Chen Chu looked at Diao Chan in his arms. Diao Chan had opened her eyes at this moment. Her charming eyes with doubts were blinking at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu smiled slightly, kissed Diao Chan's red lips, and said softly: "You rest, I'll go handle official business." Diao Chan nodded obediently.

After coming out of the room, I saw an iron guard looking anxiously.

"What's going on?" Chen Chu asked.

"An emergency military information came from Yecheng, and the gentlemen and generals were already waiting in the study."

Yecheng! Chen Chu frowned slightly and walked quickly to the study. On the way, Dian Wei was wearing armor while hurriedly catching up with Chen Chu. It turned out that while the Iron Guard came to report to Chen Chu, the Iron Guard also called Dian Wei. Dian Wei was Chen Chu's personal guard general. As soon as Chen Chu left the room, he would follow Chen Chu.

"Lord." Dian Wei clasped his fists to Chen Chu.

Chen Chu nodded, said nothing, and continued to walk towards the study. Dian Wei followed closely behind.

When he arrived at the study, Jia Xu and several other advisers and generals such as Zhang Liao were already waiting. Here we need to introduce a person. This person is Pang De, a powerful general who was captured by Zhao Yun during the Northern Army's Western Liang campaign. Pang De was also sitting there at this time. He is now a deputy general who Chen Chu accepted his fate and is under Zhang Liao's command.

When everyone saw Chen Chu coming in, they stood up and saluted.

When he arrived at the main seat, Chen Chu said to everyone: "No need to be polite." Then he asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, what's wrong with Yecheng?"

"Report to the lord, Yecheng has been besieged by Cao's army at this time, and the situation is very critical!"

Chen Chu was shocked, "How is this possible? Where did the Cao army come from to siege Yecheng? Also, how is the situation of Fengxian's main force?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "There is no news about General Lu for the time being. The fact that Cao's army can send the main force to us shows that he has solved Yuan Shao's problems."

"Did Yuan Shao be defeated again?"

Jia Xu shook his head, "I'm afraid this time is different. There was news yesterday that Yuan Shao was in a stalemate with Cao Cao in Dingtao. This matter is very strange. No matter how stupid Yuan Shao is, he will not be unaware of the movements of the front Cao army! I suspect that Yuan Shao has reached some kind of agreement with Cao Cao, so Cao Cao was able to transfer the main force from Dingtao to deal with us!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Chen Chu frowned. He felt that Jia Xu's guess was very likely.

At this time, Zhang Liao Dynasty Chen Chu clasped his fists and said, "Lord, our army must reinforce Yecheng immediately, otherwise the Yecheng side will be in danger even if Fengxian!"

Chen Chu looked at Jia Xu, and Jia Xu nodded and said, "General Wen Yuan said very much. No matter what the situation is now, we should send reinforcements immediately!"

Chen Chu frowned, "But what about food and grass?"

Yes! The food and supplies of the Northern Army are a big problem, and there is no way to support another large army's expedition!

Everyone suddenly fell silent. If the Northern Expedition Army had not been for food and grass, it would have been impossible for only 200,000 troops to attack Yanzhou, and would have not encountered such difficulties at present.

Jia Xu thought for a moment, "Lord, there is a huge amount of grain reserves among merchants and the people, and we can raise this grain with money."

Everyone's eyes lit up suddenly, yes! There is a large amount of food in the hands of the people and merchants!

"This is a solution!" Chen Chu said excitedly, then frowned slightly, "But, this may take a lot of time!"

Jia Xu nodded and continued: "The biggest disadvantage of raising grain from the people is that it takes a long time, so we must first raise a batch of grain from merchants so that the army can set off as soon as possible!"

"Yes, if you do this, the army will be able to move within half a month. By the way, how many troops can be guaranteed to go to the battle within half a month?"

"About fifteen million."

Chen Chu frowned slightly. It sounded like a lot of 150,000 troops, but at this moment, he entered the Yanzhou battlefield and the outcome was still unpredictable.

"Anyway, Fengxian and the others must be rescued! Wen Yuan."

Zhang Liao immediately left the list, "Lord."

"The order of the Hu Xiao Camp in Guanzhong, the Canglang Camp in Bingzhou and the Xiongnu cavalry rushed to Huguan. At the same time, the order of the First Legion prepares for war."

"yes."

"Wenhe, you will be in charge of Guanzhong and urge you to raise food and grass."

"yes."

Chen Chu glanced at everyone and said solemnly: "This battle is related to the future and destiny of our Northern Army. I hope you don't slack off!"

"We should die to repay the lord!"

After the meeting ended, Chen Chu immediately ordered Dian Wei to prepare, and he wanted to rush to Huguan immediately. Chen Chu decided to lead the troops out of Huguan to rescue the Third Fourth Legion who was in trouble.

All the generals and counselors strongly opposed Chen Chu's decision, but Chen Chu still insisted on his decision.

After the order was passed, four thousand iron guards quickly began to assemble. The iron guards were originally five thousand, and one thousand of them were led by Jiang Tai to escort Sima Yi to the Western Regions.

Just as the iron guards gathered and were ready to go, another urgent report came that Ma Chao's 30,000 troops were surrounded near Jiyin County, and the situation was critical.

The strings in everyone's hearts couldn't help but stretched even tighter.

Before dawn, four thousand iron guards gathered outside the General's Mansion. At the door of the mansion, Chen Chu was saying goodbye to the girls one by one. What surprised Chen Chu was that Sun Ren, who had always been inconsistent with Chen Chu, also came to see him off.

The team then set off, and Diao Chan and others looked at Chen Chu's back, with tears in their eyes.

In addition to Dian Wei, who has always been inseparable from Chen Chu, there is also a graceful figure wearing red female armor. She is no one else, but Chen Chu's favorite, Zhang Rui. It turned out that after Zhang Rui learned that Chen Chu was going to lead the army in person, she immediately begged to go with Chen Chu, and she no longer wanted to endure the days of separation from Chen Chu. After thinking for a while, Chen Chu agreed that Zhang Rui's martial arts skills are not weak. Besides, this time, with all the fierce generals accompanying him, it should be able to protect Zhang Rui's vigor. In addition, deep in Chen Chu's heart, he really wanted to keep Zhang Rui by his side.

After the team left Chang'an, they headed north and entered the Bingzhou boundary through Beidi County. Then they crossed Hexi County and went directly to Huguan.

When the team entered the territory of Shangdang, they met with the Xiongnu cavalry and Canglang camp who had set out from Bingzhou. Before Chen Chu left Chang'an, Zhang Liao sent a letter to Bingzhou. The remaining officials in Bingzhou who received Chen Chu's orders immediately took action. Sixty thousand Xiongnu cavalry and 50,000 Canglang camp cavalry were gathered within half a day. Then Zhang Fei led the four generals of Fan Chou, Li Jue, Yang Feng, Qiangqu and Zhou Yu to lead 110,000 cavalry to Huguan. Two days later, the army arrived in Shangdang.

After Chen Chu and Zhang Fei and Zhou Yu met, they rushed to Huguan without stopping.

On September 18, the army arrived at Huguan. It was temporarily stationed here, waiting for the food and grass and the Tiger Roar Camp led by Zhang Liao and Pang De.

On this day, Chen Chu received the latest news from Yanzhou. Ma Chao had already broken through and retreated to the White Horse, but less than 10,000 people under Ma Chao's 30,000 troops entered the White Horse, and Cao's army had surrounded the White Horse with 60,000; Lu Bu's main force encountered strong obstacles near Yanzhou and could not advance or retreat; the situation in Yecheng was becoming more and more critical, so how long they might have been persisting.

"What are Zhang He and the others doing now?" Chen Chu asked with a frown.

"General Zhang He is stepping up the construction of a floating bridge, but there is Cao Cao's navy on the river surface, so General Zhang He is unable to cross the river for a while!" The answer was Zhou Yu.

Chen Chu stood up and walked to the wooden frame with the map hanging, and the generals surrounded him.

"The current situation is very serious! Gongjin, do you have any suggestions?"

"Although the white horse is critical, it is difficult for Cao's army to capture it for a while. It is better to order General Zhang He to turn around and retreat to Li Yang and block the passage of Cao's army to the south!" Zhou Yu said, pointing to Li Yang in the north of the white horse.

Then he pointed to Yecheng in the northeast of Liyang and continued: "Cao Cao wanted to annihilate the defenders of our Yecheng in one go, and then form a force of catching turtles in the jar. Our army must rush to Yecheng as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be very unfavorable to our army!"

"But, the food and grass have not arrived yet, so it is difficult for our army to move forward!" Yang Feng was speaking, and he was looking worried at this moment.

Zhang Fei glared at his eyes and said loudly: "Doesn't you be rescued without food?" Then he clasped his fists at Chen Chu and said: "Brother, I, Old Zhang, are willing to be the pioneer and help Yecheng!"

Chen Chu's eyes fell on Yecheng and said in his heart: Yide's words make sense!...

We must rescue Yecheng no matter what!

Turning to look at Zhou Yu, I wanted to see if one of the most famous military advisors in the Three Kingdoms had any strategy.

Zhou Yu showed a thoughtful look and his eyes gathered on Wei County not far from Yecheng, but is this Yuan Shao's territory?

"Lord, we can come here to get food." Zhou Yu pointed his finger on Wei County.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

"Military advisor, this is Yuan Shao's territory! Also, how can there be food here?" Yang Feng asked in surprise.

Zhou Yu smiled confidently and turned to look at Chen Chu. Chen Chu nodded understandingly.

Zhou Yu explained: "Yuan Shao's grain is mainly produced in Jizhou, which is an important transit station for grain transport from Jizhou to Luoyang. It was the season for wheat harvesting some time ago. Due to the wars over the past few months, I can be sure that a considerable amount of grain has been stockpiled in Weizhou and has not been transferred to Luoyang."

"But even if there is food there, it's Yuan Shao's! Let's go and get it, it's not good!" Yang Feng was quite worried.

"What's wrong with it! Yuan Shao is not kind, don't blame us for being unrighteous!" Zhang Feihu roared with a face. Then he turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Zhou Yu, I always thought you were just a sissy, but I didn't expect you to have some skills! Your idea is good, I like it!"

When everyone heard Zhang Fei saying that Zhou Yu was sissy, they couldn't help laughing. Zhang Rui, wearing exquisite female armor, giggled even more. Zhou Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Gongjin has a good idea, that's it! Just follow the power of things urgently, don't think too much!" Chen Chu said last.

"Yide, immediately lead the Canglang Camp to capture Wei County."

"No problem!" Zhang Fei agreed carelessly.

Then Chen Chu said to the generals: "The rest of the generals are ready at any time. Once Yide captures Wei County, the entire army will go south."

"yes."

After distributing the tent, Zhang Fei immediately rushed to the camp of Canglang Camp. On the way, Zhou Yu caught up with Zhang Fei and explained it in Zhang Fei's ear. Then Zhang Fei laughed and said, "You sissy have so many ideas!" Zhou Yu was immediately angry.
Chapter completed!