Zhang Wen divided his troops into six groups with the intention of completely wiping out the rebels. Dong Zhuo knew that this was not the case but could do nothing, so he could only lead his troops to ping the Xianling Qiang in Ding County.

However, Dong Zhongying was careful. He took the initiative to allocate 4,000 troops to a subordinate Sima, and asked him to use his own name to falsely claim that 10,000 people would enter Anding, while he would command 26,000 main troops to accompany him... In this way

There is no doubt about the benefits. If the enemy takes the bait, he can naturally move his troops forward from behind and fight a battle of annihilation. If the enemy doesn't take the bait, then he can wait for news from Zhou Shen. When his side wins the battle, he can naturally take it easy.

Recruit the local Qiang people.

As for the rest, Dong Zhuo really didn't think much about it, because after he came back from Jicheng, although he thought Zhang Wen was a loser who only knew how to make peace with others, he didn't underestimate Zhou Shen. After all, he was from a famous family in Liangzhou, and his subordinates

Thirty thousand soldiers are not empty. At worst, they can just rely on their superior strength to besiege the city. What else can they do?

Besides, were the previous meteors fake?

However, while the frontline officers were still somewhat optimistic about the war situation despite their own thoughts, the Sili territory behind them, which provided the logistics for a hundred thousand troops, was inevitably getting tired.

The weather was cold in Fufeng County and Wugong County. Jingze Jingyouxi and several close family members hurried back to a large house from outside. Regardless of warming themselves by the fire first, they went straight to the backyard to meet their aunt.

"My son, what do they say in Hanzhong?" Mrs. Guo asked anxiously when she saw her nephew brought in by herself. She also asked her young children to follow the maid out.

"Not good." Jingze also waited for his young cousins ​​to go out with the maid, then bowed and saluted, stood up and went to the brazier and replied with a frown. "To be honest with my aunt, I have asked many people to inquire.

They say there are too many bandits on the road... My aunt should know that there are five roads from us to Yizhou, the so-called Longxi Avenue, Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road."

"That's right." Mrs. Guo is from Fufeng, so of course she knows this. "Aren't all five roads open now?"

"That's not the case." Jingze said seriously. "Because the four east roads are facing Fufeng and Jingzhao, they were affected by the previous war. There were too many bandits, deserters, and refugees escaping from corvee. These four roads have long been blocked. Auntie

, we have many people and vehicles, unless we are accompanied by soldiers and horses, otherwise I really don’t dare to walk from here easily. As for Longxi Avenue, the road there is wide and there are many villages along the way, so it seems feasible..."

"Then..." Mrs. Guo became more and more anxious. "Why not take Longxi Avenue? But it's because it's a long way there."

Jingze shook his head again: "Auntie, don't forget that the imperial army is now in Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion... If things go well, it will be fine, but if things are not harmonious, we will be halfway there again, and the defeated soldiers or rebels will roll back, and then there will be another

What should we do?”

Mrs. Guo also burst into tears instantly: "In this case, where should our mothers go? Your brothers and sisters are still so young, but Fufeng has already become as chaotic as your uncle said before he was alive... The north of the Weishui River was

Hundreds of thousands of people are fighting, and now they are arresting corvees everywhere, and there are bandits everywhere. I heard from my servant woman today that there is no one in Meiyang for dozens of miles now, and they are all corpses. If spring comes,

So what if the plague comes again?”

"Auntie, don't panic." Jingze gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, I heard about another place where I might be able to live safely, but my uncle once told me to take my family to Yizhou. I don't know..."

"How did your uncle know that we were starting a war so quickly?" Mrs. Guo became even more sad when she thought of her husband. "I have no other thoughts today. I just want to find a safe place to go and raise your siblings. Therefore, you

If you have somewhere to go, just say so."

"I want to go to Youzhou." Jingze rolled up his sleeves and said.

"Youzhou?" Mrs. Guo was confused for a moment. "It's too far away. Is there any explanation about that place? How can we, a group of Kansai people, go to that place?"

"There is no explanation for this place in Youzhou, but there is one person." Jingze couldn't help but sigh. "Auntie, I've been thinking about it for a long time... The world is getting more and more chaotic, and there are bandits everywhere. Where can we really have a safe place without fighting or killing people?

?The key is to find a place where you can fight but are not afraid of fighting, and find a person who can fight and win."

"Is there such a person in Youzhou?" Mrs. Guo was still a little timid. "Your brothers and sisters are still young."

"I heard that the former General Wei, the Governor of Hanoi, and my uncle had the same title as him." Jingze took a step forward and said seriously. "He did not go back to Liaoxi directly as he said before.

Instead, they gather refugees to live in peace in Guangyang, Youzhou. It can be said that all comers are not rejected... Auntie, Guangyang is where the ancient capital of Yan is located. It should be a good place to live. And if you go to this person, you will not only be able to live in peace, but also live in peace in the future.

Can my younger siblings have a good future and a good marriage when they grow up?"

"Indeed, we have to take this into consideration." When Mrs. Guo heard the last sentence, she sighed slowly at first, then couldn't help but lower her voice and said, "But is it easy to walk on the road over there? Don't forget,

When we escaped from Jizhou before, we had to pretend to be thieves to get out, and Na Yudu seems to hate you deeply because of the things you did..."

"Let's just go around Yu Du's place." Jingze gritted his teeth and said. "As for the others along the way, Chu Yan, who changed his name to Zhang Yan, has already been recruited as the Zhonglang General. How can we be afraid of him?"

"My son." Mrs. Guo thought about it for a long time, but she had no choice but to push it to the other party. "The situation is so difficult now, and you are the only adult man who can make the decision in the family. If you have an idea, just go ahead and do it. No need.

Ask me again."

Jingze nodded slowly and then left.

By the way, Jing Youxi’s decision to go to Youzhou is certainly out of helplessness... Two hundred thousand troops have been facing off on the north side of the Weishui River for several months, and the people behind them have been working hard. There are indeed many bandits to the west of Tongguan, and there are even more military raids to the west of Chang'an.

As a result, the autumn harvest was hindered and corpses were everywhere. Jingze and his aunt, who had some experience, knew in their hearts that regardless of the outcome of the counter-insurgency, there would definitely be a big mess in Kansai next year like Jizhou last year... However, he didn't want to go to Youzhou.

It's still selfish. Could it be that he lost his future because of his uncle's death and wanted to find a place with fame? Should he be allowed to become a hermit in his twenties? And after thinking about it, it seems that the only place he can be is General Wei from Youzhou.

Not only can I repay my family's safety, but I can also build relationships and find a way out in the future.

On that day, Mengjin cut the vase to say goodbye, and Jingze happened to be traveling from Hanoi to Luoyang. What people said was true, after all, his soul was moving.

Therefore, since Jing Youxi got the promise, he no longer delayed. According to the previous arrangement of his uncle Guo Dian, he sold off all the property of the two families, not even keeping the ancestral home, but replaced them with livestock, carriages, grain, and bedding.

, weapons. Then he went to the close relatives and servants of the Guo and Jing tribes and asked them whether to stay or stay. Those who wanted to stay were given the goods that were difficult for them to carry and sell, and those who wanted to leave quickly made preparations.

Then, without waiting for the winter to pass, Jingze hurriedly offered sacrifices to the two ancestors, and then took a dozen tribesmen who were also interested in migrating and dozens of disciples and servants, gathering together about a hundred people, to protect them.

In a convoy, holding bows and knives, they headed eastward.

As soon as they left the city, some people took the initiative to follow them. Jingze did not drive them away, but agreed on some rules with them, allowing them to follow them all the way, and even offered some food as gifts.

However, most of these people disappeared at the intersections leading to Yizhou, with the exception of a mother and son who came from Yizhou in the opposite direction. The son was silent, making people unpredictable for a while. However, because his mother

As she got older, Jingze invited her to sit in the car with her aunt, so after all, she learned some of this person's origins through this.

It turned out that this young man was from Duling, Jingzhao. He had already promoted his filial piety and served as an official, and had gone to Hanzhong to serve as a county magistrate. He was already a serious assistant officer. But even so, seeing that the world was getting worse and worse, he still gave up.

With a bright future ahead of him, he abandoned his official position and returned home. Moreover, it was said that he did not plan to stay long when he returned home, but planned to leave Jingzhou along the Duling and Wuguan lines to escape the chaos and support his old mother.

The interesting thing is that although this person is so filial, this old mother is just his stepmother! This is even more impressive.

Of course, the Jingze family was in Fufeng, adjacent to Jingzhao, so there was no need to look at him with new eyes, because he had heard of this person's name a long time ago, so he immediately treated him warmly.

"Since Brother Du wanted to take his mother to escape the chaos, why didn't he go directly from Hanzhong to Shu County?" Jingze, who was riding a horse, was curious. "Instead, he wanted to go to Jingzhou? I remember that your family is not rich, right?"

"That place in Shu County is easy to get in and difficult to get out." The young man surnamed Du lying in the truck in front was more straightforward. "Since I am taking my mother to seek refuge, I have to say something that a son should not say. I must send the old man back to be with my father in the future.

, their biological mothers were buried together. And Jingzhou..."

"Although Jingzhou is close to your home, Duling, the roads are all mountainous. It's okay at this time. In a few years, with the current momentum, can we really come back calmly?" Jingze immediately interrupted the other party and asked.

"If I send my mother back alone, who will rob me, a penniless filial son?" The man in the car sneered.

Jingze nodded slowly, but suddenly laughed and shook his head: "I was almost tricked by Brother Du... If it's the second round, Brother Du might as well go to Shu County to live in peace. No one will embarrass a penniless filial son anyway.

, you must have other reasons for going to Jingzhou."

"Youxi, what's the reason?" The man in the car finally sat up with a half-smile.

"Jingzhou is connected in all directions. If what I expected is correct, you want to live there and take care of your old mother while observing the situation in order to have a future... right?" Jingze smiled slightly, seeming to have everything under control. "

As a real man, he takes care of the family and pursues his ambitions. What is there to say? Moreover, Brother Du gave up his position as county magistrate for my mother today, which is enough to have a clear conscience. "

The people in the car rarely took a serious look at the man on horseback behind the car. It was obvious that Jingze's words revealed some of his thoughts.

"That's the case." After watching for a long time, the man did not deny or admit it, but asked curiously. "Why do you want to go to Youzhou? If you are interested, why don't you go to Jingzhou with me? I see that your family is quite rich.

, if I live next to your family, maybe it can save me some effort in plowing the fields."

"My uncle had an old relationship with General Wei." Jingze smiled slightly. "Therefore, although Youzhou is far away, you can protect your family and gain some future."

The people in the car were startled: "The general of the Wei who was running rampant in the world before he was thirty years old, and then retreated and said he would return to the center?"

"Of course." Jingze still smiled. "General Wei originally said that he would live in seclusion in western Liaoning, so I brought my aunt back home, but I heard that he actually stopped in Guangyang along the way to gather the refugees, run a school and live in peace... Bohou

Brother, I heard your name in my hometown two years ago. I know that you are destined to achieve great achievements, and my talents are not as good as yours, so I deliberately dedicated you to General Wei as a promotion...

I wonder if you would like to use me as a person who has a relationship with General Wei to help you advance to the rank?"

Sitting in the truck, Du Ji and Du Bohou laughed for a moment, but then made a decisive decision: "If this is the case, Brother Youxi must protect me, who is promoted to the highest level, along the way!"

Jingze laughed for a moment.

Cars rattled and horses rustled.

Jingze persuaded Du Ji, who had been famous in Jingzhao since he was young, and he became impatient and hurried even more. And since Guo Dian was after all the deceased two thousand stones, posthumous marquis, he had a smooth journey in Sili territory, and even more

Many dignitaries took the initiative to express their gratitude to Guo Dian along the way because of Guo Dian's reputation. Among them, they even chatted and laughed with the son of Prime Minister Zhao who was rushing to Zhao to get married. They walked together for a long time and did not break up until Chaoge - Jingze

I had some personal holidays with Yu Du who was entrenched on the Black Mountain in the north of Hanoi. I really didn't dare to go there, so I had to take a detour to the east and prepare to go to Julu from Wei County. However, the son of Prime Minister Zhao was in a hurry to get married.

Not willing to take a detour.

However, when they arrived in Guangping, Wei County, and were about to enter Julu, Jingze had just checked into the home of a wealthy local family with his uncle's name, and learned something embarrassing from the host who invited them to the hall.

news.

"Did Zhao Prime Minister Liu Heng and Liu Gong resign because of their son's violent death at the hands of the Black Mountain bandit Yu Du?" Jingze couldn't help but look back at Du Ji, who was also speechless, but couldn't help but continue to ask his master."

May I ask how many sons Liu Gong has?"

"One son." The person who answered Jingze was the second son of the family sitting opposite him, who was called Juzong Jugong. There was not much emotion in his words. "In other words, this is the death of an only son.

At Mr. Liu's age, I'm afraid he will have no choice but to return home and find a member of his clan to raise him as his heir."

"An heir and a parent are not the same thing, let alone the loss of a child in old age." Du Ji also shook his head. "It's a pity."

"It's a pity that it's not just here." A thin middle-aged man sitting at the top also interjected with a dark face. This man is a descendant of the Julu family and a person who has served as a censor as a scholar.

, called Tian Fengdao Yuanhao. "I heard people say that Guan Yu, who was afraid of Chaoge, usually did not dare to run wild in Chaoge, but only went north to harass Wei County... But this time he was waiting on the road early,

But it was rumored that he had heard certain information and had set up an ambush to block the road in advance. According to people present at the time, when he saw the convoy being captured, Yu Du personally ordered to find the 'two thousand stone disciples' in the convoy and kill them.

Just letting one person go and letting others go seems to be a deliberate act."

Jingze couldn't help but look at Du Ji again, and Du Bohou, who had learned some inside information on the way, was speechless for a moment... The two of them still didn't know what was going on, Liu was chatting happily along the way and rushed to get married.

The young master saved his life for Jingze.

That day, Yu Duyinzhong fought against Guan Yu and Han Dang, but was betrayed by Jingze before the battle. Not only did the whole army collapse, but Yu Du was almost killed by a young general Guan Yuyin rushed into the battle and chopped him down! Even so, he was still hit.

Jingze shot an arrow. Later, Jingze protected his aunt and family when they went to Hanoi. It seems that the news spread that he was Guo Dian's nephew, and he almost gassed Yu to death... With such a deep hatred, it is no wonder that the Black Mountain thieves never forget it and specially attract the crowd.

Ambush.
To be continued...