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In November, the Yellow River was already frozen, and the bitter cold wind formed a thick layer of ice on the river bed. It had just snowed, and the white snow covered the ice surface. At a glance, it looked like a world of ice and snow.

This is Xiayang County in Fengyi County, Guanzhong. On the other side of the Yellow River is the famous Hejin Ferry. On this ice field of the Yellow River covered by heavy snow, an army of about 3 people is marching eastward rapidly. The soldiers are wearing thick clothes. Leather boots creaked on the dry snow, and the hooves of the war horse were wrapped in hay, and thick sackcloth was tightly wrapped around the belly to prevent frostbite from the cold air of the ice field.

The army marched all the way to the east, with flags flying, and the red flag of the Han army fluttering in the cold wind. The leading general was Zhao Yun. According to Liu Jing's previous unified deployment, after the Central Plains War broke out, General Zhao Yun led his army straight into Bingzhou and captured Taiyuan.

The sun shone on the white snow, which was extraordinarily dazzling. Zhao Yun looked into the distance for a moment, and saw a cavalry in the distance rushing towards this side. It should be a scout cavalry.

After a while, the scout cavalry rushed to Zhao Yun, cupped their fists and saluted immediately: "I report to the governor, the [-] Cao troops in Hejindu have been wiped out by General Wang Ping, and no one has escaped."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, turned his head and said to Fazheng: "Master of France, General Wang did not disappoint you!"

Fazheng knew that Zhao Yun especially valued Wang Ping and regarded him as his successor. He also smiled and said, "With General Wang's ability, the small Hejin Ferry is naturally no problem for him. The key is that no news was leaked. The capture of Taiyuan created the best conditions."

Zhao Yun nodded, and immediately ordered, "Pass on my order, cross the Yellow River as quickly as possible, and camp in Hejin to rest."

Thirty thousand troops speeded up and rushed to the other side of the Yellow River

Bingzhou is also the Hedong area. Today's Shanxi Province was originally Yuan Shao's territory. His nephew Gao Gan served as the governor of Bingzhou. The governor of Bingzhou was served by Wang Yan, the former Sili school lieutenant.

Bingzhou originally had 5000 garrisons, but because the Han army attacked Guanlong, Cao Cao transferred [-] Bingzhou troops to Guanzhong, reducing the number of Bingzhou troops to [-], of which [-] were stationed in Taiyuan, commanded by famous generals.

Taiyuan is the seat of the state government of Bingzhou, and it is also the largest city in Bingzhou. The city is tall and strong, with a circumference of more than 20 miles and a population of nearly [-].

Due to its geographical location, Bingzhou was less affected by the Yellow Turban Uprising. In addition, the land is fertile, the people are generally relatively rich, and the commerce is also very developed. Taiyuan is the commercial center of Bingzhou. There are many shops in the city, restaurants, hotels, and brothels. , casinos, etc. can be seen everywhere.

Although two battles broke out at the same time in Guanzhong and Central Plains, Taiyuan was not affected at all because the battlefield was far away. Business was busy every day, and the people in the city were busy with their own lives.

This morning, a caravan of mules and horses came from outside Nancheng with a full load of goods. This is a very common caravan in the Bingzhou area. It is usually composed of more than a dozen small caravans. This caravan is no exception. Hundreds of mules and horses, more than a dozen merchants, more than a hundred clerks, can be regarded as a large caravan.

When the caravan appeared at the gate of the city, a city guard officer greeted him with a few soldiers, "Where did the caravan come from? Do you have any business leads?"

Shangyin is a business certificate issued by the government at the place of departure. There will be tax payment records on it to prevent double taxation. After the caravan arrives at the destination, the first thing to do is to report to the local municipal office for inspection and pay taxes. , so that the goods can be legally sold.

Generally speaking, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate do not need to verify any business quotations. This is actually a hint of bribery. The leading businessman handed him a roll of tissue paper and said with a smile: "This is our business quotation."

The officer opened the Shang Yin and looked at it, and said with a half-smile: "Oh! It turns out that I came here from Nanyang, and it was a hard journey all the way!"

"We don't work hard, how can a general work hard to defend a city?"

While speaking, an ingot of twelve taels of gold had been quietly stuffed into the officer's hands. The officer understood that these merchants seemed to understand the rules, so he returned the merchants to them and asked with a smile: "Can you bring prohibited weapons?"

"Of course not. There are only some ordinary swords for self-defense, folk weapons that can be bought everywhere."

The officer took a general look at the crowd, but he didn't see any prohibited long weapons, and said, "Since the tax has been paid, he is a legitimate businessman. We won't make things difficult for you. Let's go into the city!"

He waved his hand and shouted to the defenders: "Let go!"

The caravan mobilized their mules and horses and began to march into the city. Not long after they entered the city, the Lord General of Taiyuan led a patrol to pass by. He asked the guarding officer, "Where is the caravan?"

"General Qi, I came from Xuchang."

The officer is very cunning and dare not say that Nanyang is close to Jingzhou, which will cause unnecessary troubles. He nodded and said: "Recently, a battle broke out in Guanzhong. Although it is far away from Taiyuan, we still have to be careful and be strict. Interrogation cannot be taken lightly."

"General, please rest assured that the humble post will never allow suspicious persons to enter the city."

Zhaozhao nodded, gave a few more instructions, then turned his horse's head and headed towards the west city gate. When the general was far away, the officer pinched the heavy gold in his arms, happy in his heart, and said to his soldiers: "Come on, cheer up To do things, I will invite everyone to drink tonight."

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When the caravan entered the city, they were not in a hurry to find shops and merchants to sell their goods. Instead, they came directly to the southwest corner of Taiyuan. The people in this area were complicated and mixed. It turned out to be a concentration of unowned cemeteries. It was desolate and dilapidated, and wild foxes were infested. However, since a large number of Hebei refugees entered Taiyuan to escape the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the government allocated the desolate southwest corner to them to live in, and the refugees built shacks to live in, making the southwest corner of the city a concentrated place for the poor in Taiyuan.

The caravan walked through a dirty street and came to a hotel at the end. The leading businessman looked at the sign of the hotel and said to everyone: "This is it, everyone go in!"

Several clerks walked out of the hostel. They recognized the leader of the businessman and quickly led everyone in. At this moment, a clerk whispered to the leader of the businessman: "General Wu, please follow me."

This caravan was played by Qiao, the elite Eagle Strike Army of the Han Army. The head of the businessman was Wu Ban, the deputy commander of the Eagle Strike Army. He was sent by Zhao Yun to enter Taiyuan in advance. The soldiers entered Taiyuan City in various ways, and Wu Ban was the last batch.

This hostel is the contact point of the Han army in Taiyuan City. It is specially located in the poor area in the southwest corner. First, the place is relatively large, and second, the government doesn’t care too much. As long as you spend money to buy the rogue leaders in this area, you will basically be able to But nothing happened.

Wu Ban followed his staff to the back hall, a middle-aged man greeted him and saluted him, "See General Wu!"

The middle-aged man is the shopkeeper of this hostel. His name is Zhang Qu. He is a civil servant in the Han army. He was sent to Taiyuan five months ago. He bought the hostel and established a contact point. Wu Ban ordered Nodding with a smile, he said, "You don't have to be polite, Zhang Shijun, I have a heavy responsibility, let's go into the room and talk!"

"General Wu please!"

The two walked into the inner hall and sat down. Wu Ban first asked, "Why are the two hundred brothers who came before missing?"

Zhang Qu smiled and said: "They were scattered all over Taiyuan City. The main reason is that the recruitment is very strict now. If hundreds of people stay in one place for a long time, they will be suspected. They live scattered and can gather at any time."

Wu Ban nodded, and said again: "There is still the problem of weapons and armor, can it be solved?"

Zhang Qu got up and smiled mysteriously at Wu Ban: "General, please follow me!"

They walked into the inner room, which looked like a study room. Zhang Qu pushed open a row of bookshelves, revealing a small door behind. Zhang Qu opened the door and led Wu Ban into this secret room. This is a windowless room. The stone room is large, with more than a dozen rows of shelves filled with crossbows, shields, swords and armor, and a large bundle of spears standing in the corner.

"Although Taiyuan City is not allowed to bring prohibited weapons into the city, that is only a recent regulation. In fact, as long as you have money, you can buy all kinds of armor and weapons. They are all regular army armor. There are five hundred sets of armor here. General Can be used at will."

Wu Ban went forward to take a spear, waved it twice, nodded and put it back to its original place, and picked up a military crossbow. The strings of the crossbow have been removed, and as long as it is installed, it can be used at any time, which makes him very satisfied. Turning back to Zhang Qu, he smiled and said: "With the weapon, I let go of my heart. Mr. Zhang prepared very well. If you succeed, I will give credit to Mr. Zhang."

"Thank you, General Wu, for your kind words! I don't know when to do it?"

"Hurry up! When I came over, the Han army had captured Hejin and was heading towards Taiyuan. I estimate that the army will arrive in Taiyuan within three days."

Speaking of this, Wu Ban ordered again: "The time is coming, please ask Mr. Zhang to inform all the brothers to gather here tonight, and I have to arrange tasks."

"Don't worry, general, I will send someone to notify immediately."

Three days later, the [-] Han troops killed from Hejin passed through Lishi County and entered Taiyuan County. At dusk, the [-] Han troops finally arrived in Taiyuan. About ten miles away from Taiyuan City, the speed slowly slowed down.

The arrival of the Han army caused the people in Taiyuan to panic. Every family closed their doors and did not dare to go out. The official roads and the wilderness were empty, and there was no one in sight. , they brought a courier, who was sent by Wu Banqian before the city gate was closed, and the courier was quickly led to Zhao Yun.

"See the governor!" The messenger bowed and presented the token token.

Zhao Yun looked at the token and asked with a smile, "How is General Wu doing now?"

"Reporting to the general, we are ready. At the southwest corner of the city, we will capture the west gate tonight. The time is two o'clock. I hope the governor can send troops to cooperate."

The Eagle Strike Army is Liu Jing's direct army and is not under Zhao Yun's jurisdiction, so Wu Ban can ask Zhao Yun to cooperate. More importantly, the gate of Taiyuan City has been closed, and the messenger cannot go back. It is only the Han army outside the city according to Wu Ban's plan. Come and take the city.

Zhao Yun nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest first!"

He ordered the soldiers to take the messenger down to rest, when Fazheng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Since we are taking the west gate, we should set up camp at the east gate."