Jixian County, Youzhou Zhishuo, is a historical ancient city, Qin used to be Yandi, called Yuyang, since the Han Dynasty changed its name to Ji, has always been an important city in the north. Whether it was attacking Xianbei from the south to the north, or attacking the Han Dynasty from the north to the south, Jicheng was a vital strategic location. Those who get Jicheng will get Youzhou.

The west of Jicheng is the west mountain of the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains, and the north is the Jundu Mountain of the Yan Mountains, and the two mountains intersect in the Nankou Guangou, forming a semicircular mountain bend that spreads out to the southeast, and the local Yan people call it "Beidu Bend". The small plain around it is the small plain of the northern capital. As the Yan people said: "The land of Jicheng, the left is surrounded by the sea, the right is Taihang, the north pillow is Yong, the south is the river, and the country of Chengtianfu is Chengtianfu." It can be said that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one plain exit in the south. Easy to defend and difficult to attack, for the Xianbei army, only through the Juyong Trail in the north to the south can they attack Jicheng. But as long as there are thousands of men and horses in Jicheng, within six or seven months, Xianbei will be difficult to capture. This is the primary reason why Tanshi Huai's 200,000 troops were stationed in northern Xinjiang and did not attack Jicheng.

In his opinion, as long as Jicheng is captured, the entire Youzhou can easily be included in the Xianbei territory. However, Jicheng has a population of more than 100,000 people, and it is not a problem to pull out an army of 10,000 people if you can get together at will. In view of this, Tanshi Huai pretended to agree to the harmony of the Han court in order to paralyze the other party, and then used a long-distance attack to conquer Jicheng in one fell swoop, and then gradually annexed the entire Youzhou. This is the plan that Tanshi Huai buried in his heart.

Tanshi Huai had just received a report from the Han envoy that the team was about to enter Jixian County, and after a short rest, he crossed the frontier and went straight to the tooth tent. He immediately ordered all his subordinates to redress the entire capital to welcome the peace party. In order to show his sincere acceptance and affinity, he had not been to the army for more than a month, and he did not mention military affairs in parliament. In the days that followed, he devoted all his attention to decorating the new capital.

Today's tooth tents, with red ribbons hanging high everywhere and flowers lining the streets, are more lively, beautiful and spectacular than ever before. All the Xianbei people believed that the "Lord" would no longer be at war with the Han Dynasty and that a peaceful and prosperous life was coming.

A similar city to this city is the Thistle City, and even the latter is more lively. Because the friendly team that went to Xianbei had to stay in Jicheng for two days to replenish food and rest a little.

At this moment, the send-off team has arrived at the west three miles of Jicheng, in the afternoon sun, the flags are waving, the drums are playing in unison, and the whole team is like a big red festive dragon, winding on the official road.

The West City Gate was heavily guarded, and hundreds of officers lined up on both sides of the road, isolating the crowd on both sides of the avenue, creating a bustling scene. The big haystack behind the crowd at the city gate, five people sat cross-legged on it, looking at this prosperous scene and sighing heartily.

"How nice it would be if this wasn't the surface, if it wasn't the peace before the thunderstorm."

Liu Bei's five people hurried up, just in time for this scene that could only be seen in the early years of the Han Dynasty. Even Zhaojun did not have such a grand scene. However, Princess Wannian has never been as great as Zhaojun, one is voluntary, and the other is forced. For her, she would rather be imprisoned in the palace for the rest of her life than have a finger touched by a barbarian. But Dong Zhuo threatened that if there was anything wrong with his relatives, the young emperor would not be able to become the emperor. Dong Zhuo's tone was extremely arrogant, which made Princess Wannian, as her sister, have to think about her younger brother Liu Wei and think about Dahan. She bit her pink lip and kissed her. Anyway, the Han people have become accustomed to exchanging women for dignity.

The send-off team is slowly entering the city, and Princess Wannian is sitting quietly in the spacious Fengluan sedan chair, and her ears are full of curiosity and exclamation from the people. She opened the red silk sedan curtain, lifted a corner, and the fair-skinned and well-rounded northerners came into view.

"This is Jicheng. The people of Jicheng are no different from those in other places except for their stature, the same ignorance, the same simplicity, and the same desire for peace. ”

Cai Wenji, who was sitting on the right side of Princess Wannian, opened the sedan curtain in the other corner and looked out, looking for her fiancé. Since she got the news that Princess Wannian was marrying Xianbei, she asked her senior brother Cao Cao to arrange her in the wedding ring. Before separating from Wei Zhongdao, the two agreed to meet in Youzhou. This station is the last stop of the family sending procession in the territory of the Han Dynasty, after which it will change to the secret route, so now is the last chance.

Just a second before the sedan chair passed through the city gate, she saw Wei Zhongdao on the grass, and next to Wei Zhongdao was Liu Bei, who was majestic and personable. She was overjoyed, and immediately took Princess Wannian's jade hand and shouted, "He's coming, he's coming." I'll just say, he's a man who values love and righteousness, and he will never admit that you marry Xianbei. ”

Princess Wannian understood who this "he" meant, her heart couldn't help beating wildly, her eyes were full of longing, a smile for no reason, and the sorrow along the way disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if the end point was not Xianbei, but the White River Gorge.

"Princess, princess." Cai Wenji called softly, and Princess Wannian woke up from her reverie, and her sorrow came back to her heart, and she couldn't help frowning slightly.

"What's the matter, don't you believe he has this ability? Or ......"

"Believe, believe, 110,000 believe." Princess Wannian interrupted eagerly: "It's just that I believe too much that I'm worried." His personality is not afraid of heaven and earth, he has no power in his hands, and now he is not even a county order, who will buy his account? If he has no soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has no strength, who will buy his account? Isn't it very dangerous for him to do this? ”

asked three questions in a row, and Cai Wenji was stopped. She was surprised, was the princess she knew still the princess of Wannian? When did she become so uncalm and incapable of thinking? suddenly understood that Princess Wannian had true feelings for Liu Bei, so she was full of the safety of the other party, completely ignoring that she was in danger, just for the sake of the other party. And the same is true for his fiancé Wei Zhongdao. This kind of feeling can only be deeply experienced after experiencing it.

"You have a way to reach him, do you? You tell me you can reach him. Princess Wannian had tears in her eyes, and during the days of imprisonment in the palace, every time she thought of this person, she couldn't help but cry. But it has never dripped like now, and it is undisguised that the care for him has exceeded friendship. At this time, she is like a faded peony, who is pitiful.

"Don't worry, you know best what kind of person Liu Bei is. If he is not sure of the battle, he will not fight; Without a complete plan of action, he won't mess around, and without a definite certainty, he's not going to show up. Be relieved. Cai Wenji continued lamentingly: "These days, those who eat one meal and two hungry meals have lost weight. ”

Princess Wannian suddenly found herself out of shape, and she was a little embarrassed for a while. There were doubts in my heart, I wanted to ask but was afraid of Cai Wenji's jokes, and finally I couldn't hold back the worry in my heart, and quietly asked, "Do you really see him?" How did you get him to come? Did he come here for something else? ”

After three consecutive questions, Cai Wenji held the other party's lotus root arm and clapped her hands to comfort: "My eyes are still very good, there is no reason to be wrong." As for what method to use, I have to ask Brother Zhongdao, I don't know. He's only here for you, and if not, he wouldn't have traveled all the way from the canyon. All you have to do now is settle down, and then you have a big meal and regain your old beauty. ”

"Am I not pretty now? Why do you want to eat a big meal and what to do if you gain weight? ”

"Fat? My Wannian princess, you have forgotten who has eaten two people's meals these days, I am not fat, how can you be fat. If you want to be fat, I will be fat first. Cai Wenji grinned, coaxing the other party to purse her lips and smile.

"Girl, if you make fun of me again, go back and tell Wei Zhongdao all the stupid things you said in the middle of the night, see if you are ashamed." Princess Wannian pretended to be angry, and Cai Wenji hurriedly admitted defeat.

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Seeing the team gradually moving away, Wei Zhongdao on the haystack said impatiently: "Brother Liu, the family sending team has arrived, they will live in Zhonglang Mansion and set off the day after tomorrow." There are only two days to go, time is pressing, how to do it, has Brother Liu already thought about it? ”

"Since they live in Zhonglang Mansion, it's easy to do. I'm going to meet tonight to find out the situation, and then plan for the future. But at this moment, we have to visit the prison first. Liu Bei said and asked He Jie to lead the way and go to the prison.

Because He Jie was employed in the Northern Army, he easily entered the prison. Everyone saw Zhu Jinlong, who was wearing a mantle and prison clothes, through the wooden threshold, and they were quite emotional. After chattering with each other, Liu Bei went straight to the point: "What is Gongsun Zhan's attitude?" Because the next thing he wants to contact is this senior brother who only hears his name but does not see his person, and it is very important to understand the true attitude of the other party. If Gongsun Chan insisted on acting according to the holy decree, then he had to think of a sufficient way to deal with it.

"After the defeat of Lord Assassin, he was worried that the court would punish him heavily, but later the court only blamed him for this matter, and there was no actual punishment. Therefore, Lord Assassin did not dare to be negligent anymore and insisted on acting according to the holy decree. But I know that he is also forced to do so, and these days, the commissioners sent by the court have interrogated me, and whenever I want to be executed, I always stab Shi to dissuade me, so that some flesh wounds can be spared. Zhu Jinlong said gratefully.

"Xianhe, what do you think?" Liu Bei asked, Jian Yong had already guessed that the other party was going to ask him, so he listened very carefully to Zhu Jinlong's words. After thinking for a while, he said: "Dong Zhuo captured Brother Zhu and took him to prison in order to please Lord Xianbei. The so-called commissioner sent is just for show, otherwise according to the identity of Gongsun Zhan as a magistrate, he will not be able to discourage the Beijing officials at all. ”

"Moreover, Gongsun Chan is the leader of the Northern Army, and his attitude is actually the attitude of the soldiers of the Northern Army in Youzhou. Brother Zhu shot the brother of the Xianbei Lord before, and he was quite prestigious in the Northern Army, in order to comfort the soldiers who had lost the battle, and no longer add some pressure and anger to them, it was inevitable that the heroes in their hearts would at least be safe and sound in Youzhou. It would be best if you could go to the camp of the Northern Army. ”

"What do you mean......" Liu Bei was surprised, although he asked, he knew it in his heart, so he didn't continue.

"Xuande, now is an excellent opportunity to control the entire Youzhou. At that time, it will not be a problem to save people or rob relatives. Jian Yong said, his eyes lit up, Zhu Jinlong, Zhang Fei, Wei Zhongdao, and He Jie didn't understand.

Liu Bei fell into deep thought, and Jian Yong added: "If it can be implemented smoothly, it will definitely hit Xianbei hard!" ”