Liu De set off the next day and went to Liaocheng, and after more than a month, Liu De actually missed his wife and children at home, his sister-in-law, little Liu Jia, and the cangyi dog.

On Liu De's return journey, Bai Qi also successfully took Liyang City, although there were a few twists and turns, but it was almost bloodless, and there was no one in Liyang who could fight.

But what happened then was beyond the authority given to Bai Qi by Liu De, and it can be said that it was unexpected, and Bai Qi had to inform Liu De of the matter quickly.

In the south of Jizhou, Yang Tianlong's army and Ji Yuanxu's army are also in full swing, and the battle in Pinggucheng is difficult to solve, the battle is fierce, and the casualties are quite heavy, but the winner is still not distinguished.

"Do you mean to send troops to help Ji Fengrun capture Xinxing and get back what belongs to him?" Bai Qi looked at the messenger kneeling at his feet, and his words were very surprised.

"Exactly!"

The messenger cried and cried: "His Royal Highness the Acting King was killed by the puppet emperor, and he was supposed to be succeeded by the eldest prince, but in order to seize the throne, that Ji Fengshun actually teamed up with his uncle to kill the eldest prince, this is a brute who cares for humanity and has a wolf's heart and lungs!" Please also ask the general to send troops to rescue him for the sake of being the minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty with His Royal Highness the Acting King! ”

On behalf of the king Ji Yuanshi, he sent troops to respond to Ji Yuanxu, and captured Liyang City with the help of Wei Yan and Yang Ye, but then he was captured by Yang Shuzi, and his third son Ji Fengnian was killed on the spot, and Ji Yuanshi was subsequently executed by Yang Tianlong.

The eldest son, Ji Fengrun, has a cowardly personality and is not liked by Ji Yuanshi, but Ji Yuanshi died in a hurry, and Ji Fengrun, as the son of the world, should inherit the throne of the acting king.

But Ji Yuanshi's second son, Ji Fengshun, is quite brave, and with the help of his uncle who has mastered the soldiers and horses, he directly sent troops to take Ji Fengrun and seek to seize the position of the successor.

Although Ji Fengrun is cowardly, he is kind, and there are still people who read his kindness and report the news for Ji Fengrun.

Ji Fengrun fled overnight to Changshun County, the southernmost county. However, his wife and son were all arrested by Ji Fengshun, and his life and death are unknown.

Ji Fengrun was so frightened that he had a serious illness, and now he is still bedridden, because Ji Fengrun is the eldest son, so there are still a group of old ministers who follow the tradition and are willing to be loyal to Ji Fengrun, otherwise Ji Fengrun may not live for a few days, and he will be killed.

Changshun County Commander is such a stubborn old man.

So the Changshun County Order, on the one hand, mobilized the young people in the county to go to the city wall to defend the city, and on the other hand, sent envoys to other territories that originally belonged to Ji Yuanshi to lobby, hoping that they would all understand the righteousness and be loyal to Ji Yuanshi's eldest son, Ji Fengrun.

However, it is a pity that Changshun County was soon breached, Changshun County Commander was killed, and several guard officials fled to a remote village with Ji Fengrun, who was seriously ill.

Then they heard the news of Liu De's defeat of Yang Tiantian, and Bai Qi also broke through Liyang, and an official made a suggestion, why not go to the general of the Che cavalry for help.

They are like grasping the last straw, after all, they are already on Ji Fengshun's must-kill list, and they will not give up even if they have a glimmer of life.

So the envoy spent a day and a night coming to Liyang and meeting Bai Qi.

One is to ask Bai Qi to send troops to help Ji Fengrun capture Xinxing, and on the other hand, he asks Bai Qi to take in Ji Fengrun and the others now, after all, the village they are hiding in may be discovered soon, and there will be death at that time.

Bai Qi frowned, and directly rejected the envoy's request, he did not have any right and qualification to agree to the envoy's request, although he is now the first person in the military, but Liu De did not give him this right, so he could not agree to such a request.

But Bai Qi also gave the messenger a way to live, and went to ask Liu De for help, if Liu De agreed, then he would naturally obey the military order.

So the envoy borrowed a war horse from Bai Qi and ran in the direction of Jinyang, because Bai Qi told him that Liu De had already set off to return to Liaocheng, and if he hurried up, he might be able to meet Liu De and his party at Jinyang Pass.

......

During this period, Liang Shi and Changsun Han recruited 50,000 young men in Beiping, although the recruitment, but because of Yang Tianlong's several fiascos, it was already a family and every household mourned, and there were few responders to this recruitment.

In order to gather 50,000 young people, Liang Shi directly ordered the Praetorian Guards to start pulling strong men from house to house, which provoked the resentment of the tiān nù people.

Even the beggars and thugs in the streets were dragged down into the barracks.

When Gao Lin heard the news, he immediately went to the palace and complained to Yang Tianlong about the evil deeds of Liang Shi and Changsun Han.

But Yang Tianlong didn't care at all, thinking that it was just a trivial matter, and Gao Lin had no choice but to leave the palace.

Liang Shi trained this group of young men for less than half a month, and then led the army to set off, and even the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Guangping did not join them.

Liang Shi was so anxious, mainly because Yang Tianlong was urging him, and Liang Shi thought that if he waited until the autumn harvest in July, Liu De's army would have a large amount of food replenishment, which was extremely unfavorable to the Beiping army.

Therefore, Liang Shi decided to take advantage of Liu Dejun's shortage of food and grass to attack first and take Changyang by surprise.

It's a pity that Liang Shi overestimated his command ability and the marching speed of the army, how could he win with a group of young people with no morale?

What's more, it is also mixed with idle gangsters and beggars, etc., all of whom are unstable factors in the army, and if the army is defeated, they may even become bandits.

This is the reason why the conscription requires a good family.

......

Ji Fengrun's envoy finally arrived at Jinyang Pass ahead of Liu De, and after seeing Liu De, Liu De almost thought that he was a beggar in front of him.

After Liu De knew the details, he found that this was an opportunity to refer to the story of Liu Bei and Liu Qi in history.

With Ji Fengrun, Liu De has the reputation of righteousness, and then takes charge of the small half of Beizhou.

How could Liu De give up such a good thing, but the conditions should be talked about.

"Where's Cui You?"

"The minister is here!"

Cui You came out of the ranks.

"You take this messenger down to freshen up first, and then talk to him first." Liu De said.

Cui You comprehended and said, "The minister understands!" ”

Then he stretched out his hand to the messenger and asked, "Sir, please!" ”

The envoy hurriedly bowed, "Thank you, General Che Cai!" ”

Then followed Cui You out of the main hall.

After a while, Cui You came alone, with a happy face, and said as if inviting merit: "Lord, the minister has already negotiated, we will save his life, and then Ji Fengrun will be in the name of the acting king, and the lord will be the great Sima to the court, and concurrently serve as the pastor of Yanzhou and Beizhou." Ji Fengrun is willing to be an idle prince. ”

"Northstate herd? Where is this Beizhou Mu [Tian Mingzheng], Yang Tianlong has not been destroyed, it is not appropriate to make more enemies, and remove Beizhou Mu! Say to the messenger, "We're here to help." Liu De said.

Cui You said repeatedly: "The minister is ordered!" ”

Soon after Liang Shi sent out his troops, Guan Yu received a flying pigeon from Beiping, which was sent by Zhang Qiuming, who was lurking in Beiping, which recorded the general situation of Liang Shi's soldiers and horses in detail, so that Guan Yu and other generals knew it in their hearts.

Yang Tianshang had deliberately checked Beiping City several times, but because of the huge amount of Beiping City, Zhang Qiuming and others still escaped several interrogations, but several good hands were still found and committed suicide by taking poison in order not to be tortured, which also made Zhang Qiuming secretly hateful.

After Guan Yu got the news, he quickly summoned the generals, and the big horse golden knife sat on the main seat, and Dai Zong informed everyone of the news: "The enemy is coming, although there are 60,000 horses, but in fact, there are only 10,000 Praetorian Guards who can fight, and the remaining 50,000 are all young and strong people who have basically never held a sword, so it is not a problem at all." ”

Guan Yu looked around and said to the generals: "If you have any opinions, tell me about it!" ”

Zhang Fei raised his voice and shouted: "What else is this, general, let me lead people to rush over directly, and I will definitely kill them alone, and there will be no armor left." ”

Xu Shu stroked his beard and smiled: "What General Zhang said today is reasonable?" ”

Zhang Feibao's eyes widened, and he said happily: "The military advisor also thinks so!" ”

Xu Shu said to Guan Yu: "Junhou, as General Zhang said, the enemy's 50,000 untrained young men have come all the way, but there is still a trace of formation?" It is better to directly divide the troops and horses into three routes, ambush the Beiping army, and decide the battle in one battle. ”

Guan Yu agreed: "What the military advisor said is reasonable, so follow what the military advisor said." ”

Then Guan Yu ordered someone to spread out the map, pointed to the road from Beiping to Changyang, and said from a location in Changyang: "Let's take him by surprise here!" ”

"Peng Yue and Wei Yan, you two led 3,000 men and horses to ambush behind the enemy, and when the shouts of killing started, they directly blocked the enemy's retreat."

Peng Yue and Wei Yan got up and responded: "Yes!" ”

"Huang Zhong, Tian Ape, and Liao Hua, you lead two thousand men and horses, ambush in the middle of the enemy's army, and when the hào sound sounds, you will cut off the enemy's waist and make it impossible for them to care about each other!"

"Yes!"

Huang Zhong and the three of them said yes.

"Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang, Yang Ye father and son, and Ben General led three thousand soldiers and horses to directly meet the enemy in the front!"

"Hey, look at my old Zhang!"

Zhang Fei grinned.

Zhou Cang and the Yang family will also be born and should shout.

On the second day, facing the scorching sun, the army went straight out, although there were only 8,000 soldiers and horses, but the flag covered the sun, the morale was high, the soldiers were like tigers and wolves, their eyes were like eagles, and they were full of murderous spirit, and they had to praise a sentence, what a group of good men!

8,000 versus 60,000, and ordinary people are afraid that they will scold a group of neurotics and die if they hear it. But Guan Yu has such self-confidence, with these 8,000 heroic soldiers, it is easy to take down that group of local chickens and dogs.

The terrain of the place chosen by Guan Yu for the formation is flat, and it is not a good place to ambush at all, but Guan Yu thinks that only in such a place will the enemy army not have too much vigilance, and it will also allow Guan Yu to calmly deploy the formation, if it is a dangerous place, it will make the enemy army vigilant.

And Guan Yu's front army is to attract the attention of the enemy army and allow the other two armies to move calmly.

"Report!"

A sentry quickly reported: "General Qiyu, there are enemy troops in front of you!" Look at the flag hào, it is the big banner of the word 'guan'! ”

"What? Guan yu!!! ”

Liang Shi exclaimed, the shadow of the tree of human life, Guan Yu's prestige can be killed with real swords and real guns, Liang Shi shouted loudly in front of Yang Tianlong, but he really had to face Guan Yu, and he felt a little worried in his heart.

The eldest grandson Han on the side asked, "How many soldiers and horses does Guan Yu have?" ”

The sentinel replied, "Only three thousand!" ”

"Only 3,000? This Guan Yumo is not a megalomaniac! ”

When Liang Shi heard that Guan Yu only had 3,000 people and dared to confront him, his self-confidence burst suddenly, and he said with smugness: "It was God who let General Ben take Guan Yu's dog head to make the world famous!" Soldiers, hurry up! ”

Eldest Sun Han suggested on the side: "Guan Yu only led 3,000 people to fight, this is not reasonable at all, General Liang, be careful!" ”

Liang Shi shook his head and said, "There is a smooth road around here, how can there be enemy troops?" General Changsun don't worry about the sky, this general has 60,000 soldiers and horses, and he will not be able to capture Guan Yu's 3,000 people! ”

Because the 50,000 horses under Liang Shi's command are all young and strong, in order to be able to supervise these 50,000 soldiers and horses at all times, Liang Shi thought of a good way to split the 10,000 forbidden army and let the Praetorian Guard serve as the low-level officers and soldiers, so that Liang Shi can completely control the whole army.

Originally, this was a very good method, but this method was not suitable for wartime, which also caused Liang Shi to lose an elite army that could really fight.

The 10,000 soldiers and horses transferred from Quang Binh have not yet arrived because of the long distance.

However, although there was the supervision of the Praetorian Guard, the team had already stretched very far along the march, and even some of the troops had long since fallen behind.

It took half a day for the organization to form a neatly arranged front army in the front.

Liang Shi laughed and said, "Does this Guan Yu understand the art of war?" If we don't attack when our army is reorganized, will we have to wait until our general formation is neatly arranged and we can't attack? Such a person is powerful in Yanzhou? Yanzhou is uninhabited! ”

Liang Shi was originally quite afraid of Guan Yu, but now that his fear has been swept away, Liang Shi's whole person has become different.

"Woooooo

The sound of hào horns sounded in Guan Yu's army formation, which made Liang Shi think that Guan Yu was going to attack, and hurriedly shouted, so that the troops behind him hurriedly lined up!

"Kill!"

A shout of killing sounded from the ground, and a soldier named Yanzhou broke through the ground, holding a weapon and killing Liang Shibu, who was still a little chaotic.

Liang Shi looked around and said in a panic: "Where is this enemy army coming from?" ”

Changsun Han was much calmer than Liang Shi, and immediately waved the command flag and commanded the army to set up formations on both sides to meet the enemy.

An arrow passed through the crowd and plunged into Changsun Han's chest, who looked at the still trembling tail in surprise, wanting to use all his strength to bá chū lái, but the strength of his body had already been drained...

Changsun Han was shot by Huang Zhong!

"All the soldiers, kill with you!"

Huang Zhong put away his bow and arrows, replaced his broadsword, and shouted at the soldiers under his command, taking the lead and rushing over.

It turned out that Huang Zhong and the others had already chosen a place, dug a trench around it, and then the soldiers drilled into the trench, covered the top of their heads with a layer of wooden planks, and covered it with a layer of sand, which made it impossible for people to find it at all.

When he heard the sound of the horn, he immediately pushed the plank away, as if he had come out of the dirt.

Ren Liangshi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't imagine that in such a flat and open place, there were soldiers and horses in ambush below.

Guan Yu saw that Huang Zhong had made meritorious service, and immediately ordered the troops to march.