Time flies, the Northern Regions Army has been besieging the city for several months, and it is the early autumn of the second year of Zhongping. If it weren't for the fear of the Qiang people's threat to the Northern Regions, Xiang Ao would have withdrawn his troops and returned to the Northern Regions, and would not have stayed in the Fuyangju Mountain Gorge under the southeast of the Zhuoxi Mountain Range for nearly half a year. More than 15,000 elites have been stationed here for a long time, but the consumption of grain and grass makes Xiang Ao annoyed.

Annoyed, Xiang Ao ordered Zhao Yun to lead the 'righteous congregation' to go out and wander in Xianbei and attack the scattered tribes nearby. What made Xiang Ao a little relieved was that he had attacked many of the ancestors' camps and brought back many war horses, which alleviated Xiang Ao's many heavy money problems.

The long-term siege of Lady Fan City is not without any gains, at least in recent days, Lady Fan City has increased the intensity of scouts, and I don't know who to ask for help. However, Xiang Ao didn't ask much, and when the other party scouted, he killed him directly, and he didn't ask.

In half a year, even if there is more grain and grass in Mrs. Fan City, it is not enough for so many soldiers and people to eat, and it is expected that there is not much food in Mrs. Fan City at this time. In Xiang Ao's mind, the city has been besieged for so long anyway, and at this time, the Bian Jing army should have no food and grass, so he no longer plans to attack, and he can be trapped until Bian Jing surrenders by himself.

In the past few months of fighting, the central army led by Huangfu Song has not received any benefits, and it has been unable to repel the Xiliang rebels for a long time, and the land of Sanfu is still in flames.

At the end of August and the beginning of September, Huangfu Song was recalled to the Beijing Division, collected the chariot seal ribbon of the cavalry general of the Left Army, and cut 6,000 households. Then he ordered Sikong Zhang Wen to be the general of the chariot cavalry, and Yuan Peng of Jinwu as the deputy to ask for Beigong Boyu; Bai Zhonglang made Dong Zhuo the general of the captivity, and Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou, and unified Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen marched about 100,000 soldiers from all counties to Meiyang, and Bian Zhang and Han Sui also marched into Meiyang.

Zhang Wen, the word Boshen, is a native of Nanyang Sui County. When the dynasty was commonplace, although he had some talent, Zhang Wen's reputation among the family was a little unsatisfactory. It is rumored in the world that Zhang Wen's position was obtained by investing tens of millions of dollars, and he was not liked by the party family of the current dynasty.

As for the so-called Koudang general Zhou Shen is not a celebrity in the world, few people know it. It is rumored that he was born in the poor, and there is not much outstanding in his merits, and he is a mediocre person. It's just that he kept his duty very much, and relied on more than ten years of accumulated military merits to be able to be named a general.

However, Zhou Shen's subordinates joined the army, but they were celebrities in Yangzhou. This person's name is Sun Jian, the word Wentai, a native of Fuchun, Wu County, and a descendant of Sun Wu, a military strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Sun Jian made great contributions with Zhu Jun, and this time the imperial court valued it, and the Xiliang Rebellion made him go out with the army. Sun Jian has an extraordinary appearance, a broad personality, a curious festival, a martial artist's righteousness, and a scholar's humility, brave and good at fighting, and must be the first in every battle, and is deeply loved by the soldiers.

After more than a month, Bian Jing could not withstand the desire of the soldiers and soldiers in the city for food, and the city of Mrs. Fan, who had no food, finally opened its doors and begged in early October.

"I knew that today, Jing should have abandoned the city and surrendered!" Bian Jing ordered his subordinates to tie himself up, open the door and surrender, and then escort him to Xiang Ao.

"General Bian is a great talent, and he is also the humerus of the imperial court. Recently, General Bian is also a person who is sympathetic to the people, why should he oppose it? ”

"Shiya! Potential! Fate! Bian Jing didn't say much, and sighed softly with his head down.

Xiang Ao didn't say much after a while, he ordered his personal guards to escort him down, and led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses into Mrs. Fan's City. As for the disposal of the surrendered Qiang people, Xiang Ao was still the same as the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei people before, and the soldiers who did not want to join the army anymore were dismissed to various places in the northern regions. The soldiers who are still willing to serve in the army, Xiang Ao sent this group to the city of Decadence, handed over to Jiang Yan, as the vanguard of the raid on Xianbei, when he made meritorious service, he could be naturalized in the Northern Regions and get the due treatment of the people in the Northern Regions.

The city of Mrs. Fan was not far from the border of the Han Dynasty, and it was only two or three hundred miles away from the subject country of Zhangye Juyan in Liangzhou. But it is nearly a thousand miles away from the Northern Regions Protectorate, and even if it is eight hundred miles of sweat and blood, the BMW will have to work day and night to arrive. Xiang Ao had to stay here temporarily and arrange for the livelihood of the people here. In desperation, Xiang Ao had to urgently write to Hu Zhao, ordering him to urgently relocate many Han people here, and moved many foreign people in Mrs. Fan's city to the Northern Protectorate.

More than 2,000 veterans were sent to lead 5,000 recruits to settle here, but there was no field to be tuned in the far north, so he had to order soldiers to graze and see if there was good land suitable for farming in the future, but Xiang Ao was not optimistic about farming in his heart.

After the fall of Mrs. Fan's city, Xiang Ao arranged a deal of affairs, and then ordered Zhang He to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to quickly attack Zhangye's Juyan vassal country, and swaggered through the city all the way in the name of the imperial court and the Northern Regions Protectorate. Of course, Xiang Ao is not really ready to attack Liangzhou, after all, Liangzhou Iron Cavalry is not a vegetarian. Xiang Ao was just Xiang Ao putting pressure on Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others in the north to attract the attention of the Sanfu Land and make some responses to the Central Army that was rebelling in the Land of Jingzhao.

At this time, the situation in Sanfu is also changing.

At the end of October, Dong Zhuo and Bao Hong, the right Fufeng, and others attacked Zhang, and then broke it, and Zhang, and then went to Yuzhong. Zhang Wen sent Zhou Shen to chase after 30,000 men.

"General, there is no grain in the thief city, and the grain must be transferred out, and the last general is willing to lead 10,000 people to cut off his luck, and the general will follow with a large soldier, and the thief will be poor and dare not fight, and go into the Qiangzhong, and then the last general will fight with the general, then Liangzhou will be able to be determined!" Sun Jian clenched his fists and firmly admonished Zhou Shen.

"Since there is no food in the thief city, we only need to besiege it with a large army, and we don't have to risk dividing our troops and cutting off their food routes." Zhou Shen frowned slightly, and did not agree with Sun Jian's tactics.

"But the general..."

"Needless to say, the thieves are unpopular, and they can break through after a few days of siege."

When Sun Jian heard this, although he was secretly anxious, Sun Jian also knew that Zhou Shen was a person and could not say much.

The siege lasted for several days and no progress. However, Bian Zhang and Han Sui divided their troops to camp in Kwaiyuan Gorge and cut off Zhou Shen's grain route. Persisting for half a month, Zhou Shen exhausted his heavy baggage, and was afraid of the soldiers and horses, and finally even abandoned the soldiers and threw the car away.

Zhang Wen also made Dong Zhuo's generals 30,000 to fight for the first Qiang, Qiang and Hu Weizhuo were in the north of Wangyuan, and there was a shortage of food, so they were pretending to stand in the water they crossed. Bian Zhanghan then sent troops to chase him and chased him to the breaking water. At this time, the water was deep, it was already the winter season, and the border and thief soldiers could not cross the water, and finally had to retreat to Fufeng.

Zhang Wen summoned Dong Zhuo with an edict, but Dong Zhuo dragged on for a long time on the grounds of military merit. Zhang Wen ordered Dong Zhuo to hand over the military power, but Dong Zhuo did not deal with it well.

"General, Dong Zhuo is not afraid of crime and speaks loudly, it is advisable to summon him from time to time, and he should be beheaded by military law, why do you let this person go so well?" Sun Jian was extremely resentful of Dong Zhuo for being so disrespectful to the leader of the army.

"Dong Zhuo is famous in the land of rivers and dragons, if he is killed today, he will have no way to go west." Zhang Wen was also helpless and unhappy.

"Ming Gongzi led the royal division, and the world was powerful, why rely on Dong Zhuo! The last general looked at what Dong Zhuo said, not fake the public, be rude, and be guilty; Zhang, then after many years, when the time to discuss, but Dong Zhuo said that he could not do it, frustrated the army and doubted the public, and the two crimes were also committed; Zhuo was appointed to no avail, and he was called to stay, and he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was guilty of three crimes. The ancient names will be in the crowd, and there will be no continuous success. Today, the Ming Gong is devoted to Dong Zhuo, and if he does not increase the punishment, he will be punished at a loss, so he will be punished. ”

Zhang Wen couldn't bear it, and still said: "You are still here, Dong Zhuo can't be killed for the time being!" ”

Ay... Sun Jian sighed secretly in his heart, and left Zhang Wen's military tent with a little uneasiness. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian's advice was heard by the ears of the wall.

"Sun Jian'er!" Dong Zhuo was furious when he heard it in the military tent: "I, Dong Zhuo, am a famous general in Xiliang, and I am so angry that I am framed!" ”

"Father-in-law, don't be angry!" Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu persuaded on the side: "Sun Jian is just a general, and General Zhang Wen did not listen to this person's false accusations, and he will be punished again when there is an opportunity in the future." ”

"Hmm!" Dong Zhuo responded in a deep voice, still unhappy in his heart. But he didn't think much about it, after all, in Dong Zhuo's opinion, Sun Jian was just a general.

The Xiliang rebels were in a stalemate with the official army in the right Fufeng, and the news that Xiang Ao had captured Mrs. Fan's city also spread, and after Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others learned the news, they were also afraid, so they temporarily suspended the army and held the official army in the right Fufeng.

"My lord! Is the court too unrighteous, and we have made great contributions to the fair determination of the yellow scarf by the Lord, why are we being dismissed now? At this time, Liu Bei and the three had just whipped the governor of Anxi County and fled from Anxi County, and Zhang Fei was still angry and nagging on the way.

Liu Bei was originally named the county lieutenant of Anxi County for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebel army, but later, the imperial court ordered that anyone who became an official because of his military merits must be selected and eliminated.

The county superintendent wanted to dismiss Liu Bei, after Liu Bei knew the news, he went to the post station where the superintendent stayed to ask for a meeting, and the superintendent said that he refused to see Liu Bei, Liu Bei held a grudge, tied up the superintendent and whipped him two hundred times, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei abandoned the official and fled.

"Yide doesn't have to worry too much, it's common for some villains among the officials to be too angry, Yide doesn't need to be too angry." Liu Bei said with a seemingly relaxed face: "I have winged virtue, and the clouds help each other, and there will be a day when I will come out!" ”

Guan Yu hugged the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his arms, his face was calm, he didn't say much, but his eyes were very determined, maybe Guan Yu seemed that Liu Bei would have a day when he would soar.

The three of them had no place to go for the time being, so they temporarily returned to their hometown in Zhuojun and waited for the opportunity. Although Liu Bei did not settle down to study his studies when he was young, he still had an unusual vision, and in Liu Bei's opinion, if he was a few years old, there would be chaos. Liu Bei secretly thought that if he exhaled the slogan of revitalizing the Han family as a clan member of the Han family, he would definitely be able to gather a group of capable people and realize his ambition.

Although Liu Bei looked depressed at this time, Liu Bei's heart was even hotter, even if he was in a hurry, the slightest light in Liu Bei's eyes could not be concealed.

Not only Liu Bei, but also people of insight in the world are watching the situation in the world, or worrying about the Han family, or secretly hiding ambitions in their hearts. Of course, many heroes in the court still want to eliminate the treacherous and reorganize the great Han Xiong Wei around His Majesty, and Cao Cao is one of them.