The envoy sent by Feng Ji to negotiate was almost frightened by Zhao Yun's word "roll", and he returned to Feng Ji's camp with a roll and crawled to report Zhao Yun's tough attitude to Feng Ji. After Feng Ji heard this, he didn't embarrass this unlucky guy, because he knew that it was impossible to send Zhao Yun back to Youzhou with just a few words.

Feng Ji did not have the confidence to confront Zhao Yun head-on, so he retreated his troops to the south for dozens of miles and entered Tongguo City to garrison. Tongguo City is located in Dingxiang County close to the border of Yunzhong County, and to the west is by the Yellow River.

In Feng Ji's view, his own strength is equivalent to Zhao Yun's strength, and now although Zhao Yun is gaining momentum, but after all, Bingzhou belongs to Yuan Shao's territory, and Zhao Yun will have to return to Youzhou sooner or later after the majesty of Bingzhou in the north. In terms of retreating 10,000 steps, even if Zhao Yun led the army to occupy the north of Bingzhou this time and no longer withdrew to Youzhou, there would not be much loss for Feng Ji, because these places have been repeatedly warned, and now they are barren and barren, even if they are occupied by Zhao Yun, it is just one more barrier.

Although the Xianbei people in the north of Bingzhou were defeated this time, their foundation was not destroyed, and they will come to offend from time to time in the future.

The most important thing is that Zhao Yun's forces are limited, and if he continues to subdue Wuyuan County and Shuofang County to the west, then the territory of Yunzhong County will fall into the hands of Feng Ji in vain, and there is also a danger of being cut off from the back road.

After Feng Ji withdrew to Tongguo, he sent people to Jinyang to report to Gao Gan, and informed Gao Gan of the situation in the north of Bingzhou, hoping that he could send a surprise army to attack Shuofang County, and take advantage of Zhao Yun when he was dragged in Yunzhong County, successfully capture Shuofang, and then move closer to Wuyuan County, forcing Zhao Yun to withdraw to Youzhou.

Feng Ji's side is secretly making small movements. Zhao Yun was not idle, he saw through Feng Ji's thoughts at a glance, so he led the army to retreat to Jiling City, and then ordered the deputy generals Sun Li and Murong Ping to lead 5,000 cavalry each, and quietly left in the middle of the night.

Zhao Yun's order to Sun Li and Murong Ping was to rush to Linrong City in Shuofang County as quickly as possible to drive away the remnants of Helian entrenched there, and then Sun Li led 5,000 cavalry to return to Jiuyuan City, the seat of Wuyuan County, to prevent Yuan's army from the direction of Xihe from coming to pick up the leak.

Just as Zhao Yun and Feng Ji were confronting each other in the area from Jiling to Tongguo, Zhang He led 10,000 infantry and more than 14,000 Xianbei prisoners to approach Pingcheng. After Yan Liang sent a fine work to report back the news that a large army was approaching in the north, Yan Liang originally wanted to send troops to Pingcheng. But he was very dissatisfied with Feng Ji in his heart, so he took this opportunity to withdraw his troops south into the county seat of Xiyang, and never sent a single soldier to attack Ban's again.

Yan Liang wanted to preserve his strength, but Zhang He was not polite to him, and without hesitation, he led the army into Pingcheng, and then immediately got in touch with Xiahou Lan, who was stationed in Ban's, and sent more than 14,000 Xianbei prisoners back to Youzhou in three batches under Yan Liang's nose. These captives were the greatest trophies, and they would henceforth be sent to the various workshops and mine pig iron workshops to be used as laborers and to do the hardest manual work. And you don't have to pay them anything.

The direction of Bingzhou is temporarily in a tug-of-war and confrontation situation, but the situation in Youzhou is very good, when the news of the great victory in the north spread to all counties and counties, people beat gongs and drums, and ran to tell each other. Celebrate this great victory together, and the prestige of the eldest prince Liu He has risen again, becoming an unshakable protector in the hearts of the people of Youzhou. Many squires and large families also organized themselves and raised a lot of money, wine and meat. Then he sent people to Macheng to express condolences and rewards to the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to the battle.

The much-anticipated eldest prince Liu He had quietly left Macheng at this time, and he was escorted by three hundred dragon and tiger guard light cavalry. is rushing back to Jicheng as fast as possible.

Liu He was so anxious to return to Jicheng that he didn't even have time to attend the banquet to celebrate his achievements, just because he received an urgent report from the direction of Jicheng, according to the divine doctor Hua Tuo, Cai Yan would give birth within ten days.

Liu He is a human being, this is the first time he is about to become a father, although Cai Yan has Hua Tuo's master and apprentice and Zhao Ai'er to take care of him, but he still wants to rush to his wife's side before the child lands, even if he can't do anything for Cai Yan, he can make up for a little guilt in his heart.

In the Childe's Mansion, the atmosphere has been tense and crowded these days. Taifu Liu Yu cared about his daughter-in-law and the soon-to-be-born grandson, so he asked the two ladies to move from Taifu's mansion to Gongzi's mansion to take care of Cai Yan. Cai Yong, a university scholar, was worried about his daughter and the soon-to-be-born grandson, so he also moved from Cai's Mansion to live in Gongzi's Mansion. The great Confucian Zheng Xuan, despite his old age and frailty, came to visit in person, and his concern was overflowing. Others, such as Han Fu, Zhao Gai, Qi Zhou, and the patriarchs of the famous families in Jicheng, all lined up to visit, and the various precious medicinal materials and supplements sent were piled up in the backyard warehouse of Gongzi's Mansion.

No wonder everyone is so nervous and eager, it is really because the child that Cai Yan is about to give birth is too important for Youzhou. Liu He is Liu Yu's eldest son, and he will inevitably inherit Liu Yu's foundation in the future, and the child Cai Yan is about to give birth to is Liu He's eldest son or eldest daughter.

In the evening of that day, a group of cavalry hurried to the north gate of Jicheng, and the captain who guarded the city gate hurriedly ran down from the city and stopped in front of the team.

"Which unit do you belong to, and can you have a certificate for the transfer of troops and horses?"

"We are from the Dragon Tiger Guard Light Cavalry Battalion, this is the transfer certificate of soldiers and horses issued by the Commander's Office, let it go quickly!"

The Lieutenant of the North Gate carefully inspected and did not see any problems, so he asked his soldiers to open the horses and let this group of cavalry enter Jicheng.

For the sake of safety, Liu He did not wear an official uniform when he returned to Jicheng this time, but dressed like other soldiers, so he did not attract attention when he mixed in the crowd. When he rode a war horse past the captain of the north gate, the captain's eyes suddenly widened, and he was about to say something, but he saw Liu He on the horse bowing his head slightly, and then flashed by.

The Lieutenant of the North Gate was surprised for a while, in this short moment, he had already determined that the person he had just seen was the eldest prince. Since the eldest prince is dressed like this, he is unwilling to reveal his identity, and the captain of the North Gate naturally does not dare to do much.

After entering the city, Liu He urged the horse to gallop towards the prince's mansion, causing the passers-by on the road to scream and scold more than once, if these people knew Liu He's identity, I don't know if they would dare to scold like this?

When Liu He urged the horse to rush to the front of his house, one flew off the horse and dismounted, and then said loudly to the guards at the door: "Has Mrs. given birth?" ”

The guards guarding Gongzi's Mansion are all elite veterans of the Dragon and Tiger Guard, they recognized Liu He from a distance, and they didn't have time to greet each other at this time, so they hugged Liu He together, and one of them hurriedly said: "Madame has not yet given birth, and at noon, Master Taifu rushed over, and listened to the little Yao girl in the backyard say that it may be today." ”

Before the guard's words were finished, Liu He had already rushed into the mansion in a hurry.

In the front hall, Liu Yu sat anxiously on the main seat, and Cai Yong and Zhao Qi and others sat next to him.

At this moment, he saw a young man in a cavalry uniform striding in, Zhao stood up and was about to scold, but he saw Liu He's face clearly.

"Father, father-in-law, adults, I'm back! I'll go to the back hall first, and then come back to see you......" Before Liu He finished speaking, he had already passed through the screen in the front hall, leaving only the smell of sweat.

"This stinky boy!" Liu Yu muttered, and then stopped talking.

Liu He ran into the backyard in one breath, and just heard Cai Yan wailing in the room, he couldn't care less, and shouted as he ran: "Zhaoji, the husband is back to accompany you!" ”

Hua Tuo, who was guarding outside the door of the bedroom, saw Liu He rushing over, and hurriedly stopped in front of Liu He and said, "Childe, you have dust and germs on your body, so it is not appropriate to enter the delivery room at this time!" ”

Liu He was reminded by Hua Tuo like this, so he came to his senses, and hurriedly stretched his neck and said to Cai Yan in the back room: "Zhaoji, you have to be patient, I will go to bathe and change clothes, and I will enter the room to see you later!" ”

Tao Kuan, the leader of the guards who had already learned of Liu He's return, heard that Liu He was going to bathe and change clothes, and hurriedly shouted to several guards behind him: "Hurry, hurry!" Warm water and new clothes for Childe! ”

Cai Yan, who was lying on the couch in the room, was in a state of confusion because of severe prenatal pain, but when she heard Liu He's voice, she suddenly felt that she had strength in her body again.

"Ruthless enemy, you're finally back......"

Zhao Aier and Mi Zhen, who were guarding Cai Yan's side, couldn't help but look at each other when they saw this scene, but what appeared in their eyes was a look of envy.

Liu He hurriedly changed his clothes under Tao Kuan's service, then rinsed his hair and body, and then changed into a set of clean and white robes.

Looking at his beloved wife who was wet with beads of sweat on the couch on her forehead and sideburns, Liu He held Cai Yan's hand tightly and said with some guilt: "Yan'er, I'm back!" ”

Cai Yan bit her lip and forcibly held back the tears in her eyes from slipping down, but her eyes were staring at Liu He tightly, and she was reluctant to move away.

"Wow......!"

Half an hour later, a crisp baby cry sounded in the backyard.

"Born, born!"

"Congratulations to Childe, it's a baby boy!"

"Haha...... I'm finally a father!" Liu He hugged his crying son and shouted loudly. (To be continued......)