In the summer of the fourth year of the early Ping Dynasty, it had been more than a month since Chen Lin sent an envoy to the north, and Xu Rong moved his troops to the area of Chiyang and Jingyang, which was the northwest barrier of Chang'an. Shouyang Mountain White Wave Thief Li Lehu Cai in the civil strife in a different place, Han Xian took the opportunity to collect Li Le Hu Cai's department, 40,000 soldiers, Dong Cheng and Han Xian immediately stationed troops on the north bank of Weishui, and Xu Rongyao echoed, trying to fight with the thieves in Weishui north of Chang'an, at this time Chen Lin and his party of six people have returned to Lantian County, Jia Xu Huang Yan Fa Zheng and others will Chen Lin return safely, fortunately. Jia Xu was even more interested in Wei Fang, after a conversation, he exclaimed, seeing that Jia Xu was also amazed by Wei Fang, Chen Lin was very happy, he didn't see the wrong person, Wei Fang is definitely a buried talent. However, Wei Fang is good at not military strategy, but observing political affairs, on top of one point, even Yan Pu is not as good as it, with Wei Fang, Lantian's local affairs are suddenly unblocked, and Jia Xu, Fazheng and Huang Yan are relieved. If you want to say that Jia Xu and the two of them are making plans, but when it comes to dealing with government affairs, it is not a strong point, not to mention Huang Yan, at this time, I saw Wei Fang pointing at the county government, and in less than two hours, the mountains of cases were solved one by one.

Don't say how Lantian is, but say that it is Xiliang a thousand or hundreds of miles away. After Dong Zhuo's death, Ma Teng and Han Sui raised troops one after another with different purposes, and the two armies crossed the Yellow River south on the left and on the right. Han Sui relied on his and Cheng Gongying's outstanding wisdom to go all the way south, until Longxi, Han Sui finally stepped into his hometown Jincheng again. Ma Teng's army, known as the five horses of Xiliang, is extremely brave, coupled with Ma Teng's influence in Xiliang, along the way, there are constantly defeated Qiang people to join Ma Teng's army, from stability to Tianshui. The rebel army led by Guo Yan, Li Dao, and Fan Chou was * in Tianshui and Fufeng, and the army of more than 100,000 appeared to be dense, and finally the three had to divide their troops to save themselves. Guo Yan commanded 50,000 troops to go straight to Xinfeng, the northwest corner of Chang'an, the purpose was to block Xu Rong and Han Xian's armies to save Chang'an. Fan Chou commanded 50,000 troops, and 40,000 cavalry returned to defend Qinchuan and confronted Ma Teng. Li Dao continued to besiege Chang'an, striving to break Chang'an as soon as possible, only once Chang'an was broken, Ma Teng, Xu Rong, Chen Lin and others would come to Chang'an again, and it would be meaningless.

At this time, there were many fewer enemy troops under Chang'an City, but Chang'an City had been holding on for two or three months, almost to the limit, and was eager to be rescued from the outside world. As soon as Chen Lin entered Lantian, he discussed with Jia Xu and Fazheng about sending troops to Chang'an. Chen Lin: "Now Chang'an City is already in danger, if our army can't rescue in time, Chang'an City can't wait for Xu Maozhi and Xiliang to come to the rescue, so it is imperative to send troops this time, and now we have to talk about how to go, not whether to go or not." ”

As soon as everyone heard it, okay, then we can only talk about how to go to Chang'an, Huang Yan first said: "Young Master, now after a month of training and running-in, the five thousand men and horses of our army have been able to cooperate basically and skillfully, and they can form an army of their own." "This month, Huang Yan is in charge of the army, and Huang Yan said that the army can be warned, then it can be warned.

Jia Xu: "Lord, Lantian goes to Chang'an, there is no danger on the way, that is to say, to Chang'an, you must be prepared to meet the enemy in the field, now Chang'an City has 80,000 troops under the city, there are 20,000 cavalry, if Li Zhiran knows that our army will go to Chang'an, he will not let our army enter the city, and he will definitely try to defeat our army outside the city." Chang'an City has no soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to go out of the city to rescue each other, that is to say, our army can only rely on ourselves. Did the lord ever think about asking Liu Xuande to send troops together? Since it is a sea of fire, Jia Xu will not forget Liu Bei, who is close to a hundred miles.

"Xuande?" Chen Lin only thought of Liu Bei of Huayin, and he didn't know what Liu Bei had done in the past month, it seemed that Duan Zhongming's Huayin was not easy to subdue, and compared with Chen Lin, Liu Bei wanted to completely occupy Huayin, after all, Luoyang, which connected him here, but Chen Lin didn't think about turning Lantian into a ruling land, and Yizhou was far away. On top of one point, Liu Bei is not a little more difficult than Chen Lin, but Liu Bei is also close to the old camp, so he can continue to add troops to supplement everything, and in this regard, Liu Bei has an advantage over Chen Lin.

Fa Zheng also said at this time: "Yes, my lord, I must let Liu Xuande act with our army, he Liu Xuande didn't need a single soldier to get Huayin, the eastern throat of Chang'an, and he Liu Xuande is a self-proclaimed Han clansman, at this time the court is in trouble, Liu Xuande should not be the first to be the first, the lord can invite him to act together, if he does not come, he will be discredited and the world, as long as Liu Xuande is not stupid, he will definitely come." ”

As expected, when Liu Bei received Chen Lin's letter, he did not dare to hesitate, and immediately discussed with Sima Fang's father and son about sending troops. Chen Lin got Duan Yu's surrender, Liu Bei was not so lucky, and he suffered heavy losses when he fought Tongguan, although he hurriedly sent soldiers and horses from Henan and Hanoi in the past month, he also prepared for the attack on Chang'an, it can be said that even if Chen Lin was not invited, Liu Bei has been preparing to march again. But after all, the time is too short, the conditions are not allowed, Liu Bei wants to die or live to make up an army of 4,000, Sima Lang was left in Huayin, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Sima Fang led the troops westward, Chen Lin agreed to meet at the foot of Huashan, where there are only two days away from Chang'an.

"Hahaha, Xuande, I haven't seen you for many years, but my demeanor is still the same." Chen Lin arrived a little earlier, saw Liu Bei coming, hurriedly went out to greet him, and then saw Liu Bei's gentle jasper-like smiling face, still so friendly and approachable, but Chen Lin didn't wait for Liu Bei to scream and screamed at the big man behind Liu Bei: "Oh, Yun Chang, do you remember Chen?" Guan Yu saw that Chen Lin was like this, and he was very useful, but he didn't dare to show it in front of Liu Bei, just nodded, Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Bo Zhi is now a state pastor, but he is an indispensable person for the Han." "Bunch of unnutritious.

Suddenly, Chen Lin saw a person behind Liu Bei, his aura was extraordinary, and he asked urgently: "Xuande, what is this?" Liu Bei looked at Sima Fang, and hurriedly explained: "Oh Bozhi, this is Sima Jiangong of Hanoi, and I am fortunate to have Mr. to help him and seek peace for the people of Henan." "Sima Fang, Chen Lin sighed, I see, Liu Bei was able to quickly stabilize Hanoi with the help of this person, and this person was able to get Liu Bei to bring Chang'an, it seems that this person is not simple.

The two of them joined hands and entered the account, Guan Yu went to settle the army, and he was going to rest here for a night tonight. Now Chen Lin has moved almost all his belongings in Chang'an out of Lantian, all of them are in the army, which means that this time Chen Lin is almost a wreck, whether he can enter Chang'an or not, this is Chen Lin's only strength at present. If it goes well, you will enter Chang'an, and you will stay for Chang'an for a few more days, and you can't get in, this is also Chen Lin's greatest ability, Yizhou is remote, and there is no way to do it. Chen Lin discussed with Jia Xu and others, and it is reasonable to say that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did not come to the rescue, and the Yuan family has developed to the present, and they are basically capable of becoming a country of their own. But Cao * is a capable person, and Cao * doesn't want to come, but I'm afraid that a bigger part of the reason is Liu Bei in Henan. If Cao * wants to come to Chang'an, he must pass through the land of Liu Bei, can a suspicious person like Cao * dare? Knowing that he didn't dare so far.

Chen Lin and Liu Bei sat down on both sides, and after talking some nonsense, Chen Lin got down to business: "Xuande, I don't know what you think about going to Chang'an this time?" Liu Bei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Bo Zhi uses soldiers like gods, and the army under his command is also like a fierce general. However, for the sake of the righteousness of the court, many people are counting the chiefs, and they are ready to say their opinions. "Our army has a total of 9,000 men and horses, most of them are foot soldiers, it is reported that there are about 75,000 enemy troops under Chang'an City at this time, of which most of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is divided into Xiliang, and only 18,000 are under the city. But even so, for our army at present, it is also a large number, especially the 18,000 cavalry, which is the biggest threat to our army's trip to Chang'an this time. Bei discussed with the military division for a long time, and initially felt that our army should. As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Lin: "You should make a detour to Weinan." ”

Chen Lin listened to what Liu Bei said, while thinking about what Liu Bei said, he was surprised by Liu Bei's plan, and made a detour to Weinan, didn't he just want to unite Han Xian and Xu Rong to defeat Guo Yan first. Chen Lin shook his head: "What Xuande said is indeed the safest method, if it can be used in the situation of Chang'an worry-free, but now Chang'an City is in danger, if you attack Guo Aduo first, it will take a month in time, Chang'an City is afraid that it will not be able to wait, if Chang'an is broken, even if we defeat Guo Aduo, it will not help." "Guo Yan doesn't have any words, but Guo Aduo is what people call Guo Yan.

Chen Lin: "Xuande look, our army is here, if it is a normal march, it can go to Chang'an in the evening after tomorrow, Li Zhiran will send a large army to intercept it when he learns that our army is coming." Then here, that is, halfway, tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow, we will meet our army, which is close to Li Zhiran's camp in Chang'an, which is convenient to answer, and it is not far from the camp, so this is the best interception place for Li Zhiran. But if our army walks a little slower, tomorrow evening, at most, it will be here, and the day after tomorrow will also be a little slower, and the day's journey will be divided into three days. Li Zhiran must have thought that our army was afraid of his surprise attack so that he was cautious, so that our army walked for two days and did not reach the interception site, Li Zhiran must have been careless, that is, on the third day, our army suddenly accelerated its march, and it could reach Chang'an City in one day. ”

Liu Bei returned to his barracks, Sima Fang: "Lord, there are many burdens in Chen Zhoumu's army, coupled with Chen Zhoumu's plan, it can be expected that Chen Zhoumu has made plans to break the kettle at this time, and his determination to enter Chang'an is not small." ”

Liu Bei: "This can also be seen, Bo Zhi has his difficulties, Lantian small county, far away from Yizhou, Bo Zhi can almost only rely on a small county of Lantian here, how can he support an army of 5,000, if he doesn't break through as soon as possible, he will drag himself down sooner or later." Anyway, since Bo Zhi is so determined, he is also ruthless, and wins or loses in this battle. ”

Sima Fang smiled: "Lord, no matter what the battle is, the lord will not lose, imagine the current situation, in addition to the lord and Chen Zhoumu, who else will save the court, the lord is a moral victory." ”

The two laughed.