After staying overnight at Pang Shanmin's house, Pang Shanmin not only gave Liu Biao a sheepskin map, but also informed him that Pang Degong had left a message that once Liu Biao broke through Jizhou, Jizhou should be handed over to Yuan Shao, and an alliance with Yuan Shao, with Yuan Shao as the northern barrier.

After stabilizing the north, Liu Bianying took the opportunity of asking Yuan Shu for the jade seal of the country, and the Luoyang army sent troops to Huainan to occupy the Huaihe River valley with rich products and pleasant climate, and sat firmly around Luoyang and the Huaihe River valley, accumulating grain, grass, and wealth for the future conquest of the world.

Regarding the words left by Pang Degong, Liu Wei was very convinced. Since he occupied the three places of Yin, Hedong County and Hongnong County in Henan, although Liu Wei said that his troops were strong and strong, he never expanded his territory, the main reason was because he calculated that the surrounding territory, if the opponent was not strong, the attack would not outweigh the losses, or the land would be barren, and the gain would only increase the defense line.

Since ancient times, the Huai River and the Qinling Mountains have been rich and beautiful. Liu Wei's only concern is that the Huainan Army under Yuan Shu is strong, and if he wants to attack strongly, I am afraid it will not be easy.

The snowflakes were still fluttering, and the snow had been falling for several days, and there was no intention of stopping.

The snow on the ground was already so thick that it could not reach people's thighs, riding a war horse, walking in the deep snow, the snowflakes floating behind him, driven by the wind, brushed the bodies of Liu Wei and others and floated over, and fell on the ground, adding a little thickness to the plain white everywhere.

"It's snowy!" With his back to the heavy snow, he marched towards Handan City with difficulty, Liu Wei rode his horse forward, and shouted to Guan Qing and Zhao Yun who were walking on the left and right: "Before evening, we must rush back to Handan, in the wilderness, we can't even find a village......

Just as Liu Wei was shouting, a strange scream suddenly came from the snow on the side, and with this strange scream, dozens of men in snow-white winter clothes jumped up from the snow nest.

The men who jumped out had obviously been dormant in the snow for a long time, and when they rushed out, they took out their longbows from their backs, but because they were so frozen, two of them had just taken their longbows in their hands and fell into the snow.

This group of men suddenly came out from the side, and Zhao Yun and Guan Qing, who were following Liu Bian, hurriedly drew the long sword at their waists, rode their horses and jumped in front of Liu Bian, blocking him behind.

As soon as the two of them blocked Liu Wei, dozens of arrows flew towards them.

The arrows flew, but Zhao Yun and Guan Qing did not swing their swords to block, because these arrows, when they were halfway flying, they were blown aside by the fierce wind and fell into the thick snow.

"Kill!" The arrows fell to the ground one after another, and the leading man saw that the wind was fierce and the arrows were difficult to work, so he drew his long sword, roared, and rushed up to Liu Wei and the others first.

The dozens of white-clothed men who followed him shouted in unison, wading through the thick snow, and rushed towards Liu Wei and the others.

Zhao Yun and Guan Qing, who were riding in front of Liu Wei, glanced at each other, and Zhao Yun shouted to Guan Qing: "General Guan, protect Your Highness, these people will be handed over to someone to deal with!" ”

"Good!" Guan Qing responded, holding the reins in one hand and the long sword in the other, stopping Liu Wei behind him.

Zhao Yun clamped his legs hard towards the horse's belly, and rode the horse towards the group of men.

"Kill!" Zhao Yun rode his horse and rushed towards this group of men, and the leading man screamed again, picked up his long sword, and pounced on Zhao Yun.

When the leading man rushed closer, Zhao Yun took the reins and pulled the war horse, and when the war horse neighed and the two front hooves were raised high, he slashed the long sword in his hand downward, and a sword split the chest of the leading man.

The leading man didn't even have time to let out a miserable howl, he was slashed from the crotch of his leg to his chest by Zhao Yun's sword, and his whole body was like a ripe and exploded grape, red blood and internal organs gushed out, and the tired and hanging intestine fell to the ground, and the fat and greasy pile was piled up.

The leading man, who was almost split in two, fell straight forward in the snow, and when his body smashed into the internal organs that fell to the ground, a stream of blood splashed out, staining the snow red.

The leader was killed, and the dozens of men who followed behind were stunned for a moment, and then one of them shouted loudly: "They are few, brothers, kill!" ”

A sword slashed the leading man to the ground, and Zhao Yun had already suppressed this group of men in white clothes who were integrated with the snow. But this shout was like a shot in the arm, which made the men whose morale was suddenly depressed, and immediately regained their fighting spirit.

Dozens of men shouted loudly, brandished the long swords in their hands, and pounced on Zhao Yun.

In the face of the attack of dozens of people, Zhao Yun did not panic at all, he pressed his hands on the horse's back, and at the moment when the men were about to rush to the front, he jumped up in the air and rushed towards the man who rushed to the front.

Zhao Yun leaped out of the air, and his mount also spread its hooves and rushed forward violently.

Among the dozens of people who rushed towards Zhao Yun, two men saw Zhao Yun jump up, and were about to turn around and rush towards Zhao Yun, but a snow-white shadow crashed into them like the wind.

With a scream, Zhao Yun's snow-white mount slammed into the two men.

When one of them was hit, the long sword was raised high and was about to swing forward, when the front chest of the war horse slammed into his wrist.

With a crisp sound of broken bones, the man howled miserably, and the long sword in his hand was knocked in a different direction, piercing straight into his own heart.

The long sword pierced through the heart, the force was still strong, the man dragged out the miserable howl, and flew backwards in the air, and under the trajectory of his flying out, a long trail of blood was clearly reflected on the snow.

The luck of another man is no better than that of the man who was knocked out of the air. Before he could even let out a howl, he was knocked to the ground by his horse.

The thick snow was soft, and he fell in the snow, and the man was about to turn over to avoid the horse's hooves, when the heavy horse's hooves had already stepped down towards his face.

Lying in the snow nest, staring at the horse's hooves that were getting bigger and bigger in sight, the man opened his mouth so wide that he forgot the screams.

"Poof" with the sound of a horse's hooves crushing his skull, the horse's hooves stepped squarely on the door, the man's head was buried deep in the snow, and the snow that buried his head was mixed with red blood and white brains in an instant, until the war horse ran past, and his lower body exposed on the surface of the snow was still spasming.

At the same time that the war horse knocked over the two men, Zhao Yun had already jumped to a distance of only one sword from the man in front, and when the man was holding the long sword and yelling to slash the long sword at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun's hand holding the sword suddenly handed forward, and the long sword "poofed", penetrated from the man's throat, and pierced his neck.

Liu Wei, who was stationed not far away to watch the battle, never drew his long sword, he knew very well that Zhao Yun, who had entered Handan in the midst of ten thousand armies, was still more than enough to deal with these dozens of assassins!

Riding on horseback, Liu Wei held the reins in his hand, his face was grim, watching Zhao Yun fight with the group of men, and saw the blood splashed on the chests of the men and fell in the snow.

Rushing into the midst of dozens of men, Zhao Yun flashed around, and with every swing of his sword, a man in white would fall to the ground with blood.

The fallen man in white had his clothes in harmony with the snow, but the blood they splattered turned the snow red.

The snow was still flying, and goose-feather flakes fell to the ground, and the blood stains on the ground were soon covered with snow flakes.

One by one, the men in white fell, and when Zhao Yun put away the long sword, in front of him, only two men were still standing there.

Seeing that their companions were pierced by Zhao Yun one by one and fell into the snow, the two men were already panicking. They were holding long swords, leaning slightly and looking at Zhao Yun with horror in their eyes.

Every time Zhao Yun took a step forward, the two men would take a step back. I don't know if it's because it's too cold, or if it's panic in their hearts, the hands of the two of them holding swords are shaking violently.

"Ask them who assigned them." Riding on horseback, looking at the two men from a distance, Liu Wei frowned slightly and shouted to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun didn't say anything, he held the long sword in his right hand, and approached the two men step by step with a gloomy face.

Every time he took a step, the two men would have a heavy feeling that their hearts were pressed against a thousand pounds.

Hearing Liu Wei's shout, the two men glanced at each other, and the moment they glanced at each other, the panic on their faces had turned into decisiveness.

Seeing that the faces of the two were different, Zhao Yun knew that it was not good, and hurriedly rushed towards the two men.

It's a pity that before he could rush closer, the two men had already raised their long swords and stabbed each other's hearts fiercely.

As two streams of blood shot out, the long swords in the hands of the two men pierced through each other's chests, and their bodies fell straight to the side.

Zhao Yun, who rushed to the front but was a step late, looked down at the two corpses, with a trace of regret and helplessness on his face.

Seeing that the two men in white gave each other a sword, Liu Wei's brows furrowed tightly, staring at the corpses all over the ground, and he was speechless for a long time.

Next to a pile of corpses, Zhao Yun squatted on the ground and looked at the corpses all over the ground. After a long while, he stood up, gave a whistle, first called the war horse to the front, then turned over and jumped on the horse's back, and ran towards Liu Wei.

When he arrived in front of Liu Bian, Zhao Yun rode on horseback, clasped his fists and said to Liu Bian: "Your Highness, the last general has already inspected it, and the assassins are all wearing white linen clothes, lined with the military uniforms of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses. ”

"What a cover!" As soon as Zhao Yun's words fell, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth, as if he was talking to himself: "This king has left Handan, and few people know about it except for me and others. That Gongsun Zan is far away in the northeast of Jizhou, how can he know the whereabouts of this king? Even if he knew, we had only stayed at Pound's house for one night, and the Assassins would not have been able to give the Assassins. Besides, if I were an Assassin, would I be stupid enough to act in my own uniform? The reason why those two committed suicide was probably because their family members were being controlled, and if they didn't die, the whole family would be ambushed. If not, but mortals have the desire to live, how can they die so resolutely? ”

When Liu Wei said this, Zhao Yun and Guan Qing were stunned, Guan Qing hesitated for a moment, and asked Liu Wei: "Who does Your Highness think is responsible for this?" ”

"Nothing!" Liu Wei shook his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said to Guan Qing: "This person is in Handan, but I don't know who it is." ”

"But what about Gongsun Lan?" Hearing that the person who sent the assassin was in Handan, Guan Qing immediately thought of Gongsun Lan and subconsciously asked.

"Right now, Gongsun Lan hasn't gotten enough benefits from this king!" With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Liu Wei slowly shook his head and said to Guan Qing: "It won't be her!" ”