Ailang's current problem is not that there is insufficient troops, but that there is insufficient food and grass to mobilize all forces to fight on the front line. Due to the influence of the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Ailang had to use a large amount of food and grass to stabilize the local construction, which directly led to the shortage of troops that Ailang could use at this moment. In fact, the total number of troops that the Qin army has invested in various battlefields is only 500,000, and there are nearly 300,000 troops but cannot be put into the battlefield. If these 300,000 troops can be put into the battlefield, the Qin army can definitely form an advantage over the enemy in one direction and defeat the opponent. As long as one opponent is defeated, especially the barbarian coalition that attacks the middle, the whole situation can be reversed.

Everyone felt a little depressed after hearing Ai Lang's complaints. Chen Gong thought, "From the current situation, the most feasible way is to stick to the food harvest in the rear and find a way to open up the situation!" Ai Lang couldn't help but feel numb when he heard this, and frowned and said, "If this is the case, you will have to be dulled with your opponent for several months!" Chen Gong said, "From the current situation, this is probably the best way." Ai Lang frowned and paced back and forth, looking a little anxious.

After dinner, Ailang returned to his room early to rest. He didn't have to worry about other things. Chen Gong, Zhao Yun and others will handle it properly.

After sleeping until midnight, Ailang woke up by Huang Wudie's screams. When he opened his eyes, he saw Huang Wudie bent down and standing beside the bed calling him, and then sat up.

When Huang Wudie saw Ai Lang awaken, she immediately presented a roll of bamboo slips and said, "This is a letter sent by Mr. Jia Xu just now."

When Ailang heard that it was Jia Xu's letter, he hurriedly grabbed it and opened it to read it. However, the light was dim and I couldn't see clearly what was in the letter. Huang Wudie obviously realized this, quickly turned to the back of the screen, and brought a wind lamp to illuminate it for Ailang. Ailang read the letter through the light, and showed a joyful expression on his face, then frowned again. He said to Huang Wudie: "Call Lao Chen and Zilong for me!" Huang Wudie ran down with a loud voice.

Outside the big tent outside the city, Ke Bi Neng was looking at Luoyang City in the distance, frowning tightly, and his mood seemed a little depressed. No wonder, in the fierce battle today, the barbarian tribes used all their strength, and even the siege equipment that Cao Pi supported them were all raised, but after paying such a great price, they still failed to achieve the result they hoped for!

At this time, a Xianbei leader quickly walked to Kebineng's side, pressed his right hand and bowed, "King, a Han man came outside to ask for his meeting!" Kebineng frowned and asked, "What Han man?" The leader said, "He said he was a minister of the Han Dynasty and reported to the king if he had any secret matters!" Kebineng felt a little surprised, thought for a while, and said to the leader, "Take him here!" The leader shouted and ran down. Kebineng returned to the tent to sit down. After a while, the leader came in with a man in his fifties who were dressed in the costumes of the people but had a gentle appearance.

The leader shouted to him, "Why don't you give me a greeting when you see my king!" The middle-aged man had long realized that the burly man with a beard and dark skin sitting on the top was Ke Bineng, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Give up to see the King of the Great Xianbei!"

Ke Bi Neng said, "Get up and talk." The middle-aged man thanked him, stood up, and bowed, "The villain Liu Ren is the Minister of Rites of the Han Dynasty. He came to the army of the king under the secret order of our emperor to serve the king in order to eliminate the rebellion as soon as possible!"

Ke Bi Neng felt a little funny and said sarcastically: "I heard that the emperor is now under house arrest in Xuchang and has no soldiers in his hands. If Lu Bu doesn't give him food, he will starve to death! How can such an emperor help me?"

Liu Ren hurriedly said, "Although my emperor has no soldiers, can he help the king seize Luoyang in one fell swoop?" Ke Bineng was very surprised and frowned and said, "You can't talk nonsense in front of me! If you can really help me seize Luoyang, we Xianbei people have always rewarded merits and punished me. I will never treat you badly! However, if you dare to deceive me, my scimitar will not spare you! You must know that there are not a thousand and eight hundred Han people killed under my scimitar!"

Liu Ren's heart was stern and hurriedly said, "How dare the officials falsely pass the imperial edict, and how dare they talk nonsense in front of the king!" After a pause, "The king may not know anything. In fact, there is a road underground in Luoyang that can enter Luoyang City."

Ke Bi Neng was surprised and suddenly arose and asked anxiously: "Are you saying true?" "Everything is true. In fact, this tunnel has existed for a long time. It was secretly built by the royal family when it built its capital Luoyang. It connected from outside the city to the back garden of the palace, which was a way to get the emperor to escape in an emergency."

Ke Bi couldn't help but be excited when he heard this. He strode to Liu Ren, grabbed his shoulders, stared at him and shouted: "Speak quickly! Where is that secret passage?" Liu Ren felt flattered and quickly clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty has informed the officials of the secret passage. Please follow the officials." "Very good! Lead the way immediately!" "Yes!"

Not long after, Ke Bineng and others led by Liu Ren to a deserted Taoist temple in the east of Luoyang City. This was a small hill, and the Taoist temple was located on the hill, about three or four miles away from the East Gate of Luoyang. Liu Ren looked at the surrounding environment and said, "According to Your Majesty, the exit of the secret passage is in the Taoist temple three or four miles away from the East Gate of Luoyang, which should be here." Ke Bineng waved his hand, and everyone under his command immediately rushed into the Taoist temple and guarded the inside and outside the Taoist temple. Then, Ke Bineng also entered the Taoist temple accompanied by Liu Ren and others.

Liu Ren led Ke Bineng straight to the backyard of the Taoist temple, and said as he walked: "Listen to Your Majesty, the exit of the secret passage is under the seat of the Heavenly Master in the back hall of this Taoist temple."

After a while, everyone came to the back hall. A group of officers and soldiers lit torches to illuminate the back hall. A statue of the Heavenly Master immediately came into view! Liu Ren's eyes lit up and pointed at the statue and shouted, "It should be the statue of the Heavenly Master!" Ke Bi Neng immediately shouted to his subordinates, "Look for it!" Everyone immediately stepped forward and searched around the statue of the Heavenly Master. After a while, a leader shouted: "It seems that there is a hole under the throne of the Heavenly Master!" Ke Bi Neng hurried forward

Check it out. Sure enough, I saw a black gap under the statue of the Heavenly Master, and immediately shouted, "Push the statue away!" Everyone immediately tried their best to push the statue to the side, and a three-foot-square hole in front of everyone! Everyone couldn't help but lit up their eyes! Ke Bi turned his head and asked Liu Ren: "Is this the exit?" Liu Ren looked, clasped his fists and said, "The emperor just listened to His Majesty's narration and had never walked by himself. But it must be this the exit!"

Ke Bi Neng suddenly remembered something and asked, "Then Lu Bu was the King of Qin in the Han Dynasty and the General of the Cavalry. He had a high position and was powerful. Wouldn't he know this secret passage?" Liu Ren smiled and said, "This secret passage was used by the royal family to escape, and no one knew about it! According to Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo was not aware of this secret passage when he was in trouble that day. And Lu Bu said that he was just a lackey under Dong Zhuo, so how could he know it!"

Ke Bi Neng felt that what Liu Ren said made sense, so he nodded. After thinking for a while, he thought that he should explore the situation of this secret passage first. So he said to a leader beside him: "Take two people away. Be careful not to be discovered. After reaching the end, come back and report to me immediately." The leader responded and immediately took a few soldiers with torches and got off the tunnel.

There was no need to worry about losing direction when a few people were walking in the tunnel, because the tunnel had no forks, only one path was moving forward. After almost half an hour, a wall was suddenly shining by fire in front of them, as if it had reached its end? The leader led everyone to the wall quickly and saw that the secret passage had indeed reached its end. Then he looked around. Then he saw an upward wooden ladder on the left. The leader moved his heart and immediately climbed up the wooden ladder.

, he saw two wooden boards blocking the top of his head like two doors. The leader tried to push, but the wooden board did not move. So the leader handed the torch in his hand to the soldiers behind him, grabbed the iron board and tried to remove it. The iron board was only inserted at both ends into the stone caves on both sides, and it was easily taken off. But beyond the leader's expectations, as soon as the iron boards were taken off, the two wooden boards on the top of his head suddenly opened downward, making a loud noise, which seemed very abrupt tonight.

The leader was startled. Then he heard someone outside talking: "Huh? What was the sound just now?" Another person said: "It seems a little light over there!" The leader was shocked and quickly asked his subordinates to extinguish the torch. At the same time, he held the wooden board with both hands and closed it gently. At this moment, a voice seemed to be coming from the top of his head: "It's weird! It seemed that it was a little light just now?" Another voice said teasingly: "I think you're seeing a ghost? It's late in the night, where does the light come from!" "But..." "That's great! It's so strolling around the imperial garden in the middle of the night makes people feel panicked. Let's go back and hand in the job!" Then the footsteps came and they quickly left.

The leader standing on the wooden ladder couldn't help but sigh. Then he pulled the iron bar over and inserted it again. The leader came down from the stairs and whispered: "Go back to report to the king!" Then a few people returned in the dark along the tunnel. After what happened just now, the leader did not dare to light the torch to avoid causing any more.

The leader and the others returned much faster than before. Less than half an hour later, the few people came out of the Taoist temple.
Chapter completed!