Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment and shook his head slightly.

In Zhou Yu's somewhat stunned gaze, Zhang Zhao replied to him with a sigh.

"That man came from Jiangbei, and now he has already returned."

The small boat was moored on the shore, no matter how good the scenery on the shore was, how many tourists drove by, and the guests in the boat never came out of the cabin to breathe.

He had only seen a few men on the ship, and had sent a servant ashore to attend to a personal business for him, but the guest was barely silent.

Until that day, when many horsemen were shouting and running down from Xiangshan, the guest did not even have the curiosity to wait for news, so he immediately ordered the boatman to sail.

Therefore, it is not Zhou Yu, even if he stays in the city, Zhang Zhao, who reacts the fastest, has never found half a shadow of that ship.

The boat is on the water, and the river breeze is coming.

When the middle-aged scribe stepped out of the cabin and stood at the bow of the ship to look out, a servant couldn't help but ask.

"What did you do on this trip, sir?"

"What am I sending you to do?"

"Except to go to the nobleman's house to deliver the letter...... The gentleman only ordered me to go to the wine shop in the city to get two urns of Xinfeng wine and come back. ”

"That's it."

“…… Drinking is not a serious business. ”

The high-crowned scribe stroked his beard and smiled coldly and calmly.

"Why is it not a serious matter to cross the river to drink?" Jia Xu smiled, "It's time to be white." ”

Chapter 408

The soldiers, horses, and warships assembled in Jiangdong seemed to disappear overnight.

They seemed to be buried with the young commander who was as bright as the sun, and buried deep in the mound.

His wives, close friends, and loyal generals were still weeping for him, tearing their hearts and pounding their chests, and the soldiers were crying for him, but while crying, they quietly asked another question:

"The general is dead, and we can't fight yet?"

Without the commander, of course, they could no longer go up the river as originally planned, first attacking Guangling, and then all the way north to Xuzhou.

These families in Jiangdong have no enterprising ambitions, they don't want to fight to the death with Liu Bei and Chen Deng, and they don't need to maintain such a large army.

As far as they were concerned, as long as the lord of the Central Plains, who was going to divide the winners, passed on the throne here, crowned the young Sun Quan a marquis, and took his entire family back to Yecheng, Juancheng, or Xiapi, all the problems would be solved.

So during the long period of repair, the assembled soldiers were sent back to their hometowns in turn, living with their wives and children, and while they went to the fields to do some farm work, they continued to wait anxiously for the day when the new head of the Sun family in Jiangdong would summon them to continue their military service.

But all this is not very fast, maybe it will take a few days for Liu Biao to get the news, and Lu Hangyu north of the Yellow River does not know how long it will take to receive such a letter.

She is still mired in war.

She didn't know that Sun Ce's death would bring about a chain reaction, so she was still worried about many things she couldn't see.

For example, what is Zhang He's military spirit, for example, what is Liu Biao's movements, and what is Sun Ce, each of their forces will become a node that is enough to change the situation of Cao Liu's battle.

And this time she has no energy left to support the lord anymore.

Cao Cao in history also faced such a situation, even such a meticulous and deep person will sigh because of excessive pressure: "I am the only Yan and Yu to resist five-sixths of the world, what can I do?" ”

On the afternoon of the second day after Xun Yu came, Tai Shici also came.

He only took 3,000 former troops to cross the river, and the Chinese army still stayed on the south bank of the river, first, it was not easy to cross the river, so he had to take his time, and second, in addition to the Jizhou army going south, Yuan Tan moved again.

“…… Yuan Tan? She repeated with some confusion, "He's here again?" ”

Tai Shi Ci hesitated for a moment, "The soldiers came out of Plains City and came south, but they did not cross the river, but only camped by the river. ”

…… She looked at the others in the tent.

Everyone was silent because it was weird.

Yuan Tan's character has always been simple and rude, and there are only two things in his mind: "For Dad!" And "Brother Yang!" "People, this time Yuan Shao poured out of the nest, Qingzhou was not defenseless, from Qiancheng to the drama city, not to mention the preparations for war again, and Tian Yu also moved the defenders directly to the north of Qiancheng City and camped.

Our army's attitude is already very clear, but Yuan Tan's attitude is ambiguous.

His army moved very slowly, and it took more than a month to start sending troops, which is already very strange - you must know that unlike Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses who need to fight waffles everywhere, Yuan Tan's half of Qingzhou has no gopher to fight, he has no worries about reserves, his soldiers and horses are always stationed in Pingyuan City, and his grain and grass are also in Pingyuan City, so as long as he receives an order, he can complete a series of processes such as requisitioning people's husbands, gathering grain and grass, and pulling out the army in less than ten days.

…… Considering that he has already run twice, and he will catch up with the assembly line if he comes again, this rush speed is even faster, no matter how he walks on this great plain, he will not get lost, and the people of Qingzhou are probably already familiar with him, and it shouldn't be this speed anyway.

But she has never had time to take care of Yuan Tan, and has always focused on the Xianbei people, so these things were relayed to her by Tai Shici:

"Is he waiting for the boat?" She asked suspiciously.

Tai Shi Ci shook his head.

"We are short of ships, how can he be short of ships? The ships that went north from the plain to Youzhou were all called by him, and the water in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was slowing down, and he had so many people, and the lack of boats should be built. ”

She fell into deep thought, and there she slowly drank a cup of tea.

"I think Yuan Tan is extremely strange, hesitating repeatedly, much different from before," Tai Shici said, "Is it because his injuries have not healed, so he hesitates?" ”

Yuan Tan's arm was indeed not as good as before, he couldn't pull the bow, couldn't lift the halberd, and the pain he couldn't stop when it rained on a cloudy day, causing him to roar again and again, and even had to punish a few servants to get his way.

But now he was lying calmly on the couch, watching the maid carefully boil medicine for him, and listening to the army sent by Guo Tu to explain the pros and cons for him.

"Now that the North Sea is empty, if the eldest prince takes a thousand times at this time, it will be like exploring the bag and taking things, and if Lu Lian's retreat is broken, the army's heart will be chaotic! Wouldn't it be a pity that the eldest prince didn't take such a big credit? ”

He quietly looked at the soldier.

The soldier's surname is Guo, and he is Guo Tu's nephew, so he also has a round nose and a broad and imposing face that looks like glutinous rice.

Guo Tu has such a face, and he is a little old, when he smiles gently, the texture of the corners of his eyes will always show a calm kindness and sincerity. Yuan Tan has been watching Mr. Gongze for a long time, and he can say that he is unforgettable for Mr. 's face, and he also eats all of Mr.'s words, and he doesn't even taste it, let alone digest it himself.

But this nephew of the gentleman is not so good.

He was still young, so he couldn't hold his breath, and the eldest prince in front of him only stared at the maid with an indifferent expression, and his voice couldn't help but rise, and the speed of speech couldn't help but speed up.

So when Yuan Tan went to see him again, he was surprised to find that when the Xiao-like facial features were on this young man's face, they did not look honest, but showed a kind of greed and calculation.

How is this possible?

The army was still chattering there about the pros and cons of sending troops, but Yuan Tan only stared at his facial features, and after looking at it carefully, he finally sighed very melancholy.

That face doesn't make people feel honest at all, it's Guo Tu's long-term deliberate control of his eyes, voice, intonation, and expression, turning it into a simple and sincere face.

Now that this nephew has been replaced, the difference is immediately revealed.

“…… The eldest son? ”

He waved his hand, "You're not as good as your uncle." ”

The face of joining the army turned white in an instant.

The reason why Yuan Tan always stayed on the north bank of the Yellow River was very simple, and the reason why Guo Tu urged him to enter the army was also very simple.

Yuan Shao was ready to personally lead the army south, Guo Tu not only accompanied the army, but also led a group of soldiers and horses, and he also had to cooperate with other generals to undertake combat missions. Mr. Guo Gongze needs military merits, the most direct way is to defeat Lu Lian, and the easiest way is to persuade him to send troops, and he will cut off Lu Lian's back road and share the attack of the Qingzhou army.

This idea was also approved by Yuan Shao, so he ordered him to enter Beihai and take the opportunity to take the whole territory of Qingzhou.

But Yuan Tan, who has always listened to his father, hesitated at this time.

"Where's my brother?"

The face that had just recovered from joining the army turned pale again, "The second prince naturally went south with Duke Yuan." ”

"I'm not asking about Yuan Xi," Yuan Tan said coldly, "I'm asking about Yuan Shang, Yuan Xianfu." ”

"Childe is still young, so he naturally ......"

"He is also at the age of a weak crown, and he has become a family, how can he still be called young?"

It was a question that he couldn't ask when he joined the army, but he tried to turn the conversation in a direction that was more favorable to him:

"The eldest son! Now Yuan Gong is going south, and Liu Bei is competing in the Central Plains, the eldest son is a son of man, and he should obey his father's orders! As for the sibling dispute, why not wait until the general trend is solidified, and then consider it! ”

When the medicine was boiled, the maidservant poured the sticky, piping hot black liquid into a delicate clay cup, and carefully served it.

The whole tent was filled with this spicy and bitter smell, but the eldest prince did not frown, and slowly drank the medicinal juice one after another.

"Who's in the big picture?" Yuan Tan asked slowly, "The fourth generation and third prince of my family, a famous family of poetry, I am the eldest son, and I still have to compete with my younger brother, how do you want me to obey?" ”

The topic is completely mired in danger.

Except for this family surnamed Yuan, as well as the people around these people surnamed Yuan, who can persuade and who dares to persuade something?

But this soldier sent by Guo Tu already fully understood Yuan Tan's reason for acting like this.

- He may have wanted to express his dissatisfaction with his father's partiality, and his father's stay with Yuan Shang to guard Yecheng is enough to explain something.

The obedient son should silently and obediently obey his father's orders, wave his army south, and attack the North Sea at any cost, attracting Lu Lian's soldiers and horses.

But Yuan Tan has changed.

This war, which was originally extremely unequal in strength, is quietly moving in the other direction for one reason or another.

But except for this panicked entry into the army, no one can perceive this.

After Lu Xuanyu received all the news from Qingzhou, she decided to continue the negotiations between her and Xun Yu.

She couldn't guess the complicated love-hate relationship of the Yuan family, she just intuitively thought that there must be something that made Yuan Tan hesitate and wait and see, and she had to seize this opportunity.

"If I send troops west to Baima to fight Wuhuan," she asked Xun Yu a little curiously, "Can Yanzhou provide me with grain and grass?" ”

"If you can go south while the wheat is ripe, and you have plundered many villages, if you can enter the military crossing and retake the choke point, you will have seized a great deal of grain and grass, enough for three months." Xun Yu said calmly.

"What about after March?" She asked, "The Yellow River is frozen, and the Wuhuan and Jizhou armies can go south, but I have to suffer from the enemy on my back?" ”

"He has no strength left, and he can't support it until this winter, as the general thinks." Xun Yu returned.

Lu Hangyu intuitively thought that Xun Yu was talking about Badun, and frowned in confusion, but she didn't realize that the subject of this sentence was not Badun, but Cao Cao.

In Xun Yu's view, the total fall of Yanzhou is only a matter of time, and the two things he needs to do are to find a way to the north for his lord, and to find a way to survive for the people of Yanzhou.

He can't make a ovary after all.

Chapter 409