Before I knew it, I had entered Jian'an for five years.

With the arrival of a spring rain, the ice and snow in the Central Plains melted, the plants and trees grew, and the vast wilderness became vibrant again.

After a long preparation, Yuan Shao finally decided to send troops.

Maybe he himself did not expect that this war would be forever in history.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Yuan Shao ordered Chen Lin to make a manifesto to attack Cao Cao.

Originally, Cao Cao had a cold and had a headache at the Nian Pass, and was bedridden. However, after reading Chen Lin's manifesto, he was so scared that he had a cold sweat, and the headache had been relieved a lot. If Yuan Shao knew about this result, he would not know how he felt.

Afterwards, Yuan Shao ordered the general Yan Liang to enter Liyang and prepare to cross the river to attack the Baima and occupy the key points on the southern bank of the Yellow River.

In Yuan Shao's opinion, the situation in Liaodong is no longer worth worrying.

At this time, he was also on the string and had to fire. He had been preparing for a decisive battle with Cao Cao for a long time. Yuan Shao could not change his plan for a small Liaodong, which would destroy the plan for the past six months. Moreover, in Yuan Shao's eyes, Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, and it was unbearable to have a hard time. Thinking about the fact that the Gongsun family occupied Liaodong for many years, but they could not achieve the climate. Although Liu Chuang occupied Liaodong, it was not easy to stabilize Liaodong. Not to mention, he had made careful arrangements and was not afraid that Liu Chuang would cause trouble.

In western Liaoning, there were Tadun Wuwan and Chunyu Qiong's assistance.

Yuan Shao also knew that due to Su Puyan and Lou Ban, Tadun's reputation plummeted and his strength weakened a lot.

For this reason, Yuan Shao secretly sent envoys to Yiwulu Mountain to warn Su Puyan and Lou Ban. At the same time, he ordered Chunyu Qiong to secretly win over Su Puyan. Liu Chuang occupied Liaodong. But the north was still in Yuan Shao's hands. Yuan Shao knew very well what Su Puyan Lou Ban wanted. However, Yuan Shao knew more about what Su Puyan Lou Ban's temperament was. So he didn't care much.

However, that alone is far from enough.

In order to strengthen Tadun's strength in western Liaoning, Yuan Shao transferred Khanluwei's troops to Liucheng from the banks of the Gushui River to increase Tadun's strength.

After deploying western Liaoning, Yuan Shao was still not relieved.

So, after repeated consideration, Yuan Shao appointed Zhang He, the general of the Central Army of Ning Kingdom, as the general of Liao, and stationed troops in Yuyang to monitor the movements in western Liaoning.

This Zhang He was also a famous general in the Three Kingdoms period and was even more familiar to people in later generations.

Zhang He, whose courtesy name is Junyi, was from Hejian.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang He applied for the fight to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. He became the Sima of the army and climbed step by step with his military achievements, and then joined Han Fu.

In the second year of Chuping, in 191 AD, Yuan Shao captured Jizhou.

Zhang He then led his troops to surrender. He first became the lieutenant and assisted Qu Yi in fighting Gongsun Zan. He also won many military achievements in the battle with Gongsun Zan. He was appointed as the General of the Central Army of Ning Kingdom and was named the Sitingzhu of Hebei. He was as famous as Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Gao Lan. After Qu Yi's death, Zhang He formed the Grand Hollander.

At this time, Zhang He did not have the ability to comment on historical books.

This is a guy who is getting more and more demonic as he gets older. He was once very afraid of Zhuge Liang...

Now Zhang He is just a general. Although he is good at managing troops, he is far from comparable to his historical achievements in other aspects.

Yuan Xi was repeatedly defeated by Liu Chuang, and Yuan Shao couldn't stand it anymore.

This time he simply sent Zhang He to assist Yuan Xi and stabilize the situation in Youzhou.

In Yuan Shao's view, the two shackles in western Liaoning and Yuyang were enough to trap Liu Chuang... In this way, he also had enough energy to fight against Cao Cao.

But no one expected that just as Yuan Shao was actively preparing to go south, an accident happened.

Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Shang suffered from a cold and fell ill on the couch, which was extremely serious.

Yuan Shang was Yuan Shao's most beloved son. Seeing that Yuan Shang was sick, Yuan Shao was immediately confused and ordered Yan Liang to temporarily suspend the attack.

Changes in the morning and night are a taboo in military strategists.

Yuan's army was already aggressively trying to cross the river to fight, but Yuan Shao's order could only stop temporarily.

On the surface, this seems to be nothing serious.

But in fact, Yuan Jun's morale has been shaken...

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Of course, Liu Chuang saw Yuan Shao’s layout.

To be honest, he didn't take Tadun and Khanluwei seriously.

The only thing he valued was Zhang He.

"I didn't expect that I was so proud of my face. Mr. Yuan actually sent Zhang Junyi to guard me."

However, he immediately remembered something. In history, Zhang He participated in the Battle of Guandu, and in this battle, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed, Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao, and the four pillars of Hebei were gone. But now Zhang He has come to Youzhou, which means he is likely to be unable to participate in the Battle of Guandu. Doesn’t that mean that Cao Cao cannot recruit Zhang He? Since that is the case, he cannot let Zhang Junyi go.

Thinking of this, Liu Chuang's evil tastes that gathered great people in his bones broke out again!

"Zhongda, go down and arrange it immediately and keep an eye on Zhang He.

He had to make detailed records for me when he was eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in Yuyang. However, he would not be allowed to order or act rashly."

"Here!"

Sima Yi bowed to take the order and retreated aside.

Zhuge Liang and Chen Qun both showed doubts and couldn't help asking: "Lord, is there anything special about this Zhang He?"

Of course there is something special!

That is one of the five famous generals under Cao Cao's sect.

Liu Chuang smiled slightly, but did not answer Zhuge Liang's question, but said, "Who knows the situation of Zhang Junyi?"

Zhang He was in Jizhou and had a great reputation.

But elsewhere, he is still an unknown person.

Liu Chuang had not many Jizhou people under him. Although Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan were from Jizhou, they were always at the bottom. So when Liu Chuang asked, everyone looked at each other. After seeing it, Liu Chuang couldn't help but sigh inwardly, feeling a little disappointed.

There is no way. Although Sun Tzu had a long term that "uses the world", people always have superficial knowledge about intelligence.

This has a lot to do with the limitations of the times. It is impossible to attach great importance to intelligence information like later generations, and it has also spawned various professional spies. Whether it is the detailed work of this era, or the eyes and ears, there is a saying. How to arrange it above and do it below, without any professionalism. Liu Chuang didn't know how to train spies, and he didn't know what kind of method of collecting intelligence was.

But in the era of information explosion in later generations, there are endless TV series of spy movies.

Even the shallowest spy war movies have extraordinary significance for the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When he looked at Sima Yi, a look of shame suddenly appeared on Sima Yi's face. As the head of Huang Pavilion, he was the eyes and ears of Liu Chuang. But Huang Pavilion didn't know what Liu Chuang knew... How could Sima Yi, who was arrogant, bear it?

"Young Master, when I was working under Chunyu Qiong's tent, I heard of Zhang He's name."

At this time, Xiahou Lan suddenly stood up unexpectedly and bowed and said, "Zhang Junyi is extremely brave and good at managing military forces.

However, I think the biggest advantage of him is that he is good at learning. I remember that when he was fighting against the Black Mountain bandits, Zhang Junyi began to lose consecutive battles. But later, he became more and more beautiful and even won a great victory in the end. At that time, some people in the army said that Zhang He was humble and studious. After every battle, he would discuss with the army regardless of the outcome, and recorded his wartime mistakes, which was a warning.

But later he went to Youzhou to participate in the war and assisted Qu Yi in fighting Gongsun Zan, so I didn't know much about him."

"I think I remembered it when you said it."

Zhao Yun suddenly spoke, "I seem to have some impression of Zhang He, too.

Before the Battle of Jieqiao, he did lose more than he wins. But later, he gradually turned his possession, which turned Yuan's army from disadvantage to equality.

But later, Qu Yi joined the war and this person disappeared. I later followed Liu Bei to Xuzhou and I no longer knew about it."

The words of Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan made everyone in the hall feel alert.

Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang had different expressions.

Zhuge Liang showed a look of admiration and nodded slightly; while Sima Yi looked solemn and kept silent.

Liu Chuang saw it and smiled on his face.

"There are many capable people under Yuan Shao's account, but Yuan Shao doesn't know how to use it.

But if you feel contemptuous of this, you and I will suffer a great loss sooner or later.

Cao Cao is even more so... but he can do his best to do his best. Therefore, we must try our best to understand every detail of the other party. Only in this way can we be confident and write with a good idea... Zhongda, let you take responsibility for this matter. What do you think?"

This is an opportunity to wash away the humiliation of Huangge!

Sima Yi stood up again, bowed and said, "Yi will do this."

However, the "this matter" Sima Yi said not only refers to Zhang He. He made up his mind to find a way to figure out the situation of everyone else.

At the same time, a strange thought arose in his mind.

But this thought flashed through and was very vague... Sima Yi felt that he needed to think about it more seriously.

"Where did the Goguryeo messenger go?"

"Reporting to the emperor, according to Taishici's report, the Goguryeo envoy has arrived in Xi'anping and will set off soon."

"Who is the messenger?"

"It is said that the messenger was named Daigu, and he was Yiyimo's brother-in-law."

"I will send someone to Prince Baqi's house later and ask Prince Baqi for advice on this situation of Taigu."

"Here!"

Liu Chuang had a discussion with everyone for a while.

It is almost February, and the Central Plains is already full of vitality and spring is blooming.

However, in Liaodong, most areas are still covered by ice and snow. The influence of the small ice age made the spring in Liaodong at least more than a month later than the Central Plains. This is also one of the reasons why Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated. The weather is too cold and unbearable.

Therefore, spring plowing in Liaodong can only be carried out after Qingming Festival.

Liu Chuang knew that the real test had just begun.
To be continued...