"Let me tell you, where are the residents of this city?" Zang Ba asked.

"When hearing the attack of Xianbei, Mingting moved all the elderly, weak, women and children in the county to Jianshui Jinguan to block the city. Only soldiers were left in the city to defend. Three days ago, the city was destroyed. All the soldiers guarding the city fought to the death and died for their country. The corpses were piled up at the entrance of the city and burned down." When he said this, the Confucian scholar couldn't help but burst into tears. This shows how tragic the battle was.

Fortunately, although the city was destroyed, most of the residents were preserved.

"Is this city in Yan County?" Zang Ba hurriedly asked. Five hundred wolf riders came in search of thick smoke, but the oasis was vast but I don't know where it was.

“That’s right.”

"Where are the remaining cities?" Zang Bazhan looked at it.

The Confucian scholar wiped his tears with his sleeves and pointed to the city on the map and said, "This place is the capital of Juyan Duwei. These three places, one pass and three cities are the capital of Jianshui Duwei in the former Han Dynasty. Although it has been abandoned now, it is still intact. On weekdays, only weeds and grains are piled up."

Zang Ba nodded: "So, all the women and children in the city are safe?"

"The general doesn't know anything. Because the enemy attacked suddenly, the food and fodder were not transferred in a hurry. Although Jianshui Jinguan was hard to break, it was not enough for food and grass, so it could barely be enough for one month's food. It was because of the worry that the young and young people in the city were hungry. Mingting opened the city gate three days ago and wanted to transport food to the city. Unexpectedly, the Xianbei was caught and broke through the city gate in the chaos. Mingting and his colleagues were all..." The Confucian scholar choked up and could not speak.

"Who are you?"

"I was in Ankang, whose courtesy name was Zijian, and was the Jiuyi Ling (translator) in the city." The Confucian scholar blurted out. It should not be a lie so fluently.

Zang Ba then said, "My lord will arrive later. Go with me to greet you and report all the feelings carefully. The lord must have some conspiracy. What?"

"I'm following the order." It's urgent, and Confucian scholars can only obey their orders.

He brought the Xianbei horses and helped the Confucian scholars to get on the horse. Five hundred wolf riders roared out, covered with thick smoke, and turned back the same way.

Two days later, he arrived at the military camp.

After hearing the Confucian scholars explain the various feelings in detail, Liu Bei realized that he had two capitals in Yan's place. He lived in Yanduwei's mansion and Jianshui's mansion. Both were set up in the former Han Dynasty. Now Han Jianshui's mansion was abandoned and only stayed in Yanfu's mansion.

Jianshui Jin Pass is also known as the northern Xiong Pass of the Three Passes of Hexi, together with Yangguan and Yumen Pass, which guards Wushui and prevents the northern nomads from moving south to invade the northern gates of the four Hexi counties. Today, Han Dynasty was guarded by the soldiers of Juyan's vassal states. There were still Western Regions caravans entering the pass from then on. They arrived at the four Hexi counties against Wushui.

There are three levels in Hexi.

If you don't come in person, how can you know the details?

Liu Bei pointed to a city below Jinshui Pass and asked, "As you said, all the people in Juyan are avoiding this city (Diwancheng ruins)?"

"That's right." The Confucian scholar replied again: "This city of Zhacheng was originally the former Han Jianshui Houguan, only one mile away from Jinguan. Zhacheng has attack and defense weapons such as horse faces, tiger falls, and storm shooting, which is very solid. Now, in order to guard the pass, there are food and grass, they moved the people to this city. I thought that they could advance or retreat with their backs. Unexpectedly, the messengers sent for help were all sunk to the sea and no one turned back."

Liu Bei nodded: "Are there any defenders above the Jin Pass?"

"There are all soldiers of the vassal state of Juyan." The Confucian scholar replied again: "The number of people is not large."

Liu Bei pointed to the map again, about twenty miles southwest of Jianshui Jinguan, and asked, "Where is this?"

"This is the location of the Jianshui Duwei Mansion (the ruins of the East and West Dawan City in the previous Han Dynasty). It has been abandoned and no one lives there. It is Juyan grass, granary, and horse farm. It was occupied by the Xianbei month ago and used to raise war horses and hoard food and grass."

Li Ru nodded and said, "A war horse must be left to attack the city. This place is twenty miles away from Jianshui Jinguan, which is a little far away. The Confucians thought that Xianbei often adopted the strategy of "surrounding but not attacking."

"That's right." The Confucian scholar nodded repeatedly: "The Xianbei galloped outside the city, howling day and night. He shot more archery rain, but rarely attacked the city. If he had known this, it would be better to defend the county town than to defend the people, and today the people would be protected from food shortage."

Zang Ba comforted: "The county town is not as strong as the city block. What he thought at that time was not wrong."

The Confucian scholar sighed: "It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world."

Li Ru smiled and said, "Justice had expected before. The Xianbei light cavalry advanced far away and had no weapons to attack the city. How dare you attack? If you siege but don't attack, you will be defeated by your own destruction without attacking. This plan is great, but unfortunately your lord broke through the plan. I don't know that we are close."

Liu Bei also said: "The family, cattle, sheep, and tribes were all thrown into the grassland. If you want to rest and rejuvenate and reproduce, you will be particularly precious if you live in the vassal state of Yan, tens of thousands of Xiaoyuezhi residents."

Li Ru nodded and said, "The Lord is right. Tufa wants to occupy this place for a long time to seek a comeback. Therefore, he will not kill him indiscriminately. If all the Xiaoyue clan members are killed, whoever sheds horses, whoever plows the fields, and whoever breeds offspring for them. Moreover, once the four thousand Xiaoyue clan cavalry return, they will learn that their parents, wives and children are both dead at the hands of the Xianbei. How can they give up?"

Liu Bei sneered: "When learning that parents, wife and children are charity, the four thousand Xiaoyuezhi cavalry should surrender without fighting. Join the Tufa Xianbei tribe and strengthen their momentum."

"How can you solve it if you dare to ask the Lord? "The Confucian scholar asked with courage.

Liu Bei smiled and replied: "Go straight to the point."

Before the Confucian scholar could ask again, Liu Bei had ordered someone to take him to the camper to rest.

The Confucian scholar tossed and turned, and he was not going to fall asleep until the rooster crowed. When he woke up and opened the car door, he realized that the convoy had already set off.

Another day is only half a day away from Jianshui Jin Pass.

The people and horses were full of food. The roosters crowed ten thousand times, and Liu Bei was promoted to the tent and ordered troops.

Looking around the generals, Liu Bei ordered: "Xu Huang, Yan Xing."

"The last one will be here." Both of them left the list.

"You two are the main attacks on the two cities of Jianshui Duwei. When you occupy the city, you will raise the suspension bridge. Don't let a horse go out, and don't let a horse go in."

"Affect the order."

Liu Bei looked at Shi Huan again: "Shi Huan."

"There's a humble person."

"Each of them is divided into fifty embroidered officials to help Xu Huang, Yan Xing seized the city and defended the city."

"Here."

"Xu Rong, Cheng Pu."

"The last one will be there."

"Lead the Dragon and Tiger Camp's elite cavalry, cruising between the East and West cities and the Jianshui Jin Pass, intercepting the Xianbei cavalry who were rushing to help." Liu Bei ordered again.

"Here!" The second general took the order.

Liu Bei finally looked at Zang Ba and the four centurions beside him: "Tomorrow, Xuan Gao will go with me."

"Here!" Zang Ba was not afraid at all.

Xu Rong, the two generals Cheng Pu, who had been following Liu Bei for the longest, knew that Liu Bei was going to lead his troops to attack the Xianbei central army and behead him. Then he said, "Lord, this is a dangerous place, so it's better to go there."

Liu Bei smiled and shook his head: "You two have been with me for a long time. Don't you know that Liu Bei has never underestimated the enemy to advance and trespassed on his own. The Xianbei besieged the city for more than a month, and victory is in sight. He must relax his vigilance. Moreover, the army besieged the city, facing the city, facing the back to our army. The central army must drag back and set up an outer periphery far away. Just break through the ranger's defense, you can go straight into the central army and kill the chief leader. This battle is easy."

"Here." The two of them were included in the list.

Without further ado, Liu Bei sent troops: "Victory and defeat are here, everyone will rise up!"
Chapter completed!