Two days after Shi Hu set up camp in the back mountain in the north of Pingyang County, Liu Yang, Beigong Chun and others led their troops to chase after him, rendezvous with Chen An, and went into battle five miles apart.

Liu Yetang is always cautious in using soldiers, so he can't quite understand Shi Hu's thoughts - why don't you want to retreat to the north of the mountain?

Relying on the danger of the terrain and using the Jin people's hometown, as long as thousands of people are left in front of the mountain, it is enough, and the main force can retreat to the back of the mountain first. Because Zhao Jun's grain and grassland were stored in Gaoliang, they were burned by Chen An's fire, and most of the 100,000 cattle and sheep he carried were lost. However, the mountain road is dangerous and narrow, and it is not easy to transport grain, unless you are still holding back to fight a big battle immediately, otherwise it is more secure for the main force to retreat to the West River for food?

However, because of this, Liu Yang was afraid that Shi Hu would want to fight the trapped beast, and he planned to kill it, so he didn't dare to slack off at all. He didn't press hard, but just a deep ditch and a high base, and set up a camp to block the way for the Zhao army to go south again. By the way, Yao Yizhong was also asked to repair Yong'an County as a rear base.

The mountain pass is narrow, the east and west are only ten miles away, the Jin army is such a block, Shi Hu is difficult to detour, and can only hit head-on. He went out of the camp many times to challenge, Liu Yang refused to respond, and the repatriation army tried to pass through the mountains, but they were forced back by the cavalry led by Beigong Chun and Chen An. Under the frustration, he even whipped the soldiers for days to vent his anger.

Finally, after waiting for a few days, a fast horse came from Jinyang to deliver Wang Xu's letter—since Wang Xu had been captured, it was not difficult for him to write one or two fake letters—saying that Chao had been working day and night to join the army and continue to assassinate him, and was collecting grain and grass from various counties, and recruiting strong men, and hoped that the Taiwei would wait a while.

Shi Huxin said that the army's grain is running out, where can I wait! So he ordered someone to write a sternly worded letter, and ordered the people to bring it back to present Chao Zan, and to continue salt, and asked them to rush to the front line no matter how much grain and grass they collected.

A few days later, suddenly a Zahu came to the front line and reported to Shi Hu, saying that Xu Xian and Guo Yin had rebelled and had captured the two cities of Jinyang and Yangqu, and Liu Hu and Chao Zan were all killed! Shi Hu's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly convened the generals to discuss......

Although Xu Xian and Guo Yin said that they closed the gates of the two cities and did not communicate with the outside world, they wanted to paralyze Shi Hu, after all, there was no impermeable wall in the world, and it was inevitable that some Hu people who refused to "rebel" fled and reported Shi Hu. As for the envoys they sent south to communicate with the Jin people, because Shihu blocked the mountain pass, they were forced to pass along the Fenshui River valley from the mountains, and the road was difficult and dangerous, but they fell one step behind.

Shi Hu summoned all the generals, that is, he scolded Guo Rong and Guo Quan in the tent, and almost dragged these two brothers-in-law out to cut them again. The Guo brothers knelt on the ground and kowtowed, repeatedly arguing - although my family and Yangqu Guo are united, they are not a family after all, so Guo Yin rebelled, what are you doing with me?

After Shi Hu was angry, he also had an idea in his heart, so he said: "Now I should bluff the banner to confuse the Jin people, I will return the army, and I will recapture Jinyang and skin the two thieves!" ”

Zhang Qun, who joined the army, persuaded and said: "This to Jinyang, nearly three hundred miles, the morale of our army is low, and the army must not be fast, I am afraid that it has not reached Jinyang, and the grain has been exhausted...... The last official suggested that the king might as well ride to Jinyang by himself, and he could reach the city in three or five days. The soldiers of Jinyang and Yangqu can fight, but Liu Hu's Tiefu and Zahu are just the same, whether they can continue and Guo to create chaos, or they can get the help of the Zhao people (referring to the old Jin people in Zhao), but they must not be able to get the power of the countrymen (referring to the Hu people in Zhao), how can the Zhao people fight? Continuation, Guo is also a scholar, not through the war, but the king will be able to win under the city with thousands of horsemen.

"As for the army, it is better to retreat to Jiexiu for the time being. Near Jiuze, within 200 miles, there are Zhongyang, Xicheng, Pingtao, Zhongdu, Jingling, and Wu and other counties, the population is prosperous, even if the treasury is empty, is it not possible to take the valley of the scattered people? And wait for the king to establish Jinyang and Yangqu, and then return to the south to lead the army, in order to duel with the Jin people! ”

Shi Hu nodded and said, this is reasonable. Looking left and right, he really couldn't trust the Guo family, so he ordered Zhang Xiong: "Order you to lead thousands of elite soldiers to protect the mountain pass barrier." Referring to Zhang Raccoon again: "Order you to temporarily lead the whole army and retreat to Jiexiu." He himself led Yin Nong and other 4,000 cavalry, first crossed the mountain road, turned back to Xihe County, and then followed Fenshui to Jinyang.

Shi Hu is a general after all, and the arrangements for the retreat are quite strict, and Liu Yang and the others are only a few miles away, so they are unaware. It wasn't until two days after Shi Hu left that Guo Yin's messenger arrived in Yong'an, and was immediately escorted to Liu Yang by Yao Yizhong. The messenger took out the secret silk book from the bun, and Liu Yang took a general look at it, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted.

So he handed back the silk book, and did not send someone to escort this messenger to Chang'an, he turned his head to inform the generals of the matter, and said: "According to my calculations, the thief's grain will be exhausted, if it can be tied to Shannan, and not to return to Jinyang, it will only be a few days, and it will be broken!" But I'm afraid that Shi Hu has also noticed this and will definitely escape...... "He said that I plan to raise troops and go out to try to attack Zhao Ying, and see if Shi Hu is still there."

So he ordered Beigong Chun and Chen An to lead the cavalry to escort the left and right, and the infantry went to attack Zhao Lei.

Chen An deliberately took two auspicious coins to throw before sending out the troops.

Gourd, also known as cup Gourd, the original shape is a shell, and the descendants mostly take jade as it and make it into a shell shape, which is used for divination. To put it simply, after praying to the gods, throw two cups, and the two are yin, indicating that the gods will not bless; The two yangs indicate that the gods are unwilling to answer - it may be that your question is not clear, or it may be that the gods have no idea...... One look up and one time is holy, it means that things are going well. Of course, because it is not difficult to come up with the Holy Crown, for major affairs, it is generally necessary to obtain three saints in a row before you can count.

Of course, Chen An didn't have a cup on hand, so he replaced it with auspicious money - Pei Cai's auspicious money is very popular, people are first greedy for its lip service, and then they will feel that if this money has a spirit, it is different from its money - secretly recited in his heart: "Heaven bless, guide the maze." I think Shihu has escaped, leaving an empty camp, and I can take advantage of this to build another great achievement. If you can fulfill your wishes, you can still hope to the gods and the earth, and my three saints! ”

After finishing it, he threw two auspicious coins to the ground, one on the front with the word "five baht", and the other on the back, with the word "auspicious" - it was Shengju! Hurry up and pick it up, the second throw is holy again, and the third throw is still holy.

Chen An couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and said, "This is what God wants me to do!" So he led the cavalry out of the camp, and without waiting for Liu Yang's infantry, he broke forward with his head in front of him, until he reached the edge of the Zhao camp trench, and there was no movement. Chen An asked his subordinates to remove the antlers, dismounted himself, crossed the trench, and jumped up to the base with a jump, looking around, the Zhao camp was silent and empty. Only then did he feel complacent, and suddenly heard a "buzz" in his ears, and an arrow shot from the camp hit him in the chest!

Chen An couldn't catch up, and he fell off the base with a fight. The tribe was shocked, and when he rushed to the rescue, he saw General Chen a carp beating up and jumping up again, and then he didn't pull out the arrow, but shouted angrily: "The thief still has the remnants of the army to guard the fortress to confuse me, but you can kill and disperse with me!" "Why don't you draw arrows? Because this arrow is very strong, it really penetrates the heavy armor and enters the flesh...... Once the arrow is drawn, I am afraid that it will bleed profusely, and there is no way to hide it.

Besides, Liu Yang was leading his troops to advance slowly, and suddenly saw the cavalry on the left flank rushing directly towards Zhao Lei, and couldn't help but be shocked, and said left and right: "Chen An, this reckless man, just like Zhen Sui, I can't restrain him!" "Urgently order the front army to speed up so that they can respond to Chen An at any time. Immediately, he saw Chen An ascending the base from a distance, and said in his heart: It turns out that it is an empty base, and this reckless man is as good as a barbarian, how unfair the sky is!

Then Chen An fell...... fell but immediately jumped up, leading the army straight into the Zhao camp. Later, Liu Yang and other Jin soldiers were suddenly shocked and happy, if in the future generations, someone would definitely pat his chest and say: "His grandmother's, heart disease is about to scare him......"

Originally, there were still 30,000 people in Shihu's department, and he was in the camp in front of the mountain for several miles, but then he ran away, leaving Zhang Xiong to lead four or five thousand soldiers to break off, how could these little people hold so many camps? And as soon as the Jin people get close, they will be exposed immediately. So Zhang Xiong contracted his forces and repaired and retreated to the old Jin fort on both sides of the mountain road.

But the camp cannot be completely emptied, and people must be left behind, and fires are lit everywhere twice a day in the morning and evening, counterfeiting cooking smoke to confuse the Jin army. Chen An killed at this time, just in the afternoon, two meals a day, it was time to boil water for dinner, there were 1,000 people in the Zhao camp, under the command of Zhang Xiong, burning firewood everywhere - it had to be extinguished after burning, so as not to ignite the tents and flags, which was really a chore.

As a result, he heard the neighing of horses from people outside the camp, Zhang Xiong climbed up and looked at it, and after his heart finished speaking, he couldn't hide it...... was gathering the troops, retreating in a panic, and saw a member of the Jin general jumping up to the base. Zhang Xiong immediately drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow fiercely - unfortunately he was on the way to retreat, and the distance was still a little far, otherwise Chen An would be hit hard if he was defenseless.

But Chen An was still hit by an arrow after all, and he couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, so he immediately led his troops to rush into Zhao's camp and search and kill everywhere. There were more than 100 Zhao soldiers who did not have time to retreat, all of whom were poisoned by the Jin army, even if they knelt on the ground and asked to surrender, they were still stabbed one by one, and they were cut to the ground one after another - they dared to hurt my general with arrows, how could they leave you alive!

Or did Chen An himself come back to his senses and stop him, so he finally tied up the two Zhao soldiers - he still had to inquire about the news, how could he kill them all? It's not too late to ask before killing.

However, Chen An was too lazy to care about the news, so he ordered two Zhao soldiers to be escorted to Liu Yang, and after he chased Zhang Xiong closely, he came to the front of the mountain pass base. Zhang Xiong hurriedly entered the base and ordered a random shot of arrows to shoot the Jin people back. Chen An had been here before—he had also rescued Yao Yizhong, and beheaded Zhang Xiong's brother, Zhang Jackal—knowing that the mountains were dangerous and the barriers were strong, he did not dare to shake them, so he had to lead the cavalry to retreat beyond the firing range and look at it from a distance.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Yang and Beigong Chun all rushed over, and the three generals stood side by side. Liu Yang originally wanted to blame Chen An - without my order, who told you to rush forward? But seeing that Chen An still had an arrow slightly stuck in his chest, when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back...... He changed his words and said: "Since General Chen is wounded, he can immediately retreat and summon a military doctor for treatment." ”

Chen An smiled: "As a general, how can there be a reason not to be injured?" If the arrow is not pulled, it will be fine. He pulled out the knife from his waist, and with a "click", he cut off the shaft of the arrow, but then he was in pain, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and he hurriedly covered it up with a question: "Can the general have tried the bound pawn?" ”

Liu Yang nodded and said: "They are little pawns, I don't know much, but Yun Shihu has led the army to retreat, leaving Zhang Xiong to lead 5,000 troops to stay in the mountain pass to block my way." ”

Chen An frowned and said: "The mountain road is dangerous and narrow, the barrier is firm, Hugh said that the five thousand army, even three or five hundred people are here, and it is difficult to pass it......" Launching an attack from the south to the north can certainly spread out a wider attack surface, but at the same time, it is a back attack, which is not necessarily easier than the army coming over the mountain that day, and Chen An has never been good at attacking tough battles - "This wall was built by Xiao Yao, he should be called urgently, or there is another passage......"

Yao Yizhong was called to hurry over from Yong'an County on the evening of the same day, and after listening to Liu Yang and others talk about the battle situation, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The fortification was built that day, just to prevent thieves from going south, who would have thought that it would prevent us from going north...... How can I leave no passage? ”

Liu Yang said what to do then-"If Shi Hu leads the army back to Jinyang, I'm afraid that Xu Xian and the others will not be able to defend the ......" Beigong Junyi pursed his lips and said: "If you can't keep it, you can't defend it." We have worked hard and fought a hundred battles, and they want to get the merger first, how can there be such a beautiful thing in the world? ”

Liu Yang shook his head and said, "No." But if we can take advantage of the opportunity of Shi Hu to attack Jinyang, take advantage of the chaos to take Jiexiu and other counties, then the merger of the merger, how can we allow Xu and Guo to monopolize it? And if you can't overcome this base, when Shi Hu returns after capturing Jinyang, wouldn't it be a pity to miss the opportunity? ”

Yao Yizhong comforted him and said: "Although the terrain is dangerous, the thieves will eventually be defeated and crippled, and they may not dare to hold on, and it is not known." The last general asks for an order, try to attack it tomorrow, the general can order someone to urgently build an attack tool, if there are ten ladders, it is not difficult to break it. ”

Liu Yang first shook his head, then nodded again, and said, "That's all it takes." "After all, the Ten Crosses of the Cloud Ladder are not so easy to build, and he has no intention of attacking the fortifications, so the number of craftsmen in the army is limited...... It's just that there is no other good way, so I can only try to attack first.

Beigong Chun had an extra heart and asked, "How did the envoy from Jinyang come over the camp and come to deliver the message?" ”

Yao Yizhong explained: "Twenty or thirty miles to the west, there is a small road along Fenshui, which can be passed under the city, but it is difficult to walk, and the army cannot cross. ”

Chen An hurriedly said: "If he can pass alone, then my soldiers can also do it." Although it is in danger, it is better than the soldiers in front of this strong wall. "It is really dangerous to take the trail, as long as the Zhao army has one or two hundred people blocking the exit, no matter how many Jin people enter, they will not be able to pass, but they will lose their troops. But Chen An said: "Since the messenger can steal it, it can be seen that the Zhao people may not be fortified......"

At this time, he had already asked the military doctor to pull out the arrow and bandage the wound. This kind of arrow wound may have to be raised for ten days and a half by others, but General Chen is as if nothing happened, he still walks like the wind, and his two little short legs fall faster than anyone else. Immediately asked for an order: "The last general is willing to take the path and copy it behind Zhang Xiong!" ”

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