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The county is the northernmost county in Nanjun, and is just a central county with a population of more than a thousand households. Since the county is close to Xiangyang County, it is greatly influenced by Xiangyang County. Since the Cao army invaded the south, the county has also experienced two consecutive escape waves, just like other Xiangyang County counties. Most of the people fled to Jiangxia, making the entire county almost an empty city.

On that evening, an army from the south drove to the county town. This army of more than 10,000 people was Cao Ren's army retreating north from Jiangling. After the rapid march of the sky, Cao's army was about to leave Nanjun.

But Cao Ren was not happy. Tianlai, Cao Ren was furious twice, beating more than a dozen soldiers who violated the rules to death, and then dismissed a military officer in a row. The reason why Cao Ren was so angry was very simple. He fell into the Jiangxia army's plan as Jiangdong and gave up Jiangling for nothing.

Although Chen Jiao advised again that Jiangling had few troops, once Jiangxia's army arrived, it would be difficult for them to defend the city, and it would be wise to abandon the city. Having said that, when Cao Ren thought that he had been trapped and withdrawn his troops, he felt extremely cowardly and could not let out anger.

The whole sky was filled with gloomy face, without a smile, which made the soldiers around him tremble, fearing that they would anger him. At this time, the deputy general Niu Jin urged him to come forward and asked, "Report to General, it's getting late, should we rush to camp overnight or stay on the spot?"

Cao Ren looked up at the sky. The sun had set and the sky was covered with purple-red sunset. He pointed to the county town in the distance, "Go to the county town to rest and set off on time during the fifth day."

"Abide by the order"

Niu Jin immediately ordered people to notify the leaders of each battalion, and he himself led the five soldiers to run quickly towards the camp.

There was a certain reason why Cao Ren decided to rest overnight in the county. He didn't know the situation in Xiangyang yet. He was very worried that the Jiangxia naval army had entered the Han River and blocked the north crossing. If that was the case, he would need to consider retreating directly to Shangyong.

The county-entered project happens to be the intersection of Shangyong to the west and Xiangyang to the north, so he needs to get clear information in the county-entered project.

Soon, the army arrived at the county town in a mighty manner. The county town was already an empty city, with most of the houses locked in the doors, and only the remaining families were left in the entire county town, which were left by the county chief clerk to manage.

When the army entered the city, Niu Jin brought the county chief clerk up. The chief clerk was named Xin Zhi, a native of Nanyang County. He was about forty years old. He stepped forward and bowed to Cao Ren, "Xin Zhi, the county chief clerk, met with the general."

Xin Zhi did not surrender to Cao's army, and was still the chief clerk appointed by the governor of Jingzhou. However, he had a small official position, so whether he surrendered was of little significance to Cao's army. What is important is that he must restrain the local people and not cause trouble for Cao's army.

Cao Ren snorted coldly and said, "We are just passing through the county and leaving after resting overnight. You must restrain the people of the county. If you dare to make trouble, be careful of military law."

"I dare not be humble. I have moved all the residents of the county to the southeast corner, and the rest of the soldiers stay in the accommodation."

Cao Ren asked again: "What's the news in Xiangyang these two days?"

Xin Zhi shook his head, "No one has come here these two days, and I have heard no news. If there is any news, I will report it to the general immediately."

Cao Ren was quite satisfied with his attitude, so he ordered his left and right to say, "Reward him ten taels of gold."

"Thank you, General"

Xin Zhi thanked him repeatedly and was taken down by the soldiers. Cao Ren immediately said to Niu Jin: "Soldiers should not live in scattered areas, concentrate in the northern city area. In addition, check the whole city, there is no flammable and ignition-induced objects. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Unclear job"

Cao Ren urged his horse to enter the county town. When he entered the county town, he looked back at the north. He had an ominous premonition in his heart that something might have happened in Xiangyang.

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The purple clouds in the sky turned black, and night finally fell. In a forest more than ten miles away from the county, an army of thousands of people also quietly entered. This army was the Jiangxia army that followed Cao's army north. They were far away from Cao's army, and they were not discovered by Cao's army.

The army was about a thousand people, led by general Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun took the initiative to ask Liu Jing to pursue Cao's army. The thousand pursuers naturally could not compete with the 10,000 elite Cao army, so for Zhao Yun, the most important thing was to wait for the opportunity.

Although Liu Jing believed that Cao Ren might retreat in Shangyong after learning that the Han River was blocked, Zhao Yun analyzed based on an observation that the military rations that Cao's army carried with him could only last for six or seven days.

It will take about ten days to travel from Jiangling to Shangyong at the fastest. In addition, there are many mountainous areas along the way, with sparse populations and difficult to replenish military rations. Therefore, Zhao Yun judged that Cao Ren's army would definitely return to Xiangyang first, and then turn to Shangyong after getting food supplements in Xiangyang.

The young officer Deng Ai who went north with Zhao Yun was also the young officer. Zhao Yun especially liked this vibrant young man, wise, modest, and good. Not only was he outstanding in talent and strategy, but he also practiced his martial arts foundation very solidly. It can be seen that he will definitely be a handsome man with both martial arts in the future.

In fact, Deng Ai followed Zhao Yun as soon as he went on. He admired Zhao Yun's martial arts and hoped to be his disciple. For this reason, Zhao Yun also gave him all the instructions carefully, but refused to accept him as his disciple.

In the woods, Deng Ai was practicing the Danfeng Chaoyang Gun in an open space. A ten-pound green shadow gun was dancing so loud that the wind was heard. The gun shadow was elusive and flowing like a flowing water. Zhao Yun stood on the other side, staring at Deng Ai practicing gun with calm eyes.

Zhao Yun also had to praise Deng Ai's talent. He only taught him all the time, so he fully mastered the 108-style marksmanship and was extremely proficient in his practice. However, he still had a slight lack of understanding of Luo Feng's martial arts, which was far inferior to Liu Jing.

Zhao Yun also knew that shooting skills depend on talent, but martial arts depend on talent. Liu Jing has both talent and talent to practice today's martial arts. It is precisely because Deng Ai is too smart that he can easily understand profound martial arts, but he can't use them in martial arts practice. This is because he lacks a kind of talent.

Because Deng Ai was unable to make breakthroughs in his martial arts, he could not practice the ten-style Danfeng Chaoyang Spear, and could only excel in his moves at the best of his strength, and ultimately he could not become a powerful general like Zhao Yun and Liu Jing. Zhao Yun was also quite regretful for this.

At this time, Deng Ai's gun technique was eliminated, and the gun shadows in the sky were gone in an instant. Deng Ai saw Zhao Yun, stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "Uncle Shi felt that his nephew had made progress in practicing martial arts recently."

Zhao Yun nodded with a smile, "You can see that you have worked hard and the ten-pound iron spear is already very skilled. Starting tomorrow, you will start practicing seven moves and try to turn seven moves into one move, such as this..."

The gun that Zhao Yun took was stabbed out in just one shot. Although the marksmanship is very simple, the speed is neither fast nor slow, it also makes people feel a powerful control, which makes people unable to hide.

Deng Ai also felt the power of this move and couldn't help but sigh, "Turning the complex into simplicity is like writing a chapter. Only by saying something can I see my skills. When will I have such martial arts?"

Zhao Yun returned the gun to him, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "This requires perseverance and perseverance. I practiced for seven years before I achieved something."

Deng Ai couldn't help asking: "How many years have the state governor practiced?"

"Five Years"

Zhao Yun smiled slightly, "My master said he is a genius who has never met in the year and has to surpass me, so he has only practiced for five years, and he has practiced it under the water. This perseverance is admirable."

Deng Ai's eyes were filled with gloom, "I wonder if my nephew has this opportunity."

Zhao Yun smiled, "No one in the world has this talent. It's not enough to have a chance alone. With the talent of Xiangzhou Mu, there are only ten people in the world, and you don't need to be inferior. Although you may not be able to become a powerful general in the world, you can also become a general on the battlefield, and more importantly, here..."

Zhao Yun pointed, "You are planning and winning thousands of miles away. This is your goal. Pursuing for a general is a bit of losing the foundation."

Deng Ai bowed deeply, "My uncle's teachings are remembered in my heart."

Zhao Yun liked his modesty very much, so he smiled and said, "I guess there is news from Cao's army. Let's go and have a look."

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The two of them came to the woods and found out that news came. This time, Zhao Yun followed Cao Ren's army, and Liu Jing specially handed over Jiangxia's most elite Eagle Strike Army to Zhao Yun with him. There were a total of fifty people, and the leader was Liu Zheng.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Zheng was promoted to Sima of other departments. He was only nineteen years old this year. He can be said to be the youngest senior general in the Jiangxia army, but his reputation is well known to the entire army.

And he had another resounding nickname: Eagle and Monkey, as sharp as an eagle and as agile as a monkey. He himself was very satisfied with this new nickname.

Liu Zheng clasped his fists and reported to Zhao Yun: "The Cao army has all settled in the county town. The county is in a tight defense and cannot enter from above. The brothers are making plans below and have found a dark hole that can be dug before the update."

Although Liu Zheng is thin and small, and is only on the chest of Zhao Yun, he is famous in the Jiangxia army and has made many outstanding achievements. Zhao Yun dared not underestimate him. He folded his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work in General Liu. If you defeat Cao's army this time, I will definitely report to the governor of the state."

Liu Zheng grinned, "We only do secret things, and we have to rely on General Zhao to fight head-on. General Zhao has taken a high opinion of me."

He smiled at Deng Ai again and said, "Do you want to go and have a look with me?"

Deng Ai was young after all, and he wanted to know how Liu Zheng did it. He looked hot in his eyes and looked back at Zhao Yun.
Chapter completed!