Zhou Ji had a complete distrust of Ji Wen in his heart, and was even a little hostile, suspecting that he was dead and killed his father. But because of Ji Wen's identity, Zhou Ji chose to hold back, and waited to avenge Zhou Gang and secretly investigate Ji Wen's situation.

So, after Zhou Ji received the wine rewarded by Ji Wen, he was worried that he would play another trick, so he gathered a large army and marched towards Dieling Pass.

On the side of Dieling Pass, Zhang Shumo had already made preparations.

More than 10,000 captives in the next city were escorted by Zhang Shumo to Dachabao and Xiuwuzhi in batches, some of the captives went to Dachabao to cultivate grain, and the other part was responsible for maintaining the fields obtained from the He family.

Zhang Shumo placed these captives in different places in units of 200 people, guarded by soldiers. Each was also shackled to prevent them from making trouble or escaping. And Zhang Shumo also promised them that as long as they farmed here for three years, they would be free!

But Li Mo was taken by Zhang Shumo's side, and Li Mo's performance left a good impression on Zhang Shumo before, making Zhang Shumo think that Li Mo was a good general with talents, so he wanted to vigorously cultivate it.

Li Mo himself is good at slapping horses, and he can speak well, so he quickly got along with people from all walks of life. And the evaluation of Li Mo by all parties is also good, which makes Zhang Shumo even more convinced that he has picked up a treasure.

At the same time, Wang Tu's first batch of iron armor was also built. These iron armors are customized according to the figure of the war horse, and the equipment of the cavalry of the Wuxiu Army has also been officially upgraded, and the combat power of the black iron cavalry of Jiyuan County is not much different.

Zhang Shumo also recruited Liu Tianli to his side, Liu Tiantian has superb martial arts, and he can completely top a general, with him by his side, Zhang Shumo will be more or less down-to-earth in his heart. But as soon as Liu naturally came, Lou Zaiying couldn't help it, and came directly to Zhang Shumo to make a fuss, saying that Liu naturally could come, why couldn't she, as Zhang Shumo's wife, come?

Later, Zhang Shumo persuaded her to go back and let her sit in the rear and take care of his house.

Everything was ready, but Jingguo's army was delayed, which made Zhang Shumo a little anxious. Zhang Shumo knew Yang Xue's plan, if Yang Xue's plan was implemented smoothly, the Jingguo army might really not stand on its own, but how much effort would Yang Xue have to put in?

Zhang Shumo couldn't help but shake his head while thinking, Yang Xue's plan seemed simple, but if he wanted to provoke contradictions between all parties, how difficult it was for him to be alone. Not to mention Yang Xue, if you implement this plan yourself, you are not 100% sure. I don't know how Yang Xue is doing alone in Huaiguo, whether he wants to send someone to support him?

Just thinking about it, Liu naturally took Lu Li to Zhang Shumo's room in a hurry, and as soon as Lu Li saw Zhang Shumo, he said: "Childe, there is movement over there in Jingguo!" Today, our scouts found that 100,000 troops were coming towards our army from near Jincheng, and it seems that the other side is preparing to attack the city! ”

Zhang Shumo put away his thoughts and stood up: "Okay, immediately notify the generals of the discussion!" ”

In the Dieling Pass Chamber, all the generals of the Huaiguo Coalition Army arrived. Zhang Shumo pointed on the sand table: "Generals, Jingguo's army has set up camp thirty miles away from the city. The leader of the army this time is Zhou Ji, the captain of Jingguo, Zhou Ji is Zhou Gang's son, we killed Zhou Gang before, and Zhou Ji will never give up this time. The specific situation will be introduced by Lu Li. ”

Lu Li nodded and said to everyone: "The preliminary estimate of the number of enemy troops this time should be about 100,000, they are very well-equipped, and they should be the elite troops of Jingguo." And I heard General Li Mo say that Zhou Ji had five generals under him, known as the Five Tigers of the original city. They are Cao Chu, Jin Jier, Dou Long, Zou Qi, and Ge Zhao. Judging from the banner, four of these five people came, only Cao Chu did not come, and it was inevitable to come to Zhou Ji this time. ”

"What five tigers, it's just self-appointed, and when I get here, I have to become five cats!" Jiao Qiang deliberately said this, causing everyone to laugh.

Zhang Shumo nodded: "General Jiao's words are good, even if they are real tigers, they will become the tiger skin I sit on when they meet us!" Please be ready for the generals, let's let Zhou Ji come and go! ”

That night, Zhou Ji also convened a mobilization meeting for his subordinates. Lu Qing deliberately found a reason not to participate, but quietly went to Cao Wei.

Since Cao Yi is only a stableman now, he did not participate in Zhou Ji's mobilization meeting. Lu Qing had already gotten acquainted with him along the way, so he deliberately took advantage of Zhou Ji's inattention to secretly incite Cao Yu.

At this time, Cao Kuo was feeding the horses in the stable, and since there was a war tomorrow, Cao Kuo naturally had to feed Zhou Ji's mount to his heart's content.

Lu Qing came over with two side dishes and a pot of wine: "Brother Cao, everyone is in a meeting, but you are feeding the horses here, General Zhou is really favoritism!" ”

Cao Yu was overjoyed when he saw Lu Qing coming over with wine and food, but he still said: "Brother, you have to be careful when you speak, General Zhou's bad words can't be said, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind." ”

Lu Qing hurriedly haha: "Brother Cao is really angry?" Little brother, I just hold my brother's grievances, how dare I say bad things about General Zhou. Brother Cao, look, what did I bring! ”

After speaking, Lu Qing took out the wine and food and put it on the ground, and the two sat on the ground.

Cao Yu poured himself a glass of wine without regard and drank it all: "Ha! Good wine, I haven't drunk for a few days, and whatever wine you drink is good wine! ”

"What kind of good wine is this, I heard that the wine rewarded by Ji Wen is really good wine, but it's a pity that General Zhou sealed it and didn't let me drink it, it's a pity." Lu Qing said intentionally or unintentionally.

Cao Yu didn't care about him, poured himself another cup and dried it directly: "Hey! Brother Zhou is good at everything, but there are too many, and he even cares about drinking. ”

"You still don't know what General Zhou is like? Cheng Tian has a straight face, and only knows how to talk about the rules. But he himself was unruly, and he actually promoted Jin Jier, a Hu man, to a general. Can't I choose a general in my huge Jingguo? Do you have to be a Hu man? Lu Qing deliberately added oil and vinegar.

"As soon as I talk about this, I get angry, Jin Jier can be a general, didn't I just drink and beat a military marquis, and actually demoted me directly to a stableman, without talking about brotherhood at all!" Cao Chu complained that another glass of wine had entered his stomach.

Lu Qing was overjoyed, so he said: "But isn't it, I don't think it's worth it for Brother Cao." With Brother Cao's ability, ten Jin Jier can't match it, why doesn't General Zhou matter Brother Cao. ”

The two of them complained about Zhou Ji while drinking, and soon a pot of wine bottomed out.

"Eh, there's no wine!" Lu Qing deliberately poured the wine jug with the mouth of the wine pot downward: "It's really a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, and before I can drink with Brother Cao, a pot of wine will be gone." Maybe I'll go to Brother Cao for a drink another day. ”

Cao Ji was furious by Lu Qing's words, and felt that Zhou Ji was unfair to him. So he grabbed Lu Qing: "Brother, didn't you always want to taste the wine rewarded by Ji Wen?" I know where it is, you wait for me to go get an altar!" ”