Liu Tianhao's army came out of the party, continued to go north along the Taihang Mountain, eating and drinking, hurrying during the day, camping at night, but there was no decent city along the way, even the villages were sparsely scattered, often within ten miles without people, it seems that the population of the state is even more terrible, it should be due to the frequent invasion and plundering of foreign tribes outside the Guan, this time the troops, it is necessary to fight the barbarians outside the Guanwai within ten years do not dare to move the idea of southern invasion! Liu Tianhao thought to himself.

After about ten days, Liu Tianhao's army finally arrived at Jinyang City, the city wall of Jinyang City looked about five or six zhang high from a distance, and a row of soldiers on the city wall was cruising back and forth. Seeing Liu Tianhao's army from afar, although he could see the banner of the Han Dynasty, he couldn't distinguish the authenticity from the false, and he suddenly became nervous, and a bull's horn remembered that the city gate was quickly hoisted.

Liu Tianhao ordered the army to camp on the spot about a mile away from Jinyang City to bury pots and make rice, and asked Tai Shici to go to Jinyang City with the sealed edict and military talismans to report, so as not to make a false alarm because the defenders in the city were all soldiers, and they could not distinguish between the enemy and me.

Tai Shi Ci only returned in the evening, and returned to Liu Tianhao, who had been released from the state of alert in the city, and settled down. Everyone ate dinner together and rested without saying anything all night.

On the second day, a cadre waited for the morning to get up and have breakfast, Liu Tianhao instructed Tai Shici Xu Huang to stay in the camp for training, and he took Mi Zhu Xu Chu Dianwei and twenty-two personal guards to go straight to Jinyang City.

The city gate was opened today, and when I arrived at the city gate, I checked the identity document again, and the city gate guards let Liu Tianhao and others enter the city. Jinyang City is a mess, and there is no peaceful atmosphere like the Central Plains City, but there is a little more tension. Liu Tianhao asked where the guards at the city gate were located, and immediately went straight to the mansion.

Along the way, the young strong men seem to be on the same road with themselves, and under careful questioning, it is the last month, Xianbei tried to attack the pass, but he was blocked by Ding Yuan outside the Yanmen Pass, several battles, the Yanmen Pass was not much of the soldiers and lost some men and horses, and now Ding Yuan is defending the pass, and still feels great pressure, so he ordered the soldiers to come to this Jinyang City to recruit soldiers.

The government was recruiting soldiers on the list, and these strong men rushed over to prepare to enlist, Liu Tianhao couldn't help but speed up his pace and rushed to the government office.

From a distance, I saw a long queue at the entrance of the palace, and new arrivals continued to join. The person in charge of the assessment record at the front of the team moved quickly, just asking for some identity information, and after checking whether it was strong and strong, he decided whether to hire or not. However, all those who joined the team and prepared to enlist in the army had a certain physical fitness, and Liu Tianhao did not find anyone who was eliminated.

Maybe it's because the battle situation at the border is really more critical, the conscription assessment requirements have been relaxed, and more people can be levied, Liu Tianhao thought to himself.

At this time, a strong recruit at the front of the queue attracted Liu Tianhao's attention, that person was about nine feet tall, almost a head and a half taller than the others in the team, and couldn't help but feel curious, so he hurriedly walked forward.

“…… Hedong Xie Liang also. When Liu Tianhao walked behind the man, he happened to hear the strong man report the origin of his hometown, but he didn't hear it clearly, but the four words Hedong Xie Liang were enough to attract him, and the nine-foot height.

Quickly walked to the case of the person who recorded the assessment, did not look at the strong man, took out his official seal and tiger talisman, and said to the two small officials, "I am the general of Pingbei of the Great Han Dynasty, and I was ordered to lead the army to Yanmen this time to resist the invasion of Xianbei people. ”

When the two little officials heard what Liu Tianhao said, they couldn't help but be frightened when they saw the official seal tiger talisman held by Liu Tianhao, and hurriedly got up and knelt down to worship the luggage, "It's so small that you can see the adult." What do you command? ”

"When did this recruitment begin? How many people have been recruited so far? Liu Tianhao asked.

"The little one has been here to recruit troops for three days on the order of General Ding, and has now recruited nearly 800 people." The little official looked at the record book and replied cautiously.

"What is the situation of Yanmen Pass now?"

"When the small one came, there were only 4,000 soldiers in Yanmen Pass, of which about 1,000 were wounded, and another 2,000 wounded soldiers were no longer able to fight, and these two large and small fought more than 20 times, and nearly 3,000 people died in battle or wounded." The little official replied while reminiscing.

"How was the battle in Yanmen when you came?" Hearing that the loss of Yanmen Pass was so great, Liu Tianhao couldn't help but ask urgently.

"The day before the little one came, the Xianbei barbarians had just passed the pass once, but they were repelled by General Ding Lu Zhu. However, he never retreated, camped ten miles away from the pass, and peeked at Yanmen. General Ding was anxious to come up with the strategy of raising soldiers, and the general said that the general would be outside, and the king's order would not be accepted, and after retreating from the enemy, he would bind himself back to Luoyang to confess his guilt. Speaking of this, the little official was even more afraid.

"What is Ding Jianyang's crime? will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. Although Ding Jianyang's move violated the imperial law, it was also to defend the Han court and protect the people of the state. I will be faithful to the Son of Heaven. Do not be afraid of yourselves. Liu Tianhao thought to himself that this Ding Yuan was also very courageous, why was it so easy to be killed by Dong Zhuo in the later generations?

"How many centaurs are there in Xianbei? What about casualties? Liu Tianhao hurriedly asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Two months ago, Xianbei came to attack, and General Ding sent scouts to report, and it was estimated that Xianbei might have 30,000 horses. However, in the past two months of fighting, Xianbei has never dispatched a whole army, and at most 10,000 soldiers and horses have been dispatched. 4,000 people were exterminated by Master Lu, but the casualties are unknown. The clerk replied.

It seems that I can't stay in this Jinyang, I have to hurry to Yanmen Pass, otherwise once Ding Yuan Lu Bu doesn't hold Yanmen Pass, it will be troublesome. This damn Helian actually brought so many men and horses over, it seems that the 10,000 soldiers I brought are hanging, and I can only count on the 20,000 horses of Changshui School, and I can't help but ask the little official again:

"Has Changshui School ever been to Jinyang?"

"Changshui School? The villain doesn't know. "The little official obviously doesn't know the details of the Changshui School, originally Changshui was formed by the barbarians contributed by the Wuhu clan in the south Xiongnu and Yongliang and the north of the Yongliang Prefecture that depended on the Han Dynasty, and it is normal for this little official not to know. The little official's mind was also bright, and he turned his head and said again.

"No army has ever passed near Jinyang."

No, Jinyang can't stay anymore, he has to pull out the camp immediately and continue the march, he can't delay for a moment, Liu Tianhao thought to himself.

The nine-foot, who wanted to join the army, stood aside and was angry, but because he had heard that this person claimed to be the general of Pingbei, and the two strong men around him seemed to be extraordinary, but it was not easy to make mistakes.

Liu Tianhao only remembered at this time that he was originally attracted by the strong man's words "Hedong Jieliang", and he hurriedly asked the little official for a record book to come and read it.

"Are you Guan Yu?"