An unflagged army was marching along an unknown river in Youzhou.

Reaching the col, the army slowly stopped, and then began to camp.

It was extremely quiet along the way, the soldiers didn't know anything, and the general who led the army had a solemn face on his face, it was Koji Yi.

Luo Yan stepped down from the carriage, and Koji Yi rode over and asked, "Childe, this is getting more and more deviant, and now I don't know where it is, how can we get to the designated place on time?" ”

The most taboo thing about marching is to get lost, so either have a guide or follow the path recorded in the Kanyu map.

Those trails are generally not used, because marching is not the same as walking alone.

Koji Yi's tone was a little anxious, the secluded territory was not a plain, especially in the north of Jicheng, where the countless branches of the Yanshan Mountain Range extended out.

Once you get lost, it's unimaginable.

Luo Yan laughed softly: "General Koji, don't worry, the road is here." ”

After saying that, in front of Liyi's eyes, Luo Yan took out an emerald green whistle.

The whistle looked very ordinary, like a whistle made by pulling out the inside of the verdant branches that can be found everywhere on the roadside, and then drilling a few holes in the bark.

Koji Yi was born in the most ordinary poor family in Liangzhou, so naturally he hadn't read history, but he still knew a little about the legend of Luo's, and he was immediately a little surprised.

Could it be that the legend that is absurd and like a myth is true?

I saw Luo Yan blow the whistle hard, and it was extremely loud, and even sounded with a little whimpering under the loudness.

The melodious voice spread far, far away, and seemed to reach the nine heavens.

"Wow!"

Koji Yi saw a huge Hai Dongqing flying from a great distance, and then hovered above them, as if to confirm the direction, and then suddenly fell, setting off a gust of wind.

That Hai Dongqing really deserves to be the Liaodong Divine Bird, the god is unusually handsome, and it falls in front of Luo Yan, but it is extremely well-behaved, Luo Yan laughed loudly and went forward and touched its head, and Hai Dongqing made a few sounds.

"I see."

When Hai Dongqing stopped whimpering, Luo Yan fed the meat in his hand to this Hai Dongqing, and the divine bird looked at Luo Yan, obviously a bird, but he could see from his eyes that it had a reluctant gaze.

Luo Yan waved her hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go, see you next time, next time you bring your children here, King Su will give your family blessings, may you soar in the sky and never fall." ”

It is rare for Lu Yi to see Luo Yan smile so brightly, rarely to see him speak so sincerely, and that good wish has never been there since he entered Hebei.

"Wow!"

Hai Dongqing screamed again, then flapped his wings, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed straight towards the Nine Heavens, and in an instant, he turned into a small dot, and then disappeared.

Lu Yi came back to his senses and swallowed his saliva and said, "Childe, this is ......

Could it be true that the legend says that Rock's ability to speak bird language? ”

Luo Yan laughed when he heard this: "General Koji, what are you talking nonsense, how can people know bird language, Luo Shi just has a set of methods to understand birds, and can get some simple information." ”

Lu Yi asked suspiciously: "Childe, don't deceive Yi, just now it was clear that you were communicating with that Hai Dongqing." ”

Luo Yan couldn't help laughing and said, "General Koji, you are really, even if I can understand bird language, can Hai Dongqing still understand human language?"

Okay, let's not talk about that.

I already knew where we were, and now we had to march another hundred miles, and then turn south, and we would be able to lie in ambush in the col.

As long as the instigation succeeds, the next big war will be chosen there, and we will be able to reach it tomorrow. ”

Although Lu Yi no longer asked, it was impossible for him to let go in his heart, after all, he watched Luo Yan summon the handsome Hai Dongqing with a broken whistle, and then got the information of the march.

Now that Luo Yan told him that he couldn't communicate with birds, how could this possibly make him believe?

Lu Yi felt that he was invincible in Hebei, and no one could compare to him, and there were not many people in the whole world who were in his eyes.

But now that Yuan Shao has been letting Luo Yan follow him, this Luo son is indeed quite different, and all kinds of methods are incredible.

These methods are unique and cannot be used by anyone but Rockwell.

This made Lu Yi put away his arrogance a little, after all, he knew that Luo Yan was not the only one in the world.

Moreover, Luo Yan still belongs to the kind with a relatively low reputation among Luo's sons, and other Luo's children don't know what kind of ability they will have.

With a slight shock, Koji went to lead the army to camp, he was a first-class general, and he had no problem in this regard.

Luo Yan's role is more like a supervisor and strategist, but in fact, Yuan Shao gave Luo Yan a lot of power, and at the most critical moment, he has the highest decision-making power in this army.

The premise is that he can make Koji Yi listen to him.

Several times in Hebei, it may be possible to reach this point, except for Yuan Shao, there may only be Luo Yan.

The rest, not even Yuan Shao's sons.

Koji Yi may be loyal to Yuan Shao's sons because of his loyalty to Yuan Shao, but he may not necessarily look down on them in his heart.

Luo Yan felt the smell of the wind blowing, and he breathed slowly, there was the smell of the moist river in it, and the smell of the war about to start again.

This war between Jizhou and Youzhou lasted too long.

Jizhou still has some spare strength, but Youzhou has reached the limit, if it can't fight Jizhou again, Youzhou will die without a fight.

Jicheng.

Today's Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu are both ready to refuse to be outside Youzhou, but their methods are completely different.

Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu exchanged letters with each other across the camp and the city wall.

Gongsun Zhan's attitude has always been consistent, that is, to quickly fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao must be driven out of Youzhou.

After Liu Yu received Gongsun Zhan's letter, he threw the letter directly on the ground and scolded bitterly: "What a fool, if you can beat it, you know how to fight, if you can beat it, don't I know how to fight?"

His grandson Zan was afraid of Yuan Shao like a tiger, resulting in defeat in every battle.

If you can't beat it, you still have to fight?

Can there be any other outcome than self-destruction? ”

Liu Yu felt that he was about to die of grievance, Gongsun Zhan was really stupid and made him anxious, a typical lust and guilt.

He kept shouting that he wanted to fight, but he was cowardly at every turn on the battlefield, and he withdrew with a few casualties, which was not as strong as the troops under Liu Yu, which was clearly because he had fear in his heart for the Hebei army.

But when the fight was over, he seemed to forget how he had lost before, and then he began to shout again.

Liu Yu thought to himself that if he handed over the army under Gongsun Zan to himself, Yuan Shao would definitely not want to enter Youzhou, unless the entire Youzhou ran out of grain and grass and had to surrender on the day.

Gongsun Chan is in the camp.

In the face of Liu Yu's criticism, Gongsun Zhan regarded it as humiliation, and scolded: "This Liu Yu old horseman, if it weren't for him deducting our army's grain and grass, causing our army to be weak every time, how could I not be the opponent of those short-legged people in Jizhou?"

is still preparing to negotiate peace with Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao is here to annex Youzhou, how can it be possible to negotiate peace? ”

The division between Youzhou is so obvious, from top to bottom, everyone knows that Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan are not in harmony, and neither of them can swallow anyone, and they want to unite but they can't really unite.

Especially when facing Yuan Shaojun, both of them were worried that their army would be too damaged, which led to frequent defeats by the Hebei army on the battlefield.

Youzhou's strength is not as good as Jizhou's, and now it is divided into two, what kind of result will be obvious.

Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan both knew the current situation, but there was no way to solve it, and the only way was to get rid of the other person.

But that's just too hard.

Where is the lord of one side so easy to die, especially Gongsun Chan has been staying in the barracks, and the only danger is Liu Yu, after all, he is in the city, and it is very likely that he will be assassinated.

The plan formulated by Yuan Shao's strategist group was to intensify the contradiction between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan, so that the two felt that if they were not united, the fall of Youzhou would be imminent.

……

"The Hebei army has come to call for battle."

This battle report was transmitted to Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu at the same time.

The Hebei army has always been able to drag on, and the main thing is to kill them with grain and grass, and now it will take the initiative to attack.

Liu Yu felt a little strange, but this was an opportunity after all.

Gongsun Chan is definitely going to fight, although he is very unhappy with Gongsun Chan, it is impossible to watch Gongsun Chan go to confront Yuan Shao alone.

The Youzhou Iron Cavalry under the command of Gongsun Chan is the most elite soldier in Youzhou, and if it is damaged here, then Youzhou will definitely not be able to hold it.

Liu Yu led his army, mainly the Youzhou Haoqiang clan, and Gongsun Zhan's command was mainly dominated by the border county tycoons such as the Gongsun clan.

The two rode forward, Liu Yu looked at Gongsun Chan with a cold face, but saw Gongsun Chan arching his hand to him uncharacteristically and said, "Bo'an Gong, don't come to harm?" ”

Liu Yu casually arched his hand, which was counted as a return gift, and Gongsun Zan flashed a chill when he saw this, and then said coldly: "Bo'an Gong, how can you say that this marquis is also the marquis of the imperial court, is your attitude inappropriate?" ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he pointed at Yuan Shaojun and said loudly: "There is a sentence in Youzhou that the prince must know very well, that is, the Hu people never believe in words, but believe in swords.

Since the prince is the prince of the imperial court, now Yuan Shao's army is there, use the sword in your hand to let Yuan Shao know that you are the prince of the Han Dynasty, not just a person who talks about it here. ”

Before Gongsun Chan could speak, he heard a loud laugh, but he saw Yuan Shao walking to the front of the formation and laughed loudly at the two of them, "Bo'an Gong, what I said before is still valid until now, I don't know what Bo'an will do?"

If Bo'an Gong is willing to be the emperor, Anyang Marquis and Erlu can call you the emperor, just like that Xuzhou Liu Bei, why is Bo'an Gong unwilling? ”

Liu Yu said coldly: "Yuan Benchu, you don't need to say it anymore, abolishing the emperor is something that only a traitor like Dong Zhuo can do."

Why do you do these things if you don't want to admit that you're a traitor?

As for myself, I didn't have the destiny to bear the throne of the Han Dynasty, even if I asked a thousand times, ten thousand times, it was impossible. ”

Yuan Shao sighed with a slight emotion when he heard this: "It's a pity, Bo'an Gong, there are so many Han clan relatives in this world.

But how many of them are as talented as you?

Why do you have to firmly guard Liu Xie's puppet emperor?

Do you really think that Liu Xie, the puppet emperor, is qualified to sit on the throne? ”

The fierce wind blew the corners of Liu Yu's clothes, his wrinkled face, and his beard fluttered, which was obviously a funny scene, but because his voice was too solemn, it looked very different.

"I don't care who is sitting on the emperor, but he must be the emperor of the Liu family, he must be the most indisputable one, that is the great Han."

Liu Yu said loudly, "King Wu of Zhou once wanted to pass on the throne to King Su, but King Su said that the Son of Heaven has an heir, but he passed the throne to his younger brother, isn't this the source of the disaster?"

If Bang Zhou wants to pass it on, he must strictly implement the patriarchal system.

Since the end of the pre-Han Dynasty and the present hundred years of the Later Han Dynasty, it is precisely because there are always accidents in the inheritance of the emperor that the authority of the emperor cannot be established.

This is exactly what I want to say now, His Majesty Jian'an became the emperor, and it was the patriarchal law that chose him.

This is very good, and the majesty of the Han is established in this. ”

Yuan Shao forcibly held back a smile when he heard this, as far as Liu Xie's waste can still establish the majesty of the Han Dynasty, it has not been a short time since he entered Cao Cao's command, and he has not made any moves, judging from his previous performance, Liu Xie does not look like the kind of capable emperor.

Yuan Shao didn't laugh, but Gongsun Chan laughed directly.

He never expected that Liu Yu, who had always been against him, would have such a naïve idea in his heart, that Cao Cao was a masterpiece, and how could Liu Xie be able to fight against him.

If it is Emperor Liu Bian, it is almost the same, after all, Liu Biao has a matchless Hou Luokong by his side, although there is nothing to do in the face of Dong Zhuo, who is in power, but in the face of Cao Cao, who has not completely mastered all the power, there may really be a way to take back the power.

Of course, Liu Yu knew what Gongsun Chan was laughing at, and he was a little angry in his heart, but he didn't know what he could be angry about.

That's the reality today.

The Han royal family was sluggish, and almost all the loyal ministers and good generals died, leaving only a few people such as Yinghou, but Yinghou was more optimistic about Liu Bei and was noncommittal about the real Han queen's descendants.

"God, where is the vitality of the Han family? Is it really on Liu Xuande's body? His lineage is simply too remote. ”

Liu Yu looked up at the clear blue sky, he only felt that the wind was like a rope, slowly added to his body, and then bound himself, unable to break free.

Countless voices rang in his ears, which his father had once said to him.

"Bo'an, you must clear the world."

"Bo'an, we must revitalize the big Han."

"Bo'an, we must eradicate the traitors."

"Bo'an, you must be an honest official and live up to the world."

Voices rang in his ears, and then flashed the vow he had made when he was young and stepped into his career to revitalize the tired world.

In the past few decades, he has been diligent and diligent, and he can be regarded as having made great contributions, ranking in the position of the three princes, and has reached the extreme point of the ministers, and at the last moment he also became the Youzhou herd, guarding one side for the Han herd, and I don't know how much better it is compared to the beginning of the rest of the world.

But even so, now it is in such a situation.

The big man seems to be dying more and more, he doesn't know what to do, he can only follow his feelings.

"Knock knock!"

When the war drums sounded on the battlefield, Liu Yu woke up from that heavy memory.

The Hebei Army launched an attack!

On this wide battlefield, the Hebei army, Gongsun Zhan's army and Liu Yu's army were quite distinct, and Gongsun Zhan and Liu Yu were worried that their own rout would be triggered by the defeat of the other party, so the two sides were separated by a distance.

Yuan Shao and the others in Hebei watched the Hebei army attack with expressionless faces, but the look in their eyes seemed to be expecting something.

It seems like nothing more than a normal battle.

The final result may still be that there is still no big difference between victory and defeat, and in the end, Ming Jin withdraws his troops, at least for now, the morale between the three parties is relatively stable.

The flexibility and impact of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry are extremely strong, and the first dead soldiers are not here, and the cavalry of the Hebei Army is naturally inferior to the Youzhou cavalry.

The Hebei army could only hide behind their shields to ensure that they were not injured by the arrows that were thrown at them.

Liu Yu soon sensed that something was wrong.

Because he felt that the strength of these Hebei troops was a little too strong, his son rode over and said loudly: "Father, these Hebei troops seem to have mobilized the elite to the side of our army, this is not right, how dare the Hebei army let Gongsun Zhan's army attack?" ”

Although Liu Yu doesn't look down on Gongsun Zhan, the strength of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry under his command is very strong.

If all the elites of the Hebei army are mobilized, then there will inevitably be problems in the face of Gongsun Zhan's army, after all, although Hebei is strong, the strength is limited after all.

In the face of the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, it usually takes 1.5 to 2 times the number of elites to be able to fight, which is the natural disadvantage of the infantry against the cavalry, provided that the first dead soldier does not play.

Liu Yu looked at the place where Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao were fighting, the battle was very fierce, and the Youzhou Iron Cavalry was like the previous attack, violently pressing the Hebei army, and the Hebei army, as before, first defended, and then defended and counterattacked.

The war between the two sides was very anxious, and nothing had changed.

A bad feeling rose in Liu Yu's heart, could it be that Yuan Shao had another elite rushing to the battlefield?

But Lu Bu didn't show up!

At first glance, these people are the Hebei Army, and they are not the Bingzhou wolf riders under Lu Bu at all.

Moreover, Liu Yu knew that Bingzhou was also surrounded by strong enemies, and Lu Bu left Bingzhou before, but now he may have been targeted, and it is impossible to move lightly.

The most important thing is that now the Hu people on the grassland are also gathering, trying to attack Henan, that is, the Hetao grassland, which is now Jiuyuan and other counties in Bingzhou, as the pastor of Bingzhou, the most important thing for Lu Bu now is to protect his hometown.

It is impossible to leave his own home alone, and he came all the way to Youzhou to assist his in-laws, and the relationship between him and Yuan Shao has not been so good.

The degree of alliance between Jizhou and Jizhou is also not so deep.

What's going on?

What's going on?

Liu Yu thought about it for a long time, but he really couldn't think of it, and he didn't understand how the strength of the Hebei Army had improved so much in a short period of time.

Although he didn't know the reason, Liu Yu knew that he couldn't go on like this, otherwise the army on his side was likely to be directly defeated by the Hebei army on top of the battle array, which would then affect the entire front.

To Liu Yu's surprise, Gongsun Chan did not retreat directly because the Youzhou Iron Cavalry was injured this time, but became more and more aggressive.

Sitting in the Chinese army, he kept calling for an attack, looking at that appearance, this time Gongsun Chan was really ready to fight Yuan Shao to the end.

Liu Yu was thinking about what he should do now, when he saw a horse enter the formation and said loudly: "Youzhou Mu, my general said that he still has a secret training of strange soldiers, and he will definitely be able to defeat Yuan Shaojun in one battle, and I also ask the state pastor to be able to hold on, and the Youzhou crisis can be solved." ”

Odd Soldiers?

Liu Yu didn't expect that a person like Gongsun Chan would train any strange soldiers, it seems that the continuous failures of these days have made Gongsun Chan learn from the pain, this is really to cheer up?

Thinking of this, Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "Reply to your general, this guild is here to resist the offensive of the Hebei army, and will never let the Hebei army break through our army's defense line." ”

After the messenger left, Liu Yu's son Liu Shen came over and asked anxiously, "Father, how can our army stop such a strong Hebei army?"

What if Gongsun Zhan's surprise soldiers don't work? ”

Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Son, although my father has always wanted to negotiate peace with Yuan Shao to buy more time, and even later went to join forces with Cao Cao, Liu Bei and even Lu Bu to attack Yuan Shao together.

But there is no peace in this world, and if you want Yuan Shao to agree to peace talks, you must let Yuan Shao understand that it is absolutely impossible for him to enter Youzhou by force.

Although we can't actually do this, we must make Yuan Shao believe it.

This requires us to work hard, desperately to the point of making Yuan Shao frightened, and let him know that it will cost him a lot to take Youzhou.

As long as the cost is big enough, he will think about whether he wants to really die. ”

Liu Shen frowned and said: "Father, Yuan Shao is a recognized hero in the world, he is now going to resolutely take Youzhou, so many setbacks before can't change his will, how can he give up attacking Youzhou because of a little setback?" ”

Liu Yu was silent for a moment, and then said a little weakly: "Normally, of course it's impossible, but as long as you give him enough benefits."

Faced with enough to satisfy his interests, and the ending that may not get anything after a chicken feather.

A smart person like Yuan Shao will know what to choose. ”

Liu Shen understood what his father said.

There is a word in this world called "Falling into the bag for safety".

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were quite a lot of such things, and the victorious country ceded land from the defeated country, and a large amount of money and grain were required to compensate.

After the end of the Warring States period, this kind of play was basically gone, but only because the winners usually took the losers away in a straight wave.

If there is a stalemate between the two sides, then the game of land cutting can be carried out.

At the beginning, Liu Biao ceded Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, so that Jiangxia entered the sphere of influence in Jiangdong, and this was the case.

If Liu Yu agreed to cede Zhuo County and others in Youzhou to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao might not mind withdrawing from the army and making a comeback later.

"That's all there is to it!"

Liu Shen, who knew his father's thoughts, only sighed, "The child has gone to lead the army to fight." ”

Then he turned around and left, Liu Yu looked at Liu Shen's back, a little bleak, and even more uncomfortable, how did the brilliant and powerful man fall into this step?

Liu Yu read poetry and books, especially that historical record, which he read countless times and was overwhelmed by the deeds in it countless times.

Now that I think about it, in the historical records, the words of countless people when the country was lost, and now I savor it carefully, it makes Liu Yu a little unbearable to shed tears.

The tragic posture of the lord of the country when the country was broken, or the ugliness of bending the knees, although I have never seen it, it seems to be vivid.

"Bo'an Gong!"

Yuan Shao's voice came again, "If you are willing to be the emperor, I will leave Youzhou today, this is the last chance for the Great Han!" ”

Before, Yuan Shao made himself emperor before the battle, and Liu Yu didn't understand what Yuan Shao wanted to do.

But at this moment, Liu Yufu was so heartfelt, he finally understood why Yuan Shaodu had reached this time, and why he still supported himself as the emperor.

Because Yuan Shao saw the benefits obtained by Cao Cao coercing the emperor and setting up princes, he was moved, but Liu Xie was something he could not contaminate, and he was the person other than Liu Xie, who would not cause a huge reaction when he was called emperor.

After all, his bloodline is very close to today's royal family, and he is already a perfect candidate in terms of his status in the Liu family and his status in the world.

As long as he is willing to be the emperor and become Yuan Shao's puppet, just like Liu Xiezhi is to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao will gain great political initiative.

This is the reason why Yuan Shao never forgets.

But Liu Yu could not agree, even if he died, he would leave an image of dying for the Han in the history books, not an image of a clown who tried to become an emperor but was trapped in the imperial city for the rest of his life.

At his current age, in addition to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, there are only some considerations left for his posthumous name.

Before Liu Yu could answer, Gongsun Zhan roared loudly, "Yuan Benchu, don't waste your thoughts, if you have the ability, you will step through Youzhou, we Youzhou will never surrender, if you want to get Youzhou, step on our corpse." ”

Liu Yu didn't expect Gongsun Chan to have this kind of heart, and immediately said loudly: "Yuan Benchu, don't talk any more nonsense, as Gongsun Bogui said, if you want to get Youzhou, just step on the corpses of the two of us." ”

The voices of the two were transmitted by the soldiers and reached Yuan Shao's ears far away.

Yuan Shao, who was behind the heavy army, said with some playfulness: "This is fate." ”

Looking at the huge casualties of his army, Liu Yu only felt that his heart was dripping blood, but Yuan Shaojun's casualties were also very large, and he also had no strength to attack again.

With Mingjin's voice, Yuan Shaojun slowly retreated, and soon withdrew far, far away, completely out of the battlefield.

Liu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard the sound of shouting and shouting and killing again, and his heart immediately tensed again, and then Yuan Shao came back again, only to see Liu Shen rushing over with blood on his body, and said sadly and angrily: "Father, Gongsun Chan is attacking us!" ”

(End of chapter)