When Yan Xing saw his little sister again, Yan Wan's head was already tied into a woman's bun. Looking at her brother, she was no longer as happy as she was when she was young. Her eyes were circulating, but her face was as quiet as usual, and she laughed softly:

"Brother is back."

Yan Xing rubbed his hands and said with a smile:

"Yes, how are you doing recently?"

“Everything is OK.”

Yan Xing nodded, lowered his head, and said:

"That's good, that's good."

Yan Xing did not speak for a long time, and Yan Wan did not speak. In a silent breathing, Yan Xing, as his elder brother, finally had to speak out:

"This time Boyang did not come back with me. He did a good job in Liangdi, made great contributions, guarded Hexi, shocked Qiang and Hu, and was still inseparable from him for the time being."

"I understand." Yan Wan smiled and pursed her lips, adding:

"Boyang has compiled a letter from home and has sent it back."

"That's good, that's good..."

"Brother, there is something to say?"

"...Well, the cold floor has been calmed down. Do you want to go back and take a look?"

"go back?"

"Yes, at this time, the plum blossoms in Beiyuan have also bloomed."

When Yan Xing heard Yan Xing talk about the plum blossoms in Beiyuan, Yan Wan smiled sadly.

"There is also warm and good wine last year. Wealth is not returned to our hometown, just like walking in brocade clothes at night. Yes, yes, but when you go back at this time, who can see it? Should the elder brother ask the younger sister to meet those people who are flattering and smiling, or to meet the two good brothers who ignore them when the younger sister was forced to marry?"

"Little sister..." Yan Xing's face twitched for a moment and said:

"Uncle San has committed suicide by taking poison. I will migrate to Fufeng County, and I will help you erase all the bad people and things. My elder brother has helped you to erase them and will never let them appear in front of you again."

"What about those good people, things, and things?"

Yan Xing turned around and did not look at Yan Wan's eyes.

"Go to Zhangye, Boyang is also there, the Western Regions' pomelo wine, rare luminous cups, maroon horses, towering snow-capped mountains and cold wintersweets, and white chrysanthemums on the edge of the cliff. You wanted the most before, and you can give them to you now."

"Zhangye?" Yan Wan's pink and white face showed a sarcastic smile, and her shoulders trembled.

"I heard that there is the largest pasture there, where there are many horses from Hexi, as well as countless cattle, sheep, and camels, right?"

"yes."

"There is very important to you, so Boyang wants to stay there, right?"

Yan Xing's body moved for a moment, but did not turn around.

"yes."

"So, I'm going there too, that's very important, right?"

Yan Xing turned around. Yan Wan was looking at him with a sarcastic look. He couldn't help but feel anger in his heart. He stared at Yan Wan and shouted:

"If you don't want to go, no one can force you. Now, in this world, no one can force my sister."

"But that's important, right?"

Yan Wan asked quietly.

Yan Xing's anger suddenly disappeared. He lowered his head and was silent for a long time. When he raised his head again, he returned to normal.

"Yes."

"Then I understand." Yan Wan nodded slightly, without any turbulence on her face.

"I will go to Zhangye after spring."

···

Yan Xing left Yan Wan's villa. He lowered his head, was in a bad mood, and walked very quickly. But unexpectedly, he bumped into another person head-on.

"Oh, General..."

Although Dong Dai was lined with Xiao Kai, she still staggered back a few steps, frowned slightly, as if she was hurt by Yan Xing.

"Why are you here too?"

Seeing that the visitor was Dong Dai, the school clerk, raised his head and Yan Xing was slowed down a little, and immediately said solemnly, with a particularly stern tone.

He gave the school affairs a lot of power, completely independent of the various cadres of the Bafu. He also knew that the school affairs were all-around and could do whatever they wanted for the purpose. Dong Dai was one of the many school affairs with outstanding abilities. The woman's softness can overcome hardness and the method of hiding needles in the cotton made her use it to the fullest.

Through her own efforts, she has become an important figure among the special group of school affairs.

But Yan Xing was in a bad mood today, and he didn't like school affairs to get involved in his backyard. Although Yan Wan and Dong Dai are sisters with good relationships, she would be happy to see Dong Dai.

Dong Dai didn't panic on her face, she said calmly:

"I have important things to report to the general, so..."

Yan Xing expanded his pupils and said:

"Let's talk about it in the front hall."

···

Front hall.

"After the beginning of spring, Gongsun Zan is unwilling to send troops to harass the cities under Yuan Shao's rule. Why is that?"

Hearing Dong Dai's report, Yan Xing frowned and continued:

"Don't he know that if he did not take advantage of the beginning of spring to continue to send troops to harass surrounding cities, plunder the Guizhou heads under Yuan Shao's rule, and destroy crops and land, the Hebei army's encirclement of Yijing would become tighter and tighter. Those beacon forts would slowly be built under Yijing. When Yuan Shao launched a large number of troops in the autumn, the cavalry under his command of Gongsun Zan would no longer be able to move, so how could he fight against Yuan Shao's army?"

Dong Dai did not answer Yan Xing’s questions, she said:

"Gongsun Zan's reply was sent back from the Heishan Army. The school staff could not contact Yi Jing's Gongsun Zan. According to the message from the Heishan Army, Gongsun Zan believed that he and the Heishan Army echoed each other in this year, and the momentum was already great. Attacks from all sides were sometimes ambushed by Yuan's army, and they lost a lot of people. So his troops and horses need to rest in Yi Jing, instead of attacking rashly."

"It is better to lose people when attacking and losing people than being trapped and killed in Yijing. Does Gongsun Zan think that if he hides in Yijing to build a city and farm farming, Yuan Shao's army will really not be at the city?"

Dong Dai nodded.

"The reply from the Heishan Military Office is only the above. But the inference that the school learned from other sources, Gongsun Zan suddenly withdrew from the alliance with us. It is very likely that Gongsun Zan really thought that the Yijing he had worked hard to manage was as solid as Yuan Shao's army would not attack."

After hearing this, Yan Xing sneered repeatedly.

"Since the third year of Chuping, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have been in constant war. With him entrenched between You and Ji, Yuan Shao is like a thorn in his throat. When the autumn is high and the horse is fat, how could Hebei, with sufficient soldiers and food, easily let him go."

"According to the secret report sent back by the school affairs in Yecheng, before that, Yuan Shao had personally written a letter to Gongsun Zan to persuade him to surrender. Perhaps Gongsun Zan's attitude suddenly changed so much, it was all about this letter of persuading him to surrender."

Yan Xing touched the short moustache under his jaw and narrowed his eyes.

"What you mean is that Yuan Shao is trying to get, and through this letter of persuasion of surrender, Gongsun Zan mistakenly thought that his strength was greatly damaged after the Tuo Yi Rebellion and could no longer conquer Yi Jing through force in a short period of time, so he changed his means and wanted to solve Gongsun Zan by persuading surrender."

Dong Dai looked at Yan Xing and said:

"It is also possible that Gongsun Zan learned through the news that Yuan Shao deliberately leaked that Yuan Shao's large-scale military use direction after the autumn of the next year was not Yijing, but Sanhe. So he would rather choose to hold on and watch the development of the situation than provoke Yuan Shao's army early and attract all his attention to himself. After all, although Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are enemies of enemies, he does not trust us, and has always been afraid of being used by the general and becoming a pawn that consumes Yuan Shao."

Yan Xing couldn't help laughing.

"So, Gongsun Zan will only stay in Yijing to strengthen the city walls, and will no longer send cavalry to take the initiative. Even if Yuan Shao's army is mobilizing, he will not provoke them rashly. He will not hold on to the army, just waiting for the disaster to move eastward. No matter we warn him through other channels, he will regard it as a use of his lies, as long as it is issued by us."

Dong Dai also smiled.

"Attacking the heart is the best, and attacking the city is the best. Yuan Shao's use of this attacking plan is more effective than using a hundred thousand troops to surround Gongsun Zan. Next, even if Gongsun Zan is killed, he will not come out."

Yan Xing stopped smiling and asked:

"Apart from the secret reports from Hebei, where is Xu Du?"

"Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes and was very skillful in military affairs. In Huainan Yuan Shu, Jingxiang and Liu Biao were not his opponents, and in the fight, he was even less his opponents. However, the little emperor of Xudu seemed to be restless, and Cao Cao also formed a school in Sikong's Mansion."

Dong Dai still had deep hatred for the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he was even more disrespectful when expressing it oral. However, Yan Xing did not seem to care about such disobedient words and deeds, and he continued to ask:

"How is the emperor?"

"The little emperor is very good. Although Zhao Wen, Yang Biao, and Zhou Zhong's old ministers could not beat Cao Cao, the little emperor also found a new helper, the general Kong Rong, who was on mission to Hebei and famous for his Yecheng. In addition, Dong Cheng, the general of the chariot and cavalry, who had a little military power, was also the little emperor's support."

"They found the story of the Han family in the case, and restored some old scriptures to strengthen the authority of the little emperor. For example, before the three dukes led their troops to the palace to say goodbye, they must be held with an axe and bowed to the head, and only after receiving the encouragement of the little emperor, they can leave the palace."

Yan Xing sneered and shook his head.

"How can this kind of majesty with different appearances come from others? With Cao Mengde's methods and with the lessons learned from the previous ones, he will use various excuses in the future to stop entering the palace and say goodbye to the emperor. How could the emperor's methods threaten Cao Mengde again?"

"Indeed." Dong Dai nodded and said:

"The little emperor cannot defeat Cao Cao when he enters Xudu. Zhao Yan, Feng Shuo, and Tai Chong, the confidants he placed in the court, have been solved by Cao Cao through various means. In order to avoid disaster, Yang Biao and other old ministers were often sick and refused to contact guests. If he wanted to turn over, he would still have to take a secret move sooner or later."

"Cao Mengde, who claimed to be a loyal and kind person in the Han Dynasty, was also afraid." Yan Xing said with a smile.

Dong Dai seemed to have thought of something, and a sharp look flashed in her eyes.
Chapter completed!