In the autumn of 187 AD, that is, in the fourth year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Chun, the Taishou of Zhongshan County, Youzhou, rebelled, and Liu Hong ordered the Southern Xiongnu to send troops to fight against Zhang Chun with Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou.

The Southern Xiongnu sent Zuoxian Wang soldiers into Youzhou in Qiangqu, but the Xiongnu not only did not help Liu Yu to quell the rebellion, but instead sat on the ground and raised troops and united Zhang Chun to oppose the Han Dynasty.

When the Xiongnu who stayed in Mobei learned the news, they immediately assembled outside the Saiwai and prepared to fight with the Xiongnu who stayed in the Han realm, in an attempt to split the Han land.

When Liu Hong learned the news, on the one hand, he ordered Dong Zhuo, the Tianshou of Hedong, and Lu Bu, the Taishou of Shuofang, to guard the main roads of communication to prevent the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhang Yi and Liu Yu of Youzhou to expel the Xiongnu who remained in the Han border as soon as possible.

For a time, the Han border was surging, the soldiers and horses of the two countries were sharpening, and a war between life and death was about to break out.

"Boom ......" Shen Tuze's straight road trembled, like a huge stone mill rolling on the road, pressing the roadbed up and down, and transmitting the sound wave into the rugged Shen Tuze.

The soldiers defending the city followed the prestige, only to see the dust rolling on the straight official road, the stubborn soldiers walking violently, thousands of cavalry galloping horses, the mountains roaring and tsunami, the mountains shook the landslides, and the whole world trembled.

"Open the city gate......" Sima who guards the city saw that the flag was the banner of the Han Dynasty, and immediately waved his hand and ordered the city gate to be opened.

The army walked outside the city gate in one path, Cheng Lian turned over and dismounted, Wei Yue greeted him into the mansion, crossed the mansion gate, but saw that Lu Bu was already waiting outside the second gate, and behind him was the dignified Shuofang general.

Although Lu Bu was dressed in black, he was particularly conspicuous when he stood out in the crowd, which gave him a kind of outstanding temperament.

"Cheng Xiaojie, don't come unharmed." Lu Brown laughed loudly and led the generals to meet him.

Cheng Lian immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general Cheng Lian, meet the general." ”

Lu Bu is now the Shuo Fang Taishou, so that the Hun Zhonglang General, the official rank is several steps greater than Cheng Lian, and in this battle, Lu Bu is the general of the imperial court himself, Cheng Lian is only a guard general, and it is natural to meet and salute.

Lu Bu smashed a fist on Cheng Lian's chest, and said angrily: "Where did you learn red tape? ”

Cheng Lian grinned: "If you see Chen Bingzhou, you don't salute like this, and after the salute, then it's even more important." ”

Lu Bu grabbed Cheng Lian's shoulder: "Between you and me, why do you care about those false courtesies? I haven't seen you for a year since the Battle of Mangyi Valley, and today I want to get drunk and rest. ”

"Just what I want!" Cheng Lian smiled, and glanced at Gao Shun and the others: "These are your generals?" ”

Lu Bu hummed and introduced Cheng Lian in turn, and the generals knew that Lu Bu had a close relationship with Cheng Lian, so they all hugged their fists and saluted.

After getting to know each other, Lu Bu led the generals to the meeting hall, and he asked as he walked, "How many soldiers and horses did you bring this time?" ”

Cheng Lian worried: "I only brought 10,000, all of them are veterans of the last battle of Jiuyuan." ”

"Ten thousand is enough." Lu Bu patted Cheng Lian on the shoulder and continued to ask, "How is the battle in the clouds?" ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Lian suddenly became excited: "A group of clowns who jumped off the beam are just delusional to turn the clouds and rain in the Han realm, and this time they have been driven to Yanze by the old general and Liu Youzhou." ”

Lu Bu secretly sighed, what he was most worried about was that the Huns detoured to Yunzhong and entered the Wuyuan, this time he heard that the Huns had been driven to Yanze, and his heart was settled.

Cheng Lian's reception banquet was very rich, and the generals put down the things in the camp to accompany them, and everyone knew that this was the last wine before the war, so they drank it very happily.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhongping, with Lu Bu's order, 20,000 troops waved north and went to Jilusai to fight.

On the day of departure, the people of Shen Tuze spontaneously went to the south gate to see them off, and for the 20,000 Han soldiers who defended the country, the people were not stingy, and they took out the newly brewed wine to entertain this group of lovely people.

"A glass of turbid wine, and pour it for all the kings, may you return from this trip to step on a triumphant victory!" Under the leadership of the county order of Shentuze, the people poured wine one after another and sent it to the soldiers of the three armies with tears.

Lu Bu raised his hand, and the soldiers of the three armies took the wine one after another, raised their heads and drank it all.

After drinking the freshly brewed wine and chanting an impassioned hymn, the people watched their soldiers go out on the march, and when the army disappeared at the end of the road, they dispersed, went home to gather their soft food, and prepared to flee south.

This is what the people must do every year, and this is also the reason for the sudden decline in the population of the border counties, and many people are reluctant to return to the north after arriving in the south.

Lu Bu faintly felt that someone was following behind, and he turned his head to see that Zhang Qiong, the county commander of Shentuze, was still reluctantly sending it all the way.

Feeling Lu Bu's gaze, Zhang Qiong immediately stopped and smiled at him from afar.

Lu Bu immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "I sent twenty miles, and I still haven't gone back?" ”

Zhang Qiong knew that Lu Bu was asking him to go back, his mouth shook, but in the end he still begged: "Send another ten miles." ”

Lu Bu had no choice but to turn over and dismount and walk side by side with Zhang Qiong, he looked at Zhang Qiong, who was a head shorter than him, and asked, "Why don't you flee south with the people?" ”

Zhang Qiongjunxiu's face was full of determination: "I want to stay in Shen Tuze, I corresponded with Geng Chun a few days ago, he knew that the general was about to go on the expedition, so he transferred grain and grass from Guangmu to fund the army, and now he is on the way to go." ”

Lu Bu's nose was a little sour, his eyes were slightly red, and he didn't know if the wind and sand had lost his eyes, so he rubbed it vigorously: "Thank you Zhang Jun!" ”

Zhang Qiong shook her head and smiled: "This is what should be done in the future, why should you say thank you?" ”

Lu Bu looked up at the sky and stopped; "There are still people in the county who haven't left, so you can send them here."

Zhang Qiong also stopped, but his turning around action was like removing a thousand catties of rock, and the difficulty made him like a quagmire, he said unwillingly: "Take care of you!" ”

"Take care!" Lu Bu turned over and got on his horse, and the fierce banners surrounded him to embark on the journey, he glanced back, Zhang Qiong was still standing in place and watching, and the yellow dust in the sky wiped out his resolute silhouette.

Lu Bu's heart suddenly burst into sadness, and he often thought about how many people had left their hometowns and gone to the frontier to embark on the journey of life and death.

They also have parents, wives and children, and brothers and sisters, why don't they want to stay at home and enjoy the joy of the world.

But there are people who are willing to go to the edge of the town, wave after wave, one after another, knowing that life and death are boundless, but they have no hesitation.

What exactly is this for? With this question, Lu Bu rode his horse towards Jilusai and galloped, and the Han army crossed Yinshan all the way, and then divided a small part of the soldiers and horses to garrison the various beacons in the mountain in order to deliver the information.

Yinshan is a long and narrow foothill in the east-west direction, it is like a giant dragon entrenched outside, the north is a desolate land, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and other nomadic peoples ride horses and gallop, dominate in history.

Although the south is not as good as the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, the water and grass are gradually abundant, the land is gradually fertile, and the people are gradually rich, which is also the reason why the Hu people covet Heshuo.

Yinshan is the first line of defense of the Han Dynasty, once this line of defense is broken, then the Central Plains region is basically no danger to defend, and can only retreat to the line of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains and the south of the Yangtze River.

The Jilu Plug of the garrison of Lu Bu is located at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, which is not only the pass of the empire to the north, but also an important military pass for the empire to prevent the southern invasion of the Xiongnu.

Lu Bu climbed to the top of the Jilu City, his eyes were as deep as an ancient well, and he knew that on the other side of the mountain, tens of thousands of Hu people were about to move.