Nanqu Shuai, you understand the meaning of coming to Juncheng, right? ”

After thinking for a while, Cheriji beckoned Nanqu Shuai with a smile on his face, and said: "This king has decided to allocate 5,000 troops to you, and you will lead the people to take advantage of the situation to take Jiangyou City, control the mouth of the oil river, and clear the obstacles for our army to cut down Shu, can you take the order?" ”

"Obey the order, Xiaoshuai will live up to his mission!"

As soon as this order was issued, Nanqu Shuai did not hesitate, and he accepted the order with great interest.

He didn't stand up when he led the crowd to attack Qiang Dao before, because he was afraid of Guan Ping's strength, and he was worried that it would be difficult to win by leading the crowd to win, but he would suffer from the reproach of the Qiang King and the gains outweighed the losses!

But now the situation is completely different, according to Yinping Juncheng, the current Jiangyou garrison is not too strong, he thought about it, and felt that he led more than 5,000 people to suddenly attack, it should be very easy to take Jiangyou, right?

After thinking for a moment, Nanqu Shuai once again surrendered his hand and requested: "King Qiang, come to the county to supervise Yinping all the year round, and must already know the local terrain well. ”

Nanqu Shuai felt that he was not familiar with the terrain of Shuzhong, and he was worried that he would become unintentional, so he decided to bring Yinping Juncheng with him.

Hearing this, Cherrigi smiled, then turned his head to look at Yinping Juncheng from the side, and chuckled: "Come to Juncheng, Nanqu Shuai wants you to accompany the army to assist, are you willing?" ”

"King Qiang trusts the villain so much, the villain can't ask for it!"

"My subordinates are willing to go!"

At this moment, in addition to being overjoyed, Yinping Juncheng also directly surrendered to the master.

He originally hoped to lead the troops there, but Cherrigi still believed in his direct subordinates, and now he could get the merit of the army, which seemed to be good.

Something is better than nothing!

"Okay, may you and the two of you cooperate sincerely, and I hope that in a few days, this king will be able to hear the battle report of Jiangyou's good news."

"We will not fail in our mission!"

Seeing Cherrigi laughing happily, the two of them arched their hands and said in unison.

……

Jiangyou City.

This castle is said to be a castle, but the shape is only similar to the gate that opens the front and back gates, and its walls are built according to the shape of the castle on all sides, but it is built by the mountains and rivers, and only the north and south gates are built.

As for the west, it is surrounded by water, and in the east, the valley rises and falls.

Jiangyou originally belonged to Guanghan County, but after Liu Bei won the victory in Hanzhong, he also divided Guanghan County into three, and then added Jiangyou and Zitong counties on this basis.

The geographical location of Jiangyou City is also very superior, it is the only place to enter Yinping County to the north, and it is connected to Mianzhu and Yucheng to the south, and it is backed by the Chengdu Plain.

It can be said that this place is the hinterland of Shuzhong, and because of this, the Han army does not have much garrison strength here, and there are only about 1,000 county soldiers on weekdays, mainly to maintain law and order in the county!

……

On this day, the south gate of Jiangyou was suddenly opened, and the county guard led a group of officials to stand outside the city gate to wait, waiting for about half an hour, the distant neighing, the sound of iron hooves breaking through the air resounded loudly, and bursts of dust were raised.

Gradually, the sound of war hooves became more and more deafening!

A moment later, thousands of knights rushed towards them, as fast as lightning.

"It's coming!"

"Everyone, prepare quickly."

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man in the official uniform straightened up and said solemnly.

After these words fell, the officials on both sides behind him also dressed up their own clothes, and they all looked forward to it.

"Xiaguan Jiangyou County Guard and all the officials went out of the city to welcome General Zuo and led the army."

Waiting for the half-ring, when thousands of Han knights dressed in Han armor and holding war spears arrived, all the people bowed to the god horse led by a silver robe armor, a sword hanging from his waist, a dragon riding tip, and a mane as white as jade under his crotch.

After the worship, the county guard spoke.

This general was ordered by Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, to lead 5,000 Xiliang knights to the north to enter Liang, ravaging Xiqiang and other countries to create chaos and force Cheriji to return to help, in order to achieve Ma Chao who protected Xichuan.

Seeing this, Ma Chao stroked his beard and smiled, so he immediately returned the salute and said, "There is Lao Jun guarding!" ”

After the ceremony, Ma Chao did not delay, and immediately stretched out his hand and said: "County guard, presumably you already know the plan of this general, and now our department has been coming day and night for several days, and the soldiers and horses under his command are already sleepy and tired, and they are still bothering you to settle down, can you?" ”

"General Zuo doesn't have to worry, these lower officials have already been prepared, and the general is invited to enter the city, and the lower officials have already set up a banquet in the mansion to entertain them."

"Hmmm......"

After arranging these, Ma Chao looked at a horse on the side behind him, pointed to the child held by a middle-aged general and said: "County guard, this general is Chen Shuzhi, the personal guard general of the king of Hanzhong, this son is the second son of the king of Hanzhong, Yong, and I hope to vacate a place to rest as soon as possible and settle it down." ”

"Wang Shizi?"

When these words fell, the county guard was shocked, so he hurriedly ran to the bottom of the war horse and knelt down: "Jiangyou county guard to meet Wang Shizi, there is a long way to go, and I hope to atone for my sins!" ”

At this time, Liu Yong's body was only a few feet old, only about five or six years old, and he could not withstand the bumps of the past few days, and now he had just calmed down and was already lying asleep in Chen Zhi's arms.

After hearing this, Chen Zhi hugged Liu Yong tightly, then showed a serious face, and said: "County guard, gossip will be said later, the prince is too young to withstand the long-distance bumps, and quickly prepare a clean house for him to rest." ”

"Yes!"

After that, everyone was not trembling, and the county guard hurriedly ordered the county to take Liu Yong to settle down, and arranged thousands of Xiliang knights behind the temporary camp.

Ma Chao and the officials of Jiangyou and others hurried towards the city.

……

City.

Inside the county hall.

At this moment, Ma Chao's military position is General Zuo, and he sits in the first place, while the county guard and the rest of the officials are scattered on both sides below.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Chao suddenly put down the wine lord, looked serious, and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, the Xiliang rebels led more than 100,000 people to attack my Xichuan land, intending to destroy my Han, and now it has been more than half a month, I don't know what the situation is at this stage?" ”

As Ma Chao asked, the people below pondered for a while, and the county guard greeted each other with a smile, and slowly stood up and explained: "General Qiqi, according to the battle situation in recent days, the situation is generally stalemate, and the Qiang thieves have a slight upper hand, but the situation is generally harmless. ”

"Why is that?"

Hearing this, the county guard continued: "According to the battle report sent back yesterday, as early as a few days ago, General Guan Shao led more than thousands of people to bypass the main force of the Qiang people, crossed the Motianling and Konghan Valley from the difficult and dangerous Yinping Trail, and took the opportunity to capture Qiangdao City while Cheriji led the main force to conquer Yinping County. ”

"Qiang Road is not only a strategic point leading to Liangzhou, but also a large number of horses and military supplies of Qiang thieves, and now the major general is using captured horses to train his sergeants."

"However, due to the fact that the major general led most of the surprise attack on Qiang Dao, Deng Ai, the general under his command, was unable to resist the main force of tens of thousands of Qiang troops due to the lack of military strength, so he had to delay the pace of the Qiang thieves' march with dangerous evidence, so that our army could have enough time to implement the plan of clearing the wilderness against the people outside the Guan."

"Now Deng Ai has led the army to take the initiative to withdraw from the Yinping Lands and retreat to Baishui Pass to defend it."

After a few words, the county guard told the county guard about the battle situation that had taken place in recent days.

Hearing this, Ma Chao's eyes were solemn and he thought quietly, as if he was thinking about the next step.