xu Wei was asked to lead all the 1,000 Yanzhou troops to cross the river. Secretly, he wanted the 1,000-strong army to be launched shortly after the departure of the big ship. Sneak back to the riverbank and land in the jungle to hide from the people; And Xu Wei only took some sailors to cross the river.

Because it was night, Wang Yun's scouts couldn't figure out the truth of the matter. After discovering that Xu Wei crossed the river. He rode his horse to report, and the actions of the Yanzhou army were extremely secretive, so Wang Yun was completely unaware that most of Xu Wei's army had quietly come ashore. Xu Wei's army hid in the dense forest after returning. And after Xu Wei crossed to the other side of the river, he and Xu Ji naturally had some joy when they met. But until this is not the time to catch up. So he took Xu Ji's army of 1,000 people and sailed back.

After Wang Yun's scouts went and returned to continue to monitor and discover, they thought that the 1,000 people Xu Wei got off the ship were the 1,000 people that Xu Wei took away before he set off. I didn't know that I had fallen for the plan to steal the beam and change the column. In this way, Xu Ji's 5,000-strong army and Liu Xie crossed the Yellow River within three days.

Although Wang Yun felt extremely strange about Xu Wei's behavior, he didn't understand Xu Wei's intentions at all, so he didn't let it go.

Subsequently, Xu Ji and Xu Wei set up two camps inside and outside the dense forest, of course, the appearance was the Xu Wei camp, and the camp in the dense forest was Xu Ji's camp. In this way, of course, you can hide from Wang Yun's scouts who dare not move forward. Time was pressing, not long after he set up camp, Xu Ji called Xu Wei over and asked about Chang'an, after all, he knew that he was invincible.

When Xu Wei arrived, Xu Ji was reading a letter, and a knowing smile appeared on his delicate face from time to time.

Xu Wei and Xu Ji have always been very casual, Xu Wei and Xu Ji are both out of Yingchuan, and they are both from the same family, since Xu Wei joined Xu Ji, he has been deeply valued by Xu Ji, this kid has a good hand and is better than his mind, so he has always gotten along as friends, and the status of the original shadow is higher than that of the regular Yanzhou army, and the elite of the shadow is almost Xu Ji's personal guard, so this kind of relationship is also ordinary.

And Xu Wei saw that Xu Ji was so happy, and asked unceremoniously: "Lord, what happened, yes, it must be Big Brother Zang Ba and Yuan Shao who did it, and then Big Brother Zang Ba killed Yuan Qi and came back!" When Xu Ji saw Xu Wei coming in, he put down the letter, laughed and said: "You are clever, Brother Xuan Gao did fight with Yuan Shao, but now the two sides are mobilizing troops and horses to compete in secret, that Yuan Jian has not come in handy until now, and when the time comes, I will definitely discredit Yuan Shao!" "Speaking of the back, there is naturally an indescribable confidence.

Then a smile appeared on Xu Ji's face again and said: "This is a good show, then it will be handed over to Xu Shu to do, although Guo Tu is poisonous." But compared to Xu Shu's weightlifting, it is too much worse, Xu Shu. Although the use of soldiers is not as magical as Fengxiao, it is not as unpredictable as Jia Xu. is not as invincible as Xun You's soldiers, but this person is decent in his use of soldiers. Moreover, he knows the art of war and knows it well, and his thinking is rigorous. The best at cracking are those conspiracies, and they will definitely take advantage of the situation to fight back, put the other party to death, and shoot mercilessly. Hmph, Yuan Shao still realizes that the Lei Bo army of the Yang people in the north of Yuzhou is already our people, and once the war starts. Yuan Shao's hometown Runan was unguarded, under the iron hooves of Gao Shun's eldest brother. How many will escape? "Xu Wei doesn't know much about Xu Shu, of course he doesn't have the right to speak, but he is 100% convinced of Gao Shundi's bravery, and the reputation of Yanzhou's No. 1 attack general has been piled up with countless blood and fire.

However, Xu Ji was thinking about Xu Shu's breaking of the "Eight Gates Golden Lock Array" and the "Serial Scheme" in the Battle of Chibi, although it was a novelist's fabrication, but the evaluation of Xu Shu was still very pertinent.

Xu Ji looked at Xu Wei and smiled: "I'm not happy because of this matter, because this matter was originally expected. But there was something else that made me happy. Didn't I take in a man named Deng Zhi in Yingchuan before, and this guy later sent his nephew to the school in Yanzhou, and I was a little surprised by this kid's talent. ”

Xu Wei, as Xu Ji's most trusted personal guard, naturally knew at that time that this Deng Zhi was now serving as a captain under Gao Shun. His nephew was a stutterer, but he was gifted with a scary mind. Even as early as when Xu Ji pretended to be missing, he discussed these with Guo Jia, and before Guo Jia was transferred to Xuzhou, he specially asked Xu Ji for Deng Ai. Although Xu Ji refused on the grounds that Deng Ai's studies had not yet been completed, Guo Jia took this little kid away. And the name said: "I, Guo Jia, personally taught this son, can't I compare to the old scholars in Yanzhou?" But don't worry, it's true."

Soon Guo Jia told Xu Ji something in the letter that surprised him, and without anyone telling him, Deng Ai guessed that Xu Ji was pretending to be missing, and analyzed the situation at the head of the way. At that time, Yuan Shao's army was defeated, and Yanzhou was no longer fighting against Yuan Shao, completely eliminating Yuan Shao. Therefore, Yuan Shao got a chance to recover. If you want to destroy Yuan Shao, you must give Yuan Shao the courage to fight Yanzhou again, otherwise how can Yanzhou have reason to eliminate this fourth and third duke? In order to give Yuan Shao the courage to have Guo Jia "entrenched in Xuzhou", Xun You "stationed in Youzhou", Xu Ji "disappeared", Xu Ji's "mother" was arrested, Yuan Shu was defeated, and Yuan Shao was given the status of the leader of the alliance, Guo Jia and Xun You "formed a party" and "tended" to Yuan Shao.

In the final analysis, this strategy to deal with Yuan Shao seems to be Xu Ji's plan on the surface, but in fact, the initiator is Deng Ai, who is still unknown to the outside world, and this is also Guo Jia's opportunity to give Deng Ai an opportunity to exercise, who would have thought that Guo Jia, the first army division of Yanzhou, was just a bait in Deng Ai's proposal? By now, Deng Ai's proposal has become the eye of the storm that caused the entire military hurricane in Yanzhou. Perhaps it was for this reason that Xu Ji paid special attention to Deng Ai, and soon after the end of the Jizhou Campaign, he asked Deng Ai to return to Yanzhou to continue his studies. Of course, Deng Ai's plan was also implemented with the approval of Xu Ji and Guo Jia, not that Xu Ji and Guo Jia couldn't think of it, but this plan was proposed by a teenager, which is inevitably a little shocking, and now Deng Ai, who is only ten years old, already has the vision and realm of a top strategist, and it is difficult to say what level he can reach after a few years of training.

Therefore, as soon as Xu Ji mentioned Deng Ai, Xu Wei immediately perked up, not knowing what surprises this child who had become the next generation of Yanzhou's first military division would bring to him.

Xu Ji sighed and said: "This Deng Ai is always unexpected, he first looked at the latest development of the battle situation in Youzhou, and then ran to Xun Yu with a group of boys from Yanzhou Wude Academy, and got a battle plan, saying that he was going to send troops to attack Liaodong County." Xu Wei is also a native of Yanzhou, and he knows the geographical environment of Yanzhou very well, and he was also taken aback by Deng Ai's plan when he heard the rumors, but when he thought about it, he couldn't help but blame himself for not being open-minded enough.

Over the years, although the Yanzhou army is not known for its naval army, but every year the army of the Yanzhou army goes out to sea to fight by boat through the sea route of Qingzhou, and goes to their own island to exercise on that day. However, this was difficult for the Yanzhou army, especially those ghosts, because Xu Ji left a set of landing methods. It is extremely valuable in real combat.

Therefore, now Deng Ai proposes to use the Yanzhou army training method to land in Liaodong County, which is very feasible. The problem is that no one thought of it. was thought of by Deng Ai, which can only be said that Deng Ai's thinking is very open, Xu Ji smiled bitterly: "I haven't thought about this idea." But he has always been troubled by the generals and the land of the army, after all, most of Yanzhou's army is now out of the army. And the generals perform their duties, how can there be suitable candidates? And I just transferred 10,000 newly trained Yanzhou cavalry from Yanzhou to Youzhou. ”

Xu Wei nodded understandingly. However, since Deng Ai can talk about Xun Yu, who is known for his rigor, then Deng Ai must have thought of a solution. Xu Ji's eyes were full of admiration, and he said softly: "This Deng Ai's solution is to take only a thousand Yanzhou troops to take a boat along the coastline to Liaoxi first. There to pick up Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Zhan's family to take a boat, and then go to Liaodong, with Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Zhan's family in exchange for the support of the entire Gongsun family, in this way, the problem of soldiers was solved, as for the generals who led the troops. then use Gongsun Zhan's subordinate general Yan Gang. Now we are almost equivalent to secretly controlling Qingzhou, and it is only easy to do this, but this kind of thinking still makes me a little surprised. ”

Xu Wei was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the benefits. In troubled times. Once the army is defeated and killed, the family is afraid that it will be difficult to escape death, and even the entire family will be implicated, just like after Liu Yu's death, Gongsun Zhan unceremoniously killed all the old and young Liu Yu's family. But now Xu Ji is doing the opposite. And Gongsun Chan did not die in his own hands. He also vowed to realize Gongsun Zhan's wish to expel the grassland aliens, and of course he could win the trust of the entire Gongsun family.

Putting Gongsun Zhan's family back is even more a sign of grace, and the Gongsun family will definitely fully support the Yanzhou Army in this situation. The most critical thing is that Gongsun Yue is not a military general, after returning to Liaodong. Even if you want to plot against you, you don't have that ability, not to mention that Gongsun Zhan's son Gongsun Xu is still in Xu Ji's hands. That was Gongsun Zhan's only bloodline, and Gongsun Yue didn't dare to act rashly.

It is one thing for Gongsun Xu not to be afraid of death and not to accept threats from others. What the people of the Gongsun family think is another matter. Xu Ji smiled: "It's a shame that Deng Ai can think of this method, this kid really has a hand in calculating other people's psychology." At a glance, he saw through Gongsun Xu's absolute will not rebel now, because Gongsun Xu knows that he wants to fulfill his father's wish. Only rely on the Yanzhou army. Now whoever resists the Yanzhou army is equivalent to rebelling against his father, do you say that in this case, can the Gongsun family not go all out? ”

Xu Wei didn't expect this step, and said with a straight face: "Lord Mingjian!" Xu Ji shot a look of longing in his eyes and said: "Yan Gang leads the army, Yanzhou 1,000 elite soldiers are the vanguard, the Gongsun family's clan soldiers are the reserves, and Deng Ai is the military advisor, haha, this is an interesting combination." The Gongsun family itself has countless good horses, and the problem of my mounts of the 1,000 Yanzhou army has also been solved. ”

Xu Wei also laughed.

Xu Ji looked at Xu Wei and smiled: "You said that this matter is not worth my happiness?" If there is a jar of aged wine, I will drink it all at this time. After a pause, Xu Ji said again: "Xun Yu's letter also said that the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army and 50,000 Zhen Family soldiers, as well as a large number of grain, grass and tools for building the city, are being transported to Youzhou day and night. It won't be long before Youzhou will enter the stage of strategic counteroffensive. ”

Xu Wei's eyes showed a look of chagrin, he was used to having nothing to do in the Chang'an area, and when he saw his old buddies fighting on the battlefield, of course he was anxious. Xu Ji saw it in his eyes and said with a smile: "Wen Feng, you don't have to worry, I'm afraid that this excitement in Chang'an is even more exciting than that of the Central Plains!" ”

Xu Wei thought about it too, and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Ji said again: "Wen Feng, there is also a letter from Yu Ban, saying that he welcomed an old friend of ours there, you must not think of this person." ”

Xu Wei was stunned and said, "Old friend? Who? Could it be Lu Bu? Or is it Cao Cao and Sun Ce? Got their top heads to Yu Ban? ”

Xu Ji laughed and said, "Wen Feng, you have lived in Yanzhou for a long time, why did you think of things so absurd?" Let me tell you, it's Mr. Xu Zijiang! ”

Xu Wei stood stunned for a while when he heard this, and then he knew how to call out: "God! It turned out to be Mr. Zijiang! Xu Ji had seen this legendary physiognomy in Yingyin before going to Luoyang for his military exploits in the Battle of the Yellow Turban, when Xu Ji was still unknown, Xu Zijiang was extremely surprised after seeing Xu Ji and said to Zhu Jun who was traveling with him at the time: "General Zhu, this son looks ordinary but has his own creation. ”

This seems to be ordinary, but after that, Xu Zijiang personally visited Xu Ji again and asked him about his ambition, Xu Ji only said: "I am willing to be a pawn and sacrifice my life for the peace of all the people." Xu Zijiang laughed and said: "I see that Xiaoyou is like a dragon trapped in the shallows, when the opportunity comes, it may not be impossible to soar, only to see what you want." ”

After that, Xu Ji really became famous, and there was no lack of help from this old gentleman, after all, Xu Ji was not well-known among the scholars, if it weren't for Xu Zijiang's judgment, he might not be able to press the position of the captain of the West Garden.

And since Yingyin for a while, Xu Zijiang has drifted away, and he has disappeared completely for many years, and Xu Ji has also sent people to look for hope to protect him secretly, but there has been no news. also knew that he was a figure who could not see the head of the dragon, and coupled with the busy affairs of Yanzhou, Xu Ji gave up and continued to look for Xu Zijiang.

It's just that I didn't expect that Xu Zijiang would suddenly appear now.

Xu Wei said excitedly: "It's really good, it's a pity that the matter in Chang'an is not over yet, I don't know when I will see Mr. Zijiang, hey, Mr. Zijiang won't just stay for a few days and leave, right?" Xu Ji's eyes shot a strange light and said: "Who in this world can predict the thoughts of Mr. Neutron General?" In the letter, Mr. Zijiang said that he would come to Chang'an soon. ”

Xu Zijiang, come to Chang'an?

Appearing at this time, is it specifically for Xu Ji to build momentum? (To be continued......)