The next day, when Lin Fan saw Liu Ben, he was sitting outside the big tent wiping the long knife in his hand.

Liu Ben is less than fifty, only in terms of age, he is younger than General Mao, General Feng, etc., but in reality, it looks about the same.

Because Vice General Liu has a long scar on his face.

From the corner of the eyebrows to the lips, at a glance, it is a little scary.

This wound also made him look much older.

Lin Fan stepped forward and called "General Liu".

Liu Ben raised his head, looked at the young man in front of him, thought for a moment, and said, "Oh, Lin Xuan's son, right?" I've heard that General Feng asked you to lead the vanguard. ”

"Yes," Lin Fan squatted down next to Liu Ben, suppressed his voice, and said, "I arrived yesterday, and I was very curious about why the people of Xiliang raided the four towns and set fire to the granary. ”

"There are a lot of problems in the next life," Liu Ben muttered, "You want to know, turn around and capture a Xiliang person, and you interrogate and interrogate?" ”

Lin Fan smiled heavily: "The old marquis asked me to ask you." ”

As soon as the words fell, through the shadow of the long knife, Lin Fan saw Liu Ben's eyebrows furrowed.

Liu Ben looked sideways, stared at Lin Fan, and did not speak.

Lin Fan stretched out his hand, and an object between his sleeves was drawn into the palm of his hand, and he showed it to Liu Ben.

Liu Ben looked at it, it was a waist card, and there was a seal on it with the word "Qin".

It is indeed Qin Yin's waist card to his cronies.

After making sure that Liu Ben had finished reading it, Lin Fan put it away.

Liu Ben observed left and right, and said in a deep voice: "I thought it would be on Qin Wei." ”

Lin Fan smiled: "General Qin also has it. ”

Liu Ben said "oh".

In the last years of the previous dynasty, the family died of famine and war one after another, Liu Ben was unwilling to die like this, and went to register when Qin Yin recruited troops.

Surrendered to the army, gave him a bite to eat, and fought, but it was the tip of the knife licking blood.

Liu Ben was lucky, in one battle after another, he survived and was promoted, from a nobody, to a captain, a centurion, and then a thousand-commander.

When the morale of Zhao Hui's army was at its peak, they encountered a sneak attack.

It was a terrible battle, with countless casualties.

Liu Ben insisted until Qin Yin came to his rescue, he took a breath and saw Qin Yin's big knife slashing the enemy in front of him in two.

If it hadn't been for that knife, he would have hurt not only his face, but his entire life.

Liu Ben recovered from his injuries and continued to work hard with Qin Yin.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was awarded the rank of Liupin Zhongxian Lieutenant, and he was a reckless man in the mountains and fields, and he was also famous.

After that, he went south with the first prince, and then went out to fight with Qin Yinxi, and a few years ago, he was promoted to the general of Wupin Wuluo.

Accustomed to being alone, he didn't want to go back to the capital and deal with officialdom, so he has been stationed at Feimen Pass, and he has also seen the changes in the pass in recent years.

First, there has been no real sword and real gun to fight with Xiliang people for a long time.

Second, there is also less military training.

Qin Yin hadn't been here for many years, and like Liu Ben, there were fewer and fewer old people who were born in Qin Yin's army and had been fighting hard for decades.

General Mao was originally quite respectful to Qin Yin, but in the past few years, his words have also revealed some contempt.

is also fighting the world for the first emperor, Qin Yin was knighted, but General Mao did not, and there was inevitably a gap in his heart.

Liu Ben does not compete with General Mao, but only does his own thing.

After all, he had the task given to him by Qin Yin - to keep an eye on a few people.

Lowering his voice very low, Liu Ben said: "Those who wear Da Zhou's leather armor are Da Zhou's soldiers, those who wear Xiliang's battle clothes are Xiliang's soldiers, and those who dress up as horse thieves are of course horse thieves." We're unlucky, who knows what happened to Xiliang? ”

Lin Fan raised his eyebrows, understanding.

That night, it was not the Xiliang people who attacked the four towns and set them on fire, but a group of horse thieves.

Gu Gong

In the dead of night, in the dark of the night, with swift action and roughly the same outfit, you can get through the confusion.

The horse thieves not only attacked the four towns under the Great Zhou, but before that, they also pretended to be soldiers of the Great Zhou and went to several border towns in Xiliang to toss around.

Where could Xiliang bear the loss of being attacked by Da Zhou, and then sent troops to Feisha Pass.

This was promoted by Huang Taishi.

He set up a platform for the two armies to face each other.

At this time, it is impossible for the two sides, which are already hostile, to sit down and discuss who attacked whom.

And Liu Ben, staring at a group of horse thieves, will know this.

Last night, when he learned that the pioneer was coming, he deliberately sold a flaw, and was transferred back from Yushakou by General Mao to Feimen Pass.

I thought that it would be Qin Wei who would lead the vanguard, but I didn't expect it to be Lin Fan.

"He's an old man," Liu Ben asked, "what did he confess?" Is it really not good for the body? ”

Lin Fan said: "His health is really not good, but even if he can't get up, he still wants to come to Feimen Pass to command the battle, even if he brings the sickbed." ”

Liu Ben sighed.

What kind of temper the old marquis is, they should all know very well.

If you are seriously ill, you must insist on commanding, and Lin Xuan is the same.

They spoke in private, and Lin Fan didn't have to express his position for Qin Yin at all, so this sentence was not an attitude, but an explanation.

Liu Ben comprehended, and the long knife was thrust into the ground: "It's not easy to do, but you can try." ”

As he spoke, General Mao came over with his hands behind his back.

Seeing the two men, one sitting and the other squatting, he asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Liu Ben said: "This is not the first time to come here, ask me what is the situation in Yushakou, it is an old city pass, and it is in tatters." ”

General Mao nodded and said to Lin Fan: "I told you yesterday that if you want to observe the situation in the Xiliang army, you have to enter Yushakou. If you want to go, you can let someone show you the way, between these two places, you can't meet the Xiliang soldiers. ”

Lin Fan responded.

Liu Ben said again: "If you want me to say, I'll go and transfer Cao Lun back." ”

Obviously, General Mao was very dissatisfied with Liu Ben's performance last night, waved his hand, and did not agree.

Seeing this, Liu Ben did not insist.

The three of them were talking, when suddenly, a long horn sounded from the city wall.

General Mao's face sank, and he strode towards the city wall, and Lin Fan and Liu Ben also hurriedly followed.

Beside the horizon, overlapping with the rising sun, was a cloud of wolf smoke.

Liu Ben slapped his thigh: "On the north side of Yushakou, Lao Zhen and the people of Xiliang have fought?" ”

……

In the capital, Qin Yin was still sick.

Above the court, because of the war in the west, and because of the reinforcements of the army, they were relieved.

Occasionally, a few were optimistic, thinking that after the arrival of the army, they would be able to force the Xiliang people to retreat.

They talked loudly in the Jinluan Palace, praised Feng Zhong's experience, and even praised the emperor's ability to use troops.

Huang Taishi's face was solemn.

He knew too well that Xiliang would not withdraw his troops this time, and Feng Zhong led the troops, not thinking that the enemy army would retreat and return to the dynasty, and there would definitely be a big battle after that.

He believed that Da Zhou would win, but he would also worry about Huang Yi.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly, the soldiers outside rushed to the front of the palace.

Passing it in layer by layer, Gonggong Xu took the military report and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor opened it and looked at it, and his expression quickly became gloomy.

Seeing this, Taishi Huang's heart tightened.