The 60th Cloud Eagle Diao Chan claims sisterhood with White Horse Yifrom has great prestige

  Yuan Shu had long been dissatisfied with Zhang Fei. He stood up and said to Yuan Shao, "Please, Alliance Lord, expel this rude fellow from the army camp. Otherwise, I will return to Nanyang!"

  Yuan Shao hastily stopped him. The governor of Beihai, Kong Rong, said: "If both of you take a step back, the sea will be wide and the sky will be vast. As for the selection of the vanguard, I think Governor Gongsun has long been shaking the borders, let him lead Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and his own troops as the vanguard."

  Kong Rong's friend, Gongsun Yu, styled Boxiao, was a native of Zhending in Liaoxi. He came from an aristocratic family but his mother being of humble origin, he only held minor offices in the commandery. However, he was handsome and had a loud voice, being clever and eloquent. The governor of Zhuo Commandery, Liu, highly appreciated him and married his daughter to him. As he showed strong resistance against the northern nomadic tribes and fought bravely in battles, he gained great fame on the borders.

  Gongsun Zan often rode white horses with dozens of skilled archers and horsemen around him, forming left and right wings, calling themselves the "White Horse Volunteers", with astonishing combat power.

  Kong Rong recommended himself, and Gong Sun Zan stood up and said: "Brother Kong is overpraising me. If the Lord of Yuan's alliance orders it, I, Gong Sun Zan, will certainly not decline."

  Yuan Shao smiled and said: "Very well, let's follow Kong Tai-shou's suggestion. Let Gong-sun Tai-shou be the vanguard. Does anyone present have any objections?"

  Yuan Shu glared at Zhang Fei, who smiled complacently and glared back at him before turning away.

  Yuan Shu was furious in his heart at this time, but in front of all the lords, he couldn't lose his temper. Anyway, the major grain and grass affairs were under his control, and if he wanted to teach Zhang Fei and others a lesson, it would be easier than anything else.

  As for Ma Fu, whether to be the vanguard or not is not that tempting to him. He also understands the principle of "the tall tree in the forest will be blown down by the wind". If he continues to perform too well in the early stages, it's hard to avoid being suspected of stealing the limelight from his master.

  Yuan Shao arranged the battle again, and the various lords dispersed one after another. As soon as Ma Chao left the camp, Yin Feng caught up with him and said: "The governor has always been eager to fight before, why did he yield to Gongsun Zan this time?"

  The groom led him to his own tent and said, "I have long heard of the reputation of 'White Horse Righteousness'. Before this, Gongsun Zan was extremely low-key. I thought he didn't want to show off, in order to preserve his family's strength. This time he is the vanguard, and with the help of Liu Bei and his two brothers, I would like to see what kind of military power Gongsun Zan has."

  Yin Fengdao said, "I think I understand. If you prepare for everything, you'll succeed; if you don't prepare, you'll fail. Although the various lords are now jointly responding to Dong's villainy, after defeating Dong's villainy, they will inevitably scramble to occupy territory, and at that time, it will be difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. At this point, taking advantage of the situation to investigate their actual strength is also a good thing. However, this Yuan Mengzhu is really too unscrupulous; I heard he has the top generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou from Hebei, but this time he didn't bring even one of them - truly despicable!"

  Ma Fu smiled and said, "Your words are indeed to the point. However, which of the lords is not currently preserving their strength? What I did earlier was only to prove to them that the Western Liang army is not to be underestimated. Now, with a great war ahead, whether it will bring fortune or disaster is still unknown. But there's one thing you must remember and not act rashly on: the relationships between the lords are all very delicate at present, and if words are spoken inappropriately, they can lead to unnecessary trouble."

  Yin Feng somewhat awkwardly said: "Compared to Zhang Fei, I should be considered good, right?"

  The groom heard this and burst out laughing: "Well, you're more reserved than him, I should be satisfied!"

  Just as the two were chatting happily, Yun Ying suddenly walked into the camp and said to Ma Fu: "Governor, look who I've brought for you?"

  Ma Fu saw it was Diao Chan and didn't have time to blame Yun Ying, hastily stepping forward to ask: "How did you come here?"

  Diao Chan said: "I heard that Father will soon take action in Luoyang City, I am worried, so..."

  The groom grabbed Yunying and pulled her to one side, saying, "Don't you know how dangerous it is here? Why did you bring her here? If anything happens to her, how can I explain it to Wang Situ?"

  "Are you kidding me? You're obviously thinking about her every day, so why won't you admit it?"

  "You! You're really infuriating!"

  Yun Ying said: "What's there to be angry about? At most, from now on I'll just protect her! It's just that she still thinks I'm a man, if she happens to fall in love with me, don't blame me!"

  Ma Fu was suddenly embarrassed, while Diao Chan saw them whispering to each other and hastily said: "Please don't blame him, it was when he came to visit me on your orders that I insisted on letting him bring me here. If you want to blame someone, blame me, just don't send me back to Suān jiǎo again!"

  Everyone else is already here, what can Ma Fu say? He could only smile and say to Diao Chan: "Things have come to this, now is not the time to blame anyone. I know you're worried about comforting Master Cai, but this is a battlefield, it's too dangerous. From now on, let Yun Ying protect you, and don't wander around the military camp."

  Diao Chan said somewhat embarrassedly: "Actually, apart from worrying about Father...".

  As she said this, she suddenly stopped, but looking at Diao Chan's already flushed face, he had understood her intentions.

  He said: "You can rest assured in the military camp. Besides, I have something else to tell you, actually Yunying is the same as you."

  "Ah?" Diao Chan let out a cry of surprise, this made her feel too unbelievable.

  Yun Ying's face was expressionless as she said, "Well, you've managed to shake me out after all. Never mind, Diao Chan, from now on your safety will be my responsibility."

  Diao Chan still hadn't recovered from her shock, and the groom smiled and said: "There's no need to be shocked. With her excellent martial arts skills, in this chaotic world, disguising herself as a man would also become very convenient. If you want to stay in the military camp, you'll have to put up with it too - disguise yourself as a man. Do you agree or not?"

  Ma Fu always spoke to her in a businesslike tone, and she was exceptionally fond of it. She hurriedly said: "This is no problem. It's just that I will be living..."

  At this point, Diao Chan stopped abruptly once again.

  The groom also understood her mind. If a separate account was arranged for her alone, it would be too easy to attract other people's attention, but if she and he lived in the same account, it would be very inconvenient.

  After some thought, the groom said to her: "I understand your thoughts. Recently, battles have been frequent and I've spent little time in my tent. For safety's sake, you and Yunying can stay in my tent from now on. I'll arrange a job for you as a scribe. From now on, Yunying will also have an identity like yours. In the future, official documents will first go through you two, but you two just need to pretend, review them on my behalf, is that okay?"

  Yun Ying said: "I will follow your instructions."

  Diao Chan said somewhat nervously: "Will this work?"

  Ma Fu said: "Now your safety is the first, even if it doesn't work, I will order that except for me, no one can enter or leave my camp without permission."

  Yin Feng listened to Ma Fu say this and hastily asked: "Does that include me too?"

  "What about you?"

  Yin Feng sighed and said: "Forget it. Now that you have a wife, you've forgotten about your brothers."

  "By the way, Yin Feng suddenly turned the conversation around and said: "However, this is also a common human feeling. There's just one thing I need to remind you of, it seems like we don't have any official documents to process at the moment."

  Ma Fu was suddenly sweating: "There will be, there will be."

  Diaochan and Yin Feng exchanged a knowing look and burst out laughing. Yunying, on the other hand, stood there very leisurely, pretending not to have heard anything.

  Diaochan saw Yunying's expressionless face and walked up to her saying, "Sister, why haven't you smiled all this time?"

  Yun Ying said: "We were all betrayed by a certain Taigong, what is there for me to laugh about?"

  Ma Fu suddenly felt that he was also implicated, and hastily said: "This matter really has nothing to do with me. Besides, Diao Chan, from now on you shouldn't ask her such questions either, we've long been used to it."

  Diao Chan had never seen such a strange thing, after sizing up Yun Ying for a moment, she laughed and said: "Sister, if you put on women's clothes, you must be a stunning beauty who can overthrow cities and countries. If you add a smile to that, you will definitely charm all living things."

  When Diao Chan said this, Yin Feng couldn't help but stare at Yun Ying. And Yun Ying felt uneasy being looked at by Yin Feng, he said to Ma Fu: "Ma Taishou, I think you should control your brother's eyes!"

  Ma Fu burst out laughing: "This is really not something I can control, everyone has a love for beauty. You two chat well, I'll go out with Yin brother to take a stroll."

  Yin Feng said to Ma Fu, "Governor Ma, with two such stunning beauties by your side, you are truly blessed!"

  The groom smiled and said: "Wen Rou Xiang is a hero's tomb, now that the great cause is not yet achieved, where do I have the heart to talk about love?"

  Yin Fengdao said, "Alright, I understand your ambition, Ma Taigong. With these two beauties by your side taking care of you, I can rest assured. However, I must remind Ma Taigong that Yun Ying's background is unclear and his identity is extremely mysterious, so please be cautious."

  Ma Fu said: "Thank you, Brother Yin, for reminding me. I've been paying attention to this all along. She's always been helping me, and as for her identity, we can only investigate secretly."

  Yin Feng listened to him say this and did not speak again.

  When Ma Fu and Yin Feng were strolling around preparing to return to the camp, suddenly a soldier came to report that Wang Situ had sent someone with a letter, and Yuan Mengzhong urgently summoned everyone.

  Ma Fu and Yin Feng arrived at the camp of Yuan Mengzhu, all the other lords had already arrived. Yuan Mengzhu said to Ma Fu: "Wang Situ said that he will take action tonight, he asked us to hurry up and prepare."

  Ma Fu said: "I am willing to listen to the arrangement of the alliance master Yuan!"

  Yuan Shao said: "Tomorrow at the hour of Xu (the first watch), we will attack Tiger Trap Pass on schedule. Gongsun Zan will lead Liu Bei and his three brothers, as well as their own troops, as the vanguard. Ma Teng, Hou Cheng, Meng De, and Tao Governor (Tao Qian was then governor of Xuzhou) will follow closely behind. The lord of the alliance will lead the other several routes of nobles as the rear army. Does anyone have any objections?"

  Although all the vassals verbally said "the name of the alliance is followed", they were not satisfied with Yuan Shao's arrangement in their hearts. The reason is simple: first, as the leader of the alliance, he hid behind and did not set an example; second, although Gongsun Zan and others had strong combat power, there were too few vanguard troops, which made it easy to be impacted by Dong Zhuo's army.

  However, Gongsun Zan didn't say anything, and no one else had any right to speak either...