Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a magic stick

Now that there is Xu Shu's sledgehammer here, who is doing the job of killing chickens, Yan Qing has no worries. He asked Lu Bu to rectify the army a little bit, and then he really rested for half a day before continuing to advance towards Youzhou.

To Yan Qing's relief, although the implementation of preventive measures in Jizhou was uneven, they were still quite effective.

Going north along this road, as they went deeper in Hebei, the fields and farmhouses they could see were affected by the locust infestation, which was obviously much lower than that in the outer areas.

By the time the army had traveled a long distance and finally arrived at Hejian County, which had always been the front line of the battle with Gongsun Zan's army, the damage caused by the locust plague had been weakened to a negligible extent.

Guo Jia sighed: "My lord's vision is far-sighted, but it is the good luck of Zan."

The wind direction is from west to east and from south to north. Although there are many sources of outbreaks, most of them are concentrated in the Central Plains due to climatic factors.

Yan Qing's efforts to plan for a rainy day, the fruit of his painstaking efforts, have virtually become a natural barrier to protect Youzhou.

Yan Qing said with a smile: "In misfortunes, blessings depend on, and blessings lie in misfortunes. Rather than letting migratory locusts cross the border, causing the people to suffer and their hard work to be wasted, I would rather let him occupy this advantage."

Guo Jia also just sighed casually, and smiled when he heard the words: "That's right."

While the two were talking, Lu Bu, who personally led a team of elites and drove to the front to check the situation, also came back.

Yan Qing keenly noticed that Lu Bu's expression was a bit tangled, and asked, "How is the battle ahead?"

Lu Bu hesitated and said, "Looking from the top of the mountain, I can see Fu Yi's soldiers cleaning up the mess on the battlefield without haste, but there is no one in the Zan army, and the camp in the distance is also empty. I'm afraid they have retreated recently."

how come?

Yan Qing was slightly stunned, and exchanged a look with Guo Jia who was also surprised, and silently sent someone to quickly summon Xun You who was in the other car, so that they could discuss it.

Once the temporary military tents were set up, and when Lu Bu returned after instructing several lieutenants, Yan Qing began: "In the opinion of the two of you, what kind of tricks is this Gongsun Zan playing?"

Guo Jia frowned and fell silent, Xun You also remained silent for the time being, as if he was still thinking, only Lu Bu looked left and right, and decided to pull out the head: "I think that Gongsun Zan is afraid of the lord. The soldiers are strong and powerful, knowing that the Lord will personally lead the army to help, and the soldiers will retreat."

Yan Qing expressed doubts about this statement: "If he knows the current affairs and is afraid of powerful enemies, he is not Gongsun Zan."

Gongsun Zan's stubbornness and retribution after gaining power are not only clearly written in the history books, but also can be seen from his actual crazy performance.

Originally, there was Liu Yu as an opponent, who needed to be on guard all the time, but now he has also been killed.

It means that in Youzhou, no one has the ability to hinder him anymore. How could Gongsun Zan's paranoia that he could fight with others endlessly because of some interest disputes on weekdays, how could he suddenly give up because of fear?

In the final analysis, Gongsun Zan did not have an important quality that a politician should have-everything is based on the gain or loss of interests.Even former enemies can shake hands and make peace at any time.

Such an opponent is quite threatening as a general, but as a ruler, he has failed extremely.

If he hadn't been chasing after him like a mad dog and penetrating every corner, Yan Qing would have looked down on him at all, and would not be willing to send troops to deal with him.

For one thing, as long as he is ignored, with his consistent iron-blooded ruling methods, even if the public grievances that can be suppressed for a while, they will be backlashed sooner or later. There is no way to contribute to the opponent who will kill himself sooner or later. Necessary; secondly, Youzhou is a barren and remote place, with scarce supplies at present, but surrounded by enemies on many sides. Although it is obviously one of the northern states, the price/performance ratio of possession is very low, and the people sent to take care of it must have extremely high loyalty and ability.

With Yan Qing's focus on the forces, such talents are scarce at any time. During the most critical period of time, it is undoubtedly a pity to put one in the town.

Reluctantly, although Gongsun Zan hasn't taken care of the internal affairs, he has the ambition to develop externally and revenge against the thorn in Yanqing, causing troubles again and again.

Especially this time, there was a lot of trouble, and it really touched Yan Qing's Ni Lin.

Even if it is to impress the power and deter other princes who are about to move, at least the first few must be completely wiped out.

But this inexplicable retreat undoubtedly disrupted the rhythm of Yan Qing's plan to confront him head-on and defeat him in one fell swoop.

Yan Qing wasn't afraid of this, but he habitually refused to underestimate the enemy, in case he stepped into a trap, so he was cautious.

After all, he is the powerful white horse general outside the Great Wall. Even if he is an out-and-out political idiot, his ability to march and fight is solid.

Seeing that Guo Jia and Xun You were still silent, Yan Qing could only call their names: "What does Feng Xiao think of Gongsun Zan's move?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "My lord, why should you be in such a hurry? Instead of guessing wildly, it's better to ask Fu Yi first. He has fought Gongsun Zan for many months, and when it comes to understanding the situation, it must be clearer than General Lu's hasty glance." many."

At the end, I added another sentence: "From the current situation, I am afraid that there is no food."

The words were true, and Yan Qing accepted them on the spot, but Lu Bu somehow felt ridiculed, and frowned unhappily.

He was about to stare at Guo Jia indiscriminately, but he happened to meet Guo Jia with a fleeting grimace.

Lu Bu: "..."

Yan Qing happened to miss Guo Jia's provocative expression, but when he turned around, he found Lu Bu with a dark face, and silently took out the booklet with crooked accounts, feeling helpless and funny at once.

Xun You also said: "Whether Gongsun Zan withdraws or not has little influence on the master's plan, so don't pay attention to his intentions, so as to avoid the harm of his deliberate mystification."

Yan Qing nodded: "What you two said is very true, then I'll ask Fu Yi before talking about it."

At this time, he realized that it had been a whole year since he last saw Gao Shun, Xu Rong and others.

However, during the actual meeting, Yan Qing's attention was almost entirely focused on the darkening complexion of the newly appointed General Zhenbei by his Majesty.

Gao Shun didn't notice Yan Qing's nonchalant scrutiny at all, and before he could open his mouth after solemnly saluting, Lu Bu who rushed over from behind slapped him hard on the shoulder, staggered heavily and didn't say anything. Then he was met with a heart-rending tease: "But I haven't seen you in a year, why did you fall into the charcoal basin?"

Gao Shun's face darkened in an instant, and he said with restraint: "...General!"

Yan Qing, who was told by Lu Bu what was in his heart, felt a little better, suppressed a smile, and asked Gao Shun to continue talking after making everyone sit down.

The reason for Gongsun Zan's withdrawal was not as expected by Guo Jia - either there was some change in the rear, or it was simply a lack of food.

Yan Qing raised his eyebrows: "How could Yanzhou be unable to afford it so quickly? Wen Ruo has worked hard for many years, and there must be more than that. It is too much to take it for granted if you want to deceive me with this."

Guo Jia said slowly, "I'm afraid that's not what they mean."

Xun You nodded, and analyzed: "If Chen and the Sima family were really stupid and mediocre, they would not have valued the Lord and Xun Yanzhou that day. With their abilities, it is not difficult to see that the Lord is clearly pointing at Youzhou, but he intends to Yanzhou, we must strengthen our preparations. Besides, Gongsun Zan's position is now impossible to advance, and he is destined to be exhausted. Now that the lord's army has arrived and the main force has been returned, there is no chance of winning with one single army in Youzhou against two elite troops. .Simply withdraw the troops as soon as possible to preserve our strength for battle. No matter how unwilling Gongsun Zan is, there will be no food and grass, so he has no choice but to follow the advice of his allies."

Gao Shun suddenly realized.

Lu Bu understood what he heard, but the next moment he looked at Yan Qing with piercing eyes, and asked with concern, "Should we continue to fight now?"

Yan Qing couldn't help laughing: "You forgot what Gongda said just now?"

If you can run away, monks can't run away from the temple. As Xun You said, it doesn't matter whether Gongsun Zan withdraws or not, fights them or not.

Guo Jia reminded in a low voice: "Are you going to write to Wenhe and Gongtai?"

"No need." Yan Qing said with a smile: "If you don't even have this kind of tacit understanding, then it's not Wenhe."

Guo Jia nodded approvingly.

Sure enough, within three days, without receiving a word from Jizhou, Jia Xu did not hesitate to use Sun Jian as the commander-in-chief, mobilized all the soldiers in Yuzhou, and rushed straight to Yanzhou aggressively.

Almost on the same day, Chen Gong also dispatched an army of [-] troops that had been reorganized early, appointed Sun Ce and Zhou Yu as the commanders, and marched towards Xuzhou with a clear goal.

Counting Zhao Yun's northern attack on Bingzhou, Yan Qing's troops were divided into four groups this time, blooming in many ways.

Among them, Sun's father and son were the second handsome in the same period, and it became a well-told story.

In the turmoil of Chen Qun and others rebelling against Yan and Yuan, Yu and Yangzhou, who had been abnormally silent and were even suspected by countless people, thought they had also secretly rebelled against the Lord, made efforts at the same time, as planned in advance. It not only cleared away the suspicion of treachery, shattered Xiaoxiao's fluke mentality, but also surprised the world, and deeply terrified of this invincible powerful strength.

When Yan Qing used troops in the past, even if he was facing Dong Zhuo, who was of great disparity in strength, he would not bring all the soldiers he could dispatch as if he was showing off his power, but carefully calculated and only brought enough people.

In Yan Qing's case, it never happened that one hundred thousand troops were called 50 troops to boost their own prestige and morale. This is also widely known.

In fact, relying on these people to guard the rear is obviously not enough, but with such a hand, in the eyes of outsiders, it is impossible to detect how much strength Yan Qing has hidden.

The enemy had to weigh a little more before making a move, and cursed secretly at this villager who likes to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

After a long period of time, no one could have imagined that Yan Qing would be uncharacteristic this time, no longer hiding the front and restraining the details, but driving the many vicious tigers under his seat, showing their fangs fiercely, not only to treat the poor The relentless enemy will fight head-on, but it will be a showdown for life and death.

It was clear what he wanted to express.

Not caring about the past doesn't mean not caring about strength.

This time, I want to take advantage of the great opportunity of rescuing him to settle all old accounts.

With all the heroes rising together and the feudal lords dominating, Yanqing's start is undoubtedly the worst one, and the foundation is also the shallowest one, which is obvious to all.

Even if he created a trick of integrating politics and religion, he is indeed capable, but in just five or six years, he has developed such a scale and possessed such strong strength, which is really unbelievable.

How on earth did he do it?

Except for the panicked people who were targeted, among the people who were not affected by the war, Cao Yin, the governor of Jingzhou, was the most frightened one.

He felt that he was the first to bear the brunt, and he was terrified for several days. He always felt that it was wrong to just dawdle like this, so he hurriedly summoned his staff to discuss the matter, but these people's skills were limited, so they couldn't discuss why.

——Yuzhou and Yangzhou have exhausted their forces, and the city is empty. Even people who do not know the art of war know that this is a good time for a sneak attack.

——But the problem is that although Yan Qing is young, his strength is achieved every minute.The number of victories he has fought, big and small, is already a terrifying number, probably more than many people present here have read military books carefully in their entire lives. How can they not know the most obvious point, and leave such a Let them take advantage of big loopholes?It must have been laid down early!

——If you don’t do anything, it’s just a tactical fighter.After Yan Qing finished cleaning up those people, Jingzhou was alone next to such a vicious tiger, wasn't it also the result of being easily annexed?It's better to stand up and try your luck.

——Thinking about it again, Yan Qing has withdrawn all his troops, probably because he didn't pay attention to the dignified governor of Jingzhou at all.

——However, everyone who thinks this way is very unlucky in the end...

When Cao Yin heard that the counselors were sticking to their own opinions, they quarreled together and immediately felt dizzy.

The courage of Yan Qing's hundreds of thousands of troops to retaliate has left a deep impression on his mind, causing him to be unable to make a decision for a long time.

In the end, he simply listened to the persuasion of one of them and the muddy style, and at the expense of his dignity, went to visit the couple of local celebrities who looked down on him and refused to become an official, the Kuai brothers.