After some discussion, Yuan Shao decided to temporarily stop attacking Gaoyi, and handed over 10,000 elite soldiers to the general Wen Chou, who went to ambush thirty miles northwest of Gaoyi, and waited for Xian Yufu to lead his troops to pass through and block his retreat, and then besieged Xian Yufu with Yuan Shao's main force left in Qianqiu Pavilion.

In order to ensure that the siege could be completely victorious, Yuan Shao even sent an urgent report to the Liyi Department besieging Gatao, ordering it to bypass Gamo and rush to Wuchengmo to join his own division to ensure that the troops were sufficient and sufficient.

On this day, Tai Shici led fifty light horsemen out of the Yuan clan and went straight to Jishui.

In order to avoid encountering Yuan Shao's scouts and exposing his whereabouts, Tai Shici chose to march in the direction of the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains in the west, and tried to use the rolling hills as a cover as much as possible.

The fifty horsemen who followed behind Tai Shi Ci were all from the elite of the cavalry battalion under Zhao Yun in Ningcheng, and when they came out, they all carried two horses, and the horses carried a sufficient amount of arrows and grain and grass on their backs, which could ensure that they could quickly get rid of danger when encountering danger.

When Tai Shici fought against Gongsun Zhan's army in Youzhou, he also made a lot of limelight, but compared with Zhao Yun's great military exploits, there was still a certain gap. Liu He sent him to Jizhou to help in the war, although it was full of dangers, it was also a good time to make a name for himself and accumulate meritorious deeds. Far away from Zhao Yun's light, Tai Shici became confident, and he secretly made up his mind that he must fight a few beautiful battles in Jizhou to repay his son's kindness.

Because he didn't know the exact location of Zhang Yan's troops in Ludao, Tai Shi Ci had to cross Jishui and look for the whereabouts of the Black Mountain Army near Zanhuang Mountain on the west side of Fang County.

The county hoarded grain and grass for Yuan Shao's army to march north, and it was guarded by 3,000 soldiers led by generals Zhang Xu and Su You. The house county is only twenty miles away from the Qianqiu Pavilion, and once something happens here, Yuan Shao can immediately send troops to rescue. Last time, the Black Mountain Army Sun Qing and Wang Dang led their troops to sneak attack House County, but they were defeated by the Gao Lan Department who rushed to help.

When Tai Shici led the team to the shore of Jishui, it was almost dark. It is twenty miles away from Zanhuang Mountain, and it is also twenty miles away from Fangxian County.

The weather in the sixth month of the lunar calendar was already very hot, and the soldiers were covered in sweat stains after a whole day of marching. Tai Shi Ci asked the soldiers to dismount and jump into the water to take a good bath, while he himself came to the south bank to take charge of the guard.

It was also a coincidence that last time Sun Qing and Wang Dang came to attack the house county on Zhang Yan's order, and after being repelled by Gao Lan, they hid their troops in the Zanhuang Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to attack the house county again and make up for the lost face. In the afternoon of this day, Sun Qing took a few skilled subordinates out of Zanhuang Mountain and approached Fangxian along the south bank of Jishui, wanting to touch the movements of the defenders in the county.

When Sun Qing and his entourage quietly came to a river beach, they suddenly heard the sound of rushing water in front of them, so they climbed to the top of a big tree with their ability to be as light as a swallow, and finally discovered the situation on the other side of the river by the dim light before dark.

The cavalry in the river was still bathing, and the war horses were also led to the water's edge to drink water and eat grass, although the movement was not big, but it had already aroused Sun Qing's mind.

Sun Qing saw clearly, those war horses on the other side of the river were all first-class good horses, if he could grab a few, he would not have failed to come out today. So he quietly slipped down the tree, returned to the place where his men were hiding, and whispered: "Brothers, there are dozens of cavalry on the other side of the river, I don't know where they came from, they took off their armor and went down to the river to bathe, and the war horses were scattered on the river beach. We quietly swam upstream, and then, when they weren't looking, each grabbed a horse and rode away, surely not being caught by them. ”

Several subordinates nodded one after another, very supportive of Sun Qing's proposal.

At this moment, someone suddenly said behind Sun Qing's back: "Don't move!" The bow and arrow are ruthless, whoever moves will die! ”

Sun Qing's subordinates followed the voice and saw a strong man with a tiger's body and ape arm holding a riding bow, which was already full of bowstrings, and was pointing an arrow at their leader, Sun Qing.

Several people are not vulgar hands, and they are even more vigilant when walking outside, and the other party can approach the winding without everyone noticing, which means that this person is very skillful.

Sun Qing stabilized his mind, turned his back to the person who came, and said, "I don't know where the hero came from?" In the Lower Black Mountain, Sun Qing, Pingnan Zhonglang will be under the command of Master Zhang Yan, I don't know if I can take a step to speak? ”

The person who forced Sun Qing with a bow was naturally Tai Shici who crossed the river to guard. Not to mention Sun Qing, even Zhang Yan himself came today, and he only had to be arrested.

Tai Shi Ci said to Sun Qing: "I heard what you just said!" I am the commander of the cavalry on the other side of the river, and if you want to cross the river and grab the horses, you will not be able to do so. But if you can answer me a few questions, I'll give you some good horses. ”

Sun Qing said: "The people of the mountains and wilderness have never seen a good horse, and they have moved their minds, but they have made this adult smile." I wonder what's wrong with adults? ”

Tai Shici put down his bow and arrows, approached a few people, and said, "After Zhang Yan of Montenegro was repelled by Yuan Shao, where is he hiding now?" ”

Several people saw that Tai Shici's threat to Sun Qing was lifted, so they quietly glanced at Sun Qing.

Sun Qing slowly turned around, faced Tai Shici, and said, "Do you want to know the hiding place of our leader? You'll have to ask me...... Hand...... Middle...... Knife! ”

Before Sun Qing's words could be finished, he suddenly pulled out his waist knife and slashed at Tai Shi Ci.

In the next moment, several of Sun Qing's subordinates saw that their leader was kicked by Tai Shi Ci, and suddenly fell into the river.

Several guys were suddenly anxious and besieged Tai Shici together, but they were knocked down by Tai Shici a few times, and they rolled on the ground one by one in pain.

The soldiers on the other side of the river suddenly saw a figure flying into the river, and immediately became vigilant, and some people immediately rushed to the river beach, regardless of the fact that there was still a thread on their bodies, they picked up their bows and aimed at the river.

Sun Qing shouted in the river: "Heroes, stop quickly, and serve now!" ”

After being beaten by Tai Shi Ci, Sun Qing and his subordinates were much more honest, and after being raped to the riverbank, they began to answer Tai Shi Ci's questions seriously.

Tai Shici said: "I was sent by Lord Liu Bo'an, the pastor of Youzhou, to reinforce Jizhou, and our target is Yuan Shao, not the Montenegrin Army." You don't have to doubt my identity now, if I were Yuan Shao's person, you would all be dead by now! This time, I led the team out to find your main force and discuss how to join forces to deal with Yuan Shao. ”

After listening to Tai Shi Ci's introduction, Sun Qing became less vigilant in his heart, and said: "Please also ask Commander Tai Shi to forgive me for the disrespect I had just now, our Grand Commander will bring another team out of the mountain this time, and we are not in the same place as our team on Zanhuang Mountain, as for where I am hiding now, I don't know." ”

Tai Shi Ci knew that the other party was still unwilling to reveal Zhang Yan's traces to him, so he said: "I have here a letter jointly written by Zhengnan of Jizhou Zhizhong and Lord Changshan Xiangsun to your commander, I hope you can hand it over to him as soon as possible." Yuan Shao is powerful and difficult to deal with, if the three of us don't join forces, they will be broken by him when the time comes, and no one will be able to fall behind. ”

Sun Qing stretched out his hand to take the letter handed by Tai Shici, didn't say anything, and left the river with his men.

After walking more than a dozen steps, Sun Qing turned around and said to Tai Shi Ci: "I don't know if Tai Shi has a chance of winning against Wen Chou and Gao Lan, the fierce generals under Yuan Shao's command?" ”

Tai Shi Ci smiled indifferently and replied: "Wen Chou is just a horse, Gao Ran is in vain, if he is met by me, he will naturally not be spared!" ”

"Please also ask the Taishi Duwei to wait around here for two days, and I will personally bring back the meaning of the Great Commander at that time."

After Sun Qing said this, he gradually disappeared into the jungle and disappeared.

That night, Tai Shici hid his team on the edge of a hidden river bay on the north bank of Jishui to rest. During the day of the next day, Tai Shici led the team to carefully reconnoiter the terrain of thirty miles up and down the banks of Jishui, and easily killed more than a dozen reconnaissance rangers sent by Fang County.

At night, Tai Shici came alone to the outside of the city wall of Fangxian County, circled the city, and then returned to the camp unharmed. When the guards at the head of the city heard the movement below, they shot at Lu Xia with their bows and arrows, but they were all dodged by Tai Shici.

On the evening of the third day, Sun Qing came to Jishui with a team of 100 people.

Seeing each other again, Sun Qing was much more polite to Tai Shi Ci, he took out a letter and handed it to Tai Shi Ci, and said: "The Great Commander has agreed to the proposal of the three parties to join forces to deal with Yuan Shao, but he hopes that you can come up with a concrete and feasible strategy, otherwise it will only be in vain and will not solve the actual problem." ”

Tai Shi Ci thought for a moment and said: "This matter is very important, allow me to return to the Yuan clan to report to the Duwei." This is the place where you connect, and three days later, you come here and wait for news. ”

The two groups then separated, Sun Qing returned to Zanhuang Mountain, and Tai Shici returned to Yuan.

In the afternoon, when Tai Shici walked thirty miles away from Yuanshi City, he suddenly found that there were traces of a large number of soldiers and horses walking on the ground, so he was alarmed. He followed these traces and walked five miles further, only to find the Wen Chou Department that had been ambushed in front of him!

When Tai Shi Ci discovered Wen Chou's troops, the secret post hidden in the high place also discovered Tai Shi Ci, so a team of soldiers and horses immediately rushed out to intercept Tai Shi Ci.

At this time, Wen Chou, who had set up an ambush, was worried that the small group of cavalry that suddenly appeared would go to the Yuan clan to warn, so he had to leave Tai Shici behind. And Tai Shici, who discovered Yuan Shao's troops, was naturally very vigilant and wanted to return to the Yuan clan immediately and report this major discovery to Xian Yufu.

The leader who led the team to catch Tai Shici was named Guo Yuan, the word Shuye, a native of Guangzong in Anping, Jizhou, and a fierce general under Yuan Shao, who liked to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and looked powerful and strong, with an ugly and hideous appearance, so that a crescent halberd, and the bow horse was very skillful.

It is said that Wen Chou is an ugly monster, in fact, this Guo Yuan is even uglier than Wen Chou, and I don't know how Yuan Shao, who likes to judge people by their appearance, took this goods in the first place.

Guo Yuan came with two hundred cavalry to stop Tai Shici, thinking it would be a piece of cake, but it turned out to be a kick on the steel plate.