After the Guangwu soldiers were stationed in the Jincheng camp, Zhang Lang, the Taicheng Taishou was designated by the Taifu Sima to temporarily replace the first-line dispatching and command tasks of Jincheng. However, Zhang Lang led the soldiers of Jincheng County to strictly defend Jincheng. At present, craftsmen and others are still being organized to build ordnance and city defense equipment, and there is no time to separate for the time being.

In this way, the dispatch of the camp on the north bank was handed over to Han Pu's nephew, Han Ning, who was the protector of Zuo Capital at the time.

Han Ning held a military discussion in the military tent in the camp. Later, most of the generals thought that they should stick to the camp rather than take the initiative. This hit Han Ning hard. However, when the generals see that we are weak and the enemy is strong, they naturally strive to be safe.

Seeing that the generals were resolute, Han Ning was no longer reluctant, but instead ordered the various departments to cut down trees everywhere and strengthen the camp. Although the enemy has not yet arrived, it is not wrong to take precautions and strengthen the camp.

While reinforcing the camp, the battalion on the north bank also constantly sent sentinels to the hinterland of Longxi to spy on the various actions that the enemy might take at this time.

Now, the sentry is a two-day rotation. Each sentry was still a team of fifty or so. However, compared to before, the scope of the sentinel has increased a lot.

The more conservative team rate, like Song Qing's subordinates Liang Siqin and Han Liancheng, usually drove their subordinates to go deeper than 100 miles into Longxi at this time. And more radical teams like Cao Jian and Shao Lei, usually in two days, can go deep into the land of Longxi for 200 miles and return.

Nowadays, when these horsemen are on the sentry, they often go straight to the city of Didaw. The Shiwu Department of the Xiutu King, who was left behind in Didao City, saw that these sentry horses were waiting for each time they went around the city. The wrestling of all parties in the land of Longxi is about to enter a white-hot stage.

It was another ordinary morning, and a light autumn rain was wafting in the air. And Liu Jiwu has already taken more than 50 cavalry under his command, wearing hats, and embarked on the road of crossing the river to reconnoiter the cavalry.

He was accompanied by Liu Jiwu's subordinate team leader Dong Liang. This man was promoted by his predecessors. However, working with the competitive Cao Jian, Dong Liang has been repeatedly reduced to a supporting role.

It's not that Dong Liang is mediocre. It's really Cao Jian who is too good, and he acts sharply. In addition, he is a brother who has shared weal and woe together when the hundred people are still in the stable, Dong Liang is naturally often reduced to a supporting role.

However, this time he braved the rain to go to reconnoitre, and Dong Liang's heart was also foggy. Shao Lei's department, who went out to sentry riding before, reported after returning to the camp that he had encountered a small group of sentry cavalry of the Zhao army. The two sides also exchanged hands. Shao Lei's subordinates were killed, seriously wounded, and lightly wounded, killing three enemies, forcing the enemy sentry to retreat.

Dong Liang was playing a small drum in his heart, how could Liu Jiwu, who was as careful as a hair, not see that he was restless? Liu Jiwu comforted Dong Liang as usual, and the more than 50 horsemen embarked on the road south to investigate.

Thirty miles away from Jincheng, Liu Jiwu had already divided his subordinate cavalry into two groups, one led by him and the other led by Dong Liang, and carried out the sentry cavalry operation.

However, by noon, Liu Jiwu, who had been out of Jincheng for about fifty miles, still found nothing despite being vigilant.

And Dong Liang led the team that went to the remote valley to march to the sentinel, and at noon, the guard who came out turned around to report that across another valley on the top of the mountain, he found thousands of soldiers marching westward.

When Dong Liang heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent people to find Liu Jiwu, the head of the hundred people, to report. Then he abandoned his horse, and with his men ascended the hill to the left, and looked out into the valley on the south side.

What caught Dong Liang's eye was an army winding through the valley. Dong Liang was on the top of the mountain, more than 400 steps away, and he could still vaguely see the languishing appearance of this army, with its tattered banners and armor. The words on the flag are long unrecognizable.

Dong Liang, who didn't know where this army came from, still didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to return to the camp as soon as possible. One of the horsemen had already descended the mountain, and then he rode his horse in the direction of the camp.

I don't know if it was the negligence of Shao Lei's subordinate who had been detected before or how, this army actually marched to Jincheng County so far before it was discovered by his own department.

If it was a little later, if it wasn't until they approached Jincheng County, then Dong Liang really didn't dare to imagine whether the Jincheng County and Jincheng camp, which were repeatedly reinforced but still slightly deficient behind him, would be caught off guard by this sudden blow.

After sending the soldiers to report the situation, Dong Liang left only one person on the top of the mountain, and then he led the rest of the people down the mountain to retrieve their respective military horses, and then beat the horses out of the valley, according to the instructions of the soldiers on the top of the mountain, out of the valley to detour, and then lurked in a forest near the left side of the valley on the south side, preparing to follow and monitor this army of unknown origin and friend and foe.

said that he couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, but because Dong Liangguan's army was torn in armor, and the soldiers were in low spirits. Obviously, there will be a battle ahead soon. If this army is an enemy, it is obviously unlikely. Liu Zhao's westward expedition this time, the Liu Zhao generals who participated in it, whether Liu Yao, Liu Gong, Shi Wu, Ping Xian, etc., were all veterans in the Zhao army, how could they make a sluggish army and an army with poor armor to serve as the vanguard of the attack on Jincheng?

However, if this army is a friend, Dong Liang is not sure. At this time, the friendly forces are either in Jicheng and Sangbi. Probably still defending the city with great difficulty. And the rest of the friendly forces are even more unheard.

Dong Liang waited for more than half an hour, watching the army march out of the valley. He lurked quietly a hundred paces away, and the soldiers passed not far in front of him.

From their indifferent expressions and stumbling and vain steps, Dong Liang had already seen that this army must be an army that had gone through hard battles and then retreated here.

The army seems to have lost its soul and faith, and everyone is just on its way. They may not know what the meaning of their journey at this moment is, but they just don't stop, and keep following the footsteps of Tongze in front of them until they reach the end of this journey, to accept their unknown fate.

Dong Liang waited for this team to travel far away, and only when he was five miles away did he get up and greet his subordinates, and each got on his horse to follow and monitor.

The cavalry hung far behind the army of unknown origin, and after about an hour, Liu Jiwu, who had traveled sixty or seventy miles, led his troops back breathlessly.

After meeting with Dong Liang, Liu Jiwu listened to his description, and he was also puzzled. He hurried forward, then abandoned his horse and climbed up a small hill to look at the advancing army. Then he went down the mountain and walked in front of Dong Liang and shook his head, obviously Liu Jiwu didn't know much about the origin of this army.

The two of them led their troops to follow the army for about ten miles, and Liu Jiwu heard something, and then turned around and ordered several of his subordinates to lead their troops, and then sent sentry horses to the main roads in the mountains and several main roads.

Liu Jiwu has already seen some clues about the origin of these soldiers. He watched the behavior of these soldiers, thought about it for a long time, and finally basically determined that these soldiers were the remnants of Chen An, who had previously moved to Longxi.

Thinking that in the process of the rout and escape of Chen An's remaining troops, there must be Zhao troops chasing after him, so Liu Jiwu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent his subordinates to go to the main roads and trunk roads in various valleys to investigate the whereabouts of Liu Zhao's army.

The cavalry followed the remnants of Chen An from a distance, and went straight until it was nearly dusk, and only then did they reach the left side of Jincheng County on the south bank.

Liu Jiwu saw from a distance that when the remnants appeared, a group of Jincheng soldiers with bows and crossbows appeared on the towering Jincheng County city wall. They clenched the crossbow in their hands, and the tip of the bow arm poked out a three-winged arrow that shimmered with a faint cold light.

At the same time, the Jincheng battalion, which heard Dong Liang's return, also sent more than 1,000 foot soldiers and crossbowmen, with their backs to the river, not far in front of the river beach, lined up and waited for the battle.

On the north bank of the river, the remaining 2,000 soldiers in the battalion were also eager to try, as if they were ready to cross the pontoon bridge at any time to support the robe on the south bank.

The rest of Chen An's troops, who saw the banner of "Zhang" at the head of Jincheng City from afar, were all relieved, but when they approached and looked at the front of the city and the river beach, those Liangzhou soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and the sharp arrows that pointed at them, these soldiers who had escaped from death began to shout in a mess. Confusion and despair gripped each and every one of them.

Looking at the female wall at the head of the city, and the arrows that were quietly pointing at him on the river beach, the leading general in this remnant army was sad after all. He looked up to the sky and exclaimed bitterly: "Wen Yuan! Have you ever seen one? If you knew this was the case, why would you stop me from fighting to the death? ”

Then the general looked sad, slowly marched out to Jincheng County, stuck the gun in his hand diagonally on the ground, and then abandoned the bow and knife at his waist to show that he was not hostile. He raised his head and shouted to the city: "Where is Zhang Fujun?" I waited for my life to escape and come to surrender, why did I do this? ”