In the first year of Yongchang, at the beginning of March, the whole city of Xiangguo was different from the past, and the streets were still full of Hu people of various ethnic groups. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but if you look closely, those who are interested will find that those people who are not arrogant and domineering in the past have long since ceased to be, but they all look nervous, as if a catastrophe is coming.

Those who are familiar with the inside story know that the Liaodong army is about to go south, and the good days of the Hu people are coming to an end, and all the Hu Lu are naturally worried.

Since March, some gossip about Liaodong has been circulating. Some say that the great Sima personally led a million-strong army to the south, and some say that Liaodong and Jiangdong will raise troops to attack Xiangguo in the north and south at the same time.

In short, all kinds of unfavorable news about Xiangguo flew all over the sky, so that people everywhere were panicked.

Schler was not ignorant of this, but he did not take measures. In Shile's opinion, as long as the Liaodong Army can be defeated in the next big battle, all rumors will be self-defeating, otherwise no matter how many measures are taken, it will be in vain.

At present, Shi Le has received a secret report that the Great Sima Weishuo has gathered an army of 300,000 in Youzhou, ready to launch a fatal blow against Xiangguo at any time.

In the face of the Liaodong Army, which was about to attack on a large scale, Shile ordered the defenders to hold the city while planning to personally lead the main force to the front line.

In front of outsiders, Shi Le still maintained a shrewd and capable appearance, but his henchman Zhang Bin had already seen through the exhaustion in his heart. In the past two years, in order to deal with the threat of Liaodong, Shi Le has hardly rested well, and he has worked hard every night to further shorten the gap between Xiangguo and Liaodong.

Speaking of which, Shile is not young, and in two years he will reach the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. Therefore, even with the assistance of Zhang Bin, Cheng Yao and others, after two years of hard work day and night, Shi Le's body still inevitably declined.

Moreover, Shile knew very well that the strength of Xiangguo was based on his own strength, and any news of his health was likely to lead to unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, even if his health was not good, Shile still beat his spirit to prevent outsiders from seeing his fatigue.

In fact, as early as two years ago, Shile had been preparing for the Liaodong raid, and was even trying to delay the Liaodong army's southward movement. Therefore, when the news of Liaodong's southward movement reached Shiler's ears, he was very disappointed and frustrated.

Shi Le believed that as long as he was given a few more years, he would be confident that he would complete the integration under his rule, and that Xiangguo would not only no longer be afraid of the Liaodong army going south, but might even take the initiative to move north.

But it's a pity that with the great Sima Weishuo's great talent, it is impossible to give Xiangguo a chance to recuperate.

Therefore, as soon as the spring of this year began, Shile received the news that the Liaodong Army was moving south. It didn't take long for the news that Bohai, Zhongshan, Hejian and other counties in the northeast of Jizhou were attacked by the Liaodong Army, and the news also reached Shi Le's hands.

Judging from the information obtained in the early stage, it seems that the Liaodong Army wants to move south to occupy the northeast of Jizhou, and then join up with Leling Shaoxu to open up the land connection between Youzhou and Leling.

Thinking of Shao Xushile, he couldn't help but have a headache again, it can be said that in Shao Xu, he realized what it means to be powerful and have nowhere to go. Speaking of Leling, it is just a corner, but Shi Le has no way to take Shao Xu, and he detained Shao Xu's son by his side at the beginning, but he failed to stop Shao Xu from raising troops to resist Hu.

And it seems that the Liaodong Army seems to be intent on opening up the land connection with Leling, but Shi Le, who is cautious by nature, feels a little uneasy, and always feels that something is wrong.

Puzzled, Shile only felt like his head had exploded. Shi Le, who was a little irritable in his heart, stood up, walked to the window, gently pushed open half of the window, and a fresh air quickly poured in, although it was a little cold, but it made his spirit lift.

Shi Le lightly exhaled a breath of turbid air and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Liaodong Army's attack this time is focused on the three counties of Zhangwu, Bohai, and Hejian, trying to occupy the northeastern counties of Jizhou, so as to open up the land connection between Youzhou and Leling. It seems that the Liaodong Army is going south to join Shao Xu, but a certain always feels that there is fraud in it, what do you think about this? ”

Zhang Bin touched his chin and groaned: "The lord is right, this matter is indeed a little strange. It is said that the Liaodong Army has always planned and then moved, and will never expose its intentions early, but this time it seems that it is afraid that the people of Xiangguo will not know. ”

Suddenly, Zhang Bin seemed to remember something, and immediately walked a few steps, came to the front of the case, looked at the map on it, he frowned and stared at Ji and Liangzhou, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing this scene, Shi Le hurriedly glanced at everyone sternly with his eyes, signaling everyone not to disturb Zhang Bin.

saw Zhang Bin comparing and drawing on the map for a while, and said with a worried face: "Lord, it seems that the Liaodong Army wants to attack the east and the west!" ”

"Sound from east to west? What do you mean by that? Shile asked, puzzled.

Zhang Bin pointed to the map and explained: "My lord, please see, there was originally an endless Taihang natural danger between Bingzhou and Jizhou, and Liaodong should not risk attacking Jizhou from Bingzhou." But at present, the ministers are worried that Liaodong is attacking the east and west, and will attract the attention of us and others with the main force in a big way, and then secretly send a small group of elites from Zi Bingzhou to cross Taihang Shandong and go out of Jizhou. ”

"From the two counties of Leping and Shangdang in Bingzhou, you can directly reach Wei and Changshan counties through Fukou and Jingcheng respectively. And Wei County was originally the foundation of Xiangguo, and the Liaodong Army should not attack rashly. On the contrary, Changshan County is located in the northwest of Jizhou, close to Youzhou Dai County in the north, and there is a chance that it will be attacked by the Liaodong Army. ”

"What does Meng Sun mean is that the real target of the Liaodong Army is Changshan County?" Shile's eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "No, no, no, not only Changshan County, but the minister even suspects that the Liaodong Army wants to swallow Changshan and the two counties of Zhao in the south." If the Liaodong Army can occupy the two counties of Changshan and Zhao in one fell swoop, it can directly threaten the safety of Xiangguo City. ”

Shi Le looked at Xiangguo City, which was located not far from the south of Zhao State, and his face suddenly turned pale. At this point, he was convinced of Zhang Bin's judgment, believing that the real target of the Liaodong Army was Changshan and Zhao, and its purpose was naturally to threaten Xiangguo.

"Now that the intentions of the Liaodong Army have been investigated, can we calculate the other party ruthlessly?"

"Yes, my lord, please immediately send a small number of troops to support the three counties of Zhangwu, Bohai, and Hejian, and then gather heavy troops to ambush in Changshan County, as long as the Liaodong Army crosses Jingcheng, it can be annihilated."

It's a pity that everyone may be too excited, just trying to calculate Liaodong, no one noticed the hint of ridicule on the corner of Zhang Bin's mouth, and no one thought that his performance today also hid a deeper calculation.

At this moment, no one can understand Zhang Bin's inner pain, on the one hand, Shi Le's kindness, on the other hand, the national righteousness, it can be said that he is under great pressure.

"What a wrong step!"

Thinking that he would leave a reputation in history because of a wrong step, and that the descendants of the Zhang family would not be able to raise their heads because of what they had done, Zhang Bin's heart became more and more painful.

In the past, Zhang Bin always thought that everything he did was righteous, until the traitor record was promulgated and implemented in the world, he realized that what he did was actually a tiger and a lackey, and he was an out-and-out traitor and evil among the Han people, even more hated than Dong Zhuo, who was in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At first, Zhang Bin was still unconvinced, but as the scolding became louder and louder, and Zhang's situation became more and more difficult, Zhang Bin finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Although Zhang Bin tried his best to help Liaodong eliminate Qianhu in order to fight for a glimmer of life for the Zhang family, Zhang Bin did not feel good in his heart when he looked at Shi Le, who trusted him.

In any case, Zhang Bin's talent was displayed only after he met Shi Le, and it was Shi Le's appreciation that gave him the reputation of being a good idea, and Shi Le was obedient and reusable to Zhang Bin.

This makes Zhang Bin, who claims to be a loyal man, how can he not repay the kindness of knowing the encounter?

But under the national righteousness, any grace of knowing has to rely on the side war, so where does Zhang Bin have any other choice?

Therefore, the pain in Zhang Bin's heart is incomprehensible to outsiders, and he has only one wish at the moment, that is, to complete the wish of eliminating Qihu for Liaodong as soon as possible, and after winning a glimmer of life for the Zhang family, he does not intend to live in pain anymore. (To be continued.) )