On the Shangdang city tower, when Xu Gu heard Taishi Ci's shout, he was immediately happy. He immediately ordered people to open the city gate, and he himself went down the city tower to go outside the city to welcome Taishi Ci's arrival.

Taishici rode on the horse and saw the Shangdang city gate slowly opening. A tall and strong middle-aged man walked out of it. Moreover, the man looked familiar and seemed to have seen it somewhere, but for a moment, he couldn't remember it again.

Xu Gu walked to Taishi Ci with his people with a happy expression, and immediately folded his fists and said, "Captain Xu Gu, please see General Taishi!"

"The lieutenant of the lieutenant, don't we see him somewhere before?" Taishi Ci asked casually.

Xu Gu nodded and replied hurriedly: "General Taishi is indeed a good friend to remember his surname. We have met several times in Hangu Pass!"

"Hahaha... I remembered it, it was you!" Taishi Ci Jinggu reminded him immediately, and he immediately recalled that he was Zhang Yang's subordinate.

"General Taishi, are you here to help my lord?" Xu Gu asked straight to the point.

Taishici nodded and said, "The General learned that Yuan Shao was attacking Bingzhou, so he ordered me to lead his army to help. Captain Xun, where is General Zhang?"

"My lord is currently confronting Yuan Shao at Huguan, and I am responsible for the safety of Shangdang. General Taishi came from afar, and he was definitely not welcome. Since General Taishi has arrived here, don't see him anymore. Just think this is my own home. I have asked someone to hold a banquet. Today I want to welcome General Taishi for my lord. General Taishi, this is not a place to speak, please go to the city!"

In order to arrive at Shangdang as soon as possible, Taishici was basically in a hurry along the way, and there was very little rest time. The soldiers behind him were already in a state of being trapped and had to take some rest.

So, Taishici agreed to Wei Gu's words and led the army into the city.

Xu Gu warmly treated Taishici and others, and learned from Taishici that the three thousand infantry soldiers led by Gao Shun would arrive in the inner border.

At the banquet, Xu Gu also saw Zhang Liao. He was not unfamiliar with Zhang Liao, because Lu Bu had lived here for a while. Zhang Yang had a very friendly relationship with Lu Bu, so Xu Gu would naturally get close to Lu Bu's generals.

After three rounds of drinking, Qing Gu walked to Zhang Liao with the wine. He was drunk and said loudly: "General Zhang, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right? Today I will reunite, so I will definitely drink him and never return home without getting drunk! Do it!"

As soon as the words fell, I drank it all in one go.

Seeing that Xu Gu was so generous and had nothing to be reserved, Zhang Liao picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go.

Taishi Ci changed his drink and stopped drinking. For him, this was his first time leading the army alone. He didn't want to mess up the matter, let alone the task assigned to him by Zhang Yan was so heavy.

Therefore, Taishi Ci drank less and said more at the banquet. In order to find out some of Yuan Shao's basic situation, he asked a lot of questions about Pugu.

After the banquet, Taishici called Zhang Hong and Zhang Liao alone to the room to discuss how to repel Yuan Shao's army.

Zhang Hong immediately said, "Yuan Shao and Cao **'s troops were divided into two groups. Now Yuan Shao is blocked by Zhang Yang and Zhang Yan. Hu Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as Zhang Yang, Zhang Yan does not fight easily and defends Hu Pass, even if Yuan Shao has many troops, he will not be able to pass. In comparison, I am more worried about Cao **'s troops. Cao ** is very good at using troops and is a scam, which is far more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shao."

Zhang Liao said: "Although Zhang Yang is named the governor of Bingzhou, in fact, he only controls the territory of Shangdang, and the other counties are not within his sphere of influence. Cao ** saw this clearly and adopted the evasion of the important and rude leadership of the army to the north, and wanted to first capture Jinyang, then go south from Jinyang, and jointly attack Zhang Yang with Yuan Shao. I think we should not consider how to repel Yuan Shao now, but how to repel Cao ** and prevent Cao ** from conquering Jinyang."

After hearing this, Taishi Ci frowned and said slowly: "You are all right, but Jinyang is not under Zhang Yang's jurisdiction. We don't know what the situation in Jinyang is, how can we act rashly?"

Zhang Hong thought for a while and said, "Because Bingzhou is adjacent to the Xianbei, Xiongnu and others, the people are brave and fierce. If they can unite the people of Bingzhou and resist Cao* together, no matter how powerful Cao** is, as long as they step into Bingzhou, they will inevitably be attacked one after another and will be difficult to move forward. I have a plan to defeat Cao** in Jinyang."

"Military advisor, if you have any tricks, tell us!" Taishi Ci asked hurriedly after hearing this.

Zhang Hong smiled, squirmed his lips, and told all his plans.

After hearing this, Taishi Ci and Zhang Liao suddenly became clear and both gave a thumbs up and praised Zhang Hong.

"Wen Yuan, if I remember correctly, you should be from Mayi, Yanmen, right?" Zhang Hong turned his face and looked at Zhang Liao and asked.

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "The military advisor remembers correctly. I am indeed from Mayi, Yanmen. In short, I am also from Bingzhou!"

Zhang Hong smiled and said, "Hahaha, in this way, things will be much easier. But it's hard to work on Wenyuan."

When Zhang Liao heard Zhang Hong say this, he immediately realized something. He was very smart and asked hurriedly: "Military advisor, do you want me to go to Jinyang?"

"Smart!" Zhang Hong praised, "You are from Bingzhou. If you come forward, this matter will be better done. After the matter is completed, you will be the first to do it!"

Zhang Liao immediately clasped his fists and said, "Military advisor, just leave this matter to me. Zhang Liao will definitely do his best to complete this task."

Zhang Hong nodded and said to Taishi Ci: "General, Zhang Wenyuan is the most suitable person for this matter, so let's leave this matter to him!"

Taishici said: "My lord once told me to listen to the military advisors along the way. Whatever the military advisors say is, I will never have any complaints."

As soon as he finished speaking, Taishici said to Zhang Liao: "Brother Zhang, Ming said, you will set out early in the morning. I will lead the army to follow you and wait for your good news."

The three of them had decided to discuss and went back to rest.

The next morning, just as dawned, Zhang Liao left Shangdang alone, galloped northward, and headed towards Jinyang.

Jinyang was about 500 miles away from Shangdang. Zhang Liao traveled all night long, and rushed to Jinyang without stopping. After two days and one night, he finally arrived at the city of Jinyang.

Jinyang is the county town of Taiyuan County. At this time, Jinyang City did not realize the danger that was coming at all. The city gates were wide open, and merchants and people were in constant force.

In order not to attract attention, Zhang Liao did not wear a helmet and armor, but instead wore a strong suit, sandwiched among the people, and entered Jinyang City directly.

When he came to Jinyang, Zhang Liao had already found out about it. The Taiyuan prefect surnamed Wang, named Wang Hui, was the clan of Wang Yun, the Situ of the Han Dynasty.

After Zhang Liao entered Jinyang City, he went directly to the prefect's mansion to visit Wang Hui.

When he arrived at the door of the prefect's mansion, he took out the famous sect and asked to pay homage to Wang Hui.

At this moment, Wang Hui was at a loss in the prefect's mansion because he had just received a report that Yuan Shao sent Cao ** to lead 5,000 elite troops to capture Taiyuan.

Wang Hui was very shocked when he heard the news. He knew that Yuan Shao and Cao ** were not easy to mess with, but there were not many soldiers in Taiyuan City, and he was facing a powerful figure like Cao **, so he was already scared.

Just when he was indecisive, his subordinate Chief Wang Ling walked in from outside. As soon as he entered the hall, he saluted Wang Hui, and then asked directly: "Sir, I heard that there was a secret report from Shiling Pass. I don't know what happened?"

Wang Ling is Wang Yun's nephew. When Wang Yun was killed in Chang'an, he and his brother escaped by chance and returned to their hometown. The prefect Wang Hui and Wang Ling were of the same clan. In total, they should be Wang Yun's clan brothers, and Wang Ling should call him uncle. Wang Hui knew that Wang Ling was quite talented, so when he heard that he was back, he hired him as the chief secretary.

Wang Hui handed the report he received to Wang Ling and said, "You will know at a glance!"

After receiving the report, Wang Ling hurriedly looked at it, frowned immediately, and asked, "How will the sir?"

Wang Hui said: "There are fewer soldiers and horses in the county, and Cao ** is a hero of the times. He has elite soldiers and generals under his command. We are not opponents at all. Now that Jizhou Governor Yuan Shao is powerful and has the ambition to annex all directions, it is better to open the city and surrender, which can at least avoid the suffering of the soldiers of the county."

After hearing this, Wang Ling retorted: "Sir, although our army is small, as long as we guard all the passes, no matter how powerful Cao** is, he will not be able to attack."

At this moment, a scout sent another secret letter, which was written by Cao **. The purpose was to use the passage from Taiyuan to attack Shangdang, and promise that after the matter was completed, he would be rewarded with great rewards.

After reading the secret letter, Wang Hui suddenly became enlightened and hurriedly handed the letter to Wang Ling and said to Wang Ling: "It turns out that Cao ** is not here to attack Taiyuan... I can rest assured now!"

Wang Ling opened the letter, read it quickly, frowned even more, and hurriedly said to Wang Hui: "Sir, this is Cao**'s fake anti-episode Guo. You must not be fooled! Once Cao is released and Zhang Yang is destroyed, will you let Taiyuan go with Yuan Shao's ambition? His lips are dead and his teeth are cold. At that time, Yuan Shao will definitely send a large army to capture Taiyuan. At that time, Taiyuan will be in danger, and he will not even regret it!"

After hearing this, Wang Hui suddenly felt cold sweat and asked hurriedly: "What should we do?"

"Sir Qi, there is a man outside the mansion who claims to be Zhang Liao asking for a visit. This is his name as a scepter!" The scout walked in from outside and said respectfully to Wang Hui.

When Wang Ling heard Zhang Liao's name, he was immediately surprised. He and Zhang Liao were old acquaintances. When he was in Chang'an, Zhang Liao was a general of Lu Bu. Since Li Jue, Guo Si and others conquered Chang'an, he had lost contact for Zhang Liao. Later, he learned that Lu Bu was killed by Cao ** in Yanzhou, and thought that Zhang Liao was also dead at Cao **'s hands, but he did not expect that Jin Yu would appear here.
Chapter completed!