Jia Xu spread his hands and said with a helpless expression: "General Yan, the world can't see the bitterness and pain behind you, they only remember that you followed the three lords, and betrayed them one after another, in the eyes of the world, you are a capricious person." Although the general admires your martial bravery, he does not dare to trust you much in his loyalty. ”

Yan Xing said with a depressed face: "Mr. Jia, what do you say?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "The families of our Central Army generals are all in the Central Castle of Xiangyang, close to the General's Mansion, and the families of the Xiliang generals who served my lord not long ago such as Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are all in Luoyang. ”

Yan Xing understood, and he asked with a cold face, "You mean, continue to keep Yang Xiu in Luoyang as a hostage?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "General Yan, you don't need to be angry, it is the general who sees that you are far away from Luoyang, and is worried that idlers will disturb Mrs. Yang, so he specially allocated a number of soldiers from the Central Army to help you guard the mansion, as long as you are not busy with military affairs, you can go back to Luoyang at any time to reunite with your wife." In addition, General Yan, the families of several of your henchmen and generals have also been taken care of by the head of my family, please tell them to rest assured. ”

When Yan Xing led the troops to withdraw from Luoyang, time was in a hurry, and there was no time for the generals under his command to flee with their families, and as a result, all the families of the generals under his command were trapped in Luoyang and fell into the hands of Jin Liang.

Yang Xiu is under the control of Jin Liang, and the families of the generals under his command are also controlled by Jin Liang, and the conditions given to him by Jin Liang are also quite generous, what else can Yan Xing do, he can only serve Jin Liang.

But Yan Xing still had some concerns: "The lord was surrendered to Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Dong Zhuo's old departments, and I killed Dong Zhuo, if the lord accepted me, how would he explain to those Dong Zhuo's old departments?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "General Yan, don't worry, the lord has learned the truth from Mrs. Yang, you killed Dong Zhuo completely because of the deception of Wang Yun, Yang Zhan, and Shi Sun Rui, the culprit is Wang Yun, Wang Yun's head has been declared to Dong Zhuo's old department, and their grudges have been eliminated." When this battle is over, you will go to Chang'an again and give them wine to apologize, since they are ministers in the same palace, they don't need to worry about the dead anymore. ”

Yan Xing also learned from Jia Xu that Jin Liang had left 30,000 elite cavalry in Dagu Pass, and knew the tactics that Jin Liang was about to use.

Jia Xu calculated the time, now Yuan Shao should be almost in front of Dagu Pass, and the sky is almost dusk, it is estimated that by tomorrow morning, Yuan Shao will be defeated and returned, without further ado, we must seize the time to take Guangcheng Pass.

Yan Xing followed Jia Xu's strategy, grovelled, flattered to the fullest, and invited Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Rui, Wei Yuanjin and other generals to eat wine, Chun Yuqiong and others thought that Yuan Shao would definitely win a big victory in the front, they expected that Yan Xing invited everyone to eat wine this time should want to mix in Jingzhou for a long time, and wanted to have a good relationship with everyone, they were very relaxed in their hearts, so they accepted Yan Xing's invitation without warning.

Yan Xing also paid out of his own pocket to buy all the fine wine in the manor near Guangchengguan and distribute it to the corporal under Chun Yuqiong's command.

That night, Yan Xing was hospitable, and Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Rui, and Wei Yuanjin ate wine and drank meat in a big way.

Yan Xing's request for a few kind words in front of Yuan Shao was falsely shaken by Chun Yuqiong and the others, although they drank too much, they also clearly knew that Yuan Shao didn't like Yan Xing very much, who had repeatedly betrayed the lord, and they couldn't influence Yuan Shao's prejudices.

Yan Xing looked at their attitude, and couldn't help but be glad that he had made up his mind to follow Jin Liang, if he continued to follow Yuan Shao, he was afraid that he would never come out.

When Chun Yuqiong and other generals and their soldiers fell into a coma, the more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers under Yan Xing's command who had always followed him quickly dispatched, first beheading Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Rui, Wei Yuanjin and other generals who were loyal to Yuan Shao, and then beheading the middle and lower-level generals who were loyal to Yuan Shao, and the rest of the soldiers were all controlled.

More than 2,000 Zhang Ren, who had fled to the mountain before, received Jia Xu's news and quickly killed them from the bottom of the mountain. Yan Xing opened the city gate, Zhang Ren quickly led the troops in, and Zhang Ren and Yan Xing joined forces. Nearly 5,000 men and horses, while reorganizing the 9,000 men and horses left by Chun Yuqiong, while waiting for Yuan Shao's defeat.

Jia Xu in order to completely annihilate Yuan Shao. He asked Yan Xing and Zhang Renbu to put on the armor of Yuan Jun, and the city was still under the banner of Chun Yuqiong, and he also found a soldier who looked like Chun Yuqiong to pretend to be Chun Yuqiong and stand at the head of the city waiting for Yuan Shao, preparing to wait for Yuan Shao to enter the city and completely kill him.

Jia Xu's strategy was so secret that he forgot the relationship between Chun Yuqiong and Yuan Shao, and was recognized by Xu You, a strategist under Yuan Shao.

Yan Xing, who was ambushed behind the city gate, hurriedly led his two thousand Jincheng soldiers to chase them out, Yan Xing's two thousand Jincheng soldiers were originally cavalry, but their war horses were annexed by Yuan Shao under the pretext not long ago. Yan Xing had no choice but to take these two thousand soldiers to spread their feet and chase after them.

Yuan Shao, Xu You and others fled for their lives, and after fleeing for several miles, a vast pool of water suddenly appeared in front of them.

There is a big water blocking the road in front, and there are elite enemy troops chasing and killing in the back, and Yuan Shao is in a desperate situation, Yuan Shao can't think about it. Then he raised his sword and put it on his neck and said, "I'd rather die than be insulted by Jin Liang's husband!" Yuan Shao thought that if he didn't commit suicide, he would be captured alive and taken to Jin Liang, and was insulted by Jin Liang for a while.

Han Meng grabbed Yuan Shao's arm. He snatched Yuan Shao's saber down, and pointed to a corner of the vast expanse in front of him and said, "Lord, look, there are a few small boats there. ”

Yuan Shao's eyes widened, and he looked around, in a jungle on the edge of Daze, there were several fishing boats hidden.

Yuan Shao hurriedly ran over, and the military generals under his command also ran over in a hurry.

It turns out that this piece of Daze is Guangchengze, Guangcheng Pass guard Zhang Ren was ordered by General Jin Liang to blockade Guangchengze and control all the fishing boats, but Guangchengze is a hundred miles away, Zhang Ren has only 4,000 people, and he has to guard the pass, and he can't take care of all the fishermen in a short period of time, some fishermen secretly hide the fishing boats in the reeds to fish, and escape the search and arrest of the Guangcheng Pass guards.

Yuan Shaofei jumped on the boat, and beckoned Xu You and other strategists to get on the boat, and then beckoned Han Meng and other generals to get on the boat.

When Xu You, Han Meng and others hurriedly boarded the ship, Yan Xing's pursuers had already arrived at Daze, and Yuan Shao's 3,000 remnants also rushed to get on the boat.

But there were only three fishing boats parked on the edge of this Daze, each boat was very small, and could hold up to ten people, and if there were a few more people, the boat would sink.

Yuan Shao saw that the remnants of the soldiers under his command were rushing to get on the boat, and some people saw that they couldn't get on the boat, so they jumped into the water, swam over and climbed the side of the boat, there were dozens of soldiers climbing the side of the boat, the boat was about to sink when it swayed, and Yan Xing's pursuers were closer.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he waved his saber and cut off all the hands of those soldiers who were climbing the side of the boat, and Xu You, Han Meng and other military generals also did the same, drew their swords, and cut off all the hands of the loyal warriors who were not afraid of death to protect them all the way to the side of the boat.

Yuan Shao cut off the hands of those soldiers climbing on the side of the boat, and shouted to the boatman: "Hurry up and row the boat, or you will be cut off by the dog's head!" The boatman hastened to paddle his oars, and the fishing boat hastened southward, and the men who had their hands cut off by their most beloved lord wept in the water, and they did not know whether it was the broken hand or the heartache.

The soldiers who couldn't squeeze up saw Yuan Shao so ruthless, their hearts were very cold, they swore that they would never serve the Yuan family again, and when Yan Xing's pursuers arrived, the three thousand remnants abandoned by Yuan Shao knelt on the ground and all surrendered.

Yan Xing hurriedly led people to inform Zhang Ren, who was guarding the pass, and Zhang Ren hurriedly sent people to release the fishing boats that had been controlled.

Yan Xing saw that there were about 30 people of Yuan Shao and his cronies who escaped by boat, so he hurriedly took 200 elite soldiers and rowed 50 fishing boats to chase after him.

Yan Xing had to try his best to follow his own judgment direction, paddled to the south, and rowed for a whole day before arriving at the south bank of Guangchengze, and searched on the south bank for a long time, but there was no trace of Yuan Shao and his party.

Later, I heard from a fisherman who was fishing by the Daze that a group of people, about 30 people, had already reached the shore, and they had been running to the south, and after running a short distance, they saw a fierce-looking general riding a tall horse with more than 300 people taking the group away.

Yan Xing chased for more than ten miles, and did not find Yuan Shao's trace, but he encountered Yan Liang after the break, a scuffle, Yan Liang was injured, and Yan Xing did not ride a horse, the two had a draw, Yan Liang saw that Yuan Shao had gone away, so he rode his horse and fled south, Yan Xing had no horses, so he had to give up.

Yan Xing returned to Guangcheng Pass, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Zhang Jaw, who participated in the ambush of Yuan Shao, also arrived at Guangcheng Pass one after another, and Zhao Yun and Zhu Jun, who stayed behind, also arrived successively, and the generals waited at Guangcheng Pass for a day, and Jin Liang led 20,000 cavalry to bypass Guangcheng Ze and reach Guangcheng Pass.

When Jin Liang saw Yan Xing's first face, he laughed and said, "Yanming, since the Tiger Prison was closed, I always thought about competing with you again, but I didn't expect that when I saw you again, I would have turned enemies into friends, and it was impossible to really compete." ”

Yan Xing saw Jin Liang talking and laughing, and he also put down the restraint on his face, and laughed loudly: "Lord, since the Tiger Prison was closed, the last general has been thinking day and night, and always wants to improve his martial arts to the level of the lord, two years have passed, and the martial arts of the last general are still far inferior to the lord, and I am ashamed." ”

Jin Liang smiled: "You haven't competed yet, Yanming, how do you know that your martial arts can't match me?" ”

Yan Xing said convincingly: "Although the last general's martial arts are not superb, but the vision is still there, the lord's current momentum is stronger than two years ago, presumably the martial arts realm has also been greatly improved, and the last general's martial arts have not made much progress in the past two years, and this one has disappeared, so the last general was not the opponent of the lord two years ago, and now he is not the opponent of the lord." ”

Jin Liang laughed loudly: "Do you want to discuss it now?" ”

Yan Xingji said with a smile: "The lord's march is hard, it's better to rest early, the last general has already belonged to the lord's command, and the coming day will be long, and it's not too late to talk to the lord another day." ”

In order to ensure that Yan Xing could continue to work under his command with peace of mind, Jin Liang warmly hugged Yan Xing's shoulders and invited him to enter the account in detail.

After some shouting, Jin Liang decided to draw a big cake for Yan Xing, in order to pave the way for this big cake, Jin Liang asked with a very serious expression: "Yanming, what wish in your life has not been fulfilled?" ”

Jin Liang's question was very meaningful, and he directly asked Yan Xing what he hated, Yan Xing said with disgust: "The father of the last general was killed by Han Sui, the Taishou of Jincheng, and he did not share the sky with Han Sui, and the greatest wish of the last general in this life is to behead Han Sui and worship in front of his father's grave with his head." originally thought that after serving Dong Zhuo, he would be able to eliminate Han Sui with Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, but who would have thought that Dong Zhuo would not give more soldiers and horses to the last general, and even listened to the villain's words to seize my original soldiers and horses. ”

Jin Liang groaned: "Why don't I order Liangzhou Muhuang Fu Song and Liangzhou General Xu Rong and other Xiliang generals to attack Jincheng Taishou Han Sui together to avenge you." ”

Yan Xing said in a deep voice: "The last general will thank the lord for his kindness, but the father and the son will revenge, and how can they fake their hands to others." ”

Jin Hao thought for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll leave Han Sui there and hand it over to you to bulldoze in the future." Liangzhou General Xu Rong is a native of Liaodong in Youzhou, according to my strategic plan to build a subordinate army, he will go to Youzhou sooner or later to defend the mainland, you should make meritorious service during this time, and strive to replace Xu Rong as soon as possible. After you became the general of Liangzhou, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou were commanded by you, and you made every effort to contain Han Sui. ”

Yan Xing was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Jin Liang.

Jin Liang smiled: "Yanming, I not only treat you as my subordinate, but also treat you as a friend, I hope we can all follow the way of loyalty." ”

Jin Liang selected the elite from the surrendered Jingzhou soldiers and supplied Yan Xing, Lü Kuang, and Lü Xiang. Yan Xing originally had more than 2,000 Jincheng soldiers, and accepted nearly 2,000 Jingzhou cavalry as auxiliaries into the brigade, Jin Liang allocated 4,000 horses to Yan Xing to form a complete cavalry brigade, and Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang decided to serve Jin Liang, although Jin Liang disliked them as third-rate generals, but they were considered to be the same clan as themselves, and selected 4,000 people from the more than 70,000 Jingzhou troops to form an infantry brigade, and handed them over to Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang brothers, and the two brigades of Yan Xing, Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang were temporarily under the command of Jin Liang's Guards Division.

Although Jin Liang was a little tired all the way, he was tired physically, but his spirit was very uplifted, and he was excited about the territory he was about to hold.

Jin Liang immediately convened the generals to discuss how to use troops next.

Since Yuan Shao's 100,000-strong army had been defeated, Jin Liang proposed: "Let's take advantage of Yuan Shao's defeat of Jingzhou and shock, march quickly, take Jingzhou, and completely eliminate Yuan Shao." ”

When Jin Liang's quick offer was spoken, the warmongers responded, and the cautious were silent.

Jin Liang saw that he bowed his head and was silent, so he asked with a smile: "Gonghe, what do you think, you might as well say it directly." ”

Frustration and Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Huang Quan and others glanced at each other, Jin Liang's strategists communicated with each other on this issue before Jin Liang arrived at Guangcheng Pass, they reached a consensus, and Fu Zhu bluntly admonished: "Lord, our army came from the north of the Yellow River, took Luoyang, defeated Yuan Shao, traveled hundreds of miles, fought for months, exhausted, and Luoyang Chang'an and other places Xinping have not yet been stabilized, and need to be guarded by dividing troops, and our army can send out to crusade against Jingzhou There are only 100,000 people and horses, Although Yuan Shao's 100,000 army was defeated, there were nearly 200,000 soldiers guarding the Quartet, and Yuan Shao won the heart of the Jingzhou family, if our army entered Jingzhou, Jingzhou's local heroes will send troops to aid Yuan Shao, when Yuan Shao is to wait for work, with many enemies and outnumbered, we attack the prepared city with a tired division, even if it wins, it is a tragic victory of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, and if the heroes and strongmen in Luoyang and Chang'an have different intentions, our army may not be able to control it.

And the lord sent troops to Luoyang this time, and there were only Gao Shun, Lu Dai and other people guarding the huge place in Jizhou, which can be described as empty in the rear. Our army is on an expedition to Jingzhou, and if Gongsun Zan sends troops to invade Jizhou, our army may not be able to return in time. When the time comes, he will be very passive, please think about it. ”

Jin Liang asked Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Jaw again, and they also agreed with the opinions of the strategists such as Fu Zhi. Now that the Central Army is tired from fighting for a long time, and the new Sizhou and the rear Jizhou is empty, it is really not suitable for the country to go on an expedition.

Jin Liang saw that most of the generals did not agree with his proposal, so he sighed: "It is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, and not to become famous and learn from the overlord." If he hadn't taken advantage of Yuan Shao's decline to march quickly, Yuan Shao, who had the support of Jingzhou's local powers, would have been able to recover his vitality soon, and there would not have been such a good opportunity to take Jingzhou so easily in the future. ”

Although most of his generals did not agree to conquer Jingzhou, Jin Liang was carried away by the recent series of low-hanging fruit victories and wanted to take advantage of the victory to march into Jingzhou. At the very least, Xiangyang must be captured, only by controlling Xiangyang, can Jingzhou Yuan Shao's coveting of Luoyang be blocked, and then only need to guard Xiangyang with heavy troops, and there is no need to deploy heavy troops in Luoyang's eight passes.

Jin Liang left Zhang Liaobu and Sizhou Mu Zhu Jun to lead the army to sit in Luoyang, leaving Hao Zhao, Pang Shu and others to guard the various passes in Luoyang, and Jin Liang led the five divisions of the Guards Division, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang. After resting for a few days at Guangcheng Pass, he raised troops to the south.

Originally, Jin Liang's five divisions always had 120,000 horses, 60,000 soldiers, and 60,000 auxiliaries, but because of the repeated fierce battles, there were many casualties among the soldiers. Nearly 4,000 people were killed in battle, and more than 7,000 were severely and moderately disabled and could not continue to fight, and there were 12,000 casualties, plus Jin Liang incorporated more than 7,000 veterans into the local county and county soldiers system in Sizhou as generals and instructors, and Jin Liang had one brigade missing from these five divisions, and it was said that a part of the captured soldiers in Jingzhou would be selected to replenish the losses, but Jin Liang disliked the Jingzhou soldiers and did not want to replenish the losses from there, but waited to return to Xiangyang and then replenish the elite men and horses from the Hebei county soldiers.