Without the drag of the trapped camp, Liu Jin's army galloped all the way, and it took only four days to gallop 800 miles, continuously passing through Hedong, Xihe, Taiyuan, Wei County and other places, and reaching 30 miles southwest of Xindu, the capital of Anping.

Since Dong Zhuo's defeat in Julu, more than 20,000 people have lost 50,000 horses, plus the soldiers who escaped along the way, there are only about 15,000 people who can reach Xindu.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Zhang Jiao hated Lu Zhi's siege of the city, and made up his mind that this Han army must be completely annihilated. Therefore, after discussing with his younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, he led 500,000 horses into the siege of Xindu, while Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang each led 200,000 troops to the north and south to attack the counties of Hejian, Bohai, Qinghe, and Pingyuan. In addition, Lu Zhi had transferred almost all the county soldiers in Jizhou before, so that these counties were powerless to fight back when they faced the attack of the Yellow Turban Army, and they were quickly conquered by the Yellow Turban Army in one fell swoop.

By the time Liu Jin led the army to the vicinity of Xindu City, most of Jizhou had been conquered by the Yellow Turban Army, and with Jizhou, the richest and most populous in the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Army expanded dramatically, and its strength expanded by almost two-thirds. Zhang Baojun in the south, in addition to the garrisons in various places, its headquarters has expanded to 350,000 men. And Zhang Liang's army was not far behind, and they went all the way north to the three counties of Liankehejian, Bohai, and Zhongshan. Then conquered the southernmost gateway of Youzhou - Leling Pass, the forward army has pointed at the land of Youzhou, its momentum is so great that even the army led by Zhang Bao is a little out of reach, only slightly weaker than Zhang Jiao's main army.

In view of this, Liu Jin did not rush to raid Zhang Jiao's camp and entered Xindu. Instead, they gathered a group of generals such as Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Dian Wei to discuss and see if there was any good way to curb the deterioration of the situation.

Thirty miles southwest of Xindu City, Qinghe Country of Liu Jin's garrison, an unknown hill in Lingxian County, where 5,000 light horsemen set up camp. The army camped in the mountains, and at the bottom of the mountains was a clear stream, which was enough for the army to drink.

"Presumably the generals have heard that now Zhang Jiao's 500,000 thief army is besieging Xindu, Zhang Bao's 350,000 thief army has entered the plain city, and most of Jizhou has fallen into the hands of the thief army. Not only that, the thief Zhang Liang led an army of 400,000 to break through Leling Pass, and the forward troops were already in Zhuo County, and the situation was extremely critical! Liu Jin frowned, and his face was pale.

Although he guessed that after Dong Zhuo's defeat, the situation in Jizhou was bound to deteriorate. But guessing and seeing it with my own eyes, those are two completely different moods, I can't help but Jizhou, now even Qingzhou and Youzhou are facing the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses of the Yellow Turban Army, and the situation can be said to have deteriorated to the extreme.

"Dudu, now that our army is outnumbered, if you want to save the crisis in Jizhou with 5,000 light cavalry, it is really difficult to reach the sky. The only way to do this is to break through the siege of the thieves as soon as possible and take over the soldiers and horses in the capital of Xindu, so that there may be a glimmer of possibility with an army of 20,000 against 500,000 thieves. Gongsun Zhan, the white horse general who was at the head on the left, frowned and said with concern.

When Liu Jin heard this, he did not speak, as if he was considering the feasibility of this method. But Zhang Liao next to him took over the conversation and said: "Lord, can we recruit the county soldiers of Jizhou and Merge Prefecture, gather the soldiers of the two states, or temporarily solve the urgent need!" ”。

It's a pity that Liu Jin shook his head lightly after listening to Zhang Liao's words, and said helplessly: "The soldiers of Jizhou have already been transferred by Lu Gong, if not, how can Zhang Jiao be defeated and trapped in a lonely city?" As for the soldiers and horses of the state, I can't count on it, not to mention the grudge between Ding Yuan and us, let's just say that the state is located in the border area, and the population of the people is much smaller than that of the states in the Central Plains. With such a small population, how many soldiers and horses can there be? ”。

"When it's around 50,000", Zhang Liao seemed to guess Liu Jin's next words, and said with a frown.

"That's right, there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Bingzhou, and Ding Yuan took 30,000 away, most of which died in Luoyang City, how many are left now? At most, 30,000, in my opinion, even if there are 50,000 troops in hand, it is absolutely impossible for Ding Yuan to borrow troops from me! Liu Jin calmly analyzed the situation.

"Why did the Governor conclude that Ding Tingshi would not lend troops to you?" , Tian Kai suddenly interjected.

Liu Jin didn't pay attention to Tian Kai, in Liu Jin's opinion, people with a little brain would not ask such a stupid question. Instead, he said: "For today's plan, we can only rely on our own strength, and I am afraid that external forces will not be able to count on it." I also ask the generals to give more suggestions and suggestions to save the crisis in Jizhou! ”。

As soon as these words came out, no one was speechless. It's not that the generals don't dare to speak, but no one is sure that only 5,000 cavalry can contain the Yellow Turban Army that is now overwhelming and solve the crisis in Jizhou, which is really too difficult for a strong man.

Seeing that everyone was crying and mourning, Liu Jin cried out in his heart: "It would be nice if Zhuge Liang was there!" Zhuge Liang? ”。

As the saying goes, the country is in trouble. At this time, Liu Jin suddenly remembered a person, immediately laughed, and said to everyone: "I have a way, where are Zhang Liao and Gongsun Zhan?" ”。

As soon as the two of them heard Liu Jin begin to give orders, although they were puzzled, they immediately stood up, bowed down and said, "The last will be."

"Order the two of you to lead your headquarters to monitor the movements of Zhang Jiao's army, and once Xindu City has a situation that cannot be held, immediately send troops to harass the flank of the thief army, you don't have to go all out, just delay the enemy's siege. Be sure to ensure that the letter is safe within three days", Liu Jin's expression was cold, and there was an irrefutable majesty in his tone.

Gongsun Chan hesitated for a moment before replying, "No."

However, Gongsun Zhan didn't know that Liu Jin had been wary of him for a long time, and every time he gave an order, he would pay special attention to him. This slight hesitation was seen by Liu Jin.

After Gongsun Chan left, Liu Jin whispered something to Zhang Hu behind him, and Zhang Hu also strode out of the handsome tent and didn't know where to go.

It wasn't until Liu Jin sat firmly in the handsome position again that Xu Huang, who was standing below, asked puzzledly: "Lord, then what should we do now?" ”。

Xu Huang is talking about the 2,000 Yue cavalry camp left in place after Zhang Liao and Gongsun Zan left.

"Gongming, Ben intended to let you lead the Yue Cavalry Battalion to rest here for a while. Don't hide it from Gongming, although the Vietnamese cavalry battalion is the elite of the Northern Army, but after a long-distance gallop, the combat strength has dropped sharply, and within three days, it may be difficult to recover the combat strength. ”。 Liu Jin said to Xu Huang earnestly, in fact, he also wanted to take the opportunity to see if Xu Huang's ability to command troops was as outstanding as recorded in the history books.

You must know that Xu Huang can be called by a generation of masters in the art of war, the traitorous male Cao Cao, who has the style of Zhou Yafu, and his ability is absolutely weak. But hearing is false, and seeing is believing, so Liu Jin still wants to see with his own eyes whether this Xu Huang can be entrusted with important tasks.

"Please rest assured, Huang will live up to the trust of the lord", Xu Huang was stunned and then knelt on one knee and said awe-inspiringly.

Liu Jin helped Xu Huang up, and when the two of them were close, he said very quickly: "Ben will have something to leave for a few days, and the army is temporarily under the command of Gongming, in order to avoid leaking the news, I also ask Gongming to keep it secret." The tone was light, and Xu Huang's heart moved when he heard it.

"Could it be that the lord saw that the enemy army was strong and wanted to escape?" , Xu Huang somehow suddenly had such an idea in his heart.

"Could it be that the lord wants to abandon the army and leave?" Xu Huang asked urgently.

This time the nest was blown up, and the generals Dian Wei and Meng Ang, who were guarding next to him, stepped forward together, grabbed Xu Huang's armor, and heard Dian Wei shout angrily: "Okay, you don't know how to do Xu Huang, the lord has always been the first soldier, when did he do that thing of escaping!" The vain lord trusts you, you you", in the end, Dian Wei was furious, and wanted to tear Xu Huang in half to relieve the anger in his heart.

Fortunately, Liu Jin held down Dian Wei's hand and shook his head gently. said with a wry smile: "Brother Dian, don't blame Gongming, Gongming is under my account, the time is still short, and it is reasonable to speculate about my actions." ”

Xu Huang was blushing by Liu Jin and Dian Wei's words, his head was lowered, and he was embarrassed to speak for a long time.

"Don't hide it from your brothers, there is a great sage in Guangping not far from Qinghe, if you get the help of this person and win 100,000 male soldiers, the day of breaking the thief will not be far away! Therefore, I am going to leave for a few days, and in these few days, I also ask you brothers to keep it strictly secret, and do not let Gongsun Chan know, in order to avoid turmoil in the army, the army is temporarily in charge of Gongming, I believe that with Gongming's strategy, it will be safe! ”。 Liu Jin said puzzled.

These words were sprinkled, where there was a half-point escape, Xu Huang felt even more embarrassed. calmed down a little, and Xu Huang said in a resolute tone: "Please rest assured, Huang will do his best to stabilize the morale of the army."

However, Dian Wei next to him was not worried that Liu Jin would leave alone, and said with a sad face: "Guangping is still more than 100 miles away from here, how can the lord ride alone, how can I ensure safety?" Let Wei accompany the lord to go away! ”。

But he didn't want to, Liu Jin waved his hand and said to Dian Wei: "No, now that it is a time of crisis, I am afraid that the army will change when I leave alone, if Brother Dian goes with me, the soldiers will definitely speculate if they can't see Brother Dian and me." Brother Dian stayed in the camp and worked with Komeito to stabilize the army, for as little as two days or as long as three days, and I will definitely return to the camp."

Dian Wei still wanted to persuade him, but Liu Jin's words were very reasonable. Who doesn't know about the five thousand cavalry, Dian Wei is Liu Jin's personal guard general, once Dian Wei and Liu Jin are out of sight at the same time, what will everyone think?

Thinking of this, Dian Wei didn't insist, but said: "In this case, then I won't go, but the lord must bring the guards I selected, so that I can rest assured!" ”。

Seeing that Dian Wei looked like you wouldn't let you go if you didn't agree, Liu Jin nodded lightly and said to the two: "In this case, then it's up to Brother Dian, but the number of people can't be too much, otherwise, it will be easy to be exposed."

"When will the lord leave?" , Xu Huang straightened his mind and asked softly.

"The situation is critical, I can't wait for a moment, I'll leave now", Liu Jin groaned slightly, and said with some eagerness.

The two of them were right when they thought about it, and immediately accused Liu Jin of their crimes and left. Xu Huang went to prepare horses and silver taels for Liu Jin, while Dian Wei went to choose the guards.

After everyone left, Liu Jin took off his armor and changed into a light white suit. Then he wrapped the dragon halberd in linen, and hung two long swords from his waist.

Out of the tent, I saw Xu Huang holding his red charcoal fire dragon horse, and Dian Wei was just standing outside the tent and waiting.

Nodding at the two, Liu Jin turned over on his horse, hugged his fists on the horse, and said awe-inspiringly: "The affairs of the army will be entrusted to the two brothers."

The two bowed in return, and Xu Huang said: "Don't worry, the lord will be able to stabilize the army as stable as Mount Tai in one day!" ”。

Liu Jin didn't speak, galloped his horse, and left the camp in a moment, disappearing into the vast night. (To be continued)

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