When Gan Ling heard the report from the guards outside the tent, he was stunned for a moment, and blurted out:

"Again!"

The guards outside the tent were stunned when they heard this, so they had to say again:

"Military report, Meng Sima came to report, our army defeated a battalion of Hebei soldiers on the edge of Qingshui, Zhang Duwei captured Lu Ying, the son of Lu Yi, and has escorted the enemy general to the outside of the gate, and I have come to ask for instructions from Zhonglang General!"

This time the news was confirmed, Gan Ling was overjoyed, he immediately looked up and laughed, and praised with his palms:

"This Zhang Wenyuan is not the blessing of my Hedong, and he captures the son of Lu Yi, Lu Ying, this is to help me achieve great achievements, and the sky will not stop my Hedong foundation!"

It was only after the laughter that Gan Ling gradually calmed down, and he ordered the guards to reply to Meng Tu, so that he and Zhang Liao would take Lu Ying to the other tent first, and he would give another order later.

After giving the order, Gan Ling glanced at Ma Lin, who had not fully understood, and paced in the tent to think about it, he had already thought of it, and escorted Lu Ying and the captured Hebei soldiers and banners to Yewang City, which made Zhang Yang, who was defending the city, frightened, and let him know that the Hebei reinforcements he had high hopes for had been defeated by the Hedong army led by himself, which made the morale of Yewang's guards greatly decline.

After using the identity of Lu Ying, he will come to bargain with Lu Yi of the garrison Gongxian County, do not ask him to withdraw from the army, at least let him throw a mouse trap, and no longer interfere in the military affairs of Hedong to eliminate Zhang Yang, so that he has enough troops and time to eliminate Zhang Yang, and then return to Hedong to resist the invasion of Zhang Ji's army.

At this time, you have to send a messenger secretly to contact Lu Yi.

···

Fanting was in the territory of Gongxian County, and the Hebei soldiers who were defeated and escaped with their lives soon spread the news to the military camp of Luyi.

After all, it is the victory or defeat of a battalion of soldiers and horses, eight hundred soldiers say that there is not much, and there is no less, the worse thing is that it is the army led by Lu Ying himself, and it was also ambushed by the soldiers and horses in Hedong, and even the general Lu Ying was captured alive.

in the military tent.

When he was middle-aged, his figure was still stout, and his beard was gray, and his face was gloomy, and he silently listened to the military officials under the command of Lu Ying who were specially released by Ganling to report to him.

The military official is a member of the Lu family, and he is also an old man who has followed Lu Yi for many years, kneeling in the tent at this time, but he is sobbing and telling that he dissuaded Lu Ying from chasing after Kou Mo, but Lu Ying wanted to annihilate Hu Qi in the water, and the defeated soldiers who insisted on pursuing passed by.

The koji and koji who were standing in the tent were already angry and gritted their teeth, but Koji remained silent until the official had finished telling everything and then he made a gloomy voice.

"What did the chief general of the river who let you come back?"

"The lord of the river said that he would let the lieutenant general restrain the soldiers and not cross the clear water again, and then send a henchman to the camp tonight, and then discuss the matter of releasing the captives in private."

Lu Yi was under Yuan Shao and had the official title of Zhonglang General.

After finishing speaking, the military official kowtowed again, regretting that he had not been able to dissuade Lu Ying from chasing and defeating the pawn, which would lead to the defeat of the soldier, but at the end, he inevitably asked for forgiveness and forgiveness of his life.

Lu Yi said a few words of reassurance, and then let him go down to rest first, and only Lu Yi and his brother Lu Yan and nephew Lu Guang were left in the tent.

"Uncle, let me go to the enemy camp and bring my cousin back."

Seeing that Lu Yi was frowning and silent, he thought that he was still worried about Lu Ying's life and death, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to secretly send an envoy to the enemy camp to bring Lu Ying back.

After listening to Koji Guang's words, Koji Yi didn't speak, and after listening to Koji's performance for a long time, he already glared at this nephew, and scolded in his mouth:

"What do the children know, this is the trick of the enemy general, that is, they want to use Ying'er to exchange for our retreats, if you don't withdraw here, after you go to the enemy camp, you will fall into the mouths of others in vain, how can you bring people back?"

After being reprimanded by Koji Yan, Koji Guang said goodbye, a little unconvinced, and interjected again.

"Then I can also pretend to retreat first, and then march after my cousin is released."

"Jokes, the general's order, how can it be used to modify it at will, do you know that the military rations in Hebei are in an emergency, and Yecheng has urged us twice or three times to send troops to rescue the wild king as soon as possible, don't be here in Gongxian County, and waste the grain and grass in Jizhou."

"I'm staying in Gongxian County, there are already a lot of rumors in Yecheng, if you disobey the military order of the general of the chariot cavalry, you should know what the consequences are."

Yuan Shao is still holding the name of the self-proclaimed cavalry general, after stabilizing Jizhou, there are more and more soldiers and horses and generals under his command, and the rookies in the army, such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Meng and other generals, are also slowly rising, but the most relied on at the beginning of the Koji Yi was slowly alienated.

This time, Koji Guang didn't dare to speak out again. Lu Yan also calmed down his anger a little, he still had a troublesome thing in his heart that he didn't say just now, that is, if he accepted the conditions for the withdrawal of the enemy generals in Hedong, even if Lu Ying was released, but Lu Yi withdrew for no reason, Ye Cheng was afraid that he would be even more suspicious of their Lu family's soldiers and horses.

Lu Yan believed that his brother must have thought of this, so he was so entangled and worried, so he didn't dare to make a noise and disturbed his brother.

The tent was silent for a while, and the gloomy face of Lu Yi thought for a long time before he suddenly said out loud:

"Go, don't go to find out the details and conditions of the Hedong general!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Yi glanced at Lu Guang, turned his gaze to Lu Yan, and asked:

"Brother Yan, do you dare to go to the enemy camp tonight?"

When he heard this, his chest straightened, and he immediately said:

"It's only my brother's order, why don't I dare to do it, it's just this condition?"

"I will tell you about the follow-up conditions, you go down to prepare first, remember, don't bring more people, don't alarm the soldiers and horses in the camp, go out of the camp after dusk, and you must return before sunrise."

"No."

Lu Yan's face was solemn, and after agreeing, he withdrew from the account. Seeing that Koji Yi had already designated Koji as a candidate to go to the enemy camp, Koji Guang felt that he had nothing to do, and he was unhappy and wanted to quit the account.

"Stay!"

Koji stopped him with a loud voice, and Koji Guang was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Koji Yi.

"There's something important for you to take care of."

As soon as he heard that he had also been assigned important things, Koji Guang suddenly became energetic, and he said generously:

"Uncle but if he tells him, his nephew will do it."

"Okay." Lu Yi's face twitched, and there was a terrifying look in his eyes, and he said lightly:

"Those officials who were released from the enemy camp today, you go and find a place outside the camp to kill them, and don't let a single person go!"

···

Hedong County, Wu Shanqi.

It was getting dark, and Yan Xing stood on the corner tower of the fence, looking at the Hongnong soldiers who were as black as the tide and the pressure receded, with a contemplative face.

In the face of Zhang Ji's army, which crossed the river in a big way, Yan Xing neither went to defend the river, nor did he defend it according to Dayang, let alone defend Anyi.

He knew that his soldiers and horses could not defend this section of the river east of the river at all, so instead of scattering his troops and giving him the opportunity to let Zhang Ji's cavalry rush and break through, it was better to concentrate the remaining troops to hold on.

It's just sticking to it, and you also need to pick a suitable place to defend. According to Dayang, Zhang Ji could completely divide his troops to surround Dayang, and then continue to attack Anyi.

Zhang Ji can besiege Anyi on the one hand, and attack the city in Hedong on the other, feed the enemy, and then find an opportunity to besiege the city and send reinforcements, just like the soldiers and horses in Hedong to deal with Zhang Yang.

Therefore, Yan Xing took the initiative to defend, gave up the Dahe defense line and the southern cities of Dayang, and relied on the mountainous terrain of Wushan to divide his troops to build a fence, and blocked the advance of Zhang Ji's army on the nearest way for Zhang Ji to enter the hinterland of Hedong.

From Dayang to Anyi, the army can arrive in three days, and the light cavalry can reach it in one day, Zhang Ji's army was born here in Wushan in the middle of the way, and was blocked by the mountain built by Yan Xing for five days.

In the past five days, Zhang Ji's army has captured three or four mountains, but still has not been able to completely break through the fence defense line laid by Yan Xing, almost every ten miles of the army, there is always a need for several small-scale battles, every time it advances to Fangshangu, there must be a mountain to stand in danger.

Although Zhang Ji has repeatedly broken through the fence of Yan Xing, annihilated and captured the Hedong soldiers in the fence, the speed of progress has been slowly delayed.

Today, Hongnong's soldiers stormed this Wu Mountain for a day, during which Zhang Xiu also personally led the elite soldiers to charge, or was not able to capture this mountain, with the advent of sunset, Zhang Xiu, who had led the troops, had to retreat with the soldiers.

Cao Kite, who commanded the soldiers to step up the repair of antlers and fences, and rushed to make rolling logs and falling rocks to guard the ordnance, also took the time to climb the corner tower at this time.

"General, today's Hongnong soldiers are desperately attacking regardless of casualties, and they are almost about to be breached by the fence, and tomorrow they will defend it for half a day, and we will burn down the mountain barricade, give up the danger and hold the mountain road, and retreat to Yucheng along the foothills."

Cao Yuan glanced at Yan Xing, who was contemplative, and said in a loud voice.

According to the danger, it was only to delay the advance of Zhang Ji's army and buy time for the Hedong army in Hanoi to return to defend Anyi, not to defend the fence and sacrifice the lives of all the soldiers here.

Despite this, the casualties of the soldiers in Hedong have also risen sharply in recent days, and this kind of cruel and tragic offensive and defensive warfare not only consumes the flesh and blood of the soldiers, but also tests the tenacity of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy.

"I know, after Wu Shanqi is breached, how many days do you estimate that you will be able to stop the enemy army?"

"After Wu Shanqi, there is Yucheng, and there is the last mountain. If you defend the city, you can keep it for three days, and if you abandon the city, you can only keep it for another day at most. ”

Yan Xing nodded, he knew what Cao Yuan meant, if he left his troops to defend Yucheng and was surrounded by Zhang Ji's army, the soldiers in Yucheng would not be able to retreat from the other side of the hill like guarding the mountain, although Yucheng could be delayed for two more days, but after two days, the soldiers in the city could not escape the battle death and surrender.

Although Yan Xing didn't speak, Cao Yuan knew that Yan Xing would make the right choice, so he saluted, turned around and walked down the corner tower.

Not long after Cao Yuan went, another person came up, and it was Ma Yunlu.

Seeing that it was Ma Yunlu coming, the corners of Yan Xing's eyes twitched slightly.

It stands to reason that Ma Yunlu, as a special guest in Hedong, does not have to risk the pain of the war with the army, but Ma Yunlu insists on following the army to stop Zhang Ji's army.

In her words, Yan Xingruo intended to form an alliance with her father. Then she can just see the soldiers and horses in Hedong, and see if Hedong has the strength to form an alliance with her father, if Yan Xing can't hold it, Hedong will be annexed by Zhang Ji's army, so what difference does it make if she is an enemy woman, thousands of miles away from home, and dies in the city, or in the wild?

Yan Xing was persuaded by her set of theories, and privately agreed to let her join the army, but told her that there were no more troops, and he would send her as a personal guard and servant, and Ma Yunlu also nodded and agreed.

In the past five days, Ma Yunlu has been like an ordinary guard, cooking by himself, setting up his own tent, guarding the camp at night, and resisting Zhang Ji's army that is constantly attacking in batches during the day.

She has a tenacity that is different from ordinary women, and she also has an ulterior secret.

Yan Xing saw it, but he didn't snoop it, because it was the same reason as Ma Yunlu persuaded him, if he kept it this time, there would be a lot of opportunities to know the reason in the future, if he couldn't keep it, then before he died, it was no different from knowing more and knowing less about someone else's secret.

"Something?"

Ma Yunlu didn't salute, didn't make a sound, and walked up to the corner tower quietly, Yan Xing was not surprised, and turned his head to ask.

"Wu Shanqi is about to be unable to hold it, and the fence defense line you laid can't support it for a few days, so don't you be in a hurry, don't you transfer the soldiers and horses from Hedong back as soon as possible?"

Ma Yunlu was silent for a while, and suddenly asked.

"If Hanoi is pacified, and the families of the soldiers are in Hedong, they will naturally divide their troops and rush back, if the war is not over and they return to the division in a hurry, they will either be pursued by Zhang Yang and returned defeated, or they will bump into Zhang Ji's army who is waiting for work, and whether they can save Hedong or not, what makes the difference?"

Listening to Yan Xing's words, Ma Yunlu was stunned for a moment, and smiled coldly:

"You can see life and death openly, if the past lords thought like you, I am afraid that there will be no such art of war as besieging the city and sending reinforcements."

"I said I died twice, do you believe me?"

Yan Xing suddenly grinned and said such strange words, Ma Yunlu subconsciously touched the bone on his thumb and did not speak, but Yan Xing noticed her small movement, and he asked out loud:

"It was given to you by Shusheng?"

"Yes, he said it was given to him by the general."

Yan Xing smiled, did not deny it, and did not admit it. This made Ma Yunlu unable to continue asking. She looked at the enigmatic man, remembered the song he sang when he was in the middle of the fight, and then thought of the bone in her hand, and she asked:

"I see you've been standing here for a long time, thinking about something, worrying about your life and death?"

This sentence was a bit rude, but when Ma Yunlu came to ask, Yan Xing was not angry, he suppressed his smile and said:

"I'm wondering if the form will be reversed and give me a fighter to defeat Zhang Ji's army."

"The fighter plane that defeated Zhang Ji's army? Who can give? ”

Ma Yunlu blurted out, but this time Yan Xing didn't speak, and what responded to her was only the night wind with the smell of blood blowing from the darkness in the distance.