Late at night, Li Hong was woken up from his sleep by Pound.

"My lord, Lord Zheng has an urgent military situation." Pang De said with an anxious expression, "Lord Xianyu and Lord Yan have already arrived at the big tent. ”

Li Hong stood up dizzily, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and as Pound walked to the big tent next door, he asked vaguely, "Shouyan, what's wrong?" ”

"My lord, Xiong Ba occupies Yuyang." Zheng Xin said angrily, "The Xianbei people took advantage of the fire to rob, and they came so quickly. ”

Li Hong was smart, his eyes widened suddenly, and his sleepiness disappeared in an instant. His worst fears came true. Now that the Xianbei people have sent troops to contain themselves, then the matter of the army taking advantage of the victory to pursue the rebels has come to naught.

"Is the handsome man here?" Li Hong hurriedly asked. Several people in the big tent knew that he was asking Murong Feng. Murong Feng has long been an adult in Xianbei in central China, but Li Hong still calls him Dashuai, and he never calls Murong Feng's name. Li Hong has a special affection for Murong Feng, and his subordinates know it, especially the old subordinates in Youzhou, who know everything about the matter between Li Hong and Murong Feng.

"I don't know." Zheng Xin said, "This news was sent by the clansmen of Xianyu Lord. He said that four days ago, the handsome Xiong Ba of Xianbei suddenly arrived at Yuyang City with 10,000 iron horsemen, and Zhang Jing, the rebel general stationed in Yuyang, did not resist at all, and fled in a hurry with 5,000 men and horses, and gave Yuyang City to the Xianbei people. ”

"The people of Yuyang City don't know that the rebels have colluded with the Xianbei people, otherwise, they would not let the Xianbei people into the city anyway." Xian Yufu said angrily, "Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are too despicable. For the sake of his own life, even the people of the Great Han Kingdom and the Great Han Kingdom can be betrayed. ”

"The army of the Xianbei people must have passed Yanshan early in the morning and ambushed on the prairie." Yan Rou said with a solemn expression, "The Xianbei people came so quickly and the timing was so good, it seems that they have been in contact with the rebels. Now that they occupy Yuyang, they directly threaten Jicheng, forcing us to be unable to advance eastward into Liaoxi to continue to pursue the enemy. He looked up at Li Hong and said with a wry smile, "This counterinsurgency matter is estimated to be delayed for a long time." ”

Li Hong looked at the map, pointed to Lucheng and said, "In this way, Lucheng was captured by Zhang Jing. He sneered, "Zhang Chun didn't even want Yuyang City in order to get a respite. ”

Zheng Xin asked anxiously, "My lord, do you want the cavalry army to attack overnight?" ”

Li Hong shook his hand, "You let me think about it." Da Shuai will not stir up a teacher for the sake of a big man and a traitor who is not a climate, he must have another purpose. ”

"Murong Feng's purpose is very simple, he just wants to drag us in Youzhou and be unable to return to help and merge with the state." Yan Rou pointed to Yanmen Pass and said, "He won't give up if he doesn't cross the state." The losses of the Battle of Western Xinjiang seem to be recovered by him. ”

"Ziyu, there are still Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's Yellow Turban Army in Bingzhou......" Xian Yufu said hesitantly, "If Zhang Yan sends troops, Yanmen Pass will not be lost." ”

Li Hong's face suddenly changed, and he pointed at Zheng Xin and said, "Shouyan, you go back to Jinyang immediately and ask Xu Rong to pay close attention to the movements of the Yellow Turban Army." There must be Zhang Chun's people in the Yellow Turban Army, after you go back, you must find out these people, otherwise, none of the Yellow Turban Army will be allowed to go to Yanmen Pass. ”

Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, and Zheng Xin immediately thought of the consequences of the Yellow Turban Army's rebellion, and the eyes of the three of them suddenly showed a look of fear.

"People, the Huns are in chaos, and the martial cavalry battalion of the stormy sand will definitely go to Xihe to support, and there is no one in Zilie's hands at present." Xian Yufu said in horror, "The hussar battalion that shot Yingtong killed the Baibo Yellow Turban Army in Hedong, I don't know if they won." If they win, Zilie can only recall half of the men and horses to guard Jinyang at most. The situation in Jinyang now ......"

Li Hong waved his hand and said, "Don't think too much, this is our negligence." There are too many Yellow Turban soldiers, and everyone has their own ideas, and it is entirely possible to rebel again. ”

"Shouyan, after you go back, you must first ensure the safety of Zhang Yan and Yang Feng, these two people must not die, if either of them is stabbed, the Yellow Turban Army will definitely be chaotic, and the situation will be out of control." Li Hong said solemnly, "I personally wrote to Zhang Yan and Yang Feng, asking them to cooperate with you to eliminate rebellion. ”

"Shouyan, this matter must be carried out in secret, so as not to alarm the entire Yellow Turban Army. Whether the state can be stable and worry-free, in the end, it will depend on these tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops to defend Yanmen Pass. Xian Yufu instructed, "You must not make a big show and make everyone in danger of the Yellow Turban Army." ”

Zheng Xin nodded again and again: "I know." What else do you have to say? ”

"You tell Zilie that now that Zhuojun has been taken, and the road from Jizhou to Youzhou has been unimpeded, you ask him to give me a letter in three days, don't interrupt." Li Hong said, "You can rest assured that if you go back, there are cicadas in the scout camp, and nothing will happen." ”

"When do you think you will be able to return to the state?"

"There's no chance of returning help." Li Hong sighed, "You told Zilie that the affairs of Bingzhou can only be solved by himself. ”

Zheng Xin was stunned and was speechless for a long time.

"Ziyu, you used to be a soldier in Guangyang County, and you are familiar with the terrain here." Li Hong said to Yan Rou, "Tomorrow morning, you take Jiang Wu's cavalry battalion to Lucheng and join Zhao Yun as soon as possible." ”

"When will your lord attack Jicheng?" Yan Rou asked, "When are we going to come back?" ”

"Not for the time being. We fought all the way with Lord Liu, and the losses were very large, and the army needed time to repair. Li Hong said, "You are moving around Yongnu and Lucheng to force the rebels in Jicheng to retreat as soon as possible. If you can, don't fight, lest you lose too much of your troops. Now we only need more than 40,000 people, and we have to put down the rebellion and drive out the Xianbei people, and our troops are already insufficient. ”

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Zhao Yun was lying by the Gushui River, listening to the sound of the river flowing, looking at the stars in the sky, and feeling very depressed.

The general ordered himself to occupy Lucheng and block the retreat of the rebels, but he lost it himself, how to explain to the general? It was a trivial matter to dismiss and cut off the head, but it was a big thing to let the rebels flee from Lucheng to Liaoxi with swagger and destroy the general's plan to annihilate the enemy. Since he followed the general, he has fought in the south and the north, and has made a lot of military achievements, but compared with other generals, the speed of his promotion due to merit has made people jealous. Yan Rou, Yushi, Yan Liang, and many other generals who followed the general were all brilliant, but they were just captains like themselves, like Yan Wuxing, Zhang He, Wen Chou, Gao Ran and others were still captains, which shows the importance that the general attaches to himself. I lost Lucheng this time, how can I be worthy of the general?

Yan Wuxing walked over from afar.

"Zilong, go get something to eat. Isn't it just the loss of Lucheng? Tomorrow we will meet Liu Minghou and take it back. Yan Wuxing smiled and comforted.

He, like many generals, liked Zhao Yun very much. Although Zhao Yun became a lieutenant at a young age, and the official was better than himself, he was convinced. Zhao Yun's captain was earned by himself with military merits, and he was rewarded by the Son of Heaven himself, and he couldn't accept it. Zhao Yun is both civil and military, and there is nothing to say about martial arts, except for the general and Yan Liang in the army, there is no third person who can defeat him. Zhao Yun is easy-going and humble, honest and loyal, and has no temper, he can get along with anyone, and he is very popular in the army, but some people say behind his back that Zhao Yun is the general's henchman, and the general trusts him and gives him the opportunity to lead the army, otherwise, can he have such military exploits? Yan Wuxing doesn't like to listen, he said, you have the ability, you killed the June Thunder to show me. Everyone has opportunities, the key is whether you can take them.

This time, Li Hong asked Zhao Yun to lead the army alone to attack the rear of the rebels, and many officers gossiped again. Such a good opportunity for meritorious service, the general did not give it to Lord Yan Rouyan, but gave it to Zhao Yun, the general was too partial. If Zhao Yun makes another great contribution, he will be a Zhonglang general, and even Lord Yan Rouyan will have to listen to Zhao Yun at that time. Yan Wuxing also felt that the general was a little too partial to Zhao Yun. He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to the general in private, but he was the general's first bodyguard, Cao Cao, and he went to Xianbei alone with the general to save the wind and snow, and the personal relationship between the two was not ordinary. The general always reuses Zhao Yun like this, and if he doesn't give others a chance, it will make many old subordinates feel cold. Wen Chou told him that he had never slashed the general with a knife, so the general had always distrusted him, and he also said that he had very few opportunities to lead the army alone, and he was not as good as Zhang He and Gao Lan.

Liu Ming lost Lucheng and broke the general's strategy, and Zhao Yun was responsible. Yan Wuxing was also very worried about Zhao Yun, once he was punished, there would be no shortage of people who had fallen into the well to slander him. At present, the generals in the army come from all over the place, there are many factions, and there are often things that fight for merit, and there are also people who slander each other. The last time Zhao Yun was privately fighting with people in Hanoi, the general locked him up in the camp and thought about it behind closed doors, and Zhao Yun wrote several letters of apology before he was exempted from punishment by the general. I heard that someone persuaded the general to blame Zhao Yun and demote him that time, but the assassin Wei Zhengwei said a lot of good things for Zhao Yun, and the general was happy to push the boat down the river, and it was over. But if the general gets angry this time, Zhao Yun may not be so lucky.

"Brother Fearless, let's go north to fight Lucheng, what should Yongnu do?" Zhao Yun said worriedly, "The general's intention is to block the two retreat paths of the rebels, but if we can't defeat Lucheng, and give up Yongnu and let the rebels escape, the consequences will ......."

Yan Wuxing said with a smile: "Zilong, to stop the rebels from retreating, it doesn't necessarily have to be a siege, we come and go like flying, we can burn the pontoon bridge, we can also cut off the avenue, as long as we don't let the rebels retreat calmly." You tell me? ”

Zhao Yunjian's eyebrows tightened, he thought for a long time, and said: "Brother Fearless, then you stay, and I will take two thousand Huns to the north to meet Liu Ming." ”

"Okay, then we'll split into two, you go north, and I'll stay here."

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Yongnu is more than 160 miles away from Lucheng, and there is also the Baoqiu River in the middle. After Zhao Yun led two thousand Hun iron horsemen to run more than 100 miles, he met Liu Ming in the palace pavilion, which was more than 30 miles away from Lucheng.

Liu Ming looked depressed and at a loss. After Zhao Yun comforted him for a few words, he asked him how Lucheng was lost.

Liu Ming said that since the Lord and Yan Wudaunt left, the Huns who stayed in Lucheng had no deterrence, and immediately exposed their greedy and cruel nature, and many Hun soldiers wantonly plundered and killed people in the city. Although Liu Ming killed a few Hun soldiers who took the lead in making trouble, the atrocities of the Huns had angered the people of Lucheng, who would rather let the rebels occupy Lucheng than see the Huns run rampant in the city. The Han people hated the Huns and hated the Huns, and this hatred was deep-rooted, and no one could change it.

Zhang Jing, the rebel leader of Yuyang City, gathered a total of 8,000 rebels from the three cities of Hunu and Pinggu, and suddenly killed Lucheng. Liu Ming was caught off guard and defended the city. That night, the Xiongnu Qianchang stationed at the north city gate led people to rob a few women near the city gate, but this incident completely angered the people in the city, they rushed to the city tower in the middle of the night with sticks, killed the Xiongnu Qianchang and dozens of Hun soldiers, opened the city gate, and let the rebels in. Liu Ming saw that the city had been lost, so he had to rush out with the remnants of the defeated army.

"How many people have been lost?" Zhao Yun sighed and asked.

"More than six hundred." Liu Ming said angrily, "These Hun soldiers, I can't wait to cut them all." ”

Zhao Yun shook his hand and said, "It's already very good that the Huns have come to help us fight. If something like this happens, we can't blame them, we can only blame ourselves for not governing the army strictly. After the war, I pleaded guilty to the general. ”

Liu Ming was ashamed and bowed his head silently. Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Brother Qiansi, let's think of a way to see if we can take Lucheng back." ”

"I can't get it back." Liu Ming shook his head and said, "If the city is attacked, the people in the city will go to the city wall to help the rebels defend the city, they will hate us Huns, and secondly, they are even more afraid that we will retaliate against them and wash the whole city in blood, so don't think about the siege of the city." ”

When Zhao Yun heard him say this, he immediately dispelled the idea of attacking the city, "Then let's go burn the pontoon bridge." The rebels erected pontoon bridges over both rivers? ”

"Nope." Liu Ming said, "That Zhang Jing mobilized 6,000 people to build a pontoon bridge on the river, and it is estimated that it will be enough for two more days, but ......"

Zhao Yun looked at Liu Ming suspiciously, waiting for him to continue.

"Zilong, this Zhang Jing is very cunning, he has placed a large number of rejection horses at both ends of the pontoon bridge, and we can't rush over." Liu Ming gritted his teeth and said, "I've tried a few times, but I've all been shot back by the rebels' arrow array. ”

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Yan Wuxing led the cavalry army to Yongnu City three times and twice, and pretended to attack the city. Xian Yuchen, who was commanding the construction of the bridge outside the city, received an urgent response from the defenders in the city, and hurriedly returned to the city with thousands of troops. Just as the rebels' soldiers entered the city, Yan Wuxing suddenly led people to kill, and they rushed into the rebels' rear army to slash and slash wildly, and then roared away. Bandun, who rushed to support, wanted to chase but didn't dare to chase, so he was so angry that he scolded.

In the evening, Yan Wuxing led the army back to the Gushui River to rest, and he summoned his subordinates Duan Xuan, Xinhu and Zongliu to discuss the method of burning the pontoon bridge. Duan Xuan was the last to arrive, and he also brought a young Confucian with him. This Confucian student is eighteen or nineteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a pair of intelligent eyes, and a calm demeanor, without any fear.

"Mingzhi, this is the prisoner you captured?" Yan Wuxing smiled, "What kind of prisoners are you taking at this time?" Forget it with a knife, it's okay to find trouble. ”

The young Confucian suddenly raised his eyebrows, and his face turned angry. Duan Xuan smiled noncommittally and said, "Brother Fearless, his name is Tian Yu, and he is from Yongnu City. ”

"Oh." Yan Wuxing snorted, raised his hand and beckoned, "Come, come, sit, sit." Heart Fox, give him something to eat, this kid must be hungry. ”

Duan Xuan pulled the young man to sit down. Xinhu smiled and handed Tian Yu a piece of meatloaf, "Eat it." Is your home in town? Are you a rebel soldier? ”

Tian Yu took the meatloaf, looked at Xinhu strangely, and asked Duan Xuan: "My lord, he is not talking about Xiongnu, he is a Qiang person?" ”

Yan Wuxing laughed, stretched out and kicked the heart fox, "Why are you talking so gently?" He doesn't understand, so you can scold him. Then he pointed to the longitudinal stream and said, "Say a few words of Xiongnu to him, scold him a few words, and see if he can understand it." ”

Tian Yu was angry, he glared at Yan Wudaunt, and asked in a calm tone: "The adult is the world-famous Yanshan Little Bird Yan?" ”

Heart Fox and Zongliu glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time, "Haha......"

Everyone knows Yan Wuxing's nickname, and no one dares to shout it in person except Yan Rou. Today, when they suddenly heard a young Confucian scholar Wen Crepe say it, they immediately felt extremely funny, and couldn't help laughing wildly. Yan Wuxing glared at Tian Yu, and then moved his gaze to Duan Xuan, "Did you kid say that?" ”

Duan Xuan didn't expect Tian Yu to open his mouth to commit Yan Wuxing's taboo, and he laughed so much that even tears flowed out, but he knew that Yan Wudaunt was easy-going, and he had always had no temper, and it was okay to commit a big taboo.

"This kid is a relative of your family?" Yan Wuxing asked solemnly pointing at the inexplicable Tian Yu.

"It's not...... Ha ha...... It's not ......"

"It's not Lao Tzu who beat you to death, Yanshan Bird is also what you shouted." Yan Wuxing flew up and pounced on Duan Xuan, raised his fist and hit it.

Tian Yu was stunned. There are still such adults in the world.

"My lord, Xia Guan is not a prisoner, Xia Guan is the master of the Yongnu County Government (in charge of paperwork), and he is here to offer his lord a plan to break the city."

Yan Wuxing stared at Tian Yu with wide eyes, slowly lowered his fist, and asked in surprise, "Do you have a plan to break the city?" ”

Duan Xuan couldn't help but laugh and explained, "This Lord Tian came after us on his own horse, not a prisoner I captured. ”

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Yan Wuxing stood up and smiled at Tian Yu, "My name is Yan Wuxing, not Yanshan Xiaoniao, and I am not a world-famous person, don't slap my ass." Tell me, how to take Yongnu City? ”

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