"What's going on with this Chun Yuqiong! I have repeatedly told the Huns to take strict precautions against Liu Yuan, and in the past year, the exchange of letters and official documents has also been repeatedly mentioned. Why did he Chun Yuqiong let Liu Yuan suddenly surround Jinyang! Hearing the news of the request for help brought by Chun Yuqiong's envoy, Yuan Shao was furious, and asked with a patting of the copper case.

In the Wenxian yatang kneeling was a messenger from Jinyang, all embarrassed. Seeing that Yuan Shao was furious, he hurriedly said: "In February, Xia Guo sent a large army to concentrate on the west bank of the river, and General Chun Yu immediately sent Captain Han Juzi to lead the army to the sheep intestine warehouse to guard. ”

"The sheep intestine warehouse is the northwest gateway of Taiyuan, and General Chun Yu's move is good. And the sheep intestine warehouse is dangerous, the sheep intestine road is narrow and fifty soldiers are difficult to open, even if there are thousands of people, it is difficult for the Huns' cavalry to break through, how to break through to Jinyang? Xun Chen suddenly asked.

"The Huns once crossed the river on the west bank of the river, but it was never carried out. This was repeated several times, and after more than a month, he suddenly crossed the river and attacked fiercely, and sent troops to take the dangerous road of Luliang, attacking from both sides, and Captain Han did not notice it for a while, and lost the sheep intestine warehouse. ”

Xun Chen thought for a while, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "What a cunning Huns, such a bold Liu Yuan." Hiding from the world and crossing the sea like this, Han Juzi was unjustly defeated! ”

"Lord, there is something to do in Taiyuan, please return to the army!" Xu You, who had been silent, suddenly suggested.

"Lord, deal with the Huns, the last general will be the vanguard!" Koji Yoshiki decisively asked for his life. Under Yuan Shao's strong co-optation, Lu Yi also admired the prestige of his family lineage, and was naturally included in his family.

"This ......" Yuan Shao paused when he heard this, and his face showed obvious hesitation.

Seeing this, Xu You's eyes tightened, and Yuan Shao's reaction seemed to be that he didn't want to go back to Taiyuan.

"Stand down first, let me think about it!" After a while, Yuan Shao waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat.

Xu Yu and Xun Chen were left alone, and these two were Yuan Shao's most relied on strategists at this time. Without anyone else, Xu You asked a little anxiously: "The military situation is urgent, why is the lord hesitating." Do you really have the heart to give up Taiyuan? ”

Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and he seemed a little embarrassed. In the land of annexation, there is Liu Yuan, a fierce tiger, and Yuan Shao has no intention of relying on it as a foundation, so of course he does not want to go back at this time, and takes the elite army he has finally armed to fight with the Huns. said: "If you return to Taiyuan, what should you do if you ask for Dong Daye?" ”

At this moment, Xu You probably knew Yuan Shao's thoughts, and couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, Liu Xiazhi's invasion is a foreign enemy, and it is righteous to deal with them, and Taiyuan must not abandon without a fight." Secondly, under the command of the lord, the most elite people are mostly from Taiyuan, if there is trouble in the hometown, and the lord does not return, I am afraid of losing the heart of the army. ”

After a pause, Xu You said again: "The three, the land of Helu, has been completely destroyed by Dong Zhuo, and he sent troops to plunder the counties of the Central Plains. At this point, even if the lord led the army to repel the Dong army and marched to Luoyang, all he got was a ruin. Dong Zhuo can retreat west to Chang'an at any time and guard the valley according to the letter. The river is like a chicken rib for the lord, but it is not as good as Taiyuan, at least at this time it is the place where you are governing! ”

Yuan Shao was silent and looked at Xun Chen. Xun Chen arched his hand and said: "Lord, Ziyuan's words are reasonable. Although the state is barren, the terrain is unique. Leaning on Taihang in the east, Leaning on Luliang in the west, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, and the land of the Jinzhong Plain is fertile, which is really a treasure land. If Taiyuan is the base, and the party is on the Yanmen, you can be condescending. To the east, you can attack Jizhou, and to the south, you can merge with the river, and you can't abandon it! ”

"The only one who can worry is the Xiongnu, this time back to the army, if it can be repulsed, you can take the west according to the big river, and then, raise troops to the east, seek to capture Jizhou. Please think twice! Xun Chen bowed down directly.

When it came to Jizhou, Yuan Shao's eyes immediately lit up: "If I directly use troops in Jizhou, can I?" ”

"Then Han Fu will not be able to defend it, but Ziyuan said it well, the Huns are a foreign threat, if you don't defend against foreign enemies, and the wall is against the brothers, I am afraid of losing people's hope! You at least let the world see that you are resistant to foreign insults! How to choose, please judge the Lord! ”

Yuan Shao was finally moved, and the next day, he personally raised more than 20,000 cavalry troops, and went north through the Shangdang to return to Jinyang.

At this time, Jinyang was fighting fiercely and the war was raging. After breaking through the sheep intestine warehouse, Liu Yuan personally rode an army of 20,000 troops, entered the Jinzhong Basin, and went straight to Jinyang, trapping the unprepared Chun Yuqiong in the city.

Without much hesitation, Liu Yuan ordered the siege of the city, in a vain attempt to break the city in one fell swoop, and the main force of the siege was of course Liu Yuan's newly formed beggar army. This beggar army is quite easy to use, the savages become an army, and he will work for you with some clothes and food. The battle was very heroic, and when attacking the sheep intestine warehouse, he sent 500 beggar troops who were good at climbing mountains and mountains to go around to the rear to make meritorious contributions.

The only thing that gave Liu Yuan a headache was that it was difficult to pass the military order, even if he sent many officers to command, but as soon as the battle started, he rushed up in a swarm. Although the battle was extremely fierce, and the move of beating the sheep intestine warehouse was acceptable, but in the face of a fortified city like Jinyang, it had little effect, attacked several times, lost five or six hundred people, and did not even touch the head of the city.

Liu Yuan was reluctant to send the infantry army that he had managed to train with great difficulty, and seeing that there was still plenty of time, he temporarily stationed troops under Jinyang City.

At this time, Jinyang City is not peaceful, how many years, Jinyang has not had such a situation of large soldiers pressing the border. Even if the white waves were rampant before, when they entered Kou Taiyuan, they had to loot a few counties in the south of Taiyuan and were shot away.

Now that Liu Yuan's army is pressing, the mighty army outside can frighten the top and bottom of Jinyang.

Chun Yu Qiong Mansion, the atmosphere was very depressing, patrolling all day, arranging the city defense, Chun Yu Qiong Fang returned home. Seeing the respectful Han Juzi below, Chun Yuqiong was angry: "What is still to be done, go and inspect the city defense for this general, and if there is a bad pool, I will kill you!" ”

"No!" Han Juzi's face was ugly for a while, and he retreated.

When he went out, his face was cloudy, he was an old man who followed Yu Chun Yuqiong, and he had always been loyal. Since he lost his sheep intestines and fled back to Jinyang, he was targeted by Chun Yuqiong everywhere and sometimes abused.

To say that he did not guard the fortress wholeheartedly, Han Juzi considered himself loyal to his duties, did not slacken, and fought hard for a long time when he was attacked, but he couldn't resist the attack from both sides, so he withdrew. also reminded Chun Yuqiong early to mobilize Jinyang, prepare early, and send troops to support. Don't listen.

Now that Liu Yuanbing is in the city, he is nervous, but Chun Yuqiong blames him for all the blame. Han Juzi was very chilled. Sighing, silently went to the north city.

Chun Yuqiong didn't care about Han Juzi's thoughts, and turned his head to discuss with Linghu Shao: "Uncle Kong, now that Jinyang is in danger, I will feel that my troops are insufficient. The Linghu clan is a big clan in Jinyang, and I also asked Uncle Kong to call on all the clans in Jinyang to support me, and the tribes, grain and grass are all available. Otherwise, once the city is broken, everyone will not be pleased. ”

"Hey!" Linghu Shao sighed: "Don't worry, the general will go here, and please guard the army with your heart, and wait for the lord's army to come back!" ”

"Please, Uncle Kong!"

Waiting for Linghu Shao to leave, Chun Yuqiong relaxed, thinking secretly, the Xia army in front of the siege of the city, consciously resisting is not very difficult, the Huns fight in no order, as long as they do not go out of the city to fight with it, they can defend the city steadily. Coupled with the help of the families in the city and the replenishment of soldiers, it should not be a problem for Jinyang to defend, just wait for Yuan Cheqi to return and break the enemy.

After thinking about it, Chun Yuqiong actually smiled.