At the beginning of December of the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shang led the troops to go to Jishui, took the boat to cross, more than 7,000 soldiers and horses took the night and day as the time limit, flew through the Jishui, and entered the Qingzhou boundary, so far, Yuan Shang and the others finally broke away from Cao Cao's boundary, and completely returned to the boundary of Hebei.

After returning, Yuan Shang and his group rested on the north bank of Jishui for half a day, and then set up troops to go in the direction of Linzi City, according to Yuan Shang's requirements, the whole army was divided into three roads, with Yuan Shang and Lu Lingqi in the center, Zhang Jaw Gaolan each led an army behind, distributed on the left and right sides as a reality, and carefully advanced slowly.

Although I don't understand what Yuan Shang's intentions are so careful, Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran still did as he ordered, more than 7,000 people marched step by step, slowly advancing, traveling more than ten miles a day, marching like a turtle speed, making everyone confused, and secretly hesitating in their hearts, but Yuan Shang didn't say the reason, every time he asked him, he was humming and chirping about him, pretending to be crazy and stupid to find a way to deal with you.

Yuan Shang did this, in fact, he had to suffer, although he knew that Yuan Shao's two sons were fratricidal and attacked each other in history, but others did not know the way, and now at this time Yuan Tan is still in front of his Qingzhou assassin history, and there is no malice at all, if he talks casually, he will leave a narrow-minded impression on others, and the gains outweigh the losses.

After a careful march for a day, when the sun set, Yuan Shang and his party came to the edge of a valley. The name of the mountain is Yiqi Mountain, and the deep valley is nameless.

Gao Ran personally surveyed the nearby terrain, and finally, he suggested that Yuan Shang camp in the valley, one is that the valley is full of trees, so that the soldiers and horses can rest for a night, and the other is that the valley mouth stands between the foot of the mountain, the terrain is uneven, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the water source is very close, suitable for camping.

After Gao Ran selected the camp, he immediately invited Yuan Shang to inspect it, and explained to Yuan Shang while investigating.

"Third son, you see, this valley is easy to defend, as long as you set up some wooden fences, you can easily intercept the valley mouth, make full use of the terrain to defend, just send a small number of soldiers to patrol the night, you will be fine, and you can also let the soldiers of the three armies sleep well tonight."

For these specific security matters, Yuan Shang naturally does not have Gao Ran's insiders, Gao Ran is good at martial arts, and the camp is handed over to him to establish, and Yuan Shang can be regarded as relieved.

Therefore, every time Gao Ran introduced, Yuan Shang should nod his head, and then said perfunctorily: "General Gao is very capable." Or, "General Gao has a good eye." ”

After about a while, Gao Ran had already introduced all the terrain in the valley to Yuan Shang, and then rubbed his somewhat dry palms, and said with a smile: "Third son, the last general feels that he is rooted here, surrounded by mountains and rivers, full of dangers, and there is a water source nearby. ”

Yuan Shang stood beside Gao Ran, looked at this valley that was in danger and contacted the danger, and nodded with satisfaction: "The place selected by General Gao is very good, and I can't say anything wrong, but I just want to ask General Gao one thing." ”

Seeing that Yuan Shang couldn't point out anything wrong, Gao Ran was quite proud in his heart, and an arrogance as a martial artist arose.

"If Childe has any doubts, please make it clear."

Yuan Shang scratched his head slightly, raised his hand and pointed to the valley, and said: "General Gao, this place is surrounded by mountains on both sides, facing water on the other, occupying the terrain and danger, it is a good place to rest, but if someone comes to sneak attack, how should we deal with it, and if something goes wrong, where should we escape." ”

Gao Ran couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, and sighed secretly, yes, here it is again!

"The third son, the last general has a sentence that has been held back for a long time, but today I can't help but say, we are no longer in the Central Plains, Qingzhou is under the jurisdiction of the lord, even if the Cao army is belligerent, it is definitely not afraid to come at will, the son has not been like this in the hinterland of the Central Plains, how can the more he goes to his own territory, the more timid he is, the son has always said sneak attack, sneak attack, but I don't know where this sneak attack comes from?" …,

Yuan Shang didn't seem to hear Gao Lan's words, touched his chin and said to himself: "General Gao, take a closer look, do you realize that the place where we set up camp is very much like a cage that is closed on three sides and has only one exit?" ”

"Childe you"

Gao Ran's tone was suffocated, and he sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said, "Then according to the child's opinion, what should I do tonight?" ”

Yuan Shang blinked and said, "There is only one exit, let's hold it, there is nothing, but if we can't hold it, let the sneak attackers rush in."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shang sighed regretfully: "We will hold ourselves in this valley and let people close the door and beat the dogs." ”

Gao Ran couldn't help sneering when he heard this, and said: "The word son is fresh, but the use of the truth is not very appropriate, how can anyone describe his own soldiers and horses as dogs?" I'm afraid something is wrong. ”

"Oh!" Yuan Shang hurriedly nodded and agreed: "I'm sorry, my analogy is a little inappropriate, how does General Gao think that catching turtles in the urn is a word?" ””

Gao Ran's eyelids twitched, and he said: "I haven't heard of this word before, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is not as good as the one just now."

"Anyway!" Yuan Shang opened his mouth and interrupted Gao Lan's words: "Whether it's a dog or a turtle, we don't want to be it, and we can't be, but this big cage, since it can trap us, why can't we use him to trap those thieves who want to attack us?" General Gao, I have a plan, now I will listen to you, you hurry up and go to General Zhang, act according to my method, there must be no mistakes! ”

Gao Ran's eyelids twitched, and finally he had to sigh helplessly and arch his hand:

"No"

After getting Yuan Shang's generals, Gao Ran immediately went to find Zhang Jaw to arrange, and it happened that Deng Chang, Lu Lingqi, Xiahou Juan and others were all there, and then ordered Yuan Shang's strategy.

After listening to Gao Lan's words, Lu Lingqi couldn't help frowning, and said strangely: "Your third son has never been like this when he was in the Central Plains, why are you so careful the more you get to the hinterland of Hebei?" ”

Gao Ran shook his head and said, "Who says it's not?" You think about the layout of the son, where it seems to be encamped, it is clear that the formation is to defend against the enemy, the soldiers are running around and working hard, and finally returned to their own territory, but they can't sleep peacefully, and now there are rumors everywhere in the army, quite dissatisfied, but the third son still doesn't give an explanation, it's really anxious to die. ”

Xiahou Juan pouted on the side, and nodded dissatisfiedly, first pointed at the top, stretched out three fingers, gently patted his plump little buttocks, and then made a blocked posture with both hands, shook it left and right twice, and then straightened his two forearms, pretended to draw a bow and shoot arrows, and fluttered hard, still babbling in his mouth.

"Aba, Aba, Abba Aba."

Gao Ran looked at her stunned for a long time, then turned his head and asked everyone, "Who can understand what she said?" ”

Deng Chang cleared his throat heavily, and said incomprehensibly: "She said that you Yuan Sangongzi are not holding back a fart, there is nothing to do left and right, and the whole bird is frightened, and it is really fucking poor to toss the dead." ”

When Xiahou Juan heard this, he immediately showed a bright smile.

Lu Lingqi opened her mouth wide and looked at Deng Chang in surprise: "I can't see that you old man lives in a daze on weekdays, but he has a bit of eyesight, Xiahou sister is so dumb, you can actually explain it?" ”

Deng Chang proudly straightened his chest and said: "That is, the old man has lived for dozens of years, and he has walked more bridges than you have walked. ”

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After all, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and everyone still acts according to Yuan Shang's arrangement.

The night is gradually deepening, tonight's dark clouds for some reason, like a special gathering, the already faint moonlight under its cover, it seems extraordinarily cold and quiet, the so-called moon dark wind high murderous night, it may be said that the sky is like this. …,

And at this moment, three miles away from the north of Yuan Shang and the others' troops, in the rolling mountains and thickets, a Biao army slowly poked its head out, like hungry jackals, staring closely at the bright bonfire in the valley not far away, and a pair of greedy eyes seemed to glow with a faint green light.

The horses were walking very carefully, and the horses' hooves and mouths were tightly wrapped in strips of cloth, for fear of making too much noise and disturbing the enemy troops in the distance.

The leader of the thieves looked up at the sky, and asked the people behind him in a haze: "How many days is it?" ”

"If you turn around, it's too late"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the thief leader turn around viciously and interrupt him, looking angry: "Stop! What a boss! Call me Qu Shuai, Qu Shuai! Now we are not thieves, but regular military horses under Yan Shuai! Do you get it! ”

"No!" A neat burst of answers.

The Black Mountain Thief Commander looked back, stared fiercely at the firelight in the distance, and continued: "This time, we are under the order of Yan Shuai, pretending to be a thief to prevent Yuan Shang's son from returning to Jizhou. Kill when you should kill, rob when you should rob, don't hesitate for a minute and when you speak, don't show your flaws as if you just now, you can know if you can wait!"

"No!"

The leader of the black mountain thieves nodded with satisfaction, looked up at the dark sky, then licked his lips, and said: "Wait for the sky to get darker, and when the hour comes, you will follow me into the valley, and when you see Yuan Shao's son, don't ask for a long time to kill!" ”