Strictly speaking, Zhang Ji is Liu Rui's fiancé, but Liu Xin will not admit this, in his impression, Zhang Ji's ability is not as good as his nephew Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Ji's age is also older, Liu Xin really regards Liu Rui as his daughter, there are many heroes in the world, he doesn't want his daughter to marry Zhang Ji, but Liu Xin has also heard Zhao Yun talk about it, Zhang Ji has been inquiring about Liu Rui's whereabouts, and he seems to be a person who values love and righteousness.

Looking at Zhang Ji who was escorted in front of him, Liu Xin really hoped that Zhao Yun did not capture him alive, but shot him to death directly, so that he could spend less brains, despite this, Liu Xin still felt that it was good to be a man, he decided to tell Zhang Ji the truth of the matter, and by the way, try what Zhang Ji thought in his heart,

Liu Xin glanced at Zhang Ji and asked, "You are Dong Zhuo's beloved general Zhang Ji." ”

Zhang Ji stared at a pair of bull's eyes, "snorted", and did not answer,

Liu Xin was not annoyed, and continued to ask: "I heard Zilong say that you are looking for a family surnamed Zou in Wancheng. ”

After Zhang Ji was arrested, he thought that he would die, so he deliberately made a look of seeing death as home, and now he heard that Liu Xin mentioned the Zou family, he was quite surprised, and couldn't help but have a desire to live, his face softened, and said: "Yes, I saved a person many years ago, and he promised to marry his daughter to me, but this person did not tell me the name of the person, only said that it was a big family in Wancheng, surnamed Zou, and I will know when I ask." ”

Liu Xin said lightly: "I know this family. ”

Zhang Ji's eyes suddenly lit up and asked, "Please also tell them their whereabouts." ”

Liu Xin said indifferently: "You are already a dying person, and you still ask what they do." ”

"This ......" Zhang Ji suddenly choked,

Liu Xin still said expressionlessly: "The person you saved at the beginning has died at the hands of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and only the mother and daughter are left, and they live in my house." ”

"Ahh Zhang Ji's face was full of consternation,

Liu Xin didn't care about the expression on Zhang Ji's face at all, and still said quietly: "It is my father who promised to marry that girl to you, I am my stepfather, I can completely deny your marriage contract, because you are not worthy of my daughter at all, but, for the sake of her father, I will give you two ways to choose, first, you hold a wedding with her, and after the worship, I will immediately push you out and behead you, and second, you take the initiative to dissolve the marriage contract, and I will let you go back to Luoyang now." ”

Zhang Ji didn't expect Liu Xin to say such a thing, and he made a choice without the slightest hesitation: "I choose the second one, and I ask the adults not to break their promises." ”

In fact, it is normal for Zhang Ji to make such a choice, it was purely a coincidence that he saved Liu Rui's father back then, but when Liu Rui's father married his daughter to him, he was still a little moved, because he knew that the Zou family was very rich, and Liu Rui was the only daughter in the family, and she was very beautiful, but all this was insignificant compared to his surname.

Liu Xin also expected that he would make such a choice, after all, this is an era of male superiority and inferiority of women, not to mention Zhang Ji, even in Liu Bei's eyes, women are just like a piece of clothing, where is more important than his surname, if he chooses the first one, Liu Xin will definitely not kill him, and will marry Liu Rui to him, and then take him for himself, after all, he is also a loving and righteous person, but now that Zhang Ji has chosen the second one, Liu Xin also feels relieved, At least he doesn't have to have any psychological burden on himself for breaking up Zhang Ji's marriage,

Just after Zhang Ji fled from the camp of the Jingzhou army in embarrassment, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army assembled the trebuchet overnight.

The next morning, the defenders of Yique Pass had not yet begun to eat breakfast, and suddenly there was a loud sound of "boom, boom" outside the city, and before they could understand what had happened, the sky that had not yet been fully lit up suddenly became dark, and then, large and small stones fell all over the city, and the stone rain had been falling for two hours without stopping, and the defenders had never experienced this kind of blow, and they did not even know how to dodge, and many people raised their shields to resist, but they were still smashed to the head and bleeding,

Don't talk about how to deal with this kind of siege equipment, the defenders haven't even heard of it, they were panicked because Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital to Chang'an, and now they have suffered heavy losses, and finally they can't hold it anymore, so they hurriedly put up a white flag,

Dong Zhuo's men are still desperately driving the people in Luoyang, frantically plundering women and property, Lu Bu, who had just returned to Luoyang after blocking Cao Ying's pursuers, heard that his Bingzhou cavalry was going to be transferred to block Liu Xin, and he didn't even blink his eyes, of course he understood the danger of this mission, these five thousand people were all veterans who followed him at the beginning, they were all his brothers, the result of this time blocking Liu Xin was almost certain, and the whole army would be destroyed, but Lu Bu did not feel the slightest heartache, he is now Dong Zhuo's righteous son, All he had to think about was how to win Dong Zhuo's favor, the life and death of these people had long been out of his mind, Lu Bu couldn't wait to take the newly allocated Xiliang Iron Horse to excavate the tomb of the emperor and queen on the outskirts of Luoyang and the mausoleum of the princess.

Liu Xin did not climb the tower of Yique Pass, he stood at the bottom of the pass, looked up at the tall and majestic city wall, and said: "Zhang Ren, I will leave you 10,000 people, and this pass will be handed over to you." ”

Zhang Ren didn't expect Liu Xin to trust him so much, and he was surprised, and arched his hand: "The lord has an order, and the last general must do his best, but Zhang Ren is just a general, this Yique Pass is the main road connecting Yingchuan and Luoyang, how can the lord hand over such a heavy task to the last general." ”

Liu Xin smiled and said: "Zhang Ren, I know that you are loyal and righteous, and you are definitely not the kind of person who is two-faced and wronged, don't worry, I know that you are still grateful to the old master, and if there is any conflict with Xichuan in the future, it will not embarrass you." ”

Zhang Ren clasped his fists with both hands and choked up: "The last general will definitely go to the soup for the lord in the future, and he will not give up, as long as Zhang Ren still has a breath of air, he will never let this pass be lost." ”

Liu Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's not so serious, my army is out of the pass and heading to Luoyang, and Yingchuan is also in the hands of us and others, there should be no one to rush to the pass in the near future, the people of Luoyang are poisoned by Dong Zhuo and are in dire straits, it is inevitable that someone will flee south, you can't close the gate in order to guard the pass, so that the people can't pass, as long as the inventory is strictly checked to prevent the annihilation from mixing into the pass, in addition, listen to what the army said, Dong Zhuo wants to flee to Chang'an, without further ado, my army will not stop, and immediately rush to Luoyang, All the grain and grass baggage are temporarily stored in the pass, and you must take good care of it, and there must be no loss. ”

Zhang Ren stepped aside and arched his hand: "The last general will obey the order of the lord general." ”

Liu Xin knew that before Dong Zhuo moved to Chang'an, he would definitely burn and loot in Luoyang, and he must rush over as soon as possible to avoid the destruction of this capital, so he did not stop at Yique Pass, and ordered all the officers and men of the three armies to march lightly and rush to Luoyang.

The army did not travel for half a day, and a team of cavalry suddenly poured out of the valley in front of him, blocking Liu Xin's way, these cavalry were well-trained, they were hiding in the valley just now, and there was no movement, and the Jingzhou military horses did not even notice it in the slightest, which also blamed Liu Xin for being in a hurry, and did not send enough scouts, the cavalry rushed out of the valley while bending their bows and arrows to shoot at the Jingzhou army, they were superb in riding, roaring past in front of the Jingzhou army, turning the horse's head, and it was a wave of arrow rain,

Although the Jingzhou army was caught off guard, but the arduous training made them react quickly almost reflexively, forming a formation, raising a shield, and bending a bow to counterattack, these actions were done in one go, Rao is so, there are still people in the army formation who are constantly falling from arrows, and the cavalry is constantly falling off their horses under the counterattack of the Jingzhou army.

Liu Xin turned his head to look at Zhao Yun beside him and asked, "How do these cavalry compare to the cavalry you encountered yesterday." ”

Zhao Yun immediately replied: "Back to the lord, these cavalry are faintly murderous, they are all warriors of a hundred battles, and they cannot speak the same as Zhang Ji's subordinates. ”

Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly on the side: "Old Seven, how can you increase the prestige of others and destroy your own ambition, I see them as like chickens and dogs." ”

Liu Xin's face was solemn, and he waved his hand and said: "Yide, don't underestimate the enemy, these cavalry in front of you are good at riding and shooting, not afraid of danger, and they are opponents worthy of respect, pull out the cavalry you trained, and fight with them, the army that has not been baptized on the battlefield will never become an elite, remember, these cavalry should not let go of one." ”

When Zhang Fei got the order, he excitedly raised the Zhangba snake spear in his hand and shouted: "Cavalry, attack." ”

The shields in front of them divided to both sides like a tide, and a large avenue was opened in the middle, and a group of Jingzhou cavalry swarmed out, and the group of cavalry on the opposite side saw it, let out an excited howl, threw away the bows and arrows in their hands, drew their long knives, and rushed over with a roar, and the torrent of cavalry composed of the two teams collided together in an instant,

Liu Xin's cavalry can be regarded as the elite of the Jingzhou army in terms of the quality of the soldiers, or in terms of training and equipment, but Liu Xin has never used them in actual combat, this reason is many, in the past he mainly used troops in Jingnan and other places, where there are either many rivers, swamps, or dense mountains and forests, which are not suitable for the brigade cavalry to fight, in addition, these cavalry have begun to equip the stirrups, sabers, and horseshoes produced by the research institute a year ago, these things are listed as the top military secret by Liu Xin, and it is strictly forbidden to spread them. He was also worried that the cavalry would be used on the battlefield too early, revealing the secrets of these pieces of equipment, and the main reason was that in Jingzhou, the war horses were not easy to come by, and it was difficult to replenish them in time after consumption.

This time, the reason why Liu Xin made up his mind to let the cavalry attack was because these cavalry on the opposite side were very cunning, they relied on their superb riding skills, and did not impact Liu Xin's battle formation, but always kept a certain distance from the vanguard of the Jingzhou army, and rode and shot, they were mobile and flexible in battle, and it was difficult for the archers of the Jingzhou army to accurately shoot those knights on horseback, although there were shields to protect them, the casualties of the Jingzhou army were still significantly higher than these cavalry, on the other hand, these cavalry did not have a banner, and they could not see who was in their leading generals, But when it comes to fighting, it is unambiguous, and it is indeed an opponent worthy of respect.

When the two cavalry collided together, Liu Xin's heart felt a pain,