Under a series of intense secret coordination, the day of the expedition has finally arrived.

In the early morning of this day, Ao Lie wore a golden Youlong Xiaotian Armor, dragged a white Shuanglong jade forging brocade cloak behind him, and wore a Chixiao Divine Sword that symbolized the supreme power of the Han Dynasty around his waist, and climbed the one-zhang-high Dianjiang platform majestically. Here, he will recite the sacrificial text, and the shaman will go on the expedition!

Ao Lie gradually came to the center of the Dianjiangtai, here, the black martyr's monument had been placed in advance, and countless names were densely engraved with red lacquer. The owners of these names are no longer alive, but they used their loyalty and bravery to leave their martyrs' names on the martyrs' monuments.

After silently looking at the Loyal Martyrs' Monument for a while, Ao Lie suddenly turned around and looked at the 100,000 troops who were ready to go. A deep voice sounded from Ao Lie's mouth: "Soldiers! You are all my elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the unification of the country, and the robes who engraved their names on the monument of loyalty and martyrdom have proved this with their lives! Tell Ben Hou that in the face of war or even death, are you afraid? ”

100,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "Swear to follow the lord to the death!" Many of them, including those foreign warriors, have family members who have been favored by Ao Lie's politics and see the hope of life, so they are willing to fight for Ao Lie, and are willing to fight for Ao Lie's dream of dominating the world.

Ao Lie looked at the 100,000 soldiers who were available in the army, and suddenly felt a wave of emotion in his heart. It is precisely these soldiers who have helped them approach the goal of China's reunification step by step. Without them, Ao Lie alone would not be able to save the people of the world no matter what, and these soldiers are the most commendable people!

Slowly took out a sacrificial text, and Ao Lie read it out excitedly: "The champion of the Han Dynasty, the hussar general, and the governor of the five northern states, Ao Lie, respectfully told heaven and earth: Today, there is a great general Yuan Shao, who does not respect the orders of the Son of Heaven, divides Ji and Qing, and the heart of the disobedience jumps on the paper, and he is willing to conquer Yuan Shao instead of the Son of Heaven." Bring the two states back to the territory of the Han Dynasty. To comfort the hearts of the people of Erzhou! Now count Yuan Shao's crimes, so that everyone in the world knows that Yuan Shao is rebellious! In the past, the eunuchs took power, He Jin was in chaos, and Yuan Shao was the head of the eight captains of the West Garden. Do not want to be loyal to the thief. Instead, he instigated He Jin to recruit Dong Zhuo. It is really unwise to cause cholera in the DPRK, and this is one of the crimes! Dong Zhuo entered Beijing. Not thinking about being loyal to the king and serving the country, but abandoning the king and fleeing, is really an act of disloyalty, and this is the second crime! The princes of the world raised troops and took the opportunity to divide the cronies and henchmen, causing Yuan Shu and others to become bigger, and even arrogating the emperor, which is really an unrighteous act, and these three crimes are also! The battle in the tiger prison, fearing the head and tail, and missing the opportunity, is really an unknown move, and these four crimes are also! In vain, he called the fourth world and the third prince, but sat back and watched his family die, and there was no grief or condolences afterwards, which is really an act of unfilial piety, and this is the fifth sin! Taking advantage of the occasion of the discussion of Dong, he secretly ordered his subordinates to invade Jizhou, forced the former Jizhou Mu Han Fu to death, and caused a large number of Jizhou people to lose the battlefield, which is really an unrighteous act, and this is also a six crimes! In order to occupy Jizhou, regardless of the face of the Han people, he actually colluded with foreigners, which is really a move that does not know right and wrong, and this is also the seven crimes! Listening to the slander of his subordinates, killing Zhongliang, persecuting the family of the famous man Tian Feng, and intending to kill the famous general Zhang He and other actions are really actions that do not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and these eight crimes are also! Yuan Shao has these eight major crimes, which is really indignant by the people and gods, and he is deeply favored by the court, and he is willing to kill this fang for the court to correct the world! ”

The eight major crimes listed by Ao Lie are only the most representative eight of them, such as Shaxian setting up an ambush with the intention of murdering Ao Lie, and Ao Lie did not write it in the sacrificial text at all. When Ao Lie finished reading the inscription, 100,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "Kill this fang, to correct the world!" Kill this fang, and set the world right——! ”

Raising his hands and pressing them falsely, he signaled the soldiers to be quiet, and Ao Lie gave the order to go out: "Zhao Yun, I order you to lead 5,000 bloody killing troops and 10,000 infantry troops as the vanguard, open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and clear the way for our army!" "In the past, Zhao Yun was the commander of the pro-guard army, guarding Ao Lie's side, but Ao Lie has always felt that this is too wronged Zhao Yun, and it is too wasteful of Zhao Yun's talent, after knowing each other for more than ten years, Zhao Yun's ability to lead troops to fight, Ao Lie is very clear, even if it is not as good as a first-class famous general, but it is not much different, now, Ao Lie decided to officially put Zhao Yun in the foreground, let him lead the army to fight alone, and tap out all his energy.

Zhao Yun beat his chest with his right fist on horseback and replied loudly: "No! ”

Following Zhao Yun, Ao Lie named the names of the two people: "Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, order you two to lead 10,000 troops each, divided into left and right wings, and keep within fifty miles of the army, echoing back and forth!" ”

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang stepped out of the crowd and replied loudly at the same time: "No! ”

"Huang Zhong, I order you to lead 10,000 troops, as a rear, to supervise the army's food and grass! and freely decide on the matter of attacking Yuan's army's grain road! Ao Lie spoke again.

"No!" Huang Zhong, who never obeys the old, has not set foot on the battlefield for a long time, because among the generals under Ao Lie's command, Huang Zhong is the oldest, although he has a hot temper, but he is still quite old and serious in the overall situation, so in the battle of repeatedly conquering foreign tribes, in order to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking Youzhou, Huang Zhong has been arranged by Ao Lie to guard in Yanjing, which has long filled Huang Zhong with a desire to fight, and this time he was finally taken out by Ao Lie, so his answer voice was particularly loud and excited.

Ao Lie glanced at the army after the last moment, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "The rest of the people, carry the monument of loyalty and martyrs, and go out with Benhou!" At this moment, 100,000 soldiers were instantly ignited, raised their right arms and waved in the direction of Ao Lie, shouting loudly: "Go on the march!" Expedition!! Expedition !! ”

When the morale of the Ao Lie army was high, Liu Xie, who was sitting on the dragon chair in Luoyang City, was a little worried. Gathered around Liu Xie were more than a dozen loyal ministers of the Han family, including Zhong Xuan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, etc. Liu Xie sighed, and said a little incomprehensibly: "Brother Huang has always done things before he acted, and if he doesn't make a sound, he has already made a blockbuster, why do you want to be so reckless this time?" Yuan Shaoxiong is in the half of Jizhou and Qingzhou, and there has been no major war in two or three years, and his subordinates are well-fed, how can they be defeated so easily? ”

Before Ao Lie set out on the expedition, he had already sent someone to send the secret recital to Liu Xie's hands through Mingzhou. The matter of the conquest of Yuan Shao was explained in detail, and when the Ao Lie priest set out on the expedition, this letter had also been taken by Liu Xie. After Liu Xie watched it, he was worried in his heart, afraid that Ao Lie would lose his troops in this battle, so he would no longer have anything to rely on, and hurriedly summoned more than a dozen ministers to see how to make up for this matter. Wait until you have recuperated. The supply of troops is sufficient, the food is sufficient, and he is going to recruit Yuan Shao. After all, Jizhou is the most densely populated and abundant state today. Yuan Shao has been in charge of Jizhou for so long. I got half of Qingzhou again. With nearly one million soldiers under his command, Liu Xie was really worried that Ao Lie would have some accidents.

Zhong Xuan and the others watched Ao Lie's recital back and forth, and Huangfu Song took the lead in speaking: "Holy Lord." According to the old minister, this battle, the champion Hou is still sure to win, and the saint does not need to worry too much. ”

At that time, Captain Changshui said worriedly: "What the boss said is wrong. Although the champion Hou was the champion of the three armies, and repeatedly defeated the strong with the weak and outnumbered, the difference in strength between the two sides at that time was not particularly large. But this time, the champion Hou actually used an army of 100,000 to recruit Yuan Shao, who had a million soldiers, what is the difference between this and hitting a stone with an egg? ”

Because the communication facilities of the Han Dynasty were still very backward, Cao Cao raised troops in Yanzhou, and in response to Ao Lie's news, it had not yet reached Luoyang, so he thought that Ao Lie was the only one to conquer Yuan Shao, so he expressed great concern about Ao Lie's chances of victory.

Zhu Jun, another veteran with outstanding achievements, said slowly: "It's hard to say. In the past, when they were crusading against Yuan Shu, Cao Sikong and the champion Hou Zeng Qingmei cooked wine, talked about the heroes of the world, and finally came to the conclusion that among the princes of the world, only these two can be called heroes. Heroes, there must always be some unexpected deeds, then they are worthy of being called heroes. According to the previous record of the champion Hou, the ratio of soldiers to ten is not much of a disparity, maybe, he will really create a miracle again, just now there is a saying in the saint is very appropriate, the champion Hou is not Ming, a Ming must be amazing. We have reason to expect a big win for him. ”

After hearing Zhu Jun's affirmation, Liu Xie's heart was a little flustered, calmed down a lot, and carefully recalled the bits and pieces of getting along with Ao Lie before, Liu Xie thought that his imperial brother would always be a person who was good at creating miracles, and it was normal for anything incredible to happen to him. Thinking of this, his confidence in Ao Lie began to burst out again bit by bit, taking root again in Liu Xie's heart.

Zhong Xuan didn't speak, but lowered his head as if he was thinking about something carefully, until this moment, he raised his head and said firmly: "Saint, the old minister dares to use his life to vouch for this, this battle, the champion Hou will win!" ”

Although Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun also expressed optimism about the prospects of Ao Lie's expedition, they were by no means as firm as Zhong Xuan. Zhong Xuan's words aroused Liu Xie's curiosity, and he couldn't help asking, "Taifu, why are you so sure?" ”

Zhong Xuan said slowly: "Yuan Shao has ten defeats, and the champion Hou has ten victories, although Yuan Shao has many soldiers and horses, but the old minister expects that he will be powerless." Shao's etiquette is complicated, the champion Hou is naturally decent, and the Tao is victorious; Shao commanded Ji and Qing with the rebel army, and the champion Hou supervised the north with the righteous army, and the righteous victory was also; Shao is lenient and wide, and the crisis cannot be rectified, and the champion Hou orders are strict, and the government is strict and the government is victorious; Shao outside the wide internal taboo, use people and self-doubt, champion Hou Jingbing simplified government, use people without doubt, only move, regardless of relatives, temperament wins; Shao has more plans and fewer decisions, and the champion Hou has infinite adaptability and wins; Shao Yin IV and the third prince of the family, like to talk highly, value reputation, most of the people under his command are sycophants, the champion Hou treats people with sincerity, convinces people with virtue, and the famous generals under his command are like clouds, strategists are like rain, and virtue wins; Shao saw that people were hungry, and his compassion was overflowing, and the people he couldn't see were completely out of his scope of consideration. Shao's subordinates are full of traitors, competing for power, the champion Hou is strict under the rule, the civil and military work together, and the Ming victory is also; Shao does not know the etiquette, the champion Hou has a basis for advancing and retreating, advancing with courtesy, using the law, and winning the text; Shao Hao is very happy, I don't know the strategy, the champion Hou is like a god, and Wu Sheng. With these ten defeats and ten victories, why should the Holy One worry? ”

Zhong Xuan's words caused everyone to ponder, and everyone, including Liu Xie, was carefully experiencing what Ao Lie was superior to Yuan Shao in these ten wins and ten defeats. And as a result of their thinking, they unexpectedly found that Ao Lie was indeed as Zhong Xuan said, and he was much smarter than Yuan Shao in every place, whether it was from his own temperament to the degree of control over the army, and even the aspirations of the officials and the people under his rule, Ao Lie was completely superior to Yuan Shao.

After a long time, Liu Xie slapped the armrest on the dragon chair and praised loudly: "What a theory of ten wins and ten defeats, he really has unique insights and nuanced analysis!" I can finally put my mind at ease and wait for the good news of the royal brother! Not only Liu Xie, but also the seed editor who was not optimistic about Ao Lie's prospects, also removed the worry on his face and showed a knowing smile. (To be continued......)

PS: PS: Ten wins and ten defeats were not proposed by Zhong Xuan, because the plot required it, Da Kun Zhang Guanli was put on Zhong Xuan's head. In addition, in the previous chapter, Guo Huai's appearance was also advanced, in order to throw an introduction and cause the cultivation of reserve talents. These are all changes made by Da Kun to the plot of the Three Kingdoms, and do not represent real history.