When I opened my eyes the next day, it was already dawn.

After Xu Han finished washing, his spirit had just woken up from his confusion, and Ling Zirui came to ask for a meeting.

At this time, Ling Zirui's expression was indifferent, not sad or happy, which was very different from yesterday's changeable mood, and it seemed that he had regained the temperament of a military advisor who was strategizing.

"General, I thought about it all night last night, and I felt that the south was not a place to stay for a long time, and we had to leave this place as soon as possible, and not find a place to stay." Ling Zirui arched his hand.

It's been so quick to get into the groove...... Xu Han felt very relieved, and said: "What Mr. said is exactly what I have been thinking in the past few days, I wonder if Mr. has any ideas?" ”

"If the general wants to achieve a hegemony, he must first have the foundation to achieve hegemony, and I have a suitable place in my heart, but I don't know if the general is willing to go." Ling Zirui stroked his beard and said.

Xu Han said with a smile: "I also have a place in my heart, but I don't know if it is the same as what Mr. thinks." In this way, let's write each place in the palm of our hands, and then open it at the same time to see if what the hero sees is slightly the same. ”

Ling Zirui became curious, so he agreed with Xu Han's proposal, took pen and ink, and wrote what he thought in his palm.

The two of them stretched out their palms, looked at each other, and slowly released their fingers.

Luoyang!

Xu Han's expression was flat, as if he had expected this.

Ling Zirui's face showed exclamation, looking at the word "Luoyang" in Xu Han's palm, Ling Zirui faintly felt that Xu Han seemed to have already calculated everything.

"General, didn't you take the initiative to ask Emperor Li to come to the south, in order to take the opportunity to break away from the Yi country, so that you could have a chance to take the city of Luoyangzhou?" Ling Zirui asked in surprise.

Xu Han smiled and said nothing, acquiescing to Ling Zirui's guess.

Ling Zirui's face once again showed a deep shock, which was admiration for Xu Han's foresight, and in addition to admiration, he added a little confidence.

Such a far-sighted, heroic and strategic person, why worry about not doing something!

The two have the same opinion, and they both think that King Han is a mediocre and old man, and the scholars of Luoyang City seem to belong on the surface, but in fact, they are all pregnant with ghosts.

The plan has been decided, and a few days later, Ling Zirui's detailed work in the imperial capital of Xuan State sent back information that Emperor Deng had secretly transferred the troops on the front line of Shanchun City and planned to personally conquer the south.

Xu Han was unwilling to consume his precious troops with Xuan Guo, so he immediately made a decision to lead 6,000 cavalry, Ling Zirui, Cheng Ping, Zhou Liang, etc., as well as the captive Man Li, to leave the south and go to Luoyang Prefecture City.

The soldiers and horses marched in the starry night, and five days later, the forward entered Qianyang, which belonged to the city of Luoyang.

The state city of Luoyang City, under the jurisdiction of Huaishang, Jiangdu, Guangling and other three counties, this Qianyang belongs to the northernmost Huaishang County of Luoyang City, if you want to seize Luoyang City, you must first seize Qianyang, knock on the gate of the north of this Luoyang City.

When Xu Han was thinking about it, a scout galloped over.

"Report to the general, thirty miles ahead of you found the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City, and there are about more than 10,000 people and horses."

"King Han's reaction is still very fast." Xu Han's sword eyebrows moved slightly, and he asked, "Do you know who the enemy will be?" ”

"According to the last general's inquiry, the enemy general is Jiang Zheng, the Zhonglang general under the command of King Han."

Ling Zirui next to him said: "This Jiang Zheng is not famous, let's use a little trick, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat him." It's just that after all, we have few soldiers and generals in our hands, and if we provoke King Han to raise a large army to resist, we will only be afraid of ......"

Xu Han nodded but agreed, although King Han was not ambitious, he still had the ability, and there were more than 100,000 armored men under him, and he wanted to swallow Luoyang City in one breath with six thousand steps, which was obviously not very reliable.

If King Han was really so straw bale, he would have been destroyed by the Xuan Kingdom or the Yi Kingdom a long time ago, how could he survive to this day?

After weighing these, Xu Han nodded slightly: "What Mr. said is extremely true, King Han is powerful, and if you want to annex his foundation, you can't rush for a while, you have to establish a firm foothold in Luoyang City first, and then slowly figure it out." ”

Ling Zirui secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What he was most afraid of was that Xu Han was in a hurry to succeed and tried to take Luoyang City by force, and now that he saw Xu Han hearing this, he couldn't help but admire Xu Han's composure and calmness.

"At the moment, we have not openly betrayed Emperor Li, and King Han has at least superficially declared that he supports Emperor Li to expand his territory, I think we can make a fuss on this point." Ling Zirui stroked his beard and smiled a little mysteriously.

"What's your plan, sir?" Xu Han's eyes lit up and showed strong interest.

In fact, Xu Han had already calculated a set of strategies in his heart, and he vaguely guessed that Ling Zirui was probably similar to what he thought, but now it was different from the past, and now that Ling Zirui was his own military advisor, he had to give him space to show himself, so that he felt that he could be useful in his hands.

Ling Zirui was unhurried, and slightly explained his plan.

Ling Zirui thought that they could use the banner of Emperor Li and in the name of uniting with the King of Han, they proposed to the King of Han to be stationed in Qianyang, and Xu Han would join forces to deal with the Xuan Kingdom.

King Han didn't dare to offend the Yi State, and he didn't want to directly clash with the Xuan State, so after weighing the two, he had no choice but to accept Xu Han's joint request.

In this way, Xu Han can settle down in Luoyang City in a grand manner, take the opportunity to expand his power, buy people's hearts, and then wantonly plot Luoyang City.

After listening to Ling Zirui's brilliant plan, Xu Han smiled in his heart.

Ling Zirui's strategy was exactly what he thought, but Xu Han further improved it, "Sir's strategy is very much in line with my wishes." ”

Ling Zirui became more and more proud, and said: "Since this is the case, then there is no need to fight this battle, let's camp for the time being, although we will send someone to negotiate with King Han." ”

"No, this battle must be fought!" The murderous aura in Xu Han's tone gradually revealed.

Ling Zirui was stunned, his expression was suddenly a little dazed, "Since the general also agreed to join forces with King Han, why did he still use force?" ”

Xu Leng laughed: "If you want to join forces with the old slippery head of King Han, it is not enough to rely on Emperor Li's name, you have to rely on this!" ”

The blade-like gaze suddenly froze, Xu Han held the long knife in his hand tighter, although he still had the name of Emperor Li's general, but no matter the reputation, status or strength, he was not comparable to those powerful vassal kings.

King Han has 100,000 soldiers in his hand, how can he obediently open the door to welcome guests, and ally with him who only has 6,000 soldiers and horses?

Therefore, Xu Han decided to give Han Zhaofu some color after the battle, let him see his strength clearly, and then force him to the negotiation table.

Ling Zirui hadn't yet comprehended Xu Han's intentions, and his expression was a little dazed for a while.

"If you don't fight, let King Han see how powerful I am, can he put down his body and form an alliance with me?" Xu Han explained.

Ling Zirui suddenly realized, his eyes showed admiration, and he exclaimed: "I didn't expect the general to think so thoroughly, well, it seems that this battle must be fought." ”

"Not only do you have to fight, but you also have to fight beautifully, until King Han is convinced, and he takes the initiative to negotiate with me." Xu Han's tone was arrogant, and his eyes flashed with a fierce murderous aura.

"The battle is going to be fought beautifully...... In that case, you'll have to plan a good plan......"

Ling Zirui stroked his beard and muttered to himself, and after a while, a smile flashed through the gap between his eyes that narrowed into a line.

……

Thirty miles away, an army of 10,000 men was marching.

Under the banner of the word "Jiang", a military general with thick eyebrows is in front of the cold, and it is Jiang Zheng, a general under King Han.

As soon as the horse galloped forward, and before it could get close, the middle-aged Confucian shouted: "General, quickly order the whole army to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot." ”

Jiang Zheng looked back and saw that the person who came was the most trusted military advisor under King Han, Rui'an.

"How can we camp here if we want to get ahead of the enemy and seize the favorable terrain ahead?" Jiang Zheng asked.

Rui An reined in his mount and said loudly: "Xu Han is the general of the Yi country, this time he may not be an enemy of us, have you forgotten that King Han has told us that we must not conflict with the other party without authorization?" ”

"But ......"

Jiang Zheng was about to say more, but Rui An interrupted with a wave of his hand, and said unhappily: "King Han ordered me to be the prison army, you just need to listen to the order, why do you need to ask!" ”

Rui'an's commanding tone made Jiang Zheng very uncomfortable to hear, but he had to obey.

Jiang Zheng had no choice but to order the camp on the spot.

A few hours later, Jiang Zheng received a report from the scouts, saying that Xu Han's army had stopped advancing outside the twentieth day and had also set up camp.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Hanjun sent an envoy, claiming that he was ordered by Emperor Li to unite with the King of Han and jointly crusade against Xuan.

In the big tent, Rui An looked at Xu Han's handwriting and said with a smile: "As I expected, Xu Han is not hostile here. ”

Jiang Zheng said suspiciously: "That Xu Han first took the south, and then defeated Deng Zhe, and did not take advantage of the victory to attack Xuandu, but instead abandoned the south and came to Luoyang City, the last general thought that his move was very suspicious, or not to be gullible." ”

"Xu Han is only one of the many generals under Emperor Li's account, even if he has some ability to defeat Deng Zhe, what tricks can he play, does he dare to rely on thousands of lonely troops to attack my Luoyang City?"

Rui An sneered, his tone full of disdain, as if he was laughing at Jiang Zheng's words.

Jiang Zheng's brows furrowed, and there was bitter water in his heart, but he could only swallow it silently.

At sunset, Xu Hanjun camped.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xu Han was staring at the map of Luoyang City on the case.

On that map, the mountains and rivers of Luoyang City are dangerous, and every place is clearly drawn, and this map is from Ling Zirui's masterpiece.

Ling Zirui's hometown is from Huaishang, and Huaishang belongs to Luoyang City.

Not long ago, when Ling Zirui decided to board Xu Han's "thief ship", he spent the night drawing this map of his well-known hometown.

Where soldiers are used, what is paid attention to is knowing the time of the sky and the advantage of the place.

Most of the time, the time of day is not so easy to predict, and the location has become the most important objective condition.

Xu Han looked at the roads leading to Qianyang on the map, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he secretly had a plan in his heart.

The curtain was lifted, and Ling Zirui entered excitedly.

"General, my plan has worked, it's time for you to exert your might!"

Ling Zirui smiled proudly and presented a letter to Xu Han.

Xu Han took the letter and looked at it, and there was a slight sneer on his face.

It was Rui'an's reply, which was very polite, expressing Rui'an's friendliness, and saying that he had sent someone to Pegasus back to Luoyang City to report that King Han had come to unite. In addition, in order to show friendship, people will be sent to deliver wine and food later, so as to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

"The army of Luoyang City did not seize the advantageous terrain, and now they are sending people to work the army, obviously Na Rui'an has been confused by the general's letter, I think that the general can now lead the light cavalry to copy the path and take Qianyang directly."

Ling Zirui stroked his beard and said proudly.

The northeastern part of Qianyang is mountainous, and there are several trails leading to Qianyang, where Ling Zirui traveled when he was young and knows the terrain of this area well.

At present, Rui'an and his more than 10,000 Luoyang City troops have confronted Xu Han here, and Qianyang must be empty.

In addition, Rui An had been confused by Xu Han's so-called alliance under the banner of Emperor Li, and most of them relaxed their vigilance, and at this time, it was an excellent time to surprise Qianyang.