In August of the first year of Han Xingping, Chen Lin, the general of Yizhou Muwei, made a pair of troops out of Yangping in Yangping Pass, and directly attacked Chen Cang, but on the other hand, he secretly led six armies of about 20,000 people to sneak into Qishan and go out of the upper valley. There were less than 1,000 defenders in the upper valley, and Chen Lin was taken by surprise, and in less than an hour, the important land in the upper valley fell. At this time, Chen Lin's 20,000-strong army was like a tumor that suddenly appeared on the backs of Li and Guo Yan, if it was not clear in time, it would definitely spread throughout the body. The upper valley controls Ji County to the east, then the land of Longxi on the south bank of Weishui will no longer be owned by Li Dao Guo Yan, at that time Li Dao Guo Yan wanted to regain Longxi There were only two methods, one was to attack Ji County, and the other was to attack the northwest of Longxi from Di Dao. However, Di Dao is the junction of Longxi and Jincheng, and Han Sui, the giant of Jincheng, will definitely not let Li Dao and Guo Yan pass by Di Dao easily.

Without the slightest accident, Chen Lin's army began to enter this fortress that seemed to be a fortress that seemed to be a pass, a city and a city, and hurriedly convened the generals to discuss the matter, and now Chen Lin only had a strategist by his side. Chen Lin: "If you go up to the valley, our army will not be blocked by the enemy in the mountains, and now Guo Li, the two of them must still be in the Yangping area, but they didn't expect our army to come to Longxi at the expense of thousands of miles." A certain wanted to divide the troops, Han Sheng and Dingguo went straight to Beiyuan and Longxi counties to ensure the safety of our army in the north. A certain relative led the rest of the troops to quickly take Ji County, as long as Ji County was in hand, he could hold the counteroffensive in Tianshui and other places. ”

Fa Zheng: "My lord, it is already this month, if our army cannot achieve a big victory within three months, the result must not be good, not to mention the supply of grain and grass in the rear, but to say that if the time is in November, Weishui will freeze, and then the Weishui natural danger will no longer exist, then our army's plan to defend Ji County and Longxi County, and use several county towns between the two counties as base areas will face failure. "Ji County is in the east, Longxi County is in the north, Qishan is in the south, and the enemy will not appear, and the west is the Qiang people's residence, as long as it is handled properly, the Qiang people can be stabilized by buying temptations, etc. Then, as long as Longxi County in the north and Ji County in the east are held, Chen Lin can use several county towns near Longxi as a space for the army. The premise is that the enemy army cannot cross the Weishui, and this section of Weishui, which is hundreds of miles, is a natural defense line, but when the winter freezes, the enemy army has hundreds of miles of room to attack Chen Lin. If they can't scare Guo and Li before they freeze, or eliminate their living force as much as possible, then what will remain in Chen Lin at that time will be the turtle to retreat back to Qishan, and there will be no choice but to retreat.

Fa Zheng made it clear in one sentence that the situation was grim, and in three months, it would be even more difficult to say that it would be even more difficult to defend 100,000 people with 20,000 people, and it would be necessary to achieve a great victory, which was undoubtedly a huge stone, and it was overwhelming to weigh on the heads of the generals. Even Yan Yan and others, who were excited and wanted to make a contribution, are now a little heavy.

This time, Chen Lin's soldiers went out of Qishan, but they brought out all the six soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, Chen Ze's three thousand wolf cavalry, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Fang Yue, Yan Yan, Zhang Wei, a total of 18,000 soldiers and horses in six divisions, as well as Chen Lin's own additional guard battalion, attacking 20,000 horses, and 30,000 people. Chen Lin turned around and asked, "When will General Zhang arrive?" "Zhang Wei's headquarters is responsible for supervising the 30,000 people who escort the grain and grass baggage behind, which may be slower than Chen Lin and others. Huang Yan: "Big young master, General Zhang is a hundred miles away, and it is estimated that he will arrive in three days." ”

Chen Lin nodded and said: "Okay, the soldiers are very fast, and many defeated soldiers have gone out in the upper valley, I am afraid that Jixian and other places will know that our army is here again in a few days, without further ado, Huang Zhong and Fang Yue." ”

"Yes." Huang Zhong and Fang Yue solemnly came out of the ranks. Chen Lin picked up the token: "Order the two of you to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to attack the Beiyuan, and after taking the Beiyuan, attack the county town of Longxi in the north, and then take Longxi as the line to ensure the safety of our army in the north. ”

"No." The tiger responded, and Huang Zhong took Chen Lin's token and turned around with Fang Yue. Chen Lin turned his head: "The generals will listen to the order." The remaining Chen Ze and the other three hurriedly got up, Chen Lin: "Pack up the army immediately, and the whole army will set off in half an hour." ”

After the generals left, Fa Zheng: "Lord, Longxi County is facing Di Dao, close to Jincheng, Han Wen asked this person to be cunning and deceitful, can General Huang and General Fang deal with it." Chen Lin laughed: "If it is a conspiracy and a strategy, Han Wenyue is indeed not ordinary, not to mention a Han Sheng, even if you go to ten or eight, you will not be an opponent of Han Wenyue." But this time the task of Han Sheng and the two of them is to stick to Longxi, Han Sheng is steady, leading troops well, plus respecting the law and abiding by the law, but he will not disobey a certain order, so that the ten Han Wen covenants are not the opponents of Han Sheng's country. Besides, now Han Wenyue is only afraid and does not dare to blatantly attack our army, but Xiaozhi's concern is not entirely unreasonable, so Xiaozhi will write a letter to Han Wenyue and send a messenger to meet Han Wenyue, as well as Ma Shoucheng of Wuwei, the water is muddy, so it is good to touch the fish. ”

Fa Zheng smiled, how could such a good time let the two giants of Xiliang stay out of the matter. Fa Zheng said again: "My lord, you can go to Ji County here for one day and one night, but it will take several days for Tianshui to come to Ji County, and it is estimated that the defenders of Ji County will not exceed 1,000, but there are thousands of people in Tianshui, but there are Li Zhiran's own children as generals, so they have to guard against it." ”

Chen Lin nodded: "It is reported that there are more than 4,000 people, filial piety, and a certain army wants to eat Tianshui." Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that although Xiliang and other places are now Li Dao Guo Yan's territory, but the two of them do not have many soldiers and horses in Xiliang, except for Tianshui, there are thousands of troops in Qinchuan, in addition to these two units, the nearest ones are all on the front line of Sanguan five or six hundred miles away, that is to say, if the four thousand men and horses in Tianshui can be killed, Chen Lin will have at least eight to ten days to integrate these counties.

Just when Chen Lin waved his army to Ji County, Ji County also had an army of less than 1,000 people slowly leaving Ji County. Chen Lin's scouts hurriedly returned, which made Chen Lin very puzzled, and said: "Could it be that this Ji County guard knows that he is invincible, and retreats to Tianshui, and retains the soldiers and horses to defend Tianshui." ”

Fa Zheng: "Well, according to the current situation, it seems that protecting Tianshui is the most effective way for the enemy army. But as soon as Fa Zheng finished talking to Chen Lin, another scout reported: "My lord, the enemy army in Ji County did not go to Tianshui, but to the south, and it seems that they are heading to Shangbang. ”

Chen Lin looked at Fa Zheng even more suspiciously, Tianshui is in the east of Ji County, but Shangbang is in the south of Tianshui, and it makes no sense for the thousands of people in Ji County to go to Shangbang. Fa Zheng: "Lord, the enemy general should not be underestimated, Lord, I am afraid that the enemy army wants to tempt the wolf of our army to ride after him, and then join forces with Tianshui's soldiers and horses to defeat our cavalry first." At present, Fa Zheng could only think that this was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, so he said.

Chen Lin lowered his head and muttered: "Is it a plan to lure the enemy?" Fa Zheng nodded, but Chen Lin smiled and said: "No matter him, as long as Ji County, he ordered the army to speed up the march, and no one should leave the army lightly." "Chen Lin made up his mind, no matter what the defenders of Ji County want to do, now Chen Lin is bent on taking Ji County first.

At the same time, at the foot of the wooden mountain in the northwest of Shangbang, an army of less than 1,000 people was rushing forward. The first general is the guard general of Ji County, and I saw that this person was full of rough wind and sand, but he had a pair of bright eyes. Turning back to the adjutant general, he said, "How did the enemy react?" "The lieutenant general is a loyal subordinate of the general, and he has been following him for many years. said: "General, the enemy army has no reaction, or go straight to Ji County, why don't generals, Mrs. and young master bring them out?" It can be seen that this adjutant general cares about the general's family very much.

It turned out that this general was a native of Ji County, and he only became the county lieutenant of Ji County a year ago. Only this county lieutenant Jiang Xu and Jiang Boya are willing to stay to resist the enemy, Jiang Xu is a small family in this county, and he only had the opportunity to become an official a year ago, but the deputy general is Jiang Xu's friend and subordinate for many years. Jiang Xu knew that a thousand county soldiers in Ji County would definitely not be able to hold it, so he thought of a plan, and then Chong Chong left Ji County with this thousand men and horses, but all his family members stayed in Ji County.

Jiang Xu smiled: "Hehe, in the name of Yizhou Mu Renai, I guess I won't do anything to women, children and children, and if I bring them, they will drag down the army, and I can't disregard the lives of a thousand people because of my own selfishness." The adjutant general bowed his head and did not speak, but he admired the general in his heart, and now even if he died immediately, he was afraid that half of the thousand people were willing.

Jiang Xu then smiled: "Besides, it won't take two days, hmph, at that time, he Yizhou soldiers were afraid that it would be too late to escape, and he could still take care of Ji County." Thinking of his plan, Jiang Xu couldn't help laughing, but he didn't know what kind of plan Jiang Xu was thinking, so sure that Chen Lin's 20,000 horses would flee?

Jiang Xu waved his hand and shouted: "Speed up, you must go to the wooden door tonight." "Wooden door, this is a place that not many people even know about the locals. The wooden gate is the same as the upper valley, both are a fortress that is not a city or a gate, but the role of the wooden gate is much smaller than that of the upper valley, and it has been abandoned a long, long time ago. The wooden gate and the upper valley are distributed on both sides of the wooden mountain, one in the east, which is the wooden gate, and the other in the west is the upper valley. Jiang Xu is an authentic local, and he only knew about the role of the wooden door by chance, and just three months ago, Jiang Xu happened to come to spy in person. Jiang Xu smiled, this time, I will definitely let everyone in the world remember me Jiang Xu.

A fast horse galloped, galloping on the road from Ji County to Tianshui.

At this time, Chen Lin's army was less than an hour away from Ji County, and the scouts kept reporting the situation in Ji County, which made Chen Lin more and more sure that the defenders of Ji County had abandoned the city and fled, but the news brought back by the scouts who monitored the movements of the army in Ji County made Chen Lin puzzled. A natural sense of crisis is getting heavier and heavier, but Chen Lin can't tell where it is.

"Jiang Xu, Jiang Boya." Chen Lin silently read the name of the county lieutenant who fled from Ji County, and his brows furrowed.