The herb picker immediately stopped, then thought for a while, and said: "It seems that several military marquis still don't know about this, as early as when the thieves invaded Youzhou, most of the soldiers and horses of the Liucheng army camp were transferred to Lu Longsai, and the Liucheng army camp is now empty!"

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Seeing this, Liu Guan immediately explained: "The general doesn't know, this Lulongsai was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, located on the northern border of Pingzhou, it is located between Meishan and Yunshan, and the whole fortress is built according to the mountain, which happens to seal the entrance between the two mountains, which is another pass in Pingzhou in addition to Yuguan!" ”

"In this way, this Lu Longsai is indeed quite important, but at the moment, this move of the Liu Cheng Army is indeed a big mistake!" Li Zhen couldn't help but groan.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Li Zhen ask the herb collector again: "I don't know how long it will take to get from here to Lulongsai?" ”

"I guess I'll be able to get there the day after tomorrow!"

When Li Zhen heard this, he immediately said to Zhao Lang beside him: "Zhao Lang! You are faster, after you go down the mountain, you will immediately go to meet General Gao, and order them to go directly north to Shicheng, they must arrive within a day, and then join the Shicheng County Order to recruit local county soldiers to deploy on the border of Pingzhou and Jizhou! ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Lang replied.

"What? The general is not ready to defend Jieshi Mountain? The veteran Wang Ji said in surprise.

Li Zhen shook his head and said with a worried face: "It's just that I didn't know much about Pingzhou before, and I didn't know anything about Lu Longsai's existence, there was nothing wrong with the Liucheng Army's increase in troops Lu Longsai, but the mistake was that the timing of the choice was wrong, or that sentence, now our enemy is not outside the pass, but inside the pass, no matter how much Lu Longsai increases his troops, it will not help!" ”

"Alas, this general doesn't know anything, since the feudal soldiers occupied Jizhou, my Pingzhou has been completely cut off from the outside world, and now I don't know anything about the outside!" The herb man couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Li Zhen nodded and said, "No matter what, I must meet the main general of the Liucheng Army!" Let's hurry up! ”

......

Stone City.

Shicheng is located in the northeast of Pingzhou, close to Jizhou, and Lulong County in the north is the only place to pass down from Jizhou, although it is only a county seat, but its strategic position can not be underestimated.

Shicheng and Lulong County each garrison 6,000, before Li Zhen's assistance in the defense of Jingcheng County was only garrison 3,000, 6,000 garrisons for a county is already quite a large military force, one is because Pingzhou is a fortress out of the pass, and the other is because Pingzhou is mixed with Hu and Han in Pingzhou and the number of Hu people is extremely large, if there is no strong garrison, it will be difficult to deter it.

Stone City has been quiet for two hundred years.

Perhaps it was because of this that it had been quiet for so long that an unprecedented crisis crept in.

Just after Li Zhen and the others arrived in Lulongsai, on the way to Shicheng with 3,000 elite horsemen from Gao Yu, Xu Liang, Yan Heng, and Gu Duoda, Murowei Wulihan led 40,000 troops to attack Shicheng.

......

Louronse.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a middle-aged military general about forty years old with sharp edges and corners stood up and bowed to Li Zhen.

"The last general, He Rui, didn't know that the general had arrived, and he hoped to forgive his sins!"

This person is the commander of the Liucheng Army, He Rui.

Although he is the commander of the Liucheng Army, and his official position is one rank greater than Li Zhen's Zhaowu Captain, but at this time, Li Zhen's ministerial position is Zhang Zhongwu's personal order of General Fu Yuan, although it is only a temporary appointment during wartime, but after all, it is still higher than He Rui's status, so at this moment, He Rui's self-proclaimed general is also reasonable.

Seeing this, Li Zhen hurriedly replied: "General He doesn't have to be polite, this time I came here to calm the hearts of the army on the orders of the envoy, and secondly, Li still has something to discuss with the general!" ”

The situation was urgent, and Li Zhen had to move out of Zhang Zhongwu straight to the point, after all, he didn't know anything about He Rui, so as not to make him suspicious in the name of Zhang Zhongwu.

After He Rui heard this, he hurriedly invited Li Zhen to take a seat, and then said with a bitter face: "Alas, now that I am isolated in Pingzhou, I don't know what the situation is outside, I just hope that you can break the siege quickly!" ”

When Li Zhen heard this, he immediately said with a heavy face: "Now Danzhou and Jizhou have all fallen into the hands of the feudal thieves, fortunately, there is a Lushui barrier, and it is difficult for the feudal thieves to advance for a while. ”

"What? Didn't General Li come to my aid in Pingzhou? He Rui immediately asked.

Li Zhen immediately shook his head and said, "No, I can't hide it, I have been ordered by the envoy to lead three thousand elite horsemen out of the customs!" ”

"What? Out of customs?! This ......" He Rui was suddenly shocked.

Li Zhen smiled slightly, and said: "Go out of the customs and directly attack the enemy's lair, only in this way can the hearts of the feudal thieves and thieves be disturbed, and if the army's heart is chaotic, they will not be able to fight again!" But ......"

Speaking of this, Li Zhen looked at Xu Rui and continued to say slowly: "But this time Li came to talk to the general about Pingzhou!" ”

"The matter of Pingzhou? I want to hear about it! ”

"General Ho, do you know what the role of this Lu Longsai is?" Li Zhen asked.

"Naturally, it is to defend against the feudal thieves and Hu people!" He Rui replied without thinking.

"Where are the Hu people?"

"Outside the gates!"

"Where are the Hu people at this time?"

"In Tan and Ji Erzhou!"

"So, doesn't General He feel inappropriate to transfer the Liucheng Army to Lu Longsai?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.

After hearing this, He Rui argued: "What the general said is good, but the general may not know, even if the alliance of feudal thieves occupies Tan and Jizhou, but the Xi clan outside the gate still has the main force unmoved, if it is not guarded against, Lu Longsai is bound to be dangerous!" ”

"Xi clan? How do you know that the main force of the Xi clan has not come out this time? Li Zhen asked rhetorically, after all, Pingzhou was already alone at this time, and according to common sense, it was impossible for He Rui to know the specific situation of the alliance of feudal thieves.

He Rui immediately explained: "The general doesn't know, there are a lot of Hu people in this Pingzhou city, not only the Xi people, but also the Khitan, Murwei, Uighurs, and even many Goguryeo people live here, as early as when the alliance of the feudal thieves attacked Jizhou, the last general got the exact news, this time the feudal thieves have a total of 200,000 people, of which the Khitan and Murwei are the majority, a total of 120,000 people, and the Uighurs have greatly reduced their strength because of the Huangjiasi, this time there are only 50,000 people, and the Xi people only have 30,000 people!" ”

"According to the previous intelligence of the last general, the Xi army should be about 80,000 people, so it means that most of the Xi army has not been dispatched, so the Liucheng army was transferred to Lulongsai, and Lulongsai is not far from Lulong County, if the thieves attack Pingzhou, they can also support nearby!"

Li Zhen nodded after hearing this, if this is the case, then there is nothing wrong with his move, but after thinking about it, he still asked, "What about Shicheng?" What if the enemy attacks Stone City? ”

As soon as these words came out, He Rui was immediately silent, Lu Longsai was close to Lulong County, but it was far away from Shicheng, if the enemy attacked Shicheng, it would be difficult to support quickly.

"In the general's opinion......" He Rui asked.

"Yuguan soldiers and horses!" Li Zhen immediately replied

"That'...... What if the enemy attacks Yuguan? He Rui asked.

"As long as I get out of the pass, I believe that the enemy army will have no chance to attack Chongqing Pass!" Li Zhen replied.

"Yes...... But this matter is still very dangerous, if Yuguan is lost, then Pingzhou will be lost! He Rui said with a worried face.

Li Zhen sighed lightly after hearing this, and said, "Now there is no other way but to fight!" ”

At this time, I only listened to the report of the soldiers outside the account: "General Qiyu, the defenders of Shicheng are coming to report, and 40,000 soldiers and horses of the feudal thieves are besieging Shicheng!" ”