"The card knife hand - Wang He, behead three, take the city for merit, reward five taels of gold and five horses of silk!"

"Spearman-Huang Hui, behead five, capture two alive, reward ten taels of gold, ten horses of silk, and ten acres of high-quality paddy fields!"

"Captain - Violent Bear, behead twenty-five, open the city gate for merit, reward one hundred taels of gold, one hundred horses of silk, enter the seal - Violent General!"

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In the battle of Hukou Pass, Cao's army won a complete victory, beheading 8,000, capturing 20,000 alive, and capturing ordnance, horses, grain and grass...... Countless, seizing the 'one pass and two mountains' natural danger, opening up the road to the north, and the state governance office - Jinyang City, is already close at hand!

After the victory, Xiao Yi sent people to Jizhou to report the results to Prime Minister Cao Cao; On the one hand, there is a feast to reward meritorious soldiers, official positions, gold, beauties, and good fields...... There is everything, as for how much you can take, it is all based on your military exploits, but there is one person's reward that is very troublesome - Sima Yi!

Divine soldiers descend from the sky, and the danger is great, or they fall off the cliff and break their bones to pieces; Or bloody battles, falling on the battlefield, a thousand warriors lost most of them, and the rest were all wounded, as brave as the four beasts of hell, but also full of scars, almost lost their lives!

In contrast, Sima Yi was really blessed with a great fate, he was thrown down from the cliff, he floated smoothly into the mouth of the pot, and landed on the haystack, not to mention that he was unharmed, with two lines of sharp teeth and three inches of tongue, he also deceived hundreds of guards, occupied the grain and grass storehouse, and made a great contribution!

This time, the divine soldiers descended from heaven to seize the city, Xiao Yi wanted to borrow the hand of God to get rid of this insidious 'Tomb Tiger', but he didn't expect Sima Yi to be blessed by misfortune, but he made great contributions, it was really depressing, and meritorious service must be rewarded - it is an iron law in the army, Xiao Yi was reluctant, and he could only pinch his nose and admit it, after careful consideration, he added Sima Yi - an anti-theft general!

"Congratulations to General Sima for his meritorious service, soaring, and the future is just around the corner!"

"Thanks to the great Sima, the last general has today, and he will definitely do his best to make new contributions!"

"Drink well! --Drink celebration wine! ”

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Anti-theft general - that is, to guard against thieves, it is a good title, everyone came forward to congratulate, Sima Yi was also very excited, drank a few glasses of wine, and shed tears, he worked hard for several years, and finally was able to lead the army!

Only Xiao Yi knew in his heart that this was reminding himself that no matter when and where, he must also guard against Sima Yi, if he has the opportunity, kill him immediately, the thief Yin Xiong will not die for a day, and he will not be able to sleep peacefully for a day!

This has caused a phenomenon, in the future war, as long as there is a tough battle, a dead battle, a bloody battle, Cao Cao will send Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi will use Sima Yi, three traitors in troubled times, one keeps an eye on the other, it depends on whose destiny is great, and over time, the army gave Sima Yi a title: Dare to die general - experienced in a hundred battles, no injuries in a hundred battles!

After the big reward, trim for three days, let Yu Ban lead 10,000 soldiers to guard Hukou Pass, Xiao Yi led the army to the north, and entered the territory of Taiyuan County, at the same time, Ma Liu, Zhang Xiu two people and horses approached, forming a three-sided encirclement, and the soldiers approached Jinyang City!

Jinyang City is the core of Taiyuan County, and it is also the seat of state governance, the city is tall, the population is large, the ordnance, grain and grass are relatively sufficient, after the high cadres fled into Jinyang City, they gathered the remnants of the defeated generals, and prepared to do the last fight!

Five days later, Cao Jun came to the vicinity of Jinyang, thirty miles away from the city to set up camp and go down, and at the same time sent rangers to carefully reconnoiter the dynamics of Yuan's army, according to Xiao Yi's guess, Gao Gan will not be captured, there must be a big battle, never expected - Jinyang City surrendered without a fight!

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"Since the Northern Expedition of Da Sima, he has attacked the city and conquered the village, and the high-ranking cadres have been shameless children, knowing that they are not opponents, they have abandoned the city and fled from the wind!

The people of Jinyang are loyal to the imperial court, how dare they resist the heavenly master, so they opened the city gate, prepared a lamb of fine wine, and respectfully invited the army to enter the city, hoping to treat the people well and not kill innocents! ”

In the Xuanjia Battalion-Zhongjun tent, several young officials in Tsing Yi knelt on the ground, kowtowing like chickens eating broken rice, and holding the book and table, household registration register, and city gate key...... They are here to surrender!

After fleeing back to Jinyang City, he searched the treasury, robbed the people, and gathered countless gold, silver and jewelry, and then fled with his wife and concubine, and the remnants of the defeated army!

The assassins have fled, who still has the heart to defend the city, the civil and military officials have followed suit, and they have taken their wives and children, and they have fled without a trace, so that the huge Jinyang City, there is no high-ranking official, so they have to recommend a few small officials and come to the camp to surrender!

"The high-ranking cadres have no guts and rats, but they abandoned the city and fled, but it was unexpected, and immediately ordered Sima Yi to take people into the city to check the situation, and the rest of the departments followed!

At the same time, he sent rangers to find the whereabouts of the remnants of the senior cadres, he still has 20,000 or 30,000 horses, a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and he will never sit still! ”

After receiving the surrender letter, Xiao Yi sent troops to take over Jinyang City, and at the same time find out the whereabouts of the enemy, of course, since ancient times, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, in order to prevent the scheme, Sima Yi has become a 'wayfinding stone', after making sure that there is nothing to do, the team entered the city!

In Jinyang City-Closed doors, silent, the people hid in their homes, burned incense and worshiped God for protection, for the Cao army who entered the city, they were sincerely afraid, I heard that the 'ghost face Xiao Lang' of the unified army, but when the world kills the gods, will he set the army to burn and rob the innocent people?

In addition, the fireworks in the city are insignificant, there are ruins and broken walls everywhere, it turns out that before Gao Gan escaped, in addition to looting gold, silver, jewelry, folk beauties, he also set fire to the treasury of various places, and not a grain of grain or straw was left to Cao Jun, and his intentions were quite vicious!

Fortunately, Gao Gan was as timid as a mouse, and fled after ordering the fire, and the officials were also scattered, no one thoroughly carried out the order, and the people cherished their homes, took the initiative to organize to fight the fire, and finally saved half of the treasury, otherwise, Jinyang would be a ruin!

"The world is in turmoil, the princes are fighting for hegemony, the wars are raging, the countryside is ruined, and the people are miserable...... The order went down, opened the treasury of the city, and distributed half of the money, grain, and cloth to the people in the city, which the court owed them! ”

After entering the city, Xiao Yi rode a horse to inspect it, his heart was full of grief, full of devastation, white bones, a big battle, the original rich city, has been dilapidated!

At the same time, the whole army was ordered not to harass the people, not to rob property, and not to trespass on people's houses, the houses in the city were burned down too much, and the whole army was camped in the wild, and those who dared to disobey the order were killed!

"Open the warehouse and put the grain! …… Da Sima has an order, release grain for disaster relief, and the people come to receive food! ”

"The great Sima Bodhisattva has a heart, saving the people! --Da Sima is good and has good retribution, and he lives a long life! ”

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An order fell like a mountain, the daring not to listen, except for a few security forces, the army all drove out of the city, even Xiao Yi's Chinese army tent was also set up in the wilderness, resolutely not to enter the people's house one step, Da Sima set an example, the soldiers naturally have to learn the same!

As the saying goes: bandits are like grates, soldiers are like shaving, after the army conquers the city, do not loot the people's property, but open a warehouse to release grain, a rare occurrence in a hundred years, looking at the soldiers with strict military discipline, holding golden corn, the people of Jinyang are grateful to Dade, and the people's hearts have gradually stabilized!

At the same time, the reconnaissance rangers sent back news that after Gao Gan escaped from Jinyang City, he fled all the way north to the border of the Great Wall, and the details are unknown!

"Gao Gan lost most of the state, and he was no longer able to fight, he didn't go to Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, but stayed at the border of the Great Wall, what did he do, could it be to lure the wolf into the house?"

After hearing the news, Xiao Yi opened the map, carefully scrutinized it, and took the land of the six counties of Shangdang, Xihe, Leping, and Taiyuan by himself, leaving only the two counties of Xinxing and Yanmen in the north, which are still in the hands of Yuan Jun!

Gao Gan only has 20,000 horses left, and he can't turn over the big waves, the problem is, crossing the border of the Great Wall, it is the territory of the Huns, Liu Bao wolf ambition, has been peeking at the Han city, and now gathers tens of thousands of cavalry, just wandering near the Great Wall, if you collude with Gao Gan, I'm afraid it will be a big disaster!

Recalling the fire in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion and the tragic death of the old Taoist master, Xiao Yi was furious, his teeth clucked, a full decade has passed, and the blood feud has not been forgotten for a day.

However, Liu Bao is insidious and cunning, and good at using soldiers, by no means comparable to the likes of high-ranking cadres, after the Battle of Yanmen, the Huns recuperate, the strength of the soldiers gradually recovered, with 60,000 elite cavalry, crisscrossing the grassland, coming and going like the wind, it is not an easy task to destroy them!

Since the Northern Expedition of the army, although the battle has been successful, it has also paid a lot of price, tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed and wounded, and troops have to be divided to garrison the city, and now the number of troops that can be used is less than 60,000, as well as ordnance, grain and grass, war horses, which also consume a huge amount and need to be replenished in time!

The art of war: 'Ten encircled, five attacked', there is no absolute superiority of troops, it is difficult to annihilate the enemy, now the two sides have the same strength, only with the help of time, location, they can win!

Xiao Yi's eyes were like lightning, patrolling on the map, wanting to find a good battlefield and bury the 60,000 iron horsemen of the Huns in order to avenge the blood and the sea of blood, that is--Mayi City!

(End of chapter)