In April, western Liaoning finally ushered in the real spring season. At the same time, Bailang City also welcomed its first distinguished guest from Liaodong, and it was also a regular guest: Liu Yi, the chief clerk of the Liaodong Prefecture Prefect.

Liu Yi did not come empty-handed. He brought the second batch of military rations, forage, weapons and various military resources, as well as three hundred soldiers to supplement the damage to the war. From this point of view, Gongsun Du was generous and hot. If he had been someone else, he would be really grateful.

Of course, Ma Han was also very grateful. At least on the surface, what Liu Yi saw was a white wolf city guard who was full of gratitude. Ma Han had a very high reception standard for him. He went out to the city three miles to greet him. He did not even arrange for him to stay in the inn according to the reception rules of the envoy, but instead swept the bed in the side courtyard of the city guard's mansion to wait.

Liu Yi was very satisfied. His mission this time was accompanied by a task, and whether this task could be successfully achieved depends on whether the guardian horse in Bailang City was obedient - at least on the surface, it must be obedient. After preliminary investigation, Liu Yi came to a conclusion: this person is available.

Just in the inner room, after asking Ma Han to take off his left and right, Liu Yi took out a hot lacquer letter from his suitcase and handed it to Ma Han.

Ma Han took it and saw that Xin Jian looked up, "The cavalry commander of Liaodong County, led the guardian of Bailang City, and the signature was "The prefect of Liaodong Palace". He understood in his heart that this was a secret letter from Gongsun Du to him. When he opened it, Ma Han raised his eyebrows and then calmed down. After Liu Yi repeatedly observed it, he could not see the clues.

For a whole moment, the inner room was quiet and almost dead, and the air was stagnant. No matter how well Liu Yi was in cultivation, he couldn't hold back. Yu Ruyi, who gently stroked his waist with one hand, seemed to ask casually: "What is the intention of guarding the city?"

Ma Han spoke slowly: "Donglai is in chaos and the bandits are rampant, so it is indeed possible to make a decision, but Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai was established by Youzhou. Moreover, Beihai Prime Minister Kong Wenju has always been famous. If he conflicts with him, he will be afraid that he will be unfavorable to the envoy."

Liu Yi laughed: "The envoy's intention is to ask the city guard to be the vanguard and go to Donglai to make a front outing to explore the truth and reality. He does not require contact with Tian Jun or Kong Beihai or even fight. Well. It is reported that Sima Taishi Ziyi, a cavalryman in the White Wolf Camp, is the Donglai family. Using this person as the leader will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"Forward, explore the truth and reality." Ma Han smiled faintly, understanding Gongsun Du's true meaning.

Gongsun Du's secret letter had only one meaning. Crossing the sea from Liaodong to take Donglai County, Qingzhou. Gongsun Du was not without ambition or means, but had no chance. However, in the spring of Chuping, the opportunity came. First, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, sent troops to attack Yuan Shu, Qing and Yan to alleviate the troops. Then, Guan Hai led the Yellow Turban Army to besiege Kong Rong, the Beihai Kingdom. At this time, Donglai did not even have a prefect, but only one county magistrate in charge. Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County were adjacent to Donglai County. To a certain extent, Donglai was the sphere of influence of Kong Rong in Beihai. Kong Beihai was no longer able to do anything, and Cao Mengde was also unable to take care of himself. It was a rare opportunity to cross the sea to get Donglai.

Gongsun Du had never played crossing the sea before, and he was unsure and did not dare to send a large army to attack. He needed a vanguard to explore the road and establish a landing point. This kind of dangerous and not very beneficial task is best left to non-direct troops to do it, and the White Wolf Camp is the best.

Ma Han stayed in western Liaoning for a whole winter. He was unfamiliar with the land and the news was cut off. He was completely unaware of the situation in the Central Plains in the past six months. After seeing Gongsun Du’s secret letter and Liu Yi’s intelligence supplement, he learned a little.

"Guan Hai, Yellow Turban Army, soldiers surrounded Kong Beihai." These three keywords made Ma Han's mouth curl, and he thought of Taishi Ci. Didn't the most exciting moment in this old man's life begin from now on?

Ma Wu had made a decision in his heart. Now, he just wanted to know what benefits he had.

As a "senior secretary", Liu Yi was a basic skill in observing his face. When he saw Ma Han's expression was loose, he immediately understood and told him without any explanation: "The envoy will add another thousand troops to the city guard, and provide Bailang City with 10,000 stones of grain, 30,000 kilograms of iron, 10,000 pieces of cloth, and 100 titanium gold to Bailang City... Well, as long as the city guard agrees to send troops, the envoy will send three kashu boats to open from the Dashi (now Jin County, Liaoning) to the entrance of Fengdashui (now Liuguhe) to meet the army. The envoy's intention is to first ascend elite troops, not as expensive as many, and the number of people should be controlled around 300. Each kashu boat can carry a hundred people, and the boat can hide horses and military rations in the belly. This is like this..."

Liu Yi said something inside and outside, and Ma Wu nodded secretly. Gongsun Du was also considered a talent, or he was also considered a talent, so everything was arranged properly and had strong operability. Gongsun Du added him to three thousand more troops, which should be said to be due to the situation. First of all, in theory, his cavalry commander should have between three and five thousand, two thousand, which is indeed too few, which gives people a sense of harshness. Secondly, a very important point was that in the battle between Hirooka and Wencheng last year, Ma Han stirred up the situation in western Liaoning with only a very small force, which made Gongsun Du feel that he had not read the wrong person. This is indeed a guy who knows what to do. Since this is the case, to strengthen his strength and attract the Wuwan people tightly and let them bite each other, Liaodong will be much easier.

Only by providing a small amount of troops, money and food, can an army relieve external troubles for itself. How can I not do this? How can Gongsun Du and his staff not calculate this? If everyone changes positions, Ma Han will do the same. This situation is a bit like the Americans stuffing money and weapons to her brother, urging her brother to do the Russians. But in the end, she bit the Americans. Will Gongsun Du be retaliated? God knows...

But Ma Han still has concerns: "Although it's spring now, and it's time for cattle and sheep to give birth, the Wuwan people will not have any abnormal movements at this time, but I'm worried that if Tadun makes up his mind in Liucheng..."

Liu Yi immediately gave him a reassurance: "The envoy has ordered Sima Zhang Chang to lead two thousand cavalry, and the infantry will be stationed in the Liaodong vassal state Fuli Camp. If the Wuwan people dare to make a difference, Zhang Sima will definitely send troops. Please feel free to go south."

Has Gongsun Du done this? To put it nicely, it is to relieve worries, but to put it badly, it is to force people to submit.

Ma Han was also very straightforward: "I will lead the team myself and lead 200 troops to land in Donglai. But I still have one condition, and the three boats must belong to me."

"Hmm?" Liu Yi was stunned.

"I won't return empty-handed on this trip. I need a boat to transport some things from the Central Plains. And, if you have the chance, hehe..." Ma Han's eyes showed a hint of "greed" when he spoke.

"Hahaha, I understand." Liu Yi laughed and nodded. Yes, thinking about Wu Yan's miserable situation, with this man and his subordinates, it's not just about exploring the road? If you don't rob, you will probably not leave if you fill the cabin. And according to his opinion, you will go there often in the future... In this way, it is very necessary to get some boats.

"Yes, but only three boats. Yi can make the decision, so he will give it to the city guard."

"So, thank you, Chief Liu, for being the leader of the envoy, and expanding the territory for Liaodong!"

...

Just as Ma Han and Liu Yi were discussing secretly, at the same moment, Taishi Ci also received a visitor from Liaodong.

When the visitor dressed as a servant, he bowed deeply when he saw Taishi Ci: "I pay homage to Mr. Taishi."

Taishici was surprised: "It's you! How good is your head of the family?"

The visitor replied respectfully: "Everything is fine by the head of the family. I will send a slave to come this time and write to Mr. Taishi."

"Oh, where is the letter?"

The visitor carefully took out a roll of bamboo rolls from the brocade box he brought with him and presented them with Taishi Ci.

Taishi Ci smiled. The man was indeed used to using bamboo slips and didn't like the crisp and thin Cai Lun paper.

Taishici unfolded the bamboo slips, read them carefully, and said nothing, asking the attendant to settle the visitor and went straight to the city guard's mansion to ask for Ma Han.

As soon as we met, we handed the bamboo roll in our hand forward.

Ma Han took it and smiled. It was a coincidence that he wrote a letter of help from the famous Beihai scholar Bing who lived in Liaodong. He hoped that Taishi Ci would go back to Liaodong to protect a famous scholar named Liu Zheng from Liaodong and return to Qingzhou.

What's going on? At this time, Gongsun Du was slapping the noble families in the county, and his methods were more intense than Cao Cao. Liu Zheng was the village party of Bingyuan. He served as the prefect of Youbeiping during the Zhongping period and later resigned from his post and returned home. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Beihai suffered the most disasters, and Liu Zheng and Bingyuan and others took refuge in Liaodong together. Liu Zheng was from a famous family and was the target of Gongsun Du's dictatorship. Such people either turned to Gongsun Du and wanted to

So he had to be dictatorship, and Liu Zheng chose the latter. So Gongsun Du arrested Liu Zheng's family, but Liu Zheng ran away first. Gongsun Du issued an announcement to the counties, "Those who dared to hide Liu Zheng were the same as him." Liu Zheng was desperate and had to surrender to Bing Yuan. Bing Yuan hid Liu Zheng for more than a month. Seeing that this was not a solution, he wanted Liu Zheng to leave Liaodong and return to the Beihai - no matter how cruel the Yellow Turban was, he would not be as cruel as Gongsun Du.

Liaodong was uneven, the sea was unstable, and Donglai was restless. Liu Zheng was on his own. If there was no escort from a brave warrior, he might not be able to return home. At this time, Bingyuan remembered Taishi Ci, who had been a disciple in his mansion for a while. This man was extremely skilled in archery and brave, and was Liu Zheng's good companion. So he asked his family slaves to come to Bailang City with their letter.

Taishici had written a letter to tell Bingyuan that he was a visitor to the White Wolf City. After Taishici served as the cavalry of Sima, it was the harsh winter season in the Liao area, and the news was cut off. As a result, Bingyuan didn't know that he had already promoted, otherwise he would not have been so rash.

Taishi Ci rubbed his hands and felt very embarrassed: "Your Majesty and Ci are kind to you, but what you entrusted is really hard to refuse. It's just that Ci is the Sima of the Army. If he leaves the army because of his own fault, he is afraid..."

Ma Han laughed out loud, took out Gongsun Du's secret letter, and handed it to Taishici: "Look at this."

Taishi Ci took it in confusion and looked up suddenly: "Is it the intention of guarding the city..."
Chapter completed!