In Xuzhou Donghai County, when Mi Zhen saw Mi Fang coming back, he looked indignant and asked, "Brother, what happened?"
Mi Fang looked unhappy and said, "Yuan Tan is really going too far!"
"He was in Langya County attacking the Taishan bandits, but his subordinates often came to Donghai County to plunder. Many of our caravan's goods were robbed by them!"
"But now he is said to have 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he is becoming more and more arrogant. Not to mention us, I am afraid that he does not even take you seriously!"
"I asked to talk to him several times, but he ignored me every time. This is really too much!"
Mi Zhen heard this and said, "The Yuan family is powerful. We can't afford to offend them, but can we avoid them?"
"Won't the goods be shipped by sea in the future?"
Mi Fang shook his head and said, "I heard that Yuan Tan was also building a ship. He has no trade routes, so isn't this ship built for robbery?"
"I'm afraid the sea won't be safe anymore."
After hearing this, Mi Zhen remained silent, thinking that this Master Yuan Tan was truly overbearing in his actions.
Mi Fang shook her head and sighed, "What a pity! If my younger sister had married Yuan Xi, she would have been a family with the Yuan family and it would have been easier for her to talk to him..."
He realized that he had said something wrong and quickly shut up.
Mi Zhen didn't know why, but she felt a little jealous and said, "Brother, you're overthinking it. I'm afraid she doesn't like me at all."
After hearing this, Mi Fang muttered, "Little sister, why should you belittle yourself? Although she may be a little bit inferior to that Madam Zhen, it is common for men to get tired of the old and love the new..."
After hearing this, Mi Zhen felt even more upset. She sent Mi Fang away, returned to the small building, sat in front of the window, and looked at the vast ocean outside. She felt a little depressed, thinking that she had missed it like this.
In the military camp outside Huaicheng, Zhao Yun said to Ju Su, "Sir, have we been delayed here for too long?"
"Marquis Wen said that he was going to host a three-day banquet to celebrate the alliance between Yuan and Lu and to thank them for saving their families."
"There are always changes in Anyi. Are you not distinguishing the important from the minor?"
Ju Su heard this and sighed, "That's true. We shouldn't delay any longer."
"I plan to go into the city tonight and have a good talk with Wen Hou."
"Then I will explain the pros and cons and persuade Marquis Wen to send troops to Anyi in Hedong as soon as possible."
Zhao Yun heard this and said worriedly, "Something happened in the city. Please be careful, sir."
Ju Su listened and nodded, "I understand, but it stands to reason that after something happens, Wen Hou will definitely step up his defenses, and it should be difficult for someone with bad intentions to find an opportunity."
"But if something does happen, please let Zilong take charge of the situation."
Zhao Yun heard this and said, "I understand. Please be careful, sir."
He felt vaguely uneasy in his heart.
Will the person behind the scenes really let it go?
In Lu Bu's mansion, Lu Lingqi walked into Qu Yi's room, carrying a wooden tray with a bowl of thick medicine on it.
Seeing this, Qu Yi sat up with difficulty and said with a smile: "It's not in vain that I accepted you as my disciple. You still care about me."
"But your injury hasn't healed yet, so you'd better stay active to avoid a relapse of your old injury. Otherwise, Marquis Wen will blame me again."
Seeing that Qu Yi looked fine, Lu Lingqi felt relieved and said, "My father is hosting a banquet tonight to thank the envoys from Youzhou and Master for saving me."
"The servants were busy preparing wine and food. The house was very busy, so I brought the medicine here."
Qu Yi took the medicine bowl and swallowed it in a few big gulps. It tasted quite bitter, so he picked up the wine jug beside him and took a big gulp of wine.
Lv Lingqi was a little absent-minded, and asked Qu Yi: "Master, how long have you been a guard under Yin Hu?"
"What kind of man is he?"
Qu Yi was stunned, wondering why he asked this out of the blue?
He was afraid of causing trouble, so he could only stammer, "I don't really know what kind of person he is, maybe he's a good person?"
Lu Lingqi thought of what Yinhu did last time and couldn't help but feel hatred. Is he still a good person?
She snorted: "The woman who came at that time, was she his wife?"
"Why is your face disfigured?"
"There must be some story between Yin Hu and his wife, right?"
Qu Yi thought that this should be referring to Cai Zhaoji. Almost two years had passed, and the scars on Cai Zhaoji's face had almost disappeared. But how could he explain this to Lu Lingqi?
He shook his head and said, "I don't like asking about other people's personal affairs, but why do you care about Yin Hu?"
Lu Lingqi said angrily: "Who cares about him!"
"I was just thinking that since even my master is willing to serve him, this Hidden Tiger doesn't seem to be completely without merit, right?"
Qu Yi understood what Lu Lingqi meant and said with a smile, "You have a big prejudice against him. How did he offend you?"
Lu Lingqi said angrily: "I have killed someone before. If he dares to provoke me again, I will smash his head with my halberd!"
Qu Yi took another sip of wine and said with a smile: "Why do I feel that things are not that simple?"
Lu Lingqi blushed and stamped her feet, "Master is making fun of me again, I won't say any more!"
"Father said there will be a banquet tonight, Master must go!"
After saying this, she picked up the wooden tray and ran away.
When Qu Yi saw Lu Lingqi leaving, he thought that this girl had a cheerful personality and was not at all like Lu Bu, who was irritable and capricious.
Lu Bu's actions are too unreasonable. Why is he setting up a banquet? Shouldn't he conduct a thorough investigation of the entire city at this time?
Qu Yi shook his head, feeling that his body could not support him anymore, and he lay down helplessly. Just now he pretended to be nothing in front of Lu Lingqi, but in fact he could hardly sit still.
After drinking tonight, I should say goodbye and go back.
Judging from this body, it can only last for another ten days or half a month, right?
Can I return to Beixincheng in such a short time?
Qu Yi suddenly realized why he was so obsessed with returning to Beixincheng?
Logically speaking, there is no one I care about in Beixin City, right?
He was suddenly stunned, and then laughed at himself.
You are about to die, but you are still thinking about trivial things.
The news that Lu Bu was holding a banquet at home reached the ears of all the generals. Everyone had their own thoughts, but none of them dared to refuse.
Yang Chou said to Lu Bu respectfully, "Marquis Wen, I will be on my way tomorrow. I am afraid that something might go wrong, so I will not attend the banquet."
"Leave the patrol of the city tonight to me."
After hearing this, Lu Bu smiled and said, "The general is indeed a man of unrivaled loyalty and righteousness. Zhang Yang is lucky to have the general's help."
"When the general returns from Hanoi, Bu will host a banquet for him!"
Yang Chou came out of Lu Bu's mansion and sneered in his heart. It was not certain whether Lu Bu could survive tonight!
Some of Yuan Shu's men should start a rebellion tonight, but Yang Chou doesn't know who they will be.
The power of Cao Cao's strategy lies in the fact that none of the people involved are aware of each other. All Yang Chou has to do is to open the city gate while patrolling the city and cooperate with people with ulterior motives to launch an attack.
Of course, by then the city would be in chaos, with friends and foes indistinguishable, and in order to avoid being killed by mistake and dying in the chaos, he could not stay in the city.
Yang Chou also felt a little uncomfortable. The Cao family had been hiding everything from him. What if the generals of Cao's army wanted to get rid of him and kill him at the same time?
So he thought about it again and again and made a decision.
When the time comes, he will open the city gate and his mission will be accomplished. It will be inappropriate for him to interfere in the affairs of the city. Later, in order to prevent Cao from changing his mind, he decides to join his sister in the Black Mountain Army and stay out of the spotlight for a while.
If Cao still remembers my contribution, he will naturally ask for a reward for me after the success, and it will not be too late for me to come out later.
If Cao changes his mind, even if his family in Yanzhou is gone, at least he can escape with his life.
If the plan failed and Cao Cao did not capture Huaicheng, his identity would not be exposed. He could just find an excuse and come back in the future to work under Zhang Yang.
When he was under Zhang Yang, he did not get along with Sui Gu. Sui Gu was from the Black Mountain Army, and Yang Chou spoke ill of the Black Mountain Army everywhere, and the two often clashed.
But no one knew that Yang Chou was just pretending. He actually had a private relationship with the Black Mountain Army. Even if something happened, no one would link him to the Black Mountain Army.
The more Yang Chou thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was perfect. He even had a way out. As long as Huaicheng was successful, he would be able to rise to the top.
The only regret was that Mrs. Du disappeared for some unknown reason, which made him depressed for several days.
Forget it. When I become successful in the future, I can get any beautiful lady I want.
In the Black Mountains, Zhang Yangang summoned a group of leaders to meet and asked them to go back and recruit soldiers, preparing to fight the Yuan family to the death.
Yuan Shang's arrival put him under great pressure, so he gave a death order to all the leaders, requiring all the young and strong men in the Mobilization Academy to go into battle. As for food and other things, it was no longer important, as long as they could eat one day at a time.
If Montenegro is gone, what's the point of having 100,000 young and strong men?
What's more, Cao Cao promised him privately that as long as he could hold off Yuan Shang's army for a few months, Cao would help him get out of the siege, and then Cao would petition the emperor to promote him!
Besides, even if he couldn't stop Yuan's attack and couldn't run away, the worst that could happen was that he would surrender to Yuan. He could still hang himself on a tree.
Therefore, Zhang Yan is not panicking at all now. If all the people in Heishan died, it would be something that Jizhou and Yanzhou would not want to see. As for himself, he would just move to another place and become a governor!
At this moment, footsteps were heard and Yang Feng walked in with an iron spear.
Zhang Yan saw him limping and stood up and asked, "Why is Chief Yang here?"
"Chief Yang is still seriously injured, so you should rest and recuperate first."
Yang Feng took a breath and said, "Thank you for your concern, General Zhonglang."
"I came here this time to tell the General that I will be away for two days."
Zhang Yan couldn't help but ask, "Chief Yang, is there something urgent?"
Yang Feng said: "It's not a big deal. My brother is coming to Montenegro. The terrain of Montenegro is complicated. I want to go to the Montenegro South Pass on the border of Hanoi to meet him."
"It might take five or six days to go back and forth."
Zhang Yan heard this and said, "Chief Yang is seriously injured. Do you want me to send someone to pick him up?"
Yang Feng said, "No need to trouble the General. Anyway, I can't go to the battlefield now, so let me go."
Seeing that he insisted, Zhang Yan nodded and agreed.
Inside the tent at the Black Mountain Pass, Yuan Shang stood up and greeted Yuan Xi who was walking in, saying with a smile: "Xian Yi, long time no see."