Li Tong led the army to the outside of Shangxian County, and sure enough, he saw that the banner had changed on the head of the city, Cui Jun ordered someone to open the city gate, and said to Li Tong: "Live up to the general's trust, Jun has captured Shangxian, recruited more than 2,000 soldiers, obtained more than 50,000 stone of grain, equipment, vehicles, gold and iron, Jun is all sealed in the treasury, this is the account, please take a look at it." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Li Tong nodded, looked at it slightly, and then said: "These materials don't dare to be self-contained, and when the lord comes, everything is up to the lord." What we have to do now is to try to calm the hearts of the people, but unfortunately our duty is not to immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Shangluo, otherwise, we may not be able to take the opportunity to forcibly seize Shangluo. ”

But seeing Cui Jun smiled: "Actually, this is not necessarily a bad thing, general, think about it, if we go to Baling now, what will happen?" It can only be that our army alone can withstand the attack of more than 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, so that even if we can win, we will definitely be greatly injured, so that Ma Teng and Cao Cao have benefited, so we need to advance slowly, steadily and steadily, step by step, gradually eliminate the enemy's forces, and wait until Cao Cao takes Hongnong and Ma Teng's army to dispatch, and then we will join the allies and attack Chang'an together. ”

Li Tong thought about it, and immediately said with a smile: "It's still Mr. Gaoming, since this is the case, then we will deploy the defense of Shang County with peace of mind, I believe that soon after, Li Dao will send people to counterattack Shang County, and then we will repel their attack here, which can be regarded as a great achievement." ”

"Yes, I believe that the main army of the lord will also arrive at that time, and we will attack inside and outside, and break Li Wei's offensive, which will definitely make the lord's name shocking the world."

Cui Jun also nodded and smiled.

And a few days later, Liu He, who got the news, also smiled, and exclaimed: "Li Tong really lived up to my expectations, he captured Shang County so easily, and also gathered thousands of men and horses, this first merit must be recorded, and the order will go down, reward Li Tong's soldiers with 10,000 pieces of cloth, and reward Li Tong's daughter, after this battle, I will give the son of tomorrow to promote Li Tong's military position." ”

At this time, he saw Xu Shu and said: "Don't be busy with joy first, you must ask General Li not to take advantage of the victory to attack Shangluo, even if you break through Shangluo, you must immediately withdraw to Shang County, after all, our vanguard battalion is not large, the closer you are to the thief soldiers, the more dangerous it is, it is best to build a defense in Shang County, wait for the thief to attack, so that he can rely on the geographical advantage to resist, and we can also take the opportunity to join forces with General Li to break the thief army." ”

Liu Ye also nodded when he heard this, and said: "What Yuan Zhi said is very true, and I also ask the lord to pass on the order immediately." ”

When Liu He heard this, he said with a smile: "I will immediately pass on the order on this matter, but you don't have to worry, I believe that Cui Zhouping will definitely remind you in time, and Li Wenda is not a stupid person, he will definitely choose to stick to Shangluo instead of attacking Shangluo." ”

For Liu He's words, Xun You and the others all nodded, and at the same time admired in their hearts. Although Liu He's intelligence is not high, this kind of mind and bearing that trusts people so much is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

Immediately after that, Liu He was not in a hurry, he led the army to advance slowly, he had to slow down as much as possible, and he must rush to Shang County after Li Dao's counterattack army arrived, preferably when the Liangzhou army came to Shang County, they were not close, so that they could have a greater chance of victory.

When they heard that Liu He's vanguard army had captured Shang County as easily as a storm and clouds, Li Dao and Guo Yan and others were shocked when they heard the news, and immediately ordered to send reinforcements to Shangluo, and at the same time ordered Yang Ding, the general under his command, Anxi General Yang Ding, to lead 20,000 cavalry under his command, and sent Yang Feng as his deputy to lead 10,000 Baibo troops to follow Yang Ding to attack Shang County.

"This time, you have a total of 30,000 people under your command, and the thief general Li Tong is just an unknown general, and there are only a few thousand soldiers under your command, if you can't recapture Shang County like this, it will be a shame for my Liangzhou army." Li Wei looked at Yang Ding and Yang Feng, although there was a smile on his face, everyone could hear the meaning of the excitement in his words.

I saw Yang Ding said indifferently: "You can rest assured, this time I, Yang Dingdu, have been dispatched, if I can't capture a small Shang County, then what face do I have in our Liangzhou army?" ”

Yang Ding is also a big man in the Liangzhou army, although his influence is not as great as that of Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji, but his status should not be underestimated, and it is precisely because of this that he was appointed as the general of Anxi by Li Dao.

After that, Yang Dingtong led an army of 30,000 and immediately rushed to Shang County, and it only took one day and one night to come to a fifteen miles outside Shang County.

Yang Ding ordered the army to set up camp, and after a little rest, he led his 20,000 cavalry directly to Shang County, and ordered Yang Feng to lead his 10,000 Baibo troops to guard the camp.

In Yang Ding's opinion, although Yang Feng is also Li Dao's general, after all, he was born in the White Wave Thief, and he has no combat power at all, and he is only a person who is full of numbers and grabbing merit, and he is enough to take Shang County with 20,000 cavalry and make great contributions, so there is no need to share the credit with the other party.

Although Yang Feng was angry in his heart, he could only swallow his anger now and obediently accepted the order.

Yang Ding led the army forward in high spirits, but he didn't expect that this road was full of suffering, because it was only fifteen miles from the military camp to Shangxian County, but the enemy army actually sprinkled tribulus terrestris, iron thistle and other things along the road, and set up hundreds of horse traps, Yang Ding because he was in a hurry to make contributions, he did not send spies to investigate the road conditions at all, and as a result, hundreds of sergeants were lost along the way.

Whenever he saw the sergeants falling into the trap pit, the blood flowing sideways, the flesh and blood blurred and screaming from the antlers and horse rejecting pistols inside, his heart twitched.

Although the fifteen-mile road was short, it took a lot of time for Yang Ding's army, and it took half an hour before they came to the city of Shangxian County.

Yang Ding held back his anger in his heart, and shouted loudly to the city: "I am Yang Ding, the general of Anxi, let the lord of your city go to the city to answer." ”

After a while, I saw a pair of armor coming to the city, and shouted, "Who are you?" What is the reason for offending my city for no reason? Or are you here to surrender to my lord? ”

Then the sound of ridicule was heard in the city.

Yang Ding was even more angry when he heard this, and shouted loudly: "Wu Na man, don't take advantage of your tongue, this is not good for you, you have also seen it now, I am now raising 50,000 troops to attack the city, I expect that your small city will be difficult to resist, so, now take advantage of my good mood, quickly dismount and surrender, so that you can save a life, otherwise, once you anger me, after the capture of the city, not only will you soldiers be killed, but even the people of the city will inevitably suffer from the slaughter of the city!" ”