Lu Bu returned to the county guard's mansion and relayed the news of the unsuccessful grain borrowing to Gai Xun.

Gai Xun learned that the Jiang family refused to borrow food, and after being silent in his position for a long time, he sighed helplessly: "Brother Jiang is really living in vain, and he is so short-sighted. Didn't he know that after the city was broken, even if there was any surplus of food, it would also be plundered? ”

Dead lips and cold teeth.

Such a simple truth, an old man who has lived for fifty or sixty years still can't see it through, which really makes Gai Xun feel depressed and depressed.

"County guard, it's really not good, let's grab it. If the soldiers can't fill their stomachs, where will they have the strength to fight in the future? "The confidant general Feng Yu gave the most straightforward advice.

The method is a good method, and it is easy to implement, as long as you dare to do it, at least you can't go hungry for the last month. Those soldiers of the family guarding the courtyard couldn't stop this group of Han soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield at all.

After listening to Feng Yu's suggestion, Gai Xun's eyes were as sharp as a hook, staring at the personal guard who had followed him for many years, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to say such things again, we are a disciplined army, if we rob the army of food, what is the difference between this and the rebels." If you have been fighting with me for many years, you should know that even if you starve to death, I will not rob the property and food of the people in the city, this is the bottom line of the old man. ”

The current situation is turbulent, if they don't work together at this time, thinking about grabbing the food stored by the family, maybe they will be forced to jump over the wall in a hurry.

The inner ghost under his command has not yet been found, if the family in the city is forced to rebel again, and the rebels are secretly connected, and then there will be a little internal and external cooperation, and this Hanyang County will be completely destroyed.

As time went on, the food for the soldiers in the battalion became less and less, and now there is hardly a grain of rice in the bowl except for the roots of wild vegetables and grass dug up from outside the city for cooking. If this development continues, within half a month, we will really have to live a difficult life of gnawing and devouring tree bark to satisfy hunger.

Fortunately, Gaixun asked for help from the clan early. The three counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Wuwei in the west of Liangzhou are all the spheres of influence of the Gai family.

The team escorting grain and grass set out from Wuwei and entered the territory of Longxi County yesterday. In order to prevent the recurrence of the accident at Panzuka Mountain last time, Gai Xun specially ordered Feng Yu to lead an army of 5,000 horsemen to escort along the way.

"If you can't bring grain and grass, the last general will come to see you." Feng Yu hugged his fists and said decisively, but when he lowered his face, there was an obscure and deep smile in his eyes.

When Lu Bu raised his head, Lu Bu happened to meet his gaze. Such a gloomy look made Lu Bu feel extremely uncomfortable in his heart, just like the look of the weasel stealing chickens during the Chinese New Year.

I hope it's my own worries, after all, Feng Yu is a confidant who has followed Gai Xun for many years, so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

Lu Bu thought so and had no objection to this.

When the soldiers in the barracks learned that they would soon be able to eat food again, they naturally had a new hope in their hearts, and the vegetable roots in their mouths were not as difficult to swallow as before.

On the fifth day after Feng Yu led his army away, a galloping horse with the wounded on horseback galloped wildly from afar and rushed into the county town.

Gai Xun hurriedly ordered someone to treat him urgently, and after half an hour, fortunately, there was no danger, and several doctors managed to snatch him back from the hands of death.

Lu Bu heard the news, and on the way here, he was still muttering that good things don't happen to one thing, but bad things come one after another.

The enemy is dark and I am clear, and the Han army is guarding this dilapidated city all day long, which is really too passive.

Gai Xun took a closer look at this man, he didn't have such a number one person under his command, but judging from his armor and clothing, he was obviously a general at the rank of captain.

The wounded man was about to speak, but he caught a glimpse of the young general who had crossed the threshold. As if he had seen the great savior, he knelt down towards Lu Bu desperately, and pleaded with great excitement: "General Lu, go and save my general!" ”

The blood on his body, which had finally stopped, collapsed again, and the blood soaked through the bandages, but the man didn't care, just kowtowed to Lu Bu for help.

"Xu Lin, why are you!"

After seeing this person's appearance clearly, Lu Bu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and the expression on his face was particularly shocked.

Xu Lin is Yan Yi's cronies and lieutenants, and after the expulsion of Xianbei people the year before last, tens of thousands of Han soldiers and soldiers were in the military camp. When Lu Bu drank with Yan Yi, he also drank two bowls with Xu Lin, so he had an impression in his mind.

Time is pressing, Xu Lin has no time to talk about what happened, to make a long story short, that is, they were ambushed by rebels at the junction of the two counties of Luoyang and Xianqin, and Yan Yi, as the leading general, is under siege at the moment.

What the!

When Lu Bu learned that Yan Yi was in danger, his face changed sharply on the spot. If Yan Yi has a good thing under his nose, he really doesn't know how he will face his wife and daughter, as well as the second elder of the Yan family when he returns to Bingzhou in the future.

In addition, Yan Yi's command is a full 5,000 Western Liangjia cavalry, and in terms of combat effectiveness alone, it is not inferior to the wolf cavalry battalion. At the beginning, the decisive battle with the Xianbei people relied on the timely rescue of the armored cavalry led by Yan Yi, so that the vicious battle could be turned into victory.

How many rebels were dispatched to trap the 5,000-strong cavalry there?

But now is not the time to think about these problems, Yan Yi is trapped, and Lu Bu must be rescued.

"How far is it from Hanyang-gun?"

Lu Bu is not familiar with Liangzhou, and he doesn't know much about the place names Xu Lin said. But he knows that the moment is a race against time, and there is no spare time.

If you are a second late, the danger will increase by a minute.

Xu Lin heard Lu Bu's hurried tone, and knew that this flying general would definitely go to the rescue of his own general. In addition to being grateful, he also knew the seriousness of the situation, and immediately replied: "More than 40 miles, you can arrive in half an hour." ”

"Okay, I'm going to gather the men." Lu Bu said, turned around and wanted to leave the house.

Gai Xun is a calm and capable Xiliang famous general, out of consideration in all aspects, he grabbed Lu Bu's wrist robe and reminded him: "Feng Xian, you calm down first." This matter may not be as simple as you and I think, maybe the rebels deliberately let Captain Xu come out to report the news, so as to lure us forward. Perhaps they have already set up an ambush, waiting to take us out. ”

The meaning of Gai Xun's words is not to save, but to have a plan to execute, and not to act recklessly with a hot head.

"By the time you plan it, my second brother's corpse may have been cold a long time ago."

Lu Bu dropped such a sentence, and under Gai Xun's stunned expression, he hugged him with a fist: "I know the concerns of the county guard, indeed, there is a great possibility of being ambushed on this trip." But Yan Yi is not only the general of my Han Dynasty, but also the second brother below, in public and private, even if it is a wolf's den and a tiger's den, he has to go on a journey! ”