Early the next morning.

Jingliao County, West Gate.

The 35,000-strong army was neatly arrayed, and Sun Yu and Huang Quan each led 5,000 soldiers on both sides.

In the center, Wang Xu rode in a chariot with a square circumference, which was Wang Xu's Chinese army.

At the front of the military array, a huge black banner is erected, blown by the wind, hunting sounds, on the flag, embroidered with a black bucket big 'king' character, the font is majestic and atmospheric, the momentum is majestic, at a glance, it gives people a feeling like being in the mountains.

"Sonorous!" Wang Xu's eyes widened, he suddenly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and roared loudly: "The army is out!" At the sound of the order, the army outside the city suddenly walked towards the west. Sun Yu led 5,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard and took the lead; Wang Xu, Zhang Meng, Guan Qing, Liao Yun and others acted slowly as the Chinese army; The 5,000 soldiers led by Huang Quan were responsible for the postponement, first, to protect the safety of the army; The second is to escort the army's grain and grass, as well as all the gold and silver. The army of black pressure marched slowly, gradually moving away from Jingliao.

The army set out from Jingliao and wanted to reach the royal city, but the road was very long; On the way, you have to pass through four counties, which are hundreds of miles long, and the first county is Languan in Minglan County.

Wang Xu led the army to march for two days, and stopped at ten miles away from Languan, because Languan was not unimpeded at this moment, and Hu Ling's thousands of troops were occupied.

Languan City

Hu Ling has not had a good night's sleep since he occupied Languan, and he had to resist Zhu Huan's army and always guard against Wang Xu in Jingliao County.

On this day, when he received a report from the scouts that Wang Xu's 35,000 troops suddenly appeared ten miles away, Hu Ling was terrified and immediately convened all the generals to discuss the matter. Above the lobby, Hu Ling was sitting in danger and said, "Wang Xu's army is coming, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

More than a dozen generals under the hall bowed their heads and were silent, the Languan garrison was only 5,000, and it was okay to deal with Zhu Huan, facing Wang Xu's 35,000 tiger and wolf army, wasn't that looking for death.

On the left side of the lobby, a lieutenant said: "General, why do I think this Wang Xu is not coming for us; We are only 5,000 soldiers, and we have been fighting with Zhu Huan for half a month, and the soldiers are exhausted; In this case, if Wang Xu comes to deal with us, he only needs 5,000 elite soldiers, why bother 35,000 troops to come, isn't it a waste of money and food? ”

Hu Ling said: "Lei Yuan, no matter whether that Wang Xu is here to deal with us or not, now that the 35,000 army has come to the city, let's hurry up and think of a rescue strategy."

"General, our army will definitely not be able to defeat Wang Xu, and his subordinates suggest that we should withdraw from Languan," a commander said. "Yes, yes, yes". "Withdraw from Languan".

Everyone echoed and agreed.

Hu Ling frowned: "Where to retreat?" ”

"Kiyohara," the commander replied.

Hu Ling was startled at first, and then said angrily: "We are the soldiers of Guxi County, how can the army enter Qingyuan County, do you want me to rebel?" ”

"The general's anger has calmed down, and retreating into Qingyuan County is just an expedient measure, and it is also a last resort," the commander said again.

Hu Ling turned around and looked at the map, and said deflatedly: "Even if you want to withdraw to Qingyuan County, it is impossible to retreat into Qingyuan County, it is more than three hundred miles away from Qingyuan, and our army is short of food and grass, so it may be difficult to continue." "General, my subordinate's hometown is in Qingyuan, and I know the mountains and rivers of Qingyuan well" The commander smiled, stepped forward and pointed to the map and said: "Here, there is a mountain and river path, if my army can cross Hengshan, it will be able to reach the Qingyuan border in three days."

"General, let's go to Qingyuan."

"General".

Lei Yuan also persuaded: "General, our army has been fighting for days and is exhausted, if we can withdraw from Languan, it will be better; can not only avoid Wang Xu's army, but also avoid fighting with Zhu Huan."

Hu Ling secretly ridiculed that 'the world is so big that there is no place for himself' As a general of Guxi County, he even had to take refuge in Qingyuan County, which is really ridiculous.

Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone in the hall, Hu Ling knew that there was no second way to go now, since this was the case, then it was only fate. "Okay, the army immediately packed up and withdrew from Languan."

As soon as Hu Ling led the army out of Languan, the scouts sent by Wang Xu got the news and reported it to Wang Xu, in this regard, he was not surprised, Hu Ling was a timid person in Wang Xu's image, in the past, when Wang Xu was only 5,000 soldiers, Hu Ling did not dare to fight with Wang Xu, and today 35,000 troops are coming to the city, how dare Hu Ling make a mistake.

"Lord, you give me a thousand soldiers, and I will bring back his head to you within three hours" Zhang Meng hurriedly said when he heard that Hu Ling was going to run.

"No need, we are here to rescue Wang Cheng this time, and try not to make extraneous branches." Zhang Meng smiled and said, "Lord, my five hundred personal soldiers have been trained again, let me go, deal with him, five hundred people are enough." "No," Wang Xu said: "Order the whole army, cross the Lan Pass, and continue to advance." There were three people in the big tent, in addition to Wang Xu and Zhang Meng, there was also Jia Hui, Jia Hui was supposed to stay in Jingliao County to continue to be the county commander, but Wang Xu forcibly took him away and made him the military advisor of the western expedition.

Jia Hui saluted Wang Xu respectfully and said, "Lord, my subordinates think that we should leave a soldier and horse in Languan." "Why?"

Jia Hui said: "This expedition to the west is unpredictable, if we lose, Ren can retreat to Languan, with Languan danger, you can hold on for a while; If he wins, the prince will definitely take over the lord's military power, and then the lord can ask the prince to be the guard of Languan; Besides, we are going to fight on this trip, but we have too many things with us, which is not conducive to the march, so it is better to put them in Languan in case we need them in the future."

"Well, what you say is reasonable, just do as you say" Wang Xu nodded and said: "Then who do you think should be sent to stay in Languan?" ”

"Liao Yun" Jia Hui's eyes were like torches, and he blurted out. Liao Yun? is a good candidate, but Liao Yun is Guan Qing's subordinate, and it seems a little inappropriate for him to directly appoint Guan Qing instead of appointing his subordinates.

"Why Liao Yun? I think it's more appropriate to let Guan Qing lead the headquarters to garrison Languan," Wang Xu said.

Jia Hui walked up to Wang Xu and whispered: "Lord, no matter what time it is, you must be on guard; The surrender of Tianyunzhai is forced by the situation, if the lord is defeated, will they still be loyal to the lord? ”

"My subordinates talked with Liao Yun for a few hours yesterday, I am willing to take my life as a guarantee, he is sincere in surrendering, and stationed in Languan must have a wise and brave general, Liao Yun is good at martial arts, and he is also quite insightful in the art of war, and his subordinates feel that he is the most suitable candidate."

For Liao Yun, Wang Xu also has a good impression: "Okay, then Liao Yun stays."