After the night banquet, the entire Runan County began to prepare for the matter of sending troops to capture Wancheng and Yingchuan. The city was full of vigorous preparations and ready for battle, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense.

It's no wonder that how can others snore on the side of the bed? This is true for Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Early in the morning of the next morning, Liu Bei summoned his subordinates to the main hall to discuss matters and arrange the military affairs to prepare for the military affairs.

Governor Guan Yu's entire army was trained for days, boosting morale, strengthening his troops and strengthening his military.

Mi Zhu bought food and fodder to enrich military supplies, and was waiting to be called.

Sun Gan manages all the officials of the lord to comfort the people and the people.

The personal guard Chen went to the general manager to manage the public security in the city and strictly rectify it and do not change it.

Zhou Cang cleaned up the city defense and strengthened the defense.

Jian Yong recruited new recruits to enrich the reserves of the rear army.

Guan Ping trains new recruits in case of calling at any time.

Liu Bei is in charge of the overall situation and commands and dispatches

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The crowd in Runan County was busy, so Yuan Shang was not idle either. After the settlement of Runan County, Zhang He and Gao Lan Er worked on their own to train 5,000 elite cavalry in shifts every day, strengthen training, and do not relax, so that they can join the battle at any time.

As for Yuan Shang himself, after negotiations with Liu Bei, he agreed to send troops north to attack Cao Cao together, and to benefit each other, he personally took the initiative to lead the Yuan army, the elite Yuan army of hundreds of cavalry, and the 100 cavalry led by Zhang Fei of Liu Bei's army to go to Yangdi, the capital of Yingchuan, to investigate the reality of Xiahou Yuan army, and to see if he could understand the enemy's situation and trends.

More than 200 people traveled day and night, sneaking around day and night, and finally arrived at the border area of ​​Yangdi County, Yingchuan within two days.

After two days of getting along, Yuan Shang and Zhang Fei have become quite familiar with each other. Yuan Shang is humorous and talkative, Zhang Fei has a tough and generous temper, and the two personalities of the world are barely matched when they meet.

Therefore, the two of them didn't feel as much as they had when they first met, and they were quite contented.

It is precisely because of this that on this day, Yuan Shang asked Zhang Fei a question that he had been deeply buried in his heart for a long time, but was not convenient to ask in public.........

"I dare to ask General Yide, Zhao Yun of the noble army, and General Zhao Zilong are unknown where I am? Why do I seem to have never seen him since I fought in Runan?"

Zhao Yun is more or less a little idol of Yuan Shang. When Yuan Shang came to Runan County, he really hoped to meet him, but after coming for a long time, he seemed to have no such person.

This question was a huge knot in Yuan Shang's mind. Today, he finally took advantage of the opportunity of being alone with Zhang Fei and blurted out.

After hearing Yuan Shang’s question, Zhang Fei’s eyes as big as a copper bell could not help but squint.

Turning his head and looking at Yuan Shang quietly for a while, Zhang Fei said slowly: "Do you know Zhao Zilong too?"

"Well...this..." Yuan Shang thought for a moment, and immediately made up a lie: "When the two strong men in Hebei were competing for power, my father and Gongsun Zan were a matchmaker, and they were about to meet good talents. The two sides fought too many times, which made them very familiar with each other. I had the honor to have seen General Zhao on the battlefield. General Zhao had outstanding temperament and excellent martial arts skills, which was admirable. Yuan Shang admired him deeply. He wanted to be strong today, but I wonder if it would be convenient for him?"

When Zhang Fei heard this, his face became a little heavy, just because Yuan Shang mentioned Gongsun Zan in his mouth.

When Liu, Guan and Zhang were in the Hebei Plain, they were taken care of by Gongsun Zan and were considered old friends. They had a deep relationship.

But the past is gone. Gongsun Zan is dead after all. They cannot make things difficult for the Yuan army because of this. What's more, now they are united with the Yuan army and attacking the north and the south to fight against Cao Cao together is the right way to survive.

Although Zhang Fei felt a little grudge, he could not lose Yuan Shang's face because of Gongsun Zan.

After a while of silence, Zhang Fei said: "Zilong has excellent martial arts skills and good command of troops. He is not inferior to me and my second brother. What's even more rare is that he is calm and calm, brave and resolute. The eldest brother once said that he is a rare talent, but he is actually the posture of a general!"

With Zhang Fei's personality, he can actually admire Zhao Yun so much, which shows his ability.

Yuan Shang was shocked and hurriedly said, "Since that's the case, I hope that General Yide can introduce me after he goes back."

Zhang Fei looked at Yuan Shang in confusion and said with some mockery: "Who said Zhao Zilong is in Runan now?"

Yuan Shang looked stunned when he heard this and said strangely: "Where is he now?"

Zhang Feibao's eyes rolled and said dissatisfiedly: "Young Master asked me, but who did I ask? Those who invaded Youzhou and Yijing were you Yuan clan. You should know more about Zilong's whereabouts than me. You don't know, but where did I guess?"

Yuan Shang couldn't help but frowned, stared at Zhang Fei seriously for a moment, and said, "General Zhang, why didn't you hide him on purpose?"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but feel amused when he heard this: "Young Master Yuan said this, where can we hide such a big living person?"

Yuan Shang weighed it carefully for a while, and saw that what Zhang Fei said was not as fake, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Logically speaking, Zhao Yun should have been here from afar to find Liu Bei and joined him. Why wasn't he in Runan? Where did he run away again?

What is going on?

Yuan Shang couldn't help but start to ponder. Could it be that his time travel really brought about some so-called butterfly effect, which made some situations and situations mess up?

It shouldn't be! I don't seem to have that great ability, right?

Or is it because the comic book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" I read in my previous life was pirated? Damn, you can't buy children's books on the street stalls. Children are just stupid, they are so foolish.

With this deep question in mind, Zhang Fei and Yuan Shang were finally able to see the capital of Yingchuan County and the city wall of Yangdi County from afar.

Yingchuan County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with outstanding people and beautiful land. Especially the Yingchuan Academy, there have been many talents who support the world, such as the Eight Dragons of the Xun family back then, and Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, the late Xi Zhicai, the Xun Chen, the Yuan Shao command, and the Guotu all come from here. In a mere county, the wise talents are so rich that they are truly extraordinary.

Looking at the city walls of Yangdi, I saw that the city walls were thick and built on the Yingshui River. There were camps and camps on both sides of the south and north sides of the city, which was quite easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Zhang Fei and Yuan Shang were far away and Zhuma watched for a long time, then looked at each other with a sad face, silent for a while.

After a stalemate for a long time, Fang heard Zhang Fei sigh and shook his head and said, "San Master Yuan, this city is not easy to attack."

Yuan Shang nodded and frowned and said, "Yes, not only is the city high and the moat deep, but there are camps on both sides of the city to protect the wings. It seems that Xiahou Yuan has made great efforts to consolidate the city since he became the prefect of Yingchuan. If we attack for a strong force, we will probably suffer heavy casualties."

Zhang Fei nodded after hearing this and said, "Not only that, just look at the scale of the camps on both sides of the Yangdi City, Xiahou Yuan's soldiers are at least 20,000... 20,000 people. If we count the 30,000 elite soldiers of Cao Ren in Wancheng, the total number of soldiers and horses on both sides is less than 50,000. The total number of soldiers under my elder brother and the elite cavalry of the young master is only 30,000, and the side that wants to attack the city..."

Yuan Shang raised his hand and grabbed his head, sighed, "We are here to investigate today, not to formulate a strategy. We just need to report Yangdi's situation to Xuande Gong. As for the siege, we will discuss it together when we go back."

Zhang Fei nodded after hearing this and said, "The third young master said this very well. Let's look for a few nearby people and inquire in detail."

Yuan Shang nodded in agreement after hearing this.

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a faint burst of cheerful female laughter from the air.

Yuan Shang looked up and saw a few women dressed like pink butterflies and green bees in the forest not far away. They happily carried bamboo baskets to search for mulberry, chasing and laughing, and walked towards their side as they strolled leisurely in the garden. They were all quite leisurely and contented.

"So lively."

Yuan Shang smiled and touched his chin, sighing to himself: "Everyone says he should be a man. I think women live easily. They don't have to worry about fighting or killing every day. They stay at home when they take care of their husbands and children. When they are idle, they can still form gangs and carry baskets to pick some mulberry leaves, and hide and can be so carefree... It's not like me, since the Battle of Guandu, they have lived a pain all day long. It's so different."

Zhang Fei ignored Yuan Shang's gurgling words to himself, but instead stared at the group of women who were laughing at the mulberry. The expression on his face turned out to be a bit solid and infatuated.

Among those women who picked mulberry, there was a beauty about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was wearing goose yellow clothes, her eyes were like stars, bright moon and bright teeth, and her almond eyes and cherry lips. She was bright and charming, just like an uncarved exquisite jade sculpture, which made people unable to help but hold it in their hands, care carefully, and unable to hold it again.

Yuan Shang seemed to have also seen the woman in goose yellow clothes, and smiled and nodded in appreciation: "What a beauty."

Zhang Fei turned a blind eye and looked at it for a long time before he could react.

But when the big man coughed lightly, he said to Yuan Shang with a solemn face: "San Master Yuan, let's go to those women to find out how many troops there are in Yangdi in Yingchuan."

"ah?"

Yuan Shang couldn't help but feel a little stupid when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Fei for a while and said, "General Zhang, I don't object to you who are looking for someone to spy on military information, but should we choose a few more reliable ones when we choose people? Those girls obviously have not yet faded. I don't object to asking them about the market price of rouge powder. I don't understand if I ask them about military information..."

When Zhang Fei heard this, his face couldn't help but twitch, and said in a silly voice: "We have been watching around the city for so long, and there is not even a ghost. If you don't let me ask them, who will I go and ask?"

Yuan Shang's face collapsed and he said, "You can't look for it, right?"

Zhang Fei was not talking nonsense to Yuan Shang, and suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, turned the black horse under his crotch, and said to himself: "Stop, if you don't go, then I'll ask myself!"

After saying that, he suddenly clamped his legs and ran on his horse, and then disappeared.

Yuan Shang looked at Zhang Fei's back in a daze, sighed, shook his head and said, "No one is worry-free... It's time, and he is still thinking about picking up girls. I have to mess with you."

After saying that, Yuan Shang raised his whip and shouted "Hold!", and rushed to chase after the smoke and dust left by the black horse...

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PS: Are you familiar with this scene? I don’t need to explain it.
Chapter completed!