"What, didn't the 1,000 cavalry of Ma Tengjun's army already leave the border of Longxi?" Captain Tsuhan asked in shock.

The speed of the horse army was fast, and the scouts sent by Caohan saw Ma Dai and his people hurrying out of the Longxi realm before they dared to come back to report.

In this case, at this time, who would dare to send troops to attack Caohan?

Don't look at the Ma Teng army's fierce fight in Caohan City, and the results are good, but in fact, the weakness of the Caohan defenders is only relatively speaking, and in the past ten years, the surrounding Qiang people have not had the idea of fighting Caohan City. But those Qiang people who dared to invade Caohan were all driven away by Song Jian himself.

If you want to say that the person with the highest military value in Caohan City, it is Song Jian, in this troubled era, he can only dominate the land of Caohan County by virtue of his outstanding martial arts. Although Song Jian is a bold man, he has no ambition to rebel, but for the Han people in Caohan City and even Longxi County, he is the savior in this troubled era, and it is precisely because of him that he can let Caohan exist alone in Longxi County, which is full of Qiang people.

"Your Majesty, Lord Taiwei, it is true, but the soldiers of the army that attacked our country this time are somewhat miscellaneous, as long as they are mainly infantry, the total number is about two or three thousand. Among them, there are people wearing military uniforms, ordinary people's clothes, and even people dressed as Yellow Turban Army. However, the military appearance of this army is quite neat, not like a rioter, bandit, or rebel. The little colonel who reported the news truthfully stated everything he had seen in the city.

"King, since it is some stragglers, Weichen asks for his life, immediately open the city and send troops to annihilate them!" At this time, Captain Caohan's courage came, and in the face of the 1,000 cavalry of Ma Teng's army, he was not sure, but he was still very sure of dealing with two or three thousand miscellaneous soldiers.

"Wait, there's no rush in this matter." Song Jian raised his hand to stop his generals at this time, he didn't explain, he just said to himself: "The timing of the appearance of this army is too coincidental, and when Ma Tengjun attacked before, its style was not at all like the style of Ma Teng's army in the past, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, you should be cautious! Besides, the mentality of the soldiers in the city has been a little unstable these days, let them repair well all night, and it is not too late to go to battle tomorrow! Although Song Jian was talking to himself, he did not lower his voice, so all the civil and military officials in the hall heard it, and Prime Minister Cao Han, who knew his intentions, immediately went out to suggest.

Prime Minister Cao Han was not wrong, although Captain Cao Han finally killed more than half of the small detachment that had been secretly attacking the defenders of the city, most of the people who jumped out of the city could not survive. However, this sneak attack team has already knocked out the psychological shadow of the defenders in the entire city of Caohan.

Even if Ma Teng's army has left, the soldiers who are assigned to patrol the city every day are still terrified, but whenever there is a little trouble, they can cause a lot of chaos. It was only by relying on Captain Caohan that he was a killer that the situation was temporarily contained.

Unexpectedly, Song Jian's momentary hesitation of the old army made him lose the only chance to defeat the defenders outside the city.

This time, the troops who suddenly appeared outside the city of Caohan and prepared to attack the city. Neither homeless, nor bandits or rebels, but the first army under Jin Jue led by Cheng Lian.

It turned out that Jin Jue made a plan when he was separated from Cheng Lian and Liu Xiongming.

Jin Jue and the four of them went to see Ma Teng, in fact, there were two purposes.

The first is to instigate the Western Liang warlords to send troops, and at the same time eliminate Li Yu and Guo Yan, and carve up the entire Liangzhou and Sanfu regions.

Second, Jin Jue borrowed troops to disrupt the city, but at the same time, he couldn't really take down the city with the help of these borrowed soldiers.

Therefore, Jin Jue took the initiative to propose the number of 1,000 cavalry to Ma Teng, and Ma Teng would not be too distressed even if he lost it all, but he couldn't catch it if he wanted to take the city.

The scale of which can only be grasped by Jin Jue alone, not to mention, Cai Wenji herself is also a very important part of it, so this is the reason why Jin Jue had to meet Ma Teng in person.

Cheng Lian and Liu Xiongming's task is much simpler.

They all pretended to be homeless people, wandered all the way to Luoyang City, and deceived the city gate by relying on their identities as homeless people. For the rest, Cheng Lian and those hundred Xuzhou soldiers alone can take down this county seat.

As for the name, it is very simple, Cheng Lian took out the holy decree and seal prepared by Jin Jue in advance, and let the current three chief officials of Luoyang County look at it, they can only obediently pack up their things and leave with their own subordinates.

As mentioned earlier, the current Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty does not have enough copper and silk around him, so he can only use white paper and wooden boards to add officials to the Bai Bo Army, and Jin Jue borrowed this method.

It was also at this time that the veterans of the Yellow Turban Army who came in droves followed their footprints from outside the gate to Luoyang City one by one.

After discussion, Cheng Lian left the 100 Xuzhou soldiers and Liu Xiongming in Luoyang City to defend the city, while he led the defenders in the original Luoyang City, Liu Xiongming's men, and Cheng Lian took the initiative to attack during this time, and gathered from the surrounding counties of Luoyang.

In Hanyang County, the route of Chenglian's march was to avoid the county seat, and the defenders of each county along the way saw them and swept the snow in front of their doors. Li Yu and Guo Yan were confused by the chaos in Guanzhong, and there were still fewer people and rebel troops who fled from Hanyang to Hanzhong and Bashu? Therefore, as long as Cheng Lian and they don't just attack, they don't care about these chaotic soldiers passing by the city.

And after entering Longxi County, in front of the Qiang people who were about to attack them along the way, after Cheng Lian showed his martial bravery, not many Qiang people dared to care about these Han soldiers who entered Longxi for an unknown purpose and did not have much oil and water on their bodies.

Cheng Lian can also be regarded as capable, when he set off from Luoyang County, he only had more than 1,000 troops under his subordinates, but when he joined Jin Jue and them, he had gathered a large army of nearly 3,000 people.

However, the combat effectiveness of an army of this kind can be seen as vulnerable.

The reason why Jin Jue spent so much effort and effort to take over Caohan City had two purposes.

First, as he himself bluntly told Ma Teng, he was seeking fame.

A boy who was originally penniless, if he could rely on a borrowed thousand cavalry to capture the city of Caohan, which had been run by Song Jian for eleven or twelve years, even if Ma Teng finally let Ma Dai replace him and take Caohan and Longxi County into his arms, he could not prevent Jin Jue's name from spreading throughout Liangzhou.

Second, it is also the most important purpose of Jin Jue - food.

Song Jian has been in business for more than ten years, and there must have been a lot of grain stored in the city. And in these troubled times, what could be more important than food? This is also the reason why Jin Jue actually has a way, and he has the opportunity to rely on those 1,000 cavalry to capture Caohan City, but he has not gone further.

He didn't want to cheapen the grain in the city of Caohan for nothing.

"Childe, you have also seen that although this army has a large number of people, its combat effectiveness is really poor." Standing in front of Jin Jue, Cheng Lian said helplessly.

Jin Jue asked him to gather troops here, but he didn't say that he wanted these people to attack Caohan City.

"It's okay, this son naturally knows that General Cheng has done your best. Just look at it! My son will take down the city tonight! Jin Jue looked at the crowded soldiers in front of him, and replied loudly with confidence.

After he finished speaking, he asked in a low voice: "General Cheng, by the way, why is it that most of them are in the costumes of the Yellow Turban Army, if people who don't know see it, they still think that this team is the Yellow Turban Army?" ”

"Ahh When Cheng Lian heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked Jin Jue up and down, and then asked in a low voice: "It turns out that you don't know yet, Son!" ”

"What should I know?" Jin Jue looked at Zeng Lian in confusion and asked.

"Childe, this is the way it is...... and that's the way it is." Cheng Lian explained and looked at Jin Jue suspiciously.

He thought to himself, isn't this a plan that you have thought of in advance, Childe?

After hearing this, Jin Jue's whole person was like being struck by lightning, and his brain was about to explode. He repeated Cheng Lian's words, and after a while, he hurriedly asked: "So, now among these people, the Bai Bo army accounts for the majority?" ”