On the third day, the Jin army attacked the fortress in front of the mountain, and the army was raised at the end of the day, and before it arrived, the whole line of the Jin army collapsed - the morale was not high, and there was almost no place to start in the face of the "turtle-shaped array" - half of them knelt down and asked to surrender, and half followed Zhang Xiong to flee. Seeing this, Yao Yizhong hurriedly ordered the armored cavalry to scatter left and right, retreated into the fort, and he himself led the infantry to chase after him from behind.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, it is not easy to run, Zhang Xiong fled about 30 miles in embarrassment, the sky became dark, and the terrain in front of him gradually opened up.

The position of the north of the mountain road, there is a fairly large area of flat land, more than ten miles from east to west, more than 20 miles from north to south, a certain tributary of Fenshui passes through the middle - Chen Chuan led Maqiu that day, it was along this tributary, over the mountain and west to the Fenshui River valley. In the meantime, there was a small village, which had been slaughtered by the soldiers when they went south, and Zhang Jackal and Shi Hu had also set up camp here, so the base still exists. So Zhang Xiong immediately took advantage of the night to jump into the base, and then tried to defend it, but the next morning Yao Yizhong took advantage of his fatigue and was completely defeated with a charge. Zhang Xiong was also wounded by dozens of wounds, and he was bound alive.

Yao Yizhong ordered Zhang Xiong to be taken prisoner to Liu Yang, and brought a message saying, I will not stay and wait, it is best to rush out of the mountain road in one breath and arrive close to Jiexiu City, so as not to rush to block the north end of the mountain road after the Zhao army gets the defeat report. So select more than 600 soldiers who have good physical strength and can hike, take a short rest, and then continue to go north, and that night is to light a fire and travel at night, climb over the last two mountains, and finally in the dawn of the day, step into Xihe County - the Jin soldiers on the city of Jiexiu, can see the banner of "Fuwei General Yao" from afar.

In fact, Yao Yizhong is also hitting the luck, if Zhao Jun has really set up a formation or even set up a base in the north of the mountain, he will rush over and give away people's heads in vain. However, since he has covered up so far, he will no longer poke his feet forward and try his luck - it is also the Jin family...... No, the luck of the Grand Governor - General Yao really can't be reconciled.

Chen An was surprised and happy to see Yao Yizhong's banner in the city, and Yao Yizhong saw that the banner of the three armies of Sima was also set up in Jiexiu City, and his mood was naturally similar to Chen An's.

The two generals met in front of the city gate, and before they could greet each other, they immediately discussed the next step. According to the couple's account, the army was scattered between the city and the countryside like locusts, killing and plundering people and doing all kinds of evil, and the remnants of the people, like them, did not flee southward, but fled mainly to the mountains on the east and west. Therefore, Chen An speculated that the thief Yu Jiexiu failed to capture enough food, and must have gone north to Zhongyang, Wuxian and other places, so that he would leave an empty city in Jiexiu.

Yao Yizhong suggested that the troops should be garrisoned and rested, so as to wait for Liu Yang and Beigong Chun to lead the army to the meeting - the mountain road is difficult, and the transportation of grain and materials is even more difficult, without three or five days, it is estimated that the main force cannot be all - if during this period, Shi Hu recaptures Jinyang, and then returns south, it is likely to gather the Zhao army to take Jiexiu, then it will have to rely on you and me, more than 1,000 people.

Chen An listened, shook his head and said: "Xiao Yao, you are inevitably too serious, is it because you have been with General Liu for a long time and cannot be contaminated by him?" ”

He said that according to Guo Yin's secret letter, the treasury in Jinyang City was empty, and the grain was almost exhausted, so Shi Hu sent people north to ask for food after the defeat, and he couldn't support it, so he was dragged down by Guo Yin and Yang Yi. Even if Shi Hu could easily recapture Jinyang, he wouldn't be able to scrape together much food in a hurry. With an army lacking food, and scattered in the counties near Jiuze, even if Shi Hu has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to gather the whole army in three or five days to attack Jiexiu, right?

"If the situation is combined, we are in danger, and now we are scattered, but it is a great opportunity for us to make contributions!"

Chen An boldly estimated that the nearby Zhongyang, Wuxian and other places should also be similar to Jiexiu, and if not too much food was found, the soldiers would probably still loot it, and then continue to go north - maybe there are several empty cities like Jiexiu waiting for us to take them!

He suggested leaving half of the soldiers and horses to defend the city, and to respond to the arrival of the main force, while the other half of the soldiers and horses should first drive to the nearest Wu County, to see the situation.

Yao Yizhong initially refused, and also advised Chen An not to underestimate the enemy too much - there are still tens of thousands of people left in the Zhao army, just our thousand soldiers, it is not enough to defend the city, do you still plan to go out of Wu County? If you think about it carefully, this Jiexiu is an empty city, and the people are either killed by thieves or fled to the mountains. Besides, we only have the food of the soldiers' conceit around us, which is enough to eat for another three or five days, and there is no way to replenish it in the city, so how dare we continue to advance to the north under such circumstances?

However, Chen An is used to doing it himself, and even Liu Yang can't stop him, let alone Yao Yizhong? Chen An said that since Xiaoyao is cowardly, it doesn't matter, you can stay in Jiexiu, and I will go to take Zhongwu by myself!

Yao Yizhong finally had to say: "The general is brave, and the army knows it, or he can destroy the enemy and break the base, and then conquer several counties." However, our side came at night, and the soldiers were tired, and Hugh said that the north was in Zhongwu, and even if the garrison was resting, it was quite difficult. The general does not need to be anxious, but he can allow our troops to rest for a while, and take the opportunity to send people to observe the situation in Zhongwu, and it is best to catch a few soldiers or fleeing civilians, so that it is not too late to make a decision after clearly observing the enemy's situation. ”

Although Yao Yizhong was born in Qiangrong, but because of his ancestors, his ancestor who moved to Chiting in Nan'an was named Qianna, who once led the people to be attached, and was worshiped by the Eastern Han Dynasty as a fake champion general and a captain of Xiqiang; His grandfather, Ke Hui, was also appointed by Cao Wei as the captain of Suirong and the governor of Xiqiang - a deep degree of sinicization, and his daily speech and demeanor were no different from those of the Jin people. It is precisely because of this that in the original history, he led his troops to migrate east to Yumei after the Yongjia Rebellion, and the nearby Jin Rong were willing to follow, helping tens of thousands of people to help the old and the young, and Yao Qiang was able to grow.

On this timeline, Yao Yizhong was about to leave, and suddenly heard that Liu Yao was going north, and Pei should re-enter Guanzhong after recovering Luoyang, so he felt that the Yongzhou War was imminent, and it was estimated that it would be more chaotic than Qinzhou, so I would better wait and see for a while and then make a decision. Later, Pei Gai guarded Dali and decided to pass the Guanzhong, and returned to Shanglong, Yao Yizhong settled down, and because of the recommendation of Youziyuan, he went to pay homage to Pei Gai.

He was repeatedly brainwashed in Chang'an City, heard a lot of unheard of truths, admired Pei Gai's ability, and tried his best to integrate into this emerging group. Originally, the level of knowledge was not low - of course, it was compared with ordinary soldiers - and the re-training made Yao Yizhong light up more skills of "tongue debate" than in the original history, and he was quite good at words, and he had persuaded Liu Yang and others before to make sense of the other party, and not to offend the other party's face, so that people were willing to listen.

It's like lobbying Chen An this time, he first patted his ass, saying "The general is brave, and the army knows it", and then the conversation changed, and he said that you may go forward to take Zhongwu, but I am tired from afar, but I am afraid that I will not be able to hold Jiexiu City, so can I let my soldiers rest for a while before making a decision?

This sounds very comfortable, Chen An pondered and was right, the thieves were scattered, and there may be people going to Zhongyang, Xicheng and other places in the northwest, once I led my troops north to Wu County, and the enemy came from the west, Xiaoyao couldn't hold Jiexiu, so wouldn't I have no way to retreat? I had to nod: "In this case, you will enter the city as soon as possible and rest for a few moments." ”

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Yao Yizhong's headquarters to rest, Chen An sent dozens of soldiers to go around to investigate, mainly to inquire about the situation in Wu County, and also set up a guard in the west of the city, hoping to really catch a few lone soldiers, or locals, to find out more detailed enemy information.

Between Jiexiu and Wu County, it is only thirty miles of land, and you can turn back in an hour or two if you run faster. Chen An waited patiently in Jiexiu City; After Yao Yizhong placed the soldiers of the station, he also lay down in his clothes, but he was in a trance, but Chen An pulled his shoulders and shook violently, and he woke up.

Yao Yizhong first opened his eyes blankly, glanced at Chen An, and then got up and asked, "Could it be that the soldiers are approaching the city?!" "Send someone out to find out the news of Wu County, shouldn't you come back so soon? Unless I was really asleep and didn't know how time passed......

Chen An grinned: "Heaven wants to make me meritorious!" ”

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Unlike Jiexiu, Wuxian was not an empty city, and in fact, the soldiers did not enter the city at all.

And said that there is a young man in Jiexiu County, surnamed Liang Mingqi, eighteen years old, the family has a lot of surplus wealth, is a little good martial arts, invited a few retired veterans to teach the skills of archery and horses, and other idle one or twenty people are not close to the body, that is, in the nearby counties, there is also a reputation. I planned to get married at the age of sixteen, and then go north to Jinyang to join the army, and fight for a fame in the troubled times......

However, Liang Qian is also the same as most people in this year, and there is no clear distinction between Huayi, and he said that I am not good at studying anyway, and I am unwilling to farm, so I must go to the army as a general. The Han Dynasty is blazing, and even Liu Zhijun has been defeated, so I might as well switch to the Han family (that year, Yue Shile had not yet established himself and was still a minister of Hu Han).

But then Shi Hu led his troops into the country, and after the slaughter, Liang Qian suddenly heard the bad news, and his fiancée was taken away by the soldiers...... The young man immediately picked up the knife and was about to kill the thief for revenge - he didn't want to get his fiancée back, because it was estimated that since he fell into the hands of the thief, there would be no good end, and the marriage could only be ruined. Or did his father teach him that troubled times are like this, so why should you waste your life because of a moment of anger? If you can really be a general, are you afraid that you won't be able to marry a better daughter-in-law in the future?

Liang Li's father was quite filial, so he had to give up after listening to persuasion, but he temporarily stopped his heart to join the Han, no matter how his father urged, it was just perfunctory. I originally intended to wait a few more years and see the situation, if the Han power continues to expand, then there is no way, I can only vote for the Han...... But isn't it to divert to the south to Pingyang Shihu instead of going north to Jinyang Shihu?

——In the original history, it is estimated that he did not have such a knot with the Zhao family, so he finally joined Hou Zhao and served as the guard of the East Palace, Gao Lidu, until the crown prince Shi Xuan was killed, and more than 10,000 people from Gao Li and other departments were killed in Liangzhou......

Although the Liang family was not in the city, it was also raided by more than a dozen stragglers, Liang Qian immediately rose up, stabbed two soldiers, and then abandoned the family property, carrying his father, running all the way to the north and rushing into the city of Wu County. He immediately shouted a warning in the city, and the whole city was shocked, who wanted the county magistrate to hear the news but sent soldiers to arrest Liang Qian and cure him for the crime of spreading rumors and confusing the public. Liang Qiannai left his father on the street, armed himself, killed the county guards, and then went straight to the county office, and cut off the head of the county magistrate Wu with a knife.

So several big families in the county took Liang Qian as the leader, asked him to close the four gates, and arranged for the people to go to the city to guard - there are too many jars and jars in key households, and they are reluctant to throw them away, and they don't have time to run, so they can only get up and fight, hoping to get lucky.

After Guo Rong, Guo Quan and Zhang Raccoon parted ways, they led six or seven thousand people from their headquarters to go north to Wu County. First, more than ten horses rushed closer, shouting to open the city, Liang Qian immediately led dozens of evil young men in the county to rush out, he shot an arrow to overturn a horse, and stabbed a horse with a knife, forced to retreat the soldiers, and led two horses back. Then the Guo brothers led their troops to arrive, shouted and scolded the city, Liang Qian stood on the wall, an arrow far away, shot Guo Quan's rear flag, and the second Guo retreated in panic.

In fact, at this time, the people in Wuxian County, men, women, and children are all counted, and there may not be a large number of soldiers outside the city...... However, the soldiers came from afar to loot, and they were quite tired, and they did not get much food, so everyone was afraid that they would be cut off, so it was difficult for Erguo to attack the city. The two brothers discussed, let's continue to go north, let's go to Zhongdu County first, even if Zhongdu is like Wu County, there are also Diao people closed the city, after all, there are many wild villages, you can find more food. And when the grain is sufficient, it is not too late to slaughter Wu County.

So he shouted and cursed under the city, saying that in three days at most, the army would return, and when the time came, the city would be wiped out! Then he went around the city.

Liang Qian breathed a sigh of relief, but discussed with the big families and evil boys, saying that just us people, we will definitely not be able to garrison the county for a long time, once the soldiers return, Wu County will be broken, what should we do? Everyone said that just taking advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to go north to Zhongdu County, let's quickly pack our luggage, help the old and the young, run to the east first, hide in the mountains and even go to Shangdang County.

Liang Qian said: "This is going to the mountains, about thirty miles, we are naturally fearless, but I am afraid that women and children are difficult to walk, once they are robbed by the rebels on the way, they will not be lucky." "So we have to send someone out to find out the surrounding situation, especially in the east, and set up a few contact points, and then we can run. Besides—

"Although the soldiers are tyrannical, Taiyuan is the territory of King Shi Tianwang after all, and we are all his people, and we have never seen such looting and ......killing before," he paused, and added: "Unless Liu makes Jun's army defeated and the Jin retreats, when the Li Shu side enters the country, Li Shu will have this difficulty." Could it be that the king of Taiyuan was defeated in Pingyang? If the Jin people chase into Xihe and Taiyuan, they rush to meet the surrender, or they can ensure that Wu County is not lost. ”

Anyway, you have to find out the news first. Therefore, Liang Qian sent all the evil youths out in all directions, one of whom went south to the vicinity of Jiexiu, and soon found out that the soldiers were indeed defeated in Pingyang County, and now there is a shortage of food, so they killed and plundered in each county. I was going to rush back to report to Liang Qian, but that night, I could only sleep in the wild overnight. I got up in the early morning of the second day, and I glanced at it out of the corner of my eye, yes, why did you plant an unfamiliar flag at the head of the city?

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