At the end of the fourth year of Jian'an, just as the year ended and everyone in the world was happily preparing for the New Year, the battle between Yuan Shang and Cao Cao's Wei County started suddenly without warning.

Yuan Shang personally served as the military supervisor. Chunyu Qiong and Gao Lan led a large army of 50,000 troops, a total of 100,000 people heading south and rushed towards Cao Cao's army far away in Liyang.

However, the Han army seemed to be prepared for this. As soon as the army was halfway through, Zhang Liao led the cavalry and generals to attack him head-on. With only 4,000 cavalry, he took advantage of the fact that Yuan's army was not prepared to kill one and two in and out. When Yuan Shang finished preparing his troops, Zhang Liao had already left with his hair freely, which was so angry that Yuan Shang almost bit his back teeth.

The casualties were not very heavy, only a few hundred people were lost, but this was a huge blow to morale.

Especially when they arrived in Dangyin area, they heard that Cao Cao had returned to the Liyang front in person, and they were immediately hit and lost their morale.

"Investigate! There is a traitor, and I will order Xu You to investigate it for me! No matter who the traitor is, I must find him!"

Xun Chen, who was accompanying the army, frowned and said, "Is it better to let Shen Zhengnan go and investigate together?"

Yuan Shang hesitated for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "The two of them have always been disagreeable. If they investigate together, they will inevitably have to hinder each other again, which will be unfavorable to investigate the case."

"This...if this is the case, isn't it more appropriate to ask Zhengnan to investigate this matter than Xu You?"

Yuan Shang shook his head again and said, "This traitor is not necessarily the gentleman who had known the plan for a long time in the mansion. He is more likely to be a powerful local household in Wei County. He can see the clues from the mobilization of food and grass. Although I believe his loyalty in Zhengnan, he is a member of Wei County after all, and his family relationship is mixed in Wei County. Maybe he will catch their relatives and friends. Let Xu You do this evil man."

After hearing this, Xun Chen put down his hand and stopped persuading him, but he still thought it was not appropriate to do so.

The order was sent back to Yecheng. Xu You, who was already struggling to find an opportunity to kill Shen Pei, was naturally overjoyed. With such a reason, he could control the real power of Yecheng in the name of investigation!

Xu You has been a bureaucrat for half his life. It is too simple for him to take over power.

Although Shen Pei is a local famous scholar and has really held military power, his strength is actually far beyond Xu You, but who made Xu You more trusted by Yuan Shang? Shen Pei is really a rare person who is loyal to Yuan Shang. Seeing this, he could only pinch his nose and accept it.

It's so great that Zhen Yi did this time, and it was impossible to hide it at all. Soon, Xu You caught their clues and learned through torture that there were more than one million hu of grain in the Zhen family hidden in Qiqiu.

But I was really shocked.

This Zhen Yi is a big deal!

In contrast, if you cannot surrender to the city, it will be difficult for you to surpass him!

Xu You's eyes were dripping, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment.

Should I help the Zhen family hide it?

It must not work. Zhen Yi's move this time was too big. Their family was not very crowded, but they were just rich. Now they have almost taken away the whole family. He couldn't cover the sky in Yecheng with one hand. If he was hiding it for him, it would be impossible to hide it for him. It would be suspicious for nothing.

And since this is already the case, can I gain benefits from this?

His eyes rolled around and around, and after about half an hour of thinking about it, Xu You finally had a plan and went to find Shen Pei in a hurry.

"Brother Zhengnan, it's not good, something big is not good!"

Seeing this, Shen Pei felt nervous.

What big thing happened that actually made him hear the word "brother" from Xu You's mouth?

"What, what happened?"

"The traitor has been found, it's Zhen Yi."

Shen Pei closed his eyes in disappointment when he heard this, and sighed: "I know that Zhen Yi has always maintained a small-scale smuggling trade with the court in order to earn new money from Jian'an, but he never cared about it. Unexpectedly, he had done more than just smuggling and actually surrendered to the enemy. Quickly, control his family."

"It's too late, all the children of his family have run away. Unless we learn from Lu Bu to implicate the innocent, we are helpless."

"Everything ran away? Do they want their wealth? "

"A thousand wealth? Haha, it's all for grain and grain, and it's stored in the Qiqiu. I'm afraid there are more than one million hu of hu. I'm afraid that the Qiqiu has been besieged by the Cao army now."

Hearing this, Shen Pei's face turned pale as paper, murmured: "What... what should I do? With this million hu of grain, the Han army's lack of food will be solved immediately! Wouldn't our army's advantage in the Han army be gone? Ah! Zhen Yi, indeed these merchants have no loyalty and righteousness. The lord treats him so well. He...he actually, he dares to do this!!"

"Zhengnan, you and me have always had old grudges. This matter is done by the people of our Jizhou. However, the reason why the lord dared to fight Cao Cao at this time was that our army had enough food and the enemy was short of food? Now that Cao Cao has this million hu of food, he will fight us until next autumn, and he will not need the court to transport food. In this way, it will be a huge difficulty for the lord to win this battle. If you accidentally lose Guandu again and lose a large number of soldiers and generals, your morale will collapse immediately. At that time, even Yecheng will not be able to be saved and the great cause will be destroyed! Therefore, when this crisis occurs, Zhengnan must give up all his past grudges and work together!"

"This is naturally. The gap between you and me is a personal grudge. Will the matchmaker mislead the official business because of personal grudges? Brother Ziyuan has a good solution to deal with it? You can just say whatever I need to do, and I will cooperate with you with all my strength."

Xu You smiled bitterly and said, "At this point, there is no better way to make up for the sheep. Just try to remedy the food. The one million hu of grain is being rebuked. Maybe the one million hu of grain is being attacked by the Han army now, and even the city has been destroyed. However, the Han army hastily fought and there have never been a naval army. I don't believe that they have even prepared the ships early. How can they transport these million hu of grain?"

When Shen Pei heard this, he suddenly realized: "Not bad, Brother Ziyuan thought quickly. One million hu of grain, if each ship can transport three hundred hu, it will take at least a few thousand hu to transport it. The Han army must not have so many ships. It takes time for them to transfer ships, collect ships, and transport grain. Now, I will definitely be able to catch up with them to transport food and grass."

"Yes, that's right. Zhengnan, you are a soldier. Now you are leading a soldier to Qiqiu to stop Cao's army. Cao's army will definitely save them, but you only need to find a way to delay Cao's army's grain transportation. I will report to the lord now and ask him to lead his troops to support quickly. Maybe it's still too late. In the least, we can just start a decisive battle with Cao Cao in Qiqiu, and we will never let them transport this batch of grain back safely."

"I... led my troops to support Chiqiu? Then you..."

"Oh, it's time. Does Zhengnan still have to fight for power and profit with me? Of course I have to stay in Yecheng. Wei Yan from Nanpi still has more than 10,000 elite soldiers in his hand. Doesn't Yecheng need to stay in Yecheng?"

Shen Pei frowned and said, "Ziyuan's words are reasonable, but as a local from Wei County, I am more suitable than you in defending the city. It is better for you to lead troops to obstruct Cao's army. Is it more suitable for me to stay in Yecheng? I am more familiar with the situation of Yecheng than you."

Xu You was so anxious that he stamped his feet and cursed: "Shen Zhengnan! Am I fighting with you for the right to stay? This is a million hu of grain. Could it be that they were all grown by the Zhen family themselves?"

After saying that, Xu You grabbed Shen Pei's hand and stared at him with his eyes straight at him, "This Zhen Yi raised so much grain and grain in one breath, which is definitely not a short-term achievement. All grain and grain were transported to Qiqiu. Can it really be hidden? Who did his grain and grain exchange with? Who helped him transport it to Qiqiu? How many accomplices he has in Jizhou? We don't know how to mobilize such a large-scale grain and grain, what does this mean? Think about it yourself. If you can't thoroughly investigate this matter, how can you defend this city? Are you not afraid of disasters and Xiao Wall?!"

"this……"

"You are right. You are familiar with the situation in Yecheng than me. Half of the Wei County families are friends with your family, but do you know that Zhen Yi has exchanged so much food for him? How many old friends and relatives are involved in this place? Isn't it more suitable for me to investigate than you? Zhengnan, now is not the time for factional disputes, so don't worry, hand over Yecheng to me, I promise that Yecheng is as solid as a soup!"
Chapter completed!