Although he knew that Gongsun Zhan would not escape death, this news still made Chen Zhi stunned on the spot, and the expression between his eyebrows was a little sad. After all, it is a generation of famous generals, and it is really a bit dishonorable to die on such civil strife.

Xu Ji turned around and patted Chen Zhi's shoulder comfortingly when he saw Chen Zhi like this, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Zhi is really a hero who values love and righteousness, and vaguely, Xu Ji seems to have seen Chen Zhi who is showing his might outside Luoyang City.

After a long time, Chen Zhi raised his head and said to Xu Ji: "Lord, what are you going to do with General Gongsun's family?" Of course, Xu Ji knew that this was also a situation that Chen Zhi really didn't want to see the family of Gongsun Zhan, a famous border general, fall to a down, so he sighed and said: "Uncle Zhi rest assured, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, I Xu Ji will never declare personal vendetta when doing things, according to my Yanzhou decree, the punishment is not as good as the family, after all, it is Gongsun Chan who is hostile to my Xu Ji and not his orphans and widows, I think, even if you want to deal with Gongsun Zhan's family, at most it is Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Xu!" After all, they also participated in the war against our Yanzhou. But it's not enough to die, eh. Gongsun Fan may have been punished more severely, after all, he was once an official under Liu Yu, and in any case, his actions were betrayal. ”

Chen Zhi nodded with a heavy heart and said, "Thank you, Lord Gongsun, for leaving a little blood for General Gongsun." Xu Ji shook his head and said: "Uncle Zhi, we can only do our best at this, except that Gongsun Xu has no ambition, it is the same as his father's character, if I am not mistaken, Gongsun Xu is now full of thoughts about emulating his father." Determined to die in the northern frontier. I can't fulfill his wish. ”

Chen Zhi also knew that it was very likely to be this result in the end, but he was helpless.

That's when it happened. There was a knock on the door, and Xu Ji ordered people from outside to come in. But I saw a man who looked like a ghost leader come in in the dust.

Xu Ji looked closely, but it turned out to be the liaison between Zhang He and himself, seeing his solemn face, Xu Ji knew that something big had happened, and shouted: "Say something quickly." No need to be polite!"

The phantom said respectfully: "Lord, just a day ago, Hu Daren entered the block!"

Xu Ji and Chen Zhi were taken aback when they heard this, and Chen Zhi shouted: "What, you said it clearly." The phantom figured out and said, "General Zhang He was ordered by Mr. Xun You to block the rescue operation of the remnants of Gongsun Zhan's troops on the back side of Fanyang City. Who knows, but found that Xianbei's cavalry suddenly appeared in the north. Under the sudden encounter, our army and the Xianbei army fought a melee. Kill a lot of the opponent's cavalry. There were also some casualties among our troops. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly. Han said in a cold voice: "Xianbei people! I didn't go looking for you, but you came first, do you think it's really the first strike? He turned his head to look at the phantom and said, "What did Zhang He do after he found out about this situation?" ”

The phantom said: "After General Zhang He learned about this matter, he sent people to the cities in the north to inquire about the news, so Zhang He knew that the Xianbei people had sent troops to occupy Baitan, Shanggu, Baidung, Kuancheng, Pinggang, Qinglong and other places. There are even a large number of men and horses who have surrounded Yuyang, and the defenders of Gongsun Zhan, who are endless, are fighting back, but they are alone because of their strength. I'm afraid it won't last much longer. Zou Dan, the general of Yuyang's defenders, tried to send reinforcements several times, but was killed one by one. To no avail. On the contrary, a lot of soldiers and horses were lost. Chen Zhi frowned and said: "The light cavalry of the Xianbei people is skilled in bows and horses, fighting in the plains, no one is their opponent, and Zou Dan's army is mainly infantry. There are many archers among them, which are not bad for defending the city, but it is much worse to rescue the city of Endless. ”

Xu Ji nodded, turned his head to look at the phantom again and asked, "What about the Xianbei cavalry in Beiping on the right?" Hearing this, the phantom's face softened slightly, and said, "The situation in Youbeiping is better. Lu Long leans on Xu Wushan with his back, and there is the Great Wall in the north, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Xianbei cavalry is difficult to break through for a while. Xu Ji shook his head and said: "Things are not so simple, there is no way to face the Xianbei cavalry of the Great Wall, but don't forget, we have now lost the news east of Changli County." I conclude that Liucheng is already in the sphere of influence of the Xianbei people, and it is under the attack of the Xianbei people in the end, which means that the battle line has been stretched for a long time, and our situation at this time is already Gu Dong and West. Just to resist the Xianbei cavalry from the west in Youbeiping, they were already exhausted. If Lu Long's northeastern defense line of the Great Wall was breached, it would be very bad. ”

Chen Zhi was also made by the grim situation in front of him and said with a serious expression: "Fortunately, Xianbei people only know bow horses. They could not control the boats, otherwise they would have been able to ride down the sea from the north and bypass the Great Wall. Hit Lu Long directly. ”

Xu Ji's heart moved when he heard this, and Chen Zhi inadvertently reminded him. In recent years, Yanzhou has been vigorously developing a naval army, if it can directly attack the Xianbei people from the northern sea. It's a good way to be unprepared.

But this idea can only be thought about now, and it is simply far from quenching thirst. The phantom said: "In view of this, General Zhang He has led the army to the aid of Youbeiping, preparing to ambush those Xianbei cavalry who are likely to appear on the way. ”

Xu Jixin said: Zhang He really has a good eye and a very clear understanding of the battle situation.

Chen Zhi hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Zhang He has already gone to cook in Beiping, so please give Chen Zhi a cavalry, Chen Zhi is willing to rush to the outside of Yuyang City to block the Xianbei cavalry to relieve the siege in the north!" Xu Ji nodded and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhi, this matter will be left to you." Then he summoned a pro-soldier and said to the pro-soldier: "You go to Xun Yu now, and ask him to take Fanyang City immediately, it is best to persuade the soldiers to surrender without blood, I need to deal with the enemy in the north with all my strength now, I don't want someone behind me to make trouble for me." By the way, you tell Xun You Gongsun Zhan's last words when he was dying, and Xun You should know how to persuade the other party. ”

The soldier nodded in response. Xu Ji called in another personal soldier and said to this personal soldier: "You rush to Jizhou now, and ask Liang Xi to mobilize the 50,000 Zhen family soldiers under Xu Hao's command for me, and ask Xu Hao to lead these 50,000 people here immediately!" Then Liang Xi sent someone to inform Zang Ba that Gongsun Zhan had been defeated and died in Youzhou. If he can use Yuan Jian with confidence, he will start an all-out war with Yuan Shao. I don't want the war against Yuan Shao to drag on until next year. I want to get the news of his triumphant return at New Year's Day. Also, the more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops he recruited were useless in Yuzhou. I want him to transfer all the 100,000 Yellow Turban troops to Youzhou! Go for it. The pro-soldier was about to leave, but was stopped by Xu Ji, Xu Ji thought about it, and said: "The discipline of the Yellow Turban Army is extremely poor. Passing through the state and county, I am afraid that they will disturb the people and anger the local officials and people. That's not good. In this way, you find another person to go to Yanzhou, and ask Xun Yu to transfer 10,000 newly trained Yanzhou soldiers to the border of Yanzhou to pick up those Yellow Turban Army, so that these 10,000 Yanzhou Army can also come to Youzhou, and they can supervise these Yellow Turban Army along the way. ”

Wait for the soldier to retreat. Xu Ji turned his head to look at the shadow sent by Zhang He. Su Rong said: "After you go back, you will tell Zhang He that Youbeiping will be handed over to him, and soon after, I will send additional reinforcements." Chen Zhi was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't speak.

The shadow stepped back and hurried back. Chen Zhi said to Xu Ji: "My lord." Our army's army in Youzhou is only 15,000 people, excluding Mr. Xun You's siege troops, and Zhang He has 5,000 people in addition to the troops stationed in Zhuo County. If I lead the army to Yuyang again, where will there be any reinforcements? Is it necessary to activate the prisoners of Gongsun Zhandi, who had just surrendered? No, they are the newly defeated army. The morale of the army is at a low level, and the army has no choice but to throw itself into battle. The Zhen family's 50,000 army will not be able to reach the land without ten days and a half months. Even if Mr. Xun You is solving the matter of Fan Yang City and leading the army to rush here, it will not be of much use, right? After all, the siege troops of Xun You's army can only protect themselves in the field. To charge, it is definitely not his forte. I also hope that the lord will think twice. Xu Ji secretly praised in his heart when he heard this: Chen Zhi is indeed becoming more and more calm. Just now, when calculating the gains and losses of the two armies, it seems that he has really been able to take charge of himself. It is really commendable to have this kind of performance when Gongsun Chan died.

Xu Ji smiled while thinking about it: "Shu Zhi's thinking is becoming more and more strict, it seems that it is really the best choice for Youzhou to be taken care of by Shu Zhi." But Uncle Zhi seems to have missed someone. Chen Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what he had gone wrong. Xu Ji smiled mysteriously before he was about to speak, but he saw a recruit walk into the house and reported: "Lord, Liu He's hand is in the advisor Yan Zhi and Tian Chou to visit the lord, and they are waiting outside the door."

Xu Ji laughed and said to Chen Zhi: "Aren't our reinforcements coming?"

Chen Zhi was silent for a while before he spoke admiringly: "The Lord is clever, Chen Zhi admires!" Only then did Chen know that Xu Jihan had expected the two to come and surrender.

Xu Ji ordered the two to enter the house. But he heard Xu Ji say leisurely: "If they come quickly, I'm afraid they don't know that Gongsun Chan is dead!" ”

After only a while, Tian Chou and Yan Zhi hurried into the house together.

After the four of them sat down, Xu Ji was not polite, and said to the two with a smile: "I, Xu Ji, have been waiting for the two gentlemen here for a long time. The two of them were slightly stunned, and immediately knew that Xu Ji had guessed the intention of the two of them to come here, Yan Zhi looked at Xu Ji, and said a little embarrassed: "General Xu, how offensive we were last time in the barracks......

Xu Jiyi waved his hand and said: "Where did Mr. Yan Zhi come from, at that time, everyone was their own master, standing in different camps, and it was really normal for different ways to conspire with each other." Now that the matter is urgent, even if there is a big problem, we should put aside our past suspicions and work together to defend against foreign enemies. Tian Chou said: "The last time General Xu Ji said to us, we were shocked, for many years, my Han life in the north of Xinjiang is extremely miserable, has always been the Xianbei people in the eyes of the fish and meat, let his preference to slaughter, fortunately Liu Yu, Youzhou has only been peaceful for a few years, but we also know that Liu Yu's policy towards ethnic minorities is not a long-term solution, those Xianbei people are humble to Liu Yu on the surface, in fact, they have always been ambitious, but I didn't think that what I have been worried about will come so quickly. Yan Zhi said a little sadly: "The saddest thing for us is that Liu Hegongzi's attitude towards the grass and the nation is completely blindly yielding, and it is not the material for the history of assassination at all, Brother Tian Chou and I are here to see if we can help General Xu and do something for the people and Han of my Youzhou, General Xu will not dislike the two of us because I am alone." ”

Xu Ji heard the meaning of what the two said, and it seemed that the two of them were obviously very dissatisfied with Liu He. Liu He stayed in the imperial court for too long. I don't know much about how the people of the frontier view the steppe aliens. Now there are only two things in Liu He's heart. One is to avenge his father, and the other is to become the assassin of Youzhou, for these two things, Liu He can choose to completely surrender to the Xianbei people, and even betray the interests of Youzhou.

It was precisely because of this incident that Tian Chou and Yan Zhi came here. From this, it can be imagined that it has always been. Tian Chou and Yan Zhi were both looking for a way to solve the problem of northern Xinjiang, and the emergence of their own powerful force brought a glimmer of hope to the two of them who were struggling in the dark. The reason why they went to Liu He was because Liu He was Liu Yu's son after all, and he had a high reputation in Youzhou. After destroying Gongsun Zhan, he can use Liu He's fame to achieve his dream of fighting against the alien races of the grassland. Until they met Xu Ji.

When it started. They thought that Xu Ji was just going to Youzhou to save his mother or to fight for the ownership of Youzhou. But facts have proved that the fundamental purpose of Xu Ji's visit is to expel the alien races in the grassland. Compare with Xu Ji. Liu He's calculations were insignificant. Especially when Liu He led the army north to retreat to Daixian, his pleading attitude towards the Xianbei people made the two deeply disappointed.

Unlike Xian Yufu, Tian Shou and Ru Rou were not Liu Yu's regular subordinates. So there won't be so many constraints, once you decide to go to Xu Ji, act immediately, without the slightest hesitation. Xu Ji looked at the two of them and said solemnly: "When I was in Yanzhou, I had already heard the names of the two gentlemen, and I knew that if I wanted to be peaceful in Youzhou, I needed to rely on the power of the two gentlemen. ”

The two didn't expect Xu Ji to value themselves so much. I was a little speechless for a while. After a long time, he fell to the ground and shouted in unison: "Lord! ”

Xu Ji stepped forward, helped the two of them up, and said sincerely: "If there is any urgency or slowness, we must have a long-term plan to deal with the endless harassment of the Xianbei people, but now that we are facing the attack of the Xianbei army, we can't take it lightly." "Tian Chou and Yan Zhi have already noticed the strangeness of the Xianbei people all the way north. It's just that they don't know the specific situation, and after asking, after Chen Zhiyi's introduction, the two of them know the seriousness of the matter.

Tian Chou is very intelligent. immediately understood what Xu Ji needed to do at this time, and said solemnly: "Lord, Youbeiping is the state of my fathers and elders. Defending the right Beiping is the unshirkable responsibility of my Tian Chou, please go to my Tian Chou! ”

Xu Ji smiled: "Tian Chou." You see, I don't have any soldiers for you here. Tian Chou shook his head and said, "Don't worry, lord. My Tian Chou is still a little prestigious in Youbeiping, and now he has 5,000 dead soldiers under his command, plus the 5,000 army of General Zhang He sent by the lord, it is not difficult to help Gongsun Zan's army in Youbeiping to hold Youbeiping. ”

Xu Ji nodded, turned his head to Yan Zhi and said: "Mr. Yan Zhi, I hope that you and Chen Zhi will go to Yuyang, the situation there is more dangerous, although Chen Zhi is an unborn brave general, the enemy is strong, I don't want to be a lose-lose situation, so I hope that after Chen Zhi's big victory, Mr. will give full play to his communication skills and make the Xianbei people temporarily retreat." Yan Zhi nodded firmly and said, "Lord, please rest assured, I will not fail in my mission!" ”

Xu Ji pondered for a while, and then said: "Yan Zhi, you'd better grasp the opportunity and negotiate with the Xianbei people while winning the victory in Youbeiping, the effect is the best." When it's over there, I'll introduce you to someone, and you'll probably have a lot to talk about. ”

Although Yan Zhi was very puzzled by who the person Xu Ji was talking about, he still replied cheerfully: "My subordinates know." ”

Tian Chou was worried about another thing, and said to Xu Ji: "Lord, I'm a little worried about Liu He Gongzi, no matter what, he is also the son of Lord Liu Yu. Xu Ji nodded and said: "I know what you mean, don't worry, my Yanzhou will always open the door for Liu He Gongzi, he can defect to me at any time, and I will definitely protect him." ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but say: "I'm just afraid that Liu He Gongzi won't look down on me Xu Ji, and if I do something out of the ordinary, then I Xu Ji won't be able to help." ”

Tian Chou and Yan Zhi glanced at each other, and also knew what Xu Ji meant, if Liu He insisted on going his own way and had to cooperate with the Xianbei people, he would become a sinner for the ages. Xu Ji looked at the expressions of the two, sighed and said: "I really hope that Liu and Gongzi understand their situation, no matter what, Gongsun Chan is dead, Liu and Gongzi's father's revenge has been avenged, there is no reason to unite with the grassland people, right?" ”

The two of them had just heard the news that Gongsun Zhan had died, and they immediately understood what Xu Ji meant. Now that Liu He's father's revenge has been avenged by Xu Ji, if Liu He cooperates with the Xianbei people again, it will be completely out of his own ambition. If Xu Ji sent troops to attack him, it would really be justified. It seems that Liu He must be notified of this news as soon as possible, lest he make a mistake and become a thousand years of hatred.

Xu Ji looked at the expressions of the two and knew what the two were thinking, and said with a smile: "But now it seems that Liu and Gongzi are still safe, it was two days ago that Xianbei people entered the blockade, and the Dai County where you are located is still safe at least when you leave, it seems that Xianbei people also know that Liu He Gongzi will not get along with them, so they will not deal with Liu and Gongzi at all." ”

The two of them are concerned about it, but now that Xu Ji is reasonable, he will naturally put his mind at ease.

Xu Ji was happy in his heart, there were two people here, plus Xun You and Chen Dao, why worry about the injustice of Youzhou? (To be continued......)