Compared with Luoyang, who is deceitful and striving for fame and fortune, Jiang Qi who came out of Luoyang is like a dragon that has escaped from the shallows and a tiger that has been released into the forest.

However, this was a pain for the generals under him, in order to understand the strength of his battalions. As soon as he left Luoyang, Jiang Qi ordered the whole army to speed up and march quickly.

For three days in a row, he marched 150 miles a day, and on the fourth day, he marched 260 miles for 12 hours in a row.

In this way, in Jiang Qi's march of changing the law, in the distance of about 2,000 miles from Luoyang to Taiyuan, the army that should have traveled for half a month on normal march arrived four days ahead of schedule outside the city of Jinyang, Taiyuan County.

The long-distance training of Jiang Jiajun has benefited a lot along the way, and the biggest gain is that after the actual march, Jiang Qi basically understands the marching speed of the army.

Today's Jiang Jiajun can march 150 to 170 miles a day when fully armed and 80 miles more than 80 miles when fully armed. If you march with all your might, the infantry can travel about 30 miles more, the cavalry can travel another 100 miles, and a day and night cavalry can march at most 400 miles, and the infantry can travel about 300 miles.

The speed of Jiang Jiajun's march was almost thirty percent more than that of other Han troops.

Of course, this marching speed also made Jiang Qi very satisfied, although it had not yet reached the level of coming and going like the wind, but his Jiang family army had already made other Han troops unreachable.

This time, Jiang Qi came to Taiyuan with a large army, and there was no other purpose, it was to find Zhang Yi, the assassin of Bingzhou, to urge him to ask for military rations. Since the Son of Heaven has asked the state to supply, Jiang Qi will of course receive his kindness, and as for whether he can get it or not, he will talk about it.

However, when he went to Taiyuan to get grain, Jiang Jiajun walked hundreds of miles more unjustly on the road, of course, these wrongful roads also complained about Zhang Yi, mainly because of the continuous war in the state these days, Zhang Yi moved the assassin mansion of the eldest son who was originally in Shangdang County back to the original Taiyuan County, so as to facilitate the command of the soldiers and horses of the counties to resist the enemy.

Of course, Jiang Qi also knew very well that coming to Jinyang to ask for food and grass this time would definitely not go well, even if he had the Holy Will.

Jiang Qi also investigated when he came to Merge Prefecture, and now Zhang Yi, the assassin of Merge Prefecture, is just in charge of government affairs, and the real decision is still the soldiers and horses of the general He Jin Baoju Peng Ding Yuan.

And it is foreseeable that as long as Zhang Yi makes a mistake, Ding Yuan will immediately take over the affairs of the state assassination, as for He Jin's purpose, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Ding Yuan's background is almost the same as Dong Zhuo, the previous assassin of Bingzhou, both of whom are wealthy families and both are from martial arts. However, compared with Dong Zhuo, who has made great achievements in war and has a place in Xiliang, Ding Yuan is much worse.

Of course, he can be favored by He Jin, Ding Yuan is not comparable to Dong Zhuo, that is, Ding Yuan is much more honest than the wavering Dong Zhuo.

Since taking over the merger of the state soldiers, Martin Yuan has always adhered to what he should do for his subordinates, while following He Jin's requirements, while making friends with the state's celebrities for his use.

Although the state is not as large as the Central Plains, there are many famous people, nor is it as good as the land of Yan and Zhao, where strong men and heroes gather, but the long-fought land of the state has his advantages.

Because he has been with the Hu people for many years, the border people in Bingzhou are all very strong, and they are all very strong, and they are good at riding horses in several counties and counties close to the border pass. This has also achieved the reputation of being quiet and producing elite soldiers since ancient times.

Ding Yuan, who has only been in office for a year, has not only accepted a brave son, but also has more than 10,000 elite soldiers.

However, the good times did not last long, and Ding Yuan, who had just passed a few days of comfortable life, received an order from Jiang Qi, the general of Zhenbei, to guard and merge the state and control the five counties of the state.

As soon as the order arrived, it would cost Ding Yuan's life, although the counties that let Jiang Qi control them except for Xihe and Shangjun, the rest of the places have almost become the land of the Hu people, and it is not bad to have Jiang Qi and a fierce general to help him block the border pass, but this expedition army of food and grass for him to supply, it is enough for Ding Yuan to go crazy.

Today's Bingzhou because the Hu people often go south, and they encounter natural disasters, the soldiers and horses to feed them are almost the same, and there is still surplus food there.

Fortunately, the only thing to be thankful for is that the general He Jin sent a secret letter to vaguely tell him that he would use military rations to control the Jiang family's army. It's just that Jiang Qi, who is famous and doesn't even pay attention to Zhang Rang, is not known whether he is good with each other.

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One of the largest cities in the north of Jinyang, it used to be the capital of Zhao State, and after entering the Han Dynasty, it was the capital of the country, and then it was the seat of the state.

After the construction of the past dynasties, today's Jinyang can be said to be a high wall and a thick city, the east and west of the city wall are about ten miles long, the area is about 60 square miles, the population is more than 30,000, it is the most populous place in the nine counties and ninety-eight counties of Bingzhou. Of course, if it weren't for the outflow of border people a few years ago, the population of Jinyang would have increased by at least 30%.

In addition to a large population, as an important town in the northwest, there are a lot of guards in Jinyang in the past dynasties, even if the border pass is in an emergency now, as a soldier and horse Peng Ding Yuan does not dare to slack off, the county soldiers who defend the city have left nearly 3,000 people, and there are also stationed in Ximen, ready to support more than 5,000 foot riders and horses around at any time.

"Katsuko! What was the case last night? ”

Early in the morning, a yawning county soldier in Jinyang City Tower straddled his weapon diagonally, with an expression of not waking up, and came to the corner tower in the south of the city, dragging and climbing the platform, ready to replace the robe on the sentry.

The soldier known as Shengzi County saw that someone had finally come to change shifts, and couldn't help but complain unabashedly: "You donkey day second egg, why did you come!" Lao Tzu is almost freezing. ”

"The weather on this donkey day, last night the rain made the master miserable, this black light is blind, and you can't see it a mile away. I don't know what the general is afraid of, this Hu man has not passed Yanmen, and he didn't toss his brother first! ”

In the complaint, the second egg who came to change shifts was startled and looked left and right cautiously, except for the two of them, there was nothing else, and quickly reminded kindly: "You kid is this virtue, dare to say anything, be careful If the lieutenant hears it, you will have to be whipped!" ”

"Okay, okay, before dawn, can there be anyone, isn't it just our brothers?" Thinking of the cavalry captain known as General Fei, Katsuko shuddered, shrank his head and put away his scolding expression, and hurriedly untied his weapons, horns and other things to prepare for layoff.

There is a saying in today's Jinyang army, that is, it is better to offend the general than to offend the captain, maybe in other places this sentence is just a joke, but in Jinyang it is definitely a truth.

And the cavalry lieutenant who made the Jinyang army afraid was none other than the righteous son of Bingma Peng Ding Yuan, known as General Fei Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian.

Of course, why did this Ding Yuan let the brave and warlike Lu Feng be a cavalry captain, no one in this army dared to ask, but it did not hinder Lu Bu's prestige in the army at all.

"Get out! It's almost dawn, and if the general who patrols the camp sees you and me chatting, it's time to eat military sticks again. Seeing that the hour was not early, Erdan said. As he spoke, he took the weapon handed over by Katsuko, and habitually glanced out of the city.

At this moment, the sky has slowly begun to brighten, and the fog that was still thin just now has also thinned a lot, and the scenery outside the city can be faintly seen. But this look almost didn't scare the second egg.

At a glance, Erdan's eyes were five miles away on both sides of the official road that should have been empty and unobstructed, and at this moment there was a gray rolling thing, which was like a low hillock, stretching all the way to the horizon.

With being a soldier in Jinyang for several years, the two eggs can be said to be familiar with the grass and trees outside the city, and in the face of the strong chill that changed him, he woke up, and the word 'enemy attack' immediately blurted out.

"What's the ghost called、、、" Katsuko, who had just been helped to the corner tower escalator, was startled by the shout, and immediately turned his head and scolded.

Seeing that Katsuko still looked indifferent, Erdan was angry, and then kicked him to the ground, and roared hysterically: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, damn Katsuko, how did you sentry on donkey days, we are surrounded、、、、、"

Seeing that Erdan didn't seem to be talking nonsense, Katsuko didn't have time to fight back, and got up with a bone, rushed to the wall and looked at the official road that could already be seen vaguely.

Seeing that he almost fell off the city without being frightened, the whole person immediately kept chattering in a chaotic manner: "It's over, it's over、、、、", at this moment, except for the word 'finished', Katsuko's mind was already blank.

"What are you doing in a daze, go and inform Lord Menhou 、、、、", the slightly calmed second egg flew up again and kicked at the demented Katsuko.

Only then did Katsuko, who was reminded, react, and ran down the corner tower towards the castle tower.

Soon, with the shouts of the two, there was a panic on the city tower for a while, and a large number of county soldiers who stayed in the acropolis defense either ran out of the Tibetan army building, or ran quickly up to the city tower through the horse road, and the battle was about to break out.

Seeing this situation, the people of Jinyang who were waiting at the gate of the city and were about to leave the city, the one who dared to stay here, ran home one after another, and the atmosphere in the city instantly became very strange, which also made the already wet and cold air even colder.

As time went on, the sky slowly brightened, but because of the changes in the early morning, there was nothing else in the street that should have been lively except for the occasional dog barking, and the street rat probing his head in the shadow of the corner, and the whole city was terriblely silent.

In the silence, suddenly a crisp 'tapping' sound broke the scene, and the people who hid in their homes and observed the scene outside the street through the crack in the door, immediately saw a general who was nearly a foot tall, wearing a purple and gold crown with tied hair, wearing a Shu brocade and hundred flower robes, and holding a halberd painted by Fang Tian, was galloping towards the city gate.

Immediately after that, the cavalry of the brigade with helmet and armor were full of murderous spirit, and seeing this scene, the people who were just about to watch the excitement all closed the door and locked it, and quickly hid in the back room with the whole family, praying that the battle would not affect their lives.