"Don't worry, I have a friend named Lu Bohao, I'll go to him first, you practice hard at home, I'll be back soon" Cao Cao said to the Xiahoudun brothers beside him.

"Then I'll go with my eldest brother," Xiahou Yuan hurriedly said.

It turned out that Cao Cao went out of Luoyang, went all the way east, and found the two Xiahou brothers in Qian County. Cao Cao was originally Xiahou, because his father recognized Cao Jie as his father-in-law, so he changed his name to Xiahou. Cao Song also got all of Cao Jie's family property.

Although Cao Cao and Xiahou brothers are not brothers, they grew up together since childhood and are of the same clan. So when Cao Cao proposed to recruit Xiang Yong to resist the Yellow Turban, the two agreed without saying a word. The boss Xiahoudun has a lot of family resources, strong martial arts, and is also a well-known figure among the heroes of Qiaoxian County, recruiting 800 soldiers in less than half a day, more than half of whom are rangers.

"Miaocai, you go to Tongguan for me, General Zhenbei sells me a thousand war horses, you go and escort me" Cao Cao patted Xiahou Yuan's shoulder after speaking.

Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, but then said with a sad face.

"I have to go through Luoyang to Tongguan, if I bring a thousand war horses, I'm afraid it won't be so smooth."

"I've already thought about it, you took the war horse into Hebei, and then turned to Yanzhou after Luoyang, and then took the road that Sun Qing took. I'll bring the army to the Tiger Prison to meet you."

"Is Hebei safe now?"

"The Yellow Turbans of Hebei will either confront Yuan Shao or come to Yanzhou"

At this time, Hebei was already devastated, Changshan County, Hejian County, Anping County, Qinghe County, Wei County, Zhao State, and Julu County had all been occupied by Zhang Yan. Yuan Shao led 2,000 soldiers to defend Zhongshan Kingdom, while the Bohai Kingdom on Chun Yuqiong's side was relatively easier, and the news of the imperial court's appointment of Yuan Shao as Jizhou had reached Hebei. Yuan Shao was naturally full of joy, but if he wanted to sit firmly in this Jizhou pastor, he had to drive Zhang Yan out.

"Originally, General Zhenbei had already left Luoyang and came to Merge Prefecture," the middle-aged scribe said.

The middle-aged scribe's name was Xu You, who was ugly in appearance and talented but not virtuous. and Yuan Shao Cao Cao used to be classmates and friends, and when he heard that Yuan Shao was a pastor in Jizhou, he came to serve. Yuan Shao also knew that this person was of bad character, but he had a good general under him, two virtuous ministers, how to defeat Jizhou, which gave him a headache.

"In this way, General Zhenbei is not stupid, if he is an ordinary person, he feels that he can't resist such a big temptation" Hearing Xu You talk about Wang Gang, he suddenly became interested.

Wang Gang is also quite familiar with him, everyone is the captain of Xiyuan, although Yuan Shao is a few years older than Wang Gang, he can also chat, and he will naturally get acquainted with each other after going to drink a few times. But if you want to say how good the friendship is, there is nothing.

"Then leaving Luoyang is also a good thing for us, General Zhenbei will definitely fight in Shangdang first when he returns to Taiyuan, so as to relieve Shangdang from being surrounded by enemies, but I don't know if he will use troops there" Xu You narrowed his eyes and said.

Yuan Shao was suddenly excited, he was a little out of breath by Zhang Yan, when he retreated to Zhongshan, it was also a consideration in this regard, Zhongshan is adjacent to Daijun, although Daijun is still in the hands of the Huns and Xianbei people, but there are not many Huns in the southern county, less than two hundred miles from Daixian is Yanmen County, which is Wang Gang's lair.

"Can you say that he will use troops in Hebei," Yuan Shao asked with a look of hope.

"Could it be that he is most likely to use troops against the Yellow Turbans of Hedong County, after all, the hussar generals are still struggling to support there, and the Yellow Turbans of Hebei have no intention of merging the state" Xu You shook his head and said.

Yuan Shao suddenly became like a deflated ball, and kept pacing in the study.

"I heard that the highway bought a thousand war horses from General Zhenbei," Xu You seemed to think of something, and asked again.

"There seems to be such a thing, but I haven't bought it yet, does it have anything to do with it" Yuan Shao heard Xu You ask about the war horse, although he was a little surprised in his heart, but he still said it truthfully.

"So General Zhenbei really needs money and food, we might as well start from this aspect"

"I'm just afraid that the Yuan family won't agree," Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh.

"I said it's not the Yuan family, did you forget that there is a big businessman in Zhongshan Kingdom?"

"Ziyuan is talking about the Zhen family," Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, the Zhen family in Hebei, the Wu family in Yizhou, the Chen Liuwei family, the Wei family in Hedong, and the Mi family in Xuzhou, these five major merchants account for half of the money and grain of the Han Dynasty, but the Wei family in Hedong has offended the hussar generals, and a lot of shops in Luoyang have been seized, and their strength has been somewhat damaged. Among them, the Zhen family in Zhongshan Country is the richest," Xu Youxiao's eyes burst out with a cold glow.

"Naziyuan will help me go, as long as the Zhen family is willing to contribute money and efforts, then I can promise the Zhen family a governance to do"

Xu You's face changed when he heard this, but he didn't show it, originally he came to join Yuan Shao to engage in governance, but he didn't expect Yuan Shao to give it to the Zhen family without hesitation, although Yuan Shao is a state pastor, but the most that can be appointed and dismissed is engaged in governance, as for don't drive and county guards, they need to be appointed and removed by the imperial court. At the moment, his face did not show it, and he said yes and left.

Taking advantage of the night, Xu You led two hundred soldiers to the gate of the Zhen family's mansion.

The head of the family, Zhen Yi, heard that he hurriedly went out to greet him, Zhen Yi was originally the commander of Shangcai County in Runan County, but he returned to Wuji County because his father was seriously ill.

Zhen's family is in the southwest of Wuji County, covering an area of several hundred acres. Zhen Yi introduced Xu You into the study with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Mr. Xu is here, I don't know what's important," Zhen Yi asked.

"Now that the Yellow Turban of Hebei is powerful, the state pastor has worked hard to protect Jizhou, but the soldiers are thin and the generals are outnumbered, and the people of Hebei still need to work together to fight against thieves in order to protect the Zhongshan Kingdom from war," Xu You said straight to the point.

Zhen Yi was shocked when he heard this, and knew that Xu Yu was coming to their Zhen family to ask for money and food. But this is also no way, now that the war is raging, the merchants in that place are facing such a problem, and they don't say much at the moment, they ask.

"I don't know how much food the state pastor needs"

"Don't worry, the head of the Zhen family, listen to me slowly" Xu You told him about the situation in Hebei and the relationship between the prefectures, and said again.

"If General Zhenbei is willing to send troops to Hebei, when the time comes, Zhang Yan will be difficult to take care of."

"Then I don't know how General Zhenbei is willing to send troops" Zhen Yi understood what Xu Yu meant, and asked.

"It depends on the sincerity of the Zhen family, I heard that the state is in ruins, and the general of Zhenbei wants to dig rivers and build roads, and the demand for money and food must be great, the Zhen family may as well start from this aspect" After Xu You finished speaking, he took a sip of the tea on the low table, waiting for Zhen Yi's answer.

Zhen Yi fell into deep thought, and at this moment, a girl of eleven or twelve pushed the door and ran in.

"Daddy, sister, she ......"

The girl was startled when she saw that there was still someone in the room. hurriedly saluted and ran out with a red face.