The Yellow River in November has frozen, and the bitter cold wind has caused thick ice on the riverbed. It has just snowed, and the white snow covers the ice surface. At first glance, it looks like a world of ice and snow.

This is Xiayang County, Fengyi County, Guanzhong. On the other side of the Yellow River is the famous Hejin Ferry. On this ice field covered with heavy snow, an army of about 30,000 people is marching eastward quickly. The soldiers were wearing thick leather boots and slashing on the dry snow. The war horses also wrapped their four hooves in hay and wrapped their stomachs tightly to prevent frostbite from being frostbite from the cold air of the ice field.

The army headed eastward, with flags waving and the red flags of the Han army flew in the cold wind. The general was Zhao Yun. According to Liu Jing's previous unified deployment, after the Central Plains War broke out, Zhao Yun led his army to Bingzhou and seize Taiyuan.

The sun shone on the white snow, which was particularly dazzling. Zhao Yun looked into the distance for a moment, and saw a cavalry running towards this side in the distance. It should be that the scout cavalry had arrived. After a moment, the scout cavalry rushed to Zhao Yun and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Report to the Governor, the five hundred Cao troops in Hejindu have been annihilated by General Wang Ping, and no one has escaped."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed and turned to Fa Zheng and said, "French Military Advisor, General Wang did not disappoint!"

Fa Zheng knew that Zhao Yun valued Wang Ping in particular and regarded him as his successor. He also smiled and said, "With General Wang's ability, the small Hejin Ferry is naturally not up to him. The key is that there is no leak of news, which creates the greatest conditions for us to seize Taiyuan."

Zhao Yun nodded and immediately ordered, "Tell me my order to cross the Yellow River as fast as possible and rest in Hejin."

Thirty thousand troops accelerated their speed and rushed to the other side of the Yellow River.

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Bingzhou, which is the Hedong area, was originally Yuan Shao's territory. His nephew Gao Gan was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. After Yuan Shao was destroyed, the senior officials also surrendered to Cao Cao for a while, and later rebelled and were eventually killed by Cao Cao. Currently, the governor of Bingzhou is Wang Yan, the former Sili School Captain. Bingzhou originally had 30,000 troops. As the Han army attacked Guanlong, Cao Cao transferred 20,000 Bingzhou troops to Guanzhong, reducing the strength of Bingzhou to 10,000, of which 5,000 were stationed in Taiyuan, and the famous general led the commander.

Taiyuan is the capital of Bingzhou Prefecture and is also the largest city in Bingzhou. The city is tall and sturdy, with a circumference of more than 30 miles and a population of nearly 200,000. It is also one of the five heroic cities in the northern region that are as famous as Chang'an, Luoyang, Yedu and Xudu.

Due to the regional reasons, Bingzhou was less affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In addition, the land was fertile, the people were generally rich, and the business was very developed. Taiyuan was the commercial center of Bingzhou. There were many shops in the city, including wine shops, hostels, ****s, gambling halls, etc., and although two battles broke out in Guanzhong and Central Plains at the same time, Taiyuan was not affected at all because of the distance of the battlefield. The business was busy every day, and the people in the city were busy and lived their own lives.

That morning, a team of mules and horses came from outside the South City with cargo. This is a very common caravan in Bingzhou area. It is usually composed of more than a dozen small caravans. This caravan is no exception. It has hundreds of mules and horses, more than a dozen merchants, and more than a hundred men, which can be regarded as a large caravan.

When the caravan appeared at the city gate, a city guard officer came up with several soldiers, "Where did the caravan come from? Is there a business guide?"

A business quotation is a business certificate issued by the government at the departure point. There will be a tax payment record on it to prevent repeated tax collection. After the caravan arrives at the destination, the first thing is to report to the local municipal office for the inspection of the business quotation and pay tax money so that the goods can be sold legally.

Generally speaking, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate do not need to verify any business signs. This is actually a hint of asking for bribes. The leader of the businessman handed him a roll of silk paper and smiled and said, "This is our business sign."

The officer opened Shangyin and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Oh! It turns out that he came from Nanyang and traveled all the way, it's very hard!"

"We don't have to work hard, so how can we do the general to defend the city?"

When he was speaking, a ingot of ten taels of gold had been quietly stuffed into the hands of the officers. The officer understood it. The merchants seemed to understand the rules very well, so he led the merchant back to them and asked with a smile: "Can you bring illegal weapons?"

"Of course not, there are only some ordinary swords that can defend themselves and be bought everywhere."

The officer looked at everyone roughly and did not see the banned weapons, and said, "Since the tax has been paid, it is a legal businessman. We will not make things difficult for you, let's go to the city!"

He waved his hand and shouted to the soldiers guarding the city: "Let go!"

The caravan urged mules and horses to enter the city in a mighty way. Shortly after they entered the city, the head general of Taiyuan led a patrol pass by. He asked the city guarding officer, "Where is the caravan?"

"General Qi Bi came from Xuchang."

The officer was very cunning and dared not say that Nanyang was close to Jingzhou, which would cause unnecessary trouble. Qianzhao nodded and instructed him: "The recent battle broke out in Guanzhong. Although it is far from Taiyuan, you should still be careful and check it strictly, and not take it lightly."

"Please rest assured, General, that the humble position will never allow suspicious people to get into the city."

Qian Zhao nodded, gave a few more instructions, then turned his horse's head and headed towards the west gate. When the general walked away, the officer squeezed the heavy gold in his arms, and was happy in his heart. He said to the soldiers under his command: "Get up on your spirits and do things. I'll invite everyone to drink tonight."

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When the caravan entered the city, he did not rush to find shops and merchants to sell goods, but came directly to the southwest corner of Taiyuan. The area was relatively complicated, mixed with fish and dragons. It turned out to be a concentration area with no master cemetery, desolate and dilapidated, and wild foxes appeared. However, since a large number of Hebei refugees entered Taiyuan to escape the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the government assigned the desolate southwest corner to them, 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 across a dirty street and came to a hotel at the end. The merchant led by the leader looked at the hostel sign and said to everyone: "It's this, everyone, let's go in!"

Several men walked out of the hotel. They recognized the businessman in the head and quickly led everyone in. At this time, a man whispered to the businessman in the head: "General Wu, please follow me."

This caravan was played by Qiao, an elite Han army's Eagle Strike Army. The leader was Wu Ban, the deputy commander of the Eagle Strike Army. He was sent by Zhao Yun to enter Taiyuan in advance. In fact, before him, several groups of Eagle Strike soldiers had entered Taiyuan City in various ways, and Wu Ban was the last group.

This hostel is the contact point of the Han army in Taiyuan City, and is specially located in the slums in the southwest corner. First, the place is large, and secondly, the government does not care much. As long as you spend money to bribe the scoundrel leaders in this area, you will basically be safe.

Wu Ban followed the clerk to the back hall quickly, and a middle-aged man came up and saluted him and said, "See General Wu!"

The middle-aged man was the shopkeeper of this hostel, named Zhang Qu, a civil servant in the Han army. He was sent to Taiyuan five months ago to buy the hostel and establish a contact point. Wu Ban nodded and smiled, "Envoy Zhang, don't have to be too polite. I am responsible for the heavy responsibility. Let's go into the house to talk!"

"Please, General Wu!"

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

Zhang Qu smiled and said, "They were scattered all over Taiyuan City, mainly because they are now very strict in the investigation. Hundreds of people stayed in one place for a long time and would be suspected. So I rented several mansions and lived in scattered places and could gather at any time."

Wu Ban nodded and said, "There is still a problem of weapons and armor. Can it be solved?"

Zhang Qu stood up and smiled mysteriously at Wu Ban and said, "General, please come with me!"

They walked into the inner room, which looked like a study room. Zhang Qu pushed open a row of bookshelfs, and a small door was exposed behind it. Zhang Qu opened the door and took Wu Ban into this secret room. This was a stone room without windows. The room was wide and there were more than a dozen rows of shelves. The shelves slowed down the crossbow, shield, sword and armor, and large bundles of spears were placed vertically in the corner of the house.

"Although Taiyuan City is not allowed to bring banned weapons into the city, that is just the latest regulations. In fact, as long as you have money, you can buy any armor and weapons. They are all soldier armor from regular troops. There are 500 sets of soldier armor here, and the general can use it at will."

Pan Wu stepped forward to take a spear, waved it twice, nodded and put it back in place, picked up another military crossbow. The strings of the crossbow were removed and they could be used at any time. This made him very satisfied. He turned around and smiled at Zhang Qu and said, "With the weapons, I will let go of my heart. Zhang Jun is very well prepared. If the great achievements are achieved, I will report to the envoy's contribution."

"Thank you General Wu for your good words! I wonder when I will take action?"

"It's time! When I came here, the Han army had already captured Hejin and was heading towards Taiyuan. I guess the army will arrive in Taiyuan within three days."

Speaking of this, Wu Ban ordered again: "The time is coming. Please inform all brothers of the brothers to gather here tonight. I will arrange a task."

"Don't worry, General, I'll send someone to notify you immediately."

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Three days later, the 30,000 Han troops who came from Hejin passed Lishi County and entered Taiyuan County. At dusk, the 30,000 Han troops finally arrived in Taiyuan. The army stretched for more than ten miles, with flags waving and great momentum. They slowly slowed down about ten miles from Taiyuan City.

The arrival of the Han army caused panic among the people in the Taiyuan area. Every family closed their doors and did not dare to go out. The official road and the wilderness were empty and there was no one to see. At this moment, a team of Han army scouts rushed over and brought a messenger, who was sent by Wu Ban before the city gate was closed. The messenger was quickly brought 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 now?"

"Report to the general, we are ready. In the southwest corner of the city, we will seize the West Gate tonight. It is two updates. I hope the governor can send troops to cooperate."

The Eagle Strike Army is Liu Jing's direct army and is not under the jurisdiction of Zhao Yun, so the Wu Ban can ask Zhao Yun to cooperate. More importantly, the Taiyuan city gate has been closed and the messenger can no longer go back. It is just that the Han army outside the city seized the city according to the Wu Ban's plan.

Zhao Yun nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, let's go and have a rest first!"
Chapter completed!