"It's hard to put into words!" Deng Zhong sighed and said: "Xu County Order, we have walked hundreds of miles of mountain roads, hungry and cold, can we enter the city first, as for the rest, Rong will talk slowly." ”

"Good, good!" Xu Jun replied repeatedly, Deng Ai and him have the grace of knowing and supporting, and he didn't care whether Deng Zhong was a deserter or whether he would implicate him, so he immediately ordered the city gate to be opened and Deng Zhong and them into the city.

The city gate creaked open, and outside the city, Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other and smiled, and nodded secretly.

After crossing the Minshan Mountain, the Shu army was anxious to take Lintao in order to obtain grain, grass and provisions, although Lintao was only stationed with a small number of troops, the 30,000 troops of the Shu army crushed all the way over, and there was no difficulty in taking Lintao, but if the movement of the siege was too big, it would inevitably alarm the Wei army far away in Longxi, and create difficulties for the next step in attacking Longyou. Therefore, Liu Yin decided to use the means of surprise attack to defraud Lintao.

Liu Yin ordered Zhao Zhuo and Deng Zhong to lead 500 people, all of whom changed into the costumes of the Wei army, disguised as the Wei army who had fled from the front, and went straight to Lintao City along the avenue.

At the same time, Liu Yin sent A Jian to lead 300 private soldiers to bypass Lintao from the small road, cut off the road from Lintao to Longxi County to govern Xiangwu, so that no one in Lintao escaped back to Longxi.

Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo didn't expect that this operation would dare to go so smoothly, Xu Jun, who was guarding Lintao, turned out to be Deng Ai's former account officer, not to mention the sword soldiers, even the lips and tongues didn't cost much, and the other party had already opened the city gate. Deng Zhong and Zhao Zhuo looked at each other and smiled, and led the troops straight into the city.

"Young General, I don't know where Deng Dudu is now?" Xu Jun was still more concerned about Deng Ai's affairs, and as soon as Deng Zhong entered the city. Then he asked again.

Deng Zhong smiled. Said: "My father is all right. It will come to Lintao later. We traveled all the way, but the grain and grass were not enough, and we also asked Xu County to borrow some food to relieve the urgent need for cooking. ”

Xu Jun smiled heartily and said, "The young general is too polite, a little grain and grass, why do you need to borrow it?" He immediately ordered his subordinates to go to the treasury to fetch some grain for Deng Zhong.

The county treasury is next door to the county office, and it won't take long. The errand officer took some rice bags and sent them to the county office.

"Major General, you have the right to hold these fifty hundreds, and the right to use them as military funds." Xu Jun pointed to the food that was sent.

Deng Zhong shook his head and said, "It's not enough." ”

Xu Jun couldn't help but be stunned, Deng Zhong's four or five hundred people, if each person gets a bucket of rice, they can eat at least a few days, Deng Zhong said that it was not enough, could it be that these people are all evil ghosts reincarnated, and they can eat a bucket of rice in one meal?

Looking at Xu Jun's puzzled look, Deng Zhong smiled. added: "A total of 30,000 people, does Xu County Ling really think that this bit of food is enough to eat?" ”

"Ahh Xu Jun was stunned.

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Took down Lintao. Finally, the urgent need of the Shu army was temporarily solved.

But it is only temporary, after all, Lintao is only a small county town, even if the treasury and the people's grain and grass are scavenged, it can only meet the needs of 30,000 troops for ten days, and if the army wants to gain a foothold in Longyou, it must take Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui and other counties.

Liu Yin naturally smiled unceremoniously at the grain and grass materials in the Lintao County Treasury, but after entering the city, the first order issued by Liu Yin was that Yu Yumin did not commit any crimes, and there were people who took a penny or a thing from the people in vain, and those who killed the people in vain were immediately beheaded. As for the grain, cloth, and materials needed by the army, they should all be purchased with money and at market prices, and if the common people are unwilling to sell them, they must not adopt the means of buying and selling by force.

Liu Yin knows that this time into Longyou, is to take root in Longyou, with Longyou as the foundation, Xu Tu Guanzhong, enterprising the Central Plains, how to take root in Longyou, only to obtain the support of the local people, if you arrive in Longyou, on the plunder, rampant, will be a big loss of popular support.

For the common people, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, the important thing is that they have land to cultivate, food to eat, clothes to wear, and whoever gives them benefits, they will support whom, as for whether it is the world of the Liu family or the world of the Cao family, they don't worry about this.

So as soon as he entered Longxi, Liu Yin repeatedly reiterated military discipline, the current Shu army, so hungry that their eyes were straight, and they couldn't wait to fill their stomachs when they saw everything they ate, at this time, it was the time when the soldiers' wills were the weakest, and it was also the time when military discipline was the easiest to loosen, and they must be strongly restrained so as not to violate military discipline.

After settling the army, Liu Yin went to see Deng Ai as soon as possible to discuss the plan to march into Longxi.

Stepping on the land of Longxi again, Deng Ai was a little dazed, and after the defeat of Yinping, Deng Ai even thought that he would never set foot on the land of Longxi again in his lifetime.

For Deng Ai, Longyou is his second homeland, from the beginning of the first four years to participate in the Western military, transferred to Nan'an Taishou began, Deng Ai's life and the land of Longyou has formed an indissoluble bond, 20 years of time, Deng Ai from a county guard to the general of the west, all supervised Yongliang military, in the many battles with Jiang Wei, achieved great military achievements, Deng Ai also became the most powerful figure in Longyou, calling for wind and rain, life and death, it can be said that Deng Ai is in Longyou, is the king and hegemonic character, No one dared to touch his whiskers.

However, the collapse of the halberd on the Yinping Trail made Deng Ai lose all the power he originally had, and even he himself became an "invisible man" - because he was unwilling to surrender to Shu, Deng Ai could only hide incognito behind the scenes, and as Liu Yin's staff, everyone thought that Deng Ai was no longer alive.

The familiar land, the familiar mountains and rivers, and even the coldness in the air made Deng Ai feel an inexplicable excitement.

At the door, Liu Yin met Deng Zhong, Deng Zhong had placed Deng Ai in a courtyard, and when he saw Liu Yin coming, he hurriedly bowed. Liu Yin smiled and nodded, and said, "This time to win Lintao, General Deng is the first achievement, congratulations." ”

Deng Zhong was praised by Liu Yin, and said happily: "This time, the general is all up to the general's strategy, and the general will not dare to take credit." ”

"Where is Ling Zun?"

"My father is in the church." Deng Zhong replied.

Liu Yin nodded, went straight into the house, and saw Deng Aiqing's back from a distance.

"Mr. Ai has returned to his homeland, I don't know how to feel?" Liu Yin said with a smile.

Deng Ai deliberately made himself look calm, stroked his white beard, and said indifferently: "Time passes, things are people." ”

Liu Yindao: ...... (To be continued.) )