The bright sun covered the earth, and the grass broke through the soil, revealing tender green buds, and covered the earth with a velvety green carpet. The small yellow and white flowers also bloomed on the grass, swaying their graceful figures in the wind.

The cold winter has finally passed, and the officers and men of the Luoyang Army, who have been resting throughout the harsh winter, are already eager to try, and they can't wait to rush to the battlefield and fight to the death with Gongsun Zhan's Jizhou army.

It has been four or five days since he led the soldiers of the Luoyang Army to leave Handan, and along the way, Liu Wei continued to send scouts to investigate the battle situation.

Just after the cold winter, Gongsun Zhan personally led a large army to storm the plain army stationed in Dongpingshu.

Although he has no good impression of Liu Bei at all, Liu Wei does not want to bear the charge of injustice. Knowing that Dongpingshu was attacked by the Jizhou army, he immediately sent out a document asking Yuan Shao to divide his troops to relieve the siege.

Almost all of the Jizhou Army, which originally fought along the northeast route of Jizhou, was mobilized by Gongsun Zan to the area of Dongpingshu to fight to the death against the Jizhou Army and the Plains Army trapped in Dongpingshu.

Leaving Handan, Liu Wei did not lead the army to the direction of Dongpingshu, he had only one goal, that is, to bypass the battlefield and go straight to Jizhou.

During the march, Liu Wei received a report that the 50,000 troops of Gongsun Du of Liaodong had also set off and advanced straight to Yuyang.

"Your Highness!" Leading the army, he was marching rapidly, and a fast horse appeared in front of him, and the knight on horseback was galloping wildly while shouting loudly to Liu Wei.

When the war horse arrived more than ten steps away from Liu Bian, the knight turned over and jumped off the horse, ran quickly in front of Liu Bian's horse, clasped his hands into fists and bowed down and said: "Your Highness Qiqi, ten miles ahead, I found the Jizhou army!" ”

"Ten miles ahead?" The return of the Tanma made Liu Wei stunned for a moment, he frowned slightly, and asked the Tanma: "The Jizhou army should all be in the Dongpingshu area, why is there a soldier and horse in front of it?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" Clenched his fists and bowed, standing in front of Liu Wei's horse, the scout replied: "Gongsun Zhan's main force is still in the area of Dongpingshu, and in front of him are Gongsun Fan's troops and horses?" ”

"How many are there?" Hearing that Gongsun Fan's soldiers and horses were in front of him, Liu Wei smiled slightly and asked the scout, "How is the enemy deployed?" ”

"There are only more than 20,000 people in the Bohai Navy under Gongsun Fan's department!" Standing in front of Liu Bian's horse with his fists clenched, the scout said to Liu Bian: "It's just that the Bohai Navy occupies Yi County and has already laid a defensive line along the Yishui coast. On the banks of the river, there is a lot of firewood, I don't know what it is for! ”

"I'm afraid I want to attack our army halfway through." Waving his hand at the scout, and when the scout left, Liu Wei turned his head to Pang Tong on the side and asked, "What does the military advisor think our army should do?" ”

"More than 20,000 people ......" Looking ahead, Pang Tong's eyes narrowed slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Easy water and bitter cold, now it is early spring, and it is not easy for our army to cross the river. The Bohai Navy was encamped on the opposite side of the river, and only by firing rockets when our troops crossed the river, they could inflict great casualties on our troops. If they put firewood on the opposite side of the river, and when our troops are about to land, they will set up a fire......"

Pang Tong's words made Liu Wei suddenly break out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly asked Pang Tong: "Now that our army knows that the enemy army is stationed on the opposite side of the riverbank, the enemy army must also know that our army is coming, I don't know what strategy the military division has to break the enemy?" ”

"The real is the virtual, the virtual is the real!" While riding his horse and marching side by side with Liu Bian, Pang Tongyi said to Liu Bian: "Our army has trained the Tiger Benwei, and now is the time to use it!" ”

"I want to hear about it!" Pang Tong mentioned Hu Benwei, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and said to Pang Tong: "It's just that Hu Benwei has just been trained, and his combat power is still unknown......

"Tiger warriors should inspect the battlefield!" Pang Tong smiled slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "When the main force of our army arrives in Yishui, it can cut down trees all day long to make the illusion of building a boat and crossing the river, while Hu Benwei quietly marches to the river at night, and when it reaches a place where the enemy army does not check, it quietly crosses the river......

"Once the Tiger Benwei breaks through the enemy's riverbank defense, our army can take advantage of the situation to advance!" Before Pang Tong's words were finished, Liu Wei said with a sudden expression: "As long as the main force of our army crosses the river, the 20,000 Bohai Navy, but like rotten wood, will not be able to withstand the onslaught of our army at all!" ”

"Exactly!" Nodding his head, Pang Tong smiled slightly, the muscles on his face were almost squeezed together, and he became a little uglier than not smiling, and said to Liu Wei: "Zilong is thoughtful and brave, so he can lead the army to cross the river!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Wei nodded, then turned his head to a personal soldier who followed behind him and said, "Go and invite General Zilong to come!" ”

"No!" The soldier responded with a fist clenched, spun around his horse, and ran towards the back of the group.

After a while, Zhao Yun followed the soldiers who went to give the order to the front of the team, reined in the war horse, and asked Liu Wei with his fists: "Your Highness summoned the last general, I don't know what happened?" ”

"You immediately order Qi Hu Benwei!" Seeing that Zhao Yun had come to the front, Liu Wei raised his hand and pointed to the west, and said to Zhao Yun: "This evening, you will lead the Tiger Benwei to the upper reaches of Yishui, wait until you get out of the eyes of the enemy, and then find an opportunity to lead the army to cross the river at night and break through the enemy's defense line on the opposite side of the riverbank!" ”

"The last general will not fail in his mission!" Knowing that he was going to lead the army across the river, Zhao Yun was overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged his fists and took the order.

Zhao Yundou turned around, and as soon as he walked not far away, he met Lu Bu who was riding a red rabbit horse and moving forward with the army.

Seeing that Zhao Yun first arrived at the front of the team, and then turned back, Lu Bu stopped him and asked him, "General Zhao, but His Highness ordered us to attack the enemy army?" ”

"There is Yi Shui ahead, I'm afraid I can't beat it today!" Although he didn't have a good impression of Lu Bu, Lu Bu took the initiative to talk to him, and Zhao Yun didn't want to answer, so he responded very perfunctorily, then clamped his legs towards the horse's belly and rode over.

Turning his head to look at Zhao Yun, who had already walked over, Lu Bu lowered his eyelids, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and shouted behind him: "Wen Yuan, come here!" ”

Lu Bu's shout fell, and Zhang Liao, who was wearing scaly armor and carrying a halberd, ran towards him on his horse.

Before Lu Bu arrived, Zhang Liao had not had time to ask Lu Bu what was the matter of calling him, and Lu Bu had already said to Zhang Liao first: "Just now Zhao Yun went to meet His Highness, I'm afraid there is a battle to fight." We have served His Royal Highness, although we have made many military exploits, but after all, our merits are not good, and we have not been reused in the Luoyang Army. If we continue like this, I am afraid it will not be easy for us to gain fame......"

"The general has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Hearing what Lu Bu said, Zhang Liao carried the halberd, held the halberd in both hands, and said to Lu Bu: "If the general has an order, Liao will obey it!" ”

"I have already asked the king of Luoyang to fight several times, if I go again......" Looking at Zhang Liao, Lu Bu said to Zhang Liao with a hint of hesitation in his expression: "I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will be suspicious of a certain person, so why don't you ......go to Wen Yuan."

"General rest assured!" Before Lu Bu finished speaking, he stopped talking and stared at Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao pushed his fists holding the halberd forward, and said to Lu Bu: "The last general will go to see His Highness, and he will definitely fight to attack!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Lu Bu to respond, Zhang Liao was already carrying the reins, turning around the war horse and running towards the front of the team.

Looking at Zhang Liao's back, Lu Bu took a deep breath, and a somewhat smug smile pulled up at the corner of his mouth.

Following Liu Bian's campaign, although the army has not been expanded, there are many benefits that can be obtained from Liu Bian. Fame and fortune are no longer very important to Lu Bu, what he wants is to take the opportunity to expand the army under his command to increase his influence in this troubled world.

After a whole winter of fighting with Gongsun Lan, Gongsun Lan left Handan and returned to Liaodong in the spring, and left a message to Lu Bu before leaving, telling him that the reason why Liu Wei did not agree to let him expand his troops and horses was because he was afraid of him. If you want to expand the army, the only way is to ask Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other people who will be valued by Liu Wei to go to Liu Wei to ask for battle.

Gao Shun is upright, meticulous on weekdays, and he is not very good at stammering Lu Bu. Lu Bu didn't have much of a good impression of Gao Shun, and even the trapping camp that Gao Shun personally trained was handed over to Wei Xu to command during the war, and he didn't give Gao Shun too many opportunities to make contributions.

Although he knew that Liu Wei attached equal importance to Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and after thinking about it again, Lu Bu still decided to give this credit to Zhang Liao, who was relatively close to him.

Riding a horse towards the front of the team, at first passing through the team under Lu Bu, Zhang Liao marched very smoothly, when he caught up with the team of the front army of the Luoyang army, a member of the Luoyang army general suddenly stabbed Li Ze horse and rushed out, blocking his way.

"Where is General Zhang going?" Blocking Zhang Liao's way, the general of the Luoyang Army who rushed out of the oblique stab raised his hand and made a stop gesture towards Zhang Liao, and asked him expressionlessly.

Zhang Liao, who was blocked by people and was thinking about how to open his mouth to argue with Liu about the main task, suddenly felt a wave of boredom in his heart, and raised his eyes and looked forward.

What stopped him was a big man with a black face and a very rough and ugly appearance. This big man Zhang Liao is familiar, and when he was stationed in Handan, he and the general often met in the barracks.

The one who blocked Zhang Liao's way was none other than Guan Qing's elder brother, Guan Hai, who had always regarded himself as the brother-in-law of King Luoyang in the military camp.

Guan Hai was originally following the army forward, when he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, turned his head and glanced back, and saw Zhang Liao carrying a halberd and riding towards the team, he was worried that Zhang Liao would be unfavorable to Liu Wei, so he blocked Zhang Liao's way.

"Why did General Guan stop the way of the last general?" Knowing the relationship between Liu Wei and Guan Qing, Zhang Liao would not offend Guan Hai, he grabbed the reins to stop the war horse, picked up the halberd with both hands, arched towards Guan Hai, and asked Guan Hai in a gentle tone as much as possible.

"General Zhang carried a halberd in his hand and rushed to the front of the army, I don't know what he wanted?" Guan Hai was originally a straight temper, what he thought in his heart, what he said on his lips, he frowned slightly, looked at the halberd in Zhang Liao's hand, and asked Zhang Liao straight to the point.

was asked by Guan Hai, Zhang Liao subconsciously glanced at the halberd in his hand, and then realized that the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu were not regarded as his own family by the soldiers of the Luoyang Army. Although he was going to ask Liu Wei for battle, he could carry the halberd and gallop wildly in the direction where Liu Wei was, and he would inevitably be suspicious.

Suddenly realized this key, and the boredom in Zhang Liao's heart dissipated in an instant, and was replaced by a burst of panic.

Holding the halberd in both hands and riding on horseback, Zhang Liao lowered his head and handed the halberd to Guan Hai, and said very respectfully: "The last general has something important to go to see His Highness, but he ignores the blade in his hand, and hopes that the general will keep it on behalf of the last general!" ”

Guan Hai looked at Zhang Liao from head to toe very suspiciously, and was about to get close to take the halberd in Zhang Liao's hand, when a fast horse rushed over from the front of the team, and the knight on horseback shouted to Zhang Liao while galloping on horseback: "Your Highness has an order, please General Zhang to discuss military affairs!" ”