March 22.

A few days ago, the battle against Shi Le was a rare victory, but the Jin army suffered heavy losses. Although the troops who lured the enemy at the Tuanbai Valley Pass were almost completely destroyed, Shi Le's counterattack caused considerable casualties since then. In addition, the losses from previous battles, the number of soldiers in Lu Yao's troops reduced by more than 30%. More than half of the officers below the team leader died in battle, and all the generals were injured. It can be said that the entire army was injured and could no longer hold on to the battle.

Under such circumstances, Linghu Sheng, the general of the guards who stayed in Jinyang, ordered Huang Su to be responsible for the defense of the Zhaoyu Qidong Line, and sent a military academy to lead hundreds of new recruits to fill the gap in the army, and transferred Lu Yao's troops back to Jinyang for rest.

Lu Yao then worked in the army to promote the brigade.

After several days of hard fighting, the soldiers were extremely tired; there were a large number of wounded and prisoners in the army, so they marched very slowly, and camped for only twenty or thirty miles a day.

At noon that day, the army and horses passed through the Blue Valley southeast of Jinyang City, which was only ten miles away from Jinyang. The city walls of Jinyang City were in sight, and the sun shone on the towering city walls, making the walls and platforms look very majestic.

Strictly speaking, Blue Valley is not a valley, but a depression. The official road passes through the middle of the depression, and the road has the beauty of forests and springs on both sides. At this time, a breeze blows, and the wind blows the light sound of the treetops and the sound of birds singing, which makes people feel refreshed. When the soldiers walked here, they couldn't help but give up their heavy emotions. Thinking of finally defeating an unprecedented strong enemy, they gradually became happy.

Shen Jin heard rumors that there were ruins of the battle between Qin and Zhao during the Warring States Period nearby; so he brought his personal soldiers to the ancients and Ran Rover. This guy was a brave warrior, and he had never read a history book in his life. What kind of ancients can he have? What kind of victory can he have? In fact, he was just planning to hunt and play in the mountains and forests.

Lu Yao was also quite interested in hunting, but unfortunately he was one of the seriously injured people in the army and could hardly move at this moment. In the battle a few days ago, he led the way, suffered many injuries and blood, and was supported by a sharp spirit. Until he finally fainted while patrolling the battlefield the day before yesterday, he finally fainted, scaring the whole army. After several days of raising him, his body was still weak and could not ride a horse easily. He could only lie on a soft bed placed among two war horses, which made the horse slowly lead. The horse's hooves stepped on the ground regularly, and the soft bed also rose and fell, making him sleepy.

Xue Tong knocked the soft bed with a horse whip, laughed at Lu Yao and said, "I remember the history books say that the Chinese general Li Guang once lie between two horses like you. Daoming, are you obsessed with the legacy of the flying general?"

Lu Yao reluctantly cursed: "Nonsense, General Li was captured by the Huns. How miserable? I am victorious!"

The two were joking, and suddenly heard the noise of the rear team. It turned out that more than a dozen cavalrymen were galloping along the official road. They rushed into the loose marching queue, without slowing down. The soldiers could not avoid it, and many people were knocked over. The sound of moans and scolding sounded.

Xue Tong was furious and shouted loudly: "Who dares to rush into my queue? Take it down!"

At this moment, it was wartime, and military law was the first priority. Crashing the army was a serious crime, so Xue Tong ordered the killing on the spot; it was already considered polite to only ask the troops to capture them. The soldiers were just wandering, and suddenly suffered a great loss, and they were indignant. After hearing Xue Tong's order, they immediately responded, and hundreds of people surrounded the team of knights. Some even took a fork rod lasso and wanted to drag them off the horse.

The cavalry team was full of dust, and the leader was riding a high-end horse. The horse was irritable. When he saw everyone surround him, he jumped and moved. While controlling the horse, he shouted: "Don't do it! Which general is in front of me? I am a Bingzhou archery horse and horse. I am urgently reporting to Jinyang! Get out of the way!"

Wang Xiu and Wang Zihao were friendly to Mr. Zhong Su and Lu Yao, the subordinates of Duke Shi of Yue, and had a good relationship with Xue Tong, and he was called an old acquaintance. However, he was so dirty and extremely embarrassed at this moment. Xue Tong was a little far away from him, but he didn't recognize him for a while.

After hearing Wang Xiu's loud call for registration, Xue Tong hurriedly went. After getting closer, he found that Wang Xiu and his group were running long distances, and they didn't care about horsepower. The horses under the seat were all whipped by the horse whip and were bleeding. Wang Xiu's face was even more impatient, his eye sockets were deeply sunk, and his eyes were covered with blood.

Xue Tong was slightly shocked. Wang Xiushen was a archer and horse under the governor of Bingzhou and was not a military organization in General Zhenwei's mansion. He was usually the entourage of Yue Shigong, and was also specifically responsible for the collection and transmission of military intelligence. With his special identity, what situations could make him so nervous?

If it were someone else, he would have to ask what happened. But Xue Tong is a kind of person with a firm and steady personality, and even a bit old-fashioned one. Although he was confused, he did not ask questions. He just shouted and asked the soldiers to retreat to the fields on both sides of the official road, and made a way for Wang Xiu and others to make a way out. Then he said to Wang Xiu: "Brother Zihao, please."

Wang Xiu didn't say much, and whipped away.

Xue Tong felt vaguely uneasy. He stayed in the back team for a while and gathered the soldiers scattered on both sides of the road again. The soldiers were Shen Jin's subordinates, who had always been a bit casual, and they were extremely lazy after the battle. Xue Tong was a little anxious and told them to speed up the speed of their journey, and then changed the soldiers to find Shen Jin to come back.

After all these things were done, he turned back to the front of the queue.

The back team delayed the journey, but the front team did not stop. At this moment, they had arrived at Wuli Pavilion outside the west gate of Jinyang. The officers sent to pick up the horses in Jinyang City, as well as Deng Gang, who was responsible for the left-behind old camp, had all come out and were chatting with Lu Yao.

After all, Lu Yao was weak. After a few words of spirit, he felt very tired, but he had to deal with it. It was fine to Deng Gang. The officer who was responsible for guiding the horse was Fan, a former Jizhou man who joined Yue Shigong, and was currently a captain under the command of Linghu Sheng, the general of the guards. The few people who came with him were also old subordinates of Yue Shigong. These people were originally quite arrogant in front of the remaining soldiers of the Bingzhou Army, but at this time they spoke "General Lu" and were extremely polite and polite. It seemed that Lu Yao first attacked and killed Qiao Xi, the famous general of the Xiongnu, and then burned the record of 5,000 horses of the Xiongnu, which touched them a lot.

Xue Tong hurriedly turned around and said hello, asking Guo Huan, Yang Ruo and others to come forward to receive him, and took Lu Yao to the other side of the team.

"Daoming, I'm afraid something unexpected happens!" He said solemnly, and then informed Lu Yao of the situation where Wang Xiu had just passed.

During the time when Xue Tong was talking, Lu Yao only listened quietly, as if subconsciously pressing the joints of the other hand gently with his fingers in sequence, making crackling sounds. After a while, he slowly said: "I'm afraid there will be changes in Shangdang."

"What!" Xue Tong said in a daze.

Lu Yao said in a deep voice: "From Hedong to Taiyuan, there have been only three roads since ancient times. Or from Li Shishanyuting to the east, crossing 160 miles of mountains and ridges, passing through Huanglu Pass, and breaking into Taiyuan in Zishi County. This road is rugged and difficult to move, and cannot support the actions of the large army. Moreover, the lord's army is stationed in Zishi and Zhongyang, and has cut off this road."

"Or, through Huoshan in Yong'an County, enter the Queshi Valley, Yu Jiexiu's troops were divided into two groups, along the two banks of Zhaoyuqi, and then they went north to Wuxian, and then they could reach the city of Jinyang. The Hu people attacked this time. However, General Lu Chang's defending Jiexiu made it difficult for the Hu people's army to launch; the battles between the east and west sides of Zhaoyuqi were not smooth afterwards... The Hu people did not achieve the expected results. If the two armies stalemate continued, the Hu people could only choose to withdraw their troops themselves."

"The Hu people were naturally unwilling to accept it when they mobilized the troops, but eventually returned in vain. Therefore, they would inevitably seriously consider the third road, which is to go east first, go north through Zhuguan or Yewang to Shangdang, and then turn westward to threaten Jinyang. This road is long and the mountains and valleys along the way are deep and rivers, and there are many natural dangers that a man can pass through tens of thousands of men. Only a brave general needs to guard this place, even if tens of thousands of soldiers are used, it will be difficult to break through quickly. But..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of golden drums in Jinyang City. Then, a thick black wolf smoke rose from the corner tower at the city gate!

At this time, the generals who were chatting on the other side of the team were shocked. Captain Fan was the first to exclaim: "This... this is the warning message? Where did the enemy come from?"

Everyone present was familiar with military affairs and knew the current situation clearly. Unless the enemy brigade reached Jinyang directly, there would be no smoke. However, when the Hu people marched in two directions, the main force of the West was blocked by the Duke of Yue Shi personally led the army, and there would be no mistakes. The side troops on the East were obviously defeated by Lu Yao? Jinyang was in the rear, so how could the Hu people break into here?

Could it be that the soldiers guarding the city gate accidentally lit the wolf smoke? Many people were so suspicious. However, after a moment, three wolf smokes were lit one after another in addition to the one that was lit earlier. Four wolf smokes were straight like pillars, falling into the eyes of everyone, but they clearly had a ferocious murderous aura. A total of four wolf smokes mean that the enemy was at least tens of thousands!

At this time, Lu Yao and Xue Tong arrived together. Xue Tong said in a deep voice: "This is not the time to talk about it. Let's first appease the soldiers, and then go to the city quickly."

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