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It wasn't until the afternoon that the military general who had gone to Beicheng to inquire about the news did not return.

Because they didn't get the order, everyone couldn't move, and they didn't know what was going on, so they all waited for him to give feedback.

Through the conversation of the generals, Chen Xu knew the whole story.

The military general who inquired about the news said: "More than 1,000 cavalry rode Rouran cavalry outside, wandering around outside the city. King Wei ordered Lin Zhaoyuan to lead his troops and horses out of Beicheng to fight, and it didn't take long for the Rouran cavalry to resist. Lin Zhaoyuan took advantage of the victory to pursue and pursued north. ”

A general next to him sighed when he heard this: "Lin Zhaoyuan is worthy of being the first fierce general of my Great Wei, and he is the champion of the three armies!"

At this time, some people had different opinions when they heard this, and sneered: "Lin Zhaoyuan is fierce, but this time Rouran was defeated so quickly, it was like luring the enemy to weaken and divert the tiger from the mountain."

"Besides, Lin Zhaoyuan is just the first fierce general of the Great Wei in the past, and now the first fierce general is here with us." After speaking, the general looked at Chen Xu.

Everyone also followed the general's gaze towards Chen Xu.

In this regard, Chen Xu could only smile politely.

He felt that what the general said just now was very reasonable, it was not groundless, the Rouran cavalry that had attacked before might really be the bait that lured Lin Zhaoyuan away from Xinzhou. When Chen Xu first saw him, he had observed this person's luck with the Qi Hope Technique, and the red qi in the center gathered, but the red qi was mixed with a trace of black qi and the color of blood light. Showing this vision indicates that the person will have bad luck and blood in the near future.

"We're still waiting here for the lord." At this time, there are generals who say the way.

At this moment, I saw Ma Yi riding a few horses from the central axis avenue in the north.

Ma Yi returned to the army, jumped off the horse vigorously, threw the reins to the entourage around him, and strode in front of everyone. The generals gathered together.

At this time, a general who seemed to be a confidant asked, "Lord, how is the situation, what is King Wei's order?"

Ma Yi first glanced back to the north before he spoke: "Lin Zhaoyuan went out to fight and pursued it all the way to Xinkou, but he encountered a large number of Rouran troops. King Wei was worried that his troops were insufficient, and he was afraid that something would go wrong, so he specially ordered our troops to go to meet him. Everyone is ready to fight. ”

When going to war, Chen Xu and others accompanied Ma Yi to the side of his guard, rather than marching from a large army, which shows Ma Yi's trust in Chen Xu.

Chen Xu, Suo Hu, He Meng and others were not familiar with the people of Ma Yibu, so they didn't talk much along the way, but they also understood what was going on in the war and military situation after listening to everyone's discussion and chatting in Xinzhou.

Chen Xu was really a little puzzled about the military situation, although he didn't know much about the military aspect, but Emperor Wei's military intention to let King Wei garrison Xinzhou was very obvious. It is to garrison Xinzhou, defend against Rouran's men and horses, and prevent Rouran's reinforcements from going south to Jinyang to rescue the Northern Han, this kind of thing is good as long as it is defended, anyway, if the Rouran cavalry wants to go to Jinyang to rescue, if you don't pull out Xinzhou and other places, don't think about going south with peace of mind, you have to be afraid to guard against the threat behind it.

So, just be passive defensive, and that's fine.

But King Wei ordered Lin Zhaoyuan to take the initiative to attack, abandoning the original infallible strategy, and instead pursued the enemy, most of which was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy.

Sure enough, now Lin Zhaoyuan is surrounded by enemy troops.

It has also been mentioned in the discussion of the generals, but King Wei is a relative of the royal family after all, a warlord with a reputation and status, and the commander of various armies today, and it is not appropriate for the generals to say anything bad about them.

Maybe King Wei has other plans and considerations?

Along the way, Ma Yi kept asking local officials and people about the geography and topography of Xinzhou to understand the local situation.

Xin (Xinzhou) Dai (Daizhou) Basin is the main road to enter Jinyang in the north, and between Xinzhou and Daizhou, the mountains are steep, the traffic is inconvenient, it is difficult to cross, only in Xinzhou Town, there is a hole leading to the outside world, which is very dangerous.

If the Wei army can capture it and send people to block the Kongdao, if the Rouran people want to go south to Jinyang, they can only go over the mountains and mountains between the two places of the Xin Dynasty.

People are important in learning.

Chen Xu, who was not familiar with military affairs, wondered about this, so he saw the opportunity and asked: "General Ma, I don't know if we should respond to General Lin to fight together, or just rescue General Lin?"

Ma Yi glanced back at Chen Xu and replied calmly, "King Wei didn't say anything."

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and asked again speechlessly.

At this time, a general beside Ma Yi scolded: "Lin Zhaoyuan is so fierce, let him go and fight the Rouran people alone, what else do you want us to save!"

Chen Xu followed the voice and looked at the general who had just spoken. Although he didn't know the name of the general, he recognized the general as the one who had gone to Beicheng to find out the news.

This military general seemed to be Ma Yi's henchman, and he said for his lord: "Just now, this guy didn't give his lord face in front of everyone at all, even if we save him, I'm afraid he will not appreciate it!"

The generals didn't have a very good impression of Lin Zhaoyuan, and everyone scolded and scolded a few times.

Ma Yi raised his hand to stop the generals' disagreement, and then spoke: "Although Lin Zhaoyuan is arrogant, he hasn't done anything to us. Besides, everyone is the general of Great Wei, now that the enemy is in front, the overall situation is important, why do you care about these trivial things? ”

Ma Yi's prestige in the army is relatively high, and everyone listened to him and stopped saying anything.

Chen Xu had a good impression of this Ma general, Lin Zhaoyuan's attitude was very arrogant when he saw Ma Yi, and if other people were other people, they might have been dissatisfied with Lin Zhaoyuan a long time ago, and even had a gap. In this era, there are not a few stories of generals who do not say a word and see each other, and there are not a few stories of turning against each other, Liang Taizu and Zhou Taizu of the former dynasty have no hatred and no grudge, but because of the arrogant remarks of the young and vigorous Zhou Taizu, Liang Taizu wants to get rid of it, but Zhou Taizu escaped, the two have a grudge, and since then they have become enemies, and the descendants of Zhou Taizu who occupy the land of Hebei destroyed the Liang Dynasty in the Central Plains and established the Zhou Dynasty.

But Ma Yi is very measured, focusing on the overall situation, and does not take these things to heart, but he has a bit of a general's style.

"General Lin is not the kind of person who is unreasonable and does not know grievances." Ma Yi said.

Xinkou.

Yellow sand fills the sky.

Xinkou is located in the broken gap of Xinkou Mountain, known as the northern gateway of Xinzhou. After Liu Bangping, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, lifted the siege, he led the army back here, and was very happy, so he named this place Xinkou, and since then he has built the city and set up dangers, and has become an important military defense place.

This military important place that soldiers must fight for since ancient times, soaked in the blood of endless ancestors, Han people, Huns, Xianbei people, Rouran people, countless people one after another, blood swayed in the mountains and rivers here, the ancients fought bloody battles here, and now people will start a battle of blood and fire here!