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In a fine and dense autumn rain, Liu Jing's team came to Xiabian County, Wudu County again. It was late August. It had been more than half a year since the last conquering Xicheng, and two full years had passed since the first Northern Expedition.

After the failure of the first Northern Expedition, the Han army learned from their mistakes, removed their impetuous hearts of rushing for success, and began to carry out careful and serious combat preparations. So far, 6,000 wooden cattle grain trucks have been built, and the grain storage in Xiabian County has reached 400,000 stones.

More importantly, the Han army had established a long grain transportation line, starting from Xiabian County in the south and ending in Xicheng in the north. Four military cities and six temporary shelter city were built along the way. Each military city had a thousand garrisons and more than 100,000 stones of grain reserved, which completely solved the grain transportation problem of the Han army's northern expedition.

In addition, after the end of the Jingzhou Battle, the Han army recruited 100,000 troops from Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yinan and Hanzhong, bringing the total strength of the Han army to 100,000, and heavy troops stationed in Xiangyang County, Anlu County and Hanzhong. The elite Han army troops in Xiabian County and Qishan Road were preparing to participate in the Northern Expedition reached 100,000.

Liu Jing was actually just passing Xiabian County, and his final destination was to go to Xicheng. With Liu Jing's arrival, the 60,000 main force led by Zhao Yun was ready.

In the camp outside the city, Liu Jing, accompanied by Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren, inspected the military camp. In the open space of the military camp, a team of soldiers who were training could be seen everywhere.

"According to reliable information, the Cao army deployed a total of 150,000 troops in Tianshui County and Guangwei County, of which 20,000 were Di cavalry, the chief general Xiahou Dun, and the military advisor Xun You, and they were also well prepared."

Liu Jing frowned slightly, why are the Di cavalry still in Tianshui County, and he asked again: "Is there any news on Ma Dai?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, "Not yet."

Liu Jing was a little unhappy. He had already agreed with Qiang King Nangong that the other party was willing to send troops to attack the Di people's nest, but he proposed a condition to let the Han army rescue his son who was hostage in Chang'an for nearly twenty days. Ma Dai had been there for nearly twenty days, but there was still no news. If the Qiang King did not send troops, it would affect his plan for the Northern Expedition.

At this time, a shout attracted Liu Jing's attention. Not far away, more than a thousand barbarian soldiers were surrounding a circle, constantly applauding and cheering. Zhao Yun smiled and said, "It should be that they are fighting. The barbarians like to compete in rankings. How many martial arts are there every day."

Liu Jing was curious and walked up to a high platform next to him. He saw dozens of barbarian soldiers surrounded by one in the crowd. It was Wang Ping, the chief general of the barbarian army. After several recruitment, there were 7,000 barbarian soldiers in the Han army, of which 4,000 were organized into the wooden ox transport team, and the thousands of fierce people formed an army. Since they were all hunters in the deep mountains and did not use shields and ran around the forest like flying, they were named Wudang Feijun, and were commanded by the commander of the Yamen Wang Ping.

Currently, Liu Jing has five major goalkeepers, one is the commander of heavy infantry Liu Hu, one is the commander of the Eagle Strike Army, one is the commander of the cavalry Ma Dai, and the other is the commander of Wudang Fei Army Wang Ping, and the last one is the commander of the heavy shield, spear, crossbow soldiers, Lei Tong. The five generals commanded a total of 15,000 people, forming Liu Jing's direct tooth army.

Among the barbarian soldiers, Wang Ping was fighting fiercely with more than a dozen barbarian officers. The soldiers were all barefoot and holding wooden sticks in their hands. They were all hunters in the mountains, with rich experience, and the drums on both sides were dense, so they needed to end the battle within one stick of incense.

Liu Jing had seen Wang Ping fight with the barbarians and knew Wang Ping's ability, but at this time he was attracted by someone next to him. The man should be the scorer. He recorded it clearly and clearly, not badly at all, which surprised Liu Jing. It requires a strong discernment to score.

At this time, the drums stopped and the two sides stopped fighting. The recorder stood up and announced the results loudly. He pointed out the number of times each person got sticks, which made everyone convinced. In the end, Wang Ping won the victory by being hit by ten sticks and twenty or forty sticks.

Liu Jing nodded and smiled at Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren, "General Wang is good at martial arts, but I think that scorer is a talented person."

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "That man seems to be a military doctor under Wang Ping's tent. His surname is Lin. He was originally in the Eagle Fighting Army, but later he was transferred to Wudang Feijun as a military doctor."

At this time, Wang Ping saw Liu Jing and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Liu Jing smiled and said, "Your scorer is good, and you have strong memory and discernment skills."

Wang Ping quickly pulled the recorder up, and the recorder quickly knelt down on one knee to salute, "Military doctor Lin Jin met with the provincial governor"

Lin Jin

Liu Jing only felt that this name sounded familiar, and seemed to have seen it somewhere. He actually remembered it. He had seen it in Liu Zheng's report. He smiled and said, "You are the doctor who was destroyed by the Di people."

Lin Jin said sadly: "It is true that Bei Yi was rescued by General Ren Ping and joined the Eagle Strike Army. He was transferred to General Wang's tent last month."

Liu Jing asked curiously again: "How do you record their scores in the competition?"

"Reporting to the provincial governor, Bei Zhi has a slightly better memory ability and good eyesight, so he can tell their achievements clearly."

"You have read books," Liu Jing asked again.

"I followed my father to study for a doctor since I was a child."

Liu Jing nodded and asked with a smile: "It's a pity that you are a military doctor. I lack a Shu Zuo who is responsible for counting and calculating tuitions. Are you willing to take charge of it?"

Lin Jin was overjoyed and immediately agreed: "I am willing to follow the governor of the state."

Liu Jing smiled, "Come and find the French military advisor in the afternoon and he will make arrangements."

Liu Jing turned around and walked towards the tent. When Wang Ping saw Zhou Mu walking away, he patted Lin Jin's shoulder heavily, "Congratulations"

Lin Jin said ashamedly: "I can't serve under the general's position."

Wang Ping smiled slightly, "Not everyone has this opportunity to be able to work with the provincial governor. This is your ability and your fortune. You have suffered hardships, but you have been happy. I wish you a bright future."

"Thank you for your kindness in the general's support and for your life-saving grace, I will remember it in my heart."

"Go and pack your things and I'll take you to the Central Army tent to report in the afternoon."

"Retirement from a low position"

Lin Jin left, Wang Ping looked at his back and nodded. Human encounters were really wonderful. Lin Jin was transferred to him because he could not adapt to the high marching of the Eagle Strike Army. Unexpectedly, he was attracted by the provincial governor in the end. Perhaps he would have achieved something in the future.

Liu Jing returned to the tent, and Fa Zheng immediately came up and smiled and said, "There is news about General Ma Dai."

Liu Jing was immediately excited. He mentioned this just now, but the news came. Liu Jing was not in a hurry to ask. He sat down and took a sip of hot tea. Then he asked calmly: "What's the situation now?"

"General Ma Dai has rescued Nangong Boyu. In fact, they rescued the hostages ten days ago and did not send the hostages out of Guanzhong the day before."

"Why is this?" Liu Jing asked in confusion.

"They have a good strategy. They used the golden trick to escape, exchanged the hostages with two teenagers, and then hid the hostages in Chang'an. Zhong Yao thought the hostages had escaped and blocked the search everywhere in Guanzhong, but he did not expect that the person would hide under his nose. After the search was relaxed a little, Ma Dai took the hostages to hide in a Sogdian caravan and left Guanzhong."

“Good job”

Liu Jing praised: "In this way, the Qiang people have no reason to refuse my request to send troops."

Fa Zheng handed Ma Daizhi's letter to Liu Jing. Liu Jing looked carefully and suddenly found a detail and asked, "Why are there two teenagers?"

The letter did not write in detail, Fa Zheng smiled and said, "I heard from the news that one was Nangong Boyu, the King of Qiang, and the other was the follower, with his surname Jiang, who accompanied Nangong Boyu to study."

Liu Jing did not delve into it, and his thoughts turned back, "Now that the hostages have been rescued and the Qiang people are about to send troops, I think Xun You will definitely find a way to resolve this crisis and may send Cao's army to assist the Di people. We cannot give Cao's army a chance, we must send troops north immediately."

Fa Zheng nodded, "The governor of the state is right. We are fully prepared and can send troops north."

Liu Jing immediately said to Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren: "Be prepared today, and the army heads north to Xicheng tomorrow morning."

At present, the Han army and Cao army confronted each other on the line of Xicheng. Cao army built a large camp at the entrance of the upper valley about fifty miles north of Xicheng, with tens of thousands of soldiers stationed as a buffer outpost for Ji County. In addition, 10,000 soldiers were stationed in Shangji County to prevent the Han army from attacking Guangwei from the host.

Not only that, Xun You took advantage of the opportunity of Cao Cao dragging Liu Jing to Jingzhou to rebuild Jicheng, making Jicheng a taller and more solid city than Chang'an. Some strategic areas around Ji County, such as Taoyang, Jieting, Mumen, Beiyuan and other fortresses, were also rebuilt and repaired and reinforced, deployed troops to form a brigade to Jicheng.

But Xun You's only concern was the Di cavalry. When a 2,000-man Di cavalry harassed the cavalry and was completely wiped out by the Han army at the beginning of the year, Di king Yang Qianwan became afraid and repeatedly hinted that he wanted to withdraw his troops, but Xun You refused to be sure.

But just a few days ago, Xun You received an urgent letter from Zhong Yao that the Qiang King was rescued by someone in Chang'an and his whereabouts were still unknown. This made Xun You nervous. He immediately realized that the Qiang King Nangong was going to send troops.

Of course, the Qiang people would not send troops to attack the Cao army, but they would attack the Di people in the Longxi area of ​​Hehuang and Longxi, forcing the Di cavalry to withdraw. Xun You realized the strategy of the Han army. Once the Di cavalry retreated westward, the Han army would inevitably be expeditioned north.

In the yamen of Jicheng County, Xun You paced back and forth in the official room with his hands. He was considering how to break the Liu Jing's situation and keep the Di cavalry. This is Liu Jing's plan to remove firewood from the underworld. Without the Di cavalry, the strength of the Cao army would be sharply reduced by 20%. Moreover, after more than half a year of training, the Di cavalry's combat effectiveness was quite good. It would be a pity to let them return west.

But the Qiang people did want to attack the Di people's nest. What should I do if the Di people don't let the Di people go west unless the Qiang people stop attacking. Xun You raised his head and sighed. If the Prime Minister is here, he could ask the Prime Minister to compile a letter to persuade the Qiang King to remain neutral. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister is in Yedu, so it is too late to go in time.

But he had no choice but to do other plans. After thinking about it, he could only ask the Prime Minister to take action himself. Thinking of this, Xun You immediately sat down and wrote a letter to Cao Cao, explaining the situation clearly, and asking Cao Cao to take advantage of the court's advantages and persuade the Qiang King Nangong to remain neutral.

At the same time, he also wanted to tell Cao Cao that Liu Jing had arrived in Wudu County and that another northern expedition of the Han army was about to begin.
Chapter completed!