——Kekou Pass——

Kong Chang looked at the soldiers who had been driven off the city wall at one time, and stopped the attack for the day. Shi Le continued to increase his troops, and at the most, the army commanded by Kong Chang exceeded 70,000 people, which still did not count more than 100,000 people and auxiliaries. Chu Yun made a big fuss in Yizhou, and the counties closest to Pukou Pass were all empty cities, and in desperation, Shi Le organized a large number of people to transport grain for Kong Chang, which greatly increased the consumption of the war.

But even so, he still did not break through the Kamakou Pass, which was surrounded by high mountains on both sides, and the only exit was built into Xiongguan, and the city wall alone was eight meters high, which was a height that made all the famous generals desperate. It was with the eight-meter-high city wall that Zhou Bin persisted for more than two months, but still did not ask for help from the eldest son city, and finally Mo Han was worried about the safety of the Pukou Pass, so he sent Mao Qing's 11th Infantry Brigade.

In two months, Kong Chang's men suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and of course, a quarter of Zhou Bin's 15,000 men were also killed or wounded.

When Kong Chang came, he learned that the guard of the Pukou Pass was called Zhou Bin, and he was full of disdain, he had never heard of this person at all, but now he even dreamed of this person, and the rock-solid defense of the Pukou Pass made him desperate.

"General, the general has a letter. Just as Kong Chang was discussing with several of his main generals how to break the pass, Shi Le's order was delivered.

When Kong Chang finished reading Shi Le's letter, he slapped his hands heavily on the case, gritted his teeth and said four words: "Attack the city overnight." ”

——Chang'an Battlefield——

Liu Yao and Ju Yun fought many times, won many big victories, and as his status continued to improve, he was addicted to power and could not extricate himself, and the cautious Liu Yao was no longer there. Liu Yao's two deputies, Yin Kai and Zhao Ran, were also full of optimism, and the three of them discussed how to distribute the queens and concubines in Chang'an City, and then dispersed. Liu Yao married the queen of Emperor Huai of Jin as his wife, which was a beautiful talk in the Xiongnu army.

"What's the situation?" Ju Yun commanded an army of 30,000 troops stationed fifteen miles away from the Hun camp, and the continuous defeats made the Chang'an army demoralized, but everyone didn't know that this was Ju Yun's plan, and the less people knew about the arrogant army, the better.

The cavalry general, Shangshu's left servant Feng Suolin is not of high nature, he told the situation of the Hun camp that the scouts probed, the Huns won a succession, so that they relaxed their vigilance, and Ju Yun was waiting for this opportunity.

"Pass my orders, and the whole army is ready to attack. After Ju Yun finished speaking, all the generals under his command were shocked.

A.D. 314, Jiaxu year, Western Jin Dynasty Jianxing two years, Cheng Yuheng four years, Former Zhao (Xiongnu Han Kingdom) Jiaping four years.

Ju Yun commanded the army, attacked the Xiongnu camp at night, the former Zhao general Yin Kai was killed, the 20,000 troops led collapsed, and the commander Liu Yao withdrew his troops overnight. Yin Kai is Liu Cong's favorite general, and he is also one of the three Xiongnu commanders this time, Liu Yao and Zhao Ran are terrified, they have repeatedly defeated Chang'an in recent years, and they dare not face Liu Cong's questioning at all.

As soon as the two of them discussed slightly, they led the remaining more than 40,000 people to prepare to make up for their mistakes, and the target was Guo Mo, the Taishou of Hanoi who was appointed by Liu Kun, this brother Tai was also stained with Chu Yun's light, and the loss of Hanoi County and Luoyang County made Liu Cong give up the two places, and Liu Kun took the opportunity to appoint Guo Mo as the Taishou of Hanoi. Chu Yun did not object, after all, Guo Mo's existence was more able to ensure the safety of the southern part of Shangdang County.

Guo Mo's disaster fell from the sky, and he didn't know that he had been targeted by Liu Yao. And in Pingyang City, Liu Ji with golden helmet and golden armor, ready to attack Xihe County for the second time, looking at the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, Liu Ji was full of confidence, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong told him that as long as he won, he could replace his imperial uncle, and he was waiting for this day.

This large-scale transfer did not escape the sight of the Supervision Department, and Huang Kai, the deputy commander of the Supervision Department, personally sat in Pingyang and spent a huge price to inquire about the intentions of the Huns. Although Feng Chengjia is still the commander, this person is too soft-hearted, and Chu Yun is ready to officially promote Huang Kai of the Supervision Department to the commander. As for Feng Cheng's family, Chu Yun is ready to transfer him to the newly established Red Mansion, which is also an intelligence agency, but it is mainly based on women, after all, sometimes women are more suitable than men to obtain information, most of them have been harmed by the Hu people, and they all have family hatred and national hatred. It complements the Supervision Department, after all, the Supervision Department did not receive the news in advance of the previous attack on Huyanyan, which made Chu Yun very dissatisfied.

"An army of 110,000 is a lot of money. Chu Yun took the information sent by Huang Kai, and his eyebrows were still a little solemn. After all, Xihe County does not have half of the opponent's troops, and for Xihe County, these hundreds of thousands of people are comparable to Mount Tai's top.

"Someone, call me Zhang Shenjun, Fan Sima, Ma Juncheng, Chu Zhubo, Li Jimu, and all the brigade commanders in Lishi City. Chu Yun was ready to gather his subordinates to work together.

——And state, Jinyang——

The Governor's Mansion is still prosperous, today the Governor Liu Kun gathered hundreds of people to enjoy the music he had just created, and at the end of the song, the sound of sycophants was endless, Liu Kun didn't say anything, just smiled and dealt with the guests.

The current Jinyang is not the Jinyang of a few years ago, with the help of the allies to recapture Jinyang, and Chu Yun's continuous funding, coupled with the destruction of Youzhou Wang Jun, a large number of Han people poured into Jinyang, Jinyang recovered the most glorious time, the entire Jinyang City was overcrowded, many big families wanted to live but could not, Jinyang City can really be said to be an inch of land, this alone reflects the prosperity of Jinyang.

The entire Jinyang is obsessed with this deformed prosperity, and turns a blind eye to the extremely bad external environment of the state, Liu Kun, as the lord of a state, has only been able to establish less than 30,000 troops after nearly two years of painstaking operation, this data does not seem to be too small anywhere, but compared to the safety of a state, this number is not worth mentioning.

Liu Kun seems to have returned to the old path of a few years ago, painstakingly managed, enjoyed, defeated, and painstakingly managed, in the face of such a large-scale invasion of Shangdang County by the Huns and the Qian, the people of Jinyang City turned a blind eye like stealing bells. Liu Kun originally wanted to ask his ally Tuoba Xianbei to help, but Tuoba Xianbei could not go south because of civil strife, and Shangdang County unexpectedly blocked the offensive of the two sides, Liu Kun never said anything about supporting Shangdang County.

However, there are always people who are drunk and I am sober, Wen Qiao feels that the atmosphere in Jinyang City is not right, when today's chaos, careerists emerge in endlessly, Liu Kun is the last northern pillar that the imperial court relies on, and in this case, although Liu Kun has such a hardcore ally as Tuoba Xianbei, but Xianbei people are not Han people, and they cannot be relied on forever. And what can really be relied on is the iron-blooded army that Wen Qiao doesn't like very much, since the iron-blooded army was born, although they didn't call out that they were loyal ministers of the imperial court, everything they did reflected that they were at least enemies of the Hu people.

This kind of force should be Liu Kun's natural ally, but what is Liu Kun doing now, he is actually sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, even if he has the best relationship with the Iron Army, the third prince Liu Ding did not persuade Liu Kun to send troops to help, in this environment, Wen Qiao felt uneasy, Wen Qiao, as Liu Kun's most important mastermind, actually had the idea of leaving Jinyang, this idea scared Wen Qiao himself.

But he can't just leave if he wants to, he is one of Liu Kun's most valued subordinates, and there is chaos everywhere, he is a civil servant with a large family of people who want to leave and go to the south.

"Wen Sima, the Metropolitan Governor invites you to come over. Just when Wen Qiao was sitting in his seat and thinking that he didn't belong, a subordinate suddenly came to report, Wen Qiao sorted out his thoughts, stood up, no matter what, he was ready to persuade Liu Kun.

Wen Qiao walked through the noisy and erosive lobby to the backyard, the celebrity banquet in this era is comparable to the lewd and promiscuous party in later generations, and the one who can broadcast it live is the real celebrity and mercier, this atmosphere makes Wen Qiao disgusted.

"State pastor. Wen Qiao visited Liu Kun, and he found that Liu Kun only summoned him, and he didn't know what Liu Kun was looking for him to do.

"Taejin (Wen Qiao's character) sit down. After Liu Kun asked Wen Qiao to sit down, he closed his eyes slightly and didn't speak, and for a long time, Wen Qiao couldn't help it.

"I don't know what the state pastor has to tell you?" Wen Qiao stood up and asked, Liu Kun waved his hand to let Wen Qiao sit down again.

"Tai Zhen, what do you think of Shangdang County Chuyun?" asked Liu Kun slowly.

Wen Qiao was stunned, he didn't know why Liu Kun asked this question, as we all know, his relationship between Wen Qiao and Chu Yun was not good, and the thing he was threatened by Chu Yun back then was also drunk and said by Wen Qiao, who had a big mouth.

"Why does the state pastor ask this?" Although Wen Qiao had some thoughts in his heart, as a subordinate, he still had to knock on Liu Kun's opinion, he was not stunned, he was now deeply valued by Liu Kun, and he didn't want to lose his status.

"Tai Zhen, you can be able to be literate and martial, help me recover, you have a lot of credit, but I know that your talent can still be displayed at a higher level, and there are a few questions I don't understand when I came to you today. Chu Weizhong's yellow-haired child, why is it that in just a few years, he can have tens of thousands of troops and continuously achieve immortal achievements, but I have been stumbling for many years, and I have the assistance of you capable ministers, why is it not as good as that. To tell you the truth, Shi Shilong (Shi Le) wrote me a letter, Chu Weizhong's strength is far stronger than we think, we all thought that the Huns were divided into two ways, and Shi Shilong was a three-way attack, but we were all wrong. Chu Weizhong defeated the 80,000-strong army of the Xiongnu general Hu Yanyan in Zhongyang County two months ago, Hu Yanyan was killed, and only more than 10,000 people escaped, which can be said to be the annihilation of the entire army. But we can only know these things through Shi Shilong, he Chu Weizhong is still not under my Liu Kun's command? Is there still a court in his eyes? He has such military strength, he doesn't report to me, he doesn't help the court, what is he going to do?" Wen Qiao listened to Liu Kun's words, and a monstrous wave rose in his heart, he didn't expect Chu Yun's strength to develop to this point, no wonder Liu Kun sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, no wonder Liu Kun was angry.

If Liu Kun has this kind of strength, and then unites the army of Tuoba Xianbei, not to mention completely defeating the Huns, but there is no problem in helping the imperial court to relieve the siege. And Chu Yun hides such strength, but only cares about developing his own strength, which in Liu Kun's view, is the ambition of a wolf, Liu Kun regards himself as a loyal minister of the court, and many times would rather help the Hu people than kill the rebellious ministers and thieves first, Youzhou Wang Jun is such an example. He always thinks that the Hu people will be defeated sooner or later, and the rebellious ministers and thieves are the biggest enemies, which is the most fundamental reason for the change in his attitude towards the Iron Army.

Wen Qiao disagrees with Liu Kun's view very much, in his opinion, although Chu Yun concealed his strength, but did not have the same intention of betraying the court as Wang Jun, this era still talks about fart loyalty, who is to blame for the imperial court to make a rebellion of the eight kings and kill himself? And the Sima family is not in the right position, he doesn't want to hang himself on a tree, compared to the Han people, the Hu people are barbarians, he would rather follow an ambitious Han people, don't you see Liu Cong treat Han Chen as a pig and dog? Of course, he didn't dare to say these words to Liu Kun.

"I don't know what attention the state pastor has?" Wen Qiao asked cautiously.

Liu Kun picked up the wine glass and drank it all, took out a letter from the cabinet and handed it to Wen Qiao, Wen Qiao took it carefully, and saw the signature on it at a glance, it was Shi Le, he chuckled in his heart, and when he finished reading it, his heart was already cold.

"Lord Governor, I don't know what my subordinates are going to do. Wen Qiao deserved to be a future minister, he bowed his head deeply, showing his absolute surrender to Liu Kun.

"I'll give you 10,000 men, and you can clear all the idle people on the route of the Shile army's march. After Shangdang County is breached, Shile will retreat, and when the time comes, I will appoint you as the county guard of Shangdang County, and you will follow Shile's army and take over Shangdang County. Taizhen, you should know that I value you the most, don't betray me like Uncle Tong (Mo Han's character). Liu Kun glanced at Wen Qiao deeply.

"Someone. Liu Kun clapped his hands, and four men in armor appeared behind Wen Qiao.

"Tai Zhen, these are the guards I arranged for you, and the people of the Qiang tribe are not entirely credible, I hope you will act expediently and not let me down. Liu Kun finally asked Wen Qiao to be careful of the Qian, he didn't fully believe them, Wen Qiao nodded and agreed, and the four guards followed Wen Qiao tightly and left, Wen Qiao knew that they were here to spy on him.

Of course, Chu Yun didn't know that Liu Kun actually thought that he was ambitious because he hid his troops, he still didn't adapt to the mentality of a scholar in this era, Chu Yun never knew that a military general hiding his troops was always a harbinger of rebellion. No one cares about empty wages, but it is a felony to say that more is less. Chu Yun, the deputy governor, actually had an army of 100,000 under his command, and there was no Ming court, which was simply a great rebellion. If it is replaced by someone else, it is not a big deal, but it is not good for Liu Kun, who is loyal to the imperial court.

Although Chu Yun didn't know that Liu Kun wanted to deal with him, in his opinion, he was still very respectful to Liu Kun, and Liu Kun would not deal with him. But he already knew the information of the attack of Liu Ji's army, Chu Yun recruited troops on a large scale, and formed the temporary third brigade and the temporary fourth brigade, although they did not have much training, but they were at least able to defend the city, Chu Yun was still ready to personally sit in Zhongyang City, this time he had more than 30,000 people under his command, with the strong city, it may not be that there is no capital to copy the last battle. Zhang Tong, of course, commanded all the cavalry to find fighters.

All the subordinates are ready to rest in a splendid mansion in Xiangguo City, the residence of Shi Le's most valued nephew, Shi Hu, who has been resting here since he was defeated by the Iron Blood Army a year ago.

Shi Hu's original wife was the sister of the general Guo Rong, a woman carefully arranged for him by Shi Le. But Shi Hu didn't like her very much, but liked the acrobatic celebrity Zheng Cherry, who said that he was an acrobatic celebrity, but in fact, his status in this era was comparable to that of a prostitute.

However, Guo is very virtuous, he acquiesced in her husband's favor Zheng Cherry, Zheng Cherry was raised by Shi Hu in Yecheng and would not meet her, which made Guo still a little relieved. When Shi Hu was away, he conscientiously managed the back house, and when Shi Hu was sent back to recuperate, he served carefully, and sometimes was beaten by Shi Hu, and she also endured it silently, but Shi Hu was like a hard-hearted man, and he still didn't have a good face for this virtuous wife.

A few months ago, Shi Le came to see Shi Hu in person, and since then, Shi Hu has entered the secret room behind the bedroom, Guo has never seen her husband again, but she sticks to the bedroom, cooking for Shi Hu every day, trying to win back her husband's heart.

In ancient times, there was basically no entertainment, and as soon as it was dark, after eating, I was ready to rest. Guo Shi asked all the subordinates to go back to rest, and she carefully knocked on the stone door of the secret room with the food she had cooked for Shi Hu, and there was a one-person window on the stone door, which was enough for Shi Hu to take the rice in.

Shi Hu likes to eat barbecue very much, Guo personally chose a little lamb this time, and roasted it for a full afternoon, the golden appearance is coveted, Guo feels that her husband will definitely like it.

She was only a sixteen-year-old little woman, and she glanced at the food box with some delight. Guo knocked on the stone door, but there was no response inside for a long time, Guo knocked again, and after a full cup of tea, there was still no response inside.

Guo Shi was a little worried, but Shi Hu strictly ordered her not to enter the secret room, she thought about it for a long time, and finally worried about her husband, so she decided to go in and have a look.

She carefully opened the mechanism of the stone door, and then carried the corner of her skirt and walked in, I don't know why in the secret room, it was full of the smell of blood, and the dark secret passage made Guo Shi very afraid, just when she was hesitating whether to enter, she suddenly felt that the temperature around her suddenly dropped a lot, Guo Shi shivered, and wanted to retreat. At this time, a dark shadow came out of it.

Guo Shi finally saw clearly that the black shadow was a person by the candlelight in his hand, and there was only her husband in the secret room, Guo Shi didn't think much about it and greeted him with joy, he didn't see that his husband was different from the past at all, Shi Hu was as thin as a dried corpse several times, and his face was extremely pale, like a person who had been dead for a long time.

Guo was about to hand over the food in his hand to please her husband, but Shi Hu suddenly stretched out a hand as dry as a skeleton and pinched Guo's neck.

"Husband. Guo Shi was speechless, the wax table and food box in his hand were scattered on the ground, I don't know how long later, a scrawny man in the secret room came out, saying that he was human, completely because he could still move, if he lay still, no one believed that he was a living person. And in his hand, he was carrying a dried corpse similar to him, and the clothes were Guo Shi who had just entered. No one would have thought that the delicate and virtuous Guo family, who only had a little kung fu for a while, would become like this.

That night, all 317 people in Shi Hu's mansion died violently, and Shi Le heard about it and blocked all news.

Three days later, Shi Hu was appointed as the general of Zhendong, and secretly went to the 30,000 troops privately assembled by Shi Le, the commander of Shangai, and cooperated with Liu Kun to attack the Iron Blood Army from the north of Shangdang County.

The betrayal of the allies, the ferocity of the enemy, the Predators have reached the most critical moment.