In the Yongliang area, especially in the Hexi Corridor, where there is little rain, almost all the cities are built on flat land by the river.

Crossing the big river from Jincheng, there is a water that flows into the big river, called Yeosu.

Going up against the Lishui, Zhiyang County, Yunjie County, and Lingju County are listed on its side.

Since Feng Yong's army appeared in the Jincheng territory, Zhang knew that Lu Pan, the guard of Xiping County, and Xu Miao, the assassin of Liangzhou, had a plan.

He sent someone to send the news across the river as quickly as he could.

After Xu Miao received the news, he almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood.

"This honest and deceitful person is also!

Xu Miao trembled.

Yuzhong is definitely gone.

Although Zhang said that the situation in Yuzhong was unknown.

But Xu Miao knew that Yuzhong must be gone, and the only thing that was uncertain was that Yuzhong could hold on for a few days.

What's more, Zhang Hua led the troops of Jincheng to aid Yuzhong, but was cut off by Feng Yong, who emerged from the mountains.

Xu Miao is most concerned about this.

If the Jincheng reinforcements are destroyed, the Jincheng will not be protected.

If Jincheng is not guaranteed, the Shu army can take the opportunity to cross the river, go up the Lishui River, and occupy Lingju.

Once the order is lost, the Shu army can attack Xiping on the right and enter Liangzhou on the left.

At this time, the remaining soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were all in Xiping.

If Xiping's soldiers and horses can't be withdrawn in time......

Thinking that these consequences were all caused by the elusive Feng Wenhe, Xu Miao couldn't help but curse: "Ruthless and deceitful, ruthless and deceitful......"

"Envoy, since the purpose of the Shu army's trip is to attack Jincheng, why don't you order General Lu to go to Lingju?"

Staff suggested.

Xu Miao's eyes were not focused, and his face was heavy, "I'm afraid it's too late." ”

"Jincheng Chengjian, as long as the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family can hold on for some time, it is enough for General Lu to ......"

"What if the Golden City is lost by this time?"

Xu Miao abruptly interrupted the staff's words, crumpled the secret letter into a ball, and the green tendons on the back of his hand rose, "It will only take two or three days to go from Jincheng to Lingju." ”

"I'm afraid that as soon as the messenger of the Assassin Mansion arrives in Xiping, the Shu people have already arrived in Lingju City. There are only two or three hundred soldiers in the city, how many days can they stop? ”

"If you rashly let Lu Pan lead the army, if there is a mistake, Liangzhou can only be handed over."

I am not afraid of 10,000 in everything, but I am afraid of what happens.

The news that Jincheng was robbed of grain and grass, and the army that rescued Yuzhong was cut off by Feng Yong, made Xu Miao really dare not gamble.

Because the bet was lost, Liangzhou was gone!

"Send a message to General Lu, and ask him to immediately take people back to Liangzhou and go from Dadou Pull Valley!"

The majestic Qilian Mountains stretch for thousands of miles from east to west, forming the southern barrier of the Hexi Corridor and separating Xiping from the Hexi Corridor.

In the middle of the mountains, there is a canyon that opens up the Xiping and Hexi corridors.

This is the Great Bucket Valley.

Out of the mountain pass of this canyon is Zhangye County in the west of Wuwei County.

It is the only way to go on the South Silk Road, and it is also the fastest passage from Xiping back to the Hexi Corridor.

"But the envoy, in this way, then this Jincheng County and Xiping County ......"

"Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, there are these four counties, which are Liangzhou, so what we have to do now is to defend these four counties."

Xu Miao said word by word.

After saying this, he closed his eyes in pain, let out a long sigh, and said in a lonely tone, "The rest, I can't do anything!" ”

Zhang Miao's timely message, as well as Xu Miao's caution this time, saved the last remaining men and horses in Liangzhou.

Let Lu Pan have three more days to gather all the Wei troops in Xiping County and prepare to cross the only mountain pass in Qilian Mountain and return to Zhangye, Liangzhou.

However, the sudden movement of the Wei army in Xiping produced an unexpected episode.

Xihai's bald department and Qiang Hu panicked suddenly: We have listened to Lord Lu's mediation and no longer fight, what do you want to do?

Even the bald tribe, for the sake of the safety of their tribe, had to temporarily stay away from the Xiping border.

It's just that Zhang saved Lu Pan and Wei Jun in Xiping, but he didn't know that he and his uncle traveled all the way along Lishui to pacify the road.

Feng Yong, known as "Xiao Wenhe", was a day behind, and led the army to follow them all the way to the city.

Lingju County is the key point leading to the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the largest county seat of Jincheng County on the west side of the river.

During the time of Emperor Xiaowu, Huo Hussar had built a plug and a canal here, as the frontier of pacifying Hexi.

Later, the Han Dynasty placed the field officials here, and when Emperor Guangwu was here, it was the Qiang Guard.

At the gate of the county government in the city, the county magistrate was sending Zhang Huazhang and his party to prepare to leave.

I only heard Zhang say to the county order of Lingju County: "Lingju County is the throat of Liangzhou, and now that the Shu soldiers are not here, Li County Commander just took this opportunity to soothe people's hearts, repair armor, and build city walls for later." ”

Lingju County ordered to respond to the promise.

At this moment, I don't know who shouted: "Shu soldiers are the best!" ”

Lingju City, which had already returned to peace, was suddenly in chaos.

"Who is talking nonsense here and disturbing the people's hearts!"

When Zhang Hua heard this, he was immediately furious and shouted with his sword.

When he led his troops back to Jincheng, he first thought that the Shu army had not caught up, and then Feng Yong blocked the way, and his nephew rescued him, but in the end, Wei Yan followed again.

ups and downs, twists and turns, sorrows and joys, emotional changes are so great, and finally provoked him to vomit blood and coma.

So he is really sensitive to the word Shu Jun.

What's more, he and others said that the Shu soldiers would not cross the river, and now someone is shouting and screaming, is it deliberate?!

Shu soldiers, Shu soldiers, where are so many Shu soldiers!

The group looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw a few Wei soldiers guarding an official, shouting loudly while rushing towards this side.

But all the people and the officers who heard the news scattered and fled.

"Take those people down quickly!"

Zhang Hua drank.

"No, that's not the county magistrate of Yunjie County?"

Zhang Zhi's eyes were sharp, and he exclaimed.

Yunjie County is not far from Zhiyang County, and when the uncle and nephew arrived there, the county magistrate of this county had already abandoned the city and fled, and only the county was a local, so he stayed in the county seat.

Later, Zhang Hua took the identity of Jincheng Taishou and asked him to act as the county magistrate.

Unexpectedly, it was only a day later, and this county suddenly appeared in Lingju City.

Thinking of this, Zhang chuckled in his heart, and an ominous premonition rose from his heart.

The county magistrate of Nayun Street County saw the county government and the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family.

He staggered over, "Uncle and nephew of the Zhang family, you are also a disciple of Hexi Gaomen, I didn't expect you to be such a shameless person!" ”

"What did you say!"

Zhang Hua was half-unsheathed and was about to step forward.

Zhang stopped in front of him, "Ding Xiancheng, what do you mean by this?" ”

"You're too embarrassed to ask!"

The crown and hat on Ding Xiancheng's head had long since disappeared, and the heat on his head was rising, like sweat pouring down like a freshly uncovered steamer.

His face was tanned, he was panting, and his fingers were trembling and pointing at Zhang Zuo: "The dignified children of the Zhang family in Dunhuang actually did such a deceptive thing!" ”

Zhang looked at the grief-stricken Ding Xiancheng, and the sense of foreboding in his heart became stronger and stronger: "Ding Xiancheng, please be careful!" ”

"What is the use of me and the finesse!" Ding Xiancheng still pointed at Zhang and didn't let go, "Uncle and nephew of the Zhang family, the Shu people are also meticulous!" Don't take their word for it! ”

"How can you tarnish people's innocence out of thin air?"

Zhang Hua couldn't hold it back, so he stepped forward from behind Zhang Zuo and drew his sword out of the sheath.

"Innocence? How can you be innocent? ”

The more Ding Xiancheng spoke, the more excited he became, so he had to rush up and fight.

"Say that the Shu people won't cross the river, let me wait and take it lightly, how do you know that on the second day after you leave, the Shu people will come to the city!"

"At a glance, you know that you have colluded with the Shu people, what kind of face do you have to say that you are innocent?"

Zhang was shocked: "Impossible! We obviously saw with our own eyes that the pontoon bridge had been demolished, and Shu Yu had set it on fire......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly paused, and remembered a possibility that he was thinking about in a terrible way: Could it be that someone was calculating them?

As long as no one stops it, the Shu army wants to cross the river, is it not a simple matter?

Moreover, when Shu returned to the division, they were just guesses, and they were not sure at all.

It's just that Shu Lu can cross the river directly, and even arrive at Lingju City two or three days in advance, why do they have to go around such a big circle?

This is exactly what Zhang didn't understand, and it was precisely because of this that his mind was taken to a crooked place, causing him to make a mistake in judgment.

Thinking of this, Zhang felt like he was going crazy.

Who is it?

Who has the leisure to do such a detrimental thing to others and themselves?

"Shulu, have you really crossed the river?"

Zhang asked, trembling with the last glimmer of hope.

"Yunjie has been lost, and the Shu people are only afraid that it will be less than a day's journey from here!"

Ding Xiancheng smiled miserably.

When the two sides confronted each other, the county order of Lingju County had already retreated quietly.

At the same time, the guards of Lingju County also quietly surrounded them.

"If this is true, it is all the fault of my uncle and nephew."

Zhang's face turned pale, and all thoughts were lost.

"Da Lang ......"

When Zhang Hua heard this, he was anxious.

Zhang shook his head with a wry smile: "If the Shu people really cross the river, it will be useless for us to say anything." ”

As he spoke, his voice was low, as if he was muttering to himself, but in fact, only Zhang Hua could hear it, "What's more, Jincheng is lost......"

Zhang Hua was reminded by him like this, remembering that he was a guilty body.

And this sin is precisely because of Jincheng.

When you think of Jincheng, you will remember all kinds of battles with Shu soldiers.

Anger, indignation, resignation and many other emotions came to my heart.

He was so angry that he roared and threw his sword to the ground: "I'm angry too!" Who is it that is so vicious and trapped in such an unrighteous place for my uncle and nephew! ”

Zhang's face was even more miserable than Ding Xiancheng, "I can't argue, nothing more than that." ”

"Until now, I still want to quibble!"

Ding Xiancheng was furious.

Looking at the Wei soldiers around him, Zhang untied his long sword, "My uncle and I are going to ask Xu Yuanjun for guilt." If you are interested, you may wish to send us to Guzang. ”

The county magistrate of Lingju County breathed a sigh of relief: "So good, Zhang Taishou, Zhang Changshi, offended!" ”

Lingju County is a large county in Jincheng County, and it is also located in the key area, so if you can be a county order here, the foundation of Li County's order will naturally not be too low.

Shu people according to Longyou, cut off the connection between Liangzhou and Guanzhong, if Wei can recover Longyou sooner it is better to say, if not...... It is difficult to say where Liangzhou will go in the end.

As a wealthy family in Liangzhou, the Zhang family in Dunhuang can offend less at this time, and it is better to offend less.

On the second day after the departure of the Zhang family's uncle and nephew, Feng Yongjun arrived as promised.

Lingju City is the only relatively large city in the Lishui River Valley, and it is also the only city that is still guarded by soldiers.

Looking at the sparse guards on the head of the city, Feng Yong groaned, and then sighed: "This makes the city as a key place, and it is indeed a high city with deep pools and strong guards. ”

Zhang Yuan: ......

"Send the order, send someone back immediately, inform General Wei, and say that I need him to send troops to support."

Zhang Yuan glanced at the city, and rarely took a breath later than usual before responding: "No! ”

Zhang Yuan quickly passed on the military order, and finally couldn't help but say a word after coming back.

"Mountain Chief, there is something unknown about the student."

"What?"

Feng Yong walked on the edge of Lishui, checked the situation around Lingju City, and found that this was indeed the best place in the valley of this road.

The land on both sides of the river is open and conducive to farming.

From here, the mountains behind suddenly converged, and the city was stuck in this convergence place.

Build a village and garrison troops here, not only can use the flat land of the river valley to reclaim, but also can march into Liangzhou at any time.

Huo Huqi's vision back then was indeed unique.

In the recent Liangzhou Rebellion, the Qianghu Yicong recruited by the Later Han court from Huangzhong also turned out to be guarding Lingju to suppress the rebellion of Hu in Jincheng.

How do you know that even Huang Zhongyi's army followed the rebellion, and after Ling Ju was lost, the situation escalated sharply.

"Mountain Chief, even if there are no uncles and nephews of the Zhang family, we can easily take the counties of the Lishui River Valley."

"The students don't understand, why didn't the mountain chief cross the river early and directly take this Lingju City?"

Feng Yong smiled with relief when he heard Zhang Yuan's words.

"Makinoyuki, if you can ask this question, it means that you have been able to think independently and start to become a real staff officer."

Zhang Yuan was praised and smiled a little embarrassedly.

The students are studious, Feng Yong is naturally willing to say a few more words, he pointed to Lingju City not far away, "It is not difficult for us to capture here." ”

"If we wait for General Wei to come, we can even try to march into Liangzhou."

"It's just a soldier, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, you must not ignore it."

"How many casualties do we have to suffer during the pacification of Liangzhou? The counties of Liangzhou are ostensibly returning to the Han Dynasty, but in fact, how many people will rebel again? ”

"These are all questions that we need to think about. Muzhi, what we want is a Liangzhou that sincerely surrenders to the Han, at least a Liangzhou that will not block the Han. ”

"The lowest is the lowest, and it must be a Liangzhou that will not make trouble for the Han in the rear when the Han and the Cao thieves are in a standoff."

"You have also read the information of Liangzhou, in the past hundred years, how much food and how many troops have the Later Han spent in Liangzhou?"

"Shen Zhen can't use sudden medicine, you have to adjust your body before you can treat it slowly."

Zhang Yuan seems to understand whether he understands or not.

"The uncles and nephews of the Zhang family are an introduction, I want to use them to trigger the disease in Liangzhou."

"Chief, the students don't understand."

"Since the rebellion of the Cao thief, the rebellions in Liangzhou have never stopped, so not all the wealthy families in Liangzhou have sincerely surrendered to the Cao thief!"

"The matter of the Zhang family's uncles and nephews, no matter whether the Cao thieves in Liangzhou treat their crimes or not, it is very difficult to do! Ho-ho, haha! ”

Feng Yong thought of the smugness and laughed strangely.

punished the crime, even if the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family deserved it, but at this sensitive time, Xu Miao was showing that he did not believe in the Zhang family.

The failure to punish the crime means that Xu Miao is afraid of the wealthy family in Liangzhou.

What kind of urine are those families and local wealthy families, how can Feng Yong not know?

Strong enemies are pressing the border, foreign aid is cut off, and the temptation of some huge interests, what kind of choice will they make, Feng Junhou doesn't need to think about it, he can guess it with just his brain.

The uncles and nephews of the Zhang family are just catalysts that accelerate the amplification of their internal contradictions.