The 30,000 army led by Zhang Xuan rushed to the city of Jixian at dawn. It was only five hours away from the Youzhou army leaving the city to the Lushui Cang. This was an action with a very precise grasp of time and rhythm, and it could not be discovered by the Youzhou army. Zhang Xuan's army bypassed the checkpoint on the official road and marched north under the cover of night. Through the large amount of information sent by the scouts, Zhang Xuan's army finally rushed to the city of Jixian like a scalpel.

However, the gate of Ji County has been closed, and the suspension bridge is raised high. The defenders on the city are nervous and uneasy looking at the tens of thousands of Qingzhou Sui Army who are falling from the sky. The leader is Jin Wenyan, who is about forty years old. He is from Beiping County and has been an official in Youzhou for more than ten years. He is also very confused and uneasy. Luo Yi clearly deployed three checkpoints in the south. Why is there no news? The Qingzhou Sui Army came here?

What made Jin Wenyan particularly frightened was the opponent's battle flag, which turned out to be the golden edge and yellow bottom Qinglong flag. This was the king flag of the Qingzhou Army. Its appearance meant that Zhang Xuan was in the team.

The camp of the Sui Army in Qingzhou was stationed two miles away. This was when a tall and thin old man rode a horse to the city gate. He raised his head and shouted, "Who is the lord of the city?"

A soldier reported to Jin Wenyan. Jin Wenyan hurried over to check it out. He recognized the old man under the city at a glance. He turned out to be Cui Hongsheng, the former prefect of Zhuo County. He knew that Cui Hongsheng participated in the first Battle of Goguryeo as the general of the Left Wu Guard. Later, he was unfortunately captured. Two years later, he was rescued by the Sui army and returned to his hometown to retire. Unexpectedly, he actually appeared at this time.

When Yuan Hongsi was the governor of Youzhou, he was cruel and harsh in his rule. He often took charge of his generals for no reason. Many people were beaten to death because of this. As the prefect Cui Hongsheng often persuaded Yuan Hongsi to show mercy. Many generals escaped their lives because of this. Jin Wenyan was one of them.

Jin Wenyan did not dare to neglect, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to open the city and let Cui Hongsheng enter the city.

Since being rescued by Zhang Xuan in Goguryeo, Cui Hongsheng has been recuperating in the old house of Boling and living in a simplified house. Although his health has gradually recovered, he no longer cares about the affairs of the court. He just studied at the tribe professor Cui's children. This time Zhang Xuan asked him to come out, and he had to agree.

On the one hand, Zhang Xuan saved his life back then, and he owed Zhang Xuan a great favor, but more importantly, Cui Zhao and his son brought great harm to the Boling Cui family, seriously corrupting the reputation of the Boling Cui family. Moreover, Zhang Xuan visited almost all major families in Hebei, but he did not come to the Boling Cui family, which brought great pressure to the Boling Cui family. For the fate and future of the family, Cui Hongsheng had to come out again.

Cui Hongsheng rode into Jixian County. Jin Wenyan had already come down from the top of the city and bowed to salute, "Cui Gong's health is good?"

"So it's General Jin!"

Cui Hong rose off the horse and smiled and said, "I am in good health, General Jin seems to be doing well!"

Jin Wenyan smiled bitterly, "Although he has been promoted one level, the pressure is also very high, and it is really not a word "good"."

"This is also the world is in chaos, everyone is confused and uneasy. Even the old man, I can no longer rest. Let's talk to the general."

Jin Wenyan knew very well that Cui Hongsheng was coming. He actually hoped to have an extra way out. Whether he could get a good deal was secondary. The key was that Zhang Xuan was willing to talk to him, which meant that Zhang Xuan was still sincere.

"Please please, Mr. Cui!"

Jin Wenyan invited Cui Hongsheng to sit in the city tower, and then asked his personal soldiers to serve tea. Cui Hongsheng said slowly: "If I remember correctly, General Jin has been in Youzhou for almost twenty years!"

"Mr. Cui is very memorable. It has been twenty years since I was transferred from Hejian County to Youzhou in the 17th year of Kaihuang. Now I am the oldest in Youzhou army. Even the governor came to Youzhou two years later than me."

"The general is from Beiping County, and his parents and family are in Lulong County. Does the general really want to leave his family and leave his hometown to become an official in Guanlong?"

Jin Wenyan's face changed, "What do you say about Mr. Cui?"

Cui Hongsheng took a sip of tea without panic and said, "I think General Jin is very clear about my visit. King Qi is the son-in-law of the Lu family and has a good relationship with the son of the governor Luo. Therefore, he does not want to attack the city or slaughter the soldiers of Youzhou. He just wants to resolve Youzhou peacefully. This time, the King of Qi led an army of 80,000 to march into Youzhou. The 30,000 you see now is only part of it. Another 20,000 cavalry will rescue Lushui Cang, and there are still 15,000 people entering Beiping County from the waterway. Xu Shiji has a chance to enter Shanggu County from the western front. The Tang army you governor is looking forward to is still confronting Liu Wuzhou in Bingzhou. It can be said that the overall situation in Youzhou has been decided. I am here to talk to the general. If the general is willing to lead the army to surrender, the King of Qi will be appointed as the general's envoy of the Beiping Army, the Marquis of Lulong County, and is in Linyu Pass. If the general does not want to surrender, he can also leave by himself, but the army cannot be taken away, and the King of Qi will never stop it."

Jin Wenyan sighed for a while, "The governor treats me well. Now his situation is unclear. How can I betray him first? This is really ruthless and unrighteous."

"What if the situation is clear?" Cui Hongsheng asked again.

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Jin Wenyan smiled bitterly, "For Mr. Cui, I can only say that I don't want Jixian to encounter wars and wars. I can only say this."

"Haha! I understand, then I will no longer make General Jin embarrassed, so I will say goodbye first."

Jin Wenyan quickly got up and asked someone to send Cui Hongsheng out of the city. Looking at Cui Hongsheng's back as he left, he felt very confused. Luo Yi was indeed treating him well, but if Luo Yi was defeated, would he really want to abandon his little brother and follow him to Bingzhou?

In the evening, Zhang Xuan got the exact news that Pei Xingyan's cavalry defeated the main force of the Youzhou army near Lushui. The Youzhou army was defeated to the west. Zhang Xuan immediately led 20,000 troops to surround the east. He wanted to prevent Luo Yi from gathering the defeated army again and he had to completely defeat the Youzhou army.

The fierce battle that took place thirty miles west of Lushui was very fierce. Although the Youzhou army was well-trained and had strong combat power, it still could not withstand the fierce attack of 20,000 elite cavalry. They were divided into dozens of small pieces by the cavalry, and the formation gradually became chaotic. Under the repeated attacks of the Sui army, the entire army was finally defeated. However, the Sui army did not wantonly kill the defeated soldiers, but surrounded and threatened. The Youzhou army soldiers had no way to retreat and knelt down and surrendered.

In the chaos, Luo Yi led dozens of defeated soldiers to break through the siege to the north. Luo Yi knew in his heart that he knew that he could not run west, and that there must be the main force of the Sui army to block the west. He fled to Jixian and could only fall into the trap.

Luo Yi was panicked and kept running wildly. Dozens of personal soldiers followed him all the way to urge the horse to run. Gradually, the shouts of killing became farther and farther away, and the sound of the pursuing soldiers' hooves gradually disappeared. Luo Yi ran for thirty miles in one breath, and the personal soldiers behind him chased after him and grabbed the reins of his war horse, "Prince, there are no pursuers."

Luo Yi was still in shock. He straightened his crooked helmet, gasped for a few breaths and asked, "Where is this?"

"This should be Wudongling."

Luo Yi suddenly remembered that he continued to walk north for another thirty miles to Huairou County. Now Ji County is in the southwest. He turned his horse's head and ran towards a hillside, and soon ran up the hillside, staring at the battlefield in the distance. The battlefield was covered by the woods and could no longer be seen. Even the sound of war drums disappeared. There was only the sound of wind blowing through the forests around him, which was particularly quiet. If it weren't for the blood on his and his personal soldiers, it would be hard to imagine that a tragic battle broke out half an hour ago. Luo Yi stared at the distance for a long time, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Prince, are we going back to Ji County?" a personal soldier asked in a low voice.

Luo Yi sighed a long time, his voice choked a little, "The entire army is destroyed, what are the faces of returning to Ji County to meet the villagers?"

"But Jixian still has 5,000 troops. If you recruit young and strong men, you may be able to defend the city of Jixian and wait for the Tang army to rescue."

Luo Yi's eyes were very melancholy. He didn't want this, but would Zhang Xuan give him another chance?

"Let's go to Jundu Xing, let's go to Bingzhou!" Luo Yi made up his mind.

At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from behind. Everyone was shocked and pulled out their battle knives. A cavalry team of more than ten people ran out from a path next to it. The person in charge turned out to be Luo Yi's brother Luo Shou. Luo Yi was immediately overjoyed and urged the horse to meet him, "Second brother, what's the situation?"

Luo Shou obviously cried for a while, and the tears on his face had not dried. He shook his head and said sadly: "I originally brought three thousand people to retreat north, but was cut off by the enemy cavalry. I ran away from a bloody road. All the soldiers behind surrendered. Fortunately, I encountered this patrol, otherwise I would not be able to find my elder brother."

Luo Yi's heart completely sank into the abyss. He was completely desperate. After a while, he said to Luo Shou: "I plan to go to Junduxing to Bingzhou, you can go with me!"

"Of course I follow my elder brother, but my sister-in-law and the others."

Luo Yi smiled bitterly and said, "That's his aunt, what can he do?"

Luo Shou then remembered the kinship between Zhang Xuan and his elder brother and said helplessly: "Since that's the case, let's go!"

"Let's go!"

Luo Yi shouted, urging the horse to gallop. He turned around and looked at the direction of Jixian and murmured, "One day... One day, I, Luo Yi, will come back!"

He whipped the war horse hard, and dozens of people urged the horse to run along the Sanggan River towards Juyongguan, gradually disappearing into the mountains and ridges.
Chapter completed!