In the first year of Hanzhong Ping (184 AD), the Yellow Turban Rebellion was in turmoil in the Central Plains, and in October, the Yellow Turban was not peaceful, and the Xiliang Qiang Rebellion rose again. The Qiang people of Jincheng raised an army against the Han Dynasty and supported Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou as generals, and Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou hijacked Han Sui and Bian Zhang, famous men of Xiliang, as military and political officials, and attacked and killed Jincheng Taishou. The Liangzhou Thorn Shi was afraid and did not dare to attack, and the Hanyang Governor Gai Xun Gai Yuangu led his troops to resist. The Han Dynasty urgently ordered Sikong Zhang Wen to lead the troops to go, do not let the Qiang people attack the three auxiliaries, Zhang Wen asked Zhu Jun to go with Sun Jian, but it didn't work, it happened that Yang Ci recommended Chen Lin, Zhang Wen then ordered Chen Lin to move quickly for Sima and rush to Liangzhou.

Chen Lin had no choice but to gallop away with Huang Yan, Zhou Cang and more than a dozen cavalry troops, and he didn't even have time to take a look at Nanyang, which was passing through the battle. Chen Lin rushed to Jincheng non-stop and learned about the situation in Jincheng. Jincheng led ten counties, governed Yunwu, and now has been attacked by anti-thieves in six counties, only four counties such as Lingju remain, Zhang Wen's 20,000 imperial army and Hanyang Changshi Gaixun are in Lingju to guard.

Chen Lin hurriedly visited Zhang Wen, and Zhang Wen saw that Yang Ci's disciple was so heroic and liked it very much, so Chen Lin took a seat. Chen Lin looked around the military tent and saw that there were several people in the tent, all of whom did not know each other, so Zhang Wen hurriedly introduced him. Several of them were deputy generals brought by Zhang Wen from the imperial court, and only one was from Xiliang, who was the chief of Hanyang, Shi Gaixun, who was rude and majestic, and his eyes were *. Only then did Chen Lin know how grim the situation was now, the local defenders and the 20,000 troops brought by Zhang Wen were only more than 30,000, and most of them were foot soldiers. The Qiang people have more than 50,000 troops, and the horse army is the mainstay, and now the Qiang and Han are facing each other in the northeast and southwest, and the Han army is in the northeast, and the situation is worrying.

When Chen Lin first came, it was inconvenient to say much, so he could only listen quietly. Suddenly, Zhang Wen turned to Chen Lin and asked: "Chen Sima, I heard that the Runan Yellow Turban was able to be quelled so quickly, Chen Sima has made great contributions, and everyone knows about carrying the coffin on the wall, and everyone feels Chen Sima's loyalty to the Han, I don't know if Chen Sima may say something for us?" In the blink of an eye, everyone in the tent looked at Chen Lin, Chen Lin was helpless, and said: "The last general knows what Lord Sikong asked, at that time, Runan was also outnumbered, and the last general was just a fluke to seize its granary, and then hold on, resist the fierce counterattack of the Yellow Turban, and wait for its food to run out, that's all." After finishing it, he talked about his actions in Runan in detail, but he just concealed the smuggling of Xihua grain and grass back to Anyang.

Zhang Wen and others appreciated for a while, and then Gai Xun said: "The Liangzhou Qiang Rebellion, different from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Qiang people are gathered in tribes, just like Xianbei and Xiongnu, and they are mainly cavalry, and it is difficult and difficult to cut off their grain routes. Chen Lin also knew that what Gai Xun said was reasonable, the Xiqiang settlement was in the west of Liangzhou, just like the desert in the north of the Han Dynasty, and the Han army did not dare to enter it easily. Everyone couldn't think of a way for a while, and finally Zhang Wen spoke: "Now we must strictly hold on to the remaining four cities, and never allow the Qiang people to take a step forward, Chen Sima ordered you to lead 4,000 men and horses to Yunjie County, presiding over the defense, but not allowing the Qiang people to break through Yunjie." ”

Chen Lin was taken aback, not long after he came, before he fully understood the situation of the Qiang people, Zhang Wen entrusted him with an important task, and Chen Lin was slightly surprised. In fact, it was Chen Lin's performance in Runan that made Zhang Wen feel that Chen Lin was good at guarding, so he had this commission. Chen Lin took the order and left, and led the 4,000 troops allocated by Zhang Wen to bring grain and grass to Yunjie. As long as one of the four cities is broken, the Jincheng defense line initially drawn up by Zhang Wen will lose its effect, and then the Han army can only retreat to Tianshui and settle down, and give up the entire Jincheng to the thieves.

When he came to Yunjie, Chen Lin was taken aback again, Yunjie City did not have a moat, which meant that the enemy army could directly attack the city without filling the river at all. There were 2,000 citizens in Yunjie County, and there were more than 2,500 Han troops who had retreated from defeat, plus 4,000 brought by Chen Lin, there were only more than 6,000 people. Hearing that the Qiang people had tens of thousands of cavalry, Chen Lin was pale and didn't know whether to comfort himself or others, and said to Huang Yan: "Fortunately, the cavalry is not good at attacking the city." ”

As soon as Chen Lin arrived in Yunjie, he immediately took over the power of Yunjie, and the county magistrate of Yunjie was just a literati, knowing that it was critical at this time, and he was very cooperative with Chen Lin. Taking advantage of the fact that the Qiang people were still attacking at this time, Chen Lin hurriedly ordered the county magistrate to issue a county order, and all the grain was uniformly distributed. For a time, within a radius of ten miles from Yunjie County, stones and trees were collected. Chen Lin also saw that the soil in the Xiliang land was loose and dry and easy to powder, so he ordered the soldiers and civilians to dig ravines outside the city wall, which was an important task to defend the city, and the soldiers and civilians of the county had no complaints. It's just that Chen Lin ordered the excavated soil to be transported into the city, but it was puzzling, Chen Lin smiled and said nothing. Since Chen Lin arrived, Yunjie, a county town less than half the size of Anyang County, has been shrouded in dust.

In the past ten days, Zhang Wen also personally inspected Yunjie County, saw that Chen Lin was busy and orderly, quite satisfied, and said to Chen Lin that the Qiang people have frequently mobilized troops and horses recently, but they are afraid that the big war will not be far away, and Chen Lin must be careful to defend Yunjie City. Chen Lin proposed to increase the number of soldiers and horses, but unfortunately Zhang Wen did not send too many soldiers and horses, but there was always one thing that satisfied Chen Lin, that is, grain and grass, the grain and grass in the city were enough for the military and civilians of the county for three months, and the Qiang people could not besiege the city for three months. Before leaving, Zhang Wen looked at the ravines in front of the city wall of Yunjie, which was more than one zhang deep and two zhang wide, and thought that other counties should do the same.

After Chen Lin arrived in Liangzhou, he had never seen Xiqiang, but now he saw that Yunjie County was quite prepared, so he decided to go to check the situation of the Qiang people in person. So Chen Lin took a few local soldiers and rode to the west. Although Liangzhou is not a gathering place for Qiang people, but there are also many Qiang tribes who have moved inward, and it is the Qiang people on the ground in Liangzhou who are making trouble this time, if the Qiang people in the west of Liangzhou attack, I am afraid that they are all around 200,000, not 50,000. The people who rebelled this time were not all Qiang people, many of them were Han people, but because of their poor life, they rebelled against the Han Dynasty. Two of the four leaders of the rebellion and thieves are famous Han men in Liangzhou, Han Sui and Bian Zhang, these two were forced at first, but now they are willing to be thieves, which is really hateful.

To the west of Yun Street is Jincheng County, Jincheng County, and it is only a small county town like Yun Street, so I don't know how Jincheng County is at this time. There are still twenty miles away from Jincheng County, Chen Lin and the others encountered a team of ten scouts, those ten people saw Chen Lin and a group of twenty horses, they were not afraid at all, but one of them turned around and ran back, I am afraid that they went back to report the news, and the other nine people just beat their horses and looked at Chen Lin and others from a distance. Chen Lin saw that the nine people did not move, and he did not move, so he said to Huang Yan: "Huang Yan, you may shoot down one person." "Although Huang Yan can't run a horse and shoot arrows, she can still draw a bow when riding on a horse that doesn't move. Huang Yan looked at the distance and estimated it slightly, only to see Huang Yan quickly return the knife, take the bow and arrow, pull the string and release the arrow, and shoot three arrows in a row in one go, without blinking. The nine people on the opposite side were strange about Huang Yan's movements, but three arrows fell in the dazzling sunlight, hitting one in the abdomen, one in the eyeballs, and one in the shoulder, and the three of them arrived in response. Frightened, the remaining six people hurriedly beat their horses, ignoring the life and death of their companions on the ground, and turned around and ran away.

Chen Lin laughed: "Huang Yan, good archery, good shooting." Huang Yan only smiled, put the bow on his back, and said to Chen Lin: "Big young master, the anti-thief scouts have gone back to report, and they will definitely come to chase from time to time, so it's better for the big young master to return as soon as possible." Chen Lin sighed secretly, he still wanted to take a peek at the situation in Jincheng County, so he had to give up.

Chen Lin and his entourage had to drive the horse back to Yunjie County, and the strong wind blew on the road, and the dust entered his mouth, choking Chen Lin and coughing. Chen Lin was about to complain, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he came up with a plan, and he was overjoyed, and he galloped away again and again, rushing back to Yunjie City. As soon as he entered the city gate, Chen Lin found the county magistrate and discussed, but it was a strange order, asking the county magistrate to prepare 7,000 pieces of coarse cloth, one for each person in the army, and there should be no mistake in carrying it with him.

Chen Lin wondered why Chen Lin didn't see a village in Yunjie County on the day he left the city, so he asked the county magistrate. The county magistrate replied that Xiliangdi was sparsely populated, and there were less than 40,000 Han people in the entire Jincheng County, and there were many Qiang people who were in small rebellion, so very few people lived outside the city, and even if there were, it was a large village, and there were strong men who guarded the village. In the land of Xiliang, the people are fierce, almost everyone can fight, although the skill of arching horses is not as good as the Hu people, but it is better than the Han people in the Central Plains. The "Liangzhou Sanming" called by the Han Dynasty had a supreme position in Liangzhou and was respected by the Qiang people and the Han people, and now all the Sanming have died, which is also one of the reasons why the Jincheng anti-thieves dared to oppose the Han.

Chen Lin sighed, if someone could subdue Liangzhou, including the Qiang Han, wouldn't they be able to equip an unstoppable army. Unexpectedly, Chen Lin sighed, and it really became a reality in the future, first Dong Zhuo, and then the Ma family, all relying on Xiliang, to dominate for a while.

Chen Lin and the others were continuing to dig deep ravines, constantly carrying soil back to the city, and piling it up in the designated place, until it slowly took shape, and everyone in the city was surprised to find that this was actually another city wall. Just because Chen Lin actually vacated the row of houses under the inner wall of the city and filled them with soil, now there are only four gaps leading to the four gates, less than three zhang wide, and as long as the four gaps are blocked, the soldiers in the city can go up to the roof to defend again. Moreover, Chen Lin happened to be calculated, and the distance from the city wall was an arrow away, but the enemy army did not want to shoot arrows from the wall at that time. At this time, everyone saw that everyone praised Chen Lin, and some were afraid, but Chen Lin's appearance was that he wanted the whole city to fight to the death, and he was a little timid. Chen Lin had Zhang Wen's order, and those who dared to disobey would be cut first and then played, so after one kill, dozens of heads were hung on the wall.

On this day, Zhang Wen sent someone to report that the anti-thieves gathered in Yuzhong, Zhang Wen wanted to fight with it, and urgently ordered Chen Lin to lead 4,000 troops to converge, Chen Lin was taken aback after hearing this, and now the anti-thieves are demoralized, and the Han army should only hold on, how can they attack. Only by sticking to the city and consuming its sharpness will it be the time to break the enemy. Zhang Wen is about to make the mistake of Zhao Qian in Runan again, although Chen Lin is in a hurry, he can't help but carry out the order, and only hopes to persuade Zhang Wen before the anti-thief attack. Chen Lin hurriedly led 4,000 soldiers to Yuzhong, and at the same time ordered Yunjie City to continue to reorganize its armament and fight, rush to repair the city walls, and dig deep ravines.