Tian Chou set out from Yecheng, first met with Zhao Yun in Hanoi, and then went to Jiangyi by way of Yiguan, and met Lu Yi, then Huangfu Jianshou, Lu Bu, Jia Kui, and finally to Danshui.

With Tian Chou's current identity and status, if it wasn't a particularly important matter, Liu He would definitely not let him leave his side, let alone go for a few months.

Tian Chou came to Danshui, of course, not simply to visit the "old army", let alone to "re-take the red road", he came to Danshui, mainly to inspect and guide the development of the situation, but also to inspect a person who is about to be reused.

Accompanied by Qu Yong, Xiong Yue, and Wei Yan, Tian Chou inspected the training camp set up in the mountains of Fengxiang City, watched the drills of the soldiers of the reserve troops, inspected the reserves of grain, grass and armor in several dock forts, and then went to several villages to see the development of peasant households' mutual aid cooperatives.

Generally speaking, Tian Chou is still satisfied with the development of Danshui, although there is a lack of guidance from important people here, but basically implement the instructions sent by Liu He from the far north, and have been moving forward in an orderly manner according to the plan formulated by Liu He over the years, neither rushing forward nor stagnating.

Tian Chou asked everyone: "When Zhang Ji led his army from Wuguan through Danshui, you didn't think about intercepting and ambushing him?" With the actual power of Danshui at present, he may not be afraid of Zhang Ji's 10,000 people, right? ”

Qu Yong explained: "At that time, there were many people who had this idea, among which the brothers in Fengxiang City had the most trouble, but Wen Chang (Wei Yanzi) was firmly opposed, and on the grounds that he had not received an order from Luoyang, he prevented everyone from attacking Zhang Ji. ”

Tian Chou heard that Wei Yan now actually had the ability to influence the people in Fengxiang City, and his evaluation of Wei Yan in his heart increased a few points, and he asked Wei Yan: "Wen Chang, can you tell me why you tried your best to stop everyone from doing anything to Zhang Ji at that time?" ”

Wei Yan is very young. This year is only twenty-one years old, after he came to Danshui, he heard the two people who were mentioned the most when everyone usually spoke, one was Gongzi, and the other was Tian Chou, so he knew that Tian Chou's question was very important to him.

Wei Yan replied: "At that time, if we ambushed Zhang Ji, although we had a certain chance of winning, but after the fight. There will definitely be a lot of movement, and this will completely expose our strength. Liu Biao in Jingzhou has always been very wary of the armed forces of the Danshui people, if Liu Biao knew that there was a hidden force here that could compete with Zhang Ji, he would definitely send a large number of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress it. In this way, we will be forced to move from hiding to public, which is obviously inconsistent with Childe's layout in Danshui. ”

"Oh, then what do you think of Childe's layout in Danshui?"

"I think that Gongzi let us stick here, because he wants to treat Wuguan as a big lock, and he can let Nanyang and Guanzhong go back and forth in normal times. And when needed, it is necessary to completely cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Nanyang. In addition, it can also be used as an advance base for attacking Nanyang, once Gongzi pacifies all the Haoqiang in Guanzhong and Cao Cao in Yanzhou. You can use this as a springboard for attacking Jingzhou. ”

After listening to Wei Yan's analysis, Tian Chou bowed his head and expressed his approval. In fact, during the time he came to Danshui, Tian Chou had been observing Wei Yan. Because this person was specially confessed by Childe. Through the introduction of Qu Yong and several masters of Fengxiang City, Tian Chou can be sure that Wei Yan's bravery is absolutely fine, at least at present, there is no one among the tens of thousands of men in Fengxiang City who can beat Wei Yan.

Wei Yan can fight in addition to being able to fight. After he arrived in Fengxiang City, in addition to practicing with the soldiers every day, the rest of the time was spent studying the military books such as "The Art of War", "Sima Law", "Wei Xuanzi", "Huangshi Three Strategies" and "Guiguzi Art of War". Of course, as Wei Yan, if it weren't for Liu He's special instructions, he would not have had the opportunity to come into contact with such "advanced textbooks" as "Huangshi Three Strategies" and "Guiguzi Art of War".

Soon, it was time for Tian Chou to leave.

Tian Chou asked Wei Yan to be called, and he took Wei Yan to Fengjiayu, where there had been an ambush, and then the two stood on the top of the hill, and the rest retreated halfway up the mountain.

"Wei Wenchang, do you know the purpose of calling you here today?"

"I heard that Gongzi led the Qu family's soldiers here to ambush the Jing family and the Zhao family."

"When Gongzi left Chang'an with me and Xian Yu Minghui, he only had no money on him, which could be described as having no food and no clothes at that time. However, even in such a downturn at that time, Childe was very optimistic and never worried about any dangers ahead. When we came to Danshui, there were one more hundred soldiers lent by Duan Xuan, and Gongzi used these hundred soldiers as the basis to turn Danshui City upside down in less than a month, and then quietly passed through Woniu Mountain while Yuan Shu was focusing on Danshui. ”

"I'm telling you these old things from the past, just to tell you that it doesn't matter what a person's background is, what matters is that he knows what he wants, and has the determination and courage to fight to achieve this goal! Can you tell me that you have the courage and determination to do so? ”

"Subordinates have!"

"Now I'm going to give you a very important task on behalf of Childe!"

"Delay and obey."

"It's only a matter of time before Gongzi pacifies the north, in order to consider going south in the future, Gongzi asks you to leave Danshui and find a way to go to the south of Jingzhou, so that Liu Biao can find you and reuse you, and we will provide you with the necessary help in secret. All you need to do is try your best to climb to the top of the mountain, and when Childe leads the army south, that's when you make a great achievement! In addition, you have to find a way to make friends with Wenpin and Huang Zhong to help them tide over the difficulties when it is critical. Your mother, I will let people take good care of her, and I will never let her suffer half a bit. ”

Wei Yan completely understood Tian Chou's words, he didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately said, "My subordinates understand!" Don't know when to leave? ”

"You spend a few days with your mother, and when I leave, you leave with me."

This is the end of this unspeakable conversation. Many years later, when Wei Yan, the general of Zhennan of the Great Han Dynasty, recalled this incident, he was still secretive and refused to tell others what he and Tian Chou had said at that time.

A few days later, Tian Chou quietly left, as silent as he had come. When Wei Yan first came to Sanhe Pavilion, he was just a hunter in Tongbai Mountain, and after he arrived at Sanhe Pavilion, he stayed in Fengxiang City, which is high in the mountains and dense forests, to receive systematic training, so the people in the world who knew his true background, except for Qu Dazhuang, who found him at the beginning, the rest were the two people in charge of the Qu family. Obviously, Qu Yong and Qu Lin would not publicize Wei Yan's identity to the public, and when Tian Chou left, he brought Qu Dazhuang and the few people who went to Pingchun with him back to Luoyang.

In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, after Wei Yan and Tian Chou parted halfway, he returned to Pingchun County, and then started the business of a hunter in Tongbai Mountain. When people who knew him at the beginning asked him why he had disappeared for more than a year, Wei Yan would tell others that he had taken his mother around to seek medical treatment, and now that his mother had passed away, he was the only one left, so he had to return to the village.

At this time, there were constant disputes in the world, and the vicinity of Pingchun had not been peaceful in the past few years, and from time to time the remnants of the Runan Yellow Turban rushed out to kill and plunder, so not many people would be interested in what Wei Yan had done for more than a year since he disappeared.

said that when Wei Yan returned to the township, Tian Chou also arrived in Luoyang smoothly, which was his last stop on this trip.

When Li Yan saw Tian Chou, he was extremely enthusiastic, he took Li Yan's hand and said loudly: "Brother Zitai, I finally looked forward to you!" With you in Luoyang, I can sleep well. ”

"Brother Zhengfang's words are wrong, I just came to visit you this time, I can't sit in this Luoyang, I have to come here!"

"Can you two not be so hypocritical?" Qu Meng finally couldn't stand it anymore and protested loudly.

Tian Chou, Li Yan and Qu Meng, who have known each other for a long time, are all old men who followed Liu He when they were in Qujiawu Fort, and after meeting at this time, regardless of their age, they obviously feel very cordial in their hearts.

After the three of them sat down in the secret room, they stopped laughing, and they all looked solemn.

"After Duan Xuan came to Luoyang, how did he behave?"

"It's good to be honest, I didn't get involved with those people."

"What's the latest movement of those people?"

"They have been secretly contacting, hoping to form a small group that can confront Taifu and Gongzi."

"What are they trying to do in a group?"

"One is to occupy an important position in the court, and the other is to take the opportunity to recover millions of acres of land around Luoyang."

"After Ma Riyan came to Luoyang, did he meet these people?"

"After Ma Riyan moved into the mansion we arranged for him, he only saw Zhao Wen, Zhu Jun and Zheng Tai."

"Gongzi intends to let Zhu Jun be the captain of Sili, let Duan Xuan take over Henan Yin, let the judge be appointed as the Taishou of Hanoi, and let you take over the Luoyang Order, if this matter is reported to the imperial court, what obstacles will you encounter?"

"Zhu Jun's appointment as the captain of Sili should be expected by everyone, and he should not encounter opposition from the ministers of the DPRK and China, and let Duan Xuan take over as Henan Yin, but I am afraid that there will be greater resistance. Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang made great contributions to protecting the Son of Heaven this time and Luoyang, even if he was not promoted, at least he had to be awarded Henan Yin. In addition, Zheng Tai and Zhang Miao seem to be interested in the position of Henan Yin. If the judge is appointed as the Hanoi Taishou, the judge himself will definitely be willing, but will this stimulate Zhang Yang? ”

"Childe just wants to teach Zhang Yang a lesson this time, this guy didn't even discuss with us, so he came to Luoyang with his troops, obviously with his own little calculations. Such an atmosphere cannot be boosted, otherwise people like Tian Kai, Sun Shao, and Zang Ba will not learn from each other in the future. ”

"My opinion is to get Zhang Miao to the north as soon as possible and cut off the connection between him and Dian Wei, this person's prestige is too great, and it is easy to be used in Luoyang."

"If Zhang Miao is transferred to the north, will he run into Zang Hong? These two people had made Cao Cao's rebellion at the beginning, and if they gave us such a sudden attack in the north, wouldn't they have picked up a stone and hit themselves in the foot? ”

"It's not easy for us to decide this matter, report it to Yecheng immediately, and let Gongzi make the decision!" (To be continued......)