And the state, Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.

Chen Gong listened to the scout's report, and his face changed slightly.

He waved the scout away, and then hurriedly summoned the civil and military forces of the state to discuss the matter.

After everyone gathered in the state pastor's mansion, Chen Gong said to everyone: "Yuan Benchu did his best to raise the Jizhou army, and the troops were divided into three ways to attack and merge the state. ”

"The first route is Yan Liang as the commander, and the trial is matched as a military division, raising 20,000 troops to attack the party; The second route was given as the commander-in-chief, and Wen Chou was the vanguard, leading 20,000 troops to attack Yanmen County; Yuan Shao personally led 70,000 horses and horses to Taiyuan County under the stars. ”

"The combined garrison of the state is only 30,000, and the Yuan army is menacing, do you have a good way to break the enemy?"

As soon as Chen Gong's voice fell, the faces of the civil and military forces of Bingzhou all changed.

With 30,000 people to resist the 110,000 Jizhou army, no matter how you look at it, the state is at an absolute disadvantage.

More importantly, Yuan Shao dispatched this time, and all the Jizhou strategists and generals went out with the army.

On the other hand, in the territory of Bingzhou, there will be no more than Zhang Liao and Wang Yan, and the strategist will only be Chen Gong, and the difference between the forces of the two sides is too great.

Or Chen Gong said: "The thief army is powerful, so you might as well send someone to ask the lord for help." ”

This person's words have been recognized by many people, and in the face of the powerful Jizhou army, no matter how brave and good the soldiers of Jizhou are, they will inevitably be a little afraid in their hearts.

Chen Gong frowned and said, "The lord led the army south to conquer Yizhou, and there were not many defenders in Guanzhong. These soldiers also had to guard against the rest of the princes, so how could they send reinforcements to join the state? ”

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other and were a little at a loss.

Chen Gong saw that everyone showed cowardice, immediately drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "The lord has handed over such a critical place as the state to us, how can we be afraid?" ”

"Since the independent prince has dominated the world, he will conquer the battle, win the battle, and shock the world, and the princes will be terrified immediately when they hear the name of the lord."

"You are the first to follow the lord's generals, witnessing the glory of the lord, the rise of the lord, how can you be greedy for life and afraid of death, and weaken the lord's name here!"

The generals were so embarrassed when they heard Chen Gong's words that their faces turned red, and one of them immediately shook their spirits and shouted angrily: "Even if you die in battle, it's not a pity!" ”

"Even if you die in battle, it's not a pity!"

And the state generals and schools all shouted loudly.

Many of these generals were former Yellow Turban Army generals, and Wen Zhao had asked them to help Chen Gong garrison and annex the state over the years.

There were many Yellow Turban generals who followed Wen Zhao at the earliest, and they all died on the battlefield one after another, and Wen Zhao's arrangement did not mean to let them enjoy the rest of their lives.

After all, compared to following Wen Zhao to fight in the Quartet, it is much safer to garrison and merge states.

The fact that they have not experienced war for a long time has made these Yellow Turban generals, who were extremely enthusiastic and fearless of death, lose their former sharpness.

This is also why, when they began to hear that Yuan Shao's army was coming, these generals would be a little timid.

However, Chen Gong's words reminded them of the years of Jin Ge Iron Horse in the past, and remembered the importance that their lord valued them, so they all expressed their hearts.

Seeing that the popularity of the crowd was aroused, Chen Gong often breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Cowardice before fighting is a taboo for soldiers, if all the generals of the state have no fighting spirit, how can they defend the land of the state?

Looking around at everyone, Chen Gong shouted: "Shangdang has General Wang Yan leading 10,000 troops to garrison, and Yan Liang and Xian Pei have the talent to reach the sky, and they don't want to attack and merge from here." ”

"Yanmen County has 5,000 troops led by Zhang Liao to garrison, and General Zhang Liao is a rare good general under the command of the lord, and it is not a problem to resist 20,000 Jizhou troops in the city."

"Only Taiyuan County is facing extremely great pressure, with 15,000 people to resist 70,000 Jizhou troops, the slightest carelessness may lose the city and lose the land."

"And the success or failure of the entire war in Bingzhou will also be seen in Taiyuan."

A general said: "Although we are not afraid of death, but the strength of the Jizhou army is too strong after all, even if the army defeats us, it is not a pity to die, but if we fail to keep the family business for the lord, we will die blindly." ”

The general's vague concerns were justified.

Although there are 800 miles of Taihang Mountain in Bingzhou, it is far from the danger of being a one-man pass.

If Yuan Shao divided his troops to attack Taiyuan County, with the existing defenders of Taiyuan County, there would be no way to defend the various cities.

Chen Gong said: "Don't worry, I have my own opinions!" ”

Because Bingzhou is the place where Wen Zhao started his home, it is an extremely important place, so Wen Zhao will hand over the post of pastor of Bingzhou to Chen Gong and let him be stationed here.

Over the years, the rest of the Guanzhong strategists have made a name for themselves, and only Chen Gong is silently stationed in Bingzhou, which is unknown to everyone.

Maybe many people don't think that Chen Gongzhi's talent can be compared with Li Ru and others. This time, Yuan Shao led the troops to attack, and it was the time for Chen Gong to show his talent.

In the territory of Bingzhou, messengers have been running around in the past few days, and official documents have been posted in various counties of Taiyuan County.

At the gate of a small county town, many people gathered together, and the clothes they were wearing were much better than before.

It can be seen that the living standards of the people in the state have also improved a lot in recent years.

A young man of nearly thirty years old stood in the crowd, quietly looking at the content in the list, his brows furrowed more and more.

"Jizhou Yuan Shao invaded my city for no reason, and he was about to attack the city in the near future, because Taiyuan had too few troops, and the county under his rule could not be divided into troops to defend them one by one."

"For the sake of the safety of the people of Taiyuan, the state pastor has an order: The people in the county east of Jinyang should migrate to the west of Jinyang to avoid the war, and take all the food away from their families without delay!"

After reading this, the young man silently walked home.

He pushed open the door and looked at his grandmother, whose hair had turned gray, with a struggling look on her face.

When the old woman saw her grandson coming home, she asked suspiciously, "It is very noisy in the city today, and Bird has just gone out to watch, but has he ever found out what is going on?" ”

The young man said: "Grandmother, Yuan Shaoxing's troops attacked Bingzhou, and because of the lack of troops in Bingzhou, it was the envoy who ordered the defenders of each county town to be transferred to Jinyang, and let the people move to the west, so as not to incur the disaster of war. ”

The old woman was shocked in her heart and said, "Is the Jizhou army coming, can you defend the city?" ”

She didn't think about her own safety, but was worried about whether Chen Gong could hold Taiyuan.

The young man pondered for a long time, and then said: "Judging from the strength of both sides, the Jizhou army has an absolute advantage. However, last year, the lord sent troops to loot Jizhou, which greatly damaged Yuan Benchu's vitality, and Jizhou must not have much grain in stock. ”

"The king moved the people to the west, just to clear the wilderness, and then concentrate his forces to defend Jinyang."

"Now that autumn is about to pass, and the cold winter is coming, as long as the war can drag on for a month or two, the Jizhou army will definitely retreat without a fight."

If Chen Gong was here, he would definitely be shocked by this young man's words, but the old lady seemed to have ********.

When she heard her grandson's words, she relieved herself and said, "As long as you can hold the city and let us migrate, let's move." ”

Looking at the old woman with a smiling face, the young man struggled for a long time and suddenly knelt on the ground, and said: "Having said that, the battle is fierce, and the slightest carelessness will lose the entire annexed state." ”

"My family is deeply favored by the lord, and now it is the time of life and death in the state, and my grandson wants to go to join the army!"

At this, the young man's eyes were full of tears, his forehead was pressed against the ground, and he refused to raise his head.

Parents are here, not far away.

This young man is very talented, although he was born poor, he is also full of talent, but because of the grandmother in the family, he neither went to study nor joined the army to serve the country.

The old lady was stunned at first when she heard the young man's words, and then laughed and said, "Don't look at my age, but I can already take care of myself. ”

"A few years ago, I advised you to go to Taixue to study, but your child has been stubborn and refuses to leave my old man's house. Even if you refuse to go to the army today, the old woman will drive you there. ”

"Otherwise, how can you be worthy of the great grace of the lord?"

The young man did not answer, but just knelt on the ground and knocked his head a few times, his face full of tears.

The young man was originally from the Dongjun family, but his parents died when he was young, and he only lived with his grandmother and a younger sister.

Later, the world was in turmoil, the survival of the people was extremely difficult, and the young sister also died in the famine.

It wasn't until they came to Taiyuan that the life of the two was much better. Even if the young man later learned martial arts and literature, he also received help from the government.

Therefore, Chen Xu, the lord of the state, has a great favor for their family.

More importantly, if there was no Chen Xu, I am afraid that the young man and his sister would have died as early as children.

Until now, the young man still remembers the scene of three fast horses rushing towards him and his sister at the gate of Dongjun City, almost trampling them to death.

At that time, Chen Xu descended like a god and rescued their brother and sister from the war horse.

Even though nearly 20 years have passed, the young man has not forgotten it, and he has been studying literature and martial arts hard all these years, wanting to fight for Chen Xu in the future.

In fact, although he is not famous, he is very talented.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't give up his grandmother at home, I'm afraid that the young man would have been famous all over the world by now.

Chen Xu, a butterfly, probably didn't know that a subconscious move by himself at the beginning would actually change the life of a young man and bring great benefits to himself in the future.

The old lady helped her grandson up and said, "You have to remember that although you lived in Dongjun when you were a child, our family's ancestral land is Yingchuan. ”

"If you can make some name for yourself one day, you should return to your hometown."

The young man wiped away his tears and nodded vigorously.

The old lady raised her head, looked at the south and said to herself: "You Ah Weng died early, my uncle's family doesn't know what happened, I remember that you still have a cousin." ”

"His name is Xu Shu."