"My lord, Wu Junshi and Du Jiaotou invite your lord to the West Gate City to discuss matters!"

Just as Chao Gai was sleeping soundly, a soldier came to the room and shook Chao Gai awake.

"Discussion at the head of the city? What happened? ”

Chao Gai, who woke up from his sleep, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"The villain doesn't know!"

The soldier shook his head when he heard this, he was just an ordinary soldier, and he didn't know what Wu was discussing with them.

"Lead the way!"

Chao Gai was not verbose when he saw this, and directly put on his clothes and followed the soldier in the direction of the west gate.

When Chao Gai came to the city, Wu Yong and Du Yong had already arrived for a long time, and beside them, there was Guo Tao, the town guard of the nine branches that he had not seen last night, and everyone looked at the northwest outside the city with solemn expressions.

Looking along their line of sight, they saw dust and smoke billowing in the sky not far northwest outside the city, and birds in the mountains and forests were screaming.

After a while, a banner engraved with the word "Xue" slowly appeared in their sight, and 25,000 soldiers densely spread all over the land, lined up in a phalanx in the direction of Jiuzhi Town.

Xue Ju is here!

Looking at the surging army, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others on the city head were all heartbroken, and Xue Ju came so quickly.

Jiuzhi Town is just a second-level town in Bailu County, with a resident population of more than 20,000 people in the city, and there were only 300 soldiers under the command of the town guard to maintain law and order.

"Immediately gather the people on the wall and prepare for battle!"

However, they will never give up easily, Guo Tao looked at Xue Jujun outside the city, his expression remained unchanged, and he waved his hand and ordered the deputy general beside him.

Guo Tao has been serving as a town guard in Jiuzhi Town for nearly a year, he is an honest official, loves the people like a son, and has a high prestige among the people of Jiuzhi Town. Guo Tao's calm expression quickly infected the defenders on the city wall, and the 1,200 defenders who were originally panicked because of the pressure of Xue Jujun's army quickly calmed down and entered their respective positions under the command of several junior colonels.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”

Under the city walls, thousands of improvised young men also climbed the city walls, and they were separated between the battlements in groups of two, mainly responsible for carrying rolling logs and stones to resist the enemy attack.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly and rapid manner, and when Xue Ju's army drove to less than 500 meters below the city of Jiuzhi Town, the defenders on the city tower were already ready.

Looking at Guo Tao with a firm expression, a look of shame flashed in Chao Gai's eyes, in the face of such a situation, he could still be in danger, and he could get such support from the people in the city, this Guo Tao's ability was absolutely extraordinary, but it was buried in his hands.

"Woo woo woo~"

Just when the atmosphere in Jiuzhi Town was extremely tense, a horn suddenly sounded from the east of the city.

"What is this?"

Hearing the sound of whimpering horns, Chao Gai and Wu Yong turned their heads to look at it, and muttered with a hint of surprise on their faces.

"Report! General, a large group of men and horses are coming from the east! ”

In front of Xue Ju's army, a herald hurriedly came to Xue Ju's body and reported to Xue Ju in a hurried tone.

"East!"

Xue Ju's face instantly gloomy when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth as he looked at the dust and smoke rolling in the east.

Jiuzhi Town is located in the northeast of Bailu County, adjacent to the border of Yangshi County, this large army of large scale came from the east, and it must have been Huo Jun who has always been disobedient to him.

Xue Ju had a gloomy face, didn't say a word, and watched as the army that suddenly appeared in the east slowly approached.

Soon, a group of soldiers appeared in a neat phalanx on the ground outside the east of Jiuzhi Town, and the flags engraved with the Huo character and the Liangshan Army logo were waved in the wind.

At the front of the military formation, Huo Jun, who was holding a spear and wearing armor, sat on the war horse, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, and he looked at Xue Jujun opposite with a slightly condensed expression.

Huo Jun, whose name is Zhong Miao, was a native of Zhijiang in Nanjun in the late Han Dynasty, a famous general under Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, who once resisted the siege of tens of thousands of Liu Zhang's troops for a year with hundreds of people in Jiameng City, and finally waited for an opportunity to break it.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei pacified Bashu, he appointed Huo Jun as the Taishou and General Pei of Zitong, on the way to Zitong to take office, Huo Jun and they suddenly encountered a demonic wind, and then they came to this world inexplicably, and only his son Huo Yi and dozens of guards came with Huo Jun.

In the first year of the Great Struggle, Huo Jun was defeated in the battle with Kong Youde's army for Pingyang Town, an important town in the north of Yangshi County, and was almost killed on the spot, but fortunately Chao Gai led the troops to arrive to save the lives of their father and son. From then on, Huo Jun led his troops to defect to the Liangshan army.

Because of the reputation of the Liangshan army, there are many people who defect, although there are many people, but there are not many generals who are good at leading troops to fight, Huo Jun, who is experienced in the battlefield, quickly showed his prominence in the Liangshan army, and was loyal to Chao Gai, responsible for leading 20,000 elite Liangshan troops to sit in Pingyang and resist the attack of Kong You's German army.

After Xue Ju usurped power, considering that Chao Gai's life was in the hands of Xue Ju, Huo Jun did not dare to act rashly, but he also secretly transferred half of the army to the southwest border of Yangshi County, and sent people to pay close attention to the movements of Bailu City.

Last night, as soon as Huo Jun received the news from the spies that Chao Gai was out of trouble, he immediately summoned a large army and marched more than 80 miles overnight, and then arrived in Jiuzhi Town in time.

"Driving~"

"Huo Jun, as the general of my Liangshan Army, your duty is to lead the troops to sit in Pingyang and resist the attack of the Kong Youde army, and now you are returning without an order, ignoring the safety of the people of Yangshi County, my Liangshan Army, do you want to rebel?"

Silently checking the military array behind Huo Jun, Xue Ju could see at a glance that the number of the army in front of him was about 15,000 people, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Rebellion? Xue Ju, your father and son were killed by Sima Yu's people on Zhongba Island and fled in embarrassment, but fortunately, the Heavenly King sent someone to save you and entrusted you with a heavy responsibility. I didn't expect that you not only didn't know how to repay your kindness, but instead conspired to seize power, and also murdered the life of the king, and such an ungrateful and shameless person dared to mention the word rebellion? ”

Huo Jun smiled when he heard this, and said sarcastically.

"Since you are so stubborn, then you need to blame my army for being ruthless!"

Xue Ju's face turned pale when he heard this, and he was silent for a while before he said fiercely, and after speaking, he didn't pay attention to Huo Jun anymore, and turned around and returned to the formation.

However, Xue Ju was the hero who once dominated one side, and quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, and after returning to the army after dropping his cruel words, regardless of Wang Ying and others' request to attack, the army slowly retreated, until it was stationed 10 miles outside the city of Jiuzhi Town.

Huo Junnai is a famous general in the Liangshan army, and the army behind him has also followed him many times to resist the elite army of Kong Youde's attack.

"Go, follow me into the city to meet the king!"

Outside the city of Jiuzhi Town, looking at Xue Ju who led the troops to retreat slowly, Huo Jun did not act rashly, and it was not until Xue Jujun retreated that he took his generals to run into the city of Jiuzhi Town.