In the Xu capital city, Xin Ping was walking slowly at the top of the city, inspecting the city defenses.
A few days ago, the news of Yan Liang's large-scale invasion quickly put the soldiers and civilians in a state of nervousness.
Not long ago, Yan Liang's Qingqi attacked Xu Du in a surprise attack and killed the two generals of the Lu family. It is still like a lingering haze, always engraved in the hearts of Xu Du people, making them dream about this tragic event.
The memory wakes me up.
Now, Yan Liang has taken advantage of him to kill Liu Qi, defeat Jiangdong, and come with the power of Jingzhou. Now he can not frighten the hearts of Xudu.
But this time, although Xu Du's soldiers and people were nervous and nervous, the defenders from Jiang Qi on down remained calm.
The credit lies in Xin Ping.
After the previous defeat, Xin Ping suggested that Yuan Tan build and fortify Kunyang City as a barrier to Xudu. At the same time, he sent detailed troops deep into Jingzhou to closely monitor Yan Jun's every move.
Therefore, while Yan Liang's army was still gathering, Xin Ping had obtained the information in advance, and he quickly alerted the guard Jiang Qi, so that he could deploy the defense from the air.
Now, Kunyang City has enough food and grass for a year, Mu Yuanjin's 5,000 garrison is ready, and Xu Ducheng's 10,000 soldiers are also in place. Xin Ping believes that as long as they can't hold on, even if Yan Liang has 100,000 troops
There is nothing to be afraid of when you come.
As time passed day by day, the agents continued to send Yan Liang's latest information to Xudu.
Yan Jun has passed through Xinye...
Yan Jun has passed Wancheng...
Yan Jun arrived in Ye County...
Yan Jun began to besiege Kunyang...
The enemy army started to raise its troops. All movements were within Xin Ping's expectations.
"Yan Liang, you relied on others to underestimate you and won a few battles. Then you became arrogant and dared to besiege Kunyang City with a mere 40,000 people. Hmm, I want to see how you failed in Jiancheng.
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While Xin Ping was deep in thought, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The second number one counselor under Prince Yuan was in a very relaxed mood at the moment. All he had to do was to guard Xu Du and Kunyang and wait for Yuan Tan's army to return for reinforcements.
Or maybe Yuan Tan didn't need to return reinforcements at all, and Yan Liang had no choice but to retreat after his strong attack failed.
At this moment, footsteps sounded. Xin Ping looked back. He saw Jiang Qi coming in a hurry. With such a solemn expression, he seemed to have received some bad news.
Xin Ping frowned secretly, with a vague feeling of bad premonition.
"Master Xin, the latest information sent by Kunyang seems to be a little bad." Jiang Qi's tone was quite solemn, and he handed over a silk letter.
"What? Could it be that something happened in Kunyang?" Xin Ping was shocked and quickly took over the information and took a closer look.
In the blink of an eye, Xin Ping's originally leisurely expression was shrouded in gloom.
Kunyang was still as stable as a rock. But what was written in the intelligence shocked Xin Ping even more than Kunyang's mistakes.
The intelligence claimed that Yan Liang left Huang Zhong behind and led an army of 15,000 to continue the siege of Kunyang. However, he led an army of 30,000 to the northwest and attacked Luyang City.
How could Xin Ping not know this place like Luyang?
During the war against Dong, Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, went north from Luyang, first conquered Liang County, then went to Yangren City, and then broke through Taigu Pass, one of the eight passes, and invaded Luoyang City in one fell swoop.
"This guy Yan Liang...is this guy going to attack Luoyang?" Xin Ping asked in surprise.
"Look at this situation, it's probably true. Yan Liang, a thief, marched into Xudu with great fanfare, but suddenly changed his position to attack Luoyang. We have fallen into his trap again." Jiang Qi gritted his teeth angrily.
A big bead of sweat dropped from Xin Ping's forehead, his face became more and more serious, and he murmured: "If this is really the case, then the situation in Luoyang is critical..."
The guard general of Luoyang City is Han Meng. Although this man is from Hebei, he became an important general of the Yuan family through the recommendation of Yuan Tan.
Han Meng has about 10,000 troops. Since Xudu is guarding the south, Han Meng's troops are mainly used to guard against Cao Cao in the west and Yuan Shang and Guo Yuan's troops in Hanoi County on the other side of the Yellow River.
Half of these 10,000 troops were deployed by Han Meng in Hongnong County, west of Luoyang. Coupled with the dangerous location of Hangu Pass, 5,000 troops were enough to resist the threat from Guanzhong.
Han Meng deployed the other five thousand troops and horses mostly on the south bank of the Yellow River, at the ferry crossings of Mengjin and Heyin. However, the defenders on the Taigu line in the south were less than a thousand people.
"The Taigu passes in the south are not steep, and they are Luoyang's weakness. Now Yan Liang's 30,000 troops are marching north, how can they resist it? If Luoyang loses..."
Xin Ping didn't dare to think about it anymore, a layer of cold sweat had already formed on his back.
"Master Xin, Luoyang is in danger and we must not ignore it. Why not send people to Hebei quickly and ask the king to return to the army immediately for rescue." Jiang Qi added.
Xin Ping shook his head, "Your Majesty is far away in Yecheng. When his army returns to reinforce, Luoyang may have been captured. Furthermore, if it causes your Majesty to withdraw his troops in a hurry and Yuan Shang takes advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, then we will be guilty even more."
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Xin Ping rejected Jiang Qi's proposal.
Jiang Qi's face became more and more anxious, "That's what I say, but if we don't ask the king to come back for help, are we going to just sit back and watch Luoyang fall and ignore it?"
Xin Ping fell into silence, his eyebrows serious, thinking about how to deal with it.
After a while, Xin Ping's frown relaxed, and a hint of confidence reappeared on the corner of his mouth.
"The reason why Yan Liang dared to attack Luoyang was because Kunyang was besieged. If we can defeat the enemy in Kunyang, we can cut off Yan Liang's food road in one fell swoop. At that time, Yan Liang will have to retreat, and he will even be killed because of the food road.
was cut off, the whole army was in disarray."
Hearing this, Jiang Qi's expression perked up, "Mr. Xin, could it be that you want to send troops to attack from Xudu, join forces with General Mu, and cooperate internally and externally to defeat the enemies besieging Kunyang in one fell swoop?"
Xin commented: "The enemy in Kunyang is no more than 10,000, so General Chiang will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack one enemy camp with 10,000 soldiers. He will surely win in one battle. He only needs to defeat one enemy camp.
The morale of the army will inevitably be in great chaos, and the siege of Kunyang will be resolved in this way. When General Chiang succeeds in such great achievements, it would be strange for the King of Wei not to give him a generous reward."
Jiang Qi was greatly excited after hearing these words, and his anxious face was replaced by a high-spirited fighting spirit in a blink of an eye.
"Master Xin has a great plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Well, Jiang will lead his troops to attack immediately. He will definitely crush Yan Liang's scheme and make this traitor pay a heavy price for his arrogance!"
Xin Ping's face was also filled with pride, and he sneered secretly, "Yan Liang, Yan Liang, you humiliated my Xin Ping's wisdom during the previous surprise attack on Xudu. Today I will ask you to repay double..."
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Luyang City.
It has been three days since Yan Liang captured the city.
Over the past three days, his nearly 20,000 infantry troops have successively started from Luyang and continued northward, heading towards the next city leading to Luoyang.
Yan Liang only had 6,000 soldiers and horses, but he never used them.
It was getting late, and in the Chinese military tent, Yan Liang was looking down at the map on the table, thinking about the strategy of using troops.
Ma Yunlu was by his side, looking at Yan Liang for a while and then at the map, with a smile on his pretty face from time to time.
In this battle, his concubine still insisted on going with the army, so Yan Liang simply made her his personal army commander just like he did when he attacked Chaisang.
Footsteps sounded, the curtains were raised, and a smell of meat floated in, but it was Lu Lingqi who entered with a bowl of hot soup.
"Brother, I see that you have been working hard these past few days, so I made you suffer..."
When Lu Lingqi looked up, she found that Ma Yunlu was also in the tent. She stopped talking in the middle of the conversation, and a look of surprise flashed across her eyes.
"Sister-in-law...sister-in-law, you are here too."
Lu Lingqi's "sister-in-law" was very stiff and obviously not as cordial as when she called Huang Yueying.
It's no wonder that Huang Yueying was already Yan Liang's wife when she and Yan Liang were sworn friends. Huang Yueying also had a gentle and gentle temperament and was very approachable, so Lu Lingqi always regarded her as a sister.
Ma Yunlu was similar in age to her. One of them was Ma Chao's sister, and the other was Lu Bu's daughter. Both of them were close relatives who were extremely skilled in martial arts. They were both somewhat arrogant in their hearts, but they didn't like each other very much.
No matter how famous Ma Chao is, he can't be as powerful as Lu Bu. Lu Lingqi feels that she is one level higher than Ma Yunlu, but Ma Yunlu's identity is so important that she has to call her "sister-in-law."
As soon as Ma Yunlu saw Lu Lingqi coming in with soup, a strange color flashed between his brows, but immediately a smile appeared on his face as white as jade.
"It's rare for sister Lingqi to care so much about your adopted brother. It's really a big thank you to you. Leave it to me."
Ma Yunlu stepped forward with a smile and took the soup bowl from Lu Lingqi's hand.
Although Lu Lingqi was reluctant, she could only force a smile and give away the soup she had made with her own hands.
"Husband, let me feed you."
Ma Yunlu is deeply influenced by Hu Feng, and he is not so rigid. He will not take it seriously when Lu Lingqi is present. He is actually very considerate and feeds Yan Liang with a spoon.
Yan Liang is the kind of person who goes his own way and doesn't care about other people's opinions. His own woman is gentle and caring, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about, so he calmly drank the soup that Ma Yunlu personally fed into his mouth.
Lu Lingqi saw this and slightly flattened the corners of her mouth, secretly showing her displeasure.
"Lingqi, you made this soup well. Brother Wei likes it very much."
Yan Liang couldn't see what his adopted sister was thinking, so he didn't forget to praise her.
This was an understatement of praise, but Lu Lingqi was so happy when she heard it. The displeasure on her face disappeared, and a happy smile suddenly bloomed on her pretty face.
While feeling secretly happy in her heart, Lu Lingqi suddenly remembered something and said: "Brother, you sent all the generals to attack Luoyang, but my little sister stayed here and did nothing. She also wants to go into battle to kill the enemy. I beg you."
My sworn brother agreed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cang hurried in from outside the tent.
"Lord, this is an urgent message from General Huang from Kunyang."
Yan Liang's expression was shocked, and he hurriedly folded the book and took a look. A sneer with murderous intent emerged from the corner of his mouth, which was still slightly stained by soup.
"Qiqi, do you know why my brother wants to keep you?" Yan Liang put down the book and asked.
Lu Lingqi was startled and shook her head blankly.
Yan Liang stood up abruptly, with murderous intent surging in his blade-like eyes, and sneered: "Because you are a hidden sharp blade under Brother Wei's command, and Brother Wei wants to save you to deliver the most fatal blow to the enemy."