That night, under the cover of night, Guanzhong Junyi then withdrew to Puchanghai. And just as Xun You thought, after the Guanzhong army withdrew, the flash defense army under the Kulu Mountain suddenly attacked the Guanzhong army camp. When the news reached the ears of Xun Yu and the three of them from the scout, the three of them were not only afraid, but also angry in their hearts.

It is not shameful for the two sides to be enemies of each other, but it is shameful that like the mountain country, it seems to bow down to itself on the surface, but secretly it has been planning how to sneak attack. However, what Xun You and the three of them did not expect was that on the way to retreat to Puchanghai, the Guanzhong army was attacked by more than a dozen groups of sand bandits and horse thieves one after another. When they repelled the last wave of sand bandits, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Staring at the direction in which the sand bandits fled, Xun You said coldly, "More than a dozen groups of sand bandits and horse thieves add up to nearly two thousand people, plus the guards of the mountain country, a full four thousand people, Zha Qimu's gift really did not disappoint us." ”

Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, followed Xun You's gaze to the mountain country, and said calmly, "In this way, it seems that we need to take the mountain country first, otherwise after today's incident comes out, those wavering subject countries will also fall to each other." ”

After a pause, Zhao Yun turned his head to stare at Xun You, and said suspiciously, "But what I'm curious about is that the mountain country obviously sent tribute to Chang'an this year, but why is it an enemy of our army at this time?" Could it be that Xianbei has already extended his hand to Qin Hai? ”

Hearing Zhao Yun's inquiry, Xun You sighed, and explained with a complicated expression, "Xianbei's hand, I guess it's not that long at the moment, it should be a problem within my court, although the imperial court has little control over the Western Regions over the years, but the Western Regions have always been there for a long time, these two people are equivalent to the soil emperor of the Western Regions, how can they welcome us when we step on the border?" In addition, when I was in Guanzhong, Skynet also sent some spies to the Western Regions, but these people have never been in contact with Guanzhong over the years, so I guess that these people have been secretly eliminated by the other party, or some of them have become traitors, otherwise how can there be no news at all. ”

Ma Chao, who had just returned from counting the losses, happened to hear what Xun You said, so he suddenly realized: "Then I understand what's going on." After attracting the eyes of the two, Ma Chao continued, "Since the period of Emperor Huan, since the Qiang tribe cut off the Western Regions, the former Western Regions have not been changed at all, so now the Western Regions have basically become an independent kingdom, and it is definitely impossible for us to interfere, and I heard that this Song Duhu likes to loot treasures the most, and many of his subordinates are pretending to be horse thieves to plunder merchants who go to the Han Dynasty. ”

Hearing this news, Xun You hurriedly asked, "Then you can know who the current Western Regions Protector is?" How many soldiers and horses do you have? Who is the long history of the Western Regions? ”

Hearing the sound, Ma Chao put the spear on the ground and pinched his chin to recall the memories of his childhood. After a while, Ma Chao frowned, shook his head slowly, and said, "It shouldn't be surnamed Song, this old boy may have done too many bad things, and he has never had a son, I remember when I was a child, I heard a businessman who passed by Fufeng say that this old bastard found a son-in-law of the Qiang tribe, if I guessed correctly, now it should be this son-in-law who is in charge of the Western Regions Protectorate." As for the number of soldiers and horses, I estimate that it should be no less than 5,000 men in the Imperial Palace. And that long history, I remember, seems to be dead. ”

"Five thousand people, Qiang." Xun You was shocked by this news, no wonder the mountain country and the Guanzhong army were enemies, there was a threat of 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus horse thieves from all over the country, the mountain country was powerless to resist. In addition, the land plundered by the Qiang people during the Huan Emperor period in recent years was recovered by the Guanzhong army little by little, and it would be reasonable for this unworthy emperor of the Western Regions to be hostile to Guanzhong.

After pondering for a long time, seeing that the team was going to continue to march, Xun You exhaled a turbid breath and said softly, "Let's do this first, let's withdraw to Pu Changhai first, in this embattled place, even if we know the main enemy, we have no way to take the initiative to attack." I will write a letter to Chang'an in the future, asking for their support. ”

"Military advisor, I think that if we withdraw to Puchanghai, we will first hold Puchanghai, and then Meng Qi will lead the Tiger Roar Cavalry to the south of Puchanghai, and take care of the subject countries north of Kunlun Mountain and south of Puchanghai, and open up the link between Xiqiang and the Western Regions, so that the reinforcements can directly enter the Western Regions from Xiqiang, what do you think?"

When Zhao Yun said this, Xun You's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, now the connection point between Guanzhong and the Western Regions is not only Liangzhou, but also the Xiqiang Plateau, where the Chang'an army is located. Maybe you can kill it in one fell swoop and solve the cancer of the Western Regions Protectorate.

So Xun You turned his head and praised Zhao Yun and said, "Good strategy, if this plan is successful, our army can save at least half of the time to attack the Western Regions, and it can also deter the rear of the chariot division and those subject countries who have two hearts." At this moment, the Lord just led the troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the North Palace, and only the Blazing Sky Army was still idle in Chang'an City, and it happened that they were good at running thousands of miles and were not afraid of the influence of the plateau. ”

Receiving Xun You's affirmation, Zhao Yun smiled shyly. The next day, after the Guanzhong army returned to Puchanghai, Xun You immediately gave the story of the Western Regions incident on paper, and wrote down Zhao Yun's plan as well, and then handed it over to a scout who was familiar with the road to send the letter to Chang'an.

At the same time, Long Jun, who was in Lingwu, also encountered a lot of trouble, and the Qiang army in Lingwu City somehow suddenly became brave and abnormal, and Long Jun led the army to fight with him four times outside the city, all of which suffered a lot of losses. And Tong Fei also discovered Li Jin's whereabouts, so that Long Jun had two big heads.

"It seems that there is really some secret existence in this Hetao, otherwise it would be impossible for Li Jin to expose the military strength that Nanhua has hidden for a long time. Damn, a whole 3,000 people and horses are hiding in Lian County, did he let the donkey kick the head of Beigong Boyu? He didn't understand the truth that the side of the couch should allow others to snore? Or is he the son of Nanhua, so he has no scruples in it? ”

Tong Fei stood in the tent and listened to Long Jun's belly row and abuse, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he secretly thought in his heart that Uncle Shi was still the same Uncle Shi, and there was still time when he was angry. Immediately, Tong Fei interrupted softly, "The three thousand men and horses have secretly checked some and found that this group of people are all Jianghu people who have been collected by Nanhua over the years, and then trained into an army, and their overall combat power is no worse than that of the Blazing Sky Army." ”

"Three thousand to five thousand, it's actually comparable to the combat power of the Blazing Sky Army, it seems that I really underestimated the people of Nanhua's faction." After laughing at himself, Long Jun asked in a deep voice, "Then what is the situation here in Beigong Boyu?" ”

"Back to the lord, this matter is actually related to Li Jin, I wonder if the lord still remembers the Yellow Turban Lux?"

"Yellow Turban Lux?" Hearing Tong Fei mention this name, Long Jun's pupils shrank slightly, and he gasped. As a person who has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Long Jun certainly knows what the existence of the Yellow Turban Lux is, if the Blazing Sky Army is a trained elite general, then the Yellow Turban Lux is a monster inspired by drugs, once this group of people reaches the point where they don't know whether they are alive or dead, the 20,000 Guanzhong Army that went with him may be scrapped here.

According to the news from Mo Lan, Li Jin appeared in Beigong Boyu's mansion half a month ago and personally handed Beigong Boyu a brocade box. Later, the people who were lurking in Beigong Boyu's army said that Beigong Boyu always gave them some potions to drink these days, so that their spirit and spirit were kept in an excited state. Under Mo Lan's personal investigation, I found that Beigong Boyu diluted the pill that Li Jin gave him, and the kind of potion that the lord had told me about the relationship between Nanhua and Zhang Jiao, so I deduced that these people were the kind of divine water that Zhang Jiao gave to the Yellow Turban Lux back then. ”

No wonder he always felt that Beigong Boyu's army was a little strange, and after listening to Tong Fei's report, Long Jun sighed helplessly. Then he asked with a bitter face, "If there is any bad news to talk about, don't tell me one by one and disturb my mind when the time comes." ”

"Eh" Tong Fei scratched his hair when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled, "I don't have any bad news, but there is good news." Bai Yu caught the traces of Nanhua in Taiyuan, and Qu A discovered Chen Gong, at this time Chen Gong had joined Lu Bu's camp and gave advice to Lu Bu, Qu A said, if the lord thinks that this Chen Palace will cause trouble for us to crusade and state in the future, he can immediately deal with the other party. ”

"Caught the trail of Nanhua?" Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Long Jun's sad face, as for the matter of Chen Gong, he directly left it behind, and wanted to get rid of Chen Gong under Lu Bu's nose, wouldn't that be tantamount to slapping him in the face? In case this kid goes crazy, the situation in the state will most likely be in vain.

"Yes, but Bai Yu said that Nanhua's vigilance seems to be very high, and he can't see his face at all, so no portrait has been sent for the time being."

"It doesn't matter, as long as there is his whereabouts, anyway, sooner or later, I will face him face to face, and it will be the same when I know." In fact, Long Jun always suspected that Nanhua was by his side, so he tested several old men, including Tong Yuan, one after another. Of course, it's not that he doesn't trust these relatives, but that the disguise technique of the Nanhua faction is really superb, and Long Jun is afraid that the other party will secretly kidnap these people, and then disguise them to his side.

Just when Long Jun was still rejoicing about this. Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside the camp, and then a scream of killing came from afar. Long Jun, who was frightened by the sound, hurriedly led Dian Wei and Tong Fei to rush out of the tent to prevent being hit by the other party's trebuchet.

Glancing up at the flying stones in the sky, Long Jun gritted his teeth and looked at the source of the killing shout, in addition to the killing intent in his eyes, there was also a monstrous battle intent. He has always regarded Lu Bu as an old enemy on the battlefield and Li Jin as a whetstone for martial arts, and now that the whetstone has appeared, how can Long Jun let go of this opportunity?

Then he glanced at the direction of Lingwu, and Long Jun ordered in a deep voice: "Dian Wei, you lead the Dragon Tiger Guard to garrison the northeast of the camp, Chengzhen, you want to find a way to sneak into Lingwu County and contact Mo Lan to see if there is a chance to kill Beigong Boyu first." If not, don't act rashly, wait until I clean up Li Jin first. ”

"Whoa."

After arranging the two of them, Long Jun put his fingers in his mouth, and whistled violently, and after summoning Long Ma, Long Jun got on the horse with a gun and went straight to the southeast.