With a knife out, blood flew, Li Ping fell off his horse, Wei Yan seized the opportunity, and immediately shouted in his mouth: "The whole army is attacking!" Take Ba County! ”

The war drums beat and the horn sounded, and the 30,000 troops of the Taiping army immediately pressed up, and the Yizhou officers and troops without the command of the defenders were suddenly in chaos, where could they resist the offensive of the Taiping army.

The siege battle went smoothly and unexpectedly, the two sides engaged in battle for only an hour, Ba County had completely changed hands, Yan Yan veteran would rather die than surrender, Wei Yan Ganning had no choice but to imprison him in his mansion.

A day later, Xiao Lan led an army of 50,000 to come, personally showed a miracle, Yan Yan Fang is attached, and since then, the checkpoints around Ba County have all been attached because of Yan Yan's prestige.

Hearing the military situation, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan immediately issued an edict, so that Dong Fu, Zhao Wei, Jia Long and many other Yizhou officials gathered together, everyone was turbulent in their hearts, only to see Liu Yan striding into the hall, everyone quickly stood up, and clasped their fists together: "See the lord!" ”

Liu Yan is now close to the age of six, but it can be regarded as a way of health, except for the white temples, his eyes are bright, his waist is straight, and he is in the same spirit as a person in his forties. However, at this time, Liu Yan's face was very bad, his face was gloomy, his eyebrows were furrowed, and behind him were his eldest son Liu Fan and younger son Liu Zhang, but their faces did not look very good.

"Alright, all of you, sit down." Liu Yan pressed his hand and asked everyone to sit down, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "As you know, just yesterday, I received news that a few days ago, Ba County, located east of Yizhou, had been lost under the attack of Taiping thieves. ”

"What?!" Hearing this, everyone suddenly exclaimed, even Zhao Wei, who had always been very deep in the city.

"Impossible!" Immediately, I heard a loud exclamation, but it was a young general behind Jia Long, named Zhang Ren, who was also a child of a family in Yizhou, and he only heard a voice full of disbelief: "Naba County is guarded by General Yan. There are 20,000 elite soldiers, how could they be so easily broken by the Taiping thieves? ”

Although the others didn't speak, they were all the opposite of Zhang Ren, although Yan Yan was not very likable. But Yan Yan's ability is still known to everyone, Ba County, which is guarded by 20,000 troops, was easily broken by the Taiping thieves, which is really unbelievable.

Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "According to the report of Tanma, this Taiping thief is personally commanded by Xiao Lan, the leader of the thieves. A total of 80,000 troops, Wei Yan and Gan Ning led 30,000 troops as the vanguard, and Xiao Lan led 50,000 troops to follow, from Jianping to Sichuan, along the Yangtze River, and marching towards Chengdu! ”

"Xiao Lan? Wei Yan! Hearing this, Jia Long's eyes couldn't help but narrow, during this time, the Taiping thieves in the Central Plains made a lot of chaos, it is said that Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and even Jingzhou have been occupied by the Taiping thieves. Even the allied forces of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and other princes of the Six Routes were defeated.

Speaking of this Jia Long, he can be regarded as a legendary figure in Yizhou!

Jia Long, who was born in an ancient family in Yizhou, was originally a literati, and when he was under the account of the former Yizhou Assassin Shi Yijian, he served as the position of Zhao Wei's current history in governance. And after the Ma Xiang Rebellion, Jia Long resolutely abandoned his pen and followed Rong and led the officers and soldiers of Yizhou to resist the rebels!

It was in this war that Jia Long showed his outstanding combat command ability, defeating nearly 100,000 rebels with thousands of Yizhou troops! After that, Liu Yan entered Sichuan. Thinking of Jia Long's achievements in quelling the rebellion, Jia Long was specially appointed as the Yizhou soldier Cao to take charge of the Yizhou soldiers and horses!

As a leading general, he naturally pays more attention to military news. Therefore, I have heard of Xiao Lan and even the top generals under Xiao Lan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhou Cang, etc., and now it seems that Yan Yan must have met the top general of the Taiping thief!

Zhao Wei also regained his composure at this moment, glanced at Jia Long and Zhang Ren opposite, and sneered: "Lord Jia." If I remember correctly, Yan Yan, the guard general of Ba County, and Li Ping, the deputy general, were all introduced to the lord by Lord Jia! Now that Ba County is lost, who does Master Jia think should bear this responsibility? ”

Hearing this, Jia Long's face couldn't help but change, he didn't expect this Zhao Wei to grasp this matter so quickly and attack himself, but after all, he was worthy of being a character who had been killed from the war, so he stabilized his mind and responded in a deep voice: "Lord Zhao is extremely right!" Ba County is lost, and this responsibility should be borne by me! Lord! Please also ask the Lord to punish the sin! As he spoke, he turned around and bowed to Liu Yan to the ground.

"Huh?" There was a deep groan, and it wasn't until half a sound later that Liu Yan said quietly: "The loss of Bajun is the responsibility of the guard, and it has nothing to do with you, now is not the time to hold anyone responsible, but to find a way to repel the Taiping thieves who come to attack, otherwise it will be difficult for Yizhou to be safe." ”

Zhao Wei was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly understood the reason. Now that the army is pressing, it is the time to use troops, how could Liu Yan easily offend Jia Long at this time? At that moment, he scolded secretly in his heart, but his face was full of apologies and bowed to Jia Long, and said: "Lord Jia, I am so offended, please don't be surprised by Lord Jia!" ”

Jia Long waved his hand very casually, and said indifferently: "Lord Zhao is polite, just a little thing, Jia naturally won't take it to heart!" ”

Afraid that the two ministers would continue to fight among themselves, Liu Yan coughed lightly at the right time, and asked straight to Jia Long: "Lord Jia, how many people can I mobilize in Yizhou now?" ”

Knowing that this was not a good time for infighting, Jia Long also accepted it when he saw it, and hurriedly responded: "Return to the lord!" At the beginning, Yizhou after the rebellion of Ma Xiang, resulting in a great loss of troops, although after a few years of recuperation, but the Yizhou army is only 130,000 people, the first line of Ba County has been lost, the loss of no less than 30,000 soldiers, the remaining 100,000 horses, but also a lot of hoarding in the north and south, to defend Nanban and Hanzhong! I am afraid that there are less than 50,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized today. ”

has been in charge of the Yizhou soldiers and horses for many years, and Jia Long can be regarded as well aware of the situation of the Yizhou army, and he will soon be able to give Liu Yan an accurate answer.

"Fifty thousand?" Hearing this, Liu Yan couldn't help frowning, this number was much less than his previous estimate, but he also knew the situation in Yizhou, so he had to say helplessly: "Can't you transfer more soldiers and horses?" The Taiping thieves are menacing, and 50,000 soldiers and horses may be difficult to resist! ”

Jia Long smiled bitterly: "Lord! As you know, the land of the Southern Barbarians has always been ready to move! And this time the Taiping thieves invaded on a large scale, presumably Su Gu in the Han Dynasty got the news, and he would not be without action, and these two places must take more precautions! So how many soldiers and horses can be dispatched, the last general can't give an accurate answer to the lord now! ”

Seeing that Liu Yan was in a hurry, he heard Dong Fu speak: "Lord, just now my subordinates also listened to what my lordship and Lord Jia said, but in the opinion of my subordinates, my lord doesn't have to worry so much!" Lord Jia is good at using soldiers, and everyone in the land of Xichuan knows it! This military affairs, the subordinates don't know anything, but with Lord Jia here, presumably this time the Taiping thieves will inevitably be repelled by the army led by Lord Jia! After all, if you can't repel the Taiping thief, it will be a catastrophe for all of you! I think you have also heard that the Taiping thieves are implementing the policy of 'fighting local tyrants and dividing the land', targeting all the wealthy families, if you don't want to inherit a hundred years of family collapse overnight, please cherish it! ”

Hearing this, Liu Yan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and the gloom on his face eased slightly, while the faces of Jia Long and the others on the side instantly drooped. Originally, they didn't think about surrendering, but now Dong Fu has emphasized the Taiping Army policy, so that those of them who are from the scholar clan will have no choice, once the Taiping Army captures Yizhou, they are afraid that it will be difficult for them to survive.

Ginger, it's still old and spicy!

Taking a deep breath, Jia Long stepped out, hugged his fist at Liu Yan, and shouted: "Lord Dong is right! The Taiping thieves are ruthless, if Yizhou is overturned, it will be difficult for us to protect ourselves, so the last general will do his best this time to repel the Taiping thieves for the Lord and Yizhou! Please wait and see! ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Liu Yan immediately slapped his thigh hard and shouted: "In this case, I have ordered that all the soldiers and horses in Yizhou will be under your temporary command, and I hope you can defeat the Taiping thieves and ensure the stability of Yizhou!" (To be continued.) )