Five miles away from the north gate, Ding Yi bid farewell to the first group of troops going north, the whole team ran in an orderly manner, thousands of troops and horses were divided into several teams, set off one by one, in the middle of the road, the people carried the burden, drove the ox, mule and donkey carts, and moved forward silently, and on both sides were the cavalry leading the horses, which were five thousand cavalry and five thousand people, and Zhao Yun's troops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Yun's army was preparing to set off secretly, and the movement of this army did not go through the cabinet and the court, Ding Yi specially entered the palace to ask the emperor for the holy decree, and only informed Xun Yu, and his actions against Yuan Shao began from returning to Xudu. Zhao Yun's public mission was to escort grain and grass to the vicinity of Guandu on the Yellow River, and to stay near Guandu after the handover of Yu Ban! After that, he could quietly go west around the vicinity of Bishui Pass, smuggle across the Yellow River, join Zhang Yan's men, and quickly merge into the mountains.

"General, the last general has a word, don't spit out unpleasantly. Yuan Shao is different from Sun Ce, although the land of Hebei has been fighting for many years, but he is a man of the government, a good scholar, the people love him deeply, this person is difficult to shake in the short term, when General Gongsun Zan was strong with the white horse righteousness, General Zhang Yan was still defeated by this person with the danger of the Taihang Mountains, and I hope that the general will think carefully about the matter of going north!" Zhao Yun parted, thought twice, or said what he said to Ding Yi, he fought with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao for a long time, and he really knew how powerful Yuan Shao was.

Ding Yi was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that this person is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he can't tolerate people? I heard that his subordinates and ministers are constantly attacking for personal gain, and this person only knows cronyism, and he doesn't know the important affairs of the military aircraft, how is it not quite the same as what you said?"

Zhao Yun was shocked: "The general can't be careless, Yuan Shao is in charge of the army, ten swings and ten decisions, from nothing to dominating the four states, it is not easy to be with his generation, don't be careless!"

Xun Yu said on the side: "Hebei has been fighting for many years, the land of the four states is vast, the soldiers are gathered, and the autumn harvest will be delayed. At this time, there are still more than 30 days before the autumn harvest, Yuan Shao has just ended the battle with Gongsun Zhan, and in the spring he gathered heavy troops to go south, which consumed a lot.

Ding nodded: "The Yuan family dominates the four states, when we go south, this person lost 20,000 horse troops, at this time, the Northern Expedition, may be the best time, don't say more, I have made up my mind, General Zilong just do according to the plan we agreed, relying on the Taihang Mountains, marry Zhang Yan, harass it, and wait for the news of my northward journey." ”

called Lu Xun and advised: "Bo Yan, you are still young, this time you are the deputy general of General Zilong, see more and think more, and make more military achievements! Lu Xun gave up.

He also called Zhu Miao, the secret spy department: "You should pay attention to the relationship between the secret spy department in Hebei, your task is to cooperate with Zhang Yan and General Zilong, plot against the Hebei scholars and officials, and focus on disseminating the imperial court documents: exempt Yuan Shaoben from all positions, punish the Yuan family and his dead party nine clans, and call on people loyal to the Han family in Hebei to respond to the imperial court. When you return to Beijing, you will be in charge of the entire Secret Spy Division, and at the same time, I promise you that I will personally recommend you to the Son of Heaven at that time!"

The heads of eighty-seven people, including Feng Ji and Yan Liang, were hung on the head of Xu Ducheng for three days before they were taken off, and these two people were very stubborn, and they would rather die than surrender!

Xun Yu instructed the envoy of the Northern Decree on the side, asking him to pay attention to respecting Zhang Yan.

When everyone made it clear that they wanted to say goodbye, Ding Yi smiled and said: "All the gentlemen work hard, wait for the news of my northward trip, and go to Yecheng to drink together, and then I will ask for credit for the gentlemen, and I will live up to your hard work!"

After bidding farewell to Zhao Yun and others, Ding Yi and Xun Yu returned to Xudu.

On the way, Ding Yi said to Xun Yu: "Is Yuan Shaoguo as Zhao Yun said?"

Xun Yu said: "However, this person is not in a hurry and forbearance, with decades of work, single-mindedly seeking to win the Han family, he is really my great enemy, and he has won the hearts of the people with generosity, the general and this person fight, how careful it can be." ”

"What do you say about decades of work?"

Xun Yu said: "This person is forbearant and treacherous, since the age of 20 has great ambitions, the imperial court has been conquered many times, insisted, and Chen Fan, Li Ying and others have made friends, specializing in the people to raise hope, as the leader of the scholar clan, known as the hope of the world! ”

Xun Yu spoke highly of Yuan Shao, and scared Ding Yiyi, Yuan Shao withdrew after two defeats when he went south before, but he was afraid that he also had the intention of running out of food because of concerns, not that this person didn't want to go south. If Yuan Shao is so powerful, he has to rethink the method against Yuan Shao.

Ding Yi asked Xun Yu: "Then why don't you take Qingzhou first?"

Xun Yu said: "Yuan Tan this person, there are generals, this person was appointed by Yuan Shao as the plain guard, only a county in the plain county, but he can row Tian Kai in the north, attack Kong Rong in the east, Yaobing Haiyu, occupy the entire Qingzhou, very good, fortunately, in order to meet Yuan Shu to go north, he was defeated by Liu Bei, and then withdrew from Donglai County and Beihai State, and it will be more difficult for Tibetan hegemony to enter Beihai State. ”

Ding Yi thought about it carefully, and had no plans left and right, so he considered that it was better to gather the army first, go north to the Yellow River, kill the river from Guandu, Hanoi and other places, connect with Zhang Yan and Zhao Yun in the Taihang Mountains, and use the army to coerce Yuan Shao, forcing him to gather troops to confront him, and bullying him for food and grass.

At this time, the East County of the Yanzhou Assassin Department was holding a military meeting.

Guan Yu, the assassin of Yanzhou, sat on the top, his eyes narrowed slightly, his hands stroked his long hair, and said: "The eldest brother sent a letter from the previous time, asking me to be careful of Ding Yi's conspiracy, saying that there must be a plot against Yanzhou in the near future.

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and his voice was like a bell: "What is the Tibetan tyrant, let me help him, whoever listens to whom, don't go!"

Guan Yu's righteous son Guan Ping was seventeen years old, and he was listening to his father-in-law's words, he sat under Zhang Fei, and was startled by Zhang Fei's yelling, and said with a smile: "Third uncle, your voice is thundering, and the little nephew's heart and liver are about to jump out." ”

Everyone laughed, Zhang Fei couldn't help but stretch out his hand and rub it on Guan Ping's head: "You kid, don't learn, learn to arrange your uncle, after the meeting, don't go, walk with our school!"

Guan Ping immediately sat up straight: "The third uncle bravely crowned the three armies, how can I be the opponent of the third uncle, don't go, don't go." ”

Guan Yu said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's get down to business, help Tibetan tyrant, the third brother can't go, Tibetan tyrant is a Qingzhou assassin, the third brother went, if there is an order, you can't disobey it, once you obey the order, the third brother will rarely come back, but the order of the court is not easy to shirk, hurry up and find a way to break this situation!"

Liao Hua said: "General, most of the Yanzhou soldiers and horses are in the hands of Xu Du and Yu Ban and others, and they can be controlled at present, but there are more than 50,000 people, I have an idea, it is better for General Guan to lead an army of 10,000, play more banners, and bluff, General Zhang led more than 40,000 people to rush straight to Pingyuan County, cut off Yuan Tan's way back, and seize Qingzhou! ”

Guan Yu nodded and said: "This plan is wonderful, it's just that Pingyuan County crosses the Yellow River, and while cutting off Yuan Tan's return route, he also has to deal with the soldiers and horses of Hebei, why don't I go with the third brother in person, General Liao, you bluff my banner and guard our Yanzhou, are you sure!"

Liao Hua got up and arched his hand and said: "Obey the order, I look at the north bank of the Yellow River, Yuan Shao has not moved, I can hold Yanzhou, General Guan will go early and return early, it should be fine!"