Under the impetus of Guo Tu, the news that Cai Ji was trapped in the White Wolf River soon spread to the Guannei, and for a while, people in Youzhou were panicked, and all kinds of gossip also took advantage of the situation. But in general, there are not too many people who believe that Qi Hou is trapped at present, after all, just a few months ago, Cai Ji had just pacified and killed Gao Gan and others, and the remnants of the Qi army in Youhe and the Second Prefecture were still there. And Badun has always been friendly with the Qi army, so he doesn't look like he will betray the Marquis of Qi. Therefore, many people simply think that this news is just a rumor released by Gongsun Kang. Of course, there are also a considerable number of generals in Youzhou who believe that Badun has indeed betrayed Cai Ji, and join forces with Gongsun Kang to trap the main force of the Qi army outside the pass. There are even some ill-intentioned people who threaten that Cai Ji is dead, in an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

However, compared with the people who are still unclear, the officials in Youzhou led by Li Min are as anxious as ants on a hot pot at this time. It has been more than half a month since Cai Ji led his troops out of the customs, except for a quick report ten days ago that Qi Hou had camped in the White Wolf River near the White Wolf Mountain, and there has been no news back to the customs since then. At first, Li Min only acted as a messenger with heavy snow outside the gate and blocked the road, so he didn't take it to heart. The news that I had been waiting for for a long time turned out to be that the Badun mutiny, and the Marquis of Qi was trapped in the White Wolf River!

Although there is no definitive evidence yet that Cai Ji was trapped in the White Wolf River. But when he thought that the first female prince in the world who was in charge of the land of the five states was about to die in Liaoxi, Li Min felt like falling into an ice cave, and the whole person shuddered from it. So in order to deal with the coming stormy waves, Li Min sent people overnight to summon the guards and county orders of the counties and counties of Youzhou to Jicheng to discuss countermeasures. However, in the end, the only civil and military officers who rushed to the meeting were bureaucrats and generals from Guangyang County. For example, Xian Yufu of Yuyang County rejected Li Min's recruitment on the grounds of military tension. However, at this time, Li Min couldn't care so much, what he wanted most now was to find someone to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, and then gather soldiers and horses to rescue Cai Ji.

It's just that Li Min obviously didn't expect that these civil and military bureaucrats who came to the meeting were even more panicked than him, and they were more eager to find the backbone than him. No, at this moment, Zhou Qi, who was the commander of Anci County, asked Li Min with a frightened expression, "Li Yuanjun." Qi Hou is really trapped in Liaoxi? ”

Li Mintie nodded with a blushing face, and then pretended to be calm and assured the civil and military forces attending the meeting, "When the reinforcements come out, the siege of the white wolf will be solved in an instant." ”

"Reinforcements? The closest reinforcement to White Wolf Mountain in Youzhou is Jinxi, I don't know if Jinxi has ever sent troops? "It was Ling Qihua of Changping County who asked this.

"Xu has sent troops." Li Min said vaguely.

"Then do you know how Gongsun Kang's troops are? Where is the garrison of the Marquis of Qi? Another general asked Li Min.

"The old man has sent spies to Guanwai, and news will come back soon." Li Min waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

Seeing that Li Min didn't know anything, the atmosphere in the council hall suddenly dropped to freezing. In fact, Li Min is not incompetent, but military affairs are not his forte, and the current chaos is beyond his imagination, so he seems so helpless. But the civil and military forces attending the meeting will not take into account Li Min's helplessness because of this. In their opinion, the Marquis of Qi was already trapped in Liaoxi, and his life and death were uncertain. And Li Min, who is the assassin of Youzhou, is unable to preside over the overall situation, and now Youzhou is simply a leaderless chaos. No wonder Yuyang is too shou Xian Yu Fu, and Zhuojun is too shou Zhang Qing did not come forward this time.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qi, who was already timid and cowardly, couldn't help but sigh and said, "If you go down like this, Youzhou must be in chaos!" ”

"Who said that Youzhou would be in chaos." And just when all the civil and military were panicking, a hoarse and majestic voice suddenly sounded outside the house. So everyone looked up one after another, but saw Jia Xu, who was dressed in cloth, slowly walked into the meeting hall with the support of Zhang Qing, the Taishou of Zhuo County.

Li Min, who was already a little powerless, jumped even more at this moment. Hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to greet him, "Unknown military advisors are here." There is a long way to go. ”

"The old man heard that the envoy summoned the civil and military forces of Youzhou to discuss the rescue of the lord in the mansion. I don't know if you have eyebrows? Jia Xu asked painlessly.

"It's still being discussed." Li Min replied. It turned out that Li Min did not know Jia Xu in advance of the meeting. He did this because he wanted to listen to the suggestions of the people below first, so that he could have a comprehensive plan to talk to Jia Xu. Second, Li Min is also wary of Jia Xu, who once had a chaotic world.

In fact, Jia Xu didn't know what Li Min was thinking. As Cai Ji's mastermind, Jia Xu has always been low-key, rarely interfering in local government and military affairs. But this time the chaos is related to the survival of the entire Tsai Group. If you are not careful, not only will the Qihou forces established by Cai Ji be wiped out, but the situation in the entire world will also undergo earth-shattering changes. Therefore, after learning that the White Wolf Alliance might be fraudulent, Jia Xu did not rush to make his judgment public, but sent a quick envoy to prevent Cai Ji from going to the alliance. On the one hand, he secretly contacted Cai Ji's confidant Zhang Qing and ordered him to gather troops and horses in the name of suppressing bandits in case of emergency.

Now it seems that most of the fast envoys have not caught up. Otherwise, the western Liaoning side would not have been silent for such a long time. But as the news of Cai Ji's trapped in the White Wolf River reached Guannai, Jia Xu felt that the situation might not be as bad as he imagined. Because if the other party just wanted to take Cai Ji's life, he would not have threatened to go around with such fanfare that Qi Hou was trapped in the White Wolf River. Therefore, Jia Xu expected that Guo Tu probably didn't want Cao Cao to take advantage, so he would besiege Cai Ji and not attack him.

Guo Tu's move was a rare opportunity for Jia Xu. After all, if the other party insisted on taking Cai Ji's life, Jia Xu, who was in Jicheng, would be helpless even if he was scheming. But as long as the other side has a bigger plan. Jia Xu can negotiate with him to buy time for the rescue of Cai Ji.

It's just that Jia Xu didn't expect that in the face of the sudden outbreak of crisis, Li Min would rush to gather the Taishou and county commanders of Youzhou to come to Jicheng to discuss countermeasures. In his opinion, Li Min's attempt to command Youzhou with just one assassin's identity is a complete fool's dream. Don't say that Li Min's position in the history of assassination is all due to Cai Ji. Now that Cai Ji himself is unable to protect himself, Li Min's position as a assassin is naturally in jeopardy. Even if Li Min is really a assassin appointed by the imperial court, he may not necessarily take him in his eyes with his strong temperament of "fearing power but not virtue". Therefore, Li Min's conscription will not only not get the response he wants, but will make some local snakes in Youzhou start a new abacus.

However, Li Min's faint move is not useless, at least it can paralyze Guo Tu and others outside the gate, so that the Qi army has more time to mobilize troops and horses to rescue Cai Ji. Of course, the premise of achieving this goal is that Jia Xu has full control over the entire Youhe Erzhou, rather than letting Li Min and the others continue to make stupid moves. So at this time, Jia Xu didn't pay attention to Li Min's slightly hypocritical greetings, but saw him go straight to the front of the hall. He looked around coldly at the civil and military forces present and announced, "Since all the gentlemen have no good plan, then listen to the old man!" ”

Jia Xu's voice carried an undoubted majesty, which made the Wenwu, who was still a little panicked, suddenly restrain his anxious feelings, and instead sat upright and listened to the teachings of the old man in front of him. Li Min on the side was unwilling to see this situation, but he couldn't do anything for a while, so he had to give up his hand and say, "Please also ask the military advisor to give advice." ”

Jia Xu glanced at Li Min, nodded, and sat down. Looking at the civil and military words below, he said earnestly, "The situation in western Liaoning is still uncertain, and you should fulfill your duties as a top priority, and don't listen to rumors and mess up." ”

Li Min couldn't help but hurriedly say when he heard Jia Xu say this, "But the lord..."

"General Zhang has gathered troops and horses, and he can go out of the customs at any time to aid Liaoxi." Jia Xu raised his hand and interrupted.

As soon as everyone heard that there were reinforcements, they hurriedly turned their attention to Zhang Qing. I saw Zhang Qingtie, who was standing behind Jia Xu, nodded with a clear face. This time, the boulder hanging in the hearts of the civil and military forces present finally fell. Jia Xu and Zhang Qingnai are the real power figures in Qi Ying. Since they had both made promises, how could they be suspicious?

In fact, Zhang Qing at this time was already anxious, and he couldn't wait to put on his wings and rush to rescue his little master outside the gate. But Jia Xu told him that leading his army north with great fanfare now would only force the enemy army to step up the siege of the main army. Only by cultivating the plank road and secretly crossing Chen Cang can the siege of the white wolf be resolved. To be honest, Zhang Qing doesn't understand the Tao. But he knew that Mr. Jia was the trusted military advisor of the little master, and he was the master who helped the little master defeat Yuan Shao. So Zhang Qing decided to trust Jia Xu's judgment and act according to his plan. But even so, Zhang Qing still secretly prayed in his heart that Lin Fei and the others in Jinxi could rescue the trapped little master.

In fact, at the same time that Jia Xu came forward to preside over the overall situation of Youzhou, Lin Fei, who had learned that Cai Ji was trapped one step earlier than Guannei, had already sent Tang Ying and the Wuhuan cavalry under Wuyan's tent, a total of more than 8,000 people, to the White Wolf River to rescue the trapped main force.

The heavy snow in the past few days has covered the mountains and rivers in western Liaoning with a thick layer of silver makeup, and the surrounding area is a white and clear world, as if it has never been contaminated by human traces. Tang Ying rode his horse across the white and flawless snow. While anxiously asking Wu Yan, who was riding side by side, "My lord, how long will it take to get to the White Wolf River?" ”

"General Tang is in no hurry, you can reach the White Wolf River from this mountain road to the west for a day and night." Wu Yan patted his chest and assured Tang Ying. As the Wuhuan King of the Right Beiping. Wuyan has repeatedly competed with Badun for the pastures under the White Wolf Mountain, and he is well aware of the terrain near the White Wolf River in the White Wolf Mountain. This time he learned that Cai Ji was trapped in the White Wolf River, Wu Yan volunteered to lead the way for the Qi army to rescue the Qi Hou without saying a word. Originally, King Qiao's Nanlou also had to come with him, but Lin Fei ordered him and Yan Rou to lead another army and horse to attack Changli to respond sideways, so it was Wuyan and Tang Ying who finally led the troops to the White Wolf River.

It is said that the reason why Wuyan and Nanlou actively contributed to the rescue of Cai Ji was, in the final analysis, because they took a fancy to the benefits promised by Lin Fei. It must be known that Qi Hou's wealth has long been famous all over the world, which not only means that Cai Ji is good at business, but also because Longkou City, where Cai Ji was born, has a large gold mine itself. Therefore, regardless of the fact that once the subject state of Liaodong was destroyed, it would be in the pocket of Wuyan and Nanlou in the blink of an eye, just thinking about the reward that might be obtained by saving the Marquis of Qi was enough to make the Wuhuan people salivate.

However, compared to Wuyan, who was full of thinking about how to reward after victory, Tang Ying's mind at this time was completely focused on observing the terrain. But seeing that he suddenly pulled the reins, he raised his hand to stop the team that was about to advance, "Wait! The mountains ahead are steep, and there may be an ambush! ”

Wu Yan looked in the direction Tang Ying pointed to, and couldn't help but nodded, "This place is called Shizipo, and I fought here a few years ago. With that, he turned back and ordered, "Someone! Let's go and find out. ”

With Wuyan's order, a group of Wuhuan scouts roared away in the direction of Shizipo like sharp arrows. And Tang Ying took advantage of the situation to order the whole army to rest on the spot, after all, there was still a fierce battle waiting for them ahead, and a little more rest would save one more body. After about a pillar and a half of incense, the Wuhuan scouts sent out finally returned to the team one after another. I saw the Wuhuan general led by him clasping his fists and reporting, "Go back to your lordship, there is no ambush ahead." ”

After hearing this, Wu Yan turned his head to Tang Ying and smiled with relief, "General Tang, it seems that we are lucky. ”

Seeing this, Tang Ying also breathed a long sigh of relief, and immediately ordered in a loud voice, "Get on the horse!" Advance! ”

So, after a short rest, everyone once again rode their horses and whips across the stone slope and galloped all the way in the direction of the White Wolf River. However, looking at the birch forests on both sides that seemed to be ghostly galloping by, the more Tang Ying ran, the more he felt that something was wrong. But he couldn't tell what was wrong. Seeing that the sun was gradually setting in the west, Tang Ying couldn't help but ask Wu Yan, "My lord, you said that you fought with Kudun at Shizipo?" ”

"yes." Uyan said without thinking.

"Didn't you know that we would take this mountain road!" Tang Ying exclaimed.

"There is more than one road to the White Wolf River, and you can guess where you are. What's more, we have already passed the stone slope, and the terrain here is open, how can there be ambushes. Wu Yan waved his hand and said disapprovingly. But as soon as his words fell, the sound of a mountain shouting and tsunami suddenly sounded in the woods on both sides of the mountain road. Countless figures appeared in the woods that seemed to be deserted, as if they were scattering beans.

Frightened, Wu Yan and Tang Ying hurriedly hung the reins of the horse, but before the two of them could come back to their senses, the overwhelming rockets were already beckoning from all directions. Not only that, but the enemy troops lying in ambush on both sides also threw a large number of grass balls burning with raging fire. When many horses saw this fireball, they were so shocked that they neighed again and again, and threw the rider off their horses. For a time, there were countless arrows, fallen horses, and trampled ones, and the entire coalition army suddenly fell into chaos.

"All the sons and daughters rush with me!" Wu Yan, who had always been fierce, immediately turned his heart sideways, raised his long whip and roared, intending to lead his troops to rush out of the encirclement. But who would have thought that the seemingly flat snow in front of him suddenly appeared in a large pit dozens of feet long, as if a bloody mouth would swallow Wuyan and the others in an instant! (To be continued......)