War, a game of those in power and careerists. The Warring States period military book [Wu Zi] has long been mentioned. It is an armed battle between hostile parties to achieve political, economic, and territorial integrity goals, and is also the most violent means of resolving disputes.

And in the [Art of War], it is clearly stated, 'Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked.'" Therefore, it can be seen that war is not something that can be played if you want to.

Guyuan, a small county in Shangdang, because of its proximity to the West River, was tempted by its development over the years, and the population lost a lot, and now there are only more than 1,000 households, with a population of less than 5,000. As for the garrison, it is even less, if it weren't for the threat of the Baibo Valley thieves, the war general Yang Chou was sent by Zhang Yang to garrison, I am afraid that it would have fallen.

However, as the Jiang family's army pressed the border, the city fell, and it seemed to be a matter of time.

It's just strange that with the closure of the four gates of the county seat, compared with the panicked defenders, the people of Guyuan don't look too worried, and they are more ambitious, and they are already looking forward to the future.

After a night of fermentation, although the guard Yang Chou strictly ordered no rumors, he couldn't stop talking at all.

"His father, it is rumored outside that the Jiang family army is going to capture the county seat, will it be the same as Xihe in the future, and we can pay less taxes and divide the land??" Now that there are voices everywhere, even women and children know that the war is about to start, and as the smoke rises, a woman asks her husband who is chopping wood.

"Now it's all said and done, who knows?? However, Mr. Li next door said that it was impossible, saying that the Jiang family army in Xihe was the soldiers and horses of the original Zhenbei general, and was sent by the emperor to fight the Huns in the early years, and has been guarding Xihe, and our Shangdang is not in its stationing range, without the order of the Son of Heaven, they are all Han troops, they will not enter the city, and now they are stationed outside the city, and there are no troops. "Although the national affairs, where can the grass people know, but good things are human nature, listening to his mother-in-law asked, the man immediately pretended to affirm.

"Oh! Mr. Li has been to the capital, if he says so, I'm afraid it is. But how good it would be if it was spread on the street, I heard that the Wang brothers next door ran to Xihe, and now they are doing well...... "The husband is the backbone of the family, and when she saw that the head of the family said so, the woman was naturally disappointed."

"Yes! At that time, I was reluctant to pass down the house handed down by my ancestors, for fear that it would be difficult to live in a foreign country, otherwise our family would be able to settle down in Sufang like the Wang brothers, I heard that his family of four divided sixty acres of land, and a piece of homestead. But as you just said, our Gu Yuan was taken over by the Jiang family, so it seems better that we don't have to leave our hometown at that time, and we can get the same treatment......

People are like this, they will suffer from gains and losses when they encounter fate choices, but they can't help but regret it after hearing the success of their companions, and it seems that Gu Yuan has such thoughts, not only for ordinary couples right now.

The people are different, and those in power are all worried, let alone the cities that are threatened. Even if he is rude, but when the rumors reach his ears, Yang Chou, who is preparing for war, is also worried.

"Is there any movement of the enemy army??" With the armor with him, looking at the enemy camp with only a little shadow, Yang Chou, who was holding the sword, frowned.

"Back to the general, the scouts sent out more than ten people, and they will report every half an hour. But it was just that the door of the enemy camp was closed and the armor had not yet come out, which was very strange...... "The general is the courage of the soldiers, and now the generals are not in a good mood, what can the subordinates do, and the answer is full of trills."

"What the hell is Jiang Qi doing, it's been a morning, fighting and not fighting, and not speaking. Could it be that the army is hunting!! Come! Send urgent documents again, Jiang Qi's army is coming, our city is outnumbered, and reinforcements are urgently needed!! "He has been in the army for more than ten years, and he has not fought more with less, but the name of the person and the shadow of the tree, he experienced Jiang Qi's night break through Jinyang City in Taiyuan. Where is Jinyang, the hardest city in Bingzhou, but it will be broken overnight, how can he have the confidence to defend Guyuan, where the soldiers are few and the city is thin. Thinking of this, when Yang Chou punched the battlements, he couldn't help but complain in his heart about why Zhang Yang gave him Gu Yuan's errand, didn't he come to die.

Although breaking the myth of General Qilin's invincibility and becoming famous in one battle, Yang Chou still has self-knowledge, and he wants to live more than being famous.

"No!!" The letter for help, this is the third time it has been asked to be issued, but the pro-soldiers who received the order immediately executed it without reservation, not for anything else, now everyone knows that Gu Yuan can't hold it, if the order is to abandon the city at this moment, maybe he will run faster.

However, it seems that Yang Chou is thinking too much, and if he wants to count on reinforcements, it is better to recruit young people in the city. Reinforcements? There are many eldest sons, and there are more than 20,000 people who returned from Hanoi, plus Zhang Yang's new recruits. But he Yang Chou wants, impossible.

Not to mention that Yang Chou is an unknown general, even Zhang Yang is asking for help in Guyuan at the moment, and he can't send soldiers and horses. The war is imminent, soldiers and horses are the capital of life, for those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, it is natural to protect the more people around them, the better.

And this person who is greedy for life and afraid of death is the person in charge of the party today, Ding Yuan's most trusted Changshi Xu Liang.

It is said that Xu Liang is also a little wild family, when Ding Yuan was ordered to enter Beijing, he was originally asked to accompany him, but he suggested that if he was unstable today, he could not abandon Hanoi County, and he also recommended himself to stay and guard, and then got Ding Yuan's consent, and thus escaped a catastrophe. Otherwise, with his usual difficulties with Lu Bu, the end is self-evident.

But although he didn't go to the capital to escape, Xu Liang was regarded by Ding Yuan as a humerus, but he was not as loyal as he usually said, and when the bad news of Ding Yuan's killing came. The generals at all levels left behind in Hanoi, led by the famous general Fang Yue, all asked to enter the capital and behead Lu Bu to avenge the Lord.

Those who usually keep talking, retreated, not only sent swords and axes to prepare to assassinate Fang Yue, but also took Ding Yuan's only daughter Ding Yao hostage to control Hanoi's civil and military affairs.

Fortunately, Fang Yue's life was great, and he was reminded by well-wishers to escape death. However, then the two turned against each other and led their troops to fight.

As an indigenous, Fang Yue won the victory, but Xu Liang retreated to the party with thousands of soldiers and horses and Ding Yao.

There was no hope of revenge, and he did not have the strength to pursue Xu Liang, and then Fang Yuewei took the remnants and defected to the newly appointed Taishou Wang Kuang.

However, Xu Liang did not agree to bring troops into Beijing to avenge Ding Yuan, which is not a big mistake, now Dong Zhuo is in full swing, they sent troops to take revenge, not only did they not count on it, but even if they went to die, it was understandable.

can ambush Fang Yue, but there is something that can't be said, after all, it is normal to have different opinions in front of major events, but if you start a war without a word, how can you not say that there are other purposes.

And the purpose, as soon as you join the party, it is even more obvious. Xu Liang has a long history, and there are Ding Yuan's descendants in hand, when he returns to the party, he appoints himself as the county guard of the party, and avenges Ding Yuan, and wants to take over the whole county and kill the rebel generals.

Regarding Xu Liang's request, because of his original position and Ding Yao's nod, the guard general Zhang Yang did not question too much, and happily handed over the soldiers in his hands.

But when the power was won, Xu Liang showed his true colors, how could he mention revenge again, although he was recruiting troops, he was only to expand his power. It was even more excessive, and then Xu Liangduan took over Ding Yuan's concubine who stayed in Bingzhou. Under the pretext of recruiting troops to defend the city, he unabashedly exploited the people for their pleasure.

That greedy move, compared with Ding Yuan in the past, is not as good as that. There are even rumors that he said during the banquet that he wanted to divide one side and become a prince.

Of course, not only for the people, in order to better control the remnants of Ding Yuan, Xu Liang, who is nearly fifty years old and has gray hair, stretched out his claws to Ding Yuan's only descendant, that is, the old cow eats tender grass.

Ding Yao, a famous beauty in Bingzhou, is also a well-known brutal girl in Bingzhou, relying on the power of her father Ding Yuan, no one dares to provoke her in Bingzhou over the years.

Even for a period of time, Ding Yao, who was dressed in beautiful armor and had a heroic posture, looked like a flying eagle lackey, and was still a famous scenery in Zhihuai County, Hanoi County.

But this reputation is also outside, Ding Yao, who is already double ten years old and beautiful, has not married. It's not that there are no bold people, it's just that after being seriously injured by Ding Yao's sword, no one is afraid of life.

Of course, there is a good father, and Ding Yao is not afraid of staying at home. It's a pity that fate is something, who knows when the sky will change, and before she can be the daughter of Jin Wu, she fell into hell at once.

As soon as Ding Yuan died, Ding Yao, who had been arrogant since childhood, saw the reality clearly, everyone was flattered in the past, but now he is regarded as a chess piece in his hand by sycophants. And in the past, Ding Yao thought that he was good at martial arts, but now he doesn't even have the power to resist, even if he knows what the disgusted dirty old man is going to do, there is no way to change the status quo.

Fortunately, the heavens seem to have mercy. Although Xu Liang was a villain, he was unlucky, and after a few days of not enjoying himself, bad news came.

Just like Gu Yuan's fear, when he heard that Jiang Qi personally led his troops into the party, Xu Liang also panicked. As a strategist, it is impossible for him not to see the purpose of his trip.

Jiang Qi's name is like thunder, everyone in the world knows it, Xu Liang has not only heard it, but he has also seen the means. He was at the scene of the battle between Jiang and Lu outside Jinyang City that year, and Jiang Qizhiwei saw it with his own eyes.

Even if there was no contest that changed color, Jiang Qi broke Jinyang overnight, and he experienced it himself. As soon as he thought of this, Xu Liang was afraid that when he opened his eyes, the sword was already on his neck.

Therefore, when he learned that Jiang Qi was waving his army towards Shangdang, Xu Liang had tripled the guards in the palace to prevent accidents.

However, although he was scared in his heart, he had just enjoyed the benefits of the rights for two days, how could Xu Liang give up. Now that the order for recruiting troops has been issued again, there is a great posture of fighting against the water.

It's a pity that it's good to dare to fight, but the reputation has been too bad recently, and the recruitment order has been issued, but the recruitment offices in various counties, including the eldest son, are also very idle, and the door is very good, which is very easy to describe.

For a few days, except for recruiting some idlers and ruffians, the children of the good family did not apply for recruitment at all. Seeing that it couldn't be done, Xu Liang had no choice but to order the compulsory arrest of men, but because of population restrictions, there were not enough of 5,000. And the recruits are mixed, and it is difficult to see that they have combat power. What is more than worth the loss will be, and the little remaining popular support will be lost.

Seeing that the strength is like this, it can be regarded as self-aware, and he will definitely not be able to defeat Jiang Qi if he is hard-hitting. Xu Liang, who was born as a strategist, did not have a way to go to the dark, and then came up with a way to save him.

The strategy of driving wolves and chasing tigers, Xu Liang still knows.

Looking at the state, Xihe and Shangjun fell into the hands of Jiang Qi, and at this moment Taiyuan is also defending against the enemy, where he can't count on the soldiers and horses. Hanoi had just been defeated and retreated, and Xu Liang also knew that now Wang Kuang, the county guard of Hanoi, would not send troops to help him at all.

After thinking about it again, Xu Liang set his sights on the only and best Hedong County, where Niu Fu had tens of thousands of soldiers, all of whom were elite in Xiliang, and only he could fight Jiang Qi.

Helpless, in order to avoid being annexed, Xu Liang immediately sent an envoy to the east of the river with a heavy salute, and was bound to persuade Niu Fu to send troops to Xihe and besiege Wei to save Zhao.

It's just that the strategy is good, but Xu Liang forgot who the civil and military forces under his command are now, they are all Ding Yuan's old subordinates, and most of them are benefactors.

With Xu Liang taking over Ding Yuan's women, they can ignore it, and they can pretend not to see the brutal Ding Yao under house arrest. However, he wanted to unite with his enemies Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but no one could see it.

What's more, Xu Liang was originally a bully, and when Ding Yuan was in power, everyone was not less angry, and his reputation was not good.

When he knew Xu Liang's plan, new hatred and old hatred poured into his heart, and a happy rebellion quietly approached.