Wu Zhao's army bid farewell to the Son of Heaven, left Luoyang, crossed the Yellow River, and marched urgently all the way. As far as the eye can see, ten rooms and nine empty fields. Wild dogs that eat human flesh and eat red eyes come in groups, and their white bones are scattered everywhere. Wu Zhao was kind, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but feel pity and uneasiness. From time to time on the road, he encountered scattered people who were fleeing with the old and the young, and Wu Zhao had no choice but to set up relief points along the way, destroying several bandits who were wandering and looting. and issued an order to lead the generals, sending people along the way to warn the powerful and powerful, bandits, and ringing horses in various places, and those who bully and rob and kill the fleeing people will be sentenced to death; Whoever attacks the relief point will be slaughtered and exterminated. And those who assist in the relief of the people and send money and goods will be given double on the day the army returns, and those who have made outstanding contributions will also be rewarded. However, in this way, the march will be slow.

After marching less than thirty miles on this day, after setting up camp, Wu Zhao summoned the generals in the Shuai tent: "Everyone, the rebellion in Hebei is beyond previous expectations. Bandits are rampant, fields are desolate, and people are displaced. Our army must not ignore such a situation! But if we want to treat the people, our army will have to slow down. This is a dilemma, do you have a good solution? ”

The situation in Hebei has also been seen by everyone. As soon as Wu Zhao said, everyone was also related. The military advisor Fa Zheng got up and left the table: "My lord, the exiles will not only slow down the advance of our army, but also drag our army into the abyss of defeat!" ”

Wu Zhao frowned: "Military advisor, are you saying that they are spies of the Black Mountain Army?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head: "It's not a secret, Zheng has secretly observed the words and actions of these people, and even made people pretend to be homeless people to investigate, but they have not found any spies." But my lord, I would rather they be spies of the Montenegrin army. They are the real people, and the people who want to go to Chang'an to join the Son of Heaven are difficult to do! ”

Wu Zhao frowned: "What does the military advisor mean by this?" ”

Fa Zheng nodded: "Not bad." In these days, our army has allocated about a tenth of the grain and grass to relieve the people, and the pace of the march has slowed down. And Chang'an's grain and grass can't be quickly supported, and if it goes on like this, we can't wait to meet Liu Yuzhou, and our army's grain and grass will inevitably be in a hurry. In addition, there have been several incidents of commotion among victims in the past few days. Although they all subsided quickly, in case of improper handling and a civil uprising, Chang'an, which was already empty, would be in danger. ”

Wu Zhao was silent when he heard this. After a while, he asked, "Strategist, is there a good plan?" ”

Fa Zheng said slowly: "I just thought that our army should take this opportunity to attack the counties and counties and include Hebei in our army's pocket!" ”

Wu Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "The military advisor is bad!" Say no more! Jizhou was won by Liu Yuzhou's nine deaths and bloody battles. Our army went north to aid Liu Yuzhou, how could we take advantage of the danger of others and seize his prefectures and counties? Don't do that! ”

Fa Zhengyi arched his hand: "Lord, our army is deep in Hebei, and it is difficult to replenish grain and grass. Coupled with today's relief of the displaced people and the delay in the march, our army is actually on the verge of danger. If we can't subdue the prefectures and counties and get grain on the spot, I'm afraid that before we can join up with Liu Yuzhou and General Ma, our army will be in danger! ”

Wu Zhao shook his head resolutely: "When the foreign tribes invaded on a large scale, they seized the land of their allies behind their backs, and even Cao Cao, who had fought in Gongsun Baima and Liu Yuzhou, did not do this, and I Wu Zhao must not do it!" Strategist, do you have any other plans? ”

did not mention Wu Zhao and others to discuss where to go, but said that Ma Yunluo sat in Zhending City and recovered several other slightly larger cities in Zhending County, namely Jinman, Feiti, and Manuscript City. The land of Hebei is in turmoil, various forces come and go, and officials from all over the country have long been accustomed to the changing banner of the king at the head of the city, which side of the wind comes and which side falls. Coupled with Zhao Yun's assistance, Ma Yunluo took Zhending County into his own hands without much effort. But like every prince who came to Zhending County, it was easy to attack the city and plunder the land, but it was difficult to annihilate Zhang Yan. Although countless spies were sent every day to investigate the traces of the Montenegrin army, they never found the opportunity for a decisive battle. Sending envoys to visit the local landlords who had built forts to protect themselves also had little effect.

Soon, the envoy sent by Wu Zhao arrived, bringing the news that Wu Zhao had personally led the army, and sent Wu Zhao's handwritten letter: If the situation in the north is too urgent, you can leave a partial division to hold the rear, and the main force will go north to support Liu Bei first. Black Mountain thieves, hand it over to Wu Zhao to clean it up personally!

After Ma Yunluo discussed with Liu Huiniang, Zhao Yun and others, he decided to leave Liu Jinding, a famous flower god general, to preside over the overall situation, supplemented by Yang Yanying, Yang Yanqi sisters and Shen Yunying, a new female general recruited by Ma Yunluo, to guard Changshan County to receive the army of Wu Zhao; Ma Yunluo himself changed to worship Hu Sanniang as the vanguard, and joined forces with Zhao Yun to unify the army to the north to support Liu Bei.

The situation was urgent, and the military rations were not abundant, so after Ma Yunluo left 10,000 horses for Liu Jinding, he led the army to set off and went north to meet Liu Bei. I only hope that before Ma Yunluo's army arrives, Gongsun Zhan's breath will not be swallowed completely.

As soon as the army left, Liu Jinding had to shrink his forces as much as possible, leaving 1,500 partial divisions in Jinman, Feiti, and Manuscript City, and recruiting strong men to gather 2,000 men; Let the Yang sisters and Shen Yunying lead respectively, as lips and teeth. 6,000 main forces were stationed in Zhending City, and the city defense was rectified day and night to prevent Zhang Yan from attacking.

Zhang Yan came as expected. On the third day after the departure of the army, the scouts reported that the Montenegrin army, about 50,000 horses, with a clear banner and mighty, came straight to Jinman City.

Yang Yanqi, the eighth sister of the Yang family, was stationed in Jinman City, just before Zhang Yan's soldiers. Adjutant General Yang Yanqi is a father and daughter. 's father, Zhou Lichun, was originally a land protector, who valued love and righteousness, and was quite popular. led the local villagers to fight with a small group of black mountain thieves many times, and voted for Ma Yunluo when Ma Yunluo's army arrived. (Actually called out.) Daughter Zhou Xiuying, born heroic, big eyes and long legs, has learned a hard skill since she was a child, especially good at knife skills, and her skills are the same as those of the big knife king five, and she is also good at knives. Quite bold: "Lord Captain, the thief army has just arrived, why don't you take advantage of their unstable foothold to rob and kill a wave first, so as to frustrate their spirit?" ”

Although Yang Yanqi is young, he also knows the severity, and shook his head: "Don't be reckless." The thief army is strong, our army is weak, and it is a great achievement to be able to hold the city and contain the thief army, and you must not leave the city without authorization. Pass my command, and order all the soldiers to guard the four gates, and not a single fly can be put into the city! Xiuying, you take people down to check whether the city guarding equipment at the four city gates is complete; Old Hero Zhou, I bother you to lead the army to patrol the city, and if you find a suspicious character, capture it immediately! If anyone dares to resist, they will be killed! ”

Zhou Xiuying pursed her lips: "Lord Captain, we have few soldiers, and Xiuying doesn't bring troops." I am willing to ride out of the city alone to challenge, and let Zhang Yan taste the power of our Chang'an army! Otherwise, when the general was there, the Montenegrin army ran all over the mountain, and as soon as the general left, we didn't dare to go out of the city, wouldn't we be looked down upon by the Montenegrin thieves? ”

Yang Yanqi thought about it, the Black Mountain Thief Army is a thief army after all, and when the morale is high, it naturally does all kinds of evil, and when the morale is low, it is a rabble. If you can file the opponent's morale through a heads-up fight, it is also a good strategy. So his heart moved, and he raised his eyebrows and asked Zhou Xiuying: "You are so young, dare to say such a big thing?" When the general was there, our army had a brilliant double sword, General Li Kui was brave and difficult to be, and the general's own riding skills and martial arts were also honed in the bitter cold land of Xiliang, which can be called the best in Xiliang. How many pounds and taels can you have as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl? The Black Mountain thief army is all strong bandits with big shoulders and round waists, and they are afraid of being scared and crying to you. ”

Zhou Xiuying pursed her lips unconvinced when she heard this: "The pioneer also looks down on people!" Although Xiuying is young, she has been learning knife techniques with her father since she was four years old, and now she has been learning knives for more than ten years. I also worshipped several masters who specialized in learning horsemanship, and in terms of martial arts, I was able to defeat my father at the age of fifteen. Are you still afraid of the black mountain thieves? ”

Yang Yanqi looked at Zhou Lichun, and Zhou Lichun smiled proudly: "Lord Captain, the little girl is full of martial arts, and the little old man is far behind." On the day of Xiao Lao'er's fiftieth birthday, Xiao Nu killed five thieves who robbed the village as a congratulatory gift for Xiao Lao'er's birthday. Although there are many thieves in the Black Mountain, except for the thief Shou Zhang Yan, there are probably not many people who can beat the knife in the little girl's hand. ”

Yang Yanqi is also a young and good thing, and when he heard Zhou Lichun say this, his interest also came up: "Okay! Xiuying's sister is full of pride, Yanqi admires! Come on, send a war book! Ask Zhang Yan to fight a decisive battle under the city! ”

When Zhang Yan received the war letter, he couldn't help but laugh.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yan's army arrived. There are 10,000 people, and there is no boundary. The 50,000-strong army swung in front of Jinman Town, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky almost submerged the entire city.

Seeing that the soldiers around him were all afraid, and the people who came to assist in defending the city were even more trembling in their legs and pale like dirt, Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but be furious. Yu Yang Yanqi asked for the general's order, picked up a machete with serrated teeth on the back of the knife, and a short knife with a red rope on his back, and rode out of the city.

Riding alone, he immediately crossed the head of the suspension bridge on the moat, and shouted coquettishly: "My aunt's name is Zhou Xiuying!" Feiyan, come out and die! ”

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