Tianshui's guard is called Li Gang, is a brother of Li Dao's own family, Li Gang is about forty years old, Li Gang has a son named Li Qi, father and son have been leading the army to guard the place since Dong Zhuo's era, after Dong Zhuo's death, Li Dao Guo Yan was in power, Li Gang father and son were appointed as the guards of Tianshui, leading 4,000 men and horses resolutely like Tianshui Taishou. This time, Chen Lin and Chen Bing Pingguan wanted to attack Guanzhong, but Li Gang was a hundred disdainful.

On this day, Li Qichong rushed back from outside and shouted loudly: "Father, Jiang Boya, who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, has sent someone again." "It's Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu, as a native of Ji County, Tianshui County, is very dissatisfied with what Li Gang and his son did in Tianshui. Li Gang has been in Tianshui for less than two years, but there are more than a dozen mansions, and the 4,000 soldiers and horses that Li Gang allocated to Li Gang are not used to defend the city at all, but are sent out by Li Gang all day long to do some things that oppress the common people. Jiang Xu was very popular with the people in Ji County this year, and he really couldn't bear the people to suffer like this, so he wrote letters to Li Gang and his son again and again, or something, just to persuade them. Li Gang is a member of Li Dao's clan, and now it can be said that he wants the wind to be windy and rainy, of course he will not pay attention to Jiang Xu's dirt bun, and every time Jiang Xu's letter comes, he doesn't read it.

As soon as Li Qi shouted, Li Gang knew that Jiang Xu was looking for trouble again, and said, "Don't worry about him, a dirt bun." Li Qi grinned, and then said: "Father, it is said that Jincheng has not been very stable recently, is it that Han Wenyue wants to do something again?" Li Gang sneered and snorted: "Han Wenyu? was beaten like a water dog before, if it weren't for Lao Fan's soft-heartedness, he would have died eight hundred times. Now that I have been going back for a year, I think my wound is healed, and this time there is also trouble in Yizhou, Han Wenyue must want to take the opportunity to get a handful, but don't worry, even if Han Wenyue comes, it will be over Qinchuan first, 5,000 soldiers and horses are not decorations, plus there are a lot of our people over there, he can't turn the sky. ”

Just when Li Gang and his son were enjoying themselves, Ji County had already changed its flag, and Chen Lin's 10,000 soldiers and horses entered Ji County almost without any resistance. No one knew why Jiang Xu went out of the city, but all the people who were invited to Chen Lin insisted that Jiang Xu was greedy for life and afraid of death, and ran away. But Chen Lin couldn't believe it, and he didn't dare to believe it, when no one ran away, he would leave his family behind, and everyone would go to the mountains when they fled, instead of going to Tianshui.

Fa Zheng came in from outside and said, "Lord, Jiang Boya's family only has a wife and a son, and there are some subordinates, and the son has only been born recently. Originally, he thought that Jiang Boya was just fleeing, but now he feels more and more that this Jiang Boya must have some plan, and the lord should not be careless. ”

Chen Lin nodded, hurriedly ordered someone to spread out the map, and beckoned Fa Zheng to come over with Gao Shun, Chen Ze, and Yan Yan. Chen Lin: "Look, this is Ji County, here is Tianshui, and this is Shangbang. In the end, the place where Jiang Boya disappeared was here, Shangbang, Jiang Boya's intention was definitely not to go back to Tianshui, and it was definitely not as simple as fleeing. So what is his strategy, a thousand soldiers and horses say more or less, this Xiliang land is no better than my Central Plains, although this is only a thousand county soldiers, but it is much more powerful than our county soldiers. What do you think Jiang Boya wants to do? ”

Fa Zheng became the only strategist here, although he was young, but his resourcefulness should not be underestimated, at this time, Fa Zheng frowned and circled around the map, and suddenly pushed Gao Shun who was blocking in front of him, staring at the map that Gao Shun had blocked with a shocked face. The generals looked at Fa Zheng suspiciously, especially Chen Lin, Chen Lin needed someone who could give advice, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaozhi, but what did you find?" ”

Fa Zheng shouted: "Lord, hurry, go find a few locals, people who are familiar with the terrain of this day, hurry." Chen Lin didn't say a word, and now he didn't ask Fa Zheng what was going on, and hurriedly nodded at Huang Yan, and Huang Yan rushed out. At this time, Chen Lin turned around and asked Fa Zheng: "Filial piety, what is it?" ”

Fa Zheng: "Lord, look, here, this is the place where we lost Jiang Xu, according to the map identification, there is a big mountain here, called Mushan, with a radius of two hundred miles, and the upper valley we came in earlier is at the foot of the west of Mushan. We always thought that the upper valley was the only exit out of Qishan Tielong Mountain, but, lord, if so. Chen Lin exclaimed: "If there is a trail in Mushan that we don't know about that can directly lead from the eastern foothills to the upper valley, then this Jiang Boya is going to steal the upper valley and want to cut off our army's retreat." Chen Lin exclaimed, almost slumped on the ground.

The more Chen Lin thought about it, the more he felt like it, which explained why Jiang Xu didn't go east to Tianshui, but went south. Huang Yan rushed out to find the guide, and the locals quickly came in, and they were a few people who looked like old people. Chen Lin hurriedly rushed over and startled the old man. Fa Zheng hurriedly came over: "Lord, let me come." ”

Chen Lin retreated and hurriedly apologized to the old man, frightening others. Chen Lin stared at Fa Zheng intently, Fa Zheng: "Old man, may I ask if there is any way to pass directly from the east foot to the west foot in this wooden mountain?" "Yes, you can go directly to the wooden gate, the distance is only eighty miles."

Shocking news, the old man's answer surprised everyone, which confirmed what Fa Zheng said, Jiang Xu clearly cut off Chen Lin's back road. If the upper valley is occupied by Jiang Xu, and within half a month, Chen Cang's Li Dao Guo Yan will definitely be able to wave his army, and at that time, Chen Lin's 20,000 army will only have a dead end.

Everyone was anxious, but seeing that Fa Zheng was not flustered, Chen Lin asked anxiously: "Xiaozhi, why are you so calm?" Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Lord, Jiang Boya was in Shangbang two hours ago, and then lost his trace, now that our army has known his conspiracy, eighty miles, eighty miles is enough for him to walk one night, even if Jiang Boya marches overnight tonight, he will not reach the upper valley until tomorrow." I thought that although Jiang Boya's plan was good, it would not succeed for three reasons:

One

We discovered his strangeness in advance, and now we know his intentions, we still have time in time, it will only take half a day to send people to the upper valley, and at the same time, General Zhang behind him will quickly break away from the baggage team and rush to the upper valley, there are still two hundred people in the upper valley, and they can also make full preparations.

Two

Jiang Boya has a limited number of troops, only a thousand men and horses, if it is not wrong, Jiang Boya must also go with the defenders of Tianshui, the defenders of Tianshui are 4,000, if all of them are invested in the upper valley, even if our army takes the opportunity to take Tianshui, it will be worth the loss. However, our army has 3,000 wolf horses, and the lord can immediately release the wolf horses to block Tianshui's soldiers and horses so that they cannot move to Shangbang, as long as they delay for a day or two, Jiang Boya's plan will be ineffective.

Three

Jiang Boya will never be able to count our army and General Zhang escorting grain and grass in the rear, even if we are too late in time, Jiang Boya is lucky to take the upper valley, then our army will send thousands of people to attack back, when the time comes, General Zhang will be behind, our army will be in front, and the upper valley will be the part of the front and rear flanking and beating, 1,000 people, how long can it resist.

Therefore, my lord, our army can find out Jiang Boya's plan in time, but there is no need to worry about it, the plan for now is to immediately send wolf horses to obstruct Tianshui's soldiers and horses, presumably Tianshui should also get Jiang Boya's news now. ”

Fa Zheng finished talking about what he was planning in one breath, but it made Chen Lin feel calm and reasonable. At this time, there are three thousand wolf cavalry going out, not for the purpose of killing the enemy, not confronting the enemy, but just constantly harassing him, not letting him march with peace of mind, so as to buy time for the upper valley or to solve Jiang Xu first, which is completely okay.

Chen Lin then ordered Chen Ze to ask the wolf cavalry to immediately go out to explore the southeast of Ji County, and immediately block and report back when they encounter the Tianshui troops. At the same time, Zhang Wei of the rear army quickly broke away from the grain transportation team, hurried to the upper valley, and probed whether there were any inconspicuous paths on Mushan. Chen Lin on the Ji County side is simply, directly let Yan Yan stay behind, and he will rush to Shangbang with the trapped camp, Chen Lin thought viciously, I want to cut off my back road, and let you see what it is like to be attacked on three sides when the time comes.

In fact, Fa Zheng guessed Jiang Xu's plan correctly, but he couldn't guess the relationship between Jiang Xu and Li Gang's father and son, and he couldn't imagine that the fast horse sent by Jiang Xu to Tianshui couldn't even see Li Gang, so he was beaten out by Li Qi.

It wasn't until midnight that more and more people and horses from Jixian and Shanggu fled back gathered in Tianshui, which attracted the attention of the Tianshui army and hurriedly informed Li Gang. Li Gang was frightened into a cold sweat, and at this time Li Qi said softly in Li Gang's ear: "Father, the person sent by Jiang Boya today is possible." Li Qi couldn't help reminding, and was even more shocked that Li Gang broke out in a cold sweat, if that person was spreading the military information today, and Li Gang didn't even see him, if he was known by Li Dao because of this, Li Gang would be sad. Li Qi bowed his head again: "Father, no one has seen it." ”

Ruthless, this Li Qi made it clear that he suggested that Li Gang secretly execute that person today, and there was no proof of his death later. Poor Jiang Xu, the messenger, didn't even have to say a word, he was beaten and locked up during the day, and he lost his head even more inexplicably at night, and he didn't know why he died. After Li Gang finished this, he hurriedly sent the horse to Chencang for eight hundred miles, and he was strictly ordered to stick to Tianshui. In this way, it will hurt Jiang Xu, who is alone, and has been waiting for Tianshui's reinforcements at the wooden gate, but he has not seen it for a long time. In the middle of the night, that is, the moment when Jiang Xu's messenger was killed, Jiang Xu, who was far away in Mumen, decided not to wait and crossed Mushan first.

Zhang Wei was placed in the rear army, responsible for managing the people's husbands to escort grain and grass, and he was very aggrieved and angry. Suddenly, he received a token from Chen Lin, asking him to quickly go north and defend the upper valley, and Zhang Wei also knew the reason. This coke broke Zhang Wei, I didn't expect that Huang Zhong and the others in front of him didn't have a decent battle, but his rear army encountered such a good opportunity, although it was also a small enemy army, but the meaning was different. Zhang Wei hurriedly put down everything, left two hundred people, and led the troops to rush desperately, good guy, the two-day journey was forced to be finished by Zhang Wei in the middle of the night.

When Zhang Wei rushed straight to the upper valley, he saw that there was still a big banner on the upper valley, and the sun in the east had just crossed the mountain, and Zhang Wei had an urge to laugh. hurriedly sent troops to prepare, but was stopped by the adjutant general: "General, it is said that the enemy army only has about 1,000 people, and the lord also said that the enemy army may not know that our army is here." Zhang Wei: "What do you mean?" ”

Adjutant General: "General, why do you want to stop them, we have them all." When Zhang Wei heard this, he thought about it, laughed hahaha, patted the deputy general's shoulder and laughed.

In the wooden mountain, Jiang Xu rushed up behind him: "General, I found that the enemy army was about three thousand. Jiang Xu was taken aback: "It's so fast, but what, run, we are in front, take the upper valley, General Li's Tianshui army will soon follow behind the enemy, and let them know what it means to flank the front and back when the time comes." A thousand soldiers and horses suddenly sped up. Chen Lin behind him laughed: "I just found out?" ”

Jiang Xu's 1,000 people traveled more than 100 miles in one day and one night, comparable to cavalry, but fortunately it was an accident, if it was like this for three consecutive days, presumably this army would not have to be fought by the enemy, and it would have collapsed. Jiang Xu looked at the upper valley not far away, and saw that there were few people inside, only three or two people were walking around, Jiang Xu shouted Okay, it seems that Yizhou really thought that this was the big rear.

Jiang Xu raised his sword and shouted: "Troops, the general knows that we are very tired now, but our goal has also been achieved, the enemy is not prepared at all, take the upper valley, even if the soldiers and horses of Yizhou come to 100,000, they will only be trapped and killed in Longxi, the entire Xiliang will remember today's battle, and today the opportunity for my Ji County disciples to become famous has arrived, rush." Shouting that one person should take the lead, he raised his sword and rushed to the valley above. The upper valley was obviously frightened by the sudden appearance of Jiang Xu, and panicked. Jiang Xu saw it really clearly, and Jiang Xu laughed out loud, and many soldiers and horses in Ji County also saw the chaos in the valley above. This is the case with both sides of the enemy, one side rises, one side will fall, and the soldiers and horses of Jixian County are suddenly like a rainbow.

The defenders in the valley above threw away their armor and rumbled north, apparently giving up on holding on. Jiang Xu's army rushed into the fortress of the upper valley in an instant, quiet, too quiet, why did those Yizhou deserters who ran away have no sound at this time. Jiang Xu stopped, but the army behind him rushed in one after another.

Just when the soldiers and horses of Jixian County thought that it would be easy to take the upper valley, three trumpets sounded, and Jiang Xu was shocked, this was the horn of attack in Hanzhong. The sound of shouting rushed out from the originally silent houses around them, densely packed, Jiang Xu's mind was blank, everything became so slow, so slow.

Zhang Wei laughed hahahahaha, it was smooth, it was so smooth, it didn't take any effort for the thousand people to surround it. Three thousand people stood by with arrows, Jiang Xu's heart was like stagnant water, looking at Zhang Wei who was laughing rampantly, and his right hand holding the knife was almost dripping blood. Zhang Wei: "Will you get a name?" ”

Jiang Xu looked at Yixi, and at this time, there were a thousand people huddled together and trembling, and the three thousand people on the opposite side were condescending. Jiang Xu had to think about these people, so he came out: "Ji County, Jiang Xu Jiang Boya, dare to ask the general?" ”

"Captain Yizhou, Zhang Wei and Zhang Shouyi."

"I wonder why the general knew we were coming here and laid an ambush here?"

"Hahahaha, the lord is clever, how can you not know. Hahaha, today, descend, die, choose within ten breaths. "Zhang Wei is bullying, if he goes back today, he will definitely make Huang Zhong and others jealous to death.