The Winged Cavalry traveled day and night without pause. After setting out from Youzhou, they followed the border between Jizhou and Bingzhou, heading south along the Taihang Mountains and choosing only places rarely visited by people.
After leaving Jizhou, they followed the borderlands of Sili Province, winding southwest.
It was winter, and the Yellow River was low and frozen over. Bai Xiaowen led the troops across the river at night, bypassed Xingyang, and reached Yangzhai in only two days—the northwestern gateway to Yingchuan Commandery.
Li Shuyi arrived with the latest intelligence from Guandu to rendezvous with them. At last, all five members of the White Phoenix Team had gathered!
"Tell me, has anything new happened at Guandu?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
Li Shuyi replied, "Yes... Xu You was thoroughly berated by Yuan Shao for failing to keep his sons and nephews in line."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. "It seems Xu You will defect to Cao Cao within the next few days. The plot of the Three Kingdoms plane in the Spirit Realm is actually matching the events in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu You advised Yuan Shao to launch a surprise attack on Xudu, but Yuan Shao had originally been hesitant and indecisive.
Suddenly, Shen Pei, a strategist from Ye City, Jizhou, sent someone to report that Xu You's sons and nephews had been embezzling and breaking the law in Ye City, and that he had already arrested them.
Yuan Shao flew into a rage and cursed Xu You, showing him no mercy at all. Naturally, the plan Xu You had proposed went no further.
Humiliated and furious, Xu You withdrew and defected to Cao Cao under cover of night, offering the plan to burn Wuchao's supplies.
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