In Jicheng, the atmosphere seems depressing and dull, and the originally prosperous and lively streets and alleys are now not seen walking by a few people, and they look bleak and deserted in the autumn breeze.

Since the loss of Luxian, there is no barrier in the east of Jicheng, Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Yue exhausted the troops of Liaoxi and Youbeiping, and formed an alliance with the Liaodong cavalry sent by Gongsun Du, and successively captured Luxian, Anle and Yuyang and other cities, and now the army is approaching step by step, and it is getting closer and closer to Jicheng.

Gongsun Yue was defeated and captured in Yangxiang City the year before last, but this time he held back his strength to get back the lost face. He learned the lesson of the last failure, resolutely did not divide the troops, did not rush forward, always firmly hugged the cavalry of Gongsun Du, and adopted the "stupid" method of a line of flat pushing, first occupied all the small cities around Jicheng to ensure the stability of the rear, and then led the army to press up towards Jicheng in an all-round way.

As Liu Yu's military advisor, Li Ru saw the intentions and intentions of the enemy army on the east road very early, and also suggested that Liu Yu send troops to reinforce Lu County, the barrier in the east of Jicheng, Liu Yu also adopted Li Ru's suggestion, but the three-way army attacked at the same time, the troops of Youzhou were stretched, and the defensive strength of Luxian County was only 8,000 people at most, even if the defenders did not retreat from the battle to the death, but still could not withstand the fierce siege of 50,000 troops.

Xian Yuyin was besieged by the enemy soldiers who fought in the ant-attached city in the last battle to defend the city, and if it wasn't for the death cover of his own soldiers, he was afraid that he would be hacked to death by the enemy soldiers who rushed to the city at that time.

Xian Yuyin, who was stabbed several times, issued an order to withdraw to Jicheng before passing out, and the 8,000 defenders in Luxian retreated with tears, and only more than 3,000 people were able to return to Jicheng in the end.

Now, ten days have passed since the loss of Lu County, and Xian Yuyin, who had a hard life, was dragged back from the Yama Palace by Zhao Ai'er, and he woke up leisurely and opened his eyes.

"Where am I?" Lying on the couch, Xian Yuyin was so weak that he couldn't even turn his neck, so he could only look at the curtain above his head with skeletal eyes and mutter.

The guards guarding the door heard someone whispering inside the house. pushed open the door and rushed in, only to see Xian Yuyin who had opened his eyes.

"General, you're finally awake! I'm going to report to Master Taifu! The guards shouted in ecstasy.

"Hey, why are you?" Xian Yuyin looked at the guards in front of him and was a little puzzled.

This guard who pushed the door in was one of the twenty-five horsemen who followed Liu He from Nanyang to Youzhou, that is, the original Xiliang veteran, and was later sent by Liu He to Liu Yu as a guard, and he was also an old acquaintance with Xian Yuyin.

"General, after you were carried back to Jicheng from Lu County. I have been unconscious for ten days until today. You are now lying in the west courtyard of the Taifu Mansion, which is the courtyard where Gongzi used to live. ”

"Alas, I have the trust of the son, and the trust of the Taifu, but I can't hold Lu County!" Xian Yuyin sighed, and pressed her eyes in some pain, and tears rolled down her cheeks faintly from the corners of her eyes.

Seeing this, the guards understood Xian Yuyin's painful mood at the moment. Slowly exiting the room, he closed the door.

In Liu Yu's study, Zhao Gai and Li Ru were standing in front of him silently, while Liu Yu was holding a military report he had just obtained and frowned.

"This is the emergency military information sent by Zhang Zan from Wuruan Pass to break through and return from Wuruan Pass. Look at it. ”

Li Ru took the military newspaper, quickly skimmed through it, and then handed it to Zhao Cai.

Liu Yu said with a worried face: "Our previous defensive deployment was focused on Jicheng, and we didn't deploy too many troops in Zhuo County. Now that Gongsun Chan has occupied Zhuo County, he did not join forces with Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Du's coalition forces to besiege Jicheng as we assumed, but blocked Zhang Zhan's 5,000 defenders in Wuruan Pass. He then marched directly in the direction of Daigun, intending to join forces with Yuan's army, which was besieging Takayanagi on the Western Front. ”

Li Ru said: "Gongsun Chan is arranging troops like this, it seems that he is willing to seek the near and far, but in fact he is ruthless and vicious, and the plan is not small!" ”

"Wen You might as well elaborate on Gongsun Zhan's scheme."

"Gongsun Zan must think that it is a matter of time before he takes Jicheng, and he is now eager to attack Daijun, which is not only the grain for the bumper harvest of Daijun this year, but also to prevent Yuan Jun from grabbing the territory of Youzhou with him. In his opinion, as long as Daijun and Shanggu are in the bag, we will not be able to support Jicheng for long, so we are not in a hurry to attack Jicheng directly. ”

Zhao Gai said with some anger: "This Gongsun Chan has always been fighting Youzhou's idea, but this time he waited for the opportunity, and immediately revealed his jackal nature, and even Lu Zhi's persuasion did not play any role!" ”

"Complaining and spitting on Gongsun Chan now is useless. Let's discuss how to retreat from the enemy, if Daijun and Shanggu fall into the hands of Gongsun Zhan, then my hard work in Youzhou will all be in vain, and we will be all at that time! ”

Li Ru, who has always been resourceful, is also frowning in the face of today's thorny situation, and he can't think of a proper way.

"For today's plan, we can only hope that Xu Rong on the Western Front will be able to withstand the east-west attack of Yuan Jun and Gongsun Zhan's army, and support it until the day when the eldest prince leads the army back to Youzhou."

Li Ru finished this sentence with some frustration and kept silent.

"Alas! Regret not being at the beginning! Liu Yu raised his head and sighed. If I hadn't insisted on sending troops to Chang'an to rescue the Son of Heaven, Wu'er would not have led 10,000 cavalry south, and Youzhou would not have had this catastrophe today! ”

Li Ru was speechless, thinking: If it weren't for your son to go to Chang'an, I wouldn't be standing in your study now.

Just when everyone didn't know what to say, Shi A's voice sounded outside the house: "My lord, there is an urgent military report from Macheng!" ”

"What? An urgent report from Macheng? Liu Yu's heart sank, worried about whether Ma Cheng had also been attacked.

Shi Ah was allowed to enter the house and present a fire-lacquered letterhead to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu opened and read the letter with apprehension, and then saw his frowning brows gradually relaxed.

"Hahaha...... My lion is finally back! After reading the letter, Liu Yu suddenly shed tears of excitement and bitterness in his eyes, and he danced in the house regardless of his appearance.

Zhao couldn't help it for a while, and directly "snatched" the letter from Liu Yu's hand, and looked at it with Li Rutou.

"It's great that the eldest prince is back!"

"My lord, Childe's letter was sent back by a fast horse when he left Macheng, and it is estimated that in a day and a half at most, Childe will lead his army to Guangyang. According to the arrangement mentioned in Gongzi's letter, our top priority is to immediately straighten out the soldiers and horses, and when Gongzi returns to Jicheng, we will launch an encirclement and suppression against Gongsun Zhan! ”

"Now that Wu'er has returned to Youzhou, all the battles in the future will be carried out according to his deployment, you don't have to come to me again, and immediately go separately!" After Liu Yu said this, he walked out of the study with square steps.

A day later, Liu He led 5,000 cavalry back to Jicheng.

Jicheng, which had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly surged with people, and both sides of the avenue from the north city gate to Taifu's mansion were crowded with onlookers, and everyone rushed out of the house, wanting to see the majestic posture of the eldest prince leading the army back to the city.

Out of the need to boost the hearts of the people, Liu He had to turn out the outfit that Xu Miao had purchased for him again and put it on his body, and then ordered all the five thousand cavalry to be equipped with the brand-new armor and weapons that had just been taken out of the Macheng armory, and murderously poured from the front of hundreds of thousands of people to the front of the Taifu Mansion.

"The eldest prince is mighty!"

"Youzhou cavalry wins!"

"Kill all the enemies who come to attack!"

"Avenge the dead soldiers!"

The surging crowd erupted with pent-up emotions for a long time, and their shouts rose higher and higher, until Liu He had already entered the Taifu Mansion, and they could still hear it clearly.

Liu Yu, who was standing under the foyer of the middle courtyard, looked at the fair-skinned young man in armor and stubble on his face who walked in from the front door, and felt like a world away.

"Father, the baby is back!"

Liu He came to Liu Yu, bowed his head, bent over, and bowed to Liu Yu's luggage. He was wearing heavy armor and could not kneel and prostrate, so he had to bow first.

Liu Yu walked down the steps quickly, stretched out his hands to help Liu He up, and then carefully patted the dust on his body for Liu He.

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back! Liu Yu patted the ashes for his son while whispering.

"Father, how is everything at home? Are the two ladies healthy? Is the little brother running all over the ground now? Liu He stood in place, letting his father show his love for his son in his way, and threw out one question after another in his mouth.

"Are you my big brother?"

Suddenly, a timid and brittle children's voice sounded at Liu He's feet.

Liu He lowered his head, and then saw that a two-year-old child was standing beside his lap at some point, and was looking at him with his neck tilted at this time.

Liu He turned his head and saw that the big and small Ou clan were standing not far away and looking over here.

"Ha Luha, the second brother has grown so big! Come, let my brother hug! Liu He bent down, picked up his little brother Liu An, and then rubbed his brother's pink face with his stubble-covered jaw, which made Liu An cry at that time.

"Shiren, Minghui is recuperating in the West Courtyard, and he only woke up yesterday, you can go and see him." Liu Yu reminded his son.

"What? Minghui is out of danger? That's great! ”

"Zitai, go, follow me to meet your old buddy!"

Liu He greeted him and took Tian Chou and went to the West Courtyard.

In the west courtyard, several guards saw Liu He rushing in with a gust of wind, and were about to ask, but they were stopped by Shi Ayi's eyes following closely behind.

Liu He gently pushed open the door of the room where Xian Yuyin was recuperating from his injuries, tiptoed to the bed, and saw that Xian Yuyin, who was pale, was still sleeping.

"Dude, it's good that you weren't invited to tea by King Yama, otherwise there would be more people to bury you this time!" Liu He looked at Xian Yuyin who was sleeping and muttered softly.

In fact, Xian Yuyin, who was just pretending to be asleep, heard this, opened his eyes suddenly, and said to Liu He with a look of grievance: "Son, you want to avenge the last general!" ”

"I'm rubbing! You're pretending to be asleep! (To be continued......)

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