Chapter 105: The Northland (5)

Cheng Yi said: "If General Yang is unwilling to go to Shouling Prefecture, it is better to appoint a deputy general to lead the troops, and we can't let the guest army be in front, and the one who is the master will watch the excitement in the back, right?" ”

Yang Qiu's face twitched, it was better for him to lead the troops himself, so he could only reluctantly say: "Who said that I don't want to guard Lingzhou, isn't this waiting for your reinforcements?" We have bitter cold in the north, and the armor is unfavorable, of course, we have to gather a large army before we can fight! ”

Cheng Yi immediately said: "Since this is the case, it is better to set off sooner rather than later, we will set off today!" ”

Yang Qiu said: "You have just arrived, and it is not too late to rest for a day." ”

Cheng Yi smiled on his face, but what he said was very mean: "Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, General Yang doesn't even understand this truth?" ”

Yang Qiu is also a prince, how could he not understand this truth? He was overwhelmed by Cheng Yi, and when he saw Yan Zhong with a suspicious look, he knew that he couldn't delay it any longer, so he said, "Then we'll set off today!" ”

Then a few people went to separate preparations, and the army traveled and went out to fight not to say that it was framed, and then it was enough to put an A on the map, especially when the number of troops was large. It is necessary to plan the route of the march in advance, and it is necessary to arrange places for lodging and eating and resting every twenty or thirty miles, and so on, and so on.

Yang Qiu had 15,000 elites under his command, and he lost 3,000 and 12,000 when he fought with the Huns before. Cheng Yi brought 6,000 horsemen, and after Yan Zhong arrived in Fuping, soon local scholars came to join the army, and the troops in his hands instantly increased by 2,000, and the number of generals reached 5,000.

Together with the local village soldiers and farmers recruited by Yang Qiu, a total of 35,000 people, they were divided into three routes and marched towards Lingzhou.

At the time of departure, Yan Zhong said to Liu Qian: "Princess, the Huns are strong, it will be safer for you to stay here." ”

Liu Qian's little face tightened, pretending to have a serious expression, and said, "If we win, what's the difference between here and in Lingzhou?" If we lose, what's the difference between here and in Lingzhou? ”

She raised her head and said to Zhao Yun: "General Zilong, do you say this is the truth?" ”

Zhao Yun owed Liu Qian on horseback and said, "What the princess said is very true. ”

Liu Qian's face bloomed with a smile and said to Yan Zhong: "Don't you have confidence in us, don't you have confidence in Juluhou?" ”

Yan Zhongxin said: Of course I have confidence in Junhou, but I don't have confidence in Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu.

However, he naturally did not say these words, so he said: "Since this is what the princess means, then please go with the army." ”

Lingzhou to Fuping is only sixty miles, the cavalry gallops with all their might, and they can arrive in half a day, but the speed of the army is naturally not comparable to the speed of a small number of cavalry. In the evening, these more than 30,000 people rushed to the city of Lingzhou.

Xu Chao was ordered to arrange a place for Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi to stay, and then used a cart to pull melons, fruits and vegetables, and led the cattle and sheep to treat them. But on the other side, he opened the city gate and let the five thousand soldiers under Yan Zhong's command enter the city.

When Cheng Yi heard about this, he laughed in the camp. Yang Qiu's face turned blue with anger, and he sarcastically said to Xu Chaoyan, who came to the labor army: "You have found a new master so quickly? ”

Xu Chao said without humility or arrogance: "Why can't I understand what General Yang said?" Wasn't it the general who ceded Lingzhou to Juluhou? ”

Yang Qiu was speechless, and after a while, he said, "Hmph, when Chen Cheng stays here for a year and a half, he will know that you people are not good birds." ”

Xu Chao said: "General Yang's words are becoming more and more unfathomable. ”

"Tsk," Yang Qiu waved his hand and said, "Get out, lest I can't help but do it." ”

Xu Chao clasped his fists and saluted, "Then I will retire." ”

He turned around and didn't take two steps, Yang Qiu said behind him: "If the candidates are also here, do you think you are still leaving?" ”

Xu Chao paused, did not look back, but said to the empty space in front of him: "County Lieutenant Hou is welcoming the army of the prince into the city, so naturally he will not come here with me." ”

In Lingzhou City, the candidate was greeting Yan Zhong. Dressed in a cyan official robe, the candidate was seven feet five tall, and the muscles on his body propped up the clothes to the full, and the most important thing was that he had a beard, which looked like a bandit and was better than an official. However, in this era, there doesn't seem to be much difference between officials and bandits in the Xiliang realm.

"A certain candidate, meet Mr. Yan."

Yan Zhong pondered for a while and asked, "Are you from the Hou family?" How did you get to Lingzhou? ”

Hou Xuan said: "General Li was killed by Han Sui back then, and we were unwilling to surrender to Han Sui, so we moved to the north. ”

Yan Zhong asked again: "In addition to you, are there a lot of Beigong Boyu's generals?" ”

Hou Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, many of General Bian Zhang's subordinates also escaped later." Although Han Sui's power is huge, his hand can't reach this side. ”

Yan Zhong said: "I'll just say, Yang Qiu is not a good person, how can he endure this breath." ”

Hou Xuan sneered and said; "The year before last, he led his troops to attack Yuanwei, and as a result, Ma Teng and Cheng Yi joined forces to attack, if it weren't for our help, he would have become a ghost under the knife, where can he still be powerful?"

Yan Zhong narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "If you can force Yang Qiu to return to Fuping, he is naturally strong and strong, so why do you still invite the prince to come over?" ”

Hou Xuan said loudly: "We have a lot of soldiers and horses, but there is a Xiongnu army in the front, and Yang Qiu has bad intentions in the back, and we are not completely of the same mind between several families, so we have to find a person with a high reputation to come and sit in town." Yang Qiu thinks so, and so do we. ”

"We? Who else is there besides you and Xu Chao? ”

"There are still Li Kan and Liang Xing."

"Hey, you're good at calculating." Yan Zhong twisted his beard and said with a smile: "It's just that the means and scheming are not in the right place, now that the Hun army is pressing the border, and you are still intriguing with each other, you are not afraid of being beaten in by the Huns and destroying you all?" ”

Hou Xuan said very shamefully: "I was afraid of the Huns, so I found Cheng Yi and Chen Cheng to come over." Originally, there were still those who asked for help from Han Sui, Ma Teng, Cheng Yin, Zhang Heng and other princes, but now they all paid attention to Jincheng. If they can all come with an army, or send some reinforcements, it will not be a problem to deal with the Huns. ”

"And now?"

"It's hard to say now," Hou Xuan said: "The Huns don't know what crazy they have done, so they will send troops on a large scale at this time, don't they plan to pass it in the future?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled and said, "I don't know about this. Lu Fang has already led the troops to the camp, you and those Li Kanliang Xing or something, come with me to meet the prince. ”

Hou Xuan went out and called someone to find Li Kan and Liang Xing, and after a while, the soldiers came to report that Li Kan and Liang Xing were both outside the city. Hou Xuan and Yan Zhong went to Chen Cheng's residence not far from the county government first.

In the backyard, Chen Cheng was talking to Liu Qian.

"It's good that you have the guts, but it's not necessarily a good thing to have too much guts." Chen Cheng said to Liu Qian: "You are still young now, children should do what children should do." ”

Liu Qian bit her lower lip and said unhappily, "Got it." ”

Chen Cheng smiled: "What kind of expression do you have?" Well, what you said to Mr. Yan is very good, and when the Huns are repulsed, I will help you make a shuttlecock and teach you to kick the shuttlecock. ”

Liu Qianfu was happy again and said, "You also said that you want to teach me to ride a horse and shoot arrows!" ”

"Haha, I'll let Zilong teach you to ride a horse when I'm free. You go to the side and wait for yourself, and I'll discuss things with the generals. ”

Chen Cheng turned around and didn't see Liu Qian pouting behind him. He took a few steps forward and walked into the lobby. In the hall, Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Hu Hu, Jie Gang, Shi Guangli, Bali Bashi, Li Jun, Wang Ling, Yao Qiong and others are on the left and right. Chen Cheng looked at it and asked, "Why hasn't Lu Fang come yet?" ”

Military Sima Xu Rong said in his seat: "General Lu was inspecting the camp just now, and he will be there soon." ”

"Then we'll wait for him for a while."

While waiting, a small meeting began among the crowds. Those Qianghu chieftains and Han Haoqiang were all natives of Liangzhou, and they naturally leaned together and talked to each other about the relationship between the princes of Liangzhou. Xu Rong was from the Northern Army, and Zhao Yun was from Youzhou, and they were not familiar with the others, so they remained silent.

After a while, Lu Fang arrived in a hurry, and Yan Zhong and Hou Xuan also waited for Li Kanliang Xing at the door, so they also walked in. After they took their seats, Chen Cheng stood up and looked around the hall, only the crowds in the hall were surging, except for Yan Zhong, they were all powerful martial artists.

Needless to say, Zhao Yun and Yan Xing are one of the five tiger generals, and the other almost strangled the other five tiger generals, so naturally they all have the courage of ten thousand people. Among the rest of the people, Lu Fang and Xu Rong came from the Yue Cavalry Battalion of the Northern Army, and they were all rare cavalry generals. Others, such as Jie Gang, Shi Guangli, Bali Bashi, Wang Ling, Yao Qiong and others, are also brave and good warriors.

Although there are not many soldiers and horses in his hands, in less than a month, there are already so many heroes gathered under his command. Sure enough, sometimes the choice is heavier than the effort, or? Only in a place like Xiliang could he pull out so many soldiers and horses in a short period of time without being surrounded and suppressed by the imperial army.

Chen Cheng saw Li Kan and Liang Xing, and asked Yan Zhongdao: "These two are very good-looking, I don't know where they come from?" ”

Yan Zhong introduced the two with a smile, Li Kan was once an officer under Beigong Boyu, and Liang Xing was a cavalry general under Bian Zhang, and the two moved to Lingzhou with people after the death of the old master. They and Xu Chao were both from strong backgrounds, and they were inextricably linked with each other, so they quickly gained a firm foothold in Lingzhou.

But when they had just carved out thousands of hectares of fertile land on the edge of the Yellow River, the Huns came.

Chen Cheng introduced Yao Qiong, Zhao Yun, Lu Fang and others to each other, and then said:

"I went to the north yesterday and ran into a tribe of the Huns. Their equipment was poor, but they were outnumbered and cavalry, so they were not very easy to deal with. Chen Cheng said: "Moreover, the equipment of the local soldiers and horses is not good, and it is estimated that it will not take much advantage of fighting." ”