At four o'clock (8:00) on the 15th day of December in the first year of Xiping (172), ten miles away from Yan County, the flag was swaying and the dust was flying, and an army was marching in the direction of Shanyin on the bumpy official road.

Since the defeat of Xu Ming's army on December 7, it has been another eight days in the blink of an eye, and since these eight days, he has killed thieves to show the public, expanded the army, and punished and rewarded each other...... With all kinds of means, the county was finally sorted out from beginning to end, and many hidden dangers were eliminated.

Among them, Xu Ming's death made Liu Hong feel a little heartbroken, and now he is the time for the team to create and be thirsty for talents. Although Xu Ming has no great talent, he is flamboyant and quite eloquent, and he may be able to play the role of "chicken and dog thief" at some point in the future.

But helplessly, he is the general of the rebel king Xu Sheng, unlike ordinary pawns, he can easily find a name and tick it off in the book; What's more, Liu Hong decided to go north with Jia Wei this time, so for the sake of the safety of Yan County, there is no room for luck.

Although Jia Wei disagrees with his decision, Liu Hong also has his own plans, and now that the situation in the empire is chaotic, he will not talk about the diseases of scabies such as water thieves and bandits; Within the bare elbows and armpits, there are mountains in the south and more in rebellion, and there are Qiang people in the north who rebel; In addition to the two states, there are also heroes such as Tanshi Huai, which are in trouble every year, which is really a big trouble for the empire.

Although this sandalwood acacia is the son of fornication, but looking at its behavior, it is very similar to the two thief chieftains of the Han Dynasty and the old man, whose ambition to unify the grassland and restore the old industry of the Huns is simply obvious.

And if this thief and slave are really allowed to become such a climate, with the current situation of the empire, what will be the end? Liu Hong asked himself, but the answer was not optimistic. It is because in this panicked world, if you want to accumulate merits and go to the center, how can Zuo Tianzi recover Zhongxing, how can he avoid fighting on the battlefield?

And he, Liu Hong, although he is familiar with military books and knows the truth, but Ren said it brilliantly, after all, it is just "talking about soldiers on paper", and some things have to be practiced in person!

This time, he and Jia Wei led 1,200 soldiers, 300 auxiliary soldiers, and 3,000 troops to attack Shanyin. Even if it doesn't work, it can protect San'in and trap the thief's way to escape, but - what is the situation in San'in now?

Thinking of this, Liu Hong looked at Jia Wei, who was maintaining the order of the march behind him, and shouted, "Gongyan." ”

Jia Wei came to Liu Hong's side and asked, "Ming Gong, what's the matter with calling Wei?" ”

"Thou shalt go down and organize, and order all the marquis, tun chiefs, and troopers to speed up the march, and go to Changshui Pavilion before the end of the day, and camp there tonight to rest."

"No." Jawi received the order, so he rode away and went to organize, and after a while, as the height of the dust increased, the army slowly picked up.

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On December 18, the first year of Xiping, on the city of Shanyin, Taishou Yang Bo took off his armor and changed into the clothes of a scholar with Eguanbo, holding a feather fan, gently shaking in the twilight of the setting sun and the steep cold wind, looking at Xu Sheng's retreating army, a trace of contemptuous ridicule appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The little thief of Puer, who doesn't know Wang Hua, dares to offend my Shanyin and kill himself." ”

Li Zhao, the commander of the original sentence Zhang County, stood behind Yang Bo, and he didn't know what to say in his heart, who was so frightened when he heard that Xu Sheng's army was coming, and even wanted to abandon the city and flee? It's just that people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, think about this, take a step forward, parallel to Yang Bo, and say with a smile: "There is Yang Gong here to strategize, such a clown who jumps off the beam, but he sacrifices his head, what is the way?" ”

"Hmm." Yang Bo tilted his head and stroked his beard, and glanced at Li Zhao approvingly, but his mouth was not polite: "I didn't expect you to have such insight, it's really unseemly." ”

Li Zhao: "......"

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Compared with the harmonious atmosphere of Shanyin, the atmosphere in Xu Shengzhong's tent at this moment was silent and weird, and Xu Sheng, the king of Yue, and everyone looked at the pawn kneeling on the ground and did not say a word.

In the end, Xu Xian couldn't help it, and asked the pawn: "What you said is true, if there is a piece of falsehood, but you have committed the crime of defrauding the king, you can think about it." ”

The pawn hurriedly said: "What Li Dao said is true, please Wang Mingjian." ”

Xu Sheng tilted his head, squinted at the pawn for a long time, and then said loudly: "Li Dao, widow and ask you, how many days have passed since Zhonglang was captured?" ”

When Li Dao heard this, he seemed to feel something, his body trembled like chaff, and his voice was terrified: "The king spares his life!" ”

"Spare your life?" Xu Sheng sneered, "Don't you say it, the widow told you that from December 7 to December 18, a full 11 days, although you are not guilty of defrauding the king, but you also have the duty to delay the fighter." ”

"Where are the guards?"

As soon as the words fell, two stubborn soldiers opened the tent, walked into the middle tent, and saluted Xu Sheng: "Meet the king." ”

Xu Sheng waved his long sleeves, turned around and stopped looking at Li Dao, his voice was cold and indifferent: "Drag this thief out and behead him." ”

Li Dao hurriedly shouted and shouted: "The king spares his life!" The king spares his life! The minister is not guilty......"

Xu Sheng didn't pay attention to it, waved his hand impatiently, and then Li Dao was put out by two soldiers, one left and one right.

Xu He's eyebrows were lowered, as if he didn't ask about the world, but he sighed in his heart - this Li Dao died unjustly. Xu Ming died, and there were hundreds of fugitives, and he was the only one who came to report the news, which can be regarded as loyal, but who would have expected that what was waiting for him was not to be added to the rank of knight, but to be in a different place?

"Prime Minister, let's talk to the widow, what should you do next?"

Xu He put away the regret in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Since General Xu Ming has been defeated, Liu Hong of Nayan County will inevitably raise troops to defeat the king's division, and the minister thinks that the king should make a decision as soon as possible at this time." ”

"Then how many people does Liu Hongcai have, dare to attack my Dayue Wang Division?" Xu Sheng was a little unconvinced.

"King!" Xu He hurriedly persuaded: "Don't underestimate Liu Hong, a thief, who guards the county with hundreds of people, which shows his ability; Besides, if this thief takes advantage of the siege of our army to attack the city and attack the king division before and after the Sanyin rebel army, I am afraid that it will be dangerous! ”

"Then—let's start a siege tomorrow morning."

Xu He bowed and said: "The king is wise! ”

The other generals also bowed to Xu He: "The king is wise! ”

Then Xu Sheng, the king of Yue, and Xu He, the prime minister, assigned the task of attacking the city to the generals one by one, and then the middle tent tended to be calm again, and everything was just waiting for the night to dawn.

At six o'clock the next day, in the official residence of the Shanyin County Government, Yang Bo was drunk and lying on the couch dreaming, since the siege of the gang of rebels outside the city, he had not been so relaxed as today.

However, a thief is a thief after all, and it is difficult to become a climate, and as time goes by, he is poor in food and grass, his morale declines, and he is defeated without a fight.

Even, Yang Bo had already thought about how to write a note to the imperial court and the Son of Heaven He Jie after the siege of Shanyin was resolved. When the time comes, I will ask my uncle to help and operate, it is best to transfer myself to Shenjing, even if it doesn't work, at least I have to serve in a rich state and county like Ji and Xu, anyway, he has stayed enough in Yangzhou.

"Yang Gong, Yang Gong, Yang Gong ......"

In a daze, Yang Bo seemed to hear some sounds echoing in his ears, and at first thought it was an illusion, immersed in his dream and refused to leave; But as the voice became louder and louder, Fang was forced to open his eyes, only to see a vague reflection moving in front of his eyes, and then he propped his upper body up with his hands on the couch, shook his head, and calmed down, only then did he see the person standing in front of him.

"Liu You? What are you looking for? Yang Bo smiled drunkenly, and then stretched out his hand again, "Come quickly." ”

Liu You, the county prince, had no intention of laughing with Yang Bo, and when he saw that he was sober, he shouted loudly: "Please Yang Gong quickly put on his armor and go to the city to command the army, Xu Wei outside the city is attacking the city!" ”

"Siege?" Yang Bo shook his head and laughed again, then shook his head sharply, his eyes widened, and he looked directly at Liu You: "What did you say?" ”

Liu You had no choice but to repeat his previous words, and emphasized again: "Please Yang Gong hurry up!" ”

"What about the county lieutenant? Didn't I order him to sit on the city wall and defend against rebellion? ”

Seeing this crisis, Yang Bo was still entangled in such meaningless things, and Liu You's tone was not good: "Yang Gong has a big banquet, Zhang Gong also has a small banquet, and his drunkenness is even worse than that of Junye." ”

"Bastard, bastard!"

Although Yang Bo scolded on his lips, he still stayed and wore clothes, after all, he was born in a big family, although he was greedy, but it was a loss of personal morality, but it did not mean that he had a problem in his brain, at least he still had the knowledge.

Liu You came to himself so solemnly, which shows that Xu Rei's siege of the city is not trivial, the four gates of Shanyin may have been surrounded by his regiments, and there is no chance to abandon the city and break through.

A quarter of an hour later, Yang Bo and Liu You went up to the city wall, and the situation was no longer optimistic, if it were not for the effective propaganda of the brutality of the traitors in the past, the city would not have been broken at this time.

Yang Bo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't care about much, so he hurriedly publicized the news of his arrival to the army with Liu You, and the generals and soldiers learned that Taishou had arrived, and for a while they had a little more strength in the backbone of the backbone, and the originally precarious situation gradually stalemate.

When Xu He saw this scene, he secretly said a pity in his heart, and turned to Xu Sheng, the king of Yue, who was beside him, and said, "King, please send your three elite pawns." ”

Xu Sheng laughed when he heard this: "Prime Minister, the widow just said, this Shanyin is not a widow 'Chiyou' elite soldier who can't be broken, and the prime minister still doesn't believe it?" ”

Xu He had no choice but to confess: "The minister is old and stupid, and he failed to understand the holy will of the king, and this minister's sin is also." ”

"Okay, the prime minister doesn't need to be like this." Xu Sheng excused Xu He's salute with his left hand, turned his head to the herald behind him and said: "Pass the military order of the widow and order the elite soldiers of 'Chiyou' to go into battle." ”

As Xu Sheng's military orders were passed on layer by layer, a group of soldiers wearing rattan armor and with oily faces appeared on the battlefield, let out a roar of unknown meaning, and rushed towards the Shanyin city wall.