Bai Xiaowen immediately wrote a letter and gave it to a personal guard, who rode at full speed to Ye City to inform Qiao Rui of the change in plans.
Three more days passed.
At Guandu Camp, Yuan Shao showed little reaction to Bai Xiaowen's defeat of Zhang Jiao. Bai Xiaowen's reputation with Yuan Shao's Army rose one tier to Respected, but that was all. He even received a notification that Yuan Shao's Affection Level had fallen.
Bai Xiaowen's reputation with his own faction was lower than with a neutral faction. That was something else.
The result was, of course, thanks to the advice of those two fine strategists, Guo Tu and Feng Ji, and Yuan Shao's old habit of listening to whoever spoke to him last.
Bai Xiaowen did not care. Killing Zhang Jiao had already brought him plenty of rewards. Why would he worry about Yuan Shao's Affection Level?
I don't need a fake father! Bai Xiaowen told himself.
Over those three days, Bai Xiaowen had studied the Map of Mountains and Rivers, focusing on routes from Youzhou to Xudu.
With the map's help, he had found quite a few back roads and side paths that would let him bypass the cities controlled by the Cao Army.
A secret marching route gradually took shape in his mind.
The other members of the White Phoenix Team had been busy with their own tasks during those three days.
Li Shuyi arrived at Guandu Camp, where she continued gathering intelligence on Yuan Shao's Army from Tian Yu and sent it back to Youzhou.
Freed from plotting map routes, Qiao Rui kept watch over the Grand General's Residence. Nothing that happened there escaped her covert surveillance.
Cecilia successfully trained a third batch of Winged Cavalry, replacing their losses.
That brought the Winged